Disclaimer: I wish I owned Inuyasha (or at least his ears!) but, sadly, I don't. T.T

"words" talking ^words^ thoughts words dreams

Chapter 2: Midnight Tears

"Inuyasha! INUYASHA!" Inuyasha opened his eyes halfway to see a

black-haired figure standing in front of him. "Kagome?" He

asked. "Don't be a fool." The woman replied. He opened his

eyes fully. "Kikyo!" He gasped. "Did you actually mistake me

for that pathetic human girl?" Kikyo asked. "B-but you're

dead!"

"Am I?"

"Yes, I saw you die!"

Kikyo laughed. "My body died, but did my spirit?"

"You should be in Hell."

"My soul cannot rest until I have had my revenge on you, Inuyasha!"

"Kikyo, you're dead, why can't you just move on?" He asked. This conversation caused him great pain.

"Not until I get what I deserve. I am going to watch that girl die.by you hands."

Inuyasha's eyes widened. "W-what do you mean?"

Kikyo smirked, but said nothing more. Soon her body began to fade.

Kikyoooooooooooooooooooo!" Inuyasha called after her, but she was gone.

Inuyasha woke with a start, gasping for breath. ^Was it just a

dream?^ He wondered. His thoughts were interrupted when the

smell of salt touched his nose. He could hear the sound of

hushed voices. He gazed down into the darkened campsite. Moving

his eyes, he spotted two lone figures hiding behind a tree. He

perked his ears to hear what they were saying. "Oh Sango, what

am I gonna do!?" It was Kagome. She was the one crying.

"Kagome, you have to choose." Sango told the girl truthfully.

"But how can I possibly choose?" Kagome cried. "If I go home,

I'll probably never see you all again. But I have no reason to

stay. Naraku is dead, the jewel is complete.I can't stay away

from my home forever, but I don't think I could lose you forever,

either." "But what about Shippo and.Inuyasha?" Sango added

Inuyasha's name quieter than the rest of the sentence. Kagome

burst into a set of tears at the mention of the hanyou's name.

"Inuyasha doesn't care! I'm just his shard-detector, remember?

I'm nothing but a reincarnation of his dead girlfriend and that's

all he'll ever see me as!" Inuyasha flinched at this accusation.

Did he really only see her as another Kikyo? ^No way. Snap out

of it, Inuyasha.^ He told himself fiercely. ^You care about her

because she's Kagome, not Kikyo.^ He settled with this thought

and continued to listen. "Come on, Kagome, you know that's not

true. Inuyasha doesn't look at you like he does Kikyo. He knows

that you are a totally different person than that cold-hearted

witch. If you don't believe me then ask him yourself." Sango

reassured. Kagome laughed a little at this. "Ask him? He can

hardly even bear to look at me. I look so much like his beloved

Kikyo it causes him pain just to look at me." She told Sango,

her eyes finally free of tears. Inuyasha couldn't believe his

ears! ^Does she actually believe all this?^ He wondered. ^Do I

lead her to believe it? Is she going to leave because of me?^

Questions buzzed through his head. And then, he could only think

one thing. ^I don't want to lose Kagome.^

~~~~~ Well, there's chapter two. I just wanna warn everyone now, it will probably take me a few days to update chapters because of how much I've written. I wrote a lot of this story without typing any of it first, and now I've got a lot of catching up to do. I swear I'm gonna update as much as I can and I'll make it quick! Just be patient and don't forget to R&R!!! ^.~