Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha...would I really be typing this??? (So please don't sue me!! Please!)
Crawling in the Dark & Part of Me
I will dedicate and sacrifice my everything for just a second's worth
To find my stories ending, and I wish I could move the directions that I take
And the choices that I make…
I stand here face to face
With someone that I used to know used to look at me and now
But now he claims, he's known me for so very long.
And I remember being no one.
I wanted to be just like you so perfect, so untouchable.
But now you want me to be with you the one who had it all.
By: Hoobastank
Chapter 1
"I'm so excited!" Kagome holds up the nearly completed Shikon Jewel. Sango smiles toward the excited Miko.
"Only the final piece is in Naraku's grip." She states fearfully. Miroku looks up into the tree that Inuyasha slept in. Then he turns to Kagome and Sango.
"I just hope Inuyasha makes a good choice."
"Me too." Sango and Kagome say simultaneously.
Inuyasha was secretly listening to the conversation below. 'Make the right decision? Keh!' He looks down at Kagome sitting with the small Kitsune, known as Shippo, in her arms. Sango sat next to the perverted monk. 'I hope I can make the right decision.'
"Don't look so down Sango!" Miroku said.
**SLAP!!**
Inuyasha chuckles. 'Stupid Monk.'
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"Naraku!" Inuyasha charged toward him with the Tetsusaiga above his head. "Eat my Tetsusaiga!!!!" He slashed him across the chest. Inuyasha had cuts and acid burns all over his body.
The others were fallen. Sango was a bloody mess that rested against her cut up cat demon, Kirara. Miroku leaned against his staff, trying hard to stand. He had battled as well as he could without using his Kazana. Kagome had several scratches, but as usual she had tried to stay at the sidelines shooting her arrows as well as she could. Shippo was biting on his nails, nervously, as he watched the intense battle.
The cut Naraku had just received didn't bother him as he continued to battle with the raged hanyou. Kagome's eyes suddenly open wide. She aims her arrow.
'That is where his power is coming from!' She aimed her arrow and soon found the opening. Naraku doubled over in pain. He looks over toward Kagome.
'It's that wench. Does she?...She knows! She knows my weak spot!" He snarled at her.
"Hit him now Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha looked back at her and nodded. He charged for the damaged Naraku. As he does, Naraku extends one of his vine-like arms to attack Inuyasha.
"Keh! You're aim is off!" Inuyasha states in his usual cocky tone. A painful voice comes to his small puppy-dog ears. He turns around to see a bloody Kagome looking up at him. Inuyasha's ears tilt back. "NARAKU!!!!" He charges again. This time he had reached his target and Naraku fell, the life flowing from his eyes. Inuyasha stabs the Tetsusaiga through his fallen body then quickly runs over to Kagome.
She was holding on for dear life. Inuyasha grabbed her bloody body and held it in his arms.
"That bastard is dead now. It's ok. You're going to be ok, right?" Inuyasha states. Kagome smiles, with a small line of tears flowing from her eyes. She looks up at him.
"I can't. Gomen nasai." She cries even harder as she realizes how much harder it is for her to even breathe. She watches as Inuyasha's eyes become fearful.
"We've got the whole Shikon shard now! Com'on! You can't die now." He tries to hold back his tears. He pulls her closer. 'Not now! I can't lose her now! What would be the use of becoming....a human?' Kagome puts her shaky hand up to Inuyasha's furry dog-ears. She gently pets them as she states her last words.
"I'm sorry...I waited...until...now to tell....you that I...I lov-" She couldn't finish her sentence. Inuyasha's eyes welled with tears. He shook her shoulders.
"Kagome? Kagome! I love you too Kagome. Kagome?! KAAGOOOMEEEE!!!" He shouted out to her sadly as the tears fell from his eyes.
Miroku stumbled over to him and Sango told Kirara to fly her there. Shippo had been standing there the whole time and he was sniffling. Tears were running down his tiny cheeks.
"KAAAAGOOMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" He cried out as he jumped next to Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked over to the tiny kitsune. Then he held Kagome closer than before, laying his forehead on the top of her head. His tears fell without pride.
Miroku waved for the others to follow him. "We should leave him alone for right now." Sango nodded and Shippo reluctantly scooted toward the large cat, still sniffling.
They all slowly left the battleground. This was the worst day of their life even though all curses had been lifted and Kohaku had returned safely to Sango's side.
Inuyasha laid Kagome's still beautiful corpse down on the ground. He turned away teary-eyed looking toward the grass. He angrily punched the ground.
"Why didn't I tell her sooner?! What would it have changed? Nothing! Damn it! Why did she have to die?" Inuyasha stands up and plunges toward the dead Naraku. He scratches up his face while screaming. "Why did YOU have to kill her?!"
"You make it sound as though if he hadn't you would have." Hummed a calm, but stomach-churning voice. Inuyasha turned to face...
"Kikyo." He frowns. Slowly he walks toward her. Kikyo smiles.
"So, you have finally realized it is time to die with me." She states happily. Inuyasha snorts.
"Keh! Never!" He stops a few feet in front of her. "Why would I pick you Kikyo? You've betrayed me. Hurt me, killed me and you tried to kill Kagome...you're mean, conceited and self-centered!" He growls. Kikyo's eyes become wide. "And furthermore, Kagome is prettier, nicer, more friendly, cheery, happy and always giving her joy to everyone around her. Why I didn't notice it sooner, I'll never know, but know that I will never die with you."
Kikyo becomes angry. "So you pick her over me. Then if you won't die with me, you'll die alone!" She pulls out her bow and prepares to shoot him, but he charges on her and slices her with his claws. He does this until the souls leave her body and she is only a pile of clay once again.
Inuyasha closes his eyes. "Rest in Peace, Kikyo." He turns back to Naraku. Looking on the ground around him, Inuyasha finds the last piece of the shard. He brings it back to the dead Kagome and places it into its rightful place. The jewel starts to glow and float, so Inuyasha lets it go. Soon if falls onto Kagome's stomach, complete.
Inuyasha lies down next to her. Tears falling from his eyes. "I love you Kagome and I only wish that I'd told you sooner." He grabs her up and the shard falls beside them. "Why did you have to die?! I wanted to be with you forever! Why did you have to die?" He gradually softens his voice. "Why? Why did you? Why did you have to die?"
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Sango, Miroku and a sobbing Shippo sit in Kaede's hut. None of them said a word until the old woman looks to Sango.
"Why did ye leave him there?" She garbles. Sango looks up from the teary kitsune then over to Miroku.
"He said that he loved her. I mean... Inuyasha said that he...when Kagome died." Sango tried, but she was in the midst of tears. Kaede nods.
"Poor boy." She mutters. Miroku and Sango quirk an eyebrow. "He admitted his love?"
"Yes, very openly." Miroku says almost enviously.
"He never told that to my sister. This was the one."
"What do you mean?" Miroku questions. While taking off the cloth that once covered his cursed hand.
"Kagome was the one he wanted to be with forever. He wanted her to be his mate."
****Cliffhanger? Hope so! I know it's barely under way, but…go ahead and review! I'd love to hear your opinions. Plz, no flame mail. I burn easily.****
****Japanese tutorial time!!****
Miko- priestess
Kitsune-fox (fox demon)
Tetsusaiga- Inuyasha's sword
Kazana- Wind tunnel (Miroku's)
Hanyou- half-breed
Gomen nasi- I'm sorry (politely)
I have a song for every chapter, if they sound interesting…check them out. Or try to listen to them as you read, they make a good mood.