Kagome's Death Chapter three

Inuyasha's hand slowly slid across the ice cold flesh of her cheek, and he felt the cold sting of... pain, and denial as he didn't want to believe this... He felt the salt of tears in his eyes...and he fought them back and bit down on his lip, blood slowly beginning to fall as his fangs pierced his now swollen lip. "Kagome! KAGOME!!" he scream picking up her body and squeezing her to him. She seemed so fragile... she seemed to be nothing more than a ghost, a shell of a girl.

"KAGOME!! Don't do this to me! Kagome! Open your eyes, wake up!! Scream at me, do something dammit!!" he scream, burrowing his face into her hair, her flowery scent gone, replaced by a smell of a wilted flower... a dead rose... in plain... death.

"KAGOME!!!" he scream at her face, searching for any sign of life, any sign of anything, but nothing happened... much to the time during the fire Renkotsu had started, Inuyasha was hoping she was really alive... really still here... and would at any moment say his name and they could be together again, but the stench... the cold of her skin... the crimson blood staining the ground... all of them just seemed to prove that she was gone forever... and the thought tore him apart...

When he had first learned that Kikyou was dead... he had bowed his ears to his head and moved on... because he had Kagome with him... now that he thought back on it... she was always there, always smiling... always caring.. When he had thought Kagome was dead... he had cried... tried to take his brother's sword so he could bring her back...tried to do anything... but now...

Now... he didn't know what to do...

He crushed her bloody husk against him, hiding in her hair, as a small crystal tear slid down his tan skin. "Kagome..."

"Inuyasha..." a small voice croaked hoarsely...

His head shot up, and he looked into the grey blue eyes of Kagome, as she looked at nothing...

Her eyes were blurred, as if she couldn't see... but she blinked several times, but the blur remained, staining her eyes. His face lit up, and he felt a smile tug at his lips. "Kagome? Your alive! Are you.. Okay?" he asked in concern but a gasping cackle escaped kagome's lips as she pushed him away, and forced herself onto her unready legs.

Crimson rolled down her body in an endless river.

Her eyes seemed... uncertain, as if she was attempting to grasp something. She flexed her fingers, before raising her hand to grasp her shirt, clutching it tightly as though her heart was in pain... Loud buzzing dulled down any thought in the hanyou's mind as the poisonous insects of naraku began to swarm behind the miko. As her eyes saw the demon like bugs, a smile came to her face, so dark it would make Kikyou back away.

Inuyasha felt himself reaching out to kagome, but as he heard her laugh, he felt his hands drop to his sides, as he stared at the woman he had cared for so much, almost cackle at him. She had wrapped her arms around her waist, holding herself as she laughed. "What's wrong Inuyasha? Aren't you happy that I'm alive? Or... perhaps you prefer me dead, rather than be here now?" she asked, being to pace around him, her left leg bending at an awkward angle and creating a sickening snap, with every step.

"Hahaha! Inuyasha, this should make it so much easier shouldn't it? Kikyou and I are both dead!! HAHAHA! And it's because of you that I'm like this! Ha, haha!! Isn't this kind of ironic?"she asked sweetly, her voice holding a bit of malice, hidden behind the kind yet hysterical tone.

"She died due to Naraku's interventions... I died... I died... because of you.. Hahaha!! Haha!! I'm almost surprised I didn't see it coming.. You were going to leave me... wounded and alone to run after the dead priestess! So I'm really not that important? I should have guessed sooner..." she said laughing, her voice on the edge of hysteria.

Her grey stained eyes looked down at her body, almost looking on in disbelief as blood continued to stream out of her. "I died because you wanted to chase after a corpse!! I died because I loved you!! Haha, and after all I've done... after all this time.. I was still just the shard collector right? Haha, I'm just a replacement until your darling dead Kikyou comes to live happily ever after with you right?" She asked, forcing her eyes from her bleeding form, into the ancient amber eyes of Inuyasha... her eyes boring into his with such hatred... such confusion... but a small sad smile was on her face... telling him of the inner turmoil that was raging within the confused girl's heart.

"Shut up Kagome! Would you listen to yourself! It's not like that, now understand..." he started walking towards her, reaching for her, only to have his hands smacked away fiercely. The chill of her hand shocking him... she was alive, so why was her flesh still so cold?

She laughed, her voice somewhat between a hysteric giggle and confused laugh. "Understand? Listen to what I'm saying? Inuyasha, why don't you listen to what you've done to me!!! Kikyo died because of Naraku... I died because of you... and all you can say is 'Shut up Kagome?' I'M DEAD INUYASHA!! DEAD!" she scream at him, a fierceness there that had never been before. Her eyes fell onto her hand, upturned towards her face, but blood was pooled in the palm of her hand, pouring from a deep wound in her shoulder. Tears welled in her eyes but the fiery hatred seemed to keep them back.

Her eyes focused back on him, hatred turning into a look of loathing, as her trembling hands balled into fists. "YOU BETRAYED ME INUYASHA!!!" she shrieked. But her knees gave from under her, and she fell into a lake of her own blood, but she held her head high, glaring the handsome hanyou down with such a rage, that had never been seen before.

The familiar words stung against his mind and heart, as memories of a past love raced through his mind... Kagome really was Kikyou's reincarnation... both betrayed... both killed... both hating him. He felt himself grow angrier and angrier at the thought and then denial seemed to bubble against him. 'I will not lose her!!'

"It's not like that Kagome!! Listen to me!" he said, walking close to her and bringing her into his embrace. He had remembered back on times when Kagome had hurt... when she was sad... when she was upset... how he had wanted to hold her like this... cradling her head against her shoulder, and holding her tightly, as he rested his head on her shoulder. "It's not like that..."

