No one likes me, but I'll post this until it's done. So, for the few people who are reading this, enjoy the last few chapters.

Here is the climax, which will definitely throw many people, I'm sure.

TYPICAL DISCLAIMER HERE!

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Inuyasha yawned. He was feeling so much better. Ever since he had made up with Kagome, as unofficial as it was, he was feeling so much happier. Kouga had left her alone, Sesshoumaru was happy that Rin was almost out of the hospital, and Sango and Miroku, his two closest friends, were finally getting together.

So, this morning, he was feeling very upbeat. That meant that the last thing he was expecting was to find his entire day ruined just by opening the door to get the newspaper. But it was.

He opened the door and screamed and nearly started crying. Anyone would react like that if they opened their door to find a girl, cut up and beaten, looking almost dead, on their doorstep. Sesshoumaru was at his side in moments and was shouting horrified words at the sky.

"Inuyasha, call for an ambulance or anything! Tell them exactly what you found here!" Sesshoumaru shouted, his voice strained. He then fell to his knees and held the girl's face in his hands.

Inuyasha looked at the horizon as a bright flash of light appeared. The sun was rising. It was funny how he could notice something like that as a girl lay dying on his doorstep. He glanced back at the girl and suddenly recognized her as the girl who had appeared that one night, hanging on Sesshoumaru for support.

She had come again, but hadn't made it.

The light from the sunrise slowly fell upon the girl and she screamed. Inuyasha looked at her in fear; the call for an ambulance forgotten as he watched in horrified fascination as the girl began to shake and scream, and her body began to change. Sesshoumaru calmly held her head, his eyes sad as he examined her wounds with his eyes.

Suddenly, Inuyasha realized whom it was that was lying on his front doorstep. It was Rinoa, The Bodyguard, the impossible-to-beat young woman at his school. She was lying there, beaten and broken, her voice calling out in pain as her body changed completely.

"Inuyasha! Ambulance!" Sesshoumaru screamed. Inuyasha jumped to attention and raced into the house and quickly dialed on the phone.

"Hello, emergency room. What is the problem?" a no-nonsense voice answered.

"There's girl on our doorstep, and she's really hurt, and she looks almost dead, and we need an ambulance!"

"My name is Mirvena. Now, please, stay calm and explain it all to me," the no-nonsense voice said calmly.

"I got up and was going to get the paper. I opened the door and found that a girl from my school was lying on the doorstep." Inuyasha said, his voice now starting to crack. It was hard enough being a teenager. Now having to deal with an almost-dead girl on his doorstep was shaking him to pieces.

"I understand how you feel. Now, you need to stay on the line until I hang up, okay? Now, where do you live?" Wearily, Inuyasha answered every question the faceless voice asked him, feeling calm for the first time that morning.

The professionals were now on the job.

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When Inuyasha had finally hung up, he walked back to the door and found Sesshoumaru talking quietly with Rinoa, her voice quiet and shaking with pain. Sesshoumaru was crying.

The low whine of the ambulances was becoming audible and Inuyasha glanced up the street, his eyes searching for some sign of the medical vehicles. "Sesshoumaru.she's gonna be okay, right?" Inuyasha murmured, his childlike side starting to take over. It was his best defense to this situation.

Sesshoumaru smiled sadly at his younger half-brother. "Of course she is. Won't you, Rinoa?" He looked at Rinoa hopefully, but Rinoa only sighed quietly.

"I do not know. It's all so.peaceful when I'm free of Jumbo."

"No! Rinoa, please, stay with me, for your father!" Sesshoumaru cried, tightening his grip on her face. Rinoa smiled quietly.

"Sure."

The ambulance arrived and proceeded to whisk her off, but only after Sesshoumaru insisted that he and his brother were going with her. Though it was unnoticeable to the doctors, Rinoa was comforted to have those two with her.

At the hospital, it was a flurry of excitement. If Sesshoumaru had not had such a tight grip on his arm, Inuyasha was certain he would have been swept away into the crowds and ended up in some surgery room as the patient. Finally, they found a nurse who directed them to a quiet waiting room.

Instead of waiting patiently, Sesshoumaru found the nearest pay phone and dialed a phone number he knew by heart. There was a quiet click and then a soft feminine voice answered.

"Rin! I'm here, at the hospital."

"Really? I know you wouldn't be here this early to visit me. Why are you here?"

"Something's happened. It's with Rinoa."

"What? What happened?"

"I cannot say for sure right now, but Rin, I want you to know that I love you."

