Inuyasha didn't know when or rather why Kikyo had came into the fight but at that moment, he was grateful. As soon as Kikyo had gotten in between them she slammed her hands together and murmured an incantation to low for either of the other 2 to hear.
"What do you plan to do, Kikyo," Kagome hissed, somewhat nervous and already knowing that she wasn't just doing what she was for the fun of it.
Kikyo looked up at her and took her hands apart from one another. In the space between her hands a shining blue light had appeared and was so bright Kagome had to squint to look at it. ⌠There is something within the light," Kagome realized in confusion, beginning to take slow steps back.
Kagome was right. Within the light, there was a small red sphere the size and shape of a golf ball. Purple veins dark as night twisted, wrapping around it until that's was the only color visible. Suddenly the blue sphere shown brighter than any star, hotter than the sun's rays, and within the same instant, it shot itself to Kagome, curling through the air and leaving a streak of light dust in it's tracks. Without notice, Kagome was knocked to the ground when the sphere made impact and as soon as it did, the sphere slowly sunk inside of Kagome, completely disappearing from view.
"GACK!" Kagome gasped as she put her hand to her mouth and began coughing violently," WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!" Kagome hacked into her hands and eventually black muck appeared in them, looking exactly like tar.
"Kagome," Inuyasha called, taking a step towards her then being blocked by Kikyo's arm asked," What did you do to Kagome?" Kikyo glanced sideways at him, as if saying how painstakingly obvious it was.
"I removed Naraku's power over her," Kikyo explained," If you try, you just might be able to reach her. Only you can bring her completely back. But when the battle is done Inuyasha, I will need to remove the shard from her, so as not to have her controlled again." Kikyo started backing away, then stopped once she was around 50 feet from them.
"I'll watch from here," Kikyo called.
Inuyasha swiveled his head back to Kagome and watched as she slowly stood up shakily on her legs. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and then her hands on her pant legs. Kagome grinned at him evily.
"Go ahead, half-breed," Kagome taunted," Try to reach me." He felt a surge of fury wash over him as he barred his eyes into hers, seeing the blackness. And to be honest, he had absolutely and completely no idea what he was going to do, not that he'd ever admit it.
"Alright," Inuyasha muttered, and then sighed," Alright." Inuyasha took a step towards her, and was a little surprised when she made no move to stop him.
"I'll let you attack first this time," Kagome cooed, her arms crossed," I want to see your full power, I can feel it. Don't hold back. I WILL kill you if you do." Inuyasha rolled his eyes, infuriating Kagome.
"Enough with the drama, you obsessive, pathetic, version of the real Kagome," Inuyasha continued, taking a few more steps towards her," Go ahead. I want you to try and kill me. No, I DARE you to try and kill me." Kagome snarled at him, sinking her teeth into her lips and causing blood to gush out. In a moment Inuyasha had crossed the space between them, an inch away from her, Kagome didn't move a muscle.
"Attack," Kagome growled.
"You first," Inuyasha retorted.
Kagome scowled and then out of pure fury, she spat the blood from her mouth directly onto Inuyasha's cheek. "Will you fight me now," Kagome questioned with a look of accomplishment on her face.
A small smirk appeared on Inuyasha's lips, but not a sarcastic or angry one.
"No," he replied, looking her directly in the eyes," Because, even if your mind is taken over and your form has changed, killing you would mean killing Kagome. MY Kagome, and I can't do that, your still her-Inuyasha paused for affect- And I love you for it." Kagome slapped Inuyasha so hard that he was brought to his knees. The next thing he knew he was being dragged up by the front of his jacket and brought an inch from Kagome's angry face. Kagome's teeth were pointing out from her mouth which itself was curled into a snarl, her eyes wide and her eyebrows imprinted to the shape of a v with a missing end.
"YOU," Kagome growled at him, her breathing ragged and her hand that wasn't grabbing him held out back with the claws pointed upwards," I thought I made it perfectly clear that you are NEVER to say that to me!" "I love you, Kagome," Inuyasha repeated.
Kagome angrily swiped him with her claws, yet, for some reason, she didn't do it enough to cause any severe damage. Inuyasha had been dropped when she had struck him and he looked back up at her.
"I love you." "SHUTUP," Kagome screamed, kicking him far from her on his back.
"That one hurt," Inuyasha thought, as he forced his body to get back up.
He started walking towards her again, a determined expression on his face.
"I LOVE you." "SHHHUUUUUTTTTTTUUUUUUUPPPPP," Kagome screamed even louder than ever, bringing her hand out in front of her and shooting a bolt of lightning at him that landed on Inuyasha's right shoulder as if he had had a target painted on it.
