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He leaped up into the air with Kagome still in his arms as he narrowly missing the force. Inu-yasha was soon out of the wood and into the air, but he never expected for the girl to follow.

She jumped just as high, facing him.

"That was your last warning," she said. "Now I won't hold back." She quickly drew back her right hand, put it in a first . . . and punch him. Hard. Just like that.

He lost his hold on Kagome on the impact as he was sent to the ground below. Before he disappeared into the forest, he notices the girl grab a hold of her. That made him madder.

He hit it hard, but refused to black out, with Kagome in that witches clutches. As he leaped in to the air, he herd the girl yell out from what sounded like, "SOUL SPHERE!!!"

Inu-yasha panicked and forced himself to reach the forest's surface. When he finally came out of the woods, what he saw practically shattered his heart.

There, in mid air, was the girl's hand through Kagome's chest, her hand on the other side. Kagome's eyes were wide and blank. She didn't seem to be moving . . . or breathing. As the girl removed her hand from Kagome, she fell limply to the ground. Inu-yasha rushed to Kagome's falling form. From the corner of his eye, the girl seemed to hold a small, glowing round ball with the same hand that stabbed Kagome, but he didn't want to focus on her. He was too worried in trying to get to Kagome in time.

As he caught her, she felt cold to the touch. When he landed on a sturdy branch, He looked at Kagome's face. Her eyes were blank and there was no life in her. He panicked again started shaking her to wake.

"Kagome . . . Kagome, wake up! Come on, wake up!"

No answer.

"Come on, Kagome, get UP!"

Still nothing.

"No . . . she-she can't be . . ." He didn't want to believe it. He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't let himself believe it.

"Kagome!!" He cried, now shaking her harder. "Don't you DARE! Don't you DARE leave me! Not NOW!! Not when I couldn't tell you . . ."

He jumped from the branch to the ground and collapsed on his knees, now hugging Kagome to him for dear life. "Kagome . . . please, wake up." He trembled, and before he knew it, he felt a drop fall on his cheek. He placed a hand on his face and felt the liquid from his eyes. He was crying. But he didn't care. He lost his whole world, and he didn't even tell her.

He held her head in his empty palm and trailed kisses from her forehead to her cheek, his tears silently falling.

"She isn't dead, y'know." The girl told him, sounding annoyed.

He shot his head up, glaring at her with angry eyes, looking ready to kill. The girl was crouching a couple feet in front of him, looking at him with a bored look. He growled and bared his fangs. He didn't care if she noticed his tears; he just clutched Kagome to him, protecting her dead body.

"Shut up." He said through his grinded teeth. "I don't want to hear another word from you."

"Look," she said. "I'm telling you that she isn't dead!"

Inu-yasha just growled louder.

"If you don't believe me, then look at her for yourself! Do you see any blood on her shirt when I stabbed her?!"

His eyes widened and reverted his eyes toward Kagome. There was no blood staining her shirt, let alone any blood at all from what he could smell. He suddenly had a thought, but was afraid to be wrong. He took the chance, and listened.

He smiled a wide smile. She has a heartbeat. It was faint, but it was there. With that, he hugged her, happy to find her not dead. 'Thank God . . .'

Realizing that the girl might have been staring, he looked up, only to find her back towards him, and walking away. "I'll be back tonight." she told him. "Go back with your friends and treat them. I'll return with this once I examine it." She directed her eyes to the now floating sphere in her empty palm. Inu-yasha just notices it in her hand. That, he realized, came out of Kagome!

"Hey, wait a minute!" He called out to her. She stopped. "Where are you going to do with it?! Isn't that Kagome's . . . whatever it is!"

"Yes, it is," She turned to face him. "But I need to check something. Don't worry, I won't break it or anything. I'll tell you everything once I return. You just have to trust me."

"Huh. Why should I?" he said as he stood with Kagome still in his tight hold.

She glared at him, as if to make him trust her.

"Because I'm your only hope in reviving Kagome." She turned her back to him again and started walking. "Oh, and one more thing," she turned her head and faced him. She gave a small smile, as if in a way to cheer him up. "If you want, you can close her eyes if you feel uncomfortable with her body being lifeless and all."

