Disclaimer. I do not own Inu-yasha. This is a tribute to my favorite issue of Superman The Comic Book: The Death of Superman, which I also do not own. Warning, anyone who has not read Kagome's baby won't understand this story, so before you read this one, go back and read that one and Sesshomaru down the well, Kikyo's farewell. Those two stories are critical to understanding this one.

The Death of Inu-yasha.
Prologue.

Inu-yasha leaped up into the air and came down with his sword blazing like a harsh east wind. One hundred demons were slaughtered in one single swipe like lightning. Behind him Kagome, Sango, and Miroku cheered. Shippo leaped up on Sango's shoulders and whistled loudly for his friend and mentor.

"Go Inu-yasha!" They all cried and waved their arms. In moments an entire demon army was gone and the villagers of a nearby province clapped happily as their elders brought out a sack full of gold for their hero's.

"Here you go." The village Elder said. "Here is every cent we can spare." He handed the bag over to Miroku who weighed it carefully in his hands.

"So much money." He said. "This is all your village's money?" He asked.

"Forget it." Inu-yasha said suddenly, taking the bag, and handing it back to the Elder. "Just show us to a hut where we can rest for the night and maybe dig us up a little grub and that will be fine." Kagome was so proud of him for saying that. She had never seen Inu-yasha look more heroic or gallant. It really turned her on. That night though, as they were bedding down for the night. Kagome saw Miroku and Sango sipping tea outside of the hut on the porch.

"Want some company?" She asked them.

"Have a seat." Miroku said, he poured Kagome some special tea then did the same for Sango. One way or another, he was going to get laid that night. All he had to do was get one or both of them drunk enough. "More?" He asked them.

"Oh yeah." Kagome said, "I'm really thirsty." She handed over her cup and Miroku poured a little more. A delighted Kagome emptied it's contents quickly and then asked for another. Miroku smiled then turned to Sango who was still nursing hers.

"More for you?" He asked.

"No thanks." Sango said cheerfully. "I'll finish this and then I'm off to bed." Discouraged, Miroku turned his attentions back to Kagome who was by this time, high as a kite.

"You're certainly putting away the tea tonight." He said, making small talk, and hoping to turn the conversation to more intimate matters.

"Yeah, this is the best tea that I've ever had." Kagome said "Where did you get it?" She asked him.

"I made it myself." Miroku told her. "Like it?"

"Sure do, bring me another." Just then as Kagome's cup was being filled, Inu-yasha came strolling up. Kagome looked at him and remembered how brave and wonderfully gallant he'd been that day. She had never seen Inu-yasha in that light before. "Off to bed?" She asked him.

"Yeah, it's been a hard day, and I've got to get my shut eye." He told her. Kagome smiled and burped. She checked her breath as Inu-yasha went inside the hut to a room in the back where he and Miroku were supposed to share. After a moment or two more of sipping tea with Miroku, she got up and went inside.

"Where are you going?" He asked her, his plan unraveling before his very eyes.

"To Inu-yasha." Kagome told him. She was quite drunk by now and not really in any condition to be making snap decisions like this but she could not control herself. She was feeling her base instincts and they told her to go to Inu-yasha. She walked right, past a sleeping Sango, and Shippo. Straight to the boy's room where Inu-yasha was just laying down on his mat.

"Kagome?" He asked. "What's wrong?" She smiled at him then started to disrobe before him. His eyes nearly popped out of his head and his jaw dropped to the floor. "Hey, what are you doing?" He demanded to know as Kagome slipped under the covers with him.

"Be quiet and take me." She said in a slurred voice. Inu-yasha could tell that she wasn't herself, and he could smell Miroku's special tea on her breath. She started undressing him though and this made him feel so very strange.

"Hey, Kagome, what are you…" She kissed him then and Inu-yasha's heart leaped into his throat. This wasn't right but he couldn't control himself. All of a sudden he found himself touching Kagome and holding her while she finished undressing him and then she climbed on top of him.

"Make love to me Inu-yasha." She said and they did. They made love for the first time that night under the light of a full moon. They were both animals, the way they kissed each other, and pawed at each other, like two love starved people do when they find each other. Inu-yasha had never known Kagome to be this way before. He didn't ask any questions, or make any objections, he just let himself go with her to wherever she was willing to lead him with her beautiful, sensual, young body.