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Chapter 3

Last time

He wrapped his arms around her tightly and took in every minute of his last meeting with her.

Now

Kagome POV

A cool breeze gently blew some strands of hair into her face. It was the beginning of autumn, and the air was brisk and fresh. Kagome took in a deep breath that chilled her throat. A thought gave her a chill down her spine, what if InuYasha was in trouble! Kagome looked up at the forest in front of her. It was a lush green color with some red, orange, yellow and, brown leaves peaking out. She felt like something was happening and paranoia came upon her. 'I should go look for him, he could need my help!'

" Sango, I'm going to look for InuYasha," she yelled over to the taijia who was a ways back behind her.

" Okay Kagome, don't be too long."

" I won't. Don't worry I should be back soon, if I don't find him, he'll find me!"

With that she headed off into the forest, she had only been walking for a few minutes when she came up to a clearing. But instead of walking into the clearing she stopped. For a moment she stood there gazing through the foliage. It appeared that she had stumbled upon InuYasha and Kikyou hugging. She stood there for a moment in shock and when she got it through her head she shook her head furiously and turned around and ran in the opposite direction. By now the tears started forming up in her eyes as they began to fall down her cheeks. She ran and ran until she tripped over a rock. When she fell she just sat there and cried some more. Her hands and knees were scraped and started to bleed. But she got up and started to run again. Her heart felt like it had been shattered into a million pieces. She stopped at the edge of the forest when she saw the river. She slowly walked up to it and sat down. Kagome dipped her bloody and scraped hands into the icy cold water. It stung, but it helped her take her mind off of what had happened.

She pulled her hands out of the water and they started to bleed again, but a bit less than before. Then she looked down at her knees that were bleeding relentlessly. She began to cry even more, not from the physical pain but from the emotional, heart wrenching sight she had encountered. She replayed the picture over and over again in her mind. It hurt more and more each time she thought of it. She brought her attention back to her blood covered knees. She decided it was best if she washed them off too. So she got up and slowly stepped into the freezing water. When she was up to her hips in water she tripped on a large rock in the water. She fell in and knees gave way, she tried to get back up, but her knees were too weak now, and the water too deep. She got her leg stuck under the rock she had tripped on. She looked up at the sky from under the water, and thought ' This is the end of me!'

InuYasha POV

As he was still embracing Kikyou he smelt something in the air. He looked up, and over to where he had smelt it. It was blood! And not just any blood, but Kagomes blood! He smelt the air again to find that it was mixed with the smell of tears. InuYasha quickly stepped away from Kikyou and ran towards the smell. When he got to the spot where Kagome had fallen, he looked up and followed the scent to where Kagome had run off. Soon, he reached the river and leapt over to the spot that Kagome had kneeled down and saw the blood stained grass. He looked around for Kagome and stopped when he noticed something bright orange under the water. Suddenly he realized, it was Kagome! He leapt into the water and picked up the frozen miko. InuYasha brought the icy body up on shore and lay her on the grass. Her lips had gone blue and her skin was a ghostly white. He knelled down beside the limp figure and put his hands overlapped onto the middle of her chest and began to push down to start up her heart again. After three failed attempts he resorted to mouth to mouth. He placed pinched her nose closed, opened her mouth, put his against her and blew into her. At first it didn't work so he tried again, and still, it had failed. By now tears had started to well up in his eyes when he began to think that she was gone. So he tried again and about ten seconds after he pulled away from her, she started coughing up water.

When Kagome opened her eyes she was surprised to see InuYasha hovering over her. When she looked up at him, she felt the sting of tears at the corners of her eyes. InuYasha was so happy to see that Kagome was okay, but when he saw her start to cry, his happiness dissipated. ' Why is she crying? Why wouldn't she be happy? I just saved her life didn't I?'

" Kagome, why are you crying?"

Now her teeth started to chatter from the cold, so InuYasha held her closer to him to warm her. He pulled her into a tight hug, and he could feel how cold she was. There was no warmth to her at all, like Kikyou. When he hugged Kikyou, she felt like she was absolutely frozen. InuYasha on the other hand was radiating with heat and warmth. Kagome snuggled closer to him in an attempt to get warmer. But when she remembered what had happened, she pushed him away and struggled to stand up. She was still too weak from loss of blood and the cold so she fell to the ground again. InuYasha felt like his heart skipped a beat when she fell so he quickly went to her side. He knew that Kagome was strong, inside and out, but this wasn't strength that she was trying to prove here. There was something that Kagome was keeping from him, and she was hurting herself by doing so.

" Kagome, what are you doing? What's wrong? Please, tell me."

" InuYasha, I can't live like this anymore. I just can't, I'm not strong enough and it hurts too much."

" What are you talking about. It must be the cold, your just-" but he was cut off.

" No InuYasha! I'm not delusional, and I know what I'm saying. I know what I saw."

" What do you mean? What did you see that did this to you?"

Now Kagome was sobbing uncontrollably. ' How could he be so dense?' she thought to herself.

" InuYasha I saw you with Kikyou! I saw you two together, and I can't do this anymore. I can't just stand by and watch you and her with eachother."

" Kagome, please let me-"

" No InuYasha, I'm not going to let you do this to me anymore. I can't take it. It hurts too much. InuYasha, I love you, but you love Kikyou. And I understand that, but I can't keep living like there's nothing wrong. And I can't-"

Kagome was cut off by InuYashas lips pressed against hers. His lips were so warm and so soft. For a moment Kagome was too caught up in the fact that InuYasha had kissed her, but she soon came back to reality. She wrapped her arms around his neck, closed her eyes, and kissed him back with all the concealed passion she had for him. It was like she was letting out a storm of feelings that she had kept locked up. And finally the pressure was released. ' Does this mean he loves me too?'

Kagome pulled away from the kiss and looked deep into his bright amber eyes. It was like a fire in his eyes and she could see straight into his soul. Into the deepest part of his feelings. Kagome began to feel dizzy, and all of a sudden, everything went black.

Hahaha a cliffhanger! What will happen next? Why did Kagome black out? Will InuYasha be able to bring her back? And what about Sango and Miroku? Will they ever get together? You'll just have to wait and see! Don't forget to R & R! Because, like I said earlier, reviews really make me want to update, and the more reviews I get, the faster I'll update!

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