This is just how I wish the ending of Inuyasha had gone. I loved the ending a lot, but I just wish it had gone a little differently. I own nothing! All praise and credit to this amazing storyline goes to the original creators. This is just an expression of my own appreciation for the story. -
Kagome had a lot to think about.
The graduation ceremony was a long and monotonous one. The usual congratulations to the students on the part of parents and instructors, the general wish for a bright future and hopeful words. For Kagome though this was a long time coming. She had struggled so hard in Middle School, missing out on so much school being in the Feudal Era. She barely got into High School. Now it was over and she was heading into a new part of her life. University.
Kagome had found it hard to adjust to normal life again after finding herself back in her own time for good. She never got to say goodbye to everyone, and her heart ached because of Inuyasha. They had been torn from each other just moments after their kiss. She was left with unanswered questions about their relationship. She spent three years without him, and missed him every day.
On the day of her graduation she couldn't help but think about Inuyasha. Would he be proud of her? How was he fairing without her anyways.
Her friends had been great through it all though. They were there when the well reappeared, and they sure had questions.
"Kagome has been gone for three days." Yuka said sadly. Kagome's three friends and Sota sat inside the well house, staring at the spot where the well should have been.
"I still don't understand. You said she's been going back in time to fight demons…this whole time?"
"Yah…" Sota said quietly. "It's hard to believe, but I've seen her disappear and reappear through the well myself….and now the well is gone."
"Inuyasha said he would find her." Kagome's Mother said, appearing at the door of the shine.
"I know…but…it's all so strange." Sota says going into his mom's open arms. "I don't know what's going on…and besides…Inuyasha sounded scared."
"Inuyasha…Kagome's boyfriend is from this other time right?" Ayumi stands up. "He could go through the well?"
"Yes." Kagome's mother answered. "But no one else. No one from that time could come here, and we never could go through."
"Why?" Ayumi shakes her head.
"Because Kagome is a Priestess, a real one." Kagome's grandfather said as he joined the worried family in their daily surveillance of the well. "I've realized that I have no such power, but Kagome does. She told me that she has been able to destroy demons with her purified arrows. The demon they are battling in that world is very much afraid of her because of that power she holds. I only suspect that they finally reached the final battle between the two of them. But Kagome will return, I know she will, we must have faith in her strength."
"Amazing." Ayumi sighs. "All this time."
"All we can do is wait." Kagome's mother sits down on the stairs, "I trust in Kagome and Inuyasha's strength."
It was still another day before the well reappeared. They were sitting in the house when a bright light began shining from inside the shrine. Quickly they rushed outside to see what was going on. As they entered the building they saw the brilliant purple light appearing from the ground where the well should be. Grdaually the light dimmed as the well reappeared. Sitting atop of it is a battered Kagome and Inuyasha.
"KAGOME!" They all cried and rushed foreward.
"Mother." Kagome sighs in relief as she falls into her mother's arms. "I'm back!"
"We knew you would return." Her mother says with tears falling from her eyes.
"Inuyasha saved me…he found me…and he saved me." Kagome says through her tears.
"Thank you Inuy-." Kagome began, but…
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yells as he feels himself being pulled back into the well.
Kagome ran for the well but before she could reach him he disappeared.
"….Inuyasha?" Kagome said quietly.
"Kagome, what happened?" Sota said in worry.
"I…don't feel the other side?" Kagome said frozen in place. "I…think the well closed…"
"Does that mean Inuyasha can't come back?" Kagome's grandfather approached the well and looked inside.
"He's gone…" Kagome fell to the ground and covered her face in her hands. "No!"
Her family let her cry out her sorrow for a while before encouraging her to come inside the house. She was injured and needed to be cleaned up. She had the wound on her arm and many scratches and bruises. Once she was cleaned up and calmed down her family and friends sat with her in the house, ready to hear what Kagome had to say.
"What happened?" Kagome's mother asked.
"We defeated Naraku…" Kagome said quietly. "We were trapped inside his demonic body, but we managed to find him. He tried to get us to turn on each other, and there was another demon that tried to take over Inuyasha…he made Inuyasha…." She clutched her arm where the wound was.
"Inuyasha did that to you?" Sota said in surprise. "But he would never hurt you."
"He tried not to…he was fighting it. If he hadn't fought off the demon as much as he did he might have killed me. So I'm lucky I just got this cut. The battle was hard, and we were all so tired and injured already. But in the end I was able to shoot the Shikon Jewel with one of my sacred arrows, and I thought I destroyed Naraku, but the Shikon Jewel trapped me inside of itself. It wanted to trap me in there and to battle Naraku for all eternity. But Inuyasha found a way in, he saved me from the Jewels illusions and helped me to not give into my fear. I made a wish on the Jewel that it would disappear forever, and it did. The next thing I know…Inuyasha and I are back here and I see all of you guys."
"My dear how terrifying!" Kagome's Grandfather exclaimed.
"It was…and now…I'll never see Inuyasha again!" Kagome bit her lip trying not to cry again. "It's not fair…We worked so hard together…we've been through so much and became so close…I…I love him."
