(A/N: Hello again, my dear dear readers!!! It is I The- … Ah, just screw it. I'm back again, with another, nice kick-assy story! Oh ho, is it really, you ask? Why would it be kick-assy, you ask? Especially since all your other stories suck… HEY! –growls- Anywho, its kick-assy 'cause, not only do I SAAAAAAAAAAAY its kick-assy, but because, though I have writers block for almost all of my other stories, I have a good amount of muse due to the four day weekend and the snow day on me birthday! W00T! GO ME!!!!

-ahem- Summery…

Kagome is trapped within stone, and InuYasha is killed. What happens when his reincarnation (SHUT UP! I CAN HAVE AS MANY INUYASHA REINCARNATIONS AS I WANT!!!!)accidentally re-awakens her? How will she cope? And how will she explain who she is and how she felt about his incarnation to… what was his name again? Please tell me it isn't Naraku… No? Good… Wait… he's a WHAT NOW!?

Disclaimer: (To the tune of the Oscar Mayer Weiner song. Why? 'Cause I'm just like that…) Ooooooooooooh, I wish I owned InuYasha, that's what I'd really like to own. But I don't own InuYasha, but if I did everyone would be in love with me! Heh…I'm not on something, I swear… Well… maybe I am, but… That's not the point… The unglompable Rumiko Takahashi owns InuYasha… not me… -tear-

Prolog

"Kagome, stay here!" InuYasha whispered softly, putting the injured teen down by a tree. She swallowed and nodded stiffly, clutching her waist and watched as the hanyou darted away, drawing his sword and falling back into the fray.

She wanted to help, she really did, but Kagome knew she'd only be a burden. All her arrows were spent, and she'd only get in her friends' way, and scare them and hurt them when she fell into danger.

They were fighting Naraku again, but Kagome had a strange feeling that this would be the last time they'd meet up with Naraku. But that strange feeling told her something worse was going to happen… and that Naraku just might come out on top…

She cried out as Miroku fell, dead, and Sango was killed. Shippo was at Kaede's, and Kirara was already injured. All that was left was her and InuYasha, and Kagome couldn't fight…

"Kaze no" InuYasha pulled back Tetsaiga and let loose a Wound of the Wind. "KIZU!"

Naraku laughed behind his barrier. "InuYasha," he said, his voice velvety smooth. It made Kagome want to barf. "You never learn… Your friends were your strength. They were your power. Now, almost all of them are dead. Only little Kagome is alive, and she won't be for very much longer."

A growl rumbled in InuYasha's throat, his amber eyes narrowed in hatred towards the evil half-demon who just laughed in his face. "You… won't… TOUCH HER!" InuYasha cried, slashing at the air where Naraku had been only moments before.

Kagome started. He was standing there, right above her. "INUYASHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! TASUKETE!!!!!!!!" she screamed.

He whirled around and swore, charged towards Naraku, but froze as Naraku placed a sword's blade at Kagome's quivering throat.

The evil hanyou turned towards InuYasha, a grin slowly dancing across his lips. "She doesn't have the shard Kohaku had. When I killed him, she took it… and yet it isn't with her… but you… Hand it over, and she shall live. You, however… Well, I have no guarantees about that."

InuYasha's amber eyes moved from Kagome to Naraku. His love for Kagome and second sense to protect her was battling with his longing to become a full fledged demon and to defeat Naraku, keeping him from taking control of the entire Shikon no Tama.

He bit his lip, but slowly slid his hand into the sleeve of his haori. Ignoring Kagome's cry for him to stop and not to give the Shikon no Kakera to him, he extracted the small shard.

Holding it between thumb and forefinger, his tawny eyes narrowed. "Let her go."

Naraku shrugged and took the blade away. Kicking Kagome aside, he took a step forward and extended his hand.

A light shone in Kagome's eyes. 'No,' a desperate voice whispered in her ear. 'He mustn't get the shard…'

Leaping up, she grabbed Naraku's arm and pushed all of her purification powers onto him.

Naraku let out a blood curdling scream, falling away into a pile. But he was far from dead.

Kagome sank to her knees, breathing heavily. InuYasha darted to her side, holding her up. "Kagome… Kagome…? Are you ok?" he asked. She smiled and gave a small nod, leaning against him lightly.

"Why, you little… bitch," Naraku hissed, rising to his feet and glaring at Kagome with those dangerous vermillion orbs of his.

Kagome snorted, but didn't shoot anything back at him. Though she had told InuYasha, she was just fine, she was extremely weary. Slipping her hand into InuYasha's, she gave it a gentle squeeze, trying desperately to bring back some hope…

The Shikon no Kakera fell into the hand that was curled around InuYasha's. She didn't notice, but as he let go, she realized it was there.

Looking down at it, she knew she would not survive this battle… and, though her heart cried out at the knowledge of it, nor would InuYasha.

'There must be some way to protect the last shard,' her mind told her desperately, and she agreed with it.

Standing, she brought her hands to her chest, shielding the Shikon no Kakera, and muttering words of protection. Both InuYasha and Naraku turned to her, her body emanating a soft white light.

"No, Kagome!" InuYasha cried, lunging forward, but was driven back by a barrier.

Tears slipped down Kagome's eyes and a look of pure pain crossed her face. The look was like an arrow into InuYasha's heart; forever more painful than Kikyo's arrow had been fifty years ago.

Lowering her head, Kagome closed her eyes as she felt her body become the earth, then stone. She couldn't feel her legs now, and though InuYasha begged her to stop, she knew that even if she wanted to, she couldn't.

"I'm sorry, InuYasha," she whispered, opening her eyes partly. "It's the only way… please, forgive me…"

Then, everything went black.