A/N: Thank you all for every review and encouragement, I do apologize for
how long it took me to finish Kagome and Ferlias's battle...I got writer's
block :S. Anyway I just wanted you all to know that you helped me
tremendously and I hope the story ended better then it began. Happy
reading...Be safe. dragonfly-rising
Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Epilogue
Inuyasha stood beside Inutashio and Kee watching his friends sleeping around the campfire. It had not taken them long to leave the site of the tragic battle, all of them wishing to be done with it. Once well away they had set up camp, laying Kagome close to Sango who took less then a heartbeat to fall into a deep sleep, her hand extended towards the sleeping girl. Miroku soon followed their example leaving a dead youkai lord, a dead miko, and a hanyou alone to watch over them.
"I still don't understand Kee, why didn't she die?" Inuyasha finally asked.
"The higher beings already intervened once to save the original soul, they could not intercede again no matter if Inutashio did expose her to his power. She was meant to survive the battle but she felt the need to endure the pain she inflicted upon Ferlias, being as empathic as she is...it was not something she was willing to turn from." Kee explained in a low voice.
"And Miroku? How did he know that she was suppose to survive?" He asked.
"His original soul was well versed in destinies. The line of an interrupted destiny can only be broken for so long and there is always a reward for the one who resolves such a thing. She was the last...the one who did so. There is no dodging a universe set on repaying you." Inutashio supplied with a chuckle.
Inuyasha smiled then sobered quickly, "Will I remember you...after I mean?"
Inutashio sighed quietly, "Not as a clear memory my son. Unfortunately that is a price I must pay for breaking natural laws."
Inuyasha nodded as he accepted that his memory of his father would fade as if it had never taken place though he did so with a heavy heart. After all that had come to pass he had hoped to know more of his father, to find out what kind of person he really was instead of the warped view he had held onto for so very long. It was a disappointment that he knew he would probably never really remember anyway.
"None of us will really know what happened here." He asked ignoring the lump that had risen to his throat.
"It is for the best Inuyasha...would you really prefer that you recalled seeing her die? Would you wish her to remember every moment of Ferlias's death? Would you wish Miroku to remember that Sango almost died herself, or for Sango to remember what it felt like to be engulfed by Kagome's darkest emotions in the clearing?" Kee asked
"That isn't the point Kee...these things are important, they brought us together more then we have ever been. Even though it would mean that I would have to always carry with me what you and Miroku told me about Kagome I would not trade any of my memories of this time. Someone has to remember." Inuyasha answered quietly.
"You would be willing to face your demons Inuyasha?" She asked curiously.
Inuyasha snorted, "I do every day Kee, that's part of life"
Kee chuckled, "He is definitely your son Inutashio, I will take my leave now of both of you."
"Kee" Inuyasha spoke to stop her.
Her light blue eyes took his full measure as she looked at him expectantly and he wondered for a moment what he intended to say to her. There was so much he wanted her to know; so much he yearned to explain to her.
"Thank you" He finally settled on.
Kee bowed her head slightly to him. Then with a mischievous smile she held up her hand, which began to glow pink with miko energy. Inuyasha gulped nervously.
"Kee what are you doing?" He squeaked.
"Only repairing the last of the broken destinies Inuyasha, repaying a favor you might say," Kee said with obvious amusement.
Inuyasha flinched as something tugged at his wrist. An all too familiar weight settled around his neck and the thrill of a miko spell activating jolted through him. He gasped, his eyes rounding in shock, his hand going to his neck to find the prayer beads. Kee chuckled again. He mock growled at the miko but he knew his heart was not in it.
"So it is set?" He asked nervously.
"I think Kagome is the only one who could answer that correctly", Kee answered looking behind her self.
A lovely face appeared from over her shoulder, one full of light hearted enjoyment. Inuyasha smiled in response only to feel the returning frustration as Kagome uttered the hated/adored word.
"SIT!"
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Long after Kee had left to take her place with the other mikos, and he had completed his task of fading the memories of the quartet Inutashio found himself watching them sleep. He had left only Sango with a more comprehensive memory warning her to not remind the others of what had transpired. Sango had been most reluctant to forget the soul of his friend and Inutashio had relented feeling that at least one of them should remember, should be able to understand everything that had happened. He knew in the future there would be instances when Inuyasha would resort back to his augmented thought process becoming withdrawn for no reason he could fathom himself, that at times a dark shadow would pass over Kagome's face and there would be no reasoning with her depression, moments that the monk would cling more tightly to all of them seeming desperate for human contact, of all of them Sango would understand and be able to help them through these trouble occasions.
He looked at his wayward son and smiled to himself, allowing the moment to fill him completely. Then he looked to the sky and simply faded from this plane of existence, knowing that Inuyasha would make him even yet prouder.
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Kagome awoke with a start, sitting straight up. She looked around her, her mind still befuddled with sleep. Everyone was sleeping soundly, deep within their own dreams, though for some reason they all had moved closer to her shunning the warmth of the fire. Sango's hand laid mere inches from where her own had been moments before. Miroku was not as far as he should have been from the sleeping youkai exterminator, his face relaxed in sleep. Inuyasha lay near her feet, his arm curled under his head. The hanyou's ears twitched for a moment then were still. She looked at her strange friends with a bemused smile coming to her face then gazed up at the night sky.
~ Have I forgotten something? ~ She asked herself still more asleep then awake.
