Chapter 37: Death

Kagome stared at the man on the bed before her, he looked exactly like Sesshomaru and it made her heart tighten in her chest. Even his facial marking were the same, the only difference was the moon mark on Sesshomaru's forehead. The man's eyes were red, but not to the point his beastial side would take over. He had blood pouring out of almost a dozen wounds and a scent was about him that made her stomach turn as the memory of Naraku appeared before her. Shaking her head she rushed past the servants to Sesshomaru's side. He stood next to his cousins bed, his own eyes turning red.

"Who did this?" He growled but all her got was a gurgle from his dying cousin as he coughed more blood sprayed, some landing on Sesshomaru's snow white haori and his face.

Kagome looked at the blood on her own Kimono and knew it would be ruined, but didn't care as she sat down on the futon. Closing her eyes she began to call upon her powers. Kaede had taught her that her powers could both purify and heal if she so chose to. I want to heal him. She thought and reached deep within herself to find the strength to heal him fully. She placed her hands on his chest and pulsed out towards him her power.

Fa felt the healing energies push outwards from the small human before him and knew exactly what she was in that moment. A Miko. He'd heard of Miko's who were powerful healers but he'd never heard of one healing a youkai. No. All her kind did was kill youkai, but from her he felt no ill will. No. She wasn't one that wished to kill him, she wanted to help him. He smiled inwardly and knew it was for naught. He would die this night.

"There's something..." She began to say catching her intended's attention. She frowned as pushed her powers deeper into the man forcing it through his blood. "something deep inside of him." She finished as she found a darkness deep in his very soul. It was eating away at him, surrounding the light of his soul with...

Kagome's eyes widened as she recognized what the darkness was. "It's miasma!" She cried out as she pushed her powers towards it. Her body glowed a bright pink color as she pushed forward more cleansing away the darkness and finding the light. In her mind she could see Fa's bright soul that reminded her of a nebula, beautiful and full of complexities that brought forth life. It glowed white with pinks and blues and reds mixing into it and swirling around it like a protective barrier.

Sesshomaru watched Fa's wounds close completely shut. She's done it. He thought as he felt pride fill his heart at the accomplishment of his tiny female.

Fa lifted a hand weakly to Kagome's that rested on his chest. The woman's glowing eyes met his and suddenly both froze as he found himself speaking into her mind. "Thank-you little one." He said causing her glowing eyes to widen. "You have taken the pain away from this one. I wish I could've known you longer, but this one must leave this plain of existence."

"No, I healed you!" She cried out in her mind.

"Yes. You did." His breathing began to slow. "You healed my soul and the pain that woman caused is gone, but my strength has waned and my youki is almost gone. I will not survive this night because I've lost too much." He closed his eyes but retained the mental connection with her. "I will give you a gift little one. A gift that will help the Clan accept you better." Turning his head weakly towards Sesshomaru he opened his dull eyes towards his friend and pack mate. "It...was a woman...who..did this." He wheezed weakly before smiling. "I...wish I...could've seen...the look on the-...their faces when...you presented her."

Sesshomaru bowed his head as he felt pain hit him in his heart. "You shall be there." He said "Even if it's in spirit."

Fa smirked before taking a final shuddering breath. His whole body glowing a soft white color before that energy shot off towards Kagome who cried out as she was thrown from the bed and into the wall across the room. Sesshomaru rushed to her side to find her face as pale as snow and her eyes closed. As he listened he could hear her heart beating normally. Whatever Fa had done he could see what it had been.

As he held Kagome tightly to him he threw his head back and howled out his pain. It was a deep mournful howl that made one want to cry. Soon other howls were heard across the Western Palace inside and out until the noise reached the shiro where Kazumi heard the sorrowful howls as both she and Toga joined in with the cries.

Koga who was sitting outside his room with his pack members nearby, heard the cries of his new allies and threw his head back to join in their sorrow. He was soon joined by a tearful Ayame, Ginta and Hakkaku. The eastern wolf pack would help their allies mourn over a lost pack mate and come morning he'd help them take vengeance.

In a darkened room in the shiro Shippo awoke to the howling and knew what it meant. His chest tightened as he began letting out tearful yips and cries which got both of his human companions attention. Neither Souta nor Rin knew what was happening but deep inside they knew something bad had just occurred.

Inuyasha ran through the castle, upon hearing Sesshomaru's first mournful howls he'd taken off from his room in the shiro towards the palace. When Kagome had left with his brother he'd wanted to go too, only for his father to tell him it was something his brother could handle. I knew I shouldn't have listened to the old man. He groused as he turned a corner he picked up the scent of blood mixed with something else that made him turn his nose away. He caught Sesshomaru's scent and followed it. Coming to the room he found Sesshomaru on the floor clinging to an unconscious Kagome whimpering like a pup in need of it's mother. Upon seeing the dear male on the bed he had to do a double take at him. They look the same. He thought before taking over the situation. "Everyone out!" He yelled causing the servants to jump at his voice. They don't need to see him like this.

Jaken grabbed Inuyasha's pant leg and gave it a gentle tug. Inuyasha growled at the Kappa. "When his Lordship is better and has mourned his cousins death, I have information on who is responsible for this tragedy."

Inuyasha grabbed the Kappa by his kasode and brought the green imps face to his own. "Come morning you shall tell me who it was and I'll be hunting the son of a bitch down."

The Kappa began nodding. "Yes Lord Inuyasha!" He cried out in fear before being dumped on his ass. Jaken ran off before the hanyou had second thoughts of letting him go.

Inuyasha turned to his brother and saw Kagome was now awake and holding Sesshomaru's head to her chest. The male was still giving off whimpers. Upon seeing this Inuyasha allowed his own instincts to be released and soon found himself sitting behind his brother with his arms around his waist and face against Sesshomaru's shoulders his own body shaking as he felt the sorrow pour out of his brother.

Deep within the labyrinth of tunnels under the palace Naru stepped through a portal that led her into a dead forest. Upon the trees she saw red eyes crows lining up the dead limbs of the dead trees. Upon a few trees were moth youkai in their cocoons about to hatch. The further into the forest she went the more cocoons she saw until she came to a beautiful woman laying in a silk covered nest. The woman looked no older that twenty, though she more than likely several hundred years old. Next to her, naked; though cover by a thin blanket was her brother. His ink black hair match that of their father and herself. Same red eyes were included, though he took on more of their fathers looks than she did.

"What do you want Sister." He groused as he pulled the female that was next to him closer, his claws ripping the upper parts of her kimono as he roughly began kneading her breast.

His sister rolled her eyes at his display. "Lord Fa is dead." She stated. "He figured out that I wasn't one to belong in the Western Palace." Her brother smirked at her comment before giving her a nod that sent her away. "Ku." She murmured as she heard screams echo behind her as she left.

M-Angel: The bad guys are really getting bad here. I always saw Naraku as a dark character. So why wouldn't his kids be the same? Poor Fa. Anybody have a guess on what his "gift" was to Kagome? Also the original was quite graphic, it's on doings if you want to read it.