Anyway, here it is.
Note: I have edited this chapter a bit and I plan to also edit the other chapters.
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Rest Well Inuyasha
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I lay here and I know I'm dying, it's still hard to comprehend, but I can feel the blood seeping from my wounds. And I can hear it pumping through my veins, and I can see it turn crimson as the air touches it.
People may say, "Rest in peace, Inuyasha. You are a good guy." But it is not true.
I cannot rest in peace, and though I have done good, I have also hurt and killed many. I cannot rest with Kikyo. I cannot find peace in hell with her. Kikyo cannot be forgiven. This time, she did more than betray me; she killed me, my hopes, my dreams, and killing my friends was by far her worst offense.
I cannot rest in peace knowing that people mourn for me, are sad for me.
Don't be sad for me. Don't cry for me, Kagome.
Mourn for Miroku and Sango. They deserved to be missed. I, however, couldn't even protect them.
And with my last bit of energy I glance at Miroku's and Sango's dead, bloody bodies, holding one another in a dead embrace. Then back to those whom remain from the battle, Kagome, Shippo, and Kouga.
I make a dieing request as I look into Kagome's tearful eyes, "K-kagome, please don't cry for me. I'm dieing and tears won't change that." It was one of the hardest things I ever had to admit.
Kagome sniffled and wiped her tears, only to have fresh ones roll down her cheeks, I could tell she was trying to fight them back.
"Before I die, I would like to ask you to" I started, then stopped, now coughing up blood, my own blood, "I-I want you to look after Shippo, just like you always have." I stutted over my words, speaking had never been so hard.
Shippo, the young kit, was now sobbing, not because of the cuts covering his small body or his broken arm, but because I, the one who always yelled at him and beat him, was dieing. After all the times I hit him and scorned him, he still cried for me.
".Don't cry." I spoke softly, so unlike the way I usually spoke towards him.. "If anything m-mourn for Miroku and Sango," I knew they would with out my asking, but I know that those two mean so much more than I do. They deserve so much more than I do, I couldn't even save them, I couldn't even stop Kikyou, whom I once loved so much.
They nodded.
"Kagome, I-I want you to have the Tetsusaiga, don't let Sesshomaru get it." Even now I still don't like him, even if I went on living, I don't think our relationship could ever be salvaged. The least I can do is try and make it so our Father's wish is full filled. I can no longer hold the sword he gave to me, but it wasn't meant for Sesshoumaru. If no one else, I want her to have it.
Kagome fought back more tears and took the Tetsusaiga from my limp bloody hand.
"And Kouga, I know you would do this even with out me asking, because you love her, but please take care of Kagome. Aid her and Shippo, protect her them both, f-from Naraku, my brother, and any other demon." It hurt my pride as I asked this of him, but there was no one else in this world who could protect Kagome, he was my only hope. The thing that hurt the most, was not that I had to ask my rival, a man I hated so much, but had some how become allied with, to take care of a woman I loved, but that Naraku was not yet dead. After all this, after all this carnage, he was still walking this world.
"Yes, I will." I heard him respond in a low whisper.
I smiled for the last time, glad that I could go knowing that Shippo and Kagome wouldn't be alone, "Thank yo-"
And with that Inuyasha left this world, his only regrets being that he could not protect his friends, he could not save Kikyou, he could not stay with Kagome, and that Naraku was still living.
With one last tear Kagome whispered, "Rest well, Inuyasha."
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Well that's it for this chapter.
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