A/N: Well let me explain something before I start writing this chapter. I know I said Hojo would get the shit beat out of him by Inuyasha, but after some thinking I came up with a new way I wanted this fic to end. Now originally this fic was done on the third chapter and ended quite nicely might I add, but do to its popularity I decided I would make an epilogue for you all. So here it is. Now be warned this is my vision of how the show will end and I do expect to get some flames for doing this instead of doing what I promised. But what the hell it is MY story after all! So without further a due here is the epilogue!
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The finished jewel hung around my neck, glowing a bright pink color as it had done before I broke it with an arrow. I lifted the jewel up with my hand to look at it, a frown forming on my face. Today would be the day I would have to leave the feudal era for good. There was no way I could bring myself to leave my family, everyone knew and understood that. But I knew it still saddened them I that I had to go, especially Shippo. I was like a second mother to him and here I was leaving him just like his mother had done, but it eased my troubled mind slightly to know that Sango and Miroku were going to take care of him as if he was one of their own.
I let out a small sigh as I stared down at the well that I had been sitting on for what felt like an eternity, but was really only an hour. I ran my bare feet against the cool stone edge of the well, lifting my gaze away from it to take in all of the area that surrounded it for one last time. I would miss this place so much, it had sort of become like a second home to me and the people here had become very dear to me. Especially a certain inu-hanyou named Inuyasha. He was my true love, the one I loved the most and yet I was forced to leave him. I should've known form the beginning I could never be with him, it just wasn't possible. I could never force him to leave his world just to live with me and it would be wrong for him to have to adjust to a new way of life. He was a free spirit and my world would just give him to many limitations to be what he was. And I couldn't stay here with him because that would mean never seeing my family again and no matter how much I wish I could be able to leave them to be with him, I can't. I just can't.
"I figured I would find you here." A certain gruff male voice said from behind me, causing me to jump in surprise
I turned around slowly to meet a pair of deep golden orbs, which I loved ever so much. My lips curved into a small forced smile as I gazed into those deep golden orbs, "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that, Inuyasha."
"And you shouldn't lie either." He said with a growl, apparently seeing right through my forced smile all to well. Curse him and his ability to see right through me as if I was a piece of glass.
I frowned a bit before I parted my lips to speak to him once again, "I'm sorry." I said softly, my eyes filling with tears as I looked away from him. Part of me had been hoping I wouldn't run into him before I left, but the other part of me wanted so desperately to see him just one final time. And it appears that that half of me got its wish.
I heard him sigh deeply, which brought me quickly from my thoughts and meeting his almost sad looking eyes once again, "Don't cry on me, wench. You know I hate when you cry."
After hearing that my lips curved down into a deep frown, a few tears spilling down my cheeks from my eyes. Before I could lift my hand to wipe away my tear I felt a clawed hand wipe them away gently. I peered up at Inuyasha, who was now standing before me, staring down at me sadly. Carefully he lifted me up into a tight hug, which was a very odd thing for him to do. He wasn't one to show such signs of affection at all, but ever since the Shikon no Tama had been completed he had become much more gentle and less his usual moody and grumpy self. Not that it bothered me any, it was just so unlike him.
I buried my face into his red haori, let it soak up the tears that were now pouring out of my eyes, "You know I have to leave today, neh?"
His arms tightened on me, pushing me closer to him as he buried his face into my hair, "Hai, I know." Was all he said and was all he really needed to say. I knew he understood why I had to leave, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be easy for him just to watch me go.
After a few minutes I pushed myself away from him, lifting my hand up to the necklace that held the jewel. Carefully I lifted it above my head, holding it firmly in one hand, while I took one of his hands with the other. His eyebrows arched in confusion at what I was doing, "What the hell are you doing, Kagome?"
Without saying anything to him for the time being, I pressed the jewel into his palm and closed his hand around it, "I want you to have it. You said from the beginning how you wanted it to become a full youkai, so here is you're chance." I said softly, forcing myself to look down at the ground.
He growled lowly at that, bringing his free clawed hand under my chin, forcing me to meet his gaze, "You baka! I don't want to be that anymore you stupid girl..." He trailed off before bending his head down and kissing me roughly on the lips.
I let out a small gasp, shocked by what he was doing. And before I could even respond, he pulled away. I simply stared at him blankly for a moment, still in complete shock by what he had done. He brushed his hand lightly over my cheek, trailing a finger over every part of my face gently as if he were trying to memorize it, " I swear you are almost dumber then me at time, wench."
I glared up at him, only to meet a pair of very amused looking golden orbs staring back down at me," Why you! You did that on purpose!"
