This is my first fanfiction, so please bear with me, especially since I am retyping everything. I want to thanks all the new and old readers who have supported this story and have been urging me to update after the long break. As soon as I finish this story, or maybe even a bit before, I plan on making more stories, now that I am a bit more confident with my writing. If you have any questions or ideas, eve, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me(:

Warning: I realize the content and writing is poor for the chapters that haven't been edited, but I encourage you all to cary on through the most recent chapters, which I believe are written a lot better.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters in the TV series.

"Aaaaah!"

"Die!"

"Don't do this!"

"I have to, only one person can be in his life and that person has to be, and will be me! Goodbye, Kagome!"

"Kikyo! Stop you don't have to kill me." She was now cornered. In her head, she was praying viciously, in hopes that Kikyo would stop the nightmare, that was unfortunately very real.

"On the contrary, I do!" Kikyo let go of the arrow. The sacred arrow flew towards Kagome's chest piercing her skin, then her heart. Kikyo laughed wickedly as she picked up the dead corps.

By sunrise Kikyo met up with Inuyasha, Kagome in her arms.

"Kagome! Kikyo what happened?" He tried desperately to hide the pain in his voice, but it failed. Trying to keep his composure by not tearing up and hiding the pain, was just too much for the hanyou to handle.

"I saw an undead demon attacking her. And she was trying to fight it off without her arrows. I would have helped her, but I too didn't have any arrows." She lied. Inuyasha punched a near by tree. Miroku and Sango soon arrived, and Sango just bursted out in tears immediately once witnessing the terrifying image, but all Miroku could do was hold Sango tightly in his arms as she wept.

"This must have been one of Naraku's plans." Miroku sighed, he too, trying as hard as Inuyasha to not sound weak, especially in front of Sango.

"Damn! Why did I let her go by herself? I should have been there by her side to help!"

Kikyo smiled, but it wasn't noticeable.

Inuyasha ran away from the three. 'I have to go to her time period and tell her family, but how will I tell them?' Inuyasha sat by the sacred tree where he and Kagome first met. "I have to do it tonight," he said.

"Inuyasha…" The wicked priestess' voice came from a mountain of forest greens that hid her as she spoke.

"Yeah?" He strained, his tears now falling.

"I'll help you get the rest of the jewel shards."

"Kikyo, the jewel shards are the last thing on my mind right now."

Kikyo scowled."Suit yourself, but if you ever need me, just look for me." Kikyo kissed Inuyasha, but he just backed out of the kiss. This made Kikyo even more angry, but unlike the others, she was an expert at hiding all emotions.

I'm so sorry if you thought this chapter was too fast paced, but that was all I could do without changing the whole chapter, completely. I also believed that this chapter should get straight to the point to lead into the story, and to establish part of our main characters' motivation. Send reviews, I need constructive critisizm, but please try to be as gentle as you can.

Yours truly,

Yuri