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Recap:

Before she knew it, her world had gone blank as she passed out from the smoke.

InuYasha was having the same reaction to the fumes. He felt Kagome faint before he passed out as well; they crashed to the floor, still holding onto each other's hands.

Through the crowd of people, someone had come forward to their two knocked out forms. The bomber hovered over them and began to carry them away.

Chapter 18:

A Hateful Death

InuYasha had woken up and his vision was clouded over in a haze. Beyond the clouded sense of sight, his sensitive ears picked up a disturbing sound.

He heard someone sobbing and sniffling. He shot his eyes wide open, trying to overcome the waking blur from being knocked out. Looking around, he saw what looked like a dugout made of filth and dirt; a type of holding cell preventing their escape. The smell was overwhelmingly disgusting.

It smelled of dead bodies and old blood; it made him nauseous. Quickly glancing around, he noticed Kagome. She was cradling herself in one of the dirt corners. From the looks of her, she had been crying for quite some time.

The hanyou quickly dashed to her side and knelt by her. To stop at her shaking, he placed his arms around her in a protective wrap. To his surprise, her body tensed up fiercely and she lashed out to get away from his embrace.

InuYasha was shocked by her actions. Apparently, Kagome had not noticed who had touched her. Turning around, she wondered who would have the gull to try and grab her. She saw the eyes of her beloved hanyou; clouded over with confusion from her actions.

InuYasha knew that she would come to him and embrace him as well, now that she realized there was nothing to fear.

He went in for another hug; this was stopped by a harsh punch to his face.

Instead of a gaze of relief on her face, what he saw was Kagome glaring fiercely at him. He saw that her eyes were glazed over with pure disgust.

'What the hell?' he asked himself, not sure of what to make of this.

"What are you doing?" she yelled very crossly.

InuYasha wondered what he could have possibly done to make her this upset. It broke his heart to see how angry she was at him. He tried to remember what he could have done to make her this pissed…nope…he couldn't think of anything he did to make her have this look of hatred.

"Kagome, did I do something wrong?" he asked slowly, his ears began to sink to the top of his head like a scolded dog. He felt very lost at this; the only person to make him happy in life was actually lashing out at him.

"Of course you did something wrong, you moron!" she screamed out at him. His ears, if possible, went back even further at her harsh tone. "You didn't protect me! Now we're stuck here in my father's place and it is all your fault!" she yelled very bitterly.

InuYasha almost let out tears, if it hadn't been from more shouting from his 'beloved'.

"I should have dumped you when I had the chance…then I wouldn't have to deal with your stupidity…" she almost whispered to herself. "Thanks for getting us caught, half-breed!" she accused and slumped down on the dirt, crossing her arms.

InuYasha was in complete shock and his heart was broken; the girl, whom he had wanted to ask to be mates with only a few hours ago, hated him to death now.

Not wanting to be here anymore, he turned his head away from her in complete dismay, wishing he could vanish. He could feel the hot tears shift in his eyelids, burning their way out.

'I…I can't believe she said that…but she's right; I didn't protect her. What have I done? I've let her father capture us…I feel so dirty…and I should! I'm just a filthy half-bread; a mistake. How pathetic can I get? The one person that ever loved me and depended on me…and now I let her down.'

The tears fell from his eyes. He quickly wiped them away. Not believing what was happening, he turned to face Kagome once more…it couldn't be true! This wasn't happening…

When she saw him glance at her, Kagome glared daggers at him and went out of her way to avoid him, as if he were a diseased and contagious creature.

She had turned her head around to not look at him; she didn't have any tears now.

Painfully, the slow hours passed by. InuYasha was completely broken that he had hurt his love and said nothing more to her, so as not to upset her further. Kagome sat as far as away from him as she could in the small dirt hole. She crossed her arms and no longer acknowledged the half-breed's presence.

Some acidic tears would fall down off the cheeks of the hanyou, but were quickly wiped away. Kagome glared silently at the wall; the betrayal of her 'love' would never heal.

There was a door in that room; it had gone completely unnoticed. Until it suddenly burst open.

Demonic cackling came from the intruder; Kagome's father stood, glaring down at the prisoners.

"Now, what is this?" he mocked with a slimy sneer. "The two lovebirds having a quarrel? How splendid," he ranted out.

InuYasha expected Kagome to run behind him for protection from her father. The unthinkable had then happened…

Kagome walked over to her father, bowing down to him in submission. InuYasha could only watch in shock.

"What's this; have you finally given up?" he asked coolly, a smile spreading across his face. "How pathetic you creatures with mortal blood are," he said, giving InuYasha a quick glare.

Kagome spoke; her voice wasn't cherry, nor was it fearful. It was dull and lifeless; she had truly given up the will to live now that her only love had betrayed her.

"I am pathetic," she began lifelessly. "So go ahead and kill me, if it pleases you. Do it slowly or quickly; I don't care anymore…" the dull rant sounded out. "The only one I had ever loved betrayed me; I know that he no longer loves me…just kill me now, please…" she sobbed out.

Without waiting for an explanation from her father, she reached into her dirty shirt and picked up the magenta colored marble. He placed out his hand, palm up, to receive the gift. The jewel dropped harmlessly into his hands; the protection of the jewel would not activate, for she had lost the will to live.

She turned on her heels to face InuYasha for the last time; her eyes held no life and the tears streamed down her face. InuYasha would never know if those tears were shed from sorrow for herself or pity for him.

But for a brief second, maybe even less, her eyes told him everything…she truly, deeply despised him now. The bond they had shared had completely been severed.

Her father's arm turned into a slimy tube-like limb again.

"You wish to die?" he laughed out. "Then your wish is my command," her father sung out happily as he slung his tentacle at her. The limb crashed deeply into her chest; she could feel her organs twisting around the limb-skewer which broke apart her veins in the process.

She didn't cry or even yell out; Kagome just stood there and endured the horrid pain, waiting for death to finally claim her miserable life.

InuYasha was frozen to the spot as he watched in terror as the love of his life was dying before him.

"Kagome!" the hanyou screamed. "I'm sorry! I need you!" The tears were quickly releasing themselves from his stubborn eyes.

He fell to the floor in helplessness; he had lost the energy to fight. His mind was so frantic that he couldn't even remember how to punch or kick.

"InuYasha," Kagome said; her voice was stuttered from the tentacle in her chest. "You stupid half-breed…I hate you! I don't want my death to be tainted by your filthy eyes looking at me…just…leave…" she breathed out coldly.

Kagome's body became limp and her eyes iced over in a dead haze. Her slanted eyes then closed for the final time.

InuYasha watched as the tentacle finally released itself from inside her body; it came out wet with blood. He couldn't believe it…the love of his life, the only one who had ever cared for him…was dead.

Her father took the tentacle and rubbed the blood of his dead daughter upon his cheek.

His sinister tongue lashed out to lap up the red smears. InuYasha stared in sickening disgust; he fell to his knees and started to slam at the dirty ground, which was moistened with the blood of his fallen woman.

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