Chapter 4: Live Again
InuYasha was asleep on the tree. Kagome walked over to him.
"He must have been so upset when Kikyo betrayed him... again," Kagome said, trying to ease the current silence.
She grasped the arrow. It disintegrated in her hand.
"Just like when I freed him the first time," she said sadly. InuYasha was still asleep, and he slowly slid to the ground.
"You must wake him now, Kagome," Myoga said, as if she ought to have realized this awhile ago.
"But how?" Shippo said, voicing Kagome's thoughts.
"Well," Myoga said, exasperated,"How are sleeping people usually awoken?"
'A kiss" Kagome thought, still silent.
Since Kagome didn't respond, Myoga said "A kiss, a kiss!"
Kagome kneeled and gently kissed InuYasha's forehead. She quickly backed away.
InuYasha's eyelids fluttered, and then his eyes opened.
"Ka...go...me?" he asked, very groggy.
"Yes?" she replied.
"Ki...ky...o. Where...is...she?" he asked.
"She lost the remainder of her soul after pinning you to the tree. We couldn't save her," Kagome said, a little bit sorry for InuYasha.
"So she's...dead?"
Kagome nodded.