Knight of the Round Table

By Sci-Fi Raptor

Chapter Nine: Reunion

Oh no! It's the final chapter!

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            "What is this monstrosity?" Inuyasha complained. Arthur had put him into some kind of machine.

            "It's called a catapult. I think it will give you the extra jump you need to reach the cloud." He explained.

            "What do I do?" Inuyasha asked nervously.

            "Just jump as much as you need to." He said.

            "Okay" Inuyasha said. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and said, "I'm ready!". Instantaneously, the catapult drove him into the sky. But something went wrong. He didn't go high enough, and the aim was off. A few second later, Inuyasha ran back, his face with a tree trunk imprint on it.

            "All right" he said a bit dizzily. "Lets try that again." They loaded him in, and made the necessary adjustments. They fired him, and he was headed in the right direction, and seemed that he was high enough to intercept.

            Everything rests in your hands now, Inuyasha. Arthur thought to himself. Not too far away, the sounds of metal hitting metal could be heard.

            Where are you… Inuyasha said, the Tetsaiga already drawn. He squinted really hard to see the person inside. When he could see him, he also saw the Wind Scar.

            "TAKE THIS!" he yelled, and attacked Mortigern with Tetsaiga.

            The cloud disappeared, and Mortigern fell down. Inuyasha had lost all his momentum and was falling down with him.

            Mortigern regained consciousness, and attacked Inuyasha with the winds. Inuyasha tried his best to stand it, and attack him with his Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer. The two hit the ground, hard, and it took Inuyasha all of his energy to stand up and fight.

            Where is it? Inuyasha thought, looking for the Jewel. The King held his hand out and Inuyasha saw the bulge. There it is. He thought. He rushed towards him, aiming for the outstretched arm, but was swept away by a fiery attack. Dammit. One more attack like that, and I'm done for. Inuyasha thought, trying hard to get up, using the Tetsaiga for support.

            "Now you're dead you meddling mutt." Mortigern said. He raised his arm once again and pointed it at Inuyasha. A large fireball started forming in his hand.

            "Excalibur! Feel my strength!" Arthur said, not to far away. Both of them turned to look at him and saw a bright shaft of metal heading straight for Mortigern.

            "Now Inuyasha!" Arthur yelled to him. With all his might, Inuyasha rasied his sword and slayed Mortigern. Almost instantly, all of Mortigern's men started to disappear, obviously devices created by Mortigern.

            Inuyasha stared at his corpse and watched as some dark spirit came out of it. Not caring about it, he cut a sliver into Mortigern's hand and took the Shikon Jewel.

            "Did you see it come out of him?" Inuyasha asked Arthur when he came up to him.

            "See what?"

            "The spirit."

            "I assure you, I saw no spirit."

            "Well, now that I have this, I have to head back."

            "Nonsense. You must celebrate with us!"

            "I'm sorry, but I can't. Giving this Jewel to the 'prophet' means a lot to me, so I must go now."

            "But you are in no condition to go. You must rest."

            "I can't" Inuyasha said, struggling to stay awake."

            "Well, let my horsemen take you there. It's the least I can do."

            "All right." He said, and collapsed. Arthur smirked.

            "Sleep well my friend. You will be united with your love soon." He said to the sleeping Inuyasha, holding the Jewel in a vice grip.

            "You men. Take him to the Azure Mountains with me." Arthur commanded some men nearby.

            "But sir, I think you'll be needed here more." One of them said.

            "I know, but it's my duty to stay with him until his journey is complete." He said. His most able men set up a caravan of a wagon (for Inuyasha to sleep on) and a group of sentries.

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            "Took you long enough to find me, wench." Inu said to her.

            "What are you calling me wench for?" she said, her heart almost skipping a beat.

            "Only four weeks since I've seen you, and you've already forgotten me?" Inu said to her disappointedly.

            "…Inu…Inuyasha?" she said in disbelief.

            "Yes Kagome, its me." The black haired Inuyasha said.

"B-b-but…" she started saying, tears welling up in her eyes. He quickly stood up, sensing that she was about to fall. He put his arms around her waist, and she buried her face into his chest, crying uncontrollably.

            "You jerk," she said weakly, struggling to say it between sobs. "Why'd you take so long to come back?"

