Kagome let go of Anagi and stood up straight. She closed her eyes and smiled.

"I thought so." She whispered. She turned around and faced Negoda. He was staring at her hungrily. Kagome frowned at him. "Am I who you want?" she asked him. He slowly nodded.

"Do you know who I am?" she whispered. Negoda did not reply. He kept staring. "Don't you remember me, Negoda?" she asked. Negoda only continue to stare. Kagome looked down. "I see." She said sadly.

"If I fight you do you promise not to harm anyone else?" she asked without looking up. Negoda nodded.

A tear fell off Kagome's cheek. "I can't. I can't fight you. Not like this." she whispered. Negoda was the one who befriended her, who cared for her. He had made her smile and turned her life right side up when everything was making her feel lost and alone. A fight to the death with him was unimaginable.

Inuyasha leaped to her side. "And you won't." he decided for her. "You can't be the strongest being or whatever! I don't even think you finished your training. How can your skills improve that much in such little time?" he asked. For once Inuyasha was making a lot of sense.

"It wasn't Negoda's training that made her power increase." Anagi said firmly. "She was born this way. If the Shikon no Tama did not lay dormant in her body for centuries, do you think Kagome would have such power?" she asked. Miroku stepped forward.

"She gained her power from being the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyo."

"That may be so but even as a reincarnation she is very different. Not even the strongest of reincarnations could have the powerful and untapped power that Kagome has. Through her years the Shikon no Tama has given her strength. Perhaps if Kagome had not been separated from the Jewel then it would have dissolved in her body. Its powers were becoming weaker as she got stronger. I think that's why the Shikon broke so easily." Anagi argued matter-of-factly.

Kagome faced Anagi once again. "How do you know about all of that?"

"I have my ways."

"Anagi Tetchen do not push me to my limit. Tell me."

Anagi sighed. "I am not who you think I am-" Negoda was getting tired of waiting. He lunged at Kagome but was interfered as Inuyasha knocked him back with the Tetsuiga. It didn't affect him much but it deeply annoyed him. Negoda jumped on Inuyasha and began punching him with great force.

After a few punches he picked up the Hanyou and slammed him into the ground. He then turned to the rest of the group and let out an inhuman roar. Negoda was just about to pounce on them but Kagome jumped in his way. Her eyes showed an anger that no one had ever seen before.

"Leave them alone!" she shouted. "You promised they wouldn't get hurt if I fought you." She said. Negoda roared again.

Kagome turned to Miroku "Grab Inuyasha and run." She ordered. He nodded and ran over to where Inuyasha laid unconscious. As soon as he hoisted the heavy hanyou on his back he and Sango began to take off. Anagi ran too but Shippo stayed.

"Kagome?" he called. But she couldn't hear him. She was concentrating on an energy attack. Shippo noticed how hard she was breathing and how tired and worn out she was. When she finished she released her energy and the pink wave of power covered over Negoda. It then became a huge cube.

It was like a cage. Negoda pounded against the wall of power but he could not get past it. Kagome placed her hands on her knees and took deep breaths. She badly needed rest but she could not stop now. She walked up to the cage and placed her hand on a wall.

" Please stop. Negoda." She begged. Negoda pounded harder on the walls. He roared with such indecency that it hurt Kagome's heart just to hear it. "I can't hurt you. Just please stop." She begged again. It seemed to be working. Negoda was calming down. He sat down and crossed his legs. He pouted like a child being denied of a treat.

Kagome smiled.

"You did it!" Shippo called. He skipped over and jumped on her back. Kagome stumbled forward a bit. She lost her concentration and the cage disappeared.

Negoda smiled again. Kagome pushed Shippo off her. "Run!" she yelled. He only half obeyed. He ran into a shrub and hid himself.

Negoda lunged at Kagome again. He grabbed her from behind and tossed her into the air. Then when she was about to land he kicked her back up using his knee. To his amusement he did this many times. Treating Kagome as if she was a soccer ball.

To Kagome, each hit felt like a truck ramming into her spine at top speed. Each time she had an impact she let out a small cry of pain, until he kicked her away and she landed on the ground. Kagome breathed deeply. Her condition was not a good one.

Negoda went and picked her up by her hair. He looked at her and shook her side to side. Then he head butted her and sent her flying into a tree.

Kagome recovered quickly enough to dodge a blow of energy that Negoda had sent towards her. She leaped up into the sky and he followed. Kagome kept dodging and blocking his punches and kicks but she was getting tired. She had finally had enough. She aimed and punched Negoda Square in the jaw.

He stumbled back a few inches, surprised by the sudden attack. Then he grabbed his jaw firmly and pushed it up until the bone snapped into its correct place. He gave an inhuman smile. Then roared again. Kagome began to sweat.

"You're... enjoying this?!" she shouted at him in realization. "Negoda! Just stop! This is not you!" she tried to reason. Negoda's smile grew wider. It was sadistic and unkind. Too cruel to be worn by such a kind man. It tore Kagome through the heart to look at that smile. She started crying again. Pink tears flowing down her cheeks. When they fell to the floor they burned tiny holes into the soil. "Stop it." She said.

