"InuYasha! How dare you lie to me! You said you loved me so much! You said you didn't care at all for Kikyo! But you almost went to hell with her! HOW MANY COUNTLESS TIMES YOU'VE DONE THAT!"

"Kagome, it wasn't my fault!" InuYasha said.

"INUYASHA STOP LYING TO ME!"

"I'M NOT LYING TO YOU!"

"INUYASHA, SIT!"

InuYasha fell face-forward into the ground as Kagome jumped into the well and into her own time.

"InuYasha, you really shouldn't lie to her," Miroku said.

"I didn't lie to her! Miroku, you believe me, don't you?"

"InuYasha, I know you love Kikyo. I know you want to go to hell with her. You cannot have both Kikyo and Kagome."

"But – Miroku. You cheat on Sango all the time and act like it's nothing bad."

"That's because the women I'm around are never hurt. And Sango's never hurt, right? She just gets really pissed off."

InuYasha stared at Miroku. "You have problems, don't you?" He asked.

"Maybe, maybe not," Miroku said, leaving. "But think about it, InuYasha. You can only have one."

After that, InuYasha had gone off in the opposite direction. He wouldn't follow Kagome home; he knew that would only make her madder. But he didn't go to Kikyo, either. If he went to Kikyo, everything between Kagome and himself may as well be over.

InuYasha got himself lost in a forest and heard a voice. It was Kikyo's voice. But she was the other way! InuYasha thought.

"InuYasha. Good, the lousy schoolgirl has left. Now it's just me and you."

"Kikyo, please, don't. I – I love you. But I love Kagome. Kikyo, you don't belong here, and I do want to go to hell with you. I would if I could. But it would hurt Kagome."

"InuYasha, you care for her more than me. You love her more."

"No, Kikyo. Please don't say that. Why is it so wrong to have both of you?"

"With time, you'll love one more than the other. And with that, erects jealousy. InuYasha, who do you love more?"

InuYasha stayed silent. He loved them both the same. So, how was he going to choose? If he said he loved Kagome more, Kikyo would kill him. If he said he loved Kikyo more, she'd take him to hell.

"Kikyo, I told you. I love you both the same."

"LIAR! INUYASHA, YOU LOVE HER MORE!"

"NO, KIKYO FOR THE THIRD TIME I LOVE YOU BOTH!"

Kikyo made herself visible. She set her arrow on her bow and held it back. "InuYasha, tell the truth. Who do you love more?"

InuYasha began to get very pissed. He hated repeating himself. "Kikyo, please, if I said I loved neither, would that mean something else?"

Kikyo let go of her arrow. But, without either of them knowing, Kagome had been watching. She had come to apologize to InuYasha. She was overreacting and she didn't want to be without him.

Seeing that Kikyo was right about to kill him, Kagome said, "Sit!"

InuYasha fell to the ground, Kikyo's arrow just barely missing him.

"Kikyo, what do you think you are doing!"

Kikyo looked at Kagome. "You do love her more," she said, narrowing her eyes. She turned and walked away.

"Kagome," InuYasha said, looking up at her. "Why are you here? I thought you went home?"

"InuYasha," Kagome said, holding out her hand. InuYasha took it and Kagome helped him up. "I'm sorry. Maybe you were right and I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"

"Yes," InuYasha said, hugging Kagome. "Thanks," He quietly said. "Kikyo was going to kill me."

"I know," Kagome said. "I'm lucky I was here. If I lost you, I wouldn't know what I'd do with myself." She closed her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder.

"Really?" InuYasha asked. He never thought Kagome really cared so much about him.

Kagome nodded her head. "I love you, InuYasha. I love you a lot. Even when I first saw you, I felt a warmth go through my body. I didn't know why, but for some reason I knew who you were. I knew everything about you. I knew I loved you."

"It's because you're Kikyo's reincarnation," InuYasha said. "I would've thought you would feel hatred for me. Kikyo died hating me. But you came here loving me."

"InuYasha, you hated me when you first woke up. I never knew why. But for some reason, I felt I should've hated you, too. But I couldn't bring myself to it. And I don't want to love you because I know I'm in the way of you and Kikyo."

"Kagome, don't say that. Please. I just got done fighting with Kikyo about this. I want to go to hell with her, but I won't go if that means leaving you."

"So you do want to go with her," Kagome said, beginning to cry.

"Please don't cry, Kagome. If you were dead, I'd want to go to hell with you, too. I don't want Kikyo to go alone, but I don't want to her to suffer here on earth."

"InuYasha," Kagome said, picking herself up. "Go with her. She needs you. This isn't even my own time. I don't deserve you."

"Kagome, no. I love you. I love you more than Kikyo. I want to live with you forever. I really love you."

"InuYasha," Kagome said, turning her back to him and preparing to go home. "I love you," She said. Thought it was very quiet, the wind picked it up and carried it to InuYasha.

"Kagome, I love you too," InuYasha said.

Behind the trees, Sango, Miroku and Shippo were all watching.

"Kagome, are you leaving?" InuYasha asked.

"All the shards are found. The Shikon No Tama is with me. You love Kikyo. I think I should belong in my own time now."

"Kagome . . ." InuYasha said, watching her leave.

"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, revealing himself. InuYasha didn't get any mad at him at all, because he knew there was no stopping Kagome. She'd never come through the well and see him again.

"Kagome! Kagome! Don't go!" Shippo called.

Kagome turned around to watch him, her face stained with tears. "Shippo, I'm sorry. I can't stay. It wouldn't be right."

"Kagome . . ." Shippo said. He fell down and began to cry. "Kagome! Kagome! Who's gonna watch after me now?"

Kagome quietly said, "I think Sango and Miroku will. They're both responsible."

Kagome began to walk off. She walked to the well and jumped inside, being in her own time now.