Inuyasha sighed at his own stupidity. "Kagome…" he said as he bent down and looked at her. "She…she looks so much like Kikyo lying there like that." he said. They were both wet from the rain. He slowly bent down closer to her face. "But…she's not Kikyo. She's her own person… she's Kagome. The same Kagome I want to stay."

To Kikyo

Kikyo was wondering around alone with her soul collectors as her company. It was still raining but she didn't pay attention. She had other things on her mind.

"Inuyasha…who will you choose? Will it be that girl?" Kikyo thought a lot about how much Inuyasha cared for her. "Is it possible that…he'll chose her over me? No. I can't let that happen… I can't have Inuyasha taken away from me again." Kikyo said to herself. She started walking to the sacred tree. She saw the place where she shot Inuyasha 50 years ago. She slowly walked towards it and gentle touched it with her slender fingers. "This…is the same place where Inuyasha and I separated… and the same place where Inuyasha and that Kagome woman met." She frowned. "But what if he does happen to chose Kagome? What shall become of me?" She stared at the tree for a while. "I should be hating this tree…it's the same place where me and Inuyasha parted, the same place where Kagome met him and freed me, and no to mention it's a symbol of the living…and it's a living thing itself, this tree. And I despite all living creatures who roam this earth." How ironic?" She smiled one of her very rare smiles. "And yet…I feel like I need to treasure this tree… like I owe it something. Like I should be loyal to this tree…" she then went back to her cold expression. "How foolish of me…" she looked at her soul collectors flowing passed her and giving her another soul of a dead woman. "But I am part of the dead…I can never forget that…" Kikyo said as she turned away from the tree and started walking yet again with her soul collectors by her side.

To Inuyasha and Kagome

Inuyasha was still by Kagome's side. Kagome… I don't want to hurt you anymore… but I think if you stay I'll just continue to. I can't stop seeing Kikyo but… I don't think I'll ever be able to forget about her. Inuyasha thought to himself. Inuyasha saw looked at Kagome yet again. "She looks so beautiful lying there like that…" he said kinda dreamily. He gentle brushed the loose strand of hair off her face. She slowly opened her eyes. "I…Inuyasha?" Kagome called. "What are you doing here?" Kagome asked as she sat up. "Aren't you supposed to be with Kikyo right about now?" Kagome asked sternly.

"Kagome, can you please just hear me out?" Inuyasha asked with plead in his voice. Kagome sighed so he took that as a yes.

"Listen Kagome, I can't stop thinking about her…but I want you to stay here…" Kagome cut off Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha I know I can't possibly break the bond between you and Kikyo so what's the point of me staying here Inuyasha? So you can look at me everyday thinking that I'm Kikyo? Well guess what Inuyasha? I'm not! I'm not Kikyo I'm Kagome even though we look alike we're different. In many ways, and you need to understand that Inuyasha…"

"Kagome… I know that."
"Yeah right Inuyasha… we both know if you were to stay with Kikyo you would be happier."

"K…"

"Save it! I'm leaving…" she yelled as she got up and grabbed her backpack.

"No, Kagome please go!" Inuyasha said as he grabbed her hand. Kagome tried to get her hand free but no progress.

"Inuyasha… please let go… this is already hard enough…" Kagome said trying not to cry. He tighten his grip on her hand but said nothing. Kagome again tried to get free but still couldn't get out of his grasp. "Inuyasha…why are you doing this to me?" she said as she let a couple of tear slip out. Inuyasha was shocked that she asked him that and he loosened his grip. "I…I don't want to leave Inuyasha but I have no choice she won. She won your heart, you don't need to make it any harder." She said. Inuyasha slowly let go of her thin, smooth hand as he was yet again washed over with guilt. "Good bye, Inuyasha." Kagome said as she grabbed the bottle that contained the shikon jewel pieces inside and she tore the strip off her neck. She walked over and handed it to Inuyasha.

"That's it? You're jus gonna walk away?" Inuyasha said as he clenched his fist. "After everything we went through… after all we been together… that's it? You're just going to forget all about Shippo, Miroku, and Sango? You're going to forget about me?" Kagome manage to put a small smile on her face.

"That's it. Yes I'm jus gonna walk away. I don't fit to belong here anyways…" Kagome said. Inuyasha was shocked that those words even came out of Kagome's mouth. "…But I'm never going to forget any of you. Even if I tried to forget about this time I could never. And I most certainly won't ever forget about Miroku and his perverseness, Shippo and how funny he is whenever he's scared Sango's my best friend but you know what Inuyasha?"

"…………"

"I'll always be thinking of you."

"Kagome…"

"No matter how much I age even if it's 60 years later I can grantee that you'll always be on my mind every second of day and night." Kagome said as she turned away from him. "Inuyasha…I have to go now, because the longer I stay in this era the harder it's going to be to leave." Kagome said as she started to walk out the hut.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha called. Kagome stopped walking but didn't turn around to face him. "I need you here Kagome… not 500 years away."

"I'm… sorry Inuyasha" Kagome said as she ran out of the hut. Inuyasha followed her. They were now out in the rain again. "Kagome please stop." Inuyasha called after her. She looked back at him his sliver hair is now plastered to his forehead and beads of water dropping off his face. Kagome turned away from him again and started to run towards the well. "No Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled after her. But it was too late she then jumped into the well.