Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Nope. I don't. Nuh uh.

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A/N: Thanks to all of you who supported me through this lousy fic. At least I think it's lousy, I guess you guys don't. If you've never read my previous work before, you should definitely check it out! YEAH. This story really isn't my best… ha. I think it's far from it. My next fic is pure crap but oh well… I finished it so I might as well post it. I hope you'll all check it out. But don't worry because if you get bored with that one, I have a special surprise for you all!

I'll be posting two fics at a time starting next week.

But don't get used to it. I'm only doing it until my crappy story ends, then it'll be back to the old grind. : )

Pre-chapter note: As I said before in the first chapter, "yuuzai" means "guilty". This is the final chapter… so that's why it says final, duh! Ha ha. I'm just teasing.

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Wait Till I Can Dream

Chapter Ten/final

Yuuzai - Finale

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"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried as he pounded on the door to the gymnasium. The door was locked from the inside and he could barely see through the tinted window. All he could tell was it was pitch dark, silent, and with the faint trace of a blood-like smell. The silence made him tremble… What if…? No, he would not be too late for her. He would never be too late for Kagome. Never him in his life would he fail her.

He put all of his strength into his right hand and thrust it into the safety-glass window. It shattered. He reached in the window, outlined in tiny shards of glass that scraped his arm, and he unlocked the door. He slammed it against the wall, probably so hard that it left a hole where the door handle was.

He sped inside, his blood boiling with anger and fear. His fear started to drop and fade all at the same time. He smelt blood all around him, but he still heard a single heartbeat.

He used his nose to find a trace of Kagome's heavenly scent. He soon found her collapsed by a chair. She had wounds and lacerations all over her. "What happened to you?" he whispered, knowing he wouldn't even hear him if he screamed as loud as he could. He couldn't find his voice anyway. He walked over to her and cradled her in his arms. She didn't even respond to his touch. She was so pale and cold… She felt heavy and lifeless. He could smell her blood seeping onto his hands, a smell that would take eternities to wash away. That's when he smelled something else, something different.

Someone else's blood was around him. He whipped his head around, not caring about the hair that fell in his face, to see Kikyo lying on the ground. Her body was like a mound of trash, all lumped together messily. There was a large knife in her hand. Her hair was wildly spread out on the gym floor, like a puddle of darkness. She had various cuts on her face. There was no heartbeat from her, however.

As he sat there, cradling his angel in his arms, he collected the events that had happened when he wasn't present. Kagome must've been tied to the chair and Kikyo was trying to kill her, that would explain the knife and Kagome's injuries. Why Kikyo would kill her, he didn't know. That bitch was insane to begin with. Kagome somehow got free and killed Kikyo.

"Oh shit…" he whispered as he realized that Kagome had killed someone again. She was already sensitive about the other two - but now this was her third. This one was out of self defense, too; he could see it even though he hadn't been there! "I'll protect you. In the courtroom and everywhere else." He kissed her forehead gently. "I'll protect you…"

"You won't be able to protect her if you're dead!" Fuyuki's hollow voice echoed all around him, making it difficult for him to find where he was using his ears alone. Luckily he could pick up her scent: the scent of their sweat.

"You knew about this this whole time!" he turned his head and looked at her as she loomed over him. "You and Kikyo were working together the whole time!" he growled in frustration and lay Kagome down as he stood to look Fuyuki in her emerald green eyes, the same eyes that made him sick.

"So? It looks like you fell for it! Even the whole thing about me 'wanting you back'," she cackled. "You're pretty stupid if you actually believed everything. Remember the grades of hers dropping? Us. The drugs in the desk? Us. The poems on the walls? US!"

With every word from Fuyuki's infuriating confession, another ounce of hate for her filled Inuyasha's heart.

"If you hurry, you might save her. That is, if you can get through me!" She picked up Kikyo's knife carefully, licking the bloody neatly off of it.

