The happy ending. The last thing I'll write for this fic… I'm happy I finished this, though on the other hand I am gonna miss you, the reviewers, and all I did with this fic. I'll have to come up with a new idea… O_O Beware…
Final Breakdowns and Still Doubting
Chapter 30- Happy Epilogue
Kagome packed her bag, checking if she wasn't leaving everything behind. For a millisecond she wondered about Inuyasha… But cut that thought off. After all, the hanyou had to think on his own for once. He could prove her now he had been worthy of her trust the past months…
What could be on his mind?
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Everything had to end. Everything comes to an end… Inuyasha realized in shock.
Battles with youkai end.
Quests for shards of a sacred jewel end.
Every second ends…
But an ending means… A beginning…
Today was the day of endings… and new beginnings…
~*~
Kagome looked outside and wondered for the millionth time this quest about how beautiful the nature was here… Everything so pure…Oh, how she'd miss that.
Back home there was no nature… Only pollution, cars, big buildings and street lights that made it impossible to see the less bright stars at night.
She gently shook the others and said: "Guys, wake up…"
*Yawn* "So… The day has finally come!" Miroku said, knowing that his half-demon friend still hadn't made the decision.
"Yes so… Would you all gather your stuff? I expect you at the well in, let's say… Five minutes?"
"That's okay, Kagome-chan. I hope we see you there…" Sango said, knowing her friend wanted her talk with Inuyasha. She looked at Miroku with an "I-hope-Inuyasha-won't-be-stupid-look and started packing her things. Surely, that hanyou would see in time that he'd better come with them?
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A new beginning… But new beginnings… Did they always go as you'd want it?
No, he knew all to well… All to well that his new beginning with Kikyo, 50 years ago, had ended in total disaster… It had really ended there…
He came to notice that wasn't entirely true. It was again a new beginning… The beginning of a life full of sorrow for both of them…
Wouldn't it all go wrong again? Kagome was her ancestor…
Maybe this new beginning ended up even worse than it did 50 years ago…
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Kagome lifted her backpack and got it on her back. Heavy as always… Not as heavy as the doubts she had but… Still heavy.
She suddenly wondered how Kikyo had felt the day Inuyasha was gonna get human with the Shikon… Happiness? Relief? She didn't know… She only knew that she herself was only buried in doubts at the moment, still not knowing what the hanyou was about to do.
But she decided he'd have to figure things out on his own. No more asking, begging, or convincing whatsoever. He'd have to do things on his own.
See what he makes out of it.
The five minutes that she'd talk to him could be the last after all…
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Somehow he had a bad feeling about this. Was it just because his new beginning with Kikyo had turned out to be his worst nightmare?
But Naraku wasn't there anymore to crush him… And he hadn't even been the target! It was Kikyo he was after...
Still he had the feeling he was cursed. Cursed to live a life without beginnings. Only endings…
"Inuyasha! We're going in five minutes!"
So he had five minutes…
Five minutes to overcome his fears and go with them…
Five minutes to wonder…
Five minutes to take in the fresh air…
Five minutes… Five minutes to remember Kikyo… For he couldn't do that to Kagome if he came with them…
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Kagome saw a red figure jumping down the tree. Suddenly she felt like there was no doubt he'd come with her… He couldn't stay here! He was her grumpy hanyou, she felt like she had known him all her life. He was a part of her life. He couldn't just stay here…
He belonged with her…
With their eyes locked Inuyasha pulled her into a tight embrace. He shivered lightly. He was so afraid he'd mess up this new beginning… Maybe it was better to stay here… So he couldn't spoil their new beginning… He wanted them to live happily… After all they had been through…
"Inuyasha…I… We are going… Soon."
"I-…I know…"
Kagome let him go and looked in his eyes.
"You still haven't decided yet, have you?" she said bitterly, knowing he was so full of doubts that he probably stay here to think about it… Only coming to the conclusion he should have gone with them.
"I don't-" he stopped in the middle of his sentence and started a new one, "I'll walk you to the well…"
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Clearing the branches and twigs of big trees and tiny bushes out of the way, he spoke to Sango.
"You'd say he should've decided now…"
"You know him: he likes to postpone everything. Last-minute decisions are so like him…"
"I just hope he doesn't make the wrong decision, finding out seconds later he should've decided differently…"
"You can say that again… You know, I kinda lost my faith in him…"
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They met Sango, Miroku and Shippo by the well. Sango practically wanted to strangle Inuyasha, 'cause by the look on Kagome's face she could figure he still didn't make up his mind. She looked over at Miroku, who probably had the same thoughts…
"So guys, do you have everything?" Kagome asked, her voice a bit shaking.
"Yes… Not that there was much to pack actually…" Sango answered. She send a glare at Inuyasha, but he didn't even seem to notice. Too lost in his thoughts.
"Well," Kagome began, "Inuyasha. I guess this is good-bye then…"
With a sudden impulse she kissed him on the cheek. "Goodbye… Inuyasha."
