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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Fifty Eight: Understanding
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Dodging and running couldn't last forever.
Miroku blearily opened one eye as he felt hands with claws hanging onto the staff. 'Someone's...holding my-' but that's as far as he could think before he started feeling a strange power surge into him, causing his thoughts to be put on hold as he closed his eyes again.
Kawayou kept concentrating on the staff while Naraku crept closer. But Naraku stopped as the staff started to put up a small barrier around Sango, Miroku, and Kawayou.
Kawayou bit his lip as he concentrated hard on the staff. He twitched his left ear as he heard Naraku's deadly growl. Then Kawayou realized that his hearing had just improved. He let out a small gasp as he realized his claws were digging into Miroku's skin. 'I have my claws back! And my hearing?!' "I'm myself again!" He looked up at the top of the monk's staff. The entire wooden part was blue, but the top was such a brilliant shade that you couldn't look directly at it.
Naraku growled as he threw another energy ball, only to watch it bounce away. 'I don't believe this. Why is the monk's staff taking to this brats' strange powers like a fish to water, while the Tetsusaiga could barely tap into it?'
Kawayou kept his eyes focused on Naraku until he started feeling the staff shift. "Hey!" He looked back at Miroku who was semi-conscious but still had his eyes shut. "Hey! Miroku, can I borrow your staff just a bit longer?!"
Naraku started to concentrate the best he could. The brat was gaining too much power again! 'But no matter how much more attuned that staff may be to the brat, it will eventually lose power like the Tetsusaiga.' he grinned. 'And this time, I WILL be ready.'
Miroku slowly opened one eye and swore his eyes needed adjusting. "Kawayou?...Are you glowing blue?"
Kawayou groaned. "Keep your staff straight up!"
As Miroku's vision became clearer, he gave a slight choking noise. "My staff? What's wrong with my staff?!"
Kawayou gave the monk a warning growl. "Keep it straight up or I'm gonna tell pops you 'touched' momma while he was out!"
Miroku truly didn't know what was going on, but decided to follow Kawayou's order. He held the staff up as straight as he could. "Be careful around that hand."
Kawayou just groaned. "I know, I know." He looked back up at the staff as best he could, but the light was becoming blinding.
Miroku remained still, the poison still keeping him immobile. 'I must admit, I feel a lot better though.' He felt Sango's hand slightly move within his own. 'Sango?!'
Naraku frowned. Surely the staff should be losing some of that power by now? 'It doesn't matter. Soon, he'll be facing dark energy the likes of which he has never seen before. Besides...' he smiled evilly to himself. 'He still doesn't understand whatever power he has. THAT I will use to my advantage!'
Kawayou's ears flicked back to hear Sango's groan. 'Wow. Their energy sure is coming back fast.' He looked back at them and saw them literally turning a very light shade of blue. 'How are they doing that? Is it me again?'
"Kawayou." Miroku muttered, slowly regaining his strength. "Are you doing that?" he asked looking at his staff.
Kawayou knew what he was talking about. "Yeah. Umm...don't tell anyone, but I think I'm supposed to be a slight reincarnation of the chick in the shikon no tama."
Miroku's eyes went wide. 'What in the world is he saying? Has he been hit on the head?' He listened to Sango's groan again. 'Although, what he is accomplishing is more than just slightly impressive...'
"Well then." Sango groaned as she looked at Kawayou. "Why not try taking a whack at Naraku before it's too late?"
"I don't know how!" Kawayou barked as he tried to concentrate on the handle. the staff was literally glowing as bright as a neon blue sun could, but he didn't know what else to do but keep concentrating on it.
"**** pup, try and whack him!"
Kawayou turned around to the sound of that familiar voice. This time it didn't seem to come from inside him. "Pops?!"
Kawayou had been so busy concentrating on the staff he failed to notice that Inuyasha had become a half-demon again, and was holding Kagome tightly, trying to run towards the barrier Kawayou held up. "...!"
To Inuyasha's surprise, the barrier actually seemed to be pulling them in. "Come on, pup!" he barked as he looked over at Naraku who seemed to be holding a HUGE black ball that sparked with pink electricity all around it. "You can't just keep up your defense and expect to win against that thing!"
Kawayou stopped looking at the staff and concentrated on what was ahead of him.
'Oh...Uh oh. Oh ****!!!' he thought as he watched Naraku grin to himself. There was a huge ball that was as big as the entire freaking shrine looming over Naraku's head. "Oh, ****! We are so screwed!!"
