The sun was shining. Warm. Right in his face. But he just stared into the distance. Just why? Why only ... Why had he done so many things wrong ?! Could he even find Kagome again? Is that what she wanted? Maybe she had started a new life without him ... But then at least she would have said goodbye to Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Kaede and Kirara! But she was just gone. That didn't fit! It didn't match the Kagome he knew. In his hand was the golden heart she had given him.

In my hand a legacy of memories
I can hear you say my name
I can almost see your smile
Feel the warmth of your embrace
But there is nothing but silence now around the one I loved
Is this our farewell?

The wind blew. His long, white hair flew with it. The treetops creaked. It was almost like the wind whispering its name. With her voice. Her smile ... So close, yet so far ... It seemed to be here, but the half-demon knew it couldn't be.She wasn't here. Would she ever be here again by his side? Inuyasha didn't know. And yet ... he had the feeling that he would see her again. But how, he didn't know. “No… Kagome…!” What was that feeling in his heart? Why? Why hadn't the wind given him an answer? Hadn't he carried his words to her? Or rather ... no! That ... Thatcouldn't be!

Sweet darling you worry too much, my child see sadness in your eyes
You are not alone in life although you might think that you are

[i]Never thought this day will come so soon
We had no time to say goodbye
How can the world just carry on?
I feel so lost when you are not at my side
But there is nothing but silence now and the one I loved
Is this our farewell?

The grass waved lightly around his bare feet. The blades of grass were cool. The leaves, the roof of the forest, gently waved over him. The thick branches of the trees creaked in the wind. The wind was snowing and cold. Freezing. This cold crept up his limbs. Higher and higher. There was nothing he could do about it. Absolutely nothing. But did he even want that? If he interpreted this feeling correctly, then ... then it didn't matter ... That didn't matter ... No! The feeling wasn't real! It was just an illusion, a mirage! Yes! Definitely! Kagome wasn't ... she just couldn't ... The half-demon's shoulders slumped. His head sank down. Tears welled up in his eyes.Hot tears. He knew that he had always marked the protector, the strong, for the others. But ... couldn't he also let his feelings go free? Cry when he was sad? Laugh when he was happy? At least smile? To be human at least once? He did not know. Or did the Protector have to be emotionless? Like Sesshoumaru? He did not know.
It was so unfair! If that feeling was true, then they had never been able to say goodbye. That look in her eyes ... it had been so different. The Hanyou would have expected him from Kikyou, but not from Kagome. Not from this lively, happy, modern girl. If she was like that, then how was the world able to keep turning? It just didn't work! And yet ... it was done. More did not matter. It just wasn't right! But it had happened and nothing could be changed. Damn it! A sob escaped his throat. The tears flowed down his cheeks.Wet them. They wet. But the Hanyou didn't care. Who saw them, these tears? Nobody! Nobody was there! And ... nobody would see that ... and ... and even if ... who would be interested ...? Nobody ... one would forget ... everything ... and yet ... it was worth it to him ... he would do everything for that ... everything ...

Sweet darling you worry too much, my child see sadness in your eyes
You are not alone in life although you might think that you are

A bird with brown plumage and large, black button eyes sat in a fork of a branch. He didn't sing, his heart was too heavy for that. He just stared at the sky in silence. As so often before. His heart screamed. Screamed so loud and for so long. Since that morning he woke up without the adored bird lady. He hadn't raised his song to heaven since then. He ... couldn't do it anymore. His heart ... without that he couldn't sing anymore. Without that he couldn't do anything anymore.Not even ...[i]live... His little bird heart was hers! You, his bird lady! But ... she was gone. Somewhere. Somewhere in nowhere. Could he find her again? Or ... it was long ago ... NO! He forbade himself to think about it. It was laughable! She would never ... do that ... she would never do that to him ... or would she? ...
The little bird looked up. The sun slowly descended towards the horizon; already touched him. Soon she would sink behind it. The cycle of life. The sun rose, moved across the sky, and then went down again. This cycle would still exist if it hadn't been for a long time. And even if humanity; when all life in this world was extinguished, this cycle would exist. Over and over again. Until this world exploded. Only then would the sun no longer move across this sky. And yet the planets would continue to rotate around this sun. Forever ... Would he see the next sunrise?With the bird lady for whom his heart beat? Or ... No, that wasn't good. He shouldn't think of that, nonsense! Everything would be fine! One way or another ...
The little bird looked at the hanyou below. He'd always been around unconsciously. That hanyou down there shared the same pain. Would he expect the same as himself? Maybe his beloved bird lady and the lost one of the Hanyou were together somewhere? Maybe, maybe not. Did the half demon feel the same way? Did he also feel that ... No! Not those thoughts again! They weren't good, and they sure weren't real either. It was just a fiction! Something completely unreal! Exactly! That and nothing else! At first he couldn't tell himself anything else! Otherwise he would still assume it was true ... He felt the Hanyou's tears and he felt like crying too. A big, fat tear welled from his big, black button eye.So sorry your world is tumbling down
I watch you through these nights
Rest your head and go to sleep
Cause my child
This is not our farewell

No. That couldn't be. He smelled it. So clearly. More tears streamed from his golden, broken eyes. That just couldn't be !! Kagome !!!
The little bird felt the excitement of the hanyou. Was he wrong and that feeling was true, wasn't it? The bird knew what would happen to the hanyou would happen to him too. He felt it. This feeling just couldn't be true ...!
The dog boy ran. Images shot through his head. Images of how she laughed, how she defended him ... And now ... that smell ... More tears gathered in his eyes. That just couldn't be! Not after all that! It just couldn't end like this ... It wasn't fair! To no one! Who did that benefit? This fact only brought problems. 200 years ago and still is now.Forever. Kagome was not allowed to ... NO !!!
The little bird panic. What drove the Hanyou so? It wasn't that, was it? You're welcome! Not! The heart got a big tear right through it.

There ... there she was ... He had found her ... Finally and yet ... It was too late ... He could smell it ... That ... your ... blood ... Everywhere ... On the ground ... in the ... air ... just everywhere ... Your skin ... was like that pale, so lifeless ... so ... he couldn't ... he didn't want to ... but he couldn't look away either ... her body was so lifeless ... she had never been like this ... she had always encouraged everyone, and now ... she was ... to it No longer able ... never again ... and it was his fault ... his own ... He sank down next to her on the floor. Her face ... as pure as snow, but just as pale ... She was ... finally ... and he ... hadn't been able to protect her ... He had hurt her and left her alone ... when she really needed him ... But now ... it was too late ... To late to see her again?He looked at his veins. Those thin blue lines under his hand ... They were the only way ... The last ... He slowly pulled Tessaiga. The sword did not change. Shivering, he put it on his blue veins. He closed his eyes one last time. Then he cut. Right. Left. It didn't hurt. The moon, the full moon, lit up the whole thing. The hanyou sank to the ground next to Kagome. He didn't notice that it was getting harder to breathe every second ... only Kagome was important, nothing else ... The light of the moon glittered once more in the golden eyes of the Hanyou, while he stopped breathing ... At that moment a small, brown bird fell from the sky and landed next to another, a dead bird lady. His breath was also gone ...

This is not our farewell ...

"Come on. Now let's start over. Together." They walked hand in hand towards the light. A pair of birds flew overhead.

This is not our farewell ...