"Feh, no problem, wench!" he cracked his knuckles. They ran towards each other and Fuyuki's smile caught him by surprise, which lowered his guard. She swiftly swung her weapon into his chest and let it there. Now it was Inuyasha's turn to smile. He pulled the knife out, and to Fuyuki's surprise, he did it without wincing. "You forget I'm part demon. I don't die as easily as you."

He ran towards her and wrapped his hand around her neck, drawing his other hand back so he could claw through her chest. The bitch would die now…

"Don't kill her, Inuyasha!"

He turned his head around, not letting go of Fuyuki, and stared at Kagome whow as propped up on her cut up elbows. "Kagome!"

She was crying. "I'm so glad you came, Inuyasha. But," she paused and looked at Fuyuki who seemed to be fumbling around in her pockets while struggling for breaths. "Don't kill her. She may be bad, but don't kill her, or you might end up like me."

"End up like you? You didn't do anything, Kagome! I love you so mu--"

Before Kagome's eyes, Inuyasha's body crumpled onto the ground. A small river of blood snaked towards her as the tears started threatening to fall. She saw Fuyuki holding a gun that was pointed in Inuyasha's direction. Fuyuki shot him once more, right in the chest. Blood seeped from his wounds even more.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed and found enough strength to get up and run over to him.

"Served him right, stupid asshole…" Fuyuki muttered.

Kagome stared daggers at her.

"What are you gonna do, girl? Are you gonna murder me like you did Kikyo?" her tone was taunting. "Are you gonna kill me like you did to your step-dad and Masao?"

That was the last straw. Fuyuki and Kikyo had messed with her life long enough, and now they were going to pay. She gripped her small knife and stood up to face her. "Yes, Fuyuki. I am going to kill you."

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The jury shuffled back into their seats. Inuyasha gripped Kagome's hand for reassurance. She looked at him with her bandaged face and gave him a weak and unsure smile.

"Has the jury reached a solution?"

"Yes, your honor. For the murders of Kikyo Godaibiachi and Fuyuki Akaze, Higurashi Kagome had been found," the woman gulped. "guilty."

Kagome felt the tears slipping down her cheeks. Inuyasha's grip on her hand tightened. He looked over at her and saw the silvery tears making their way down her face. She grew paler than she already was, making her dark locks stand out.

"Kagome, as punishment we have decided to sent you to Ie no Hannin no Tokyo (a/n: translation: Tokyo's House of Criminals AKA a Jail in Tokyo. Lol. Not real, I made it up). After the murders of your stepfather, your boyfriend Masao, the plot of your mother's death (a/n: I didn't really put much info on that: she drew a picture of her mom that had X's through her eyes just because Kags was mad at her, and her mother and the court took it the wrong way), and now these two, you are now considered a serial killer, and you will be staying in prison for twenty-five to life. Court dimissed."

Kagome stood up and ran towards the doors, sobbing.

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Kagome's body shook in Inuyasha's arms. Her shoulders trembled as she cried. The two sat on the stairs outside of the courthouse and people just stared. Everyone today was getting on Inuyasha's nerves. Every single person misunderstood his Kagome. Nobody understood!

"Kagome," he muttered. This was the last time he was going to hold her like this.

"Inuyasha! Don't let them take me! Tell them it's not my fault! You were there! Tell them!" She sobbed into his chest.

"I already tried, Kagome. They won't hear it…"

"Higurashi-san, it's time for you to go," a police lady informed the couple.

Inuyasha looked into her glistening brown eyes. He kissed her full on the lips for a long time and then looked at her as she walked over to where the officer held the cop car's door open. She half waved at him before he said, "Kagome, I'll wait for you forever. I'll never go with another girl. I love you so much… I promise, I'll wait for you."

She sadly smiled slightly at him. "That will never happen. I know you'll move on. Please move on for me. You can't wait forever. You can't even wait till I can dream." She climbed into the car, and she looked at her Inuyasha for the last time. He faded away, and so did her tears, as she closed her eyes.

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A/N: I think this story was poopy. : ( Please review anyway, and tell me what you think: )