InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cold as you ❯ Chapter 23 ( Chapter 23 )

Chapter 23: I've never been anywhere cold as you

Kagome smiled even though she lay on her back in the midst of broken bodies and blood. The Incarnations had let her be, knowing she was walking to her doom. Naraku had in fact been pleased with that. She had brought the remaining shards. Within the fight, Kohaku had been set free and allowed to live on. Kirara had taken him to safety.

When the end had come, it had been too late. Naraku had taken her in. He had done so just as the others had arrived, realizing that she had gone missing. Kagome had sought out the jewel. She had found it even has her body was failing from the acids. She collapsed within and had bonded the jewel together. In a final act, she pulled on the power of the jewel and allowed it to burst from her body without any control or direction. It had torn her fragile human body apart.

She now lay staring at the sky, unable to move or do much of anything. Everything was fading from her. She felt Sesshomaru move before her and felt the slice of Tensaiga but knew that it wouldn't work. A painful, bitter laugh escaped. “I've never been anywhere as cold…” Blood spilled from her lips. In her hand, she still clutched the jewel in her hands.

Suddenly she felt blazing warmth. She felt Sesshomaru pick her up. It was from him. Was that why he hid everything? He felt very warm. “I wish…” Kagome's eyes connected with his. “I wish for them all to live in exchange for my life…” She felt the jewel begin to heat up. She felt her body grow completely numb. The last she saw was a pair of golden eyes with agony and tears in their eyes.