AN:// ok guys, this is my first shot at a story like this. This is a Yusuke/Kagome paring, if you don't like that then tough, I just feel like there isn't enough of that particular paring. And no, Kikyou is NOT evil in my story, actually she's like Youko is for Kurma. So it should be interesting.

Kagome was walking along the forest coming back from the well, she came two days early so she could surprise everyone, especially Inuyasha. As she was walking she kept feeling like someone was watching her, though she couldn't sense any demons around (though if she admitted it to herself, she wasn't very good at sensing demons without jewel shards to begin with). She came upon the village and went to Kaeda's hut and went in. Everyone was sitting around the fire talking about when she was returning.

"Uh, guys, I hope I'm not interrupting" Kagome said sarcastically

"Kagome- Chan! We were just talking about you!" Sango said, running up and giving her "younger sister" and huge hug.

"So I heard" Kagome replied. Kagome gave everyone hugs, and handed out gifts to each of them. That's when she noticed Inuyasha was not there.

"Hey guys, where's Inuyasha?"

"Umm….well, you see Kagome, umm, he went for a walk, umm yea, just went for a walk" Shippo the ever cute one and always trying to protect Kagome's feelings said.

"So in other words he's with Kikyou" Kagome laughed.

"Umm Kagome-Chan, aren't you the least bit upset?" Sango was worried, usually Kagome got upset when Inuyasha went to Kikyou.

"Actually, no I'm not, me and Inuyasha has come to an agreement that it would be best for us to be more like brother and sister, not romantically involved. And besides I never hated Kikyou, I was just upset because Inuyasha always compared me to her, and she tried to take my soul, but she's stopped trying for some odd reason, so nope, not upset." Just then Inuyasha came in and looked at Kagome in surprise.

"Umm Kagome, your back early" Inuyasha the ever observant one stated.

"I am well aware of that Inuyasha, how is Kikyou"

"Umm fine, she's fine. Actually we were talking about you."

"What is this everyone talk about Kagome day" Kagome muttered, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Huh?"

"Never mind Inuyasha, what were you and Kikyou saying about me?" Kagome was kind of curious and kind of nervous, I mean even though she no longer tried to take Kagome's soul the fact was she did try before.

"Umm well, she wants to talk to you alone, I told her that might not be a good idea, but she kept insisting, umm, well she wouldn't say why, but she seemed desperate. So umm, I brought her back to wait for you, when I noticed your scent I had her wait; she's right at the edge of the forest." Inuyasha seemed nervous while saying this, he did after all, know the two female's past history together.

"Ummm ok, I guess I can go talk to her"

"Do you want one of us to go with you?" Miroku asked.

"No, thanks for the concern, but I think I'll be fine, and if not, I can always scream. With that Kagome went out to meet up with Kikyou. Despite her reassurances to everyone she was extremely nervous, after all the two of them were never the buddy- buddy type. As she reached the spot where Kikyou was at she noticed that Kikyou was unarmed and didn't look so well.

"I'm glad you agreed to come, my reincarnation" Kikyou replied tiredly.

"Umm ya, so what was it that you needed to talk to me about?" Kikyou walked around Kagome and studied her closely.

"Hmm, you don't dress as a Miko, nor do you act as one. Your powers are extremely weak, and it appears you have no physical strength as well. How is it that you manage to survive if you can not protect yourself? Or more importantly, how do you suppose you will be able to protect the jewel once its completed?"

"Umm, is that all you wanted was to insult me? Or are you going to try and take my soul again?" Kagome asked irate, how many people were going to insult her about her powers not being strong?!

"Technically my dear reincarnate, it is our soul, and no I do have another reason for needing to speak with you"

"Well get on with it"

"I am getting weaker by the day without a full soul, the souls of the dead women are no longer sustaining me, Naraku is trying harder and harder to gain control of me, and if he succeeds then he gains control of a part of you, due to our connection. In the end if that happens then he will try and gain control of the jewel, for its protector, as weak as you are, will become tainted under his control. I do not wish to go back to hell, I have been there and quite honestly I do not wish to spend eternity there, I wish to try and correct my mistakes and make amends so that I might be able to go to heaven."

