Author's Note: This chapter isn't too happy, so if you're looking for something upbeat, turn around. I won't lie; this isn't a happy story. Muses Come to think of it, none of my current stories are. Oh well, maybe I'll write a happy one some other time. Anyways, enjoy this, and please review!
Disclaimer: You already know that I don't own InuYasha, but I also don't own the song, "Don't Want the World to See Me" which is owned by the Googoo Dolls, I would suppose. So, no suing!
Goodbye Brother…
Chapter 9: Know Who I Am
"Cursed creature!" Sesshomaru looked down at the girl at his feet. Dare she strike him with something! In the eye no less! He growled at her, his left eye closed, but his right one open and almost overflowing with the rage he felt in his soul.
Kagome scrambled aloft, kicking up dust as she attempted to pull her body upwards. But her non-gripping loafers gave way underneath her, and she fell. Without the support of both arms, since the other one continued to throb painfully, she landed harshly, striking her chin on a rock.
Sesshomaru scoffed at the site of the clumsy human, and the undying anger burned throughout his body. He reached down with his lone-clawed hand, and jerked her up and towards him. The girl quickly found herself in an unmovable position, with her back against the youkai lord, and his claws at her throat.
"Kagome!" InuYasha yelled in vain. He leapt off of Kirara's back, ignoring the pain in the entire side of his body. They shot up like mini lightning bolts straight to his chest, then swiveled and died away; only to be replaced by new ones. He thought nothing of them, even though his body trembled underneath him. His thoughts were completely detached from the sensations in his body. The hanyou walked in shaky, yet quick steps towards his revolting half brother…
…And his love.
"There is nothing that you can do, dear brother." Sesshomaru looked up with one good eye at InuYasha. The side of his mouth curved upwards in a crooked, wicked grin.
But the hanyou was not looking at the youkai lord. He was gazing at Kagome. She looked longingly back at him. Her eyes were glazed over with the wetness of tears, but somehow they sparkled, as if she were trying to convey some type of strengthening message to him.
It's okay, I'll be okay.
InuYasha felt a strong surge of sudden love and hate course through him. Two emotions running so quickly through him tore his soul in half, and caused him to cry out towards her.
Then Sesshomaru, raising his claw slowly, brought it down upon her neck.
As she fell, InuYasha would never forget the look in her eyes. It had changed from the strengthening mask, to a forlorn, sorrowful stare. She was no longer looking at him, but past him. As if she could see inside him in those last moments.
His heart was stuck with an indescribable pain when he saw her hit the ground. So much so, that he reached up and clutched his chest tightly, trying desperately to breath again.
"Kagome…"
The hanyou whispered it so quietly, that the sound barely left his lips. It wasn't real. This wasn't happening. He watched as the dust settled around her crumpled body that lay at Sesshomaru's feet.
"Kagome!" Sango dropped her boomerang, and tried to run towards her fallen friend. Her eyes were filled with tears that fell quickly from her face as she leapt upwards. But Miroku grabbed her gently by the shoulder, pulling her towards him, and wrapping her in an embrace. This was InuYasha's time.
The hanyou walked slowly towards Kagome's body. He knelt down and gazed at her, so beautiful. Picking her up, gently in his arms, he rocked her body back and forth, tears falling from his eyes for the first time since he was young.
"…And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand…"
He allowed the tears to flow forth. She was so beautiful. Her face sloped so gently, and her hair flowed so silken. Every curve of her body was perfect. She was perfect in everyway. He brought his lips to her forehead, and placed a small kiss on it. His mind could not comprehend that she was no longer alive.
Memories worked their way into InuYasha's mind. He remembered when they first met, how she had brought him back to life. He remembered the rosary beads, and how she had 'sat' him so many times. But he remembered these instances lovingly, for it always showed the fiery side of his beloved. But he also could not help but remember how her kind heart had gone out to any lone soul, and how it had found his.
"…When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am…"
His tears fell, mixing with the blood and dirt on the ground; thickening the reddish mud.
Tears of many from him later on, that would be shed for Kagome, and Kagome alone.
Extra Author's Note: I told you that it wasn't a happy chapter. This isn't the end though; one more chapter should do it, so check back. Also, please, no flames for killing Kagome. I warned you about the sadness, did I not?