Hey guys! Sorry I'm late. Last week school started so I didn't get to type much and then this weekend, my mother cracked the whip and I had to clean out my downstairs room. I have my own room now! Wheeee!

Ok, back to the seriousness. Last time was very sad with the death of Sarah. My poor charrie! There's only one chappie after this. I'm gonna take a month long break before starting the sequel. Make sure you look out for it.

Disclaimer: ChibiBean does not own nor claim rights to InuYasha or any of its characters. Thank you.

Enjoy.

Memories

Azurine was running, the others barely keeping up. She didn't quite know where she was going, she just wanted to get as far away from there as possible. The image of Sarah, cold and lifeless while Yuto stood grinning above her, bloody sword in hand, was fresh in her mind. She was too shocked to cry.

As she ran, she hit something, hard, and came to a halt. Looking up, she saw that it had been Cain that she hit.

The man took a moment to recognize her. Azurine gasped as he clamped a hand down on her shoulder.

"Azurine? I've missed you. Why haven't you come home? Why did you run away?" he asked coolly. He looked around and looked back down at her, greedily. "Where's Sarah? Yukito? How about all your friends? Don't tell me you're all alone out here. I was so looking forward to meeting them. I even have a special treat for you and Sarah." He had the look in his eye that Azurine had come to fear. She could pretty well guess what his treat was and she cringed.

"No," she gasped. "No, no. Please, Cain. Don't make me go back. Not again!"

Cain wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Azurine whimpered. The tears at seeing Sarah's death finally caught up with her and she struggled to keep them at bay when faced with the helplessness of it all.

Just then, Yukito and Miroku rushed in. Shippo hadn't been able to keep up and InuYasha and Kagome were nowhere to be found.

Yukito growled at Cain. "Let her go."

Miroku readied the beads. "I won't let you hurt her, demon."

Azurine froze. "Demon? I've been forced to sleep with a demon?"

Yukito grimaced while Miroku gaped. "You what?"

Cain laughed. "You don't believe it? You don't think she would be able to resist me, do you?"

Azurine slipped through his arm as she fell to her knees, face in her hands. "No…please…not again."

"You're coming home. Where's Sarah? She's coming, too." He put on a mock voice of concern. "Her father is so worried about her. I'm sure he wants to talk with her about all this."

Miroku's face became stony; Yukito stared at the ground to hide his tears; Azurine shook as she sobbed.

Cain thought a moment. "So that's it, is it? She's gone? Oh well. At least I've got you, Azurine." He clenched her left wrist and slipped something on her finger.

"What are you doing to her?" Miroku cried, pulling her away. "Keep your hands off. Mine."

It was too late. The damage was done. Azurine was being dragged, out of Miroku's arms, by some unseen force. Miroku tried to pry the silver ring from her hand while she clung to him.

"No…please." Pain coursed throughout her body. "Miroku! Yukito! Help me!"

Her grip loosened and she flew several feet away. She hovered about a foot above the ground, eyes wide in fright. Her sparks swallowed her entire body. In another moment, she collapsed to the ground.

Yukito caught her. "Azurine, please. What's wrong?"

Azurine got to her feet, her hands blazing red, eyes wide with shock. Memories flooded her mind. "You…you killed them. All of them."

"Your foster families?" Cain asked carelessly. "I went to extreme measures to get you. Is it my fault they died? They had to get involved. It was their faults, really."

Azurine felt sick. So this was all a setup; all from the very beginning. Cain's been hunting me all this time. Sarah. I never should have let you follow me here. She began to sob again.

"You know what? I was planning on killing all of your companions, too. What do you think? Sound good?"

"You will NOT!" Flames flared around Azurine, fueled by her anger. "You killed my family and all of my foster families! I won't let you touch the last few friends I've got!"

The flames spread, hotter and faster the angrier Azurine became. It rapidly traveled along the ground, surrounding Yukito.

