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His Soul, Her Soul
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he saw that bright arrow speeding towards him. As it got closer, he jumped off the tree he was on, and the arrow completely destroyed the tree. He land perfectly on the ground and sent a complete glare of hate towards Kagome.
Kagome mirrored the very same look. She put her hand on her wound, which had started throbbing now. "You bastard." Are the words that were whispered from her lips. Her eyes gleamed with hate and with her other hand she clenched her bow tighter.
"You bitch, you thought you'd just kill me off right then and there!?" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome stepped forward clutching her wound and bow even tighter, and winced. "You're damn right I thought I'd kill you! Vermin like you don't deserve to walk this earth!" She screamed.
Everyone gasped. Why were they fighting each other like this? Weren't they in love or something?
Kagome started to string her bow and again and Inuyasha charged. Miroku looked at Sango with the most confused face. "What the hell is going on with them? Why are they attacking each other!?"
Sango shook her head and shouldered Hiraikotsu as she prepared to make an attempt to stop them. "I dunno. But, we have to stop them from killing each other!" She yelled, running forward.
Shippo squeaked and jumped on Miroku's shoulder. "Are they under a spell?"
"No, I don't sense any evil like a spell. I only sense these feelings of hate going between the two." Miroku replied.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango yelled, throwing the large boomerang bone in between the two.
They both stopped their assaults, but most likely not for long. "What the hell is wrong with you two!? Why were you trying to kill each other!?" Sango yelled.
"He betrayed me!"
"You betrayed me first! Move out of the way, Sango!" Inuyasha yelled, rushing forward again.
Kagome took one look at her bow, then threw it down. She ripped her katana from the sheath and ran forward as well.
Inuyasha's claws clashed against her sword, and the others watched as he did it repeatedly.
"Ku ku ku..." is what Sango, Miroku, and Shippo heard from above them. All three immediately redirected their attention from the fight to the voice above them.
A small cloud of miasma was forming and the chuckling only grew louder.
"It couldn't be..." Miroku said, eyes widening at the sight.
"Oh, but it is, monk," The oh so familiar voice said. Sango gasped.
"Miroku, it's..."
The chuckling turned into maniacal laughter as the thick cloud of miasma became darker and had taken up a third of the sky.
"Ah, I suppose you didn't think I'd be back so soon, did you? Or ever for that matter?"
Sango's eyes widened even more, if possible, and she readied the Hiraikotsu. "Naraku! We killed you! How on Earth are you wandering amongst the living?!" she shouted, in pure outrage.
"That's just it. My spirit is wandering until I get a new body. Which will be pretty soon, judging by your two friends," he replied.
Miroku opened his mouth to ask how that would happen, but a loud shriek of surprise caught their attention and they turned around.
Kagome found herself on the ground, her shoulder wound still pouring blood, with an angry hanyou's face inches above hers.
Inuyasha smirked bitterly, "I bet he stood over you, just like this. Maybe more too, slut." He whispered, purposely taunting the angry miko.
Kagome's rage boiled even more inside her as she lifted one leg, and with a fierce cry kicked the half-demon from above her. Once she was back on her feet, she gripped her katanna's hilt and ran forward towards the hanyou.
Inuyasha growled and mimicked her actions, with his sword and claws at the ready.
The others returned their gazes to the large cloud of miasma consuming the sky.
"Naraku, how is it that you will gain a new body from Inuyasha and Kagome fighting like this?!" Miroku yelled, and his jaw started to twitch as another sinister chuckled answered him.
I don't have much longer in this world... they need to kill each other and soon. "You will see, monk."
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Akira zipped through the forest, jumping from tree to tree with an enormous amount of guilt welling up in his heart. If he could take back the past hour, he would've. He had helped set two that loved each other deeply against each other, and in the process fallen in love with the woman he had pitted against her first love... Who would probably be her only love.
