InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love and War ❯ It wasn't love ( Chapter 18 )

Part nineteen: It wasn't love

The next morning when Kagome woke up, it was to find Inuyasha getting dressed. She looked him over and though he appeared to be dressing normal there was something wrong.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him.

He stopped what he was doing and went over to her side of the bed and sat down. He brought her to him for a kiss and she responded passionately. "Kagome I need you to go home for a few days."

"What? Why?" she asked. Something was wrong and she knew it!

"It's not safe around here. I'm going out today and I'm going to finish this once and for all. I don't want you to be anywhere around the Dogs. I want you to be safe and alive. I want you to be at home waiting on me."

"No Inuyasha. If you're going so am I," she said as she got out of bed.

"No you are not Kagome!" Inuyasha said to her. He refused to allow her to come along and get herself killed.

"You can't stop me. Remember you need me to fulfill some prophecy or you will never get your parents back."

"Fuck the prophecy Kagome. I don't want you to get hurt. My parents are dead and yes I wanted to bring them back but if it's at a risk of losing you I can't do that. I know they wouldn't want me to do that. Kagome I love you and I want you safe."

"And I will be safe with you there. Inuyasha you know you need me for this. Please do not leave me out of this. This got personal Inuyasha. He made this personal when he went after my grandfather."

"Kagome no!"

"Inuyasha I've been training with you for months. I can handle myself Inuyasha. You need me to fulfill this prophecy and it doesn't make sense to quit now. Come on Inuyasha with you and the others there and the skills I've developed I'm not going to be in any danger."

Inuyasha looked at her. She was right. He did need her for the prophecy and he didn't want to quit trying to revive his parents but he didn't want to lose her. That would just tear him apart. On the other hand Kagome was right. Over the past couple of months she had learned a lot and was actually quite powerful not only in her weapons and martial arts but with her miko powers as well she probably could take care of herself but he was going to make sure nothing happened to her.

"Be ready in five minutes," he said before he left the room.

Kagome rushed to get ready. Well she guessed today as was the day. She had sent the letters two days ago and hoped that everyone got theirs. She had a feeling that her life would be ending soon and had come to terms with it. She pulled on a pair of tight leather pants and a matching tank top. It laced up at the back and tied at a knot at the top. She pulled her boots on and when she was done she pulled her long hair into a high ponytail. She was ready by the time Inuyasha came back to the room for her and left with him to join the others.

In the courtyard the others were waiting for them. Kagome could see that they were all dressed and ready for action. Their clothes though were a bit odd. Sango wore a full black body suit with long sleeves and a scooped neck. It looked innocent enough until she turned around. Almost all of her creamy back was showing. It was only covered by the large boomerang she had slung across her. Rin wore a full body suit but it had short sleeves and was a short pants. Her long legs were clear for viewing and she wore thick black combat boots. She had her blade hidden in her boots and had a few more smaller daggers strategically placed in her outfit also throwing knives lined in her jacket. Kagome went over to the girls and silently they all hugged.

Miroku came out then. He was dressed in a long purple monk's robe with black pants beneath. He wore thick black boots on his feet. What was weird was the piece of purple cloth he had tied around his right hand. The cloth was held in place by a rosary. He carried a staff in his hand that had weird design at the top done in gold. Sesshomaru came out then and Kagome's mouth dropped. He wore a long white robe and pants underneath. He also wore combat boots. He had something draped around him that looked very fluffy and a lot like a tail. Kagome had no idea where these weird clothes came from but she had a feeling it was important to them to wear it during this battle.

Kagome turned and looked at Inuyasha. His outfit surprised her as well. It was the red haori he wore when he practiced. At least it looked like it. This one though looked of a better quality and looked like it had been worn in a battle before. He was saying something to his men then when he finished she saw him go off alone. She was about to follow him when someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Sesshomaru shake his head at her then he and Miroku followed the man. When they saw him he was leaning against a wall smoking a cigar. He looked at them and smirked. He then tossed each of them a cigar and watched as they lit up.

"Well gentlemen this is it," he said. "The day we've been waiting for."

"Yeah. Never thought I would see it personally. It felt like such a long time," Sesshomaru said as he took a drag from his cigar.

"It has been a long time," Miroku said as he puffed at the cigar and clenched and unclenched his once wounded hand.

"Well all of the waiting and preparing ends today. It's been nice working with all of you," Inuyasha said stiffly with an air of authority.

"You as well old man," Miroku said with a grin.

