((A/N: Well, I've finally taken the time to put up the newest chapter!
Horra! Horray! ^_^ Enjoy! WARNING: Very sad and sweet chapter! Tissues
recommended! ^_^;;))
Chapter 7:
~I Could Never Say Good-Bye~
"InuYasha!" Immediately after she had let go of her hold, Kagome jumped up. She ran to the edge of the cliff and skidded with her foot (bow still in hand) along its edge until she had reached the ground.
"That little wench." Sesshomaru took one look at where his arm was supposed to be and was mesmerized. He had watched as his left arm had been shattered into tiny pieces and the huge shard (that had fused from the many jewel fragments inside of his demon body) fell to the ground next to the remains' bloody mess. He had felt no pain when the arrow hit, the arm was merely 'borrowed' to begin with.
Kagome reached the hanyou's side. "Are you alright?" She didn't wait for his response before she began to check over his body a million times.
"How? She's only a pathetic human? How could she have damaged me like this?" Sesshomaru growled the words deep in his throat as he clenched his only fist. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became and the more his blood boiled with rage. How could he, the most powerful dog demon of his time, have his entire plans of ruling destroyed by such a feeble being?!
When she was satisfied that he wasn't seriously injured, Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. "Oh thank goodness you're okay." She began to cry again. InuYasha smiled slightly and hugged her back. They both behaved as if danger were a thousand miles away.
"Hey. Hey," he said warmly, trying to get her to calm down, "Everything's alright. Heh. Stop acting so stupid. You know I'd never let Sesshomaru beat me, right? Remember the plan?"
She eased back and made a slight laugh as she wiped away her tears. "I believe I forgot about that a LONG time ago." InuYasha smiled wider and got onto his feet. He then took her hands and helped her up as well. They both stared at each other happily.
"Kagome..I.." he looked down to get his nerve. As he looked up his eyes changed from love to unimaginable fear. He gasped. "Kagome! Look out!!!" Every muscle he had froze as he watched her turn to meet the gaze of Sesshomaru's poisonous claws. His entire body began to shake as he looked down again and saw his brother's hand extending through her back. He remembered the excruciating pain he had felt when Sesshomaru had stuck his hand through his own body.
Sesshomaru felt the warmth of sweet, sweet revenge enter him as he quickly jerked his hand out of Kagome and saw the look on his brother's pale face. "Heh." He watched as she fell onto the ground, her blood staining the cold earth. InuYasha's world crashed before his eyes. "Ka..gome.." he whispered, the words barely able to pass his lips.
"Serves her for denting the arm." He shook his hand slightly and let the crimson liquid land and stain Kagome's previously flawless hair. "Sesshomaru." InuYasha whispered again as he looked up from her body to Sesshomaru's pleased face. He could feel the pain of his heart and the sting of his blood boiling through his veins.
"SESSHOMARU!!!" InuYasha screamed in his face and fell to his knees by Kagome's side. He knew that he was crying (and crying hard), but he paid no heed to it whatsoever. As gently as he could, mindful of where his claws extended, he moved Kagome's fragile and still bleeding body closer to his.
She seemed to know that her remaining time was short. She only wanted to feel his body against her. Feel his warm strength and love for her..at least one last time. She used a part of her remaining energy to move her hand to clutch his beautiful red kimono. Kagome wanted to tell him (express to him) all the warm, tender feelings that she had. Only "Inu..Yasha." managed to escape in her raspy breath.
It was more than he could stand, to hear her beautiful voice sound like that. He jammed his eyes shut and moved her hand to his face. Kagome looked on at the expression he was showing. She was unsure, and wondered if her eyes were already beginning to fail her, when she saw the tears flow like a brook down his cheeks. "InuYasha..why.." she gulped and was determined to continue breathing, "..are you..crying?"
He looked up into her chocolate flavored eyes, her pale face, and blood stained hair. A knot that had never formed in his life until that moment, appeared in his throat. He couldn't speak, yet knew that somehow he HAD to tell her. Tell her how (from the very first night they had met) she had changed and brightened his entire world. Everyday spent with her seemed like a walk in the clouds..a very breathtaking dream. She was his life, his other half, his soul partner. He took a deep breath and somehow managed to find what he so desperately sought. "Kagome.please..please don't leave me....I have always..lov- "
Sesshomaru had grown literally sick, watching InuYasha propose such an emotional feat..espeacially for a human no less. "I've. Had. ENOUGH!" he cut unmercifully with his whip into InuYasha's backside. InuYasha gasped in pain and in the process, dropped Kagome's weak hand.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed in fear for her beloved. She shouldn't have. A terrible aching stab was inflicted upon her from her racing heart. More blood came out of her at a fast pace. She winced in pain and drew back.
