When friends Die

Song: "My Immortal" Evanescence. Continues into the second part.

Klepto: This one really needs no intro. Straight forward, this is a story about if Inuyasha hadn't gotten there in time to save the group from Mukotsu's poisons. This also has my character. If you want a story with her in it, then read my other IY story, Seven Times the Hurting, which follows the story line up until Jakotsu fighting Inuyasha, then it kinda follows my own agenda. That ones also got a lot of angst and romance in it, but this one is more action-y. This will be a two part story, the second part being what happens after they all die. Starts with Shippo telling Inuyasha they aren't breathing. On with the story!

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"They aren't breathing!" Shippo yelled.

Inuyasha kneeled down and picked Kagome up. Her breathe had stopped, and her skin was becoming colder, and the color in her cheeks disappearing, "I didn't get here in enough time!" Inuyasha yelled, clutching the girl close, "there's no way I can save them!"

"Inuyasha!" Shippo pulled on Inuyasha's pants, "We need to get out of here, or we will die as well! Kagome wouldn't want that!"

Inuyasha looked down at the girls face, and softly said, "I guess not. Kirara, get Sango and Miroku out of here. Go to the nearest clearing. I'll be right behind with Kagome."

Shippo helped Kirara get the monk and the priestess up on the demon cats back, and hopped up himself. He took off, and watched as Inuyasha shrunk, then suddenly sprung up from the burning building. Shippo allowed Inuyasha to go ahead, and looked below. He saw the priest that had let them into the temple, with markings like the other members of the Band of Seven. He glared at the man, clearing watching them make an escape. The man smirked back at them, and started following the Saimyosho. Shippo stared back up at Inuyasha, who was descending from the sky, Kirara shortly after.

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
and if you have to leave

They landed, and Shippo pulled Sango and Miroku off of Kirara. Shippo looked over at Inuyasha, and saw that he was sitting on the ground, holding Kagome, his back to Inuyasha. Shippo stared to cry, sobbing over the two humans before him. They were gone, and they weren't coming back.

"Well well well, isn't this touching? A half-breed crying over a dead human."

Inuyasha looked up at who was talking to him. A female wolf demon stood over him, her black hair pulled back. She looked like Koga, but her armor shirt was cropped to her slim waist, and was red and black. She also had a pair of priestess pants on, and fur arm bands. The blue eyed demon stood over the dog demon, arms crossed.

Inuyasha glared up at her, "What do you want?" he said, his voice wet with tears.

The girl smirked, "Just thought that I would bother you, since I was supposed to see if they really would die. Guess they did. Now what will you do, Inuyasha?" with that, the demon was gone.

Shippo, who had been rolling around on the ground, stopped, "Inuyasha," he sobbed, "We should bury them. We can't just leave them here!"

Inuyasha nodded, his face solemn. He set Kagome down, and started to dig. He dug three super deep graves, and shoved the bodies in. Shippo stared at him, as he kicked the dirt back in, "Inuyasha, what are you doing?" the small demon asked.

"Getting out of here," Inuyasha replied, "I'm going to go find every single one of the band of seven, and kill all of those ass holes for what they did to Kagome, Sango and Miroku. Come if you wish, but I don't want you getting in the way, Shippo. Kirara, same for you."

Kirara laid down on the grave that was Sango's and turned back into her small cat form. She was going to stay with the girl who had raised her. Inuyasha nodded, and turned to the still sobbing Shippo, "What about you, Shippo? What are you doing to do?"

I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone

"I'm going home," he said, "My village has been rebuilt, and I know that they will need me. I'm sorry Inuyasha, but I really need to do this!"

Inuyasha shook his head, "its okay. I'll take them all out, and then defeat Naraku. Then I'll burn the freaking thing. That way, no one will ever get it.

Shippo hopped up onto Inuyasha's arm, and hugged him, "I'll miss you, Inuyasha!" he sobbed.

"I'll miss you to, Shippo. Be good," he patted the small demons back, and then set him down, and started to hop away.

Shippo turned, and was about to take off into the forest, but was stopped, when he saw someone he was hoping to never see again. He took a few steps backwards, as the demon stomped into the clearing, and fell to his knees, "Kagome," he breathed, his face reading incredulous disbelief.

"H-hi, K-Kouga," Shippo said, backing up.

"She's gone," Kouga said, staring at the grave, "How can she be gone? I never got to say good-bye to her!" he slammed his hand onto the ground, tears spilling from his eyes, "How could the mutt let this happen?"

Clearly the two demons were so distracted, that they didn't see the demon and the human enter the clearing. In an instant, Shippo was sliced into two. Kouga only had enough time to look up, before his head lolled off. The girl who stood behind the elder demon smirked, "Well, isn't that nice. My dear brother died over his beloved's grace. How cute," she mocked, then starting to laugh.

The human next to her rested his halberd on his shoulder, "Why'd you get the bigger one? I wanted that one."

The demon smirked, "I wanted the privilege of doing my brother in. He doesn't deserve life," she turned to face the bushes, where Kouga's companions were approaching, "Neither do THEY!" On the last word, she swung her already bloody scythe to the wolves, killing them all in one fell swoop.

These wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

The girl turned to the other side of the clearing, where Inuyasha had re-entered. He stared at the blood and the bodies strewn across the clearing, and stared at the perpetrators, "I don't like Kouga anymore then you do, but how could you do that? You just killed over 15 demons, and you seem to have no care in the world! Who are you two?"

The girl rested the black handle of the large scythe on her shoulder, and smirked, "Surprised you didn't ask me that before. I am Suzla of the wolf demon tribe. This," she kicked her brother's lifeless body, "is my brother, Kouga." She smirked up at the half-demon, "Of which I think you know of him, if I'm not mistaken."

Inuyasha stared at the corpse, the face frozen with fear and surprise, "You… you monster! How could you do that to your own flesh and blood?!"

Suzla growled, "He tormented me for my whole life! He deserves to die. He was always the better child. Tell him that, when you meet him in the grave, will you?" she dropped the scythe on the ground, and drew two broad swords, getting ready to strike. Inuyasha drew his Tetsusaiga, but the human next to the demon stepped between them, "Suzla, you told me we would do this together."

The demoness relaxed slightly, "Sorry, Bankotsu," she said.

Inuyasha relaxed as well, "Bankotsu? I guess that means that you are the leader of the Band of Seven, which means I'll kill you! Wind Scar!" Large yellow stripes of yellow came bursting out of the sword.

The girl stepped forward, and with a flick of her wrist, deflected the blast, "That won't work on me, half-breed," she hissed.

Inuyasha stared. The Wind Scar had evaporated! How could that had happened?

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

The girl smirked up at Inuyasha, "Half-breed, this is the end of the road. You will be the last one to die in this clearing, and will help my friend Bankotsu here with his Banryu's promise. This will be your last day, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha stared at the two, his mouth slightly open. Was this to be his last day on the earth?

And I held your hand through all of these years

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Klepto: The song continues in the second part. I know it's short, and bit out of character at parts, but this is what I thought should have happened. Poor Bankotsu… also, Bankotsu got the Banryu back before this all, as you can tell, since he has it. Yeah, I know Inuyasha never met Suikotsu, but oh, well.

Afterthoughts: Kinda short… oh, well.