The whole world knows that I crossed

No flashes of white light, no spinning around.

--Nothing at all.

Kagome stood at the bottom of the well in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

Inuyasha crouched by the well, staring at the girl below with a complicated expression.

"Gorge..."

Unexpectedly, the girl quickly raised her face with a peaceful smile:

"Ok?"

It's okay if she didn't smile or respond, but when she responded with a smile, Inuyasha couldn't stand it anymore!

He jumped down to the bottom of the well, looked at the girl who was close at hand, wanted to get closer, but seemed to be afraid of something, he only took a step forward, and stopped his movements stiffly.

"you……"

Are you OK?

Before the question could be spoken, it was already stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound.

fine?

I also know that it can't be all right.

The worst premonition came true.

Without the fragments of the jade of the four souls, the passage of time and space seems to be impossible to open, and Kagome can no longer pass through the well of bones to freely travel between the two eras.

But the fragments of the jade of the four souls...

They went through untold hardships to eliminate Naraku and made the decision to completely destroy the jade of the four souls. Even once, Hu Po, who had recovered his memory by mistake, proposed countless times that he would rather die again than because of his own The relationship allows the jade of the four souls to continue to exist in the world, causing more scrambles and tragedies...

Today, if Kagome is to keep this last fragment for her own convenience, in order not to give up her lovers and companions in the Warring States Period, nor to give up her relatives and friends in modern society, it would be too selfish and too... …indiscriminately.

But if the only medium that allows Kagome to travel freely between the two eras is destroyed...

Kagome is bound to make a choice.

Is it the Warring States Period, or modern times?

Is it family, or... him?

Inuyasha couldn't make a sound.

He felt as if his heart was tightly held in his palm by an invisible hand, keeping tightening, keeping tightening...

Kagome's feelings must not be any better than his...

The half-demon's mind went blank thinking.

……

Qiao Wen stood by the well with a troubled expression on his face.

"I always feel like I shouldn't bother them..."

He almost whispered to Bawei, who came over to listen to him thoughtfully.

"Even if you have good intentions, you will be kicked by a donkey if you disturb someone's relationship..."

Bawei's ears trembled, "Are you kidding me?":

"I can't see what kind of sweet love scene those two below are going to stage."

"You don't understand this!" Qiao Wen gave her boyfriend who was so pure and innocent (Ba Wei:???) a contemptuous look, "It's a difficult choice, choose me or them (them) Suspicion, life and death... These are all important factors to promote the development of relationships! Believe it or not, if it weren't for us, the two below might have hugged each other, or simply..."

"——Qiao Wen!!!!"

From the bottom of the well, Kagome stopped in embarrassment.

The black-haired girl's cheeks were flushed, and her big and clear eyes stared angrily at Qiao Wen by the well:

"I heard it all!"

"...Sorry." Qiao Wen apologized solemnly, but with an unscrupulous smile on his face that made Kagome feel his cheeks flushed even more: "I just think that if you don't do something, just let you two be like this If Gu Wuyan talks to each other, I'm afraid things won't make any progress until it gets dark."

Hearing the ridicule in his tone, Kagome couldn't help rolling her big eyes.

However, thanks to Qiao Wen's gag, the despair, sadness and entanglement that arose in her heart were diluted by the embarrassment and anger of being teased, allowing her to calm down again in a short time. Don't say or do anything impulsively that may hurt a big dog that is close at hand.

Kagome vaguely gave Qiao Wen a grateful look, turned her head, and looked at Inuyasha who was also blushing because of Qiao Wen's ridicule:

"It seems that without the Jade of the Four Souls, it seems that there is no way to open the time and space channel in the Well of Bone Eater."

She deliberately made her tone sound lighter.

In this way, even after hearing her words, Inuyasha still inevitably froze for a moment, but when he looked at her, there was no hesitation and wavering just now.

"Anyway, let's go back to the house first?" The girl tried her best to make her voice lighter, "After all, this is not a suitable place to discuss things, and if you go out for a long time, you will be discovered by mother and grass..."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to the half-demon on the opposite side——

"Inuyasha?"

...won't you take me up there?

The girl's clear eyes without the slightest negative emotion seemed to be asking this question.

At this moment, all the composure, composure, calmness that was forced...all vanished, and he was forcibly pulled away from him. in my arms...

"Gorge..."

Aware of her surprise and the ensuing slight daze, Inuyasha buried his face on the girl's shoulder, as if by doing so, he could get rid of the girl's slender, petite but always full of incredible energy, and he could always put away his restlessness and hesitation. Courage and strength are regained in the gently soothing body...

