THREE REVIEWS!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anime Nienna: Thanks a bunch for the support! Rebecca is a fantastic artist, huh? Thanks for reading my other stuff too, I really appreciate it, more than you will know. I'll need to check up on your stories more, okay? Hunt me down if I fail to. . . Take care and God bless!!!
f A t A l-N i T e M a R e: Before I say anything, nice name. Uh, sorry I made you cry, but isn't that the point of angst? YAY!!! I ACHIEVED MY GOAL!!! Thanks!!
Xiyazaki: Well, here is the second (and final) chapter to Happily Ever After, as I only wanted it to be a one-shot, but it worked out as a two- shot. And about Miko's Man, working on it, slowly. . . I hope. I know what I want to write, but I'm in a reading mood as of now, as you can see (because it took me so darn long to post), and writing is hard to do in a reading mood. (Grr . . . Hate moods that refuse to leave. . . )
And here it is, the second chappie to Happily Ever After (and last, too).
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No. It couldn't be. It was starting to play out as the youkai had mentioned. Inuyasha dropped to his knees beside the tree stump, one hand clutching Kagome's lifeless one. That day he had found Kagome kissing Naraku. Naraku had taken her body, leaving only her spirit behind her.
And now it was only a little amount of time before she would be gone forever.
Inuyasha brought her hand to his lips, shaking in pain as he did so. He had been stupid. He had not taken the warning that youkai had told him. And now Kagome was going to die. And he was eventually going to be killed by Miroku and Sango. And they would hold no regrets.
But what about Shippou?
Inuyasha stopped as his mind fell upon a strange question. Shippou had not been mentioned in the dream youkai's foretelling. Maybe it was so horrible that he should not know.
But Kagome was going to die.
Inuyasha leaned back and let loose a howl of rage and pain, and loss. He loved her. He knew it now, as tears streamed down his face and the knowledge she was going to die dancing around his mind. He had waited to understand, waited to tell her, and waited for the time. And now, it was too late.
He could never tell her. She was going to die anyway.
"That's it, Naraku!" he screamed. "You're gonna die!"
An unearthly chuckle was his only reward.
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By Naraku's screams, Inuyasha knew that he was in pain, but he held no pity. The jewel would fall out, would roll to his feet, and Kagome would completely die. Everything was just as the youkai had said. The youki collapsed and the jewel rolled to his feet.
Slowly, wishing for the moment to last, he reached down and picked up the jewel in-between two clawed fingers. He glared up, knowing that he would see Kagome next. And there she was. It was worse than what he could ever imagine. No word in any tongue could describe his horror and sickening disgrace as he was faced with Kagome's spirit, knowing he had caused her death.
"Inuyasha," she murmured. "I've got to go now."
This was it. The moment he had been dreading for five months. The moment Kagome would disappear completely. Forever. And ever. "No!" he screamed, his face to the ground. "I can't let you leave me!"
"I have no choice," Kagome said quietly. "I made a wish." Inuyasha stood up, his hand clenched tightly around the Shikon. "Please, Inuyasha, understand!"
"No! Kagome, I-" Inuyasha paused and glared at her apparition, fighting tears even though he knew it was impossible. His heart. . . it hurt. "Kagome, I love you!" The ghost jumped back, startled. "I always have, but now it's too late."
Kagome's spirit walked toward him, her feet never touching the ground. Slowly, her hand reached out to touch Inuyasha's face. At first, her fingers did not touch his head, but slowly, her hand moved toward his hair. As if he could feel her, he imagined her fingers running through his hair.
"I can almost feel you," she murmured. "Now I'm no better off than Kikyo."
Inuyasha stepped toward her, his hand out appealingly. "Don't, don't say that, Kagome," he hissed huskily. "You're much better off than her." Kagome's ghost shook its head, whimpering in pain.
"I can't! I'm dead, Inuyasha, never more! Get over it!"
In a heartbeat, Inuyasha was millimeters away, his hands placed as if he wished to grab her tightly and hold her, but he held back. It would kill him to run his hands through thin air. "I-I can't get over it," Inuyasha whispered. "I can't get over you."
