Hey everyone! I'm sorry this chapter took so long to write! I've been really busy lately but I finally got it typed up! I hope you all enjoy it! I'm not exactly all happy about this chapter so I might change it but for now It's okay. Thank you so much to all my dedicated readers! I love you guys! Thank you so much for reviews! I love reviews! Anyways on with the story!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Inuyasha....unfortunatly.
Serenita ^_~
Chapter Five: Loving You
When Kagome open her eyes she found herself standing in a place of pure white. It seemed to have no walls, ceiling, or floors, just endless white that surrounded her.
'Where...am I?' She asked herself, looking around.
"You are in between." A familiar voice said gently. Kagome turned around and saw Kijinyoko standing behind her, a smile small played on her face.
"In between what?" Kagome asked suspiciously.
"In between sleep and death. There is a very fine line between sleeping and dying and at this moment you are walking on it." Kijinyoko paused to let this sink in. "You did well, by the way. Rescuing the Hanyou. You tapped into his soul, and removed all doubt. You truly are a Miko." Kagome's eyes widened slightly.
"Inuyasha! Where is he? Is he alright? Did everything..." Kagome started by Kijinyoko held up a hand silencing her.
"He's fine. He awoke a few minutes ago." Kagome looked at Kijinyoko confused.
"If he's awake...why aren't I?" Kijinyoko smiled.
"I let you stay asleep purposely. There is something I think you need to see before I let you awake into reality." She waved her hand and a mirror like object appeared, hovering in the air in front of them. "Show us the Hanyou." Kijinyoko said clearly. The mirror shimmered before revealing a scene. Sango was being held by a solemn Miroku as she cried, a fearful look on her face as she watched Inuyasha who was holding Kagome's body tightly to him, her head placed on his shoulder, as he rocked back and forth, his body shaking from his tears. A deep pain filled Kagome as she watched the ones she loved in pain. She couldn't bare to see tears in Sango's eyes, sadness and pain on Miroku's features, or the horrible sight of Inuyasha suffering over her.
"Stop this! This is horrible! Let me wake up! Let me return to them!" Kijinyoko gave her a sideways glance.
"Watch and then I will release you." Kagome stared at her momentarily, confused about her intentions, before reluctantly turning back to watch the painful sight in front of her.
"No!...Please don't lets this be true!...it has to be a lie...a nightmare...another horrible nightmare..." Inuyasha pleaded to nothing...since there was nothing he could plead to to reverse it.
"No...No....not...not Kagome-chan...no!" Sango cried, burying her head into Miroku's chest. Miroku held Sango tightly, his eyes opened wide, fixated on Kagome's body.
"Kagome-sama....." was all he was able to say.
Inuyasha rocked back and forth holding Kagome to him tightly. Hoping, praying, searching desperately for some way to bring back what he had lost.
"Kagome...please don't go...please don't leave me...just let this be another dream...another nightmare on the way to seeing you again. Please don't let this be real...please, God no...." But deep down, Inuyasha knew that it all wasn't a dream. He had awoken and Kagome hadn't. She wasn't breathing, her scent was gone, and...her heartbeat...the beautiful heart that he now let himself realize he loved had stopped beating. Inuyasha gasped for air in between his sobs, trying to control them.
"Kagome...I know you can hear me... I know you can because you always watch out for me even when I say I don't need it. Kagome...I'm so sorry that you had to go through this...over me. I was to selfish and stubborn to admit that I loved you when I had the chance to love you everyday and instead I discover it the time that I can never have you at all. I'm so sorry, Kagome. I'm sorry that I'm a fool, and for some reason that you actually loved a fool like me. I used Kikyo to push you away because I was intimidated with someone actually wanting me for who I was, something that even Kikyo didn't want. The fact that you did scared me and I'm such a damned idiot for not accepting that affection when I had the chance. And in the process I cause you more pain then you ever should have felt. I'm sorry you had to put up with me, and I'm sorry that you'll never know how much you mean to me..." Inuyasha's sobs started again as he realized again that Kagome would never come back. "Please, Kagome... don't leave me please. I can't live without you....how can I do something like that? I can't do that....I can't go on...without you....what else is there to live for?....please Kagome...don't leave me...I need you ....don't go...don't leave me...all alone again...I love you...I'll say it as many times as you want to hear it if only you'll come back to me...I love you...I love you....I LOVE YOU....I...love...you...Kagome...." Inuyasha's sobs then overtook him, restricting his ability to speak clearly. But his grip around Kagome never loosened. He wasn't going to let her go...he wasn't ready to...he would never be ready to.
