Chapter 2
"Kagome? What are you doing here? Why aren't you in the village?"
"Nothing, I just came to give Kikiyo something." Kagome answered as she kept her eyes down. Once she reached Kikiyo, she leaned in and said, "If I find out that he didn't get to make his wish on the jewel so help me god I will find a way to drag you back from hell so that I can kill you myself."
To shocked and confused at her reincarnations words, Kikiyo looked up and watched Kagome as she pulled away from her before looking down into her hands where the jewel now rested.
"Kagome? Kagome why are you giving her the jewel?" Inuyasha asked in a confused voice.
"I understand already Inuyasha, I told you that I would stay at your side until you had the chance to be with Kikiyo….make your wish and be happy with her." Kagome whispered.
Before Inuyasha could even stop her, Kagome jumped into the well and closed her eyes as she felt the time strip that had once allowed her to travel through time, seal before she landed in a heartbroken ball. She did what was best; she made it easier for him. 'I saved him the guilt of having to tell me that he chose her…he chose to die with her…I knew that…I had always known that he would chose her…so why….why does it hurt so much,' Kagome thought as she took in a deep breath before crying out in pain.
After trying countless of times to get through the well to go and get his Kagome back, Inuyasha jumped out of the well and turned enraged eyes at Kikiyo. As Kikiyo tried to stay calm, she watched as Inuyasha threw his sword from his side as he growled out, "What did you tell her? What did you tell her that it made my intended leave?"
"Inuyasha!" Sango's and Miroku's cries were heard as his demonic aura began to grow with the fuel of anger, rage and hurt that he now felt knowing that he would not see Kagome again.
"I told her what you had told me…that you chose to stay at her side, to live with her and have a family." Kikiyo answered in hopes of calming his inner demon. She had never seen this side of him before and to be honest it scared her. 'I can't tell him that I answered her question with another question, oh god…what have I done?'
"Bitch!" Inuyasha roared as he lost all control. He had thrown his sword from his side for this reason and this reason alone. So that he could cover his pain and let out his anger by attacking the woman that had made his lover leave his side. Once he had lost complete control, Inuyasha charged at Kikiyo with claws ride to kill the woman that had made his intended leave.
Kagome sat at the bottom of the well, she knew that it wasn't fair to Sango, Rin, Shippo, or even Miroku to leave without a word on their wedding day but she had no choice. She had even left all of her modern day objects in Kaede's hut; not like she cared about those things at this point. If she stayed there and went to tell them that she was leaving they would only blame Inuyasha for loving someone that he had already loved to begin with and she could and would not allow that to happen. As she struggled to breath, Kagome felt her soul grow heavy, as if it was in fear. As she closed her eyes Kagome took in a deep breath and whispered, "Inuyasha…sit boy…sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit boy," for the last time.
Just as Sesshomaru and Rin had entered the clearing to try and help the others, they watched as Inuyasha fell face first into the ground just as he was about to claw Kikiyo. Kikiyo watched in shock as Inuyasha fell to the floor and passed out. She had not said a word nor had she tried to subdue him like her reincarnation. Kikiyo had been to terrified by Inuyasha's actions to even try to defend herself or those that were around her. Just as the shock began to wear off, Miroku walked over to look at Inuyasha with shock and amazement before saying, "Lady Kagome is truly amazing if she had been able to subdue him from her time…she truly was meant for this fool."
"Where is she?" Sango asked in a cold voice as she turned to lock eyes with the frightened miko before them.
"She handed me this and returned to her own time." Kikiyo answered in her same emotionless voice as she showed them the shikon jewel that now rested in her hands once more.
"It would seem my foolish brother was finally able to drive her away." Sesshomaru growled as he walked over to his brother and handed him his sword so that he would not turn again.
"Come on monk, help be carry him back to the village…Kikiyo I don't care if she gave it to you," Sango began to tell the undead miko in such a cold voice that it gave the demon lord shivers, "she meant for Inuyasha to make his wish on the jewel so you are not going anywhere."
