Summary: What if Kagome could go back in time? Stop Kikyo from being reborn, stop everything from happening? Would she unbind Inuyasha from the tree and trust him with her life? Especially when she can only have her wish granted because she died at his hands?

A/n: Sango and Miroku magically disappeared. Kidding. Sango and Miroku are off somewhere else searching for Naraku, because they decided splitting up and meeting back would be a good decision and help them find Naraku easier. Shippo and Kilala are with Miroku and Sango.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha yelled launching his attack on the demon. "Wind Scar!" He yelled again as he pulled out Tetsiguia. The demon was not expecting such strength for a broken hanyou.

Inuyasha killed the demon as easily as someone blowing away a feather. He realized now that he could have killed it before it had a chance to… he wasn't going to think about that now.

Inuyasha gathered up the jewel shards that the demon had taken. He looked over to Kagome's dead body. He felt so guilty for what he had done… what the demon had made him do. He reminded himself… it was not his fault she had died…. Who was he kidding? The whole damn situation was his fault.

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Kagome tried telling Inuyasha she loved him. But she had only managed to say his name… before dying. The moment she felt her eyes close and her last breath exit her body, she felt a surge of energy. She felt herself rise from her own body. She looked around, didn't she just die?

She saw Inuyasha fighting quiet strongly. Was he avenging her? Probably… she figured.

She got up. "Inuyasha!" she yelled to him. His ear didn't even twitch. He could not hear her. Kagome's first thought was to cry, she was dead… what would her mother, Sota and grandpa think? How would Miroku and Sango and the rest react to the news? What about her friends? Kagome wanted to cry badly. Suddenly, she sensed sacred jewel shards… a lot of them. She tried running from the spot she was in, but ended up floating at the speed Inuyasha runs.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" she said as she crashed into a tree. Wait, she could crash into things? Did that mean she could also take a hold of things? She tried grabbing a tree branch, it worked. She climbed up the tree to try to sense the jewel shards… but she found the closer she went to the top of the tree, the stronger the aura of the jewels.

She climbed onto a large branch to rest… but almost fell off the tree when she found she was sitting next to Naraku.

"Naraku…." She said his name… realizing that her lips tingled when she used them to speak. Naraku did absolutely nothing to acknowledge what she said. He can't hear me either… Kagome thought, smiling. She could get the jewel shards Naraku had for Inuyasha.

She saw a small pouch hanging from his neck, he was not wearing the baboon mask, but he was wearing the cloak.

She sensed a great many jewel shards in the pouch, probably all that Naraku had collected. She bit her lower lip in concentration, focusing on getting the pouch and helping Inuyasha defeat Naraku.

She grabbed the pouch still without his knowledge. She pulled it slowly off his neck when he noticed something was wrong. She panicked and pulled the shards away from Naraku quickly.

"What?" he asked, looking at where the shards had been on his neck. Kagome, hopped from the high tree, not expecting to get hurt….

"Ow…" she said as she quickly got up and ran towards Inuyasha, who was sitting next to her dead body, holding the jewel shards he had received from the demon.

Kagome had a sad smile. She did not blame Inuyasha for the demon's actions. Inuyasha, though strong, could not control the poison in his system. She kneeled down next to Inuyasha and held out the pouch in front of him.

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Inuyasha started at Kagome. He had her shards and 5 of Naraku's shards in his hands. He bowed his head, this should not have happened. It was a bit like losing Kikyo, that day near Mt. Harkurai, where Naraku, rid of his human heart, had pushed Kikyo into the river of miasma. He still mourned for Kikyo… but he loved Kagome more.

And the pain of losing Kagome was 10 times worse than the pain he had felt at Kikyo's death.

Suddenly a small pouch was hovering in front of his face. He looked around to try and see what was holding the pouch up.

Seeing nothing, he grabbed it and opened it. A large amount of jewel shards were in it. They must be Naraku's…but who is giving them to me?

Inuyasha put Kagome's shards with Naraku's and closed the pouch. Suddenly a huge light shone through the pouch.

When the light died down, Inuyasha opened the pouch to find the sacred jewel sitting there. But it was black, tainted with pain. Inuyasha cringed at the aura the jewel gave off.

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Kagome watched as a light came shining through the pouch. She then watched as Inuyasha reopened it and saw a tainted Shikon No Tama.

She reached her hand towards the jewel within the pouch and grabbed it.

Hello. Chapter 2 has been posted. I titled it "Tainted" for the jewel's state of being when pulled together.

I want a total of 10 reviews (including the 5 from before) for chapter 3 to some.

and thank you Bushes283 for reminding me I had 5 reviews. :) can you remind me when I have 10 a well? Because i told you how oblivious I am...

Selina