Disclaimer: Don't think that I own these characters. Their existence can be traced back to Ms. Rumiko Takehashi.

Phoenix from the Ashes

By: wizardgrl09

Chapter 1:The Grief

Kagome sat at her desk, looking at her pictures, which stared back at her. Moments frozen time, memories she shard with everyone she knew. Mom, Souta, Miroku, Shippo, Sango, InuYasha… She stopped at their wedding picture. They were both smiling happily at each other in blissful marriage. She sighed mournfully, and looked down into her lap. She got up and walked up to the full-length mirror. She was clad in black from head to toe. The only color on her body was the faint blue crescent moon on the right side of her neck, and the Shikon Jewel hanging from InuYasha's enchanted beads.

Kagome stared at herself in the mirror, and she felt the tears sting at her in her eyes. "I can't believe he's dead."