"Now. How about we go kick some ass?"

"Now that's what I'm talking about!"

The guys then walked back to the others. All of the men got into cars then. Kagome was about to walk over to a car when Sango stopped her. She turned when she heard bikes rev up behind her. She saw Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and Miroku on the bikes she had seen in the hidden room. She and the other girls got on behind the guys. Inuyasha turned and gave Kagome a helmet and so did the other guys to the girls. When they were ready, the girls held on tight. Inuyasha sped off in front leading the way towards Naraku's mansion. They were going to end this once and for all.

Inuyasha zoomed through traffic with his men right behind him. Today they really didn't give a damn about the law. He could feel the anticipation and excitement run through his blood. He was really looking forward to this and nothing was going to get in his way. He looked to his sides and saw his brother and best friend. Behind his helmet he grinned at them and kicked the bike into high gear and sped off. He felt Kagome tighten her grip on him and he reached down to cover her hand with one of his and give it a squeeze. She turned her hand over and squeezed his back. She was behind him one hundred percent.

He followed the directions given to him and drove to a secluded mansion. He stopped on a hill that over looked the compound. He could see some people walking around doing ordinary things but he knew better. He knew that they were patrolling and he had no doubt that Naraku was expecting them. He always seemed to know what was going on before things happened.

Inuyasha whipped off his helmet and his long white hair flew out in the air. He turned his head and looked at Kagome and gave her a wink. He also looked over to his men. He didn't need to say anything because they all seemed to understand the silent message. He nodded to Miroku and Sesshomaru and the men nodded to him. Inuyasha took a deep breath then sped on down the hill with his men right behind him.

All was going well until a bullet whizzed past him. He knew it. So they were expecting him. When another shot was aimed in their direction, Inuyasha squeezed Kagome's hand. The girl took the hint and pulled off her helmet. She then pulled the gun from the back of his pants. Balancing, she stood up on the motorcycle and shot in the direction of where the bullet had come from. A man fell out of a tree face down to the ground. Kagome sat back down and held on as Inuyasha got ready to jump the gate of Naraku's mansion.

He rode his bike back a few meters then stopped. He looked at the men getting ready for him to try and crash it but that wasn't what he had planned. Inuyasha pressed gas and sped forward. At the last moment he pushed up the bike and it went flying over the gate. Anyone watching would see white and black hair merging to become one in the air. As the men lingered around beneath them, stunned by what actually happened, Inuyasha pulled out a gun and sprayed them all with bullets. Many dropped dead to the ground right there but others ran for cover. When he landed the bike skidded then came to a stop.

Kagome got off and ran over to the gate. When she saw it was locked she pulled out her gun and aimed. She turned her face away and fired at it. Soon she heard the lock break and fall to the floor. She opened the gate wide allowing her comrades to enter. The bikes and jeeps and cars soon entered the compound ready for a battle. They weren't disappointed.

Just as they got inside Sango was shot at. Unknown to a lot of people, Sango had demon senses as well and heard the bullet long before it reached her. She threw herself over the side of the bike and flipped into the air just as the bullet passed her. Miroku didn't waste time thinking. He immediately opened fire on the direction the shooting came from. More than one man fell then.

Rin was already off the bike herself when Sesshomaru was about to be attacked from behind. Reflexively she reached for one of her throwing knives from the inside of her jacket and threw it expertly at the man. He was struck in the throat and dropped to the ground dead with a surprised expression on his face. She was about to be rushed from behind but Sesshomaru caught this action. He lashed out his whip and it wrapped around her not to harm but to save. He pulled hard on it and she spun straight into his arms. He took out a gun and shot the man in the center of his forehead. Rin looked up at her mate and grinned. When he looked down at her they shared a quick kiss then went back to the battle at hand.

At the moment Kagome was grabbed from behind by someone but she refused to be captured so easily. As the men held her and struggled to keep her still she kicked her leg over her shoulder and hit him straight in the head. She grinned when he fell thinking she would have to thank Inuyasha for her flexibly later. Speaking of Inuyasha, where was her fiancé?

Inuyasha had other things on his mind at the moment and one of them was killing someone that caused him a lot of pain lately. Inuyasha and some of his men made their way up to the house. He kicked the doors and the split and flew into the room. He was full of rage and would be stopped by no one. He was immediately rushed but he only jumped over the man's head and before he got a chance to turn around kicked him to the side of his head leaving him unconscious.

