(A/N: Thank you for the great reviews! Here's chapter 4!)

Chapter 4

InuYasha sighed and stared at Kagome, 'Why did I tell her? Something is off with Kagome. She's not been herself since she returned from the well."

"InuYasha?"

He snapped out of his reverie and noticed Kagome staring at him, a blush creeping up her cheeks, "Uh, sorry. Go back to sleep."

She nodded and snuggled further into her sleeping bag.

Outside of sniff-zone sat Naraku, angered and frustrated. The Sanyosho (Poisonous Insects) flew over to him to give him Kagome's shards. Naraku shook his head, "Take them back to her. I'll get them on my own."

InuYasha looked up at the stars and back down to Kagome, he smelled something unfamiliar and froze. She was bleeding. "Kagome, Kagome, wake up! Damnit, WAKE UP!"

Kagome sat up and looked around, "InuYasha? What's wrong?"

His pale face still staring at the blood around her lower half, "What's w-wrong with you? W-Why are you..."

She looked down and noticed her skirt soaked with blood at the hem. "SHIT!" She quickly ran to the river to wash herself of the blood, including her clothes. Kaede gave her some of the era's priestess clothing and allowed her to wear those until her other clothes were dry. Sango took Kagome outside to talk.

"Kagome. I know what you're going through."

She nodded, "Yea. I hate it. And worse of all, I have nothing to..."

Sango handed her a small packet that looked like a tube. Kagome knew instantly what it was and hugged Sango, "Where did you get this?"

Sango smiled, "I am human also, Kagome. I carry them with me all the time."

Kagome smiled, "Its a good thing you do! Thank you, Sango. Thank you."

They embraced and headed inside to finish the night in a deep slumber. Even InuYasha, laying on the roof, finally found some sleep as well.

KHKHKHKHKH

"InuYasha, I would like to talk to you," Kagome yelled at him. He was laying on a tree branch.

"Psh! Go away! I don't want to talk to you!"

"InuYasha... SIT!"

"Ahh!" SPLAT! "Ow..." He sat up, "The hell was that for?!"

"You wouldn't come here, so I made you." She sat on a log that had fallen over while InuYasha sat against the trunk.

"InuYasha, I'm sorry about last night."

He shrugged, "I'm just glad you're ok. I remember Kikyo having something like that about once a month. She never did tell me what it was and I never bothered to ask."

Kagome nodded, "Kikyo again... Look, InuYasha, I know what we confessed the other day-"

InuYasha stood up, "I confessed to nothing! Leave me alone!"

Kagome, startled at his sudden outburst, began to cry, "Inu-InuYasha... I-I don't under-understand... I thought..."

"You thought what? That I'd say I love you and be all mushy from now on?! NO! I don't love you. I don't love anyone! I never asked you to be here! I told you to stay away!"

Kagome, eyes blurred now, fled from him and ran to the well on the other side of the village. Back at the tree, InuYasha started laughing, but his laugh sounded a lot like Naraku. He quickly changed and disappeared in a cloud of thick miasma.

ITITITITIT

"Kagome! Where are you?"

"Kagome!"

"Kagome!"

"Over here, guys! I think she's hurt!"

All three rushed over where Sango was kneeling. InuYasha took her head in his hand and lifted her up off the ground, "She's been hurt alright, but not physically. Just by looking at her, she's been crying for about two hours and passed out from exhaustion. Who? Who could've done this to her? My Kagome."

Back at the hut, InuYasha made everyone busy by barking orders until she came to, once laying eyes upon InuYasha, she screamed and tried to escape, "Get away from me! I hate you! I HATE YOU!"

Taken aback, InuYasha let her go. She ran past Sango and the others, too hurt to even notice that they had started to chase after her. InuYasha still sat on his knees, shocked and hurt. Her words echoed in his mind, "I HATE YOU!"

(A/N: Ooh... Naraku's at it again! Ok, read and review my friends!)