Akira jumped over a tree branch and cursed under his breath. If he didn't get there in enough time, they'd have killed each other and he would be left to blame. Well, that is, if he told anyone it was partly his fault for siding with Naraku.
And for what? Power. Nothing but wealth, and the Shikon No Tama. That was his true aim. Instead of doing what he did, he could've just stolen the miko's shards, but he had to play along with Naraku's evil plan.
But, power wouldn't matter anymore if he could fix what he had broken... Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship. They were going to be mated, have children together, but he had possibly ruined just about every chance of that ever happening.
Don't kill each other... wait until I get there! Please just wait! Akira screamed in his mind, as he felt himself getting closer and closer to everyone's location. Bile arose in his throat, as he smelled the thick scent of blood. Lots of it, too.
Kami, please don't let me be too late!
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"Go to hell!" Kagome screamed, as she managed to give Inuyasha a good slash across the chest with her katanna.
Inuyasha swore and did a flip backwards. Touching the wound on his chest gingerly, he scowled as he felt a thin trail of blood seep onto his hand. "Wench," he said, as he ricocheted forward and thrust his claws into Kagome's arm that wasn't holding her katanna.
"Ah!" Kagome cried in pain, as she sank to the ground for a moment, before getting back up with her sleeve on her white haori stained with her blood.
Touching the wound and feeling the blood that was there, Kagome's eyes suddenly took on a pained look as she looked at the crimson blood on her hand.
"Inuyasha..." she whispered, and Inuyasha seemed to have the very same pained and hurt look in his eyes as he watched the blood run down his beloveds arm and drip off her pale fingers, slowly.
Inuyasha's amber eyes widened a bit in surprise, as Kagome dropped her katanna, and took slow moving steps towards him. Her eyes still held the same pained expression, as she took every painful step.
I won't live for much longer... Kagome thought, as one lone tear crept down her face and fell on the ground the same time as her blood did.
Inuyasha resisted the urge to walk towards her as well, and simply stayed put and watched her come towards him. "Kagome..." he whispered, his amber eyes filled with so much pain at what he had done to her, but he couldn't bring himself to feel guilty, for he still felt jealousy, hate, and betrayal over what she had done.
Kagome kept taking slow, painful steps towards the hanyou and before he or she knew it, she was standing only an inch away from him.
Her eyes shimmered with tears again, and her legs gave way, causing her to fall forward.
He wasn't entirely sure why he caught her. But, it was as if his arms had a mind of their own, and extended for her to fall against them, then his chest.
Kagome's vision blurred and she became even weaker. She knew that she was dying and at a fast pace. Her hand started to glow a bright blue, as she gathered her entire soul and spirit, to charge this Seriyoku blast.
"Inuyasha..."
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The others watched the scene from where they stood, and watched as Inuyasha suddenly embraced his hateful lover. Perhaps Kagome was dying?
Sango's brown eyes filled with tears as she saw her two friends inflict that damage on one another, and then suddenly have Kagome collapse because she's about to die.
Naraku chuckled. "Monk, Demon slayer, once your friends are dead, the Shikon No Tama will be mine. I will restore my body to it's fullest ability..."
Miroku scowled. "Naraku, you coward! It's just like 50 years ago, when you pitted Kikyou and Inuyasha against one another, except this time with Kagome. You will NEVER lay eyes on the Shikon No Tama under our watch."
If Naraku had eyes right now, he would roll them. "How courageous, monk. Could it be that you fear when I get my body back, your kazaana will reopen?"
"It won't. You'll never get you're body back," Miroku said, with Sango nodding in agreement.
"I can only pray to Kami that you're right," a voice said, and three out of the four turned their heads.
Akira stood in front of them, with his blue eyes searching the area frantically. His eyes landed on Kagome and the smell of death was thick in the air. She was about to pass on.
