Authors note! No school again! Woo-hoo! Arg! My parents are making me shovel snow! *Grrrrrrrrr* anywho, on with the story! (I apologize in advance for any spelling errors!()

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As kagome fell, the song continued to play. The ground was rapidly approaching.

Created to kill, the carnage continues

Violently reshaping human facial tissue

'Wow,' she thought, 'I'm falling.'

Suddenly a red blur dashed from the bushes and leaped into the air, catching Kagome in mid fall.

Kagome had closed her eyes, awaiting the sound of cracking bones. When it didn't come she opened her eyes and found herself staring into Inuyasha's golden orbs.

"Are you okay?"

Kagome nodded slightly.

"Thanks." she said shakily.

"There's something inside me

It's, it's coming out

I feel like killing you

Let loose the anger, held back too long

My blood runs cold"
"What is THAT?!" Inuyasha asked, startled at the sudden noise.
Kagome looked down; her CD player was still playing.
"It's just my CD player. It plays music."
Inuyasha flattened his ears against his head, "I don't like it,
they're just screaming."
Kagome shrugged, 'I like it,' she thought.
'I'm back,' an icy voice said.
'No,' Kagome thought, 'go away; don't come back now!'
'Yes, I'm back, and I'm going to take care of this nuisance once and
for all.'
'NO! leave him alone!'
Inuyasha felt kagome's body tense suddenly in his arms. He glanced
down at her. Her normally warm chocolate brown eyes had specks of icy
blue in them.
"Um, Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha's voice was uncertain.
Kagome's hand began inching towards the small knife she had hidden in
her sock.
"Inuyasha! Please! Put me down now! Quickly!"
Confused, Inuyasha obeyed, unaware of the internal battle raging
within Kagome. As soon as he set Kagome down she bolted away from him.
She sank to her knees holding her head,
'Stop! Just go away and leave me alone!'
'I told you, I can't leave, if I do, then you die with me. I thought
we got passed this'
'No! why are you doing this to me?!'
'I'm just helping us. Isn't this the man who has caused us pain? Isn't
this the man who broke our heart countless times? Do you really think
he deserves to live after all the things he's done to us?!'
'I don't care! I LOVE HIM!'
'No you don't, you're just protecting him!'
'NO! THAT'S NOT TRUE!'
'YES IT IS!'
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Inuyasha jumped as Kagome screamed. He rushed to her side.
"Kagome! Kagome, what's wrong? Tell me!"
He gently shook her. she looked up at him. Suddenly she backed away frightened.
"No! Inuyasha, you must get away from me! Quickly leave before." she fell silent, bowing her head.
"Before what Kagome?" he asked scratching his head.
A small giggle escaped Kagome's lips. "Stupid half breed, you don't deserve to have her love. You can't truly appreciate her for who she is."
Kagome's bangs covered her eyes.
"Kagome?"
"Your dear Kagome is no longer here, filthy half breed. Now you have to deal with me."
'Kagome' looked up, her eyes were electric blue.
"Kagome?? Are you okay?"
"I told you already the Kagome you are trying to reach is not here. She is buried deep inside the body, locked away." An evil snicker reached Inuyasha's ears. He whimpered.
"Stupid puppy, like I said before, you are not worthy of her love."
Inuyasha thought frantically, trying desperately to come up with a way to bring Kagome back.
"I can hear you thinking Inuyasha. You can't save her."
Kagome lunged at Inuyasha, unknown to Inuyasha, a small dagger hidden in her sleeve. Inuyasha ducked to the side. Expecting this kagome swiftly turned and lashed out, slicing a deep cut along Inuyasha's cheek. He flinched.
"You're holding back Inuyasha, if you do not kill me, I will kill you. If you run, I will kill Kagome."
Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"Maybe I can tire her out."
"Tsk, tsk Inuyasha, I told you, I can hear you thinking." With that she lunged again.
This time Inuyasha was ready, he grabbed her wrist that held the knife, then he pulled her into a tight embrace, holding her immobile.
"Kagome, I know you're in there somewhere, please, come back."
"Baka, I told you, she is locked away. You shall not reach her."
An idea sparked in Inuyasha's head. His lips descended on Kagome's immobile ones. He continued to kiss her, trying to draw the Kagome he knew from the depths of her corrupted mind.
Finally he drew away, confident she was back, for Kagome had returned his kiss. He stared down into her eyes with horror, drowning in the ocean of blue.
