Chapter 1~I'll Be Missing You

Kagome turned toward Inuyasha with tears in her eyes. "Go away, Inuyasha." She said. "Go back to Kikyou."
"Kagome?"
She'd just awaken from a dream. A year long dream that Inuyasha actually loved her. She glared at him and the priestess, Kikyou, who stood behind him.
Wiping away some tears, she threw her leg over the lip of the bone-gobbling well. "I should have known you'd never care for me. After all..." She smiled bitterly back at the pair. "You have her."
"Kagome-"
She didn't wait to hear the rest of his sentence because she'd dropped into the well.
He stared after her in shocked silence. His life stretched out bleakly before him. A life without Kagome.
A tear trickled down his cheek.
"Inuyasha?" Kikyou stared at him. "Come, let us return to the village."
"You go. I need to think."
"About her?"
"Just go."

Kagome stumbled from the well, her body racked with sobs. With an angry cry, she stuck and arrow into the well. "Seal it." She whispered in anguish. "That way, I'll never have to worry about seeing him again."
She left the well, not looking back and closed the door. After regaining her composure, she hurried toward the shrine that doubled as her house.
She knew no one was home, and didn't care. She'd survived alone long enough. Being with Inuyasha was worse than being alone anyways.
Which is why she had no intention of going back to Sengoku no Jidai.

Inuyasha stared at the well, still in shock. He didn't want to believe what he'd seen: Kagome's tears of sadness. Her dropping into the well.
Go away, Inuyasha.

I should have known you wouldn't have cared for me.

Go back to Kikyou.

He winced as if in pain. Kagome...he thought sadly. You'll come back, right? Please come back!
He fought tears as his inner voice told him every reason she wouldn't come back.
Her mission is done. You betrayed her trust. You betrayed her love. Why the hell would she come back? Not for you.
When tears finally trickled down his face, they didn't stop.

Kagome stared up at her roof, remembering what she had seen. He never gave a damn about you, Kagome, She thought sadly.
The image of Kikyou's and Inuyasha's lips fused together, passionately, didn't go away.
Neither did her grief.
She buried her face into her pillow, felling fresh tears forming in her eyes. "No..." She whispered. "I wont cry over him...I wont cry...I wont cry..." She said to herself. Her emotions didn't listen. Tears trickled down her face.
He didn't love me... she thought, rather plainly. He never needed me except as a tool to find those damn shards. She angrilly punched at the bed.
At least I wont have to watch him and Kikyou live their little 'happily ever after'. She thought bitterly. He wont even notice I'm gone. Our mission is complete. I should have guessed he would have turned to the beautiful, talented, Kikyou.
Her thoughts were sent scattering. What the hell does Kikyou have that I don't?! She mentally screamed, then when that didn't satisfy her, she screamed aloud, angry, baleful wails of a broken heart.
"WHAT THE HELL DOES SHE HAVE THAT I DON'T?!!!"
The answer was obvious.
Kikyou, even 50 years after her death, still had Inuyasha's heart.

-Several days later-
"Inuyasha...don't you think you should go get her?" Sango asked, gently, not pressing.
"Why the hell does she need to come back?" He snapped angrily. "Our mission is finished. I don't care if she comes back or not."
Shippou sniffed. "I miss Kagome."
I miss her too, kid, Inuyasha thought, bitterly. "Feh."
Kikyou smiled. "It perhaps is all for the best."
"Shut up, bitch." Sango snapped. "Kagome was our friend. All of us were her friends. She left because you showed up and took the man she loved away from her."
Inuyasha growled at Sango and walked from the hut.
Miroku hadn't said anything. "Sango is correct, although, I think her words were a little harsh. Especially the 'bitch' part." He stood. "Kagome released Inuyasha from a seal YOU put on him. She had been her one month before you popped back into his life, still believing he'd betrayed you."
Kikyou glared at the young priest.
"She evidentally saved Inuyasha from Sessoumaru during their first fight because she was able to draw Tetsusaiga from his father's remains. She saved him during spider heads. She's seen him at his best and worst." He paused, looking around before continuing. "Those that I spoke of were just a few instances. One's I never even witnessed. I could tell she loved him a lot, from the moment she met him. All through stories that she herself and the little fox told me."
Her glare turned icy.
"But still, he chose you over her. Which is one thing I will never understand. Kagome has saved everyone here. Including me from my own stupidity. She is a great woman. While you...are now an ordinary priestess."
Her hand lashed out at him, slapping him across the face. "I am the guardian and protector of the Shikon no Tama." She hissed angrily. "I am NOT ordinary."
Miroku smiled holding his cheek. "Fifty years ago, you were it's guardian. Now, Kagome is."

Inuyasha sat up high in the Go Shimboku tree. He didn't care what the others thought. Hell, it was his decision! He glared across the landscape.

I was afraid your heart had gone somewhere far away.

That you'd forget all about me.

Inuyasha's face becamed pained with the memory. I swore I wouldn't forget her...then did, when Kikyou kissed me. I forgot all about her...
He felt tears filling his eyes.

Is this a bit more comfortable?

A few tears fell down his face.

At last you look me in the face...

Sit!

INUYASHA!

He gave up fighting and let the sobs take him over. "I'm sorry..." He whispered, so softly, no one would be able to hear. "I'm so sorry, Kagome..."