InuYasha's brother looked at the two, covered with blood, then landed several feet away. "Spare me, InuYasha, of your boring nuisance. I've grown weary of the trashy way you tend to try to 'uphold' our family's honor. You don't even deserve to be a hanyou! The demon blood that had been so graciously given to you is worth so much more! I cannot believe you would waste such time on a completely worthless human. It seems as though Father's bad taste has carried on. I am disgraced to call you my half-brother." He sighed in a weary manner. "No matter. It seems as though I shall have the sword, whether you like it or not, and once I DO have it, I will rid myself of your incompetent and vagabond existence."
InuYasha's mind was a thousand miles from Sesshomaru's threatening words. His voice now seemed like mindless babble. All thought was bent on the remembrance of Kagome. The first time they had met, when she had given him the Tetsusaiga, that night at the temple with Nezuna, when Kikyo had been brought back, when Sesshomaru had attacked, their first true love embrace when he had tried to banish her to her own time, when she came back..and all the many wonderful times they had spent together.
Kagome had had about as much as she could take of Sesshomaru's speech. It made her so cross that he was going to try to hurt the one thing that she had cherished in life, InuYasha, after she was gone. There would be nothing she could do to prevent it. Most of all..it made her scared and sad. A tear rolled down her cheek, onto the ground, and into her huge puddle of blood that lay next to her. Slowly, slowly she took the last remaining ounce of her strength and reached for his kimono once more. The feeling of death was taking her little by little.
Kagome squeezed his kimono once more. "Inu-" she whimpered sacredly. His fond memories were pushed aside when he finally realized what was happening with each passing second. It snapped him back into reality, and when he smelled the scent of death upon her, he wanted to choke. He cried heavily again and clenched his fist. "Inuyasha," she said in a whispered and pleading voice, "please..please hold me. Just one last time,..in your arms? Please. I want to die in the arms..of the..man I love."
He gasped at such a brave, honorable request. Kagome's words had never touched him more deeply than what she had just spoken right then. He wanted to kiss her, tell her that it was going to be okay, though he knew that he would never be able to see her again..and he did.
They kissed so deeply, both not having any doubts about the other's feelings. Kagome took in a deep breath. "Do you love me?" she asked through the kiss. He could do nothing except nod. He silently prayed that that moment could last forever.
She was the first to break away. A horrible stab that stretched across her chest signaled that her time to depart was drawing too near. She held onto his kimono tighter, and he hugged her back as deeply as he could. She was not going to die all alone. "InuYaSH-aaaaaaa." She closed her eyes as the last remains of air escaped her mouth to finish his name. Her body went limp and fell loosely into his arms.
"No. NNNNNoooooooo!!!" InuYasha screamed, somehow in the back of his mind thinking that she was merely asleep. She didn't move. "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" he screamed out to the world, letting everyone know all of his sorrow, grief, and heartache. He bent down slightly and held her head against his. He cried into her dirty, blood stained hair. "Why.why did it-it have to come.to this?"
All that had been taken away from him had happened in less than a day. "She didn't..deserve to die." He growled/barked deep inside of his throat. It was a sound that no one had ever heard him make. "I'll KILL you!" He turned around and saw Sesshomaru trying to take the Tetsusaiga from the ground. He had been doing this as soon as he had been able to detect her scent of death.
"You B@$T@RD!!!!" InuYasha ran faster than he had ever done in his life. He felt a new kind of power deep within him, Kagome's love. She would be avenged!
((A/N: ^_^ YEAH! COOL totally awesome chapter, ne? heh. I LOVE it! Well, I gotta go. PROMISE! *raises two fingers in Girl Scout- like fashion* Next chappie up A.S.A.P. Probably sometime during this extended weekend. ~Inu. and Sesshy. Fight! Kagome turns into a hanyou!~ Stay tuned and don't you even DARE leave before you've touch that review button! MUAHAHAHA! Oh the power of being an author!))
