(Apologies that i couldn't update fast enough, but for three days i was at a drama festival

and I had to go!!! Plus I'll be gone next week too, but never fear this story is coming to

an end!!!! So without further adew onward!!!!)

The Prom

Chapter Sixteen

Together Forever

Couldn't blink . . . couldn't breath . . . couldn't move . . . he was still as a statue as he

stared at the woman in his arms. Tears were silently falling down Inu- Yasha's face . . .

for the pain in his heart was too great to keep locked up. Slowly he pulled the arrows out

of Kagome's body, as if she were still alive and he didn't want to hurt her. As he threw

away the last arrow, he finally made a sound, a long mournful sob. Kagome's clothes

were soaked in her own blood, her eyes were shut as if she were peacefully sleeping, but

Inu-Yasha knew better. Blinded by tears he brought Kagome's body closer to his and

held her as tightly as he could. Letting out another mournful sob, he buried his face in

the crook of Kagome's neck, inhaling the last of her scent before it was filled of death.

Holding her as tight as he could Inu-Yasha slowly rose to his feet, and he could now feel

rage, anger, and hatred fill his emotions.

"What a pity,"

Lifting his head from Kagome's neck, he stared into the emotionless eyes of Kikyo, who

during this entire time had just stood there. Inu-Yasha went to the edge of the clearing,

set Kagome gently on the ground, and kissed her dead lips one final time before turning

to Kikyo with hatred burning in his eyes.

"How could . . . could . . . how could . . . you do that?" screamed Inu- Yasha.

Kikyo started to laugh, a cold hard laugh that echoed through out the forest. "She was

in the way . . . now with her gone, I can take you with me to the depths of hell,"

Inu-Yasha growled threateningly at the dead miko, he wanted to kill her so bad. He

started to walk towards her, transforming his sword he lunged at Kikyo.

"So much for saying you'll always protect me,"

Inu-Yasha stopped dead in his tracks. The blade was less than an inch from Kikyo's

neck, "What did you say?"

"You promised that you would always protect me, and now look what your doing . . .

you're trying to kill me,"

Inu-Yasha lowered his sword, but the hatred in his eyes did not waver. "Maybe I did,

but you killed my mate, so do you expect me to just forget about this and let you live?"

"Even if I did kill her a promise is a promise,"

Inu-Yasha stared at Kikyo, the hatred building more in his eyes. "Alright, I did promise I

would always protect,"

"You've finally come to your senses," smirked Kikyo as she started to walk towards Inu-

Yasha.

Inu-Yasha transformed the Tetsusaiga back and put it in it's sheath, "I may have

promised I will always protect you," said Inu-Yasha.

"Of course you did, now come my love, and we shall go to hell together,"

"However," whispered Inu-Yasha, "If I were to kill you, that would be too good of a

death for you,"

"What?"

"You deserve to die a more painful death. So try explaining it to my demon form on

how I am always supposed to protect you," snarled Inu-Yasha as he threw his sword to

the side. He could feel his demon blood start to claim his mind, and smiled at the look

on Kikyo's face which was full of fear.

Kikyo took a step back as she saw Inu-Yasha's eyes flash red, his claws start to grow

longer as well as his fangs.

"I hope you die painfully," hissed Inu-Yasha as his demon blood took total control over

him.

Kikyo did the only thing she could do . . . run. She ran through the bushes as fast as she

could, but deep down she knew she was going to die. As she started to run down a path,

a sudden pain came from her right shoulder. Falling to the ground hard, she could hear

the footsteps of someone approaching her from behind and she knew who it was. Even if

the pain was throbbing in her shoulder, she got up and turned around, only to meet the

red eyes of the demon Inu-Yasha. It was like staring into the eyes of the devil himself.

Kikyo couldn't move, it was like her body was frozen in fear. Demon Inu- Yasha smiled,

revealing his sharp teeth. Kikyo wanted to scream but she couldn't as Inu- Yasha hand

clasped her neck tight, preventing her to talk and even breath.

