A.N. Erm... a complete angst fic (it's what I'm best at). Oh and no flames, I am a firm InuKag believer, not InuKik ok?
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Kagome was running, running as fast as her legs could carry her,
Inuyasha...Where are you?
The tears came unbidden to her eyes.
A tree trunk tripped her up and she lay there, sobbing, waiting for her enemy to catch up with her.
As she panted, she heard the footsteps behind her.
No! Her mind screamed, while her body refused to move, I don't want to die!
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Inuyasha didn't allow himself to think.
He didn't allow himself to feel.
He didn't allow anything to pass his mind.
He was concentrating only on the scent.
The scent of his beautiful angel.
Kagome!
The unwanted thought travelled through his mind. He clenched his teeth.
His wound was killing him. Literally but he didn't allow himself to think about it. His mind fell back into the blissful muteness that Inuyasha longed for.
I will not let her die!
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She screamed in absolute animal terror as her nightmare stamped on her leg. Hard. It broke the bones almost immediately.
She screamed again. Naraku laughed.
"You are the only formidable enemy I have, so you shall die. But only after feeling some pain first!" He snarled
Kagome took in a ragged breath. Then another, and another, and another.
"KAGOME!!!" Came the voice.
Relief washed through her, he was here, she didn't have to suffer anymore. "Inuyasha!" She screamed, ignoring the tears that fell down her face.
Naraku laughed, and pointed a finger to Inuyasha, charging a blast on his fingertip.
Kagome wasn't having that. With all her might she bit Naraku's ankle.
He cried out and slapped her on the face, "Get off, you wench!" He snarled. Kagome could taste his demon blood, but she didn't care. She tightened her jaws. She felt Naraku stumble.
Another blow to the cheek. She didn't care.
She felt the warm liquid run down her cheek as Naraku's nails dug into her flesh. It was all she could do to keep her hold on his ankle.
She saw Tetsusaiga fly through Naraku and she let go of him.
She had drunk a lot of Naraku's blood, it was making her sick. Naraku let out an animal howl before disappearing into his portal.
Kagome flopped to the ground feeling worn out. Then Inuyasha's arms were around her, pulling her into a hug. She felt his tears. She smelt his scent and sighed.
"Kagome? Kagome, are you ok?" She heard him ask, she nodded her head weakly.
But she knew that was wrong. She wasn't ok, her blood felt very...close...
It was pulsing through her head, racing sickeningly through her veins. She grunted at the sudden wave of pain.
As if sensing something, Inuyasha pulled her round to face him.
And at last she saw his face.
The corners of her weak mouth curved upwards.
"Inu..." She whispered, and reached up her hand to stroke his cheek.
Then she was drowning in the pain, it was suffocating her. She closed her eyes, screwing them up.
Inuyasha's gentle touch on her cheek was as good as any anesthetic.
"Kagome...Why? Why did you do it?" He whispered, heartbreak in his voice.
That confused her.
She opened her eyes, looking at him, confused.
"Why did you bite him?" He whispered, another tear falling helplessly out of his eye.
She didn't answer, she just concentrated on watching his amber eyes.
"Demon blood is poisonous Kagome!" He cried, all silence gone, he sobbed.
It was then that Kagome noticed the fire burning in her veins. She screamed, writhing, ignoring, her protesting leg. She clenched her jaw, clenched her fists, clenched her toes.
"Oh this... this is nothing..." She said, her nonchalance marred by the strain in her voice.
Inuyasha's answer was to grip her tighter.
"Inuyasha...thank you..." She breathed, her voice full of gratitude.
"For what?" Came his slightly angry reply, "I didn't save you,"
"Thank...you for coming...for me," She sighed, closing her weary eyes,
"NO! Don't go Kagome!"
"I'm...just...resting,"
"Come on Kagome, keep on talking, keep on breathing! You have to stay alive!"
"Inuyasha...I...love you," She sighed again,
Silence from Inuyasha as he stared at her, stunned, he opened his mouth to speak, but she interrupted him,
"I...thought I hated you and Kikyo at the beginning...but...I...d-didn't...realize...how much...I...loved...you...until......"
Inuyasha's eyes widened, as the rasping breath caught in Kagome's throat,
"Yes? Until when? Come on Kagome! Wake up!!! I love you, okay? Did you hear that? I love you!!! Don't leave!!!"
"Thank...you...Inuyasha..." Came the final rasping breaths of Kagome Higurashi. Her face was from that moment on, frozen in time, the smile, the blood, the broken leg. She carried those for the rest of time.
And Inuyasha was left there, holding onto the corpse of the woman that he loved.
He held her throughout the turmoil that followed, the sniveling Shippo, calling out to Kagome the sobbing Sango, shaking her head in disbelief, the mourning Miroku, saying a prayer of the dead.
Kagome hadn't even come from the same time as Inuyasha, Shippo, Miroku and Sango, but she had affected them all with feelings that transcended time itself.
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A.N. If anyone flames me about this I will be seriously annoyed! I don't flame InuKik fans so don't flame me! If anyone thinks this is too depressing yadeyadeyah, let me just remind you that this is rated ANGST and TRAGEDY!
Ok evil annoyed bit aside, I really like this, it's my first Inuyasha fic, and I like it ^_^. You know its sad when you've got wet eyes reading it... I might write an alternative reality to this, alter it halfway through, so don't be surprised if you end up reading the same thing in a different story (a story that is written by Kikwoka, mind)
Ok, enjoy reading, and happy holidays if ur still on them,
Kikwoka
