A/N: Well folks, this is it. I'm finally posting the last chapter. Well I hope all you have enjoyed my story, and even if you didn't, I still love you! I want to thank all of you who reviewed and made my life better. I loved doing this story and I hope you all enjoy the next chapter. Thanks!

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Disclaimer: Me? Own Inuyasha? Yeah, right. Unearthing Love Chapter 6 Release of a Spirit

"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Kikyou screamed with such anguish and devastation at losing her first and only love. 'If I had tears, they would fall for you…Inuyasha.' Kikyou heard the familiar throaty laugh and looked at Naraku's detachment with pure, untainted abhorrence. His green glare meant nothing to her. Suddenly Kikyou rose from her crumpled heap in a swift elegant fashion. Naraku's detachment looked on her with surprise. 'She shouldn't be able to move like that…' He thought.

"I hate Naraku, " Kikyou said with a death glare. If looks could kill hers would have killed the youkai with out him even having to return her glare. "And I especially hate you." Kikyou said calmly. She raised her right arm at him. If Kikyou had been screaming maybe she wouldn't have been so frightening. But she wasn't and when her arm raised the youkai staggered back a step. Kikyou's eyes glazed over with a white glaze. Slowly sapphire colored electricity crackled at her fingertips. The electricity danced around her fingers, yearning to be released. A white bluish light filled her normally empty veins. The liquid pulsed through her body and gave her the domination of life she never felt before. The need for vengeance filled her entire body.

"Are you scared?" laughed Kikyou.

"Scared, bah!" he youkai's scoff sounded empty and fearful. "I am scared of no one!" His lie showed through his entire body.

"Really?" Kikyou looked at him with mocked curiosity. Kikyou immediately changed her face from a smirk to a glare, the glare of a woman intent on killing. The youkai staggered back another step, then another. He tried to turn around and run for it, because he knew he stood no chance against Kikyou in this form. But he made the mistake of locking eyes with her. He froze mid-turn.

"Do you like to see people suffer?" asked Kikyou. "Did you like it when you were trying to kill me!?! Did you know you were really looking for a different miko? One from a different time." She smiled at the panicked look on the youkai's face as she slowly circled him. "Oh yes, you were killing the wrong one. She is my reincarnation and loves this hanyou. What she would do to you for killing him is far worse than I could ever do. Maybe I should leave you to her! Did you like it when you saw Inuyasha in pain?" she hissed. If the youkai could have moved he would have flinched back. Kikyou finally stopped in front of him, giving him full force of her white-eyed glare. Kikyou just looked at him. She raised her face to the sky and thrust her arms out. The sapphire electricity came alive with anger. Kikyou gathered the energy up around her body and it grew. It grew and grew until the sapphire-white light finally engulfed her whole body. The youkai looked terrified. But the electricity didn't stop there. It kept on growing and engulfed every little thing in the clearing, including the youkai. Moments passed then an unbearable scream pierced the air. Silence followed the scream.

When the sapphire light subsided, Kikyou was alone in the clearing with Inuyasha. She was holding a green ball in the palms of her hands. 'This must be Inuyasha's soul. But it cannot return to its original body in its present state. It is a dead soul.'  Kikyou shed a few white bluish tears on the ball and the ball burst into blue flames. When the flames abated the ball cooled to a warm blue color. Kikyou walked over to Inuyasha and let the ball glide down to Inuyasha's body. Inuyasha then breathed a deep breath, as if he had been under water too long. He looked up confused.

"Kikyou?" Inuyasha stared at the being standing above him. She smiled. Not an evil smile, or the smile of death, but the smile of a truly happy woman. The smile Kagome gave him many times.

"Little do you know, but you saved me Inuyasha." A tear rolled down Kikyou's cheek.

"Saved you…? Wait, how can you cry…?" Inuyasha was very confused. She shouldn't have been able to cry, she was dead. "How is it that I'm alive? What happened?" Kikyou just smiled warmly at him. Inuyasha realized he was on the ground and got to his feet.

"I guess the gods felt pity on me and you. They gave me this power." Kikyou brought her hand up and a few strands of electricity ran across her palm. "I killed Naraku's detachment with it and returned your life to you."

"Kikyou…"

"Please don't say anything. I thank you for your forgiveness. I know that I will finally rest now. I can feel the gods beckoning me. You should go to the one you love now. She is coming here for you." Kikyou brought her pointer and middle finger up to her lips and kissed them. She then took those fingers and brought them to his cheek. He was very startled by this. She was very warm, not cold at all. "Thank you for everything...Inuyasha. Goodbye." With a flash of blinding light she was gone.

Inuyasha stood next to the empty spot where Kikyou had been standing and noticed the spot was no longer empty, there was in fact a flower. A flower with a red stem and red petals going white at the edges. Inuyasha smiled because he knew Kikyou was at peace and he had fulfilled his promise to protect her from Naraku. But now there was another promise he had to fulfill. Inuyasha walked out of the clearing. He ran in the direction of the Bone Eater's well.

"I have to protect her."  'I have to protect Kagome. And I need to tell her. I almost didn't get the chance today. I almost lost her.' Inuyasha ran into the clearing to find Kagome climbing out of the well.

Kagome jumped into the well and flew through the eerie blue substance that separated Kagome and Inuyasha's times. When she landed on the other side, she quickly climbed out. Her hair billowed out in the wind and her skirt ruffled with the winds. Kagome looked up and noticed someone was coming. She didn't need eyes to know who it was. Kagome smiled at his approaching figure.

"Inuyasha, I-" Kagome started but Inuyasha brought his pointer finger up to cover her lips.

