Mistake

A tall human-like demon walked gracefully along the forest floor, his long silver hair flowing behind him smoothly as he made his way through the woods. Behind him trailed a toad demon, a little girl, and a two headed dragon that followed the little girl obediently, its reigns held tightly within the palm of her small hand. Jaken panted as he waddled after his Lord as quickly as he could as he tried to distance himself from the little human girl that Sesshomaru had saved. Rin, clad in her orange and white patterned kimono ran after her Lord Sesshomaru as quickly as she could, stopping to pick up a daisy or two as she did so, giggling happily. Sesshomaru glanced all around them as he walked silently along the woods, the morning dew still lingering along the leaves and the grass among them.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Why are we going toward that pathetic human village? There's nothing there!" Jaken whined as he panted, trying to catch up, his two headed staff held tightly in his right hand.

Sesshomaru didn't answer; instead he just continued to walk ahead, his golden eyes glancing at one tree to the other as if he were searching for something, which he was. He saw a soul-stealer demon floating around this area, and he knew that the only reason those things would be around here is if that wench that his idiotic brother had fallen for was around here somewhere. He sought her out, for he had a question or two to ask her. These questions were lingering his mind, and it was honestly annoying him. Questions that had to do with that wench that followed Inuyasha everywhere… The one that was supposedly the dead wench's reincarnation.

He stopped for a second and stared off in one area. Jaken, not paying attention, ran into Sesshomaru's leg, crying out in shock and fury, he quickly caught himself before he said something that would get him killed. Rin, unlike Jaken, paid attention to almost everything that her Lord had done and stopped beside him, playing with the daisy she had plucked a while back. Smiling happily, she then glanced up toward Sesshomaru in curiosity.

"What are you looking for, my Lord?" She asked sweetly, innocence dripping off of her words. Sesshomaru glanced down at her, acknowledging her unlike Jaken. He could not get over how her words, her voice, would make his ears ring with a pleasurable sensation. He never cared much for the human race, in fact he had destroyed many a village to get rid of the disgusting things, but when he had met Rin, his heart began to beat and he felt purpose for his life… He had found someone to protect. His father had asked him once, he remembered, if he had had someone to protect.

Sesshomaru, being too prideful to give him a true answer, said he did not wish to protect anyone. But when he was mended back to health by Rin, his choice had been changed. He truly enjoyed having the little girl around. It made his life less serious.

Rin tilted her head to the side as Sesshomaru stared at her. She blinked a bit, unsure if she said something that had upset him, and was immediately sorry. She quickly glanced down and bowed, closing her eyes tightly.

"Sorry… Rin was out of line!" she quickly cried out.

Sesshomaru's eyes softened, reached downward to place a hand upon the top of her hair as if to say she was alright, that she had done nothing wrong. She quickly glanced up at him then smiled.

"I'm trying to find someone… I need to ask her something." He said softly.

Rin quickly glanced all around her, twirling around in a circle as if to think that this would make it easier to find this person. She saw nothing but trees. She then looked up at her Lord and bit her bottom lip with uncertainty. He simply watched her, hiding his amusement the best he could and quickly looked away to see a silver serpent-like creature carrying a blue orb flying toward a lone tree near an old well. He raised a brow and followed it silently.

As he came closer he saw a woman leaning against the base of the tree, one knee bent as the other leg was stretched out. Her grey eyes were watching something off in the distance, her pale face held no emotion except loneliness. Sesshomaru came closer, glancing downward at the woman. Her black bangs hid her eyes from his view, but he knew that she had sensed him. As if on cue, she lifted her face toward his, her right hand tightening its grip upon a bow that lay beside her. She sat there in her red and white kimono, a priestess kimono. She smirked slowly.

"Sesshomaru… What a surprise." She said softly, her grey eyes darkening slightly.

He knelt down beside her to have a good look at her face.

"I need to ask you some questions, wench." He said.

"What is it that you need?" She asked, somewhat shocked.

"I need to ask a question about the girl that follows Inuyasha everywhere."

"Which one? My pathetic reincarnation or the demon slayer?"

"The girl that looks like you." Sesshomaru said, his eyes darkening slightly.

She sighed softly, placing her head against the trunk of the tree, closing her eyes for a moment. She then glanced at him, frowning.