Then she was running. How her feet could muster up the energy to run at lightning speed, Kagome did not know. It seemed as if her body was moving without her mind's consent. Her hand balled into a fist and her arm rose up. Her fist began to glow. She then realized what she was doing.

"No!" she shouted as if that could make her body stop. She jumped in the air and her body prepared to deliver the punch. She closed her eyes. Unlike the evil Negoda, Kagome couldn't enjoy this. It would only make her feel worse than she already was.

He caught her fist and made her froze in midair. Kagome opened her eyes and stared. All of a sudden Negoda seemed to look confused.

"Ka-Kagome?" his voice was shaky and unsure. Kagome immediately brightened up. "Negoda? Is it really you?" she asked. Negoda nodded. He closed his eyes. He seemed to be concentrating on something as he began squeezing Kagome's fist. Kagome tried to take her fist back but he was holding on tightly.

"You're hurting me!" she shouted. He released his grip a bit.

"It is you!" she said. Negoda opened his eyes again and Kagome frowned.

"But your eyes. They still look the same." She told him. Negoda put on his cruel grin again.

"April fools." He said in Shippo's voice. He used his free hand to punch Kagome in the stomach. She was so close that the impact made her body goes numb. She fell from her mid air position and hit the ground. Negoda let go of her fist.

Kagome tried to breath, tried to suck in air, but the blow had felt like Negoda had crushed her lungs together. She threw up everything in her stomach, including bile. As she vomited she felt as if she was choking. No air was getting in. Shippo raced to her and jumped on her back. "That was a dirty trick!" he shouted. Negoda grinned proudly. Then she was able to breath again. The air rushing into her pained lungs. She sucked it in greedily as if it was the best thing in the world.

"Kagome!" Shippo shouted relived. Negoda scowled. He flung Shippo aside roughly and picked up Kagome by the neck. He lifted her into the air.

Kagome's hair shadowed her eyes and her tears slipped down her cheeks and burnt the soil. Her body began to glow and she began rising higher into the night sky, bringing Negoda with her.

When she was higher then the treetops an explosive light covered her body and Negoda was shook off by a violent force. He landed gracefully and stared at what was happening above him.

The power lit up the night sky as it shook Kagome down to her very bones. It covered her as if she was in a cocoon and she closed her eyes. Again she was dreaming. All her pain was gone and she felt energetic. She was scooped into a sudden hug from someone behind her.

"Kagome! You're alive." He said. Kagome recognized that voice anywhere.

"Daddy?" Her embrace faded and she turned around and there stood her father.

"Hai. Listen Kagome. I know you may be confused but this is important." He said in haste. Kagome just stared at him in awe. She then suddenly snapped out of it.

"What is it?" she asked. Her father's face was grim. "I need you to wish to save yourself." He told her. Kagome was confused.

"You're full power has bloomed. Yet only because you were so close to dying. If you wish to save yourself then you'll be safe." He told her.

Kagome frowned. "But what about Negoda?" she asked.

"He'll die." He said simply.

"No! I don't want him to die."

"That's the way it has to be. Your power sees me as a threat so it will eliminate him."

"You?" she asked. Her father looked worried.

"I meant him." He corrected himself. But Kagome wasn't buying it. Angrily she slapped her "father" across the face.

Instantly Negoda appeared. Her Negoda. He gave a small smile.

"You caught me." He admitted defeated. Kagome slapped him again.

"How DARE you!" she yelled at him. She was going for a third time but he caught her hand.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you." He said. She suddenly hugged him. "You idiot." She whispered.

"It's not that." She said begging to cry again. "You left me. I was scared you weren't going to come back." She whispered. Negoda pulled back so that he could see her face. He wiped her tears.

"Don't cry again. You've cried too many times." he told her. Kagome nodded and sniffled. "Now listen. Our time is running out. Just say aloud that you want to save yourself." He told her.

"But you'll die!" she shouted in protest.

"I'm well aware of that, but it's much more important that you live."

Kagome shook her head no. " I want you to stay with me." She decided. Negoda smiled softly. "You never listen to me. There's nothing we can do about that. Please just obey me this once." Again Kagome shook her head no.

" I want you to be with me. That's my true wish." She said. Suddenly everything was fading.

"Kagome no!" Negoda shouted. But it was too late. She was hurdling back to earth in great speed. Her wish had been made and in it's own twisted way, it was granted.

A huge pink beam shot at the half god Negoda and knocked him back. He fell unconscious. Kagome's power slowed her body down as she gently landed on the ground. She opened her eyes slowly and looked at the sun that was beginning to rise. Smiling she thought of Negoda and closed her eyes again and left the living world.

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Don't worry! This is not the last chappie! And it will be a happy ending! I can't be that evil. Next chapter is the end for N/K though. Then I'll explain to you what will happen next. C u next time! ^^V