Kagura: Is This What a Heartbeat Feels Like? Cleaning away the evil aura, black particles filled the hall, drifting slowly through the air like ash before finally vanishing.
Naraku's presence had completely disappeared from this world.
Chiyo stood where he was.
His long white hair stirred gently in the night wind, his black pupils reflecting the black particles as they faded away.
Kagura and Kanna stood to the side.
Looking at the spot where Naraku had disappeared, both of their eyes held something complicated, something impossible to put into words.
Naraku was dead.
The Half-demon who had created them and controlled them had died just like that.
Like a gust of wind passing through, leaving nothing behind.
Kagura lowered her head and looked at her chest.
Her heart was beating.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
That was her own heartbeat.
For the first time, she felt that she was a complete, independent existence, one who did not need to be controlled by anyone.
That feeling made her want to cry.
Kanna stood beside her, her face still showing little expression.
But her fingers were still trembling slightly.
That transparent heart was beating inside her, bit by bit sending a warmth she had never experienced before to every corner of her body.
Was this what a heartbeat felt like?
Kanna did not know.
But she felt that it seemed... not bad.
Inuyasha stood in the doorway, his golden eyes fixed on the direction where Naraku had disappeared, his claws digging deep into his palm.
"Just like that... he's dead?"
His voice was a little hoarse.
Chiyo glanced at him.
"What else? You wanted to hold a funeral for him?"
The corner of Inuyasha's mouth twitched, and he said nothing more.
He knew Naraku was dead.
His nose would not lie to him.
That