Wow...it's been a hell of a long time since the last time I wrote something. Wow. It's been heck lately but I'm gonna update like crazy for the next few weeks.

FYI: I OWN NOTHING...nothing...

Chapter 10

Inu Yasha awoke to find his head pounding and a tingling feeling around his shoulders and waist. Lifting his head, he soon gained his focus and found he was still in the forest. It was still dark. Taking in a long whiff of his surroundings he closed his eyes and tried to remember what had happened.

'Kikyou looked longingly into Inu Yasha's eyes and nudged herself into his shoulder. Feeling nothing Inu Yasha stood before her not responding. She felt like a stranger on his body. Fifty years ago he would have welcomed her with open arms but now... everything felt empty when he was with her. Yet, when he was with Kagome, he didn't feel so alone.

Between his shoulders, Inu Yasha felt Kikyou nudge her head from place to place, looking for a spot yet she found none. She stopped suddenly and raised her hands to his shoulders. He felt her began to shudder and heard a small gasp for air as the smell of tears carried to his nose in the wind. Suddenly he felt his shoulder beginning to burn and a light illuminated from Kikyou's hands. Digging her nails deep into his bone she shocked him with all her might. Inu Yasha yelled in pain as he pushed her away gently and staggered backwards away from her.

"Kikyou," He asked puzzled, "why are you doing this?" Tears began to form in Kikyou's eyes as she wrapped her arms around herself.

"Don't you understand Inu Yasha?!" She yelled to him lifting her face to look at him, "I only stayed on this plane for you. All of this was for you, so that you could someday come back to my side. Now..." Her voice began to shake as more tears poured down her face. "You say that you need her! Aren't we the same person?"

 "Kikyou..." Inu Yasha replied comfortingly as he walked forwards.

"Aren't we the same?" She cried out to him as she fell to the floor and grabbed the grass tightly in her hands, staining her white skin. Slowly she let it out and began to sob still holding tightly onto the grass. Inu Yasha had seen this for the first time, and he realized that she has no one. She's all alone in the world.

All went quiet.

Inu Yasha looked down at the sobbing miko to find her straining to stand. With one hand over her face, she lifted the other and called for her shini- dama-chuu. Suddenly hundreds surrounded him and draped across his every limb. Inu Yasha struggled to move but soon found himself covered in white lights.

Kikyou slowly walked over and yanked his sword off his body and leaned in close to his face.

"Inu Yasha, you will be mine and mine alone." She said with force. "And if I have to take you to hell with me to get you away from Kagome, I will. You WILL be mine!"

And everything went black'

Slowly everything came back to him and he lifted his arm up to rub his head only to find it stuck. Looking down his body he found himself bound with sacred arrows up and down. Struggling to move he heard a light rustle from his side. Looking over he saw Kikyou sitting up against a tree, sleeping.

The moonlight shone on her face, illuminating her fragile figures. Her lips shone as the moon beamed across her face making the rest of her face radiate with pure white light. As she shifted slightly, a strand of hair fell across her face and landed in between her eyes. Inu Yasha felt his arm stretching to brush the hair from her face.

Kikyou strained and bit by bit opened her eyes to see Inu Yasha staring at her. Giving him a warm smile she lifted herself up and walked over to him, never breaking eye contact with his large amber eyes. When Kikyou was at arms distance she lifted her hand and caressed his face. She felt the rough skin underneath her fingertips and the small invisible scars that he carried from every battle he'd fought.

Leaning in closer, she caught a whiff of his scent – earthly. A scent she remembered too well. Looking up, she met his eyes and gazed deeply into them. Yet, she saw nothing but her reflection in them. The look he once gave her was gone and was now replaced with a look of sorrow. Giving him another smile, she let her body relax and leaned in onto his shoulder once again.

"You don't look at me the same anymore Inu Yasha." She said gently, comforting herself on his shoulder.

"Kikyou... I..." Inu Yasha stammered.

"Kagome has changed you in a way that I could not fifty years ago. She has shown you love that I could not. Do you not notice the change in your heart Inu Yasha?" She asked looking up at him.