Inuyasha walked over to the lying monk and knelt down beside Kawayou. "I don't know how the **** you ever got all this energy, but **** it! You've gotta let it loose now! Like this!" Kawayou watched as Inuyasha bopped Miroku on the head.
"OWW!" Miroku shouted as he glared at Inuyasha. "You know, I was near death just a few minutes ago! Couldn't you have picked someone else to use as an example?!"
Kawayou watched Inuyasha's demonstration.
Inuyasha pressed Kagome up closer to him. "Come on Kawayou!" He barked as he pointed to Naraku. "Give him the biggest ****ing bop on the head he'll ever have in his entire life!!"
Kawayou looked dumbly at Inuyasha, before he gave his biggest grin. It all suddenly clicked! He glared back at Naraku, then back at the staff determinedly.
Naraku frowned as he realized Kawayou suddenly understood how to use his power in the offensive. "That's it! I will waste no more time!" He shouted as he threw the huge ball directly at Kawayou's barrier. "Burn in hell forever!"
Kawayou didn't take any time to watch the dark energy hit his barrier. Instead, he closed his eyes and shouted. "NO WAY!! YOU'VE HURT MOMMY! YOU'VE HURT DADDY! YOU'VE THREATENED TO HURT EVERYONE I EVER CARED FOR!!" He grabbed the staff unexpectedly out of Miroku's hand and raised it back. "AND FOR THAT, YOU ARE BEYOND FORGIVENESS!! TAAAAAAAKE THIS!"
Kawayou suddenly threw the staff down toward the ground with all his might.
Naraku watched, unblinking as his dark energy dissipated like it was nothing at all. Then his mouth dropped open as he saw the power of the light that had consumed his dark energy come straight at him!
There was no time to run.
There was no time to dodge.
There wasn't even time to give a pitiful attempt of a counterattack.
Everyone just stared as Naraku let out thousands of different types of screams. As the human-like version of himself burned up, the pitiful demons that he had absorbed into him, had tried to get away but they all eventually made a last scream to escape before they too dissipated into nothingness.
Kawayou blinked as he watched everything happen in that split second. "...damn..."
Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she heard the last demon scream out for mercy.
"Did...did we really beat him?" Sango asked, still not able to believe what she was seeing.
Miroku stood up and looked at his cursed hand. He watched as the black hole grew smaller and smaller, and then faded into nothingness. "I...I believe we did."
Everyone stared back at Kawayou.
Kawayou just blinked. "What?! I didn't do nothing!!" He pointed at Inuyasha. "Pops did it, not me!!"
Miroku and Sango laughed while Inuyasha frowned.
"You defeated Naraku by yourself, didn't you?" Sango asked.
Kawayou scratched his head. "Oh. Is that why you were looking at me?"
Miroku ruffled Kawayou's hair. "Of course. Why else would we-?"
"Nothing." Kawayou quickly replied as he went over to Kagome and Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed as she ruffled Kawayou's hair. "Wow. I can't believe it's all over."
Inuyasha didn't respond as he continued to look at Kagome. "Yeah...but where'd his half of the jewel go?"
Miroku and Sango looked down at Kawayou.
Inuyasha and Kagome frowned.
"What is it?" Kagome asked as she looked at Kawayou.
"We have been told not to tell." Miroku smiled happily as he pointed to Kawayou. "So you must ask her-oh, I mean him, yourself."
Kawayou tried to nip at Miroku's pointing finger. "Don't push me!" he barked.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at Kawayou.
"What does he mean? Do you understand how you got that power? Or where the rest of the shikon no tama is?" Kagome asked.
Kawayou looked annoyed. He really didn't want them to know.
"I believe Kawayou has finally finished what he had set out to do those many years ago." Miroku smiled down at him. "Pursued it all the way to this era? You really are the most stubborn creauture I know."
Kawayou shuffled his feet and growled at the monk.
Inuyasha and Kagome stared at Kawayou.
Kawayou continued to ignore them.
Inuyasha and Kagome continued to stare at Kawayou.
Kawayou still continued to ignore them.
"Come on!" Inuyasha finally barked at him. "What do you know?!"
Kawayou growled.
"Go ahead my dear." Miroku smiled at Kawayou.
*Bark**Bark* Kawayou was about to jump on the monk, but Inuyasha held him back.
"Kawayou? What's going on?" Kagome asked.
