Chapter 41: I Wouldn't'! Never!

Inuyasha growled and Shippo jumped off her. Kagome walked up to him and rubbed his ear.

"Not in public." He hissed.

"Oh yea, you hug on me all you want. Can't I just rub your ear?"

He rolled his eyes and started to purr.

"Good boy."

"Stop treating me like a dog!"

"Well you are one!"

He just let her rub his ear. It wasn't worth getting into a fight over. He continued to purr; she stopped after a while.

"You can stay here again father. Why don't you just stay for good as a matter of fact. I don't mind. We're only 15 minutes away from The Southern Lands. Next thing you'll be dead in your castle from poisoning or something. I'm really starting to think someone wants you out of your position."

"I'll stay. And I am as well. I almost died the same way Inu no Tashio did."

"That's how my father died?"

"Yes he fought Takimaru of Setsune and the building collapsed while it was on fire."

His ears drooped and he brought his face to the ground; closed his eyes as well. Kagome lightly rubbed his ear to let him know she was there for him.

"Have any more dreams Kagome?" Her father asked.

"Thankfully, no. But I've been thinking… I want to pass through the well one last time. On my own."

Inuyasha and Inu Heki's eyes got wide.

"You can't go alone, what if you get stuck?" Inuyasha said.

"I won't. My future self is with you."

"But you said you can change history."

"I know, but this time I want to stay for a few days and I'll need to close the well. I can't keep it open for more than a hour without passing out."

"What will you do with Muteki?"

"Bring him with me I guess. But not right now. After the wedding. Maybe two weeks."

"If you want to I'm fine with it, but you better came back."

"I can contact my father through the two dimensions if something happens… I better go check on Sango, I think I hear Miroku being beaten again."

She walked up to the door and opened it. Miroku was on the floor, unconscious; Sango was above him holding the hiraikotsu.

"What did he do this time?" She asked coming in and closing the door. From the smell, Sango was furious.

"The usual, lets see how fast he gets me pregnant."

"If you want, I can tell you when you're in heat so you can keep him off you."

"That would be nice, but I don't know if I can keep him off me when we're married."

"Is he knocked out?"

"Yea."

"Good, lets keep him that way."

"Inuyasha no!" Kagome yelled. He was thrown back along with the Tetsusaiga. She growled. "Naraku die! Infinite Aura Blast!" She blasted his head but it reformed.

"You can not kill me! I am invincible!" Naraku said.

Kagome ran to Inuyasha. He was lying on the ground; the Tetsusaiga was a few feet away, out of his hand, stuck in the dirt. She laid on him and cried, but yet his heart still beat; she thought he was dead. He pulsed three times.

"Inuyasha no! Don't turn into a youkai! Stay a hanyou! Stay a HANYOU!" She yelled and latched onto him harder. He growled and she got off him.

"No one hurts my mate and gets away with it."

Naraku chuckled. "You can not defeat me Inuyasha."

"Make the wish, Kagome! Hurry!"

She realized that the completed Shikon no Tama was in her hand.

"Wish that we were youkais! Hurry! If not for our sake, then your father's!"

"Huh?" She saw her father's body lay limp in Naraku's tentacle.

"Hurry!"

'I wish Inuyasha and me were inu-youkais!'

Two lights shot into them. They pulsed and became youkais.

"Father! Please don't die!" She screamed.

Naraku laughed again. Inu Heki woke up. His eyes were the color of dried blood. He struggled to get free then cut the tentacle. He then killed Naraku all together. He landed on all fours; growled at them.

"Father?" She muttered.

He growled deeply and turned to her.

"Kagome! No! He's not himself! Get outta there! Now!" Inuyasha yelled.

Her legs felt like jelly and she couldn't move.

"Father, please. I know this isn't you. Please come back. Please!"

He growled deeper. She managed to walk up to him. He growled louder and barked at her to get away.

"No father. I won't leave you like this. I can save you remember me. Please. Remember me."

His pupils contracted and were gone like he was trying to turn back. He stood up. She walked up to him and hugged him.

"Father, Inu Heki. I know you're there. I know you are. Please come out. I don't want you this way."

He transformed back into a youkai. She thought of something. 'it's the only way.' "Father, Inuyasha, I love you both in different ways. I promise but it's the only way."

"Huh?" Inuyasha said and watched her stand on her toes and move toward his face. Inuyasha's eyes widened. "No Kagome!"

She kissed him passionately, feeling his fangs. 'Please father, this is the only way. It is. Change back, please!' She said through the mark. His eyes turned to normal and he looked at his daughter, shocked. She pulled back shaking. "It was the only way father. I'm sorry. I don't think of you that way. I promise. It was my only chance though."

