Sorry it has taken me so long to update, but homework was just pounded on me. I hope you keep on reading my story! Sorry for talking so much ~ here's the story.

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*Chapter 3 ~ Agony *

"Speak of the devil, I was just going to find you… Kikyo."

She didn't know why she just said those words, but she did know that she wasn't going to let Kikyo take Inuyasha from her. She loved him too much. Just the thought of him gave her goose bumps on her skin. The only times Inuyasha ever really touched her was to hold her in constraint to look into her eyes for some response, or to help her if she was injured. When those times came, even if she was unconscious, it gave her such a sensation of pleasure and joy that she wanted to wrap her whole body and soul into it.

Now here she was, Kikyo maybe 100 feet away from her, trying to kill her. What was she doing here? How is she even here in HER time right now? It didn't make sense.

The wind started to shift in such away that it frightened Kagome. It wasn't natural, but that of Kikyo's energy rising. This kind of power didn't belong in her time. Of course she had some miko power in her, but it didn't come close to the aura Kikyo gave off. She had to get her back into her own time, especially away of the house.

"So you were looking for me, Kagome? That's a laugh; you can't search and find anything, so stop trying. Besides, I guess I found you first," said Kikyo with a monotonous tone. She didn't have feeling or any emotions. As Kikyo slowly raised her bow pointing in her direction, she could sense that this lack of feeling would ultimately kill Kagome. But she didn't want to die like this. Instead, she challenged the priestess with her own weapon. Of course her hand made bow was in no comparison to the one of Kikyo's. Kagome didn't worry, however, because she could hit with such accuracy now, not like the first time she tried out a bow. She had confidence.

The two mikos stared at each other, bows raised, each at the other's heart. Then Kagome noticed something. Kikyo was different. She couldn't put her finger on it. Then Kagome saw tattoo on her shoulder. It became visible when the wind shifted, and her kimono gently made its way to the side of her arm.

"That wasn't there before," Kagome thought, as she stood posed in front of Kikyo's arrow path. She didn't even think you could tattoo an already dead person.

Kikyo noticed Kagome's stare at her shoulder, but ignored it. She knew that Kagome was going to die, thus she did not need to why her mission was to kill her and why. The real Kikyo made her for this soul purpose and was damned if she was going to let this little brat get her in the way of it.

The wind started to shift again and Kagome locked eyes on Kikyo once again. This was it, her chance to finally get rid of Kikyo once and for all. This bitch has messed with her life too many times and her need for Inuyasha drove Kagome crazy. No, she was going to kill her before Kikyo killed her. It's going to be for every time she saw her kiss Inuyasha, every time they every touched while she watched hopelessly behind the tree. For the time she stole her jewel shards and let the rest of her gang suffer from their horrid memories and thoughts. Overall, it's going to be for her and Inuyasha, finally setting her to peace where she belongs. She had her chance at life, and it was Kagome's turn to live.

The wind changed for the last time. The mikos let their bowstrings ring as their recently sent arrows were aiming for each other.

The silence was then interrupted by the splitting of skin, blood spraying, and the sheer pain that rippled through her body…

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