A/N: Sorry for updating late again! It's been hectic trying to get on the computer and do things lately, so please bear with me! I didn't get to reply to everyone's review, and I'm sorry for that, but I'll try to get to you next time if you review again. Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! I'm glad that most of you liked it!

Reminder-... /-/-/-/memory;... +-+-+-+past, not a memory;... /-/-+memory and past;... #(anything after)special pov

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, this story would not be on a fanfiction site. It would be in the show, and you would be able to see it all happening before your very eyes, and I would make sure it had lots of nice videography on it-a good balance of colors and effects and such and so forth that make a video appealing. Unfortunately I can't, so you'll just have to picture it in your mind. Songs aren't mine either, but if you want to download them I highyl recommend BearShare (the free version). I can also make arrangements to e-mail songs to people, though this will usually take some time as I have a 10MB message file-size limit and roughly twenty-five to thirty songs tied up in this story, so don't expect me to be able to get it to you extremely quickly. Edits and cutouts for this fic also available, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah I don't think anybody is still reading, but if you are, then I'm done, so you can read the story now. ;)

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Chapter 14-Cure My Tragedy (Cold)

#-Inuyasha POV

I can't take this anymore, I can't feel this anymore...

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Why are halfdemons so different? Why are they hated by everyone? I'm not responsible for how I was born, I can't be held accountable for what my parents did or who they were...why do people hate me for it? Why can't I just be one or the other?

Inuyasha mulled over his thoughts silently, perched up in a tree as he usually was on these cold nights. He looked at his hand briefly, wondering if he really was all that different. Sure, he wasn't as weak as humans, or even as powerful as some demons, but couldn't anyone just accept that? Why did the whole world have to look at him as if he were some sort of disease? Well, not the whole world-Kagome and the others didn't seem to mind...but they were a rarity, a select group of people that had no qualms about his heritage.

What's wrong with being a halfdemon? Why can't everyone be like Kagome and the others? What's so bad about the fact that my mother and father weren't both humans or demons? Who cares?

Inuyasha looked up mournfully at the night sky, seeking comfort in the light that shone from the moon. He stared at the pale orb longingly, wishing he could be up in the sky, away from the whole world and all of the reality that was in it.

I can't take this anymore...this is why I want the jewel, this is why I want to be a full-fledged demon. Nobody cares if you're a full demon, and you can defeat anyone who doesn't like you. You don't have to worry about anything if you're a strong demon. But even if I were a human, that would be okay too...humans accept their own kind most of the time...humans don't have to worry about killing everyone they care about when they get too angry...I just wish I were one or the other, I just wish I wasn't a halfbreed...even my own brother hates me because of it...what did Kagome say the last time I talked about him? It's a tragedy, that's what she said. Well, so be it...maybe the jewel can cure my tragedy...maybe I can be happy after I get the jewel...maybe the jewel can change me, so I can be one or the other, so I can be accepted...that's all I want, I just want to be happy...

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#-InuTaisho POV

...won't you take and give her pain to me?

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Izayoi...I'm so sorry, Izayoi...I won't be able to be there for you, for our son, for my little Sesshoumaru, for my little Inuyasha...I won't be able to watch his first step, I won't see their happy marriages...

InuTaisho sought the powers of the Souunga within the sword's aura, looking at Takemaru with utter loathing.

Don't take them from this world...please, just don't take them too...I'm going soon, I can feel it in my blood, in my bones, in my heart and soul...don't make this any worse...I won't be there for her, for my wife, or even for my two children...don't make this horrible for them...don't let the ailments of mourning ruin thier lives...cure my tragedy, let me die in peace, let them move on and live a good life...

InuTaisho called forth the powers of his sword, growling furiously as he and Takemaru prepared to fight.

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Yay! This chapter is one of my personal favorites, and I enjoyed writing it. I tried to put Inuyasha into the thick of things as smoothly as possible, yet at the same time have him sort of jump on the bandwagon. I wanted it to make sense, but to be something new as well, and I think I did alright. Tell me what you think and please review! I love reading reviews and I try to reply as often as I have the time to, even if all I can say is a general 'thank-you', because I think it's just a very polite thing to do most of the time. I'm extremely sorry if I can't reply to your reviews, but it really has been busy lately and I don't have too much time on my hands, what with my schedule.

So anyways, drop me a review and tell me what you think! All forms of critcism, suggestions, flames, and praise are welcome, although unintelligent or illogical flames are prone to be handled at my sometimes-illogical discretion. You have been warned.