"InuYasha!" Immediately after she had let go of her hold, Kagome jumped up. She ran to the edge of the cliff and skidded with her foot (bow still in hand) along its edge until she had reached the ground.
"That little wench." Sesshomaru took one look at where his arm was supposed to be and was mesmerized. He had watched as his left arm had been shattered into tiny pieces and the huge shard (that had fused from the many jewel fragments inside of his demon body) fell to the ground next to the remains' bloody mess. He had felt no pain when the arrow hit, the arm was merely 'borrowed' to begin with.
Kagome reached the hanyou's side. "Are you alright?" She didn't wait for his response before she began to check over his body a million times.
"How? She's only a pathetic human? How could she have damaged me like this?" Sesshomaru growled the words deep in his throat as he clenched his only fist. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became and the more his blood boiled with rage. How could he, the most powerful dog demon of his time, have his entire plans of ruling destroyed by such a feeble being?!
When she was satisfied that he wasn't seriously injured, Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. "Oh thank goodness you're okay." She began to cry again. InuYasha smiled slightly and hugged her back. They both behaved as if danger were a thousand miles away.
"Hey. Hey," he said warmly, trying to get her to calm down, "Everything's alright. Heh. Stop acting so stupid. You know I'd never let Sesshomaru beat me, right? Remember the plan?"
She eased back and made a slight laugh as she wiped away her tears. "I believe I forgot about that a LONG time ago." InuYasha smiled wider and got onto his feet. He then took her hands and helped her up as well. They both stared at each other happily.
"Kagome..I.." he looked down to get his nerve. As he looked up his eyes changed from love to unimaginable fear. He gasped. "Kagome! Look out!!!" Every muscle he had froze as he watched her turn to meet the gaze of Sesshomaru's poisonous claws. His entire body began to shake as he looked down again and saw his brother's hand extending through her back. He remembered the excruciating pain he had felt when Sesshomaru had stuck his hand through his own body.
Sesshomaru felt the warmth of sweet, sweet revenge enter him as he quickly jerked his hand out of Kagome and saw the look on his brother's pale face. "Heh." He watched as she fell onto the ground, her blood staining the cold earth. InuYasha's world crashed before his eyes. "Ka..gome.." he whispered, the words barely able to pass his lips.
"Serves her for denting the arm." He shook his hand slightly and let the crimson liquid land and stain Kagome's previously flawless hair. "Sesshomaru." InuYasha whispered again as he looked up from her body to Sesshomaru's pleased face. He could feel the pain of his heart and the sting of his blood boiling through his veins.
"SESSHOMARU!!!" InuYasha screamed in his face and fell to his knees by Kagome's side. He knew that he was crying (and crying hard), but he paid no heed to it whatsoever. As gently as he could, mindful of where his claws extended, he moved Kagome's fragile and still bleeding body closer to his.
She seemed to know that her remaining time was short. She only wanted to feel his body against her. Feel his warm strength and love for her..at least one last time. She used a part of her remaining energy to move her hand to clutch his beautiful red kimono. Kagome wanted to tell him (express to him) all the warm, tender feelings that she had. Only "Inu..Yasha." managed to escape in her raspy breath.
It was more than he could stand, to hear her beautiful voice sound like that. He jammed his eyes shut and moved her hand to his face. Kagome looked on at the expression he was showing. She was unsure, and wondered if her eyes were already beginning to fail her, when she saw the tears flow like a brook down his cheeks. "InuYasha..why.." she gulped and was determined to continue breathing, "..are you..crying?"
He looked up into her chocolate flavored eyes, her pale face, and blood stained hair. A knot that had never formed in his life until that moment, appeared in his throat. He couldn't speak, yet knew that somehow he HAD to tell her. Tell her how (from the very first night they had met) she had changed and brightened his entire world. Everyday spent with her seemed like a walk in the clouds..a very breathtaking dream. She was his life, his other half, his soul partner. He took a deep breath and somehow managed to find what he so desperately sought. "Kagome.please..please don't leave me....I have always..lov- "
Sesshomaru had grown literally sick, watching InuYasha propose such an emotional feat..espeacially for a human no less. "I've. Had. ENOUGH!" he cut unmercifully with his whip into InuYasha's backside. InuYasha gasped in pain and in the process, dropped Kagome's weak hand.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed in fear for her beloved. She shouldn't have. A terrible aching stab was inflicted upon her from her racing heart. More blood came out of her at a fast pace. She winced in pain and drew back.