"Inu . . . Yasha," gasped Kikyo.

Demon Inu-Yasha just laughed, cold and hard as when Kikyo had killed Kagome. Not

wasting any time, Inu-Yasha rammed his arm right through Kikyo's body. Kikyo's eyes

widened with pain and agony. The souls that were in her body released themselves from

her. Inu-Yasha removed his arm from her stomach, and threw her to the ground. Before

Kikyo could move the demon Inu-Yasha rammed his hand through her chest. Screaming

out in pain, Inu-Yasha lowered his head to hers.

Kikyo stopped screaming as the demon Inu-Yasha whispered in her ear, "And now . . .

you die . . . bitch,"

Before Kikyo could respond, Inu-Yasha swiped her with his claws, leaving nothing of

the dead miko except a pile of dirt and bones. Falling to his knees and then to the

ground, Inu-Yasha painfully returned to his normal self. His eyes flashed opened and he

sat up, looking at his surroundings. Staring to his left he saw a pile of dirt and bones with

the last shard of the shikon no tama glowing on the top. Picking it up he started to walk

back to where Kagome's body was. Inu-Yasha then started to cry again . . . his whole

world was gone. He had nothing to live for now with Kagome gone, and now his life was

meaningless. Inu-Yasha stumbled into the clearing and crawled to where Kagome's body

lay. The wind started to blow, and as her hair moved in the wind, it looked as if she was

alive once again. Taking her into his arms, Inu-Yasha held her close.

"Why? Why couldn't I protect you?" sobbed Inu-Yasha as he held Kagome's body

tighter, burying his face into her hair. She was cold, and her scent was full of death. It

was then that Inu-Yasha remembered that he now had all the jewel pieces. Taking his

face out of Kagome's hair, he grabbed the shikon shard out of his pocket and the almost

completed jewel from Kagome's neck. Placing the piece where there was a little crack,

the jewel started to glow a marvelous bright pink. Hoping it would work, he opened

Kagome's shirt, which reveled a scar on her right side . . . where the shikon jewel had

burst from her body. Taking the jewel he pressed it against the scar . . . but nothing

happened. Trying to do something else, he tried to push the jewel into one of her open

wounds, but still nothing happened.

"No . . . no . . . no!" screamed Inu-Yasha. "Why? Why can't I use the jewel?"

Throwing the jewel against the ground, he stared to cry into Kagome's kimono. There

was only one thing left he could do. Getting on his knees, he unsheathed the Tetsusaiga,

and turned it around so he could peirce his chest.

"I'll see you soon Kagome," whispered Inu-Yasha. He raised the sword to kill himself,

and was about to bring it down . . .

"Well, well, well isn't this sad,"

Inu-Yasha stopped what he was doing to see Sesshoumaru walk into the clearing. He

was wearing his normal outfit, and had Rin and Jaken by his side.

"Go away Sesshoumaru," hissed Inu-Yasha.

Sesshoumaru said nothing. His emotionless expression stared at Inu- Yasha, but then his

eyes moved to the dead girl on Inu-Yasha right. "So your going to kill yourself over that

wenches death?"

"I have nothing to live for. I can't see why you're trying to stop me, you've always

wanted me dead,"

Without saying a word, Sesshoumaru kneeled down beside Rin,"Rin, I need you and

Jaken to go back to the camp, I have some business here,"

"Okay Sesshoumaru," said Rin, as she and Jaken headed back into the woods.

Turning to his brother Sesshoumaru stared into Inu-Yasha's eyes, as if telling him not to

interrupt him on what he was about to say. "Ever since I found out I had a worthless half

demon for a brother, it was true I wanted you dead. I despised you, and was ashamed to

even call you brother, however we are brothers and there is nothing I can do to stop that,"

"You could just kill me, I would really appreciate it right now," snarled Inu-Yasha.

