Chapter 2: Spirit

No, I won't end here.'

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Blood pools. Her footsteps. Snow tainted red.

She looked back at her track. She had made a good distance away.

She had long succumbed to exhaustion and decided beneath a tree, a shelter.

It was a miracle to have manage to get far as this from the place. She had dragged her body with what strength left she had or rather, resolve.

She returned watching the sky showering snow. She closed her eyes, enjoying the last winter she could have.

………..

Eyes opened sharp as nails dug deep into flesh, in her shoulder. She screamed in anguish, only to be muffled by a hand. In trembles, she tried to meet his gaze but failed as another rash of pain overtook her.

'Enough.'

She reached her hand out to grab his, placing both on his wris, so weakly he did not mind.

"Usotsuki. . .Inuyasha"

………..

Eyes still shut; she reached under her sleeve, pulling out a dagger wrapped in bandage.

'This is what you want right, Inuyasha?'

She held the shaft both hands, aiming it on her chest. Her grip tightened and with her count, she thrust it in. She bit her lips to suppress a scream, making it bleed. And again, she summoned up her strength and pulled it out. Blood spill was furious, but there was more than that.

The jewel came out rolling on the ground distancing away from its protector. Kagome crawled off her seat, not minding her wounds, and tried to retrieve it.

Only to be stop by a foot.

Slowly, she grabbed the jewel that rests before her and raised her head trying to see what she had come across upon.

White. That was all she can comprehend. She was slipping off her consciousness.

And almost without a thought, she stretched her arms to hand the jewel. Her eyes, she could barely keep open.

She waited for a response from the figure. She waited for it to make a move. She waited for the jewel to be taken. She waited but it was death who came and took her away.

Author's note:

usotsuki - liar

Thank you very much KelKel-sama, Kitten of the moonlight shadow, and starguy for your review. And also to those who subscribe to this story.

I'm sorry I won't be updating till next week after exams. I have to study hard.

chem, trigo, physics, analytic geo. ARRRGGHHH!