Following Me
I do not own Inuyasha. D:

…Just once…
umhai this chap sucks.
btw ty everyone for reading it. –luffies- :B

"Somebody has to save him…!" Kagome's tears seemed to splash on the ground like bombs, setting off earthquakes…Inuyasha. I-I have to do…something…! Anything….

"Stop thinking and wasting your time! You can't get back." Midoriko's voice sounded fed up—yet, Kagome could find sadness deep inside it.

"You're kidding me….But—no—someone has to help him, or else…he'll just…sit there…and…he'll die there…please, just let me go out there and save him!"

"Kagome, I want to. But it's just impossible with the Shikon no Tama in pieces. For us to have any kinds of power, it would need to be whole. And even so, you couldn't be brought back to life unless you actually used it."

"N-no…I, Inuyasha…!"

Time seemed to stop.

A tear slowly fell and loudly splashed on the ground.

Kagome's body became engulfed in spiritual—miko—power.

What is going on!

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"Ugh…Inuyasha…."

"Kagome!" he flipped and panicked, but picked up her once lifeless body. Was…was Kagome really alive? "Kagome…?"

"I don't know how long I'll be here—or, how I even got here...—I don't have the time to explain though. But, please—collect the entire Shikon with Kikyou, and kill Naraku…please….

Avenge me!"

"Naraku is the one who killed you!"

"Yes…and…I really, really want to keep this…," she rubbed her hand against Inuyasha's rosary. "Set me down and stand me up so I can remove it." Inuyasha let down his arm and freed her legs but held her up by the waist with the other.

Kagome removed the rosary and put it around her own neck. "I don't know what it will do to me—or if you can sit me—but I want to keep it. And I don't want to lose it."

"Kagome…"

She stepped in to go for a kiss….

And fell.

"Kagome!"

Oh, you…! You told me you didn't know how much time you had. Kagome…I'll complete the jewel and I'll avenge you, but…what will have come by the time the jewel is finished? Will I resurrect you…like I plan…or will something else happen…?

I feel so empty without the rosary….

And…I wanted…I wanted to know how your lips felt for a second time.

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"Sesshoumaru."

"Hmm. Kagura."

Kagura brought her fan down from her face and stepped closer to Sesshoumaru. He made no moves at all but kept an eye on her. "What brings you here…?"

"I'm leaving Naraku…I'm not going to be a prisoner anymore. So he'll kill me…but I wanted to say good-bye first. I wouldn't be able to go without telling you."

"Tell me what?"

"Uhu…Sesshoumaru…sama…you may not pay any attention to anything that you do not wish in killing for your own profit, but I—I am a human on the inside…I don't care what has been done to me. I can feel things, and I love you, Sesshoumaru. You probably don't even like me, but I—…I'm not like that."

"So you have only come in wish to reveal your feelings to me?"

"Why yes, I have. Because even if you think I'm horrible—I'm going to be gone soon anyway, so….It wouldn't make any difference."

"Not like I can do anything…."

"We can only—"

She seemed to disappear, like dust blowing in the wind.

"—K-Kagura!"

She was gone.

Those few minutes with you, Sesshoumaru…I may not have full knowledge of what you intend or what you feel…or what you think. But I got a chance to see you before I was removed from this world, and that—that…it's a great feeling.

As an enemy I have made horrible assumptions against many people….

But to Kagome and Kikyou in particular—now I know how they feel….

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"You're lucky I saved you!" Midoriko scolded Kagome.

"What? I wanted to be there—"

"You wouldn't know anything about what happens here! If you had stayed there for too long, something…really horrible would've happened. I don't even want to tell you…it would devastate you that you'd gotten so close to doing that." Kagome looked at her. Are you a mind reader or something—? "I know how you are…."

"It would—but I want to know anyway…because…I'm probably—safer, that way…."

Midoriko sighed. "You probably would've screwed up time, so you'd just be trapped there…but nobody would actually know. Your world would be exactly like theirs, but in reality, you wouldn't exist to them. Sounds nice, doesn't it? Because even if you aren't really there you think you are? With Inuyasha?" Kagome nodded. "Of course it does. But no. Slowly, the world would become nothing like you want it. It would get worse and worse until it was the exact opposite of what you wanted.

