Inuyasha didn't want her to go.

It wasn't an attachment of love, but more of one of familiarity. He'd hold her and pet her and remember happier times. She'd stay silent and strong and let him have his last peaceful days.

Kikyou wants to do the Right Thing.

He will scream and bark and throw around words that aren't useless but don't have that much meaning, and Kagome will cry and sit and let him kill her just a little bit more. All because she understands her predecessor. This isn't a thing that Inuyasha can help with, and it isn't a thing that Kagome can stop. But she can stall him for that much longer, give Kikyou enough time to heal and fly and juxtapose herself on the fine line that she travels by fate.

In doing the Right Thing, Kikyou knows that there will be sacrifices and unwanted deaths and sorrow and angst. There will be heartache and broken wings and love and treachery and deceit. The Right Thing will ultimately be someone's demise.

But who is strong enough to take such a punishment for being so righteous?

Kikyou for her lost life?

Or Kagome for her stolen soul?


A 200 word drabble. I thought of it by reading the latest manga. Sorry if it doesn't make that much sense. I don't even believe that there is a love triangle between Kagome/Inuyasha/Kikyou anymore. Kikyou is just a figment of the past that Inuyasha would like to reclaim, and will look back on with fondness, but Kagome is his future. Kagome won't replace or force out his love for Kikyou, but neither will the memory of Kikyou force out Kagome. It's kinda like Kenshin/Tomoe/Kaoru. Kinda. Kikyou is just a very hard character to hate right now.