MissNikki: I have no need for a disclaimer. It's not like you'd believe me anyway if I told you that I did own InuYasha. So why bother.
He held onto her possessively, not wanting her to disappear. "Mine,' he whispered as it someone was there to take her away. He buried his face in the crook of her neck, ignoring the strong smell of death that rolled of her in waves. He felt the energy and what little life force she had being ripped from her body.
"Don't worry. I'll…I...I'm sorry. It's my fault, I should have known." he whispered, his lips against her cold skin.
She felt herself slipping away. She felt the slow draining of the souls that held her hold onto the thin thread of life. "It's not your fault. How could you have known? It's just better that we figured it out before it was too late."
He lifted his head and pressed a kiss to her cold lips, lingering for a moment. "I really do care for you. I love you and I don't want to lose you."
Tears slipped down her face and she felt her throat tighten as his words reached her ears. She opened and closed her mouth several times trying to get the words to work right, but before she could form the words she heard a choked sound from behind them interrupted her.
Turning the embracing couple saw the reason for their time apart. The reason for their deception, their betrayal.
A young girl lay a few feet away on the ground. Her body badly broken and bruise. Blood slowly traced its way down her face from a deep gash on her temple. She had no hope at life; even the healers in her time would have told her she had no hope. She was losing blood to fast from the multiply wounds on his body. Tears weld in her eyes as all her dreams and hopes were falling apart in front of her eyes.
"InuYasha? What are you talking about? What about us, huh? You told me we could be together. "
"You knew it could never work for us. We weren't meant to be. You of all people should believe in faith and destiny." He looked down on her barely disguising the hate in his eyes.
The tears in her eyes began to fall. She wiped them away smearing blood and dirt across her porcelain flesh. "Reconsider, please?!" she rolled over on to her back the tears washing the dirt and caked blood from her face.
InuYasha turned back to the girl in his arms, he held her closer. They would just have to wait till the girl died, it was the only way they knew for the souls to trade places. He picked up the revived miko and turned away from the clearing, leaving behind the dying girl and his past of betrayal.
The undead miko looked up at the hanyou who held her, "I love you InuYasha and I never want anything to hurt you again." Tears slipped down her cheeks chilling her flesh even more.
"I'll be with you forever and never once will I betray you. My commitment to you will last for your life time, my life time, and far after. You're mine forever." He sighed when she snuggled deeper into his arms. She was with him and would be his. His mate.
Back in the clearing the girl from another time breathed her last breath, letting out on a last-choked cry. Her hopes and dreams of a wonderful future dying along with her. Marking the end of her time on earth in any era.