Watching Over You by *~*Stylized_Silver_Miko*~*

Chapter One: Break

Watching Over You

Kagome walked down the dirt path with her usual crew. Miroku was in front, talking with Sango, who had Kilala on her shoulder. Inuyasha headed them all, grunting about slow ningens. She herself walked behind them all, with Shippou in her bicycle cart. He was fast asleep.

Her miko powers had grown substantially, her arrows materializing in her hands, so she had instant and endless ammo. As soon as her powers grew, a pink crystalline bow with a magical twine had materialized, in a pink strap on her back. It had ancient script on it, which she could barely read, since it was old kanji. It told of a prophecy:

"Ancient bow and purified sword shall come together, merge, and become one. The Shiroi Miko*, the only miko to wield this bow, left it in the hands of her sucessor, a miko of equal strength and purity of heart. She and the sword's keeper shall also become one, to destroy the evil that threatens us all."

*AU note: 'Shiroi Miko' is a 'White Priestess'. In my story, one is born every 5 millenia. The Miko that had the bow had died about 4500 years before inuyasha's time. This miko is rumored to have the life as a demon, but pure as a goddess. She is basically the earth's protector, like an angel, almost. Che, on with the story!*

Kagome nearly choked on a yawn. "I sense three shards, Inuyasha! They're coming fast!"

Inuyasha cracked his knuckles. "Feh.......it's Kouga. Who else would smell like wolf coming this fast?" Inuyasha ran ahead to head him off. Kagome sweatdropped.

"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" the hanyou fell face first in the dirt.

"SHIT......wench, what was that for? I coulda-"

"Hey, Kagome." Kouga stepped up to her. "Why do you deal with inu-koro here? Why not come back with me?" Kouga sighed as Inuyasha got up, hair all over the place, dirt all over his front, and pissed off.

"She doesn't want to go with you, she's my woman!" Inuyasha shouted. Kouga smirked.

"Nah, she's mine. She saved me, healed me, and took care that you did not kill me. She obviously loves me." Inuyasha was about to protest, when Kagome suddenly went off.

"LOOK, I'm NO ONE"S woman! Inuyasha, I don't know where you got the idea from. Kouga, just because I saved you does not mean I want to become your mate! I'm sorry, but men are not on my mind right now! We've got shards to look after, shards to collect, evil minions to kill, homework, I'm too busy to have anybody right now. EVEN if I wern't, I couldn't think of either of you that way, only as friends!

*Authoress: Did I mention she gave up on Inuyasha the day she saw him with Kikyo? Che, go on with the story..lol*

Both Kouga and Inuyasha's jaws hit the ground. She smirked, closing her eyes, nodding. "If I want a mate, I'll choose. Someone intellectual, someone a bit taller, and more dignified! I hate it when men fight over me, I'm no one special!" she started. Miroku laughed.

"But Lady Kagome, You are a Miko. You are special." he smiled, and kagome blushed, holding her cheeks. Miroku was about to go up to her to 'ask' her about what was the matter was but Sango held him back. She glared at him.

"Don't think so, you lech." she smacked Kagome for him. He blinked. "Hey, I didn't even touch her!" he was going to say 'Yet," but he stopped himself. Sango glared again.

"I didn't like the way you approached the situation, monk." Sango's voice was laced with sarcasm.

"Kagome, still blushing, came up to the two shocked men.

"Can we still be friends, you guys? Having enemies isn't a nice thing." she looked at both of them. Kouga was the first to jump up. He took Kagome's hands and smiled.

"Sure thing Kagome. But if you ever wanna get together, just howl. See you later, Kagome. Bye, Inu-koro, I'll fight you later." Kouga left in a swirl of rushing wind. They all set to walking again.

An hour later....at dusk.

"Inuyasha, can we stop for the night?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha sniffed the air. "Yeah, whatever. I swear, you humans are so slow." Inuyasha sat up in a tree. Kagome looked mad.

"Yeah? Then why do you hang around us?" she yelled. Inuyasha popped a vein.

"Because I might need a little backup for the smaller demons. Besides, you can sense the shards, and I want the Shikon No Tama to become a full fledged youkai! You know that!" Inuyasha muttered a 'Feh' and closed his eyes. Kagome was steamed. Tears ran out of here eyes. Her voice was demanding, but since she was crying, it wavered.

"Is that all I am? A shard detector? I'm not even Kagome to you, am I? I'm just some shadow of a great miko that died 50 years ago! You don't even see me for who I am, do you? What I can do doesn't count!!" she nearly screamed. She almost fell to her knees. Kilala kept her standing.

"Well no more. You know as well as I fucking do that the shards wish cannot be used for a selfish purpose. I'm taking it with me, back to my time! You're just like those other demons who want the jewel!" She mounted her bike, and took off. Inuyasha began to chase her, but she uttered the spell.

"OsuwariOsuwariOsuwari! OSUWARI!!!!" she screamed. "owowow! OWWW!!!" howled Inuyasha. He fell unconscious, face first in the dirt.

She kept riding, until she found a hot spring. She decided that she was far enough away from Inuyasha to take a bath. She took off her backpack, and undressed herself. Just in case any lesser demons came along, she knew she could handle them. She stepped in the water, sighing as she sat on a warm stone that was perfect height to where she could sit in the water up to shoulder level.

'What am I going to do now? I practically left everyone.....' she sunk in the water, thinking.