"I know, Sesshou-chan."

"And I want you to know I'll never, ever act like him."

"I know you won't, Sesshou-chan. Relax. You don't want to meet Rinoa with that sort of attitude. Some buoying from her troubles you'd be doing. Come now, be happier. She's not dead."

"Yet," Sesshoumaru added darkly. There was a small sigh before Rin wished him good bye and blew him a kiss over the phone.

Her parting advice stayed with him, though. "Come now, be happy," he repeated to himself. He rebuked himself quietly when he realized how pessimistic he had been and decided to try to be happier when he saw her after they sewed all of her holes up.

"Hey, Inuyasha. I recommend you call someone and tell them you won't be in school today. There'll be police here and they'll ask you all they can about this. You won't leave until they're done. Call whomever," Sesshoumaru advised when he came back to where his little half-brother was, handing Inuyasha a few coins to use.

For a moment, Inuyasha thought dumbly of who to call. Then suddenly, he knew. He picked up a phone book and searched down the lists and lists of people until. He found it and dialed the number into the phone and waited anxiously.

"G'morning.Kagome speaking." a quiet voice muttered sleepily into the phone.

"Kagome, I'm calling to tell you that I won't be in school today."

"Why're you callin' me?"

"Because of two things."

"Don't keep me in suspense."

"I need you to grab my homework for me." There was sudden blaring of noise and Inuyasha winced at the loud sound. He could hear Kagome sitting up from her bed, presumably, and actually paying attention.

"What was that?"

"I'm not sure."

"Where are you?"

"The hospital. You see, it's The Bodyguard."

"WHAT?" Kagome screamed into his ear. "What happened to her?"

"She showed up on our doorstep half-dead. Kagome.I have a horrible feeling that something terrible is happening that I don't know about."

"Inuyasha, her mother's boyfriend beats her.I've got to get over there!"

"No, Kagome, please," Inuyasha pleaded. "Someone's got to get my homework, please.I'll wish her well for you, if you want."

Kagome must have caught the pleading tone because she relented rather quickly. "Okay, but."

"Kagome, if we ever really go out at all." Inuyasha paused, feeling that he might have overstepped his boundaries, but Kagome was quiet, waiting for him to continue. Taking up his courage, he continued his statement. "I will never ever do that to anyone!" Inuyasha growled softly.

"I know you won't, Inuyasha. Now, go make sure Rinoa's fine, okay? I'm coming to the hospital after school with your homework."

Inuyasha smiled softly. "Thanks Kagome. If my reckoning is right, you've got a good hour or so before you're late to school. Go back to sleep, okay? Sorry I woke you up so rudely, but it was necessary, I guess."

"I'm glad you woke me up," Kagome answered softly. "I'm glad I know."

Inuyasha hung up and then looked at his brother. His brother looked so alone, sitting there, his head bowed, his hands clenched together in anger. Slowly, Inuyasha made his way over to the seat next to his brother and quietly patted his brother's back. Sesshoumaru looked up at Inuyasha and gold met gold as they communicated in a way only brothers could understand.

I'm sorry that she's hospitalized.

I hope she gets better soon.

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Kagome stared at the phone after Inuyasha hung up. She couldn't go back to sleep. Not now, with Rinoa in such pain, whatever it was. Slowly, Kagome got up, took a shower, got dressed, ate her breakfast, and stepped outside.

Looking at the beautiful morning, the blue sky and soft sunshine, and the calling of birds, Kagome decided she could only walk. Riding the bus or train today was unspeakable. She had to walk to school and savor the sun, savor the newness of the day.

At school, she managed to find a boy that she knew sat at Sesshoumaru's table. Quietly telling him that Sesshoumaru and Rinoa would not be at school that day, she explained briefly that there was a problem, but she did not tell him what. She was not quite sure herself, and her conscience reminded her that she had promised to not tell anyone of what Rinoa had told her.

The lunch that day was quiet and solemn, for the missing presence of the brothers and Rinoa was felt everywhere, though some chose to ignore it.

Kagome actually felt herself missing the encompassing presence of Inuyasha. Not only because it just was not there, but also because no-one acted the same way when Inuyasha was not there. Koharu ignored Miroku, Miroku was sitting on his hands, Sango was not paying attention to anything, and Shippou was not bouncing everywhere.

She missed him.

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I was just reading over this and realized that I didn't ever tell Inu-chan until now what's going on with Rinoa. Oh well. So, school's out.

My computer hates me.

Have fun this summer and stay safe!!

~ Kay Kylo