Chapter 11: Lady Kagome…..
Last time: "You sure you want to know Inuyasha???" Kagome said sweetly…….
-Kaede's hut-
"Yes Damnit!! I want to know what the hell is up with your twisted mind lately!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled at her.
"I won't let you kill my Kikyo for your foolish whims and wishes…you Wench!!!" Inuyasha said.
"And I won't let you go with Sesshomaru!" Kouga said glaring daggers at him.
Sesshomaru growled at him and said, "You two will cease your yelling and insolent behavior towards Kagome this instant …."
Inuyasha didn't know that she'd take it this far…..he thought she'd been lying the entire time. She hadn't even flinched when Inuyasha growled at her…..but perhaps that was because Sesshomaru was sitting right by her and wouldn't hesitate to rip his throat out.
"What I meant, Inuyasha was that, I'm sure you are aware that Kikyo makes me angry to no end." "You're countless uses of profanity and names you have labeled me with are not very endearing or touching, at least to me anyway."
Inuyasha's ears flattened against his head and he looked at the ground. He knew, he had always acted out on impulse, but really never bothered to actually know what he was saying…He didn't notice Kagome lay a hand on Sesshomaru's arm as she spoke, but Miroku and Sango did. It just seemed so natural for them…. Like they'd been doing it for years….
'Yes,' Sango thought. 'Kagome could use Sesshomaru's support as she talks to Inuyasha…'
Kouga however wasn't fazed. "But Kagome, since all of us know that you're clearly…no better really ARE my woman…."
Sesshomaru growled as poison glowed from his hand…of all the! the gall of that Wolf….He will die NOW!
"Inuyasha," Kagome began in soft voice. "I don't hate you." "I think I deserve a life outside of jewel shards, outside of always trying to be killed even though I didn't do anything and…." "And a life away from you're behavior and Koga's claims…." She finished.
Sesshomaru couldn't agree with her more. It didn't sit well with Sesshomaru that Kagome was claimed by two other males. Obviously she had no intention of mating with either of them. He'd never hesitated to kill anyone male or female, especially if they got in his way…..
"I have a duty, I understand that." "And I intend to keep it and complete it." "I will not wait around for you anymore Inuyasha, I have grown to understand that there are sometimes when a person must step back and hold their ground, saying that they'd had enough…."
"When I said I'd stay with you, I meant that I'd stay with you until the shards were completed." "And now I see that my job is done already…."
Everyone gave her a strange look. The jewel wasn't whole yet……
"Inuyasha, I want you to be happy, I want you to be loved…. Just as that is my wish, for me to be happy." "I know now that I cannot find it with you…." She whispered.
"Kagome, I'm sorry…" Inuyasha started.
"As am I Inuyasha…As am I…" she said.
"And Kouga, I wish you the best of luck as well…. Find someone to love, who will love you back…. And forget me, because it was NEVER meant to be….."
"Ayame has pined for you and still does….So many other demonesses as well, but you have been blinded by just me…."
(A/N: Kagome's on a roll here!!)
Sango and Miroku watched silently as this conversation went on. Sango nodded every once in a while, agreeing with Kagome. She'd never find Happiness with Inuyasha nor Kouga.
"The object you desired would never be yours Inuyasha…" Kagome started again. "The one whom I pined for, the one I wanted…. Would never be mine…because he loved another….."
Inuyasha cringed as she said that. Her voice so calm and clear, as if she knew what she was talking about. She took off her necklace and then handed it to him saying, "Inuyasha, all you need for the jewel to be complete are Kouga's shards, Kohaku's and Kikyo's."
"When you complete the jewel," Kagome continued, "Make a wish Inuyasha, Kikyo will live again, the other half of my soul will return to me and then the jewel will disappear forever." "It will no longer be in the past, present nor in anyone's body…." "I never intended to kill Kikyo in the first place…."
"Before I left…..I just wanted to make sure you still loved her….." Kagome said, voice cracking a little.
"Where will you go now Kagome?" Miroku asked her, obviously concerned, knowing that she'd never stick around the village. It would still hurt her to see Inuyasha and Kikyo all over each other. Inuyasha's love would return to him…alive and well, but it would leave yet another hole in Kagome's heart.
" Kagome, will you go to the future?" "You still must come see us once in a while though…." Sango said. "Oh the well…..it won't close will it?"
Kagome grinned and said, "Well you'll see a lot of me and you can even come visit me….."
Everyone gave her a curious look……..
"She will go home…." Sesshomaru said softly. "She will come home….with me."
Everyone gave him an incredulous look, save Kagome, who was now grinning like a little school-girl who'd just gotten a piece of candy…
(A/N: who cares about candy… when she got Sesshomaru!!! that's some candy!!! grins )
"No way!!!" Inuyasha said angrily, jumping up and glaring daggers at his hated elder brother. "You can have any other male, human or demon…. But not him!!!! Anyone else…just not him!!!!" "He cannot be your mate!!!!!!"
"But he loves me Inuyasha." Kagome said pouting. "And you're not my keeper…." "And don't you say a word Kouga…" She warned because he had just opened his mouth to say something.
-Silence-
That shut Inuyasha up…… 'He loves her?'
'He does not love her!' Kouga thought angrily.
Sesshomaru chuckled inwardly, this was amusing…..Kagome was confusing everyone.
Inuyasha's shoulders sagged as he sat down and Miroku spoke up. "Well I wish the both of you good luck and don't forget us and come visit…."
Sango nodded at that too.
"You wish them LUCK????" Inuyasha said. "Just where exactly do your loyalties lie monk????"
………Miroku shrugged and Sango giggled.
Sesshomaru stood up and held his hand out to Kagome, who took it, smiling into his oh-so-amber-eyes……
"No way in hell is this happening!" Inuyasha yelled. Miroku sighed and hit him with his staff.
"Kagome!" Kouga whined. (Bonk!!) And Miroku knocked him out too……
With Inuyasha still lying on the ground, alongside Kouga, both yelling curses, Sango and Miroku waved goodbye to Kagome and Sesshomaru and told them to visit soon.
Holding hands Sesshomaru and Kagome walked out of the hut, ready to start a new life, ready to make memories….
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, grinning mischievously said, "Oh by the way, Love, I get the right side of the bed….." He raised his eyebrow in amusement, didn't respond but just tightened his grip on her hand.
She smiled inwardly and thought, 'So this is it huh?' 'One really didn't know what lay in the future for them….'
So now she was to be the Lady called Kagome……and it all started with a little game called truth or dare……
THE END !!!
Lady Nefertiti: Yay!! My first fanfic completed!!!
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