This woman's eyes showed that she has known wars... bloody battles... betrayal, heartbreak... and much more... her eyes were cold as ice... yet held many things that one woman would have died from had she been a normal human girl.

I silently settled onto the branch of a tree as the woman continued to sing her sad song of heartbreak. I felt my own throat close slightly as a lump formed in my own throat. Her sadness, pain, and anger permeated the air around her. This woman had been through too much. Even my own pain seemed small and insignificant compared to hers. It was a miracle she lived through this pain... and it was recent pain... at least mine was somewhat healed through time...

I watched as she collapsed at the bottom of a sacred tree and gaspe as her hand reached out, touching the tree, her miko AND demon powers carressing the tree lovingly... and the tree returned the affection... I watched in awe as the form of a man with dog ears, silver hair, gold eyes, and tanned complexion with a red outfit that was seen in the fuedal era placed his hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump and look up at him with shock and sadness.

"Kagome... It is alright... My spirit is at rest... We won the war with Naraku... He will not bother anyone else... Please.. live on... find someone to love... be happy knowing I am in a better place. " I heart the appariton say.

"Inuyasha... "

I watched as the woman now known as Kagome clenched her fists and looked at the strange man with sadness, anger, longing... and love. I tuned out the rest of the conversation as I now began to feel like an outsider. This woman... Kagome... Was as good as broken... I decided then and there... I would do whatever I could to fix her... Just then I noticed Krad. I smirked at him and he smirked back. We now got along with one another... not friends... but as brothers... My smirk faded to a sad smile as he gazed at the beautiful dark angel below us... his smirk turned into a frown as he looked at Kagome with respect and sadness.

"How can one being hold so much pain...," Krad whispered.

"I don't know... but I am determined to fix her... she is broken... and I will do my best to change that..." I now know what I will do. Stealing will have to wait.