Inu-Yasha landed next to the well where Kagome was to make her decision.
"This is going to be hard…" Kagome started. "I hold the Shikon Jewel with me right now, knowing that this world desires it so." Kagome clasped the stone in her hand. "With this, you can become a full demon, Inu-Yasha. This is the thing you desire most."
Inu-Yasha held Kagome in his arms. "That's not true, Kagome. At first, when you arrived in this world, I wanted the Shikon Jewel, and nothing else. But now, the time has passed, and now, the only thing I desire anymore, is you, Kagome, although I never really showed it at first. But I cannot keep you for myself. Your friends and family in your world need you more than I do. But before you leave, I just need one thing from you." Kagome sheds a tear, as Inu-Yasha brought her closer to him. Now, their lips were against each other, in a kiss, that no one could ever break. The kind of kiss that each of them longed for, deep inside themselves, ever since they laid eyes on each other. It was also the last one each of them ever expected to receive from each other. "I love you, Kagome."
Kagome was now crying like she had never cried before. "I love you too, Inu-Yasha."
"I guess this is goodbye," Inu-Yasha said, as he pushed Kagome into the well that was behind her. She thumped on the bottom of the well, and stood up. Kagome wiped the tears away from her eyes, and looked up above the edge of the well. Before her, Kagome saw Tokyo, just as she had remembered, with fireworks going off in celebration of the New Year.
"No…this can't be." Kagome pounded her fist on the bottom of the mystical well, but she never fell through, like she always had before. "It's too late." Choking back her tears, Kagome stepped out of the well, brushed off her clothes, and walked back to her home, never to see Inu-Yasha again…