Regrets and Good-Byes
"Take this you bastard!" Inuyasha made an attempt to attack the demon but in his human form and with the untransformed Tetsuiga, he could cause little damage. It laughed at Inuyasha's feeble attempt and with one clean punch, flung the hanyou backward into a tree. Inuyasha grimaced a little as he stood up and wiped the blood away from the corner of his mouth.
"Heh, not bad."
"INUYASHA?!?" Kagome's voice was laced with concern.
"Stay back Kagome, I'll handle this." Inuyasha really wasn't one of those people who listened to their dreams but with the thought of something happening Kagome, he wasn't about to take chances.
" Inuyasha, listen to me! He has a shard in his forehead and one in each shoulder!"
'Oh great,' he thought, 'looks like I'm going to have to drag her into this after all. DAMN IT!'
"Kagome get ready with an arrow!"
She nodded and did as she was told, taking careful aim. "Well, here goes nothing." Kagome let the arrow fly. It looked like it was going to hit its mark when the demon dodged it at the last second, making it embed itself deep within a tree trunk. The demon turned its crimson eyes on the young girl and took off in her direction, knocking Inuyasha out of the way as he went. As he pulled himself to his feet, the hanyou watched in horror as Kagome back into the tree, with all her escapes being cut off by the evil monster.
"Hand over the Shikon shards now and I'll grant you with a quick and painless death." Inuyasha couldn't believe it as he flashed back to the dream. Kagome was in the same spot as when she was..
"Well girl. What is your answer?" 'Oh, God no!' He knew what was coming next and he couldn't let it happen. He sprinted as fast as he could to get to her side and when he was about three fourths of the way there he saw her raise her bow and saw, " Go to hell!" What happened next seemed to be conducted in slow motion. Just as in the dream, the demon smiled slightly as it launched his deadly spikes.
"NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kagome closed her eyes preparing herself for the horrible pain when she was suddenly pushed to the side. As she opened her eyes, a horrible sight met her. Inuyasha had shoved her out of the path of the daggers only to place himself in front of them. His eyes went wide with pain and shock as the large spikes embedded themselves in his abdomen and ripped the flesh on his arms and legs. He let out a sharp cry as the momentum of the hit cause him to crash into the giant tree behind him. As the demon laughed at the sight of his mangled body, Kagome took the opportunity and shot him with one of her arrows, which embedded itself deep into the monster's heart. It screamed in agony as the arrow's purifying powers took affect, causing the demon to disintegrate into nothing more then a pile of ashes. The spike that had pinned Inuyasha to the tree also disappeared causing him to fall to the ground with a painful thud. Kagome cried out as she ran to his fallen form. She gently flipped him over onto his back and let out a gasp of horror.
'My God! So much blood!' Inuyasha tried to say something but all he could manage to do was cough up more blood.
" Shhhhhh...Don't talk. Lay still. I'll go get Miroku."
'God damn it! Why did you have to be so stubborn?"
~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~
Inuyasha had just begun his battle with the demon.
"Hold on I'll go get Sango and Miroku!" Kagome yelled as she turned to run to where they were still sleeping.
"NO!" Inuyasha grunted as he tried to block a spike that had been launched at him. "They're hurt and it will just make things worse it they tried to help."
"But..."
"NO!!" ~~~~ENDFLASHBACK~~~~
Tears threatened to fall down the young girls face as she rushed to the sleeping forms of her friends. She quickly knelt next to Miroku and began to violently shake him awake.
"Wha..What's wrong Kagome?" he asked groggily, wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"It's Inuyasha. He's.. He's... Oh god you have to help him!" Miroku nodded and hobbled as fast as he could after the hysterical young woman. He gasped when he finally reached his fallen comrades bloody, mangled form. In an n instant he knew that he wasn't going to make it. He had lost too much blood and daybreak was just too far away. With shaking hand he began tearing at his priests robs to form bandages.
"Oh, Inuyasha." The silver haired young man looked up at Miroku with eyes that he had never seen him have before. They were the eyes of someone who had lost all hope and had accepted their fate. The monk couldn't stand to see some one like Inuyasha like this. It was heart wrenching. Inuyasha suddenly took hold of Miroku's wrist.
" Mir..oh...ku..." He suddenly realized what he wanted, so he stood and solemnly turned to Kagome.
"I've done all I can for him. It's up to his strength now." With that said he began to walk back to camp.
' He better not let his god damn pride get in the way and do what I think he's going to do, for Kagome's sake.'
The young woman watched the monk limp off. 'How could he just leave him like this?'
