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The brilliant light illuminated the forest casting silhouettes of the figures before the earth shaking, tree shattering destructive wave followed.

Kagome cradled Shippo under the protection of the Fire rat robe as the blast tore through the forest laying waste to the landscape in its wake. She couldn't see anything but she heard him cursing,

"Damnit!"

The blast subsided allowing everyone to quickly recover. The demons last breath was ultimately his worst, carnage for miles but Kagomes eyes sought the blast impact. Tessaiga and Tokijin laid in the scared ground surrounded by broken rosary beads and a tattered white sleeve. Kagomes eyes swelled and her heart suddenly froze both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had vanished "INUYASH!" she cried.

Silence. Complete and udder silence befell the forest, they were gone. "he's gone…he can't be… INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed before falling to her knees and crying as Songo and Miroku came to her side.

Kagome jolted awake under her covers tears still streaking down her cheeks. A nightmare once again she was reliving the day Inuyasha was killed. Miroku sent her home for 14 days to allow them time to understand what happened in the mean time Tessaiga was left in her care and now sat on her desk next to the broken beads.

"Kagome, if you're up to it we're going to Sota's kendo tournament" came her mothers soft voice from the other side of the door. Ms. H knew though that her daughter wouldn't join them her heart was broken into such a state that Kagome could hardly function these past few days.

"no thank you mom, maybe next time"

Next time. Two words that were often repeated through the door more often these days. Regardless she understood and left Kagome to process. 5 days had passed all which Kagome spent in her room crying endlessly. She heard the door close leaving her alone,

"stop crying, NO CRYING" echoed a phantom voice of the absent half-demon "clam up dust yourself off and get back to it!" Inuyashas voice filled her room as Kagome sniffled and sobbed

"shut up I'm not crying" she shot back into the empty air "oh, god I'm losing my mind now maybe I should get out and try to distract myself"

It wasn't her best kept secret, her feelings for Inuyasha that much she knew what was hurting her most was the fact that she was in the midst of telling him when that Demon attacked. So summoning her strength Kagome pushed herself from her bed, dried her sore eyes and ran after her family. She glanced at the tree of life where she found Inuyasha but pressed on to the shrine entrance.

"mom wait up!" Kagome sprinted down the stairs catching up to her family on the street "guys hold up I'm coming"

"well look whose out of bed, you feeling better now Kagome?" her grandfather asked.

"mhm" Kagome nodded back "it hurts, worse then any feeling or pain I've experienced but staying in bed won't help me and this is a big event for Sota, I should be here to support him"

A taxi quickly rolled up to the shrine and the family loaded up the trunk when Kagome saw a sleek black scabbard with silver trim under Sota's robes. A katana, a real katana she quickly pulled the hem of the robes from the hilt of the sword then glaring daggers at Sota. "why are you carrying this Sota?" she assertively whispered.

Sota however merely tucked the sword in the trunk and pushed it in "you've been away awhile Sis I'm using real swords now and for the closing ceremony sensei asked me to represent in the final duel don't worry the tournament rules still require a wooden sword for competition" Sota grinned.

Kagome was silent the entire ride over. Sota was right she had been away for a while her time in the feudal era consumed most of her life and she never really noticed. It was because of Inuyasha, everyday with him made time almost non-existent. Her selfish jerk half demon who tried to kill her once made life exciting. A smile worked its way across her lips as she fondly remembered some of her happier days with Inuyasha as the car rolled to a stop outside the arena. "dad you and Kagome go find seats and I'll grab the snacks" Ms. Higurashi said as she waved them to the double doors before heading to the concession stand.

The line was longer than anticipated Sota's first match would be starting before she returned to the seats the line moved but Ms. Higurashi was still waiting nervously checking her watch as the second bell rang to start the next match. One by one people left the line up when finally she was able to grab the food and return to the seats only to turn and nearly colloid with Ayumi.

"hey Ms. H are you here for Sota?"

"nice to see you Ayumi and yes we're here to watch Sota compete Kagomes here why don't you join us she could use a friend right now"

"oh? Is something wrong with Kagome after being so sick so often it's scary to think something else went bad for her" Ayumi worriedly replied.

