A/N Hi! This is my first fan fic, so please read and review. Thoughts are in italics.

"Bye!" Kagome cried after Miroku, Sango, and Shippo.

"I still don't know why we're doing this." Inuyasha said.

"I wanted to spend some time alone with you, that's all. Besides, they deserve a break. We've been working really hard lately." Kagome answered.

"Feh." Was all Inuyasha said.

The two of them had left Kaede's village only the day before, and Kagome and Inuyasha had already gotten into an argument.

"I can't believe you!" Kagome screamed.

"What? You're the one who rolled on top of me!" Inuyasha yelled after her.

"Huh! Likely story! You've been spending too much time with Miroku!" she exclaimed.

"How would I pull you on top of me, without waking you up? Huh, answer that!" he cried.

Kagome stopped. She didn't know how to answer that. She pondered the question herself.

"That's what I though!" Inuyasha said victoriously.

The two of them walked on in silence for a while. Kagome couldn't believe that she had actually rolled on top of Inuyasha and slept that close to him. He just walked on smiling. He loved it when he was right, and that wasn't the case very often.

"Even if I did roll on top of him, why didn't he wake up and move me off. He's a light sleeper. Could it be because he wanted me that close to him? No, he loves Kikyo, not me."

Kagome couldn't get the thought out of her mind. Inuyasha was thinking about it too.

"Why didn't I wake up? It couldn't be that I wanted her to stay there. Maybe there is more between us than I thought. Geez, emotions are confusing!"

Kikyo heard someone yell.

"I know that voice."

She started to follow the sound.

"I knew it! How could I forget the voice of Inuyasha? What is he up too? Where are the monk and the demon slayer? Could it be that he is alone with that girl? This may be my only chance to get my revenge on him. You will die Inuyasha, by my hand!"

That night Kagome made sure that she slept far away from Inuyasha. Not that he cared.

"Huh! She doesn't want a repeat of last night. She knows that she was the one who rolled on top of me."

He made a fire and the two of them settled down. The night was clear and cool, unusual for the summer season. It didn't help that Inuyasha felt strangely. Of course he didn't tell Kagome about his feeling.

"It's probably nothing, and there's no use getting her all worked up over nothing."

Kagome settled in and went to sleep quickly. She was tired after a day of walking and arguing.

"I wish he would be nicer to me. He's so quick to blame someone else for everything, or he takes action before he knows all the facts. It's just so exhausting."

After Inuyasha was sure Kagome was asleep, he sat up. He walked closer to the fire and stared into the flames.

"I just can't go to sleep. Something is bothering me, but I can't tell what it is just yet. I'll stay up tonight, just to be safe."

This plan didn't last long. He was also exhausted, and soon after fell into an, uncharacteristic, deep sleep. Something in the shadows moved closer to their camp.

The next morning Inuyasha woke up early. The sun had just peeked over the mountains, shedding its first weak rays of light.

"This scent, I know this scent."

Inuyasha stood up silently, not waking Kagome. He followed his nose to the source of the intriguing smell.

"It can't be, could it? Why would she be here?"

He walked into a clearing not far from the campsite. Kikyo was standing in the middle of it.

"Inuyasha, what a fool! He is coming willingly into his own demise."

"Kikyo, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked.

"Oh nothing. I just came to kill you!" She replied.

She reached behind her and pulled an arrow out. She fitted it to her bow, and let it fly. It happened so fast that Inuyasha didn't even know what happened. The arrow flew to its mark, piercing Inuyasha's shoulder. He fell to his knees.

"Kikyo? Wha...What's going on?" He stammered.

"Your day of death has finally come Inuyasha! Prepare to meet your maker!" Kikyo screamed as she fitted three more arrows to her bow.

"NO!!!!!" came a yell from the brush.

"What!?"

Inuyasha looked up, horror showing on his face.

Kagome awoke with a start. She looked around, sleep clinging to her.

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha?!" She called.

She heard something, very faintly, in the distance. She got up, not knowing where she was going.

"That sound, something about it, something is terribly wrong."

She came to the clearing where Inuyasha and Kikyo stood.

"Oh nothing. I just came to kill you!"

"Kikyo, Inuyasha, what's going on? Did she just say she was going to kill Inuyasha?"

A horrible sound disrupted Kagome's thoughts. She watched as Kikyo's arrow pierced Inuyasha's shoulder.

"No! Inuyasha!"

"Your day of death has finally come Inuyasha! Prepare to meet your maker!"

"NO!!!!!" Kagome yelled.

Before she knew what was happening, she was running into the clearing. Kikyo let her arrows fly. All three of them pierced Kagome.

"KAGOME!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled.

Kagome watched as her blood dripped from her body, staining the earth.

"Inuyasha..."

Everything went black.

A/N So, what do ya think? Please review!