Why hello there! I know that this is going a little quick, but I plan on making it a long story (no longer than 15 chappies, I promise) And to a few people who seem to be saying the same thing, here about if Inuyasha keeps fighting Kaguya's curses, she'll just go after Kagome, well…there's a yes and a no to that…I will not get into detail! Onto the chappie (side note: this will switch between Inuyasha and Kagome POV…MAJOR FLUFF)

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Kagome awoke the next morning absolutely numb. She had hoped that if she fell asleep, she would wake up to Inuyasha sleeping in a tree, or picking on Shippo while Sango was slapping Miroku for being a lecher…in short, she tried sleeping her problems away. She felt like crying, but her eyes ran out of tears, there was nothing left for her to do but numb herself with the hope that she and the others could find Inuyasha before anything bad happened. She stood shakily, Inuyasha's red fire rat haori flowing down to her ankles. She sniffed, pulling the cloth closer around herself. She bent down and picked up the sheathed Tetsusaiga and hugged it to her chest as she had seen him do in his sleep pr on guard duty during the long nights. She sighed at the memories that flooded her every thought as she went back to the campsite. Sango and Miroku were talking quietly as Shippo transformed into a tiny pink ball about the size of a softball and let a tiny Kirara nudge him around with the tip of her nose. She walked over to the two adults as they faced her, each bearing a sad smile.

"Kagome…we couldn't think of anything that might be any help to look for Inuyasha…we're so sorry." Sango said as she rested a hand on her shoulder. Kagome paused in thought, but then had an idea.

"Kirara can pick up and follow scents just as good as Inuyasha…or maybe even better, right? Sango nodded a reply. Miroku tilted his head in confusion.

"What of it, Kagome? What are you talking about?" He asked. Kagome only grinned.

"Kirara, could you help me with something?" The two tailed cat demon mewed a reply and trotted over to the young miko. She knelt beside the little two tail and patted her between the ears.

"Kirara, I need you to go over to that burn in the ground and see if you can pick up a scent other than Inuyasha's or mine, can you do it?" Kirara burst into flames and became her larger form. Nodding, the cat demon stalked over to the pentagon symbol burned into the ground where Inuyasha and Kagome had stood before they were separated. She sniffed here and there, trying to identify and memorize the scent that was filling her nose. Sango and Miroku brightened at Kagome's idea.

"Excellent idea, Kagome-Chan! I guess beauty does come with brains!" Sango got an X on her head as she whacked the monk upside his head with her Hiraikotsu.

Suddenly Kirara lifted her head and roared, signaling that she had the scent. Kagome stroked the fur around the two tail's great neck.

"Great job, Kirara…now can you follow that scent?" Kirara sniffed the air and pointed her head to the east. Without another word, Shippo transformed into a seagull so Miroku could follow Sango and Kagome, who were riding on Kirara. 'Don't give up, Inuyasha,' Kagome thought as Kirara led the way to where Kaguya hopefully was. 'We're coming…just hold on.'

(Inuyasha's POV)

Inuyasha opened his tired eyes as he sensed that awful wench coming back from Kami knows where. She appeared before him in a swirl of cherry blossom pedals, her mirror glinting dangerously. Disgust was written all over her face as her mirror reflected the injured and imprisoned hanyou.

"Inuyasha…today is the day I will have your soul."

"Now where have I heard that before?" Her scowl only seemed to darken as the mirror's glass surface shown a bright blue.

"Don't challenge me, mutt…you're in no position to threaten anyone." Her mirror's blue glow seemed to grow brighter, so bright Inuyasha had to squint his eyes against its intense light.

"It appears that you have the will to resist mainly because you are driven by that girl…the miko." Inuyasha went from squinting his eyes to narrowing them in fury.

"Don't you dare so much as touch her!" He yelled in his rage. Kaguya smirked.

"Perish the thought, half-breed. I merely want to show you that you are wasting your time." She smirked even more as Inuyasha developed a confused look on his face.

"While you had so nobly handed over your freedom to me, you completely dismissed the idea that someone else might claim her life in your absence." Inuyasha growled menacingly.

"What are you rambling about! Kagome is fine as long as she stays with the others!" Kaguya said nothing but "See for yourself." As her mirror's glow brightened, encasing the entire room in its glow. When the light vanished, they were in what appeared to be the campsite Inuyasha and the others had been in previously. Inuyasha tried moving, but he was still chained to the wall; evidently, Kaguya's mirror only changed the appearance of the room itself. Inuyasha's eyes were instantly drawn to Kagome, sound asleep at the base of a tree. His heart crushed at seeing the tears that had flowed from her eyes in her sleep as she clung to the Tetsusaiga and his haori. He watched her and everyone else stir from their sleep as they heard something approach. Sango made a dash for the Hiraikotsu, but something that appeared to be a tentacle knocked her back. Naraku withdrew his tentacle and charged at the group. Shippo and Kirara were ran through with one sweep of Naraku's claw and died instantly.

"No…! Shippo and Kirara!" Inuyasha whispered to himself. Sango slashed the tentacle with her katana, but it grew another in its place and stabbed her in the chest before she had the chance to block it. The taijia fell to the ground, deathly still.

"Sango…" Inuyasha whispered, his heart tearing at how quickly his friends were being cut down. He heard Miroku call out for Sango as He opened his wind tunnel, Tears flowing down his face.

"KAZAANA!" He shouted. His eyes widened as the hole in his hand grew wider and wider rapidly. His arms were beginning to be absorbed in the cursed hand. He tried sealing the wind tunnel with his rosary, but the curse was too powerful now. He disappeared in the black hole without a trace.

"Miroku…that only leaves…no…NO!" Inuyasha shouted to Naraku, though he couldn't hear him. He turned his body slowly to the miko, who had been frozen with fear the whole time.

"Miko…feel the same fate as your predecessor!" He ran to Kagome at full speed as Inuyasha's heart raced faster and faster.

"No! Kagome…! KAGOME!" He tried desperately to break free from the chains, but he was bound too tightly, so he could only watch in agony as Naraku's claws ran through Kagome's entire body. She fell to the ground, blood flowing from her entire body. Inuyasha tried reaching a hand out to Kagome.

"Kagome…why…Please get up…please…" Her eyes slowly shut as she took her last breath.

"KAGOME!"

(Kagome's POV)

"Kirara, are we getting close?" Kagome asked from the demon's back. The cat nodded a yes as she sensed the smell growing stronger. Kagome's chest puffed up in hope. Sango turned to her friend, and practically adopted sister.

"We'll find him…I promise." Kagome nodded as she smiled, hoping to Kami that her taijia friend was right.

(Inuyasha's POV)

The entire vision ended as the room returned to the way it was. Kaguya smiled.

"Now what do you have to fight for? Why fight at all? Surrender and you will be with Kagome forever…" Her mirror began to absorb his soul in a blue dust as his eyes dimmed, now half lid.

"…nothing will ever part the two of you again." His eyes shut as he managed to whisper "Kagome…" before darkness overtook him.

He opened his eyes slowly a moment later as he felt as though he were falling in mid air.

"What's happening to me?" He whispered as his body spiraled deeper into nothingness.

"Falling…falling…into darkness." His eyes shut as his soul began to fade away.