Three humans and two small demons stood with blank looks and varying degrees of irritation on their faces the next morning when Inuyasha finally resurfaced. It wasn't only because he was gone all night they were annoyed, it was because when he showed back up, he wasn't alone.

Kagome's eyes were locked on the eyes of her past self, as Kikyo was staring down her reincarnation. Neither one of them knew exactly what to say to the other version of herself, because neither one of them were prepared to see the other. Kikyo was under the impression the monk and slayer had taken Kagome home after Inuyasha abandoned them the afternoon before, and Kagome didn't think Inuyasha was so incredibly heartless as to actually bring the corpse with him when he decided it was time to meet back up with the group.

There was a beyond uncomfortable fizzle in the air as both mikos' auras began to flare, a display of power neither one was fully aware they were engaging in. Neither one broke eye contact, the game being to get the other to back down first. Kagome never thought she would be put in a battle of wills with Kikyo, and likewise, Kikyo didn't think her reincarnation had the gull to stand her ground against her.

Eyes narrowing, Kagome was the first to break eye contact, but it was no way in defeat. Her eyes slid and locked on Inuyasha's, every emotion he never wanted to see swirling in the depths. He cringed slightly, waiting for the coming demand, and preparing for the faceplant he was positive was coming his way.

This wasn't supposed to happen. She was supposed to have gone home, pissed off and upset he left her alone to go to Kikyo. She wasn't supposed to have stayed. Had he known she was still in the past, he wouldn't have had Kikyo seal the powers of the well and closing it off, making sure Kagome couldn't come back to the past. Now what the fuck was he gonna do? He came up with the plan to banish Kagome at home so he wouldn't have to choose between her and Kikyo, and now she was stuck on this side of the well with no way to get back.

Kagome was going to kill him.

Miroku looked back and forth between the mikos, but from the corner of his eye, he watched Inuyasha, and knew there was something more to this than just shoving Kikyo in Kagome's face. Deciding to try and stop the coming explosion of holy power, he took a step between the two mikos, cutting off the line of sight between them. His head held high, the monk nodded with a 'Lady Kikyo', before turning his sights on the hanyou. "Inuyasha?"

The aforementioned hanyou was still stuck on the same loop of 'what the fuck'? He had no defense for this. There was no way out of this. Still, because he knew there was no way out of it, and he had to come clean about what he did, he wouldn't be him if he didn't make the situation worse, first.

He looked at Kagome with fire in his eyes, his voice was already loud when he spoke. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

Kagome bulked, and her aura flared with the action. "I beg your pardon? What do you think I'm doing here? Waiting for you, you baka!"

Growling at her, feeling somewhat justified now that she called him a name, Inuyasha barked at her. "NO! You were supposed to run home like you always do when you're pissed off at me. You were supposed to be on the other side of the well, not here."

Having a feeling she was about to purify the demon half of Inuyasha, her face went flat and her voice went hollow. "Why?" Eyes narrowing further, the corner of her lip curled and there was a rather impressive growl from her throat. "What did you do?"

Kikyo then decided to again make her presence known, and in nearly a sneer, answered the miko who now had nowhere to go. "I sealed the well."

Those four little words all but dropped the Miko from the future to her knees. Sealed? The well was sealed? She was... She shook her head, refusing to let that thought finish and turned disbelieving eyes on Kikyo. "Sealed?" Looking at Inuyasha, her temper flared and her voice rose with every word. "You had her SEAL the well? INUYASHA! What the hell!?" He went to open his mouth, but she opened hers first with a stomp of her foot. "SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT! You mother fucker, SIIIIIIT!"

Everyone within earshot turned and watched as Inuyasha was driven into the ground, the beads around his neck pulling him deeper and deeper into a hole everyone present agreed he deserved. However, when she cursed, all eyes turned to her because that was one thing she didn't do, no matter how angry she got, and she certainly never cursed at Inuyasha. There were tears streaming down her face, but she was nothing but a ball of anger. Her aura glowed around her, growing larger with every breath she took. Eyes were darting every which way, someone looking for someone else to step in before she lost her temper completely and purified every demon in the area. Kagome was clearly trying to get the necklace to decapitate the hanyou and for once, didn't seem to care about any lasting effects of her anger.