"What is it that you want to know about her?" She asked, annoyance lingering within her voice.

"Why is it that she is able to disappear whenever she leaps into that well right there." He said, nodding toward the Bone eater's well.

A small smile formed upon her lips.

"She had the sacred jewel imbedded within her, thus gave her the power to travel back in time to this era. Without the jewel she is unable to come back. She can go back to her time, but she cannot return here to the Feudal era." She said, as if it were obvious.

The woman's arrogance was starting to annoy Sesshomaru. Hiding his being irritated, he decided to ask another question.

"Why is it that Inuyasha allows her to follow him everywhere?" He asked.

The smile melted away as she glanced into the Demon Lord's eyes then looked away.

"It's because she is my reincarnation. It is because she is my double that Inuyasha allows her to follow him and be his shadow. It was because he fell in love with me that he puts up with that pathetic girl." She said. This time, Sesshomaru noted a bit of hatred within her voice. This was a very touchy subject to her.

"Are you sure he just doesn't enjoy her company?" He asked softly.

Her eyes widened, and then turned her head toward him slowly as her eyes darkened.

"He doesn't love her, if that's what that question meant." She said angrily.

Sesshomaru raised both of his eyebrows as he hit a nerve, and then stood back up gracefully, his golden eyes darkening toward her. Grinding his teeth together to try and keep his patience, that was already slimming in the beginning of the conversation, he ran a couple fingers through his pelt upon his left shoulder.

"I would not blame him if he fell for that human. She seems to be a lot nicer then you are." He said, smirking darkly as he turned slowly to walk away from her. But when he did he saw a string of blue light fly past him, sticking itself into the tree then burning an acidy hole into it. He stopped and glanced over his shoulder to see Kikyo standing, holding her bow as if she had just knocked and released an arrow, her eyes held nothing but hatred.

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Inuyasha lifted himself up slowly from the crater, his eyes held flat against his head as he whimpered, his arms trembling as he spit out a clog of mud that had been stuck in his mouth. He sat up and glared in the direction where Kagome and the others had gone. Standing awkwardly, he brushed off his already dirtied red kimono, a slight "humph" escaping his lips as he lifted his face toward the sky. His ears twitched as he took a deep breath in, releasing the air within his lungs with a noisy sigh as he stepped out of the crater and walked away from the village.

He was mad about Kagome pulling the whole "sit" thing on him, but he knew he had deserved it. He was starting to wonder why she continued to come back to him, spite how badly he treated her. He knew he wasn't exactly the nicest person, and he knew he did not deserve her company, but he was still grateful over it. His golden eyes fell to his feet as he walked, his arms crossing over his chest in a protective pose as his thoughts began to wonder. He began to think of his past… Fifty-two years ago, before he was pinned to the tree. He began to think of Kikyo and how he pretty much thought the same way considering her also. He never understood how she was able to love him. He never could figure out how she knew that he really wasn't really the biggest ass there was alive, and that she could see passed all his mood swings. He sometimes wished that Kagome was that way.

He wanted to get away from the area, and the only place he could think of going with his mood like this was to the sacred tree that he was bound to. His ears twitched slightly as he whimpered softly, feeling lonely and unwanted as he made his way to the tree. As he came closer, he heard a familiar cry and a shout, and became curious and cautious. With his ears facing in one direction, toward the tree, to be precise, he leapt toward the area. Landing in a near-by tree, he saw Sesshomaru with his sword unsheathed in a readying posture, his followers hiding in some near-by shrubs. Shock went through his nerves. Then he looked directly underneath him and saw a familiar form. He gasped in shock to see it was Kikyo with an arrow in hand and a bow in another, readying to fire a shot toward his brother. With a protective instinct, Inuyasha took a hold of Tensaiga's helm and leapt down, growling loudly as he did so, only to have an unwelcome gesture towards both parties.

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Kagome put down her tea cup as she looked out of the small hut that she, Miroku, Shippo, Sango and Kirara occupied and sighed softly. She could not understand how Inuyasha had to deny the obvious, even when he made it perfectly clear to her himself. She ran her fingers through Shippo's tail as she bit the inside of her lip, trying to figure out why Inuyasha always did that. She could never really figure it out. She wondered how Kikyo was able to love him as much as she did without any doubt. She then wondered that maybe Inuyasha treated her odd and denied everything was because he still had feelings for Kikyo. Frowning, Kagome glanced harder into the trees to act like something was interesting her so no one would notice that she was becoming upset. She wished that Kikyo would just die and stay dead instead of coming back to life. She wished that she never did come back in the first place; things would have been a lot easier.