            "It's a long story." Inu said, looking at the book he was reading. King Arthur and the Battle of Saxony "But I'm here now, and I'm never going to leave you again." He said, tears running down his face. The Silver haired dog had also gotten up and was ferociously wagging his tail.

            The two just stood there the whole time, not saying a word. Just the fact that the other person was there was enough. After awhile, they stopped crying, and their legs were tired, so Inu went back to the position he was in, and Kagome sat on top of him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she put her arms over his.

            "Why did you torture me Inuyasha? What did I do to you?" she blurted out.

            "Kagome…" he said softly. "I never said this to you before but I always felt it. Kagome, I love you…"

            "No games Inuyasha" she said in a serious tone, her hands holding his tightly.

            "…" Inu was about to lash out at her for accusing him, but he remembered this wasn't the time. "It's because the well's connection to this era was severed. It didn't work."

            "What do you mean?" she said.

            "I don't know, but it had something to do with the God that made the Shikon Jewel."

            "God? Which God?" she said, the tears lessening.

            "Let me start from the beginning…" Inuyasha said. She listened to him, like a young child being read a bedtime story.

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            "Inuyasha…" a familiar voice called. "Wake up laddie."

            "Huh?" Inuyasha said. He was still tired from the battle, but he felt refreshed.

            "You're at the Azure Mountains, my boy.

            "Mountains?" he said, a little confused. 'What do you think you're here for?' "Kagome!" he said suddenly. He got up and started to scale the mountain, but his feinds saw that he wasn't in shape to do that.

            "Inuyasha, wait for us." Arthur said. "You are in no condition to go up there by yourself."

            "I have to do this alone."

            "No Inuyasha, you don't. You may not realize it yet, but you are not alone."

            "But…" he said, looking at his newly made friends. Arthur, his men and Aurelius were standing there, ready to help him finish his quest. "All right." He finally agreed.

            "Then it's settled. We go now!" Arthur proclaimed.

            "Yeah!" the rest of the men said, and started the treacherous climb. The climb was amazingly easy, for some reason. The winds were actually pushing them up and the mountain didn't seem as cold as it should have. In half a days time, the whole group made it to the ruins.

            "So this is the Hyrulean Temple…" Aurelius said in awe.

            "Welcome friends." Sakami said.

            "Well prophet. This warriors has done everything you've asked it, so send him to his love." Arthur said.

            "How did you guys know about that?" Inuyasha said, a little embarrassed.

            "You sleep talk very loudly." Aurelius chuckled.

            "Whatever." Inuyasha said, and walked up to Sakami. He held his hand out, and offered him the Jewel.

            "You've held onto this for dear life!" Sakami said, when he noticed the deep indents in his palm.

            "Well…" Inuyasha started, looking for an excuse.

            "Don't worry about it. Now that I have the Jewel, I can reunite you with your lover once again."

            "So, what will you do?"

            "I will separate the human and demon part of you."

            "What?!" Inuyasha said, bewildered at the thought.

            "He's a demon?!" the rest of the group said.

            "He's a half demon. There is human in him, and you know he wont hurt you, so don't worry." Sakami said, trying to reassure the group. "Now, the reason I have to separate you is this: you are not immortal. Your human part is mortal, while your demon part is immortal. So what I will do is separate your demon and human parts, and give you this potion." He said, and gave him a vial full of a red liquid. "Once you drink it, it will put your human part into an eternal sleep."

            "If I sleep forever, how will I see Kagome?!" Inuyasha said, angry that he had done all this work just to go to sleep.

            "That's where your demon part will come in. I will keep him with me until it is time for you to wake up. I think it would be best if you buried your sleeping body with Arthur's men. When it is time, I will send him for your grave and wake you up. When you wake up, I will train you in the ways of that time, and when you are ready, I will send you to her." Sakami explained.

"Why can't I just go through the Bone-Eater's Well?" he asked.

"When Kagome left, she took the path to the future with her."

            "…" Inuyasha just stared at the ground, the exhaustion evident in his wrinkled face. After a few moments, he sighed. "All right lets do this." Inuyasha finally said.

            "All of you, leave this temple until I give you the word." Sakami ordered. The men followed his orders briskly.

            "Are you ready, Inuyasha?"

            "As ready as I've ever been." He said, and took a deep breath.

