A/N: Alright, next chapter is done. Just so you know, you won't get to know exactly what happens at every moment of the day (becasue that would be boring ). This chapter stats the night of the second day ( hence the name "The Second Night") Anyway, enjoy
Dandy: If you enjoy, the sooner you get to read more of her crappy work.
Me: . you be quiet. I'm this close to getting a shock collar for you...
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha... I really don't. What, you don't believe me? Come on! Look at the cover of this manga -hands reader/lawyer manga- See? Where's my name on it? Not there... duh... I told you...


Six Days 'Till Osuwari
Chapter 3: The Second Night

The setting sun began to paint the sky, and Kagome stirred a pot of bubbling water. Tonight she was making Inuyasha's favorite; ramen. The group all sat cheerfully around the fire, Shippou, once-again, chasing fireflies nearby, Sango polishing Hiraikotsu, Miroku...
"AHRG! HEEEEENTAAAII!" screeched Sango, slapping Miroku in the face. Kagome giggled and stirred the water. Miroku leaned over towards Sango.
"What's with the kit?" he asked.
"Maybe it's just a phase..."



Off in the distance, Inuyasha was sitting up in a tree. Something caught his eye, something.... shiny? He decided to go off and investigate...

He jumped out of the tree... and picked up a scent. He had been downwind of whatever it was before, so he couldn't tell who or what it was. When he did pick up a scent... he knew EXACTLY who it was.

The hanyou ran as fast as he could the forest, until he finally came to a clearing.

"K-kikyou?"




Kagome decided to go get Inuyasha, leaving Sango in charge of the ramen she was stewing. Kagome walked into the forest, knowing that Inuyasha had gone there earlier today while she studied. Many moths of traveling together had taught her to leave Inuyasha alone when he needed to be alone... but she always tried to comfort him, no matter what.
"Where could that boy b..." Kagome couldn't finish, the sight that met her eyes was almost too much to handle.

"Come with me into HELL!" screamed Kikyou, squeezing Inuyasha tightly.
"Kikyou... you don't understand..." replied Inuysaha, his voice numb.
"Inuyasha... what do you want? Don't you love me?" asked Kikyou, ceasing dragging Inuyasha into hell.




Kagome couldn't deal with what she was hearing with those words, she returned to the campfire. Night was already falling on the Sengoku Jidai as Kagome stuff her books into her over-sized backpack.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" asked Sango. Shippou was still chasing the fireflies, nowhere to be seen.
"It's Inuyasha," said Kagome, wiping tears on her sleeve, "He was with Kikyou... I just saw him." she sniffed.
"Kagome, you're not..."
"I could never leave forever Sango. I have to go home anyway... I have to study. Although, I'll never be able to do it in these conditions..."
"Kagome... I'm sorry about it."
"Just..." said Kagome, turning towards the area where Inuyasha and Kikyou were... "Make sure he comes to get me, okay?"
"I'll try, Kagome."
"Thanks, Sango." said Kagome, turning and running off towards the Bone- Eaters Well.




Inuyasha hadn't noticed Kagome come and leave, he was a bit preoccupied with having himself being drug into hell by is ex.
"Inuyasha... do you not love me anymore?"
"I... don't... I need to stay here... in this world"
"But... Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha thought for a moment, even though his mind was numb with the enchantment Kikyou had placed upon him.
"The Kikyou I fell in love with wouldn't try to drag me into hell. She was a kind caring person who wouldn't just trick the heart of the one she loved. I don't want you," said Inuyasha, pushing Kikyou away and drawing his Tetsusaiga, "I want KAAAAGOMEE!"
Kikyou didn't have a chance to move, and Inuyasha made his attack. Kikyou's... body scattered in the wind, the souls her body held flew out into the night, and the only things that remained in the clearing were Inuyasha, the Tetsusaiga, and a hair ribbon. Inuyasha picked up the hair ribbon and sheathed his Tetsusaiga. He walked into the village.




Kaede heard a stirring at her door, the rustling of the bamboo door that noted someone entering her hut. She sat up, noticing two golden eyes stare at her.
"What do ye want at this hour of the night?" she asked. The moonlight showed Inuyasha's face, particularly gleaming at the wetness in he corners of his eyes. He held up the hair ribbon.
"What is this?" asked Kaede, taking the ribbon from Inuyasha.
"It used to belong to a clay friend of mine." said Inuyasha, his ears pressed flat to his head.
"You mean to say that..."
"I killed it... I destroyed that thing imitating Kikyou."
"Inuyasha..." said Kaede, putting a single hand on the hanyou's shoulder.




