(Authors note: Thanks for the faithful readers and the comments. I wrote this Fanfic on other forums and it didn't do as well. So I am happy that so many people have responded to it! Plus, I've never gotten this far! WOOT. Oh, and I sorta forgot why Kikyo was

mad at Inuyasha so bare with me if this chapter is sorta funky sounding)

Chp.14 Three hearts deceived

Inuyasha stared unbelievingly at the lifeless eyes of Kikyo as his body was sinking deeper into the red fire that was hell beneath him.

"Kikyo.. why are you doing this?" Said Inuyasha in a hurtful voice. His anger had seeped and was replaced by confusion.

"Inuyasha. You betrayed me and I will never forget that. I once promised you that I would drag you to hell with me. And I want to fulfill that promise."

"But….I thought you loved me?" said Inuyasha. His anger rising slowly again.

"I did."

Infuriated, Inuyasha wiggled against his bounding then suddenly had an idea. He had to get out of this…and see Kagome's face again. And this might do it.

"Kikyo,…I would never betray you. The reason I saved you was only because…I love you."

Kikyo looked up into Inuyasha's eyes and stilled, holding his gaze.

"Ha. I see through you Inuyasha. You do not love me anymore. Your going to be doomed with me for an eternity"

Crap. Inuysha thought as he thought of what he would have to do.(Even though he really didn't to do this.) He leaned in and kissed Kikyo. He opened his eyes an inch to see Kikyo's eyes closed. Yes. This is what he wanted. A distraction! Her cold lips were not the same as he had remembered them. They used to be warm and soft. And Inuyasha realized in that moment that he really didn't love Kikyo anymore. He felt her soul stealers slowly release their tight hold. But he had to keep Kikyo distracted. Inuyasha deepened his kiss then before Kikyo could do anything he slashed away at the soul stealers and grabbed Kikyo's neck and held tight.

"Heh. Like hell you will." Then her threw her to the ground. Kikyo glared at him with more hatred then she had before and Inuyasha returned it.

" Someday soon I'll kill you Inuyasha."

"Oh yeah? Not before I kill you." He flexed his claws.

"You cannot. Deep in you heart you still have feelings for the Kikyo you once knew. And you even stand here now. Thinking that you can but yet you've made no move."

" I--- .I don't have time for this…." With that, Inuyasha jumped off the cliff and landed on a tall tree looking over looking the forest for a sign of Kagome with the jackass-of-a-brother Seshomaru.

Sesshomaru, Kagome, and the group sat around a fire in the dark forest. All of them said nothing and the tense silence was driving Kagome insane.

"So…Sesshomaru…err…why did you save Kagome?" said Miroku as he couldn't stand the quiet either. Kagome shifted a nervous glance over at Sesshomaru who almost looked like a porcelain. Sesshomaru's sudden look in Miroku's direction made the group jump. Not from fear, but from surprise.

" It was a personal decision I made on my own." Was all the demon lord said.

" Okay. So why do you hate Inuyasha but for some reason like Kagome?" asked Shippo.

Sesshomaru sighed and left the circle. The only reason her even stayed was for her. Other then that he would have not even associated with those ignorant---

"Why did you leave?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru shook his head.

" I did not feel comfortable." Kagome walked alongside Sesshomaru trying to keep up with his long strides till her abruptly stopped and sat on a grassy mound.

" Do you mind if I sit with you….and talk?" asked Kagome. He nodded and Kagome sat next to him.

"I suppose the answer to your question of why I am "stiff" is that people seem to be that way around me. They fear what they are ignorant of" said Sesshomaru. Kagome looked at him. This was the first time he had ever really expressed his feelings to her.

" Rin doesn't fear you."

"Rin is a very different person. I suppose that is why I let her stay after I saved her. It was different to be around a person that was not consumed with fear at the sight of me."

"I don't fear you." Said Kagome looking a different way as she said this so he couldn't see her blush. Suddenly a sharp yell of her name was heard across the forest.

"KAGOME!"

Kagome instantly knew who it was and jumped up. Inuyasha. Part of her wanted to run to him and ask what had happened. But she couldn't face him knowing what he did to her. She turned to Sesshomaru who also had stood.

"Sesshomaru…do you trust me?"

Sesshomaru berated her look before her answered with a nod. He didn't know why he trusted her. And he knew he shouldn't trust humans. But for this night…that would soon fade to morning…he would.

"Then follow me!"

Where are they going to together? Who knows…-QN