Hey people!!!!!!

This is my last chapter in TOJ! *Cries* I'm going to miss it! But I'm going make a sequel...I think! I'm pretty sure I am, but I have to get further in my other fic You and Me! first!

Disclaimer: I think I've made it very clear that I don't own Inuyasha, right?

Thanks: Thanks to all my reviewers and friends! I had fun making this fic! Hope you had fun reading it! ^_^

~ * ~ Chapter 6: The Secret's Out; Sealed with a Loving Kiss! ~ * ~

The rain poured down on the battle field! The female ran in front of the ball of energy/light! Everything seem to go quiet! She watched as the ball of energy split apart the ground as it made its way closer!

"Sakura?" the male whisper to her. The female turned her head to him.

"Yeah...It's me!" she said before looking back to the Tetsuiga's attack that was advancing on them quickly!

'This is the end!' she thought as the attack engulfed her. Gashes appeared all over Sakura's body, blood flowed out and she got weaker. It took all her strength to just stand there. Suddenly the ground below Sakura erupted! Her hair fluttered everywhere. Her feet started to slide!

She was being pushed back. She started leaning to the right a bit. She was losing her balance! And soon she would be blown off her feet completely. Sakura winced as more and more pain came with the energy waves of the attack. The pain was too much! The last thing she remembered was someone grabbing the back of her kimono before her whole world went dark!

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Sakura slowly opened her eyes! *Gasp* Where was she? Sakura sat up and looked below her. She was floating...over nothing! It was just black! She looked around...it was all black! She was floating in an end less darkness! All Sakura could make out was her body which gave a soft glow!

'Am I dead?' She thought! The wounds she had just received were gone...she didn't fell any pain! I must be dead! Painful tears started to make little rivers on her cheeks! 'I'm not ready to die! I still have so much to do!' She choked on sobs and cries! She yelped a few times as well (she's part dog).

'No, no, no, no, no! I find my brothers then lose them again! I took care of Shiro and now he has to bear with losing two mothers!' Sakura thought as she cried into her hands. She cried until finally fell asleep!

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"Mama? Mama, wake up please!"

"Shiro? What is it?"

"I thought I saw Mama move!"

Sakura didn't like this! She was hearing voices in her head!

"Inuyasha! I think she's awake!"

Sakura woke up to find that she was still in the darkness! As soon as her breathing evened out she notice she was being lifted upward! As she went up further and further the darkness started to lighten up! She went up faster and faster! She looked at her body to see the glow fade away and the gashes reappearing on her body. Sakura closed her eyes tight. With one more final tug upward and the pain hit her full on and she opened her eyes to see concerned faces looking back at her.

~ * ~ (That's the end! *Dodges tomatoes* I'm kidding!)

Sakura blinked a few times! 'I'm not dead?' Takes a glance at her body! 'I don't look like a spirit anymore!' She looked up at her friends! 'Was I just unconscious that whole time?'

"What happened?" Sakura said weakly before fainting once again!

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Sakura opened her eyes to find that it was dark out! She recognized that she was in Keade's hut! Struggling to get up into a sitting position and listening to everything she notices that everyone is asleep! Sakura looked around the room she was, by the smell of it, been in for six days! 'Man, I slept that long?'

She sniffed the air to locate everyone! Inuyasha Miroku, Shippo, and Shiro were in the main part of the hut, just outside her door! To her right were Kagome and Sango! And to her left was...Sesshoumaru! Sakura gasped!

Even though see struggled a lot to get up she did it pretty fast! She opened the door that led from her room to the hallway! See took a quick peek to make sure Inuyasha was sleep before entering Sesshoumaru's room! She shut the door and looked to her adopted older brother!

Sesshoumaru was also badly hurt!

'The attack must have gotten him too.' Sakura thought as she walked closer to him. 'They at least cleaned him up...' She thought as she sat with her back to the wall. Sakura sighed.

"I...didn't tell them!" Sakura said to the unconscious demon. She watched as his chest made steady movements when he breathed. The light that shown from the moon and stars reflected off of his long silver hair. Sakura got on to her hands and knees to crawl over to him. She gentle put his head into her lap.

"Maybe I should have..." she whispered and looked to the demon's unemotional face.

"I didn't tell Inuyasha and the others about.....I didn't tell them the whole story!" Sakura sighed once again. "I'm gonna have to tell them now..." she stared out the window into the dark of night.

