Ok people, here I am again, with chappie 7 right? So, well, um, yeah... ok yeah I'm stalling on with the chappie!

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Recap: The next instant, he was normal again. And standing there looking very bewildered, "Wha, what happened?" he sniffed again, "That's Kagome's blood!" he said, and then without a second glance, he was off...

CHAPTER 7

TODAY WE REGRET,

TOMARROW WE REMEMBER...

Inuyasha ran as fast as he possibly could. Everything was a blur as he ran,

Kagome, you'd better be ok. Curse it how'd she get hurt? I don't remember!

Continuing to curse himself and numerous others, he ran faster, but her sent was mixed in with another's, and she'd went through water, making her more difficult to find. He however, was determined.

Just at that moment, he heard Rin's voice; he spun round and hurried in that direction, and soon had found her, Shippo, Kaede, and a much wounded Kagome. Cursing again, he ran over to Kagome's side.

"Kagome is, is she alright?" he asked Kaede, she blinked in surprise,

"Ho there Inuyasha, ye are back to normal then?" Now he blinked,

"What are you talking about ya old hag? What do ya mean 'back to normal'?"

"Ye do not remember?" she asked, now Inuyasha understood. He'd gone demon.

For one horrifying moment, he thought he might have been the one to hurt Kagome, but the next instant, he remembered every thing. He closed his eyes in relief.

"Kaede, lets get Kagome back home alright? You can save her right?" Kaede nodded,

"Aye, I may be able too, but what of Kohaku Inuyasha? It was he who stopped ye long enough to give us time to get Kagome to safety. Inuyasha nodded,

"Listen, I'll drop Kagome off at the healing hut, and then I'll worry about Kohaku alright?" Kaede nodded,

"Aye Inuyasha." she whispered, Inuyasha picked Kagome up in his arms, mentally thanking every god he knew of, and the ones that he didn't.

If I'd have lost her, I don't know what I'd have done. He thought to himself, and then sped away.

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Sango and Miroku sat near Kohaku, he was failing. He had lost much blood in the fight with Inuyasha.

Demon Inuyasha. Miroku corrected himself. Demon Inuyasha, it wasn't the real thing.

Even so, it was sometimes hard to remember that. Not that the Demon Inuyasha and the Hanyou Inuyasha were anything alike or anything. It was just that sometimes when you looked at the normal Inuyasha, you could see the Demon hiding behind his eyes. As if the remind you that he was never really gone. Miroku shuddered; he had once been there right next to Inuyasha when he had turned. It was like nothing he'd ever seen. A whirl of demonic power and rage all pulled into one person. Or half demon as he was.

Miroku closed his eyes and pushed the memory away from himself.

The demon Inuyasha is nothing like the real thing. The real Inuyasha is a good man. He's not a monster no matter what his demon self does or says. Or what anyone else says either! Miroku thought. Just then Sango spoke.

"He, he isn't going to make it Miroku, and, and-" Miroku stopped her,

"Listen Sango, we're gonna get him some help ok? Now let's try to move him ok?" Sango nodded, but just then Inuyasha came into the clearing,

"Ya need some help?" he asked cocking his head.

She was floating. Blackness surrounded her. Voices called to her, but there was still nothing that she could actually see.

Inuyasha. Inuyasha. Inuyasha.

Her only thought haunted her into the black eternity that she now found herself. Endless as she felt, she could tell something about her was dying. She felt no pain, but knew of her many wounds.

"Help me." She whispered, "Help me. Inuyasha."

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, she wasn't bleeding anymore, but her wounds still seemed to cause her pain. He closed his eyes,

Damn it all, she was my responsibility, how could I let that happen to her?

His memory took him back to the instant that Kagome had gotten hit with the arrow. Something could have been done. Couldn't it? He could have done something right? Cursing again under his breath he looked away from her still form.

If I'd been stronger, faster, smarter, anything, she could have been spared all this. And Kohaku? He might die today, what was I thinking? Suddenly he heard another part of himself,

I'll tell you what you were thinking, you were thinking about revenge, you were thinking about saveing Kagome, not about anybody else that might be affected if you changed that's what you were thinking. It said.

Inuyasha growled, curse this stupid conscious he'd managed to grow since the day Kagome had come into his life. Curse her too. Just for good measure.

Oh, that's good Dog Boy, lets curse the girl who is dieing, you're smart now!

Will you just shut your mouth? I know she's dieing, and personally, I really think I can handle the job of thoroughly beating myself up over it ok?

His inner self scowled,

Maybe, but you might like to tell her that you're sorry, she's waking up...

Inuyasha did a double blink and looked down to see Kagome's eyes beginning to open,

"Inuyasha, Inuyasha, help me." She whispered, he smiled and sighed in relief,

"I'm here Kagome, are you feeling ok?" she looked up to him and smiled, it was a weak smile, but it was full of love that he barely understood.

"I am now. Are you ok?" he nodded,

"Yeah, stupid girl, I'm not the one who was nearly killed remember?" she nodded,

"What ever you say." She whispered, he gave her a soft look,

"You go to sleep now ok?" she nodded,

"If you want me to." He nodded,

"You need it."

