Believe it or not, I first created this story sometime around the beginning of last year. I never really got around to finishing the story...but I can give you what I have! I actually just now finished reading what I had of the story and it came out to be fifty-three pages...FIFTY-THREE! Isn't that awesome? SO...I figured that others might want to check it out and see what they thought of it. I, personally, like it. Hopefully, you do, too!

Summary: The final battle has come and gone and everyone is now celebrating. A three-day long festival is coming up, and you may be wondering "where?" and "why?". Two souls, so amazingly opposite, yet so much alike, share several months together on journey that has long passed. Now they have the opportunity to continue where they left off before Naraku's demise. What will happen?

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Chapter One - Make A Wish

She closed her eyes as tight as she could. The pain was excruciating. She knew that if she were to open her eyes, she would see Naraku in front of her. To her right would be Sango and Miroku, flat on their stomachs as his malicious aura assaulted them both. To her left, Inuyasha, too, was flat on his stomach, growling loudly as he tried to force himself to his feet. Beside him is Sesshomaru, brought to his knees from such a powerful aura. Rin cried atop of Ah-Uhn, who was on his belly as well. Jakken had lost consciousness because of the aura, and it left Rin feeling helpless. Across from them all, Kouga and Ayame were on their knees from the force.

Yet, she still stood.

It hurt, yes, but she was still able to stand. It hardly weighed anything on her shoulders, but she could still feel its malice and ill-will towards her friends. She gulped as she opened her eyes to stare directly into Naraku's angry eyes.

"Hm," he said, coming forward. "My aura seems to allude both you and the munchkin." He said, referring to Rin.

All eyes turned to her, all of their eyes narrowed and eyebrows furrowed in both confusion and shock. Her body felt as though it would collapse at any point, yet, it still stood. She gulped as Naraku came face-to-face with her, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. Her bow had split in two, and she was now left defenseless. True, Sesshomaru, Kouga, and Ayame, along with members of her group, had shown her how to use hand-to-hand combat, but she was still no match for a hanyou who now had the entire jewel within his grasp. Or so they all thought. She gulped again, her mouth dry and her throat parched.

"So?" Kagome said, a tad bit irritated.

"Ah," Naraku said, "so it does have an effect on you. How interesting."

He suddenly let loose his full aura and sweat began to bead on her forehead. Sesshomaru was now down on both of his knees and his only arm, but wasn't on his stomach. Kouga and Ayame were flat on their stomachs. None of them was even able to talk from the sheer force of his power.

"Why do you not fall, miko?" Naraku demanded.

Kagome smirked at him, even though she was now out of breath. "What?" She said, taking a few puffs of air. "I've come to expect the unexpected, Naraku. After all, I am sooo much smarter than you give me credit for." She said, taking a step forward and holding her hands up to place them on his arm. He flinched, but he knew she couldn't do anything.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked, "Afraid of an untrained miko?" She asked and suddenly slammed her left fist into his face while holding onto his arm sending huge tendrils of spiritual energy into his person. He lashed out at her, knocking her into one of the four walls of the room. She idly wondered how she and the rest had been able to find this place without getting attacked, but didn't dwell too much on it when she felt her back hit against the solid wall. She cried out, but all that came was a choked yell before the pain settled into her.

"What the hell did you to me, wench?" Naraku growled as his whole arm began to disintegrate. He tried to form it back, but it wouldn't and simply kept being purified.

She looked up at him weakly as the others tried to make sure she was okay. She had hit the wall pretty hard, but his aura was still being magnified by the Shikkon jewel. She winced when her head went into a certain position and a small trail of blood slipped passed her lips. "Kagome-sama!" Rin cried, tears sliding down her cheeks like a waterfall.

"I-I'm okay, Rin," she gurgled, trying to stop her cries. She bent forward, but ended up slumping forward and almost fell to the floor had she not caught herself with both of her hands. She stumbled upward, gaining her balance again and looking at the evil hanyou.

"As for you," she choked out angrily, "I sent you a taste of your own damn medicine." She smiled remembering how it had felt when Tsubaki had attempted to poison her with the jewel. She had lasted a pretty long time then, but now…she glanced about at her concerned friends before staggering forward again. Naraku growled and tried to attack her with his tentacles, but they purified on contact with her skin.

She smirked as she looked at the man. Suddenly, a pain coursed through her body, forcing her to her knees. A hacking cough rumbled through her body, and she spat blood almost instantly. A pair of feet suddenly found their way in front of her and she looked up to see Kikyou. Her cold eyes stared into her own warm brown ones as she held both of her hands out to help Kagome up. She figured that the sudden pain had seeped from the crack in her back when she had connected with the wall.

"I'm giving you my half of the soul, Kagome," Kikyou said when she had Kagome on her feet again. Kagome made to reply, but Kikyou disappeared in a flutter of ashes and nothing was there but her clothes and a floating orb. It softly embedded itself in her chest and she blinked for several moments before cocking her head to the side in confusion. An amazing amount of knowledge flew forward in her mind, and her back stopped aching painfully as she stood straight once more. She furrowed her eyebrows as she held her head.

"Ow…." She muttered, feeling her brain jostle around a bit. She then looked at everyone else and blinked some blurriness from her eyes. She raised her other hand, and suddenly, her own aura filled the entire castle that had kept Naraku hidden for so long. Naraku's eyes widened for a split second before he opened his mouth in a silent scream as his body hit the floor. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and the next she knew, everyone was getting up off of their hands, knees, faces, and stomachs.

She smiled at them all before she made her way to where the Shikkon was embedded in Naraku's chest. She took a hard look before asking someone to get it for her. "Its in his chest," she explained and Ayame nodded before plunging her hand into his chest and grabbing hold of the small bauble.

She pulled it out and it glistened in the dark blood. "Here you go, Kagome," Ayame said with a tired smile. "I can't believe we all went through such trouble for a bead."

Kagome gave her a bright smile. "Well, the world must rid itself of this small little bead, because with it, it will always cause mayhem and destruction."

"I see," Ayame said, inspecting the little pink marble. "So what are you going to do with it?"

"Well," Kagome said walking over to a sitting Inuyasha, "I did promise that I would give it back, even though it is rightfully mine." She gave him a smile as she closed his hand around it. "Make a wish Inuyasha."