He made his way further into the house searching for one person right then. Kouga. He knew the man was there because he could smell him. His scent was mixed with anticipation and......fear. Inuyasha grinned, his fangs lengthening in the process. Good. He left his men to fight off those in the house as he made his way towards the scent. At the prospect of killing such a worthy opponent, Inuyasha's blood began to sing. He could feel the demon side of him coming out fully now and he willingly gave over to it. He claws lengthened and so did his fangs. They were now visible outside of his mouth and made him look even more wicked. His once amber eyes went from the color of gold to the color of blood. He could almost taste his opponent's blood.

Inuyasha stopped at the back entrance of the house. Kouga was outside. Good. His demon side felt right at home outside. Inuyasha opened the door and immediately an arrow was shot aiming for his heart. The demon anticipating something would happen had his senses in tuned with all going on around him. When he caught the arrow before it had the chance to get to his heart, the owner gasped in surprise. That was unexpected.

Inuyasha raised crimson eyes up to a tree to see a sight he never thought he would see. Kikyo stood there proud of what she had done. She looked down at him with hatred in her eyes and Inuyasha felt this was the first time he was seeing any real emotions. He growled at her. His human side may have been close with her and fond of her but his demon side didn't give a damn. She tried to kill him and that meant one thing. She was going to die.

The woman shot an arrow at his heart again. She thought he would be distracted by the discovery that it was her who betrayed them all and she was right. She would have killed him had not Kagome showed up. Just as Kikyo's arrow flew, another one did at the same time and the arrows struck each other. Kagome's blue miko energy in her arrow fought against Kikyo's red one. Kikyo's arrow dissolved in the air and the woman gasped outraged. The little bitch destroyed her arrow.

Inuyasha looked back at the girl. The murder in his eyes disappeared when he saw her. Her scent was familiar to him. It was all over him as was his scent all over her. She was his mate. He thought she would fear him when she noticed he went full demon but she didn't. She only looked at him with a curiosity then she smiled at him. It encouraged him and he turned back to find Kouga.

"Well Inuyasha wasn't that sweet," said a voice from above. Inuyasha spun to see Kouga standing on the low roof above his head. "Your bitch came to your rescue."

Inuyasha didn't answer. He only looked at the man with murderous intent in his eyes. Kouga must have seen it because for a second the smell of fear was strong on him before it was masked by courage.

"Well what happened dog turd? Cat got your tongue?" Kouga asked.

"Enough bullshit Kouga. Get down here and face me."

"Ooh look who's the big bad demon," Kouga taunted. When he saw that his taunts weren't working he sighed. He guess he'd have to fight him after all. "Very well."

Kouga ran down from the roof with a speed Inuyasha didn't think was possible. Before he could block it Kouga had kicked him in the chest sending him flying backwards. Inuyasha didn't fall though. He flipped over in the air and landed on his feet. He only looked down at his haori and brushed at the footmark Kouga had left. He looked up at the man as if asking if that was all he could do and Kouga took the hint.

He attacked again but this time Inuyasha was ready for him. He dodged all his punches and kicks and landed a few of his own. Kouga went to spin kick Inuyasha but Inuyasha caught his foot and pulled bringing the man down. He raised his fist and brought it down. He was about to punch Kouga before the man moved. Inuyasha's fist, instead of hitting Kouga, went straight through the earth beneath him. Kagome's eyes widened as she saw this. Obviously Inuyasha was determined to kill Kouga.

Kouga himself was surprised at this and was scared. He knew Inuyasha was a demon to be feared but he always thought the half demon was never up to his level. He was now being proved wrong. He'd never seen this side of him before and it scared him. Looked like if he wasn't careful he really was going to die.

"Miroku watch out," Sango yelled as she pulled her arm back and let the boomerang fly. The sharp edges of it cut down any and everything in its path saving her fiancé from certain death. As built, the boomerang went flying back to her and she caught it and slung it back on her shoulder. Miroku looked at his fiancée and grinned at her.

"Enough of that!" yelled Sesshomaru. "Get your ass back to the fighting!"

Sango smirked at her brother and returned to the fight at hand. She knew she shouldn't be having so much fun taking people's lives but that wasn't the reason she was excited. It wasn't the reason any of them were excited. Today was the day this life would come to an end. If they survived this they would get out of this life of crime and be able to live normal lives. Sango only hoped her brother Inuyasha was successful in finding Naraku and killing him.

