InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome's Realization ❯ Chapter 17 ( Chapter 22 )

Inuyasha rocked back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Again and again, he held Kagome in his arms, her head lying on his chest. Inuyasha rested his head on top of hers. Back and forth he rocked.

"Why wasn't I here?" He questioned himself; he didn't even recognize the sound of his own voice it was so broken with emotion. "I should have been here. None of this would be happening if I hadn't let you sweet talk me into leaving you to study in peace…" Inuyasha couldn't continue. He was trying his hardest not to let himself cry and for his efforts he was now chocking on those tears.

Inuyasha clutched Kagome to him; he squeezed his eyes shut causing a few tears to fall. Inuyasha's eyes snapped open, though, when he felt the warmth of Kagome's body start to turn cold. She's dead, Inuyasha's brain reminded him.

"NNOO!" He screamed. "I SAID THAT I WOULDN'T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU. I REFUSE TO LET DEATH BEAT ME!" He scooped Kagome up in his arms and rose, facing the well. "I shall save you." And he jumped in.

"What's taking so long?" Shippo whined again. He wanted Kagome to come back and he wanted her back now. She had been gone for days and he was anxious to see her. Inuyasha wasn't anywhere around either so that has to mean that he went to pick her up.

"I'm sure they will be here soon." Miroku repeated for the seventh time, would have been more but Sango took up the slack.

"Why don't you go outside and wait for them? The sun should be setting soon and that's usually when Kagome-chan returns." Sango offered, she loved Shippo but he was annoying her something fierce.

"Great idea." Shippo cried, and started to run out of the hut but just as he was going to pull back the door drape Inuyasha came barging him kicking him across the room.

"Ow, Inuyasha." Shippo complained, rubbing his head. When he looked up and saw Kagome in Inuyasha's arms he forgot all about his pain.

"Inuyasha." Said Sango and Miroku at the same time, looking up at him in surprise.

"Kagome-chan?" Sango questioned rising to her feet.

"Kagome-sama?" Miroku said, also rising to his feet.

"You have to help me." Was all Inuyasha said.

Sango took a good look at her friend and saw all the blood that was on her shirt, which she had at first thought to simply be red. Sango walked over to them and put a shaky hand to Kagome's cheek.

"She's freezing, Inuyasha. Bring her over here by the fire. We need to warm her up." Sango said, when Inuyasha didn't respond she looked at Miroku for help.

"Let me help you." Miroku offered.

"Kagome?" Shippo said jumping onto Inuyasha's shoulder, peering down at Kagome.

"She isn't going to answer." Inuyasha said, very quietly.

"Why not?" Shippo asked, fearing the worse tears started to find their way up to his eyes.

"She's gone." He whispered so softly that only Shippo heard him.

"NNOO!" Cried Shippo.

"What? What?" Sango and Miroku said.

Inuyasha walked over to the fireplace, a crying Shippo jumped to Sango when they passed her, and laid Kagome down in front of the fire. He draped a blanket over her to help keep her body warm.

"She's dead." Shippo screamed. "Inuyasha said she's dead."

Sango's jaw dropped at Shippo's words. No, no this could not be possible. Inuyasha would never let harm come to Kagome, never. But she was so cold. Sango slowly turned and looked at Inuyasha with Kagome by the fire. He was gently stroking her hair.

"What happened, Inuyasha?" Miroku demanded. When Inuyasha ignored them him stalked over to Inuyasha and yanked him up by the back of his shirt. "What happened to Kagome-sama?"

Inuyasha didn't want to look at them. He knew how much Kagome meant to all in the hut and having to see the pain and hurt in their eyes would just make it too real. And yet, he couldn't avoid them; he owed them more than that.

"That doesn't matter now. I am not even sure myself. I wasn't there. I shall never forgive myself for not being there when she needed me the most, but I am going to help her now. Sango, isn't there anything you can do?" Inuyasha asked with little hope.

"How did she die, Inuyasha?" Sango said, coming forward, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Stabbed, I think. I found a large knife next to her. I think she was stabbed in the chest somewhere, her shirt is covered in her blood." Inuyasha said, watching Sango look down at Kagome.

Sango felt herself jerk at Inuyasha's words. Stabbed. Poor, poor sweet Kagome stabbed. Knife wounds are hard to treat as they can penetrate deep into the body; Sango felt a pain in her heart thinking of her best friend bleeding to death.

"She's lost a lot of blood, Inuyasha. Even.." Sango paused feeling lightheaded but continued "Even if I could revive her nothing I could do would be able to replace it. A lung could …"

"I get your point." Inuyasha said, interrupting her.

"Sesshomaru." Miroku said out of nowhere.

"Where?" Inuyasha said looking towards the door. "I don't sense him."

"Let's go to Sesshomaru." Miroku said, ignoring his obvious misunderstanding. "He could revive her with his sword, couldn't he?"

"Yeah." Shippo said, he had been quietly crying while sitting on Sango's shoulder looking as his adopted mother.

"He should still be nearby, I saw him just a little while ago." Inuyasha said, a light back in his eyes. "And if he refuses than I shall beat him into submission." Inuyasha bent down and picked Kagome up again.

"I wish I hadn't let Kirara go with Keade now." Sango said turning to Miroku. "Looks like we're going on foot."

"Nonsense." Inuyasha said over his shoulder as he walked out of the hut with Kagome. Sango and Miroku ran to catch up. "Go and tell the villagers Kagome has been hurt and you need to borrow two of their fastest horses. I'll go on ahead, head north. That's the last direction I saw Sesshomaru going in." Inuyasha didn't even wait to see if they heard him, he just took off running.

"Lets go, Hoshi-sama." Sango said, running towards the stable.

