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Chapter Two: Unexpected and unprepared
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1"No matter what you say, so matter how you look...I know you love him" Sango grabbed Kagome's arm as she put her leg up on the edge of the well. Kagome turned with tears in her eyes.
"I said I'll be back!" Kagome gasped and choked on the salty streams. Black hair hid her expression but Sango tilted her chin.
"When Kagome?! When?!" Kagome sat down hard on the edge of the well. She buried her head in her hands and shook her head.
"I don't know Sango....I just don't know. I just...."
"You owe him." Sango knelt in front of Kagome. Grabbing her hands, she rested them on hers in her lap. "Kagome you know that you owe him this. You and I both know that you don't know when you will be back...theres no reason for you to come back now that everything is done. Our mission is accomplished. Kikyo is gone. There's nothing standing in your way now."
"Yes there is!" Kagome shakily looked in to Sangos eyes. "Didn't you see the look on their faces when they said goodbye? Don't you see him walking around grief stricken? Where do I fit into that equation?! Kikyo plus Inuyasha minus Kikyo plus Kagome does not equal wonderful happy life. It equals I will never be her and he will never be happy with me......"
Flashback:
" Lord Inuyasha," Myoga continued, "Therefore the only way to beat Naraku is to combine your power with Kagomes once again."
"But she isn't strong enough!" Inuyasha rocked the unconscious Kagome back and forth in his arms. "I don't even know when she will wake up, but its obvious that she will be weak. It could kill her. I need to do this myself!"
"Inuyasha you have tried!" Miroku stood and looked towards the castle where Naraku resided. "If it was possible you would have done it already." he angerly shook his fists at the castle. Sango walked behind him and placed her head on his shoulder as they stood and looked at their fate.
"I....I don't want to hurt her...." Inuyasha turned and pressed his face against her ear. "Kagome, please don't wake up, for a while at least. I need to figure out how to do this myself....If you wake up there going to make you fight and I know you are not strong enough right now. I don't want to lose you....please....Kagome...."
"I know how to make her stronger." Suddenly a familiar smell filled Inuyashas nose. He glanced up frantically.
"Ki...Kikyo?" From behind a tree she walked slowly towards them.
"Inuyasha...." she calmly sat beside the couple and placed a hand on Inuyashas cheek. He gave her an intense stare, unsure of her motives. "You really care for her don't you?"
"She...uh....." Inuyasha bowed his head and looked at Kagome. No more was there any sense in denying what he knew was true. " Yes Kikyo." His eyes blazed and looked directly into her cold brown ones. "I do love her."
Miroku and Sango tensed. " This is gonna be good!" Miroku mouthed to Sango with a half excited gleeful wink.
Kikyo smiled. "Then...then there is no place left for me in this world. I wish it had been I that healed your heart Inuyasha, but it was her. Maybe if things turned out differently. But life is funny like that I supposed." She sighed, and looked at the castle in the distance. "Im...Im sorry. I let my love of my hatred for you consume every part of me. I couldn't think, I couldn't function unless I was doing something to cause you pain. Do you understand how I could both hate you and love you with the same intensity?" Inuyasha nodded slightly, wanting to understand but more understand that he probably never really will.
"Inuyasha...the way you have changed has shown me so many things. Slowly I learned that I can still choose the right path...no person is stuck in any destiny...I may go to hell but at least I can help part of myself save everyone."
"Kikyo...what are you saying?" His voice was soft, calm, almost serene.
" Im going to give my soul...her soul...our soul back to her. That should restore her energy and then she can help-"
"No..."Inuyasha moaned. He nuzzled her cold hand still resting on his face. It smelt of death, but the softness he always associated with her touch lingered. Tears welled up in eyes, blurring his vision, but they still pleaded with her. "I cant lose you again Kikyo. No matter what I feel for Kagome. Theres got to be another way....where I don't need anyones help...."
"Inuyasha can you be that stupid!?" Kikyo snapped and drew her hand away. Her eyes glowed with an urgency, intensity, unmatched by any look she had ever given him. "Don't you see that she is part of you now? You need her for this battle and you need her in your life. Forever. Its ok." She rested her forehead on his and they breathed the same breath. "Its ok Inu-chan. Its time. And this time I leave with only love in my heart. Love for you, Kagome and pride knowing I helped rid the world of an unimaginable evil. I know this is what you wanted...why do you resist?
"I don't know what I want Kikyo!" Inuyasha growled to himself. "I want to be with you and Kagome.....and I cant decide and meanwhile Im hurting both of you and only making things worse...." His silver white hair shook as he cursed himself for causing so much pain. Overhead the sky turned a darker shade of grey. Miroku sniffed the air.
"The fight is going to begin soon....he is stirring again."