Kawayou wriggled in Inuyasha's grasp. "I don't wanna!"
Kawayou continued to wriggle in Inuyasha's arms. "Fine! I've got part of the soul of the chick that was in the shikon no tama! Happy?!"
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other for a second.
"You've got Midoriko's soul?" Kagome asked. "So you have the other half in you after all?!"
"No..." Kawayou griped. "It rejoined the rest of my soul." He pointed at Inuyasha. "At least, that's what pops said."
Inuyasha's ears perked up. "I didn't say anything like that!"
"Well, the pops in my dream." Kawayou corrected himself.
Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku all stared at each other.
"I don't believe this." Miroku said as he walked over to Inuyasha to examine Kawayou. "All those years where we searched for the shikon no tama...we were searching for you?"
"Noooo!" *Bark**Bark* "I'm not that chick! I'm Kawayou! Ka-Wa-You!!"
Kagome scratched behind Kawayou's ear. "I understand. The part of the jewel that was Midoriko was only the fighting part of her soul. Everything else was reincarnated."
Inuyasha groaned. "Another reincarnation?"
Kagome laughed. "Don't worry, Kawayou. You are who you are. Just like I am who I am."
"That's right!" Kawayou barked as he looked at the monk. "And if you refer to me as a girl again, I'll bite you!"
Inuyasha smirked at Kawayou. "Well, **** pup. If you wanna do that now, just tell me and I'll let you down."
Kagome frowned at Inuyasha. Then, she remembered something else. "I- Inuyasha?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha replied lazily as he looked over at her.
Kagome blushed a little as she looked over at him. "Did you mean...you know. What you said back there?"
Inuyasha suddenly turned his attention back to Kawayou. "So pup, you don't have any injuries, huh? That's good."
Kagome just patted Inuyasha's back and leaned closer into his ear. "Alright. We'll talk later."
Miroku and Sango just watched in amazement.
"My, my Inuyasha. What is it that is causing you to blush so much?" Miroku asked innocently.
Inuyasha just growled a small reply to the monk that no one else was supposed to hear. 'Wait'll were alone, you perverted lech.'
Sango just smiled at the hanyou before she turned her attention to Kawayou. "And I really have to thank you for saving our lives."
Kawayou just shrugged. "Yeah, sure. Like I know how I did it anyhow."
Kagome smiled down at her son while Inuyasha looked questioningly at him. "So, what about the shikon no tama? It's still inside you, isn't it?"
Miroku just shook his head at Inuyasha's question.
"What? What's your problem?!" Inuyasha barked.
Miroku closed his eyes. "The reason Kawayou didn't absorb the shikon no tama fully was because it still shared the fighting spirits of the evil youkai within it. But, I'm pretty certain that when half of the jewel came out, the rest joined within him again."
"Yeah? So what're you saying?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome's mouth fell wide open. "It's gone."
Inuyasha looked confusingly at Kagome. "Huh?"
Kagome gently ruffled Kawayou's hair. "It's gone. Midoriko's soul joined the rest of it, while Kawayou finally purified all the other souls within Naraku." She turned to Inuyasha. "Including the souls of the evil youkai that were in the jewel."
"What?!" Inuyasha's ears stood up straight. "So, what are you saying?! That the jewel has finally been purified?!"
Sango sighed. "I see. So it doesn't exist anymore." She looked at Miroku. "So, the well really is closed for good."
Miroku said nothing as he simply stared back at Sango.
Kagome looked down at Kawayou. "Well, maybe...maybe not."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Final conclusion to be shown in the epilogue. ^^
Alright everybody, I hope you enjoyed the story.:) The epilogue is next! If you really liked this Inuyasha story of mine, then I hope you check out my next Inuyasha story coming out soon! Umm....it doesn't have a permanent title yet, but it might be called something like THE BEST MAN STEALS THE BRIDE. There won't be as many twists in it, but trust me. It's really good.:) I'm trying to write it all out before I start posting though. It also won't be as long though.
But hey, here's the summary: Inuyasha crossed his arms. "You expect me, your future best man to steal the bride? Geez, Hojo man, you've gotta loosen up."
