All right, here's the new chapter 2 of One More Chance. Now you'll get to find out what Kagome wished for! I'm not dragging out that suspense, that's right at the beginning. So now the wish has been made, and Kagome is getting what she asked for: one more chance. All right, I know you're sick of my babbling, go read the chapter.

Disclaimer: Why do I even bother? Okay, look, I don't own Inuyasha, or any of the other characters. So there.

Chapter 1: Wish Granted, Back to the Past

I wish I could do it all over again. I wish I could do it right this time.

The Shikon no Tama flashed brightly and disappeared. Kagome saw it disappear, then fainted, falling through the blackness of time.

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Kagome woke up in her bed and looked around. How did I get here? The last thing I remember is going through the well and the Shikon no Tama disappearing. I guess I fainted and Jiisan and Souta must have gotten me out of the well and put me to bed.

Kagome got out from under her covers and stretched. She felt a bit strange, but she just thought that she must still be in shock and that this feeling was normal. She went to her closet to get out some clothes. Maybe I'll wear that new sweater I bought the last time I was here. She thought, rummaging through her clothes. That's strange, it's not here. Oh well, mom's probably washing it or something.

She put on a skirt and sweater that she had bought a little over three years ago, but still fit nicely, and went out to greet the world. She really wanted to speak to her mother, to cry and begin the healing process.

"Hey sis!" Souta called, running past with as much energy as usual. He went so fast in fact, she didn't even get a good look at him, though he did look a little strange. Then again, twelve-year-old boys were supposed to be strange.

"Kagome?" Her mother's voice floated up the stairs. "What do you want for your birthday? I can hardly believe that you're turning fifteen tomorrow!"

"Mom. It's not………" the rest of what Kagome was about to say got lost in the implications of what her mother had just said. Tomorrow was her fifteenth birthday, the day it all started. The Shikon no Tama had granted her wish, she was going to get to do it all over again, this time she would do it the right way. This time I'll save everyone! I'll be able to save him! And I'll tell him I love him, because I don't want to miss that chance ever again.

Kagome ran down the stairs, tears streaming from her eyes. Her mother looked at her in concern. "Kagome, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Nothing's wrong, mom, everything is just perfect, I'm just happy, that's all." Kagome smiled at her mother. "And mom, how about I take the rest of the year off of school? I think that I might benefit from a year off."

Her mother looked at her as if she had just given birth to a cat. "We'll talk about this later Kagome, after you've woken up a little bit, I think you're still in dream world."

Kagome just smiled and walked out into the beautiful spring air.

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Kagome walked through the warm breeze toward the Goshinboku tree. Tomorrow she would go back in time once again and stand before a certain hanyou still pinned to this tree. Wait a minute! Why don't I just go today? I mean, I wanted to change what happens right? So why not start a day early? Then I won't have to be taken by Mistress Centipede! Kagome ran back into the house to gather some things that she would need for going back into the past. She also changed out of her clothes and put on a kimono that closely resembled the dress of a miko from the Sengoku Jidai. Then she tied her hair back and walked into the bathroom. She picked up everything she could ever remember needing, and threw it all into her enormous bag.

"Mom!" Kagome yelled, sticking her head out of her bedroom and looking left and right to make sure that no one was in the hall. She didn't see anyone, so she quietly went down the stairs.

"Oh, honey, there you are." Kagome's mother said from behind her, causing Kagome to jump straight into the air. "Why are you dressed like that Kagome? Are you going to a costume party?"

"No mom." Kagome said, wishing she could have gotten out of the house without seeing anyone.

"Well then, where are you going?" Her mother asked.

Okay, I really don't want to lie to her, but she's never going to believe me. Oh well, here goes nothing. "MomI'mgoingbackintimetotheSengokuJidaitohavetheShikonnoTamabrokenandthengoonaquesttorestoreitwithahanyounamedInuyashaandmakesomenewfriendsandfallinloveanddefeatNaraku!" After saying that in one breath and leaving her mother looking stunned, she ran out the front door toward the well.

Her mother looked out the door at her daughter. "Well, have fun then!" she called, still trying to decipher exactly what Kagome had said.

