@I put some thought into the sequencing of this, and so I hope it makes sense…@
For Kagome, everything happened in heartbeats.
Ba-dum: Something happened to Inuyasha. Slumped further down, his hair, dark from human form, began to turn slowly to the pure silver with blue tints that dominated his hanyou form. The sword began to move, swinging towards her heart, and hope and fate fought a vicious battle for Kagome's consciousness. Hope for Inuyasha and herself, Fate weighing heavily upon her, the feeling of destiny. And the overwhelming surge of inexplicable pity for Kikyou.
Ba-dum: Another heartbeat in her racing pulse, and Kagome's vision turned scarlet. The sword point touched her chest, cold and weighty, it's force bringing it so it would soon bury itself in her. Inuyasha breaks free of the tree, terror written across his face like a message. Miroku and Sango turn to look at Kagome.
Ba-dum: Scarlet no longer, Kagome only sees black. She wonders if she is dead or alive…
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Little by little, Sango realized what was happening. A bolt of lightning or wood, she could not tell, flew from Kikyou's bow. Staring, Sango watched Inuyasha's face seem to darken as death or slumber fell over him like a mask… but just before that there was shock. Now he was losing his humanity, his hanyou ears appeared and he shot off the tree faster than she could follow just as she turned to look at Kagome, sword poised just before her heart…
Inuyasha, who was suddenly there, was holding Kagome, and she was bleeding…
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Inuyasha could not describe all the images and thoughts that flew before his eyes… First seeing Kagome, running from the centipede monster… seeing her in all her "make-up" beautiful as a queen… and realizing that he loved her more than anything, anyone, more even than he had ever loved Kikyou. Kikyou was his childhood sweetheart, and Kagome his one true love, the woman who on her world would have been his wife… How could something so fated end?
He felt it as the arrow hit him, the reawakening of power he once knew so well, a part of him again. He felt his claws return, his REAL ears. This was what he was supposed to be. He launched off the tree, ignoring the arrow, it's power like a mere mortal in comparison to the godly forces that moved him now. He sprang forward, fearing in spite of hope that he was too slow. But somehow time seemed to shift and change, and he was swifter than wind, and mightier than any Youkai. He batted the sword from Kagome-Kikyou's hands, and held Kagome in his arms… In spite of all this, still, she bled…
He placed his hand upon the wound, willing it to heal… and then, realizing it was only a scratch, found Kagome staring at him.
Inuyasha removed his hand quickly as soon as he realized what happened, but Kagome was still staring at him.
"Uhm… I'm… Uh…" Inuyasha tried to explain himself, when suddenly the warmth of her mouth blocked his. She had thrown her arms around him, and was kissing him full on the mouth. Dazed, he could only respond by kissing her back.
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SMACK! The loudly audible sound cut through Kagome's revelry in Inuyasha's soft, well shaped lips. Sango was staring angrily at Miroku, who had the look of "Monkey see, Monkey do" written all over his face, if such a thing can be. Then a flying fur ball assaulted Kagome; Shippou had obviously been worried about her. After that she couldn't get a moment alone with Inuyasha because all of the others (including him) were too insistent that they go see Kaede, who hadn't come along for Kikyou's little outing as Kagome.
Still, all the way back (this time in control of her own body) Kagome could only think of Inuyasha, of their kiss, and how things were looking brighter today.
@Hmm, dunno if I'll write more or not, that works pretty well as an ending… Please Review, and thank you for reading! @