Life as It Once Was

(Chapter 2)A Happy Life

Kagome left that night, before she made her decision she wanted to find out who she really was. If she went back in time, she would be nothing but a reincarnation of Kikyo, but here, she is who she is. Kagome began to walk down the street of Tokyo,Japan. Supprisingly the traffic wasn't that bad. She walked alone not fearing the others, who krept in the dark alleys at night. She faced Sesshomaru and Naraku, two of the most powerful men who could have killed her in a second, but she beat them to their own game. To Kagome, there was no reason to fear thugs. She would rip their ears off. Yet being alone in the dark cold windy night got to her. She was so used to someone being beside her...it was to painful to think of InuYasha at a time like this, or was she in love with him. Kagome shook the thought off, she couldn't go back. She already had a boyfriend. Hojo would always be there for her...infact he was always there for her, she was just never there for him. She sighed at thinking how selfish that sounded. Even if Kagome took her life, never to see Hojo again, he would still be there...where as, InuYasha would go right back to following Kikyo. What if Kagome did stay in the Fuetal Era and InuYasha still chased after his past crush. It would kill Kagome to just stand there and take that, for her to die slowly watching the man who loved her fade away, and then the man she thought she loved went down another path. InuYasha never told Kagome he loved her...he never once spoke of her, herself...it was just about how they had to work together to find the jewel shard. Maybe that was all he wanted from her...to seek the jewel of four souls and then never to talk again...Kagome fealt so used... she had a better chance with Miroku than with InuYasha... she was at the point where she would even take Koga. What path was she supposed to follow. Even though InuYasha was a bit of a jerk, she would miss all the others, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kelala, Keiyadai, some how Kagome fealt a deep whole in her heart. She would miss all the battles that they had together...but if she went back, she would never see her own family. Kagome wished she could keep in touch with everyone, but if Kagome kept visiting her family like she was doing, Naraku would eventually find out about them and then her family would be in grave danger. Kagome didn't want that to happen. Kagome couldn't bring InuYasha here either because if she were to mess with the past, who knows what Naraku could do in the present. This whole decision was starting to get to her. Either way she was putting people in danger. She had to live one way or the other. Kagome gained courage and walked back to the Hirugrashi Shrine. She looked down the well... the place she almost visited everyday. She slowly put her foot in and was about to climb down. She was so used to that, but she stopped. She took a look once more down the well, and then closed it with shredding tears coming down her face. She ran to her bedroom and went to sleep. She knew she could always visit her InuYasha there...but it wasn't the same. It just wasn't the same.

InuYasha rose as the next morning came. InuYasha had turned back into a half demon. He was no longer a mortal. InuYasha looked around him. "Still no sign of Kagome..." InuYasha whispered. He got up and without waking the others, he decided to walk around for a bit. InuYasha had a depressing emotion that kept stabbing him. He could not pick up Kagomes sent. That only meant one thing, she was to far away from InuYasha. It fealt as if she had completely separated from this world. He looked up at the sunny sky and seen a cloud that looked just like her, waving in the afternoon. InuYasha realised that soon, he would have to crack that to Shippo. Shippo would probably cry and it would take him a long time to get over it. All InuYasha knew was that he would miss her so much. Perhaps one day they would meet again, but InuYasha would have to take care of Kikyo first. As much as Kagome hates to hear it, whether she wants to or not, Kikyo came first. Kagome came second.

The next day Kagome went to school. She seen all her friends, but then the horror in her eyes. She seen Hojo with a girl that looked exactly like Kikyo. Kagome was so outraged, she cried and ran away as fast as she could. Her friends tried to follow, but she lost them went she cut a corner. As she ran, a dark figure was gaining on her. A large shadow grew taller and taller in the sunlight. Kagome seen Kikyo before her eyes, standing infront of her. "He wanted you, but you didn't want him, so you took my boyfriend, and so I took yours. Listen to me Kagome, you may be my reincarnation, but you are also you! Just because one person makes a mistake, doesn't mean that in the end you make them ALL suffer... they need you, and it's your own call whether or not you have the courage to say in your heart that you need them? Don't make a decision that you will regret later on." With that Kikyo vanished as quickly as she appeared. Kagome sat on the side street crying. Such a hard decision. She loved her family and she loved her friends, but was it really time that she would have to let them go? Could she not stay longer.... what would happen to Sota. Would he become just like Kohaku and forget his own sister completely? It ached Kagome to think of such thoughts, but perhaps it was for the best. So this time, Kagome had a good idea of what her decision was.

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Till the next chapter.