"I understand, I shall be staying with my sister." Kikiyo stated before walking ahead of the small group that had stayed behind to help get Inuyasha out of the area. 'Inuyasha…please forgive me…I did not mean for this to happen.'
"Well, will you help us Lord Sesshomaru?" Miroku asked.
"I will, however if he cannot be controlled I will take him with me back to the western lands." Sesshomaru growled before he lifted his brother up without any effort at all and began to make his way to the village.
Sango turned to her husband and whispered, "What am I going to do now? Kagome…she was like a sister to me…what now? What about Shippo?"
"Don't worry, I'm sure Inuyasha will find a way to get her back, do not worry." Miroku stated in an unsure voice.
With a simple nod of her head, Sango took her husband's hand and began to make her way back to the village. It was not only her wedding night but the night that her best friend had been driven back to her own time because of the careless mouth of the undead miko that had now taken her place. If it had been any other night she would have attack the dead miko until she answered her question but since this was not the time to do such a thing, she would spend the night with her husband.
As she cried herself to sleep, Kagome tried to keep all of her feelings locked up. She didn't want her family to worry about her, she didn't want her mother to think that she was depressed and had to go and see or talk with someone just so that she would smile again. After all who would she talk to when she had traveled through time and fallen in love with a hanyou that was now in hell with his dead lover? No one would believe her and most if not all the people that would listen to what she had to say would send her straight to a mental institution for sure. That morning, Kagome woke up and without a word to anyone she made her way to her room. It wasn't until she had been stopped by her mother that she turned around and said, "I'm alright…I'm fine…" in a calm and distant voice.
"Kagome…Kagome what happened?" her worried mother asked as she took hold of her daughter. It was then that she realized that her daughter was slowly going into shock.
"Oh my god…Kagome! Kagome snap out of it!" her mother yelled as her father and her son came running into the room.
"Mom what's going on…" Sota asked as he turned to look at his sister as she was slowly but surely starting to fall asleep.
"I'll call the ambulance, Sota come with me." Jii-chan was heard as he pulled the boy back and way from Kagome.
"Kagome…Kagome…Kagome stay with me…what happened?" her mother questioned as she tried to figure out if it was poison from some demon or if this was just because something terrible had happened and Inuyasha had forced her back to her own time once more.
"Mama…he…he's gone…he…hell." Kagome whispered before completely passing out in her mother's arms.
"Jii-chan hurry!" she called out as she laid her daughter out before looking for any wounds. Once she was certain that her daughter did not have any wounds that were or would have been unexplainable, Ms. Higurashi lifted her daughter as she tried to get her to wake up.
After a while of trying to get her daughter to wake up, Ms. Higurashi stepped aside and watched as the men from the ambulance came in and began to look over her daughter. Once they had arrived at the hospital, Mama Higurashi began to tell the doctors how her daughter had gotten home. While she turned them down and said that nothing had been done to her, she asked the doctor to keep an eye on her and to make sure that she didn't go further into shock while she was asleep. After making sure that her daughter would wake up the next morning, mama Higurashi took in a deep breath and tried to figure out what it was that could have happened to her daughter or what could have happened that would have made Inuyasha send her daughter back to her in such a state.
Just as she was about to figure something out, she turned to face her sleeping daughter as she heard her daughter whisper out, "Please…no…don't go…stay…stay with me…" in her sleep.
"Kagome…Kagome it's just a dream." She whispered gently to her daughter in hopes of pulling her out of the nightmare she was having.
Once she had calmed her daughter, she turned to find her son and father standing in the door way with worried eyes. After greeting them with a smile she said, "Don't worry, she is alright now, she just needs to get some rest."
"Mom, what happened to her?" Sota asked.
"She just went into shock." She answered.
"When will she be allowed to go home?" Jii-chan asked.