            "Hold your hands out like me" Sakami said, his hands outstretched, the Jewel in his cupped hands. Inuyasha held his hands out as he ordered. Sakami started chanting something that Inuyasha couldn't hear or understand. The Jewel started to levitate, and floated above Inuyasha's head. Then it lodged itself in his head and expanded. Something started coming out, and Inuyasha felt himself becoming weaker. The thing completely left his body, and he collapsed; the Shokin Jewel dislodged itself from Inuyasha and went back to Sakami's hands.

            "You may return." Sakami said to the other men. They came back quickly, anxious to see what had happened. What they saw scared them. Inuyasha was sprawled across the floor, and a slimy, silver haired wolf stood next to him. Inuyasha no longer had silver hair.

            "What the bloody hell happened to him?" Arthur said in shock.

            "He's just low on energy, nothing a few days rest won't fix."

            "What the bloody hell is that!" Aurelius said, pointing at the wolf, whose eyes were now glowing red.

            "That's Inuyasha's demon essence. Now that they are separate, they are just Inu and Yasha." Sakami explained. "Yasha, come with me." Sakami ordered, and disappeared into the darkness.

            "Well, lets bring him home." Arthur said, and the men carried Inu's sleeping body to the waiting wagon at the mountain's base.

*A few days later*

            "I Knight thee, Sir Inuyasha" Arthur said, as he Knighted Inu in the Round Table's chamber.

            "Hip Hip, Hooray!" the men celebrated.

            "Well, Inuyasha. Will you join us in our victory celebration against Vortigern?" Arthur said, as they evacuated the chamber.

            "I'd love to Arthur, but I really want to see Kagome as soon as possible." Inu said. They reached the courtyard and Inu saw the place full of food, music and festivities.

            "Well, if you truly feel this way, Inuyasha, I will send for our priest to prepare your body."

            "Yes, I would like that." Inu said, feeling like he really needed a long sleep.

            "All right then, I will send for him now." Arthur said, and went to the nearby church.

            "Inuyasha!" a familiar voice bellowed.

            "Hey Aurelius" Inu said, as his friend walked up to him.

            "How come I"- hiccup "haven't seen you-" hiccup "at the party till now?" hiccup. Said Aurelius, half drunk.

            "I was just Knighted."

            "You were Kniiiighted?" hiccup.

            "Yeah."

            "Well, thasss good fer ya-" hiccup "I always wanted to be Knighted" hiccup.

            "Well, one day you'll get your chance." Inu said, holding him by the shoulder to steady him.

*a few hours later in the Royal Graveyard*

            "Well, Aurelius. I guess this is goodbye." Inu said to his friend.

            "I'm gonna miss ya laddie."

            "And I will miss you, too." Arthur said.

            "Thanks for everything guys." Inu said. He sat in his coffin and drank the potion. "I'll never forget you." He said, as his eyelids grew heavy.

            "May Lord God be with you." Aurelius said.

            "Godspeed, my friend. Godspeed." Arthur said and crossed himself. Inu was soon in a deep slumber. Arthur put Tetsaiga along his chest and folded his arms over it. Before they closed the casket, Arthur put a small box with a note attached on it into Inu's hand. The casket was closed, and buried. The tombstone read: "Here lies Inuyasha; Warrior and Knight. May he be a living testament that love knows no bounds."

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*Sunset at Kagome's time*

            "So king Arthur Knighted you?" Kagome said, eyes beaming with admiration. She was taken back by what her knight in shining armor had done to find her.

            "Yes." Inu said. The two had been sitting there the whole day, reading the book that Inu had been reading when Kagome had come up to him. The book was written by Inu himself, an autobiography of his past life. Even though it didn't include everything, Kagome got the whole picture, since Inu supplied missing facts.

            "How'd it feel?"

            "Nothing compared to being with you." Inuyasha said. Kagome blushed. 'Told you to wait' the voice said to her again.

            "So, what did Arthur give you before he buried your casket?"

            "I'll show you if you answer a question of mine." He said, and turned Kagome around so she could see his face.

            Inuyasha held out a box with the Red Dragon inscribed on it. "Kagome Higurashi," Inuyasha started to say, and opened the box the show a Medieval Royal wedding ring. "Will you marry me?"

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Why oh why am I a sucker for happy endings? Someday I'll learn…

Well, that's the end of Knight of the Round Table (now its makes sense!) Hope you guys enjoyed it!

One more thing: Watch out for the sequel, Rise of the Dragon.

Laterz

[Sci-Fi Raptor]