A Broken Hanyou

Revised on December 4, 2005. Please feel free to move ahead to the next chapter if you have already read this chapter before revision. Minor grammar problems and other such trivial issues will be changed There is no need to read again.

They were on their way back from Naraku's castle. Kikyou was dead, again, and Kagome had the rest of her soul returned. InuYasha was happier than Kagome thought he would be. 'After all, losing your love once is hard enough, but twice?'

She couldn't imagine the pain that he felt, but a small part inside her was glad that Kikyou was gone. 'Now he is all mine! No! Stop it Kagome! That isn't right! He should be able to be with whom he wants, not like I care who he loves.'

Miroku and Sango were behind her, chatting merrily about wedding plans. Miroku had finally proposed, but at one of the worst times in the history of proposing: on the battlefield, covered with Naraku's tentacles, leaning over Sango with her leg broken and twisted in an unnatural way.

Kagome smiled as she heard the familiar sound of flesh meeting flesh. Miroku just couldn't keep his hand off her rear. Sango stormed past Kagome to walk with Kirara and Shippo. Because Kagome had improved her miko skills to include healing, Sango was almost as good as new, only suffering from minor aches.

InuYasha chuckled at the monk's apparent displeasure at losing his rather agreeable walking partner. He paused suddenly, making Miroku run into his back.

"Hey! InuYasha, it is common courtesy to tell someone that is walking behind you when you are going to stop!" He pulled himself off the ground and stared at the hanyou.

Kagome turned around, "InuYasha? Everything alright?" InuYasha seemed to get pulled out of a daze as he blushed and stalked by the group.

Kagome ran to catch up with him. "Hey, is everything okay?"

InuYasha gave her a sidelong glance and crossed his arms in the sleeves of his haori. "Keh! I'm fine!"

Kagome frowned, "Somehow I don't believe you. InuYasha . . ." she was cut off by the screech of a falcon youkai.

Kagome gasped as InuYasha picked her up and jumped away as the falcon youkai fired a ball of energy at the ground where they were just standing.

InuYasha growled as he attacked the youkai. "Iron Reaver-Soul Stealer!" he yelled as his claws slashed through the youkai.

The youkai amazingly, dodged the attack and dived toward Kagome. She wasn't fast enough to dodge the flacon's attack and the group watched in horror as her blood spilt over the ground. "Kagome!" InuYasha yelled as he killed the falcon with his Wind Scar attack.

He rushed over to her and cradled her in his arms. "Kagome! Oh, kami!" He surveyed the damage done by the youkai. They hole in her stomach was gushing blood and her organs were clearly visible.

"Inu . . .Yasha," Kagome whispered, coughing as the blood seeped into her lungs.

InuYasha's eyes were bright with unshed tears as he silenced the miko. "Shh, don't try to talk. We'll get you to Kaedae and she will help you!" Placing his arms around her, he lifted.

She gasped as pain shot through her body. "Sorry!" InuYasha said quickly, putting her back down.

"InuYasha, we won't be able to move her with that hole uncovered. Her insides will fall out if we try to carry her." Miroku, with a calm face that hid his inner turmoil, stood with Sango sobbing quietly against his shoulder behind the hanyou and the miko.

"No! We have to try to get her to Kaedae's hut! I won't let her die! I can't," he added to himself.

"InuYasha," Kagome gasped out. "I should have . . . told you . . . earlier." She was having trouble breathing and InuYasha grew worried.

"Kagome please, save your strength. I'll find a way to help you, just don't go!" InuYasha was on the verge of tears as he realized he might not be able to save his love.

Kagome shook her head. "InuYasha, I love you."

InuYasha's eyes went wide and his ears perked up. "What? Really? Kagome, I . . . I love you too." He bent down to pull her close to him. He missed the small smile that graced her features before she finally went limp.

"Kagome? Kagome! No!" InuYasha cried. The earth shook as it mourned the loss of the miko.

InuYasha threw his head back and let out a howl. Sango, Shippo and Miroku held each other as the howl of a mourning hanyou hit the deepest part of their hearts.

MEANWHILE (With Koga)

Kouga and his tribe paused in their travels as the howl reached their ears. "InuYasha? What did he do now? Kagome!" Kouga whispered to himself. He turned and ran toward the sound.

MEANWHILE (With Sesshoumaru)

Sesshoumaru looked up from Rin and Jaken as the sound of his half-brother's howl reached his ears. Rin started to cry and Jaken jumped up and down in distress as they also heard the broken cry.

Sesshoumaru almost let his stone face slip to show the compassion he felt for his brother's unrest, "Foolish brother, fell in love with another miko I see." Although he shouldn't have cared, and would never admit that he cared, he turned and also traveled toward the broken sound.

MEANWHILE (Back with the InuYasha-group)

InuYasha was on the ground, hugging Kagome close to him. 'She did love me! She actually loved me! And now it's too late!'

Miroku knelt down besides InuYasha, tears wetting his face. "InuYasha let me do a ritual to help send her soul to the next world peacefully."

"No!" he snapped angrily. "She isn't dead! She can't be! Kagome stronger than all of us! No!" He pulled Kagome's body closer to his as a silent waterfall cascaded down his cheeks.

Miroku sighed and returned to Sango and Shippo. He whispered to them, "Let's give him some space. He needs to mourn Kagome, we should go on Kirara and circle the area to make sure nobody bothers him."

Shippo nodded, his shoulders shaking. Kirara transformed and Shippo hopped onto her head. Miroku helped Sango up and then climbed up behind her. He threw a last glance at the broken hanyou before taking off.

A/N: I was feeling depressed when I started this so I am sorry for all the Kagome lovers out their. I don't like it when she dies either, but like I said, I was having a really bad day.

Thanks to all the reviewers who actually liked this story, I have decided to continue with it. To all the reviewers who didn't like my story and felt the need to tear it apart, I fixed all the things you said were wrong. As for the fact that I used English-dubbed words instead of Japanese words, I AM NOT JAPANESE, and I do not know all these Japanese words. However, I use commonly used words that I have found in other fan fictions. If you have a problem with that, please don't read my stories. Also, does anyone know that there are no flacons in Japan? I didn't know, so I used one. Please don't give me grief about that.

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