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Inuyasha awoke to a familiar scent-one that he dreaded to admit. 'Dang it! Won't she EVER die?!' He quickly looked down at Kagome. She was breathing normal again, steady heart beat...and her wounds were healing. She shivered and, to his delight and his dismay, she woke up.
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"Inuyasha, what happened?" she asked, eyes still blinking in attempt to get used to the starlight.
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Inuyasha placed his finger over his lips to signify quiet.
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"Inuyasha? Is everything-" she began to whisper. Something had to be up considering they didn't have to worry about Miroku or Sango waking up. They had been sent to gather herbs in the south.
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"Kagome, listen...Kikyou is here...be quiet, don't move..."
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She was worried somewhat by his words. She slowly sat up, realizing she was nude and held the haori tight, and looked at him. "Isn't there anything we can do to convince her that you don't love her?"
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Inuyasha thought momentarily. "There is one thing, but I'm not sure...."
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"What ever it is, Inuyasha, please do it so she will leave us alone!" she cried. 'I am so tired of fighting her. I almost lost Inuyasha once through my death.....I can't afford to lose him!'
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"I must..." he started to say, blushing heavily, "...make you my mate."
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"Nani?"
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"Hai. I believe it's the only thing that will turn her away."
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Kagome paused for a moment, then grasping his wrist. "If that is what it will take, Inuyasha, then you must."
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His eyes grew large as he sat back in shock.
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"Nani?"
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"Dozo (please) Inuyasha..."
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"Feh...Fine." he said, "...But I'm worried, that with your other wounds, you may not be strong enough."
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"I promise I'll be okay."
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*Sigh*
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"Hai...fine....but I'm going to make sure that you will be okay."
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Kagome nodded. "Now what do I have to do?"
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"Just relax," he said, 'What am I doing?!'
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She nodded.
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Still sitting behind Kagome, he gently leaned down to her left collarbone. "This may hurt, but not for long." he whispered.
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The whisper sent shivers up her spine. 'What is he doing?'
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He lowered his fangs to her soft, sweet smelling skin, piercing it, causing her to wince and tighten up. He sat up, wiping away her blood with his white sleeve, and then cleaning the inscision.
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"Kagome, are you okay?"
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"Hai, just as I said I would be."
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"Good.." he said, getting up, bringing her with him.
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"What are you doing now?" she asked confusedly.
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"You're too weak to walk." That was all he said as he carried her out the door, still surrounded in nothing but Inuyasha's haori and his arms. But it covered a little more skin than her uniform, so she didn't complain about that.
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"Kikyou!" he yelled, knowing she was there.
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The miko stepped out of the shadows, a hole where the Tetsuiaga had cut her, where she was still bleading from, and badly, yet that did not stop her.
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"Inuyasha, you WILL go to hell with me! You love me, not that useless wench!" she screamed.
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"No, I love Kagome, and if anyone is the useless wench around here, it's you!" he spat.
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"I hear you speaking, but I am yet to believe you."
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Inuyasha glanced at Kagome, who lowered the left portion of the haori so her collarbone was clearly visible.
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"Nani?! What in the seven hells!" she cried.
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"Kikyou, we've tried to prove this to you all along. We love eachother." Kagome's soft yet serious voice trailed off.
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"And I would die for her because she's....my mate." he actually said in a scary calm voice, "...but Kikyou, I can not love you- You aren't the person you used to be, nor the one that I am ment to spent my life with. Kagome is alive, she loves and cares for me, and sees me as who I am..." he stopped to let those words penetrate her thick skull and reach her mind, "You, on the other hand, only accepted me for what I could have been."
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Kikyou's gaze grew wide. 'They DO love eachother!' She let the tears stream down her paled cheeks. "Gomen nasai. I have been the one who was mistaken." she bowed.
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Kagome smiled. 'No more fighting...'
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Inuyasha held Kaogme tighter as Kikyou began to speak once more.
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"Kagome, dozo...dozo put me out of my misery." she said, pointing at Kagome's bow and arrows resting upon the hut.
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Kagome's heart sank. 'She wants me to KILL her?' She looked at Inuyasha who was gazing at her, and he nodded, placing her down as she reached for her arrows.
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"Kikyou, Gomen." she said, pulling the bow taught and releasing it, which took all the control she had. Although she despised Kikyou, she didn't want to kill her-especially now.
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The arrow flew threw th air, and finished the wound that Inuyasha's Tetsuiaga had started. Kikyou screamed as her form turned to ashes, and all the souls her soul stealers had taken were released, creating a brilliant and blinding flash of red light, which engulfed the miko.
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Inuyasha and Kagome shielded their eyes as the sound of the souls still being released went on.
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Once the sound was gone, they opened their eyes to see Kikyou, not physically, but in spirit-floating above.
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"Arigato for freeing me. I must be on my way!" she said, and within a flash, she was gone.
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What did you think? Still think I should go on with life without Kikyou, or end it there and have a bunch of fluff?