A/N: As you probably just realized, I'm updating this story pretty fast. I've decided that before I post any new stories, I should finish some first. So the next few updates are going to be long and fast. (I aiming for about 3,000 a chapter, but you know how lazy I am.) And for kdec who thinks Kagome will magically come back to life…I hope I don't disappoint…

"Kagome. Enough of this foolishness. I got to get you some help now!!!" Inuyasha's facial expression grows wild when he picks up the all too familiar scent of bereavement. No…

"Just…don't forget…" Kagome's limp hand fall under the weight of gravity, slipping from Inuyasha's grasp.

"No…never. I'll never forget you Kagome. I….love you…"

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Sango runs at the speed of light after her demon cat. Miroku runs twenty paces behind his beloved. Out of breath and panting, he manages to call out to her.

"Sango…slow down!"

"No! My best friend juts ran off with Kirara spewing out blood. I have to catch up to her before it's too late." She continues to run straight ahead, but slows to a halt at the sight before her. Ohmygod…

Miroku finally catches up to her and rest a hand on her shoulder, he too, in awe of the bloody image before them.

Inuyasha cradles Kagome's limp body, his ears twitching to adjust to the unsteady pattern of her heart. He listens intently to the off beat rhythm closing his eyes in the process. His own heart skips a beat as his sensitive ears, sense the slowing of her pulse. The scent of bereavement growing ever stronger on her body, Inuyasha feels her miko powers draining from her frail body. Every time her pulse decreases, Inuyasha feels his heart sink lower and lower. At last (A/N: So sad…) the gods finally decide to end her misery, and ceases the movement of her heart.

Sango drops to her knees, as a cool gust of wind blows by. Causing grass to flutter and dance, and leaves to whirl by. The abrupt burst of wind causes Kirara to jump. The demon cat saunters over to her owner, and rubs against her thigh. By the sudden stillness in the dry air, the entire field seems overcome with a serene calmness. The happy and somewhat eerie ambiance, apprises everyone that Kagome is no longer part of the living.

Inuyasha lies her lifeless corpse gently on the moist dirt beside him. Another cool breeze slides by, whipping Kagome's hair around her face. Inuyasha brushes the hair off of his beloved's blank mien. Inuyasha allows a single tear to fall from his glowing amber spheres before quickly standing, looking away from the trio near him.

"Inuyasha, I-" Sango wants to comfort him, but is at a loss for words.

"Save it. G-get her body out of here. She needs to be buried some where respectful." Inuyasha's bangs cover his eyes from view as he glances up to Kikyou. "I think you should just go."

Kikyou sets off in the horizon without a second thought. She knows when she's not wanted.

Inuyasha takes one last look at his treasured Kagome afore running off deep into the forest.

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Sango crawls, on all fours, to her deceased friend. She strokes her cool hand to see if it is true. She swipes a piece of grass off of her face. After looking into her dull, dark, auburn sphericals, she breaks down into uncontrollable sobs.

Miroku quickly runs to comfort his soon betrothed. "Sango, please calm down."

"I-I-can't!!" She cries through sobs.

"You will have to. Didn't you see Inuyasha?"

"Y-yeah, but-" Sango inhales sharply, receiving rubs on her back from Miroku.

"Well, then you should know that Inuyasha is torn up about it. He, more than anybody, needs consoling. We have to be strong for him. If not him, for Kagome. Would she want to see you and him suffering like this?"

"No. Your right, Miroku." She leans over and accepts his warm embrace. "I think we should go tell Kaede and the village about…" She couldn't push it out.

"It's okay." Miroku wraps his arm around her shoulder as they make their way to the village.

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Inuyasha leaps from tree to tree, running to a familiar area he and Kagome had been only once. (A/N: If you're lost, this place is from one of my one-shots, Crush. I wrote it little while back. It is a flashback coming up next though so…)

Inuyasha stops at a cerulean green lake. He slowly edges his self closer and closer to the bank of the pond. Sitting down, his mind reels back to his previous time here. The first time since he'd met Kagome, that he truly realized that he loved her.

