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a/n: Sorry about the long wait everyone, my stupid school drowned me with projects! Anyway's on with the story!

New Beginnings

Chapter 8

Back at the battle field, Inuyasha was racking his brain to try and find a soulution, but then again wouldn't you find it hard to concentrate when a blade is being pushed into your neck? "Sakura stop!" Inuyasha pleaded. Sakura's eyes, falutered for a second. 'She's tyring to fight it.' Inuyasha thought. "Come on Sakura! You have to fight it! You can do it, I know you can!" Inuyaha urged. Tears began pouring out of her eyes, and she began to get weaker. Her eyes turned icy-blue. "Get...free." She whispered, before she lost control, and her eyes went red again. Inuyasha then pushed her off of him, and got out of the way. Sakura then started charging him again, and again. "Fight it Sakura! Don't give up now!" Inuyasha said. But his words fell on deaf ears. Sakura charged him, but Inuyasha ducked and pinned her to a tree. "Come on Sakura, is this what your parents would have wanted?" Sakura stopped struggling. "Is this what you want your parents to see? Their daughter giving in to evil? Fight it damnit, fight it!" Inuyasha yelled. "NO!" Sakura yelled, suddenly the dark orb inside her shattered, and her eyes returned to their icy-blue state. Naraku smirked at them both. "You're stronger than I thought Sakura. But this is far from over." He said, as miasma started to form. "Until next time my little youkai..." Naraku said before his voice faded, along with the miasma. "Damnit! He got away again!" Inuyasha cursed. He noticed that Sakura was quiet, and gasped when he saw that she had fallen to her knees. He sat down in front of her, and her eyes were filled with panic and fear. "Sakura it's alright. We won!" Inuyasha said. But Sakura shook her head. "This is only the beginning I'm afraid." She whispered. Her voice was shaky, as if she was on the edge of tears. Finally she stood up, her back facing him. "Inuyasha...I'm sorry, but I must leave you...for good." She said. "What?" Inuyasha asked.

They both sat down underneath the trees. "Sakura, I don't understand." Inuyasha said, confused. "I have to find Sesshoumaru. He's the only one who can help me defeat Naraku, and keep my family's tradition going," Sakura explained. "besides, I can't risk putting your life in danger. If anything happened to you I..." She trailed off, not wanting to continue. Inuyasha took her hands in his. "Sakura. I want to help you. I have a score to settle with Naraku too you know. I want to be there, fighting with you side-by-side." Inuyash said, his words sincere. Sakura removed her hand from Inuyasha's. "You don't understand. Trusting you would bring back memories. I want to be with you Inuyasha, I really do but..." Tears flowed from her eyes. "I just don't want to get hurt again." She said. Inuyasha put his arms around her. "Sakura, I would never ever hurt you. You mean everything to me, and that's why I want to be with you." He said. Sakura wiped away her tears, and cuddled into Inuyasha's arms as night fell. "I know you do." She whispered before sleep took over. The next moring, Inuyasha woke to find that Sakura was not in his arms. He searched for her, and when he sniffed the air she was no where to be found. Thats when she saw a note pinned to a tree by a twig:

'Goodbye may seem forever, farwell is like the end. But in my heart lies a memory, and there you'll always be.'

Forever yours,

Sakura

A tear slid down Inuyasha's face as he finished the letter. He then climbed up a tree, just as Shippo ran up to the him. "Inuyasha! There you are, I've been looking all over for you! Where's Sakura?" He asked, looking around. Inuyasha just stared into the distance. "She's gone Shippo. She's never coming back." He said. Shippo nodded sadly, knowing Inuyasha wanted to be alone, and walked off. Inuyasha gazed into the distance as the sun finally rose. 'Ai shitaru my Sakura.' (1)

(1) Ai shitaru-I love you

A/N: Sakura: This was so sad!

Inuyasha: You made me look like such a baka!

Author: No I didn't!

Kagome: I wasn't even in this one.

Inuyasha: Who even gives a damn?

Kouga: Shut up you mangy mutt!

Sakura: Review please!