Silver glinted in the kaleidoscope of the setting sun, the brief illusion of an almost rainbow like glint shone through the air, as the silver haired man stroke out, blade sinking into flesh and bone snapping with a horrible snap. A wailing scream.

Thrashing claws swung mindlessly, attempting to hit the amber eyed man as he quickly jumped safely away. Spiritual energy slowly sparkled to life at the tip of an arrow, sapphire eyes focused on the chest of the now wailing monster. The petite girl braced herself, focusing energy into her attack.

The arrow went loose, emending itself firmly in the forehead of the howling beast, small sparkles rose and soon the demon's head imploded in upon itself, the body soon falling, crimson still leaking from it's wounds as it fell within a lake of it's own blood.

Another monster wailed an angry howl, it's claws sinking deep into the young girl's flesh, as it threw her from the body of it's comrade.

The Silver Haired man drew his sword again, a swirling mist surrounding the blade as it was slammed into the ground, an volcanic like eruption breaking forth and seeming to seek out the enemy blew it to pieces, it's rotting flesh falling in large lumps of lucky parts that survived the blast.

He was at her side in a flash, his normally angry amber orbs holding deep concern glittering in their golden depths. "You got hurt." he stated, his voice was deep as it had always been, but his voice cracked, worry clear. "Inuyasha, I'm fine." The raven haired girl whispered, looking at the torn flesh of her leg, the crimson flowing so freely.

His eyes scanned the wound, anger flashing in those sweet amber eyes, as he slowly picked her up as though a weightless doll, and set her gently on the grass far from the bloodied field.

"Kagome," he whispered worriedly, "Let me bandage you up okay?" he said, his voice so much more gentle then she had become accustom to.

Her sapphire blue eyes slowly softened and she nodded smiling as her heart swelled with joy.

She loved this hanyou... she loved him so much... she thought as she felt his hands begin to rub stinking ooze on the mouth of the wound, ointment. She smiled softly at his bowed head.

But then a feeling of dread hit her, as a familiar aura surrounded her, and a sound caught the hanyou's attention. His dog ears perked from the top of his head, turning slightly towards the sound, his gentle eyes suddenly seeming to see nothing as he slowly turned from the bleeding woman, to see fish like demons slowly floating through the air, an almost hissing noise following them, and the scent of death and grave yard soil seemed to engulf the area.

Inuyasha's eyes seemed to light in an almost hopeful sort of way, he turned quickly looking for one of his other comrades to take care of the bleeding priestess at his feet, but neither were found. He slowly flattened his ears against his head and considered how well the girl could fend if he left for a bit..."Kikyo.." he heard himself calling softly to the dead woman.

"I.. I think I should go.." a sweet voice laced with sadness and pain, floated up to his ears.

He looked behind him to see Kagome slowly limping away from him, small water droplets softly hitting the blades of grass as she passed. Inuyasha bowed his head in shame. He should know better then to let her go so injured but... he couldn't bring himself to do so...

A soft rustle instantly got his hopes up that it was the bloodied woman returning, but one look and his ears were flat once again and his eyes downcast.

The man he had now called his comrade, the monk dressed in purple robes approached Inuyasha slowly, his blue eyes hard, the rings on his staff seeming to ring around the hanyou as he drew closer. "Miroku." Inuyasha said casually, pretending as though the guilt that clung to the back of his mind wasn't there. Miroku slowly nodded, his black bangs bouncing lightly, as his eyes met Inuyasha's. Miroku's held sadness.

"You should watch what you say around poor Kagome.." he whispered looking at the small trail of crimson and tears. Inuyasha felt fury take him as Miroku spoke. Did he think he knew Kagome better then he did!? No one knew the girl he loved more then he did!!

"She's a big girl." he heard himself hiss at the monk.

