Hello Everyone!

This is my first Fanfic and I really hope you can enjoy reading this and have as much fun in reading it as I had in writting it.

Please, comment and leave your opinions for they are most welcomed. I really love this anime and these pairs (INUYASHA&KAGOME and MIROKU&SANGO), but the characters do not belong to me in any way. Only the idea of the story is mine.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR IT'S CHARACTERS. THEY ALL BELONG TO RUMIKO TAKAHASHI AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFULL SHE HAS CREATED THEM!!!:)

Chapter 1: The Attack

She was sitting near the river, watching the calm waters flow by.
The moonlight covered in silver every single branch of the tree, every leaf and every stall. The river itself was pure silver, flowing gently and laughing every time he tripped over a rock.

There were no tears in her eyes. She had promised she wouldn't cry ever again, because of him. Stupid Inuyasha…
He had run away, as soon as he had heard of news of Kikyo. Why couldn't he let go of her?
Deep down, she knew the answer too well. They were in love, even after all that time…
That was why she didn't want to cry anymore. Not for him… there was no good coming of it…

Suddenly a rustle behind her could be heard and she froze immediately. There was a growl behind her and she felt all her hairs coming right up. Her arrows and bow were next to her hand but as soon as she moved slightly in their directions, the growl became louder.
"I'm in trouble… Inuyasha…" she thought. But then she stopped. What good was that for? Was he going to come? She doubted it… once again the image of both of them hugging each other come to her mind.
"He's not coming, girl…" she told herself "… and you better get used to save yourself, if you want to survive now…"

In a flash movement, she grabbed her arrows and bows, ducked and rolled to the left. The creature jumped from the bushes, and landed were she was a minute ago. She turned around to face it, illuminated by the moonlight.

- Naraku… - she said.

- Dear Kagome, as lovely as ever… who would have guessed you looked so beautiful under the moonlight… - said the hideous creature, half man, half demon.

- That sounds really weird coming from you, you know? But thanks for the compliment…

- Yes, I know… - he silvered. Kagome shuddered. He sounded like a snake. – It would have sounded better if it had come from that half breed… wouldn't it?

- Look who's talking… – She said. If he thought she was going to sulk thanks to that, he had another thing coming around his way.

But even though she was putting up a brave act, she knew she was not standing a chance of defeating Naraku alone. Her mind instantly pushed up the image of Inuyasha, but she quickly rejected it. He was not coming…
She thought it carefully. Even though she was not able to defeat him, she could still injury him badly. She knew that, but she also knew Naraku was thinking exactly the same, by the way he looked at her, waiting for her to make her move. He was like a predator, waiting for his prey to move. If she didn't turn the table fast, that was about to come true.

- So lost in thoughts, dear Kagome… what's in your small little mind?

- Nothing you should be concerned about, Naraku. Or… are you afraid of me and my thoughts? Afraid I found out a method to kill you?

He laughed. She shivered. It sounded so evil…

- Dear Kagome, as funny as always. You should know by now… That is impossible for someone like you… for anyone…

- Why is that? – she asked, coldly and he stopped laughing. He still smirked, but was listening to what she was about to say. – You are not immortal, Naraku, or indestructible… you're only a mere half breed, are you not?

The smirk in his face had disappeared, and Kagome couldn't help but smirk herself.

- What happened, Naraku? Suddenly afraid?

- Who… me? Afraid? Of you? Don't make me laugh, wench! – he said, letting his poison came out, and smirking again. – For someone like you to destroy me… it's going to be a 500 years later!!!

Naraku jumped in her direction.
Kagome smirked, after hearing him. She pointed her bow the moment he jumped, and screamed:

- THANK GOD I'M FROM 500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!

She released her arrow in his direction, summoning her holy powers. Naraku dodged it, still in the air but Kagome had already foreseen this, and had moved to another place, with another arrow ready to go at full power.

This "catch and hide" game went on for about 20 minutes. Every time he appeared, she shoot, and he would dodge. But when he was ready to attack, she was already ready to attack herself.
She hide against the backs of a tree, panting. Naraku was also beginning to get tired.
Kagome looked into her hand, it was her last arrow. If she could at least injure him badly… there was an idea coming to her mind, but she didn't knew if she was going to make it… she had been trying in case she needed to use that technique... inspiring again, she summoned her miko powers once again, adjusting them to the tip of her arrow. She could already feel that she was lacking powers, and getting really tired from running, ducking and hiding. If the plan worked…

- What's the matter, Kagome? Finished already?

- Not in your lifetime, pal…

- Acting brave, as always. But do you know? You're all alone now, Kagome.

That phrase hit her. She tried not to listen, but it was hard, seeing she was holding her bow and arrows with both her hands.

