Okay. I know it hasnt been a long time since ma other stories came out as well...but they werent doing as good as I thought, so ya. Heres the next story. There was a preview of it on my profile, but im gonna take it off now.

NOTE! This is an editied version of chapter one. it includes the old chapter one and 2 which i made some changes and then combined. Hope you guys like this version better as i plan to edit my story up a bit. NOTE!

a HUGE thnx 2 Bankotsu'sAngel aka my editor

Choice

When you said forever, you meant a few months.

"Kagome! Kikyou! Don't you dare die on me!" screamed Inuyasha as he ran towards the two women he loved, both unconscious in Naraku's tentacles.

Of course, It wasn't a scream that went unnoticed, for the evil hanyou turned to face the raging hanyou who was running towards him. He smirked. " So Inuyasha. You've come at last."

"Bastard! Let Kagome and Kikyou go!" shouted Inuyasha, drawing his Tetsusiaga and pointing it at the evil hanyou. " Now!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, I'm going to give you one chance Inuyasha. Once chance to save the woman you love most and regain what you lost."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" The fang wielding hayou was looking at the two mikos floating around in mid-air out of the corner of his eye, although he must say, it was a very distracting sight while trying to argue with Naraku.

"Simple. I'm going to throw both priestesses off the cliff at the same time, let them fall. Let's see if you'll stay loyal to the first woman you fell in love with, or let your desires for her reincarnation take over your actions."

Poor Inuyasha could only gape at his enemy's words; He was at a loss.

So perhaps it was lucky that Mirouk, the perverted monk came running up right then.

"Inuyasha! Kikyo!" Sango, last remaining taijiya of the hidden slayer's village also joined them shortly after, followed by Kirara and Shippo.

Upon seeing Kagome's friends coming and attempting to save her, Naraku was amused. His evil laughter rang out through the whole perimeter of the castle surroundings and echoed over and over again.

"Naraku!" yelled the demon slayer. "Let Kagome go!"

"Let her go?" asked Naraku. " Why certainly."

And that he did. To the people watching, everything was passing like a blur before their eyes. The evil hanyou lifted up the tentacle that held Kikyou and with one fluid motion, threw her off the left side of the cliff. As with Kagome, like Sango had demanded, he dropped her. Literally dropped her off the right side of the cliff.

Inuyasha stood, watching the scene before him with shock numbing every part of him. It was not until the monk yelled at him that he regained some consciousness in his brain and figured out what exactly he needed to do.

Save them.

Now.

But how? Kagome was falling rapidly off the right side of the cliff, and Kikyo was flying off the opposite side. Even with his demonic speed, it wouldn't be possible to reach and carry both of them to safety within the time that was left until they hit the bottom.

Tick Tock

Sango solved his problem that she had spotted as well. She drew level with him, perched on Kirara's back " Inuyasha! Get one of them and I'll get the other!" When she got no immediate response from him, she added in a furious shout "Hurry! Choose!"

Finally completely snapping out of it, Inuyasha nodded and jumped off the left side of the cliff, to Kikyou. The taijiya took this as her signal to go to the right.

But of course, nothing ever works as planned.

Tick Tock

"So you stay loyal to your first love. How very…touching" mocked Naraku. "And how unfourtunate that you can not change your mind now."

With one flick of the evil hanyou's wrist, Sango, Miroku, Kirara and Shippo were paralyzed in mid motion. The only thing left that they could do was watch on in horror as Naraku reached out and grabbed Kagome instead.

There was nothing they could do.

Tick Tock

At that moment, Inuyasha landed back on solid ground, an unconscious Kikyou in his arms. "Kagome?" he shouted upon seeing where she was "Kagome!"

"Watch the show, little puppy" smiled Naraku.

Right on the cue after he said that, Kagome regained consciousness. "Inu..Inuyasha?.." she moaned. Her head was killing her.

"Miko. Inuyasha has chosen Kikyou over you at a critical moment and as you don't believe me, just take a nice long look at them now for confirmation. He dosen't love you. He dosen't care for you at all." Said Naraku in her ear. "Now with that knowledge, despair, and die."

