Ello all! I'm finally getting off my lazy ass and getting to work! Sorry it took so long again, this time my only excuse is that I'm just lazy. Hee hee

Anyways, on with the chapter!!!

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"SESSHO-MARU NO!!" Inu Yasha bellowed.

Kagome stood frozen to the spot. She couldn't move. She seen him coming for her, but she couldn't move.

His face was so stone cold. He didn't show any sort of happiness in going after his prey. He just looked so dead.

Without realizing what he was doing Inu Yasha lunged forward Tetsiega in front of him. He threw it forward and when it hit it's target…all fell still. Sessho-Maru stopped in his tracks and slowed his steps. He looked down to see the tip of the giant sword protruding from his chest. He dropped Tokijin, the clatter as it hit the ground was the only sound. Everything seemed to be holding still. Their bodies, their eyes, even their very breath. Sessho-Maru wrapped his hands around the blade and watched as the blood seeped from them. He fell to his knee's on the ground.

"I don't…want to..die…" He whispered.

For the first time in his life Sessho-Maru felt something. He felt regret, guilt, sadness, anguish. Hot stinging tears welled up in his once proud eyes. He stared up to the sky as Rin had so many times.

"I want to avenge her. I want to…I want to be with her again…" He said softly.

His body fell to the ground with a great thud. The sword, pushed up by the ground fell to the side out of his body. Blood soaked his once white clothes. Tears stained his eyes, straining their way down his cheeks.

Kagome held her hand over her mouth to keep from making any sound. She wanted to cry, wanted to weep. She wanted to hold Sessho-Maru right now and tell him it would be ok. But her feet would not move.

As he lay there on the ground, the last of his life slowly draining from him a dim light met his eyes. It grew brighter blinding him almost. A figure stood in the middle of it. Once the light had dimmed and his vision returned, his breath was taken from him. Her beautiful long brown hair was all around her. Her beautiful brown eyes were so bright and happy. Her smile, was the best. She leaned forward, extending her arm, her hand reaching for him.

"Father…come with me father. You don't need to suffer anymore. We're together again." She said in an angelic voice.

"Rin…Rin..is it really you?" He asked.

"Please father, come with me…"

Tears streamed down his face as the warm glow consumed him.

"Fa…father? Oh Rin! I will come with you. We'll never be apart again. It'll just be us, forever." He whispered.

Rin giggled softly. He loved hearing it.

"Of course! Forever!" She said.

With one last sigh the last of his breath was gone, and so was he. Death had taken over.

Kagome stepped forward. She looked down at the dead body.

"Is he…?"

"Dead, yea. I didn't mean to..do it. I was just trying to save you." Inu Yasha mumbled.

"I know…. So should we just leave him or burry him?" She asked.

"Well I think it'd only be right to bury him. I may not of liked him, but he was still my brother."

They buried his body just under the tree. Kagome did a small prayer in hopes that her Miko powers would allow his soul eternal rest. Within an hour they had down the burial, picked up their things and were on their way again. They spoke little, and when they did it was short simple words or replies.

All Kagome could think about was that look on Sessho-Maru's face as he slipped into death. He had even shed tears. She had never ever seen him do that. In fact she'd never seen him act with emotions before. Could someone such as a little girl change his heart so much? She turned her gaze over to Inu Yasha. She had after all changed him in some ways when she'd first met him. As much as either of them hated to admit it, Inu Yasha and Sessho-Maru were alike in a lot of ways.

"Inu Yasha…do you think he's in a better place now?" She asked.

"Yes..I do. He's with Rin now, that's all he ever really wanted." He said softly.

Kagome nodded and smiled softly. "Yea, it is.

They walked until the sun was setting. They set up a small camp just outside a forest. Inu Yasha sat in silence staring at the fire. He seemed to be deep in thought. Kagome lay on her stomach writing in a little notebook she had brought along with her just in case. She recalled all the things that had happened, but the one thing out of everything was the pain, the suffering, and anguish everyone around her seemed to feel. Using that as inspiration she wrote a little poem.

Floating, fading, running away.

Away from all the pain.

Away from all the guilt.

Trying only to stay sane.

I wished it all would be fine.

I wished it all would be ok.

But now I see it's gone to hell.

It was a price I couldn't pay.

Late at night, when I try to sleep,

All I see is your face.

All I hear is your voice.

It's something I can't replace.

I'm sorry that I hurt you.

I'm sorry that lied.

I should of told you that I cared.

Maybe then you wouldn't have cried.

But now it's just to late.

You've left this horrid land.

So until we meet again my love,

I'll use my own two feet to stand.

Once she was finished and gave it the once over she wrinkled her nose in disgust. It sucked, plain and simple. She just didn't like it at all.

"What?" Inu Yasha asked as he watched her expression.

"N..No..Nothing!" She said.

Before she could shove the notebook away into her bag Inu Yasha snatched it out of her hand. With one hand he held the notebook with the other he held back Kagome. His eyes scanned the paper over and over. After a few minutes he handed the notebook back to her and stared into her eyes.

"I know it sucks ok! Just say it, it's trash!" She whined.

"No Kagome…not at all. It was beautiful…it's just…." He trailed off.

He grabbed Kagome and wrapped his arms warmly around her. His body shook with the emotion that ran through him right now.

"I'm sorry you've had to experience all this pain and suffering. I never wanted this to happen to you." He choked out.

Kagome blinked and held still in his arms. She dropped her notebook and coiled her own arms around him.

"It's ok. I don't blame you in any way. I blame, if anyone, Naraku. He's the one who caused all of this." She muttered.

She lifted her head to gaze into Inu Yasha's eyes.

"Inu Yasha everything is going to---" Softly he pressed his finger to her lips.

A blush crossed her face feeling him touch her like this even though it was something so simple.

Inu Yasha's face came closer and closer to her own. Their eyes locked onto one another. She couldn't move, she couldn't speak, couldn't breath. Their faces and lips were but an inch away. It was inevitable, it was going to happen. A rustle in the branch's of a nearby tree suddenly brought them into a state of alert. Inu Yasha rose to his feet quickly and scanned the area. Kagome sat stunned on the ground still not able to comprehend the previous moment.

From the branch's of the tree flew off a small group of birds. Just birds, those made the noise, ruined the moment.

Kagome sighed softly. She stuffed her notebook back into her back and cozied up on her pallet. She covered up with a blanket she had taken from Kaede's. Just as she had gotten settled Inu Yasha sat down onto the ground and stared over at her.

"Goodnight…" She yawned.

"Goodnight." He said with a smile.

That night sweet thoughts and images filled her dreams. Those of her with the gang before any of this happened. Images of her and Inu Yasha…together. It was just a dream though. Would it ever be reality again?

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Well it god damned well took me long enough to get that up. Now I'm a bit stuck on what to do for the next chapter. So if you have any suggestions at all, like where they should go, or if you'd like a certain character to show up, just tell me please! The best suggestion will be written! It's sorta like a present. Lol. Oh and the lemon, is in progress!