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This is it…the last chapter of this story. I'll be sad to see it end. But hey, I have so many other ideas; it'll be kind of a relief to have one of them out of the way!
Chapter 7: Last Chance!
They drew closer, and their lips met. Suddenly, Kagome cried out and fell forward, onto Inuyasha. He looked in shock down at the knife protruding from her back. He felt his heart being torn apart as he watched her die, unable to do anything about it.
"Pitiful human," Maryaghu snorted. Inuyasha tried to rip through the chains, to tear Maryaghu's grinning face off, but he couldn't. He looked down in shock to find that he was still human. It didn't work? But why?
Maryaghu continued talking. "I never expected you to actually have the tenacity to return, hanyou. But it looks like even Naraku can't think of everything. I suppose I'll just have to kill you again. Pity that the lovely little lady had to die…she could have been my mistress." He walked towards Inuyasha, flinging Kagome aside, and producing another knife out of nowhere. He ran it down the side of Inuyasha's face and pressed it against his neck. Blood appeared, red against his tanned flesh. Maryaghu licked it away. "Delicious. Even more so once I am finished."
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome's body, and felt rage such as he had never experienced before flow through him like liquid fire. Every nerve ending tingled with pure hatred for this demon. Tears of sorrow mixed with those of his anger, running down his face.
"I'm sorry, Kagome," he whispered as the knife went higher, preparing for the final blow. "I'm so sorry. It's my fault you were killed. I'm sorry."
A shimmering light appeared around Kagome. 'It's all right, Inuyasha,' her spirit whispered. 'We'll be together again soon, one way or another.'
"One way or—what are you talking about? Kagome!"
The knife reached its apex, and hurtled towards Inuyasha's heart. He saw its gleam, and suddenly felt the fiery hatred explode within him. He screamed, back arching, and suddenly went limp. The knife stopped. Maryaghu looked down at his prisoner, puzzled.
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open. "Surprise, you bastard." The change was so sudden Maryaghu had no time to react.
"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" Maryaghu screamed as the hanyou tore through him, ripping him into a million shreds, along with the chains.
The demon was gone, but so was Kagome. Inuyasha held her body close to him and wept.
"See? Their love is true."
"Yes. They kept their end of the deal. Let them be together now."
Inuyasha straightened as he heard the gods speaking. So they were going to join him and Kagome in death…he was prepared. He kissed the top of Kagome's head gently. Soon.
He felt so cold all of a sudden, as if the chamber had turned to ice. He felt something beneath his frozen hand, and saw that his beads had dropped from Kagome's pocket. He curled his fingers around them.
I'm not afraid of dying anymore. I'll join Kagome now, and be with her…
The last breath slipped out of his body. Inuyasha gasped softly as if at a sudden pain, then his eyes closed for the last time. His hand fell, the beads dropping from it and rolling across the floor. The hanyou went limp as his life left him. Darkness fell.
"Are you sure this was the best way?" one of the gods murmured.
"No," confessed the other. "But this way, at least, prevented their further pain. Now they can have peace together."
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Miles away, Kikyo shuddered. "Inuyasha…" she whispered weakly, falling to her knees. "You chose to follow her after all. Then I, too, am ready to leave this world at last." She crumbled to dust.
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Naraku also felt their final death. He smiled. All the better to take over the world. No one could stop him now. Not even the immortal gods themselves.
Yeah, I changed the story a bit, so it makes more sense. I hope you enjoyed it, and will read my other work. See you!