If you asked the Inu Tachi later on about what had happened then, none of them could have told you, save Inuyasha. All they knew was that the moment after Naraku stopped talking, Kagome was on the ground, a huge hole through her stomach.

There was no other alternative. The wound was way too big. She was going to die.

And all the time, Inuyasha had not made a single move yet to save her.

The hands of time had stopped ticking.

Her chest rose, then fell. "Inuyasha…Even if you saved Kikyou over me…I…still…love you….Want you…happy...not with me…good…luck." Her voice was barely audiable.

Her chest rose. Her chest fell.

She closed her eyes, but there was a pain different from the rest that was burning in her heart.

"Inuyasha." She sighed.

Her chest didn't rise again.

Kagome was gone.

Inuyasha had heard her last words clearly. Why hadn't he chosen to save her? Why did he instinctively go to the left and save Kikyou? Kikyou wasn't even alive anymore, like Kagome was. She even had a family in another time that she had been neglecting all this time to focus her attention on helping him.

But then again, he had wanted to save Kikyou.

He had wanted her to be alive.

And if he could think that at a critical moment, he could not have regrets about it now.

He lowered his eyes and turned away from Kagome's wounded, still body. "I chose to save Kikyou, Kagome. But I don't regret it."

When I said forever, I meant every day until I died.

Five days had passed since the fateful night at Naraku's castle.

They had buried Kagome beneath the soft soil at the spot that she had died, while professing her love one last time. Miroku had built a small shrine on of her grave which held nothing but a simple poem: Peacefully sleeping, resting at last, The world's weary troubles and trails are past, In silence she suffered, in patience she bore, Till God called her home to suffer no more.

Of course, the big yellow backpack was one of the only things left to remember her by, so they had taken it along with them. Everyone who opened the bag and looked at her belongings where she had last placed them, cried. They all missed Kagome. Even Inuyasha who would never have admitted it out loud missed her.

But now, however, the Inu Tachi were walking on in silence, back to Kaede's village. Inuyasha and Kikyou in the front, Sango, Miroku, Kirara and Shippo in the back, glaring at the couple.

It was one of those deafening silences, one that dared you to break it. One filled with tension. Finally, it was Kikyou, the girl everyone loved to hate defied them and cut the silence out of the air. " I sense five jewel shards coming towards us right now.." she said quietly in her cold, uncaring voice.

Inuyasha, of course, at hearing that drew his Tetsusaiga and pushed Kikyou behind him. She stumbled and fell over, but none of the others reached out to help her and she fell to the ground.

"Why didn't any of you catch her?" yelled a not very happy Inuyasha without turning around.

"Sorry, I was busy. Couldn't be helped. But Kikyou-sama is a strong woman. She can take .Right Inuyasha?" Inuyasha said nothing but from behind you could see his ears droop ever so slightly.

"My apologies. I was merely concentrating on the attackers."

"My toy snake got tangled up and I had to take the knots out of it so I can help you guys fight."

Kirara meowed while scratching her ear, proving that she had an itch there and was too busy to catch Kikyo.

Inuyasha growled. It looked like none of his group liked Kikyou. Oh well, doesn't matter. As long as he has her, nothing else matters.

Kikyo was all he needed. Forever.

When you said always, you meant until you couldn't handle it anymore.

Bankotsu, leader of the Shichinintai, was sitting on Ginkotsu's tank along with the rest of his band that hadn't been killed yet; Suikotsu, Renkotsu and Jakotsu. His long braid was swaying a bit in the breeze and his eyes were relaxed and closed.

He was thinking, thinking about a girl he once saw.

She had black ebony hair that flowed down to her mid-back and big brown chocolate eyes that were filled with emotions. Full rosy lips sat plump on her face and happiness just seemed to come from within her. What was wrong with him? How could he feel happiness just come from a person?

But according to Naraku, she had just died.

Even though he knew he should be really happy that she was gone, after all, their groups were enemies. But then why did he feel somewhat sad? Was it because he wasn't the one to take her pretty life?

