Author's notes: Did a little editing. This chapter should be easier to read than the last one. This chapter is Romance/Angst. You'll see why.

Daydream: As for Kagome...

Inu Yasha took a step closer to Kagome. His eyes were so full of emotions that he had never willingly shown before.

Kagome felt a blush come across her cheeks. Her heart was pounding in her ears.

Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her, leaving their faces inches apart. Kagome felt herself shaking. Was he nervous too?

He moved his face closer to hers. Kagome pulled back, too nervous to kiss.

Inu Yasha opened his mouth. He muttered her name softly. But, wait... that wasn't her name.

his mouth said. Kikyo wasn't her name. She was Kagome! Why was he calling her Kikyo?!

Kagome looked down at herself. She was dressed in the dead priestess' robes. He really thinks I'm Kikyo.

She opened her mouth to protest, but no words came out. She felt her own body moving of its own will.

She pushed Inu Yasha away. Grabbing an arrow held in the canister on her back, she picked up the bow that lay at her feet. As she pulled the arrow back, Kagome realized she was about to kill Inu Yasha!

she wanted to cry, but she was not in control. She was not Kagome, but a mere spectator of her own body's destructive wishes. Kagome had lost her identity to the late priestess, Kikyo.

She felt her tears fly as she released the deadly arrow on her beloved. INU YASHA!! she heard herself scream. But was it really her?

When Kagome opened her eyes, she was no longer in the priestess robes, but in her regular Middle School uniform. She was in a black void of utter nothingness. Am I all alone? she asked herself. Her voice echoed back to her, answering her question.

a voice said. Her name echoed back to her in every direction. She couldn't pinpoint where the voice had come from.

the voice spoke strongly. She turned.

Inu Yasha! she gasped. He was the origin of the voice.

But for some reason, he would not look her in the eye. Kagome, I can't see you anymore, her memory played back this exact same scene. I'm going to go back to Kikyo. I must be with her. So that means I can never see you again.

Inu Yasha, wait!! Kagome cried. But he had already turned around and dissappeared into the black void.

Suddenly, she couldn't breathe. Gasping desperately, her head popped up above the water. She took in as much air as she could before she was plunged back under the rapids.

If the two women you loved were drowning in a river...

Kagome's head popped over the water long enough for her to see Kikyo at the other end of the raging river. Inu Yasha was standing on the shore, directly between them.

Which one would you save?

He looked back and forth between the two of them, torn by the terrible choice he had to make.

Which one would you choose? And who would you sacrifice?

Inu Yasha plunged into the water, and began swimming in the opposite direction.

The truth is...

Kagome felt herself being pushed underwater again. But her shoe caught on a rock, and forced her down. She couldn't resurface.

The truth is...

Kagome flailed her arms, desperately trying to reach the air. But her wet clothes were becoming heavier on her, weighing her down.

The one he really loves...

Inu Yasha! Kagome tried to yell. But instead, water rushed into her mouth. She was running out of air.

...is Kikyo.

Everything went black as Kagome's limp body sunk to the bottomm of the river. Then, the blackness turned into a blinding light.

Blinking her eyes open, Kagome saw Inu Yasha's face above hers. he asked worriedly.

Inu Yasha? she asked. Her whole body was weary.

You were screaming my name. Didja have a bad dream? he asked. He looked completely concerned.

Kagome's fingers curled over her sleeping bag as she felt tears run from her eyes. You abandoned me! she cried.

Inu Yasha's eyes went wide, and before he knew it, he felt himself embracing her. Something in his human side told him that he needed to hug her to help her.

I would never abandon you, he told her sternly. And Kagome felt her hands move to grab his shirt so she could cry in it.

I promise, Inu Yasha said, that I will always be by your side. Always.