Glancing away from the doorway and the forest, she then glanced at Sango and Miroku, who were sitting side-by-side, Kirara in Sango's lap purring up a storm. A small smile came to Kagome's lips.

If there's any reason to come back at all anymore, she thought, it's because I got some pretty good friends over here.

Sango, feeling Kagome's eyes upon her, lifted her head to catch Kagome staring right at her. She could tell there was something bothering her. She had seen the look that was on Kagome's face at the very moment often enough to know that there was something the matter. Blinking a little bit, tilting her head to the side, Sango addressed Kagome about it.

"Is there something the matter?" Sango asked.

Kagome's cheeks turned a slight shade of pink as if she was just caught with something bad and shook her head slowly.

"No, I'm okay." She said, trying to brush off the slight disappointed and worried tones in her voice.

Sango smiled faintly.

"Are you sure?" She asked, concerned.

Kagome nodded.

"Yeah, I'm alright. I think I'm going to go take a small walk. I'll be back. If Inuyasha returns just tell him I went to check out the Sacred Tree." She said, picking up the sleeping Shippo from her lap and handing him over to Miroku without waking him and headed out the door.
With the thoughts she had going through her head, she figured it would best if she just took a walk to be alone for a little bit without worrying any of her friends. She hated being a burden, which was one of the reasons she disliked having to have Inuyasha come to her rescue all the time. Crossing her arms over her chest, she stared down at her feet as she frowned a bit, nibbling at her inner lip slightly, breaking skin and suckling on the blood. It was something she did a couple times when she was nervous or worried. She walked a bit faster, trying to get her mind off of the troublesome thoughts that continued to plague her mind. She lifted her eyes toward the sky to see a big white cloud float gracefully across the sky and smiled to herself. She never really got to see such a great view back at home.

As Kagome pulled her attention away from the sky above her, she gaped at the site of Rin plucking daisies from the grass before her. She then looked all around to see if she saw Jaken or Sesshomaru anywhere, or Ah and UN but only saw Rin. She blinked a little bit confused and knelt down beside her.

"Hey, Rin," Kagome said casually.

Jumping a little, Rin pulled her eyes away from the yellow and white daisies in her hands and glanced at Kagome. The same curious look that Kagome was sure she had upon her own face reflected at her.

"Hi, Kagome," Rin said, tilting her head to the side.

"Are you here alone? Where are the others?" Kagome asked, worried.

"They are over toward that really old well." Rin said, shrugging her shoulders a bit as she plucked a petal from one of the flowers.

"What? Why are they over there for?" Kagome asked, suddenly concerned. She was starting to wish she brought her bow and arrows.

"Well, Lord Sesshomaru was looking for a creepy lady to ask her a few questions. I don't know what about though; all Rin knows is that she looked a lot like you. Sesshomaru said something that made the creepy lady angry because she just started shooting at him with her arrows. Then Inuyasha just showed up out of nowhere and started fighting my Lord too." She said as she plucked another petal off of the flower in her hand.

With wide eyes, Kagome stared at Rin in disbelief for a moment then stood up quickly, running toward the tree. Now she REALLY wished she had her bow and arrows.

Growling angrily and full of pure hatred toward his younger brother, Sesshomaru swiped his sword at Inuyasha. Inuyasha, being less graceful then his elder brother, simply blocked his brother's blade with the Tensaiga, growling softly before pushing his sword off of his, standing in front of Kikyo, snarling viciously.

Kikyo, knocking another arrow, she shot it over Inuyasha's shoulder and at Sesshomaru, only to see it being knocked out of the way by Sesshomaru's sword. Leaping out of the way of another attack coming his way by Inuyasha, Sesshomaru growled loudly as he reached out to grab hold of Tensaiga's helm, and ripped it out of Inuyasha's hands, wincing in pain over it shocking him. Staring in shock over what just happened Inuyasha snarled as he dug his nails into the flesh of his arms, drenching his claws in his own blood and swiping his hand out toward his brother.

"Blades of Blood!!" He cried out.

