Wow, it really didn't take me long to finish this. Up this is it! This is the last part of this story. I hope you all like it. I rushed through it once again. There is a death... it might not seem like it beacuse of the way I had put it in the story, but there is. I won't say who. Anyway, please R&R I would like to know what you all think of the story... This is actually the first time I have ever finished a short story! Woo go me! Look forwards to something else from me! Bye!

I do not own Saiyuki or any Saiyuki characters.

Enjoy!

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It was getting late. The sun had fallen and the five had decided to stop and stay for the night in an open clearing that was heading towards the town. They would continue the next morning into the town and would restock on supplies and then continue on through the town on their way west. Kagami got out of the jeep.

"Where are you going?" Gojyo asked.

"It's too crowed in jeep for three people to sleep in the back seat." She answered.

"You didn't answer my question."

"I'm going to sleep up there." She pointed to a tree branch. "I'll probably be able to see if anything is going to come our way. Anything that means trouble, anyway."

Kagami disappeared and then reappeared on the tree branch. She was sitting with her legs crossed one over the other and her back leaning against the tree branch. She closed her eyes but wasn't asleep. She wasn't tired and had a strange feeling, one that didn't permit her to sleep. All she could do is listen and continue to feel the sickening sinking feeling in her gut. Goku looked up and stared at Kagami for a moment.

"What's wrong, Goku?" Asked Hakkai.

"I don't know... I just have a bad feeling... I have the smell of death, but its too far off... I don't know where its coming from, but for some reason I think it has something to do with Kagami."

"It's probably just your stomach; you probably ate some bad food." Hakkai suggested.

"Maybe."

Goku turned so that he was facing the trees. He closed his eyes and shortly after fell asleep. He was snoring loudly. Gojyo was staring at Goku, a bit pissed off with the snoring; it was going to keep him up. Hakkai closed his eyes and his breathing slowed, it was hard to tell if he had fallen asleep or if he was just pretending to sleep. Sanzo lit up a cigarette and inhaled quick then slowly let out the smoke, watching it as it lifted towards the sky in front of him. There was obviously a bad feeling hanging in the air, something bad was going to happen.

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The next morning came, the sun just rising. Kagami was awake, she hadn't sleep that night. She looked down at the party they were all asleep. She jumped down from the tree branch, her arms over her chest. They all looked so peaceful in their sleep.

"Kagami..." she heard her name whispered.

She turned behind her, there was no one. Was she going crazy? What the hell was going on? She turned back to look at the party then her name was whispered again.

"Kagami... Kagami... Come here, Kagami."

She turned around once again. The voice was coming in that direction. She turned and began to walk towards the noise. She wanted to know whom, or what was calling her name, and why they wanted her so badly. Kagami walked into a thick forest area. There was no one there, but she could hear her name clearly this time, it wasn't whispering it was more of yelling.

"Kagami!"

"Who the hell keeps calling my name? Come on out! Stop hiding!" She yelled turning around in a full circle.

"As you wish..."

The voice now sounded familiar, it sounded like... no it couldn't be.

"Who are you?"

"You know me very well..."

She looked around once again. It couldn't be him, it just couldn't be. Just as all her fears were realized a figure appeared in front of her. It was him.

"Niami..."

"Yes. You looked surprised to see me."

"Well, yes. I wasn't expecting you..."

He let out an evil, raspy laugh. She swallowed, her throat was dry, and it seemed like she was swallowing rocks. She kept her eye on him as he began to circle around her.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"You forgotten? All ready? What a shame. You failed me, Kagami, remember that? And what do I come to find, but you taking sides with the enemy. You're weak, a weak link in the chain."

Reality was crashing down around her. He had tried to kill her then, so that's what he was doing. He was going try and kill her again. She wasn't going to let him do it. All of a sudden her mirror appeared in her hands. It began to glow a phantom blue color. He laughed again.

"You think your pathetic mirror is going to work against me? Do you remember who gave you that mirror in the first place? Do you really think the one who gave it to you is going to be by anyway effected by that piece of garbage?"

"No, but its worth a try." She answered.

"Not even worth a try. You'll kill yourself before even damaging me with that disgusting mirror."

"What do you mean?"

He began to laugh again. She wanted to shut this bastard up. She began to chant and the blue light soon turned to red and shot a beam in his direction. He stared at the beam, letting it hit him, the mirror let out a shock, catching Kagami in the painful rays of red light that were surrounding the mirror. She let out a small gasp staring down at the mirror. She tried to let it drop but it seemed glued to her hands.

"What's going on?"

"I told you, you'd sooner kill yourself than damage me."

He began to chant now, his words soft and almost unhearable. The mirror began to grow in light.

"Stop!"

He continued, there was no one to stop him this time. Her arms began to move she was turning the mirror towards herself. She closed her eyes, not wanting to look in the mirror, fearing that it would do to her what she did to everyone else; suck their souls out. Again another laugh from Niami.

"Foolish girl, do you think that will save you?"

He was now behind her, he grabbed her face and peeled open her eyes. Moved her head down so that she was staring into the mirror. She feel to her knees, her eyes now fixed on the mirror, it had begun to steal her soul. It always started with not being able to look away; it was like her eyes were glued to the weapon. Slowly she began to feel drained.

"No... S-stop..." She choked out.

Before long all the color had drained from her face. She couldn't speak. Kagami felt cold, and then Kagami felt nothing.

"You knew what happened to those who betray me." He said.

The mirror stopped glowing and it dropped to the ground. Kagami was no where in sight; it was like she had just disappeared. Niami grabbed the mirror and looked into it, he was staring back at Kagami. She didn't say anything, she couldn't. What she had feared had just happened.

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The four had woken up not to long after this act had happened. Goku stretched and looked up to the tree, Kagami wasn't there.

"Hey, guys, where's Kagami?"

"What? She's not in the tree?"

"No... She's gone."

Sanzo yawned slightly, bringing his hand to his forehead and looked up to the tree. She was gone.

"She probably left to be on her own." Sanzo said. "Hakkai, we need to get going."

"Shouldn't we wait for Kagami? She might come back..." Goku asked.

"Remember what I said? No more distractions, she left, we're leaving, end of discussion." Sanzo said.

The four began to drive off towards the nearest town; they were going to do what they normally did. They were going to stock up on supplies and continue their journey west.

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