Liger003 ~ Hey, I just got one thing to say. Hey, Sabe, I am not mad or anything that you think that it is getting stupid, I just need you to tell me why. It is pretty hard to fix if you don't tell me what is wrong with it. So, I was just saying! So until someone tells me what is wrong with it, I gotta write this how I think it should be written, ok? So if someone tells me what they think is wrong with it, I will do my best to patch it up. But now, On with the story!

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Chapter 20 (wow, 20 chapters already? Geez!) ~ back to reality

"Kagome!" Inu-Yasha called after the girl that was fleeing from him and heading toward camp. "Kagome! I have to tell you something!"

Kagome didn't turn around and look at him, "Inu-Yasha, what do you want?"

Inu-Yasha didn't know what to say. He knew what he wanted to say, he just didn't know how to put it into words. He wanted to tell her everything. About how he felt toward her, and how much he hated it when she left him to go through that well to cross into her own time. Inu-Yasha tried to figure out what to say, and when he couldn't, Kagome started up again.

"Nothing, Inu-Yasha? Then I will be on my way back to camp." She still refused to turn around and look at him. Inu-Yasha could hear her voice shaking, and he knew she was crying, he hated it when she cried.

She didn't move for a moment, and brought her hand up to her eyes where she wiped away tears. When she was done she took a step forward, but was never able to finish that step. A hand clasped her wrist and pulled her back. She yelped as she fell backwards into strong arms.

She looked up into piercing, golden, eyes. Inu-Yasha looked down at her as she looked up. For some reason, though, his eyes seemed to be softer than normal. He looked sort of . . . sad.

"I told you to wait." He looked down at her, and she stared st him, mesmorized for a moment, but she then quickly relized what position she was in and pulled herself out of his arms, her face burning red.

She was glad that the sun was setting so it hid her embarrassment a little. "Well, do you know what you want to say, now?" She crossed her hands over her chest, but this time, she faced him.

"Um, yeah . . ." He looked uneasy. He started fiddling with his fingers, and he moved from foot to foot.

"What, Inu-Yasha? Just say it."

"Um, well, . . . what would . .. what would you do if . . ."

"What would I do if what? Come on, Inu-Yasha, it is getting dark." Kagome complained, but she was actually very anxious to hear what he was going to ask her. "I still have to make dinner, too."

Inu-Yasha took a deep breath. "WhatwouldyoudoifIdiedrightthisminuet?"

Kagome looked at him, completely confused. "What in the world did you just say?"

Inu-Yasha closed his eyes, turned around and took a deep breath once more. "What would you do if I died, right this minuet? Would you even care?"

"Inu-Yasha, why are you asking me this?" Kagome wondered.

"I just want to know. Would you care that I was gone, or would you not even care, like . . . I don't know . . ."

"Of course I would care. I don't know what I would do without you."

"Would you only care that you didn't have me to protect you?"

"Inu-Yasha, you idiot."

Inu-Yasha turned around, "What did you just say!?"

"You idiot."

"What the hell!? Why would I be an idiot?" Inu-Yasha started to get mad. Just then he felt her hit him and her arms wrapped around him in a hug.

"You idiot. Of course I would miss you, just because you are you. There would be no other reason. You aren't going to die anytime soon, so what does it matter? Let's just have a great time together while we can, okay?" Inu-Yasha was shocked at how Kagome had answered his question. He looked down at her and hugged her back.

"I'll stay with you until the end of my days." Inu-Yasha promised.

"But, what about Kikyou?" She looked up at Inu-Yasha and he looked sad once again.

"I owe her my life, I really do." He refused to look her in the eye.

"Inu-Yasha, why would you think that?" Kagome asked him.

"She died because of me."

"She died because Naraku killed her, you had nothing to do with it."

"If I had only-"

"That's right, if you had only, but you didn't know and you couldn't have done anything. You did your best."

"I deserve to die for what happened to Kikyou."

"No, you don't."

"Why not? It is my fault!"

"Idiot."

"WHAT!?"

"Stop being so loyal! You have to much dog blood in you or something! You didn't do anything! Kikyou died because she was meant to die."

"But I could have . . ."

"You could have done nothing." She pulled away from him. "Let's go back to camp now! I'll make some Ramen!"

Inu-Yasha stepped forward and then colors started to swirl and his memories once again flashed in front of him, and the next thing he knew, he was in the room with the Grim Reapers and Kagome again.

"What happened?"

"Well, you passed your test." Silence told him.

"What happened? I was just there in that memory! I changed it, WHAT HAPPENED!?" Inu-Yasha cried.

"Oh, that was just your test, you didn't change anything. Don't you know you can't change that past?" Grim looked at the speechless hanyou.

End of chapter 20

Liger003 ~ Hey, I didn't like that chapter as well, but oh, well. I hope you all did. Please review and tell me what you thought, and if you thought that it was stupid, please tell me why. I promise you I won't get mad. But, I am also sorry this took so long. It is the end of the school year and the teachers are trying to get everything done, and so we are getting swamped with tests and homework. So, sorry. But I will update as soon as possible. I still say reviews inspire me, so REVIEW!