He simply smirked down at me sarcastically, eyes still flaring with amusement, "Feh, beats having you cry on me. I'd rather my last memory of you be of you arguing with me rather then you crying."
I shook my head, smiling at him sadly, "That's a weird way to want to remember someone by." He let out a small snort, folding his arms across his chest, "Feh."
I rolled my eyes and let out a small sigh, "And that will be how I'll always remember you by, the word feh." He glared at me, but somehow he looked highly amused that I had actually said his word, "Feh." Was once again the only response he gave me.
I managed to smile a bit at that, "Well I'll take that as an 'I'll miss you.' feh. Well I'll miss you too, Inuyasha." I let out a small sigh before I continued, glancing over my shoulder at the well, then back at my beloved hanyou, "I better go now or else I never will." I said softly as I walked up to him, giving him a small peck on the cheek. Before he could say anything I darted over to the well and jumped in, leaving the one thing I loved most behind forever.
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Two years later
"Kagome! Get up or else you are going to be late for school!" An older woman's voice called from the bottom of the stairs to her sleeping daughter, trying franticly to wake her up, "Kagome!"
"I'm up! I'm up!" A half-awake seventeen-year-old Kagome called down to her mother as she crawled out of bed to get herself ready for school. Rubbing her eyes as she walked over to the desk where her school uniform lay, she glanced at the mirror that sat beside it. Kagome had grown into a very beautiful looking young woman, her raven black hair had grown quite long in the past two year, so now she usually wore it pulled back into a ponytail. Her facial features had smoothed out and to her displeasure, making her look even more like the dead miko Kikyou then she had before.
With a sigh she took off her pajama's, tossing them off to the side, making a small heap on the floor. In a matter of minutes she put on her school uniform and pulled her long ebony hair back into it's usual ponytail. Grabbing her small backpack off the floor she darted downstairs, giving her mother a kiss on the cheek before she went out the door, "Have a good day at school, honey!" Her mother called to her as she shut the door behind her daughter as she left.
"Feh." Kagome said to herself as she slipped on her shoes, that she kept on the porch and made her way down the porch towards the main steps the led to her house. Ever since she had left the feudal era she had used the word feh a lot, the word her beloved hanyou had once said all the time.
Kagome stopped dead in her tracks just in front of the long steps that lead to the street beside her house when she heard someone laughing behind her.
"Never thought I would see the day when you would use my word again. I must admit I find it very amusing when you do." A very familiar gruff male voice said from behind her.
Kagome turned around slowly to see who was behind her and what she saw made her eyes bulge. Gray blue eyes met golden ones, both locking onto to the others. After a moment she let her eyes study him, he had long black hair and lightly tanned skin and well-muscled arms. He wore a dark blue school uniform, like most boys that went to her school did, "It..can't be.." She said to herself, her eyes as wide as saucers.
"What don't recognize me?" The boy that looked to be her age or maybe a year older asked with a frown as he moved closer to her.
"No...I mean yes." Kagome shook her head, tears filling her gray blue eyes as she looked at the boy standing almost an arms length away from her now," Is it really you? Are you really, Inuyasha?" She asked, staring up into his golden eyes almost pleadingly as a few tears ran down her cheeks.
"Damn it. Didn't I tell you I hate it when you cry?" He asked with a growl as he wiped away her tears with his hand gently, "You look even more beautiful then the last time that I saw you." He said softly, staring down at her lovingly.
Kagome's eyes lit up with a great amount of happiness, "It is you! Inuyasha!" She said happily, jumping on him and wrapping her arms around his neck tightly.
Inuyasha chuckled softly under his breath, wrapping his arms around her tightly, holding her close to him, "Of course it is me, you stupid wench." He smiled, nuzzling his cheek against her neck and taking in what little of her scent he could with his human nose, "Damn this human nose! I can't smell you like I used to." He growled under his breath, though it didn't really sound as much of a dog like growl as it used to.
Kagome giggled softly and let go of his neck as she moved back so she could look him in the eyes again, "Silly puppy," She paused for a moment, lifting her hand up to caress his cheek gently, "I missed you, Inuyasha." She said softly and lovingly.
He smiled down at her, giving her waist a little squeeze as he pushed her even closer to him, "I missed you too, Kagome." He said lovingly to her, bending his head down to capture her lips with his own in a passionate kiss. Neither of them would ever have to worry about being apart again, for neither of them would allow it to happen ever again.
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Well there you go! That is the ending y'all! If you all ask me for another chapter this time, well it wont happen. lol. I hope you all like this chapter, cause it took me a hella long time to write! X________x; It's the longest chapter I have ever made! O___________O So be proud y'all! Lmao! Well ja ne until I get inspired again!
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