Hey everyone! Thanks for your compliments, and I'm not going to ruin anything for you! Just keep on reading. Oh, and I'm sorry Kagome's a lil' OOC ;;;;

Nenyways... Here's chapter number four, the second to the last chapter. 'Tis so exciting, ne? Also, I must warn everyone. There's a major paragraph with spoilers of episodes that are past where the dubbed version it. SO BEWARE!

Disclaimer: NO! I don't own InuYasha! STOP REMINDING ME! sits in corner

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It was now the fourth day that Kagome was stuck in the wrong time. She lived off of fruit and mostly trained. It was rough having to live out in the forest for such a period of time. Kagome was still uneasy on whether or not she really wanted to slay Naraku. Any sign of hesitation and she'd mess the whole thing up. It was now in the late afternoon and Suteru decided to go get some food.

"Don't do anything stupid, okay?"

"Do you have to say it like that?" Kagome was annoyed by the comment. Suteru had left and Kagome decided to go for a walk down the river. There, she saw a boat and leapt behind the bushes just in case. Fortunately, the two passengers didn't notice. Kagome squinted her eyes only to see Kikyo and InuYasha; her heart sank. Look at them... InuYasha never argues with her the way he and I do. Maybe... I really did defy fate.

From there she decided to follow them until they docked. She watched from behind a tree, seeing Kikyo trip as she got off of the boat. She fell into InuYasha and they stood there for what seemed like forever. Pain and jealousy urged deep in Kagome's heart. When he dropped the pole-like oar that he was holding and wrapped his arms around Kikyo, it was then that Kagome realized she wasn't meant to be there.

"Touching, isn't it?" Suteru had appeared behind Kagome. She was smiling at the sight of the two of them standing there, embracing each other. "They're so beautiful together, that's the way it was meant to be."

"Yes... I suppose your right..." Kagome looked down. She started to cry a little bit. "I guess it was nice to be with him for some time... but just to know he's going to forget me... well..."

"In time, you'll forget him too." Suteru said nervously. "It's not like you loved him or anything..."

Kagome's tears were now very real, flowing down her cheeks like the river they were standing by.

"Kagome...?" Suteru was somewhat confused. "Are you okay?"

"No... I just need... some time alone, that's all." She turned and ran for the one place that meant the world to her. The Sacred Tree.

Fifty years ahead of Kagome, InuYasha searched frantically for a way to find her. I just hope you're safe Kagome... was the only thing he'd been thinking of for the past few days. He then felt a sudden urge to want to go to the Sacred Tree, as though something would tell him where she was.

He trudged his way there and looked up at it, at the very place where he was pinned. The small mark with the chipped bark was sort of smaller then he remembered, like it had changed a little. He turned, put his back to the tree and slid down. He sat there for the next few minutes wondering if she missed him at all.

On the other side of time, fifty years before that, Kagome was doing the same thing. She just sat there, crying her eyes out. She could almost hear his voice. "Stop crying!" "Stupid, you worry too much." "What're you thinking?!" "Don't worry about me." It almost made her cry more.

InuYasha could almost hear her voice too. "SIT!" "AGH! You're so frustrating!" "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Although, one thought still lingered in his head. "Will you let me stay?" It somewhat echoed. He looked up through the tree's leaves and into the night sky. "Damn... I wish I knew where you were..."

Kagome finally stopped crying and came to a conclusion. "InuYasha doesn't need me." She paused. "Even though I love him..." She paused again. "I will not hesitate. It no longer matters..." She looked down and started to fall asleep.

"Poor girl... I see now..." Suteru waited patiently behind a tree. She came around and sat by Kagome. "Such a sweet girl and yet..." I have to take away the one thing that means anything to either of them. Will you really go through with this?

It was finally the next morning and Suteru woke early. "It's time." Kagome said. She too, was already awake. It was still somewhat dark and they stood up, put on the cloaks and trailed off into the woods. They remained silent for the next few minutes until Suteru broke the ice.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Suteru asked.

"Yes." She said confidently. "Besides, you're the one who wanted this more then anyone, what's gotten into you?"

"Oh... nothing."

The sun began to rise and they stood hidden in the tall grass about 50 yards away from where Kikyo was then standing. She looked around nervously and there in her hand was the jewel. Kagome readied her bow and aimed right behind Kikyo, silently waiting.

Suteru was suddenly uneasy. "Kagome, are you really sure?"

"Enough. This is what's meant to be."

"Right..." Suteru looked down. Even though I'll end my own suffering... and everyone else's will be over... Kagome won't stop suffering. No...can she really do this?

The grass behind Kikyo shook a little, then a figure in red came dashing out and ran right behind her. Just as he was about to strike her down, Kagome let the arrow fly.

In that instant, she could see visions of InuYasha and the others, flashbacks. The time when she first met InuYasha, when he said he'd protect her, when Shippo came along, and Miroku too. When InuYasha first held Kagome by the well and told her he was scared, that he thought he was going to lose her. When Sango came onto the team and when he told her his feelings about being different after they met Jinenji. When he got jealous over Koga loving her and the time when she almost left but realized that she loved him. When the walked back to the village holding hands, and when he gave her his cloak when she was in the basement of the Sage's house, naked. When Musou tried to take Kagome away, and the time when she was kidnapped by the panther demons. When they could see each other through time under the tree, and when they first kissed. The time when he came back to take care of her when she got sick. The first time that she saw his tears and just about every time in between and after she saw in that instant.

The arrow made a 'thud' type of sound and she knew it was too late. The suffering had ended, maybe not for her but for everyone else. Naraku had to be dead...

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DUN DUN DUNNAH! Tune in tomorrow for the final chapter everyone! ;)