Of course, Inu/Kag. You'll find out more later in the next chapter.^.~
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
h t t p :/ / w w w . g e o c i t i e s . c o m / m i z u_c r y s t a l
A great site that IS NOW carrying my uncut edited version of this story! *Jumping up for joy happy someone wants her story* I really urge everyone to take a look at her site. Please? Very nice, much nicer than mine and she has other things there too. Hope you stop and take a look. *Still giddy someone liked her story.*
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Fifty Eight: Understanding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dodging and running couldn't last forever.
Miroku blearily opened one eye as he felt hands with claws hanging onto the staff. 'Someone's...holding my-' but that's as far as he could think before he started feeling a strange power surge into him, causing his thoughts to be put on hold as he closed his eyes again.
Kawayou kept concentrating on the staff while Naraku crept closer. But Naraku stopped as the staff started to put up a small barrier around Sango, Miroku, and Kawayou.
Kawayou bit his lip as he concentrated hard on the staff. He twitched his left ear as he heard Naraku's deadly growl. Then Kawayou realized that his hearing had just improved. He let out a small gasp as he realized his claws were digging into Miroku's skin. 'I have my claws back! And my hearing?!' "I'm myself again!" He looked up at the top of the monk's staff. The entire wooden part was blue, but the top was such a brilliant shade that you couldn't look directly at it.
Naraku growled as he threw another energy ball, only to watch it bounce away. 'I don't believe this. Why is the monk's staff taking to this brats' strange powers like a fish to water, while the Tetsusaiga could barely tap into it?'
Kawayou kept his eyes focused on Naraku until he started feeling the staff shift. "Hey!" He looked back at Miroku who was semi-conscious but still had his eyes shut. "Hey! Miroku, can I borrow your staff just a bit longer?!"
Naraku started to concentrate the best he could. The brat was gaining too much power again! 'But no matter how much more attuned that staff may be to the brat, it will eventually lose power like the Tetsusaiga.' he grinned. 'And this time, I WILL be ready.'
Miroku slowly opened one eye and swore his eyes needed adjusting. "Kawayou?...Are you glowing blue?"
Kawayou groaned. "Keep your staff straight up!"
As Miroku's vision became clearer, he gave a slight choking noise. "My staff? What's wrong with my staff?!"
Kawayou gave the monk a warning growl. "Keep it straight up or I'm gonna tell pops you 'touched' momma while he was out!"
Miroku truly didn't know what was going on, but decided to follow Kawayou's order. He held the staff up as straight as he could. "Be careful around that hand."
Kawayou just groaned. "I know, I know." He looked back up at the staff as best he could, but the light was becoming blinding.
Miroku remained still, the poison still keeping him immobile. 'I must admit, I feel a lot better though.' He felt Sango's hand slightly move within his own. 'Sango?!'
Naraku frowned. Surely the staff should be losing some of that power by now? 'It doesn't matter. Soon, he'll be facing dark energy the likes of which he has never seen before. Besides...' he smiled evilly to himself. 'He still doesn't understand whatever power he has. THAT I will use to my advantage!'
Kawayou's ears flicked back to hear Sango's groan. 'Wow. Their energy sure is coming back fast.' He looked back at them and saw them literally turning a very light shade of blue. 'How are they doing that? Is it me again?'
"Kawayou." Miroku muttered, slowly regaining his strength. "Are you doing that?" he asked looking at his staff.
Kawayou knew what he was talking about. "Yeah. Umm...don't tell anyone, but I think I'm supposed to be a slight reincarnation of the chick in the shikon no tama."
Miroku's eyes went wide. 'What in the world is he saying? Has he been hit on the head?' He listened to Sango's groan again. 'Although, what he is accomplishing is more than just slightly impressive...'
"Well then." Sango groaned as she looked at Kawayou. "Why not try taking a whack at Naraku before it's too late?"
"I don't know how!" Kawayou barked as he tried to concentrate on the handle. the staff was literally glowing as bright as a neon blue sun could, but he didn't know what else to do but keep concentrating on it.
"**** pup, try and whack him!"
Kawayou turned around to the sound of that familiar voice. This time it didn't seem to come from inside him. "Pops?!"
Kawayou had been so busy concentrating on the staff he failed to notice that Inuyasha had become a half-demon again, and was holding Kagome tightly, trying to run towards the barrier Kawayou held up. "...!"
To Inuyasha's surprise, the barrier actually seemed to be pulling them in. "Come on, pup!" he barked as he looked over at Naraku who seemed to be holding a HUGE black ball that sparked with pink electricity all around it. "You can't just keep up your defense and expect to win against that thing!"
