Hey peeps! I'm baaaack! Did ya miss me? In this chappie, like I said, Kagome WILL fight Sesshomaru alone…well…not exactly…read to find out!

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As Kagome continued through the darkness of the hallway, she began to see an ever-soft glow of green coming from the last room of the hallway.

"Greeeaaaaat." She moaned as she walked deeper into the darkness.

"It's always the END of the hallway, isn't it?" She felt like she could do it at first, but the closer she got to the glow, the more paranoia began to settle in. She felt like she was being watched, which is an uncomfortable feeling when you're trying to be stealthy. The only thing that she kept on her mind was the fact that this…glowing green aura…could very well be Inuyasha. This was her driving force that kept her moving. She was a mere three inches from the doorway, then she peeked into the room by craning her neck as far over the corner as she could. She let a gasp pass through her lips…

Inuyasha.

She noted that horrible crystal keeping him in place, which was now crawling up to his chest. The pain must have been overwhelming, for he was in an unconscious state. She quietly made her way towards him, kneeling down to level with him just as he did for her, bringing her hand under his chin and lifting his head.

"Inuyasha…" She whispered, knowing his sharp hearing could pick up her voice. His ears perked, then he slowly opened his eyes, being met with her beautiful brown eyes. His amber eyes grew wide, sparkling the way they always did.

"K-Kagome…?" He whispered in disbelief. Why did she come, even after all the things he did to her…

"I…I'm…sorry…" She rested her fingers on his lips and leaned in near one of his white puppy dog ears and whispered,

"Me too." Inuyasha couldn't believe it…she went from hating the very ground he walked on, to forgiving him? And all in a matter of…hours! He was overwhelmed with joy at this realization, but the icy sting of the crystal reminded him he didn't have much time before the crystal trapped him.

"Kagome…can…you h-help me?" He sharply jabbed his head down to the crystal prison that held him tightly. She nodded, but then realized…

she didn't have a clue what she was supposed to do.

"I'd love to help…but…what am I supposed to do?"

"Kiss him."

Kagome gasped as she turned, Inuyasha growled. It was Sesshomaru, wielding the same sword Inuyasha had been hurt with, for Kagome could still see traces of Inuyasha's blood dried on the sword. Sesshomaru smiled darkly again, his eyes glowing an unusual red.

"Now, Lady Kagome…I suppose you'd like to help your dear mutt of a friend, correct?"

"SHUT UP! HE'S NOT A MUTT!" Kagome screamed loudly. Sesshomaru showed no surprise in his expression at all, but simply countered her outburst.

"You sure thought he was when he attacked you. Even Kikyo thinks poorer of the flea bitten hound than I…ask her for yourselves." Sesshomaru stepped aside and revealed the undead Lady Kikyo. Inuyasha gasped, his eyes growing large at her presence. Kikyo surely didn't look at him nearly as fondly. She looked kinda like the girl from "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" the way she looked from Kagome, to Inuyasha, then back to Kagome.

"Inuyasha…we meet again. What an unpleasant surprise." She shot at him, her eyes glowing even redder than Sesshomaru's.

"Kikyo…" Before he even finished saying all that he wanted to say, she shot an arrow at him, landing it right in his shoulder. He yelled out in pain, wanting so badly to clutch his shoulder, but his arms were bound in the crystal as well.

"Wha-?" Once again, before he got to say anymore, Kagome unleashed a hail of holy arrows at Kikyo, which caused her to slink back into the shadows. Sesshomaru sighed.

"And to think…I was going to make this a fairly matched two-on-two. Oh well, looks like it's just you…and me." He brought his sword into a fighting stance. Inuyasha growled even louder.

"SESSHOMARU! LEAVE HER ALONE!" He yelled, anger boiling in his blood, rising to unbelievable heights. Sesshomaru sighed once again.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that…" He turned to Kagome.

"The crystal that holds my dear half-breed brother will encase him completely in 5 minutes. Unless you can defeat me within that time limit, Inuyasha will have to watch you die through the glass." Without warning, Sesshomaru leaped at Kagome with his sword raised above his head in a striking position. Kagome leaped out of the way, hailing as many holy arrows as the laws of physics would permit. Every arrow hit its target, but it was like nothing could even slow him down. He leaped at her again, this time managing to cut Kagome on the side deeply.

"Kagome! I know it doesn't seem like it, but you can do it! I believe in you!" Inuyasha cried out right before the crystal closed around his neck, making it hard for him to even breathe. Kagome nodded, trying to be more strategic than just going out Viking style. She tried to study his movements without getting hurt, and she began to notice a pattern.

3 minutes, 27 seconds to go.

Kagome then tried to find a weak spot, and noticed that Sesshomaru's neck was completely exposed. She shot an arrow right through the center of his neck, making it stick an inch and a half in.

1 minute, 07 seconds…

Sesshomaru's attacks slowed down drastically. She shot three more arrows into his neck, but then realized she'd have to do better than arrows…

The Steel Cleaving Fang.

She grabbed it from beside Inuyasha and unsheathed it, slashing Sesshomaru from his ankle up in a diagonal cut. Blood sprayed onto the wall as Kagome got out of the way, thinking 'Please please please let that be it…'. Sesshomaru doubled over, leaning on his sword for support.

"Why? Why did you try to force Inuyasha to give me up?" Sesshomaru smiled.

"Why…else? To get…the shards…from your neck…"

He was about to thrust the sword into her heart, but she beat him to it, watching his blood spray onto the wall beside them. She pulled the sword out of him as he staggered backward.

"This…isn't…over." He leaped backwards in to a vortex and vanished.

She went 20 seconds too long.

She turned to Inuyasha, about to help him, but then realized a veeeeery important factor…

Inuyasha was trapped completely in the crystal.

"Inuyasha…NO!" She knelt in front of his crystallized frame, placing a hand on the cool, smooth surface. Inuyasha wasn't dead, for he forced his hand to touch the exact place where her fingers now rested.

"…Ka…go…me…" She could scarcely hear him speak, thinking how much pain he was in.

"Master Inuyasha! What happened!" Myoga the flea cried as he hopped onto the smooth surface. Kagome was crying tears of anger and frustration.

"OH SURE! WAIT UNTIL AFTER IT'S TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM TO SHOW UP!" She cried in anger, not at Myoga, but at Sesshomaru and Jaken for doing this to her Inuyasha.

"Fear not! We can still save him…err…YOU can still save him!" He said in a panicky voice. Kagome was instantly put into a new state of hope.

"What do I have to do?" She said in a determined voice. Myoga sighed.

"Kikyo is a priestess, but she's not all that smart when it comes to battle tactics. Her arrow wasn't entirely crystallized." Myoga started. Kagome looked at him in an irritated anime style way.

"…AND!" Myoga swallowed before continuing.

"Well, touch the arrow, and you will be sent into the crystal with him. Then, you can break the blasted curse!" He concluded.

"I have every confidence in you, so I will be cheering you on…" He hopped off her shoulder and bounced to the other corner of the room.

"…from waaaay back HERE!" Myoga concluded as he watched her every move.

"Fine! BE that way!" Kagome turned to Inuyasha with a soft expression on her face.

"Hang on, Inuyasha. I'm coming for you." And he watched as she raised her hand to the arrow's feathery tip…

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A little short and a little corny, I know. You will see what happens in the Realm of the Faheria! R & R!