Ch. 10: One Question
When Mitsukake's healing powers returned, he headed back into the hut. The rest of the group stood outside looking at each other. They all wanted to be there when Kagome woke up but they all also realized that it would be thoughtful to let Inu-yasha be alone with her for a while first. They decided to stay outside until either Inu-yasha or Kagome invited them to come in.Inside the hut, Inu-yasha watched as Mitsukake raised his hand over Kagome's wound. His hand started to glow red, like Tamahome's forehead had and Kagome's wound vanished before their eyes."She should wake up any second now," Mitsukake said with a smile ad he stepped outside to join the others.
Mitsukake had just left when Inu-yasha noticed Kagome's eye lids start to flutter. "Kagome?" he whispered to her. Her eyes opened all the way and she looked straight into his eyes, giving him a smile that made him melt.
"Inu-yasha," she said, "arigato."
"For what?"
"For being here. I was about to go earlier but I heard you calling me. You stayed with me, didn't you?"
Inu-yasha nodded. Then he reached down, lifted her up and hugged her to him. "I was so worried. After you passed out, I thought you were going to die and I just about lost it. I didn't want to lose you before I told you that I had made my decision. I don't love Kikyou. I love YOU, Kagome and I'll be by your side always."
"But you did tell me. I remember. And I love you to, Inu-yasha. I always have and I always will."
"Well than I guess there's just one question left."
"What's that?"
"How are we going to use the Shikon no Tama?"
Kagome thought about this. If she stayed in this time she would have to leave her family and friends from her time. But if she went home she would have to leave her second family, her friends from this time. And Inu- yasha. Suddenly she got an idea. She turned to Inu-yasha and smiled as she said, "I think I have and idea but I want to see if the others will agree to it."
He gave her a questioning look as he stood up to invite the others in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the bell rung, signaling the end of classes, Kagome walked with her boyfriend and a couple of other students to meet up with some other friends at the local ice cream place. "So, Tamahome's going to pick up Shippo and Sota from their school to meet us, right?" asked a human Inu-yasha.
"Right," answered Kagome before turning to the girl next to her, "Sango, would you please get your boyfriend to hurry up?"
Sango sighed, "He's still getting used to so many short skirts. But at least he doesn't try to grope every girl he meets anymore."
Kagome nodded. Everything had turned out great. The others had all agreed with her plan. They had used the jewel for three main purposes. They had purified all the evil youkai in Sengoku Jidai. The well would remain constantly open to anyone from the group of friends. And Inu-yasha now had the ability to control his transformation between hanyou and full human. They had decided to live in Kagome's time until she finished high school so that she could stay with her friends until the time they would have parted ways anyway. Then they would return to Sengoku Jidai but make frequent returns to visit her family. For now they were somehow all managing to live together at the shrine.
Kagome smiled at her friends. She hadn't thought life could be this great. She and Inu-yasha had become a serious couple. Her friends from both times got along together and her grades were back up.
Inu-yasha put his arm around her shoulders and she grinned. Yes, everything was absolutely perfect.
When Mitsukake's healing powers returned, he headed back into the hut. The rest of the group stood outside looking at each other. They all wanted to be there when Kagome woke up but they all also realized that it would be thoughtful to let Inu-yasha be alone with her for a while first. They decided to stay outside until either Inu-yasha or Kagome invited them to come in.Inside the hut, Inu-yasha watched as Mitsukake raised his hand over Kagome's wound. His hand started to glow red, like Tamahome's forehead had and Kagome's wound vanished before their eyes."She should wake up any second now," Mitsukake said with a smile ad he stepped outside to join the others.
Mitsukake had just left when Inu-yasha noticed Kagome's eye lids start to flutter. "Kagome?" he whispered to her. Her eyes opened all the way and she looked straight into his eyes, giving him a smile that made him melt.
"Inu-yasha," she said, "arigato."
"For what?"
"For being here. I was about to go earlier but I heard you calling me. You stayed with me, didn't you?"
Inu-yasha nodded. Then he reached down, lifted her up and hugged her to him. "I was so worried. After you passed out, I thought you were going to die and I just about lost it. I didn't want to lose you before I told you that I had made my decision. I don't love Kikyou. I love YOU, Kagome and I'll be by your side always."
"But you did tell me. I remember. And I love you to, Inu-yasha. I always have and I always will."
"Well than I guess there's just one question left."
"What's that?"
"How are we going to use the Shikon no Tama?"
Kagome thought about this. If she stayed in this time she would have to leave her family and friends from her time. But if she went home she would have to leave her second family, her friends from this time. And Inu- yasha. Suddenly she got an idea. She turned to Inu-yasha and smiled as she said, "I think I have and idea but I want to see if the others will agree to it."
He gave her a questioning look as he stood up to invite the others in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the bell rung, signaling the end of classes, Kagome walked with her boyfriend and a couple of other students to meet up with some other friends at the local ice cream place. "So, Tamahome's going to pick up Shippo and Sota from their school to meet us, right?" asked a human Inu-yasha.
"Right," answered Kagome before turning to the girl next to her, "Sango, would you please get your boyfriend to hurry up?"
Sango sighed, "He's still getting used to so many short skirts. But at least he doesn't try to grope every girl he meets anymore."
Kagome nodded. Everything had turned out great. The others had all agreed with her plan. They had used the jewel for three main purposes. They had purified all the evil youkai in Sengoku Jidai. The well would remain constantly open to anyone from the group of friends. And Inu-yasha now had the ability to control his transformation between hanyou and full human. They had decided to live in Kagome's time until she finished high school so that she could stay with her friends until the time they would have parted ways anyway. Then they would return to Sengoku Jidai but make frequent returns to visit her family. For now they were somehow all managing to live together at the shrine.
Kagome smiled at her friends. She hadn't thought life could be this great. She and Inu-yasha had become a serious couple. Her friends from both times got along together and her grades were back up.
Inu-yasha put his arm around her shoulders and she grinned. Yes, everything was absolutely perfect.