Okay! Here's chapter two revised! Like the first one, original is at the bottom. and I'd like some feedback on which you guys think is better! Thanx! See you around!

Disclaimer: Don't own him. wish I did, but I don't. I do own a Sesshoumaru wrist band! But not the Inuyasha storyline. :Sigh:

He sat staring at the well. Willing it to open up, and emit the women he loved into this world. The enchanted well continued to lay dormant. Inuyasha sighed.

Not much had changed between him and Kagome in the long three months since the defeat of Kaguya. What had changed though, was a decrease in the amount of fights. Small touches, and looks here and there. There were moments when he wanted to kiss her so badly, it had been physically painful to resists. And two nights since he made the promise, where they'd sat on a hilltop, watching the stars with there arms wrapped around one another. Those memories he held close and precious, and always would.

He was thinking of those nights, the more recent of the two in particular, when he caught a scent he was hoping he'd never catch again. One of death, graveyard soil, and the women he once thought he loved.

He rose to his feet, and looked in the direction of the sacred tree, the Goshinboku. To see the eerie glow of Kikyou's soul stealers. He hesitantly walked in that direction, knowing that Kagome had said she wouldn't be back till the next day at sunset. She would never have to see this.

He came upon the dead priestess when her back was turned to him, as she observed the bare stretch of bark on the sacred tree. She suddenly turned her head, to look him straight in the eye. "Inuyasha, are you read to accompany me to hell?"

The hanyou was taken aback. "What?" he exclaimed.

She turned fully around to face him. A sad, cold smile gracing her lips. "You're quest is foolish, you will fail, and Naraku will still use the Shikon No Tama to become fully demon."

"Kikyou...I..."

Kagome pulled herself up the inside of the well, and managed to do a back flip in the air, (using the lip of the well as leverage), landing painfully on her rear. She winced as she looked around. 'Hm, I was half hoping Inuyasha would be here waiting for me, even though I am a day early.'

She stood up, rubbing her backside, when an eerie glow to her left caught her eye. She could clearly see Kikyou's soul stealers in the distance. And if Kikyou was in the area, most likely Inuyasha knew she was there.

Against her better judgment, knowing she was betraying Inuyasha's trust, and quite possibly, setting herself up for heartbreak, she walked in the direction of the Goshinboku. She just had to see what was going on.

She came upon the scene from the side, being able to see both of there faces. Kikyou was in the middle of a sentence. "-will still use the Shikon No Tama to become fully demon."

"Kikyou...I... Can't go with you." Inuyasha said, hanging his head. Kagome's heart ached suddenly. He seemed like he was sad by that notion. Or was it simply guilt at going back on his promise?

The priestess's expression melted from calmness, to irritation, as she took half a step forward. "You can't, or you won't?" She asked, her voice coming out as cold as ice.

The hanyou raised his head, and Kagome was relieved to see the fire behind his eyes. "I won't, I'm sorry Kikyou. But what you are right now isn't the real Kikyou. She's dead. And I'll admit, she was killed while under my protection, so I will avenge her, but you are not her. You're nothing but graveyard soil, and a portion of Kagome's soul. Not Kikyou. You're nothing like her."

Kikyou now looked angrier then Kagome had ever seen her. "So," She said coldly. "You reject me for the copy? That cheap imitation of myself. Well, I'll just eliminate the problem."

She pulled an arrow from her back, notched it in her bow, and pointed it straight at the shrub Kagome was hiding behind.

"Die!" She screamed.

Inuyasha looked up in alarm, and registered Kikyou's words, and Kagome's sudden scent in one panicked moment. And before he could do anything to stop her, she had already notched the arrow.

Almost mechanically, he pulled the Tetsusaiga from it's sheath, and slashed Kikyou across the shoulder, almost taking off her head. But missing by a fraction of an inch.

There was no blood, simply a hollow wound. She fell to the ground, her bow and arrow slipping from her fingers as Kagome came out of hiding. "I'm sorry Inuyasha! I'm so sorry!"

He just fell to his knees next to the dieing priestess, who seemed to be having trouble breathing. "I'm sorry Kikyou, but I couldn't allow you to hurt her." he whispered.

The priestess smiled sadly. Acting drastically different from a moment ago. "Please, don't be. You've set me free. This body was only trapping me in this world, when I had no right, want, or need to be here. Thank you." She said.

And all to soon, it was over. She stopped breathing. And a small, silvery orb floated above her chest, before slamming into Kagome's, knocking her to her knees.

Inuyasha leaned forward quickly and caught her, pulling the girl against his chest.

"Inuyasha..." she whispered weakly.

"Shhhh, I'm here." He said, comfortingly.

"I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean-" She continued. He just shushed her again.

"I doesn't matter, I did what I needed to do." He said, his voice somewhat sad.

Kagome realized her strength was rapidly returning, but made no move to pull away from the hanyou. She really wanted to just stay here in his arms forever.

After several minutes, she felt her tail-bone protesting the angle. She sighed before sitting up, but not pulling totally out of his reach.

She caught his eyes, the golden pools that seemed endlessly deep, and always a little sad, that she just loved. And found he had the question in them. He wanted to kiss her. She knew that there had been times before, (One right in the middle of Kaede's hut, in front of everyone) where he had been asking to kiss her, without even realizing it. She had not reacted, knowing the danger that could come. She knew Inuyasha would willingly die for her. She wasn't about to let that happen.

But at the moment, all of that flew out of her mind, as she took the initiative, and crushed her lips to his. Engaging in a kiss that rocked the both of them to the core, and ignited a fire deep in her belly, that she wasn't quite familiar with.

And then, it was over. What seemed an eternity, and yet only a few minutes. Forever, and yet still not enough. She breathed heavily as she leaned into his chest again.

Inuyasha panted lightly, before saying, his smirk evident in his voice. "Any chance we don't have to wait till we kick Naraku's ass?"

She smiled into his chest. "Nope. We could make each other vulnerable. You know that. But... It won't be long." Kagome snuggled her face farther in his kimono. As he in turn, snuggled his face in her raven hair. Then sighing he let her go, knowing that there day would come. With Kagome waiting at the end of this quest with open arms, He knew it would be more then worth the wait.