I was very tired and hurt really badly. The jewel was in my hand, complete and the damn mission was finally over. I looked at my group; they were just as tired as I was. Only the Inu brothers were hurt as badly as I was. Inuyasha limped over to me and helped me stand. Thankfully Shippo and Rin were safe at Sesshomaru's castle. We just had to get back there. Sesshomaru stood up and suggested we make camp in a cave near by, we were in no shape to travel, and he didn't have the strength right now to fly us to the castle. Inuyasha looked at me with concern in his eyes, he didn't like how much blood I was losing. This wouldn't have been a problem if they had finished the ceremony, but no Naraku had to interrupt.

Sesshomaru had decided that I was worthy of becoming apart of his family, so he invited us to his family home and was going to formally adopt me into the Silver Inu Clan, or the house of the Crescent Moon. In order to become their sister I had to have the inu blood inside me. SO I had to drink from both brothers, the youngest first. Since Inuyasha was only half demon, I didn't get everything. I got enhanced senses and a lovely strike of silver on the hair framing my face. From my understanding once I had Sesshomaru's blood I would become a demoness, but because I'm special I would have become a demon priestess. Yeah fun right no. Naraku found out and figured it might've not been a good idea to let me do this. I would be stronger than him and could easily track him and finally kill the bastard. SO right in the middle of the ceremony after I had finished with Inuyasha and changed he attacked the outer gate. So we couldn't finish. I had to go into battle with only half of my new strength and unfortunately I didn't get Inuyasha's healing ability. I wish I had known that before I went to battle with Naraku after he had me cornered. Just as I vaporized him he stabbed me with a miasma filled tentacle. Yeah miasma directly into my bloodstream making it damn near impossible for me to heal myself with my priestess powers and I couldn't heal naturally because we couldn't formally finish the adoption.

Which brings us to the current situation. Kilala had enough strength in her to fly to castle for help. So Sesshomaru's army came to get us. Right now, because of Naraku I can't be healed. There was too much miasma in my system, it had been killing me since he injected me. I was bedridden since we came back. So yeah I'm dieing. When the castle doctors gave Sesshomaru the all clear. HE rushed to me to finish the adoption, to try and save me. He figured since he was could make poison in his body maybe it could fight the miasma in my body, and given enough time with my powers it could get rid of the miasma in my body completely. He did get to finish the ceremony. I finally became their sister more than in name. But like I said it was too late. It had spread too much to be fought, I didn't have much longer I knew that. Inuyasha was in denial, he tore through their father's library trying to find something that could save me, after a while Sesshomaru joined him. I told them it was no use, stubborn dogs.

Shippo sat with me the entire time. They told him what happened and he believed that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru could save me. When they worked together they could do anything. I indulged him, he was a child. They finally came out of the library two days later with nothing. Sesshomaru told Shippo to leave, he didn't want to. Then Inuyasha picked him up and carried him out the room to Sango. They sat by me. I was going to die after all this, it was unbelievable and totally unfair.

"Inuyasha, you can take the jewel and wish Kikyo back to life now after I'm gone. You can at least be happy." He looked at me with tear filled eyes. "How can you say that?! I wouldn't be able to look at her knowing she had some part of you inside her. I couldn't stand it. Besides everyone would hate me." "I would kill the slut. She has caused problems for my family and it would not go unpunished. She wouldn't live for long Kagome." My brothers, hard headed as ever. It was getting harder to keep my eyes opened and it was becoming difficult to breath. I knew Sesshomaru could hear it, but he didn't say anything because of Inuyasha. Who was clutching my hand to his face, he was afraid of being alone again. Sesshomaru took my hand with the jewel in it, he uncurled my fingers and looked at the thing with distaste. He knew we couldn't wish for me to be cured that was selfish and we wanted to be rid of the thing. I could feel Inuyasha shaking, he must feel my pulse slowing down. I was really tired, then a bright light caught my attention.

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"No, Sesshomaru please tell me you didn't?" Kagome said after seeing the pink light. She turned her head to face her eldest brother he was starring at her hand that held the jewel. "No. I didn't. I was thinking about anti-venoms." His gaze never left her now glowing hand. Inuyasha's grip on her hand loosened as he looked up. The jewel lifted itself from her hand and floated over to the foot of the bed in front of the fireplace. Both brothers stood and went in front of the bed to protect their sister. The glow began to recede in the shape of an body, a female body with long flowing hair and you could see the outline of an sword. The pink light disappeared and there in front them was a women they all thought was dead, the priestess Midoriku. She should have been dead for about 300 years. She had a forlorn look on her face. "What the hell are you doing here?!" Inuyasha demanded gripping his sword. "Be at peace Inu princes. I have not come to bring tho more heartache. Both of you grieve, tho are about to lose thy sister." "What made you think that all mighty priestess?" "Inuyasha be silent. She wouldn't be here if she didn't have something useful to say." Sesshomaru said with a tone that said he better not be wrong or face the consequences. She nodded, "Yes mighty King. I come with both good and bad news. Kagome can live."

Inuyasha's eyes began to glow with hope, he turned and rushed over to Kagome's side. "You see I knew it. The gods couldn't be that cruel after everything you did. I knew you wouldn't leave me." Kagome smiled at Inuyasha then looked to the dead priestess, "You said you had good and bad news. What's the bad news?" "You can't live with that body. You have to end this life in order to live again." "WHAT?!" Inuyasha and Sesshomaru yelled. Both began to growl, Sesshomaru's eyes began to bleed red. Midoriku began to look nervous, she knew about Sesshomaru's sword that could completely end her existence. "Wait, I have more. She will be reborn, but not reincarnated. She will be herself, just in a new body. She cannot stay in this form because the body is racked with the miasma. So she will be reborn, you will have to find her. Once she sees either one of you again she'll regain all her memories. I will say, it will be like if she had amnesia and suddenly regained her past. Nothing about her will be different." They all were silent as they processed this new information.

After a few minutes Sesshomaru spoke, "Will you at least tell us how to find her and where?" "I believe the place will be called Chicago, in the early 1900s." "You're sending me to America?!" "What's America? I have never heard of such a place." Sesshomaru said. "It won't be founded for another few centuries." Kagome said, slightly annoyed and tired. "What about the adoption? Will we have to do that again after she remembers us?" "No, she will keep her appearance as it is now. Her abilities will be under a seal, until you are reunited. Her natural abilities might show a little." Midoriku smiled. She floated past Sesshomaru and next to Kagome. Kagome's eyes were slowly closing. "Go and rest my child until you are reborn." "Kagome, I will find you. I swear as your clan head and brother you will be brought back to us." Sesshomaru promised. Kagome smiled at her brothers and went quietly to sleep for the last time.