Here is the last Chapter of "The thought of death" Hope you all like it.

Chapter 17

Kagome didn't move from where she stood but dropped to her knees as she stared at her brother who laid on the floor motionless. A puddle of blood formed around her brother from the injury to his leg. She remained on her knees as her mind went blank.

"Get up." He pulled her hair as he forced her up to her feet. This was the end but how can Bankotsu's best friends betray him like this. She looked at Koga who just smirked right back at her.

"How could you?" She whispered as she slouched her head forward. The crashing of the ocean muffled her words. Without even noticing her tears ran down her cheek as she opened her mouth once again. Nothing came out because of her constant trembling.

Her hands curled to a fist as anger took hold of her. She trembled in anger and she couldn't take this anymore. "How could you, you bastard!" She spat out as Koga glanced at her. "How could you betray my brother like this? I wouldn't care if it was me but him as well." She looked at his heartless smile as she stared at him with anger.

Koga walked toward the two of them. As he walked forward it took so much not to just run over there and land a punch. As he stood beside her he stroked her hair and smirked. "I needed to save myself. He was going to kill me and he offered me to trick you and your brother to meet here. It may have taken your lives to save mines but at least-" Kagome took a step back as Koga's body fell to the floor. Shooting him in the head made Hiten laugh as he stared at his dead body.

"You shot him." She said in disbelief as she stared at the blood that seeped from the hole in his head.

"I was going to kill him from the start but why not make it easier for me to lure you here and kill him later."

"You bastard. Stop acting like this and change! Your acting like your damn father!" She soon regretted what she said as his gun impacted her face. She staggered sideways but quickly got her footing back. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

"My father… My father did everything to get my family together. He even robbed a damn bank to get money for all the debt we were in. Even though he killed many it doesn't matter because he did it for the right reasons."

"So that's why others had to suffer! Think of the people your father killed! Some were mothers or fathers! How about their children who had to suffer through life with out a mother or a father! What your father did was wrong and you know it. You blamed everyone else around because you couldn't get it through your thick skull that maybe it was your own father's fault! Everyone knew it was his fault, they gave him a chance to tell the truth but he didn't. That's why he received the death penalty and that's why-" She staggered backwards as the a bullet pushed her off her feet. She held her shoulder as the wound started to bleed profusely. Cringing from the pain she got back up on her feet as she held back tears.

"I'm not going to run away anymore I'm not going to hide from you anymo-" Another bullet passed through the same shoulder and she gasped for air. The pain was excruciating and the only thing that kept her from falling backwards was a tree.

"You're an idiot Kagome. I thought you were much smarter than this. You should've kept your mouth shut and I would've end it all painlessly but you just had to open that mouth of yours." Buckling her knees to stay standing she took slow deep breaths as she tried to ignore the pain.

"I'm not going to back down. Like I told you, I'm not going to hide anymore. I'm not afraid anymore." He smirked at her and took a step back.

"I'll enjoy seeing you die Kagome." He aimed the gun to her chest and sighed. "If only I got my way with you first but things don't always go as planned." He precisely aimed at her chest. Kagome took a deep breath and closed her eyes awaiting the pain that was going to come in the matter of seconds.

With a smirk he pulled back the trigger. His smile faded as his target was still alive but it still didn't matter because the bullet still did hit.

She couldn't feel any further pain and she opened her eyes. A body fell to its knees right in front of her. She hesitated to scream out his name until he completely fell to the floor face down.

Kagome pulled him on his back as he gasped for air. "Bankotsu hold on okay. Every things going to be alright." She placed her hand on his would right below his chest and cried. "Just keep breathing and every things going to-"

Bankotsu shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small white box. With trembling hands he gave it to her. "Take this." He said as his voice trembled. "I wanted to-" He was cut off with a cough as she took the box in her hand. "I wanted to give you this on your birthday. I've been saving up for it and seeing that I'm not going to be here-"

"Shut up. Don't you say that. Don't you dare say that to me." Her tears fell on his face and with a smile he wiped her tears away from her eyes. He took her hand and held it tightly in his. "Please you can't. You just can't brother you have to-"

"I never blamed you for Ayame's death. You're my sister you've always been my sister and it wasn't your fault. It was never your fault." Coughing out blood he winced as pain jolted through his body. He clenched her sister's hand tightly and smiled. " I love you Kagome."

"I know you do. You've always said that to me every time I would leave the house and you'll always do that each and everyday of my life, just until you go off to college." He let out a slight laugh and smiled. Kagome couldn't help but smile as tears fell from her eyes. She didn't want to think about it, she didn't want it to happen and holding his hand tightly she kissed his hand. "You're not going anywhere."

"Someone will save you from this nightmare. It may not be me but I'll be watching over you. I'll always be there for you-" Kagome jolted back as her finger were splattered with blood.

"He's finally dead." Hiten said as he put his hand to the side after shooting Bankotsu in the chest once again. Kagome backed up into a tree as she trembled in fear. Everyone was dead and she didn't do anything to save anyone of them. No one's going to save me She hugged her legs up to her chest and cried. She was going to die and maybe that was the best thing for her. To escape everything that she's been running away from.

Everyone died because of her and if she was going to die now why not kill him as well. She looked up at the smirking bastard and stood up slowly.

"You're not going to kill anyone anymore." She stated as she struggled to curl her hand into a fist.