He didn't even look her in the eye. He didn't even notice what was going on around him.
Kagome stood at the edge of the well, telling the others to join her.
"Kagome-chan, wait a second. There's something I still need to do…" Sango said.
She walked over to the emotionless Inuyasha and smacked him flat on the cheek. He didn't budge. She yelled at him. He did nothing.
"Well, fine then, you know you're being foolish, don't ya?!"
"Everything… Everything has to end. Endings also mean beginnings…" he mumbled.
"What the…"
"Sango-chan… I guess we should be… Going…", Kagome said, swallowing away the upcoming tears and turning around to look at him, "Inuyasha… Just know that I… I always loved you… Even though I guess it was one-sided love…"
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Suddenly Inuyasha turned back to reality. He was no longer lost in his thoughts.
"Kagome!"
Kagome turned around for the second time and looked at him. "What is it…"
"Kagome… Wait for me…"
Kagome's face had gone from sad staring into a huge grin.
"Inuyasha… Grab my hand… We are about to jump in!"
He did so and they floated through the bright blue light for the last time…
~*~
"Mom! Mom!" Kagome ran out of the well house and started running towards the house. She was home… Home! She never realized how she had missed it. Turning around she saw the others following her, looking around in awe.
"Guys, come on in!" she said, opening the front door.
"Kagome! You're home! Oh, baby I missed you! I thought you weren't gonna come back!"
"Oh mom… I missed you too…" she replied, hugging her mother tightly.
"Nee-chan, you brought Inuyasha!!" Souta exclaimed, happy that his hero was here too.
"Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, come on in!"
Kagome introduced them to her family and they went to sit in the living room. They had a fun time, talking about the differences between the Era's and all of the technical stuff this modern time possessed. When it was lunchtime, Kagome thought it was time to introduce them to some technical stuff…
"Guys, I think I can explain to you how the toaster works…"
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A week had past and the gang started to get used to all the weird things of this Era and started to feel at home. It was a bit complicated to let them all sleep somewhere, but they had come to the conclusion Inuyasha and Miroku should sleep in the attic and Sango could sleep together with Kagome in her room.
Now the gang was eating lunch, four of them sitting around the table. They chatted and laughed when suddenly they heard some noise from the kitchen.
"Oh geez! That stupid machine!" Inuyasha had cursed.
"Uhm… Guys… I guess I'll go and help him…" Kagome said, a sweatdrop appearing…She paced to the kitchen and found Inuyasha glaring at the toaster.
"Inuyasha… It's not that hard you know…"
"Keh! I'd swear it's youkai…"
"Oh boy… Inuyasha, it's not youkai. I'll show you once again how it works, okay?"
She must've toasted the whole bread before Inuyasha finally got it. Not that he'd remember, but it was worth a try…
"Say, ehm… Kagome…" Inuyasha started, a little blush creeping up his cheeks.
"What is it, Inuyasha?"
"Well… I'm glad I came with you guys…"
"I'm glad too, Inuyasha… I don't know what I'd do when you weren't here right now."
"Kagome… I kinda…"
"Yeah?"
"I love you…" he whispered. Kagome held him in a tight embrace and replied, "I love you like no one else on this planet…"
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"Geez, what are they doing in there…"
"You got a sick mind, houshi…"
"Oh, Sango, I'm hurt you know… How can you think of me like that…"
"Oh like you don't know… And get your hand offa me NOW or be dead!"
"I'm gonna go sneak up on them…" a certain fox-demon said.
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"STOP LAUGHING STUPID KITSUNE!!"
"Mwhahahaha… Sango, Miroku, you should've SEEN this!"
BAF
"Ouch…"
"What the HELL is happening over here?!" Sango yelled, getting from the living room to the kitchen.
"Nothing…" a very innocent Inuyasha stated.
"They were making out!!!" a wide-grinning Kitsune said, the large bump on his head soon being joined by another one…
"Ah… So Inuyasha, do you need my advice…?"
"Keh!"
"Aww… Finally you got over your stubbornness, Inuyasha… Isn't that sweet!" Sango said, looking at Kagome with a you-got-it-all-I'm-so-happy-for-you-look.
"Whatever…"
"Uhm… Guys…" a deep red tomato, formerly known as Kagome started, "Why don't we finish lunch…"
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Okay, I thought that was nice enough. A bit long, a bit corny… -_- A bit HORRIBLE if you ask me… No, I don't like it…
But anyway, in the process of writing this I started a new story with my brother. Not a one-shot, like the other one, but a long story. I guess that'll have to do as my new story for now. It's gonna be called "The evil tuinkabouter" and it's gonna be a humor story… (My brother isn't serious enough to write an angst/romance fic or something…) Oww yeah… And are you wondering about the 'tuinkabouter'? It's all being explained in our fic. I guess I'll post it tonight… (in Holland it's now morning…)
Please review me and please try the Evil Tuinkabouter when I post it… I think it is kinda funny… ^_^