At the moment Kouga was badly beaten and the other demon appeared not to have a scratch on him. He was fed up with all of this and whipped out his gun. He aimed it at Inuyasha and shot him in the shoulder. He heard a scream and turned to face Kagome. He grinned at the girl then aimed at her. She would die as well. Before he could do anything he heard Inuyasha speak.

"I don't think so," the man said in a voice so deep and menacing it sent chills down his spine. Inuyasha moved and all Kouga saw was a flash of white before he was attacked. Inuyasha had clawed him down his chest ripping his shirt at the same time and drawing blood. Kouga looked down at the deep scrapes in his chest and saw the blood starting to seep. Kouga went to raise his gun again to shoot Inuyasha when he himself was shot.

A cry of outrage and pain went into the air then. The sound was so wounded and horrifying that Kagome cringed. She looked at Kouga to see where Inuyasha had shot him and gasped. She felt like she was going to faint and looked away. Kouga had been shot in his crotch and was bleeding furiously. He had fallen to the ground and balled crying. He couldn't move and that what Inuyasha was aiming for. He walked over to the man and crouched beside his head to be sure he would be heard.

"That is what you did to me when you killed my child you son of a bitch," Inuyasha said as he polished his gun. "I just thought maybe I should return the favor."

Kouga couldn't say anything. He only whimpered from the ground as he looked up at Inuyasha. He wanted to kill the man and he was close enough to do it but he was in too much pain. He felt like dying and knew that he would eventually. He only wished it would happen now. "Finish it," he whispered to Inuyasha. "Kill me!"

"No. I don't think so. I want you to suffer before you die. I want you to feel your every breath leave you before you lose your soul to the devil." Inuyasha stood from the man and turned to leave. He was walking towards Kagome when he saw her raise her bow and arrow and shoot it right past his shoulder. Inuyasha spun quickly to see the arrow shoot through Kouga's throat and the man fall backwards with the gun slipping out of his hand. Kagome had just saved his life.

Before he could say any words of thanks to her, his ears picked up on a sound and raced forward before it was too late. The arrow aimed for Kagome's heart caught Inuyasha in the back. He howled at the feeling as he held onto Kagome. He pulled her down with him so she wouldn't be harmed. She looked past his shoulder to Kikyo. She had waited expecting Kouga to kill Inuyasha but when that didn't happen; she decided to take matters into her own hands.

"Inuyasha," she called down as she watched him stand. He reached behind him and pulled the arrow from his back. He looked at it and broke it in half with just his fingers. Kikyo's eyes widened. She'd never seen the demon Inuyasha in action before today and she feared she'd be killed as well. What surprised her was that Inuyasha was no longer a full demon. He was back to the regular hanyou but he still had her death in his eyes.

"Kikyo," he called back to her. "I guess it wasn't love huh?"

"It was never love Inuyasha. From the very beginning I was sent to kill you," she said as she aimed another arrow at him.

"Then why didn't you? You had many chances over the past five years."

"Naraku ordered me not to. He thought it would be so much fun just to toy with your head."

"And you do everything he asks you to," Inuyasha said. It wasn't a question.

"She's loyal to me Inuyasha," the man said as he came forward and stood beside Kikyo.

"Well good. That took care of me having to find you," Inuyasha said as he looked at Naraku.

Naraku chuckled. "So the hanyou has come to kill me has he?" Naraku taunted Inuyasha.

"Yes I do believe that is what he wants to do," Kagura said as she came up beside the two. She smiled as she looked down at them. "I should introduce myself. My name is Kagura. I believe you just killed my mate," she said as she looked down at Kouga.

"Well I believe I did you a favor. He wasn't faithful to you," Inuyasha said as he frowned at the three.

"Well thank you but I'm sorry I have to kill you." Kagura and Kikyo flew out of the tree and both attacked Inuyasha at the same time. Inuyasha swore. He never liked fighting girls but believed if he had to he would. He looked at the two girls heading over to him and knew he had a real fight on his hands.

He blocked each of their attacks trying not to kill them but maybe just injure them so they could not fight. The two girls didn't give a damn what he was trying to do. They kept attacking him. Inuyasha fought them off and had to pull out his sword when Kikyo tried to shoot him with arrows. He was taken by surprise when Kagura pulled out a fan and seemed to be controlling the wind. With one flip of her wrist, he was being attacked by the winds. His clothes had been shredded but otherwise he was okay. He made a mental note to watch out for that again.