"Ok, I can sort of follow you, but what point are you getting at"

"Humph, not only are you weak, but you are slow. My, My, My do I have my work cut out for me. My reincarnate, Kagome, I wish to merge with you, so that our soul may be whole once again, Naraku will not be able to take control through my weakening state, I will no longer have to survive on souls from the dead, and of course I wont have to go to hell, I can try and amend my ways."

"Well, that's nice for you, but umm what would be in it for me? Besides actually getting my soul back, and Naraku not being able to take control of me through you, everything else will benefit you, not me."

"Not necessarily, though I do congratulate you, your not as trusting as most believe. Well besides the two facts you have mentioned, I could help you to control your powers and make them stronger, you will learn to be a true Miko, and you would always have me as a companion."

"Are you trying to convince me to join with you or to say no, because why would I want to always have you as a companion. Besides how would that work if we merge together?"

"We wouldn't fully merge, I would be a constant presence in your mind, able to give advice or talk to you, and we could hold conversations and such. But our strengths (well my strength) will merge together as one, as will our powers. And even though our looks are similar they are not the same, so your look would alter slightly."

"Does Inuyasha know what you are planning, because it sounds like to me that you have been planning this for a while."

"No he does not know, and yes I have been planning this for a while. It seems the only choice that benefits the both of us at the same time."

"True, but honestly I don't know about this."

"If it would make you feel more comfortable, we could always go back to the village and explain this to your companions and let them give you advice, and then you can decide then, and if you decide yes, that way they would know what's happening to you."

"What do you mean, am I going to go through changes so badly that it might make my friends worry if they didn't know."

"I do not know the answer to that, but you will go through some changes, which I've already explained, so yes they might worry if they do not know."

"Ok, I guess It wouldn't hurt to see what they have to say, but don't take this as me agreeing just yet."

"Wouldn't dream of doing such a thing" Kikyou replied sarcastically. Yep one could definitely see the similarities between the two. As the two went back and discussed the situation with the others, neither one could help but silently laugh at the faces of each member of the group.

Inuyasha looked like his dream was about to come true along with his worst nightmare, after all he knew all too well that both women separately had a hell of a temper when angered, he shuddered at the thought of both of their tempers combined…Oh yea he will definitely have to watch what he said if they did go through with it..Maybe he should try and talk them out of that…Yea that would work.

Shippo looked about ready to cry. He loved Kagome as if she was his mother, and he didn't want her to change. But if what they said was true he didn't want Naraku to be able to gain control of her either.

Sango looked to be in shock. If they did go through with this plan then that would mean Kagome would become more powerful, which would mean more demons coming after her. She would have to do some serious training with Kagome to get her strong enough to protect herself.

Miroku looked to be in deep thought. He seemed to understand where this was coming from, and seemed to be able to find logic in it.

Kaede looked as if she had expected this to happen. She did after all know Kikyou very well considering she was her sister, and she had looked upon Kagome as a daughter in the two years that she had been traveling through the well. Surprising it was Shippo that asked the important question, well to them at that moment the question was important.

"So if both of you will be able to communicate to one another and still share the same body, then what name would you go by. Kikyou or Kagome?"

"Umm, well in my time we would definitely have to go by my name, actually I would prefer to go by my name at all times" Kagome stated

"As would I reincarnate" Kikyou stated, even though she knew that the argument was pointless, she felt like seeing how far she could push Kagome. After all it was always best to know that kind of thing if you were going to be sharing a body.

"Well too bad, my body, my name."

"But it was originally my soul, so my name"

"No my soul now, so my name"

"But since I'm the stronger of us two it will be my name"

"No"

"YES"

"NO"

"YES"

"NO! And that's final!"

"Uh guys couldn't you two compromise…like make a new name up that both of you like?" Miroku asked, trying to break the tension that was growing. After all he thought it would be a good idea for them to join and if it was true that they would be able to communicate to each other in their minds, then he was afraid that they would drive each other crazy if they didn't get along now.

"How about Sakura?" Shippo asked. Everyone just looked at him

"What I Iike that name" He defended.