"Before you say anything let me explain." He sighed and began "I did love Kikyou before but we never laughed together, we never were ourselves, and most of all we never fully trusted each other. With you Kagome, I can be myself and you accept me. You even cried for me. You know more about me then even I do. I need you around me, and I want to protect you. You are my other half. I love you Kagome..." Inuyasha finished rather quickly and removed his finger. He had a scarlet blush over his face and tried to look down. Before he could fully look down Kagome grabbed his chin and made him look into her golden, watery eyes. Kagome looked at him then leaned in and pulled him into a deep kiss. Inuyasha's eyes opened wide in surprise. His surprise quickly faded and he returned her kiss.

This kiss was much more then just a kiss. Kagome had put her heart and her soul in it. The passion of it made Kagome melt into his arms. Kagome slowly brought her arms behind Inuyasha's neck and Inuyasha took his arms and circled Kagome's waist. He put his hand on the small of her back and brought her closer to him. He could hear her heart beating madly. Inuyasha nibbled lightly her bottom lip, begging permission to enter. Kagome swiftly agreed and parted her lips leaving Inuyasha's tongue free to roam the interior of her mouth. Their tongues battled a loving dance. Inuyasha was blissfully happy but he knew they had to break their wonderful kiss. Inuyasha pulled away, his breath coming in quick pants.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered huskily. It made shivers run down her entire body. If the couple had been paying attention to their surroundings they would have noticed a few bushes rustling and laughing whispers.

"Inuyasha, I want you to know I love you too. I have been hoping to hear you say that for a long time. All my memories came back to me, and the happiest memories I have are with you. I love you more then anything in this entire world. I know I hurt you when I said I loved Hojo-kun, but I was just confused. He's a great friend but I didn't realize that he was just a friend and I had already found my love. I love you, always and forever." Kagome finished with a smiling blush.

"Kagome...will you...be my mate?" Inuyasha had whispered the last part so Kagome almost missed it. Kagome's golden eyes shone with the light of hundreds of stars and she seemed to be glowing in an aura of light.

"Of course." She answered quietly stating the obvious. Inuyasha looked up and smiled and leaned in to kiss her again. Just as their lips brushed against each other, a series of applause and laughter erupted from the bushes. The couple looked to the source of the noise to find their companions clapping and cheering. Miroku was clapping and whistling with Shippou on his shoulder. Sango was cheering with Kirara in the crook of her arm. Inuyasha and Kagome turned five times as red and disentangled their arms from each other, leaving only their hands clasped.

"Don't stop there! Ignore us, keep going!" Miroku shouted

"You lecherous monk! Come here so I can beat your head in!" Inuyasha turned to Kagome and squeezed her hand just before he went off to chase Miroku.

"Haha, you'll never catch me!" Miroku ran

"Bastard! Come here coward!"

Sango walked over to her best friend and beamed. Kagome had a rather pink face on. "So you finally told him."

"Um…yeah. How did you know how I felt?"

"Oh please. Do you think I can't pick these simple things up? It was obvious." Sango laughed then sighed. "If only someone else would pick up obvious things…"

"Don't worry. Miroku said he wanted to stay with you didn't he? Give him some time." Sango's only reply was a red faced stare to the ground. "What do you say we try to break this up huh?" asked Kagome with a mischievous gleam in her eye. Sango caught on.

"Hey guys! We're gonna go take a bath in the hot springs! Bye!" Sango shouted with a wave and a smile.

"What, bath, where?" Miroku paused. That gave Inuyasha the chance to catch up to him and bang him on the head. Miroku dropped to the ground with a swirly eye look.

"Feh. See you later Miroku." Inuyasha smiled and waved to him on the ground. Inuyasha then ran to catch up with Sango and Kagome, wrapping his arm around Kagome's waist. Kagome smiled and looked up at Inuyasha.

"Um, Inuyasha I was going to ask you…I was washing dishes when I broke one and cut myself badly. But by the time I went to get bandages it completely healed. Would you happen to know anything about this? And about my eyes too, I remember they were not always golden like yours." With that Inuyasha smiled his small happy smile he only gave her.

"Um…oh yeah, I was going to tell you about that. Remember when we fought those youkai that sent you over the cliff?" Kagome winced in reply; the memory gave her a little bit of pain. "Well to save you from so much loss of blood I kinda…"

"Kinda what?" Kagome stopped staring accusingly at him.

"Well I gave you a lot of my blood so you would survive. You aren't fully human anymore."

"What!" Kagome stared at Inuyasha with an open mouth. Inuyasha shut his eyes and prepared himself for a hit on the head or a sit  but it never came. Instead he was knocked to the ground and had Kagome's lips on his.

"Oh can't you two wait until you are alone?" Miroku said with a smile as he caught up from where he had been knocked out earlier. Inuyasha and Kagome got up from the ground and turned red. Inuyasha glared at the houshi.

"So you aren't mad?" asked Inuyasha as he turned back to Kagome.

"Of course not! Why would I be mad? That's great; it would explain why I have stronger senses, my faster healing, and my eyes. So am I going to live longer too?"

"Um…I'm no expert but I think you might live as long as me. I gave you a lot of my blood. You are not as demon as I am, but you are way past being human." Inuyasha was smiling and grateful he did not get a 'sit' or a smack on the head. Kagome smiled happily. 'I'm going to live with my love as long as we both live.'  Kagome sighed happily with thoughts of the future in her head.

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A/N: *Cheers and applause* Well that's it. Sorry it took so long for this story to come out. Having a life sure is a pain in the butt. Well it was a pleasure and I hope you all review because it would make me extremely happy. Have a great day mina-san!

Arigatou and goodbye!!!