He was about to go on with his scolding, when he something began to realize. They stared at each other for a few seconds, till they finally knew, what has happened. "Damn, what's the matter? Where is your school uniform? Why did you get...older?" His sad voice made her clear, that for him, really only a few hours had passed since she left for her time. "I'm not wearing the uniform for seven years now." She saw the shock in his golden eyes and hated to say the next thing: "I left the feudal era ten years ago and I couldn't come back, because the well was ... sealed." Inuyasha shook his head wildly. "No, you left a couple of hours ago and the next thing I'm hearing is your 'Farewell Inuyasha'! I'll be quite damn in trouble, if I return without you!" His aggressive tone was back and made her smile inwardly. He always got excited so easily and...
No, her mind had to stay clear!

Gently she pushed him away from the sliding door and walked outside. "I have no clue, what happened. Believe me, I really wanted to come back to you all, but it didn't work anymore." Inuyasha sniffed the air and pulled a face disgustingly. "What's this strange scent I smell on you?" Kagome stiffened a little.
How to explain that to him? He would go mad!
"I've told John often enough about his strong aftershave." Then she looked into the hanyous eyes. "John is my fiancée."
His look changed from disgust to anger.
"I'm going with him to New York. We are going to marry next week."
"No, you don't!", he shouted sulky. "And what are you going to do? With your shouting you will change nothing. Grow up, Inuyasha. Go back to your time and tell the others...how much I missed them."
His gaze went down. "I see. – But we haven't found all the shards yet! You must come with me!" Now he looked triumphantly, because he was sure she wouldn't refuse. "I used to say once to you: I have a life in my time, too. There are duties for me to fulfill and collecting the Shikon shards is not longer one of them. Sorry, but I can't go with you." She grabbed into her pocket and pulled the glass with the shards out of it. She took his hand and laid the last connection to him in his palm. "Here, you will... need them." Her voice wasn't so confident anymore. Inuyasha laid his other hand on hers and turned it slowly around. "Keep it. So Naraku can't complete the Jewel." He closed his eyes, but she had seen the sadness in it. She could feel his disappointment, but he shouldn't affect her like that anymore!
A new life lay ahead of her. A new life!
She squeezed his hand and then she walked away.
The way to her family house seemed to be so long, because her feet felt so heavy. Like her heart. It wasn't easy not to go back to Inuyasha and comfort him. But she resisted and went on.

Inuyasha saw a young, blonde man with dark, blue eyes leaving the house. "Her future husband", he thought and growled quietly.
What was his name? It sounded so strange. And where was this New York?
He watched the young pair as they embraced and then kissed. Inuyasha clenched his fists.
And he is going to do much more with her.
This thought was too unbearable for the hanyou. His jealousy got stronger every second and finally he couldn't resist the urge to separate the pair. With two jumps he reached them and tore off Kagome from the arms of her so called fiancée. "Take your dirty paws from her!" he shouted angry at his rival. John, first confused then smiled patronizing. "What's this? A jealous admirer? Go away, boy! Kagome wears my ring, not yours."

Kagome was going to punish Inuyasha with an angry 'Osuwari!', but she held back. The halfdemon wasn't about to hurt John sincerely. Well, Inuyasha needed some enlightment about marriage. Angry she grabbed the arm of her old friend and dragged him to the Holy Tree.
"You deserve a better man, Kagome", started Inuyasha when they were out of range from Johns hearing. "You have no right to interfere, anymore! Stay out of my life!", she snapped at him furiously. He took her hand with the ring and held it in front of her face. "Is that all, what he can give you? Money and expensive stuff? Is that so important to you? I don't believe it. Maybe you've changed, but not like this."
"Let go off my hand! I love John! Why don't you understand?"
"The only thing he loves is power and money." His calm words were too much for her. Confused she pulled her hand back. The doubts, she had buried carefully came back to the surface again. "I'm going...when he can tell me in a credible way, that he really loves you."
Kagome smiled a little. But his self-confidence was suspicious.
No, scary!
 Inuyasha has a big mouth, but when it came to his feelings for her, he always got insecure and messed everything up. And now this hot tempered hanyou stood before her and stayed calm while speaking of another man's love for her? "Inuyasha, neither of us have to justify. I will always remember our time together and I wished you..."
Am I crying? I can't cry now, not in front of Inuyasha! I love John and he has no right to doubt that!
"Once you have chosen Kikyou. I have the same right to choose John", she managed to say, had a hard time to hold back the tears. "That was different. There is no demon, who threatens Johns life. - Except me, perhaps." He looked pleadingly in her brown eyes. "Kagome, I can't let you go. I knew this day would come, but not so fast...I...I need you."
She hoped, that her eyes wouldn't betray her, showing the rumor, that was inside her. For this reason, her next words sounded harsher than she meant: "Too late. Good bye, Inuyasha." She wanted to go, but he held her back. "Not so fast. First I want to hear from him, that he really cares for you."
"Don't you listen to me? That's nothing of your concern!" She broke free from him.
"Nothing of my concern? We were going through hell, I saved your life for a hundred times, you saved my life a few times and then you say, it's nothing of my concern? Perhaps you feel nothing for me anymore, but I'm still caring about you and nothing will change that! Not even ten years!"
Her anger grew stronger. She was about to send him to the ground, when John called to them: "Hey, what's taking so long? Kagome, our plane is not waiting for us!" He took a demonstrative look on his watch. Kagome sighed. "Well, fine... go... go and ask him. Satisfied?" She had enough. Inuyasha had successfully destroyed her day. She grabbed his arm and dragged him to her fiancée. "John, would you tell Inuyasha, that you love me?", she asked edgy. Johns face got a little red, a sign of his anger. "What are you talking about? Our flight is in one hour, we don't have time for this."
"That's only three words." Inuyasha's innocent gaze provoked John. "Let me tell you something: Kagome is mine! And no one, not even a jerk, who toke too much grass like you, will take her away from me. Is that clear?" Those cold words from her fiancée made Kagome insecure. Until now he hadn't shown this side of him. Where was the nice and gentle John, the man she fell in love with?
Did he make a show, to get her?
Did he see in her nothing more than a pretty woman?
Was Inuyasha right about him?
No, stop that! He wanted to be with Kikyou, she wanted to be with John. "Let's go, John" She used to manage with Inuyashas jealousy, and so she would manage with John's. And the hanyou used to be very strenuous in this matter.
No, he is still strenuous!
"Good. It's about time", said John and laid his arm around Kagomes waist and the pair left the yard. Once more, John threw a glance at Inuyasha. "Your friend is still watching us."
"Fine with me." She didn't care any more.
"Maybe he needs a demonstration." Before Kagome could act, John pulled her not very gentle in his arms and kissed her passionately. She tried to free herself, but his arms hold her tight against his body and he made no effort to end this kiss.
There was no love in it, it was a pure demonstration of power. Power over her.
When he broke the kiss, she believed, it was over. But John was intoxicated. He pressed her stronger to his body and tried to kiss her once again.
"Why is he humiliating me in front of my friend?", she thought desperately. Inuyasha would have never done this to me! It was a kind of a reflex, when she turned her head and called for the half- demon: "Inuyasha! Help me!"

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And this was the second chapter.
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