"They said that she would be able to leave tomorrow morning and that's if she appears to be fine in the morning." She answered. "I need to go home and get her room ready; I want to make sure that there isn't anything that will trigger this again."
"We'll stay with her mom, you don't have to worry." Sota stated as he walked over to the side of his sisters bed and sat down.
"Thank you Sota…I'll try to be as quick as I can." She replied.
As he walked his daughter to the door, Jii-chan leaned in and whispered, "Are you going to call him?"
"He has a right to know." She whispered back before she left the room.
Just as she had walked out, Sota and Jii-chan turned to face Kagome as she whispered, "Inuyasha…Inuyasha…" in such a sad voice that it made things very clear for them.
"I'm worried Jii-chan." Sota whispered as he stayed by his sister's side.
"As am I but don't worry, your sister is a strong girl and a powerful miko…believe in her and she will be alright. You'll see." Jii-chan answered.
All Sota could do was nod as he turned to face his sister. 'Wake up soon…Inuyasha…where are you?'
Meanwhile, it had been two days since she had left and Inuyasha had yet to wake up. While Kikiyo continued to help her sister with the villagers and caring for them, Sango and Miroku tried to look after a depressed Shippo while making sure that Inuyasha was not going to get sick. It was the morning of the third day when Inuyasha began to wake up, he let out a low growl but grip Tetsusiga as if he would die if he did not do so. Just as he began to sit up, Miroku closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief before saying, "You gave us quiet a scare my friend. Are you alright? Sango will be back shortly with some food."
"Uh…" Inuyasha growled as he struggle to get up.
"Still sore? Well that is to be expected from her sits" Miroku added before asking, "Do you remember what happened?"
"Feh, where is she?" Inuyasha growled in anger as he tried to force himself to stand up.
"Lady Kagome is gone." Miroku stated.
"Not her…where the fuck is Kikiyo. That bitch has something that belongs to me." Inuyasha growled as he turned around only to be met by a pissed off Sango.
Before Sango could even say a thing, Shippo jumped out of his arms and yelled out, "Otu! Otu!"
"What's up runt?" Inuyasha growled as he caught the crying kit.
"You're going to get her back right? You're going to bring Oka back to us?" Shippo asked as little tears ran down the side of his face.
"Feh, of course runt, she can't get rid of us that easily, come one; we need the jewel if we want her back." Inuyasha growled as he walked up to Sango and said, "I'm wishing for her."
"Wait a minute Inuyasha…you can't do that…what if that wish kills Kikiyo?" Miroku asked.
"Then all the dead souls in that clay pot will be freed and I'll have my intended back." Inuyasha growled back in anger as his eyes flashed red and gold for a brief moment.
"Ye are awake Inuyasha." Kaede spoke from outside the hut.
"Feh, where's that sister of your Kaede, I want my jewel." Inuyasha growled as he walked out with Shippo on his shoulder.
"Do you really believe that your wish will not be corrupted Inuyasha?" Kikiyo asked in an emotionless voice as she walked in to join them.
"I have nothing to lose." Inuyasha growled out as he stretched out his hand. "Now give me the jewel."
"I will keep my promise to my reincarnation but I will not do so now when you are not aware that you have yet to control your inner demon." Kikiyo answered in a cold voice as she took a step away from the hanyou before her. She had lost her trust in him the night he had attacked her and there was no way in hell she would allow him close to the jewel.
"Just give him the jewel." Sango hissed.
"If I did I would have however I have placed it in the shrine so that his demon blood does not taint the jewel." Kikiyo stated as she realized that she was not meant to be with him. It had been three days ago that she had realized that her reincarnation was the one that was meant to be at his side.
"You have no right to do that." Miroku stated in a cold voice.
"I'm sorry but I agree." Sango was heard as she turned to face Inuyasha before adding, "She is nothing like Kagome, and she cannot keep the jewel pure while trying to subdue you like Kagome did before. She is not that strong…she is not as strong as Kagome."
