Summary: Inuyasha visits Kikyou again-and Kagome snaps! Will she get through to him or will they split up for good?

A/N: First fanfic-R&R! I'm sorry it's probably been done but I had to get it down. I wonder if it'll happen in the manga or anime? (that's not a spoiler, that's me thinking on paper)

Disclaimer: if I owned Inuyasha, this would have happened long ago...don't sue!

(3/26/06) I am re-reading this story and editing. I hope it'll turn out better...

It was night in the forest, and Inuyasha was trying to confess his undying love for Kikyo. Again.

"Kikyo, no, come back! I'll always protect you!" Inuyasha cried, reaching out to his only(?) love. She merely disappeared into the dark sky, drifting away with her soul-collectors.

And Kagome was watching. Of course. And from her vantage point, she had seen it all. Of course. Then, something in Kagome's heart went snap.

JeezInuyasha, have the decency togo somewhereI won't catch you. You never learn. At least wait until I go back to my own time! she seethed.

The poor(blindingly furious)girl waited for her cue, then stepped out from behind her tree. Inuyasha only then noticed her and put his hand down at his side "Ummm...Kagome? What are you doing here?" He asked, clearly not grasping the situation.

That was the last straw for Kagome. "I'm here because I was walking to the well to go home when I saw you and that clay doll making out!" she yelled at him.

He let out a strangled yelp and visibly controlled the instinct to put his arms down, ready to catch him should some passing miko say a certain word. "Wh-what? You just saw all that? Kagome, I-"

"Don't, don't you dare! We do this every time! You two sneak off to go tonguing, I see you, and you apologize and somehow I convince myself it won't happen again! Not this time!"she ranted, stomping her feet and snapping hapless twigs on the soft dirt of the forest floor.

"Listen, Kagome, I was only...we were only-" Inuyasha tried again.

"No! I'm not going to - to just forget this!" Her hands were balled in fists at her side, with very little keeping them from contact with any area of exposed skin. She stopped, took a deep breath, seemed tobecome even more out of control, andturned to him sharply."What do you even see in her?"

Inuyasha stuttered, then found his voice, and recited his mantra; "She died for me, and I have to repay her by protecting-"

"No, you don't." She was sofar gonethathervoice was only barely above a growl."Don't you see? She died because Naraku killed her." She took one step closer. He took one step back."She effectively killed you, for god's sake! Where in that do you see her dying for you?" She unconsciously reached to her back but remembered distantly that she had neitherher bow nor her quiver.

What a shame.

"I..." the dog demon began, then stopped. "You see, she..." his voice trailed off again. What had he meant to say? Oh yeah. "She wouldn't have died if she hadn't brought the jewel out for me to use!" Yeah, now that he was yelled, she might yell back. And yelling was better than that threatening growl she had going for her. That was scaring him beyond reason.

"She's tried to kill how many times now? five? ten? more? You are in love with Kikyo the miko, the Kikyo you knew before you met me."Her words were technically quiet, but they expanded and settled over the empty clearing like a weight."Would the Kikyou you loved ever try to kill you?" She purposefully said 'loved'. Past tense.

"She would if I stole the Shikon no Tama, and if... if..." he sputtered, losing his footing in his once-sturdy argument. She wasn't going to yell. He was in trouble.

"But you haven't done that since that walking pot started moving, have you?" Oh no, she sounded calm. Kagome couldn't go from rage to calm in ten seconds flat. She could, however, go from rage to a higher plateau hitherto unreached by one so young as her in the same amount of time. Very, very easily."Well, I have news for you, Inuyasha. The Kikyo you loved died fifty years ago. She's gone." Her words hadthe sharp tang of unaccepted truth."You couldn't save her then, and now you're trying to save a memory of her that's gone and allied herself with our biggest enemy."

(A/N: I'm sorry if that's a spoiler. I really am. But doesn't this feel great?)(3/26 a/n: Oh, it so does...I remember writing this, long ago...)

He flared at that. "There's...probably a reason for that!"

"Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you. If she told you that it was Sango with a freakin' mask on that had a shard and was mad with power, you would go and kill her. Our friend.At the word of a dead chick with a part of my soul that wants to drag you into hell. You're living in the past," Inuyasha was so mad, he almost missedher next words, "and if you don't realize that, then it will be too painful for me to stay here and see where your loyalties truly lie."

"Wh-what?" he asked, surprised. She couldn't leave. This was Kagome. Kagome couldn't leave.

"If youalready know who you're going to be with at the end, then I'm going to go home for good." Kagome looked like she was in shock frommerely speaking the words, but she was resolute now that they were out and real.

"You would leave? Why?" Inuyasha couldn't hit his head around it. Kagome couldn't leave.

"Because I love you." She took one step away, her knee gave out, she staggered to a tree, and turned."Good-bye, Inuyasha. Best of luck with that woman." She started to run towards the well that would take her home. She was blind in the dark, but it didn't stop her.

Inuyasha was stunned, debating with himself what to do,how to keep her with him. During this long second of indecision, his mind raced through every emotion he had felt with her. She pulled on his hair when they first met. She sat him out of anger. She told him off and scolded him all the time. She yelled at him for liking the ninja food better than her own cooking.

Good riddance.

But wait, there was more. She smiled at him warmly, no matter what was happening. She always worried about him, no matter how small the wound. She had so much compassion that even thinking about it made his heart ache to see it written across her face once more. And he desperately needed her not to go away.

He made his decision, and ran after her.

He caught her up as she was entering the clearing under the tree he had been pinned to for fifty years, where they had first met. Tears streamed down her face as he spun her to look at him.

"Leave me be, Inuyasha. I've made my choice. You should go off and be happy..." she sobbed, weakly struggling. His grip tightened carefully, consciously not hurting her.

"Don't go." She wouldn't look up at him.He bent lower instead, to tilt his head up and look into eyes. Ah, there it was. The caring that he had somehow become addicted to.

"Wh-why shouldn't I?" Kagome's voice wavered. She jerked her head away, staring up at the god-tree.

"Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kaede... all of your friends. Even if you hate me now, stay for them." Inuyasha said, trying not to plead.

"Oh. Them," the girl whispered, "and not for you. So you'll just ignore me? I guess it'll be hard to talk anymore. Sorry for saying...what I said. Just forget it. It's not important..."

Very slowly, expecting a slap at any moment, Inuyasha pressed his lips against hers. Then, the best thing that could happen, did. She kissed him back, albeit somewhat dazedly.

"Let's go back to the hut," Inuyasha murmured as he started walking.

"I...Why did..." sheheld up her hand to stop him and demand some answers. Instead, she fainted. And the last thing she remembered was his smell as he picked her up quickly.

Oo, he smelled good.

A/N: I'm sorry if you thought it was boring. Constructive critisicm is helpful, but encouragement is essential because I have issues with failure. And no flames. Please.

3/26 a/n: Wow, I didn't change the plot of it...much. Major difference at the end of this chapter. Fun. My style's really changed since back then...should Irevise the rest of the chapters? I guess I have to, for any continuity...