Okay, now as I promised, Inuyasha is NOT dead…however, this chapter's main focus will be on what goes on between Inuyasha and Kagome in "The Faheria's Realm", and basically, all that is is the place where Inuyasha's soul is being kept. Well, here it is!

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Inuyasha would have begged her, pleaded with her not to endanger herself because he was hurt. He would have…if he could talk fluently enough before Kagome touched the arrow's end.

"Ka…" Was all he could say before it was too late. She had the feathery end of the arrow clenched in her hand. His heart wrenched as he saw her face contort in pain as her body glowed a ghostly white, then there was a flash and her body collapsed to the floor.

"Gyaaaaah! KAGOME!" Myoga cried from his corner of the room. Kagome could hear him still pleading, but…his voice seemed…distant. As if she were drifting out of her body…

Before Kagome even realized what was going on, she opened her eyes as her soul was being jutted into a blinding light. It seemed that the closer she got to it, the more she actually felt like it was an out of body experience. The light encased her frame, and she began to panic, thinking for sure she was dead…

She felt her body land softly on grass.

She opened her eyes and looked around, her head still spinning from that portal created by the arrow. Her eyes swept the area. It was a forest, and a creek with beautiful flowers along the sides of it. Her heart sensed Inuyasha was close by, so she let her body be pulled by this invisible tug. She gasped in horror as she saw his still frame laying there, blood staining his bare chest.

"Inuyasha!" She cried out, running towards him. He opened his dim eyes and looked at her weakly, not able to lift his head. She knelt and threw her arms around him, cradling his head in her lap.

"Kagome…" Was all he could manage, unable to hardly breathe without pain or difficulty. He forced his arm up and gently caressed her cheek with his fingers. The touch was comforting to Kagome, but she needed to save him, so she leaned down and whispered in his ear,

"Come back to me, Inuyasha…" He turned his head so they were looking into each other's eyes. He was about to open his mouth to speak, but Kikyo appeared out of nowhere in front of them.

"Don't listen to her! She will only make you suffer! Come with me! Come with me back to hell!" She hissed as she made their surroundings change from a beautiful forest with a creek to a dead land with an empty river of darkness. Kagome put one hand on either side of Inuyasha's face, keeping his focus on her, for if he let his attention stray, she would lose him forever…

"Inuyasha, you need to came back. Everyone misses you…even Shippo! They need you…I need you! Inuyasha…" She leaned her head so close to his…

"…I love you." There was a blinding flash of light as Kikyo screamed like a demon-witch, throwing her arms up to the air, letting the wind blow fiercely, whipping her hair out of that bun thingy she always has it up in.

"If I can't have Inuyasha…I will DESTROY him!" Kagome's eyes grew wide as Kikyo brought out her bow and arrow and aimed it right at Inuyasha's head. She let it fly, but Kagome pulled Inuyasha closer to her, so that he could just barely feel the wind of the arrow whiz past his head. Kikyo shrieked again and fell into darkness. Kagome stood with Inuyasha's arm around her shoulders for support. He started to lose his strength again, but Kagome caught him around the waist.

"Inuyasha…come back to me…" There was another flash…

(Meanwhile, back to Myoga…)

"Gyaaaaah! Curse this…CURSE! Why hasn't Kagome returned with Lord Inuyasha!" He huffed as he hopped over to the crystallized Inuyasha.

Crack…

"Huh?"

Craaaaack…

"Can it be…?"

The crystal shattered, dropping Inuyasha's body next to Kagome's, with one arm over her waist. Kagome twitched, then got up, sliding herself from under Inuyasha's arm. She gently shook his arm, but he was still knocked out.

"Myoga, make yourself useful. Tell me how you got in." Myoga scratched his bald little head.

"How I came…in…?" Kagome squished him under her thumb.

"Yes. Tell me how you got in here…so we can back track out of here." Myoga nodded, his eyes spinning temporarily.

"Well, there was a gate…down a hall. I'll show you!" He leaped onto her shoulder and pointed left.

"That way!" Kagome put Inuyasha's uninjured arm around her shoulders to support him and followed Myoga's instructions by turning left and continuing down the hall.

"Yes…now…right…then a sharp left." She did as she was told and came upon a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig ass door with demon incantations etched all over it. On the knocker was a dog-like face with flames coming out of its mouth. On the handles were what looked like claws holding the handle of a sword. She pulled the door open with great difficulty and made her way out and back into the night, following the path through the forest that lead to Kaede's village. She knew she needed to get Inuyasha there so Kaede could heal him before it was too late.

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Tee hee. See? I told ya Inuyasha wasn't dead! He was just close to it! Stick around for chappie 5!