Kagome went to her room to pack for her journey, making sure she left a left for Sesshoumaru telling him why she will never come back, and how he needs to continue with the wonderful things he does for the female who come under his care for one reason or another. Then she sat down onto to the bed and did something she hadn't done for two years, she cried. She only cried for a few minutes, but the tears meant more. They were of sorrow, pain, and loss. She would never be able to love Sesshoumaru the way he deserved, she would never be able to have the family she had so longed for, she would never be able to see her family ever again, and she was about to go and kill her best friend, her first love.

"Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked, "What's wrong?"

Kagome made sure that there would be no trace of her tears, even though she knew he would know she was crying, "I'm fine, Sess. I'm getting ready to leave." She then stood up, walked toward him and handed him the letter that she wrote to him. "Open this after I have been gone for two days, okay?"

Sesshoumaru took the letter, never taking his eyes off of hers, "Alright."

"Thank you for everything Sess, I will miss you." With that said she picked up her bag and walked out of the room never looking back, but once again silent tears streamed down her face.

Kagome made her way to InuYasha's forest, making sure that her scent was noticeable and that she could be easily tracked, hoping she wouldn't have to wait long for him to pick up on her scent.

"Wench." Ah good ol' InuYasha, always predictable.

She turned around to face him, "Now InuYasha, how many times have I told you not to call me that?" She asked calmly as she faced him and took in all the changes to him over the last two years. His hair was dirty and gray as it hung limp around, his nails and fangs were long and stained red, from what she could only assume to be blood, his rat-fire outfit was torn in places. And the Shikon no Tama hung around his neck. He looked like a mess and a wild beast, a dangerous wild beast.

InuYasha growled, "I thought I killed you. Guess I was wrong," He then laughs, "I guess I'm lucky enough to be able to have my fun all over again." As he said that he was watching her body language and eyes very carefully, looking for any kind of reaction at all. Sadly, he was very disappointed; she gave no outside reaction to his comment.

"That is what you think. This time it is my turn to have fun." With that said Kagome dropped her bag and unsheathed her sword.

Without warning InuYasha attacked using his claws, drawing first blood. Kagome watched as line of blood appeared across her torso, and surprisingly she smirked.

"You've gotten quicker, good." She then lunged toward his right, but moved at the last second as he moved to intercept her and cut him on his left side. She smirked at his astonished and infuriated look on his face. "I've learned a few new tricks."

"Bitch."

Kagome laughs, "Still the same articulate InuYasha, glad to see something hasn't changed." During this entire conversation Kagome kept her eyes on the Shikon no Tama, watching as it would flare dark purple each time he bleed and attacked. "I see that the Shikon no Tama is still bonded to you"
"Of course it is!" He said it with his 'I know something you don't' voice.

"It wouldn't have something to do with the fact that it gives you your power, now does it?" Then doing a surprising move she slams her sword into InuYasha's gut and pins him to a tree. "Now, I do believe that this looks very familiar." She then ran her hands up the length of the sword that wasn't in InuYasha's body, watching as her blood ran down her arms. Then she calmly reached out and touched the Shikon no Tama, making sure that her blood covered it, then she drew an 'x' onto InuYasha's cheek and then one that mirrored InuYasha's onto her cheek. Grasping the Shikon no Tama firmly between her hands, she touched her forehead with InuYasha, which was slightly hard since InuYasha was struggling at full strength, which was proved when the Shikon no Tama continued to pulse in its sickeningly dark purple. She then closed her eyes and started to chant. Her body started glowing pink, starting with her hands, moving to her arms, and then spreading up to her head and down to her toes. When the glow reached her forehead, it spread through InuYasha, as he screamed in agony. The pink glow was Kagome's miko powers working to purify the taint that resided inside InuYasha, which fed the Shikon no Tama's taint. She opened her eyes, which were completely white, she stared into InuYasha's own wide, panic filled eyes.

"Shh, InuYasha. Soon you shall join your lover in hell." Then the pink glow completely engulfed the couple and the surrounding area, as suddenly as it appeared it disappeared. There was no evidence of the couple being there, no scar on the tree, no blood fed the grass; the only thing left behind was the sword Kagome used to keep InuYasha in place.

On the second day of Kagome leaving him, Sesshoumaru locked himself in his study and opened the letter she wrote him.

"Dear Sesshoumaru,
As I write this letter, I am thinking of all the times in the past two years you protected me, cared for me, and held me. These past two years have been precious to me, but besides saying that I can not express any deeper feelings for you. I can not feel my heart; I can not feel my emotion. You may not have guessed, but I have been connected to InuYasha for the entire time I was with you. You see, the Shikon no Tama was ripped from my hip, taken from my body before it was supposed to. Because of that, I always felt that I wasn't complete, even before Kikyo stole part of my soul. The Shikon no Tama longed to be whole again, and by being whole it was supposed to be returned to my body. But I made a grave mistake. I gave InuYasha the Shikon no Tama to make his wish upon, that wish was not meant to be his, and as he made his wish I realized that. The Shikon no Tama was never supposed to leave my body until I gave birth to my eldest daughter, but because it was ripped out, and then given to InuYasha to wish upon, I never got the chance to complete what I was meant to complete. I was meant to have your children, Sesshoumaru. We were destined to be mates, we were not supposed to meet yet; we were supposed to meet for the first time in my time, 500 years into the future. Yet, circumstances change, when InuYasha wished upon the Shikon no Tama, I was pushed into vision of what was supposed to have happened, of what could now never be. I also saw how I would be able to kill InuYasha and purify the Shikon no Tama. I was to sacrifice myself so that the Shikon no Tama could do no more harm to others. Now, the reason why I couldn't feel my emotion was because through the Shikon no Tama, InuYasha and I were connected, through that connection everything else was blocked out, it was to ensure that I did what was needed of me. As you read this letter, I have already killed InuYasha, purified the Shikon no Tama, and in turn killed myself. But do not worry too much; as I said we were not meant to be star-crossed lovers, I will see you again. 500 years from now in fact, it will be the universe's attempt to make sure what was supposed to happen, will happen the next time around. You're Future,
Kagome.

The End.

I hope this wasn't too much of a disappointment for everyone, I would prefer that everyone enjoyed it, but I think I ended it too quickly, let me know please. Thank you.