"So do you."

"I'll sleep soon enough, I promise."

"You better." She whispered, and then lapsed into sleep. Inuyasha began to feel guilty again, but pushed it back. He had another person to worry about now. Kohaku.

When he got to the room in which Kohaku was being taken care of he noticed that Kaede was still there and didn't look like she had left since the time that Inuyasha had brought the kid in. That was not a good sign if he recalled correctly. His guilty feeling got that much bigger when he saw Sango crying at her brother's side. Closing his eyes he turned away from the sight before him,

"Is he gonna live?" Kaede didn't look up,

"Maybe." Inuyasha nodded, and for the first time noticed that Rin too was sitting in the room.

She however, wasn't crying. She just sat there, as if all of this had already happened and she was just watching a rerun of her life. Her surprise and worry was limited. Inuyasha himself decided that he wasn't needed here, and left the room without another word.

It was late that night, near midnight when Rin finally spoke to Sango.

"You know, the last time I saw Kohaku, he was in a cave, and I was there, and there were demons all around us." She whispered, Sango's head lifted off her knees where she had laid it.

"What?" Rin nodded,

"Yeah, we were both in there, and he told me, told me to get out, he'd stall them. I asked him, 'what about you Kohaku', he said not to worry. And I didn't. He told me basically the same thing this time too." She said, Sango was uncomprehending,

"Why are you telling me this?" Sango asked, Rin smiled,

"He told me he'd be ok, and he came back to me, even though Jaken and Lord Sesshomaru said he wasn't going to. I believed he would come back, and even against all the odds, he did. He said the same thing this time, and here he is right in front of me. Alive more or less, if he wasn't going to come back he would have said so Sango, he will be ok I am positive."

Sango was quiet for a time, and then said,

"Why was it that you trusted him?"

"Because, I know he's not the kind of person to lie to one of his friends." She replied, Sango nodded,

"You're right about that, he's not." Rin nodded, and grinned,

"Right!" she said, and then leaned back against the wall, and began to hum softly...

Kagome woke again, and this time she felt much more alive than the first time. Just like before though, Inuyasha sat there, he was sleeping this time though. She smiled, and tried to sit up, she could. Her limbs were working well enough, though her stomach felt awful, and her side hurt like the little incident had just happened. Taking a deep breath, she attempted to stand. She managed, but after a moment the strain became too much for her and she fell back- right into Inuyasha's waiting arms.

"Stupid wench, what are you doing? Trying to kill yourself?" He asked gruffly, though his voice held no hint of malice. She smiled to herself,

"No Inuyasha, just going to the window, is it pretty outside?" he shrugged,

"Kinda, but you won't find out any time soon cause you're going to stay right here, until you're healed at least." He said, she sighed and nodded,

"Yes Inuyasha, I knew you would say that." She whispered, and then one of the thoughts that had been tugging at her since she woke up came to her again. "Hey Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"What did you do to Kikyou?" Inuyasha who was getting some soup from a pot near by was silent until he could face her again. When he did he gave her the soup, then finally he answered,

"Killed her." Kagome spit out the soup she had swallowed,

"You, you what?" he looked at her placidly,

"Killed her, slashed right through her stomach. What more exactly do you need?" Kagome just stared at him,

"Oh, I'm sorry Inuyasha! If it hadn't been for me you wouldn't have gotten mad and killed her." Kagome said, Inuyasha was quiet and then said,

"Listen Kagome, if it hadn't been for you a lot of things wouldn't have happened; the jewel would still be whole, Sango would still be living in the Slayers Village, Shippo's parents would still be alive, I wouldn't have ever been poisoned by that Spider Demon, and I'd have never met Miroku. All of which I could have defiantly lived without.

"However, there are a few things you have done that I'm equally sure wouldn't have happened if you weren't here, one, I'd still be stuck to that tree, second, I wouldn't have ever gotten Tetsaiga, and third, I wouldn't have ever had to do what I did to Kikyou. And Kagome, I am really glad you were here so I would do all of those other things. Kikyou needed to die Kagome, that's the end of it ok?"

"But still Inuyasha, if you wanted to kill Kikyou, wouldn't you have been happier if you had done it in your normal form?" he smiled,

"When I transformed, I was given a choice, transform and kill Kikyou, or don't transform and let you die. I chose killing Kikyou, ok? I did what I wanted to do, nothing more and nothing less." He said, and now he was smiling at her very softly. Kagome's eyes teared up and she threw her arms around Inuyasha,

"I love you Inuyasha, ok?" he grinned,

"I thought you would never say that!" and then he was kissing her very passionately...

It was about three days before Kagome herself could go to see Kohaku herself, and that really didn't help out much. He was mortally wounded, there wasn't any hope anymore. Inuyasha was always apologizing to Sango; she was always accepting it of course. However, she wasn't any happier as days went by...

AN: Sorry, but this really isn't a cliffy, it's a blessing for me cause I finally got done with it. The following chapter is the last chapter ok? Just ta let ya know. Anyway, thanx MsOceanGirl, for still keepin in touch, I luv that! Review people, until I get 5 reviews no new chappie! Ok? And this is the big finale so you better review! Seeya