Sesshomaru watched silently as Jaken set up the firewood so a fire could be lit for Rin. After his uninteresting conversation with Inuyasha, Sesshomaru had simply walked away, taking his companions with him.

But Sesshomaru had felt an odd sensation as he left his brother. He felt an indescribable sensation run along his spine, seep into his heart. Though no one would have been able to tell by simply glancing at him, but he could not stop himself from constantly taking a side-glance at Rin to make sure that she was safe. When the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, he declared that camp was to be set up. Something was happening and he knew somehow that if he waited whatever it was that was happening would pass by him.

So he entertained himself by ordering Jaken to fetch food and firewood for Rin and watch the little toad try to keep his complaints to himself. Rin on the other hand found flower delight in the place Sesshomaru decided to stop at and set about making a flower necklace. So the sun set. Dinner was found, cooked and then consumed by Rin as Sesshomaru waited.

It was about an hour after sunset that Sesshomaru picked up the first signs of his brother coming his way. Sesshomaru knew Inuyasha had his miko with him but by the smell of her she didn't seem to be in good condition.

So when Inuyasha came running up to their campsite carrying his human woman in his arms only Sesshomaru showed no signs of surprise.

"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said, stopping a few feet away from him.

"Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said back to him. He might have looked like he didn't care but he looked at the woman called Kagome with great curiosity. "What has happened to your human?" Sesshomaru asked, unable to help himself.

"She died. She lost too much blood and died. I want you to revive her." Inuyasha said. No need to play games, he decided.

"Oh, please." Rin said, coming to stand next to her Sesshomaru-sama. "Rin doesn't want the nice lady to be dead."

"You know her, Rin?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I only remember that she was there when I woke up after Kohaku attacked. She was holding Rin when Rin woke up." She explained. The kind look in her eyes was much better than the vacant eyes of Kohaku.

"Are you going to help me or not?" Inuyasha asked. He hated having to ask his brother for help but if it meant that Kagome could be saved then so be it.

Sesshomaru, deciding that he hadn't waited around to simply walk away again, rose to his feet and pulled Tensegia from its sheath. "Lay her on the ground." Sesshomaru ordered Inuyasha while looking at Kagome the whole time.

Inuyasha did what Sesshomaru asked without question. Moving a little closer to the fire Inuyasha set Kagome down. Though he didn't want to, Inuyasha stepped away.

Sesshomaru stared at Kagome and waited. He waited to see the demons that came to take the soul away; it was then that he could revive her. The minutes passed as Sesshomaru never looked away.

"What are you waiting for?" Inuyasha asked getting irritated.

Sesshomaru didn't even bother to answer him. An old feeling crept over Sesshomaru, one he wasn't too fond of. Even though everyone was waiting for it, everyone around Kagome and Sesshomaru jumped when Sesshomaru suddenly struck down over Kagome's body.

Inuyasha rushed passed Sesshomaru to kneel by Kagome taking her hand in his. It was still cold. Inuyasha jumped to his feet and turned angry eyes on Sesshomaru. "What did you do?"

"What you wanted." Sesshomaru said, placing his sword back into its sheath.

"I wanted you to bring her back, not wave your sword around." Inuyasha replied.

"Inuyasha!" Called Miroku as he and Sango galloped up to the campsite.

Sango came to a quick halt and jumped down, running over to Inuyasha, who looked ready to kill. "Did he say he would help?"

"He said he did but she's still dead." Inuyasha said, pointing down to Kagome's body. Sango's face fell.

"It didn't work?" Miroku asked, walking calmly over to the group with Shippo on his shoulders.

"They never appeared." Sesshomaru said he never lifted his gaze from Kagome.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked pissed.

"When you die demons from the other side come to collect the soul but they never appeared. Tensegia pulsates when it is going to bring life back." Sesshomaru did not like the idea of telling anyone his swords secrets but an explanation was needed. Only the truth would work.

"So you're saying it's too late?" Shippo said, with complete misery in his voice.

"Only that the Tensegia will not revive her." Sesshomaru was completely puzzled. He knew before he used it that the Tensegia would not revive her. If reviving Kagome with his sword had not been what he was supposed to do he had no idea why he was there.

"So that's it? We just accept that she is gone forever and go about the ritual of burying her?" Inuyasha could not believe what was happening. Early today he had been so happy. The happiest he had ever been actually. Kagome was coming home, that was always a good day. And now everything was spinning out of his control and destroying things with Testuiga wasn't going to help.

"No." Miroku said. He had been lost in thought. He knew of only one person who could revive the dead. No matter how long they had been dead, if he wanted they would live again. And really be alive, not the walking dead. "There is one other person, but I don't think he will help."

"What?" Inuyasha said, storming up to Miroku and grabbing a handful of his clothes bringing his face a few inches from his face. "Why didn't you say anything earlier?"

"Calm down." Miroku said trying to pull himself out of Inuyasha's death grip. "I didn't remember till now. I have only heard a few stories when I was a child. I am not even sure if this person even exists."

"Who?" Sango said forcing Inuyasha to let Miroku go.

"Masimato Yunigie." Said Miroku stepping away from Inuyasha.

"I've never heard of this person." Sango said. Her father loved to tell them stories of all the wondrous things people have done long ago but she had never heard of Masimato Yunigie.

"I have." Sesshomaru said stepping forward.

Author's Note: I am still working out the details of my character Masimato Yunigie so I'm going to end it here. I want to thank my friend Amber for all her helpful ideas concerning Kagome's Realization and for being there when I want to bounce ideas off of someone who loves this story as much as I do. Also if you have complaints about the death of Kagome then please email them to chel_rai@yahoo.com with attention Ai in the subject because it was her idea. And I would also like to thank everyone for reading and enjoying and urging me to write more, because I love to write so much. I hope you urge me more .