DISCLAIMER: I do not own InuYasha or anyone else that appears in this story. They all belong to the great manga-ka, Rumiko Takashi. Enjoy!
'Ku-kuso...' InuYasha thought, shooting up from his slumber and hacking a cough. 'What's wronge with me?!' He removed his hand from his face and exmained his bare chest. A banadge was wrapped around with a blood stain on it. He had been in a fight eariler with Shesshoumaru, who had an enjoyment using his poison-claws. 'Shesshoumaru... you bastard...' InuYasha covered his mouth to cough again and fell to the floor, out cold.
Kagome couldn't get to sleep. She had heard InuYasha's coughing and a sudden thud. Getting up, she looked around. InuYasha was back on the floor, curled up and coughing like crazy. She ran over to him, hoping nothing serious was wronge with him. 'InuYasha!' she cried sitting down and putting his head on her lap. 'Ka-Kagome...' he said gently.
'Don't worry, InuYasha... I'm here. You'll get better, believe me. Now, try to get some sleep. I'll take care of you.' She felt his forhead after saying all this and started to cry gently, trying not to awake the now sleeping InuYasha. He was hot. Very hot. She remembered when she was little, after Souta was born, her father had come down with the flu after some food poisining. They thought he would get better after a while, but he only got worse. He was rushed to the hospital, and had a fever of 106. She remebered how hot his forehead felt. He had died later that night from the fever. She had now relized, InuYasha wouldn't make it. 'Yes he can. InuYasha is a strong hanyou. All I have to do is take care of him and he'll be fine. I know InuYasha will live. He will. I won't let him die...'
The next day was no better. Yes, InuYasha still had his fever, but thankfully it had gone down, but his wounds wouldn't close. Something was seriously wronge with him. Kagome was thinking of going home and getting some advanced medicine for him, or at least taking him through the well with the help of Kirara to goto the hospital, but she never went. how would she explain everything to them? 'Oh, the ears? Yes, he was born with them. It was a birth defect.' She wasn't a good lier, so it was useless. She couldn't tell them that she had the ability to travel through time 500 years, no one would believe her. She also wouldn't be able to get a hold of such advanced medicine. It was useless. Kagome just had to go with what she had.
'Kagome...' InuYasha whispered. 'Kagome, where are you?'
'I'm right here, InuYasha, don't worry. I won't leave you.'
'Kagome, I love you. Never forget that. Ok, Kagome? Never forget my name, never forget my face, never forget...' InuYasha started breathing heavily now. 'Kagome, promise me...'
'InuYasha, come on. Stop saying stuff like that! You're going to make it, ok?'
'Promise me! Promise me Kagome, you will never forget!'
'Ok, InuYasha, I promise.' Kagome held InuYasha's hand. 'I will never forget...' InuYasha smiled and closed his eyes. And with that, he took his last breath... 'InuYasha... INUYASHA!' Kagome started to sob on his chest. 'Why, why? Why did you leave? InuYasha, please wake up... please... I love you... come back... InuYasha... I won't forget you, I promise... InuYasha...'