Kawayou stopped looking at the staff and concentrated on what was ahead of him.
'Oh...Uh oh. Oh ****!!!' he thought as he watched Naraku grin to himself. There was a huge ball that was as big as the entire freaking shrine looming over Naraku's head. "Oh, ****! We are so screwed!!"
Inuyasha walked over to the lying monk and knelt down beside Kawayou. "I don't know how the **** you ever got all this energy, but **** it! You've gotta let it loose now! Like this!" Kawayou watched as Inuyasha bopped Miroku on the head.
"OWW!" Miroku shouted as he glared at Inuyasha. "You know, I was near death just a few minutes ago! Couldn't you have picked someone else to use as an example?!"
Kawayou watched Inuyasha's demonstration.
Inuyasha pressed Kagome up closer to him. "Come on Kawayou!" He barked as he pointed to Naraku. "Give him the biggest ****ing bop on the head he'll ever have in his entire life!!"
Kawayou looked dumbly at Inuyasha, before he gave his biggest grin. It all suddenly clicked! He glared back at Naraku, then back at the staff determinedly.
Naraku frowned as he realized Kawayou suddenly understood how to use his power in the offensive. "That's it! I will waste no more time!" He shouted as he threw the huge ball directly at Kawayou's barrier. "Burn in hell forever!"
Kawayou didn't take any time to watch the dark energy hit his barrier. Instead, he closed his eyes and shouted. "NO WAY!! YOU'VE HURT MOMMY! YOU'VE HURT DADDY! YOU'VE THREATENED TO HURT EVERYONE I EVER CARED FOR!!" He grabbed the staff unexpectedly out of Miroku's hand and raised it back. "AND FOR THAT, YOU ARE BEYOND FORGIVENESS!! TAAAAAAAKE THIS!"
Kawayou suddenly threw the staff down toward the ground with all his might.
Naraku watched, unblinking as his dark energy dissipated like it was nothing at all. Then his mouth dropped open as he saw the power of the light that had consumed his dark energy come straight at him!
There was no time to run.
There was no time to dodge.
There wasn't even time to give a pitiful attempt of a counterattack.
Everyone just stared as Naraku let out thousands of different types of screams. As the human-like version of himself burned up, the pitiful demons that he had absorbed into him, had tried to get away but they all eventually made a last scream to escape before they too dissipated into nothingness.
Kawayou blinked as he watched everything happen in that split second. "...damn..."
Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she heard the last demon scream out for mercy.
"Did...did we really beat him?" Sango asked, still not able to believe what she was seeing.
Miroku stood up and looked at his cursed hand. He watched as the black hole grew smaller and smaller, and then faded into nothingness. "I...I believe we did."
Everyone stared back at Kawayou.
Kawayou just blinked. "What?! I didn't do nothing!!" He pointed at Inuyasha. "Pops did it, not me!!"
Miroku and Sango laughed while Inuyasha frowned.
"You defeated Naraku by yourself, didn't you?" Sango asked.
Kawayou scratched his head. "Oh. Is that why you were looking at me?"
Miroku ruffled Kawayou's hair. "Of course. Why else would we-?"
"Nothing." Kawayou quickly replied as he went over to Kagome and Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed as she ruffled Kawayou's hair. "Wow. I can't believe it's all over."
Inuyasha didn't respond as he continued to look at Kagome. "Yeah...but where'd his half of the jewel go?"
Miroku and Sango looked down at Kawayou.
Inuyasha and Kagome frowned.
"What is it?" Kagome asked as she looked at Kawayou.
"We have been told not to tell." Miroku smiled happily as he pointed to Kawayou. "So you must ask her-oh, I mean him, yourself."
Kawayou tried to nip at Miroku's pointing finger. "Don't push me!" he barked.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at Kawayou.
"What does he mean? Do you understand how you got that power? Or where the rest of the shikon no tama is?" Kagome asked.
Kawayou looked annoyed. He really didn't want them to know.
"I believe Kawayou has finally finished what he had set out to do those many years ago." Miroku smiled down at him. "Pursued it all the way to this era? You really are the most stubborn creauture I know."
Kawayou shuffled his feet and growled at the monk.
Inuyasha and Kagome stared at Kawayou.
Kawayou continued to ignore them.
Inuyasha and Kagome continued to stare at Kawayou.
Kawayou still continued to ignore them.
"Come on!" Inuyasha finally barked at him. "What do you know?!"
Kawayou growled.
