"I trust you with my life Sesshomaru. Never forget that."

He merely nodded, closing his eyes and leaned into her, taking in as much of her scent as he could. Kagome eventually unwound herself from his arms and looked down at the stone egg. Silently slipping it into her kimono she hooked her arm through his and started to walk off in the direction the others had gone. The egg was a mystery to them all, but one they planned on solving, and soon.

That night they sat around the camp fire, all feeling slightly uncomfortable. Kagome was turning the stone egg over and over in her hands, unwilling to but it down or let it out of her sight for fear it would disappear. She had no doubt that Sashiba was telling the truth and that if they left it somehow many would die.

Kikyo had been watching her for a good hour or two now, but she couldn't bring herself to meet her eyes. Movement out of the corner of her eye caused her to finally raise her head to see Kikyo walking away from the group, only to stop a short distance away. Suddenly she heard a voice in her head, Kikyo's.

Startled she met Kikyo's gaze.

: Come here Kagome.

Kagome shook her head and tried to ignore the older priestess's presence in her mind but she soon felt herself being pulled towards Kikyo. She tried to stop herself and yet she couldn't and eventually gave in, placing one foot in front of the other until she stood before the dead woman.

"Kagome, we need to talk."

Kagome looked down at her feet, mumbling that there was nothing to talk about as she drew squiggles in the dust with the toe of her shoe. Again she felt the force lifting her head up till she couldn't avoid Kikyo's gaze.

"How are you doing this? It's not fair. I don't want to talk about it."

"Kagome, you are a fellow priestess, and not only that but you are my reincarnation. We are one in the same and therefore I can talk to you and make you do what I want if you are untrained. Now you must tell me what Sashiba meant. What have you seen?"

Kagome looked once more at the ground before finally giving in. She wasn't going to enjoy this but she supposed she was going to have to at some point.

"It was the night you joined the group. I saw you….with Naraku."

Flashback

She once more saw Kikyo standing in front of Naraku, smirking at the body of Inuyasha lying on the ground with an arrow through his heart. Though what disturbed Kagome most was it was not Kikyo who held a bow, but herself, on the other side of the clearing, tears falling from her eyes even as she loaded another arrow and released straight at her hanyou, her best friend. And all the while Kikyo and Naraku stood together, laughing as the same fate was replayed, just as Sashiba the hawk demon had predicted, and just as Kagome feared.

End Flashback

"I see, so that was the weak person who Sashiba was talking about. Myself."

Kikyo looked towards the setting sun and turned her back to Kagome.

"Kagome, we both know this cannot happen. Everything must be done to stop it, even if it means a life is lost. I know what I must do, and when the time comes…I will do it."

Kagome stared at Kikyo in horror. She was going to kill Inuyasha. That was the only way to avoid Kikyo joining Naraku, if Inuyasha was already dead.

"No, you can't Kikyo. He must survive, you can't kill him!"

But Kikyo either did not hear her as she strode off deep in thought, or she chose not to listen for Kagome got no answer. As the tears formed in her eyes Sesshomaru appeared beside her, pulling her into his chest.

"Kagome, we will not let her, though if the only way to stop this vision of yours is to dispose of Inuyasha, you know he would want it."

Kagome fiercely shook her head and pushed the taiyoukai away.

"He fights tooth and nail to survive everything, every little battle, every wound or scar he bears and comes back stronger for it. How can you tell me that when Inuyasha dies it would be his friends that decide it? It's not fair. I won't let her, and I won't let you!"

She pounded her fists on his chest, her power overwhelming her in her swell of emotion as it pushed to get out from every inch of her skin. She shone with the light pink hue of priestess energy, her hits on Sesshomaru's chest sizzling as they broke through his armor and made contact with his clothing. He merely stood there, waiting for her rage to pass. As she calmed down and her cries turned to sobs her power receded back below her skin to once more dwell undetected.

She buried her face in her hands and sobbed quietly, barely noticing as Sesshomaru's arms circled around her and held her tightly to her.

"How can she do this? She loved him."

Kagome's muffled whispers reached his ears at the same time as a cracking sound from by the campfire. The cracking of stone. His head snapped around and his demon eye sight showed him what her dreaded. The stone egg from Sashiba was cracking, and chunks were flaking off. Something was inside, and it wanted out.

A/N: hey guys, I know this is only a short one, but its kind of a filler chapter that leads up to a longer one next time that cudn't truly be split up, but if not it would have been a 9 or 10 page one. Lol. Might be a week or so before the next one now as is gona be long but worth waiting for. Will Kikyo have the guts to kill Inuyasha when the tym comes? N whats inside the egg?

Love as always

Inufairiegirl

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