Author's Note: Hey every one! Like the last chapter? I hope so!

Chapter 19: Hollow Soul

Kagome stared out at Kikyo through the bars of her cage "Kikyo" she said softly "why?"

"You are a fool!" she responded, turning away, "to allow yourself to be tricked by his false kindness, you are truly pathetic!"

"False kindness?" Kagome said.

"You saw what he did to that old defenceless woman!" Kikyo shouted "you saw how cruel and heartless his actions were! And you still chose to love him, you are a weakling!"

"Shut up!" Kagome yelled back for the first time "you're the fool! It's your fault I even had to meet Inu Yasha! And it's your fault that he ended up this way!"

"If I truly wanted him to live do you honestly think I would have made it this hard to break the spell?" Kikyo said "do you honestly think I would have interfered had I intended for him to remain in this world?"

"You mean…" Kagome began to say.

"I want him to die!" Kikyo finished for her "now do you get it? I had to make sure you died as well so that you wouldn't save him, which is why I let Inu Yasha stay transformed for so long."

"Why are you doing this?" Kagome cried "Do you hate Inu Yasha that much?"

"I hate him for what he did to my family" Kikyo shot back in a cruel tone "he has cursed me for the last time!"

"What do you mean what he did to your family?" Kagome said.

"Remember that old woman from the video?" Kikyo asked.

"Y-yes" Kagome said slowly.

"She was my grandmother!" Kikyo said "when my own mother died, no one else would take me in, but she did. She raised me, took care of me. But we soon grew low on our money. To make ends meet, my grandmother became an employee to that monster! But she soon found out how horrible he could be!"

"But, Inu Yasha has changed since then!" Kagome yelled "I know he has!"

"Do you really think so?" Kikyo smirked "I'll bet he doesn't even care!"

"How dare you say that!" Kagome said.

"I'll prove it then" Kikyo said, overly confident "Look for yourself."

And Kagome saw all….

"Kagome I'm so sorry!" Inu Yasha cried, holding Kagome's limp body in his arms "I'm a horrible, horrible man! You shouldn't have let me live! You shouldn't have saved me! Open your eyes Kagome, please, let me know that you forgive me! I can't live with myself unless I know! Please! PLEASE!"

Naraku stood there, a smirk on his face, while the still silent crowd watched as well. Slowly, small raindrops began to fall around them. As though God had heard it all and was crying for them.

"Don't cry Kagome!" Inu Yasha said, as the water fell onto Kagome's own cheeks, imitating her many tears "don't cry anymore, I don't want you to suffer any longer!"

He hugged her tightly "Maybe I should have said this before but I hope that wherever you are, you can hear me!" he yelled "I love you Kagome, I was too shy, maybe even frightened to say it before but I was fool not to! I love you and I wish you could be here to hear me say it!"

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome shouted from where she was kept under restraint, her eyes glistening with tears "Inu Yasha I can hear you! I can hear you! Please let him hear me as well!"

But Kikyo could only watch the two's conversation, involuntarily beginning to cry herself. She couldn't help but feel bad, the two of them loved each other, but they would both never hear the other say it, ever. It was incredibly sad.

"I want to see you again Kagome!" Inu Yasha cried "I want to see you and tell you this to your face! I'm not afraid of my feelings anymore! You've helped me overcome that! I want you to hear this, all of it, every word that slips from my mouth I want your ears to hear! Please, wherever you are, I hope you are listening!"

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome yelled out, tears streaming down her face "I am listening! I love you Inu Yasha, I always have! I want you to be near me! I'm scared! I don't want to lose you! I don't want to leave you behind, not before you are saved! I want us to be together again! I want to be around you again, sharing our deepest feelings, concerns, and fears with each other. I want it to be the way it was before this happened! I want us to return to normal, I don't care if you never turn back into a human ever again! I just…"

She paused, her voice cracking with sobs "I just…"

Kikyo watched her carefully, she could tell Naraku was doing the same. Go on she thought say it

"I always want to be with you" Kagome said quietly "always…"

"And if you should forget him?" Kikyo said, a small smirk playing across her lips.

"You wouldn't…" Kagome said, looking up at her.

"You are interfering" Kikyo said simply, holding up her forefinger "and I need you out of the way."

She lifted her forefinger high into the air and brought it down just as swiftly. A rush of energy washed over Kagome, she fell back clutching her heart in pain. Wait! She thought I've felt this way before! This feeling is so familiar…why?

Then she realized it "It was you!" she cried out hoarsely, barely able to talk through the pain "you're the one that caused all the premonitions to come aren't you!"

Kikyo smiled "Everything went exactly as I had planned. I knew you would come along Kagome, I knew you would meet Inu Yasha. So I waited. When you finally came, I wanted to make sure you didn't leave his side, not until you and him had established a bond!"

"But why? I thought you didn't want Inu Yasha's spell to be broken" Kagome said.

"I don't" Kikyo said "But I wanted him to fall in love. Just before you confessed I would make sure your life ended, just in time to see him suffer!"

She laughed then, coldly, cruelly. She brought her fingers down once again. Kagome keeled over in pain.

"And now I'm going to make sure you suffer as well," Kikyo laughed.

"Why?" Kagome choked out.

"Because you loved him" Kikyo replied "and I don't."

"Oh God!" Kagome cried out as another wave of pain washed over her "Inu Yasha! HELP ME!

Sorry it's so short, but I had like no time! I promise the next couple chapters will be longer.