Chapter 3: Savior

Kagome almost screamed when she saw Inuyasha leaning his back against the wall as he sat on her bed. How did he manage to get through without the jewel? Maybe she was just going completely crazy and just wished he was there. She just stood in her doorway frozen and her mouth was slightly opened in surprise.

In turn he simply looked her way with his usual scowl and got up with his arms crossed and hands hidden in his sleeves.

"Inuyasha…" she whispered in amazement.

"Feh, I can't believe you thought you were getting off that easily," he said tossing his head to the side.

Kagome just stood there looking at him. Was he really there? Then tears slowly slide down her cheeks. Finally she couldn't hold them back. The shock hit her all of sudden. When the doctor told her Souta was gone and the officer told her about her mother she just froze up inside. But now reality hit and it hurt. Suddenly she didn't care if Inuyasha was real or not. She just needed him. He was the only one now.

Inuyasha turned his head quickly when the smell of tears hit his nose.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked feeling like he offended her somehow and was now going to get sat a hundred times.

But instead she just ran into his arms sobbing like there was no tomorrow. Inuyasha just stood there for a minute wondering what in the hell he was supposed to do now! He didn't know what had gotten into to her. Either she wasn't feeling right or was really, really glad to see him. He edged his arms up around her slowly wondering what was going on.

"What's going on?" he mumbled looking around her room trying to figure things out.

"Inuyasha, I have to leave," she said in between sobs. "I'm going to live somewhere else now, so you can't come through the well any more. Someone else is going to live here."

"What!?" Inuyasha said pushing her away from his chest and keeping his hands on her shoulders. "What are you talking about? Why are you leaving?"

Kagome looked down unable to look at him. She couldn't figure out why this was happening or why she deserved it.

"I have to go live with my aunt," she murmured. "I don't have a choice, Inuyasha. I don't have anywhere else to go!"

"What do you mean? You've got your family here," he said simply. "Are they leaving too?"

"They aren't around anymore," Kagome said with a few tears falling from her eyes. "They passed away."

Inuyasha wasn't sure what she meant at first until he heard her say 'passed away'. Then he knew exactly what she meant. He looked down sadly not too sure what to say to her. What should he say to her? Her family was gone and she had nowhere to go.

"You don't have to leave," he offered hopefully.

"So I should just live here alone? How am I going to do that?" she asked shaking her head. "This isn't like your time, you know."

"Well, I meant you could come back," Inuyasha said quietly looking over to the side.

Kagome thought about this for a moment. She knew exactly what he meant by come back. He wanted her to go back to Feudal Japan with him. But she couldn't just leave. The police would be looking for her and she would just disappear. And she had her friends here as well. She still had school.

"I... I don't know," she admitted looking up at him. "Maybe its best if I just go live with my aunt."

Inuyasha looked down sadly but didn't argue with her decision. He dropped his hands from her shoulders and then merely nodded in response. After what had happened to her he couldn't force her to do this. His heart wouldn't let him.

"Alright, I guess I'll see you later," Inuyasha said walking over to the open window. "Oh, wait. I won't see… Bye."

Without another word he was gone leaving Kagome once again alone. She watched the window secretly hoping for him to jump back through and drag her off. That never happened of course. His mind was made up. Then something hit her. She was letting him go. Another person who was important to her. Instead of losing him she was letting him leave. Why would she go and do something like that?

With a sudden adrenaline rush she turned around and rushed towards the front door. Once she got there she ran outside and started to yell his name. She knew the police could hear her but she knew if she caught up to him she would have nothing to worry about.

"Inuyasha, wait!" she yelled running towards the well house. "Wait for me!"

Just as she slide the door open she Inuyasha standing on the other side with his hand out to open the door as well. He looked at her peculiarly and she just shoved him back through closing the door behind her.

"Take me with you," she pleaded looked up at his bewildered expression.

When Inuyasha heard someone yelling for Kagome he simple pulled her over towards him, lifted her up in one swift motion and jumped down the well.

"Ow! Damn it! What the hell happened? " Inuyasha cursed.

They jumped into the well, but there was a little problem...

"We didn't go through," Kagome stuttered.

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Note: Short chapter I know. But I have homework. Hope everyone enjoys it.