Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. I hope that makes you happy! Excuse me while I go cry now!tear

This is about how a tragedy in the Feudal era causes Kagome to leave for a while. She leaves to straighten out her life, after promising to return in five months. But before she goes back she meets someone who changes her life forever. When she thinks that everything is finally going to be ok, the love of her life comes back. Now what's she going to do when choosing between her first love and the man who gave her his shoulder to cry on and his heart?

I'm not exactly shure how I want this to end I'll let my reviewers decide. OK? Well here's the story now.....

Fate Gives Second Chances

Chapter One: Dreams of the Past

Kagome readied her bow as she aimed directly at Naraku's heart. If she could just hit him while his barrier was down then they might be able to defeat him for good this time. As she was about to send the arrow flying she was caught off guard by one of Naraku's tentacles shooting straight for her.

She didn't have enough time to dodge it, and as it came less than two feet away Inuyasha managed to slice it apart, disconnecting it from Naraku's body. Just as Kagome was about to quickly thank Inuyasha for saving her, his body fell forwards into her arms.

As she held his limp body in her hands she realized that he was bleeding severely, as his blood flowed out of his body and over her arms at an alarming rate.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out as she eased his body onto the ground. She kneeled beside him, trying to find a way to stop the bleeding. "Kagome... don't worry about me stupid... protect yourself." Inuyasha tried to plead with her, as the color in his face paled and blood began to trickle out the side of his mouth.

"You're the one being stupid Inuyasha. Your injured pretty bad and you expect me to just abandon you to save my self." Kagome cried out with tears streaming down her checks. She had already ripped his shirt and tied it from the front of his chest around his back to form a makeshift bandage, but it wasn't working well enough to keep his blood inside his body.

"How could you think I would be so selfish?" she continued, "Don't you know I could never leave you!" she sobbed trying to use her hands to keep his blood from rushing out.

Kagome was startled when his entire body shook as he coughed up more blood, and searched his eyes for the comfort and warmth of his survival. He held her gaze firmly, and he smiled at her previous words. But the realization of what was happening finally hit, and his smile faded and his eyes glazed over. "I'm... sorry.....Kagome..." he managed to mumble out.

His words made Kagome's heart ache and she nearly began bawling again but she keep herself under control.

"For what, Inuyasha? You don't have anything to be sorry for. I'm the one who's sorry. I should have been watching for an attack, but I wasn't paying attention. And you had to save me because I wasn't strong enough." Kagome remarked sorrowfully.

"Stupid...I should..have..protected you better. I'm the..one..who wasn't....strong-enough." Inuyasha replied in a gurgled voice. "At least... you can go... home and take..those tests now... without me bothering you." he said to lighten the mood as he tried to smile, but it only came across as a crude bloody grimace.

"Don't talk like that Inuyasha." Kagome cried out, "You're going to be fine. You have to be fine." She finished bewailing as she leaned on his chest, knowing that there was nothing she could do to save him.

"Kagome,..." Inuyasha barely whispered with the smile gone from his face. "If you see... Kikyo...tell her that.... I'm sorry I couldn't... even... join her in...... death...but that...it doesn't matter... because..." Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's eyes. He was staring off as if looking at something that wasn't even there, and his eyes were full of tears. He took as deep a breath as possible and continued...

"I'll....... always love..." he tried to finished by mouthing the last word but his lips barely moved, and a tear made it's way down the side of his face as his flesh became a whiter shade of pale. His head tilted to the side, and his eyes rolled up into his head.

Kagome sat there stunned for just a moment. Then she began to bawl almost hysterically as everything that he said and did registered in her mind. "Inuyasha! No..... Inuyasha wake up! No, Inuyasha don't leave me. Please.... DON"T LEAVE ME INUYASHA!" she screamed at him as though he was just pretending, and begun to shake him violently as if he had only fallen asleep.

Then his body disintegrated into dust as she held him in her arms and was blown away by the wind to leave her sitting there all alone in the dark. Clinging to the blood soaked tattered strips that remained of his kimono and necklace in her arms.

Well, that's my first chapter, so let me know what you think. There's a lot more to come. And mostly don't worry! Inuyasha plays a big part in this so he has to come back right!? Ok well I'll write more when I get atleast one review. So Happy Tales to You!!!!

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