The feeling passed a moment later and she shook her head in amusement with herself. She quietly laid back down and sighed falling asleep to dream of a kind man in a long robe that reminded her slightly of someone else.
Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Epilogue
Inuyasha stood beside Inutashio and Kee watching his friends sleeping around the campfire. It had not taken them long to leave the site of the tragic battle, all of them wishing to be done with it. Once well away they had set up camp, laying Kagome close to Sango who took less then a heartbeat to fall into a deep sleep, her hand extended towards the sleeping girl. Miroku soon followed their example leaving a dead youkai lord, a dead miko, and a hanyou alone to watch over them.
"I still don't understand Kee, why didn't she die?" Inuyasha finally asked.
"The higher beings already intervened once to save the original soul, they could not intercede again no matter if Inutashio did expose her to his power. She was meant to survive the battle but she felt the need to endure the pain she inflicted upon Ferlias, being as empathic as she is...it was not something she was willing to turn from." Kee explained in a low voice.
"And Miroku? How did he know that she was suppose to survive?" He asked.
"His original soul was well versed in destinies. The line of an interrupted destiny can only be broken for so long and there is always a reward for the one who resolves such a thing. She was the last...the one who did so. There is no dodging a universe set on repaying you." Inutashio supplied with a chuckle.
Inuyasha smiled then sobered quickly, "Will I remember you...after I mean?"
Inutashio sighed quietly, "Not as a clear memory my son. Unfortunately that is a price I must pay for breaking natural laws."
Inuyasha nodded as he accepted that his memory of his father would fade as if it had never taken place though he did so with a heavy heart. After all that had come to pass he had hoped to know more of his father, to find out what kind of person he really was instead of the warped view he had held onto for so very long. It was a disappointment that he knew he would probably never really remember anyway.
"None of us will really know what happened here." He asked ignoring the lump that had risen to his throat.
"It is for the best Inuyasha...would you really prefer that you recalled seeing her die? Would you wish her to remember every moment of Ferlias's death? Would you wish Miroku to remember that Sango almost died herself, or for Sango to remember what it felt like to be engulfed by Kagome's darkest emotions in the clearing?" Kee asked
"That isn't the point Kee...these things are important, they brought us together more then we have ever been. Even though it would mean that I would have to always carry with me what you and Miroku told me about Kagome I would not trade any of my memories of this time. Someone has to remember." Inuyasha answered quietly.
"You would be willing to face your demons Inuyasha?" She asked curiously.
Inuyasha snorted, "I do every day Kee, that's part of life"
Kee chuckled, "He is definitely your son Inutashio, I will take my leave now of both of you."
"Kee" Inuyasha spoke to stop her.
Her light blue eyes took his full measure as she looked at him expectantly and he wondered for a moment what he intended to say to her. There was so much he wanted her to know; so much he yearned to explain to her.
"Thank you" He finally settled on.
Kee bowed her head slightly to him. Then with a mischievous smile she held up her hand, which began to glow pink with miko energy. Inuyasha gulped nervously.
"Kee what are you doing?" He squeaked.
"Only repairing the last of the broken destinies Inuyasha, repaying a favor you might say," Kee said with obvious amusement.
Inuyasha flinched as something tugged at his wrist. An all too familiar weight settled around his neck and the thrill of a miko spell activating jolted through him. He gasped, his eyes rounding in shock, his hand going to his neck to find the prayer beads. Kee chuckled again. He mock growled at the miko but he knew his heart was not in it.
"So it is set?" He asked nervously.
"I think Kagome is the only one who could answer that correctly", Kee answered looking behind her self.
A lovely face appeared from over her shoulder, one full of light hearted enjoyment. Inuyasha smiled in response only to feel the returning frustration as Kagome uttered the hated/adored word.
"SIT!"
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Long after Kee had left to take her place with the other mikos, and he had completed his task of fading the memories of the quartet Inutashio found himself watching them sleep. He had left only Sango with a more comprehensive memory warning her to not remind the others of what had transpired. Sango had been most reluctant to forget the soul of his friend and Inutashio had relented feeling that at least one of them should remember, should be able to understand everything that had happened. He knew in the future there would be instances when Inuyasha would resort back to his augmented thought process becoming withdrawn for no reason he could fathom himself, that at times a dark shadow would pass over Kagome's face and there would be no reasoning with her depression, moments that the monk would cling more tightly to all of them seeming desperate for human contact, of all of them Sango would understand and be able to help them through these trouble occasions.
He looked at his wayward son and smiled to himself, allowing the moment to fill him completely. Then he looked to the sky and simply faded from this plane of existence, knowing that Inuyasha would make him even yet prouder.
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Kagome awoke with a start, sitting straight up. She looked around her, her mind still befuddled with sleep. Everyone was sleeping soundly, deep within their own dreams, though for some reason they all had moved closer to her shunning the warmth of the fire. Sango's hand laid mere inches from where her own had been moments before. Miroku was not as far as he should have been from the sleeping youkai exterminator, his face relaxed in sleep. Inuyasha lay near her feet, his arm curled under his head. The hanyou's ears twitched for a moment then were still. She looked at her strange friends with a bemused smile coming to her face then gazed up at the night sky.
~ Have I forgotten something? ~ She asked herself still more asleep then awake.
The feeling passed a moment later and she shook her head in amusement with herself. She quietly laid back down and sighed falling asleep to dream of a kind man in a long robe that reminded her slightly of someone else.