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There was rage.
Pure, unadulterated rage.
He wanted to destroy them all.
He wanted to tear them limb from limb, soak the ground with their blood.
Then he wanted to die, too.
He wanted to join her.
His sword pierced yet another victim, their lifeless body falling to the ground. Their blood left his blade dripping onto the already soaked grass. Other corpses lay scattered around him. He'd found a small group of snake demons out hunting a young boy. The boy was too far away for him to get to. And he didn't want the boy. He wanted all of them, the ones that had taken her from him.
He took a step forward, planning to look for more. He wanted the entire species decimated.
Then he stopped.
He must have been attacked from behind. Because she stood before him, bow at her side, brown eyes glistening with unshed tears, ebony locks falling down her back, light blue kimono stained with mud and blood at the hem.
Mate.
He growled and reached for her, but she shrank back ever so slightly. He realized she was trembling.
Why is mate shaking?
"Inuyasha," she whispered, the tears starting to fall.
There was something off about his mate, though. She didn't smell very clean. She smelled of her own blood, sweat, and tears. Wouldn't the gods take that away in heaven?
Or maybe this was hell. Hell was where he belonged, anyway.
But if he were in hell, she wouldn't be here with him at all.
She's alive!
Mate!
But... I watched her. I held her in my arms and her heart beat...
You never actually stuck around to hear it stop, did you? Idiot.
Mate!
So, she's alive then? I'm not hallucinating?
Mate!
She's standing right in front of you, isn't she?
Mate!
We get it! She's my freaking mate!
Kagome watched him struggle inwardly. She waited with baited breath as the crimson faded from his eyes. Violet irises returned to topaz and met chocolate with wonder and awe.
Kagome released a sigh of relief.
"InuYasha," she whispered.
Then she collapsed.