Suddenly, he did not care. He did not care if he would later regret every moment of it. He did not care if he went crazy if he failed. He did not care if Miroku and Sango would end up killing him to put him to rest. All he did care about was showing Kagome that he loved her, no matter what the cost.
His hands encompassed her, and surprisingly, gripped a warm, solid body. Closing the small gap between them, he captured Kagome's mouth in a light kiss. He could feel her soft lips answer him gently, and he nearly gasped in shock. He pulled away, staring at her in shock.
A true, full, real body, a complete and alive Kagome stood before him. "Inu-Inuyasha," Kagome whispered, her eyes opening. "How. . .? I'm supposed to be dead!"
Inuyasha met her eyes and hugged her in a bone-crushing hug. "Why are you complaining?" he shouted when he pushed her away to meet her eyes again. "I certainly would not!" He took another breath to continue his tirade, but a certain pair of lips sealed his mouth and his anger in one fell swoop. Hungrily, and surprisingly demanding, Kagome pressed her smaller form up against him, pulling him closer. When she asked for entrance to his mouth with a gentle plea, he dropped his jaw instantly, letting her believe she had the upper hand at that moment. 'Which,' his mind later continued telling him, 'she probably did.'
After a long, heady moment, they pulled apart, only to be swept away again as Sango and Shippou found themselves entwined around Kagome. Hugs were exchanged and tears fell as the two sisters and mother and son were reunited, laughing the entire time.
Suddenly, Kagome pulled away, looking at Miroku, who was seated calmly by the wall of the room, his own tears silent and the smile crossing his face elated. Without a single hesitation, she threw herself into his arms, and Miroku only held her close. All of a sudden, Miroku grabbed her waist and swung her around, him laughing loudly.
"Kagome! I can't believe it!"
He dropped her lightly to the ground and kissed her forehead. "Thank you," he murmured quietly. "But may I ask, not that I'm complaining, but what happened?"
Kagome shook her head, shrugging as she did so. "I have no idea." Her eyes fell on Inuyasha, his eyes wide with delight as he simply watched her. "But I am not complaining either."
She ran toward him, her arms outstretched, and he swept her up into a hug. Bliss surrounded them for a while, and Sango and Miroku watched them, standing peacefully next to each other. In quiet happiness, Miroku placed an arm on Sango's shoulders and laid his head on her own.
Shippou watched them, certain he would be able to find a family in them, and looked back at the Shikon that Inuyasha had forgotten and dropped during his concern over Kagome.
It sat on the ground, so fragile and pure. Shippou walked over to it and sniffed, and the soft out-breath of his lungs caused the jewel to disintegrate. He shrieked, causing the people around him to look at where he was. "It just disappeared!"
Inuyasha suddenly understood in a way. In the youkai's foretelling, Kagome's body had disappeared when her soul was gone. Everything that was physically a part of her had disappeared. The jewel was the physical representation of Midoriko's soul. Holding Kagome tight, Inuyasha looked up, even though he was not sure where Midoriko was, and thanked her.
The selfless wish had been given. The journey was complete.
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Silently, her dark eyes wide in the rafters, a youkai smiled and looked upward, her physical eyes seeing only wood, but her mental eyes seeing years pass in a heartbeat.
"Thank all goodness," she whispered quietly. "He chose correctly. It may have taken some time, but he chose correctly."
And with a soft sparkle that showered glitter upon the remaining people in the small house, she disappeared, to whence she came.
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It's all over. And I made it a happy ending. Sure it started sad, but I couldn't just jump to the happy, could I? Technically, sure, I could have, but it would not have made sense. So it's made, and my pathetically short story is done. *Confetti* MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *cough, cough* Ahem.
Fare thee well!!
Keep your hands and arms inside the range of the computer and please leave any questions or comments in the review box. BEWARE OF THE SHARKS!!!! THEY WILL ATTACK IF NO REVIEWS COME IN!!!!!!! (Just kidding. . . They're better behaved than that. . .)
