All I had to do was touch him. Now, we were free of Naraku, forever.
Everyone was gone, except for one person. Inuyasha was killed right before I had to purify Naraku. Sango died protecting Miroku, and Miroku died protecting me. Sesshomaru wasn't even at the battle, but took Shippo to stay with him, as he put it, "Rin needs someone her age to play with. I am taking the kit away from the looming battle." I was all for it, and I told Shippo that I would get him as soon as the battle was done.
The only one who survived the battle besides me, was Kouga. And he held the final shards that Naraku didn't already have.
I looked over at him and readied myself for what I had to say. "Kouga," I started, "I need you…"
"To give you the shards, right?"
I looked up in surprise. I hadn't expected him to figure out what I needed him to do so quickly, or without anything for him in return.
"Yes," I sighed, "I need them to finish the Jewel."
As he handed over the shards, I was thinking. What would I wish for? Why couldn't I wish for happiness, but I knew deep down that it would take it as my happiness, and that would not work. I needed to figure out what would work.
Breathing in and out, I sat there amid all the violence and hatred that has been there for since I first fell down the well.
One little ray of light that I looked after need his family more than anything. I then knew what I had to do.
"I wish…" Nervous as I was, I wanted to be with Shippo, but I knew this was for the best.
"I wish, that Shippo had his family back, and that he could live free of the pain of these events."
It was a wish that had nothing related to the shard. Shippo's family wasn't killed in relation to getting a Jewel shard or anything. I knew the Jewel would be happy, because I made it not for a human, but for a youkai that need it more than a human did.
Gentle light shined all around, all around me, Kouga, and even Shippo, so far away.
It got brighter and brighter, till everything was blinded out by it.