A/N: Okay, I know it's been long… But I haven't had time! And err, I'm not gonna explain why… But, just to tell you, I'm only going to finish this story, and MAYBE Teaching Was Never Easy and that's it. Finished for me from fanfiction. For good. I'm going to erase the new story, cause I don't have time to work on it. Okay? And um, since I haven't been writing for awhile, there may be some errors or seem like, rushing…

Childhood Friend

Chapter Twenty Three

Naraku got his small, shiny gun from his pocket and slowly pointed towards Kagome, but Inuyasha ran quicky and stood in front of her, spreading his arms wide. "I won't let you kill Kagome, you mad man!"

Naraku's eyebrow's twitched in annoyance from the insult and sighing, he darkly said, "Move out of your way, you foolish boy, it's not you who I intend to kill."

Kagome tugged back of Inuyasha's shirt and begged, "Please Inuyasha, move out of the way. I… I don't want you to die because of… Me."

Inuyasha faced Kagome and hugged her tight. "Right now, you're the only reason for me to live, Kagome. I love you…"

Kagome smiled a bit, but her face changed as Naraku started to move his finger towards the bullet button… (A/N: I dunno what that's called, okay?) Pushing Inuyasha to the side, she cried, "Inuyasha, watch out!"

The bullet completely missed Inuyasha, but had made contact with Kagome's side, and she crouched down to the floor, yelping in pain.

Naraku smirked and raised his bullet once again, aiming at Kagome's head. "Her skull will be next, and I'm surprised that she took the bullet for you, boy."

Inuyasha got up from the ground and snarled, "Don't even think about it, mad man."

Naraku frowned, and started to aim the gun slowly towards Inuyasha and said, "I could have spared your foolish life, but after insulting me, I don't think so."

Kagome passed out while she was checking her side and no one could have heard her breathing, and Inuyasha, thinking she was dead, started to get really mad at Naraku.

"Keh, same. Now that Kagome's dead, I'm going to kill you for my revenge." Inuyasha darkly said, as he launched himself towards Naraku, with his claws pointing at him.

"Oooh, you might want to be careful with those." Naraku commented, as he ducked from Inuyasha's attack.

Soon, Miroku and Sango arrived and Miroku asked, "What the hell is going on here?"

Sango let out a loud scream, and pointing towards Kagome, she said, "Kagome's dead!"

Inuyasha pointed towards Naraku and said to his friends, "He did it. He killed Kagome and now-"

"And now you're planning your revenge, aren't you, Inuyasha?" Miroku inturrpted.

"Yeah, why?" Inuyasha impatiently asked, as he started to run towards Naraku with his claws again, screaming, "Die, you monster!" but Naraku had easily dodged his attack again.

Miroku looked back and forth from Inuyasha to Naraku. He looked over to Sango, who was checking Kagome for any serious injuries or that she's really dead. "Sango!" Miroku called, and Sango faced Miroku.

"Yeah?" she asked sadly.

It hurted Miroku to see the girl he really loves to be really sad. "Um, I need you to stay here for some things, which I can't name all of them right now, but I'm going to find a phone and call the police."

Sango nodded, "Okay. I understand." And started to check Kagome's head for injuries.

Miroku ran towards a telephone booth, and inserting a quarter from his back pocket, he dialed 9-1-1 (A/N: Err, this doesn't feel right..-.- Well, I don't know..)

"Hello?" Miroku urgently said to the phone, "I would like to report that there's going to be some graves after a schoolboy and some mad man is done fighting with each other!"

But all Miroku got was a hold, and slamming the phone against the booth, he cursed, "Stupid, fat police officers and their crazy obsession for doughnuts!" and ran back to the fighting place.

Naraku had gotten few hits, and Inuyasha was sweating a lot from trying to attack his opponent.

"Given up yet, boy?" Naraku asked, smirking.

Wiping a sweat from his forehead, Inuyasha darkly replied, "You have got to be kidding me." And ran towards Naraku again, who easily and quickly dodged.

Without thinking, Miroku ran quickly towards Naraku and whacked him hard against the head. Inuyasha clawed Naraku, who began to bleed.

"That's for killing Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled angrily, as he clawed Naraku more and more.

Naraku couldn't move because every time he tried, Inuyasha would claw him and he would flinch, so he wouldn't be able to move. He faced the dog demon with hatred and snarled, "Stop clawing me, you mutt."

Inuyasha ignored him and clawed him again, in the face. "Keh. That's for calling me a mutt, you mad man."

"GUYS! CAN YOU GUYS CALL THE AMBULANCE OR SOMETHING?" Sango impatiently yelled, as pointed to Kagome.

Inuyasha nodded and ran to the nearest telephone booth, dialing for the ambulance, while Miroku held Naraku down with his knee.

"Hello? Is this the ambulance?" Inuyasha asked, as he held up the receiver against his ear. "I like to report an escaped criminal and a truck for a d- dead g- girl would be good."

Inuyasha hung up after he had heard an reply, and ran towards his friends and Naraku. "They'll be here in five minutes." He said, looking down at Kagome.

Those five minutes went very fast, with Naraku complaining making it faster. Five police cars arrived, and the police officers running out of their car, handcuffing Naraku, while some paramedics were taking Kagome slowing into an ambulance truck.

Inuyasha walked up to one of the paramedics and told him, "I'm coming into the ambulance."

The paramedic shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, kiddo. But you can't come in. The truck is already in a full capacity."

Inuyasha just nodded, while staring at Kagome with sad eyes and said, "I understand.. I guess…"

The paramedic went into the truck, wrapping Kagome with bandages with the other paramedics and closed the door, as they quickly left for the hospital.

Miroku placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder and whispered, "You can see her tomorrow-"

Inuyasha threw Miroku's hand off his shoulder and snarled, "See her? Why? She's dead, and it'll only make me cry if I see her tomorrow at the hospital!" and ran off from his best friend.

Sango walked up slowly to Miroku and hugged him and asked, "Do you want to visit Kagome tomorrow?"

Miroku nodded, "Yes, even though she may seem dead, we haven't taken her pulse so she may still be alive."

Sango went groggily eyed and said, releasing the hug, "You talk like… Some one really old…"

Miroku smiled, "I was taught that way, Sango." He replied, as he leaned down for a kiss.

Sango sighed, as she pushed away. "I don't feel like for a kiss." Looking at Miroku's face, she quickly added, "You know, my best friend, who died."

Miroku sighed and nodded. He put on a smile and said, "Don't worry about it." Then walked away from Sango, heading towards his dorm room.

Sango leaned against a wall, moving her feet in a little circle. She had been doing that for few minutes, until she suddenly said, "I kind of like the silence… I guess you can like it only when you're really depressed…"

She crouched down to the floor and stared dully at the ground. "I guess… Things are going to change, with Kagome dead and all…" soon, tears began to pour from her eyes as she began to sob.

Salty. Her tears tasted salty as she sobbed, and it was the same way she had felt about her heart right now. "I can't believe she's dead…" Sango said one last time, before she slowly forced herself up and started walking towards her dorm room, to give herself a big cry.

"It'll never be the same…"

A/N: Okay! Here it is, the chappie back from my hiatus! Like it? Now, no cussing or complaining! And.. YES! I DO KNOW IT'S SHORT! So yea, I know..