"Really now Inuyasha, you have too much faith in her. I told you, she won't come back until you are dead." Her voice, so cold and uncaring pierced at his heart. Tears welled up in his eyes. A single salty pool of water slid down his cheek and landed on Kagome's. He buried his head in her hair, breathing in her scent. He began to weep quietly.
"Inuyasha, why are you crying? And why are you hugging me? What's going on?"
Kagome sweet voice startled him. He withdrew slightly from her instantly. He stared into her chocolate orbs. She was back.
'Why did she break lose when I began to cry?' he thought.
"Inuyasha...what exactly happened here?" kagome's voice was frightened.
"Y-you mean you don't remember?"
"Um...no, not really, but I have an idea." She said sadly. "I blacked out and when I tried to come back, I felt like I was chained down. While I was trying to come back I heard...voices. One was my own and one was yours. Was I really unconscious Inuyasha?"
He shook his head, "No," she paled. "Damn!" she muttered, "She took me over! I lost! I wasn't strong enough." "What?" Inuyasha questioned. "It's nothing, really." Kagome realized Inuyasha was still holding her loosely. She moved forward and fully embraced him. His eyes widened but he returned the hug. "Inuyasha, I sorry. I'm so sorry about everything." She began to cry, "I'm sorry about Kikyou, I'm sorry about trying to kill you, I'm so sorry. I watched it all happen, but I couldn't stop killing, I tried so hard but I wasn't strong enough. I'm sorry." Kagome's sobs were muffled as she buried her head into his shoulder. "I'm a horrible person! I'm sorry!" Inuyasha pulled her tighter. She gasped her broken ribs paining her greatly. Inuyasha didn't realize he was hurting her so he didn't loosen his grip. He was hurt as she roughly pushed him away. "Kagome...what?" Kagome knelt down on her knees gasping for air. Her breath was ragged as she clutched her stomach. Inuyasha remember the wounds he had accidentally inflicted. He bowed his head ashamed. Kagome saw this and smiled weakly "Don't worry, it wasn't your fault, I wasn't myself. There was nothing else you could do. You loved Kikyou dearly and didn't want her to die. I understand." Inuyasha shook his head although it broke his heart as he had watched Kikyou die.... he didn't want Kagome to know that. "I'm sorry." This time it was Inuyasha apologizing. "You have nothing to be sorry for. Come on, let's get back to Kaede's, it's getting dark fast." Inuyasha nodded. He knelt down and gently picked up Kagome, trying not to pain her anymore then he already had. As the two began the trip back to the hut, soft white flakes began to fall from the sky, gently blanketing the landscape in a carpet of white. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha was almost bent double against the howling wind. Kagome was limping along behind him. She had insisted to be out down when the snow began to thicken. Inuyasha and Kagome were both soaked through to the bone. The cold tore at them, the fury of the once gentle flakes had them stumbling through a white nightmare. "Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted over the wind, "I see Kaede's hut!" with that he scooped up Kagome and pounced toward the flickering light. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(People be warned!!! Inuyasha is going to do something incredibly stupid and mean and hurtful to Kagome! You may hate me for doing this, but it will make the story more interesting!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kagome had not brought any clothes to the feudal era, so, after Kaede had warmed Kagome up, she brought in some of Kikyou's old clothes. After many protests, Kagome reluctantly put them on. Inuyasha laid spread out by the fire. He was stretching and trying to warm himself as Kagome walked in. Inuyasha stared at her for a minute before rushing to her and wrapping her in a fierce embrace. "Kikyou! God, I thought you had died. I'm so glad you're alive!" Inuyasha's voice was filled with tenderness and caring. He smelled salt. "Kikyou, what's wrong?" "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not Kikyou." Came a broken whisper. Inuyasha releases 'Kikyou' and stared at her. Looking more closely at her, he realized that it wasn't Kikyou at all, but Kagome. A look of hurt and betrayal lay on her features.
"Kagome, I'm sorry." Tears streamed down her face as shook her head and ran out into the raging storm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Authors note!!!!!!! Stupid Inuyasha! Please review!!!!!!!