Chapter Three: A Way to Change a Mind

"InuYasha I'm sorry but I can't be with you. You should go back through the well. Kikyo can take better care of you." Kagome said, getting up to push InuYasha out of her room. "You don't need to tell me what I want to hear. As I said it's okay. I've known about this from the beginning."

InuYasha kept running that through his head. He wanted to make Kagome believe him, it was just that every time he thought he could Kikyo would show up and he would run after her. Kagome didn't have any reason to believe him and really didn't blame her. InuYasha knew that Kagome really tried and that she put up with a lot, probably as much as Sango put up with Miroku though it was a little bit different. InuYasha had no idea what to do to change her mind. He wanted her to stay by his side. She calmed his raging demon soul. Kikyo didn't. Kagome meant so much to InuYasha that it killed him to see her when she was sick or hurting. InuYasha had been sitting in Kagome's room for a while when Kagome woke up from what looked like a bad dream. Kagome's eyes fluttered open. When she saw InuYasha Kagome's eyes grew angry.

"What are you doing in here InuYasha? I thought I told you to go home." Kagome said sitting up.

"You did but I didn't want to go. I need to talk to you." InuYasha said quietly and pleadingly.

"What more can you say InuYasha? Why don't you go and find Kikyo? She can help search for the shikon jewel shards. She's better off for you anyways."

"I don't love her anymore. I love you Kagome." InuYasha said getting up and walking over to Kagome.

When InuYasha walked over he sat down and pulled Kagome into an embrace.

"I love you Kagome. You have been there for me when Kikyo wasn't. You have trusted me when Kikyo hasn't. You have stuck by my side even when you would have been in danger for doing so. I don't want to let you go. Please just come back until we complete the jewel. It's almost done now. Once we have completed the mission then you can leave. I won't fight it." InuYasha promised.

Kagome dropped her head down to InuYasha's shoulder. "I'm sorry InuYasha. I'm just really stressed out right now. I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I guess this graduation thing is really tough." InuYasha said.

"Yeah, it is. Let's go back now." Kagome replied.

"Now? Why now?" InuYasha asked.

"Because I want to get away from here and the decisions that I need to make here for a while." Kagome replied.

InuYasha nodded his head and they left through her bedroom window and they went back to the feudal era.