Completely contradicting that, a little voice in his heart told him that he wouldn't want to anyways.

He had only seen her a few times, once when Inuyasha broke into the castle that they had just attacked, once on Hijiri Island, and once more on Mount Hakurei.

So then why did he suddenly feel so sad when he found out she had been killed?

Why would he not want to kill her?

There are plenty good looking women out there, not just her. But he could kill those without a second of hesitation though...what made this girl so different?

Was it because she was so different from all the other women?

He sighed. No, that wasn't it. He didn't miss her...Or did he?

Was it because she could see the jewel shards? Did he feel sorrow because her powers, along with her were gone? Is that it?

He sighed again. Yes. That was the reason.

Forcing his mind to believe that, he closed his eyes and leaned back on Ginkotsu's side, completely brushing that topic away from his mind.

When I said always, I meant until time ended.

"It comes." Kikyou's cool voice announced to everyone as she herself readied her bow.

Not 2 seconds after her announcement, true to her word, they came. But it was not what they expected for they expected a demon of some sort to come to them, but it wasn't. Fortunately, their attackers looked just as shocked at seeing the Inu Tachi.

"You! You bastards are the Shichinintai!" yelled Inuyasha lifting a clawed finger and pointing it towards the tank that had stopped a few meters away from them.

"Glad you remember. And you're Inuyasha right?" said Bankotsu lazily opening one eye, still leaning against his comrade's side.

"Then prepare to die! A chance to kill all the Shichinintai in one day! This chance won't come again!" said Inuyasha and then almost instantly, jumped at Bankotsu, who in turn jumped off Ginkotsu while throwing off his halberd's mauve cover and blocking the hanyou with his Banryuu.

The others shrugged. Might as well do what their 'leaders' were doing right?

Miroku ran forwards without another thought to attack Bankotsu alongside Inuyasha, but was stopped by a pillar of orange flames. "Renkotsu!" he shouted as the flames cleared away to reveal the pyromaniac of the Shichinintai standing in front of him. "Inuyasha!"

"Concentrate on who you're fighting with Monk." Snapped Renkotsu as he took his canon out.

Sango with Kirara at her side, also ran forward, but was stopped by Ginkotsu shooting a missal at Kirara and Jakotsu's trick sword flying towards Sango. The fire cat jumped out of the way, then ran to attack the metal tank, while the taijiya blocked the blades with her Hiraikotsu, then drew her own sword to attack.

The only people left without opponents were Suikotsu in his maniac form and Kikyou, standing there glaring at each other with dislike.

"Kikyou" snarled the once doctor, walking forwards with his claws hanging casually by his side. Said priestess drew her bow and aimed it at his jewel shard.

Suikotsu let out a laugh. " I know you can see the jewel shards, but do you really think I'm going to let you take them Kikyou-sama?"

Her brows narrowed and her hand pulled her bowstring even further back.

Poor little Shippo was scared out of his mind. The moment he saw the 2 groups clash, he ran behind a nearby tree and hid there to watch the 10 people in front of him fight. Only one phrase was echoing in his head the whole time. This isn't fair! I'm just a kid!

There was a lot of blood shed within the next critical fifteen minutes and soon, the ground was covered in specks of blood and there were a few soul collectors flying around in the air. The little kitsune groaned. This was not going well. His comrades were injured and they all looked exhausted, except for Inuyasha. The shichinintai were also injured, but unlike the Inu Tachi, they didn't look at all tired.

Rustle

It was such a small sound, the rustling of grass, but it was enough to scare Shippo even more out of his wits. It came from directly behind him and for all he knew, it could be anything. It..It could be a demon.. Or worse, a demon with piles of jewel shard! Or even..or even one of the shichinintai that were brought back for the 2nd time!

Rustle

A mental image of a walking skeleton Mukotsu popped into his mind. Oh ew gross! Oh help! Inuyasha! I wish Kagome was here!

Rustle

Closing his eyes and summoning all his courage, Shippo turned around, only to be met with the shock of his life. Standing there in front of him, dressed in a simple white robe was-

"Kagome?...Kagome!" the little kitsune said uncertainly at first, but then realizing she was real, he shouted and launched himself into her arms.

