Hello all! Now, I know some of you are complaining, "Finish your other fic NOW, before you start a new one!!!!!!" Well, I'm so sorry, but this just popped up in my head one day, while watching that one episode where it shows Kikyou when she was still alive and how Kaede's eye was hurt, and how she met Inuyasha, etc. And, I thought about how people could hate this woman, when while she was alive, she was such a good and great person. But now that I think about it. They aren't really hating people. They're being ignorant saying that they hate Kikyou, when it's the clay doll that they hate. Sure she has some of Kikyou's soul in her, but people, people, do understand that's the side that only remembers what Inuyasha supposedly did to her. You noticed after she figured out the truth she had tons of chances to kill him but she never did. Anyways, the disclaimer is that I don't own Inuyasha, or it's characters. Okay, now on with da fic!

This is after they kill Naraku

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called peeking out of the well. She had finally come back from her visit to her home, and now she was ready to continue on. She had a hard time explaining to her mom that she was going to stay extra long since things have calmed down. Inuyasha's ears perked up, after hearing Kagome's call. For the while she was gone he was sulking, still looking at the Jewel, trying to figure out what wish to make. He had no clue. He didn't want to become a full fledged youkai, or a human, he figured that he liked the way he was, even though he was still sneered at by many. Kagome spotted Inuyasha staring at the Jewel up in a tree, and ran over to him. "Inuyasha! I know you hear me why don't you answer?!" "I would have if you gave me a chance!!" Inuyasha yelled throwing the jewel at her. Kagome caught the jewel and answered back, "Sit boy!" Inuyasha fell to the ground and yelled, "What the hell was that for?! I didn't do anything! You always do that for no good reason! I don't think anybody finds it funny anymore!" Kagome laughed, "I guess Inuyasha...Well, let's go back to Kaede's hut to see Sango, Miroku, and Shippo!" Inuyasha turned his head and picked up Kagome's bookbag, "Whatever..."

To tell the truth, as much as Inuyasha loved Kagome, he just wished he could change her a little. Like, he always wondered why she called out his name when she was in trouble, while she had a bow and arrow in her hand. It annoyed him at times, but he had gotten used to it over the years. Another thing he wanted to change was the fact that Kaede ever put those beads on him. It wasn't so okay with him in the beginning, but then he started to hate it a lot because she used it for no good reason. Like he still remembers the time when he was so happy when he found out that he could use the Wind Scar whenever he wanted, then she had to ruin his moment by saying sit. No he hated that word and cringed whenever he heard, coming from her or not. But, he had learned to get used to it, seeing as how much he loves her. When they got to Kaede's hut, it was quiet. Shippo was lying asleep on the floor, and Miroku and Sango were sitting drinking tea. Everybody looked so solemn. Another truth to say is that he hadn't been to the village at all. He stayed in the forest; The answer why, he wouldn't tell.

Kagome sat down happily and asked, "What's wrong with everybody? You all seem so sad." Her smile faded trying to figure out what was wrong. Sango stood up and walked slowly next to Kagome. Her eyes welled up with tears as she whispered in Kagome's ear, "Miss Kaede, well, she passed away just this morning..." Sango began to sob and Miroku tried to comfort her. Kagome began to cry and asked Inuyasha why he hadn't told her the news. "I didn't know, really! I felt a life force pass away but I thought the old hag had it in for another couple years or more! So I thought it was someone else!" He answered trying to look truthful. After all, he was telling the truth. Kagome hugged Inuyasha and started crying. Just then, a voice was heard, "My poor sister..." Everyone recognized the voice and the Shikigami(Soul Stealers....did I spell that right?) entered the hut. ' Kikyou....' Inuyasha thought, still not able to forget his past love. She had left him alone lately, even though they saw each other out in the forest, she had said nothing to him, and just walked past him like he was nothing. Inuyasha was also still in shock the day he grabbed her hand and asked what was wrong with her. She said that she shouldn't be in the way of the living's romance, and is better off wandering the world alone, than having lingering thoughts of someone who has forgotten her. He hadn't forgotten her, but he couldn't say that.

Kikyou walked in the hut and looked at everybody around her. "Where is my sister?" She asked in a hurtful tone, trying not to cry in front of people. Sango looked up at Kikyou and saw the hurt in her eyes. 'She may be made from clay, but she can still feel love.....?' "Um.......Kirara is burying her..." Sango answered. "Where?" Kikyou asked trying not to look too threatening. Miroku stood up, "Priestess Kikyou, we're very sorry for your loss, but it is our loss as well. We are burying her next to your grave.........." 'My grave... Oh that's right, I can't believe I'm beginning to feel like I'm alive. I'm so foolish...........' Thought Kikyou. "I see............." Kikyou answered as she left the hut and towards where her grave was located. She saw the large youkai cat, and headed towards her little sister's grave. She began to break out as she cried for her sister. "Kaede, I wasn't here for you in your last few years. You must forgive me... I died to early to continue to care for you, as mother and father wanted........." Kikyou said between sobs as she knelt down before her sister and prayed. Sango ran out of the hut, "Oh, and Kirara, it's..........okay? That's weird Kirara has never been this tame to a stranger before........." Miroku followed Sango out and found her staring at Kikyou and Kirara. "What is it Sango?" Miroku asked as he stood beside her.

"Oh...well...its just...Can we talk somewhere else. Away from Inuyasha's hearing and Kagome's? It'll especially upset her." Sango answered to Miroku looking to the ground. Miroku raised an eyebrow, "So, you have sensed the same thing I have?" Sango nodded, hoping they were talking about the same thing, and yet sensing that they were. "Kirara! Come on inside, it seems that it's going to rain even harder!" Sango called out to her pet cat youkai, as it followed its command and came in. Kirara shook herself dry as she lied beside the cozy fire. Shippo stretched out and wiped his eyes from the tears he has shed earlier in the morning, "I still can't believe Kaede passed away. I wish people didn't have to die! Maybe the world would be a better place if nobody could die, except for Naraku...he can stay dead." Kagome half laughed at his joke, "True Shippo. But not precisely, as much as people hate it, if people didn't die, the world would become cluttered, and the bad people in this world would also be alive again, to do their bad deeds." Inuyasha looked out the window and saw Kikyou still in the rain, picking flowers for her deceased sister. Thunder roared outside, as lightening striked the land as well. "Maybe it would be better if people couldn't die..."Inuyasha muttered to himself as he watched Kikyou place the flowers on her sister's grave and pray for her.

Yeah so...how did ya like it?????? I know it seems like I bashed Kagome a bit, so sorry to Kagome lovers/likers out there. I had to put some kind of conflict, and so I used my own ideas from what I really think could make her a better person. If I had to choose, if I liked her, it would be the manga version of her, because she actually fights a lot more and is more tomboyish. They make her to feminine in the anime...Ciao!