Chapter 2

(IYPOVsee A/N)

Kagome...... why must you always leave, or cry. When you leave, for even an minute, I feel....well, empty. Like part of me is missing and I desperately want it back. And when you cry, I feel totally helpless, even more so when it's my fault. It tears me up inside. I want to help you, to ease your pain, to just let you know that I'm near if you need me. But, whenever I move to help you..... I freeze. I fear rejection. I fear that...... you'll turn me away, My Dear Kagome. It's a fear I have never felt before, not even when I did the EXACT same thing with Kikyo. But, I have put Kikyo to rest..... forever, and I am free to feel the feelings I have for you, Kagome.

(APOVsee A/N)

Inuyasha gave a deep sigh. Now all I have to do, he thought, is get up the courage to say it to her face. But that will take me forever!! It's true... Inuyasha had been planning to say those words to Kagome for months now, and whenever he started to talk, he'd freeze and run away. To him, asking Kagome to be his mate was impossible. For that is what he truly wanted.... above all else.

Even since I laid Kikyo's soul to rest....

Flash Back

The moon was at full peak(meaning it was midnight for all of you who don't know moon patterns) and Inuyasha was sure that Sango, Shippo, Kilala, and, most importantly, Kagome was asleep. He and Miroku were the only ones awake. Inuyasha jumped down from the tree in witch he was perched. The silently hoped over to Kagome's sleeping form. He whispered a quick ,"I'll be back soon.", and went to ware Miroku was pretending to sleep.

"Inuyasha," Miroku said when he was sure that they were far enof away from the others,

"You said that you caught Lady Kikyo's' sent in this area a few days ago, am I correct?" "Yes. And the sent is still there, she hasn't moved to a different place." Inuyasha replied, a small choke in his voice.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked out of concern, " I know that you may have once loved Lady Kikyo, so are you completly sure you want to put her soul to rest? In a way... it is.... killing her."

"Miroku, Miroku." Inuyasha said chuckling, " Out of all the others, I thought you would see it as I do! It's not killing her if she's already dead! I know that sounds harsh, but, you see, all this time I've been keeping Kikyos soul in that... sham body, and it's more for my good than for hers isn't it? I mean, she IS dead, her soul needs to be and should be, free. Plus, when I learned that Kikyo had tried to kill Kagome, it really hit me that the Kikyo I had loved 50 years ago, died 50 years ago at Naraku's hands, not mine!" Miroku nodded in agreement and headed off to find Kikyo.

It was that night that Miroku had done his spell on Kikyo and laid her to rest. And as Inuyasha watched her soul climb up to haven, he herd Kikyo laughing all the way(See A/N)

End Flash Back

IYPOV Inuyasha's Point Of View. APOV Authors Point Of View. I know. I gave The phyco bitch Kikyo a happy ending I hate her too but I'm in a good mood!!