Inuyasha winced as he held his wounded shoulder with his other hand and looked back up at Kagome. He gasped.
"Her eyes are a little wet for some reason," Inuyasha realized," I need to keep going, I'm reaching her." Inuyasha was more determined than ever as he all but ran to Kagome and stopped when he was close enough to hug her.
"I love you Kagome," Inuyasha shouted at her.
Kagome punched him, his head twisting to the side.
"WHY DON'T YOU EVER SHUT YOUR FREAKIN' MOUTH," Kagome yelled at him, now tears streaming down her face and landing on her shirt.
Inuyasha shoved his head facing front again, one of his eyes closed from the punch.
"I LOVE YOU KAGOME," Inuyasha yelled at her, and then without warning, he grabbed her shoulders and kissed her, catching her completely off guard.
Kagome struggled against him, crying, punching, and kicking him as hard as she could. Kagome gradually slowed to pounding her fist on his shoulder, tears continueing to tear down her face, and her arms quivering. Finally she stopped everything altogether.
"She's gonna kill me for this," Inuyasha though, but then strangely argued in his mind," But right now I really don't give a crap"
Kagome's eyes closed slowly, and she entered the deeper realms of her mind, where the real her lye in waiting to return to Inuyasha.

Kagome was falling. Forever, it seemed, until she landed on something hard but at the same time soft, and she didn't have to open her eyes to know that she was in the place with the mirrors all around her.
"Welcome back," the same musical voice that was now coated with a sarcastic twist remarked," Ready to banish me yet?"
This time Kagome did open her eyes.
"No."
"To bad."
Kagome glanced around herself and her shoulders slumped in defeat.
"Now you ready?"
She looked the evil version of herself directly in her reflected eyes and said," I've got a proposition for you."
"What about," the evil Kagome asked, not being able to keep the curiosity out of her voice.
"I will not banish you," Kagome said slowly, letting her words sink in," If you promise to never, and I mean never, possess me again."
"What if you ask for it?"
Kagome thought for a moment and than nodded curtly.
"If I ask, it's alright. But you'd have to give me back control if or when I ask for it."
Then the evil Kagome did something that shocked Kagome, she laughed.
"You actually expect me to believe that your not going to banish me? After I hurt you and your beloved? How do I know you won't just dump me when it gets inconvenient for you?"
"How dare you accuse me of that! I swear, on my own life that I would never go back on my promise-"
"Would you swear on Inuyasha's life?"
"His, my family's, even all of my friends."
"That's a big promise. So be it," the evil Kagome said, smiling tentatively," I accept your offer."
"'Bout time to."
Kagome smiled herself brightly and placed one hand on the mirror in front of her.
"It is time."
The evil Kagome cautiously mirrored her actions.
"Yes, it is."
That was when the evil Kagome, who didn't look so evil anymore, crashed through the mirror, into Kagome's arms, and sobbed into her shoulder. The shards of glass flew everywhere, but none landed on the two because they were now two halves of a whole. Life's just fun with it's little surprises that way.

Inuyasha had long since let go of Kagome. When she had passed out, he layed her carefully on the ground and sat beside her.
"Is she ever going to wake up?"
Inuyasha turned his head to the side to face Kikyo.
"Of course she will."
"Most priestesses would have awakened by now, Inuyasha. Have her spiritual powers been fully realized yet?"
"Er..."
"They haven't have they," Kikyo stated more than questioned and after a nod from Inuyasha she sighed and continued," Than you will have to consider the possibility that she might not wake up."
One of those annoyingly endless silences that seem to last forever but in reality they are only about a minute long passed between them.
"She's still alive, I can hear her breathing," Inuyasha said aloud, trying to convince himself along with Kikyo.
He started to pass the time by counting every shallow breath Kagome took, until at last though, his body stiffened and his teeth gritted.
"If Kagome takes 5 breaths every 10 seconds than she should take around 30 breaths a minute. So why is it that she took over 200 of them in the past minute?" Inuyasha questioned himself in his mind worriedly, not even bothering to figure out how he knew that exactly.
The next second, the moment he'd been dreading, the inevitable happened. Her heart stopped beating.
"No."
"Inuyasha?"
"Oh no. It's not true." She can't be gone, she promised she'd always be by my side.
"She promised."
"Inuyasha? You see, I told you," Kikyo muttered, amazingly she looked as if she would cry.
"She lied to me. She promised me, she lied."
And then he screamed. The sound of a man who had lost everything.