Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha and Co.
A/N: The first part is in Kagome's point of view. After the separation, it'll just be in third person.
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Rather Die With Her
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My breathing is erratic as I run through the forest, dodging every tree and root that is in my path. My heart beat is too fast; I won't let it stop me. Not now. Not when it is so important that I can get away. I can remember the look in his eye when he had turned to me, dark smirk on his face. I shudder at the memory. I can't go back. I won't go back.
I can hear him crashing after me and the knowledge of my inevitable death crashes into my mind. He won't spare me. When he catches me, he'll kill me just as he did the others.
The memory of my friends' mutilated bodies is still fresh in my mind. Shippo's bright eyes had been so empty, missing his usual light and spunk. Miroku had died protecting Sango and their unborn child, trying to get her out of the path of the demon's claws. It hadn't mattered, though. He'd taken no prisoners. He'd felt no mercy, no guilt at killing our friends. Instead, I had seen in his eyes the pleasure at killing people innocent of crimes against him. Remembering it was making me sick to my stomach all over again.
"Kagome," his voice rings out tauntingly. "Oh, Kagome! Come back here!" I can hear the grin in his voice as it finds me. "You know you can't run from me forever! Come here!"
Another shudder runs through me. I have to find a way to confuse him, to get him off my trail. But I don't have the time! I can't run around in circles to get him away!
"Kagome," I suddenly hear directly behind me. I spin to come face to face with the murderous…thing. His mouth is turned up in a sinister smile; his intent is clear in the blood red color of his eyes. As I start to back away, he follows me slowly, stalking me like I'm prey. Which I know is exactly what I am to him. "So, you thought you could run, did you?"
I can't breathe. His face is frightening me into silence. I pray for the strength to purify him, even though he is my beloved. No, not my love. My love wouldn't kill his friends! "I…."
He leans over me. The movement forces me to bend backward. "I had been thinking that I might spare you, that you wouldn't run from me. You've seen me this way before--"
"You've never killed your friends before!" I interrupt, screaming. My voice is so hoarse, the words make my throat burn. "You've never ripped them apart and made me watch!" I start backing away once more, wishes for my bow and arrows are clouding my mind. "Of course I'm going to run from you!"
His face is now a fierce mask of purpose. The mocking smile is gone from his lips to be replaced by a horrible snarl. "You little bitch!" he shouts, both his hands going to my arms. I scream when his claws dig into my skin brutally. He presses his face into mine, so close that our breaths are mingling. "You're the one who gave me the jewel in the first place! You're the one that let me wish on it! Don't you dare preach to me!" I can feel my blood dripping down my arms. Combined with my heart rate from the run, I am beginning to feel dizzy.
He must see that I'm fading away, that my body is starting to give out. His claws leave my skin swiftly and he wraps his arms around me. "Don't faint on me, damnit!"
I can't obey; his talons went too far into my arms. My body is becoming leaden. I…I'm dying. I never thought this would be how I died….
I open my eyes one last time and see his panicked expression. Then I am pressed against him closely and my eyes are sliding closed again.
The last thing I hear is my InuYasha's voice. "Don't leave me, Kagome."
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A pain-filled cry filled the air that night. The villagers, who had found the bodies of the monk, demon, and taijiya, know immediately the demon is in the forest of InuYasha. Only a demon could make that sound.
They race towards the trees, fearing for the missing members of the traveling group. They knew InuYasha wouldn't allow the demon to harm Kagome, but from the sound of it, it was quite powerful. One false step and it would kill them both.
But when the villagers, Kaede at the lead, reach the forest, two glowing red eyes glare at them before the demon they'd been waiting for burst from the trees, landing in the middle of the group.
It held something…. A body. Kaede fired arrows at it, but it swiped them away with one arm, twisting to roar in fury. They realized then that they hadn't had to be frightened of the demon killing InuYasha; it was InuYasha. And the body that it held was Kagome's, her face pale and her limbs limp.
"InuYasha, you…you have killed Kagome." Tears fill her eyes as she focuses all her purification powers into the arrow that she has aimed at the youkai. "I am sorry." She fires the arrow at him.
And he doesn't try to avoid it. Instead, he allows it to rip into his heart, slamming him back, making the circle surrounding him shift. He lay there for a moment, his breath heaving as the demon in him was purified. She expected him to fully dissipate, to leave no trace of his body.
But there was still a man lying there when his breathing stopped. He had dark hair and InuYasha's clothes. Except there were no dog ears, no claws, no fangs. Just a man lying there, clutching the young priestess to his side even in death.
He'd rather die with her.
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I'm sorry it was so tragic, but it's been in my mind for awhile. The scene didn't fit into any of my stories, so I had to put it somewhere. Tell me what you think.
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