- Where are your friends, Kagome? Did they left you behind? Or… did you just run away?

- I didn't run away…

- Of course not… you were only trying to protect them… aren't you? That's why you won't call for them, or run to them… but what can you do? So powerless…

She didn't answer, even though he was right. Sango, Miroku and Shippo were a few miles away, sleeping peacefully and hidden in the bushes. Kirara was with them, so she was keeping guard on the camp. She remembered asking the little cat to stay silent, so she could come there, to think. And she really thought she was being a burden to all of them, because she was the most powerless of them all. That thought that had been hunting her all that week

- But most of all… where is your knight in shining armor, Kagome? I can't see, or hear, or feel Inuyasha's presence… where is he Kagome? Don't tell me… he left you alone again… he left you to go to that dead body of Kikyo…?

- Shut up!

- He really doesn't love you at all, does he?

- SHUT UP! – She screamed.

Naraku laughed. She hold her bow more firmly. He was trying to make her bow, and he was starting to do it the right way. She was already starting to shiver from rage… she tried to calm herself.

- You're hopeless, Kagome… without him, what is your hope of getting alive from here and from me?

That was it. She came out of the tree and was facing him; he was only a few feats away, smirking at her.
She raised her bow, pointing the arrow directly to Naraku. And smirked.

- Don't underestimate me, Naraku… I'm not as hopeless as you think… even without Inuyasha's help, I can still hurt you badly…

- YOU WENCH!

Kagome shoot. For one moment, it seemed her arrow would strike, but it barely hit part of Naraku's horrendous body. He did not paid attention to the wound but instead focused in attacking. She saw it. He was still coming at her.
Time seemed to stop, and go forward in slow motion, as she saw him coming at her.
There was nothing else left for her to do. This was it.

"I wish I could say goodbye to everyone… I'd like to tell Shippo to always obey Sango and Miroku, and to not torture Inuyasha too much… I'd like to tell Sango she is like a sister, like part of my family… and tell Miroku to love Sango with all his heart, and to both be happy… I'd like to say goodbye to Kouga, to Sesshomaru, to Rin and to that squeak toad, Jaken. I'd like to tell goodbye to Kirara, Kaede and all the villagers…" - she started crying as she felt Naraku's horrid breath coming closer. – "… I'd like to see Inuyasha's face… once more… to tell him that I love him… I'd like to see him… one more time…"

- KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Naraku's claws pierced right through her body, leaving her flesh wounds since her shoulder till her belly. Before she closed her eyes and drifting to an unconscious state of mind, she still saw a blur of red and white. The last though on her mind was that her last wish had been granted.

- Inuyasha… - she whispered, before silencing herself.

- Kagome! – he said, as soon as he landed beside her. Naraku was only a few miles away, glaring at him, waiting for his reaction. He knew that now that the half breed had appeared, he was going to get even more troubles.

Inuyasha hugged her and pleaded for her, oblivious to Naraku for the moment.

- Kagome, please… open your eyes… come on, Kagome… don't joke around with me, please… it's not funny…

She remained silent; her eyes closed and her expressionless scared him.

- No… not again… please, God… not again…

He looked better at her. She was blood drenched, her clothes were ripped open, and her wounds were profound. Inuyasha knew that she could die from that bleeding, if she didn't take the appropriate treatment. She was starting to get pale… Still, she was still breathing… and that tranquilized him. He hadn't lost her… yet.

A rustle came from the bushes, and Sango, Miroku, Kirara and Shippo appeared. All of them stopped dead in their tracks as soon as they saw Inuyasha holding an unconscious and bleeding Kagome, and Naraku glaring at them.

- Naraku! – Miroku said, hatefully.

- Kagome! Inuyasha, what happened? – said Sango, running to her friends side.

Inuyasha glared at Naraku. All the hate in the world was in his eyes, and if their eye contact could kill, Naraku had been vaporized.

It was then that something unthinkable happened. Naraku prepared himself to attack them, but he hadn't even stepped forward when an excruciating pain went through his whole body. And he screamed. He hold himself, to try and stop the pain, to no avail. The others were watching, and expecting what was to happen.

- That wench… - he panted – …she tricked me!

He was looking at his wound when he remembered what she had said:

"Don't underestimate me, Naraku… I'm not as hopeless as you think… even without Inuyasha's help, I can still hurt you badly…"

She had made it, he thought, alarmed. She had programmed the arrow to leave a blast of power when he was to move, after she was gone. It had left a scratch, in his skin, and he hadn't paid attention to that. But now, he was feeling just how powerful she was becoming. He was wrong; she wasn't the powerless in the group. She could really be the most powerful one between them.
His desire was to just finish what he had started, but now he could not do it. He needed to heal himself, and needed time to think of a plan. A successful one…

- This isn't the end... - he said, in a low but cold voice.