"Kagome…" Her friends sighed sadly watching their friend suffer so much.
"I never expected the well to close…but I guess my job is done. I destroyed the jewel…and Naraku is gone, I'm no longer needed. But now I'll never be able to tell Inuyasha that I love him. He's 500 years in the past! Even though he was a half demon…I'm sure he's de…dead by now." Kagome wiped the tears away. "After all…there are no more demons here…He would have shown up by now if he was."
"Inuyasha loved you Kagome." Sota said assuredly. "I know he did, he was always so upset when you were mad at him. He made sure you studied for school, he even made you that vile drink that time you were so sick. When he broke your bike he was going to buy you a new one with diamonds from his sword…but he couldn't get it to work here."
"Oh God…I never knew about the bike!" Kagome laughed a little. "I was so mad at him for that…"
"It's true Kagome." Her mother held her hands. "Even though he didn't like to show it, he did care for you a lot. He loved you too, I'm sure he knew how you felt too. He's going to miss you as much as you miss him. But you both are going to be okay."
"Thank you Mamma…Sota…Grandpa." Kagome tried to smile.
"Kagome…" Yuka said quietly. "I know it's not the right time to ask you what all has been going on. So when you're ready you can talk to us."
"It's a long story." Kagome shook her head. "But I'll try someday."
"Why not write it all down." Ayumi suggested. "From beginning to end, right down what all happened. It might help you get closure!"
"That's a great idea dear." Kagome's mother nodded.
"I'll try." Kagome agreed.
Kagome did write down her story, it took all of High School to do, but the day before Graduation she completed her story, The Shikon Jewel's Desception, Inuyasha's Journey. Her friend were amazed at the work, they forgot sometimes as they were reading it that their friend had actually lived it. Kagome considered having it published, but she feared the personal tie behind it could never be explained. How could she tell the world this story, and pretend like it never happened. Her writing it down helped her remember how real it was, as did the scare on her arm from that final battle.
But the story still seemed unfinished to her. She had never truly been able to say goodbye to Inuyasha, not in real life or her story. So the tale didn't seem completed. She pondered what to do about that as she walked to the Sacred Tree the day after her Graduation Ceremony. Her friends were coming by soon and the four of them were going to go look at apartments near campus. She had a lot to think about, and as usual she went to her and Inuyasha's tree to think.
"Kagome." Her friends called out as they walked up the steps to her home.
"Hi guys!" She smiled.
"What are you doing?" Yuka asked as they approach the bench.
"Just thinking about Inuyasha." Kagome smiles and looks up at the scar on the tree. "Thinking about how much I miss him."
"You still love him?" Ayumi smiled. "It's been three years."
"I'll always love him, and I think I'll—." Kagome suddenly stood up and looked at the Shrine. "What…"
"What's wrong Kagome?" Ayumi stepps towards her.
"I feel…it's like the Well… it can't be." Kagome suddenly runs towards the well. Her friends run after her, and from inside the house her mother see's the group. Sensing something wrong she quickly heads out towards them too, a sinking feeling growing in her chest.
Kagome opens the door to the well and is met with the feeling of a fresh cool breeze, the smell of clean air. The Well was open! She ran to the edge of the well and looked inside, she could see clouds and a crystal blue sky.
"Kagome what's wrong?" Ayumi says from the door.
"It's open." Kagome says quietly.
"Really?!" Her friends rush forward and look in the well, but they see nothing but a dirt floor.
"How can you tell?" Yuka says.
"You guys can't see the sky? Can't you feel that breeze?" Kagome looks at her friends.
"Kagome?" Her mother arrives and see's them all looking in the well. "Is the Well….open?"
"It is Mom." Kagome said quietly in amazement. "I…can go see him."
Kagome looks back at her mother, tears brimming her eyes. "But I don't know…if I'll be able to come back. What do I do?"
"Kagome. I think you should go." Eri speaks up. "You might not get this opportunity again. You have been missing Inuyasha all these years, you still love him. We'll miss you, but you only get that kind of love once. You should go for it….go see him."
"Eri." Kagome said quietly. "I…Mamma?"
"I understand dear. I love you, go to him." She says too, giving her daughter a loving hug.
"Thank you Mamma." Kagome says. "Tell Grandpa and Sota I love them."
"I will baby." Her mother nods.
Kagome steps towards her friends with tears in her eyes "I'll miss you guys. Thank you for everything."
"We'll miss you too." Her friends all give her a hug.
"Go get him." Eri winks.
Kagome climbed onto the well and with one last look at her friends and Mother, she jumped into the Well. A single thought went through her mind as she fell down.
Inuyasha
Inuyasha I'm coming.
The purple light, the weightless feeling, the pulling at her heart is all so familiar as she falls through the well. Her world slipped away behind her as she headed back to her true home. She was heading back to Inuyasha. Would he be waiting for her, would he want to see her? Had he moved on? Her heart was a mix of excitement and anxiousness. She didn't know what to expect.
The purple light faded and gravity soon came back to Kagome' body. The weight of the world, and her situation fell back upon her as her hands touched the soil of the well bottom. She looked up to the sky, to see the clouds floating above her head.