InuYasha's brother looked at the two, covered with blood, then landed several feet away. "Spare me, InuYasha, of your boring nuisance. I've grown weary of the trashy way you tend to try to 'uphold' our family's honor. You don't even deserve to be a hanyou! The demon blood that had been so graciously given to you is worth so much more! I cannot believe you would waste such time on a completely worthless human. It seems as though Father's bad taste has carried on. I am disgraced to call you my half-brother." He sighed in a weary manner. "No matter. It seems as though I shall have the sword, whether you like it or not, and once I DO have it, I will rid myself of your incompetent and vagabond existence."
InuYasha's mind was a thousand miles from Sesshomaru's threatening words. His voice now seemed like mindless babble. All thought was bent on the remembrance of Kagome. The first time they had met, when she had given him the Tetsusaiga, that night at the temple with Nezuna, when Kikyo had been brought back, when Sesshomaru had attacked, their first true love embrace when he had tried to banish her to her own time, when she came back..and all the many wonderful times they had spent together.
Kagome had had about as much as she could take of Sesshomaru's speech. It made her so cross that he was going to try to hurt the one thing that she had cherished in life, InuYasha, after she was gone. There would be nothing she could do to prevent it. Most of all..it made her scared and sad. A tear rolled down her cheek, onto the ground, and into her huge puddle of blood that lay next to her. Slowly, slowly she took the last remaining ounce of her strength and reached for his kimono once more. The feeling of death was taking her little by little.
Kagome squeezed his kimono once more. "Inu-" she whimpered sacredly. His fond memories were pushed aside when he finally realized what was happening with each passing second. It snapped him back into reality, and when he smelled the scent of death upon her, he wanted to choke. He cried heavily again and clenched his fist. "Inuyasha," she said in a whispered and pleading voice, "please..please hold me. Just one last time,..in your arms? Please. I want to die in the arms..of the..man I love."
He gasped at such a brave, honorable request. Kagome's words had never touched him more deeply than what she had just spoken right then. He wanted to kiss her, tell her that it was going to be okay, though he knew that he would never be able to see her again..and he did.
They kissed so deeply, both not having any doubts about the other's feelings. Kagome took in a deep breath. "Do you love me?" she asked through the kiss. He could do nothing except nod. He silently prayed that that moment could last forever.
She was the first to break away. A horrible stab that stretched across her chest signaled that her time to depart was drawing too near. She held onto his kimono tighter, and he hugged her back as deeply as he could. She was not going to die all alone. "InuYaSH-aaaaaaa." She closed her eyes as the last remains of air escaped her mouth to finish his name. Her body went limp and fell loosely into his arms.
"No. NNNNNoooooooo!!!" InuYasha screamed, somehow in the back of his mind thinking that she was merely asleep. She didn't move. "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" he screamed out to the world, letting everyone know all of his sorrow, grief, and heartache. He bent down slightly and held her head against his. He cried into her dirty, blood stained hair. "Why.why did it-it have to come.to this?"
All that had been taken away from him had happened in less than a day. "She didn't..deserve to die." He growled/barked deep inside of his throat. It was a sound that no one had ever heard him make. "I'll KILL you!" He turned around and saw Sesshomaru trying to take the Tetsusaiga from the ground. He had been doing this as soon as he had been able to detect her scent of death.
"You B@$T@RD!!!!" InuYasha ran faster than he had ever done in his life. He felt a new kind of power deep within him, Kagome's love. She would be avenged!
((A/N: ^_^ YEAH! COOL totally awesome chapter, ne? heh. I LOVE it! Well, I gotta go. PROMISE! *raises two fingers in Girl Scout- like fashion* Next chappie up A.S.A.P. Probably sometime during this extended weekend. ~Inu. and Sesshy. Fight! Kagome turns into a hanyou!~ Stay tuned and don't you even DARE leave before you've touch that review button! MUAHAHAHA! Oh the power of being an author!))