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Chapter Four

Promises

"Inuyasha?" asked Kagome softly. She could hardly believe her eyes. There standing in front of her was Inuyasha. 'That can't be Inuyasha,' she thought. 'He died a year ago.'

"Kagome I . " started Inuyasha, but he stopped when he noticed that Kagome was crying. "Kagome, please don't cry."

"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome.

She ran over to him with her arms outstretched, but soon stopped dead in her tracks. Instead of running into Inuyasha's warm, comforting embrace, she had run into nothing. She turned around, and looked at her hands, then to Inuyasha, and then back to her hands.

'I . I ran right through him.'

Inuyasha stared at her. His eyes were full of longing.

"Kagome, I can't stay for long," he said softly. "I have to go back soon."

"Why?! So you can be with Kikyo?!" snapped Kagome out of frustration.

Inuyasha stepped back, as if somebody had slapped him.

"Kagome, it's not like that," he said, his voice cracking. "I wish I could stay here with you; I really do, but it's just that . "

"You're dead," finished Kagome. More tears were welling in here eyes.

Inuyasha nodded. He turned his head, and looked off in a different direction.

"Kagome I . I love you," he muttered, still staring off somewhere. "I tried to tell you," he turned to face her, "but I didn't know how to."

"So, you told me that song," said Kagome.

Inuyasha nodded again, then continued talking.

"One day, while you were out I snuck into your room, and that song was on your voice-box."

"You mean radio, right?"

"Yah, radio. It was in your radio. When I heard it, I thought of you. I told you that song because I thought that when you heard it, you'd think of me, and how I'll always be with you, even though I'm gone."

"Oh, Inuyasha. I love you too," said Kagome, wiping away her tears. "Please don't go. Don't leave me again."

"Kagome, I don't have a choice, I have to go," answered Inuyasha, "there's no way for me to stay, but before I go, I want you to promise me something."

"What?" asked Kagome confused.

"Promise me that you'll never forget me, even tough I'm gone."

Kagome wiped away more tears and nodded her head. Inuyasha took a step back, and disappeared.

"I love you," called Kagome softly into the wind. She turned around, and walked back to the well. Climbing down, she took one last look at Inuyasha's grave.

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Not too far off into the distance, sat a young priestess.

Kikyo stared up at the starry sky, while she waited for her soul skimmers to return. She stood up as they appeared in the clearing. Instead of carrying more souls, they had nothing. One of her many soul skimmers flew over to her, and began circling around her head. Puzzled, she held out one of her hands, and it dropped a small pink object onto her palm. She looked at it, and smiled.

' The Shikon jewel.'

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a/n: Sorry for changing this chapter, three different times. The last paragraph is kinda important for the rest of the story, so you might want to read it. I wrote it a couple days after I uploaded this chapter. Originally, it was going to be the beginning of chapter five, but it didn't sound right so now it's at the end of chapter four. Anyway, thanks for reviewing, and if you didn't know, you can e-mail me if you want. (My e- mail's in my bio.)

Shippo is Me: Thanks. I'll check out your stories as soon as possible

KatFay: Sorry, if it did look like a cliffhanger.

myrrdinowl: I have no clue why it turned red or if it can turn read. That's just the first colour that I thought of.

strangerthanthou: Yah, I know my chapters aren't very long.

bobdogman: Yes, cake is better. Mmmmmm cake!

EvilBunnies1: Sorry, but Inuyasha doesn't come until further into the story.

angel-of-life: Like I said, I got writers block.

mirokus-grl: I told you, you might need tissues.