Kikyo spared no time in starting her confession to Kagome, since she knew that she probably had little time left:
"When I was first revived from the land of the dead, I wanted to kill InuYasha, since he was the one that I thought had murdered me. When I discovered that Naraku was the one who had deceived us and really had been the one to kill me, I decided to pretend to take sides with him. I helped him try to defeat you, I helped him collect the Shikon no Tama, all the while secretly waiting for my moment, when his guard was down, to strike him down and kill him. I wanted to kill him, I wanted to kill InuYasha, for some reason I was angry and wanted to kill everyone. I didn't feel any hatred towards you, just confusion that I was seeing myself, only it was not me. It was only when I saw you and InuYasha together, sharing the relationship that I once had, that I got jealous. It wasn't long before I realized I was hating everyone, but I wasn't sure why. It was only recently that I realized...that the feelings inside of me are not just part of the soul that was taken from you. Part of the feelings I have are thanks to the fact that I was taken from my peaceful existence in the afterlife. My vengeance and hatred and jealousy, that wasn't present when I died. It only returned to me when my grave was robbed, disturbing my spirit. The one that dug me up was full of evil intentions, and those feelings were the ones that most embodied evil, so those were the ones I was suddenly feeling. I have been, as of late, able to control these negative feelings and actually have something strangely close to happiness, but it seems that will never happen in this world. I'm almost glad that I'm dying again, that I may hopefully rest in peace once more." Kikyo coughed, blood spattering all over the place. "K-kagome," she started. "Yeah?" said Kagome, her eyes full of pity, sorrow, and fear. "Be...be happy...with InuYasha...for me..." she whispered, and her eyes closed. Kikyo died with a serene smile on her face, Kagome holding her head up so she could breathe easier to the very last. Kagome, being the human girl that she was, cried all throughout this, her tears increasing at Kikyo's last words, voicing her last wish. i She really loved InuYasha...enough to accept in the end that he may be with someone else...Kikyo... /i
Half of an hour later, Kagome walked into Kaede's hut, red eyed and sleepy. "Kagome, what happened?" Sango exclaimed worriedly, seeing at once that she had been crying. "Kikyo...Kikyo is dead," she said quietly, then started sobbing again. InuYasha was still unconscious, blissfully unaware that the one he loved fifty years ago was once again no more.
((Wow, that was a weird two-parter...should have just made it a one shot. Oh well, I'm too lazy to do that xD. So...this story is for Kikyo haters because she dies (for the umpteenth time), but it's also for those who are neutral or even Kikyo lovers because this was supposed to show her in a good light for once. Just to show that I'm actually neutral about her and not a one hundred percent Kikyo basher. Please read and review and tell me what you think!))