~Kay Kylo
Anime Nienna: Thanks a bunch for the support! Rebecca is a fantastic artist, huh? Thanks for reading my other stuff too, I really appreciate it, more than you will know. I'll need to check up on your stories more, okay? Hunt me down if I fail to. . . Take care and God bless!!!
f A t A l-N i T e M a R e: Before I say anything, nice name. Uh, sorry I made you cry, but isn't that the point of angst? YAY!!! I ACHIEVED MY GOAL!!! Thanks!!
Xiyazaki: Well, here is the second (and final) chapter to Happily Ever After, as I only wanted it to be a one-shot, but it worked out as a two- shot. And about Miko's Man, working on it, slowly. . . I hope. I know what I want to write, but I'm in a reading mood as of now, as you can see (because it took me so darn long to post), and writing is hard to do in a reading mood. (Grr . . . Hate moods that refuse to leave. . . )
And here it is, the second chappie to Happily Ever After (and last, too).
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No. It couldn't be. It was starting to play out as the youkai had mentioned. Inuyasha dropped to his knees beside the tree stump, one hand clutching Kagome's lifeless one. That day he had found Kagome kissing Naraku. Naraku had taken her body, leaving only her spirit behind her.
And now it was only a little amount of time before she would be gone forever.
Inuyasha brought her hand to his lips, shaking in pain as he did so. He had been stupid. He had not taken the warning that youkai had told him. And now Kagome was going to die. And he was eventually going to be killed by Miroku and Sango. And they would hold no regrets.
But what about Shippou?
Inuyasha stopped as his mind fell upon a strange question. Shippou had not been mentioned in the dream youkai's foretelling. Maybe it was so horrible that he should not know.
But Kagome was going to die.
Inuyasha leaned back and let loose a howl of rage and pain, and loss. He loved her. He knew it now, as tears streamed down his face and the knowledge she was going to die dancing around his mind. He had waited to understand, waited to tell her, and waited for the time. And now, it was too late.
He could never tell her. She was going to die anyway.
"That's it, Naraku!" he screamed. "You're gonna die!"
An unearthly chuckle was his only reward.
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By Naraku's screams, Inuyasha knew that he was in pain, but he held no pity. The jewel would fall out, would roll to his feet, and Kagome would completely die. Everything was just as the youkai had said. The youki collapsed and the jewel rolled to his feet.
Slowly, wishing for the moment to last, he reached down and picked up the jewel in-between two clawed fingers. He glared up, knowing that he would see Kagome next. And there she was. It was worse than what he could ever imagine. No word in any tongue could describe his horror and sickening disgrace as he was faced with Kagome's spirit, knowing he had caused her death.
"Inuyasha," she murmured. "I've got to go now."
This was it. The moment he had been dreading for five months. The moment Kagome would disappear completely. Forever. And ever. "No!" he screamed, his face to the ground. "I can't let you leave me!"
"I have no choice," Kagome said quietly. "I made a wish." Inuyasha stood up, his hand clenched tightly around the Shikon. "Please, Inuyasha, understand!"
"No! Kagome, I-" Inuyasha paused and glared at her apparition, fighting tears even though he knew it was impossible. His heart. . . it hurt. "Kagome, I love you!" The ghost jumped back, startled. "I always have, but now it's too late."
Kagome's spirit walked toward him, her feet never touching the ground. Slowly, her hand reached out to touch Inuyasha's face. At first, her fingers did not touch his head, but slowly, her hand moved toward his hair. As if he could feel her, he imagined her fingers running through his hair.
"I can almost feel you," she murmured. "Now I'm no better off than Kikyo."
Inuyasha stepped toward her, his hand out appealingly. "Don't, don't say that, Kagome," he hissed huskily. "You're much better off than her." Kagome's ghost shook its head, whimpering in pain.
"I can't! I'm dead, Inuyasha, never more! Get over it!"
In a heartbeat, Inuyasha was millimeters away, his hands placed as if he wished to grab her tightly and hold her, but he held back. It would kill him to run his hands through thin air. "I-I can't get over it," Inuyasha whispered. "I can't get over you."
