Chapter 12

Kagome felt uneasy when they returned to the classroom. Everyone was talking and trying to figure out how to get out. Sesshomaru was holding a broken base-ball bat and Kouga looked as if he had a dent in his axe. Inuyasha was the first to enter the room, holding on to Kagome's hand, he lead them inside and to the front row to sit down. Miroku and Sango came in shortly after, smiling from ear-to-ear.

Miroku let go of Sango and walked over to Sesshomaru. They exchanged a few short words and then stopped and looked over at Inuyasha, motioning him to come over. He kissed Kagome on the cheek and got up to join them. "Find anything?" Inuyasha asked as he came up to them.

Miroku shook his head. "Nothing in the East wing that we could find."

Sesshomaru lifted up his base-ball bat and looked as if it said it all. "I attempted to get out. Clearly the bat lost." he said dryly, throwing it on the floor.

Inuyasha crossed his arms and shook his head, trying to think of something. "When do you think we will be able to get out?"

Miroku shrugged, looking up and around the room. "My guess tomorrow afternoon, if we're lucky."

They all sighed, none of them wanted to spend a few hours here, let alone a night. Kagome and Sango were sitting with Ayame near the door. Kagome didn't have too much to say, since her mind was elsewhere. Sango and Ayame were swapping stories of their school adventures with both Kouga and Miroku. Sango looked over at Kagome out of the corner of her eye and seen her finger sparkling.

"So, he did it?" Sango snickered under her breath.

Kagome finally looked over at them and looked alive. She narrowed her eyebrows at them, wondering what she meant until she met up with her eyes at her finger, all shiny and covered with diamonds. She grinned. "It was kinda shocking, really."

Sango nodded but didn't say anything in return. Ayame turned away, feeling the tension between the two friends. Kagome rolled her eyes and got up. Walking towards the door she looked over at Inuyasha, who gave her a questioning look. He was still talking to Miroku and Sesshomaru. She lifted up her hand to tell him she'd be back in a minute, he gave her a thumbs up and continued to talk with the guys. Kagome took one last look at him and stepped out in to the hall.

With each step Kagome took going down the hallway, she could feel her heart almost beating out of her chest. She could hear ringing in her ears and her whole body felt numb. She didn't even know what to think; all she was wondering was what was waiting for her in the locker?

When she made it to the East wing she froze, looking down at the hallway of lockers. It seemed to stretch out and go on forever. She started to walk down the hallway, rotating her head from side to side to see where 183 was. As the numbers started to get closer and closer, she could feel her hair start to stand up on the back on her neck, she hands getting clammy and sweat dripping down her face.

And there it was. A green locker with the numbers '183' printed neatly across the top of the locker in white.

She stopped in front of it and stared. There was a small note taped on to the locker addressed to her. Pealing it off she turned it over and seen that it was the combination to open the locker.

She held it up in front of her to see and then she started to turn the lock. She turned it to the right twice, once to the left and then to the right once more. When she was done, she pulled down on the lock and it clicked open. She slipped the lock off of the hook on the locker and clenched it in her hand.

She took a deep breath. She wondered what was in the locker.

There was a reason why she had gotten a letter, there was a reason why they told her to go to this locker. And now, she would know why. She grabbed the door of the locker and with a gentle tug it swung opened. Revealing what was inside.

A pistol. Kagome's eyes went wide, she almost couldn't breathe. She stuck her hand in and grabbed the pistol. Underneath was a small note for her. She didn't even want to think what it had to say. She picked it up and ripped the top open, sliding the paper out and opened the note;

Good Day Kagome,

I assume you know why we have given this to you. There seems to be a problem with our last assassin and I think you may know him. Inuyasha. There is only one bullet in this pistol, make sure you put it to good use. Or we will.

Kagome was bewildered. Kill.. Inuyasha.. she couldn't. She wouldn't.

If she didn't do this though, these people would come after him. Maybe she could reason with them, try to figure out a way that everyone benefited. he put the pistol in her back pocket and slammed the locker door shut, turning around she took a deep breath, exhaled and started to walk back to the classroom. She turned the corner of the main hallway and she could see the classroom door up ahead. But someone was blocking the door way. Some one that wasn't there before. And then there was a gun shot. Inuyasha!

Kagome ran in to the class room, pushed by the person in the door way and made it inside. She scanned the room looking to see if every one was alright, and then she seen Kikyo, blood coming up out of her mouth as she gasping for air. She was holding her stomach and she was leaning over in pain. Rin was at her side, trying to stop the bleeding.

When Kagome's eyes met Inuyasha she ran over to him, jumping in to his arms.

"Kagome, I was worried about you." Inuyasha said, tightening his hold around her.

The person in the door way pulled off his mask to show his face. Before any one could see or say anything he spoke. "Funny how things work out, doesn't it Inuyasha? You failed to do as you're told so I got some one who I thought could and look who it turned out to be? How ironic."

"Naraku." Inuyasha spat his name out through clenched teeth, Kagome could feel his nails digging in to her.

"What's he talking about?" Kagome asked, wondering how Inuyasha had any part of this.

Naraku smirked. "Don't tell me you never told her?" He looked at Inuyasha and he growled toward him. Naraku turned to face Kagome. "You see, Kagome, Inuyasha was my best assassin, or was, until he was given a task he didn't agree with," Naraku paused for a moment, letting the first part sink in. "Since he wouldn't finish the job, I thought I would get some one to finish him, that's why I called upon you."

Kagome felt a shiver run right through her. The metal from the pistol was cold on her back as it rubbed up against her. Inuyasha looked down at her, narrowed brows and his eyes searching her face. "He what?"

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, her heart almost breaking at the sight of him looking at her with that amount of worry. "I love you," she whispered as she pulled away from him and pulled the pistol out, aiming it at Naraku. She stepped away from Inuyasha and started to walk towards Naraku.

Naraku laughed at her. "You really think you're going to shoot me? How pathetic." He aimed the gun at Inuyasha's heart and looked over at Kagome. "How much damage do you think one bullet could do to a heart like his? Break it, destroy it, tear it." Naraku shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Inuyasha. "Only one way to find out."

And as the last word left his lips, the bullet left his gun, screeching through the air towards Inuyasha.

"INUYASHA!"

There was a sudden thud, a pool of blood and silence.

All she could here was an ambulance being called and the sound of his voice. "Kagome-" Inuyasha whispered as he reached down for her hand, her body was freezing and she was loosing a lot of blood quickly. "Hang in there Kagome, please." She could feel herself slowly starting to slip away, her eyelids began to get heavy and her whole body felt weightless, as if she wasn't even in it. She gave him one last smile before closing her eyes over and being taken by the darkness.

A/N; Do not freak. Not the last chapter. That is all.