Kagome entered the well house and dropped her bag in the doorway. Then she went back out to where the family weapons were held. She picked out a bow and grabbed a quiver full of arrows. She would have taken a sword as well, but her body didn't know how to wield one, even if her mind did. Plus, mikos were not usually taught how to use a sword, so carrying one on her would make people more suspicious of her this time than they had been last time.

When she had gathered everything that she thought she would need, she went to the edge of the well and looked down. Strange how it always just looked like a normal well, and yet it was a portal through time. Then Kagome picked up her pack and her bow and hopped into the well and through the familiar stream of time.

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When her feet touched the bottom of the well, she looked up and saw the beautiful azure sky. It brought back so many happy memories for her, and also some sad ones, but she refused to think about those memories.

Kagome grabbed hold of the trailing vines that grew along the sides of the well and began to climb out. When she reached the top she took a moment to look at the surroundings. She had forgotten what the world had looked like when she first came to the Sengoku Jidai. By the time of the last battle, which would be three years from now, this part of the forest had been badly damaged by a fire that would be started by Naraku in about two and a half years. Hopefully none of that would happen though, because now she might be able to change it.

First things first. I should go and introduce myself to Kaede and get her help in binding Inuyasha. Then she would set him free and they would go after Naraku and destroy him while he was still weak. It seemed like a good plan to her, so she decided to act on it.

As she walked, Kagome passed by the Goshinboku tree and noticed it's silent occupant. Who would have guessed that one who looks so sweet and innocent in his sleep could be so obnoxious when he's awake? she thought with a smile. Soon enough he would be awake again and she would have to go through everything all over again, teaching him respect and the like, although hopefully with her miko training that wouldn't be as difficult this time.

Kagome walked into Kaede's village and walked toward the older miko's hut. As she walked, she felt many people staring at her as she passed. That was only to be expected though, as she did look remarkably like the priestess who had died fifty years ago. Not so surprising as she was that miko's reincarnation, but these people didn't know that yet.

When she reached Kaede's hut, Kagome stopped and knocked lightly on the door. She waited respectfully for an answer. "Come in." Came the answer from beyond the door.

Kagome walked into the hut that she had spent so much time in while visiting the village over the last three years. She was so glad to see Kaede happy, and as whole as Kagome had ever known her to be. When she had last seen the older miko, Kaede had been in rough shape from all the abuse she had been through over the three years that she had been helping Inuyasha and Kagome.

Kaede turned at the sound of her visitor entering the hut, and her one eye stared in amazement when she looked at the girl in garb closely resembling that of a miko. "Sister?"

Kagome looked sadly at the older woman. "No. I am not your sister Kikyo. I am her reincarnation from five hundred years in the future. I have come back to this time because there is a mission that must be completed with the help of the Shikon no Tama."

Kaede seemed to have no problem believing that this girl was her sister's reincarnation, and even seemed to take the reappearance of the Jewel of Four Souls in stride. "So what is your name child? I cannot be calling ye 'my sister's reincarnation' for long, and it takes away your dignity as an individual as well."

"I only wish a certain hanyou had seen it that way." Kagome mumbled under her breath. Then out loud she said to Kaede "My name is Kagome."

"And what is it you need Kagome? You seem to be a very powerful miko yourself, and at such a young age." Kaede had a look of very great respect in her eyes.

"I have need of some enchanted prayer beads that are powerful enough to bind a hanyou with a word. I do not have this skill, and I have reason to believe that you have." Kagome noted the surprised look on Kaede's face at the mention of the prayer beads, but the older woman brought out the string of beads and fangs as asked.

"What are ye going to do with these child, if I may ask?" Kaede asked, handing the beads to Kagome.

"I'm going to bind Inuyasha and get him to help me on this quest I am on. It may not seem like it at first, but this mission I am on is as much to his benefit as it is to mine." Kagome answered, putting the beads in her pocket and walking toward the door of the hut. "Oh, I'm really sorry to leave so abruptly, but I'm running against time in this, I only hope that you understand. I would really like to get to know you better, when I get a chance." With that Kagome walked out the door and through the village, toward a sleeping hanyou, and their combined destiny.

