Chapter 2: unwanted encounters

Kagome walked on fuming about her argument with Inuyasha. Rant about how he cant trust her with things that is on his mind. She wondered until she came to a small clearing; looking around she sighed and sank to her knees and cried. Unaware of the person she was the reincarnation to. Kagome cried and cursed herself and Inuyasha out loud. She then proceeded to go over their argument and remember the look on his face as he walked up and as he turned his head in the direction he had come.

"It is your fault, Kagome." Kikyo said from behind Kagome.

Kagome gasped and turned around, "K-Kikyo."

"So you and Inuyasha had a fight?" Kikyo watched Kagome as she looked away.

"It's none of your business what happens between Inuyasha and I." Kagome looked away again. She made the same pouting type face Inuyasha always makes. "It shouldn't be that hard to figure out what our argument was about." she looked at Kikyo the same way she and looked at Inuyasha, then looked away again.

Kikyo made a face at her reading her expression. "You think he went to see me. That is the base of your argument isn't it?" Kagome's response answered Kikyo's question. "And it's the basis for all your arguments you've had with each other isn't it?"

Kagome only nodded not wanting to admit that Kikyo is the reason for a lot of their fights and everything. Kikyo's eyes narrowed and she drew her bow. With out saying anything she aimed. Kagome looked up in time to see the arrow fly. She dodged the first few but after cutting her leg she was hit. In the arm. Screaming she asked Kikyo why she was doing this. As Kikyo walked closer to Kagome she answered her question. This information caused Kagome to tremble. She then proceeded to plead Kikyo to stop and that if she killed me Inuyasha would be sad and wouldn't look at Kikyo like he usually did. Kikyo just Laughed and told her that Inuyasha would never miss her and that he will always love her. Kagome flinched and moved, her hand moving a rock. She looked back slightly and looked at Kikyo, fear evident in her eyes.

"you don't want to do this Kikyo." Kagome said. "Please, Kikyo."

"silence, Kagome. You will not interfere with either of us again." Kikyo's words were dripping with hatred as she drew her bow; the light of her sacred arrow glowing around the arrow. Kagome moved back grabbing the rock with her hand and threw it, hitting Kikyo in the shoulder, causing her to shoot the arrow up in the air. Kagome stood up and ran from Kikyo, who sneered her name and fired an arrow after her.

While Kagome had wondered off and ran into Kikyo; Inuyasha was sitting at he mothers grave grumbling about how Kagome is always so judging. He threw a rock which landed into the lake near his mothers grave, then he punched the tree.

"what did that tree ever do to you, Inuyasha." Miroku asked walking up to his friend.

"go away Miroku. I don't want to talk to you." Inuyasha said as he looked away from the monk.

"Inuyasha, answer me one thing- and be honest. Did you go and see Kikyo last night?"

"No." Miroku waited as Inuyasha stood up and turned around to face him, "I was here talking to mother and Myoga."

Miroku and Inuyasha looked each other in the eyes for a long time; until Miroku smiled and scoffed. "you're really telling the truth. I knew you were when kagome asked you."

"then why the hell did you ask me!?"

"just making sure. Shippo said that he couldn't smell her sent on you or sense her aura around you. I'm surprised Kagome didn't see it." Miroku walked up to Inuyasha who now faced the lake. "what happened?"

"what makes you think something happened?" Inuyasha asked and received a smack upside the back of the head. He growled, "what was that for."

" Inuyasha, I know something happened. Please tell me not because I'm your friend, but because of my being a monk. I can help."

Inuyasha thought about it for a while then sighed and sat down. Miroku sat next to him and waited for Inuyasha to talk. "its hard to explain." so Inuyasha explained the best he could about his events of last night. After they exchanged more words, Miroku stood up and asked what the light was. Inuyasha stood up just as quick. The light was a pink light coming from the forest. Inuyasha's eyes filled with concern and his ears perked up. He sniffed the air, " I don't like this. Get Sango and Shippo!" Inuyasha ran off in the direction of the light, ' that's the sent of kagome's blood! And Kikyo's scent is there too!"

