*Gets up and stretches* I guess it's time to get back to work, since the holidays are over, ne?

Ok, well I'm up and off my lazy ass to give you another chapter of this story. Please forgive me, if I have confused anyone. I will try and make things as clear as I can.

So to make up for that short chapter that I gave everyone, this chapter will be long, and will most likely clarify any misunderstandings that may have come up.

Enjoy!

(Disclaimer: I asked Santa for it, and he said that the Lawyers stopped him just before he jumped down the chimney. *Grumbles* Damn lawyers! *Sighs* Thanks for trying Santa.)

Oh, yea Kagome won't be narrating in this chapter.

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Kagome saw Kaede's hut just up ahead, she power walked the rest of the way. When she entered the hut she was ambushed by Sango and Miroku with hugs.

She hugged them back just as much. "Oh, I missed you guys so much!"

"And we missed you Kagome-chan!" Sango said giving her 'sister' another hug.

"We were so worried about you Lady Kagome. Where were you?"

Kagome looked away, although her heartbreak was in the past, it was still painful to think or talk about it. Sango noticed this and elbowed Miroku in the ribs. "It's ok, Kagome, you don't have to tell us if you don't want to."

"I do want to tell you, just not right now." She said in a whisper.

"Well, take as long as you like." Miroku replied, hugging her again, keeping his wandering hands under control.

She smiled and hugged him back. She looked at them when they parted. "Have any of you seen Inuyasha?"

"He was here ealier but then he suddenly stood up and said he had to take care of some things, and just took off running into the forest." Sango responded, walking out of the hut and pointing towards the east.

Kagome followed her, and looked to where she had pointed, in the distance Kagome could see Kikyo's soul catchers. A fear crept up her spine, maybe it was true. Maybe he was only playing and toying with her. She had to go and see.

Kagome took off running in the direction of where the soul catchers were going. "Wait! Kagome where are you going?" She heard her friends call from behind her. She ignored their calls and continued to run, she had to find out, she just had to know.

She skidded to a hault when she saw Inuyasha standing in a large clearing, with Kikyo standing in front of him. Her heart skipped a beat as she hid low in the trees, trying to make out what they were saying.

"So, you have come to go to hell with me, Inuyasha? Have you finally let go of that incarnation?" Kikyo asked him, her cold eyes showing no emotion.

"No, I have not Kikyo, I have come to tell you that I cannot ever go to hell with you, because I have a mate, who is that incarnation you speak of." He said with a deadpan voice.

A fire of anger ignited in her eyes, her only emotion besides hate. "You have not only betrayed me, but now you break your promise to me?! You promised, gave me your word that you would come to hell with me."

"I know, and I am sorry for this, but I cannot leave the one I love."

"But aren't I the one you love, Inuyasha? I was your first..."She said moving closer to him and in a deadly whisper."And I will be your last."

Inuyasha growled and was about to push her away from and leave but a blue light swirled around him locking him in place before he could even take a step. "What are you doing?! You are not the Kikyo I onced loved, you are nothing but a shell of the person she was, and you are nothing compared to Kagome!"

Kikyo growled as much as human shell could. "I am everything that, that incarnation wants to be!"

"Wrong Kikyo!" Kagome yelled stepping out of the bushes. "Why would I want to be a mean, hateful person that wants to drag her love to hell?!"

"I am nothing like you Kikyo, our appearance may be the same, but were are two different beings. You have become everything a prietess and woman should not be."

Kikyo looked upon Kagome with disgust. "If I was never born upon this Earth incarnate, you would not be here."

"And neither would you, and you would have never met Inuyasha if you were never born." Kagome said, throwing the same look Kikyo gave her, back at her.

Kikyo smirked. "But I was born and Inuyasha is mine, I was his first love and will be his last." By this time, the spell had put Inuyasha in a trance, and he had the look of a lifeless doll on his face.

"People get over their first loves, that is why they are called first loves. But you will not be his first and his last. I am his last." Kagome responded, concentrating her energy into an bow and arrow.

