The last that ever she saw him,

carried away by a moonlight shadow

How had it come to be this way? It was a cool day, and the odd feeling of October was in the air. Kagome sat on her knees in the middle of a bare, dry, cracked field, the sky above dark, far too dark. It was not set to rain; the darkness was the evil in the air. It was not supposed to end this way; no, this was not what she was sent back for.

She was sent to change the past, to fix it, yet she had failed; they had all failed. Or was it that she was the only one that failed?

All she knew was that she had been spending more and more time in the past and less and less time at home. Her mother had even started to worry. It was like the past was Kagome's drug, and she was addicted.

No, it was not supposed to end like this. Kagome sat there, blank; she could not even hear herself breathe. The only thing that was going on was flashes of what happened.

It started with Sango, blinded by her love she died trying to save her not-so-secret lover Miroku, who oddly enough died trying to save her. Naraku knew what he was doing; he made Miroku use his wind tunnel till it started to take him in. Sango had grabbed onto Miroku and yelled at him to stop, but it was too late. He tried to make her let go, but alas, she would not; she would die with him because she loved him.

Kagome's hands met with the dark bare ground; she was still on her knees but bent over, her bangs falling in front of her, yet no tears. Kagome dug her fingers into the dirt.

A flash.

It was then Kikyo, Kikyo took Kagome by the hand and ran, something they never did. Inuyasha was fighting Naraku, but they were running, and Kagome was too shocked by Kikyo's touch to say anything. Kikyo had taken her far and then stopped,

"Go home!" Kikyo told her in a cold stern voice,

"What?" Kagome was confused,

Then Kikyo's soul stealers grabbed Kagome and held her back; it was a trick. Kikyo then left to return to Inuyasha.

"Where Is Kagome?" Inuyasha had asked,

"Safe." Was Kikyo's reply. Kikyo knew she would die today, and she did not want to leave knowing Inuyasha would be alive with Kagome. She knew what she was doing, she told Inuyasha that she would die, and Kikyo let Naraku kill her, but at least she had purified the jewel. Inuyasha had long forgotten about Kagome as he watched Kikyo's ashes float away in the wind, and blind with rage for his past lover, he attacked Naraku.

After Kikyo died, her soul stealers vanished, and Kagome made a dash back, only to see Inuyasha attack blind at Naraku and Naraku turning Inuyasha's own hand, Inuyasha was killed by his own sword. But before Kagome could not even think to scream, a bright light hit; it was Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru showed up just in time to see his brother die. He was supposed to kill his brother. He had missed his chance to kill his father, and now he had missed his chance to kill his brother. Sesshomaru sent out his attack in blind anger, and while it killed Naraku, Naraku had sent his own attack, and with Sesshomaru's powers down, and anger up, he and his followers were struck and killed.

Was it that he was afraid? Or did he not know his own power? In the end, he had died too, and all because of his emotions, the one thing he did not believe in showing, and then the one time he did show it, he died. He died because of his anger, now she saw why he chose to call it foolish.

How had it come to this? She was in their time on their land, yet she was the only one alive.

Kagome looked at the jewel in her hand. "Why did you send me back?" A tear fell onto the jewel as she closed it tight into her hand. "Guess it didn't send back far enough." She cried softly. "I could save them,"

Sango had died for Miroku, Miroku had died for Sango, Inuyasha had died for Kikyo, and Kikyo died for Inuyasha, Sesshomaru had died out of anger for his brother, but who had she died for, to her she should have been the one dead.

Kagome let the jewel fall from her hand, and it rolled in the dirt.

"Miko known as Kagome."

Kagome gasped and looked up. The jewel was floating, "Do you wish to fix what has been done, even though it is not your doing or your fight."

"What?" Kagome stood up,

"We the jewel heard you cry, you say we did not send you back far enough, tell us, if you could fix the lives of your friends, would you do it?"

"Yes!" She said quickly,

"You would give your life for theirs?"

"What do you mean?" She asked,

"If we send you back, you may change the outcome, if you fail you will die and never be reborn into your own time, and it would be all for nothing, BUT if you do not fail, you will still die, yet you will be reborn into your time, and you will live in the memories of the ones you saved, but you will remember nothing, so tell us Miko known as Kagome, knowing this and knowing all you will give up, will you do it."

"Yes!" She didn't care; it was not supposed to end like this; she could not go back home now and live her life knowing they were all dead.

"This is your wish, and it is a pure wish, we the jewel will be no more."

The blackness, Kagome began to fall, pitch-black all around her, and she screamed,

She was carried away by a moonlight shadow, and no one saw her go.