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Chapter 6-An Untainted Love

Inuyasha growled at his own frustration. How could he not be able to pick the person whom he truly loved. Only a moron wouldn't be able to decide. And right now Inuyasha was that moron. He looked over at Kagome once more. He smiled softly as he watched her sleeping peacefully. If he chose Kikyo he knew he would never be able to see Kagome again. But if he chose Kagome, he would have his chances to see Kikyo again. Unless she would go back down to hell without him.

"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered to himself.

She had always been there for him. She had shed tears for him. Tears that he wanted to shed but would never show them, that's when Kagome would cry for him. It was like she knew when he wanted to cry, and she would cry for him.

"Please forgive me Kagome, please…." Inuyasha said his words so soft, and so caring he couldn't believe he was going to make this decision. He couldn't believe he was really willing to go down to hell with Kikyo. All he knew was that he still had feelings for Kikyo, but for some reason he thought his feelings where now a lot stronger for Kagome. But for some reason he was afraid to be with her. Something told him that if he was with her, she would suffer the same fate he and Kikyo had almost 50 years ago. And he didn't want this to happen. Not to Kagome. Not to him, just plain all out not again.

"I'm sorry Kagome," Inuyasha said once more before turning and going to leave. Only when he had someone stopped him. It wasn't Sango, nor Miroku. Not even the little demon Shippo. It was Kaede, her arms crossed over her chest, and a sad look on her face.

"please Inuyasha, follow me…" Kaede said as she left the hut. Inuyasha hesitated at first, but then he decided to follow her after all.

" She may be my sister Inuyasha, but why do ye want to go with her so badly?" Kaede asked as her and Inuyasha reached the outskirts of her village.

Inuyasha just looked down at his hands that he had placed in the sleeves of his haori.

"is ye certain that you want to go with her Inuyasha?"

"Yes, even if it means I have to let her bring my soul down to the very depths of hell. Then so be it."

Kaede sighed and sat down on a small but durable log and looked up at the annoyed hanyou.

"Inuyasha," she said shacking her head back and forth. "why would ye want to leave Kagome like that? Has she not always been there for ye when needed the most? And has she not always been kind to ye, and tended to the wounds ye would have gotten? Me and ye both know Inuyasha that Kagome is the only reason that ye are so kind, and now understanding."

"I know okay you old hag! Just stop saying ye, and…" Inuyasha looked up at the sky when pausing in his sentence. "and just let me make my own choice…"

"But ye has made ye own choice. Was it not to go with Kikyo my sister? She may be my sister Inuyasha. But I would never encourage ye to go back to her. Kikyo has, and always will be in the past. She doesn't not love ye anymore. She just wants ye to think that. I will not tell ye who to choose, I can only hope that ye chooses correctly," and with that, Kaede stood to her feet and made her way back to her small hut.

Inuyasha on the other hand hadn't moved at all. His eyes had just staid up wondering into the sky's. What if Kaede was right? What if Kikyo hadn't really loved him back? If it was only a trick to get him away from Kagome. So many things had gone through is head that he hadn't even noticed Kagome walking up towards him.

"Inuyasha," she said, her soft voice ringing threw his head and getting his attention.

He looked down at her.

"I don't mind," she said softly, putting up a smile to try and make it like she was happy. But deep down, she wasn't. Her heart was burning with incredible pain of loosing Inuyasha.

"I know about Kikyo, I heard you and Kaede talking. I know she's here, waiting for you." Kagome looked away from Inuyasha and up at the stars so she didn't have to see him.

"If you want to choose her, then go ahead. I wont mind, really. I can understand if there is never any room in your heart for me. I know you still love her, and I know you wont stop loving her. And, if I could just tell you one thing…the truth…would that be alright with you?"

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha just to see him nod softly. She nodded back, and turned around, facing the stars once more.

"I…I cant love you. I wont, and never will…" she said, now realizing that maybe her love for Inuyasha was always wrong to begin with. And now was the time to get over him.

Inuyasha just stared at her. Did he really want to go with Kikyo? Had he really wanted to spend the rest of his life in hell with her?

"So, when you do…when you do go with her Inuyasha, promise me one thing? You wont forget me.."

"I promise, but Kagome…what…where…what are you going to do when I leave?"

There it was. Inuyasha had made up his mind without even realizing it. And when Kagome heard his question she cringed in sadness.

"Home…no one will need me here anymore. You'll leave, and so will Kikyo. There would be no need for me to go after Naraku anymore. I mean, I always was just a jewel seeker, right? So, if your to leave then why would I come back anymore. Sango and Miroku wont need my help. They are only going after Naraku, not the jewel shards like you were. And Shippo, well he will just be upset that I know…" Kagome's voice faded into the wind and she looked down at the ground.

"Kagome…"

"NO!" she said cutting off Inuyasha. "Please…don't say anything else. I know you still love Kikyo Inuyasha. Everyone can see it. Even the most dumbest person would be able to see it."

