To answer an e-mail I got Kagome was a demon for awhile but she was able to ge the blood out of her and she is back to being human. Oh I do not own Inuyasha. hope you all like.
Chapter Twenty-Five:
Kagome sat on the grass trying to find the words. "Come on Kagome I know you want to tell me something." Kagome looked at Kouga and hoped that what she told him wouldn't cause to many problems. "Inuyasha, he asked me to marry him. I said yes." Kouga sat down next to Kagome as she pulled out the ring. "I see." Kouga looked away and Kagome got worried. "Are you going to leave us now?" Kouga turned faster than she thought. "I would never leave you. I understand you love him. I hate to say this but I still think he'll hurt you and I just can't leave knowing that." Kagome was taken back. "He wont do that." "I hope not but I care to much about you to just leave you until I know your not ever going to get hurt." Kagome smiled and kiss Kouga on the cheek. "I understand. Thank you for being so good about all this." Kouga smiled then got up, as he could smell the mutt coming up fast.
Inuyasha came running out of the forest to see Kagome sitting there waiting for them. "Kagome!" Inuyasha ran and scooped Kagome up into his arms. "I am so proud of you." Kagome felt the love as he held her but Kouga's words were in her head. She wrapped her arms around Inuyasha and held as tight as she could. "You love me I know it and as long as I live I will only love you." Inuyasha was taken back as the woman he loved seemed to be holding him like she was losing him. "Kagome you're shaking are you cold?" "Oh, I guess so." Kagome could see that the sun was setting and the night wind was cooler than the night before. "Come on mutt lets get going before she catches a cold." Inuyasha glared at the wolf, he had a glow about him that screamed he knew something big. "I know that." Inuyasha with that jumped into the air holding Kagome tight and started to move through the trees. Kouga waited for the others to finally make it out of the forest.
"Great Inuyasha has already headed for home." Shippo kicked at the ground as he looked up at Kouga. "You look different." "I am I guess." Kouga was about to run when Sango grabbed his shoulder. "She told you." Kouga looked at Sango and the others he really had some kind of bound with them now. "She did." Shippo stopped and looked at the wolf. "Does that mean you are going to leave us now?" Kouga smiled as he picked the little fox up. "I would never leave my family and I couldn't leave Kagome." Shippo held on as Kouga then started to run into the forest. Shippo smiled as the wind blew past his face, he had never gone this fast before. "You think he's grown fond of us?" Miroku looked over to Sango who was getting on Kirara. "I think we have been through too much for him to walk away now." Miroku jumped behind Sango as Kirara took off into the sky for home.
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Kikyou laid on a soft bed of cotton as she looked up at the roof that was over her head. Her body was sore from the war, she was lost now in her thoughts. "She beat me. She was able to find a weak point and took me out. I have lost my sword, the one thing that would have given me the strength to kill him." "I told you. You could never kill me. You need me to kill Kagome and then you can have Inuyasha." Kikyou lifted her head to see Naraku standing in the doorway. His hair long and his eyes seemed to pierce through to her soul. "I would have it all if not for her trap." "No you would have it all if you didn't listen to that heart of yours." Naraku laughed as he looked at the weakened Kikyou. She was weak because she wanted Inuyasha by her side now not him. "You should be grateful I don't kill you now for what you tried to do." "You like having me around. So don't kid yourself Naraku you would be lost and bored if I was gone." Naraku knew she was right but he would not let that he know that. He turned and walked out leaving her to sleep and think of a new plan.
Naraku walked into his room where he felt his power return to him.
"I am king in this town. How dare she try to deceive me once again. I should take her live here and now. No I would have no leverage over that mutt." Naraku tossed a small table into the side of the wall. It split into shards of splinters as Naraku turned to walk out. He was then faced with Kanna and Kagura. "What do you two want?" "We came to see if maybe we could do something for a change. Or are you still using that woman in the next room." Naraku wanted to hit her or even squeeze her heart but he really didn't have it in him. He could feel that his souls were weaker and soon he would have to find a new way to get his power. "I need you two to go find out if that gate to the next world is empty or if Kagome's shrine is still up." "Why would you care?" "I don't need your questions now go!" Kanna and Kagura ran from Naraku's sight, as his eyes grew red. Once outside Kagura pulled her feather and the two floated on the wind towards the fire lands.
