Then the worst thing ever happened, Kori leaned up to brush back a strand of Kagome's hair before pressing his lips to her's.
"Don't you see Inu Yasha, she loves me." A large slab of ice rose from the ground, to tower above Inu Yasha, with the two lovers on top. "She chose me over you, and she will be my queen when I clam my rightful place; to control this world."
"Is that all you want?" Inu Yasha sighed, his shoulders slumped and he looked away from Kagome who stared lovingly at Kori. "You're really selfish you know."
"I am, am I? Let me tell you something," Kori's eyes narrowed and the snowflake, made of jewel shards, came together in the shape of a tear. " My father was a business man, my mother a demon; luckily I'm both. To create a hierarchy all you need is power and smarts, thus I'm the perfect candidate. Also, because of my upbringing, not only will I control this world, sooner or later I'll take over the human realm leaving everyone in my power."
"Why?"
This question hit Kori solidly; his throat seemed to close for he hesitated before replying, "Why."
"Yes, why?" Inu Yasha smirked from the simplicity of it all; this was a demon on the edge of insanity. He wanted to control the world and have power but didn't even know why.
"Because- because," Kori stammered, "It's what my father would want. My father always wanted me to be great. My father –my father-."
The gray eyes closed in ignominy, giving Inu Yasha his chance. Leaping into the air he readied himself, as he neared the two he quickly flung out a furtive arm and snatched Kagome away from the villain. On the return to the ground though, with Kagome kicking and hissing the landing was less graceful, and they thudded to a halt against the rocky barren ground.
"Kagome, Kagome!" She limply lay sprawled across him, and he suddenly feared injury. He sat her up and shook her gently, her head rolled back unconscious.
"Kagome! If you can hear me I want you to know I don't care about power or controlling anything." Her eyes flickered but fell still. " I'm not mad at you for wanting to marry someone else, I want you to be happy. Because- because…."
The gold chain snapped suddenly and an opal fell away somewhere, but no one noticed and no one cared. "Because I love you."
Kagome's whisper reached his ears, a lover's breath. "I love you too."
"Noooo!" A scream made the forest shift, and a pillar of ice separated Inu Yasha from Kagome. "You will not take her away from me. She is mine! She is mine!"
Inu Yasha watched helplessly, through the transparent wall of ice, as Kagome quickly became an ice sculpture, just as the henchmen had before. "Kagome!" Inu Yasha whipped out Tetsusaiga and broke through the pillar with a mighty blow. Lunging at the ice figurine he tried to hold on to her, as she lifted into the air. He didn't want to lose her again and after her confession he would make it his duty never to. Unfortunately, as she rose from the ground the ice around her didn't leave him much to hold on to, so she slipped right out of his grasp. Inu Yasha fell back reaching out despairingly as Kagome drew ever nearer to the waiting Kori.