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The rain pounded down on the battle field, washing away the blood spilt, as if in hopes of erasing the evidence of the slaughter from the earth. Feverishly, Inuyasha sniffed the air, but the rain was mixing the scents, making one no different from the rest. He dug through the carcasses of the youkai, his search becoming frantic, he had to find her.

The youkai had attacked unexpectedly, catching the group by surprise. He had done all he could, but it hadn't been enough. He had lost track of the others and now there was an unsettling dread pressing down on him. Finally, he found what he was looking for, and it was worse then he could have ever imagined.

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I'm so tired of being here,

Suppressed by all my childish fears..

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Her clothes were tattered and bloodied, her flesh stained crimson. Her legs jutted out in odd angles both undoubtably broken. Her raven hair pooled around her and covered her face, plastered there from the blood and rain. Her shoulder, looked exactly like Kikyo's had the day she had ensnared him against that wretched tree. Her face was battered and bruised, contorted in pain, her eyes tightly closed. Her heart beat was faint and getting quieter, her breathing was in shallow, hitching gasps.

He fell to his knees beside her and carefully gathered her into his arms. She didn't even move. He bit his lip and frowned, fighting back the tears that burned behind his eyes. His biggest fear was coming true. He was going to lose her.

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And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

'cuz your presence still lingers here

and it won't leave me alone...

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The scent of blood filled his nose and was nearly enough to gag him. The smell was intoxicating, her usual scent of jasmine mixed with the pungent odour of blood. He gently brushed her hair from her face, wincing as it revealed the full extent of the gashes and bruises marring her beauty. He struggled to keep from crying out.

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These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just to real

There's just to much that time cannot erase...

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"No... Kagome." He croaked out, his voice barely audible as he looked at the limp form in his arms. This wasn't how it was suppose to be. It wasn't suppose to end like this. "I'm so sorry.. This is all my fault..." He choked out, a small whimper escaping his throat as he continued holding back the salty tears that threatened to fall.

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You use to captivate me

By your resonating light

But now I'm bound by the life you left behind...

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'I'll never see her again. I'll never hear her voice... see her smile... never be able to watch over her while she sleeping... Never again... Never...' His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a gasp behind him. Slowly, he turned his head to see Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. For once, Sango was willingly in the monk's arms, sobbing into his chest. The monk looked completely shocked, unsure of what to say or do. Shippo stared at Kagome as tears streamed unchecked down his cheeks in unrelenting cascades. He started gently shaking her.

"K... Kagome? Kagome wake up... This isn't very funny you know..." his voice was becoming higher in pitch with each word, the young kitsune becoming nearly hysterical.

Inuyasha looked at Shippo, pain and sorrow clearly showing in his golden eyes.

"Shippo, I don't think she's playing a trick on us..." He whispered, sending Shippo into a fresh bout of sobs as the little fox youkai clung to his fire rat robes. Inuyasha gently wrapped an arm around the crying kitsune, attempting to comfort the poor child. Kagome had been like a mother in his eyes, and now, he was going to lose her, just like his real mother.

After a few minutes, Sango managed to regain control of herself and whispered gently, while taking Shippo up in her arms, "Come on Shippo.. I think we should leave Inuyasha alone.."She said the last part just loud enough for Shippo and Miroku to hear, although Inuyasha would not have heard even if she had shouted it, he was focused completely on the unresponsive figure laying in his arms.

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Your face it haunts

My once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away

All the sanity in me...

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After they had left Inuyasha alone he just continued to stare at the now broken young woman he was holding.

"I'd always dreamed of holding you in my arms..." he murmured softly, the tears he had tried so hard to hide slowly falling from watery golden orbs, "...but not like this."

The rain had stopped falling, leaving only a fresh, clean scent, the smell of battle and death erased, leaving nothing but the bones of the demons to show for its occurrence, and a mourning hanyou with the woman he had loved.

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I tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me,

I've been alone all alone...

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He closed his eyes, hanging his head, damp silver hair brushing against her face as more tears fell, landing on Kagome's cheek in steady drops.

"You're gone... and it's all my fault... I promised you I would protect you... and I failed. I broke my promise to you, Kagome, and because of that, you're leaving me. Please don't leave me Kagome.. I don't want to be alone anymore..."

His pained cry emanated through the desolate battle field as he doubled over, his clawed hands covering his face as he shook his head, tearing at his hair, his own nails digging into his flesh, willing the pain to end, willing this to just be a dream, but the pain he caused himself confirmed that it was not a dream, confirmed that it was reality, and that Kagome was laying, dying, in his arms.

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When you cried I'd,

Wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream I'd,

Fight away all of your fears

I held your hand through all of these years..

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He opened his eyes as she stirred. He knew it was only muscle contractions, dying nerve endings sending their last impulses, but still, he hoped and prayed that it was something more. Somehow, the young woman, Kagome, had found her way into his heart and soul, and he wasn't sure if he could continue with out her, if he even wanted to continue with out her. It was no longer about the Shikon No Tama, or even defeating Naraku...

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But you still have...

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Her voice was weak and barely perceptible as she opened her eyes, giving him a small smile. "I..Inu...yasha?" She whispered before closing her eyes once more.

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All of me...

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