Kikyou sat in the garden outside as the feather passed over her. She smiled, as she knew that soon the half-demon would need to find the jewel to give him power. "When you get that jewel I too with take some of the power. With that power I will kill Kagome, then Inuyasha will be mine." Kikyou took in a deep breath as she tried to then find her inner power once more.
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Kagome sat on the hilltop as she looked out over the little village. She let the cool breeze blow through her hair. Lose stands feel softly across her face. She had changed into a simple blue kimono. She looked over the town as she then felt a hand touch her shoulder. "I thought I might find you here." Kagome looked up at the golden orbs and that red kimono. "I just wanted to breath. I kinda miss her." Kagome looked back out this time at the night sky. "I see. You knew you would have to someday release her." "I know but it still hurts. We were a team and well I almost feel alone without her." Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and smiled. "But I feel much less alone now that you are here." Inuyasha sat down next to Kagome and took her hand. "Well I guess I should tell you that Miroku, and Shippo know about the ring." "You told them?" "No Sango said something." "Oh." Kagome looked away she was hoping that he told them. She knew that there was a very good reason for keeping the ring a secret but he acted like it was horrible that they knew. "I see well they are our friends and someday we would have to tell them." Inuyasha looked Kagome in the eyes. "I guess but why should others know?" Kagome felt her heart drop. What was wrong with her Inuyasha he loved her right? So why wouldn't he want anyone to know about the ring. Kagome felt her anger rise as she thought maybe Kouga had a point. "I see and what about Kikyou would you ever want to tell her?" Inuyasha was taken back by the tone Kagome had. "I doubt it but I mean...I don't think I can." Kagome looked at Inuyasha long and hard. "I see." "Why are you picking on me it's not like you could ever tell that wolf about it." Kagome jumped to her feet. "Really!? Well guess what I told him today outside the forest." Kagome then started to run off as Inuyasha was left to think. "Yea right. I doubt she told him. I mean she could never tell that wolf anything. She just lets him think he has a chance. I bet she loves the idea of him running after her." Inuyasha stopped; he was thinking such nasty things about his love. What was wrong with him?
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Kagome stomped till she reached the well. She looked around at how peaceful the world around her was. She then felt her stomach start to hurt. "What the hell?" Kagome held her stomach tight as she went to her knees. "Kagome are you alright?" Kagome turned her head to see Sango standing there looking very worried. "My stomach it just started to hurt really bad." Sango ran over and kneeled down with her friend. As they were sitting there the wind picked up quickly and Kagome shot her head up. It was almost to fast to see but Kagome saw the white feather fly right by. "Naraku. He went after the jewel." Sango looked at Kagome confused, she didn't see Kogura fly by but she felt the aura. "Are you sure?" "That would be the only reason why my stomach would hurt. My shine is still up meaning he wont be able to attack the gates." "That's good right that means he wont be able to get to it." "For now. That demon will find some way to declare war on heaven if he has to. He will do anything to get more power since too many of his souls are now gone." Kagome's pain started to fade, as Kagura was moving away from the heaven gates and back to Naraku. She was able to stand back up and Sango looked around for any sign that trouble was coming. There was none.
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Naraku sat on his back porch as Kikyou sat in the garden if you were to look from afar then you might think they were husband and wife. Then from the sky came Kagura and Kanna. "So what did you see?" "That girl's shine sits, it almost caused my skin to turn to fire." Naraku smiled a little at the very thought. "I see then I must make that girl bring the jewel back to this world. Kikyou you want to see her blood. Go after Sesshomaru." Kikyou looked up from her meditation at the man who sat on his porch like he was a king. "Why would I want that dog demon?" "To bring Kagome back once I spill her blood." Kikyou's eyes light up as she thought of the idea of Kagome's blood spilled even if it would be for a brief moment. Kikyou stood as the air around her started to glow in power. Her inner power was now unlocked as she smiled.
