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Is There no Hope?

Chaper 1

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It was past midnight, that Kagome could tell. She looked around to see what had woken her up when she heard the noise again.

K: //I better tell Inuyasha.//

She looked up in the tree for a sign of Inuyasha, but didn't see any. She looked back to where she heard the noise from and saw a flash of red.

K: //Inuyasha must of already heard it.//

She fell asleep again with dreams of Inuyasha.

"Hey everybody come on it's time to go," Inuyasha said dousing the remains of last nights fire. Sango slapped Miroku and muttered something about hentai thoughts and Kagome gently woke the sleeping kitsune.

"Come on Shippou, it's time to leave," she said gently. He woke up slowly and jumped up to her shoulder.

"But what about breakfast?" he asked in a whining voice.

"We'll eat in a few hours up at the village," Inuyasha said and walked off. Kagome fell in line behind him, with Miroku, Sango, and Kilala behind her. After a while Kagome thought about last night and what it was that he was chasing. She walked up to him.

"Hello Inuyasha."

"Hi."

"So what was it that you were chasing last night?" she asked and looked up at him. He stopped dead and looked straight back down at her. He blinked twice, shrugged and walked on.

"Nothin' I just thought I heard a sound out there, that's all."

"Oh," was all she said and they walked in silence the rest of the way to the village.

I: //Could she have known? Did she see? If she saw she probably wouldn't be talking to me. Or would she just to make sure that I didn't know that she knew?//

Inuyasha walked to the village loaded with worry.

"Wow Inuyasha! This is the most expensive place in town! How did you get us in here for free?" everyone was asking. After a few failed attempts by Miroku, Inuyasha had had enough. He said that he would be back in a few minutes and took off leaving a bewildered gang. He then found the best place to eat and threatened the owner. The owner obligingly let him and the rest of his group eat as much as they wanted for free.

"You just have to know how to do it," he said with a smirk and sat down.

After eating there fill, they left a shard that Kagome had sensed nearby. They didn't get there before nighttime, so after a sit from Kagome they camped near a forest again.

It was the middle of the night and once again, Kagome had been awakened. She over to where Inuyasha was supposed to be and didn't see him. Instead when she looked over at the forest, she saw him running deeper into it.

K: //What is he doing now? Is he chasing after a demon again?//

She decided to get up and follow him. She only had the direction he was going in to find him, so she decided to pick up the pace. After a while she heard some noises and slowed down. She hid behind a tree when she heard two voices.

K: //He wouldn't. He would never... would he?//

"Inuyasha you must leave her and come with me," Kikyou said. She wrapped her arms around him. Inuyasha shivered, but returned the gesture.

"I would do anything for you Kikyou," he replied.

"Don't be so sure of that Inuyasha. The last time I tried to take you into hell with me, you left me for my reincarnate. I thought that you had betrayed me once, which turned out to be a trap, but it wasn't. That time you really did betray me."

Inuyasha said nothing for a while.

"I'm sorry Kikyou. I couldn't leave her. Not just yet." Kikyou stepped away from him.

"So you'd rather be with her than me! Is that it?" she shrieked at him. Upon hearing this Kagome's heart soared.

K: //Would he leave his dead love for me?//

"Kikyou you are my first and only love. There can be no other. We would have been together if it wasn't for Naraku, and I plan to be with you," he replied calmly. Kagome's heart quietly shattered. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She wanted to run, but her legs wouldn't obey her.

"What would you have done if I had never come back?" she heard Kikyou ask. He was silent. "Do not hesitate to tell me the truth Inuyasha. We are already going to be together and nothing can tear us apart again," she said reassuringly.

He took a deep breath. "You know, people say that you and Kagome are alike in every way. I don't see it though. I compare her to you sometimes, but I don't really mean it. I just say it when I'm mad at her. You would never meet two people who were different as you two. Before you came I was falling in love with her, and I guess that there is still some love, but I could never love her as I love you," he finished. Kagome slowly backed away and ran back to the camp, who was oblivious to the two lovers standing there.

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