"Shippo!" exclaimed Kagome.

"Aw Kagome! I missed you so much! Inuyasha was being a meanie and hitting me all the time and he and Kikyou were-" but then Shippo broke off, realizing that he had just mentioned the undead priestess, who the hanyou had chosen over her.

Then his eyes widened a little. "But-But…weren't you…dead?" he spluttered.

"Hm..good question Shippo. I thought I was too, since I was in a dark place and there was no light. Then all of a sudden, I heard a voice and opened my eyes and I was alive again, but when I looked closely, there wasn't anyone there." Said Kagome, answering his question, then posing one of her own to counter his. "You know Shippo, these are dangerous times. I am Kagome, but shouldn't you make sure that I'm really me before trusting me?"

The kitsune looked at his adopted mother for a second, then lowered his eyes with slight shame burning in them. "Hai. I should have." He said quietly.

"Yes you should. But now, let's forget about that and stop big meanie Inuyasha from fighting!" said Kagome with a smile for she had seen them fighting, to which Shippo enthusiastically agreed.

But he couldn't help but notice a shining circle in her lower back, where the hole in her stomach had been the last time he saw her.

None of the fighters took any notice of them as they came out from the trees. No one took any notice of them at any sound they made, for it would always be overpowered by the sound of clashing metal, groans, and shouts.

It was not until Kagome shifted Shippo to her shoulder from his place in her arms and notched an arrow that anyone noticed them. The aura that she radiated was even greater than the one she had before she died, even greater than the one that Kikyou emitted.

She glowed.

She glowed red.

When you said you loved me, you meant I was no different from any other girl.

Bankotsu stared.

So it was her. And she was glowing a brilliant shade of red. This was the girl that he had been thinking so much of.

And here he goes thinking about her again.

He was so fustrated. He couldn't understand why he kept on thinking about her. He couldn't figure out what made this woman so special to him, and forcing himself to believe that it was her powers hadn't worked out as well as he thought it woul.

The teenaged leader growled silently. Stupid woman. Distracting him all the time. Making him think about her all the time, even when he was in battle. But it was during the battles that her face had an odd effect on him. Her face would suddenly pop up in his mind's eye and he would feel a surge of emotion wash through him.

Was it a need to protect?

Want?

Desire?

Dang it! He mentally shouted at himself. Pay attention to the battle instead of the girl you damn it!

But even yelling at himself didn't work. He noticed everything about her, every curve, every detail.

He might have been good at noticing Kagome, but he was pretty terrible at noticing that the other shichinintai were all staring at him, their leader, waiting for his command to retreat or to attack again.

But Bankotsu didn't give any; he was just looking at the woman in front of them with a slightly opened mouth, his Banryuu pointed downwards limply by his side.

When I said I loved you, I meant I had never felt what I felt for you.

"Ka-Kagome?…What is this? Wha-What the fuck?" swore Inuyasha staring at her. "Aren't you…dead?"

"If Kikyou can come back from the grave, then why can't I, Inuyasha?" she asked simply. "And nice to see you again to you too. Oh and you guys, Miroku, Sango, Kirara."

Miroku stared. He certainly believed that this was truly Kagome, and not a demon puppet impersonating her. Only their Kagome would be able to die and come back, and still be that happy and cheerful. Speaking of cheerful…dose she remember everything that happened to her? The monk had to know.

"Er…Kagome-sama? Do you…still remember everything from before you died?"

"Of course Miroku."

"And you remember what happened er..the..um…moment..or so before you died?"

"Yes. I remember. Even though I died, I still remember why I died and how Inuyasha chose Kikyou over me. And even though I was brought back, I still feel. I still hurt. And…I still love." Her voice faded out in the end as she lowered her eyes slightly.

"Oi! Are you blaming me for saving Kikyou!" shouted Inuyasha waving his fist in the air.

"It wasn't meant to be an accusation Inuyasha."

