First of all, sorry for taking sooo long to update this chapter, last week, I had h1n1 (yes! SWINE FLU! IT SUCKS!!!) and mom would NOT let me on the computer. Whenever I did get on the computer, my mom disinfected the keyboard because she didn't want what I had. I was stuck out of school from the beginning of the week until the end, so needless to say, a LOT of homework built up. My friends missed me too, and I missed them, but tomorrow I get to finally see them since OVER A WEEK AGO!! YAY! I swore that if the h1n1 didn't kill me, my homework would. Well, I finished most of my homework except a few math assignments and h1n1 is gone from me (okay, so I still have cold symptoms, but that also might be a side affect of "nature's gift to women" ;) since I tend to get a weak immune system thanks to that, and OMG the male readers will all kill me, won't they? okay, I'll shut up now!), and here I am, the first ghost writer in the history of mankind. JUST KIDDING! I'm ALIVE! HALLELUJAH! Mom did end up getting out of h1n1, though my little brother and sister got it. That's life, I guess.

Second, I'm not sure how many people heard the news. InuYasha (THE ANIME) is being made in Japan and WILL BE FINISHED!!! They are coming out with the English episodes next year. My life suddenly feels fulfilled! I don't think I've felt this happy for a while. Yay life!

Third, there is a fighting scene in this chapter. You will know the whole reason why I do not usually put fighting scene, but this is InuYasha that this story is about, so he can't be all "Perfect Boyfriend". *~sighs~* So the scene totally sucks. Please try to ignore that small fact and simply imagine InuYasha fighting a large demon.

Fourth, sorry cinnamon for killing Kaggy. TT~TT She'll be back! Maybe...

So after getting swine flu, and my mom not, AND writing a VERY crappy fight scene, AND killing Kaggy and making my friend cinnamon sad, I feel like blech, terrible. Also, I feel like I got some kind of reward for not dying from h1n1. I get the lovely privilage (hopefully! If all the negative reviews don't kill me first. AH!! D8) to see the last episodes of InuYasha. The trailer is on Hulu! The link is right here ~ .com/watch/99882/inuyasha-inuyasha---the-final-act#x-4,vclip,1,0 Am I the only one completely and totally ecstatic about this?

Also, for those of you that are reading this chapter/story for the first time. Please, I am begging you, PLEASE do NOT abandon the story simply because I killed Kagome. Yes, yes we all love her -- except the people who are die-hard Kikyo fans, you might not like Kagome, and probably would read this story of having the sheer pleasure of her death -- but please do not leave my story because you are ticked. Please continue reading! The crappiness of Kagome's death is made up for along the way!!

~Kat

"My name is Azumi. My mother was a human, and my father was a demon. I guess it was just another one of those strange human-demon relationships." Azumi smiled weakly. "I lived with them until a year or two ago." Her smile vanished. "Ryuu, the demon that Kagome was eaten by, had heard about a powerful half-demon. I mean you, InuYasha, in case you didn't realize it. He went out to search for a female-half demon, hoping that if a half-demon and a full-demon had a… child, I guess, it would be very powerful. He found me. My father tried to protect me, but he wasn't very powerful and lost. He was killed, along with my mother, right in front of me. I tried to defend myself, but Ryuu threatened me, saying that if I didn't become his wife and give him children, he'd eat me. I was terrified and powerless. My strength does not lie in fighting, I guess.

"But you probably don't want to hear what happened to me, do you? You want to hear about Kagome. There wasn't much more than you already know. Ryuu dragged her in. I saw that she had the Shikon Jewel and figured that someone usually watched over her and cared for her so something like Ryuu kidnapping her, usually didn't happen.

"I tried to have Kagome give me the jewel so she'd live. All that Ryuu wanted was the jewel. She refused. I begged and pleaded with her. I suggested that she'd throw the jewel somewhere else and run, but she didn't.

"As she waited to be eaten, she told me about you. How you'd saved her so many times.

"I woke up to find the sun was just starting to rise. Kagome was sitting next to me, staring at the sky. I think she stayed up most of the night. 'I'm going to miss everything,' she said to me. 'Tell him I love him.' I told her that I would.

"I remember when Ryuu ate her." Azumi shuddered slightly. "She wasn't supposed to die; it wasn't her time. I pleaded with him to make it painless. He broke her neck, ate the Shikon Jewel, and then ate the rest of her slowly, leaving the bones."

InuYasha remained silent, in total shock.

"I'm sorry," Azumi walked over to InuYasha, sat down beside him, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Look at me, InuYasha." His head turned to her. InuYasha did not seem totally conscious as Azumi stared into his eyes. Suddenly, in Azumi's place was Kagome.

