~*~Thank you all very much for sticking with me throughout this long period of time. I am proud to present to you the final chapter of Lost.~*~
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Inu Yasha was awakened by a very loud "HENTAI" and a nice smack. Right away he knew Miroku and Sango weren't that far away… well, Sango wasn't. That monk might not be alive this time. Shaking his head, the hanyou looked at the woman next to him, still sleeping peacefully. Kagome had this more relaxed look to her face than before, though he couldn't figure out why. It was definitely different than before.
"But Sango, I'm sorry! It just slipped! Honest!"
"I should have known better than to trust a pervert!"
"It was an innocent mistake! Let me make it up to you…"
"Don't come near me, hoshi-sama."
"Sango, allow me to correct myself."
"Ahh!!! Get off me! Hentai!!! Hiraikotsu!"
"S-Sango, you wouldn't!"
"Run fast, hentai!"
"Eeep!!"
"Kirara! Get him!"
"Mew…. RRRRRRR!!!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!!"
*Sweatdrop*
Inu Yasha shook his head again as he turned his attention back to the girl from the future. She was still very much asleep, not really there at all. While she slept, the silver haired man sat and thought over his dream. 'What did Kikyo mean? What was so important to know? Kagome seemed so unsure, so lost. Is that what it's like for her everyday? I don't want her to feel like that anymore. I want to be with her, protect her from everything.'
"Hmm…"
Snapping to attention, amber eyes went towards the raven haired girl lying down beside him. His eyes were full of hope as he gazed upon her. "Kagome?"
Eyes fluttered open until her chocolate orbs focused on him, confusion swimming in them. "Inu Yasha?"
Sighing, the said man relaxed. "It's about time."
Kagome sat up quickly and glared at him. "What am I doing here?"
"What do you mean? You've been here for awhile now."
The female's eyes narrowed even more as she took in a deep breath. "OSUWARI!!!!!!" With that, Inu Yasha fell flat to the ground and two feet into the ground.
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"OSUWARI!!!!!!!"
Sango looked up and released Miroku's neck, letting him drop to the ground with little swirlies in his eyes. "Kagome-chan?"
The monk shook his head to refocus. "Kagome-sama? She must be awake, but why would she 'sit' him? We better head back."
"Kirara."
The two climbed onto the fire cat and raced back to the hut to find an Inu crater. A fuming girl was now standing up, all bruises gone from her body. "You stupid dog! I can't believe you would drag me back here without my permission. And while I was sleeping, no less! Even I gave you better credit than that!"
*Blink blink*
"Kagome-chan?"
"Hmm?" Kagome looked over to see Sango and Miroku standing in the door way just blinking at her. The girl still seemed ticked off. "And you two! You let him drag me back here?!? What kind of friends are you anyway??"
Miroku took a quick look to see the steam had stopped, but the hanyou was still twitching on the ground. "Kagome-sama, why did you use the command?"
Grumbling was heard from the hole in the ground. "Stupid wench…"
The woman glared at the talking crater. "Command? Oh, you mean OSUWARI??" Inu Yasha fell even further into the ground, twitching even more.
"Kagome-chan! What are you doing?"
"Teaching him for dragging me back here after all he said to me."
Both humans blinked again, completely confused. "What did he say? What do you mean drag you back here?"
Miroku shook his head a bit, then looked at Kagome with complete confusion. "Kagome-sama, what is the last thing you remember?"
Sighing, she rolled her eyes. "I sat… him… then went back home and to the park. Next thing I know, I wake up here with him looking over at me as if I could have died or something."
Inu Yasha was finally able to sit up and look at her. "You really need to stop with that word."
"Wait, Kagome-sama, that's all you remember?"
Raising one eyebrow, Kagome nodded. "Yeah… why?"
"Kagome-chan, that happened around two weeks ago. When you left…" Sango looked at Miroku, who looked at the hanyou. Inu Yasha looked at them, since he was now standing, and nodded.
The monk took Sango's arm and turned her towards the door. "Kagome-sama, we will be right outside. I think Inu Yasha is the one who wishes to tell you what happened. Please don't use the command during this explanation. He's been through enough." With that, the two humans walked out of the hut.
"Okay, I'm confused now."
The hanyou turned to the young miko. "You might want to sit for this."
After she did so, the raven haired woman looked at him as he sat down as well. "What did Sango-chan mean when she said that was two weeks ago?"
Taking a deep breath, Inu Yasha looked her straight in the eye. "After that little incident, you ran back home and to the park, but something happened there. Some of these guys surrounded you and started to really beat you up. At least, that's what I saw when I got there."
"You crossed through the well so soon after our fight?"
"May I continue?"
"Be my guest."
"Anyway, you were unconscious on the ground when I came. I took care of those guys and went to you to find out you weren't breathing. Picking you up, I ran to that… hos-pi-tal and gave you to a healer. They said you were in something called a coma." Hearing her gasp, he realized she knew what that meant. "Your mother came to the hospital and told me to go home and get the gang to come see you. While we were all there, Miroku felt a dark presence over your body, as if you were under a spell. We all, minus the fox, came back here to Kaede's and found out a curse was indeed on you. The Dark Nothing. It causes the person to become a somewhat shell, everything locked away deep inside. Your soul would have left your body if we didn't work fast to save you. It was Kikyo who placed the spell on you."
