Malice,

The air around me felt like acid it tore at my lungs, my veins, my very soul. The body below me lifeless, no color. The body of a per held very dear and cherished was now laying in a buddle of mud and blood, soaked to the very bone with what cloth wasn't shredded stuck to her being by the blood that oozed around her.

I couldn't move, couldn't do anything until the weight buckled and I fell to the ground below with, my whole body shook, a deep shacky scream escaped from what air I had left in my lungs.

The others followed behind trying to hurry and see what caused Inuyasha turmoil, and once they finally reached the location of there half-demon companion they all stopped in horror.

There on the ground laying lifeless was their friend, Kagome.

Songo fell to her knees hands covering her faces as a wreckless sob broke through her lips.

Miroku swallowed hard, trying his best to stand strong but lost all composure as a few stray tears fell down his cheek.

Inuyasha didn't realize the other's caught up until he smelt their tears.

He refused to believe that this was how things were gonna be, he took his one arm and slowly put it under kagome's bent head and the other under the mid-frame of her body and lifted her up slowly until he was on his feet again. Never turning to speak to the other's he stood frozen as he felt more blood ooze out and down his forearm. He wanted to puke the pain in his stomach was almost too much to bear, but he swallowed the sour taste of fear. He looked down at her face looking for any sign of life and saw nothing but the blueness that took over her once pink lips. He sighed and shook his head in disbelief, and finally, he closed his eyes and let the tears flow freely.

The other's watched, they wanted to reach out and ask what he planned but they all stood in silence. Until Miroku cleared his throat and started to say something. " Inu-Inuyasha what happened, why-why is kagome like that?"

His head dropped and they could see the pain in his stance and watch as his body practically convulsed.

He tightened his hold on her,

" I...i don't remember much. I remember trying to stop her from going home, and then her yelling to leave her alone. " he snuffled another whimper. " I wanted to talk to her so she didn't blow my meeting with Kikyo all out of portion. "

Songo grew angry,

" She kept saying she had enough, And that all I ever did was see her as a copy of the woman who pinned to the tree 500 years ago. And that...She was gonna join Koga and his tribe and agree to the offer Koga requested so long ago as his mate. "

That's all he remembered, the next thing he remembered was coming too and seeing kagome on the ground.

Finally, Songo rose to her feet, her arm reaching back to grab her weapon until Miroku stopped her "don't songo, i know what your thinking, but do remember kagome's body is in his arms." He whispered.

She shook with rage " Inuyasha!" she yelled.

he glanced back at the slayer, but the look he gave stopped her mid-stride, a look of pain, and guilt.

Guilt laced with a look of deep sorrow.

" Was this of your doing?" she forced through her angry lips.

" Songo" Mioku pleaded to try to stop his upset lover.

" Did her words of leaving you to join Koga, trigger your inner demon?" she refused to quit now.

Miroku looked over at his already broken half-demon friend than back to the very upset demon slayer. He felt stuck.

Inuyasha refused to answer cause he wasn't sure but he did know one thing before he came too Kagome wasn't cold, and lifeless like she is now.

Could this of happened because the thought of her in another man's arms tore at his soul and woken up his inner demon?

No, it couldn't be, he wouldn't of, could her demise be from his very hands?

" Songo, I think you've said enough" Miroku placed a pleading hand on her shoulder

She shook her head " back off monk, you know damn well how hurt Kagome got every time she knew that Inuyasha ran off in search of the dead priestess. Why she ever had consideration for this man at all, I never understood. She'd go out of her way and constantly get pushed aside no matter what she did or tried to do it was never enough for him." Songo slapped his hand aside and turned from the remorseful half-demon and the pleading man she thought was her future husband,

Miroku shook his head and sighing out in frustration. He knew he'd probably get the cold shoulder from her for now, but still, they still didn't know if the cause of what happened to kagome was due from Inuyasha or if something else was the cause.

Glancing back at his companion, a wave of sadness washed over him. With no other choice, he turned his back and fallowed after the demon slayer.

His blood ran like razors throughout his veins, he wanted to give in to the ragging demon that scratched at the very surface of his sanity. But he fought if he could hurry maybe he could find a way to search the spirit world for kagome's soul, maybe just maybe he can redeem this. Rather she chooses to depart from him or not would be her choice, he wouldn't stop her. He'd let her go if she so chooses but her death was not acceptable. She must live.

His sliver bangs shadowed his eyes and he started to move, to the east where the land of the lost souls resided.