"Sesshoumaru!" Sakura whisper stroking his hair before falling back into sleep.

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The next day Sakura slept in. She usually woke up before the sun, but this time the sun as well as the others were up before her. Blinking the sleep out of her eyes she gently takes Sesshoumaru's head from her lap and gets up.

She moved slowly through the hut, but no one was there...they were all outside eating breakfast! Outside she found them sitting eating ramen. With their backs to her she thought no one notice her until...

"MAMA! I was so worried!" said a fur ball as it lunched itself into her. Sakura winced and took in a quick gasp of air when Shiro hugged her to tight, but quickly shook the feeling off.

"Shhhhhhhhh....I'm fine, Shiro!" she whispered to him.

"We were just about to check on you!" Inuyasha said before handing her a bowl of ramen!

*Silence*

"Ummmmmm...guys? How did I...ummmm...survive Tetsuiga's attack?" Sakura asked.

*Silence*

"Sesshoumaru....he grabbed you when you fainted then his sword Tensuiga, (Sp? I know I spelt it wrong!) saved both of you from the attack." They all said!

"Oh!" Sakura said and took a bit of the ramen.

*Silence*

Suddenly everyone started asking questions! Sakura knew this was coming.

"WAIT!!!!!" Sakura screamed and everyone went quiet! "I know you want to hear about what has been going on and everything....." Sakura sigh.

"I didn't tell you guys the whole truth!" Sakura started. The others waited for her to tell them about what she's been hiding!

"I'm really sorry! I should have told you everything, but.....it just...hurt too much! You know how I said Sesshoumaru kicked me out?" she asked the others who all nodded.

"Well...I left! I was sad that I had to leave, but I was young and thought it was for the best! I was doing pretty well on my own too. Around a week or so...I woke up to find Sesshoumaru with me!" Sakura said.

"He said he was disgusted with hanyous like me, but....he never guessed he'd fall in love with one!" Sakura said with a smile. Everyone's eyes were as big as plates and their jaws hung down in surprise! Sakura continued before anyone could interrupt!

"He said I was different! He said that he went crazy without me kind of like....he wasn't the same without me. That's what he told me. I guess I fell in love with him too. I loved him and he love me---"

"Wait! Aren't you brother and sister?" Miroku asked.

"Not really! His family adopted me in a way. It was kind of like just a really long sleepover until I could survive on my own. In a way we were brother and sister, but in another way we weren't!" Sakura said and seeing the confused looks on some of the group members faces she added "It's hard to explain!"

"Anyway, he wanted me to come back to the castle, but I wasn't ready! Remember I was young and I thought back then that the family would be better off without me. But Sesshoumaru said otherwise. He said he needed me and so did the family. I trusted him...and he finally convinced me to go back!"

Sakura put down her ramen and frowned. "It was suppose to be my own little happy ending, but...the castle was half burnt down when we came back! From what we heard demons had come and attacked Inu's mom, but Inu & Sess's dad saved her. He died, the demons killed him, and Inu and his mom ran away to a human village! Sesshoumaru was really upset! His only family left was dead!"

Sakura didn't look at anyone, but knew they were all watching her. She took a deep breath and continued.

"I tried to comfort him, but it was hard! Slowly he became more distant...he became more cold and cruel toward everyone....even me! Sometimes I didn't even get to see him because he stayed in his office all day. It went on like this until finally I couldn't take it anymore...he came out of his room around dinner on day....I just tried to say something to him and he bursts out in anger and hate towards me! After that I knew I had to leave him! It was hard and painful, but I couldn't be with him...I wanted to stay, but I knew my heart would broken if I did." Sakura said and whipped away a few tears!

"I thought I got over him, but...I guess I just hid the pain away. Then I met up with Inuyasha and the past came back...the pain came back!"

"Is that what you've been worrying about for the past few days?" Sango asked. Sakura nodded.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth!" Sakura said sadly.

"It's okay!" Kagome said.

"What are you gonna do when Sesshoumaru wakes up?" Inuyasha asked. Sakura looked at him.

"I...don't know. I need to be alone and think! I'll...be out for lunch!" Sakura said and went inside the hut to think!

~ * ~ Lunch ~ * ~

Sakura smell the lunch being done outside. She got up and walk slowly toward the main exit of the hut when she heard something stir in the far room. Sesshoumaru was awake! Sakura came out and grabbed two bowls of ramen before heading back inside without a word.

