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The Rain Has No Mercy

Chapter 2: Beyond Death

Bright light surround Inu-yasha's body. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't see. It felt like he was dying all over again. The suction he felt around his body as his soul was ripped from it, the pain that tore at his insides and spread his blood across the ground, further and further, the deafening ringing noise that burst his eardrums, and finally the disapating of the pain, dissolving of the noise, and finally the relief of peace as a white light blinded his eyes and sent his mind swimming once again.

All he could think about was the girl that he loved so much. She had asked the gods to let her come with him, but he and the gods both knew she couldn't bare this much torture. He wasn't in hell, but he was just paying the price of the small sins he had done. Everyone had to get rid of them sometime.

Finally, after everything was starting to come back to him, Inu-yasha rose to his feet. He shook his head and took in his surroundings.

Surroundings? What surroundings? Inu-yasha was in a endless white area, where nothing loomed. It was plain, boring, but peaceful. Was this tengoku?

"Gods?" Inu-yasha asked, not knowing what else to say. "Where am I? What's going on?"

Not before long, someone or something answered him.

"You asked before you died to go see the girl and tell her that you loved her. That's what you did."

Inu-yasha's memory returned to him in a flash.
Kagome was screaming. Inu-yasha was being sucked into the sky, saying something to Kagome.

"I love you! I promise I'll be back!"

Kagome nodded and kissed him hard for one last time before they were forcefully pulled apart and Inu-yasha disappeared from her world forever.
"NO!" Inu-yasha didn't realize he was screaming. "KAGOMEEEEEEEE!"

"She's gone." the voice from before boomed, silencing him. "You will remain here for the rest of eternity." the voice seemed to be fading.

"No, wait!" Inu-yasha said in a rush, looking up at the blank, white nothingness above him. "Is it possible that I can keep my promise to her? . . . to Kagome?"

"There is a way." The voice said steadily after a minute's hesitation. "But I warn you that it will not be easy."

"Tell me, please!" Inu-yasha begged, falling to his knees and raising his hands in the sky. "PLEASE!"

"STOP groveling." the owner of the voice appeared, his yellow eyes alight. "I'll help you!"

"F-father?!"
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A/N: Sry this is so short guys! I didn't mean for it to be! But you know NOW is the time to end this chapter! CLIFFHANGERS MuHahahahahaaahah!!