Hi everybody! Sorry it's been so long..SO MUCH homework, writer's block, other stories and..oh, yeah, NO URGE TO WRITE! *sticks out tongue*

So..reviews..

hoshi-ko88: *hides* YOU'RE MENTAL! (no, jk..thanks for stayin' with the fic)

child-of-joy-Sachiko: Yeah.I get bored of writing on the comp. Plus this story's going downhill...but I'll keep writing! :) Thanks for your review!

InuShemeeko: Thanks. (of course it's cool...it's by me! No, jk!) And...uh..not soon..but, uh.now..yeah, so..

Kiawatha Amara: Clones it is! *finds a cloning machine* this'll just take a second...

AmBeR EyEs ChIk: Thanks! (lol.messa likes positive reviews!)

RoseInuYasha: Thanks so much! By the way.have you seen my other fic, "Collage"? it's not half bad. (I don't think)

Okay...so..last time..

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InuYasha had stayed at the Higurashi shrine for the past week, and today was the day the doctors would let her out of the hospital (A/N: you think it's a bit early?) That morning, InuYasha actually fell down the stairs for no reason except that he was going to fast. This resulted in a lot of profanities being shouted and a very annoyed Hanyou.

Not only that, but the family insisted that InuYasha wear "normal" clothes, plus a hat, which annoyed him very much as the hat was wool and it was summer, plus, IT WAS SO FREAKIN' ITCHY! But it was the only way to see Kagome so..

InuYasha climbed into the thing they called a "car" and they drove to the hospital to pick up Kagome.

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Disclaimer: *light bulb* I'll own InuYasha when InuYasha is in love with me...not Kagome, or Kikyo or anyone else, ME! *this does not happen* guess I don't own InuYasha then. *so sad*

You'll always be beautiful. Seven *" How's it been?"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~One month Later*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kagome was in her room, listening to music when she heard a timid knock at her door. She assumed it was Hojo, completely forgetting the kiss between her and InuYasha (which InuYasha seemed to have done also) and back to give her presents and things, even though, although she still looked like InuYasha a bit, she was healed.

Except for those horrid scars.

She looked like a Frankenstein wanna-be. Except that she wasn't green. And she didn't have bolts in her neck and...

Anyway...when she opened the door, she got a pleasant surprise. (A/N: Give you two guesses)

InuYasha's P.O.V*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*

'I've seen Kagome's face...and now I don't know..did I just like her for her resemblance to Kikyo, or do I like her for her? I thought I liked Kagome for her...but now that it comes down to it..I'm not sure..I mean, I know Kikyo's officially dead, but I can't help thinking that I was just looking for a replacement for the real Kikyo. That's the only reason I ever went near the Bones and Dirt one. I've been waiting for the real Kikyo for 50 years. She was so kind, but now..and being around Kagome just reminds me of the real Kikyo...and now that she's been put to rest for good...I have to second guess myself. Was I right to kill her? Was I right to save Kagome, for that matter? What should I-'

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His thoughts were cut of by a dark person.

No not a person.

A shadow..a memory of a person that no longer existed...

"InuYasha..." it whispered, "This is the final decision...Kikyo...the real Kikyo will come back. If you choose her, the well will be closed forever..Kagome will never come back to see you again...but if you choose Kagome, you will never get a chance to see Kikyo again. Never. It will be impossible to bring her back ever again. You have to answer your question. Was Kagome a replacement for the one you loved and lost. The one you've waited for 50 years, but has refused to come back to you, the one your heart aches for but who you will never see again. The one you'll never hear, you'll never touch..the one for who you would've sacrificed your demon-ity for...who you wanted to be with as a human, for all of eternity..is your love for Kagome real, or just a shadow of the truth? You have to decide for sure whether it gnaws at your heart, because you know you'll never be able to love Kagome as much as you loved Kikyo, or because you love Kagome thousands of times more than you ever loved Kikyo and you feel guilty? You have to decide..this is the chance of a life time InuYasha, don't mess it up. Think about your decision. Just think....'

The specter faded away, leaving a cold chill in the air, and an aura of sad sincerity for miles, making anyone traveling or living in the vicinity want to cry out in grief for no reason known to them, of anyone else. It was a sadness that could pull you in to..that could wrench at your well- being...crush your heart...your hopes...your dreams.

Even Miroku stopped his grouping for hours afterwards because the sadness was so extreme, it was all he could do not to cry out in spite of himself.

InuYasha sat in his tree for days upon end, thinking..something that happened rarely..about Kagome, and Kikyo, and everything else in his life for the past hundred or so years.

He finally made up his mind once and for all.

He had to go and see Kagome.

He had to tell her about the shadow...thing..

He had to tell her his decision, he didn't know how much she was going to like it, but he had to do it. There was no question there. It was now or never.

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The person at her door was not InuYasha.

"K-Koga?" she asked.

"KAGOME! Will you be my mate? PLEASE?! Dog-breath doesn't love you! He cares only for the dead girl! I will be true to you!"

SLAM.

And that was that.

That night, InuYasha arrived in Kagome's room. He sat on the end of her bed, and watched her sleep.

He wasn't the only one watching her.

Koga had left the house, oh yes, but he hadn't gone back to the feudal ages, oh, no.

Suddenly, there was a crash, and Kagome sat bolt upright.

Koga was tanding in her room, glaring at InuYasha.

"All right, dog breath! This is the final battle. Whoever wins, gets Kagome forever."

"I don't want to fight you," InuYasha said calmly, turning back to Kagome.

"I have made my final decision. A shadow came to me, and said I had to choose you or Kikyo. If I choose you, Kikyo never comes back. If I choose Kikyo, Kikyo comes back and we never see each other again. I know who I love, and I have chosen..."

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CLIFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry it's short, but It's getting late and I have to get up early so..

I'll try and write more this weekend if you like. *please don't kill me for the cliffy hoshi-ko!

OH, and if anyone's seen Spirited Away, do you remember when Chihiro, and no-face were on the train to Swamp Bottom and there were all those dark 3D shadow things? That's what the spector thing looked like. I love those things. They're so..mysterious...

Please review!

Ja Ne Minna!

Autumn/ Actrss535