"How about we just call you Kagome, since we are already used to it, but if Kikyou says something or anything then we will call her by her name" Sango stated.

"Sounds good to me" Of course Kagome thought it sounded good.

"Hmm, well considering you are already used to saying my reincarnate's name, I guess I will have to deal with it."

"I have a better idea" Inuyasha spoke up. "How about you two don't join together, I mean you two can barely get along and we wouldn't want to put you both in danger of going crazy and all that, can't you two just split the soul and travel together, or better yet away from each other.?"

"And why would you want that Inuyasha, one would think that you would be pleased with the situation." Miroku asked with a smirk, oh he knew why alright, he just wanted Inuyasha to say it out loud.

Inuyasha mumbled something that no one could hear. After getting sit a few time by Kagome (At Kikyou's encouraging surprising enough) he said it loud enough to hear.

"Because they are scary enough separate, I don't want to see their temper when combined! I mean look Kikyou is already getting Kagome to "Sit" me for the both of them! At this rate I will be dead due to too many "sits""!

"Then its settled, me and Kikyou will join together." Kagome declared, ignoring the pouting/ glaring Inuyasha.

That night the group did the ritual to join the two mikos together. The ritual took about two hours to complete, due to the arguments between Kagome and Kikyou (all in fun, but still serious).

The group also decided that it would be best if Kagome did not go back to her time until her now official training was over, after all you never know what could happen considering no one knew how strong and out of control her powers her now, and Sango wanted to teach her self defense after seeing the new look that took place, which was a combinination of both of their best features.

Kagome was three inches taller, putting her at 5'4. Her body toned up, making her become a little bit slimmer, meaning now her pants were bigger. Her breast grew, making her bras and shirts tighter; making her chest look even bigger. Her hair grew down to just past her butt, but stayed the same midnight/blue tinted color. Her eyes stayed the same unusual blue color. Her face changed, her cheekbones were higher and more defined and less rounded, and her nose slimmed up to fit her new facial features. Her voice stayed the same, only with a more mystical like sound to it.

The training to a year to complete, though it sounds like a long time to some, it really wasn't. After all, Sango did teach Kagome the ways of the Demon Exterminator and how to use all the weapons, Miroku taught her about her spiritual powers and surprisingly the ways and defenses of a monk; yes strange but he wanted to contribute just as much as everyone else. Kaede also taught her how to use her Miko powers and the ways of a Miko. Shippo even contributed by teaching her basic illusions that she could do and enhance due to her spiritual powers. Inuyasha taught her physical fighting. And surprisingly after hearing about what happened and why, Sesshomaru came by and taught her how to sword fight and how to conjure a whip (out of her Miko powers of course). But what none of them knew was that during Kagome's meditation time, which she made sure happened for at least an hour a day, that her and Kikyou also worked together in enhancing their abilities and their mental connection. Kagome also started to wear the traditional Miko outfit with a demon exterminator outfit under it.

During the year as well, was the fact that after a very long and an almost lost battle, the group, along with their allies, was able to defeat Naraku and complete the Jewel. Now Kagome wore it around her neck with a concealment spell on it to hide its aura (thanks to Kikyou's advice). Now the day had come when the group would be separated and Kagome would have to return home, of course she wouldn't do so alone, no, she was never alone anymore. And surprisingly Kagome and Kikyou learned to get along, they were now closer than even Kagome and Sango. The group knew that the two girls talked constantly but could never get Kagome to tell what all was said, though they became extremely curious when out of nowhere Kagome would start laughing so hard she started to cry.

As the group said their goodbyes, Kagome promised to find a way to see them again, she was hoping that the well wouldn't close up, but she knew the odds were it would. As Inuyasha went to give her a hug after everyone else he whispered into her ear.

"Goodbye you two, I will always love the both of you. And I know it would never work out, but remember that I'll find the both of you again and I will always be watching over you." With that he turned and ran off, so no one could see the tears in his eyes. He truly never believed this day would come, and now that it has, he wished that it wouldn't.

With all the goodbyes said and done, Kagome jumped into the well for the last time to return home for the first time in a year.