She was back…she made it through.
Before she could think she found herself climbing the edge of the well, hand over hand, foot after foot she climbed to the top. As she reached the edge she reached her hand up to grasp the edge of the well. But a warm hand enveloped hers. Tingles rang through her body as the familiar feeling of him sent electricity throughout her. Her body became light as she was pulled up into the air.
Those golden eyes that she missed so much stared into her soul.
"Inuyasha…" She said with a breath. "Were you waiting for me?"
"Kagome." He said slowly.
Inuyasha pulls her to him and holds her tightly to him, he couldn't believe it. She was back in his arms and he wasn't going to let go anytime soon.
"You're here." He breaths in her sent, his eyes filling with tears as his heart swelled in happiness.
"I'm sorry it took so long." Kagome cried quietly. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." Inuyasha pulled away just enough to capture Kaogme's lips with his. They poured out their feelings into the kiss. The longing, the sorrow they had both experienced, the excitement to be together again. They would have stayed together longer but they were interrupted by their friends.
"KAGOME!" They shouted from far off. They couldn't believe their eyes! Kagome was back after three long years.
They had wondered what was going on when Inuyasha suddenly got up from and ran towards the Bone Eaters Well. They hoped that it was as they had always wished, that Kagome would return. When they crested the hill and saw the sight of Inuyasha and Kagome embraced in a passionate kiss they couldn't help but be overjoyed. Kagome and Inuyasha split apart quickly, red faced and embarrassed but happy at the same time.
"Miroku, Songo, Shippo! It's so good to see you all!" Kagome walked towards them and met them along the path, Inuyasha followed closely behind her. She gave them all a hug and held off the tears that threatened her eyes.
"How are you back?" Shippo clung onto Kagome. "You've been gone for so long."
"I don't know. " Kagome shook her head. "But I was at the Well at home and suddenly I felt the Well open back up. So I said goodbye to my family and jumped in before it could close. I didn't have to think twice."
"Kagome, we're so glad your back. Is the Well back open for good?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know. For now it is." Kagome smiled. "I'm back, and I don't think I'll be going anywhere for a long time."
"Good." Inuyasha said and brought Kagome into his arms, "I know you all want to talk to Kagome, but I'm going to take her for a while. We will be back for the evening meal."
"Inuyasha." Kagome smiled slightly and chuckled.
"Understandable Inuyasha." Miroku laughed. "We know you've missed Kagome very much, you came here every three days looking for her for the past three years. We'll give you guys some time together alone."
"Inuyasha." Songo laughed. "Kagome we'll see you in a little while, we look forward to hearing what you have been doing these years."
"Okay." Kagome nods.
Inuyasha took Kagome into his arms and flew into the air with a leap. He took them deep into the forest far away from anyone else. He wanted to be alone with Kagome, his body yearned to be near her. When he found the place he was looking for he sat Kagome down gently. They were at a waterfall in the middle of the forest.
"Inuyasha, I never stopped thinking about you." Kagome said wrapping her arms around Inuyasha and laying her head on his chest.
"Me neither." Inuyasha responded, holding Kagome close. "I still can't believe you're here. It's like I'm dreaming."
"It's not a dream, even though I feel like that too. I'm so glad to be back here. I couldn't stand how we parted three years ago." Kagome brushed away a tear. "I cried so much for you."
"Kagome, I'm sorry. I wanted to stay with you, but the Well took me away. I tried to come back, but it wouldn't let me. I'm so sorry; there was so much I wanted to say to you." Inuyasha brought her face up to meet him.
"I tried to come back too, many times. I had so much to say to you too. I wanted to thank you for saving me when I was trapped inside the Jewel. I wanted to thank you for everything you did for me, for being there for me and helping me. I wanted to tell you…I love you." Kagome placed her hand on Inuyasha's face and looked into his yes.
"Kagome." Inuyasha brought his face down to hers, and pulled her even closer. "I love you too. I always have."
"Oh Inuyasha." Kagome sighed and their lips met again. Three years was too long to be a part, they had so much time to make up for. They kissed until their lungs ran out of breath, and they had to part. Inuyasha led Kagome to a tree and sat down with her in his lap. They sat there together just embraced in each others arms.
"Kagome, you came back, for me?" Inuyasha quietly asked.
"I came back…to be with you. I love you." Kagome snuggled into Inuyasha's chest. "I hope that's okay."
"Of course, I would never be with anyone else but you. Even if anyone else approached me, I would not have accepted. You're the only one for me." Inuyasha cradled Kagome's face in his hand. "Will you be mine Kagome?"
"I've always been yours." Kagome smiled. "Do you even have to ask? Of course I'll be yours."
"Good." Inuyasha turns them around and places Kagome underneath him, "Because I'm not letting you go."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasps in surprise. "You've changed, and I like it." Kagome smiled and relaxed in his hold. "But I think we need to head back now. The sun is getting low and I would like to see everyone else too."
"Of course. After the meal and you have a chance to talk to everyone…will you join me at my home?"
"Inuyasha." Kagome blushed red. "You…have a home now?"
"You'll see." Inuyasha stands from the ground and pulls Kagome up.