"I could, but I won't,"

Inu-Yasha's mouth hung open as Sesshoumaru spoke those words.

"It's strange how one human girl can change a demon's ways. I have no desire to kill

you now,"

"I don't care what you think, with my mate dead I have nothing to live fore, so get lost,"

"Don't you want to take revenge on the one who killed her?"

"I already have, and now if you would excuse me, I'm going to join her in the afterlife,"

"A pity, however I can not let that happen,"

"What?"

"I may still despise you, however I can not just see a demon throw his life away, when

the mistake is easy to correct," said Sesshoumaru as he drew his own in heritage from his

father, the Tensaiga.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I owe you one from rescuing me from Naraku that time, and helping me getting my Rin

back," whispered Sesshoumaru, as he used his sword of life to wipe away the underworld

creatures from Kagome's body. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as Kagome took a breath, and

her skin turned from pale to it's normal pink color. "She now lives,"

"Why?"

"I told you why, and so for now . . . farewell my brother," whispered Sesshoumaru as he

disappeared into the trees.

Inu-Yasha was just plain shocked by Sesshoumaru's actions, and was confused as hell

by his little speech . . . but he didn't care. He immedialty went to Kagome who was

starting to wake up. As realization dawned upon him, he cried out with happiness and

held Kagome close to his body, planting kisses all over her face.

"She's alive! She's alive!" cried Inu-Yasha.

Kagome's eyes slowly opened and were staring into Inu-Yasha's golden orbs. "Inu-

Yasha?"

"Kagome," whispered Inu-Yasha. Before Kagome could speak, Inu-Yasha kissed her

passionately.

Kagome was confused as hell at first, but responded back. As they parted for air,

Kagome asked, "What happened?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," whispered Inu-Yasha. He was so happy that he

didn't know how to put his feeling into words.

"But didn't I . . ."

Inu-Yasha nodded at Kagome's uncomplete sentence.

"But then how . . ."

"Sesshoumaru,"

"You mean he used the Tensaiga on me?"

Inu-Yasha nodded as he picked Kagome up and started to head back to their house.

"He's changed greatly since we last saw him, and we have Rin to thank for that,"

Kagome snuggled closer to Inu-Yasha, but then remember Kikyo, "What about . . ."

Inu-Yasha interrupted her by kissing her passionately and holding her tighter. "She is

dead my love, and the jewel is now fully complete," said Inu-Yasha, handing her the

jewel he had picked up off the ground.

"Thank goodness,"

"The only question is, what do we do with it?" asked Inu-Yasha as they walked into the

clearing where their house stood.

Kagome thought for a moment, and then thought of something she could do. Without

saying a word, she took the jewel and pushed it against the scar where the jewel had burst

from her body three years ago. Before Inu-Yasha could respond, Kagome started to glow

a soft pink.

"Kagome what are you doing?" cried Inu-Yasha.

As the light faded, Inu-Yasha lost the ability to speak as he stared into Kagome's face.

She was no longer human, but she wasn't demon either. Her hair had grown longer, and

she now had a pair of black dog ears on her head. Lifting her hand to his face, Inu-Yasha

noticed that they were clawed just like his, and Kagome's eyes were now a blue-greenish

color, and were slitted just like his. She smiled to reveal her fangs . . . she was now a

half demon, like him.

"Kagome . . . what did you . . ."

"I changed into a half demon . . . now we can be together forever,"

Inu-Yasha didn't know what to say. He was so happy that now words could describe

how he felt. All their problems were now gone, and they could live together forever. He

wanted to tell her how happy he was, but he couldn't get the words out . . . instead he

kissed her, and carried her into the house, to show her how much he loved her.

TBC . . .

Not the end yet folks . . . i still have one more chapter yet! I know this chapter is kind of

stupid and corny . . . but oh well! If you don't like it you can go to hell!

please review!!!!

Lynns