I don't know what the heck I was thinking when I wrote this chapter. I really don't. But if you want , I will rewrite it so its more believable. Ugh..... I have a cold, so my head is pounding.

Todays honorary mention will be the last until reviews start going up. I'm just not getting enough for it to make sense. Only one person reviewed since I submitted the last chapter. Is this story really that bad? Or is my other story just really good, cause the difference in reviewers in astronomical.

Anyway, Todays Honorary Mention is InuyashaJunky! I would like to thank you, Inuyasha Junky, for helping me out. Reviews are special notes to the author, from the reader, giving ideas, support, and constructive criticism. A review is what sparked the idea for The Cuts that Run So Deep. It was a review that sparked this story. From a simple comment to a story on my previous account (Which I abandoned for personal reasons) this story , and the other, grew.

You might thing that reviewing isn't worth the bother, but really, it is! You might be the one who gives an idea for a great story! Or the one who inspires a grand twist in one of them. If this does happen, I promise I will mention that you helped me write this story.

And, InuyashaJunky, It was you who inspired the closing chapter for this story. I haven't written it yet, but I know exactly how it will be. And it will be long, and one of the best chapters I have ever written for anything.

InuyashaJunky, you wrote: O Sesshy's Mad! I'm back! This fic is great, please continue. Just 1 question, is Miroku gonna die? Just the thought makes me sad. ::sniffles:: If he does die make it a dramatic death, he would like that! =.=

I write in response: Yeaaaaaaahhhhh..... Sesshy. Sure. You know you shouldn't call him that, right? He would kill you without a seconds hesitation if he heard you. Oh, well. Thanks for reviewing. No, Miroku isn't gonna die again, he already died once. I think well let him be now. Somebody else is gonna die though, and your review gave me that idea. Thanks once again, and happy reading!

Eternal-Inuyasha

"Sesshoumaru, we destroyed Naraku. I know we did. But someone is fooling with us, some one who is either Naraku or close, very close to Naraku." Kagome said firmly. Sesshoumaru had to appreciate her spunk. Its amazing. He thought. This human girl may be the one who keeps their group together.

With that thought the stoic demon Lord began to think of her in a whole new way. At that small moment, that small thought, the man who was no man realized an unlikely attraction. Was it possible that Sesshoumaru liked Kagome?

Kagome was well aware that Sesshoumaru was staring at her, with a slightly softer gaze than the one he usually held. But be that as it may, she could never have guessed the reason.

She was still waiting for an answer, and began to tap her foot impatiently. What was taking so long? "Sesshoumaru-sama, do not try to tell me you do not know. If he were alive, you would know immediately." She said stiffly. She was irritated, and he knew it.

He sniffed at the air, being sure not to make the action obvious. He had a reputation to uphold after all. He detected immediately traces of Naraku, from nearby. But it was old, and from at least a year ago. Maybe more.

But then there was that other smell. It smelled a bit like Naraku, but it wasn't Naraku. Did he have offspring, maybe? The smell was faint. This being was strong. Possibly stronger than Naraku himself. This was very bad news indeed.

"Narakus scent is here, but from so long ago it is almost gone." Sesshoumaru stated hesitantly. Inuyasha pumped his fist into the air triumphantly again. Kagome was beginning to wish she hadn't told him what the gesture meant.

"And?" She demanded shrewdly. She had not missed the hesitation in the Taiyoukais voice. He shifted his tail irritably, for he was not used to being spoken to that way.

Yet Sesshoumaru had seen her in the peak of her power, surrounded in pink inferno, looking just as Kikyo had when her body was burned. But that time, Kagome had been burning with flames of life. He sighed.

He was about to speak when Jaken began to protest loudly at her disrespect to "Lord Sesshoumaru- Sama". Kagomes eye twitched in anger, and she grabbed the staff Jaken always carried, and bashed him on his little green head with it.

Sesshoumaru only wondered more why he had let that little pest live so long.
Kagome was surprised, and a little bit pleased that she had been able to break down the wall of the stoic demon lord. She hadn't know that Sesshoumaru was capable of sulking.

As for Sesshoumaru, well, he was more than ashamed at his behavior. He could only hope that this would not lead to any further problems...

Everything seemed so misty. But he was here. Kagome was in his arms, just like he had promised her. He had promised that once Naraku was dead, they would be together forever.

Inuyasha drew his lovely Kagome toward him, a passionate kiss ready to spring from his lips. He had waited so long. So long for the pure, simple peace of love. But she pushed him back gently. A soft, yet firm hand brushed his cheek.

She, his wonderful pure, perfect goddess, looked sadly into his amber eyes, and tears made the scene more misty than before.

"No!" He shouted, through a fog. "It has to be perfect. Ive waited so long!"

"So long.." He whispered. Kagome smiled sorrowfully at him, and turned away. She was leaving him. No... He had known it would happen, and when it did, that it wold kill him. Yet even knowing this did not lessen the pain.

Inuyasha was wandering again, thinking. I remember when I would not think so much. Life was so simple then... so simple..... He thought. He shook his head to clear it. Maybe, he thought, Maybe if I become human, and stay human, I can stay with Kagome.

This thought startled the Hanyou. He remembered also a time when he wanted nothing more than to be a Youkai. Now.... now he didn't know what he wanted. The dream had come back though, and he knew one thing for sure.

He had to be with Kagome! He couldn't live without her. What if she left? He would be lost. So lost! No. He couldn't live without her. Inuyasha knew he would have to find a way to keep her here. Would destroying the well work?

"No. She would hate me." Inuyasha said aloud. He dug his claws into his palm, and blood dripped slowly from deep wounds. He looked up at a large tree branch that had gotten in the way, just in time, in surprise. It had hurt, sort of. Mostly he didnt notice through his mental haze.

"Inuyasha?" came a voice, floating over his shoulder. It was Kagome. She rested a hand on his shoulder. He put a hand on hers. Inuyasha looked into her face and saw hesitance. Oh, no! No! Here it comes!! he thought, panic seeping through him.

"Inuyasha... I..." she sounded so hesitant, so sad. But there were no tears. She wasn't sorry she was going away..... "I have to leave Inuyasha. I have to go. I cant fall in love with you."

"Why?" Inuyasha shot back, his voice filled with a nasty twist even he realized was mean. "Fallen in love with Hobo, or whatever his name is? Fine. Just... Just go. Leave." And with that he sprang away, his heart twisting in anguish.