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Chapter Eight: Would He?

'Would Inuyasha do this? Is he going to come here just to kill me?' Kagome couldn't help but wonder this. 'I know that he loves Kikyou more than me. What use does he have for me other than a .. shard detector? I bet the only reason he keeps me around is because of that and that I'm Kikyou's reincarnation..'

Kikyou stood outside, waiting for Inuyasha to come. She would convince him to kill Kagome. He does love her more than her reincarnation, right? As she stood directly in front of the small hut, a breeze blew through her long, black hair. She would look beautiful if it weren't for the evil smirk on her face.

Naraku quietly sneaked up behind Kikyou. He walked up beside her and said, "So, when is the mutt gonna be here? I'm tired of waiting and it has only been five minutes."

"Be patient and get inside. If Kagome gets away, then we have nothing. Inuyasha will protect her more than he did before, so this will be our only chance."

"Fine, but if he's not here within a half hour, then I'll kill that girl myself."

"He'll be here."

As if on cue, Inuyasha bounded over the hill in front of Kikyou. Naraku hurried back inside to make sure that Kagome was still right where he left her. Kikyou glared up at Inuyasha, but then quickly softened her glare. She had to be nice to him if she was ever going to get him to kill Kagome. "Hello, Inuyasha. I'm glad that you could find us!" Kikyou said, clearly hiding her anger.

"Whatever. Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. Kagura had ditched him just before they reached the hut and of course, he got lost. He was in a pretty bad mood.

"Why are you so eager to see Kagome? Aren't you happy just to see me?" said Kikyou, pretending that he had hurt her feelings.

"Well.. umm.. y-y-yes?" Inuyasha stuttered, her question had caught him off guard.

Kikyou pretended to pout. "You don't seem like it! Don't you love me anymore? And if you truly love me, then come with me. I would like you to do something for me. You have something that you need to finish. I brought my reincarnation over here, and it was not easy. I had to join forces with Naraku in order to do it. After all my hard work, I would like you to kill her. I am too weak right now to do that, so please help me out? If you do that, then we can go to hell. Together."

Okay, now we are going to Miroku and Sango, we haven't seen them for a while..

It had been almost a week since Inuyasha had gone after Kagome. Of course they were concerned about the two, but they weren't going to show that in front of Shippou. They didn't need a crying kitsune to add to their troubles. Shippou had been spending nights with Sango since he absolutely refused to sleep alone after what happened when he let Kagome sleep alone. He felt that Sango would need his protection during nights when Inuyasha wasn't here, and nothing had happened to her yet.

"Breakfast is ready!" Sango called. It was an early morning about 5 days after Kagome was found missing. Sango had made a delicious breakfast that consisted of a few foods that Kagome had brought back from her era. After Miroku, Sango and Shippou finished their breakfast in silence, each thinking their own thoughts but all of their thoughts were on Kagome and Inuyasha, wondering if they would ever come back, or if they were already dead.

Shippou left soon after they finished breakfast to go find some food for dinner. This was convenient because then Miroku and Sango got a few minutes alone to discuss what to do if Inuyasha and Kagome were dead. "So, Miroku," said Sango. "What are we going to do if Inuyasha and Kagome are dead? And how will we know if they are?"

"We really will never know for sure," Miroku solemnly said. "But, we can guess that in a week if one or both haven't come back or sent word within a week that they won't be coming back. We can then continue on our quest to kill Naraku and get the rest of the Shikon shards. If they are alive then Inuyasha will probably be able to find us with his nose."

"Sounds good...," Sango said, barely holding back tears. She couldn't bear the thought of maybe losing her "little sister". "We should have gone with him. At least then we would have been able to help him!"

"You know that he wouldn't have let us come. This is something he needs to settle by himself," said Miroku. He was just as upset as Sango was at the thought of losing Kagome, but he knew Inuyasha wouldn't have let them come.

That was how the past five days had been for Sango and Miroku, and unless Kagome and Inuyasha got back within a week, that would be how the next seven days would be, too.

Back to Kagome and Inuyasha now.

Kagome was shuddering in a corner, with Naraku glaring down at her, which only succeeded in making her more uncomfortable than she already was. She didn't think that was possible before. Maybe Kikyou was right? Maybe Inuyasha came just so he could kill her and go with Kikyou to hell... She was only in the way of their relationship, right?

Inuyasha and Kikyou were still outside a few seconds later. Kikyou was getting impatient with the hanyou, but decided not to say anything. Yelling at him might ruin her chances of getting him to kill Kagome. Once he had murdered Kagome, then Naraku would be able to kill him. Finally, she would kill Naraku (though he didn't know of this part of the plan yet) and destroy the Shikon No Tama once and for all.

Inuyasha was still shocked that Kikyou would ask this of him. Why did she hate Kagome so much anyways? 'Kikyou was my first love. I can't forget that,' Inuyasha thought. 'She died for me. Kagome is close to me too, though. I am so happy around her. I can barely remember laughing before her. But Kikyou, she was my first real friend. Kagome, though, accepts me for who I am.'

Finally, a few minutes later, Inuyasha had made his decision.

This is the end of Chapter Eight.

Haha, sorry for the cliffie. It was hard to resist though, and I wanted to get at least one more chapter in this story. I can't believe that this story is almost over!! I'm going to be both sad and relieved when the time finally comes to it to end. Maybe I'll write an epilogue after that last chapter? Chapter Nine is going to be almost easy to write since I already have it mostly planned out in my head.. I've been thinking about this for a while!! Well, thanks for all the reviews! I'm very glad that my story is liked... Well thanks for reading:)

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