Confession

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha
A/N: I apologize if this is badly written

From this vantage point, he could only see the lower half of their bodies, but that's not was really matter. What mattered what the reaction that they would show when the boy stopped talking. The little creature had bunkered down alone, watching and waiting for the longest time. If he could have, he would have thrown back his head and laughed, but this body was so damn restricting!

The creature sighed. He would have to make do for the time being, everything was for the good of the master plan. These beings in front of him, three humans and a youkai lord, were just pawns in his game. Their strings were pulled by the events he set in course and their actions determined by the small amount of fate he let them control.

It was in his nature to plan. It was the only thing worthy of his intellectual skill and cunning. The web of lies, deceit and hatred that he had spun made him extremely proud. This plan had been 50 years in the making, even since Kikyo had allowed the defences around her heart to fail. In her moment of weakness he had crept in and sowed the seeds of his plan. The fruits of which were going to come into being very, very soon. It was a plan to get the jewel, of course, as so many failed plans were. The jewel would give him the power he needed to fulfill his only wish.

The little creature on the ground had one wish. He had always only had one wish and had turned into a vile and ugly creature to make it a reality. He had committed unspeakable acts for his wish and it had taken so long. His patience, which had been so good for half a century, was beginning to wear thin.

What was this wish? The little creature's only wish was to die. He had been living for too long, even before he met Kikyo and planned his master plan. He tired of life long ago and now the only thing that could kill him was the shikon-no-tama, the jewel of four souls. Rather than simply walk up and ask Kagome or Kikyo, and in doing so throw away any pride and dignity he had, he went about the long way. He would take down as many people as possible with him before he went to his grave.

The little creature smiled as he tried to count the amount of youkai, humans and even hanyou that he had brought down so far. The task was impossible. Yawning the creature settled back on his legs and let the sound of Kohaku's monotone voice sooth his mind.

"Due to the fact that I lead Sesshomaru away from Rin that night, he hates my guts and want be dead"

The youkai in question nodded his head.

"Miroku could have wanted me dead, but he's heart is purer than I though. It's my fault that Songo was fighting and thus died, so he should be blaming me, but he's not. That's not something I think I fully understand yet."

Miroku nodded and smiled sadly, his thoughts entirely consumed with happy memories of Songo.

"I thank you both for sparing my life up till now, and thus giving me the chance to unload the heavy guilt weighing down my mind. I was under Naraku's control for a long time, as I am aware that you know. While being controlled by him, I was forced to commit certain despicable acts, but the one that I feel most guilty about occurred after his death."

Kagome spoke quietly. "I thought that since Naraku was killed, then you wouldn't be under his control anymore? How could you still be controlled by him if he was dead and not able to control you?"

Kohaku's voice was cold and chilling. "His touch reaches beyond the grave Kagome, in ways that you cannot imagine."

Kagome shuddered. 'Do I want to know what's coming next?' she thought. Her curiosity screamed yes, but something in her heart made her scared for the next words that would come out of Kohaku's mouth. 'Will it bring about more blood shed?'

"So what was this 'act' that you feel so guilty you must tell us boy?" Sesshomaru growled. His patient was beginning to wear extremely thin and Kagome wasn't helping it along by asking stupid questions.

"In the moments after Naraku's death, I was confused. I felt as though a veil had been ripped from my eyes and that the string around my heart had loosened. I didn't know what was going on anymore, but I had these memories of people I didn't know before and of places I was sure Naraku had never sent me. I was standing in the tree's wondering what was going on. Then it was all clear. Naraku had died and almost all hold he had on me was gone. Though there was something tugging in my heart though, a final wish of the dead one. I don't know how but their was a bow and arrow in my hands, and once more a hazy mist descended over my eyes. All I could see was a young woman dressed in green and white, comforting an injured hanyou. I knew that she had killed Naraku!"

Kagome whimpered and grabbed Miroku's hand for comfort. So, her quest was going to be at an end, an end to a time soaked in the blood of friends and now. Soon another would die if what her heart was screaming at her and the words that would soon come out of Kohaku's mouth were true.

"A voice in the back of my head kept urging me to kill her, to avenge Naraku. I remember thinking why? Why should he be avenged? Why does he deserve it, he doesn't deserve any thought now. Good riddance to the bastard. But the voice kept on, persisting, screaming at me. I could hear the woman and the hanyou talking, and I thought, in a moment of demented insanity, why couldn't I be happy? The veil clamped shut and I let the arrow fly. I hadn't counted on the hanyou being able to move after the injuries he sustained, so I was shocked when I found my arrow had hit him instead of the one that I was told to kill. I watched him die and then I passed out."

There was dead silence around the circle. Kagome had tears in her eyes, pouring silently down her face. Sesshomaru had stood and slowly began to flex his fingers, 1, 2, 3, crack, crack, crack. Miroku just stared at Kohaku, his mind in a tumbled confusion. Kohaku had killed InuYasha … and had caused Songo's death? This was way too much for the already grief stricken monk.

Kagome said what the monk thought. "So you wanted to kill me, because I killed Naraku, but you failed because InuYasha protected me?"

Kohaku nodded.

Sesshomaru and Kagome went for him in the same moment, Sesshomaru with his claws extended and Kagome with no real weapon, but that of a woman tomented by sorrow. Kohaku dodged out of their way. He reached behind his back and slowly drew something out.

"This is the only thing keeping me alive. I think you need it most Kagome. Please forgive me…"

In his extended hand lay a single shikon jewel shard. Kagome snatched it from him before realizing the full extent of what the young demon exterminator had done.

"I'm coming sis" Kohaku whispered with his last breath. His body went limp and crumpled to the ground. His body lay in a heap; his eyes had a milky sheen to them as they stared up, lifeless, into the brightening sky above.

Kagome trembled. The final shikon shard lay in her hands, the final shikon shard. So, when it all came down to it, everyone had died for this. They had all died for revenge, a dish best served cold they said. It was a vicious never ending cycle but still it existed. The miko closed her hand over the last tiny shard and wept for the lover and friends she had lost as the rain came pouring down.

On the ground, the dirt was slowly becoming mud, but the little creature didn't notice. Things couldn't have gone more perfectly according to plan so he left already, getting ready for the final stage of the plan that would finally bring about his death.

A/N: Kohaku killed InuYasha. I think I made it kind of obvious, and I hope I explained it OK….

Yes I know, it's been what…almost a month since I updated? I couldn't think! I had major writers block, I got board. Pick your excuse; I apologize for making you all wait. I did finish the story in my head though… Just not on paper. I know how it's going to end and everything now, whereas before I was just making it up as I went along. So, it might be a little longer that previously expected. Again I apologize for being so late…don't hate me….. Please…

Be patient for the next chapter please! I got some good stuff planned. Mwahahaha