Disclaimer: I have no residence of inuyasha

A/N: so…what's up? Laugh out loud. So happy I can finally update on this. Happy reading and hope you guys the best of the holidays!

I was pissed. No, beyond pissed. Kikyo and I just purified the damn demon and here comes spidey again. My heart lurched as I looked at the half-demon below me. He had his face twisted into a snarl while growling and gripped his swords tighter. If he had gripped it much tighter, he probably would've shattered the handle. However, I knew him as he knew me, so I doubted that theory over and over. Inuyasha stood there, watching Naraku closely. Sango and Kirara in the sky, Miroku on the earth with his staff. Shippo with Kikyo and me. Kikyo had come back and I was actually thankful by her presence.

Her usual coldness was gone, replaced with the warmth of blood surging through her veins. Her usual emotionless facial features were gone, along with her emotional coldness and cruelness. She was a new Kikyo that I had never met before. Nevertheless, I instantly like her, instantly liked her for her new chapter and chance, liked her as my thing to protect. Protection is a funny thing, once you experience it enough to know what protection really is. Protection is not just fighting for the life of your friends and family. Not just for the one you love. Protection is a gift you give the people around you. It's an emotion, not just a physical action. You feel the want and need for the safety of others, the need and want to make sure that person is by your side. In addition, that's how I felt right now.

I felt that I needed to protect Kikyo. To make sure that bastard Naraku couldn't ever get to her again. However, at the same time, I was confused at this bizarre feeling of mine. Why on this little foolish earth…did I feel like it was a have-to thing to protect Kikyo? Was it because she was finally free of the isolation death had given her? Was it because she was a new woman with a new duty I didn't understand or know about? Then it hit me. I wanted, no, needed to protect Kikyo because Midoriko wanted me too. Putting the jewel back together wasn't the reason I was sent to this time, protecting Kikyo was. Midoriko was guiding my ways to my real duties. To protect everyone I love, not just the jewel. I furrowed my brow, as Naraku stood up, angrier than hell itself. I had to laugh.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS SO DAMN FUNNY?"

I smirked in mockery. Inuyasha would be so proud.

"Aww, does someone have a boo-boo? Here, let me FIX IT FOR YA'!"

I shot at the creepy eye in Naraku's chest, Kikyo's arrow following. Naraku dodged my arrow, but Kikyo's struck my designated area. He yelled out in pain and Inuyasha took this as opportunity to make his move.

"WIND SCAR! Eat this motherfucker!"

Four or five, I couldn't tell, lights streamed out of the Tetsaiga, striking Naraku in various places. Torso, arms, legs, and his tentacles that shot out at us. A few stray tentacles came at us and I pushed kikyo to this side while screaming

"Kikyo, look out!"

I dropped down but was struck in my shoulder, abdomen, heart and my right side. I widened my eyes and gasped at the pain. In complete shock, I dropped as the tentacles were removed and I laid motionless, hearing sounds around morph into one big noise. I saw Sango and Kirara yell something while flying over to me. I saw Kikyo crawl over to me. Worry and anxiety plastered themselves onto her beautiful face. Kikyo started to glow a bright shade of teal, a color I never saw before. She pressed into my stomach and started to chant some words. However, I didn't heal. She tried once more and I saw something rare fall down her cheek. A tear made its way down her cheek and to her chin before falling onto my clothes. Inuyasha came up to me, dragging me to his lap and cradled me. He stroked my face and cried. His tears hurt me the most and put my hand onto his face while struggling out.

"You…h-have to…get the jewel from…him. You have…to complete the jewel Inuyasha"

He looked at me and yelled out.

"NOT WITHOUT YOU! YOU PROMISED ME! You said you would stay by me no matter what. You said you would stay. Please Kagome, I cannot lose you again. I cannot lose someone I love. Someone I want to be able to call mate. Don't you remember that you said you would become my mate? Didn't you?"

I nodded and blood slipped out of my mouth and black started to dot my vision. I whispered out before Inuyasha bent over and kissed me.

"I love you Inuyasha. I love you so much."

Our lips touched and darkness took me away from the light as I slipped away.

Inuyasha POV

No. this cannot be happening, it just can't. Her eyes closed and death quickly overcame her sweet, vanilla and cherries scent. I let my tears fall and I realized…she was gone. She wasn't here with me anymore. She had slipped from my grasp and I couldn't save her. I smelled Kouga's scent but didn't have my usual blow-up. Kouga said stopping and dropping down beside me.

"What happened? Is…is she really?"

His voice trailed off and I noted the sound of his voice breaking. I felt like breaking too, only I knew that Kagome would have wanted me to be strong. I felt my blood start to boil and I hung my head low. Red made me succumb to darkness as my demon took over, eager to bathe in Naraku's blood and take revenge on him as everyone else wanted too. I said to my demon before fully changing.

'Take him away'

It was time to fight and avenge the death of my intended and lover.