Hello! Okay, the first part will sound familiar, and it is. They're the last moments Inuyasha and Kagome spent together before Kaguya took him away, but in Inuyasha's POV…actually…the whole chapter will be Inuyasha's POV. Enjoy the sad fluffiness.

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(Inuyasha's POV)

The deal was done; Kaguya began to disappear as Kagome's eyes fluttered. I looked down at the beautiful girl in my arms, gently helping her stand as she awoke. She seemed a little clumsy at first, so I placed my hands on her hips to steady her. I slightly bowed my head to examine her.

"Are you alright, Kagome?" I surprised myself at how incredibly difficult I was finding it to speak. I watched her nod her head, but her gaze was focused on my eyes. I felt as though she was delving into the depths of my very soul, destroying the walls of protection I so carefully built to hide my emotions and exposing my true self. She must have sensed the depression emitting from my aura, for she asked me,

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" I sighed, knowing I was going to have to tell her, even though I didn't really want to hurt her or worry her. I pulled her into my arms, holding her as I had always dreamed of holding her and her alone. Had it not been for my very short freedom, I would have never let her go…ever.

"Kagome…I don't have much time. Please don't reject me…I really need this." I felt her fists carefully maneuver around my wound to grip my haori, sending shivers running down my spine. She wasn't rejecting me? Why would she want a lowly hanyou like me hugging her so closely? Could it be that…that she…feels the way that…that I do?

"Please tell me what's wrong." I took a deep breath and held it there for a second as I let my arms loosen around her just enough so that I was still holding her, but we could look each other in the eye.

"Kaguya had stolen your soul…so in exchange…I offered her mine." My heart crushed as I saw her eyes well up in tears. I lifted my index finger and wiped her tear away, mindful that I didn't cut her with my claw. I embraced her tightly once more, her tears bleeding through both my undershirt and haori. I rested my nose into her hair, deeply inhaling her wonderfully soothing scent of vanilla and fresh rose pedals. Her hair was glistening in the moonlight, and that was too much to resist. I raised my hand and began stroking her hair as I dipped my nose deeper into it, never wanting this to end but knowing that it be over would all too quickly.

"Shh…I know…I know. Believe me…I know." I closed my eyes as I stopped breathing in her scent so deeply and just rested my cheek on her head. I knew this was going to end, but I would have given anything just to stay this way…the way Kagome and I are right now.

"Why did you do this for me? Is it because…you need me to find the jewel shards?" My heart was crushed even more at that remark. Now was the only time that I may ever get to tell her…

"No, Kagome…you mean so much more than that to me…I-" The moment was broken as a bright pentagon appeared around us. The circle of light began to close around us. My time with Kagome was up. I looked deeply into her eyes as I hurriedly took off my red haori and wrapped it around her.

"Even if I'm not here, that cloth will protect you. So will this…" I pulled the Tetsusaiga, sheath and all out of my hakama belt and handed it to her. The light was wrapping around me now, pushing my Kagome farther and farther away from me.

"Kagome, I-" There was another horrible sound as I heard her call out my name. I desperately reached out for her, only to have the light pull her out of my reach. She reached for my outstretched hand, but we were too far apart now.

"KAGOME!" Whether or not she heard me was uncertain, but I could scarcely hear her shout my name before the light pushed her out of my sight and I knew no more.

(okay, now you get to find out what happens next, k?)

I awoke in absolute darkness, hoping that what had just happened was all a horrible dream, that I had awoken to my Kagome and everyone else and that everything was just fine. I made a move to stand up, but chains held me to the wall in a sitting position. The icy sting of the chains on my now bare chest was burning on my wound left from the fight with the eagle. Wait…I only gave Kagome my haori…where'd my undershirt go? I look at the ground before me to see it ripped in shreds, and that's when I notice that the room smells strongly of blood…my blood. I shut my eyes and thought back to Kagome. I had been so light and content when I was holding her, even though I hadn't even owned my own freedom. Her scent was still burning in my nose, so powerful yet beautiful…just like her. Then it hits me…

She doesn't know.

The last time I ever got to see her, and I never told her.

Any trace of the scent of my shed blood was lost to me in the salty sting of my tears. I bowed my head, trying desperately to keep my watery eyes at bay. I lost the battle and the tears poured down my face, dripping onto the floor.

"Kagome…" I felt something tap my chest lightly. I opened my tearful eyes to see the tiny golden locket she had given me so long ago. I gingerly tried moving my arm so I could open it, but the chains were strewn to that I was only able to move my arms about an inch…maybe two. That locket was the only thing that still connected me to Kagome besides the Beads of Subjugation. I thought back to when I was holding her before I ended up here. The way she looked…so sad…so desperate…

"I never told you…I…was too afraid…" I whispered, my eyes shutting tightly, I cried out,

"I NEVER TOLD YOU!" My voice echoed in the dark cell as I sobbed to no one in particular. My head bowed once again as the tears just kept on coming.

"Kagome…" Sleep tempted me as I began to drift away. "No!" I shook my head violently. I couldn't sleep. If I slept, I would dream that Kagome and I were the way we were before Kaguya took me, and I'd only be adding pain to injury once I awoke. I opened my eyes as I gazed up at the ceiling. There was a barred window about ten feet above me, and that's when I felt the rain come. My tears blended with the raindrops that poured into my cell as I kept thinking about Kagome.

"Enjoying this yet, half-breed?" I lowered my gaze from the ceiling to look at Kaguya in her true form, red coils snaking around her body, which was exposed almost completely except for a loin cloth looking skirt that exposed her legs and a top that only covered her cleavage…utterly disgusting, even for a demon's standards. A low growl escaped my throat as my eyes narrowed.

"What's it to ya, wench?" I snapped as I saw her walk to a circle of water that had her mirror at its center. I instantly remembered this as her Dream Castle, and I was right across from where…where Kagome and I…where we kissed…

"How very interesting that in only the course of a few months, you have lost the desire to become a full demon." Her mirror swiveled in mid air to show me my reflection, and that's when I noticed that there were several more cuts on me than before, explaining why my white shirt was now red with blood and turned into shreds.

"Now that you insist on remaining a half-demon, I have no actual use for you, so I will simply dispose of you." She began to chant as my reflection faded into black. I instantly felt like something was burning me up inside, and that's when I saw that there were four wisps of soft blue smoke emitting from my body and being absorbed into the mirror. I gradually felt absolutely lifeless, and that's when I knew that she was stealing my soul. She wanted my strength. I could feel my heart dipping deeper and deeper into the mirror, and try as I might, I just didn't have enough strength to fight it alone. Nothing could save me at this very moment…nothing but…

"Kagome…"

I had to fight it. I couldn't let myself be set adrift in the seas of darkness that resided within her realm of mirrors. I had to fight…had to fight for her, for my Kagome. I shut my eyes tightly and thought back to any and all moments that I had shared with her, her smile, her eyes, her laugh, the way I would watch her sleep whether it be in her era or mine, the way she would let Shippo curl beside her that I couldn't help but envy the little kitsune. All these memories…they all somehow merged and all I could see was Kagome and I kissing in Kaguya's Dream Castle. I heard glass begin wavering as the curse lifted its huge weight off my heart. Despite how weak I felt from fighting the curse, I grinned as Kaguya hissed and walked away. The instant she was gone, my grin washed away in the rain as I continued to think of Kagome, knowing that she was my only light in Kaguya's eternal darkness.

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I wasn't kidding when I said sad fluffiness. If you think that's bad…wait 'till the plot thickens.