Let's Go On a Holiday!!



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"You, Wench!! How dare you go off with Sango and make plans of going on those "holidays" you humans go on in the future and leave me with the task of chasing after Kikyo!!" InuYasha fumed.

"Is it such a bad task, InuYasha? I mean, you love Kikyo so much and adore the ground she walks on, so why does it bother you so much that you'll be stalking her? Is her smell worse than mine?" Kagome shot back.

InuYasha stuttered as Kagome stood her ground and Shippou, Miroku, and Sango reinforced her words. He knew there was no point in going against all four of them, and being with Kagome these days just wasn't the same. He could sense, as well as smell, the difference in her attitude. She didn't seem the jovial, care-free girl he had known. It was as if she was weighted down with the sorrows of, not one soul, but two. He could sense more of a Kikyo-like attitude coming from her. Kagome was being over-taken by some unseen force, and for another time in his long life, InuYasha felt hopeless. He blinked and felt the tears coming to his eyes, and so, turned around.

"Feh. It doesn't matter. This conversation is over. You and the other bakas can go on your holiday, Kagome. I'll go hunt down Kikyo, and I'll kill her." InuYasha turned around. "I'll kill her, Kagome. I'll kill her and I'll rip her heart out to prove that you can trust me, and that I love you." His eyes bore into her soul and she stepped back, slightly frightened. "Is it enough for you, Kagome? Is it enough for me to kill someone you know I used to love?"

She cried. The tears welled up in her eyes as the sobs wreaked havoc in her throat and chest. She collapsed to the ground and let it all go. Everything she'd held in while they were traveling and playing like nothing had happened. She let it all go. After she had calmed down, she stood. Proud, resisting, and resolute, Kagome said the only thing she could. "InuYasha. You've already proven how I can trust you. You don't have to kill Kikyo. In fact, when you find her, bring her back to us. We'll find the rest of the shikon shards, kill Naraku, and then Kikyo can have the remnants of her soul back."

Kagome then turned and faced her awed companions," Let's pack and then we'll leave." She then smiled at them and gathered Shippou in her arms. "Let's go on a holiday!!"