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conscience- 'thought' "spoken"

Author's Note: So… Tired… FINAL EXAMS MUST DIE! (pants) I have band tryouts tomorrow and I'm extraordinarily nervous… If you please, do not kill me now. Though I am glad you liked the Kikyo doll. Oh and today's fanfic (broadcaster voice) will feature a song by Avril Lavigne (Don't like her as a person, but this song really fits the story) it's called Nobody's Fool and- AGH! (Narrowly avoids being bitten by angry reviewer) Alright, on with the story!

Chapter Fifteen

With Sesshomaru and Kagome

Everything happened in about a millisecond. Kagome immediately got out from under Sesshomaru and went as far as she possibly could in the blink of an eye, to the branches of the nearest tree, and proceeded to blush so hard that her blue figure looked purple. Sesshomaru merely straightened up. Why should he care? Inuyasha, like Inuyasha, blew his top.

"How dare you touch her?" He shouted, drawing the Tetsusaiga. He hadn't even had the chance to observe that Kagome was not herself, seeing that she was 50 feet in the air, "She is MINE! How Dare You!" He started walking toward Sesshomaru, obviously intent on doing him some harm. Sesshomaru did not move a muscle, he was thinking. 'Kagome is safe where she is; even the Tetsusaiga's attacks can't reach that high. That is, she's safe if she does not get involved in the fight…' –That idea is vetoed then- Sesshomaru was too busily thinking that he did not even have the chance to reprimand himself for even worrying about Kagome.

Kagome watched anxiously from her perch. 'Wait, did Inuyasha just tell Sesshomaru that I was his?' the star on her forehead glowed blue with anger. 'So he intends to take my heart, break it, choose someone else, then decides to say that I still belong to him!' The star grew brighter. 'I'm just a piece of property, I'm not even considered a person!' The star was blinding now. 'Wait and Sesshomaru is down there! He's the only one that has given a' –Wait, why do you care about Sesshomaru? - Kagome frowned. 'Because… I don't know. But he's the one good thing that has happened to me in a while. I can't let that slip away.'

Inuyasha ran with a battle cry to his brother, and both Sesshomaru and Kagome snapped out of their trances. Sesshomaru braced himself and calmly grasped the hilt of the Tenseiga. It was different now; he could feel the power of the sword, though not necessarily to destroy. He understood the Tenseiga now, it wasn't to be fought with, and the sword had greater purposes. He slipped it back into the scabbard and braced himself. Inuyasha saw this and smirked. He rushed forward to get in front of Sesshomaru, and leaped into the air. Unfortunately for him, he never quite managed to arrive where he was planning to.

"SIT!"

Meanwhile, with Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kikyo

Thwap!

"HENTAI!"

Shippo sighed. The monk just didn't learn, did he? It was bad enough, having to stay here without Kagome: Kikyo definitely was not a good substitute. She smelled bad and all she ever did was sleep or go out to find more souls. Shippo shuddered; he'd taken the tiniest bit of pity on her seeing as she couldn't feel, love, or really live. He'd felt that way until he'd actually met her. Now what with the demon exterminator on edge because of Miroku's wandering hands, everyone was a little tense. He drew pictures of random things in the sand with one of his claws and tuned out the arguing and Kikyo's snoring behind him. 'Lazy witch,' he thought. He hummed quietly, listening to the birds in the distance when-

THUMP.

Shippo leaped five feet in the air. When he came back to earth, he looked around quickly. Was he the only one that had heard that? Apparently, it was a yes. His youkai hearing must've picked it up. Shippo looked worriedly into the forest around him.

'I hope Kagome's okay, wherever she is.'

Back to Sesshomaru, Kagome, and our annoying hanyou…

Inuyasha went from 20 feet above ground, to approximately 5 feet underground. Sesshomaru looked past a face-planted Inuyasha and straight into the blue eyes of Kagome. Kagome looked back. 'Why did she do that?' Sesshomaru thought, 'Doesn't she love Inuyasha?' Kagome broke her gaze away from Sesshomaru's and looked at Inuyasha, who had just managed to get his head out of the ground.

"But, Kagome," Inuyasha was white as a sheet. How could she do that to him? While he was fighting his brother?

Fall Back, take a look at me, and you'll see, I'm for real, a feeling only I can feel and if that don't appeal to you let me know, cause I'll go, Cause I flow better when my colors show,

"Go, Inuyasha."

And that's the way it has to be, honestly, Cause creativity could never bloom in my room, I'd throw it all away before I lie, so don't call me with a compromise, hang up the phone, I got a backbone stronger than yours,

Kagome's tone silenced him, and he backed up.

If you're trying to turn me into someone else, I've seen it enough and I'm over that, I'm not nobody's- not nobody's fool, If you're trying to turn me into something else, I've been there enough and I'm over that, I'm not nobody's- not nobody's fool, If you're trying to turn me down, go ahead and try, go ahead and try,

Inuyasha turned to leave.

"Wait," Kagome said. Inuyasha stopped.

Don't think, You say you know me like yourself but I fear, that you're only telling me what I want to hear, But do you give a dang? Understand, that I can't not be what I am,

"What?" asked Inuyasha, his tone quavering. Kagome ripped the bottle of shards from her neck and tossed them to the hanyou.

"Keep these," she said, "I don't need them to defeat Naraku. Give them to Kikyo."

I'm not the milk and cheerios in your spoon, It's not a simple here we go, not so soon, I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen, and a little more green, But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean,

The hanyou took the shards and walked into the distance. Kagome stood still and watched him till he disappeared. Kagome felt her eyes start to water. 'No, I will not shed any more tears over him!' She turned back to Sesshomaru in the direction of the well.

'Not one tear.'

End of Chapter

Sorry this chapter was kind of solemn… -Crowd chants 'Down With Inuyasha! Down With Inuyasha!'- Okay… maybe not so solemn… But, to all you Avril Lavigne haters out there, I don't really like her; I just thought the song fit the mood is all. Review Please!