I've updated so fast because of my first reviewer. Thanks so much, Phoenixfire508! This chapter is dedicated to you.

Rejection

Kagome sprawled out on the sunny patch of grass near the Goshinboku. She sighed again as tears began to well up in her eyes. She couldn't believe how stupid she was! What made her think Inuyasha would want that from her? No, he'd want it from Kikyo, not Kagome.

As she reclined by her favorite tree, her thoughts automatically strayed to Inuyasha's "present."

After a hearty dinner consisting of Kaede's famous stew, Kagome motioned Inuyasha to follow her outside. He got up and followed his little miko. He didn't know where she was taking him or why it had to be away from the group. All he knew was he was anxious about the present she promised him.

While he was musing, he didn't notice that Kagome had stopped under the Goshinboku. Therefore he ran smack into her back and nearly fell to his butt. Good think he was a hanyou so all that happened was a mere stumbling and growling low about "stupid wenches who cause him to lose his mind."

Kagome giggled which caused Inuyasha to look at her and sit beside her. He stared at the girl for a few moments while she was staring at the fading sun low in the sky. She had a peaceful aura about her, yet he sensed something underlying her peace. He couldn't quite place it. Was it fear? Yeah. He'd settle with that for now.

"So whatcha need, wench?" Inuyasha asked in a voice that sounded a little too gruff to his own ears. She looked over to him, a slight blush coloring her cheeks.

"Well," she began. "I've been thinking, about us. We've known each other for nearly two years now and I think I have you pretty much figured out." He nodded for her to continue when she paused to glance at his face. "It's just, Sango and I have been talking and we've both come to realize a few things." Kagome squirmed under Inuyasha's scrutinizing stare. "Continue…" he said.

She nodded, before adding, "Inuyasha…I…I umm…" she began to stutter. "Spit it out, wench!" "Okay, okay! Inuyasha, I love you." Kagome rushed. Inuyasha stared at her for a moment before she crashed her lips into his. The hanyou's eyes grew wide as he looked down at the lovely miko against his chest. He suddenly came back to his senses and pushed her away roughly. Inuyasha jumped up and leapt through the trees, leaving a crestfallen Kagome sitting by herself under the tree. She hung her head sadly.

Coming back to reality, Kagome blew a wisp of hair out of her face. She couldn't stop thinking about her mistake and how she wished she could take it back. Her mind wandered to when Sango and stumbled upon a disheartened Kagome…

Sango was walking around the forest, calling out Kagome's name. She found the girl huddled against the base of the Goshinboku, crying. "Kagome!" Sango ran to her friend, kneeling next to her.

"Kagome, what happened?" Kagome looked up at Sango and sniffed. She suddenly threw herself in the other girl's arms and began sobbing.

"Oh, Sango! I messed up so bad! He hates me. Inuyasha –hiccup- hates me! Why, Sango? Why can't he love me?" Sango soothed the shaking girl in her arms and gently coaxed the whole story out of Kagome. Afterwards, a look of anger spread across Sango's face.

"Oh, no, he didn't. Don't worry, Kagome. He's an idiot boy who can't think rationally, ever. I'll talk to him. I promise," the taijiya soothed her miko friend. Kagome hiccupped again before nodding her head in thanks. "Come on. Let's get back to the hut and rest." With that, the two women walked back to Kaede's hut to hunker down for the night.

"I wonder how Sango's talk with Inuyasha went…" Kagome asked herself as the sun blinding her eyes snapped her back into the present. "I think I'll just sit out her until Sango tells me how it went." With that, she began to doze off, dreaming of her beloved hanyou.

Well, there's chapter two for you! One more review, and I'll post the third chapter. I'm not going to be picky lol.