"No… Kagome…" Inuyasha said in a deep voice. She turned to look at him. He was a youkai again. "You loved me! I believed you!… I mated you!… You'll pay!"

"Inuyasha I still do! I promise! I had no choice! Please! Turn back! TURN BACK!"

"NO, you loved me! And you lied!"

"I didn't! I swear on my life I didn't mean it!"

He growled at her.

"Father! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" She cried. "I don't love you that way!"

"I know you don't. I'll protect you Kagome."

"No, I deserve it. Let me be father. Get out of here before he turns on you as well."

"I won't."

"You lied to me Kagome!"

"I did not!" She said walking up to him. "I promise I didn't. I love you more than anything." She gripped onto him. "I love you, you have to believe that!" She kissed him passionately. "I love you."

He dug his claws into her back and she gasped. "You don't love me, and you never have."

"Don't say that." She said weakly. "I wouldn't of chosen to be your mate for my life if I didn't love you that much. I love you, I want to go to hell with you Inuyasha. More than Kikyo ever loved you. I wouldn't have wanted you any other way. She did. She didn't love you. I do."

Her father growled. She turned around to see him. He was turning into a youkai again. "I won't let him hurt you darling."

She backed off and they fought. "Stop it1 Stop it now! I love you both, but in different ways! Can't you see that? I love you dad as a father, and I love you Inuyasha as a mate. I would never mate my father! I wouldn't do it to stay alive! I would rather die than be that way!"

They stopped fighting and Inu Heki's eyes turned normal, but Inuyasha's didn't. They looked at her; Inuyasha walked up to her.

"Mate?"

She nodded.

He hugged her, but then turned on her. He brought his hand to her back and clawed all the way down.

"How could you… Inu… yasha…" She yelled and fell to the ground. "Inuyasha! Father! NO!" She said before dieing of blood loss.

"Inuyasha! Father! NO!" She yelled.

"Kagome! Kagome wake up! Darling wake up!" Inu Heki said, shaking his daughter. "Kagome1 Wake up! Come on, wake up Kagome!"

"Huh?" She said opening her eyes, she saw a white blur.

"There you are. You were screaming again darling. Everyone's worried."

She backed up from him.

"What's wrong?"

"No! NO! Get away! No!"

"What's wrong Kagome?"

"…Father?"

He nodded.

She started to cry and he moved towards her but she pushed him away.

"What's wrong darling?"

"I - I - can't say! You'll hate me!"

"No I won't. I promise I won't."

"… First get Inuyasha in here then make sure no one else is around."

He nodded and walked out of the room.

'What am I going to tell them? How can I tell them?'

They came back in and locked the door.

"Inuyasha, hold onto the Tetsusaiga, you're gonna need it. Father, here, you're blood might erupt." She said handing him her katana to him. They sat down in front of her. "I had a dream that we were at the final battle again. You were there dad…. Naraku had you, and then… then you turned into a youkai like before and killed him. You turned on me. The only way to turn you back… was to… to… I can't say it." 'Kiss you.' She thought to him and cried. His eyes widened and he told Inuyasha. Then his eyes widened as well.

"You turned on me Inuyasha. You kept saying how I didn't love you. You both turned on each other and fought. You didn't believe me Inuyasha and… killed me…." She said still crying. "I promise I don't love you like that dad."

"I know. It was just a dream."

"I can't take it." She said with her youkai erupting. "I can't take it!"

"Kagome." Her father said.

"No!"

"Kagome, calm down!"

"No! I won't!" She said about to transform.

"Kagome! I command you as alpha to calm down!" Inuyasha yelled and he gave her the Tetsusaiga, she calmed down. "I love you, that won't change. Even if you did love your father that way I would still love you."

"But I don't. I love you father, as a father! I don't know why I dreamt that! I would do that as a last resort but never intending anything. You wouldn't back off Inuyasha. You hated me for that. I know you did. You wouldn't turn back. Nothing worked! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" She cried.

"Kagome, I can't love you that way; never. Even if you mated me, I still wouldn't love you that way. I couldn't." Inu Heki said.

"Really?"

"Yes, I would always think of you as a daughter. I don't think that way though. You are beautiful, but you are my daughter as well as Inuyasha's mate. I can't do it because of that."

She nodded. "You wanted to be mine in the dream. I could tell. The way you fought for me."

"I can't and wont' Kagome." Inu Heki said putting his hand under her chin, making her look at him. "I can't and never will. I promise I won't."

"I believe you… I don't know why I'm getting so worked up over this."

"It's your instincts darling. That's the way inu - youkais are."

'I just hope it doesn't become real.'