Off on the sidelines, Bankotsu's eye twitched. So that's why the girl died: because Inuyasha had chosed the dead priestess over her. And if that hayou could do that, then he didn't deserve to have such a beautiful and powerful girl with him.

"So..that's how she died…" the shichinintai leader said in his usual laid back voice, making Inuyasha and Kagome jump. They had totally forgotten that the shichinintai were still there and hearing every word that was being said.

"And you give a rat's ass about how she died because?-" snarled Inuyasha, showing his fangs and pivoting so that him and Tetsusiaga faced Bankotsu instead.

"Believe it or not, I actually don't. But I've decided that-" the black haired teen jumped and grabbed Kagome around the waist while Suikotsu took the hint and grabbed her backpack without anyone noticing. "I have to take her away because a hanyou like you dosen't deserve such a useful girl."

Kagome stared at him. True, she was extremely mad at Inuyasha for doing what he did, but what was she thinking right then, going off in an enemy's arms without a fight? She didn't think Bankotsu was gonna treat her any nicer than Inuyasha, but there was something in her gut that was telling her to let the shichinintai leader take her away.

"Kagome! Purify his ass or something! Don't just stand there and let yourself be taken!" screamed Inuyasha as he ran towards the pair of them.

The miko turned to look at the hanyou, but Bankotsu threw her onto Ginkotsu. She tried to jump off, and was nicely stopped by a strong pair of hands on her shoulders.

It was Renkotsu.

"Throw your energy at him. Now!" he hissed in her ear.

"What? Why?"

"Throw it. I know your gut feeling Kagome. I know you say you love him, but deep underneath, you hate him for choosing Kikyou over you. Now throw it!"

She desperately wanted to deny it, what the pyromaniac shichinintai said. But something in her brain was telling her to do otherwise. She closed her eyes and tried to block out Renkotsu's voice, which was still telling her to do it.

…You hate him for choosing Kikyou over you… his words echoed through her head. …You hate him for choosing Kikyou over you….

Kagome suddenly heard the sound of someone drinking above her, and above the voice still bouncing around in her head. Looking up, she saw it was Renkotsu, sipping whatever was in his gourd.

"Kagome!" yelled Inuyasha "Do it!"

No sooner had those words left his mouth, before Kagome had a chance to answer, flames rose in between them, presenting a solid wall of fire and blocking their vision from each other.

"Kagome!" she heard him shout.…You hate him for choosing Kikyou over you….

She made up her mind.

Through the fire and flames, a burst of red light pierced through and hit the hanyou, throwing him backwards. He screamed in pain. On the other side, even though she was the one to do it, she cried.

"Let's go!" hissed Bankotsu. He jumped onto his tank comrade and took Kagome into his arms.

"See ya later Inuyasha my little puppy!: shouted Jakotsu as he leaped onto Ginkotsu along with Suikotsu and the backpack.

"No wait! You bastards come back here!" screamed Inuyasha, looking at the wall of fire.

But the only answer he got was Bankotsu's voice. "Until next time then, Inuyasha."

The hanyou slowly got up.

The flames slowly died away.

The shichinintai were gone, and with them, so was Kagome.

Wait.

Why couldn't he smell their scent anymore? They were just here a second ago! I couldn't have faded away that fast! Inuyasha looked down. His claws were….gone…In their place was now..nails. Human nails.

"What the hell?" He checked himself out. He couldn't possibly be human now! It wasn't even his time of the month!

Balck hair. Check

Clawless. Check

Human sense of smell. Check

His eyes widened in realization. He was a…human.

That girl had purified his demon.

"Kagome!"

Okay. And theres your 1st chappie of the story. Hope you guys liked it. Tell me what you think . aka REVIEW PLZ!. If i get enough reviews to keep me happy, then ill put up the next chappie for which the preview is rittteeee hereeee:

NEXT CHAPPIE: In the next chappie, we see Kagome and the shichinintai and how she dosen't really like the fact that they kill. And Jakotsu, being Jakotsu and hating women, got her pissed off enough to send her storming off into the forest, only to get herself into trouble...Who will come save her now that Inuyasha is gone?