Inuyasha smirk as he held the jewel in his hands. We did it, he's finally dead. He turned to Sango and Miroku. Miroku looked at his hand, then showed Sango his hand. Sango smiled and hugged him. He turned to Kagome. She had a blank expression in her eyes. She was still holding the black spider in one arm, the other arm hung loosely to her side. She started to glow black. Then the darkness that was around her disappeared, the spider vanished and Kagome fell to the ground. Her hair flew behind her, the last thing she saw was Inuyasha running toward her.
You can destroy my body, you can kill my heart, but my spirit will live on.
Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She stared at a ceiling. It was dark, real dark. She sat up, she was still wearing the robe of the fire rat..
Inuyasha saw Kagome wake up. A smile escaped him. He stood up and walked over to her.
Kagome saw someone approached her. He had black hair, brown eyes and a necklace of beads.
Inuyasha sat cross legged next to her.
"You all right?"
Kagome nodded her head. Inuyasha had a Band-Aid on his cheek. His kimono was off, so the bandages around his chest and waist were visible.
"Is he dead, did we do it?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha smiled,
"Close your eyes." Kagome thought it was pointless because it was so dark.
She felt a string around her hair and a small wait around her neck.
"You can open your eye's."
Kagome open her eyes and put her hand to her chest, she looked down and there it was the Shikon No Tama was shimmering, giving off a dim light in the darkness. Kagome saw a piece was missing.
"There's a shard missing."
Inuyasha nodded,
"One final piece of the jewel."
"The one in Kohaku's back." Kagome's heart sank, the shard that kept him alive.
Inuyasha stood up. "You know with that thing around your neck again, demons will come and look for it."
"Inuyasha, do you still want to become a full demon?" Kagome said holding the jewel in her hand. "I know you said to not bug you about it, but…"
Inuyasha looked down at her.
"Yeah, I, uh, of course I do."
"Because," Kagome stood up, her knees ached a little. "There's nothing wrong with you staying a half demon."
"..."
Kagome smiled, she hugged him. Inuyasha blushed, then he hugged her back. He sat on the floor.
"Kagome, you should go back to sleep. Sango and Miroku are outside. You'll be safe."
Kagome nodded and laid down. She turned to Inuyasha.
"Um, Inuyasha?"
"Yes?"
"Um will you sleep with me, for tonight?" Kagome began to blush.
"Uh, yeah." Inuyasha blushed too. He laid down next to her.
Kagome turned around.
"Thank you Inuyasha, for always protecting and being there for me." She laid her head on his chest. She could hear his heart race. She smiled. "Good night."
"Good night."
Inuyasha could feel the warmth from her face on his chest. God she smells good. Inuyasha put his arm around her. She snuggled closer, he smiled.Kagome, Inuyasha closed his eyes. He saw Kagome's gorgeous face, her chocolate eyes, her ebony hair. He took in her wonderful scent. I may have loved Kikyo, but she is in the past. He soon fell asleep, the best night sleep he had ever gotten on a moonless night.
Sango sat in front of the fire, watching the orange flames dance. Miroku came and sat down next to her. She kept watching the fire.
"Sango."
Sango looked up, she saw Miroku's face. He was staring at his hand, playing with the now useless beads.
"I, remember what I asked you?"
"What?" Sango asked not quite understanding.
Miroku stopped playing with them and looked at the sky.
"I ask many young beautiful ladies if they would bear me a child. But I only want one to give me children."
Sango started to blush, she remembered now. He had asked her to marry him a while ago. And she had accepted. She loved him very deeply and she was almost sure he felt them same way. He just had one problem. She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"My answer is still the same." Miroku smiled, "But first let me find Kohaku. I want to know he is safe and out of harms way."
Miroku wrapped and arm around her waist.
"I understand, Kohaku right now is the first priority."
His hand started twitching toward her bottom. He felt the sting of a slap on his cheek.
"Just because I promise to bear you children, that doesn't mean you can grope me whenever you want. But-"
She looked at him in the eyes. She pressed her lips against his. Miroku kissed back. They heard the fire sizzle. They felt drops of water on their head. Miroku and Sango looked up, it was raining, they both smiled at each other. Sango grabbed her hiricostu, and held it above her head. They ran inside the shed. When they entered, Sango wrung her hair. She looked over to the corner. Inuyasha was asleep with Kagome on top of him.
"Sango, come you need sleep." Miroku said. "Tomorrow we will look for Kohaku."