" Ka..go...me."
She turned to him and took a hold of his hand.
"Shh. Everything is going to be all right. You'll be fine now." She said softly. "It's only a few hours until sunrise. Then you'll be able to heal your wounds and you'll be better in no time." The tears that Kagome had been fighting so hard to keep from falling were threatening to do exactly that. Inuyasha smiled at her.
"Kagome, I just.. wanted to tell you..that I'm sorry," he gritted his teeth together as a spasm of horrendous pain shot through his body. " that I', ss sory for all the horrible things I have put you through." She looked like she wanted to say something but he held up a shaking hand to stop her. " I know I should have said something sooner but you know... how.... I am." Kagome laughed slightly but began to panic when she saw Inuyasha's eyes begin to close.
" No please don't go! Wake up Inuyasha!"
He slowly opened his eyes back up and looked at her.
"Do me a favor and look in my pocket."
She nodded slightly and reached into his pant's pocket and pulled out a beautiful jade ring. It's light green surface shimmered slightly in the semi-darkness.
"It..was my.mothers." He panted slightly as he almost had to push the words out. "When s,she died, she told me to give it..to ..the woman..the girl that I .. intended to marry." Kagome gasped at this statement. 'Did he just say the girl he wants to marry?'
He coughed again, sending forth more blood. The numbness that had started in his chest had steadily spread through out his entire body and his eyelids were becoming increasingly heavy. He wanted to sleep so badly but Kagome's beautiful face made him fight hard agenst it.
" Tell.the others...that I'm sorry. Make sure that Shippou.that you tell him that I'm counting on him to take care of you now. He's like my little brother so I know he'll do a good job. Also...make sure that that stupid monk and the exterminator get together. They were meant for each other much like I...felt we were. I you Kagome, I always have and I always will." The tears she had fought for so long finally began to fall.
"No don't talk like that. You can't leave me, not now because I.I love you too!" A soft smile crossed Inuyasha's face as he reached a trembling hand up to her face to wipe away the tears.
"Oh Kagome, please don't cry.over...me." A single tear rolled down his face as his last breath escaped his lips and his hand fell from her cheek to the ground, never to move again.
Sry if that was a little long/depressing but hey it'll get better I promise. Reviews will help me decide weather or not to keep going so send them like there's no tomorrow.
"Take this you bastard!" Inuyasha made an attempt to attack the demon but in his human form and with the untransformed Tetsuiga, he could cause little damage. It laughed at Inuyasha's feeble attempt and with one clean punch, flung the hanyou backward into a tree. Inuyasha grimaced a little as he stood up and wiped the blood away from the corner of his mouth.
"Heh, not bad."
"INUYASHA?!?" Kagome's voice was laced with concern.
"Stay back Kagome, I'll handle this." Inuyasha really wasn't one of those people who listened to their dreams but with the thought of something happening Kagome, he wasn't about to take chances.
" Inuyasha, listen to me! He has a shard in his forehead and one in each shoulder!"
'Oh great,' he thought, 'looks like I'm going to have to drag her into this after all. DAMN IT!'
"Kagome get ready with an arrow!"
She nodded and did as she was told, taking careful aim. "Well, here goes nothing." Kagome let the arrow fly. It looked like it was going to hit its mark when the demon dodged it at the last second, making it embed itself deep within a tree trunk. The demon turned its crimson eyes on the young girl and took off in her direction, knocking Inuyasha out of the way as he went. As he pulled himself to his feet, the hanyou watched in horror as Kagome back into the tree, with all her escapes being cut off by the evil monster.
"Hand over the Shikon shards now and I'll grant you with a quick and painless death." Inuyasha couldn't believe it as he flashed back to the dream. Kagome was in the same spot as when she was..
"Well girl. What is your answer?" 'Oh, God no!' He knew what was coming next and he couldn't let it happen. He sprinted as fast as he could to get to her side and when he was about three fourths of the way there he saw her raise her bow and saw, " Go to hell!" What happened next seemed to be conducted in slow motion. Just as in the dream, the demon smiled slightly as it launched his deadly spikes.
"NNOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kagome closed her eyes preparing herself for the horrible pain when she was suddenly pushed to the side. As she opened her eyes, a horrible sight met her. Inuyasha had shoved her out of the path of the daggers only to place himself in front of them. His eyes went wide with pain and shock as the large spikes embedded themselves in his abdomen and ripped the flesh on his arms and legs. He let out a sharp cry as the momentum of the hit cause him to crash into the giant tree behind him. As the demon laughed at the sight of his mangled body, Kagome took the opportunity and shot him with one of her arrows, which embedded itself deep into the monster's heart. It screamed in agony as the arrow's purifying powers took affect, causing the demon to disintegrate into nothing more then a pile of ashes. The spike that had pinned Inuyasha to the tree also disappeared causing him to fall to the ground with a painful thud. Kagome cried out as she ran to his fallen form. She gently flipped him over onto his back and let out a gasp of horror.
