This one's a little shorter but I'm on a time limit. Sorry! READ AND REVIEW~~!!!
Kagome stood before him, her entire body shaking. She raised her hand to guard her chest, her other one flailing around, trying to hold onto something for support. Her eyes were blank with fear, staring at the boy before her in utter shock. He killed her! He really killed her! This couldn't be happening!
InuYasha took at swift step forward, causing her to cringe. Shit, what was she going to do? He was coming after her next! What could she do?! She didn't want to hurt him…she loved him! But he…but he killed her best friend…. No! She wouldn't hurt him! She just wouldn't!
Miroku leapt up from his spot against the tree. He had just opened his eyes to see the hazy image of InuYasha—demon—coming after Kagome. He thrust his staff out in front of her, the blood trickling down his face. The rings also were stained red, making Kagome gulp in fear. The blood…what would Miroku do when he saw Sango's blood, her dead body lying on the cold ground? She shivered at the thought of his reaction.
"InuYasha," he commanded, "come to your senses" His voice cut off short. His eyes had drifted to the girl lying on the ground behind the demon. Sango's soulless eyes stared up at him without emotion. He stared back into them, his face paling to match hers. "S-Sango…"
Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder gently. Fresh tears stared pouring from her eyes. "Miroku-sama…."
He tore away from her, running to Sango. His shoulder brushed against InuYasha's for an instant, his eyes drifting to the demon's face. InuYasha smiled at him maliciously, his stare intense. Miroku's eyes widened. InuYasha wasn't supposed to have any recollection or sense of anything when he was in his demon form. But…he knew! He knew who he had killed, and he…he was smiling about it! He knew what it was doing to Miroku's heart; tearing it out, shredding it to pieces. He knew the pain he was causing them all…
Miroku turned away, hate brewing in his soul. His feeling quickly changed to depression, however, when his eyes re-set themselves on his lost love. He dropped to his knees before her, wrapping his arms around her wilted form, staring at her snow-white face. Tears came to his eyes as he placed his fingers over hers, closing them slowly. He took her face in his hands, twitching at the icy feel of her skin. He brushed his thumb over her lips, a tear splashing onto her cheek. It trickled down to her chin, making it look as if she was crying too.
He suppressed a sob, but to no avail. Then he decided that he didn't care; not anymore at least. The tears rolled freely down his face, his mouth a thin line. "Oh God…Sango…. I n-never got to kiss y-you…I never got to tell you I l-love you…. Please don't die! Sango!" He buried his face in her neck, crying out his emotional pain.
InuYasha stared at them, his smile falling. His expression began to soften, his brow becoming un-furrowed. His eyes regained their normal and glossed over with tears. His mouth dropped open in disbelief. "Sango…? Miroku what happened?"
Miroku's head shot up at the sound of the hanyou's normal voice. He whipped his head to face him, angry tears staining his cheeks. "What happened?!" he mimicked, standing up. He carefully put the dead girl on the ground, and then turned to the man. "You happened, InuYasha! You killed her! You c-cut her into shreds! You killed the woman I love!"
InuYasha's heart beat thumped in his head again. "W-what? N-no I didn't! I would never! Sango's one of my friends…"
"Friends?! I don't massacre my friends, InuYasha! What's wrong with you?!"
"I m-must have been in my d-demon form…" he muttered to himself.
Miroku balled his hands into fists. He ran at him, punching InuYasha in the face full-force. InuYasha fell to the ground, surprised by the man's actions. Miroku straddled his waist, punching him over and over again. Blood sprayed out of the side of the half demon's mouth, his eyes wide and shocked.
Kagome gasped. She ran over to Miroku, feeling the undeniable urge to help InuYasha. She grabbed Miroku's shoulders, trying to pry him off of him. "Stop! Please! You're hurting him!"
Miroku squirmed, trying to get away from her without hurting her. "He's the one who hurt me Kagome! Sango…Sango was all I had to live for! I'm nothing without her!" He grabbed InuYasha's hands, shoving them into InuYasha's point of view.
The were completely soaked in red.
"This is her blood on your hands!" he spat, his glare full of hate. "The blood of my love, Kagome's best friend, and your companion! Tell me, InuYasha, how does that make you feel?! It wasn't your 'demon side'! It was you! You can't blame your actions on your demon blood! You are you InuYasha, and you need to tame yourself! You're an animal! Do you here me?! An animal!"
