I made this chapter long for you guys and for those who read my 'An Unbreakable Love' fan fiction, which is most of you, I just updated chapters 36-40 for it.

Dislcaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

Chapter 25: Nothing Hurts More Than Losing Him

Inuyasha sat there with Kagome lying on his chest for a while. It was soon after that he heard her breathing become labored, which inferred she was sleeping.

Inuyasha took his hand and stroked through Kagome's soft midnight hair. He sighed. He felt peaceful. He had never felt so... happy. There was no more Naraku, people were actually beginning to except him a little better, he had Kagome, he may even end up having a family if he was lucky enough.

He smiled, yet there was still sadness there. Kikyo. Oh yes he hadn't forgotten about her. He frowned. What would he tell her? She wouldn't be happy with the thought of Inuyasha not going to hell with her, especially when she believed Inuyasha's life belonged to her.

How was Inuyasha supposed to come in contact with Kikyo any way? He didn't know where she was and he wasn't going to waist time away from Kagome and the others to go and search for her.

He had come to realize that things were better when he was away from Kikyo. Whenever he was near her someone would get hurt, and that usually ended up being Kagome.

Now that he thought back and recalled the time when he was going to choose Kikyo over Kagome he began to grow angry. Kagome hadn't deserved any of that. Inuyasha was angry at himself because he was the cause of Kagome's pain.

He caused pain to the one person he truly loved. The one person he would ever allow to sleep in his arms the way she was and he enjoyed her there... with him.

Yes as long as he was with her there was nothing in the world that could destroy his happiness. He would be forever happy if he could eternally had her... Kagome.

Inuyasha leaned his head down and kissed the top of Kagome's head. A light breeze blew since it was only the beginning of spring it was still slightly cold. The girl above him shivered slightly and he sat up moving her off of him.

She opened her eyes and sat up next to him. "I guess I fell asleep." Kagome thought rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Inuyasha? Should we go back and make breakfast?" Kagome asked. He was looking over at the sunrise. He turned to her.

"You go I have something I have to take care of." Inuyasha said. He stood up and helped pull Kagome to her feet.

"But..." Kagome began.

"I'll be back later. Just go." Inuyasha jumped off leaving a lightly confused, hurt Kagome.

"He better not think he's going to get away that easily." Kagome said to herself. She began walking forward after where she had seen Inuyasha go. She was to late and he was to fast. He was gone from sight, but not gone from mind.

Kagome sighed in defeat and than looked towards the Inuyasha forest, where Inuyasha had gone.

She saw a little glowing in the sky and began to feel her heart drop. She moved closer to test her theory and realized it was what she had expected... one of Kikyo's soul collectors.

Kagome looked at the forest in thought.

Flashback

"Kagome, I don't... really know what to say..."

"I understand.."

"No, you don't. Kikyo... she is a part of my past now. I only want to bring her peace in death. I won't follow her. Not when you need me." Inuyasha finished. Kagome's heart swelled with hidden joy.

"Thank you, Inuyasha." She dig her head deeper into his haori, took in his comforting smell and aura, and fell into a deep slumber once more.

End Flashback

Had he meant what he said? Kagome's worry rose. He had confessed his love to her, but did that mean he stopped loving Kikyo? Did he ever love Kikyo? Kagome didn't know the answers to these questions, but she so desperately wanted them answered.

She took a deep breath and decided that she was going to find out the truth, no matter how much it hurt. There were something's she just needed to know and this was one of them.

She walked quietly through the forest, heading in the direction of where the soul collector was.

When a weary feeling came over her she began to walk faster. Suddenly she felt the presence of someone following her. Her breathing became labored in fear as she had only just remembered that she forgot her bow and arrow, as well as any other sort of protection. "I can't believe I could be so stupid. I should have just gone back to the village and made breakfast like Inuyasha told me to." Kagome frowned in thought, but decided she had already made it this far, why not go the extra length?

After a seemingly long walk Kagome made it to the clearing she had been searching for. She took her spot behind a tree and watched Inuyasha and Kikyo.

They weren't talking. They were merely standing there, as if they were having a staring contest.

Kagome watched with slight interest and worry. She could only hope Inuyasha didn't smell her.

"Where is Akahito, the hate demon? Have you yet to defeat him?" Kikyo asked. "And the girl has she passed on?"

"Akahito is dead." Inuyasha said, obviously surprising Kagome.

"How?" Was all that came out of her mouth. "Was it you and Kagome, or someone else?"

"It was..." His hesitation was answer enough for Kikyo.

"So you have fallen for her than and do you still plan on returning to hell with me?"

"Kikyo... I can't."

"I can't is not a good enough answer Inuyasha." Kikyo turned her back to him and stared at a tree, which her soul collectors circled. "Long, long ago - Inuyasha - there was a war."

"A war?"