"Now I want you to make that Dog go to Kagome for something, anything. Just make sure he is around when we attack her." "I see. I think I know just how to make the great demon go to a human like Kagome." Kikyou walked into the house and to her room. She picked up a plane pink kimono as she then placed her hair down almost like Kagome's. She then put her arrow bag over her should and held her bow as she walked back out. "Kagura take me to him." Kagura turned fast as the undead priestess barked orders at her. "Why would I do that?" "You will do it cause I know you'd rather be in the sky then bogged down in this town with him." Kagura knew she was right so she pulled a feather from her hair and let Kikyou sit down before she jumped on. The feather spun in the air till it was ten feet in the air then it flew off towards the mountains.
Naraku laughed as the feather flew out of sight. "That Kikyou has no idea what will happen once the jewel comes back into this world." Kanna sat on the porch holding her mirror. "You think Kagome will bring the jewel back?" Naraku stopped as he looked at the little girl on the porch. It was funny no matter how many people Naraku seemed to have working for him this one girl was the only one who followed him without wavering. "Kanna she will once she finds out that I will just keep sending her back till she does." Naraku smiled as he walked back into the house to meditate his true power back. He would only get one chance this time.
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Kagome sat near the fire as she ate her dinner without a word. Inuyasha sat in his corner acting as if nothing was going on. "Kagome dear is something troubling you?" Kagome looked up at Kaede. "I just feel something is wrong." Kagome looked past Kaede to the half-demon who sat in the corner. He looked at her with almost hate that Kagome couldn't deal with. She got up and walked out of the hut and into the night. "What is wrong with him?" Kagome felt her heart want to fall. She couldn't seem to feel his love any more it was like there was a wall between them. "Is this about Kikyou and how she wouldn't hurt him? Could it be that he is starting to fall back in love with her?" Kagome knew that he had changed but still years of him running to her made it hard not to come to this conclusion.
Inuyasha sighed as he slowly got up to follow Kagome. He was fighting with himself about how he was dealing with Kagome. Kouga sat with the others waiting hoping he was wrong about Inuyasha. Inuyasha stepped out into the night air and something hit him. He looked over at a little fox. "What is wrong with you?" "I thought I saw a bug on your back." Inuyasha tried to hit the fox for throwing a rock but he ran back into the hut. Inuyasha walked up to Kagome who was looking into a small pound. "We should talk." Kagome turned and her heart dropped her friendly demon was looking hard and cold. "I think maybe I a made a mistake with that ring." Kagome wanted to scream and cry but she came this far she wouldn't just give up. "You mean you don't care about me anymore?" "It's not like that, its more I think we should just try to get closer before you put that ring on your finger." Kagome was hurt but not really mad. "Here when you think I can wear it you put it on my finger." Kagome put the ring in Inuyasha's hand before she walked away from him too hurt to say anything else. Inuyasha wanted to run to her but he felt this nagging voice that told him to stay where he stood. Kouga watched the whole thing from a bush. "That stupid mutt. He has all of her heart and he thinks its okay to just tear it apart like that. He better have a good reason or else he might not make it to see Naraku fall." Kouga ran back to the hut and slipped back in so that no one saw him. Kagome had already been there to grab a blanket and went to sleep by the tree of ages. Inuyasha soon came back and went to his corner of the hut till morning.
The morning sun came in through the windows of the hut Kouga opened his eyes to see Inuyasha sitting in his corner. The thing that broke his last straw was how he looked. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Inuyasha looked up from his corner at the wolf who was now an inch away from him. "You don't know what you're talking about?" "I saw you last night. How dare you treat her like that after she gave you all of her heart. You took it and have been ripping it apart piece by piece for years. I love her and I tried to win her over. I know now that she had already given her heart to you the day we met. But that doesn't mean I would kick your butt for what your doing." Inuyasha's nagging thoughts came back and he punched the wolf right in the mouth. "I thought I was right…." Kouga was about to hit Inuyasha when they both stopped. They could feel a strong aura coming form the woods. "Kagome is out there." The two ran out the door as the humans were just getting up. Sango and Miroku only saw a little of what was going on so they hurried to catch up. Shippo stayed behind to go with Kaede to get some water from the river.