"I say this because, I actually helped this vile beast Naraku, in trying to get his body back. I wanted power and wealth, so I didn't think straight. Then, I realized all too late, that I recked a good thing for two people that love each other more than the world would ever know. And I can't even apologize enough for it," Akira said, his blue eyes reflecting so much pain and sorrow.
"Akira..." Sango said, on the verge of tears and rage. Her best friend was dying now, and her other best friend had practically killed her over something that was a misunderstanding.
"How could you?! After we helped you?! Was your entire story a lie?!" Miroku shouted.
"I'm so sorry..." Akira said.
"Sorry won't bring back the life that's about to be lost," Miroku countered, in a sorrowful voice.
Naraku chuckled again and everyone looked up to the sky. "And here it comes, there it goes!" he said, in a positively delighted voice.
Everyone turned their attention to the battling (or maybe not) couple and their eyes widened as they saw the large blue blast forming in Kagome's palm.
Her head still against his chest, she raised it a bit to look into his eyes. "Inuyasha..."
Amber eyes stayed connected with brown and he acknowledged her weak voice. "Yes, Kagome?"
Kagome smiled a bitter sweet smile. "It's time for me to pass on to the other side. I'm so close to dying. But, I don't wish to make such a journey on my own..."
"I don't understand," Inuyasha replied.
Kagome lifted her glowing hand and watched as the blue glow spread even more to her arm. Almost to her elbow.
Without even blinking, she plunged the arm into Inuyasha's chest and he choked on rising blood. She gripped the Shikon No Tama that was around his neck as she did so.
" Understand this, I'm not dying alone. I'll drag you to hell with me if need be!" she shouted.
"K-Kagome..." Inuyasha sputtered out. Then, a bitter smirk crossed his lips as well. Ignoring the pain from his chest, and the large amounts of blood leaking out as well, he lifted his arm, and plunged his claws deep into Kagome's chest.
"I can see even in death, I won't be free of you. So why avoid it?"
Kagome smirked. "Exactly," she said, coughing up blood, " As we speak, our souls are merging with the Jewel. As Midoriko did, we'll fight each other in the jewel for centuries."
"Just fine with me," The hanyou replied, plunging his arm deeper into her chest.
The others watched as a bright blue light started to form between the two, and Naraku let out a howl of anguish next to them.
"NOOO!! They're merging their souls with the Jewel! I-I can't get my body back now!"
The others pain him barely any heed, as Sango reached down and covered Shippo's eyes. This was truly something he didn't need to see.
Inuyasha and Kagome both stared at each other with fairly weak eyes, as they were both dying, and at a fast pace. Then both spoke at the same time.
"Inuyasha/Kagome, even though it ended like this, I still love... you."
They both said with almost their last breaths, before their lips met in one last kiss.
Then, it happened.
The bright blue light suddenly grew in size, then almost blinded every other living person there.
"They're dead, aren't they?" Shippo asked.
Miroku and Sango glanced at each other an looked back at the young kitsune. "Yes Shippo, they're gone now."
Shippo burst into tears when what he thought had been confirmed.
Naraku's miasma cloud disappeared and his soul was sent plunging into hell.
Akira released a howl of anguish and raw pain, as he sank down on his knees.
"Miroku, look!" Sango yelled, pointing at where their beloved friends had once been.
Miroku turned his head and his violet/blue eyes widened.
What they saw shocked everyone.
Their was nothing but a large black spot as if something had been burned there. The bodies of the now deceased lovers were not even there.
But, I wonder what was there...
That pink little orb...
What was it called?
The only thing that remained instead of their bodies?
I think I know.
I think you do too.
I think Miroku and Sango know as well.
So let's say it together.
Ready?
Good.
The only thing that lie in the place of the two lover's bodies was none other than,
The Shikon No Tama a.k.a. Jewel Of Four Souls
End! Finally! Epilogue next chapter! Review ya lazy bastards, and the next and finally last and extremely short chapter of 'The Love Never Dies' is Entitled: Epilogue: The Love Never Dies
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