For a brief second he looked over to find Kagome and Naraku gone. Oh no! His mind thought. He had to try and end this little fight and go to the girl's rescue. He knew of Naraku's powers and knew what the man could do to Kagome. Inuyasha waited for Kikyo's arrow again and instead of blocking it with his sword he swung the sword around and it hit the arrow causing it to turn and fly back to Kikyo. The woman wasn't expecting it so when her own arrow pierced her heart she fell to the ground with a look of surprise frozen on her face.

Inuyasha turned to Kagura and saw how the woman was looking at her fallen friend. Her attacks on Inuyasha was even more fierce now but unknown to her Inuyasha was about to use her own weapon against her as well. As he dodged Kagura's winds he searched for the wind scar as well. It was faint but he saw it all the same. He swung out and it was too late that she realized what he was going to do. He hit the wind scar dead center and sent a blast to the woman. She was attacked by his swords power and he watched as he body dissolved to dust before his eyes. With her out of the way Inuyasha sniffed the air searching for Kagome's scent. When he picked it up it was also mixed with Naraku's. The man growled and followed his nose. If he hurt his Kagome Naraku would die.

Naraku ran. It was all he could do. He knew if he stayed he would die. He thought it was a good idea to keep Inuyasha busy with Kagura and Kikyo. It would give him some time to escape before the man came after him. Naraku knew that the girls would die. He knew Inuyasha would kill them but that was their problem now. He only needed them so he could make his escape. Unfortunately though, that wasn't going to be so easy. He could hear and smell the hanyou's bitch right behind him.

He leapt into a tree and waited her arrival. He would attack her from above and kill her then he would make his escape. He was waiting and all of a sudden the sound of her feet disappeared and so did her scent. Did she go in the wrong direction by chance? Just when he was feeling lucky, he heard someone speak from behind him.

"Killing me won't be that easy," Kagome said from another branch of the same tree.

Naraku spun around to see the girl standing there. She had an arrow in her bow already and it was aimed at his heart. Naraku wasn't stupid. He knew what her miko powers could do to him and he had sensed earlier that she was a strong miko. Her powers had surpassed Kikyo's. He knew the woman was jealous of her and that was why it was so easy to use Kikyo to tell him everything about Inuyasha.

"Sadly it is the truth but you will die," he said to her with a dark smile.

"Tell me something I don't know," Kagome said and let her arrow fly. Naraku pushed himself backwards off of the tree and pulled out two guns. As he fell he shot upwards. He was going to kill this bitch. Kagome wasn't that easy to die though. She bounced around on the trees hoping from branch to branch dodging his bullets. She watched as Naraku fell to the ground with thud. He scrambled to his feet and aimed the gun at the tree. Kagome realized then that he couldn't see her and thought that was a blessing.

"Come out come out wherever you are," he taunted. Kagome only closed her eyes to slits and readied another arrow. She let it loose and it pierced Naraku in the arm. The man screamed in pain and fear and pulled it out. He shot up the tree then and Kagome hopped into another. The man followed her movements then shot at another tree. She kept dodging his bullets and jumped from tree to tree. She smiled when she heard him pull the trigger and realized the clip was empty.

She lowered herself from the tree and stood facing him. She smirked much as Inuyasha would do. "Is something wrong?" she asked as she moved closer to him.

Naraku looked at the girl and then behind him. He needed to get away. He saw the confident smirk on the girl's face and just wanted to erase it. He reached inside his jacket and pulled out three daggers. He threw them at her but it was like she was almost expecting it. She jumped high into the air spinning her body to dodge the knives. While she spun, a box dropped out of her jacket and opened. Kagome landed and looked down. She was surprised to see a necklace fall out with a round purple stone at the end.

"The Shikon no Tama," both she and Naraku said at the same time. They looked at each other and raced to get it. Kagome back flipped and while doing that she grabbed the jewel off the ground. She landed on her feet then put it around her neck.

"So the old man gave it to you," Naraku said as he looked down at the jewel.

"What?"

"Your grandfather. He was the one who had it and I had to kill him to get unfortunately he didn't have it on him like I had expected."

"You fucking bastard!" she yelled. She reached back for an arrow and realized that she was out. She looked at Naraku and saw the smirk on his face.

"Is something wrong?" he asked throwing her words back at her. He rushed her then.

