Disclaimer: I may not own Inu-koi, but I'm married to him, so suck on that!!!!!!! O.O
Married to him in my mind at least.... .;;
A/N: Omg, sorry for not updating in sooo long! I just actually got a life! Then my life died, so I have time to write again! ^.^;
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She was still clad in her skirt and shirt, so with all the snow, you can imagine she was cold.
She sighed, staring off in thought about what to do... When suddenly the doors opened and she found herself falling backwards...
....Only to fall into a well-toned chest and two strong arms, with red haori sleeves, come up and steady her.....
She gasped, shoving back away from him and whirling around. "Inuyasha I thought I said alon–..." she paused when she looked up at his face. This Inuyasha looked virtually the same age, but his haori was ripped in several places.
"Kagome.." he whispered, his voice coming out rough. He took her chin in his hand and her heart leaped. He tilted her head to one side, brushing the hair from her neck.
"Inu..."
"You're not my Kagome.. And yet, you are." He said, an eyebrow raised.
"I know.. I'm.."
"You're the younger version.. But.. How is this possible?"
Kagome reluctantly pulled back away from him. His eyes looked so sad. "I.. I may be your Kagome as she was younger.. But the well.. Something happened to the well, and... and... I.. We.. Came further into the future..." she stammered. She wasn't sure why she was so jumpy around him. Probably because his eyes looked so sad, and he went to Kikyou afterall. Why was he back after all this time?
"We? Ah, so myself is here too." His voice was the same, only gruffer and softer. His eyes though. They looked like he had lost everything. Why?
Kagome couldn't quit staring into his eyes. Part of her wanted to throw herself into his arms and cry. Cry for her future. Then call him a jerk for leaving her in the future and 'sitting' him into oblivion.
But these things hadn't happened to her... yet...
Then, she realized his rosary was gone. She stared at his neck for a moment, her mouth opening, though she was unsure of what to say. "It's gone.." she managed to mumble. He followed her gaze to his neck.
"Keh... Kikyou took it off for me." he said with the same air as his younger self, shoving his arms into his sleeves.
But that sentence was like a slap to Kagome. Inuyasha... she loved him.. But he'd only leave her for Kikyou! Anger filled her eyes and before she could stop it, her hand flew out intent on slapping him.
Only he caught her wrist...
"What's the matter with you?!" He demanded.
"Me! What's the matter with you! Leaving me–err... me in the future– for Kikyou! We're married! In the future at least! What about Tsubii?!"
He released her wrist and took a step back. "I shouldn't have come..." he began to back away, but Kagome took a lunge for him and grabbed his arms.
"No! You don't get to leave! Not again..." she felt as if he was trying to leave her. She knew she had to do what she could to change the future! Her happiness depended on it. "Not until you tell me what happened!"
"Fine!" he shouted back, sitting down on the steps as she sat beside him. "Where do I start...?"
"From the beginning."
"Fine, fine... Let's see... we finished our quest and I came back to your time with you. That is, after I told you of my feelings.. Because you.. Uhh.."
"I was attacked and would've died if it wasn't for you.. I heard that much already."
"Oh, I see... you've been discussing this.." he trailed off, a faint blush.
"Go on. And stop acting so weird. I may be the younger version of the woman you married, but I'm still Kagome."
"Yeah, I know.. Let's see.. We got married shortly after and you became pregnant on our wedding night... well... wedding morning. We became mates before we went through with your silly human ritual."
"It's not silly!"
"Yeah, yeah... anyways, I went about living in this world, and early in the pregnancy, we'd travel through the well to see Miroku, Sango, and Shippou. Then I decided it'd be safer not to travel as you got further in the pregnancy. Though, we -did- go to Kaede's to have the child."
Kagome nodded, understanding how weird it would look to have a dog-eared child in the modern day hospital.
"Then, shortly after Tsubii was born, I smelled Kikyou through the well. We hadn't put her to rest, so I went, promising you I'd be back as soon as I did..."
"And I never saw you again." He nodded slowly in shame. "Tell me something... Why? Why didn't you come back?"
