Chapter 10

Inuyasha knew this pain. He could not control it without Kagome there to stop him. The Tessaiga fell from his hand, it lost its power that it gave to Inuyasha to control himself. He was turning.

"This... is not.. you.. controlling me.. It's the Tessaiga. It purified with Kagome's blood. This is only the delayed reaction of it protecting her. I don't change when I am in danger, but in fact when she is in danger. This is how I know Kagome is the one I truly love. It happened over and over when she was taken away." Inuyasha stood up, with his face down and bangs covering his eyes. "I swore to protect her and kill any bastard who touches her. Now you will die" He clenched his chest in pain.

"Thats.. impossible.. You cannot control it without her conscious." The woman tried to move but there was not enough blood. The rain washed most of it away. Inuyasha jumped at her, eyes flaring red and claws sharper than the finest sword. He landed in the water, turning to see Kikyo over Kagome. "Kikyo.." Inuyasha's voice was a bit raspy.

"Inuyasha, I did what I could to prevent the blood from seeping through the flowers." Kikyo touched Kagome's face.

"You made it rain.. Thank you Kikyo.. How can I help her?" Inuyasha ran over onto Kagome's right side and held her head up.

"I did what I could. It is up to you now Inuyasha. Or she may not survive." Kikyo looked at Kagome, and Inuyasha saw a tear fall from her face. Be strong Kagome. Wake up from this darkness. Then she faded away.

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, wiping the rain from her face and started to cry again. "DAMMIT KAGOME! WHY... why did you leave without telling me?!" Inuyasha paused, " I guess it's fair, I did it to you. I don't know what to do!" he held her closer, noticing he was still in his full demon transformation. "Kagome.. please... open your eyes. Come back to me, I lost you for three years. I can't do eternity. I want to be with you. I need to be with you. PPLEEASSEE! WAKE UUUPP".

Kagome layed there lifeless. Cold. Broken on the inside. The rain washed the blood from her wound. Inuyasha picked her up when the rain stopped and carried her to the top of the waterfall and gazed at the valley as she laid across his lap.

He looked down at her face, kissed her lips one last time, and pulled away when a tear fell from his face onto hers. "I am so sorry Kagome.. Forgive me.. I love you with every part of me". Inuyasha looked at his claws, seeing that they were still long and sharp. He laid Kagome on the ground and punched the ground continuously as his hands started to bleed. He didn't care; he kept going until he started to cry more. After a few minutes, the sun was coming up, and he stopped crying. He sat there, and looked at the holes in the ground he made from hitting it. He placed his robe of the fire rat over Kagome and put his head back down. He left to go get Mirokou for help or advice. Something than sit around and watch her body slowly disappear.

"Wheres Kaa- Inuyasha why are you in your full demon form?" Mirokou stood up.

"Kagome...is dead... I failed to protect her and from that, I am this ugly beast". Inuyasha could smell rain again. "I need your help for a proper burial. Let's go before it rains again".

Mirokou stood there puzzled but ran behind Inuyasha to Kagome's body. It began to rain again, and this time with thunder and lightning. The bolts of light were hitting around the hill where Kagome rested. Inuyasha panicked and ran faster, leaving Mirokou farther behind. When he made it to the top a hug flash of lightning hit the hill throwing him back. "NOOO! KAGOME!". Inuyasha ran over to where she was lying, finding nothing but burnt cloth. Mirokou caught up, seeing Inuyasha bend over a burnt spot in the ground, seeing what may have just happened but no explanation.

The rain stopped and the sun was slowly peeking from behind the clouds. "It's all my fault. I couldn't even give her a proper burial... Im a failure. I don't want to live anymore."

Mirokou was about to say something when the suns light got brighter. "...Inuyasha..."

"I need to be alone.. please." Inuyasha looked at the ground.

Mirokou smiled, "As you wish." He turned and walked down the hill.

Inuyasha sat there. Hopeless. He got up and went to the stream. He looked at his reflection, disapproving of the beast in the water. He turned around to look at Kagomes last spot to immediately closing his eyes shut from the sun being so bright when it came from behind the clouds. He turned and looked into the water again. He was a normal dog demon again. Then he heard a familiar voice. Of the one he lost moments ago. The one he failed to protect. "Inuyasha.."

He turned to See Kagome standing there, wrapped in only his fire rat robe, smiling with a tear in her eye. "KAGOME!" He ran over to her and held her. "Are you real? You're not going to vanish?"

Kagome hugged him back and said, "I'm not going anywhere anymore. I'm here for good. If that's okay." Inuyasha held her closer.

"Don't do that again", Inuyasha pressed his lips with hers with the outmost love.

*More to Come * *Almost Cried Writing this*