"NOOOOOO!" Kagome screamed as she staggered to her feet.

Standing where the scream came from was a white horse with a red mane and tail. It's rider held a spear with blood dripping from it's tip. On the ground lay Shippou, Kirara, and not that far away Miroku slumped over holding Sango in his arms.

"That was easy." Said the rider.

"That is not all of us Hakudoshi."

"You think you can take me out when you can't stay up straight after getting thrown from the dog hanyou's back?"

"She won't have to. Wind Tunnel." A weak voice said. Since Miroku was fairly close and caught Hakudoshi off guard, Miroku was able to suck both the horse and it's rider into the wind void. Closing his hand and wrapping the beads around his hand, Miroku collapsed back onto the ground. "My beloved Sango, I'll soon be with you." Miroku's breath became slower and fainter and soon stopped.

"I see it is down to only the miko and her dog hanyou that I must face. Not much of a challenge." A dark sinister voice was heard everywhere but yet not anywhere at the same time.

"Where are you Naraku? Are you afraid to come out and show yourself?" Inuyasha slowly turned around looking at the surroundings waiting for Naraku to show himself.

"Taunting Naraku does not seem the wisest thing to do since it is just the two of us now without the help of the others."

"I can handle him Kagome. I'm not weak. Go over there by those trees and stay out of the way." Inuyasha watched as Kagome walked over towards the trees. "Are you afraid because you know that we will win?"

"Inuyasha Help Me!" Inuyasha quickly turned around to see two Kagome's.

"Which one is the real you Kagome?"

"I'm the real Kagome."

"No I am." The two Kagome's began to push one another. Inuyasha watched the two Kagome's to determine who the real one was but their moves were the same.

"She's Naraku. Being a miko, I can see auras and the aura that I see is dark." But still Inuyasha did not strike.

"Don't just stand there. Do something. That's Naraku."

"I can't. What if I'm wrong?"

"I will prove that she is Naraku." The one Kagome moved then there was a scream. When the one moved away, Inuyasha saw the other one holding her stomach and blood coming out between her fingers.

"Inu-yasha!"

"I guess she was the real miko after all." Came an evil voice.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran over to Kagome and knelt down.

"The wound won't kill her right away, but rather slowly. She will be able to watch her beloved hanyou be killed and the wild animals feast on your dead body and the bodies of her friends."

"You bastard!" Inuyasha stood up and ran at Naraku. "It will be you who she will see die." Inuyasha swung to strike Naraku but was reflected off by Naraku's barrier. He got up and proceeded to run at Naraku over and over again.

"I tire of this." Naraku voiced as he sent two tentacles towards Inuyasha, which he easily destroyed but were quickly replaced by more. Each time they were destroyed, two more were added the next time. As Inuyasha jumped up, Naraku dropped his barrier as he let a single tentacle shoot out and pierce Inuyasha in the heart. "As you die, know that the jewel will be in my hands and the miko will soon follow you in death." Naraku flung his tentacle backwards ripping through Inuyasha's flesh creating a larger hole. Watching with a smile as Inuyasha's body hit the ground, he did not notice a glowing arrow coming his way as the owner of the arrow slumped against her bow as she watched it hit and sink into its mark.

Staying where she was, she slowly reached up and wiped the warm and sticky liquid out of her eyes before reaching for another arrow incase she needed to fire another one. Chuckling Naraku moved towards her. Seeing that her arrow did not do anything she fired another arrow followed by a third. The third, sinking deep within his throat. As he dissolved, Kagome stood up on wobbly legs making her way over to a motionless body of Inuyasha. Getting closer to her friend, she could tell that it was bad.

"Inuyasha wake up. You have got to help me move you." She looked him over with tears mixing with the sticky liquid in her eyes. His clothes were soaked through with blood. She saw the huge hole within his body. When she touched his cheek, she could feel that the skin was cold. "I'll go and get you some help." Getting to her feet, she grabbed her bow. "Yes, that is what I'll do. I'll get some help that's all you and the others need." She headed out of the area using her bow as a walking stick.

While she made her way through the forest falling to the ground causing her wounds to bleed even more, she continued on as the morning drew close to the time to eat, her body was letting her know that it needed to rest. But she ignored it and carried on although her progress was beginning to slow down as she became more and dizzier as her eye sight began to become blurry as her eyes became sticky once more. As it became harder for her to see, she pushed her way through some brush and as she did she caught sight of someone or something just before her legs gave out and she collapsed to the ground.

A small group traveled until they came upon a place well protected by brush and trees. Once they arrived a little girl sat herself down next to a tree as one of her companions left then the other one.

Rumble

Looking down at her stomach, the little girl got up and walked around the area looking for edible toadstools and sticks to be able to roast her findings. After finding what she was looking for she returned to the spot that she had sat down in earlier and laid her food down. As she was setting up the sticks for a small fire a sound caught her attention. She stopped what she was doing and remained very still. When a familiar voice was heard she began to move once more.

"I gathered my food to eat already lord Sesshoumaru." The girl stood up and was about to move when Sesshoumaru looked a different way.

"Do not move Rin." Sesshoumaru drew his sword and waited. A woman came out of the brush covered from head down in blood then collapsed to the ground. Jaken hurried over to the woman.

"It's that wretch's woman."

"Who is she, master Jaken?" The girl walked towards the woman. She breathed in deep when she got closer to the woman and saw how much blood covered her. They heard a faint voice.

"How dare she insult you lord Sesshoumaru by calling you that wretch's name."

"Who is this Inuyasha, master Jaken and who are the others she speaks of?"

"Inuyasha is a filthy dog hanyou that she has befriended. The others are her group that travels together."

"Listen she is saying she was going to get help." As the two were speaking the color of white caught their attention.

From where he had stood Sesshoumaru could smell the scent of death mixed in with the scent of this woman's blood as well as another scent. Reaching out he moved the one in front of him on her back and looked her over. While doing this he could smell Inuyasha's blood and the blood of other's on her. Standing to his feet, he left without word. He followed the scent of the blood that was on Kagome as well as her blood left on the ground in places she had fell, not to mention broken branches of shrubs.

With his pace of travel he entered an area with broken trees. Walking further he noticed bodies of youkai littered the area. As he continued the smell of human blood wafted his nose. Upon getting to the area that the human blood was the strongest, he noticed the bodies of the monk, youkai exterminator, fire cat, and the kitsune. Telling by the look of things, three did not know what happened. The monk looked other wise. Turning he scanned the rest of the area and noticed a large pool of blood but no body, then the color of red and silver caught his eye.

Walking over to that which caught his attention, the body of Inuyasha lay in a crumpled position. Standing over the dead body of his half brother, he smelt the scent of Naraku all over the body.