Suddenly, he did not care. He did not care if he would later regret every moment of it. He did not care if he went crazy if he failed. He did not care if Miroku and Sango would end up killing him to put him to rest. All he did care about was showing Kagome that he loved her, no matter what the cost.
His hands encompassed her, and surprisingly, gripped a warm, solid body. Closing the small gap between them, he captured Kagome's mouth in a light kiss. He could feel her soft lips answer him gently, and he nearly gasped in shock. He pulled away, staring at her in shock.
A true, full, real body, a complete and alive Kagome stood before him. "Inu-Inuyasha," Kagome whispered, her eyes opening. "How. . .? I'm supposed to be dead!"
Inuyasha met her eyes and hugged her in a bone-crushing hug. "Why are you complaining?" he shouted when he pushed her away to meet her eyes again. "I certainly would not!" He took another breath to continue his tirade, but a certain pair of lips sealed his mouth and his anger in one fell swoop. Hungrily, and surprisingly demanding, Kagome pressed her smaller form up against him, pulling him closer. When she asked for entrance to his mouth with a gentle plea, he dropped his jaw instantly, letting her believe she had the upper hand at that moment. 'Which,' his mind later continued telling him, 'she probably did.'
After a long, heady moment, they pulled apart, only to be swept away again as Sango and Shippou found themselves entwined around Kagome. Hugs were exchanged and tears fell as the two sisters and mother and son were reunited, laughing the entire time.
Suddenly, Kagome pulled away, looking at Miroku, who was seated calmly by the wall of the room, his own tears silent and the smile crossing his face elated. Without a single hesitation, she threw herself into his arms, and Miroku only held her close. All of a sudden, Miroku grabbed her waist and swung her around, him laughing loudly.
"Kagome! I can't believe it!"
He dropped her lightly to the ground and kissed her forehead. "Thank you," he murmured quietly. "But may I ask, not that I'm complaining, but what happened?"
Kagome shook her head, shrugging as she did so. "I have no idea." Her eyes fell on Inuyasha, his eyes wide with delight as he simply watched her. "But I am not complaining either."
She ran toward him, her arms outstretched, and he swept her up into a hug. Bliss surrounded them for a while, and Sango and Miroku watched them, standing peacefully next to each other. In quiet happiness, Miroku placed an arm on Sango's shoulders and laid his head on her own.
Shippou watched them, certain he would be able to find a family in them, and looked back at the Shikon that Inuyasha had forgotten and dropped during his concern over Kagome.
It sat on the ground, so fragile and pure. Shippou walked over to it and sniffed, and the soft out-breath of his lungs caused the jewel to disintegrate. He shrieked, causing the people around him to look at where he was. "It just disappeared!"
Inuyasha suddenly understood in a way. In the youkai's foretelling, Kagome's body had disappeared when her soul was gone. Everything that was physically a part of her had disappeared. The jewel was the physical representation of Midoriko's soul. Holding Kagome tight, Inuyasha looked up, even though he was not sure where Midoriko was, and thanked her.
The selfless wish had been given. The journey was complete.
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Silently, her dark eyes wide in the rafters, a youkai smiled and looked upward, her physical eyes seeing only wood, but her mental eyes seeing years pass in a heartbeat.
"Thank all goodness," she whispered quietly. "He chose correctly. It may have taken some time, but he chose correctly."
And with a soft sparkle that showered glitter upon the remaining people in the small house, she disappeared, to whence she came.
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It's all over. And I made it a happy ending. Sure it started sad, but I couldn't just jump to the happy, could I? Technically, sure, I could have, but it would not have made sense. So it's made, and my pathetically short story is done. *Confetti* MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *cough, cough* Ahem.
Fare thee well!!
Keep your hands and arms inside the range of the computer and please leave any questions or comments in the review box. BEWARE OF THE SHARKS!!!! THEY WILL ATTACK IF NO REVIEWS COME IN!!!!!!! (Just kidding. . . They're better behaved than that. . .)
~Kay Kylo
