InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome and The Silver Hanyou ❯ Chapter 11

Kagome struggled out the soldier's grip and ran towards Inuyasha. In that moment the others arrived and saw the horrible image. When Sango saw Inuyasha, she buried her head in Miroku's chest. Neither did he believe that they got there too late. A long silence covered the rest of the crew who remained alive after the fight. They watched motionless how Kagome ran to Inuyasha's body.

-“Inuyasha!” she screamed from the top of her lungs, her scream waking everyone from their state. They ran to him, Kagome in front of them. She slowed down as she approached him, tears in her eyes. Inuyasha's eyes were still open, but one look at his wound and anyone can see that his death is certain.

Sesshoumaru rose satisfied and left with Vurumugum, without anyone to observe them.

-“Inuyasha! Inuyasha!” Kagome yelled, chocking.

Kagome reaches down and grasps Inuyasha's hand. His glassy eyes clear a bit as he attempts to look up at her. Kagome makes it easier for him by moving closer, still gripping his hand tightly in both of hers. He watches as silver tears roll off her cheeks and onto his chest. She's trying not to sob.

-“…Ka…Kagome…?” Inuyasha slowly says, his voice being hoarse at first. He forces some strength into it. “…Please…don't cry…I will be okay…I'm Silver Hanyou…the most dreadful pirate on the 7 seas…”

As he says this, he reaches his hand up to caress her cheek with his thumb, wiping away tears, only to have them replaced by others, in an endless salty flood. She cups his hand to her cheek desperately as he tries to flash her his usual confident smirk. That's too much for her, seeing him smile for the last time...she collapses on him, burying her face in his neck and shoulder, snaking her arms around his neck, gently cradling his head. She sobs quietly into his shoulder as a slightly distressed look crosses Inuyasha's face. He doesn't want her to cry. He tries to get her attention...

-“…Kagome…?” he says slowly. “…Don't cry. At least…you are safe…”

Kagome watched him with tears in her eyes. She couldn't bear to hear him talk like that. She approached and gave him a kiss in which she put her entire love.

-“I love you, Inuyasha,” she said between sobs.

Smiling, he traces her beautiful face in the fading stars as he draws his last breath...and he remembers he has to tell her...

-“…Kagome…” he weakly says.

She raises her head to give him her full attention, nodding slightly, and swallowing hard. Her eyes are wide in dread of the approaching moment. We can't see Inuyasha's violet orbs; they're clenched shut in concentration, his voice fading...

-“…Kagome…I…love…”

The sound dies in his throat, and he can only helplessly mouth the last word. "You." Kagome watches in denial as he seems to fall into a deep relaxed sleep, the tension in every muscle leaving as she feels his arm slip lifelessly on her back.

-“…No…”

She slightly shakes his warm body, her voice rising steadily in panic.

-“...no Inuyasha...Inuyasha! Wake up! Please! Inuyasha!”

In the back, the others watched as she again throwed herself on the body that was Inuyasha. Realising he's dead, Sango allows Miroku to pull her head onto his shoulder and wrap his arms around her. Miroku squeezes her tightly, but gently, not wanting to realize that his best friend is dead. Aside, Shippou cries in Hikaru's shirt as Kirara nuzzles in Riku's legs, meowly mourning.

-“Inuyasha! INUYASHA!” Kagome shouts with pain in her voice.

It hurted her father's heart to see her in such pain. Even if he wasn't one of mind with their love, something made him sorry. He came beside her and kneeled.

-“He would have been killed sooner or later. He was a killer. He killed numerous men, woman and children. Did you really whished to be with someone like him?”

-“You never knew him!”

Her father was surprised of the hate of her voice. She looked at him. The duke saw the pain in her eyes as she hugged his head, still protecting him, even in death. He dared:

-“Kagome, but…”

-“No “but”! You never knew him! I stood aside him and I met all his sides, good and bad, and I realized what kind of man he is! He maybe isn't a man without sins, but who is? It's true that he had made all those injustices, but he made them because of the pain in his heart! And for his pain I was his medicine! Inuyasha is not a monster! The true monster in Sesshoumaru, the one to whom you want me to marry! I saw his true face when he tried to kill me!”

