Chapter 7 (A/N: sniff, sniff it's over, done, kaput excuse me if I spelled it wrong well, I don't wanna end this, but, I must, fate… is a bunch of bull, ok, that was random. Well, anyway, here it is sniff, sniff oh, I can't take this, I'll just have to do a sequel, well, until then, here is chappy numbu sevun that was on purpose tadah!)

InuYasha darted to where Kagome lied, half dead, dieing, unconscious. Her raven hair spread out around her like a beautiful gown. Near death, she looked so beautiful. He couldn't take it, he just couldn't, he cried, the first time since he was just a child, when he cried because of the other boys, the full humans, not hanuo, but full humans. Kagome's hand brushed against his cheek softly as he cried, the first time she had ever seen him cry most likely the last.

"That bitch Kikyo!" his voice shaking as he spoke, "How could she do this to you? Why? Kagome… there is something I have never told you… um… I… well…"

"InuYasha, I love you!" Kagome intruded his thought of how to put it, "I have always loved you, please love me, this could be the last thing I know, please… please…"

InuYasha's eyes snapped open, she did love him! "I love you too, Kagome, more than you could ever imagine!" and their lips embraced before Kagome fell unconscious again, "I do love you, and I always will! 'Til death do us part." And his lips embraced the unconscious girl's again.

"InuYasha!" Sango yelled loud enough to snap him out of his trance, "come help! Are you blind? There are demonds!"

"You can handle it," InuYasha replied, giving up a fight for the first time that he could remember, "I've seen you before, this should be easy for you. I have to stay by Kagome."

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Kagome's dream was oquard, no one was there, just her, and… ANOTHER her! What was this meaning?

Kagome, her other self told her, there are two choices, life or death. You must choose, and when you do, you must be willing to prove you are good enough to succeed in that place: Earth, or Hell. You choose your own fate, no one else can, only you.

I choose life, Kagome said noticing that her voice didn't work, only her thoughts, I choose life, and InuYasha!

Prove you are worthy.

How do I do that?

You must find that out by yourself, but do so quickly, your time is running slim. And like that the mirror image of her disappeared into thin air.

But how do I do that? Is this a test of wits?

No, was the reply, her own reply.

How would I know? I don't know what that stupid mirror was…

She ran her fingers through her raven black hair as she thought. Does this have to do with what I know about both era's?

No. she told herself, that can't be it. Who was that stupid mirror, was it me? Was it really me?

Yes.

But how can I be positive?

You just have to believe yourself.

How do I do that?

You think of what you know about that mirror, and you put yourself to the test.

What is this damn test anyway?

You must figure it out.

How do I figure it out?

I don't know!

Well, can you help me?

How can I help if I have no frickin' clue, and also, I'M YOU!

Just find a way to make yourself… I mean… myself, useful.

This is confusing us, isn't it?

Yes, very much so.

(A/N: if you are confused too, don't worry, I'm confusing myself, and I know who's talking!)

Then how about we find a way to differ our voice?

How do we do that? And how come you only said voice, with no s?

Because I'm you stupid! Gosh, and how… maybe I can make myself sound like say… Kikyo or something…

KIKYO! IT'S YOU, ISN'T IT? GET THE HECK OUT OF MY HEAD!

Wow, you catch on fast, her voice changed to Kikyo's instantly, you do have my brain after all, well, how much do you want to go back? Tell me, or I will send you directly to Hell, where you belong.

I would do anything to see InuYasha again, anything…

Even let me possess your body for a short time?

Yes.

Good answer, you will live, and so will I.

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As InuYasha ran his claws through Kagome's too-soft-to-be-true hair, her eyes opened and disturbed his thoughts.

"Why," Kagome drawled, "If it isn't the back-stabbing hanuo! Why? Why did you have to kill me?"

"What are you talking about, Kagome?" InuYasha said as his face turned from concern to confusion.

"Oh…" Kagome softly announced, "you see, that is where you are wrong, I am not Kagome, but Kikyo possessing her body, wanna kill me? Why, of coarse you do, but you would never hurt your precious Kagome, now, would you? Hahaha! The bitch has allowed me to possess her as long as she lives and gets to see you. Why would she do such a thing InuYasha? Hahahaha! She has fallen into my trap, and you can not change that! I will kill you now!" And the fake Kagome strapped a hand around InuYasha's neck, and tried as hard as she could to choke him, "This body is weak! Argh! How can I do anything to you in this frickin' body… well then…"

Then, a paper hit Kagome's head, or should I say Kikyo's, and she screamed, in two voices: Kagome's, and Kikyo's, both cries of sorrow.

"Will this hurt Kagome?" InuYasha demanded, "Will it?"

"No," the monk replied "just ban Kikyo from her presence, don't worry."

As Kagome opened her eyes for a second time, they opened to InuYasha's amber ones and she sighed, this was all she wanted, all she needed. She grabbed his shirt, and pulled herself up, into his arms, to stay there until her death, sixty years later, when she died during her sleep, in his arms, in her own era, knowing that she was always safe in his arms, and with her five children near; always safe enough to tell them that she would die a very loving death. And Kikyo would never be in it, never again, never.

Love is a feeling that you get, it is awkward, and it makes you feel somewhat sick, but it's beautiful, and that is what her death was, awkward, but beautiful. Her love was strong enough to pull a mountain out of the earth, and it was good enough to drink the purest water. Her love was the perfect love, and all knew that when she died. After she died, InuYasha refused to marry a second time, and taught his children about the shikon no tama, and told them to find the rest, for he would, and could not. InuYasha swore on Kagome's grave he would do everything in his power to become a human, for her, for their children, for him. When all was said and done, the human InuYasha died and his children baried him next to their mother, and not outlasting their father very long. This is the story that everyone should know, of truth, of dieing willingly for your love. A loving death. No other death would do her good, only that… (to be continued in The Next Generation of Hanuo.)

The End

(A/N: ok, it wasn't as good as my other chapters, but it was the best I could do at the moment. The sequel will be of her children finding the shikon no tama for their father, InuYasha. R/R!I SAID FRICKIN' READ AND REVIEW! I MEAN NOW! SO GO FRICKIN' REVIEW BEFORE I FRICKIN' SHOVE YOUR FACE IN!… ok, I'm better now. Just R/R… please? puppy dog pout thanks…)