"My fault? How is it my fault, you little runt?"
"Don't call me a runt. Besides, I already said it was because you made her leave this morning. If she hadn't have left, she'd still be alive."
"This isn't happening."
"Well, if you're done chatting, why don't we get this over with. The shards. Hand them to me."
"Never. Shippo, go."
"Go where?"
"I don't know. Just run. That way." (He points to the part of the forest they just came from.) "Hurry."
"Oh, it's a pity that now I'll have to kill the both of you. Darn. And I wasn't wanting to get blood all over me. Well, maybe I won't have to. One swipe with my talons and you'll be dead."
"Don't count on it!" (Inu Yasha withdraws the Tetsaiga and takes off running toward the man.) "Take this you no good..." (The man catches Inu Yasha by surprise, slitting his throat.) "How did you..." (Blood begins to pour from Inu Yasha's throat.) "A little scratch like this won't stop me."
"Ah, but this will." (The man injects his talons through Inu Yasha's stomach and continues until he is elbow deep.)
"Uh.. How? How did this happen? I feel so..." (The man watches as Inu Yasha's eyes begin to roll backward and his head tilts.)
"You see dog boy, my talons are full of poison that takes away all of your strength leaving you unable to defend yourself. And now with my arm through your stomach, you will die a filthy mongrel." (He begins to laugh.) "Now for the little fox demon." (He quickly catches up to Shippo and in one swift gesture kills him.) Now the shards are all mine. (He laughs again.)
"Ah.... Inu Yasha." (Kagome sits up in bed, realizing that it was all just a dream.) "I'm at home, everything is okay. She looks beside her, where Inu Yasha is resting peacefully, unaware of Kagome's dream.)