"Sesshoumaru's awake!" Inuyasha said to the confused humans. Once the food was paced out Miroku got up and went to the other side of the hut thinking that no one noticed him.

"Where's he going?" Sango asked.

"Probably to the window of Sesshoumaru's room to spy on them!" Shippo said.

Everyone: Oh!

*Silence*

*Everyone realizes what Shippo just said*

"WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" With that said everyone runs after Miroku!

~ * ~ Sesshoumaru's room ~ * ~

Sakura shut the door slowly and quietly even though she knew he was already awake!

"Sakura?" Sesshoumaru said without opening his eyes. She watched him for a few seconds before approaching him slowly. Sitting next to him she sat the bowl of ramen next to him and started to eat her own.

"You should eat! You're wounded!" She said when he didn't make a move for the bowl.

"I don't eat human food!" he stated opening his eyes and sitting up.

"...so...you should still eat!" she said without looking at him. There was no conversation after that.

~ * ~ At the Window ~ * ~

Inuyasha turns away from the window. He started for the other side of the hut.

"I don't think she should be in there with him!" he said. Kagome and Sango quickly grab the back of his shirt and drag him back.

"HEY---" Inuyasha tried to yell.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Kagome and Sango said holding Inuyasha down so he couldn't interrupt the couple. Usually Sango and Kagome would have yelled and pounded the men for peeking on something like this, but for some reason they wanted to watch the private talk too (*Smiles* Behold my authoress power. Muhahahahahahahaha!).

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Sesshoumaru finally broke the silence!

"Why did you leave?"

Sakura was surprised. How can he not remember what he did? How he hurt her!

"...you got so upset...you just weren't the same anymore! You went from loving me to being cold, cruel, and hateful towards me...everyone...everything! You became heartless..." Sakura couldn't go on. She took a deep breath and forced herself not to cry!

"I'm sorry!"

Sakura opened her eyes faster then you could blink and turned to look at Sesshoumaru. 'Did he just apologize?' Sakura thought.

Sesshoumaru caught the surprised look and gave a mental grin. (I know this isn't how Sesshoumaru acts, but it's just a fanfic...go along with it!)

"Sesshoumaru?" Sakura said.

"I know I was upset," Sesshoumaru started, "but you made it worse."

Sakura was too shocked by what he said to say anything herself so Sesshoumaru went on:

"At first I needed time to myself...then I needed you, but you weren't there." He said. Sakura was about to argue, but Sesshoumaru gave a glare that stopped her. He went on:

"I was angry at you...but I was selfish and I didn't think about you...or how I could have hurt you...I regret what I did...I'm sorry!" Sesshoumaru said.

(Like I said Sesshoumaru doesn't act like this, but...my fic, my rules! *Sticks tongue out at fans* Ahhhhhhhhhh! *Runs away from random flying objects!*)

"Sesshou---" Sakura tried to say, but he cut her off.

"I stayed emotionless through all these years because I missed you. I never wanted to show my feelings again...I didn't want to lose people I cared about again!" Sesshoumaru said before grabbing Sakura into a loving embrace. Sakura and Sesshoumaru stayed like that for what seem like a life time.

"I love you. Really I---" Sesshoumaru whisper to Sakura before she put her fingers to his mouth. She put a smile on.

"I love you too." She whispers before his lips and hers meet in a quick kiss.

~ * ~ At the Window ~ * ~

Everyone was in total shock! Kagome and Sango were the first to recover and they started to push the rest of the group away from the window and back into the hut for dinner.

~ * ~

As their kiss ended light rain started to drizzle outside.

"I'm sorry, too!" Sakura said. Sesshoumaru put an arm around Sakura's waist and pulled her closer.

"Shhhhhhhhhh..." Sesshoumaru said and bent his head closer towards hears for yet another kiss. The kiss ended as suddenly as it began when Sesshoumaru felt something wet on his face! He touched his cheek and looked at Sakura who was crying. Her tears had fallen on to his cheeks!

"Sakura, why are you---" Sesshoumaru tried to say, but once again Sakura put her fingers up to his mouth to make him shut up!

"Silly Sessy-chan!" Sakura said shaking her head.

"These are tears of joy!" she said with a smile and passionately kissed her lover once more.

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That's it, I'm done! I'm also sad! *Cries* I'm gonna miss this fic! I'll c u l8ter in my other fics! Bye!
~Purple_Sakura44~