Chapter 9
Shippo gasped, holding his hand over his face as he looked at his beloved Kagome. The bright light that had once surrounded her body had now disappeared and she was now laying in a heap on the floor. Reaching down to her he carefully picked her up, cradeling her gently in his arms.
"Oh Kagome... what has happened" he says softly in a little whisper, moving her head back and the hair away from her face. It was then that he noticed a chunk of her hair at the front had changed from her normal raven black to a pure almost petrified white. Running his hands through the white hair, he noticed that it doesnt feel as soft as the rest of her hair, but rather a little coarse like that of a horse. Kagome's eyes slowly open, she groans and at first looks a little scared, like she forgot where she was. Once her eyes fall upon shippo she again gets a slightly scared look in her eyes, but then remembers what had happened earlier and soon relaxes.
"what the hell happened?" Kagome asks her Shippo. Bringing a hand to her forehead and gently rubbing.
"Kagome! its your hair! You've scared the shit out of me.. what happened?" Shippo asks everything all at once, having a hard time deciding what to ask first. " Are you ok?" he asks finally.
" I feel so strange " she slowly sits up and looks around. "what do you mean my hair?" she asks, and with Shippos help she stands up, finding something that holds a reflection and stares at herself. Running her hands through her hair she feels the texture difference and the lighter reflection.
(This is back intime or during the time shippo and kagome skipped through)
Time just seemed to slip by for Inyusha and Kikyo. It seemed like yesterday that Kagome and Shippo had disappeared. He had tried to look for Kagome at some point when Kikyo was busy with locating the jewel shards, but he never found her or came across her scent for what seemed like ages. Inuyasha had traveled with Kikyo, collecting the shards and defeating the monsters that had them.
It took a really long time but Inuysha and Kikyo had managed to defeat Naraku and collect his shards. It had been a long eventful road that led them downsome questionable paths. Making choices that may have put a little darkness into their thoughts and hearts. As that is what Naraku is good at.. Wearing you down to a point that you might not even know who you are anymore.
"Its finished" Kikyo said after pulling out the last few shard of the Shikon no tama out of Naraku. She then grabs the rest of the shards from a pouch that she kept inside her robes. They were both covered in dirt, blood and green gunk from something they had killed together. " i shall combine the jewel and we shall purify it" Kikyo says. Inuyasha knew that thats what needed to be done, though the fact he had given up yearsof his life to finish something that Kagome had started really started to wear on him..
" Why cant we wish for something before we let the gem go to rest? If we wish for something for eachother it wont be greed.." Inuyasha says
"you know we shouldnt.. i need to purify this jewel.. and be burned with it.. Its the only way to save whats left of my soul.. Dont you understand Inuyasha.. I dont want to be apart of the DAMNED anymore.. I want to be at peace and good again" Kikyo says with a small frown. She holds the shards in her hands and gently cups her other hand over them, she then begins to concentrate, focusing all of her energy into the shards to make them whole again.
"What if you wished for your soul back? like all of it?" Inu asks her, putting this thought into her head. Kikyo smiled and really enjoyed/played with the thought in her head. So much so that once she opened her hands and looked down at the jewel she found that it had turned black.
"what have we done?" Kikyo asks and looks to Inu for help. The black jewel now glowed between the two of them, wanting to be used, almost begging them to use it. With one look at eachother they both made a wish.
"I wish Inuyasha was human" Kikyo whispered.
"I wish Kikyo had all of her soul tomake her whole again" Inuysha whispered as well.
They both began to glow, Inuyashas hair soon became dark and long.. All of his demon features seemed the have melted away. Kikyo began to glow a bright pink, as the souls she had collected leave her body, and the one that was rightfully hers comes to her, it takes a moment before her soul finally enters her body. Filling her up and making her feel like herself again.
"its taken forever... i finally feel like me..." Kikyo looks to her lover Inu and together they embrace eachother as fully restored humans...
(A/N: Ok i really must apologise for taking 10 years to write this.. But i promise all of you that this story will get finished =) I have never stopped thinking about it.)