Kagome's hands were covering her mouth trying to silence her whimpers as her tears streamed down her face. Seeing Inuyasha in such pain hurt and cut her deeply. She turned to Kijinyoko who stood watching the scene without emotion.
"Why...why do this?"
"Kagome... If I didn't do this you would have never heard this scene which is need to bond you Inuyasha together. If Inuyasha woke up and you were there, he wouldn't fully admit to himself what you mean to him. He need this, a sense of reality to have it hit him. I did this, Kagome, to help you. You both deserve each other. I can see it in both of you. And also because the thought of you and Inuyasha together drives Naraku insane."
"Why is that?" Kagome asked confused.
"Because Inuyasha is a much better fighter when you are there or when he is protecting you. You give him strength." Kagome was silent for a moment.
"Why can't Inuyasha tell that I'm alive? I'm sure he could smell my scent if I'm only sleeping."
"You misunderstand. When I say you are on the line of sleeping and death means that you are mostly dead. The only thing that is still alive in you is your soul. If your soul has the will to live then you will. But with only having your soul alive your scent also goes. So Inuyasha truly believes that you are dead." Kagome looked down, a sad look on her face.
"I'm sorry that you both had to go through so much pain to find out the truth. But now it is time to go back to him." Kagome looked up at her surprised. Kijinyoko smiled slightly. "Just close your eyes, and think of everything that awaits you when you wake. All that you hold dear." Kagome nodded and started to close her eyes but opened them again.
"Will....will I ever see you again?" Kijinyoko was taken aback by the question but then relaxed. She shook her head.
"No... I don't believe anyone will see me again. I have to face my fate." Kagome looked at her sadly.
"Thank you then, for everything." Kijinyoko nodded, a small smile on her lips.
"Close your eyes. Go to him." Kagome closed her eyes, embracing the darkness, and wishing with all of her soul to go to where Inuyasha was. She felt like she was spiraling backwards rapidly before she stopped suddenly, her eyes snapping open to reality.
Kagome felt warmth surrounding her as her eyes stared up into the dark starry sky above her. She heard Inuyasha's ragged breath in her ears and his and Sango's sobs. She could feel his hold on her. He was holding her so tightly, it was hard to breath. She forced herself to speak, not knowing what to say.
"Inuyasha..." She whispered softly. She heard him gasp, sucking in air sharply, his sobs silenced almost instantly. He didn't move, the sound of her voice obviously shocking him. He then pulled away from his hold around her. Kagome looked at him and when his eyes meet hers she saw something flash in them. Shock, worry, sadness, and then happiness. The happiest look that she had ever seen on his face flashed on it quickly before it disappeared as he brought her into his tight embrace once again.
"Kagome....you're here, you're here....you're right here...you're alive....God....Kagome, never do that again. Never scare me like that again." He said jaggedly as he held her tightly to him, rocking back and forth. Kagome returned his embrace, holding him tightly back. "Kagome... I'm sorry...I'm so so sorry that all of this had to happen. I'm sorry I made you sad so many times.....I love you, Kagome....I'll say it every day, as long as I live. I love you and I'm not letting you go away from me every again. I'm not going to loose you again." Kagome felt tears in her eyes, her heart flooded over with warmth and happiness. Inuyasha loved her, he truly loved her. And she loved him, and they both had each other.
"Oh...Inuyasha....I love you too... I love you so much..." He pulled away from their embrace to kiss her. He placed his lips against hers, stealing her breath from her and kissed her with everything that he had in him, trying to make up for all the times he should have kissed her and should have shared his love and devotion to her.
"I'll make it up.... to you.... Kagome...I'll love you forever..." He said in between their kisses.
"You have....nothing...to make up....to me....Inuyasha.... just...love...me..." Kagome replied as Inuyasha continued to ravish her shamelessly. They were finally torn from each other when a notable "AH HEM!" Sounded in the air. They stopped kissing and turned to face where the sound came from. Sango and Miroku sat there, irritable looks on their faces.
