Chapter Four

Trees became blurs as Kagome ran by them. Her heart raced and pounded vigorously against her chest, begging her for a rest. Previous footprints, from Inuyasha, lay lightly encrusted in the dirt, barely visible through the human eye. Kagome followed them, her side now cramping. Inuyasha face was staring at the ground, his hands behind his back. Her presence startled him at first, but immediately her was glad she had made it.

"I guess you read between the lines in that note," Inuyasha said noticing the two bulging bags on either arm.

"Apparently so," Kagome remarked sarcastically.

Inuyasha scratched his head as if to say something he didn't want. Kagome stared at him endlessly until he finally looked up at her and gazed back. He pointed his vision back down to the dirt, avoiding any questions she wanted to ask. Kagome walked over to him, setting her bags down.

"Is something wrong?" she asked hesitating for the answer and, doing as Inuyasha, and looking at the ground.

He picked his head up. "No nothing, I was just thinking a little." Inuyasha looked up at the pink sky filled with gray clouds and streaks of blood red.

Kagome saw through his answer, knowing it was something more. She walked by his side and put a helpless hand on his shoulder. "Inuyasha what's the matter?" She tried looking him in the face but his eyes were still aimed at the sky.

His turned his head, his amber eyes now glittering in the light. "Kagome... Sango... Sango's dead. She was trying to run away from Kouga and he... he got her. I saw it," he kept himself strong through all the pain, but Kagome could not help it. Tears streamed down her face. Her body, still weak, collapsed to the ground kneeling. The dark earth soaked up her pain as tears dripped from her cupped hands that held her face.

"She told me everything would be okay!" she screamed. "It's all my fault I should have never gotten her involved in this."

Inuyasha put his arm around her. "Its not your fault Kagome. She was concerned about you. Don't blame yourself." She cried into the red fabric.

It was hard Kagome to think that she was really gone even though it felt like she was with them this whole time, through everything.

~ A/N: okay a little short but tell me what you think. The next chapter should be very soon don't worry! Sweetcherries10 ^-^