InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ My Heart Will Go On ❯ Collapsing ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer:

The Inuyasha gang is not owned by moi (who would have guessed!)

The song is by Celine Dion (which most of you probably already know :P

My Heart Will Go On

"Inuyasha, … no… wait…" Kagome whimpered. The last blast from Naraku hit Inuyasha directly in the back as he lunged to protect Kagome from the searing heat and deadly miasma. Already severely injured from previous attacks and the battle that had lasted for three days, this last hit went directly through him. Kagome watched in horror as Inuyasha's amber eyes went wide with shock and pain as he looked toward her and sank to his knees. She grabbed the last arrow out of her pack and aimed straight at the heart of the bastard who had tormented them for so long. She was covered with blood, some her own, some the hanyou's; she had been thrown around so much that she knew several of her bones were broken and she had internal damage. Still, she wasn't about to let that stop her from ending this once and for all. She began to glow bright blue as she drew all of her precious life and miko power from within her body.

"DIE, NARAKU!!" Kagome screamed as she let go of the sacred arrow. The arrow burned bright blue with the power of her love and life force as it struck Naraku true, directly in the heart.

"NO!!!" Naraku cried out as his body turned blue and slowly disintegrated into ash.

Kagome collapsed upon the ground and slowly turned her head to where Inuyasha had fallen. Crying and writhing with the pain of her wounds, she crawled her way to his side. Cradling his head in her lap, she brushed aside the bloody, silver hair that hung limply in front of his eyes. Inuyasha, she thought, open your eyes. Damn you, open your eyes!

Weakly, his eyelids fluttered, revealing amber eyes that looked at her through a haze of pain. "Kagome…" he whispered, "Kagome…"

"I'm here, Inuyasha, I'm here," she said softly.

"I'm sorry… I … never told…you…"

"Shhh, it's alright, I know," she said.

"No, … I have to say this… I won't be able to ever again…" he said, looking into her beautiful, soft eyes. "NO! Inuyasha, no, you'll be fine, don't say this… please, don't say this," Kagome pleaded.

But she could tell that his life was already draining out of him as slowly as the blood trickling from his body.

"I can't let you go, you're my life," she choked out, leaning down and pressing her lips to his forehead, " you're my heart…"

"Kagome, you need to know…that I… love you, … have always… loved you since the day you set me free," Inuyasha said through his pain. "I may… have not realized it then, but my heart did, my soul…. Kagome … you are everything to me … made my life worth living. I found the last piece… of my soul…when you entered my life…"

"Inuyasha…"

"I love you, Kagome Higurashi, … from the beginning…till now… till the end of time… You are a part of me, and I you… You are my one … true mate…" he smiled at her as his body shook, fighting to stay alive, but failing.

"Oh, Kamis, no, please, not like this, please…" Kagome whispered.

"We will be together again… my soul would not have it any other way," he whispered as his eyes slowly began to close.

"Inuyasha, I love you, I LOVE YOU," she screamed, "I need you now… here…"

His eyes opened one last time as a smile flitted across his lips. "Don't worry… I'll still be here." With his last remaining strength, he reached up with his left hand, pulling her down to meet his first, and last kiss. "I love you," he breathed as he settled his warm lips against hers. Kagome could feel his love, his very soul, reaching through her as she returned his kiss, putting everything that was in her heart into that moment.

As Miroku, Sango, and Shippo watched, the couple was engulfed in a blue aura that spread outwards, shaking the very ground beneath them all.

Kagome felt the warmth of his kiss slowly leave her as his essence at last gave way.

"NO!" she screamed as his head turned limply to the side. Her cry echoed throughout the forest, racing out towards the villages and mountains. It rent the very air it was carried away upon, sending birds flying to the sky, as humans and demons alike cowered under the sheer anguish in that one, final note. With that last cry, Kagome collapsed upon her lover's chest.