The next day Inuyasha waited by the well. Suddenly Kagome climbed out of the well.

"Kagome..."

"Inuyasha... What are you doing here?"

"I was waiting... For you..."

"Inuyasha..."

"Yes Kagome?"

"Please don't ever do that again..."

Kagome walked right past Inuyasha towards the village. Inuyasha felt hurt and confused. He wondered why Kagome was acting this way. Inuyasha ran to Kagome and grabbed her wrist.

"Why are you acting like this?"

"I don't understand..."

"Kagome! Why are you sulking? What's the matter with you today?"

"Inuyasha..." Kagome pulled her hand away from his grasp. She walked off.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran and grabbed her hand again. When she tried to pull away he didn't let go. "Why are you acting like this?"

"Inuyasha! Let go! Do you know how much it hurts me? You go off and break my heart and you run off to her and then you come back and expect me to be happy? I was always sad but last night I did a lot of thinking. I now will understand that I mean nothing more to you then a shard detector. So if that's all I mean then you must be happy because today is the last day you will ever see me!"

"What do you mean last?"

"I've decided to stay in the modern era forever after I find the last shard for you. Afterwards I can forget you forever! I'll forget you ever existed. I'll forget all the times you hurt me and made me cry. I'll forget everything about you! I'm sure that will make you happy!"

"Kagome! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! Don't say that! Don't you know I care about you?"

Tears trickled down Kagomes cheeks. "Inuyasha... It's too late for that..."

Surprised because of Kagome's tears, Inuyasha let go.

Kagome wiped her eyes and ran as fast as she could away from Inuyasha.

She couldn't take it. She had to find the last shard. After that she would forget that she ever loved him.

Inuyasha was still standing where he was. He was full of regret and sorrow. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice call his name.

"Inuyasha..."

Inuyasha turned around to see that Kikyou was standing right before him.

"That girls tears mean something to you? Do you care for her?"

"Kikyou..."

"Inuyasha... You must find the last shard. You want to be with me don't you?"

Inuyasha stepped back. He ran back to the hut. When he arrived he was surprised to see that Kagome wasn't there.

"Where's Kagome?" he asked Sango.

"She never came." Sango answered.

Inuyasha ran out of the hut and went looking for Kagome.

Kagome was at the river. She was washing her face to wipe off the tears. Suddenly she heard some one coming. She turned around and was surprised to see Kikyou.

"Kikyou..." she said.

"You... Do you love Inuyasha?"

Kagome was surprised about the question. "What do you mean?"

"I know you understand... Inuyasha is better off with me. Or else he will have pain in his heart. Don't you understand you cannot be with Inuyasha?"

"I know..."

Kikyou was astonished at her answer. "What did you say?"

Suddenly Inuyasha saw Kagome at the stream. She was talking to Kikyou. What are they saying? He thought. He got closer but stopped when Kagome started talking.

"I know I can't be with Inuyasha...That's why I'm going to stay at my time forever after the rest of the shards are found. I will forget about him and he will forget about me. You'll all be happy."

No Kagome... Don't!

Suddenly Kagome fainted to the ground. Along with Kikyou.

"Kagome! Kikyou!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran to them. He held both of them and brought them away from the stream. He came by the old god tree and placed them on the ground.

Suddenly Kikyou started to wake up. "Na...Na...Naraku!"

Suddenly a cold gust of wind came by Inuyasha. He slowly turned to see that the cold gust of wind was a spirit dweller. Spirit Dwellers were the spirits of dead youkai or hanyou that had enough power to form into a spirit. They set a curse upon people and made them fragile and weak and sick which eventually led them to die. Inuyasha turned and saw something glow on Kagome and Kikyou's forehead. They were shard. They last shard.

"Kukuku..."

"NARAKU! WHAT IS THIS?"

Kikyou suddenly turned to Inuyasha. "Naraku has cast a spell on both me and Kagome."

"Why isn't Kagome awake like you? Isn't it the same spell?"

"Inuyasha... Unlike her, I can withstand the curse for much longer. It takes control of the body and leaves it lifeless. My bother is already lifeless. Therefore the curse does not affect me as much. Kikyou winced. "But it will have the same affect on me. I will die too just like her."

"No...no...NO!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Inuyasha! There is a way. There is only one Shikon shard left. The other is tainted. Both of ours are tainted but you can release the darkness on the shard. You only have to lift the shard out of the person whom you want to save."

"Kikyou..."

"Inuyasha... You must choose now! Who do you wish to save?" Kikyou said.