He jumped in the air, and fumed himself in the night.

- Kagome! Kagome! Please, open your eyes… - Sango pleaded.

Inuyasha waited till he couldn't smell Naraku anymore to move; he hadn't left his previous position, still holding Kagome. Only when he found Naraku had gone did Inuyasha moved. Carrying her, he lifted her up, holding her protectively, with her head against his shoulder.

- Sango… - he said.

She looked at him, inquiringly.

- Let's go back to the village. We need Kaede to take care of Kagome…

- But Inuyasha, what happened? Why is Kagome… like this?

- Sango. – he said again. He could feel that Kagome was slowly getting colder, and that the bleeding was getting worse. His own fire coat was getting drenched in her blood. – We will talk at the village.

The demon slayer sobbed, but agreed with him. Miroku placed a hand on her shoulder, to comfort her.

- Ok. – she said. – Let's put her on Kirara, so we can travel faster…

- No.

- What? Inuyasha, have you gone mad? We have to hurry!

- I know. But… I'll carry her…

Sango looked at him, surprised. There was definitely something wrong with him. He and Kagome had a huge fight, a few hours ago, because of Kikyo. She could still remember…

"- Miroku, I'm leaving for a while. Can you keep watch on everyone?

- Sure, Inuyasha, but where are you going?

- Where could he be going, Miroku, to left us behind? – she had said in an ironic tone, full of sadness. She wasn't even looking at him, and had talked while she was packing the things they had used for dinner.

- Kagome, I'll be back in a while. I really have to go…

- Where you go is not my concern…

- What? - he said, taken aback by her words.- Hold on a minute…

- That's right. You can even go and spend the rest of your life with Kikyo, and you don't have to bother to came back… we will all be a lot better without you around…

Kagome had said it, but she was not facing him. Inuyasha got mad and went at her, grabbing her by her elbows and demanding:

- Say it. Say it again.

- Wha… what do you want? – she said, adverting her eyes from him and startled by his sudden appearance.

- Say it while looking in my face… I want to hear it again, but this time, face to face… come on…

- Let go of me…

- I won't.

- Let go. You're hurting me…

- SAY IT!

- LEAVE ME ALONE, ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!! – she shouted.

Everyone in the camp went dead silent. Inuyasha was gazing at her, without wanting to believe what he had just heard.
Kagome was crying.

- Ever since I've met you, my life has been a complete hell… I'm so unhappy… you always keep on hurting me… I wish I had never, never, ever had met you… - she sobbed. – Why can't you just let me be…?

Inuyasha slowly backed off, letting her go. It was hurting him. Every single word she was saying was like a sharp arrow, worst than the one that had pierced him, and pinned him to the tree.

- That's… that's not… not true… that can't be true…

Kagome fell on the ground, hugging herself, crying and sobbing.
The others were just watching, because none of them knew what to do.
Inuyasha was still staring at her, on the ground crying. How he wished she would stop… it was like she was howling… it was awful…

- I don't believe you… I WON'T BELIEVE YOU!

- Inuyasha! – Miroku shouted, as he saw the half demon run off.

He had to get away from there… from her words… they were not true… they couldn't be…"

That had been how they had separated. After that, Kagome had cried all night, while Sango was hugging her, and could not keep herself from saying "It hurts, Sango… it hurts so bad…"
And know, there they were, he wanting to keep her with himself, and she unconscious in his arms, bleeding profoundly and badly.

They hurriedly packed and started the journey back to the village. Inuyasha was the one at the front, running off with Kagome in his arms, and the others trying to follow them the best they could. Eventually, the distance between them grew larger.

- Miroku?

- Hum?

- What the hell happened? Kagome fighting Naraku all alone, Inuyasha looking so strange… have they changed roles?...

Miroku didn't answer as soon as he was asked. But eventually he said:

- I don't know… all I have are mere theories…

- Sango?

- Yes, Shippo?

- Will Kagome be okay? She was badly injured…

- Of course she will! – Sango said, forcing a smile. – She's our strong Kagome, after all…

The little fox seemed a lot more relieved. Sango had to keep on her smile, for him. Inside her head, she was asking all the gods she knew to save her best friend.

- Come on, Kagome… don't fail us… don't leave us… - she thought.

A little bit ahead, Inuyasha wished he could see the village as soon as possible. The possibilities of surviving for Kagome were getting smaller by the minute. And he was starting to feel useless.

- Hang in there, Kagome… please don't leave… not you… Kagome!

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