"Sango." Miroku stated.
"No, it is true, and I don't' care if you get mad." Sango hissed as she turned to lock eyes with the undead miko. "Kagome never once feared Inuyasha when he lost it, she welcomed him with open arms and an understanding heart, and you have no right to protect that jewel in her place and you know it is true."
Having nothing more to say, Sango walked off with her husband close behind to calm her down. Meanwhile, Shippo looked at Inuyasha as he stayed quiet. He knew that his father understood what Kikiyo had been trying to tell him and he knew that he was After figuring out what he had to do, Inuyasha turned away from the two miko's and asking, "Oi, runt where the hell is that uncle of yours?"
"He said he would return once he got Rin to read some of the books in your fathers study." Shippo answered.
"Wait, where are your Oka's books? Where are you things?" Inuyasha asked as he began to look around for the big yellow bag that was left behind.
"Sango and Miroku moved it to their house. They knew it was best if they kept it from view since it would change things. That's what they said so they have it hidden in their hut." Shippo answered his father.
"Feh, come on, let's go." Inuyasha growled as he began to make his way to the well. 'She was always fond of the runt…maybe he'll be able to go through in my place.'
"Where are we going Otu?" Shippo asked.
"We're going to the well to go and try to get your mother." Inuyasha answered. "You are going to try jumping in the well."
"What? I thought that only you and Oka could do that." Shippo stated.
"We can but right now she doesn't want to see me, try to get her to unseal the well." Inuyasha growled as they reached the well.
"What if she forgot about me?" Shippo asked in a scared voice.
"She didn't, she could never forget you." Inuyasha stated as they reached the side of the well.
"But what if I can't get back?" Shippo asked.
"You will, she wouldn't want for you to feel unsafe." Inuyasha stated. "Just make sure to bring her back."
"I'll try." Shippo stated before jumping into the well.
She had been in a painless sleep when she felt someone trying to get through the well. She had no idea how long she had been asleep but she figured that it would be time to wake up since she would need to be closer to the well to keep it sealed. It had been her seal that reacted that had woken her from her sleep and now she was wide awake and well aware of the fact that she was in a hospital. Just as she sat up, Kagome turned around only to find her grandfather sleeping and her brother watching TV as he slowly fell asleep. Just as she was about to try going back to sleep, Kagome turned to the door only to find her mother walking in with a nurse.
The nurse smiled at her before turning to her mother and saying, "It would seem that she has already woken up, I'll go and get the doctor."
"Thank you."
"Mama…just what is going on here? Why am I in the hospital?" Kagome asked knowing that she would get the same answer she had come up with herself. 'Please let it all have been a dream…let me be in a dream.'
"Kagome dear, now is not the time, how are you feeling. Are you alright?" her mother replied in a very worried voice.
"Wait…how long have I been asleep?" Kagome whispered loud enough to be hard.
"You've been asleep for about five day honey…how are you feeling?" her mother answered.
"I'm fine…now answer my question…mama what is going on? Why didn't you just let me sleep at home?" Kagome replied. "All I needed was rest," as she tried to lie to her mother. She didn't want to worry her. She was sure that she would have been fine if she would have just been left alone for a while.
"Never mind that Kagome, once you are released you are going to go live with your father in the states." Mrs. Higurashi stated. "I've already spoken to him, he doesn't know why; other than that you want to go look at colleges over there."
"What? Why?" Kagome asked in a worried voice. 'What if I feel like going back to visit them…to see how my son is doing…or…Sango and Miroku,' since she was already starting to regret her actions.
"Kagome…you're going to go live with Otu?" Sota asked in an excited voice.
"It is best for your health." Jii-chan was heard.
Before her mother could say a word or try to explain to her daughter why she had decided to send her away, the doctor walked in and said, "You are going because I recommended that you leave and went to go stay somewhere where you will not be reminded of whatever it is that caused you to go to shock Ms. Higurashi."