Inuyasha would be a full youkai. And I don't even mean Joukasareta.

All of your friends would probably either get slain by him or Naraku, and they'd hate you until they were slain.

Who knows what else…but you'd be screwed.

However it does amaze me that you managed to get there in the first place."

Does this mean she's even more powerful than me—?

"It does mean…something."

"Listen to me for a second," Kagome said forcefully, pointing to herself. "I may not be an expert but by being there I know some things about this era, and I've learned from being here with Inuyasha. I've been told enough to get this place. Me and Inuyasha, we may have Kikyou between us but I know we're connected….

How else do you think he gets through that well? Ever think it was because of that jewel you made—? If that were the case, Sango and the others could too because they're also on a hunt for it! So you don't even sit here and tell me that it's your special little jewel—which is causing all of this in the first place—that let's all this stuff happen.

In the end, if we were to reconnect or not, I would suspect he'd choose Kikyou over me. They go farther back than I do. But the fact that I even got to meet him, even though it causes all this pain—do you know how happy that makes me?

Do you?

Do you even think that maybe something else, not your stupid jewel, is actually playing a role in this fairy-tale?"

This girl stood up to me—!

"I suppose…I should tell you that I've found a way to keep in touch with him…."

"TELL ME."

"Well first of all…we should probably go somewhere…well, you know, somewhere else. As in, non-living places. Because I'm sure it's going to be so easy to sleep on nothing.

So, as mikos we have the power to go anywhere you've been in the real world, except it will only seem real. And there won't be any people, like if we went to your house your mom and your family wouldn't be there. Just the house."

"Then why don't we go to my house? You've lived in the Sengoku Jidai all your life, correct? Hah, my house will be…like magic." I kind of said that wrong. The Sengoku Jidai is more magical than any place I've ever been—literally….

Geez. Why does this whole thing seem so bizarre…?

Midoriko stared at Kagome.

Don't tell her everything—there's no way I can let her know that she's more powerful than me…there's no way…I'm probably wrong, this girl—? Who has probably never felt the pain of war in her life…!

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"Hmm, Kagura…you've really failed me this time."

Naraku stood, but fell back down again. He missed the chair and landed hard on the ground.

What's wrong with me—!

Of course…Kagura was my main incarnation…by killing her, I've grown weaker? Well…I'll have to put my Shikon shards to use….

(A/N: This part was developed from the old rumor that Naraku had put a lot of himself into Kagura, and many people believed that they were the—or almost the—same person. So, saying, this section is not necessarily true to the storyline but hey, it's my story. And close enough. xD)

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Inuyasha had learned, so he did not try to hold back his tears. He let them loose without a care and finally decided to carry Kagome's body back to the others. The pain had stopped, but who knew when it would come back? And he still didn't know the cause of Kagome's death.

Before heading back, however—he wanted to try the well one more time. Everyone thought that the reason they could get through was by the rosary or the jewel, right—? Well, maybe they were wrong….

Inuyasha stepped up to the edge with her body in his arms.

Please, please work….

He jumped—

….

Did it work? I don't want to look….

But there was no thud.

I—

I made it!

Inuyasha opened his eyes. From the inside it looked like they'd gone nowhere, but his nose could smell her scent, and her house…her family…and there was a roof. A building. The one in the Sengoku Jidai wasn't inside anything.

He shook a little to rub off the last of the pain's effects and jumped out. He took them both to the tree he always climbed to her window and went into her room from there.

Everything was still normal.

That weird clock was there, her bed was there—her desk.

All like it should be.

Except one thing was missing.

Kagome.

Inuyasha put her on her bed and even tucked her in. Part of him was hoping she'd wake up, thank him, maybe—and go to sleep—but the rest of him knew it was only a wish.

"Inuyasha?"

Kagome?

He turned, but, it was only her mother.

"—IS SHE BREATHING?"

