Prologue

So much has happened since that awful day. When I think back to it though, I have to wonder if it really was so bad. I was scared, more frightened then I have even been in my entire life. But, I'm happy that it happened. I got to meet someone who has become very special to me. He doesn't know it, but I think, I'm in love with him.

Why is it that time seems to be repeating itself? Of course, I don't remember what happened back then, I'm not her. But I know their history. I can imagine the pain they both went through, because right now, I'm going through that same pain. Maybe the circumstances are a little different, but in the end, it's still the same feeling.

I love Inuyasha. I just wish he would see that. I wish he would stop seeing me as her and see me as me.

Kagome.

That's who I am. I am not Kikyo.

Ka-Go-Me.

Kagome Hirgurashi.

Kikyo died 500 years ago. I wish she just would have stayed dead. I know that sounds awful, but we share the same soul, and it's hard on me. Is it because we share the same soul that I also share the same feelings as her? Is that why I love Inuyasha? Or do I love him, because I CHOOSE to love him?

Maybe I should have never come to the shrine. Having to be transferred to a new country, to a new school, a new residence, just so that I could become the next protector of a jewel that doesn't exist was not my list of top things to do before I died. Or at least, the jewel didn't exist until recently.

But what am I going to do? I do what I have to. I do what feels right. I am a miko now in love with a hanyou. The same hanyou my ancestors had tried so hard to keep from wakening, and I'm the one who ends up releasing him. Ironic, isn't it?

I still have so much work to do, juggling school and shrine duties, along with a hanyou with a lust for adventure. My job as a miko will never be over. Neither will the feelings I have. Sometimes I swear I live a cursed life, but each night as I drift to sleep, a smile always litters my face.

Disclamer: I do not own Inuyasha. Simple.

Author's Note: I started this story 6 years ago and gave up on it. Bored with video games, I am now going to try and focus on redoing this story and the grand ideas that I had for it years ago. I am looking for a beta so if anyone is interested, please, send me a private email.

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