BL: Hey everybody. I owe you guys a big apology. It's been practically forever since I've updated!

Inuyasha: oh, what a tragedy.

BL: *sends him a death glare* anyway, I've have a huge case of...WRITERS BLOCK! *dun dun dunn*

All: *rolls eyes*

BL: __ stop that! Also, school's been terrible, hafta take that damned ELA test thingy in a week.

Sesshoumaru: stop worrying, you'll do fine.

BL: you're right! Okay, well, since I only have two days of vacation left before school starts up again, I might want to do this thing now.

Shippo: *sarcastically* well that would be a good idea wouldn't it?

BL: *bops him on the head* which is why I'm doing it now.

Shippo: HEY! *rubbing his head*

BL: while you're at it, do the disclaimer.

Shippo: Why do I have to? Why can't Inuyasha?

BL: cuz he did one already, and you didn't, SO JUST DO IT!

Shippo: fine. Bakuralover-2008 doesn't own Inuyasha. Happy now?

BL: ^__^ yes! Now, on with the ficcy!

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The Wrath of a Demon

Chapter 8 - The Battle and a Loss

Inuyasha yelled out a battle cry as he lunged for his older half brother. Sesshoumaru smirked as he quickly dodged the oncoming hanyou. Inuyasha spun around but was soon encircled and trapped by Sesshoumaru's tail. Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed as he tightened his grip on his little brother. Inuyasha cringed a little, but did not show anymore pain. He did not wish to encourage Sesshoumaru, who then threw him to the ground, releasing him.

"Inuyasha, surely you can do better than this," Sesshoumaru stated, smirking a little. Inuyasha then sprang up and tried slashing at Sesshoumaru, but as soon as he jumped up, he found that Sesshoumaru wasn't even there.

"Behind you," Inuyasha heard the sinister voice of his brother and turned his head. Sesshoumaru slashed through Inuyasha's back and shoulder, giving the hanyou deeper wounds then he had ever received before.

"Damn, he's so much faster than usual.." Inuyasha said to himself. He wasn't even able to defend himself against Sesshoumaru's attacks. It seemed as though winning was impossible.

Sesshoumaru then grabbed Inuyasha's long silver hair and held him in the air. Inuyasha put his hand up to his bleeding shoulder, soaking his hand in the crimson liquid.

"Blades of blood," he shouted as he attacked Sesshoumaru, who was thrown back and released Inuyasha's hair. Inuyasha then charged at the place where Sesshoumaru landed, which he found was a mistake.

"Charging blindly? How foolish," Sesshoumaru said as he outstretched his hand and released the deadly poison that flowed inside his veins. Inuyasha coughed uncontrollably as the poison entered his body. He then felt a cold hand wrap around his neck as he was lifted into the air. Sesshoumaru gave him a sinister smile as Inuyasha closed his eyes, ready for anything.

But, the grip on his neck was released, and Inuyasha fell to the floor. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sango's boomerang (a/n - if anyone can tell me the real name for Sango's weapon, I'll call it that rather than her 'boomerang') pushing Sesshoumaru back as the demon tried to fend it off. Kilala then came onto the field, fully transformed, and placed Inuyasha upon her, taking him back to the other three. Kilala placed him onto the ground before transforming back and falling unconscious from the poison that she had accidentally breathed in. Sango's weapon then returned to her and Sesshoumaru still seemed unharmed.

"So, the humans wish to interfere....very well, I'll take care of them first," he said to himself before charging at them. Miroku then removed the prayer beads from his right hand.

"Wind tunnel," he yelled out as his palm produced an incredible force of wind. Sesshoumaru grabbed the earth beneath him with his claws, desperately trying to hold his ground and not get sucked into the endless void. He then lifted one of his hands off of the ground and released the poison that he also used against Inuyasha. Miroku unsuspectingly ended up sucking in the poison. Noticing something was wrong, he quickly closed up the void in his hand, before falling to the ground, sweating and in great pain from the amount of poison that entered his wind tunnel. Sango rushed to his side, trying by any means necessary to help the monk.