'My God! So much blood!' Inuyasha tried to say something but all he could manage to do was cough up more blood.
" Shhhhhh...Don't talk. Lay still. I'll go get Miroku."
'God damn it! Why did you have to be so stubborn?"
~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~
Inuyasha had just begun his battle with the demon.
"Hold on I'll go get Sango and Miroku!" Kagome yelled as she turned to run to where they were still sleeping.
"NO!" Inuyasha grunted as he tried to block a spike that had been launched at him. "They're hurt and it will just make things worse it they tried to help."
"But..."
"NO!!" ~~~~ENDFLASHBACK~~~~
Tears threatened to fall down the young girls face as she rushed to the sleeping forms of her friends. She quickly knelt next to Miroku and began to violently shake him awake.
"Wha..What's wrong Kagome?" he asked groggily, wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"It's Inuyasha. He's.. He's... Oh god you have to help him!" Miroku nodded and hobbled as fast as he could after the hysterical young woman. He gasped when he finally reached his fallen comrades bloody, mangled form. In an n instant he knew that he wasn't going to make it. He had lost too much blood and daybreak was just too far away. With shaking hand he began tearing at his priests robs to form bandages.
"Oh, Inuyasha." The silver haired young man looked up at Miroku with eyes that he had never seen him have before. They were the eyes of someone who had lost all hope and had accepted their fate. The monk couldn't stand to see some one like Inuyasha like this. It was heart wrenching. Inuyasha suddenly took hold of Miroku's wrist.
" Mir..oh...ku..." He suddenly realized what he wanted, so he stood and solemnly turned to Kagome.
"I've done all I can for him. It's up to his strength now." With that said he began to walk back to camp.
' He better not let his god damn pride get in the way and do what I think he's going to do, for Kagome's sake.'
The young woman watched the monk limp off. 'How could he just leave him like this?'
" Ka..go...me."
She turned to him and took a hold of his hand.
"Shh. Everything is going to be all right. You'll be fine now." She said softly. "It's only a few hours until sunrise. Then you'll be able to heal your wounds and you'll be better in no time." The tears that Kagome had been fighting so hard to keep from falling were threatening to do exactly that. Inuyasha smiled at her.
"Kagome, I just.. wanted to tell you..that I'm sorry," he gritted his teeth together as a spasm of horrendous pain shot through his body. " that I', ss sory for all the horrible things I have put you through." She looked like she wanted to say something but he held up a shaking hand to stop her. " I know I should have said something sooner but you know... how.... I am." Kagome laughed slightly but began to panic when she saw Inuyasha's eyes begin to close.
" No please don't go! Wake up Inuyasha!"
He slowly opened his eyes back up and looked at her.
"Do me a favor and look in my pocket."
She nodded slightly and reached into his pant's pocket and pulled out a beautiful jade ring. It's light green surface shimmered slightly in the semi-darkness.
"It..was my.mothers." He panted slightly as he almost had to push the words out. "When s,she died, she told me to give it..to ..the woman..the girl that I .. intended to marry." Kagome gasped at this statement. 'Did he just say the girl he wants to marry?'
He coughed again, sending forth more blood. The numbness that had started in his chest had steadily spread through out his entire body and his eyelids were becoming increasingly heavy. He wanted to sleep so badly but Kagome's beautiful face made him fight hard agenst it.
" Tell.the others...that I'm sorry. Make sure that Shippou.that you tell him that I'm counting on him to take care of you now. He's like my little brother so I know he'll do a good job. Also...make sure that that stupid monk and the exterminator get together. They were meant for each other much like I...felt we were. I you Kagome, I always have and I always will." The tears she had fought for so long finally began to fall.
"No don't talk like that. You can't leave me, not now because I.I love you too!" A soft smile crossed Inuyasha's face as he reached a trembling hand up to her face to wipe away the tears.
"Oh Kagome, please don't cry.over...me." A single tear rolled down his face as his last breath escaped his lips and his hand fell from her cheek to the ground, never to move again.
Sry if that was a little long/depressing but hey it'll get better I promise. Reviews will help me decide weather or not to keep going so send them like there's no tomorrow.