He was surprised when Kagome's choked sobs met his ears. "Do you want me to die... Inuyasha?" her voice was soft... almost non-existent, but there was a seriousness behind the sadness of her words... Shock held him as he wanted to answer her immediately, to call her stupid for even asking such a dumb question, but words eluded him, as he remembered another dead woman asking him the same question...

"Do you want your Kikyou? You do know... for her to truly live...I must die... you know that... don't you Inuyasha?" her voice trembled, as she allowed him to hold her. He could smell the salt of her tears, and he merely nodded his head. "I know that Kagome but..."

"You can't... have both Inuyasha.." her voice was serious, as her hands pushed his warm body away from her icy one.

The hatred had returned, seethed beneath a thin layer of sadness. "You are a fool Inuyasha."

With that her body caved in on itself, blood jumping from the body as it fell, as nothing but a thin mist to the ground, something wooden falling with a loud thump.

Inuyasha's eyes were the size of plates, as he watched Kagome's body vanish from right in front of his eyes, his hand was held out in front of him, reaching for something that was no longer there. "Ka...kagome? KAGOME!!!??" he called, running to the area where she had last stood, but his eyes crossed a familiar wooden frame, rather than any remains of a dead woman. His eyes narrowed dangerously, as he crushed the small wooden doll within his powerful grasp.

He took off in a flash, running in every direction, his amber orbs searching left to right as quickly as they could, looking for any trace of the modern priestess. Hours had passed in the blink of an eye, and there was no trace of his companion. His feet hit the dampened crimson stained grass, and he lowered his ears to his head, lowering his head.

His body slowly sank into the soft grass, and he slowly laid his head down on the grass, relishing in how soft it felt against his skin... it was soft and smooth... like skin. A flowery scent clung to it, and his eyes drifted to the blossoms that had bloomed through Kagome's blood... they had five plump petals, that laid low, falling downward, while three more petals rose upwards, wrapping together to make a small cocoon. The petals were a light crimson, rimmed with a light blue. Her scent clung to them, as if the very flowers themselves were preserving a bit of her, keeping her in some way... alive...

He tore his eyes away from the flowers, and his body recoiled from the grass, jerking him up to stand and glare down at a tree trunk. He felt the sting of salt in his eyes and he blinked it away, hiding behind those silvery bangs of his. A brush of cold air moved his bangs, and his eyes caught a glimpse of shining blue eyes. He blinked and it was gone, but the sound of musical laughter was caught in the wind and blew into his ears.

He jumped, and his feet sprang into action, pounding into the ground as the wind whipped his hair about him. He ran as quickly as he could, but the laughter became more and more distant, and he felt himself straining, just to find the source. But as the sun began to set and darkness began to set in the flicker of a far off fire came into view of his eyes. On the hillside, he saw three figures, two full grown, clearly adults while the other was the size of a small child. He slowed to barely even a walk, as he felt his heart drop and shatter in a single moment. He had been following a distant wish of his heart... but no matter how hard he wished now... he knew he had lost... He lowered his gaze, and began to walk again towards the camp, almost unwilling to share the news he knew would tear his comrades apart.

Miroku looked up at Inuyasha, his deep blue eyes looking at him slightly confused, but a look of early disappointment clear... he was expecting something bad. "Inuyasha... you've returned... where is Lady Kagome?" he asked, using his most friendly voice. However the smile that usually came with that voice was far gone, left behind as clear knowledge was written on the monks face.

Inuyasha turned his head away, hiding again behind the silvery curtain of his hair, as his voice whispered the words that tore his soul into two. "She's gone..."

Blue eyes slowly fluttered open, vision was nothing more than a blur. Blinking away the haze in her eyes, the small priestess slowly sat up and looked through the darkness of the room. Confusion clinging to her mind as she was enable to understand exactly where she was... and as she looked down, noticing the white and red kimono traditional priestess kimono. Her mind attempted to come up with some sort of explanation, but it all eluded her. Through the darkness she saw a tall pale screen, decorated with the print of a sakura tree and a dragon, wrapping itself around the base, while it's head rose through the many blossoms. Next to that several man sized pots stood, there dark blue colors contrasting with the dimness of the black room.

Footsteps met her ears, and she rose hastily to her feet, only to fall back onto her knees, as pain shot through her body. Dark laughter followed her action, and her eyes looked up to behold apparently the lord of the room she was in. His pale ivory skin went well with the dark raven locks that twisted and curled around his face and fell down his back. His crimson red eyes stared down at her, and the darkness of his kimono almost allowed for his body to be hidden by darkness.

He offered a hand, and silently waited for her to take it. As she did he raised her to her feet and steadied her. She looked at him, feeling a form of familiarity with the man in front of her but blurs and pain met her attempts of finding a name or any form of identification. And her blank, confused stare, apparently amused him for a smirk came across his handsome face.

"Tell me, priestess... what is your name?" his dark voice, cooed out, flowing out like velvet. Enticing yet, something that offers no warmth.

Sapphire orbs widened, and her hands moved to cover her mouth as it hung open. Fear was clear in those wide eyes as she looked back at him. "I... I don't know.."

A.N: Okay guys sorry it took me ssoooooo long to update... I've been a little busy w/ school and not to mention a really bad sickness. xP We all hate those... but now that I'm back in school and the teachers are being mean, I might not update for a while, but I'll try to get the new chapters in as soon as I can. Please review!
Love, Muzai!