An end and a beginning

Soon, very soon she would be with him for ever. She had made her choice; she would live with him and stay by his side for the rest of her life. She said good bye to her family, packed her stuff and left into the night. The warm blue light engulfed her and as she came to the other side of the well she could feel the first droplets of rain on her face. It was dark but she could still make out the outlines of trees due to the faint light of the full moon that passed through the clouds. She smiled for she loved the water. She didn't want to take out her umbrella mainly because it was just a cloud that would soon dissipate and leave the full moon into view. She started walking towards the village were she knew her friends would be waiting for her. She came sooner than planed, they were expecting her in the morning but she felt so exited that decided to surprise them with the news. He would be happy. Or so she thought. After three years, she changed form being weak, short tempered and naïve to a young woman of 18, whose miko powers, according to Kaede, could easily rival Midoriko´s. She became more focused and calmer, always in tune with nature around her, especially after that awful day a couple of weeks ago.

Flashback

It was raining hard and it was extremely dark. They had managed to complete half of the jewel and the other half was in Naraku´s possession. Kouga had given his two shards to Kagome and had readily joined forces with the inutachi. Sesshomaru had agreed to a temporary truce with Inuyasha until Naraku was killed and also joined in the day of the final battle. They were all fighting hard against the hanyou´s minions except for Kagura who was nowhere in sight and Kohaku who openly betrayed Naraku and gave Sango his shard only to die minutes later in her arms. After some time only Naraku Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were left fighting the rest of the group was either too hurt to move or unconscious. Kagome was sprawled in the floor, a deep wound ran through her right side and one of her legs was trapped underneath one of the many dead monster parts. Fighting to stay conscious she followed the battle with her eyes. When Inuyasha was suddenly attacked by a tentacle from behind and fell in heap to the floor, she regained some strength and managed to pull herself out of the monster and crawled to Inuyasha cradling his head in her arms. Then something snaped inside of her and her blue orbs flashed silver with pink shades, her raven hair suddenly became cotton baby pink with silver streaks. Her tattered school uniform disappeared to reveal a flowing white kimono. The fight above her stopped and both Naraku and Sesshomaru watched in awe at the angelic figure below them. Suddenly she spoke in a soft sweet voice that betrayed no feeling behind it,

"Naraku, how dare you seek control over life and death? The heavens will not tolerate your behavior; you are to be punished for the rest of eternity."

Naraku could not move his body. It was as if some force kept him in place and made him watch her. Suddenly she spoke again but this time it was to the other male in the sky.

"Lord Sesshomaru of the Western lands, the heavens believe you strong enough to trust you with the celestial weapon to finish off the evil from this land. Will you help the gods in this assignment?"

Sesshomaru did not know what possessed him to answer but he did non the less.

"This Sesshomaru will help"

"Very well, the light will now take the place of darkness and all will be well again" With that white angel wings sprouted from her back and she was lifted from the ground into the sky hovering gracefully to Sesshomaru´s side. Once there she took his right hand by the wrist with her right (he has two arms cuz it grew back) which held tokijin (sp?) and placed her left in his shoulder. The demon lord was at a loss of words, she was breathtaking beautiful and her scent of warm sugar and vanilla was overpowering his senses giving him a sense of well being. He gave in to her touch as she smiled up at him. She then turned her head towards Naraku and Sesshomaru did the same.

"Be gone from earth and take with you your evil to hell" it was a powerful command and it echoed through the forest even when she didn't shout. Immediately a white light engulfed the two white clad figures and shot through tokijin right into Naraku who was trying hard to move out of the way but could not. The light pierced his heart and with a horrible scream that filled the air his body disintegrated.

As the light retreated into the sword and into Kagome she seemed to loose strength and begun to fall. Sesshomaru recovered the mobility of his body and promptly held her up noticing that the feathers in her wings were falling and that each feather flew into the bodies of those who were hurt and became little lights that embedded themselves into their wounds closing them in an instant. Kagome's white kimono turned back to her school uniform ripped and torn everywhere. Her eyes and hair returned to their original color and with a last smile and a whispered "thank you" fainted in the demon lord's arms.

She woke up two days later in Kaede´s hut. They took her there to recover after they woke up and found her propped up against a tree stump with Sesshomaru´s white haori covering her. Inuyasha had been beyond pissed at that but by Sango's insistence, Miroku's reasoning and Koga´s fuming they convinced him to take her swiftly to the old priestess for help.

She went back home to finish healing and stayed for some time promising to come back in two weeks to visit

End of flashback

Her Miko power allowed her to heal faster than normal and was surprised to feel the shikon no tama whole inside of her again. She figured that it came back inside the moment naraku was destroyed. Yet somehow she felt different. She felt a strange power within herself and some changes overcame her after the first week of recovery. She could hear and see things clearly at a considerable distance, much like a youkai. Also her reflexes were a little faster and accurate. She thought of that as an after effect of the Shikon re-entering her body.