Just when this happened he saw a familiar girl in a green sailor suit run right in front of Sesshomaru with a confused look on her face.

"Kagome!!! GET DOWN!!" Inuyasha screamed.

Kagome, flabbergasted at seeing red blades coming her way, dropped to her stomach and covered her head to hear an annoyed growl from someone behind her, which knocked the blades away with his sword.

"Can't anyone just have a decent conversation with you humans without getting attacked?!" Sesshomaru cried out, irritation lingering in his voice as he leapt towards the left, a charging angry Inuyasha heading toward him as soon as he landed.

Kagome sat up to see Kikyo knocking an arrow and aiming it right at her. Gasping Kagome quickly rolled out of the way as the arrow was released and flew right towards her. Screaming over the small explosion the sacred arrow caused, Kagome crawled toward the well. Kikyo knocked another arrow and aimed once again, this time toward the area where Kagome was running to and released, stopping Kagome in her tracks before she reached the well.

Kagome screamed in pain when she felt the arrow lodge itself into her side. She fell to her knees, reaching around to grasp onto the wound in her side as she whimpered weakly. Kikyo cackled as she came closer, reaching down to grab Kagome by her hair and pull her to her feet.

"Go home, you don't belong here." Kikyo said as she pushed her towards the well.

Kagome grabbed a hold of the edge of the well so she wouldn't fall in and kicked Kikyo in the stomach, stealing Kikyo's bow and an arrow. Kikyo smiled coldly as her bow was stolen, simply bringing a hand to her lips and laughed softly.

"Oh, I see, you plan on killing me now, huh? Do you think it will make Inuyasha love you more if I'm not in the picture? The reason why he cares for you at all is because he sees me when he looks at you!" Kikyo said through her laughter.

Hearing Kikyo's words were like a stab in the heart, but she couldn't let her know this. She knocked the arrow and aimed.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fought relentlessly as Sesshomaru pushed Inuyasha against a tree, digging his nails into his throat.

"Tell me, little brother… Why did you get involved?" He growled as he lifted Inuyasha up slowly.

Gasping and squirming, Inuyasha dug his nails into Sesshomaru's arm, swallowing hard.

"I don't have to tell a piece of shit like you why I jumped in." Inuyasha replied.

Sesshomaru smirked as he dug his nails deeper into the skin of his brother's throat.

"She still cares for you, you know." Sesshomaru said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Thrown off from what Sesshomaru said, Inuyasha stopped squirming and stared at his brother for a moment.

"Who?" He asked.

"The wench." Sesshomaru said, raising a brow over Inuyasha's reaction.

"Don't lie, Sesshomaru. Fuckin' jerk!" Inuyasha growled as he dug his nails deeper into Sesshomaru's arm. Just before Sesshomaru was going to squeeze harder, there was a scream that caught both of the brother's attention. They glanced toward the right to see Kikyo holding her shoulder, an arrow sticking deeply into her flesh, coming out to the other side. Kagome stood before Kikyo with a bow in her right hand, she too had an arrow sticking out of her, only in her side. Both girls glared at each other as Kagome trembled violently, dropping the bow and reaching to grab hold of the wound in her side.
Kikyo, staring darkly down at Kagome fell to the side limply, a small smile on her lips as she whispered "They will come to me…"

Kagome glared angrily and did something she never thought she would do: kicked Kikyo in the face. Suddenly words of hatred and anger came to Kagome as she did it again.

"You're nothing but evil! You would have made a perfect wife for Naraku! Manipulative and hurtful! All you care about is yourself, you horrid witch!" Kagome screamed as she kicked her in the face once again.

Kikyo didn't budge, she didn't even cry out in pain. She glanced at Kagome after the third kick to the face and giggled softly.

"He's going to take my side… He's going to chose me over you, because… He loves me." She said softly.

Kagome stared at her for a moment, tears forming behind her eyes. "N-No he won't! He's over you!" She whimpered.

"Oh really? Then why is he fighting Sesshomaru this very second? Just because he's there? No. He was protecting me. Silly girl, you know this." Kikyo said, a smile forming upon her lips.

Kagome shook her head violently, but knew that Kikyo was right.

"Hold on, Kikyo!! I'm coming!" Kagome heard Inuyasha call out. With blank eyes, Kagome stood. She glanced over at Inuyasha, to see him stare at her with anger and hatred, and then saw him glance at Kikyo with concern and worry.

