The quotes that have the eps 124 in parentheses next to them are quotes from episode 124 of the series. Everything else beyond that however, is my original writing

"Did you just watch Kikyo get killed? Didn't you do anything to save her?"(eps 124) Inuyasha asks stunned and in awe of what he is hearing.

Sesshomaru starts walking away.

"STOP!" "DON'T YOU DARE WALK AWAY FROM ME!" Inuyasha shouts.

Seshomaru turns to face Inuyasha.

"I do not care to know what your relationship with that woman was. The person responsible for her death was Naraku . . . and you. You're the one who wasn't able to save her. Blame yourself." (eps 124)

Seshomaru turns and begins to walk away with Jaken close behind him.

Inuyasha becomes enraged and flies after Seshhomaru with his claws cocked and tetsuaiga ready, he is so enraged however he can't aim properly. Seshomaru easily dodges his attack but Jaken almost doesn't.

"Jaken move out of the way!" Seshomaru shouts.

"Yes my lord."

He answers obediently and goes to hide behind a rock.

"Inuyasha, I have no desire to fight you at this present time. But if you insist on attacking me I will have to take you down. It shouldn't be that hard, not in your enraged human in you is making you weak, it has always made you weak and that is why you will never be able to defeat me or Naraku, and… it's why you couldn't save Kikyo."

Inuyasha lets out a blood curdling shriek of rage and charges at seshomaru. Kagome and the gang hear it from the other side of the mountain.

"What the heck was that?" Kagome asks worried. "

It sounded like a scream." Sango says.

"That wasn't any ordinary scream." Miroku says. "It almost sounded like someone howling in pain and anger."

Kagome looked over to the other side of the mountain where the sound had come from. A look of horror crosses Kagome's face as she comes to a sudden realization.

"Oh my God! Inuyasha, he went over to that side of the mountain didn't he?"

"Was that him? Oh no! He could be in trouble and need our help!"

Before Miroku and Sango could respond; Kagome had taken off running at full speed towards Inuyasha.

"Kagome wait!" Miroku shouted but she was already to far away to hear them.

"Please hang on Inuyasha," she thought "I'm coming!"

Meanwhile on the other side of the mountain Inuyasha was locked in a battle with seshomaru. He had let his rage take over him so completely that he wasn't even thinking about his attacks he just kept swinging his tetsuaiga wildly. Seshomaru knew that if he continued to attack him in this manner that he would never be able to hit him let alone beat him and that he could take him down any time he chose. So he decided to have a little fun with his younger "brother"

"No wonder you couldn't beat Naraku you can't even hit me I'll never understand why our father left the tetsuaiga to you. The greatest sword ever made and all you can do is swing it around like a clumsy idiot! What a pathetic excuse for a demon. You can't even save one lousy woman." You don't even deserve to be called a demon and you certainly don't deserve to have our noble fathers blood running through your veins

"Shut up!" Inuyasha shrieked.

"As soon as I can find a way to take the tetsuaiga from you I will; and I will find a way Inuyasha you can be sure of that."

"I should do you a favor and end your pitiful life right now, but I'm having too much fun."

With that seshomaru took his whip and wrapped it around Inuyasha's legs one swift jerk and Inuyasha was suddenly looking at Seshomaru upside down. Inuyasha was so shocked he didn't have a chance to break free before

"I'm gonna make sure I rip every shred of dignity from you before you die, just like you did to me when you cut off my arm!"

With that Seshomaru sent Inuyasha crashing into a tree, then into the mountain, then into a grove of trees. Then he whipped him straight down into the ground. As Kagome was coming up the mountain she heard several very loud crashing sounds up ahead of her. It sounded like a battle was going on. She began to run even faster up the mountain.

"Inuyasha please hold on!" she thought.

By the time Seshomaru was done whipping Inuyasha around like a rag doll; he was unconscious and bleeding profusely. Seshomaru undid the whip from around his leg and placed it back at his side.

"It'll take me a month to get your half breed stink out of my whip." He muttered. He held Inuyasha by the shirt and took a moment to admire his handiwork.

"Well I suppose now's as good a time as any. Goodbye Inuyasha"

Just then kagome came running up the mountain and saw Inuyasha in seshomaru's grip. He was just about to deliver the final blow when Kagome screamed "NO!"

Seshomaru turned and saw Kagome standing about 100 yards away from him.

"No, Seshomaru don't, you can't!" Kagome pleaded. "He's your brother!"

"In name only; he means nothing to me."

Awakened by Kagome's screams Inuyasha opens his eyes and is shocked to see kagome.

