When his ears stopped ringing, Inuyasha looked up. Hojo was standing there, trembling; gun in hand, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Ha! If you thought it took a little noise to stop us you were wrong!" Inuyasha shouted. But instead of a retort like he expected, Hojo just continued sobbing. It was then Inuyasha caught the scent of Kagome's blood.

"Inuyasha." When he looked over, he was horrified. Kagome's normally white uniform was stained bright crimson, Blood pouring from two wounds on her precious form. "It wasn't just noise."

"No! Kagome!" He took a step forward. Another shot was fired and suddenly his chest was on fire. A bullet had hit him. Then it went on to hit Kagome's abdomen. She cried out in pain.

Despite his pain he made it to her side just as she crumpled to the ground, life fleeting from her form. "Inuyasha," she trembled with the effort of speaking.

"No Kagome, don't talk. You'll waste your energy."

"No Inuyasha, don't you get it? I won't pull through this time."

"Don't talk like that! Of course you will. I won't let you-" he chocked on the word," Die."

"Inuyasha," she was almost gone now. He could see death in her eyes. "I love you." And with those final parting words, a weight was lifted, and she breathed for the last time.

A single tear rolled down his cheek. "I love you too, Kagome."

As he watched this going on, Hojo realized that they had been deeply in love. He watched as Inuyasha said his finale goodbyes to the one person who had truly accepted him. Then he laid down her body with all the tenderness of a lover, and rose to meet Hojo's gaze with his own tear-filled eyes.

"What have you done?"

"If I couldn't have her, nobody could."

"So you killed her?" Inuyasha could feel the heat in his blood. Without Tetsaiga at his hip, his Youkai blood could come forth at will, as it was doing now. "You killed her." he growled. Hojo raised his gunandfired, but it had no effect. Inuyasha's only pupose now was to avene his love. By now, his claws twice their former size and he had noticibly larger fangs. He took a few steps toward Hojo, the bandana slipping from his head, exposing his dog ears.

"What are you! You won't die!" Hojoexclaimed when he saw the changes and realized he couldn't be human. But hearing the killer's voice was all it took to push Inuyasha over the edge. Youkai stripes crept along his cheeks and his eyes turne blood red. He was a full Youkai.

"You killed Kagome, you filthy little HUMAN!" He spat the words at the scum that lay cowering before him. "You don't deserve to live." By now he was standing over him, claws raised to strike the finale blow.

"Please," Hojo pleaded. It began to rain. "You don't understand. I can't live without Kagome. But I couldn't stand the thought of her with another, so I thouht to myself, 'I'll just end it all.'" Inuyasha lowered his claws. "I just can't go on. I just can't. I can't..." Slowly he raised the weapon to his mouth. He placed it in his mouth, tasteing death, and pulled the trigger.

As Inuyasha stood among the carnage, his anger subsided. His claws shrank and his fangs became teeth again. His eyes returned to their normal gold, but held none of the proud sparkle that they usually did. Instead there was sadness, that he had never felt before. The rain cleansed the grass of the crimson mess that stained it. Inuyasha went to Kagome, now just adead corpse, and picked up her drenched form with more tenderness than he had ever shown. He held her close, the rain mingling with his tears, as he mourned the loss of his beloved Kagome. Silently he began the treck home, Kagome's limp form in his arms, as the rain washed away the last of the happiness from his soul.

Awww! I actually almost started crying when I wrote this chapter. I hope you liked it. And don't worry, Kagome is not gone forever!as the summary suggests, Inuyasha is going to meet her reincarnation. No more spoilers! anyway, please reveiw! Thanks

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PS: just so you know I have used some bits based on actual things in my life. This is one of them. If you ask in a reveiw I might put something up explaining.