"Azurine! Calm down! Please!" he shouted, tears streaming down his face. "You're going to kill us!"

Azurine tried to control herself, but all she was aware of was the pain, the torment, the loss of all six of her families, six of them! The anger of being used and abused for over four years; the horror of what Cain had done to her; all of it was welling up inside her, threatening to explode.

"Ah," exclaimed Cain. "And now your true demon form begins to show." He laughed coldly.

The fire flickered a moment in hesitation. "My what?" Azurine asked confusedly.

Cain smiled cruelly. "Touch your ears."

She did so but found nothing but head. "Where are my ears? How am I even able to hear?" she screeched in panic.

"Try a little higher up."

She did that as well. Her hand ran across a fuzzy little triangle and another on the other side of her head; dog-ears.

"What? My god! What did you do to me?"

"This is not my doing. This, Azurine, is your true form," Cain said simply.

"What? I've got flipping dog-ears! You say this is my true form?" she shouted.

"Yes." He looked at her malevolently.

The fire flared up, again, in full strength.

"Azure! Please, I can't take this heat!" Yukito cried. "Please! You're too angry. I'm going to die!"

Miroku fought through the blaze towards the boy. The fire ate at Yukito's robes and scorched his legs. Yet, the flames did not halt and, instead, rose further.

"Yukito!" Miroku yelled. "Take hold of my staff. It'll shield you from the fire!"

Yukito grabbed for it, missed, and stumbled forward into the fire and ash.

"Yukito!" Miroku cried, but there was nothing he could do for him. A tree fell between them, weakened at the roots, and burst into flames.

"No! Yukito!" Miroku yelled.

Yukito could not hear him.

No one truly knows the exact cause of his death. Be it from the heat of the flames, suffocation in the ash, or being crushed by the tree, but within minutes, there were only bones. Yukito was no longer.

"Azurine! Please stop! Y…Yukito, he's dead!"

Azurine barely heard him. Her anger roared loudly in her ears. Then, the rain started. Out of nowhere, it poured from the sky and soothed Azurine's temper, somewhat. She was finally able to process what Miroku just said.

"Yukito?" she murmured. The magic-born flames smoldered out quickly. "Dead?"

Cain watched, bored.

Azurine, her mind foggy and unclear, rounded on him. "You've killed everyone else! Now you've taken Yukito away from me, too!"

"I? I think you're a little confused, my dear. You are the one who killed him," he replied, a small smile playing about his lips.

"What? No! I didn't!"

"Who is the one who let her anger get out of control? Who is the one whose anger fueled the fire that devoured him? Not I, but you. Who ignored the fearful pleas of pain from him? Not me. Who was it that ran away in the first place and began this whole mess?" He glared at her callously. "You."

Azurine tried to cover her ears, forgetting that they had changed, and touched bare head.

"You don't deserve to live, taking life as you just did. An innocent life at that."

Azurine's face turned whiter, if it was even possible.

"My, my," Miroku said calmly. "Look at the pot calling the kettle black. You robbed a girl of something so precious that it almost equals life time and time again. You did so deliberately; Azurine made a mistake. There's a difference."

"There's no difference. We each took life, regardless if it was accidental or not."

Azurine whimpered. Miroku's voice lowered. "No matter what you do, Cain, this will haunt you 'till the end of your days. You shall never be free of the sins you've committed, here and away. You shall pay in blood."

Cain laughed self-assuredly. "You don't scare me monk."

"I should."

Azurine was ghostly white, her veins standing out. She whispered to herself. "I just killed my grandson, my best friend."

Miroku turned towards her just as she took off.

At that moment, Azurine was highly uncoordinated. She stumbled ad tripped until she fell down a steep slope.

Miroku found her at the bottom, deep asleep or perhaps something even deeper. Whatever it was, she was shuddering. Miroku paled and shook her.

Nothing worked. Azurine Deltan would not wake and would be lost to the world for six months.

One more chapter left. It's simply giving a jump off for the next series. See ya!