"Kagome!"

"If you want, InuYasha, I could give up my body and soul and hers would take over me."

"That means that Kagome would come back, right?"

"Well… yes."

"Then do it!"

Kagome turned back into Azumi, her face was serious again. "Are you sure? This is pretty much permanent."

"Hell yeah, I'm sure. Why wouldn't I be?"

A look of hurt flashed across Azumi's face, but a second later, she was serious again. "Okay," she said finally.

Azumi blinked. When she opened her eyes again, they were blank. Her lifeless body collapsed face first into InuYasha's lap. For a while, there was total silence. If Kagome did become Azumi, then Azumi would die before she was meant to, too. She needs to live, but I need Kagome.

"Mmm…" the girl in InuYasha's lap groaned. "InuYasha…"

"Azumi?"

There was a bit of hesitation in her voice. "Yeah, I'm sorry. Kagome said it was better that I stay alive." She sat up and stared at the ground. "I'll probably fall asleep soon, too, though. Its exhausting to do something like that."

"Remember how you said that Kagome died when she wasn't meant to?"

Azumi caught on quickly. "She has more meaning. She was meant to do great things. She has affected hundreds of lives. I have affected no one's life. My life is worthless compared to hers. She needs to live more than I do." She sounded drowsy.

"You've affected my life."

Azumi's voice was low and monotonous; her eyes were blank. "Not enough to matter." There was no emotion.

InuYasha grabbed her shoulders. "You matter to me," he said fiercely.

"Yeah, because I can bring back your girlfriend," she muttered, her eyes starting to close. She fell into him, asleep.

"Hold on, what? You can bring Kagome back?" Azumi muttered something unintelligible in reply. "Azumi!" He shook her shoulders, desperate to get her to wake up.

"What?" she asked, suddenly awake. She sounded annoyed.

"You can bring Kagome back?"

"I will later!" she snapped. "I need to sleep. It's hard to make myself leave my own body." She lay on the ground and fell asleep once more.

InuYasha lifted her head slightly to rest it on his lap. "Good night, then."

"I love you InuYasha," the girl whispered in her sleep.

InuYasha didn't say anything. What was he supposed to say? He certainly couldn't say "I love you" back because that would be betraying Kagome. He just stayed silent and let her sleep in his lap.

Thud... Thud... Thud...

"Damn you, Ryuu," InuYasha growled, irritated the he would have to move Azumi. He couldn't run again. Not if Azumi was going to resurrect Kagome. Thud... Thud... Thud... The demon had the jewel, too, and he needed that back. Thud... Thud...

She seemed sound asleep, so he picked her up and moved her into the bushes, hoping that she would be able to hide there. Thud! Thud! Thud!

InuYasha unsheathed Tetsuiga. It was in the form of his father's fang, instead of a peice of crap that he was worried it would be. Tetsuiga rested lightly on his shoulder.

Thud!

Thud!!

Thud!!!

THUD!!!!

Part of Ryuu's head cleared the trees. THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! He loomed high above InuYasha.

"I've defeated demons three times your size!" InuYasha boasted with confidence. "This won't take too long."

Ryuu looked at InuYasha with his small black pupils. "Where is she?"

"That don't really matter 'cause there's no way in hell that you're getting her."

Ryuu growled. "Tell me where she is..."

"Over my dead body!"

"So be it." Ryuu's great foot came down on InuYasha like he was a bug. InuYasha jumped back, still confident in himself.

InuYasha didn't even need to conciously look for the fissure in the wind scar, he just automatically cut it. The wind scar hit the demon, but did nothing. "Shit! Adamant Barrage!" Ice crystals flew at the demon. They hit him, and bounced off. He tried to use Tetsuiga to defend himself. A few got through and scraped InuYasha, leaving bleeding wounds. He flinched and paid no more attention to it. InuYasha jumped up and sliced at Ryuu's neck. It made a metal-scraping-metal sound.

Ryuu swatted InuYasha like a fly, sending him crashing to the ground. Ryuu bent over and picked up InuYasha. He said slowly, so InuYasha's inujured self would understand very easily what he was saying. "Where... is... she...?"

"Give me... the damn... jewel..." InuYasha answered weakly.

"Where! Is! Azumi!" Ryuu bellowed. "Tell me before I kill you!"

"Hell no."

The demon lifted InuYasha to his mouth, dropped him in, and swallowed him whole.

Okay, so the story is NOT OVER! Please, readers, don't leave! It's not done! I am BEGGING YOU! Please expect a new chapter very soon. I will not let myself forget!

Please review. I love people that review. You people... You are the apple of my eye... the shiny, shiny red apple.

Ohhh... shiny... o-o;;

~Kat