Chapter 2: Saying Goodbye and A Second Chance
Inuyasha, cradling Kagome's body, walked back to the campsite. As soon as he reached the opening Sango looked up, fully prepared to tease Kagome and Inuyasha for their lover's spat when he saw Inuyasha's face. Then she looked down into his arms and saw Kagome's bloody body. "What happened!!!! Inuyasha tell me!!!!" All Inuyasha could say was "Kikyo." As soon as she reached Kagome's body she realized she was dead. "No, please no!!!" Miroku, coming back from his bath in the spring, came upon the scene and immediately realized what had happened. Sango, not knowing what else to do ran into Miroku's arms sobbing.
"Sango, Inuyasha said, I....." "Go to hell, Inuyasha, along with your precious corpse!!!!" Miroku told Inuyasha to go bury Kagome, he would take care of Sango. As Inuyasha was leaving the scene all he could think was of all the pain he had caused. Without realizing it, Inuyasha walked into the glen where his mother had been buried. He laid Kagome's body down and proceeded to dig a grave. "Inuyasha, help me please."
Inuyasha looked up, "Kagome!!!" "Please Inuyasha, it's so dark and I'm all alone" "Kagome!!!" Inuyasha rushed over to the body with a faint spark of hope in his heart. But when he looked at the body, she was still dead. Suddenly, he felt a kick upside his head. Turning around, he saw a tiny girl in a black vest and with black wings. "What the hell", he growled. A tengu, he thought to himself. "My name is Amori, the little fairy said, "I was sent by the lord demon of the hell, the woman you are mourning, she is not supposed to be there." "You think I don't know that!!!!, she's supposed to be alive with me." "No no no!!!!, Amori yelled, "It wasn't her time, he could have survived the wound, but her heart was broken, she gave up living to end her broken heart. She decided in those last moment that she would rather be dead than to have to live without you."
Inuyasha immediately felt his heart break even more as he thought to himself "She never knew how much I truly loved her, I was so scared of her getting hurt that I pushed her away, and I had to make sure Kikyo rested in peace. And in the end all I did was cause he more pain than anyone." Amori kicked his head once more and yelled in his ear, "If you'll just listen, there's a way to get her back!!!" Fast as a lightning bolt, Inuyasha grabbed Amori and said in a low growl "How." "Amori wiggled out and said, "The demon lord of Hell, Ryonosuke, has taken pity on her and has sent me here to open up a passage way to hell for you to save her. She isn't in hell though, she's in purgatory, trapped in her pain." If I open this passage you may not get out, and the journey is incredibly dangerous. And you can't go in your living body, only your spirit can travel, your physical body has to stay here." "I don't care, Inuyasha said, "but what about Kagome's body?" "I'll guard it and block any creature from this area, I promise, her body's safe with me, and yours too. "But you only have a limited time before you the gateway closes." "Fine, fine, fine, just watch Kagome's body and I'll be back!!!! Now open the door or whatever the hell it is!!!" And with that Amori proceeded to open the gate to hell, and Inuyasha jumped in, ready to face whatever came at him to bring Kagome back.