The Highwayman

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Ok, grounded from the internet again. Grah, what is it, the third time since the beginning of the story? Oh, whatever. It was the hamster's fault. Always the hamster.

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He turned; he spurred to the West; he did not know who stood
Bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!
Not till the dawn he heard it, his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.

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Inuyasha was just about to jump onto Kagome's roof for a surprise entrance, when an incredibly loud sound echoed through the night. He jumped in surprise, eyes widening. What was that? He immediately jumped into a nearby tree and looked around warily.

Apparently, he was not the only one to have heard it. Loud curses filled the air as strange men hidden around Kagome's house emerged. Inuyasha blinked in surprise, and then anger. What were these men doing near Kagome? He was about to jump from his perch, chase these idiots, but something stopped him.

A villager stepped from his house, awakened by the rumble. He looked around blearily and spotted the strange men. Heading towards them, perhaps thinking to ask them if they had heard the boom, he failed to see one of them point at him with a stick.

Inuyasha snorted. What were they going to do? Poke the guy to death? Yet, still something held him back. He sat in the tree, hidden by its branches and waited.

There was another loud bang, and something flew from the stick faster than the eye could see. In the next instant, the men dropped to the ground and the air reeked of spilt blood.

This brought out more villagers, and one by one they all dropped to the ground with bangs.

What was this? What was going on?

He watched for a few more moments, but Kagome did not emerge with the rest. He breathed a sigh of relief. She must be gone to the stream for a drink or something. He jumped away, going to look for her. The others did not matter to him, he needed to reassure himself that Kagome was alright.

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Kagome stood in the same spot, head drooping as if tired. At first glance, it would appear that the girl had simply grown weary and leaned against her bedpost, but a closer inspection would disprove this guess.

For no resting person could ever hope to wake up with such a large, bleeding hole in his or her chest. Anyone who did fall asleep in that condition would never wake up. But Kagome was not sleeping; never had been.

Her long black hair blew softly in the night breeze, but the wide staring eyes did not take notice. Never again would they notice anything in this world.

As the blood pooled around her lifeless feet, her lover grew farther and farther away, disappearing into the dark of the night.

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Ok, I have officially finished the story. So I'll upload another chapter every two days until chapter seven, 'cause that's the last. As always, please review!