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Kagome opened her eyes to find that she was still alone under the tree. She thought by now maybe Inuyasha would have come to at least tell her what was going on but he wasn't there with her. Kagome got up and looked around the earth was now quite. Kagome felt something strong coming for her but she wasn't picking up Naraku. Then from her right she saw a blur of white. Kagome didn't move as the blur came to a stop in front of her.
Sesshomaru stood before Kagome holding Rin in his arms. Kagome looked at the girl and her heart dropped. Rin was pale and if you were far enough away you would think the girl was dead. As Kagome was about to touch Rin, Inuyasha and Kouga appeared.
"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha barked at his older brother. "I came to see Kagome not you." Kagome was taken back the great demon had just said her name. "What is it that you need from her?" Inuyasha's voice was so harsh that Kagome was about to lose it. "I came here for her to see Rin." "Why should we help Rin she looks almost dead why not use that sword and fix her?" Kagome had enough with whatever was bugging Inuyasha. "He's already tried! This girl died once before and then brought back. Whatever is hurting her right now is beyond Sesshomaru's power. If you would just look you would see that he came here to save a friend you jerk!" Kagome took Rin from Sesshomaru and started to walk back to the hut. "I will go and see what I can do. Stay here and try not to kill each other." Kagome walked back towards the hut passing Miroku and Sango. "Will you two make sure those three don't kill each other while I try to help Rin?" "Sure." The two went running down to where the three demons stood looking at each other.
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Inuyasha stared at his brother like he was nothing but a tree. "What is going on with you?" Inuyasha was taken from thought to look at Sango. When he turned around that is when Sesshomaru saw a bug on his brother's back. "I bet that would have something to do with it." Kouga looked at what Sesshomaru was pointing at. He took hold of the bug and Inuyasha's softness started to reappear. "What have I done?" Inuyasha looked around and felt in his pocket to find the ring that was given back the night before.
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Kagome set Rin down on a soft bed of blankets. She ran her hands over Rin's body as she closed her eyes. "What is going on? Your body is trapped between here and heaven. Yet the sword cannot reach you." Kagome moved her hands then stopped over Rin's chest. She opened her eyes and what could not be seen with the naked eye appeared. A large wound from what looked like an arrow. Kagome felt the aura that the wound expelled. "Kikyou did this to you." Kagome got up and went through her bag pulling out a bandage and then took hold of a new kimono. Kagome placed the bandage then changed the girl into the new kimono before she sat next to her and closed her eyes. Kagome dug deep inside her for her true power. As she started to unlock it the power started to glow around her, Kagome pushed harder and the power flowed over the little girl. "Rin I need you to wake up now." The little girl opened her eyes and looked at Kagome. She hugged her so tight that Kagome broke her concentration and looked at Rin. "Thank you for saving me." "Oh Rin. Tell me what happened to you." Rin looked around then took in a deep breath. "I was waiting for Sesshomaru to come back when a wind blow out my fire. I then heard a soft voice say my name. I looked up to see a girl in a plan pink kimono standing not far from me. I looked and she looked like you so I ran to say hi. Then I saw her eyes and it was not you I turned to run but Kagura appeared and held me. I wanted to scream but it wouldn't come out and then I felt a sharp pain. I wanted to see what was going on but then everything went black. Next thing I know I see you." Rin hugged Kagome again but Kagome was stiff. "Rin hold onto me." Kagome wrapped her body around Rin as the hut around her was blown to pieces.
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"She really told you about the ring?" "That she did mutt. I told her you would break her heart. I thought I was right but it looks like it was Naraku who just put this on you so you would hurt her." Inuyasha looked then at his brother. "Why is Rin being attacked?" "Not sure." Sesshomaru was more concerned with the wind change. Inuyasha was about to ask another question when they all heard an explosion from the hill. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha was back and was running to the hut. Sesshomaru didn't say a word but took off after Inuyasha. They all were running now as the sky was getting dark on the hill and that could only mean that Naraku was closing in. They reached the hilltop to find Kagome bent over Rin as pieces of wood fell around her. There standing outside the destroyed hut stood Kikyou and Naraku.
