The last chapter! Yay! Welcome to the last chapter, the plot bunny left me towards the end but I think I wrapped it up nicely. Let me know what you think, I might write another Noragami crossover.
Kagome ran as fast as her feet would carry her, through the city and onto the outskirts. Through the trees, she ignored her screaming muscles and burning lungs. Yato and Hiyori were in trouble, Yukine was in distress. Yato's once bright aura was turning dark, into the one she remembered. She flinched at the despair that filled his soul, then her foot slipped in a patch of mud. She rolled down the short hill and hit her head on a rock. Her ears rang and her vision became encroached in black. She couldn't pass out now!
"Shit," She shook her head and grimaced as the ringing got worse but the black disappeared. "Yaboku." Kagome stumbled to her feet and started a slow jog to her destination.
Hiyori sat against a large boulder, out of the water. Kagome ignored the battle and made her way to the unconscious girl. Her knees finally giving out from the sprint. She wiped her muddy hands on her jeans and touched Hiyori's peaceful face. Something felt off about her. She was missing her soul. The ground shook and Kagome heard Yato's frantic shout.
"HIYORI!" She looked behind her, he was coming towards her.
"Kagome!" Yukine gasped as he spotted the exhausted looking priestess.
Yato let out a growl as he spotted the woman, why was she here? He watched as she looked up, the massive rocks descending upon the two of them. He wouldn't be able to save both of them. He watched in shock as a pink barrier expanded outwards from her and the rocks seemed to bounce off of it. Kagome was breathing heavily after the use of her holy powers.
"You have a miko?" Rabo growled, not expecting him to have such a powerful ally.
"No, he doesn't even like me!" Kagome stood with a smile. "But I don't like how you hurt Hiyori."
Yato watched with surprise as Kagome stepped towards the other god of calamity. Her hair had fallen from it's bun and it fell down her back in unruly waves. She wore a dirty white button up and muddy jeans, sneakers on her feet. Yato couldn't help but remember that faceless girl from his past, Yukine shouted inside his head to stop her. Kagome rolled her shoulders, he could see her whole posture change.
"Yato, go to Hiyori." Kagome turned to look at him. "She needs her beautiful Kami-sama."
Yukine was screaming at Yato, but he was too busy reliving memories suppressed by the Shikon no Tama. Kagome on the other hand was fighting with Rabo, she was a miko. A servant to the gods, she was never meant to fight them. Let alone kill one. Rabo was powerful, he had a regalia at his fingertips. She had nothing. She had nothing but purification. A sad smile crossed her face, it seemed a god of calamity would be the one to take her life, afterall. Kagome made a move to attack, Rabo swinging his katana, she made no move to dodge. The silver haired god's one visible eye widened in horror as she gripped the sword buried deep into her side. A bloody smile pulling at her lips.
"You are so corrupted. Be free." Kagome rasped and Rabo screamed in pain as he was purified.
"Kagome!" Yukine transformed back to his human state by sheer force of will.
The young blond fell into the mud next to the bleeding Kagome, she smiled softly at him. He was crying, he couldn't watch her die. There must be something he could do to save her! Yato didn't even remember her, she couldn't die without telling Yato how she felt. Yukine was wracking his brain for something to say, anything.
"Yukine," Kagome spoke, her voice soft. "I need to see Hiyori." He nodded, running over to the unconscious female.
"Yato, help me!" Yukine snapped, the god moved mechanically.
"Kagome?" Yato looked down at the bleeding priestess, was it really her?
"Yaboku, you remember." Kagome smiled and his eyes welled with tears. "Don't cry, beautiful Kami-sama." She took a deep breath and sat up; grimacing at the pain.
"Kagome, how did I forget?" Yato wanted to hug her, he wanted to steal her away and ask what happened to her. To him.
"It doesn't matter now." Kagome touched Hiyori, "You have her now, you did agree to help her until you got her soul to stop slipping from her body." Kagome coughed and both boys lurched towards her.
"I don't know how." Yato admitted, and Kagome grinned.
"It's my last gift to you, Yato, God of Fortune." Kagome removed the beads from Hiyori's neck.
Kagome lowered herself until her lips were pressed against Hiyori's forehead. Yato could only watch helplessly as Kagome's spiritual ki flowed into Hiyori. Kagome was going to die, after all those awful things he said to her. He couldn't spend time with the miko who showed him humans could be different. He watched as she stitched Hiyori's soul to her body with her own ki.
"Hiyori." Kagome grinned down at the floating girl.
"Kagome? I feel funny." Hiyori was floating in a world of nothingness. "And tired." She wanted to sleep.
"You can't be tired silly! Yato is waiting for you, Yukine too." Kagome grasped the girls hand. "See that light?" She motioned for the small dot, it was so far away. "Lets go towards that."
"My body is so heavy." Hiyori's head lolled to the side, as if it was too much effort to hold it up.
"Just follow me, dear." Kagome's tinkling laugh had a small smile tugging at her lips.
Yukine watched with something akin to horror and joy as Hiyori started to stir. Kagome on the other hand laid down with her head in Yato's lap, her chest falling and rising rapidly. Even Yukine could see that she was dying. The wound in her side was large and bleeding, Kagome wasn't going to make it. Tears welled in his eyes as Hiyori opened hers, Kagome's slipping closed. Yato sucking in a sharp breath as the miko's chest stopped rising, Hiyori sitting up slowly. The teen was disoriented, Kagome had led her to the light before disappearing. She had a sad smile and ordered her to take care of her beautiful kami-sama. Hiyori looked down and saw the broken and bloody Kagome, Yato and Yukine both crying over her body.
"Is she dead?" Hiyori's voice sounded distant to her own ears, Yato's watery gaze snapped up. "She loved you, you know. More than anything." Hiyori touched Yato's face.
"What?" It was a harsh hiss.
"She told me the story of a miko and a hanyou. She thought she was in love with the half demon, but then a god showed up and turned her world upside down." Hiyori looked up at the sky. "You showed her mercy when no one else would."
Yato sucked in a breath and bent over Kagome. He cried as he held her, the shikon made him forget. But now he would always remember.