Her father didn't know what to say.

-“Kagome, I…”

-“Please, just leave me alone.”

Her father didn't object and left. Kagome remained next to Inuyasha's lifeless body. The others still kept the distance. The tears still ran on her face. She still couldn't believe that Inuyasha was gone. He was in a similar situation when he fought that demonic snake, but then, Myouga saved him. Now, nobody could save him! Kagome got closer and kissed his lips that begun to get cold.

-“I-Inuyasha, if there could b-be a method to br-bring you back to life, I wo-would give my life to see you a-alive! I c-can't live without you! You are all that is for me! Without you, I wou-wouldn't have found real happiness!” Getting closer, “Inuyasha, even if you can't hear me…I love you.”

As she came closer to kiss him for the last time, the necklace's jewel began to glow. A glow more powerful that the one that saved them from Vurumugum's spell. The crew watched surprised.

-“What's this?” asked Kaoru.

-“It's like when Kagome-sama saved us…but warmer,” said Hikaru.

-“Hey! My arm is healed!” said Riku.

-“Awa! Healed?!” Miroku says surprised. “Then…it's possible that…”

As his unasked question sinks in, all eyes cautiously shift their gaze to Kagome... and a hanyou Inuyasha!

Oblivious to the change, Kagome cries. Sobbing quietly, she clutches the fabric of Inuyasha's coat in her hands and hangs her head over his shoulder. His silver hair is splayed out like snow below his neck and shoulders, and his rough features can be clearly seen in the approaching dawn. Almost too quick to be noticed, a sudden pulse runs through his body.

Kagome reacts slowly to the small amount of movement. Dreamily, she allows her eyes fall half open. She imagined that movement, it was not real…wishfully thinking.

-“…Inuyasha…” Kagome whispered hopeless.

She closed her eyes again until a second pulse causes them to jolt open wide. A slight intake of breath tickles her ear. She jerks her head up.

-“Inuyasha!” she whispers.

Suddenly she feels her body rise, ever so slightly, as the chest she's been lying on expands with air. At the same time, Inuyasha takes in a deep breath, coughs slightly, and stirs his head, curses a-muttering.

-“*cough*...what the...*cough, cough*...fuck... ... *groan*”

Kagome's face is hungry, starved for something, some proof. Eager to get it, she renews her grip in his clothing and shakes him gently, her voice pleading, begging.

-“…Inuyasha? Inuyasha! Please…”

Amber eyes shoot open, they way eyes do when waking from a nightmare you won't remember having. Inuyasha blinks for a moment, totally confused, before they become focused on the face before him. He blinks again...

-“…Ka…Kagome?” he says confuse.

The second his eyes lock on hers, a choked cry escapes her throat. She can't breathe, scream, cry, talk, or even smile wide enough to contain her joy. Inuyasha smiles and hugged her tightly, not letting go, as is he wouldn't like to loose her again. After a couple of moments, Kagome gets up to look him in the eyes.

-“Oh, Inuyasha! I'm so happy! Then, “How?”

-“Kikyou said that the necklace can revive a single person, if there is a right combination of emotions. Thank you, Kagome.”

Kagome smiled, and he caressed her face. The others came to welcome their captain returned from death. Shippou jumped on his shoulder and hugged him.

-“ Captain! You moron! I thought we've lost you!”

Inuyasha took him off and crushed him on the ground.

-“Get offa' me! You're a pain in my side!”

Inuyasha got up to salute the others of the crew, from which he heard what happened in his absence. Kagome came with Tetsusaiga in her hands.

-“I think this belongs to you.”

Inuyasha turned and took the sword.

-“Thanks, Kagome that you took care of her. I knew that it was in good hands.”

Kagome blushed until Inuyasha had a passionate look, and took her in a tight embrace.

-“And thanks for always being with me,” he said at her ear, before he tenderly kissed her. After he stopped the kiss, he said:

-“Now to find that bastard!”