“That is… that is…” he stood there, like a fool, dumbfounded for some seconds, then he ran to the opposite direction. He ran home as fast as he could. When he got there he started banging the door with his hand, so hard, that his hand turned red, an act that some call “knocking”. Kagome opened the door. “What is it? What’s going on? You almost bring down the poor thing…” “I need to know where Stellar went. NOW” “well, she said she wanted some fresh air…” “WHERE” “to the central park! “OK! THANKS!” he left, again running. When he got there, he couldn’t see her. Where was she?! Then, he spotted her. She was on the park’s sidewalk eating ice cream, next to an ice cream seller, and she was patting a dog on the head. He went decided to her. “What have you DONE!?” she seemed startled. “Aren’t you happy?” “That person…she was… she was…” “Kikyo, I know.” He fulminated her with his look. She stared at him with a very ‘you-should-really-thank-me-for-that!” look “I did nothing wrong.” She turned to look at the street, with dignity. “You brought her back!” “That was what you asked me to.” “I asked you that!?” “Well, I don’t know.” “YOU DON’T KNOW!?” “HEY!” she shouted. “Stop repeating the last thing I say in the sentence, it’s irritating. And yes, you asked me too, now that I remember! Maybe not with words but it was what your heart told me you wanted most you wanted Kikyo! GET OVER IT! Now go and make up with her!” “What about Kagome?” “What about Kagome!?” “She’s my girlfriend!!” there was a silence. She opened her mouth in surprise. “Well, you cheater!” “I am the cheater!? How come?” “Thinking about the other while being with the usual!” there was another silence. She sighed. “Well, since I screwed up, I’ll have to help you with this one” there was another silence. Then Inuyasha opened his mouth: “isn’t there any way to bring her back?” “Oh, yes” she said. “Killing her.” “I don’t wanna kill her! There must be another way!” “No there isn’t!” she shouted with a trace of irritation. “don’t you get it?! Kikyo is no longer in that grave-soil maid body! She’s of flesh and blood! Muscle and bone just like you or me! She’s now a fully human being!” he grabbed her by her arms and turned her to him “why are you here?! What is your purpose here!? What do you want from me!?” “I want nothing. They sent me here to see closely human kind’s mistakes. They want to know how smart you people, humans are. You saved me, so I granted one wish of yours.” He let go of her. “It’s not right… it’s not for you to decide with who I am…it’s not your call…” “And it’s not right for you to be with someone you don’t want to be with.” “I want to be with her!” “Maybe. But, please, be honest, how do you want to be with her? Do you wanna be with her as your love, or as your friend?” there was another silence. He sighed. “And how did you put her into a human’s body?” “ I just made one 100 equal to the original. And of course, brought her back from the death.” He was startled. What? What did she meant? Kikyo? Dead? How? “What do you mean? Kagome saved her--she saved her life!” “Yes, but then, after a while, like 2 months or so, the village where she was was attacked. It was like some sort of rebellion. A little girl was about to be killed, so she ran in front of her and the arrow killed her instead. Her last words were: ‘run… please…’ then, when the girl was gone, she said ‘Inu…ya…sha…’ and she slipped away.” Inuyasha felt terrible. She had died all alone. Without nobody to protect her. All alone… “You must choose.” She said, now with a severer voice. “you must.”