Japanime- Sorry for the late update! Fanfiction.net wouldn't let me on for some reason... anyways, on to the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! Sob!

WARNING: Tissues...

Inuyasha's Sorrow

Kouga was sitting by the fire, waiting for Kagome to finish cooking what she called 'ramen'. He sniffed the air, filling his nostrils with the salty smell of ramen. He sniffed the air again and caught the smell of ramen again, mixed with the scent of inukkoro.

"Hmph, the yaru hanyou is back...'

Kagome stopped stirring the pot of ramen and looked up to see Inuyasha walking towards her. "Inuyasha, ramen's ready. How much do you want?" She asked, filling up a bowl for Kouga.

Inuyasha just lifted his nose in the air and said, "Keh, give me whatever woman."

Kagome scowled, "Well, you don't have to be so rude! I asked nicely!"

Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest and glared at her.

Kagome handed Inuyasha his ramen and sat back down, only to have Kouga sit right next to her. Inuyasha growled when he saw this, but decided to just let it go this time. He didn't want to risk getting sat again, even though it didn't hurt him, it left an ache in his back every time she said 'osuwari'. He jumped into a tree and resumed eating (I wouldn't call Inuyasha eating ramen eating... it's more like he inhales it rather than eating it!) his ramen.

Kouga, who, was the only one who noticed Inuyasha growl, smirked to himself. He took a big gulp of ramen and said to Kagome, "Hey! This stuff's really good! What is it?"

Kagome giggled, 'He's just like Inuyasha when he first discovered ramen!' She thought for a moment, "Well, it's just noodles with a little bit of salt and spices."

Kouga had a gleam in his eyes, and swallowed the rest of the ramen in 5.2 seconds flat.

"Inuyasha, I sense a jewel shard close by. I think it's in that direction!" Kagome said, pointing to a dense section of the forest they were walking in.

Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Kouga slowly made their way through the forest. The two demons suddenly stopped, signalling for the humans to stop.

Inuyasha sniffed the air. "I smell demon..." He growled, shifting into a fighting stance. Before he knew what happened, the youkai had Inuyasha pinned to the ground, with it's fangs inches away from his neck. Inuyasha was too shocked to move, but after a few moments he kicked the youkai off of him.

The youkai landed on the ground with ease. It had copper colored skin, with two long fangs protruding from its mouth. The youkai had green saliva dripping from the fangs. It slightly resembled a cross between a spider and a snake.

"Ugh! That bastard... trying to sneak up on me like that..." Inuyasha unsheathed the tetsusaiga and quickly brought it down upon the youkai, which easily dodged the attack.

'Damn, that demon's fast...' Inuyasha thought with worry.

The youkai crouched on the ground. Then, something unexpected happened, the youkai started splitting itself apart, on it's own accord. It started from the top of the head, downwards. Kagome screamed at the sight, the youkai finished transforming and what was left was two partially built youkai. It noticed Kagome screaming and went after her. Kouga got to her before the youkai did; he picked Kagome up and carried her away from harm.

"Hey! Youkai! Your fight is with me!" Inuyasha yelled. The two youkai directed their attention to Inuyasha and ignored the rest. 'Good. I got their attention.' He thought, preparing to attack the demons. The youkai came at him so fast; Inuyasha barely had time to react. He jumpped out of the way just in time, only receiving a small cut on his shoulder.

Miroku gasped at how fast the youkai was, thinking that it could probably match Kouga in a race (now that's pretty fast...). He started unsealing his cursed hand, but stopped when he heard a buzzing in the distance. "Shit! Naraku's saimyoushou (is that how you spell it?)!! They probably want the jewel shard that that demon has... damnit!"

Sango noticed Miroku quickly warpping up his wind tunnel, and called Kirara over. She got on her neko-youkai companion and flew off in the direction of Naraku's insects, with Hiraikotsu in hand.

The demons that the group were fighting, noticed one of the humans and a youkai fly off in the distance, but quickly diverted their attention to Inuyasha, who was running towards them, the tetsusaiga poised at their heads. The hanyou brought the legendary sword down upon on of the youkai halves, but he wasn't successful. The half demon (not Inuyasha, k? The demon! ) jumped out of the way before he could even graze it.

"Fuck..." Inuyasha muttered, "He's too fast..."

The two half demons circled Inuyasha, preparing their next attack. Kouga, who had put Kagome in a place out of harms way, came back and saw that Inuyasha was having some trouble with the demons he was fighting.

He smirked to himself, "Well, looks like inukkoro may need my help after all..." He was about to go help the half demon, but stopped. "Hmmm, what if that bastard of a hanyou died...? Then I can have Kagome all to myself, and there would be no Inuyasha to interfere." Kouga nodded to himself, "But then again, Kagome would wonder why I didn't help him, and I could lose my chance with her.... Hmmm..." he whispered. He shrugged his shoulders and decided on choice number two, helping Inuyasha.

"Hurry Kirara! We must follow them, they could lead us to Naraku!" She yelled through the wind, 'and Kohaku...' she thought, as she urged he fire cat faster.

On her left, a shadow appeared, in the shape of a bird. The taijiya looked at the figure in the sky with wide eyes. It was a hawk youkai. The demon gave a piercing shriek in the sky, and then it attacked Sango. She dodged its attack and unsheathed her katana. Kirara and his rider circled the hawk youkai warily. The youkai stared at them with big luminous eyes; it opened up its mouth and dove at Sango and Kirara, thinking to swallow them up. Sango glared at her opponent and reached behind her to grab hold of Hiraikotsu. She threw it at the youkai, successfully slicing one of its wings off. The demon gave a cry of agony, and, in spite of one wing missing, viciously attacked Sango with amazing speed, cutting her shoulder with its sharp talons.

"Kirara! Land!" Sango yelled, knowing that the youkai had he upper hand in its own element. The youkai exterminator landed on the ground with Kirara, and moved into a fighter stance. Before she could pull Hiraikotsu back and launch it at the youkai, something impaled her in the stomach. She looked down and saw that the youkai had stabbed her with its talons, the sharp claws glinting in the sun coated with her blood.

"Kuso..." she coughed, blood dripping from her mouth. Kirara gave a roar of anger and launched herself at the youkai, fangs glistening with saliva. He grabbed the bird youkai's head with his mouth. The demon struggled with all its might, but with one wing missing, it couldn't do much. Kirara snarled and instantly decapitated the youkai. It collapsed to the ground, its feathers soaking up the blood around it.

Kirara walked over to his master and companion, worrying about her health. Sango smiled at her friend and fell to the ground. Kirara wined and leaned towards Sango, licking her face. Sango reached up to her friend with a bloody hand and stroked her neko-youkai's head.

"Kirara, you have been a wonderful friend to me. Please tell the others that they have been the closest anyone has ever been to me, even my family and I haven't been this close, and that I will love them all forever. Please tell them Kirara..." Sango smiled at the demon that has been her friend for all her life, "I'll always love you, my friend." She gave her companion one last smile. The youkai felt her friend's hand go limp and fall to her side. Kirara tilted his head towards the sky and gave a mournful cry.

Sango was dead.
Japanime- There. For all you reviewers/readers out there, you have your sad chapter. Sob! Sango's dead! =( Well, I wonder how the rest of the group will handle the loss of their friend? How will Kagome react when her only close friend in the Feudal era died...? Find out next chapter!

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