"Go ahead my dear." Miroku smiled at Kawayou.
*Bark**Bark* Kawayou was about to jump on the monk, but Inuyasha held him back.
"Kawayou? What's going on?" Kagome asked.
Kawayou wriggled in Inuyasha's grasp. "I don't wanna!"
Kawayou continued to wriggle in Inuyasha's arms. "Fine! I've got part of the soul of the chick that was in the shikon no tama! Happy?!"
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other for a second.
"You've got Midoriko's soul?" Kagome asked. "So you have the other half in you after all?!"
"No..." Kawayou griped. "It rejoined the rest of my soul." He pointed at Inuyasha. "At least, that's what pops said."
Inuyasha's ears perked up. "I didn't say anything like that!"
"Well, the pops in my dream." Kawayou corrected himself.
Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku all stared at each other.
"I don't believe this." Miroku said as he walked over to Inuyasha to examine Kawayou. "All those years where we searched for the shikon no tama...we were searching for you?"
"Noooo!" *Bark**Bark* "I'm not that chick! I'm Kawayou! Ka-Wa-You!!"
Kagome scratched behind Kawayou's ear. "I understand. The part of the jewel that was Midoriko was only the fighting part of her soul. Everything else was reincarnated."
Inuyasha groaned. "Another reincarnation?"
Kagome laughed. "Don't worry, Kawayou. You are who you are. Just like I am who I am."
"That's right!" Kawayou barked as he looked at the monk. "And if you refer to me as a girl again, I'll bite you!"
Inuyasha smirked at Kawayou. "Well, **** pup. If you wanna do that now, just tell me and I'll let you down."
Kagome frowned at Inuyasha. Then, she remembered something else. "I- Inuyasha?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha replied lazily as he looked over at her.
Kagome blushed a little as she looked over at him. "Did you mean...you know. What you said back there?"
Inuyasha suddenly turned his attention back to Kawayou. "So pup, you don't have any injuries, huh? That's good."
Kagome just patted Inuyasha's back and leaned closer into his ear. "Alright. We'll talk later."
Miroku and Sango just watched in amazement.
"My, my Inuyasha. What is it that is causing you to blush so much?" Miroku asked innocently.
Inuyasha just growled a small reply to the monk that no one else was supposed to hear. 'Wait'll were alone, you perverted lech.'
Sango just smiled at the hanyou before she turned her attention to Kawayou. "And I really have to thank you for saving our lives."
Kawayou just shrugged. "Yeah, sure. Like I know how I did it anyhow."
Kagome smiled down at her son while Inuyasha looked questioningly at him. "So, what about the shikon no tama? It's still inside you, isn't it?"
Miroku just shook his head at Inuyasha's question.
"What? What's your problem?!" Inuyasha barked.
Miroku closed his eyes. "The reason Kawayou didn't absorb the shikon no tama fully was because it still shared the fighting spirits of the evil youkai within it. But, I'm pretty certain that when half of the jewel came out, the rest joined within him again."
"Yeah? So what're you saying?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome's mouth fell wide open. "It's gone."
Inuyasha looked confusingly at Kagome. "Huh?"
Kagome gently ruffled Kawayou's hair. "It's gone. Midoriko's soul joined the rest of it, while Kawayou finally purified all the other souls within Naraku." She turned to Inuyasha. "Including the souls of the evil youkai that were in the jewel."
"What?!" Inuyasha's ears stood up straight. "So, what are you saying?! That the jewel has finally been purified?!"
Sango sighed. "I see. So it doesn't exist anymore." She looked at Miroku. "So, the well really is closed for good."
Miroku said nothing as he simply stared back at Sango.
Kagome looked down at Kawayou. "Well, maybe...maybe not."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Final conclusion to be shown in the epilogue. ^^
Alright everybody, I hope you enjoyed the story.:) The epilogue is next! If you really liked this Inuyasha story of mine, then I hope you check out my next Inuyasha story coming out soon! Umm....it doesn't have a permanent title yet, but it might be called something like THE BEST MAN STEALS THE BRIDE. There won't be as many twists in it, but trust me. It's really good.:) I'm trying to write it all out before I start posting though. It also won't be as long though.
But hey, here's the summary: Inuyasha crossed his arms. "You expect me, your future best man to steal the bride? Geez, Hojo man, you've gotta loosen up."
Of course, Inu/Kag. You'll find out more later in the next chapter.^.~