"I-Inuyasha..?" She whispered weakly.

Inuyasha growled and kicked Sesshomaru in the gut, causing Sesshomaru to let go of Inuyasha's throat. Falling to his knees, Inuyasha quickly leapt over toward Kikyo and Kagome, moving quickly in between Kagome and Kikyo, growling in Kagome's direction. Gasping, swallowing her tears, Kagome stared at Inuyasha and then at Kikyo. Edging away slowly toward the well, she saw Kikyo slowly sit up, reaching to grab the bow and an arrow. Glaring hatefully towards Kikyo, Kagome quickly ran toward the Tensaiga that was stuck into the ground not very far from the well and came back.

"Go ahead and try it, Kikyo!!" Kagome cried out.

Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and smacked her hard against the face.

Crying out, Kagome reached to place her hands where she was smacked, tearing.

"But… Inuyasha.." Kagome whimpered.

"Fuck off, Kagome. Go home! How DARE you hurt Kikyo like that when she was down? She's knocked unconscious you crazy bitch! You know better than that!" He screamed.

"But she's faking it Inuyasha!!" Kagome cried out weakly as she rubbed her cheek.

"Shut up, you pathetic bitch! You're just jealous of her! You always have been!" Inuyasha accused.
"It's because I love you!" Kagome cried.

"And that's why you want to leave all the time?" He said, raising a brow.

"I only leave so I can get food and stuff for you!" She cried, tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Well, since you going home is the only thing that makes you happy…" He began, reaching for the Tensaiga "Then I'll just have to destroy it… Since you killed my happiness." He said, starting up Tensaiga, grinning darkly before slicing down, a huge yellow wave of destruction racing towards the well. As the well was blown across the ground, whatever was left of it, that is; Kagome screamed in shock and pain as she flew across the field, hitting her back against a nearby tree as the debris of the well fell all around her. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she sat up slowly, shuddering violently from the shock of Inuyasha's reaction. She laid there on her side, staring over toward Kikyo who stared right back toward her, a small smile upon her lips. Feeling remorse and sadness, Kagome felt herself become weak, and then everything went black.

Inuyasha stood before the damage, his chest heaving as he breathed in and out heavily, his ears flat against his head as he then turned his attention toward Kikyo. Kneeling down, slipping his hands underneath her thighs and around her shoulders, he lifted her up gently. Groaning in dismay, Kikyo laid her head against Inuyasha's shoulders, keeping herself as limp as possible to make him believe that she really wasn't in good shape. Holding her close to him, Inuyasha turned to glance at Sesshomaru who had watched the whole scene from a few feet away, who now walked slowly toward the debris. Inuyasha growled threateningly as Sesshomaru came closer. When Sesshomaru came close enough to Inuyasha to smell the sweat that ran along his forehead as if it were his own, Inuyasha growled once again.

"Are you really that much of an idiot? Could you not hear the conversations between those two girls?" Sesshomaru said softly, grasping a lock of Kikyo's hair and pulled her face up in such a violent manor, she cried out in pain loudly. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he saw this, and immediately pulled Kikyo away from Sesshomaru.

"Don't you touch her!!!" He screamed.

Sesshomaru shook his head in disbelief over his younger brother's idiocy and began to walk away. Inuyasha snarled threateningly once again. "And stay away from Kagome!" He growled.

Sesshomaru stopped in his path, raising a brow as he turned to look at his younger brother.

"You blow up the only way the girl can get home and nearly kill her then you tell me to stay away from her?" Sesshomaru said in amazement.

Inuyasha gaped for a moment, his mouth opening and closing as he tried to think of a come-back. Smirking slightly at Inuyasha's reaction, Sesshomaru turned and headed toward the knocked out girl. Kneeling before her, he slipped his arms underneath her and picked her up. Kagome fell into Sesshomaru's arms, weak and unconscious. He frowned slightly as he felt her light body lay lifeless in his arms and glanced at Inuyasha and the other wench.

"Tell me something, Inuyasha… How would you feel if you realized that Kagome was right?" Sesshomaru asked in a matter-of-fact tone.