Kikyo laugh right out."Do you actually think you can rival my powers young one? You haven't even had the proper training."

A bright blue arrow of power was notched in Kagome's hand ready for fire. "Sometimes, the proper training, doesn't get the job done." She let the arrow go, and it went off in a burst of speed and power.

Kikyo smirked. "We shall see." She put up a shield and the arrow hit it, and caused lights to flash and spark as two powers pushed against one another.

Kikyo gasped. 'How can she be this powerful?!' Her mind yelled as the arrow started to pierce through her shield. It penetrated and struck Kikyo and her shell body converted back to the dirt it once was.

The souls that were once trapped in the hallow shell were set free and went off into the air before disappearing. One soul stayed and it entered Kagome, it was the other piece of her soul that Kikyo had.

Kagome took in a big breath, for once she felt complete in spirit and in mind. Her attention quickly turned to the hanyou, who was still under a spell.

Kagome ran over to him and placed her hands on his chest and pushed her energy into Inuyasha, breaking the spell instantly. She felt very weak and drained all of a sudden.

Inuyasha blinked and sat up to see Kagome smiling at him weakingly, before she colasped backwards. He caught her quickly and held her in his arms. He had no idea what had happened the last thing he remembered was Kikyo's words of her being his last love.

Inuyasha looked around and saw no sign of Kikyo, he had overlooked the pile of ashes that lay in the same place Kikyo had stood.

He shook his head and brought his attention back to the woman in his arms. He stood up and dashed into the forest and back to the village.

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Kagome stirred, and moved slightly, causing Inuyasha to tense. She rolled over, facing him before she opened her sapphire eyes. She smiled softly. "Hi Inuyasha."

"How are you feeling?" He moved closer to her, looking her over.

She giggled at his concern. "I'm fine now, I still feel alittle weak, but I'll be alright in a little bit. Oh, yea how long have I been out?"

"About two days."

"I guess I used more power than I thought."

"Kagome, can I ask you a question? About that day in the clearing?" Inuyasha asked, looking in her eyes.

Kagome adverted her attention to the floor. "Kikyo's gone, I killed her. It was the only way to stop her from taking you."

"Kagome, look at me." He cupped her chin and pulled her eyes up to look at him. "I'm not mad at you..."

"But..." She said interupting him. He put a finger to her lips, silencing her.

"No buts, I love you Kagome, I just had to set things right with Kikyo, I had to tell her that I couldn't go with her. Yes, I do feel bad about breaking my promise to her and I wasn't really sure how to make it up to her, since the jewel is gone." This brought back a thought for both of them.

"Oh, Inuyasha, I'm so sorr.."

"Sh, sh, we can't change the things of the past." He said, taking her into his arms and comforting her. 'Even though we wish we could.'

Regret washed over Kagome, she had used the jewel for her own selfish reasons. No wonder no good came from the wish. The wish only caused her more unhappiness. She buried her face into Inuyasha's chest and cried.

(A/N: Happy now Fred?! See, Kagome's wished was granted, but it only caused her more heartbreak and now it's gone and can't be used for good.)

"No more tears Kagome, I want a smile to grace your face. There is no more need to cry, because I am here." He whispered in her ear comfortingly.

Kagome looked up into his golden pools and smiled.

"Kagome..."He had been wanting to ask her this from the moment he fell in love with her."Will you be my mate?"

Kagome's heart leap for joy. "Of course Inuyasha, I would love to be your mate!"

Inuyasha embraced her as he felt his heart overflow with love for the woman he held in his arms. Kagome hugged him back, her heart still leaping in pure happiness.

'Now, all I have to do is claim her.' Inuyasha thought with a purely lustful smile on his face.

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Bum bum bum!!! Now everyone get ready for the lemon!!! That will be...in the next chapter!!!

Oh yea! Don't worry I will not disappoint my readers and/or reviewers!

Ja ne for now!