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Endless

Kagome looked around frantically. The youkai had led her too far into the forest, and away from her family. She raced back to the village with her bow in hand. A sense of dread filled her the closer she got to the village.

"Inuyasha! Where are you? Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out. She couldn't find him in their small home or with the other villagers. Just down the path from her home, she was alarmed to see a blood trail. Kagome gripped her bow, ready for a fight, and quickly followed the trail. The Goshinboku came into view, and with it Inuyasha's red clad form hunched over near the base. A snake youkai stood behind him with sword raised high.

"Inuyasha! No!" Kagome screamed, and shot an arrow at the youkai. The youkai exploded in a burst of holy flame, and disintegrated. Kagome rushed to her husband's side. Katsurou wailed and clawed at his father's shirt.

Inuyasha held his son with one arm, while his other hand covered a wound on his neck. Kagome knelt next to him. The sight of his neck wound terrified her. Blood seeped from between his fingers. "Inuyasha! Oh god, I'm so sorry. Be calm and let me heal you."

His eyes slowly looked up at her. His vision was dimming. Kagome covered his gushing neck wound with her hands, sending her reiki flowing into him. He rested his forehead on her shoulder. A warm, comforting sensation filled his body.

"Kagome..." Inuyasha gasped.

"Shhh Inuyasha. Save your energy. Don't talk."

Inuyasha leaned back to look her in the eyes. He placed his bloody hands on her cheeks.

"I love you Kagome." He gasped.

Tears flowed down Kagome's eyes. "I love you too Inuyasha. Just please hang in there."

He rested his forehead against hers. Kagome focused all her energy into healing him. If he could just make it another few hours, he would turn hanyou again, and everything will be alright.

"Inuyasha? Are you feeling any better?" She couldn't feel him bleeding anymore.

She shook his shoulders. "INUYASHA!" His head fell back limply.

Their small son wailed and thrashed between them.

Kagome clutched Inuyasha to her chest and screamed. "INUYASHA! Wake up please! You can't leave me!"

Something was shaking her.

"Kagome-dono."

Silver hair and stark amber eyes filled her vision, so familiar but not at all. The pain never lessened, never eased. Would death even bring her relief from this endless suffering?
Sesshoumaru's concerned face swam into her vision. "Wake up."