Kagome awoke slowly. Her eyes were half open when she tried to remember what happened before she fainted. 'Oh my god, where am I? Am I.. Dead?' She pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. "I'm not dreaming," she murmured, then sighed and closed her eyes again. "I don't want to wake up.." She felt a lone tear drip down the side of her right cheek and she pulled the covers of the bed further above her head. 'I don't even care where I am, I only want to sleep.. And never wake up again..'

As if replying to that thought, she heard a low voice speak out of a corner of whatever room she was in.

"Miko, don't you want to see where you are?"

Kagome peeked above the covers and saw a white figure. It was blurry at first, but soon she realized that it was Inuyasha's half brother, Sesshomaru. Fear struck her face as she saw him sitting in a chair staring blankly at her. However, she soon calmed.

'Why should I be afraid? He was the one who saved me.'

"Sesshomaru.. Lord Sesshomaru," she corrected herself, "Why did you save me?"

Sesshomaru smirked. "I see you're not the least appreciative of the fact that I just saved your life."

"But to answer your question, Miko, I brought you here to dicuss a proposition. If you reject, I will gladly return you to Inuyasha and his new miko."

Kagome flinched. 'I guess I have no choice but to say yes then, to whatever he wants.'

"What's your proposition?"

Sesshomaru crossed a leg over the other. "Miko, I'm sure you're well aware of the fact that Inuyasha has now teamed up with Kikyo." Kagome nodded. 'Is he after the tetsusaiga?'

"Sesshomaru-sama, I don't think I can help you if you want Inuyasha's-" "I don't want tetsusaiga. I've realized that I can defeat my hanyou brother just as easily without it. However..." Sesshomaru leaned towards Kagome. "You have something I want.."

Kagome cocked her head. 'What is it that he wants from me? If he wanted me to help him with my purification powers, he would've just gone and talked to Kikyo. And Kikyo and Inuyasha already took the jewel shards..' Kagome gritted her teeth at that thought.

"Kagome.." Inuyasha leaned towards Kagome as her heart fluttered. "Inuyasha, what-" Kagome was cut mid-sentence as Inuyasha gently held her and kissed her lips. "I love you, Kagome,"he whispered, nuzzling her neck. He kissed trails down her neck then slid a hand up her shirt. 'I can't believe this is happening,' thought Kagome. She began to kiss deeper but then was jerked backwards. Surprised, she looked at Inuyasha and saw that he was smirking while he held her jewel shard necklace. "Wench, I never loved you, I can't believe that you are so gullible. It's sad." She watched in shock as Kikyo walked through the door and Inuyasha grasped her waist and kissed her. "See, Kagome, the one I truly love is Kikyo. Too bad for you," Kikyo spitefully smiled at Kagome over one of Inuyasha's shoulders. Kagome couldn't do anything, only stand there and watch them both in shock.

Sesshomaru watched as Kagome seemed to be angry, as her fists clenched and her jaw locked. She suddenly relaxed. 'It's no use thinking about this now,' she thought, 'It's in the past..' but suddenly she felt a tear emerge from her eye, then another. Soon, she was crying uncontrollably as she clasped her hands over her face, turning away from Sesshomaru. He leaned back into the chair and watched her. 'I don't know how I'm going to deal with this,' she thought while she let out a heartwrenching sob. 'When I finally open my heart up to someone he betrays me in cold blood..' Kagome tried to wipe away the tears but only succeeded in smearing them across her face as more tears flowed freely. 'I can't let Sesshomaru see me weak like this,' she thought as she tried again to wipe away the new tears, 'but then again, he's always thought of me as weak. Everyone thinks I'm weak!'

Sesshomaru watched her, his golden eyes still blank. Kagome's eyes finally stopped tearing and she forced herself to look at him. As her eyes met his, she couldn't see anything in his eyes-they were completely emotionless. No sadness, no anger, nothing.

"What is it you want from me?" she finally asked, sitting up in the bed.

"Even I won't refuse to admit the fact that the hanyou and the dead miko make a deadly pair. As you may also know, Naraku is still attempting to gain power-and he undoubtedly is succeeding, even if it slowly. However.. if Naraku teams up with Inuyasha and the dead miko.."

"He wouldn't do that! He hates Naraku!"

Sesshomaru smirked cruelly. "What if that were a lie, Miko? What if it was all an act to get the jewel shards?"

Kagome shook her head and shut her eyes. "No! He could've easily gotten the shards from me a long time ago!" At this, Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.

"Yet he could also have more shards in his posession if he waited a little longer. The reason why I need your.. Assistance.. Is because Inuyasha will probably be Naraku's acquaintance-even if he must kill Naraku in the end, he will do what it takes to get those jewel shards." Kagome shook her head again in denial. "I won't believe it! He didn't use me the whole time, he just.." But what did he do?' Kagome thought. What if he really did use you? What if everytime you both laughed, smiled, or he saved you it was all an act? He never loved you, Kagome. Your love was wasted. said a voice in her head.

"Believe what you want," Sesshomaru said, standing up, "but I assure you, Inuyasha does not love you-or at least, not anymore. But consider this.. Though you did kill his wench, wouldn't you like to repay him for all of the pain he's caused? All of your misery? Have your decision ready by tomorrow morning." With that, he closed the door of her room and left Kagome staring at the door, as if she could see through it. 'Would I really like to pay Inuyasha back? I still love him..'

"Even though he never loved me in the first place." She whispered, then cried herself to sleep.

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lol ok i know the ending was really corny but it is the best one that i can think of right now that will suit what's coming later on in the story.

i hate doing this to inuyasha, but ive always hated kikyo. arghhh she should just go to hell and stay thereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(no offense, kikyo fans.. i just had to get that out..)

hmm well please dont flame me because this is like the first angsty fic (one of the first fanfics actually) that ive written

im planning to make some twists and definitely a lemon!