"As soon as you guys see each other you start going at it and forget all about us! We were worried too!" Sango announced, a playful smile on her face. Miroku nodded, his smile equally as playful. Quickly, both Inuyasha and Kagome's faces turned equal to the color of a tomato. Sango and Miroku laughed and quickly ran to them, embracing Kagome happily.
"So...Inuyasha..." Miroku said afterwards. "Will we be sharing Kagome from now on....or am I out of the running." Inuyasha turned to Miroku, an enraged look on his face.
"WHAT!?" He questioned in fury. Miroku shrunk down some.
"Well...you know..." He said innocently, a smile on his face. "She still hasn't said whether or not she will bare my child."
"NO!!!" Kagome and Sango shouted simultaneously, but Inuyasha was silent, his head bent down.
"Inuyasha...?" Miroku asked, confused and scared over Inuyasha's silence. "I-Inuyasha....?"
"....Monk....." he said softly before lifting his head up, a look of insane anger on his face and a sinister looking smile on his lips. "YOU....WILL....DIE!!!!!!!" Miroku squeaked as he stood up and ran away from Inuyasha who chased him close behind.
"I WAS ONLY JOKING! I WAS ONLY JOKING!"
"YOU WILL DIE FOR THAT!!!"
"SANGO! KAGOME! H-E-L-P M-E!!!!!" Miroku shouted as he ran past them with Inuyasha following behind quickly. Kagome and Sango fell over laughing at the sight.
"...Wha...What's going on, Kagome?" A sleepy voice asked from behind them. Kagome and Sango looked behind them to see Shippo standing behind them with Kirara by his side, rubbing his eyes sleepily. "Why is Inuyasha trying to kill Miroku, Kagome?" Kagome and Sango looked at each other, smiles on their faces.
"Why don't you come and sit in my lap Shippo, and while we watch Inuyasha chase Miroku we will tell you what happened until they tire themselves out." Shippo walked over and sat in Kagome's lap while Kirara hopped up onto Sango's lap. Kagome and Sango told Shippo the details of what happened as Miroku and Inuyasha ran around them screaming at each other.
Oh yes, everything was back to normal, and definitely for the better.
There will most likely be an epilogue out sooner or later and maybe a sequel, depending on how many people want one. Thanks for everyone's encouragement! I means so much! I hope you enjoyed it! Until later....
Ja Ne!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Inuyasha....unfortunatly.
Serenita ^_~
Chapter Five: Loving You
When Kagome open her eyes she found herself standing in a place of pure white. It seemed to have no walls, ceiling, or floors, just endless white that surrounded her.
'Where...am I?' She asked herself, looking around.
"You are in between." A familiar voice said gently. Kagome turned around and saw Kijinyoko standing behind her, a smile small played on her face.
"In between what?" Kagome asked suspiciously.
"In between sleep and death. There is a very fine line between sleeping and dying and at this moment you are walking on it." Kijinyoko paused to let this sink in. "You did well, by the way. Rescuing the Hanyou. You tapped into his soul, and removed all doubt. You truly are a Miko." Kagome's eyes widened slightly.
"Inuyasha! Where is he? Is he alright? Did everything..." Kagome started by Kijinyoko held up a hand silencing her.
"He's fine. He awoke a few minutes ago." Kagome looked at Kijinyoko confused.
"If he's awake...why aren't I?" Kijinyoko smiled.
"I let you stay asleep purposely. There is something I think you need to see before I let you awake into reality." She waved her hand and a mirror like object appeared, hovering in the air in front of them. "Show us the Hanyou." Kijinyoko said clearly. The mirror shimmered before revealing a scene. Sango was being held by a solemn Miroku as she cried, a fearful look on her face as she watched Inuyasha who was holding Kagome's body tightly to him, her head placed on his shoulder, as he rocked back and forth, his body shaking from his tears. A deep pain filled Kagome as she watched the ones she loved in pain. She couldn't bare to see tears in Sango's eyes, sadness and pain on Miroku's features, or the horrible sight of Inuyasha suffering over her.
"Stop this! This is horrible! Let me wake up! Let me return to them!" Kijinyoko gave her a sideways glance.
"Watch and then I will release you." Kagome stared at her momentarily, confused about her intentions, before reluctantly turning back to watch the painful sight in front of her.