Kagome took a step backwards from Inuyasha, and looked at him. Without her even knowing it a tear had slipped down her cheek and fell into the moist ground. She didn't bother to wipe it away, or take to mind that Inuyasha had sadness in his eyes. The only thing she could think of doing now was running. Just leaving Inuyasha alone, and that was it. That's all her mind was telling her to do. But she kept herself standing in the same spot, that was until Inuyasha had taken a step forward. Right away her whole body forced her into taking another step back away from him.

"Inuyasha, please. This is hard enough for me. Just go now when I can actually accept the fact that you have chosen Kikyo and not me."

Inuyasha just stared at Kagome.

Kagome…she…she does love me. But…then…why do I want to go with Kikyo. Is it going to prove me something?

Inuyasha looked behind him from were Kikyo's scent was coming.

"Just go Inuyasha, you want to be with her more then anything right now,"

Inuyasha turned back to face Kagome, thinking he was going to see her into tears. But instead, she was standing there, her hands over lapping each other and placed in front of her heart. Her head was tilted to side just a little, and she had a smile on her face. But how could she be happy when she just told the one she loved to go, go and get the one whom she probably despised of right now.

"Kagome I-"

"NO, don't say anything Inuyasha. I already told you that. I know that there is now room in your heart for me. I see the perfectly clear now. I cant compete against Kikyo. You had so much more with her, and were so much happier. It's going to take some time, but…I know that if I stop coming to this place just long enough…that I will be bale to get over you. Something I should have done the first time I ever went home. But I didn't. I came back, and just kept coming back, and now look where I've ended up. I feel in love with a hanyou, and nothing or no one could have stopped that. But…I knew that you would never stop loving Kikyo. And when I found that out, I tried to get over you. I did, I really tried Inuyasha. So now you have to go. You…" Kagome looked at Inuyasha, making eye contact with him. " You have to leave my life Inuyasha. You need to live the way you did almost 50 years ago, and I need to as well. I have to stop coming to the past. My time is in the present. I should return there to my own time and get back to my old life. And you should as well,"

Kagome just kept smiling the whole time she was saying this. Not once did the smile fade from her face. And not once did she shed a tear. She knew Inuyasha wanted to be with Kikyo, and she couldn't change that. The only thing she would wish for now was that Inuyasha would just finally leave and stop torturing her by keep standing there, and looking at her. He looked at her as if he wanted to change his mind, but then at the same time he didn't.

"Stop wasting time Inuyasha! Go before Kikyo leaves because she doesn't want to wait for you!"

Inuyasha hesitated at first, but then he finally started to run. Then, he came to a complete stop and faced Kagome. She wasn't looking at him anymore. But now the ground. And a salty scent was now filling the air. She was crying, only this time it was for Inuyasha himself but for her. Her arms were wrapped around herself and not before long did she fall to the ground, only her knees holding her up. Being that Inuyasha ran pretty past, it must have seemed like he was already pretty far. And he kind of was. But, still seeing Kagome like that hurt him badly.

Thank you Kagome…for everything you have ever done for me. Never…I promised I wouldn't forget about you. And I'm not going to either

Inuyasha took off in his running again, not being able to take seeing Kagome like that anymore.

He was gone. She couldn't take it anymore, she had to let the tears she had been holding back for so long out. She fell to the floor, and cried. She was already missing Inuyasha and it hadn't even been all of five minutes. She forced herself to her feet only to see the very hanyou she had fallen in love with fade from her life.

"Inuyasha," she whispered to herself. Her hands were still in front of her heart the same way they were before.

Inuyasha followed Kikyo's scent. It was getting stronger, but then weaker at the same time. She wasn't moving, he knew that. It was his mind going back to Kagome. It kept her scent with him, not letting it go. Telling him she was the one he should really be with and not Kikyo. But he just tried to ignore it as he got closer to Kikyo.

Kagome wrapped on of her hands around the necklace that hung around her neck. She squeezed it tightly, and let out a small scream. She was upset, heartbroken. He didn't know how bad she felt right now. If she could, she would die. But she knew she couldn't do that.

"Inuyasha…even now I am angry with you. Upset, and once again you have torn my heart into pieces. But…why is it that I want you to be happy? Is it because I know that you will be happier with Kikyo, or is it because I love you?" Kagome shook her head, and squeezed the small bottle tighter. She let another tear slip down from her cheek, and looked up at the sky.

"I really do wish that you are happy Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered to herself.

Just then the wind started to pick up, and Kagome was sure that something had passed by her. But she wasn't exactly sure. She could only see something out of the corner of her eye faintly.

"my my my…he shouldn't have left you alone…" a cold and harsh voice whispered in Kagome's ear.

Kagome turned around, and looked directly at who was talking to her. Her face went white, and her heart stopped pounding. She tried to scream, but nothing happened. Then, the shards started to glow.

yay! nother chappie done! this was a mix of what i wanted to do...so...guess who is about to try and "kill" kagome...well if u dont no then just wait till next chapter! lol...ok please r.r thanks a bundle!