"I couldn't." he stated, standing up.
"Nani? Why?" Kagome blinked and stood up too, blocking his view of the well.
"Kikyou tricked me.. As soon as I came out of the well, she sealed it. I couldn't get back."
"Oh.. Then... what happened with you and her? Did you put her to rest?"
"Not right away..." he said, looking down.
Kagome felt a stab to her heart. "Wh-what happened?"
"She was the only one who could remove the seal."
"Matte! Tsubii said she saw you a while back! What about that?!"
"I came here.. But I couldn't come for long. I was wearing a special charm Kaede made that would allow me to pass through for a short period of time. As soon as I talked to Tsubii, I knew I wouldn't have enough time to explain things to you, so I left back through the well."
Kagome felt tears prick her eyes. So he didn't betray her! But still.. Wait! Her future self and Inuyasha from the past were doing Kami-sama knows what! She had to stop them and give her future self her rightful Inuyasha!
She suddenly whipped her head around and grabbed his sleeve. "Oh gods, your Kagome and my Inu... Kami-sama knows -what- they're doing right now!"
"Nani?!" he growled. Apparently he didn't like the idea anymore than Kagome. Together, they rushed into the house. They passed Tsubii, who called out "Daddy!", went up the stairs, turned, and plowed through the bedroom door. The older Inuyasha had tackled it with his shoulder, knocking it down, and Kagome jumped after him, shouting, "Osuwari!!"
The younger Inuyasha fell through the hole in the floor from earlier and Tsubii's surprised scream was heard from below. "Bitch!" came the muffled curse towards Kagome from below.
"Osuwari! Don't call me that!"
A yelp, and another muffled curse was the only reply. Kagome looked between her future self and the future Inuyasha and blinked. They were standing perfectly still, as if statues, both unblinking as they gazed into each other's eyes.
Kagome knew that look. It was love, fear, and what remained of their trust. All of that reflected in their eyes...
The future Inuyasha took a step forward, taking a deep breath of the scent he had missed so much over the years. Future Kagome's eyes were liquid brown, brimming with tears, and the future Inuyasha's eyes were about the same. He noticed his mate anywhere, and took another deep breath.
"Inuyasha..."
"Kagome..."
A tear fell from the future Kagome's eye, and Inuyasha climbed back through the hole with Tsubii on his back just in time to see his future self close the distance between him and his mate, wrapping his arms tightly around her as she cried in his chest.
"I.. I though.. And... Kikyou...she..." That was all Kagome could hear from her future self. Jumbled thoughts. She sobbed, hanging onto the future Inuyasha's haori for dear life, sobbing all her years tears for the only man she had ever come to love.
Her mate..
Her Inuyasha...
Her forever...
Inuyasha pulled himself from the hole, Tsubii in tow and stood beside Kagome. They exchanged glances, then looked at their future selves and began to walk out the door.
As Kagome took one last look in the room at them in the future, she heard the future Inuyasha say just above a whisper, "Let me start from the beginning..."
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A couple of hours passed that Inuyasha, Kagome, and Tsubii watched TV and ate ramen, when finally their future selves dropped through the hole above.
They all yelped at the sudden presence and turned around. Future Kagome was smiling, though her cheeks were wet with tears. "It's all okay now.. Everything's going to be okay.." she said, smiling up at her mate.
Their gazes locked, and Kagome saw the trust back in that look. The trust and love, and regret over all the tears and doubts.
Kagome smiled up at her Inuyasha, shooting him a look similar to that of the one her future self was giving her mate. This trip through time hadn't been so bad afterall. At first, it looked like she shouldn't go on, because the future was so grim.. But now she saw that everything happened for a reason.
She only hoped all that she knew wouldn't affect the future.
Then a thought hit her.
"Matte... what about the well? What happened to let you go through?" She looked up at the future Inuyasha and he shrugged.
"I was sulking in the Goshinboku, when suddenly, it felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, and I could smell them across the well again.. The barrier was gone, and it let me go through... I guess whatever messed up the well when you guys went through must have affected it for me too."