"Give us the girl Kagome." Kikyou yelled as the wood finally settled. "No!" Kagome stood keeping Rin behind her. "I thought so. Why fight for her, she's not one of your friends." "Rin is innocent child and I will not let you hurt her. " Kagome was burning with anger over the fact that Naraku was attacking this little girl. Naraku stood as Kikyou laughed, "Fine have it you way." Kikyou shot an arrow at the ground in front of Inuyasha and the others. A blue barrier appeared and they saw that Kagome was now alone to protect Rin.
Kagome was scanning the ground for her bow when she heard Rin scream with fear. She looked up to see that Naraku was creating wolves to come after her. "Rin what is it." Kagome looked into Rin's eyes and it all made sense. Kagome pulled Rin into her arms and used her body as a shield as the wolves came. They bit down on Kagome's back legs and back trying to get to the girl she held so tight. "Kagome!" Inuyasha could smell the blood as the wolves were attacking. Then the wolves stopped as a long howl was heard. Sango looked to see that Kouga was the one howling and he seemed to get the wolves to stop. "Keep going Kouga." Miroku cheered him on as the wolves pulled back. Naraku only smiled as he looked at the bleed Kagome getting back up to fight. "You still fight after those wolves attacked you so badly." Kagome bent down without a word. "I am much stronger than you think now leave this girl alone." Kagome shot her last arrow as she stood. The arrow hit it's mark as souls were now leaving Naraku's body. Rin held Kagome's hand as she and Kagome watched Naraku turn to leave.
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Inuyasha and the others were sure she had won but then Naraku turned and in a blink of an eye he was standing in front of Kagome. "You will not get her." Kagome pulled Rin behind her as Naraku moved closer. "Oh I have a little secret for you Kagome." Naraku then rushed Kagome and her body jerked forward. "We were never after Rin." Naraku whispered as he pushed the sword deeper into Kagome's chest. As he then took a step back he revealed what he had done. Kagome looked down at the sword it was not the sword but the light that was coming off it that scared her. The blue light pulled on her living soul as she slumped to the ground. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha watched as Kagome hit the ground, he pulled tetsusaiga ready to break the barrier. Then Naraku and Kikyou disappeared along with the barrier.
Rin was looking at Kagome as her light faded. "Kagome please stay here." Rin couldn't help but feel like she was to blame for what was happening. She looked up as Inuyasha and Kouga came running to Kagome's side. "Kagome! Kagome!" Inuyasha scooped Kagome's body up into his arms as he looked over her wound. He placed a hand on Kagome's cold soft cheek. "I am so sorry. I never would say what I said to you last night. Kagome you're my whole world. Oh Kagome please don't leave me." Inuyasha could feel that her body was cold and he held tighter as the tears started to run down his cheek.
Sesshomaru walked to Rin taking her hand about to walk away. "You owe her." Sesshomaru stopped as Inuyasha was now looking at him. "What are you talking about?" "She would have been able to easily block those two but she was protecting Rin. You can save her so do it." Sesshomaru looked at Rin and then at Kagome.
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Kagome opened her eyes to see heaven and the souls that floated around her. "So I did die." Kagome looked around and then the old gatekeeper appeared. "I see that Naraku wants this back." The old man held out his hand to show Kagome the jewel sill not whole but full of power. "Are you telling me he killed me to get the jewel?" "I am Kagome. He needs power for all the souls that you freed have left him to be only as strong as he was when he first became demon." Kagome looked around. "Why take it back?" "He will only send you here to get it over and over till you take it back. Or he will break open the gates and destroy all those still living." Kagome couldn't let that happen, so see reached out and took the jewel from the man. "When you get back take the shard from Kohaku he will be fine without it. If he is allowed to have it and Naraku get it then he will be in grave danger." Kagome nodded as she felt her soul get warm. "Goodbye Kagome and good luck."