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As Kagome walked towards Inuyasha's forest, she started to get a bit nervous. She remembered all of the things that had happened in her adventures with her friends, but none of them knew her at the moment. It was going to make things a bit awkward for a while, in fact, that awkwardness might never leave, as she intended to change what happened this time, and therefore, many things might never happen at all. Who knows, I might never meet any of the others. I hope that's not what happens, but it is a possibility. Then another thought struck her. If I change things this time, he might never love me! This realization brought tears to her eyes. What am I going to do?

By this time, Kagome had reached the area of the Goshinboku tree. She looked up at the seemingly dead dog-boy pinned to the tree and sighed. She also remembered what he had been like when she first released him from the tree. I wish I didn't have to go through this again, he was such a pain for the first little while.

After staring for a little while, Kagome climbed up the roots of the tree to where Inuyasha was being held by the spell put on him by Kikyo 50 years ago. By now she was face to face with the sleeping hanyou, and she had the overwhelming desire to rub his ears, even though by now she knew what that would do to him while he was awake. She raised her hand to touch his left ear and stopped. Then she lowered her hand to her pocket and brought out the prayer beads. She said the words that she remembered Kaede speaking the first time she had been here and the beads flew from her hand to settle around Inuyasha's neck.

Then Kagome raised her hand toward the arrow sticking out of Inuyasha's shoulder, and felt a stirring beneath the hand that was resting against Inuyasha's chest. She brought her eyes back from the arrow and to Inuyasha's face, just in time to see his golden eyes open for the first time in 50 years. Kagome was so happy to see those eyes open and alive again that she almost cried. Then he spoke.

"So you're back, eh Kikyo? I don't know what you think you're doing, but once you remove that arrow," his eyes flicked to the object in question, "I'm going to kill you."

Kagome just looked sadly into his amber eyes. "Inuyasha, I am not she who you believe I am. Kikyo has been dead for 50 years. I am Kagome." She watched his face as her words sank in. He opened his mouth to shout at her, she knew he was going to insist that she was Kikyo and that he should know, or something to that effect. So Kagome used a tiny amount of power to send a small breeze toward him from behind her so he caught her scent. The look of rage left his face and was replaced by a look of sadness, which was even more quickly replaced, by a look of disgust. "I'm sorry for your loss, I know you loved her." Kagome whispered, barely loud enough for him to hear.

"You idiot!" He roared. "She killed me! Do you call that love?" The pain that filled his face in that moment was profound and overwhelming. Then he looked back at Kagome with a calmer, resigned look in his eyes. "Yeah, I loved her, but she never loved me. She got me to love her, then she betrayed me. It was the only way that she could kill me, and that's all she wanted to do."

Kagome raised her hand toward the arrow again. Inuyasha's eyes followed her movement. "What are you doing?" He asked, with a growl deep in his throat.

"I'm setting you free, what does it look like?" She retorted, her fingers inching toward the shaft of the arrow.

"Why?" That word stopped her hand and made her look at his face. Her eyes filled with tears and she smiled a watery smile.

"Because, Inuyasha, I love you." Then her fingers touched the arrow, and it disappeared.

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Okay, that's it for the new chapter 1! I love reviews, so please add your own! Ja!

Reviewer Response:

Rachel: thanks a lot! I'm glad you like it! And look: it's the next chapter!

Rosethorneight: well, I'm not sure if her mother will actually let her take the whole year off, but with all the time she spent in the Sengoku Jidai, it kind of makes more sense to take the time off of school, than to always be "sick" all the time, but that's just my opinion. And you'll just have to wait to see what happens with Inuyasha, I'm not giving ANYTHING away! (Mwahahaha!)

Seida02: thanks! Your support means a lot to me! I'll try to update this story often, but I do have Serenity's Family Secret to write and a novel on the go at the moment, so we'll just have to see what happens!

Oneesan no Miroku Houshi: well, is this chapter a bit better in length? I tried to make it longer than the others! It's about the length of my chapters in Serenity's Family Secret. And I'm happy to hear that you like my writing!

Mrryl: thanks for the support! I'm glad to hear that you're keeping tabs on this story! And no, I don't intend to do the series over again, what would be the point? Kagome wants to change things! There will be a lot of land marks from the series of course, but there will be a lot of differences too, like Kagome going a day too early. There will be other minor twists and some major ones too!