Kagome nodded.. It made since, afterall the well was made from a Time Tree.
"I wonder.. If since you went through the well... if it would take us back to the right time..." Kagome pondered, looking over to her Inuyasha. He was immediately up.
"This has all been great," he began, "but we need to be off.. Thanks for the ramen."
Kagome bowed in thanks, getting up too.
"No, thank -you-... because of you both coming through, I was able to see my husband again!" Future Kagome said.
"And my daddy!" Tsubii said, smiling a fang-toothed smile up at the couple.
"No problem.." Kagome said, smiling at the lovers. 'That's us! That's really us! We get a happy ending afterall!' she mentally danced.
Inuyasha grunted slightly and began to walk to the door, Kagome following. As soon as they got outside, Inuyasha gently took her hand, pulling her to his side. "So that's really our future..." he trailed off as they reached the well, looking back as if in thought.
"Looks good to me.." Kagome said, blushing faintly as she rested her knee on the edge of the well, rubbing the back of his hand gently with her thumb.
Inuyasha turned and locked gazes with her, quickly leaning in and grazing her lips with his. She pressed her lips more firmly against his, gasping softly at the sudden action. Inuyasha pulled back, smirking.
"Me too..."
And with that said, he jumped in the well, Kagome under his arm. They both were engulfed in blue light, and looked up, seeing the blue skies above them. They both exchanged a glance much like they would in the future, and a knowing smile crossed their lips.
They were home...
....Owari.....
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A/N: It's over! Done! Owari! Etc! Omg, it was sooo touching! I loved this story! It brings tears to my eyes as I write this, because it started off so sad, then ended so very happy... everything happens for a reason you know! And...and.. Oh god, I want to be Kagome.. To be loved like that! I'd sell my soul just for a night with Inuyasha! O.O!!
*coughs* Anywayzzzz.... uhh... Review, damn you! The great Kaggerz commands it! I'll give you a cookie!! O.O; Review or Shippou shall seek out ye soul!!! mwhahahaha!
And yes, donations of money for me to get therapy ARE accepted! Ja matta ne, minna-chan!
Married to him in my mind at least.... .;;
A/N: Omg, sorry for not updating in sooo long! I just actually got a life! Then my life died, so I have time to write again! ^.^;
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She was still clad in her skirt and shirt, so with all the snow, you can imagine she was cold.
She sighed, staring off in thought about what to do... When suddenly the doors opened and she found herself falling backwards...
....Only to fall into a well-toned chest and two strong arms, with red haori sleeves, come up and steady her.....
She gasped, shoving back away from him and whirling around. "Inuyasha I thought I said alon–..." she paused when she looked up at his face. This Inuyasha looked virtually the same age, but his haori was ripped in several places.
"Kagome.." he whispered, his voice coming out rough. He took her chin in his hand and her heart leaped. He tilted her head to one side, brushing the hair from her neck.
"Inu..."
"You're not my Kagome.. And yet, you are." He said, an eyebrow raised.
"I know.. I'm.."
"You're the younger version.. But.. How is this possible?"
Kagome reluctantly pulled back away from him. His eyes looked so sad. "I.. I may be your Kagome as she was younger.. But the well.. Something happened to the well, and... and... I.. We.. Came further into the future..." she stammered. She wasn't sure why she was so jumpy around him. Probably because his eyes looked so sad, and he went to Kikyou afterall. Why was he back after all this time?
"We? Ah, so myself is here too." His voice was the same, only gruffer and softer. His eyes though. They looked like he had lost everything. Why?
Kagome couldn't quit staring into his eyes. Part of her wanted to throw herself into his arms and cry. Cry for her future. Then call him a jerk for leaving her in the future and 'sitting' him into oblivion.
But these things hadn't happened to her... yet...
Then, she realized his rosary was gone. She stared at his neck for a moment, her mouth opening, though she was unsure of what to say. "It's gone.." she managed to mumble. He followed her gaze to his neck.
"Keh... Kikyou took it off for me." he said with the same air as his younger self, shoving his arms into his sleeves.
