The wind blew in her face as Kagome raced, peddling as hard as she could. She had to get to the well before Inuyasha. This happened often. She had needed to study, and catch up with her schoolwork. She had been spending more time in the past then usual, searching for the shards of the Shikon no Tama.

"HOLD IT WENCH!". Kagome tensed. She recognized the voice immediately. It was Inuyasha. She felt noticed something rush past her and pushed her foot down on the pedal, halting her bike. It was Inuyasha, all right. He stood in front of her, about ten feet away, with his usual angry pout.

"What do you think you are doing?", Inuyasha glared at her. "I'm going home, I have to study and I have a life too you know! Searching for shards is not my only concern! Now I'm going and you can't stop me!", Kagome started walking slowly towards the well, gripping the handles of her bike tightly.

"You're not going anywhere! We have to search for the Shikon no Tama! You can't just leave whenever you feel like it, you idiot!, Inuyasha flared as he paced toward her and grabbed her wrist.

"I will be back tomorrow, I just need to study and catch up on my schoolwork.", Kagome shoved him back, "I am only leaving for one day, you can handle that, I'll be back soon, I promise."

"I SAID NO, YOU AREN'T GOING ANYWH-", he couldn't finish before, "osuwari". He slammed to the ground. "You bitch! What the fuck was that for?", he glared at her. "It was for being selfish! If you can be a good boy for one day, I'll bring you back lots of Ramen so you can stuff your face tomorrow, ok?", she looked at him with a pleading look.

"JUST GO FOR ALL I CARE!!! I DON'T NEED YOU HERE, YOU'RE JUST A SHARD DETECTOR. WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE KIKYO AND TAKE YOUR JOB SERIOUSLY. IF SHE WAS HERE I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE ENTIRE SHIKON NO TAMA IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW, AND WOULD BE A FULL DEMON AT THAT! SO GO BACK IF YOU WANT, BECAUSE I DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF YOU GO!", Inuyasha screamed out.

Her eyes filled with tears as she stared at him with a pained expression on her face. Just then, he realized what he had said and his heart broke seeing her like that. He didn't mean it, "Kagome I.I didn't mea-", he started. "No, it's fine. You're right, Inuyasha. I don't take my job seriously enough, and I'm sorry about that, I apologize for being such a nuisance to you. I'll go now.I'm sure Kikyo truly would be a much better help to you then I. I'll leave now Inuyasha", she turned away from him as a tear rolled down her cheek.

Inuyasha was speechless. He didn't know what to say. "Kagome, I'm sorry.I didn't mean those things that I said", he walked towards her, and she turned around, holding the necklace, from which the piece of the jewel hung.

"Here Inuyasha, make good use of it, and I hope you will be happy with Kikyo. A couple more tears slid down her cheeks. "I'll leave my bike here, Miroku seems to be rather fond of it.and tell Shippo-chan and Sango-chan that I love them and will never forget them.//what am I doing? Am I a total baka, I can't never go back, I can't never see him again.but he loves her.not me.it hurts too much, I must go//, but Inuyasha.", she whispered, "I'll miss you the most, sayonara Inuyasha", with that she slowly walked toward the well, tears streaming town her face.

"Kagome, please don't go, I'm sorry, I need you here.I.", he looked at her, as she walked away, and he walked after her. She stopped at the well, and tuned around. Inuyasha was standing in front of her; he had tears in his eyes as well. "Inuyasha, I.", she began, but he took a step forward and hugged her.

He inhaled her scent, and she hugged him back. "Kagome", he whispered into her ear. The two stood there for what seemed like an eternity, embracing each other. "Inuyasha, I must go now", another tear rolled down her cheek as she turned around and picked up her humungous yellow bag and threw in into the well.

"Please.don't go", Inuyasha begged, he took hold of her wrist, forcing her to turn around. "I'm sorry for the things I said, I didn't mean a word. I used to love Kikyo, but now she is dead, a mere corpse, I love you and nothing will ever change that. You are more than just a jewel detector.I", Inuyasha turned beet red after realizing what he had just said.

For a couple seconds they both just stood there, gazing into each others eyes. They were both blushing. Kagome wiped the tears away from her face and a slight smile appeared. "Inuyasha.", Kagome didn't know what to say, she had never been this happy before. //He does love me!// Inuyasha brought his arms around her, "Please stay with me".

"Inu-chan.I'll stay with you .aishiteru .", Kagome blushed as they embraced each other once more. "Aishiteru, Kagome, promise me you'll never leave me.", Inuyasha nuzzled his face into her silky hair. "I'll never leave you".