"No!...Please don't lets this be true!...it has to be a lie...a nightmare...another horrible nightmare..." Inuyasha pleaded to nothing...since there was nothing he could plead to to reverse it.
"No...No....not...not Kagome-chan...no!" Sango cried, burying her head into Miroku's chest. Miroku held Sango tightly, his eyes opened wide, fixated on Kagome's body.
"Kagome-sama....." was all he was able to say.
Inuyasha rocked back and forth holding Kagome to him tightly. Hoping, praying, searching desperately for some way to bring back what he had lost.
"Kagome...please don't go...please don't leave me...just let this be another dream...another nightmare on the way to seeing you again. Please don't let this be real...please, God no...." But deep down, Inuyasha knew that it all wasn't a dream. He had awoken and Kagome hadn't. She wasn't breathing, her scent was gone, and...her heartbeat...the beautiful heart that he now let himself realize he loved had stopped beating. Inuyasha gasped for air in between his sobs, trying to control them.
"Kagome...I know you can hear me... I know you can because you always watch out for me even when I say I don't need it. Kagome...I'm so sorry that you had to go through this...over me. I was to selfish and stubborn to admit that I loved you when I had the chance to love you everyday and instead I discover it the time that I can never have you at all. I'm so sorry, Kagome. I'm sorry that I'm a fool, and for some reason that you actually loved a fool like me. I used Kikyo to push you away because I was intimidated with someone actually wanting me for who I was, something that even Kikyo didn't want. The fact that you did scared me and I'm such a damned idiot for not accepting that affection when I had the chance. And in the process I cause you more pain then you ever should have felt. I'm sorry you had to put up with me, and I'm sorry that you'll never know how much you mean to me..." Inuyasha's sobs started again as he realized again that Kagome would never come back. "Please, Kagome... don't leave me please. I can't live without you....how can I do something like that? I can't do that....I can't go on...without you....what else is there to live for?....please Kagome...don't leave me...I need you ....don't go...don't leave me...all alone again...I love you...I'll say it as many times as you want to hear it if only you'll come back to me...I love you...I love you....I LOVE YOU....I...love...you...Kagome...." Inuyasha's sobs then overtook him, restricting his ability to speak clearly. But his grip around Kagome never loosened. He wasn't going to let her go...he wasn't ready to...he would never be ready to.
Kagome's hands were covering her mouth trying to silence her whimpers as her tears streamed down her face. Seeing Inuyasha in such pain hurt and cut her deeply. She turned to Kijinyoko who stood watching the scene without emotion.
"Why...why do this?"
"Kagome... If I didn't do this you would have never heard this scene which is need to bond you Inuyasha together. If Inuyasha woke up and you were there, he wouldn't fully admit to himself what you mean to him. He need this, a sense of reality to have it hit him. I did this, Kagome, to help you. You both deserve each other. I can see it in both of you. And also because the thought of you and Inuyasha together drives Naraku insane."
"Why is that?" Kagome asked confused.
"Because Inuyasha is a much better fighter when you are there or when he is protecting you. You give him strength." Kagome was silent for a moment.
"Why can't Inuyasha tell that I'm alive? I'm sure he could smell my scent if I'm only sleeping."
"You misunderstand. When I say you are on the line of sleeping and death means that you are mostly dead. The only thing that is still alive in you is your soul. If your soul has the will to live then you will. But with only having your soul alive your scent also goes. So Inuyasha truly believes that you are dead." Kagome looked down, a sad look on her face.
"I'm sorry that you both had to go through so much pain to find out the truth. But now it is time to go back to him." Kagome looked up at her surprised. Kijinyoko smiled slightly. "Just close your eyes, and think of everything that awaits you when you wake. All that you hold dear." Kagome nodded and started to close her eyes but opened them again.
"Will....will I ever see you again?" Kijinyoko was taken aback by the question but then relaxed. She shook her head.
"No... I don't believe anyone will see me again. I have to face my fate." Kagome looked at her sadly.
"Thank you then, for everything." Kijinyoko nodded, a small smile on her lips.
"Close your eyes. Go to him." Kagome closed her eyes, embracing the darkness, and wishing with all of her soul to go to where Inuyasha was. She felt like she was spiraling backwards rapidly before she stopped suddenly, her eyes snapping open to reality.