As she walked the old path to the village, her now super sensitive hearing caught something moving in the trees not far to her right. She tried to push it aside but a name whispered made her stop dead in her tracks.

"Inuyasha…. Stay with me" I was a woman's voice, one that she recognized very well, Kikio´s.

She turned and walked ever so quietly in the direction of the voice and soon came to a stop behind a bush. She pushed it a side softly to come into view of her very naked hanyou in the arms of a very naked Kikio making love in the forest floor. She went numb and her body could not react. Tears welled in her blue eyes but did not fall. She was no longer the weak girl who cried for everything. She was stronger now, and she would show him who she was now. She had made a decision of staying in the Sengoku Jidai for him but now she would stay because she had something to prove: She didn't need him to be happy, he had betrayed her by mating another one, a dead bitch at that. She wiped her tears away and made her way back to the village schooling her face into a happy smile as if nothing had happened.

Kagome, this is your chance to prove to them that you are strong´ she thought to herself as the sounds of the hut she knew so well stopped her.

"Kaede, what do you think we should expect from Kagome now that she has transformed?" That was Sango asking, Transformed? Into what have I transformed? ´ Kagome was puzzled and waited for the answer.

"I'm afraid that I don't know child, The Shikon no tama will want its protector to be strong and will most likely grant her more power than what she already has as a priestess"

"Kaede- sama, you mean powers like youkai powers?" That was Miroku asking

"Yes, it will want her to be able to survive on her own, but I am also afraid that it will want her to stay alive to take care of it, after all Kagome is the purest protector and the strongest since Midoriko herself"

"You mean she will be immortal? Like a taiyoukai?" Sango´s worried tone troubled her Why is she so sad is not like I'm going to go crazy for it´ In that moment the stoped talking as Shippo happily announced "Kagome is back! Okasaan is back!"

Kagome chuckled to herself and prepared herself to receive a flying fur-ball into her arms.

"Okaasan, you came back early! Did you bring me anything? Huh? huh?" Kagome laughed at her son´s antiques and produced a chocolate bar from her pocket.

"Now don't eat it all in one night or else you'll have a stomach ache tomorrow" then she turned to her friends who were coming out of the hut to greet her, her face was calm and serious but her gentle expression showed no signs of being upset.

"Being immortal to take care of what has being placed under my care has no consequence in me. I have made up my mind and I believe that I am ready to finally take my place as the Shikon protector." She talked so differently and so maturely that it scared her friends. Upon seeing their concerned expressions she laughed softly and said in a happy tone

"Well… aren't you guys going to say hello? I'm gone for two weeks and you forget about our friendship? Come on Sango give me a hug!" With that said Sango smiled back relieved that her friend was still the same and took her friend into a bone crushing hug.

"We missed you Lady Kagome" "I missed you too Miroku" After the greeting they all moved into the hut to drink some tea and Kagome begun to inform their friends of the changes she experienced while recovering at home. Afterwards, Kaede informed her of her suspicions of immortality. Kagome took the information in calmly and surprised her friends even more whe she announced that she would be staying in the Sengoku Jidai for the rest of her life, of course visiting her family now and then. But then the happiness ended when Shippou asked the inevitable.

"Okaasan, are you going to be Inuyasha´s mate?" She was expecting it but still she felt her heart sink but promptly answered in a small but determined voice:

"He already has a mate. He mated Kikyo, so no I am not going to stay close to him"

"Oh Kagome how do you know that?" Sango was shocked and clearly ready to tear the hanyou to pieces the moment he showed up.

"I...umm bumped into them on my way here, they didn't see me or notice me anyways. I don't think he will be coming tonight. I'm leaving tomorrow first thing in the morning."

"But Kagome-sama, where will you go?" Miroku was beyond concerned and upset that his friend had to go away because of one stupid decision Inuyasha made"

Don't worry, my powers can keep me alive for a long time and I have learned to fend off by my self, I'll come and visit some time." Her tone was cheerful and positive although you could still see the sadness in her eyes that held joy and hope most of the time.

"Okaasan, will I be able to come with you? Don't leave me mommy!" Shippou was starting to cry when Kagome took him into her arms and hugged him.

"I'm not leaving you Shippou koi, you are part of me now my pup, I could never leave you"

She kissed the pup's brow and rocked him to sleep once he was out she placed him in her futon, said good night to her friends and fell asleep preparing for the next day; the first day of her life as the new Shikon Priestess.

This is my first fanfic! Please be nice to me! Tell me if you like it or if you think I should change something in the characters. Don't worry, Sesshy will be coming out shortly. I´ll try to keep them in character… By the way this is a Sess/kag fic so if u don't like the pair I sugest you don't read it! Lots of inuyasha bashing.