'"Ka-go-me?" he says in a small weak voice.

"Inuyasha!" she screams.

"Get out of here." He pleads feebly. "Run, quick please."

"Pathetic" Seshomaru muttered once again. "Pleading for the life of a human; this ends now!"

Kagome didn't know what to do she wanted to save Inuyasha more than anything thing in the world. She couldn't just stand there and watch him die, but she couldn't move she just couldn't. She was frozen; rooted to the spot by terror. A million thoughts flashed through her mind all at once. She saw Seshomaru raise his sword, saw him prepare to strike and still she remained motionless. Just then from out of nowhere came Sango's Hiraikotsu it knocked the sword out of Seshomaru's hand. Turning to face his attackers he saw Miroku Sango, kilala and shippo all poised and ready to attack. Sango's Hiraikotsu had knocked Seshomaru's sword several yards away. He would not be able to get to it easily. Realizing that fighting all four of them at once would not only be pointless but also a complete waste of time and energy Seshomaru released Inuyasha from his grasp. Inuyasha's limp body slid down to the ground at Seshomaru's feet. "This is not over." "We will meet again, and when we do I will kill you." "And your friends won't be around to save you; I'll make sure of it." "Jaken!" "We're leaving" Jaken sprang out of the bush he had been hiding in and rushed to Seshomaru's side.
"Yes, at once my Lord!"

With that they turned and walked away heading down the mountain until they were out of sight. For a moment no one moved. Inuyasha lay motionless on the ground only a few feet away, blood gushing out of his many wounds. Suddenly Kagome broke out of her reverie and ran towards Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha!" she cried. She knelt down on the ground with him and held his unconscious body in her arms. "Oh no, no, no!" she cried, tears streaming down her face. "He can't be dead he just can't be!" She sobbed. "Please Inuyasha please hang on!" Then she leaned over, put her face right next to his and whispered "Inuyasha you can't die, you can't die because I love you." With that Inuyasha's chest heaved and he began to breathe again. "

He's alive!" "He's alive!" she shouted to Miroku and Sango who hadn't moved from their original position.

"We've got to get him back to the village immediately!" "He needs medical attention!" "Why are you guys just standing there?!" she shouted "Didn't you hear me?" "We need to get going now!"

The shrillness of Kagome's voiced shook them out of their reverie and into action. "I'll summon Kirara." "She'll be able to get Inuyasha back to the village fastest."

Just then Inuyasha opened his eyes. "Ka-go-me?' he stammered.

"It's alright Inuyasha, it's ok your going to be ok." "I'm here everything is going to be ok."

"I… I…I'm sorry." "Sorry for what?" "For…For… for not seeing what was right in front of me all along."

Kagome was stunned Inuyasha had never been this open and honest with her. She didn't know how to respond. When he went to talk again she silenced him. "Shhhh, you need to rest, save your strength."

"No I need to say this in case, in case I don't make it."

"What?"

"Don't talk like that of course your going to make it."

"No, I might not and I need you to know something in case I don't." "I… I love you."

"Oh Inuyasha!"

Kagome was jumping for joy inside. She had been dreaming of this moment ever since she realized she loved Inuyasha. Although she had to admit this wasn't the way she had pictured it happening. Moments later Kirara came bounding up the hill and shook her out of her reverie. "Kirara, I need you to take Kagome, shippo and Inuyasha back to the village as fast as you can ok?" Kirara nodded.

"Wait a minute, what about you guys how are you going to get back?" Kagome asked. "Kirara can't carry all of us." "We'll be fine, Miroku and I will just walk the rest of the way back." "But… but Kagome stammered, that will take forever!"

"Won't it?"

"No it will be fine."

"Besides you and Inuyasha are the ones who really need it more than us."

"We'll be fine don't worry." "Alright, if your sure." Kagome said still not completely sold on the plan.

No one had noticed that Miroku was beaming. In a word he was ecstatic. He had been wanting some alone time with Sango. Now he had countless hours of alone time ahead of him. He had decided that now was finally the perfect time to make his move. After securing Inuyasha on Kirara's back to make sure he wouldn't fall off; they were finally ready to go.

"Goodbye!" Kagome shouted. "Be careful, hurry back!

"Goodbye!" Miroku and Sango shouted back. "Don't worry we'll be fine!" They watched Kirara fly away until she disappeared into the clouds and they could no longer see Kagome waving at them.

"Well then shall we get going?" Miroku asked.

"Yes I suppose we should." "No sense waiting around." With that Sango and Miroku started down the mountain together.