Chapter Five: To the Other Side and Back Again

At that precise moment, Inuyasha broke down into tears. Songo and Shippou heard Inuyasha's cries and realized that Kagome had died. Shippou's face turned ghostly white and he broke out crying and ran toward the hut. Songo caught him before he was able to get very far.

"I'm sorry Shippou, but I think Inuyasha needs some time to himself" She said, tears forming in her eyes.

"NO, KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha sobbed into her blanket, "PLEASE DON'T GO!"

Kagome awoke from her daze to see Inuyasha crying. She became confused again by his sobbing and realized where she was. Standing above Inuyasha, she saw her hand still being clutched by him though, she did not feel it. She looked down to that same hand to see not just that but her entire body glowing white.

"What's going on?!" she yelled "Where am I? Who is that?" Kagome began to freak out because of her strange predicament. She finally calmed down and walked over to Inuyasha and tried to touch his back.

"Inuyasha" she whispered.

Suddenly her hand disappeared into his kimono and reappeared out his chest.

"Aaaahhh!" Kagome cried out, "I'm a ghost, I'm dead! I'm really dead!"

Just then she heard Inuyasha whisper something and walked over to the other side of her now dead body to listen.

"I'm so sorry Kagome" Inuyasha sobbed, "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you"

"I couldn't get to you in time" Inuyasha continued, "and now you're……." He broke down into cries and laid his head on her stomach.

"Why did you have to leave me?" He cried, "Why were you taken away?" Kagome then noticed how cute he looked when he was sad, smiling to herself. Inuyasha continued,

"I never told you in life and I wish so very badly that I had" Inuyasha whispered, "I wish I had told you the truth, that…. I loved you" Kagome's eyes widened in shock as she felt her heart melt into a puddle of affection.

"I have always loved you Kagome" He continued, "From the day I had decided that you were not just a reincarnation of Kikyo but a person all your own…. I loved you" "I loved you more than anyone; I wanted to be with you forever." A tear fell from Kagome's eye as she whispered softly, "I love you too" Inuyasha, now looking directly over Kagome and felt a tear fall from his face. He saw the drop fall into her mouth, disappearing into the darkness. Suddenly he heard something amazing. It started off weak, but then it started to grow. Thump, Thump….. Thump, Thump…. She was alive! But how? Kagome opened her eyes to find herself once again underneath Inuyasha. His eyes met with hers and he began to glow with happiness, his tears of sadness now becoming tears of joy. She was alive…. She had come back to him….