Yes I know this is short but this was supposed to have short chapters to begin with

Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi not me, though i do own the 'silent swor' you'll see soon


I gripped my bow in my hand and held tighter onto InuYasha as he jumped from cliff to cliff and my eyes widened as I saw Menomaru. He was standing in the middle of rocky field with a strangely peaceful expression painted on his pale face. It was as if he was waiting for us.

'Waiting for us?'

InuYasha unsheathed his blade and yelled out, "Meidou Zangetsuha!"

A black void appeared behind Menomaru and Menomaru began moving back. Suddenly his hand cut through the air and InuYasha groaned in pain and we started falling.

"InuYasha!" I shrieked as we descended to the rocky abyss below us.

I opened my eyes and saw red, I gasped in shock and breathed a sigh of relief since I had my head resting against InuYasha's chest.

I tried to shake InuYasha back into consciousness but he wouldn't respond to my touch. I had to fight Menomaru by myself.

I reached the edge of the ravine and climbed out while shuffling InuYasha who lay on my back unconscious. The surrounding ground was stained with the blood of past battles; I tried not to barf as I wiped my own bloody hands on my skirt. I walked to a nearby tree that managed to grow in the bloodied battlefield. My hands stung like hell and I felt nauseous at the thought of fighting Menomaru alone.

"Girl, I know you are hiding from me," I heard a voice said.

"Menomaru what did you do to InuYasha?" I said as I gripped my bow and rested InuYasha against the trees trunk and ran out into the open.

"Menomaru!" I growled as I glared at him.

"Answer me this, what did you do to InuYasha?"

"I just sucked the life out of him," Menomaru said simply as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"No!" I yelled at him as tears started welling up in my eyes and blurred my vision. "That's not true!" I sobbed and I stole a glance at InuYasha's still form.

I hastily wiped the tears from my eyes and aimed my only arrow at Menomaru. His hand swept through the air and I doubled over when I felt excruciating pain pulse in my abdomen. My hands gripped the soil as the pain increased,

"Menomaru you b-" I cursed him.

"What a dirty word from a useless human" he said with a smug grin on his face. He lifted his hand and cut me again and again and again until a pool of my own blood stained the dusty ground.

"You will lose girl, and the Jewel will be mine" Menomaru cackled.

I pushed my self off the ground so I sat with my legs folded beside me and I felt my aura grow stronger,

"Menomaru, did you know that when you have someone to protect your power grows to unbeatable quantities. So I will avenge my protector and lover's death." I said and I stood with my newfound strength. I aimed my arrow at him and his pathetic expression of shock.

"Prepare to meet your end Menomaru Hyoga! I will not miss," I yelled as I let go of the bowstring. My spiritual power created a bright light around the arrow and pierced through Menomaru and in a bright light Menomaru disappeared out of existence.

I let go of my bow and ran to InuYasha's side. "InuYasha, InuYasha!" I sobbed as I cradled InuYasha's cold form in my arms and I released my tears into his hair.

"InuYasha, come back to me" I whispered then I kissed him. My tears fell to his cheeks and his frozen lips grew slowly warmer and warmed and I didn't move away until I felt a hand brush against my tear sodden cheek.

"InuYasha, are you alright now?" I asked as I stared into his tired golden orbs.

"Yes, Kagome. I'm fine," he answered softly.

I felt something wet under my hand and I undid the ribbon that tied his shirt around him. Cuts were scattered around him abdomen.

"InuYasha did you get these cuts when you first fought Menomaru?" I gasped as I lay a hand an InuYasha's cheek.

"They're nothing but scratches." He reassured me.

I pressed my lips against InuYasha's once again,

Happy he was alive.


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I'm working on the last chapter so it will come soon but I can't guarantee it.