Disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. are all characters of Rumiko Takahashi's fabulous world of anime. I would love to go to that world.but hey, I'm human and I'm real. Darn.

Chapter 7

That was one of the last few nights I ever spent in Inuyasha's presence. It was two days later, that we were unfairly ripped from each others grasps never to see the other by the campfire again. But now I get ahead of myself.

After that night that he and I had apologized, we worked on his swordsmanship and upon his herbal knowledge. Now he paid all the attention he had to learning what I knew, hoping that one day he could be just as old as I, and from his own words "just as wise". I managed to teach him the herbal mixtures for the healing of small wounds and to evaporate the usual poisons from food drugging and small demon inflictions. But by the next day, I could teach no more.

We had been traveling down the old dirt road, leading to a small village down in a valley hidden behind a set of tall mountains, and by now, we had already climbed to the top of where the two land forms met. The day was cool, the clouds numerous, and the flowers in the brightest bloom I had ever seen. Yet something was wrong.very wrong.

There were no birds singing.

I didn't tell this to Inuyasha, thinking that perhaps the lack of trees presented the lack of chirps. So I simply shoved that thought into the back of my head.

But then as we reached the peak of the trail, and were finally able to see the valley below.

I was heart struck.

The entire village was under attack.by demons. I could smell the blood up here, and no doubt Inuyasha had it stuck in his nose. I gave him one glance, in which he returned it with a silent yet urgent plea to help them. I nodded, and we raced down the slope, hoping it wasn't too late to save the people down below.

I made it there a split second before Inuyasha, and leapt gracefully on a bug eyed demon that was slowing tearing off the arms of a young maiden, and against her loud pleas to stop and leave her alone, he persisted. I grabbed him by the neck and sliced it open with my claws, jumping off just as he spewed blood, simply to get the girl out of the way of the down pour of red. I couldn't let her even be soaked in such filth. The demon stumbled back, hands at neck, and fell in a suffering heap until I cut off his head completely with my sword. One down.more to go.

By this time Inuyasha had already leapt in and sliced two of the demons to shreds, first cutting one open with his claws, and then using the blood on his hands as blades to slice the other up. I had taught him well how to use that attack, and he used it like a master.

Fact was, he sat there until he had mastered it with another demons blood.

Next I attacked a cat mix like demon who was chasing after a few humans, and left her blood soaked body to the floor. A crow like thing jumped at me and I sliced him a few times with my sword, before heading onto a moth like being that was beginning to suck a little boy dry. By the time I killed it, the boy was dead. But I couldn't stop to bury the boy, for there were too many demons yet to tangle with. And so this same thing continued on, me saving the innocent mortals as fast as I could, and Inuyasha practicing with his bloody claws on other demons. But I did not win this battle.

It happened when I was the farthest from Inuyasha. I came upon a group of demons that were incredibly smart. Two jumped at me, and when I attacked, they jumped out of the way, and in the same pattern they kept at it.and I never saw the other demon come from behind. I sliced me through the chest with it's claws.filthy blood stained claws, and then as to add more damage, the snake of a demon bit me at the neck, leaving a poison in me that I could feel coursing through my veins like a dark blood. Everything was silent, and the only thing I could here was my heart beating.and slowing. When I hit the ground, could see Inuyasha screaming, but I couldn't tell what it was he was saying. I couldn't read his thoughts do to the lack of the quickly gushing blood from my chest. I could hardly even see. The sky was very beautiful, the perfect kind of blue, like that of a blue jays eggs. It was even speckled white with clouds. Then I saw another sword fly down on me, and even more blood poured. But when I stretched back to see who had done it, I found a human.arms raised.sword high.bloody face.angry eyes. And he stabbed me again.

I could no longer feel the blood gushing, the pain, the warmth of the sticky red on my sides. I could just see the sky, that perfect blue sky, and fading vision of it. Then I saw more blood spray from over above, and Inuyasha's frightened face hanging over mine.

Why was he so scared?

Hadn't I told him I wouldn't be here forever?

I reached up with the last of my strength and touched his face, gently rubbing it affectionately, before casting him away with the last bit of force I had, just as another human crashed down on my shoulder with his lance.

It was then, my vision completely faded, and I could only feel death pulling me down. I was gone.forever. Finally dead.

*cry* I know it was sad. But this had to happen if I was to get to the scenes I wanted to. Forgive me for killing off such a good character.*