"...Inuyasha?" Kagome hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and ignored the smirk by the well and made a gesture of "Come on!" to himself, then pulled the envoy back two steps and faded out. The guy in his line of sight raised his hand and hugged the half-demon who was hugging him tightly.

"What's the matter?" she asked softly.

"Gorge..."

Apart from calling her name, the half-demon has no other words.

Maybe he was going to say something.

However, the word "please" seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties, falling on his chest, and he couldn't spit out his throat at all.

he can not……

You can't take advantage of her feelings for him and selfishly make such a request at such a time.

--he can not.

Inuyasha loosened his arms around the girl's back.

"... nothing," he replied in the calmest tone he could muster, "it's nothing... just..."

But, let me just hug you for a while.

Just a moment...

……

When Kagome and Inuyasha returned to the living room of Higurashi's house together, they found that Qiaowen and Bawei, who had come back earlier, were already waiting there. Wei's face that had finally faded from the heat almost turned red again.

The girl helplessly gave this vicious little friend a condemning look, in exchange for the other party's innocent hand.

Kagome will no longer believe that the other party is really "innocent"!

She pulled Inuyasha who had been silent all the way and sat down beside her little friend.

"Although I only tried it once, I don't think there is any need to try it a second time."

The girl said in a deep voice.

"Without the fragments of the Jade of the Four Souls, I really cannot pass through the Well of Bone Eaters and go to another era."

Perhaps because of the faint expectation of this answer, Kagome's expression was calm beyond everyone's expectations.

But the hand she held in Inuyasha's hand was getting tighter and tighter. Only the slightly white fingertips showed that the girl's heart was far less calm than she showed.

Kagome didn't notice this at all.

She is still doing analysis seemingly calmly:

"So what we need to do now is to make a decision as soon as possible, and destroy the last piece of jade of the four souls left in this world as soon as possible..."

"Wait, don't be so hasty to jump to conclusions." Qiao Wen saw that she was strong on the outside, but she didn't expose it, but the girl's voice was interrupted by a gentle voice.

Facing Kagome's blank gaze, he imitated a certain Mr. Fox and raised his eyebrows:

"Kagome, besides Bai Yu and me, do you know of anyone else who can destroy the jade fragments of the Four Souls?"

"Uh..." Kagome thought for a while, then silently shook her head.

……very good.

Qiao Wen asked again: "Then, does it mean that when the jade of the four souls is destroyed, either I or one of the white jade must be present?"

"This..." Kagome hesitated for a moment, "Should I want it...?"

"Then here comes the problem."

Qiao Wen smiled slightly.

"It's okay if you decide to stay in the modern age. If your final decision is to go back to the Warring States Period and live with Inuyasha, then, after you go back, how will the jade fragments of the four souls be destroyed?"

Seeing Kagome's dazed look, Qiao Wen kindly reminded:

"If we go to the Warring States Period through the Well of Bone Eating with you and destroy the jade fragments of the four souls, how will we come back?"

And if you want to destroy it after traveling back to modern times by carrying the jade fragments of the four souls, then the existence of Kagome is indispensable-it has been proved countless times before that only Qiao Wen himself, or Xiao Baiyu , it is impossible to successfully pass through the well of bones with the help of the jade fragments of the four souls...

Kagome: ...

Kagome was completely stunned.

She hadn't thought of the possibility Qiao Wen raised at all, and was only concerned about her own choice. She hadn't thought about how to solve the problem of destroying the jade fragments of the four souls if she chose to go to the Warring States Period!

"And..." Qiao Wen smiled, without giving Kagome time to react, he directly asked another question:

"Why does it have to be you, Kagome, who makes the choice?"

"……Eh?"

Under the girl's astonished gaze, Qiao Wen turned to the half-demon boy who had been uncharacteristically silent since just now:

"Why couldn't it be Inuyasha who made this choice?"

Kagome: "...Ah..."

She was a little dazed, but still half dazed.

Turning his head and looking at Inuyasha who was also surprised, Kagome pursed his lips and didn't respond immediately.

Inuyasha's eyes widened, he looked at Qiao Wen who was full of doubts, and then at Kagome who was distracted...

He slowly pursed his lips.

That fellow Jowin was right.

The half-demon thought.

Why must Kagome be the one who makes the choice and the sacrifice?

What about him?

Why can't he?

Why from the very beginning, everyone acquiesced that Kagome had to give up something?

The half-demon unconsciously clenched the girl's hand in his palm.

It was soft, warm, and had the power to soothe his soul.

— just like its owner.

Inuyasha suddenly laughed.

Yes.

Just like Kagome.

Gentle, lively, warm, full of power that can calm his heart...

——Same as this Kagome.

His eyes gradually brightened——

"I……"