"I hate for you to just now find this out…but….Kagome—she—…."

"You know….So, Kagome is…."

"I'm really sorry—," The tears came back to his eyes and poured out, there was no use in holding it back. "I was too stupid to watch her, and…the one moment I left—she got herself hurt…and I can't even live with myself now, because if I had just not gone anywhere—…."

Kagome's mom wiped a tear and hugged him, as if he were her own child…. "It's…it's…fine…I know you would never purposely do anything to hurt her—so….Is there anything else worth knowing…?"

"She just…it's a long story, but she told me to defeat Naraku and get the entire jewel…but—…I just don't know….I don't know about the jewel, but I might have to. I'll definitely get my hands on Naraku and squash him like a bug—he killed her." Inuyasha had his fists together, but let his arms relax…he was in her house right now, it was probably better to take it easy. Kagome's mom let him go and she cried a lot more, but tried to act normally. Inuyasha was smarter than that, though. She was probably broken, like a vase.

Kagome…I'll avenge you, but….

I don't know if I can go through with the jewel….

Would I really be happy with myself if I decided to use it for some other reason?

I just don't want to have any regrets….

And your mom is really nice….

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Kagome held the mirror Midoriko had given her earlier. Now they were in her house, and she could view him and even the others through it to see what they were doing, even know what they were thinking. Midoriko seemed more like a housemate than a powerful miko to her, but all was well. She just wished the mirror would let her view Midoriko and hear her thoughts!

She climbed up onto her bed and sat on the edge, only wishing she was really there. But this—this was only an illusion.

But it was a good one.

She had the choice to visit a place owned by a celebrity with everything she could ever want, but her house was more appealing. And this place was like rocket science for Midoriko, anything else probably would have busted her brain.

Kagome looked at the mirror and watched her mom cry, watched Inuyasha say he would avenge her….

And maybe not complete the jewel.

But it was because he didn't want to do anything to make things worse…she understood.

If Inuyasha brought me back, say if he and Kikyou were really that close again…would I really be happy to be back, or would I rather still be here…? I guess…time will tell.

She looked at Midoriko, who was observing her kitchen.

Or was pretending to be amazed.

Tch. If I can keep your busy enough I'm sure you won't ever concentrate enough to figure it out….

It's not that I don't like you.

But you might not fully understand what you can do—

And you might do something drastic.

Something that could ruin your life…!

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My mistake in the last chapter, I have not added recaps, only previews. Sorry!

BTW I hope the whole Midoriko thing doesn't seem to cliché, I tried not to let it be by not just saying crap like "I'm all powerful and I will bring you back to life. You get a second chance but if you fail you lose. WHOOHOOO." So you tell me, you're the reader, I have author's eyes. xD

HOMG LONG CHAPTER YAY I'm improving. ;D

Running my website sucks. It's more like a job than a hobby so I might just screw it and write faster and have an LJ and stuff like that. I like that thought. xD I miss the days when I had to use things like that to have a website, no freedom. Because frankly, FREEDOM SUCKS.

BTW I'm on a new mission.

There's this thing called 100 Drawings.

Well.

I'm doing 100 ONESHOTS. But first I need to categorize them. There are different categories for the drawings you make, so I'll take that concept and make stories out of them I suppose.

I did a word count of just the story, none of the dividers, none of my notes, and it's exactly 2,084 words. WOOHOO xD x33
-end VERY LONG personal note-

In the next chapter: Naraku's using a shard….

Goodness, this feels like watching a movie, or watching TV….

But, Inuyasha…! Don't you realize?

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"I've never really liked funerals…so if there is anything special you want done, you tell me. If you do that kind of stuff in your era, go ahead…bury her…but I just don't like them because they're always so sad. I honestly am having trouble accepting the fact she's gone in the first place…so, you can take her body because it will probably just make us all even more upset. If you don't want to we'll have someone bury her near Goshinboku, or something, but…otherwise…."

"Don't bury her…because, if I use this jewel to bring her back—then, she'll come back in her own body…and….

I really don't need her dying twice."