She couldn't believe he would do something like this. Seal the well? No matter which side of the well she would have been on, it was a stupid fucking idea. If she went home right then, she would have had shards of the jewel, making completing the Shikon impossible if she was unable to come back, but instead of things going like he wanted them too, she was now stuck 500 years in the past, and would never see her family again.

Pissed off wasn't even in the same realm of emotion she was feeling at the moment.

She gave Inuyasha enough slack to get out of his hole, but once again screamed out the dreaded word once more with just as much vigor, driving him right back into the dirt. Stalking over to the hole he made in the ground, she glared down at him, her eyes nearly shut they were narrowed so much. "Why? Why would you do that? Why would have her seal the well?"

Inuyasha groaned loud at the pain in his face, but knew he had to answer her, even though he also knew she was going to say it again. "So I didn't have to choose."

Back going ramrod straight, all feeling at all left Kagome's body as she looked down at him. Completely deflated, she whimpered. "You didn't have to." Covering her mouth to again cover the noise that threatened to come out, she shook her head as she backed away from the crater. She was trapped. She could never go home. She would never see her family again. What would they think happened to her when she didn't come back? Would they think she died? That she just chose not to return? Squeezing her eyes shut, she let out a morose breath before she pivoted on point and ran, grabbing her bag without stopping and ignored the calls of her name.

Shippo watched after her for a moment before he turned a glare on the hanyou and, using one of his tricks, dropped a stone statue on the baka before tearing ass after his mother figure. The spell would last a good while before it faded and let Inuyasha get up, and he would make sure Kagome was good and far away before then. He didn't know what all was just stolen from her by Inuyasha's desperate move, but he knew it was a lot and, though he also knew no one could really replace family, he vowed he would make sure she had the best life he could make for her.

Sango sent Kirara after the miko as well before she turned her blazing eyes on the still grounded Hanyou. Oh, she was pissed. Beyond it, actually. The slayer was livid. She stomped towards the hole, but was stopped by Miroku, for reasons unknown. Casting a glare at the monk, she turned back to the hole. "I hope you're happy, Inuyasha. Did it ever occur to you this might happen? That you could have done this?"

Kikyo, once again speaking up on Inuyasha's behalf, only made it worse. "He did it to protect her."

Snapping her attention to the dead miko, Sango ground her teeth together. "You don't want to talk to me. Besides, he said it was so he didn't have to chose, not to protect her. Did he even check to make SURE she was on the other side? No? Didn't fucking think so. Now, shut up before I send you back to Hell where you belong." Returning her attention to the still grounded hanyou, she snarled out. "You've really done it this time, Inuyasha. You've literally destroyed someone who cared about you, all so you could be free to fuck a corpse? I had no idea the dried out pussy of a dead body was so fucking amazing it was literally worth everything. You're the most disgusting creature on the planet, Inuyasha, and that includes Naraku!"

Miroku couldn't even form anything to say. All he could was shake his head and turn to follow after Sango as she went after Kagome. He did pause before he was too far away, looking back over his shoulder at the dead miko who was now crouched next to the hole the hanyou had dug. His voice was as level as it always was. "I believe it had been Kagome's intent to release you from your promise, Inuyasha. There was no need for such extreme measures to be taken. As it stands, I am curious what you would have done had she returned home with the shards she carries and you sealed the well. There would be no end to Naraku because of your brash actions."

As he turned to follow after the girls, he called back over his shoulder. "I suppose congratulations are in order as well. I wish you happy times in your future together."

Kikyo looked after the monk before looking down at her shoulder, seeing the edge of the mark that laid there. She hadn't thought anyone saw it, but it appears she was wrong. Returning her attention to Inuyasha, she sat down on the ground and just waited. Once the spell the fox cast wore off, there was going to have to be a little chat between her and her mate as she tried to figure out if she was going to be able to remove the beads from his neck.