I Wish For Tomorrow
A/N: WAI. I got bored. Again. So I started a new fic. Again. n.n; For those reading Yume no Unmei and worrying that I'll forget all about it..don't worry. n.n I still work on it, even with everything else I do.
ALRIGHT. So this new fic of mine. It's not AU. (Though those are so much fun n.n;; Yume no Unmei is probably the most fun I've had writing a serious fic in a long time. Anyways..) It starts at the end of their journey. I don't want to give too much away, though, so I'll stop now. n.n;; As it is the norm with me, this fic is totally Inuyasha x Kagome.
Spoilers for the anime/manga in this chapter. (And probably future chapters.) Standard disclaimers apply.
One last thing. n.n;;; Familiarize yourself with the Midoriko bit from either manga or anime. The beginning part of this story has a lot to do with that.I know it's somewhere in the mid-20s anime-wise, and I think Volume 10 or 11 in the manga. n.n;
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Centipede Jourou - Mistress Centipede (That very first youkai that dragged
Kagome into the Sengoku Jidai)
Goshinboku - The God Tree (Where Inuyasha was pinned to at the veryvery beginning
of the series)
Hanyou - Half Demon
Kaza Ana - Air Void
Miko - Priestess
Minna - Everyone
Taiji-ya - Exterminator
Un - Yeah
Youkai - Demon
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Chapter I
The End
Kagome kneeled before the fallen, but not quite dead, Naraku. He glared scathingly up at her, but was unable to move due to the last attack that had been dealt upon him. She calmly took the remaining fragment of Shikon no Tama from his trembling fingers while her friends watched Naraku warily, should he gather up enough strength to attack Kagome.
"Go now, Naraku," Kagome said quietly so only he could hear. "Fate meant to take you fifty years ago, but you twisted it around in the opposite direction. I'm turning it back. Go Naraku, to your eternal rest." She delicately held his dirtied face in her hands, purifying his soul. An anguished cry erupted from the hanyou as his soul fled him into hell.
The girl from the future turned to face her friends. They were all bloodied and weary. It was only two years ago when the journey started. It felt like an eternity. "Minna, we did it." Her bright smile cast a soothing happiness into each of their hearts, pains of their wounds forgotten for that one moment.
The six tired warriors made their way back to the village they liked to call "home."
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"It's finally over?" Kaede asked Kagome. The others had been treated for their wounds and were resting. Kagome, while she was still wounded, was the best off.
"Un," Kagome said with a weary nod. "Naraku is dead. Kikyou was avenged, and the taiji-ya village. Miroku's Kaza Ana has disappeared. The Shikon no Tama is whole. The only thing left to do is to get rid of the Shikon no Tama once and for all."
Kaede nodded. "I suppose Inuyasha doesn't want to become a full youkai, anymore. I've been told of how he became when he did transform. What will become of it is entirely up to you."
Kagome looked down at the pink crystal in her hands, exactly as it had been two years ago when Centipede Jourou tore it from her body. Exactly as it had been before it had been shattered as she killed the Corpse Dancing Crow. Kagome closed her fingers around the smooth ball. She could feel the energy of the youkai battling endlessly with the miko Midoriko inside the tiny orb.
"I just don't know yet," she said finally. "I have to talk to everyone, first." Most importantly, Inuyasha. What happens to the Shikon no Tama depends so much on what he does..
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Days later, Inuyasha and Shippou were back to perfect health and Sango and Miroku were back on their feet. Those days of healing had been quiet and uneventful, leaving everyone with more time than prudent to think and dwell on thoughts that had been put off for the majority of two years, as was Inuyasha's case.
You knew it would come. You tried to avoid asmuch as possible, and it comes back to hit you in the face with a vicious vengeance. Inuyasha silently cursed himself. What am I going to do? I'm so divided. The Shikon no Tama is ours at last. I'm certainly not going to become a youkai; I don't ever want to forget those I care about. Kagome, and Kikyou..
Hard as it was to avoid, Inuyasha had fallen in love with Kagome early in their journey together. He still cared indefinately for Kikyou, nothing could sway him from that point. And he knew very well that Kagome loved him with every fiber of her being, but had put aside her feelings for the sake of him. For that he loved her all the more, that she was willing to be by his side even if it hurt her heart so much. But there was still that element known as Kikyou.
Inuyasha never stopped loving her, even when he had been sealed fifty-two years ago against Goshinboku, even before he learned it was an elaborate trap set up by Naraku to dirty the Shikon no Tama with their hate for one another. But they could only be together in death, which was what Kikyou wanted.
But do I really want to die? Inuyasha wandered. Kagome showed me just how much I love living. But..Kikyou...I want to live. I want to see tomorrow. I want to see her smiling face, for the rest of my life..
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Kagome wandered alone in the forest, needing time to herself to think. Inuyasha hadn't been seen at all that morning. I wonder where he is...Kagome mused idly. Probably not doing anything different than what I'm doing. Out somewhere all alone to do some much-needed thinking.
Kagome's musings were confirmed when she spied him staring up at Goshinboku, eyes glazed over in a show of being deep in thought. She backed slowly away from where he stood, sotpping only when she heard Kikyou's familiar voice speaking his name.
"Kikyou..." Inuyasha murmured, broken form his trance. "What are you doing here..?"
"Aren't you happy to see me, Inuyasha?" Kikyou said snidely. She winced inwardly at the pained look on his face at her harsh words. "The Shikon no Tama is complete, is it not?"
Inuyasha nodded. "We beat Naraku. Kagome will protect and purify the Shikon no Tama until we find a proper use for it."
"At least I know the tama is in good hands," Kikyou said wistfully. "My reincarnate is a strong woman, much as I dislike her." Inuyasha fidgeted uncomfortably, obviously awkward with discussing Kagome with Kikyou. "No? Don't want to talk about her? You can't hide it from me, Inuyasha. I've seen the way to protect her, the way you look at her." Further fidgeting. She started to turn away. "I see, Inuyasha. You want to live so much. You'll always be stubborn, I won't bother trying to change your mind. But I'll always be waiting for you in hell."
Inuyasha watched her walk away, at loss for words. Then he noticed Kagome's familiar scent wafting towards him. "Kagome..?" She saw?
Kaogme emerged from behind a tree, unable to tear her eyes away from his face. "Inuyasha?" Her eyes held confusion and wonderment, hope and love. Could this be...?
They slowly approached each other, and Kagome found herself engulfed in his embrace in an instant. "I don't want to be alone again," he whispered softly in her ear. "Be with me...?" He looked questioningly into her eyes.
Disbelief seized her muscles, and she could only stare at him, taking in his words. Did he mean it? Does he want to be with..me..?
"Inuyasha, I..I.." Words couldn't get past her tongue. Instead, Kagome threw her arms around him, lips brushing lightly together. It was all the answer Inuyasha needed.
They broke apart, Kagome gently fingering the orb around her neck, silently asking him if this was really it. He nodded slightly, beaming with perpetual joy at her. Inuyasha slipped the necklace over her head, and the two held the jewel out in front of them, which was now glowing bright pink in front of them.
I want to be with Inuyasha forever...!
In a burst of light, Inuyasha and Kagome disappeared from the world at endless war, leaving all their past trouble behind.
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Whatcha think? n.n I love reviews. Second chapter will be out when I get it done. ~_^ Chapters will come out whenever I finish them, but only at the most once a day. :P Can't spoil you too much, dearies.