"I'm home." said Kagome weakly, slipping off her muddy sneakers in the front room of her house. She set down her bag, removed her books for studying, and slowly clambered up the stairs to her bedroom. She sat at her desk, opened her textbook, and... was interrupted.
"Sis! You're back, you're back! Whadya get me, huh sis? Huh, whadya get me?" said Souta, ignoring Kagome's solemn look and depressed stupor. It finally clicked after he hovered over her in happily for five minutes.
"Sis?" questioned the boy, looking at Kagome's face. "What's up?"
"The ceiling." Kagome muttered, flipping the page of her geometry book.

"I'm serious! Is it Inuyasha again?"
"Kinda..."
"What do you mean "kinda"?"
"Well... it's not really him. It's actually his ex girlfriend who I happen to be the reincarnation of... see it all started when I fell down the well... didn't I explain all of this to you already? Anyway..." and Kagome continued in that fashion for half an hour. Once she finished, Souta looked at her with wide eyes. Kagome pushed him out the door.
"And that's all you'll ever need to know about where babies come from." Kagome finished quickly.
"But I didn't ask about..."
"Well... now you won't need to ask."
"But you never said anything about..."
"You know what Souta? I have to study. Unless you know how to get the perimeter of an unknown polygon using this (she held up a piece of paper) equation... then you'd better leave."
"Fine." Souta pouted. He turned down the hall to go into his bedroom, but uncannily tripped over Kagome's over-sized cat, Buyo.

Kagome sighed, not even putting up the effort to laugh. She sat at her desk, picked up her pencil, and began to "solve" geometry problems.
"This room is stuffy." she demanded. Being in the open air of the Sengoku Jidai always made her room feel a little cramped, but at the same time comfy. Opening the window would be more of a... detour from her studying. Kagome opened the window, a breeze kicking the curtains a little. The girl returned gloomily to her desk and jotted down a problem in her notebook. She then looked up, hearing a soft patter outside her window.

A light rain began to fall.




"Say, Inuyasha hasn't returned yet, has he?" asked Miroku to Sango as they sat around the fire.
"He probably got himself dragged into hell by mistake." Sango said.
"Should we... go ahead and eat? Kagome's wonderful future-food has been getting cold."
"Right... SHIIIIIPOOOOOUUU!" Sango called. The kitsune didn't answer. Upon further inspection by Sango, he was sleeping, probably after his viscous round of firefly-chasing. Sango and Miroku shrugged at each other and began to eat. As they did, the sound out water droplets hitting leaves came to their ears.

"It's raining, houshi."




There Kaede and Inuyasha stood, Kaede chanting some prayer, Inuyasha listening, but not really understanding, nor caring to. His ears were flat against his head and he held the white ribbon between his fingers. Kaede stopped chanting and placed a bellflower onto the ground in front of the tombstone. She turned and left, patting Inuyasha on the shoulder as she passed.

Inuyasha moved closer and knelt down onto the ground. His hands curled into fists in the dirt. His body shook; maybe because of sadness or anger, but one can never tell with half-demons... or demons for that matter [[A/N: -thinks of Sesshomaru-]].
"Kikyou... it was not my wish for you to die. I couldn't just GO to hell with you... I have things to do. I need to tell Kagome... that I love her. I loved you once Kikyou... but I have to admit... Kagome really has my heart. I'm sorry... that we never had the chance... to die together." Inuyasha finished, dropping the hair ribbon onto the soil. A single tear fell upon the grave.
"My... Kikyou."

As Inuyasha walked back towards the camp, rain began to fall. As soon as he entered the temporary housing of the group he was greeted with to mouth-stuffing 'friends' of his.
"Guh gat huhh!" Miroku and Sango said in unison, pointing in the direction of the well.
"I'll get Kagome tomorrow." said Inuyasha. He leaned against a tree and immediately fell asleep. Sango and Miroku peered sideways at each other.
"We'll make sure he goes tomorrow!" said Sango.
"I think... he will go without us telling him to." said Miroku.

As the rain fell and Kagome fell weary from studying and Souta fell and fell over Buyo, a new plot was being schemed by Naraku in a far off place, though none of the group knew it yet.


A/N: Yup! That's chapter 3
Dandy: -sarcasticaly- no it isn't...
Me: is...
Kikyou: Why did you kill me? T.T
Me: Because I don't need you in this story... I also hate you .
Kyou: she hates a lot
Kikyou: Hey, when did the orangey show up?
Me: I won him playing Monopoly -pats Kyou's head- Kay landed on Boardwalk... silly girl...
Kay: -sneaks up in background wearing camo and covered in leaves- -whispers- Come Kyou, now, before she notices! -little red lights blinks and siren comes on-
Me: Ahem
Kay: -Gulp- O.O

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