Kagome felt warmth surrounding her as her eyes stared up into the dark starry sky above her. She heard Inuyasha's ragged breath in her ears and his and Sango's sobs. She could feel his hold on her. He was holding her so tightly, it was hard to breath. She forced herself to speak, not knowing what to say.
"Inuyasha..." She whispered softly. She heard him gasp, sucking in air sharply, his sobs silenced almost instantly. He didn't move, the sound of her voice obviously shocking him. He then pulled away from his hold around her. Kagome looked at him and when his eyes meet hers she saw something flash in them. Shock, worry, sadness, and then happiness. The happiest look that she had ever seen on his face flashed on it quickly before it disappeared as he brought her into his tight embrace once again.
"Kagome....you're here, you're here....you're right here...you're alive....God....Kagome, never do that again. Never scare me like that again." He said jaggedly as he held her tightly to him, rocking back and forth. Kagome returned his embrace, holding him tightly back. "Kagome... I'm sorry...I'm so so sorry that all of this had to happen. I'm sorry I made you sad so many times.....I love you, Kagome....I'll say it every day, as long as I live. I love you and I'm not letting you go away from me every again. I'm not going to loose you again." Kagome felt tears in her eyes, her heart flooded over with warmth and happiness. Inuyasha loved her, he truly loved her. And she loved him, and they both had each other.
"Oh...Inuyasha....I love you too... I love you so much..." He pulled away from their embrace to kiss her. He placed his lips against hers, stealing her breath from her and kissed her with everything that he had in him, trying to make up for all the times he should have kissed her and should have shared his love and devotion to her.
"I'll make it up.... to you.... Kagome...I'll love you forever..." He said in between their kisses.
"You have....nothing...to make up....to me....Inuyasha.... just...love...me..." Kagome replied as Inuyasha continued to ravish her shamelessly. They were finally torn from each other when a notable "AH HEM!" Sounded in the air. They stopped kissing and turned to face where the sound came from. Sango and Miroku sat there, irritable looks on their faces.
"As soon as you guys see each other you start going at it and forget all about us! We were worried too!" Sango announced, a playful smile on her face. Miroku nodded, his smile equally as playful. Quickly, both Inuyasha and Kagome's faces turned equal to the color of a tomato. Sango and Miroku laughed and quickly ran to them, embracing Kagome happily.
"So...Inuyasha..." Miroku said afterwards. "Will we be sharing Kagome from now on....or am I out of the running." Inuyasha turned to Miroku, an enraged look on his face.
"WHAT!?" He questioned in fury. Miroku shrunk down some.
"Well...you know..." He said innocently, a smile on his face. "She still hasn't said whether or not she will bare my child."
"NO!!!" Kagome and Sango shouted simultaneously, but Inuyasha was silent, his head bent down.
"Inuyasha...?" Miroku asked, confused and scared over Inuyasha's silence. "I-Inuyasha....?"
"....Monk....." he said softly before lifting his head up, a look of insane anger on his face and a sinister looking smile on his lips. "YOU....WILL....DIE!!!!!!!" Miroku squeaked as he stood up and ran away from Inuyasha who chased him close behind.
"I WAS ONLY JOKING! I WAS ONLY JOKING!"
"YOU WILL DIE FOR THAT!!!"
"SANGO! KAGOME! H-E-L-P M-E!!!!!" Miroku shouted as he ran past them with Inuyasha following behind quickly. Kagome and Sango fell over laughing at the sight.
"...Wha...What's going on, Kagome?" A sleepy voice asked from behind them. Kagome and Sango looked behind them to see Shippo standing behind them with Kirara by his side, rubbing his eyes sleepily. "Why is Inuyasha trying to kill Miroku, Kagome?" Kagome and Sango looked at each other, smiles on their faces.
"Why don't you come and sit in my lap Shippo, and while we watch Inuyasha chase Miroku we will tell you what happened until they tire themselves out." Shippo walked over and sat in Kagome's lap while Kirara hopped up onto Sango's lap. Kagome and Sango told Shippo the details of what happened as Miroku and Inuyasha ran around them screaming at each other.
Oh yes, everything was back to normal, and definitely for the better.
There will most likely be an epilogue out sooner or later and maybe a sequel, depending on how many people want one. Thanks for everyone's encouragement! I means so much! I hope you enjoyed it! Until later....
Ja Ne!