The moon rose slowly into the sky, as Inuyasha kept his eyes fixated on the woman before him. He couldn't think of anything to say, anything that would make her forgive him, but he knew he would try. He would not let Kagome run away, like she already had.

Braking him off from his thoughts, said miko stood up, and walked over to Raiden. Meeting questioning eyes, Kagome simply said;

"I am leaving now. Since you are human now, you shouldn't be able to break my seals as you did when you spoke. You should be safe, too – only I can see you past my seals. Raiden cannot even see me".

Said hanyou started thrashing his lims, much to no use; as if he were pinned down to the trees which held him in place, much like when Kikyou had pinned him with her arrows.

Kikyou.

Inuyasha had always seen the resemblance. And he hadn't seen it at the same time. Yes, it was given that the two looked alike – however, their minds and souls were different. After her rebirth, Kikyou was cold; distant and selfish, only being near the hanyou if she needed something from him. She wanted him to go to Hell with her only to satisfy her needs of revenge. Her needs. But, Kagome? She was perfect.

She was who he wanted.

She was the love of his life.

The hanyou grunted as he continued his need to break free of the seals; before long, drops of blood started falling from his arms and legs as he fought the seals. Not giving up, he continued, earning worried looks from the miko.

'Damn it, Inuyasha. Damn it. Can't you just leave me be?', she thought, but her feelings took the best of her; although she hated him, she couldn't bare to see him in pain.

"Linaur se galht sam Inuyasha", she whispered; the seals broke, setting Inuyasha free.

Holding back yet more tears, she walked to him and started to mend his injuries. If she didn't help him, he would surely perish of the lost blood. As she finished, she stood up, staring at the hanyou.

'Why am I so drawn to you? What keeps us somehow united?'

She put her hand inside her kimono, and drew out the familiar rosary beads. She put her hands together, and started repeating ancient words; Croneaoi sem lries tu Inuyasha. The beads were surrounded by a pink light, as they started, one by one, joining themselves around Inuyasha's neck.

"Stay away from me", she whispered into the night, knowing that her words fell to deaf ears as the hanyou lay unconscious on the ground.

I'm sorry it has been forever since an update, and that this is epically short. Still, it's something, right?