Kagome braced herself and jumped over his head. Unfortunately he knew she would do that and grabbed her long hair and pulled. She slammed down to the earth beneath her. Just as he reached forward to grab the necklace she threw her foot over her head and kicked him in his. She braced her feet on the ground then pushed up the rest of her body. She stood in a fighting stance as the man planned his next attack. She thought he would try to kick her or hit her but instead he swiped her feet from under her. He brought his hand down to punch her but she rolled to the side and he hit the ground instead.

Kagome stood when he did and attacked him. She went to kick him but he grabbed her foot instead. She jumped into the air with her other foot and brought it round to kick him on the side of his face. Naraku went flying backwards and she fell crouched low. She raised herself. When he attacked her Kagome moved to fast for him to land any blows. She punched him in the side of his neck. Inuyasha once told her that it would cause a lot of pain there. She punched him a few times in the stomach as well. The man held his stomach and went to attack her. Kagome took steps back and ducked so his fist wouldn't connect with his fist.

Naraku was fed up with this and went to blast her with some of his evil energy. He didn't know however that at the exact moment Kagome's miko energy forged a force field around her. When he tried to blast her, the shield blocked it and sent his own powers back against him. He was struck and was sent sprawling back onto the field. Kagome watched him for a few seconds and saw that he wasn't moving. Maybe she had killed him or at least knocked him unconscious. She should make the wish while she had a little time.

She took the jewel from around her neck and held it tight in her arms. Just as she was about to wish she heard people yelling her name.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran towards her with the others behind him. Kaeda was following as well and when she saw what Kagome was doing she yelled out to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! She has the jewel. Don't let her wish on it!"

"What?" Inuyasha asked as he looked in Kagome's hand. He saw the jewel glowing brightly in her hand and looked at her face then back to Kaeda.

"Don't let her wish on it! The jewel needs a soul to work and if she wishes on it she'll die!"

"What! Kagome no!" he yelled as he ran faster trying to stop her but it was too late. He reached just in time to see the jewel glow a light that was almost blinding. The jewel left the girl's hand and floated into the air and spun quickly. Inuyasha raced over to Kagome and grabbed her into his arms but that still didn't stop the jewel. He was powerless and had to watch Kagome's soul float up from her body.

The spirit part looked back down at Inuyasha as she floated into the air. She smiled at him then as he watched her still holding her body. Her smile was sad and defeated.

"Kagome don't leave me!" he said to her. "Come back."

The spirit Kagome could only shaking her head. She mouthed the words 'I love you' then she was sucked into the jewel. The jewel's spinning was out of control now. They had to block their eyes from the bright light but Inuyasha still wanted to see what was going on. He heard a scream and looked over to see Naraku shaking and writhing on the ground. Before his very eyes, Naraku dissolved into dust and disappeared. A power radiated from the jewel and shot out from it covering the whole compound. Everyone was knocked back by the jewel's power. It lasted for about a minute before the light disappeared suddenly and all went quiet.

Inuyasha looked up and saw the jewel fall to the ground inches in front of him. He looked back and saw his family trying to stand. He then looked down at Kagome in his arms thinking maybe now she would wake. He whispered her name telling her it was over but got no response.

"Kagome?" he said as he shook her. "Kagome!"

"She's gone," said a voice from over him. Inuyasha shook his head. No! This wasn't happening. This wasn't happening.

"Kagome. Come on sweetheart open your eyes," he said as he continued to shake her. He refused to believe she was dead. This wasn't happening. She wouldn't leave him just like that. She couldn't. She was his mate. She couldn't die unless he was dead. She just couldn't. He wouldn't be able to live without her. She was his life.

"Kagome," he said as he pulled her closer and buried his face into the crook of her neck. "Please don't leave me Kagome.

Everyone standing around them was surprised when a sob broke free. Inuyasha was crying. Sango and Rin turned into their significant other and held on tight. The girl who they'd all come to love like a little sister had sacrificed herself so they would all be free.

"Inuyasha," the voice said softly. Inuyasha looked up red eyed and blinked furiously. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The legend was true. The jewel would work. There standing before him in the flesh was his mother and father. They were looking down at him with sympathy in their eyes.

"She was a beautiful girl," his mother said as she knelt down beside him. She touched Kagome's forehead and said words Inuyasha didn't understand. He looked at his mother with hope but there was none. His mother looked at him and smiled a sad smile. "She's in a better place now."

Inuyasha looked down at his dead mate and allowed the tears to flow freely. He didn't care who saw or what they thought. His mate had died and so did a large part of him. Inuyasha did something they'd never seen him do. He threw back his head and howled his misery to the darkening sky.