"It was not one of books and history. Only few have heard of it, because it evolves the hate demons." Kikyo continued to looked towards the tree as she told her story. "There were once many which inhabited these lands, they originated from the hate of demons and people combined. The goal of these treacherous demons was to cause hate in the world. They killed the loved ones of lovers and tried to stop all love, they were undefeatable and it wasn't to any one single person, rather demons knowledge how to destroy these demons. They could not be beat... however one day a single hate demon made a single mistake. He had underestimated the power of love. Foolish indeed he was. He had searched for power, it was his goal in life." Kikyo closed her mouth to catch her breath.

"What does this have to do with.." Inuyasha was cut off as Kikyo continued.

"When he came across a girl who had power, a girl who had the sacred jewel of four souls..."

"The sacred jewel?"

"This was only a short time after Midoriko's passing." Kikyo answered his confusion. (Midoriko is the creator of the sacred jewel.) "There was however a boy, in which the girl was in love with. The boy had indeed loved her as well and protected her as much as he could. Though he was only human he was strong. When the hate demon took the jewel and tried to kill the girl in the process the boy ended up saving her. When the hate demon found out she was alive he placed a curse on her, the curse know as doom."

As Kagome listened in she was extremely surprised that the story was very familiar to how things happened with her and Inuyasha.

"The boy had known of the curse and its causes and took immediate action in trying to rescue her. So he went to the hate demons hide out and so on..." Kikyo turned back to Inuyasha and looked at him. "You should know the rest considering you experienced it."

"What are you talking about? How would you know?"

"It was a replay of hundreds of years in the past. Over it repeated and once more the story is legend. It only shows you and Kagome are meant to be. She is the girl who over came time and you are the boy which was over came." Kikyo almost smiled. "After I heard of this new hate demon Akahito I had searched for a way to defeat him before he was a threat to me, so I went to a wise man and he only had six simple words to offer... only love can save thy soul. I was confused and searched long I came across in ancient scroll titled defeating a hate demon. When I opened it and read I was surprised. The only words the scroll possessed were the same in which the wise man bestowed upon me... only love can save thy soul. After I short time I realized the answer in the riddle, so I used you and Kagome as my ginny pigs."

"WHAT? How dare you!" Inuyasha growled. "So than I was right. It was all your fault? You wanted Kagome and me dead!"

"Inuyasha is I would have thought Akahito was to win would I have let you battle him? Would I have let someone else claim the life which is mine. I will be the one to kill you Inuyasha, no one else."

"You won't kill crap you clay pot!" Inuyasha bit out, of course he surprised Kagome, Kikyo, the fans.. you know everyone. "How dare you do something like that? You could have gotten Kagome killed. She was about to die from that damn curse and you... you just let it happen!"

"It's obvious that you care about that girl Inuyasha." Kikyo stated clearly and a bit sadly. "But have you forgotten about me?" The question was a surprise to Inuyasha and he didn't know how to answer it.

"Kikyo... I haven't forgotten you." Inuyasha said sadly and looked down. "I just don't care about you the way I once did. I care about Kagome."

"Inuyasha... is it the girl you love or me?"

"I already..." before he could finish Kikyo placed her cold hand on his cheek. "You.." was Inuyasha's slow hesitant reply. (A/N: It's not what you think.)

Kagome's heart immediately fell as she looked on. She couldn't help, but tear. She turn so suddenly she almost snapped her neck and began to run away.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha blinked. He could smell her tears. She had been watching, but why was she crying? What had Inuyasha said. He didn't remember. He simply remembered seeing Kikyo's hand go to touch his cheek and than he blacked out, only to awaken to the smell of Kagome crying. What had happen? What had he said? "You!" He jumped away from Kikyo and glared. "What did you do to me!"

"She was butting in, so I took control of your mind and got rid of her."

"Why you... How dare you mess with people's minds." The smell of tears was still thick in the air and overwhelming Inuyasha's senses. There was nothing a demon liked more than to make a suffering human suffer more, that is besides making every human suffer.

Inuyasha turned from Kikyo and jumped towards the scent. Thunder roared as rain began to flood from the sky.

Meanwhile

Kagome ran across the now muddy ground at her highest speed crying and tearing through thorn bushes and thick grasses. She bled from slashes all over that the thorns created.

She didn't care. She had lost the only thing that she loved so completely... Inuyasha.

"Ah!" Kagome screamed as she tripped over a rock and fell onto the muddy ground. She lay there crying as rain poured down.

She didn't move. Her ankle was twisted, but it didn't matter. The pain in her heart hurt more than the pain in her ankle... more than the pain of a thousand slashes of swords... more than the pain of falling into the pit of hell. If she could she would shed a thousand more tears and she was planning on it.

As she lie there - in the rain - she began getting a weary filling - as if someone was coming, actually it was more like something... something that would be a threat to her.

But she still didn't heed. What was the use? Her life was ruined anyway. She had lost everything.

Soon there was a sound of large foot steps and a growling.

"Fresh meat." The demon said looking down upon Kagome.

Well what do you think? I hope you liked it. Oh and sorry about the cliffy.