Inuyasha senses that he is getting closer to her. He stops when he smells a familiar saltiness in the air.

Oh no, is she crying? He literally begins to fly in her direction, his feet barely hitting the ground. In minutes, he is among the trees around the pond. She sobs into her hands. The scent off her tears practically burns his nose. Actually, a tear traces a line down his face as well.

A-am I crying? He wipes it away, along with the thought. He begins to walk forward, accidentally stepping on a twig.

Kagome jumps, turning his direction. She glances his way and quickly tries to wipe away her tears. Inuyasha can't help but stare. Kagome He can't take his eyes off her. Breathtaking

He walks toward her shaking figure. He reaches for her shoulder, but her icy voice stops him.

"Don't touch me." She says so low, Inuyasha had to strain his ears to here it all.

"..." Her response startles him.

"Go. Just go. I'm sure you'd rather be with Kikyou anyways." She scoots away from him.

"What the hell gave you that idea?" He says reaching for her shoulder again. She anticipates it, and jerks forward. A little to hard because she fell forward. Unable to catch herself, she falls face forward into the water.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouts, pulling a gasping Kagome out of the water. After catching her breath, she scrambles to her feet and away from Inuyasha.

"Kagome, what's wrong? And why won't you let me touch you?" He looks stunned.

"You shouldn't even want to look at me right now. I look repulsive, remember?"

Inuyasha takes a step back. He had almost forgotten about that. "I-"

"Bull, Inuyasha. Don't even try that shit with me!" Kagome pants.

"It's not shit! I-I didn't mean it the way it sounded. It's just that..." Inuyasha looks away.

"Why are you holding back Inuyasha!" Kagome retorts.

"You want me to stop holding back?!" He shouts. "Fine! I lied okay. You looked like Kikyou! Is that what you want me to say!" He lets out all frustration stepping closer with each word.

"..." More tears pour out of her eyes as he backs her up into a tree.

"I hope it's not, 'cause you don't look a damn thing like her!" He shouts two feet from her face. He walks closer and cups her hands in his. "You weren't ugly, hell, you were beautiful! Are beautiful!

"Inuyasha w-" He cuts her off.

"No, you don't look like her." Inuyasha whispers. "You two look completely different. You look way better than Kikyou." A smile forms across his face.

Kagome stops sobbing and a smile plays on her face, too. "Inu-" His index finger goes to her lips, silencing her. He leans forward, and gently places his lips on hers, falling into deep bliss.

After several moments, they finally dispatch from each others' faces. Kagome turns away and looks down, her cheeks glazed a light shade of pink.

"Inuyasha, do you mean that?" She still can't look him in the face. He pulls her face to meet his gaze. Suddenly neither one can tear their eyes away. Her brown eyes can't look away from his magical, amber orbs.

"Yes." He whispers softly.

"Oh, Inuyasha!" She wraps her arms around his neck and holds him tightly.

Inuyasha feels an all too familiar stinging sensation behind his eyes. Kagome…

He snaps his head up and looks around at the serene scene in front of him. Overcome with grief and emotion, he breaks down in an uncontrollable bawl.

Saddened and flaring with rage he goes on an one-of-a-kind temper tantrum and destroys everything in his path. He cuts down massive numbers of trees with one swipe of his Tetsusaiga. Dammit. It's not enough.

He throws down his sword and uses his needle point claws slicing trees down one by one. It's still not enough.

He looks down at his expression in the still waters of the pond. He balls his fist till it goes completely numb, and punches the ground. He punches and punches and punches to no avail. His knuckles grow red and swollen. Without any thought, he allows his body to fall forward into the cool water.

He slowly sinks to the bottom, the sleeves of his haori billowing in the soft current. As his eyes slowly close, he sees a long, slender arm reach in to pull him to safety, before he drifts off into an unconscious realm and state of mind.

A/N: Yay!! Finally I have a decent update for this story! But any whose. kdec, don't get so happy just yet…