But that sentence was like a slap to Kagome. Inuyasha... she loved him.. But he'd only leave her for Kikyou! Anger filled her eyes and before she could stop it, her hand flew out intent on slapping him.
Only he caught her wrist...
"What's the matter with you?!" He demanded.
"Me! What's the matter with you! Leaving me–err... me in the future– for Kikyou! We're married! In the future at least! What about Tsubii?!"
He released her wrist and took a step back. "I shouldn't have come..." he began to back away, but Kagome took a lunge for him and grabbed his arms.
"No! You don't get to leave! Not again..." she felt as if he was trying to leave her. She knew she had to do what she could to change the future! Her happiness depended on it. "Not until you tell me what happened!"
"Fine!" he shouted back, sitting down on the steps as she sat beside him. "Where do I start...?"
"From the beginning."
"Fine, fine... Let's see... we finished our quest and I came back to your time with you. That is, after I told you of my feelings.. Because you.. Uhh.."
"I was attacked and would've died if it wasn't for you.. I heard that much already."
"Oh, I see... you've been discussing this.." he trailed off, a faint blush.
"Go on. And stop acting so weird. I may be the younger version of the woman you married, but I'm still Kagome."
"Yeah, I know.. Let's see.. We got married shortly after and you became pregnant on our wedding night... well... wedding morning. We became mates before we went through with your silly human ritual."
"It's not silly!"
"Yeah, yeah... anyways, I went about living in this world, and early in the pregnancy, we'd travel through the well to see Miroku, Sango, and Shippou. Then I decided it'd be safer not to travel as you got further in the pregnancy. Though, we -did- go to Kaede's to have the child."
Kagome nodded, understanding how weird it would look to have a dog-eared child in the modern day hospital.
"Then, shortly after Tsubii was born, I smelled Kikyou through the well. We hadn't put her to rest, so I went, promising you I'd be back as soon as I did..."
"And I never saw you again." He nodded slowly in shame. "Tell me something... Why? Why didn't you come back?"
"I couldn't." he stated, standing up.
"Nani? Why?" Kagome blinked and stood up too, blocking his view of the well.
"Kikyou tricked me.. As soon as I came out of the well, she sealed it. I couldn't get back."
"Oh.. Then... what happened with you and her? Did you put her to rest?"
"Not right away..." he said, looking down.
Kagome felt a stab to her heart. "Wh-what happened?"
"She was the only one who could remove the seal."
"Matte! Tsubii said she saw you a while back! What about that?!"
"I came here.. But I couldn't come for long. I was wearing a special charm Kaede made that would allow me to pass through for a short period of time. As soon as I talked to Tsubii, I knew I wouldn't have enough time to explain things to you, so I left back through the well."
Kagome felt tears prick her eyes. So he didn't betray her! But still.. Wait! Her future self and Inuyasha from the past were doing Kami-sama knows what! She had to stop them and give her future self her rightful Inuyasha!
She suddenly whipped her head around and grabbed his sleeve. "Oh gods, your Kagome and my Inu... Kami-sama knows -what- they're doing right now!"
"Nani?!" he growled. Apparently he didn't like the idea anymore than Kagome. Together, they rushed into the house. They passed Tsubii, who called out "Daddy!", went up the stairs, turned, and plowed through the bedroom door. The older Inuyasha had tackled it with his shoulder, knocking it down, and Kagome jumped after him, shouting, "Osuwari!!"
The younger Inuyasha fell through the hole in the floor from earlier and Tsubii's surprised scream was heard from below. "Bitch!" came the muffled curse towards Kagome from below.
"Osuwari! Don't call me that!"
A yelp, and another muffled curse was the only reply. Kagome looked between her future self and the future Inuyasha and blinked. They were standing perfectly still, as if statues, both unblinking as they gazed into each other's eyes.
Kagome knew that look. It was love, fear, and what remained of their trust. All of that reflected in their eyes...
The future Inuyasha took a step forward, taking a deep breath of the scent he had missed so much over the years. Future Kagome's eyes were liquid brown, brimming with tears, and the future Inuyasha's eyes were about the same. He noticed his mate anywhere, and took another deep breath.