InuYasha stared at his claws, his fingers shaking. His eyes lost their shine, going dead with thought. He was right. He couldn't run from his demon side, nor could he blame everything that happened on it either. They were his claws that killed all those people. His claws that slaughtered Sango. His claws that caused Miroku so much pain. His claws that hit Kagome with so much fear…. All his.
Animal…
That was the part that was the most true of all. That was just what he was. An animal. Killing whatever and whoever he needed to, to stay alive. Whenever his body was injured beyond thought, and he didn't have his Tetsusaiga—his fang— for protection, he turned into a beast. He just simply tore through anything in his path that was a threat, not thinking of the consequences. Actually, he didn't think of much at all. Just to kill…and kill and kill and kill!
He gripped the air with his hands, a few drops of blood splashing onto his face. The feeling of the warm liquid made him shudder, thinking of the warm, life filled body it had come from. Now she lay on the ground, cold and dead. All because of him.
Miroku, realizing he had struck a nerve, got off of the man. He turned away, back to Sango, and picked her up. "I'm leaving. I'm going back to Keade's village. Maybe there's something she can do…"
"But Miroku…" Kagome whispered, kneeling on the ground before InuYasha. "She's dead…"
Miroku tensed up. He owned up to silence, before he snapped again. He walked away, into the forest, a small trail of blood following after him. Kagome stared at the bigger pool of red, the starlight reflecting off of it's still surface like a lake. Sango….
But she didn't cry. She didn't have enough tears left for that.
InuYasha sat up, hiding his eyes behind his bangs. He moaned in agony. Kagome, mistaking it as a growl, scooted away. InuYasha looked up at her, his eyes displaying despair. He offered her a sad smile, "H-hey…." He reached out to touch her, to hold her. Not for her comfort, but for his. The second his bloody hand touched her, however, she ripped away from him. She stood, making a little whimpering noise of fear. Quickly, she ran into the forest, in a different direction than Miroku had gone. InuYasha watched her go, his smile dropping instantly from his face.
She wasn't just scared, she was mortified. Didn't she realize how much this hurt him too? He had just killed one of his friends, and lost his best friend in the whole world. Now she, the woman he loved, was going to leave him too? It just wasn't fair! She couldn't do this to him! Then again…he had hurt her too. Besides the fact that he made both of their friends leave them, he had done something else. If in fact she did love him…then he just shattered her very soul. What was it like, he wondered, to have the man you love kill someone, your friend, right in front of you? And the possibility that he could kill you too, without any second thought? If Miroku hadn't been there…he might just have.
He remembered after the fight with the moth demon, when he had killed those bandits. Kagome had come to him, offering him a towel to dry his wet hands. She hadn't sad a word. She just sat there, staring at him with those eyes. He had mistaken the look for pity at the time. But now he saw that it was understanding. Like she knew it had hurt him just as much as it had hurt her to watch. Watch him turn into a ruthless animal. She kneeled behind him, placing her calming hand gently on his shoulder. She rested her head on his other shoulder, breathing in his scent. He had been so surprised as he placed his hand over hers. He had squeezed it, promising her with his thoughts. He had told himself that this would happen, that one day he might tear her apart with his claws.
He was just thankful that Sango was dead, and not Kagome.
There was no way he could live with himself if he had killed her. Rather her fear him for eternity than have him kill her. That would haunt him for the rest of his years, and well into the afterlife.
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Kagome ran through the forest, her arms in front of her face for protection against the branches and leaves. She had to get home. Back to her safe, warm bed. Her loving, caring family. She had to get away from this cursed time period! It was just as Kikyou had said…
You don't belong here. Go back to your own time!
She was so right. She didn't belong here. She was worthless. Kikyou could have detected the jewel shards just as she had. Kikyou was a better priestess than she was by far. She could have stopped InuYasha…. No. Nothing could stop that…that animal!
She stopped on a dime, surprised by her own thoughts. She stared at the dark ground. "Now why'd I say that? H-he's not an animal…it's not his fault he…h-he…"
She started to cry again. She hugged herself, trying to stop her shoulders from shaking. Her tears splashed onto the leaves; her sobs echoing into the dead silent night. She looked up at the sky, the water on her face illuminated by the quarter moon. "InuYasha…I'm sorry…y-you're the one that needs to be saved from yourself…."