"Kagome," Inuyasha cried out as the girl charged out onto the battlefield, only a few feet away from his deadly brother. He tried to stand, but only fell back down. The amount of blood loss was great, and made the hanyou dizzy. Not to mention the poison that now dreaded in his veins also made him weak. But, he couldn't let Kagome fight Sesshoumaru. She was nowhere near as powerful as he was. Inuyasha then gained the strength to stand and slowly began to walk over to her.

"Sesshoumaru! You'll pay for killing all those innocent people," she yelled as she readied her bow. The arrow was in place, and her target was Sesshoumaru's heart. She released, her arrow changing into the sacred arrow of Kikyo, as it headed for Sesshoumaru. He wasn't able to dodge this very easily, as it hit him in his shoulder.

'This girl has powerful spirit energy. I cannot allow her to interfere between me and my task,' he thought to himself. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and started mumbling something. Kagome stood there confused by his actions. Then, the crescent moon upon his forehead flashed and Sesshoumaru looked into the sky, at the moon. Kagome also looked, and noticed that it was much brighter than usual. Then, a ray of light came down from the moon and hit her. She screamed loudly, as the beam seemed to be crushing her very soul.

"Kagome," Inuyasha called out her name as he fell back to the ground. Kagome was soon released from the beam, but was put into Sesshoumaru's grasp. His eyes narrowed at her, who had fear and anger in her eyes.

"I will not let you stand in my way, nor anyone else," he stated. Sesshoumaru reached his hand back, and, with an unbelievable amount of force, slashed right through Kagome's chest. When he pulled his hand out, he held her heart in his hand, which seemed to still be beating. He crushed it, as Kagome's limp body fell to the ground, her blood now soaked on Sesshoumaru's once white clothing.

"KAGOME," Inuyasha screamed out her name as the beads around his neck each fell to the ground, one by one. He wanted to destroy Sesshoumaru, wanted to make him suffer, but he couldn't. The death of his friend overwhelmed him with grief, so much, that he could not move. His legs were weak, and now his heart ached. Tears brimmed and burned his eyes as he sat on the bloodstained grass. Sesshoumaru smirked at the girl's body, but when he looked at Inuyasha, his smirk soon faded.

"Inuyasha..." the dog demon said his brother's name as he watched him sit there, as if in a trance. His eyes flashed golden, the color that everyone wished for them to be. Sango noticed this as she held Miroku in her arms, who had fallen unconscious, the staff of time that Kyshi used still clutched in his hands. Her tears fell from her face, and she was soon crying uncontrollably for her fallen comrade and friend. Sesshoumaru then jumped back and retreated into the forest from whence they all came.

Inuyasha moved over to Kagome's body. He placed her within his arms. "Kagome...." he said, as if trying to call her back. He couldn't believe it. Never again would she laugh. Never again would she cry. Never again would he fall face first into the ground when she yelled 'sit' at him. Never again...

"Kagome...why you," Inuyasha asked to no one. A tear finally fell from his eyes and dropped from his face onto Kagome's cheek, wiping away some of the blood that stained her beautiful, yet lifeless face. More crystal tears soon followed as he cradled her limp body in his arms.

"Kagome..."

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BL: well, that's who dies!

Kagome: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU KILLED ME! *fuming*

BL: uhhh, sorry Kagome, I really don't have anything against you, it's just that I had to put some angst in there, and character death is the perfect way to put angst in a story!

Kagome: BUT WHY ME?

BL: cuz Inuyasha likes you the most!

Kagome: fine.

BL: oh, and if you really really like Kagome, I'm sorry that I killed her off. I have nothing against her, I think she's pretty kool, but like I said, I was in dire need of some angst, and that's what'll start with!

Kagome: oh, and don't forget to review!

BL: Bye! *waves*