He remained silent. Kikyou felt the tears come to her eyes again. 'What is this?' She asked herself. 'Why was I permitted to become nothing more than a woman and shed tears?'

 Lifting her hand, she rubbed away to tears and looked him in the eyes again. He continued to stare down at her with his sorrow filled eyes, as if on the brink of tears as he looked at her. Turning away she rested her head on his shoulder and leaned her body onto his. Felling his warmth of his body Kikyou felt herself dizzily drifting off.

Shaking herself awake again, Kikyou looked up at Inu Yasha to find him staring off into the distance. Turning quickly, Kikyou noticed the large towering tree behind bushels of trees. The Goshen Boku tree. The anger rose inside her fragile clay body. Feeling every limb in her body shake, Kikyou let go of Inu Yasha and sat back down against the tree. Brushing hair back from her face she closed her eyes and leaned back.

Lifting her face up to the sky she let out a silent breath. Looking back down she avoided meeting the hanyou's eyes as her shini-dama-chuu flew to her side.

"Kikyou, you can't keep living like this." Inu Yasha said gently. She didn't respond.

"Are you asking me to die Inu Yasha?" Kikyou asked. Inu Yasha suddenly looked away from her as if ashamed to have asked the question. Kikyou let out a small laugh as he looked away from her.

Looking up at the sky, Inu Yasha stared into the large white moon.

'Kagome..'

"Kouga what the hell do you think your doing?!" Kagome screamed pushing the half wolf half human with all her might. Taking a step back Kouga looked at her and smiled.

"You are my woman Kagome; do I have no right to hold my woman?" He asked cockily.

"Kouga how many times do I have to tell you?" She asked feeling slightly annoyed yet relieved to see a familiar face.

"Well, since dog-turd is out of the way I thought there'd be nothing between us anymore."

Kagome felt her whole body shake at his words. 'Out of the way...what does he mean out of the way?' Her head screamed

"What do you mean out of the way?" She asked innocently trying not to seem too interested.

"Well last time I saw the brat, he seemed pretty preoccupied with this miko girl who looks a hell of a lot like you."

'Kikyou'

Upon hearing his comment, Kagome found her feet marching towards the well without her noticing leaving Kouga standing in front of the well house somewhat confused. Her ladder still hung on the edge of the well as she had always left it. Kagome ran her finger along the rope and suddenly stopped.

"What am I doing?" She asked herself in a whisper. "I said I wouldn't go back...besides he's got his priestess to keep him company. He doesn't need me anymore." Yet somehow she couldn't resist going back and seeing his face again.

'I need to see him. I want to see him. I miss him.'

"Kouga-kun...?" Kagome asked turning around. Kouga took a leap from his spot and landed on the edge of the well. Kagome turned to face him. "How did you get through the well?" She asked.

"I don't know. I just jumped and I came up here." He answered bluntly, his nose twitching.

Kagome stared at Kouga's nose as it continually twitched. 'Inu Yasha's nose use to twitch like that' Looking away she smiled to herself as she looked back out of the well house doors. Kouga sat in front of her in a dog position and twitched his nose continually; the smell of the air was getting to him.

Smiling again Kagome closed her eyes to take in her surroundings. 'I have to go back. I need to see him again. I want to see him again.' She told herself as she turned to Kouga.

"Take me back Kouga. Please." She pleaded to him, looking more determined as ever. Kouga looked at the face of his woman and smiled. Leaning over, he grasped her around the knees and lifted her till she was level with his chest. Taking a step over the ledge he fell into the darkness and found himself on the other side once again...but Kagome had disappeared.

"Damn it!" Kagome yelled as she pounded her fists into the soft earth in the well. "Let me through, please. I need to go back!" She pleaded as she dug at the earth. Frustrated Kagome threw her head back closed her eyes and yelled with all her might. When she opened her eyes she found herself in the familiar blue liquid surrounding she had become accustomed to.

Kagome felt tears form in her eyes as she landed in a second well at Kouga's feet.

'I'm back. I got through.'

Inu Yasha...