He raced to Kagome's aid as Miroku got the others. " Kagome!"

Kagome ran into the bushes and behind a rock and hid from Kikyo who was still trying to kill her. She trembled ' Inuyasha! Please help."

Kikyo looked around then the sound of Inuyasha's voice broke the silence and she left. Kagome stayed where she was, she opened her eye's to see Inuyasha's amber eyes looking down at her. He was sitting on the rock above her. Their eyes locked and Kagome looked away, still mad at him. Inuyasha sighed as Miroku and the others showed up, he jumped off the rock and told Sango that kagome was behind the rock. Sango went to were Inuyasha pointed and reassured Kagome and helped her up and they both came out.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome seeing the hurt in her eyes and seeing the injury on her arm. Sango asked what happened and Kagome told her Kikyo tried to kill her. Kagome's eye's weld up with tears and went into Sango's arms and cried.

Inuyasha growled, "Keh why would she do that?"

Kagome looked at him, still wrapped in Sango's embrace. "You don't believe me?"

Inuyasha didn't meet her glance, "why should I you didn't believe me when I told you I didn't go and see her. Besides she couldn't kill anyone, especially if it's a friend of mine."

" she tried to kill me Inuyasha! Her scent should be all over this stupid place! She shot me with an arrow!" Kagome's face was soaked with tears." she told me she didn't care and that- that you wouldn't care because you love her more than me. She told me that she wanted me dead so I wouldn't interfere with you two."

Kagome continued to cry Inuyasha growled, "no! I won't believe you. She wouldn't do that!." Inuyasha screamed and ran off.

Kagome began to sob more and buried her face into Sango's chest. Miroku standing behind Sango sighed and watched Inuyasha leave.

They walked back to their campsite and waited for Inuyasha . Sango went with Kagome to the hot spring near by and they talked about things.

While the girls were in the hot springs Inuyasha came back. He was greeted by a glare from Shippo and disapproved look from Miroku. Inuyasha leaped into a tree as Miroku walked over to it and stood under it. He asked Inuyasha a question pertaining to their conversation from earlier. Inuyasha blew it off and ignored him. Miroku threatened Inuyasha with his wind tunnel if he didn't come down so they could talk. Growling, Inuyasha, obliged; he jumped down. He was inches away from Miroku when he asked what. Miroku asked Inuyasha if he was worried about Kagome and truly believed that Kikyo didn't do anything to her. Inuyasha pouted and glared at Miroku and said yes to both. He then received a whack in the head with Miroku's staff and was called an idiot.

Shippo then chimed in and told Inuyasha that he should apologize to Kagome and forget about Kikyo. Inuyasha just said that he couldn't.

An hour later everyone was there and settling for bed , Inuyasha was in his tree watching Kagome. He couldn't shake the worry he had for Kagome right now. His ears flattened as his conversation with Myoga, his mother and Miroku replayed in his head. He growled loudly and hit the tree branch with the heel of his foot, drawing attention from the others to him. He looked down noticing the eyes of his friends all on him. He asked what and they looked away. For a while Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes met and Kagome looked away and shifted into he sleeping bag. Inuyasha looked away and returned to his thoughts. He sighed and replayed what he ahd seen in his dream over again.

As the others fell asleep fresh tear threatened to fall from Inuyasha's eyes as he thought about living a life without Kagome. He looked at Kagome, who began to tremble and flinched from the pain in her arm. Inuyasha jumped down and walked over to Kagome. He set a hand on the shoulder that wasn't to the injured arm. After a while she stopped trembling. Inuyasha then stocked her cheek with the back of his hand and studied her face. He sighed and pulled her blanket closer to he chin and stood and walked back to his perch, unaware that she had woken up and was watching him walk away. Kagome watched him jump into the tree catching sight of his puffy eyes and tear streaked face.