Fire of Tragedy

I don't own Inuyasha, blah blah blah blah…

(oh um… there might be some like major OOC parts here…sorry if that bothers you)

Inuyasha sat staring at Kagome with tears welling up in his eyes. He heard Kaede walk up to him and then felt her put her free hand on his shoulder. He slowly turned around and looked at her, then got up.

"Kaede, could you please take Kagome and clean her up a bit, I have something I need to do." He said quietly with his head down.

He took the pup out of her grasp and started to slowly walk away.

"Inuyasha, what about the fire?" Kaede called after him.

Inuyasha just stopped and sniffed the air. Then he looked back over his shoulder and pointed to the now gray sky.

She looked up and it started to rain. Kaede looked back to where he was but he was gone. She looked sadly at Kagome's limp form and decided that it would be wise to get to work before Inuyasha came back.

----Inuyasha-----

Inuyasha walked slowly into to forest hugging his daughter to his chest. When he got to his favorite tree he didn't even bother to jump onto a branch; he just slumped down, leaning against the bottom onto the soggy, wet ground.

He brought her up higher to keep her warm. She had stopped crying now and she was sleeping peacefully. She was covered in ash and dirt but she was ok at least. Inuyasha used his sleeve to get some of it off her face but there was nothing he could do for the rest of her until he could find some water. He really didn't feel like getting up again so he just sat there in a daze with the words 'Kagome's dead' running over and over again in his head.

Myoga hopped through the forest looking for his master. He had news of a new demon after him. He hadn't seen Inuyasha since the defeat of Naraku, which was about a year ago. He didn't even know about the pup.

"Hmm… I wonder how master Inuyasha's doing…" he said to himself. Him and Lady Kagome must have gotten together by now! I mean it's so obvious!"

He kept hopping toward the village but he ended up seeing Inuyasha sitting next to a tree.

"Wahoo! Blood!" (A..N. – ok sorry for the interruption but I know this is supposed to be tragedy but I can't help but put at least some humor in it)

He hopped over to him happily and jumped onto his face.

"Uh… M…Master is there something wrong" Myoga asked. He became worried when Inuyasha didn't squish him.

"She's gone Myoga…" he said sadly with his face buried in his knees. "I couldn't save her!"

"Who? What are you taking about master Inuyasha?"

"Kagome's gone, she's gone and there's nothing I can do! I should have been there! I should have been there to save her but I wasn't." Inuyasha yelled.

Suddenly the pup started to cry. Myoga was surprised he didn't realize she was there before. He did notice he was holding onto something but he didn't know what.

"Master Inuyasha? Who is…this? She's not yours is she?" he asked happily jumping on Inuyasha's arm to get a better look.

Inuyasha smiled at her sadly. "Yes, she's mine Myoga, and her name is Yuki. (Finally thought of a name! ) Kagome and I were mates but…if you look behind me… you can guess…were not anymore."

Myoga looked up at the sky and saw a huge cloud of smoke.

"Master…" he said sadly.

He looked back at Yuki. She had stopped crying and now she was staring curiously at him. Her little black puppy ears twitched and her golden eyes blinked with interest.

He smiled slightly "She is very cute master, I'm sorry for not visiting earlier…" Myoga said trying to lighten the mood. It didn't work though…

Inuyasha just stared at him sadly. Myoga could see the tears in his eyes but he refused to let them fall.

"I…it doesn't matter Myoga…" he whispered. "Myoga? Do you remember when I said that… real men don't ever show… their tears no matter what?" his voice was shaky and he struggled to finish the sentence.

"Well… uh yes I remember but what…"

"Do you think it's true, because I'm even starting to doubt my words… Ha…I guess I'm not a 'man' after all huh?" he said.

Myoga looked up at him and saw a stream of liquid running down his face. "Master, I think that everyone has to cry sometimes… I… I mean if you just lose your mate then…well that would be the um… natural thing to do. It would be disrespectful not to."

Inuyasha shut his eyes as tight as he could and cried. All Myoga could do was watch.

----The next day----

Inuyasha woke up early that morning from the sound of Yuki crying. They had fallen asleep next to the tree out in the forest and now she was hungry. For some reason he felt a little better today and he knew Kagome wouldn't want him to be sad over her but he couldn't help it. He loved her so much and then right when he had almost had a happy life someone goes and takes it away again. If he ever found out who started that damn fire… lets just say it won't be pretty.

He woke Myoga up, who was sleeping on his arm, and they headed back to the village. There probably wasn't very much left of it but Inuyasha knew Kaede was at least still alive and she might have something that Yuki might be able to eat.

Once they were outside the forest they stared at their surroundings. There were piles of wood in the places where huts used to be and the smell of death was everywhere. Since Kaede's hut was off to the side near the river it was fortunate and it wasn't as badly burnt. It was even still standing. The only reason Kagome died was because she inhaled too much smoke. They walked into the hut to see Kaede sleeping in a corner and Kagome's body lying under a blanket in the middle of the room. Kaede opened her eyes slowly and saw Inuyasha staring at kagome.

"I am very sorry this had to happen, Inuyasha and I am sure Kagome would want you to live a happy life with your daughter." Kaede said to him. She heard a whimper coming from the pup in his arms.

"She's hungry. Do you have anything she might be able to eat?" Inuyasha asked.

"Aye, of course. I will make her some broth, it may not be as good as milk but we seem to be short on that at the moment. It will take about five minutes so try to keep her occupied." She said politely and then walked out the door to collect herbs and other ingredients.

Inuyasha didn't really know what to do. He had never had to take care of her by himself before but it seemed he would have to do a lot of that now. He set her on the floor and watched her crawl around, making sure she didn't hurt herself on anything. She seemed to be having great fun trying to chase Myoga around the room.

Soon though breakfast was ready and they all sat down and ate. Kaede had even made Inuyasha some ramen and she offered to feed Yuki the broth so that he could eat.

Later that day, they buried Kagome right next to the grave Inuyasha had made for his mother so long ago. They would have a proper funeral once the others got back but for now they just left flowers and said a prayer for her.

Inuyasha stayed there for about an hour. He then got up and turned to face to freshly built grave of his mate.

"I'll never forget you kagome, and I promise I'll do my best in raising our child. …I'll miss you…goodbye." He then turned and quietly walked away.

Wow…that took me like forever…sigh it's so sad… but don't worry, it wont all be that way, it'll get happier I promise and thank you all for your reviews! I greatly appreciate them. My last fic I had on here was up for like a month and only like 2 people reviewed. Lol…that was in a different account though and it kinda sucked 'cause it was a long time ago an I was like 10 haha! Anyways, R+R!