Raising the gun once again he sighed. "None sense. After I kill you I'll kill those goddamn parents of yours."

"Not a chance." She smiled and pulled out the phone from behind her back. "If I die, at least you can follow your father's footsteps."

"Why you damn bitch." His hand shook in anger as he fired his gun once again. The bullet graze her temple and she winced as blood trickled down her face.

"That means I just have to finish the job right now." Hiten raised the gun and aimed precisely at her forehead. "Goodbye little cous-"

The gun flew out of his hands as he was tackled to the floor. Sesshomaru shuffled his feet and went straight towards the gun. He stumbled and fell to his knees as Hiten grabbed his ankles.

"Kagome grab the gun!" Sesshomaru shouted as he held back Hiten from going anywhere near the weapon. She ran towards the gun but as Hiten gave Sesshomaru a right hook to the face he also went for it as well. Diving for the gun she got a hold of it but it quickly got out of her grasp as Hiten Kicked it out of her hands.

"Stupid fools." With the gun in his hands once again he aimed at Sesshomaru and with a smile on his face, he aimed for his head and in the matter of seconds a gunfire shot out. Everything stood still for a moment as he fell on his knees.

Dropping the gun in front of him he went on all fours gasping for air. Hiten's wound on his stomach dripped out blood as he tried to control his breathing. As he reached toward the gun Kagome got up and stepped on his hand.

Inuyasha walked up beside his brother and smiled. "You bastard I told you to bring this didn't I?" Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha but soon enough he smirked.

"Shut up." He said as he took the gun from his younger sibling. Kagome picked up the gun in front of Hiten and looked down at him.

"Now it's over Hiten." Turning his back on her cousin she walked toward the two boys. A look of terror crossed both the boys' faces as Sesshomaru quickly raised his gun. Turning back swiftly she shot rapidly with out even looking at the target.

She stared at Hiten as he staggered backwards. Holding a knife tightly in his hand, Hiten slowly walked toward Kagome with anger ripping through his eyes. Kagome stared at him and closed her eyes as she shot him again and again before the gun click empty.

He was holding himself up against the railing. Hiten arched his back as he looked down at the ocean below. He smirked at his little cousin as he leaned back and fell off the cliff.

"What the hell." Kagome ran toward the railing and looked down at the ocean below. She didn't see anything but rocks as the water crashed into them. "He's dead." She whispered as sirens were heard from a distance.

Dropping the gun on the floor tears streaked her face as she staggered toward her brother. He laid there motionless as everything they've been through past threw her mind. All the yelling and the smiles and even the arguments they've been through flashed through her eyes. He was gone and as she fell to her knees beside him a trickle of light shinned through the clouds as the sun rose. The peaceful look on his face made her smile as tears still escaped from her eyes.

Holding his lifeless hand in hers she kissed his hand and smiled down at him. "I'll never forget you. I love you so much Bankotsu." She rest her head on his chest as she cried. She didn't want to let him go. She didn't want this to happen. She looked at the ground and saw the white box lying beside his hand. Picking it up she carefully unwrapped it.

A paper laid inside and as she picked up the paper she hesitated to open it. She felt a hand on her shoulder to look up at Sesshomaru and with that she took a deep breath and opened it:

Happy birthday Sis,

Well you know what this is for right so I'm going to come out and say it. Happy birthday Kagome. I'm not really good at these letters and you know it but I wanted to say that I'm proud of you. I'm happy that you're finally opening up to me. You're my precious little sister and even though you can be out there sometimes your always be my one and only sister. You went through hard times and even though I can't say I understand how you feel I'm still there for you if you need a shoulder to cry on. I wanted to give this to you. I know you don't where these kinds of stuff but it'll mean a lot to me if you wear it. It's a little part of me that you can carry around and it'll remain in your heart forever.

-Bankotsu

Looking in the box in her hand she picked up a heart shaped locket. Tears continuously streaked her face as she opened the locket revealing a small picture. It was a group picture of Bankotsu and herself. She closed the locket and held it tightly in her hands.

"He said he'd be there for me to have a shoulder to cry on. Now he's gone." Sesshomaru knelt down beside her as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.

"Sorry it took so long." Sesshomaru said as he held 3 sets of a dozen roses in his hands.

"No that's okay." Kagome took on of the sets of roses in her hands and entwined her hands with his. Walking down the sidewalk they didn't say anything as the sun shined down on them. She thought about Hiten although Hiten's body was never found she knew for sure that he was dead. She shot him 7 times in the chest and he fell to his death down the sharp rocks of the sea.

Kagome led Sesshomaru through the cemetery as they navigated there way through tombstone after tombstone. She fixated her eyes on the three tombstones that laid beside each other. Holding Sesshomaru's hand tightly she placed the roses on her parents grave as Sesshomaru set the other two sets on Ayame's and Bankotsu's grave. She held the locket around her neck tightly as her mind drifted in the past.

She stood there for practically 2 hours just staring at the names engraved on the tombstone. As she finally took a breath she walked away as she turned her back away from the past and looked toward the future for the first time in 10 years.

The End

Okay there you all go. I know the ending wasn't that good but it was all I could think of. If you liked this story than why don't you check out the sequel "Love and Murder" It's going to be longer this time and will include a lot of angst. It's rated T right now but it might go to M... Might. It's a big might but i'm not sure yet but check it out and thanks for the reviews.