Kagome's eyes went wide. "Kikyo?"
"She wanted your soul to come back to life. We hunted her down and confronted her. In the end, I had to kill her. Kikyo's gone now."
A look of sympathy entered Kagome's eyes. "That is a rather sad way to go though."
"She was trying to kill you and steal your soul."
"Doesn't matter. Still a horrible way to die, by your love's sword."
Inu Yasha shifted a bit at that, but continued. "We went back and to the hospital with Kaede to help. The way to reverse the spell was for someone to go into your mind and serve as your guide back to the living. I went in and freed your soul, but something happened after you woke up. You didn't remember us at all."
"I had amnesia?"
Thinking about it, Inu Yasha recognized the word, so he nodded. "We had to help you slowly remember things, but we never told you about the past. We all had been living with you in the future for a little over a week. You still didn't remember anything, not even the well house, but you did feel something about it. While I was asleep, you went to the well house and fell into the well to the past. Souta saw and called to us. We all went after you and I followed your scent, but Kouga found you first."
"Kouga-kun?"
Rolling his eyes, Inu Yasha continued. "We tried to follow you, but a village was under attack, so we went to help out. During the fight, you appeared with your arrows and saw a jewel shard. While we were fighting, you got hit by the demon and was flown back into the forest. After I defeated it, I ran to find you lying by a tree in a pool of your own blood. I… We were all afraid we had lost you again, so I went back to get Kaede while the gang took you to her hut."
"Why not just take me to my time?"
"You want to explain it to those healers how you got those wounds?"
"Good point."
"Kaede and Sango worked all night to make sure you survived. I've been sitting here making sure you come back to us." He didn't feel the need to mention Kikyo and the dream to her.
Kagome sat there, absorbing all he had said. "That's not everything, is it?"
"What?"
"There was more. I had a weird dream. Kikyo was there. She said I needed to figure out what's real and where I belong. She also apologized for all the torment she put us through, but that it was necessary. Next thing I knew, I was in the well crying and you called to me. You jumped down to see what was wrong and I told you the truth, that I didn't know where to go. You said it didn't matter because you would follow me. You said I meant everything to you. Then you took me out of the well and took my hand as we walked away." A tinge of pink appeared on Kagome's cheeks as she spoke, obviously embarrassed that she had a dream about the hanyou.
"So you had the same dream as I did."
It was spoken in almost a whisper, but Kagome heard it. "What?"
A small smile spread on his lips as he looked at her. "I had the same dream, only a different conversation with Kikyo. Kagome, I meant what I said in it. I'll go wherever you go, which ever time you choose. Personally I don't think you have to pick, but that's up to you."
A weird look entered her eyes. "So, I mean everything to you?"
Lowering his head, Inu Yasha answered, "much more than you know."
He felt her soft hand on his cheek as his face was turned to look at her. "Then tell me."
Now this he didn't expect. Did he really want to tell Kagome he was in love with her? He had wanted to tell her when she woke up from the coma, but then she didn't know who he was, who she was. Was now the time to say those three little words?
Looking into her eyes, Inu Yasha knew the answer. Taking a deep breath, he focused on the woman in front of him. "I…I love you, Kagome."
Her eyes softened as tears came to her eyes. She was crying? But why? "Inu Yasha…"
A small feeling of fear engulfed him. What if she was repulsed by the idea of having him love her? He was only a pathetic hanyou after all. But, that didn't sound like Kagome.
"I love you too."
His eyes shot open as he looked at her fully. She loved him?? Inu Yasha didn't have time to say anything as he felt her lips pressed against his. Though he was shock, he picked up quickly what was happening as he closed his eyes and kissed her back with all the love he had for her. When they finally broke apart for air, he looked deep into her brown eyes and smiled. "I've wanted to do that for awhile now. Apparently you did too."
"Don't ruin the moment, Inu Yasha."
"As you wish." With that, he leaned in and kissed her again.
"Awww. Now that's more like it."
Both heads broke the kiss in order to look towards the door where two pairs of eyes were seen. Inu Yasha cracked his knuckles and got up. "The concept of privacy means nothing to you two?!?"
"EEP!!" Both humans ran as an angry hanyou was chasing after them, leaving the miko to smile as she touched her lips with her fingers. 'Maybe I should get amnesia more often.'
With that, she ran after the enraged hanyou and her two best friends, feeling calmed by the familiar setting of what she knew to be an extension of home. Kagome knew no matter where she was now, no matter where she ended up, she would always be home, with Inu Yasha at her side.
The End
~*~Oh man. *takes out tissues* I can't believe it's finally over! I finally finished a fic! Now the choice is yours. Epilogue or not? It's up to you, my reviewers. *bows* Thank you all very much for following me down this long journey to the end of my fanfic. Good bye! Ja ne!~*~
