Harry Potter

For The Greater Good

Summary: Everything he had done up to now had been for the greater good. A means to an end, which was to kill Voldemort. But as he stood there, his wand pointed at the only woman he had ever truly loved, he faltered.

Kagome smiled sadly at him as he stared at her in disbelief. She completely ignored the rest of the people in the room and their various expressions. Shock, betrayal, anger, hate, pity, disgust. The list could go on but she did not care about them. The only person she cared about was staring at her as if his very world had been ripped apart.

"Harry." Even she was shocked by the pitiful sound of her voice. But she pushed it down. She offered him a small sad smile and reached out to touch his hand. She felt a bit of herself die when he flinched back. She pulled her hand back, her bangs hiding her blue eyes which were full of unshed tears.

So took a deep breath wishing to get this over with and steeled herself, wiping away everything she was feeling. She pushed it down until only two feelings were left in her. Love and acceptance. She looked back up at him a peaceful smile on her face. She ignored the gasps of the others in the room and once again focused only on Him.

"Harry…you have to." She watched with sad eyes as he shook his head in disbelief, the shock finally wearing off.

He reached for her and grabbed her hands, willing her to look him in the eye. "Kagome! I can't I can't do this!"

Kagome shook her head at him lightly, a small tear escaping her eye. "You have no choice. It's me or the world and I for one refuse to let the world fall into his hands simply because of me." Her voice was level and clam, the total opposite of what she was feeling inside. Yet she would not let it show.

Harry whimpered, acting and sounding much like a lost child. "I-please there has to be another way!" His voice was pleading, heart breaking.

She shook her head and offered everyone in the room a small sad smile. "There is not. You have to Harry and its okay…so please do it now before I blame Kami for what is about to happen." Her voice was softer, barely audible and had an under tone of pleading.

He gulped, he could feel the stares of everyone and for once he wished they would just go away. That it would all go away so it was just the two of them. But…he knew that wouldn't happen and he also knew he had no time to dilly dally. The Death Eaters were no doubt on their trail.

That was the story of his life, had been for the past two years. Ever since Voldemort had come back, publicly, the shit had hit the fan and it was up to him and his small group of friends, no warriors, to fight back. It was during said fights, and there were many, that they had met Kagome. She was from Asia and had joined the fight simply because it irked her very being for someone like Voldemort to be alive.

They let her join, of course many were doubtful and weary of her but over time she gained their trust, their friendship, and his love. Yet, here they were…standing at a threshold, he blinked back tears as his mind was assaulted by the various memories they had made, he had to do this. He was the chosen one and it was his destiny…but why did it have to be her?

"I don't want to do this…" His voice was dull and listless.

Kagome sighed as she let go of his hands, her face hardening, she would not let him waver, she would not let him turn his back on the world, no, not for her. "Harry!" Every one jumped at the amount of anger in her voice. "Stop this blubbering! You are a man and you have to do this. It doesn't matter if you want to or not. You're the chosen one, you're the only one who can do this!" She glared at him, anger was the easiest of things to feel right now, it made everything else fade into the background.

He glared right back at her, his famous temper taking over. "Well I don't want to! All my life I've been told I'm the chosen one! Does anyone care what I want? No! I want to get married! I want to settle down and I want to have kids! Not have the fate of the world on my shoulders! I am one man!" He huffed, trying to catch his breath, completely ignoring the gasps and soft crying on his friends around him.

He had never let anyone even have a small inkling of what her felt or thought about being the chosen one, nor had he ever let anyone, besides Kagome, know his dreams. They were not of glory, fame, and fortune. No, he just wanted a normal life and it seemed once again the bloody git was going to rip it away from him.

"Well Harry I have some news for you. You can't have any of that if you don't do this! I'm the last Horcrux, his bloody daughter! If you don't kill me you can't kill him! Think of all the people he has hurt! The lives he's taken and the families he's ruined! I've had to live with it every day for the past eighteen years!" She paused to let her words sink in.

"Harry please…I'm not worth the world…" She started to break, her eyes were flowing with tears as her face contorted in pain. She slammed her hands against her chest. "I'm not worth it now do it!" Her voice held such authority that it shocked everyone else in the room. For she had just ordered someone, no the man she loved to kill her.

Harry grit his teeth and raised his wand, it was shaking and his vision was blurry, he did not want to do this. But he had to. She was right, she was the last Horcrux and if he didn't kill her he couldn't kill her father, he couldn't kill Voldemort.

He had to do this…it was for the greater good…

"Avada Kedavra!" He dropped his wand as if it scorched him, the green light from the curse illuminating the small room.

Her pained face as the curse hit her chest.

The way she seemed to fall almost in slow motion.

The shocked, pained, and pity full faces of his friends.

His face contorted in pain, as tears fell from his eyes, his heart breaking.

What, what had he done? He quickly kneeled down next to her and gathered her crumpled form into his arms. Her body was still warm with life yet he knew it was slowly fading from her.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't! Don't go! I love you…please. It has to be you…no one but you…." He held her tighter as she smiled at him, the life fading from her eyes.

"I love…you…" Her face slackened and her whole body went limp. He grit his teeth as raw emotions assaulted him left and right. All he wanted to do was scream, and so he did.

He let out such a primal scream, full of pain and loss, that all that heard it felt his pain. All the females in the small room were crying at the tragedy that had just unfolded around them and were wrapped in the arms of the few males in the room.

Yet again anther life had been ruined, dreams shattered, and a love broken…all for the greater good.