Inuyasha watched as they buried his first child. There was so much he could've done differently with her, and now it's too late. He turned away from the group and walked back to the village, they all looked at him with a look of empathy and a silent apology. He didn't want to see anyone so he just kept walking, face pointed towards the ground. He had found Kouga and he had killed him, but that didn't bring as much joy as it would have long ago, sure he found his child's killer and killed him but it wasn't going to bring her back, Star was dead. Inuyasha walked to the tree he was once pinned to and sat down. Here he had met Kagome, almost 13 years ago. She didn't even look like she aged but she did mature.
"I could've stopped her from running, why did I have to scare her?!" Inuyasha punched the tree crying, Kikyo watched him from far away. She had yearned for Inuyasha so long and now even though she's given him up it still aches to see him in pain. He blamed himself for his child's death.
Kagome and the others had found Inuyasha; they ran up to him holding him down because he was going to break his hand if he continued. He cried into Kagome's chest as she wrapped her arms around him.
Naraku watched them from far away before heading towards the shrine, he had his eyes on Star and he wasn't going to stop until he got her. Kohaku was of no use to him anymore and soon his shard will be removed and put into Star. He floated up to the shrine bringing along his bees and miasma.
"You will be mine Star." Several monks tried to stop him, but he killed them with ease. The others were alerted to his presence by the screams of the children. They began running back to where Naraku was but he already had Star's body in his arms. He did wait specifically for Sango to be in range of sight, when she was he ripped Kohaku's jewel shard out. His body fell to the ground back to being just a corpse; Naraku disappeared with Star's body.
"Damn it! He has her!" Inuyasha stood shaking in anger, he had failed at protecting her life and now he failed at protecting her in death. What kind of father was he?
Koda vaguely remembered an evil castle near his clan, he turned to run away and Shippo grabbed him on the arm "I'm coming too."
Koda couldn't say no to the little fox, as he would need his help in the end as well. Koda turned into his wolf form and ran with the little fox on his back.
