Chapter 3: That decision

The night was already coming to an end, but there were three young people who didn’t get any sleep. Who were about to face the change of their lives.

Inuyasha watched Kikyo, who acted as if she didn’t notice him. He was still human, and didn’t want to meet Kikyo in this condition. It wouldn’t be appropriate.

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As the darkness began to vanish, Kikyo broke the silence f the forest.

“Kagome”

“Kikyo”

“He mustn’t smell you”

“Right”

As Kikyo put the spell on her which prevented her to be noticed by Inuyasha, Kagome felt sick. She didn’t want him to choose this girl. No. But her instincts told her he was going to. And her instincts never failed to tell the truth before. A tear appeared in the corner of her eye.

“You’ll be able to break it whenever you like”

“’Kay”

Kikyo let the obviously sick girl alone, smiling evilly. “Huh… She knows it as well. She has no chance against me. She didn’t even realise that she will not be able to break the spell… Even better, move. I’m controlling all her moves. She’ll have to watch Inuyasha and me kissing, making out… Even love-making. Anyone, who tries to take Inuyasha away from me, will pay. Inuyasha is mine and he’ll be mine forever. And no one can take away from me what’s mine”

She sat on the branch of a nearby tree, and waited. She didn’t have to wait much longer. The sun was about to rise in minutes.

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Inuyasha felt the tickling feeling over his body. He sighed “Finally…” he said, and with silver hair and dog-ears, he stepped front to meet his destiny.

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“Good morning, Inuyasha” said Kikyo with the sweetest smile on her face.

“Good morning, Kikyo. How was your night?”

“Troubled. I couldn’t get you out of my mind” Kikyo said, with the voice that could be compared to a cat’s purr for food.

“Did you manage to solve the problem?”

“Huh?” Inuyasha asked, obviously lost in other thoughts in his mind. In thoughts about a certain miko standing in front of him.

“The thing you had to do tonight.”

“Oh, that… Oh… Khm… No…” Inuyasha said in a dying voice.

“Oh, than the precious night went off for nothing…” Kikyo said leaning off from the tree the sexiest way she could, went close to Inuyasha and put a hand on one of his cheeks. She brushed his lips. Inuyasha looked into her beautiful eyes.

She smiled her famous smile.

Inuyasha gazed in her eyes… and kissed Kikyo.

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A silent tear left Kagome’s eye. “I knew it. He fell for her bitching around… How could I be so naive? She was playing with my desperation and used it.” She couldn’t stop the crying. “But still… She’s the one he’s kissing and not me… I think this is where my life ends. I’ll just go back to the others and find my knife, so I can cut open my vascular on my wrist… Yep, that’s the best thing for me to do…” She stood up. At least she tried.

“What?” She tried to yell but she couldn’t move her lips. “Oh no… OH NO! Kikyo is making me watch this! How can she do this to me? I don’t want to see any part of it! No no NOOO!”

Kikyo heard that mental scream, and smiled during the kiss. She wanted to deepen the kiss, and make out with Inuyasha in front of Kagome, but Inuyasha suddenly broke the kiss and took a step back.

“Inu… Yasha…” Kikyo gasped. “What’s wrong, babe?”

Inuyasha took a deep breath. “Don’t babe me, Kikyo. There’s nothing I ever want to talk to you about again” Inuyasha said, quietly.

Kagome gasped for air. What is he saying? It couldn’t be!

Kikyo was stunned. “What… Why… But… Inuyasha… Baby…”

“Don’t you ever call me that again!” Inuyasha growled. “I hate that name!”

Kikyo relaxed. “Oh, is that all, Sweetie? Now come here…”

“Please, don’t come near me, Kikyo! I have to tell you something really important.” Inuyasha said, once again very quietly.

“What the hell is happening here?” Kagome wandered, confused. The tears stopped falling from her eyes.

“Now, listen carefully, Kikyo, ‘cause I won’t be able to repeat this again. I… I…” he took the biggest breath of all, “I… I don’t… I-DON’T-LOVE-YOU” He stopped for a second to look up in her eyes. “I don’t want to go to hell with you. Forgive me.”

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Kagome stood there with wide eyes. She couldn’t speak, she couldn’t think. There was just one thing in her mind. HE doesn’t love her. He doesn’t love HER. He DOESN’T LOVE her. HE DOESN’T LOVE HEEEER!

Somewhere very far she could hear a scream “No! You can’t do this to me! What about that kiss? Didn’t it mean anything to you?” This brought Kagome back to the ground. She’s right. Why did he kiss her? Is Inuyasha like this – kisses girls, drives them mad, and them dumps them? She smiled inside at the thought (remember, she can’t move). Inuyasha? Like that? Not in a million years. He’s far too sensitive to do such a thing. mental giggle That’s why I love him.

Kagome watched as Inuyasha looked in Kikyo’s eyes.

“That kiss… It is the thing that made me realise that I don’t love you anymore. Because when I kissed you, I saw another girl in my mind.” Kikyo still looked puzzled. “Don’t you get it?” Inuyasha said very quietly, somewhat sad, “That was my goodbye kiss”

HURRAY!

“Your WHAT?”

“Yes, my goodbye kiss.” Inuyasha was now hardly hearable “I’m in love with someone else. Please understand; she loves me as a hanyou, unlike you, Kikyo, who wanted to turn me into human. That’s the main difference between you and Kagome: she loves me no matter what I am: hanyou, human, or… Or even youkai”

Kagome had only one thought once again: He loves… ME? I can’t believe… This… HE loves me? HE LOVES ME?

Inuyasha suddenly took a step backwards. He saw something in Kikyo’s eyes. Some kind of… Madness…

“Kikyo, are you all right? Please, don’t start crying…”

Kikyo gave out a horrible laugh. “Cry? Cry, you say? For YOU? No, Inuyasha, you got it all wrong. I’ve already cried rivers for and because of you. Now, I have enough. This time, I’ll do something else.”

All Inuyasha could see that she was standing there, and not moving. Than he felt his heart squeeze.

“Kagome…”

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He loves me, he loves me, he loves ME! I can’t believe this, this is just… Too good… It took my breath away. Kikyo looks very angry, I was thinking she might explode or I don’t know… Die on the spot… Wait, I can’t breathe, it’s like asthma, just without the coughs… Something is pushing my lungs… Oh no… Kikyo… Can’t breathe… Inu… Yasha… INUYASHA!