"the past few days Kagome wasn't home sick…" she debated telling Ayumi the whole truth since it was Kagomes other life but on the other hand Kagome was heart broken and friend would help her heal. "…Ayumi Kagome has been at home because she lost a very good friend a few day ago, do you remember her friend Inuyasha?"

Ayumi's face fell from a bubbly smile to a disbelieving frown "the guy with white hair? Kagome's boyfriend Inuyasha? Th..that's horrible what happened?" she asked.

Without another detail the two women returned just in time to catch Sota's match start. Ayumi took a seat next to Kagome and without trying to pry started asking how things were.

Meanwhile back in the feudal era along the shores of a river bank laying in beaten and battered heaps was Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. With a gash in his chest and several slashes along his ribs Inuyasha remained out cold as the water rolled over his lower body. Sesshomaru however having regained consciousness and pulled his brother from the water began his journey back.

"I understand father, why you left each of us with one of your fangs, Tenseiga rescued us from the blast when Tessaiga failed to slay Shysiquon, you made it so Inuyasha and I could never destroy each-other" he left Inuyasha on the river bank and set out to retrieve Tokijin from the battle ground.

A few hours later Inuyasha himself awoke, or so he thought. When he stood up he was face to face with Shysiquon again. "I don't give a damn who you are but you have something that belongs to me!" he growled as he drew his sword on the purple dragon demon before him.

The dragons searing red eyes focused on Inuyasha and the fang in his hands and he slightly retracted himself. "you're his bastard off-spring aren't you and yet you carry his fang of destruction! The wretched mongrel slew my entire tribe in a single stroke I'll be satisfied in devouring his half-breed pup!" Shysiquon lunged at Inuyasha with jaws wide open only for the half-demon to slip away into the air.

"eat this you ugly bastard, WINDSCAR!"

With a swift stroke Inuyasha unleashed the Tessaigas primary attack sending blades of power crashing against the dragon's body. When the dust settled Shysiquon had shrunk in stature to no bigger the others and drawn a brilliant purple glowing sword emitting a power demonic aura. The windscar didn't even scratch his scalely face "stupid dog! I was expecting that attack, after your father slaughtered my tribe with that attack, I've sought swordsmith from here to hell to forge a blade from the fangs and scales of my tribe to forge a blade to destroy it! All my hate, the hate of my tribe the blood fangs and scales of my race forged in hell fire to make this Kiba bureka: The Fang breaker!"

"awe hell" Inuyasha muttered under his breath as a fire and lightening consumed the blade

"suffer the dragons fire you mongrel mutt!"

Shysiquon unleashed a massive amount demonic power in a swirling vortex of fire and lightening directed at Inuyasha. The vortex collided with cliffside demolishing the rock to rubble under Inuyasha's feet burying him.

It was now the half-demon awoke on the river side feeling pain of his wounds but they were not his fist thought, Kagome wasn't there. No of the others were there he couldn't even smell them. "KAGOME!" he shouted into the surrounding space. He was alone wounded and weaponless "Feh. Son of a bastard Shysiquon!" he snarled before setting off west to Kaede's village.

Kagome explained (in absent detail) to Ayumi that Inuyasha was killed and that's why she's been away from school the past week. but now it was time for the semi finals and Sota was favoured to win, his skill was exceptional even his sensei admitted Sota knew some techniques that didn't exist anymore which only made Kagome wonder since gramps only knew stories of swords but not how to use one, so where did Sota learn?

Sota was kicked backwards and fell his opponent, Seto Mishima, was also highly skilled and seemed to be more then a match to Sota. Once more after a strong strike Sota fell to his knees with a bloody lip "alright then you brought this on yourself" he grunted. Sota stepped back to the very edge of the ring leaving his sword at his side and charged forward at his full speed leaping into the air a few feet from Seto, a form Kagome immediately recognised, it was the technique of Inuyasha's windscar.

"windscar!" Sota shouted as his blade broke Seto's sword in splinters and strike him on the head, leaving Seto with a noticeable dent in his head. Seto flew from the ring with only a broken wooden handle.

Kagome watched in shock and confusion at what she witnessed, Sota applied Inuyasha's windscar technique to his own style, now it was clear Inuyasha had been teaching him. behind her back.

hey everyone tried this story out for test run, watched swords of an honorable ruler and refell in love with a show that went off the air too soon so please let me know what you guys think