Miroku was unaffected by Inuyasha's attempt at insulting a bad blow. His blue eyes glazed over, he remembered when he first met them, that they were the same, both loving without realizing, Inuyasha still hurting her without thinking... a question he had asked them once popped into his mind. "Inuyasha... what is Kagome to you?" he asked, his voice seemed far away even to himself, but he saw the hanyou's ears perk, and his eyes turn away he obviously heard the question. He watched Inuyasha's body tense, and his brows knit together. He was frustrated, attempting to think of an answer.

Finally Inuyasha broke the silence looking up at Miroku. "She's just a shard detector." he said, his ears instantly perked as a small sob caught his attention. His head snapping to the left, his eyes catching a glance at Kagome's retreating form. Injured as she was she had no problem running... er, limping away as fast as her trembling legs would carry her.

She had heard his hurtful answer.

Inuyasha stood, his legs tensing ready to run, but a hand on his shoulder stopped his pursuit of the fleeing girl. A glance over his shoulder showed a stern Miroku, his eyes narrowed. "I believe you have already done enough damage Inuyasha... let Kagome mend on her own, before you try to convince her your words were lies." he said, slowly turning walking back to the fox demon and the demon slayer. Inuyasha's eyes never left the spot where Kagome's form had faded into darkness. He slowly sat down, much like a dog waiting for it's master, and waited. He would make it up to her as soon as she returned, he swore to himself.

The bloodied girl ran as fast as she could, her tears blinding her vision as she ran, and pain throbbing throughout her leg, spreading to the rest of her body with each step. But the pain of her heart was far worse, and that kept her running. She had no idea where to, but she knew she couldn't be near Inuyasha... not now. Pain flooded her senses and soon she collapsed.

She struggled to sit up right and slowly brought her legs close to her, and curled up letting her tears fall freely and her sobs come as loud as they pleased.

Eventually footsteps stopped her abruptly as she turned to see a demon slowly coming out from behind a tree. More soon followed.

Kagome stood quickly, a mistake on her part, she scream falling to her knees as pain surged through her legs.

The demon chuckled at her and made a motion, more soon followed. Kagome counted at least twenty before she really began to panic, shouldn't Inuyasha have heard that last scream? Shouldn't he be on his way to save her? How could she fight off so many demons without her bow?

Questions ran through her head at rapid speed as they came closer, a cat demon jumping in front of her, his red eyes focused on the fear in her eyes. "A priestess.." he said smiling brightly, "the one who killed our friend." he hissed, his smile disappearing for a brief moment before his claws suddenly lashed out, tearing open the flesh of her arm. Another scream tore from her throat, as he kicked her into a large ogre demon. Deep chuckles echoed around her, and fear had settled into utter terror and panic.

She stood, ignoring all pain and tried to flee. But the cat demon cut off her path again. His smirk large and triumphant. His claws tore again, up and down her arms across her stomach and a slash or two on her face, before he kicked her to the ground.

Kagome's body convulsed, and she curled into a ball, pain overriding all her senses.

The demons slowly advanced grabbing sticks, balling fists, and wielding any weapon they could find before closing the distance. They kicked her hard, beat her with fists, smashed her frail body with fists, sticks, large rocks, and slashed at any body part they could get. The cat lay in front of her now, her left eye barely open, vision blurring, as he came face to face with her. "Sleep tight." he whispered, one last slash, and everything was black.

She didn't remember screaming, but she could hear herself screaming loudly. She couldn't move, couldn't see, but she could feel the oozing of her own blood as it trailed down her body and onto the ground to puddle around her, every drop rippling out further and further. She could feel a cold numbness slowly setting in, she couldn't breathe... she felt like she was sinking, into black water, being smothered by the pressure. "Inu...yasha.." she heard herself from far away, and then it was all gone.

She felt no more... she heard no more... she hurt no more...

AN: Hey everyone this is Muzai here. Don't be mad that I killed Kagome. But this isn't the end of the story nor the end of Kagome. Please tell me what ya think okay? Looking forward to reviews and don't worry I'll have the next chapter up soon.