Inuyasha blinked a little bit as he stared at his elder brother then glanced down his nose toward the woman in his arms, noticing that she wasn't as light as she had seemed to be in the first place. In fact her body was heavier and full of life, and warm. He blinked for a moment. Kikyo was made of undead earth… How was it possible for her to be warm when she was of the walking dead? He looked over toward the destroyed well, then down at Kikyo. Now that he had destroyed the well, he destroyed the chance for Kagome to have even entered into the past. He changed History over that little action, and if anyone was concerned, Kagome didn't even exist anymore, thus Kikyo's soul was never reincarnated. Inuyasha's ears flickered as he stared at his brother and at Kagome lying limply in his arms.

Sesshomaru simply stared coldly at his brother and frowned slightly as he began to turn away carrying Kagome away from the area, into the forest. Inuyasha stared down at the woman in his arms and glared down at her.

"You knew I would do something like that, didn't you?" He said, growling.

Kikyo suddenly smiled and looked up at him, placing a hand on his cheek.

"Would you hate me if I told you 'yes'?" She asked, amusement in her voice.

Inuyasha's ears flatted against his head as he dug his nails suddenly into her arm and thigh deeply.

"You made me destroy her very existence!" Inuyasha suddenly screamed at her.

Kikyo smiled widely.

"You did it, not me." She laughed softly.

With that, Inuyasha dropped her hard onto the ground and leapt after Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru had vanished behind some trees. Inuyasha followed the scent of his brother, finding him, Rin and Jaken in a little field that bloomed purple flowers. Kagome lay in the grass, pale and lifeless. Sesshomaru slowly unsheathed Tensaiga and stared down at her for a moment.

"Tensaiga… Do your work…" Sesshomaru murmured and swiped down, the sword slicing away the demons that clawed at Kagome's flesh in order to take her to the underworld for good. And with that, Kagome gasped, sitting up quickly holding onto her throat. She looked around her and looked up toward Sesshomaru, confusion crossing her face.

"What happened?" She asked.

Sesshomaru sheathed Tensaiga and started away toward Ah-UN, ignoring her question. Kagome stared after Sesshomaru as she tried to get to her feet, but fell back to where she was seated. She wrapped her arms around herself as she suddenly felt eyes on her and looked over her shoulder and saw Inuyasha peeking at her from behind a tree. Inuyasha began to walk toward her but stopped when he noticed that she flinched and tried to move away.

"K-Kagome? Are you alright?" He asked, moving closer.

She quickly screamed and tried to crawl away. Sesshomaru stopped before he got too far and looked over his shoulder with the corner of his eyes to see Inuyasha advancing toward Kagome quickly. Suddenly he felt something he usually never felt… He growled softly, quickly turning toward Kagome, unsheathing his sword and charged at the half-demon, slashing his sword at him viciously.

"You lost your chance with her, get away from her, half-demon!" Sesshomaru growled.

Inuyasha, being utterly surprised over his brother's obvious protective side over the girl that Sesshomaru hardly cared for before, stopped in his tracks. Sesshomaru looked down toward the human girl sprawled at his feet, shuddering in confusion and fear. He shook his head as he reached down to wrap an arm around Kagome's waist and lifted her up as if she weighed nothing at all. Kagome, too weak to handle any of this, closes her eyes and passed out, laying limp in Sesshomaru's arm.

Inuyasha stood in his tracks, his ears flattening against his head as watched Sesshomaru carry away the woman that he had cared for; the woman that loved him for who he was. He growled shamefully as he turned to see Kikyo standing gracefully, brushing off the legs of her Kimono as if there was nothing wrong with her and smiled at Inuyasha through a swollen face. Blood trickled down her chin from a busted lip laughing softly under her breath. "She isn't my reincarnation anymore. You can't love her because she is no longer involved with me." She said in a matter-of-fact manner.
Inuyasha gaped at her.

"You thought I had loved her just because she was your reincarnation? Are you fuckin' nuts?" Inuyasha screamed.

She giggled.

"Well, that would only make the most sense. Why would you love her otherwise? She is weak and stupid." Kikyo said.

"She wasn't the one that fell under Naraku's spell." Inuyasha growled, and then looked away. "Unlike you and I. If anyone was strong, it was her." He said as he watched Sesshomaru vanish within the trees, Kagome dangling from one arm, Jaken disdainfully following behind with a giggling Rin.