Inu-yasha blinked and looked down at Kagome. Sure enough, just one glance at her face made him feel like breaking down again. But, even when he closed her eyes, it didn't make him feel any better. It felt as if she was really dead.

He shook his head of such thoughts. She was still alive and that's what counted.

"Hey!" Inu-yasha just realized something. He head shot up to meet her, but she was gone.

Her name remains a mystery.

-Nightfall-

A fire crackles in a clearing of the woods. Inu-yasha and his unconscious friends surround a bond fire in the center. All but Kirara, in her larger form keeping watch, lay asleep. Kirara laid close to Inu-yasha in a way of comfort. Inu-yasha leaned against a tree's bark and looked down at Kagome in his arms. He still hasn't let her go even once. He didn't want to. He was afraid to leave her then find her dead when he returned.

"No!" he yelled at himself. "She isn't dead! She's still here . . . with me."

Each second he kept wondering if it wasn't true. That she really is gone. He had to do something to wake her another way, but he was running out of ideas and getting frustrated.

He hugged her to him, his dog ear pressed against her chest in an attempt to hear her heart beat. With that attempt, his head was lying above her chest to feel the beat. It was there. The faint beating of Kagome's heart. But, somehow, that wasn't enough. Inu-yasha buried his face in her clothes and sobbed, but no tears came out.

He stopped, though, when he felt something nudge him on the side of his head. He looked up to find Kirara in front of his face, though he wasn't startled. His face scrunched up and hid his face under his bangs. Now tears were shed, and he started to cry. Never had he felt such pain because of a human.

"But she isn't just human," he thought grimly. "She's Kagome."

". . . She's my Kagome." He hugged her fiercely, and quietly sobbed on her shoulder.

Inu-yasha didn't know how long he sobbed until he heard Kirara move from her spot and growl. He looked up and wiped his eyes of tears, then looked in her direction. Kirara was growling up a tree, though he couldn't tell where since Kirara was in front of his view.

"So you didn't believe me, huh?" Inu-yasha gasped. He knew that voice!

He heard the shift of the leaves in the tree, then the thump of the ground. He looked quickly to his front and there the mystery girl stood, with a smile on her lips. His hops grew a bit. Can she bring back Kagome?

"Though I guess I can't blame you when it comes to Kago----"She stopped as she noticed Kirara glare at her, looking ready to pounce. "Oh, yeah. That's right."

Then she did something that made Inu-yasha's jaw drop: She sat down where she stood. "What in the world is she doing?!"

Then she made it more confusing by lying down flat on her back, one knee bent and the other over it with her hands behind her head. She seemed so . . . relaxed.

"Wait," he thought. "Is she . . . trying to prove that she means no harm?" It seemed to do its function. Kirara stopped growling and slowly moved back to sit beside Inu-yasha, indicating that she trusted her to speak. The girl looked up and noticed that she had a clear view of Inu-yasha holding Kagome tightly. She sat up and frowned.

"I'm sorry about attacking Kagome and your friends," she said. "But I needed to check something and I didn't want your friend getting hurt for being in my way."

"She's apologizing?" Inu-yasha thought. "So . . . Does this mean that she never intended to harm us? Who in the world is she?!"

"Well," she pulled him out of his thoughts. "I examined it."

For a moment, he didn't know what she was talking about, then she lifted both hands and cupped them together, as if she was holding a glowing light in her empty palms. To Inu-yashas great astonishment, a light did appear from her palms and created a small, white glowing sphere that floated with her hand now in between the small jewel.

"Now, as I promised, I will tell you everything"

Inu-yasha wached as the floating sphere was moved into her right hand and extended it for him to see.

"This," she began. "Is a Soul Sphere."

To be continued . . . .

I am so evil! But I just want to see what you all say.

I'm sorry I took so long, but I wanted to make it longer. So . . . please review!

Ps: The next song is a song fic and the song will be 'Heavens a lie' from "Lacuna Coil" So if you know the song, then the chappy will be cool!