Kagome ran thru the thick underbrush. At one point or another she had stepped off the trail. Now that her eyes were dry she could see clearly. Walking for a little while long she noticed she recognized where she was. She was only a few feet away from the tree that

Inu-yasha was pinned to so long ago.

Kagome walked to the tree and placed a hand on the trunk.

'This is where I first met Inu-yasha. Kikyo pinned him here, because she thought it was him who betrayed her. Now Inu-yasha and Kikyo know that it was Naraku, who impersonated them into making it seem that way. Even after all she did to him, he fights for her. And don't forget defends her. Baka!' Kagome thought gloomily.

Kagome sat by the base of the enormous tree. "All this time, and everything she has done to you and you still love her." Kagome thought out loud. "Then again, we have been through so much together as well. The good times, the bad. We've been through battles. So many happy memories I will have when I return to my time." Kagome saddened, "When I return to my time...for good." Kagome looked at the shifting of the trees above, and listened to the sounds of the birds and bugs.

"I miss it here. No pollution from modern day things. Just fresh air. No school and troubles. I'll miss Sango, the lecherous monk Miroku. Kilala, the hell cat and a friend. And Shippo, who feels like a son to me. Then there's Inu-yasha..." Kagome cut herself off.

Nearby there was a rustle in the bushes. Kagome quickly jumped to her feet, sending her hair flying. "Who's there?" Kagome demanded. A cold laugh filled the air. "Kikyo." Kagome mumbled, and more loudly she said, "What do you want Kikyo. You have Inu-yasha, is that not enough for you?"

The laughing stopped abruptly and Kikyo steeped into the light. "Foolish child, you fell in love with Inu-yasha, did you not?" Kikyo asked. Kagome narrowed her eyes. "What does that have to do with you?" Kagome asked.

"Nothing, but then again everything. You will be returning to your time. You do not belong here. But I can't have you leaving with my soul now can I?" Kikyo asked, stepping closer.

"It's my soul Kikyo. Your time passed. It's my turn now." Kagome said, losing her courage bit by bit. "No, this is my time. I will get my soul back from you." Kikyo strung an arrow on her bow. "Prepare to hand it over." Kikyo released the arrow. Kagome felt a pain like no other. The arrow hit her in her shoulder when she tried to jump away. "Damn girl! Hold still or you will die slowly." Kikyo strung another arrow. Kagome was running by this time. She headed to the well. When she reached the well, she sank beside it.

She couldn't feel her shoulder now. It was numb. She looked where she'd run out of the forest and seen Kikyo standing there, bow and arrow ready. "Die." She yelled. Letting the arrow fly. Kagome watched it coming closer and closer, but did not move.

'I'm going to die. Now, by the hand of the one I was reincarnated from. The woman Inu-yasha chose.' This was Kagome's last thought as she slowly welcomed the darkness.

Through out that year the gang searched for Kagome. The day she'd run from the village was the last they'd seen of her. Even Inu-yasha's nose could not locate her smell. She seemed to just have vanished from the earth. Now 2 years after Kagome's disappearance they meet with the past.

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