"Inuyasha..."
"Kagome..."
A tear fell from the future Kagome's eye, and Inuyasha climbed back through the hole with Tsubii on his back just in time to see his future self close the distance between him and his mate, wrapping his arms tightly around her as she cried in his chest.
"I.. I though.. And... Kikyou...she..." That was all Kagome could hear from her future self. Jumbled thoughts. She sobbed, hanging onto the future Inuyasha's haori for dear life, sobbing all her years tears for the only man she had ever come to love.
Her mate..
Her Inuyasha...
Her forever...
Inuyasha pulled himself from the hole, Tsubii in tow and stood beside Kagome. They exchanged glances, then looked at their future selves and began to walk out the door.
As Kagome took one last look in the room at them in the future, she heard the future Inuyasha say just above a whisper, "Let me start from the beginning..."
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A couple of hours passed that Inuyasha, Kagome, and Tsubii watched TV and ate ramen, when finally their future selves dropped through the hole above.
They all yelped at the sudden presence and turned around. Future Kagome was smiling, though her cheeks were wet with tears. "It's all okay now.. Everything's going to be okay.." she said, smiling up at her mate.
Their gazes locked, and Kagome saw the trust back in that look. The trust and love, and regret over all the tears and doubts.
Kagome smiled up at her Inuyasha, shooting him a look similar to that of the one her future self was giving her mate. This trip through time hadn't been so bad afterall. At first, it looked like she shouldn't go on, because the future was so grim.. But now she saw that everything happened for a reason.
She only hoped all that she knew wouldn't affect the future.
Then a thought hit her.
"Matte... what about the well? What happened to let you go through?" She looked up at the future Inuyasha and he shrugged.
"I was sulking in the Goshinboku, when suddenly, it felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, and I could smell them across the well again.. The barrier was gone, and it let me go through... I guess whatever messed up the well when you guys went through must have affected it for me too."
Kagome nodded.. It made since, afterall the well was made from a Time Tree.
"I wonder.. If since you went through the well... if it would take us back to the right time..." Kagome pondered, looking over to her Inuyasha. He was immediately up.
"This has all been great," he began, "but we need to be off.. Thanks for the ramen."
Kagome bowed in thanks, getting up too.
"No, thank -you-... because of you both coming through, I was able to see my husband again!" Future Kagome said.
"And my daddy!" Tsubii said, smiling a fang-toothed smile up at the couple.
"No problem.." Kagome said, smiling at the lovers. 'That's us! That's really us! We get a happy ending afterall!' she mentally danced.
Inuyasha grunted slightly and began to walk to the door, Kagome following. As soon as they got outside, Inuyasha gently took her hand, pulling her to his side. "So that's really our future..." he trailed off as they reached the well, looking back as if in thought.
"Looks good to me.." Kagome said, blushing faintly as she rested her knee on the edge of the well, rubbing the back of his hand gently with her thumb.
Inuyasha turned and locked gazes with her, quickly leaning in and grazing her lips with his. She pressed her lips more firmly against his, gasping softly at the sudden action. Inuyasha pulled back, smirking.
"Me too..."
And with that said, he jumped in the well, Kagome under his arm. They both were engulfed in blue light, and looked up, seeing the blue skies above them. They both exchanged a glance much like they would in the future, and a knowing smile crossed their lips.
They were home...
....Owari.....
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A/N: It's over! Done! Owari! Etc! Omg, it was sooo touching! I loved this story! It brings tears to my eyes as I write this, because it started off so sad, then ended so very happy... everything happens for a reason you know! And...and.. Oh god, I want to be Kagome.. To be loved like that! I'd sell my soul just for a night with Inuyasha! O.O!!
*coughs* Anywayzzzz.... uhh... Review, damn you! The great Kaggerz commands it! I'll give you a cookie!! O.O; Review or Shippou shall seek out ye soul!!! mwhahahaha!
And yes, donations of money for me to get therapy ARE accepted! Ja matta ne, minna-chan!