Disclaimer: Inu and his Co. do not belong to me.....if they did I wouldn't be writing fanfics, I would be working on the series.

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CHAPTER 13
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Kagome will deprived form watched as Inuyasha attacked over and over again, coming back with a new scratch every time. The bottled up will deep inside her body cried out for Inuyasha. [Inuyasha!! Please, don't get hurt!] Tears came to the body's eyes and a hand reached up to feel the wetness. The lifeless form was confused to why she would cry if she hated the man fighting. What was happening to her?


Inuyasha was thrown back again and this time he couldn't keep his body up and he leaned against his sword as he panted heavily.

"Now Inuyasha! I will finish you off!" cried Kikyou as she raised her hands above her head, drawing energy. Inuyasha glanced up but was to worn down to move.
"At least no one will miss me, for I am unloved." he said to no one in particular.

Kagome heard it though, from deep within the body and she couldn't take it anymore. [INUYASHA!!!] with that cry, a brilliant pinkish light enfulged Kagome's body and it screamed out with tears flying off her cheeks. She was back...Kagome was back to her normal self. This was when Kikyou released her attack, but there was no time to pull Inuyasha away, so she did the only thing she could and ran in front of him with her arms out to the side. Kagome squinted her eyes shut and waited for the pain, but it never came. She peeked through an eye to see the blast hovering a foot from her face.

"Wh-what's happening?"

"You worthless bitch!" called out kikyou, "you did not tell me you had powers aswell! Now I will just have to unleash all of my energy to crush you!" Kikyou then drew back a bit to gather her powers.

'Powers?' thought Kagome, 'I have powers?" she was thrown from her thoughts when she heard a groan from behind her and turned to see Inuyasha collapse on the ground. She rushed to his side and held his head up in her la, all the while holding up her shield.

"Inuyasha.." she said with a sob, " I didn't mean anything I said. I would never betray you, I was being controlled! I love you...."

Inuyasha spoke with a rasp in his voice, "I know Kagome..I'll always love you." with that his eyes closed and his lolled. Inuyasha was......unconcious. kagome breathed a sigh of relief and stood protectively in front of Inuyasha's form. She called out to Kikyou who was finishing off her energy draw, "You witch, you have harmed the one I love, you will pay!" She put her own hands above her head and concentrated her thoughts on how much she wanted to save Inuyasha, she remembered all their good times, their teasing and sweet kisses. She felt her hands grow warm and she felt a surge of power. She opened her eyes with a look of determination and sent her blast at Kikyou the same time hers was released.

Energy clashed, black against pink, hatred against love. Kikyou's hate was strong though and her power started to gain control as she called out to kagome, "Me and Inuyasha could have been happy! He should have chosen me!!" Kagome was equally upset though and called back, "I don't think he could ever love or be loved by someone as heartless as you, I would never try to kill him!" She once again closed her eyes and thought back to all their declarations of love and their rides across the land. When her eyes snapped open, a surge of energy blasted from her hands and Kikyou was enfulged in the light. Her body became nothing but dust and Kikyou disappeared from the world for good.

kagome collapsed to her knees from exhaustion, but didn't remain there long as she crawled over to Inuyasha's form seconds later. She sat there looking into his face and he began to stir. His eyes fluttered and he gazed up at her face, his amber eyes full of relief to see his lovers eyes reflecting his love. She smiled down at him with tears lining her eyes, "let's go home.", she whispered and then embraced him.

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In the shadows of the castle, a certain man looked at the scene before him. He longed to be the Hanyou on the floor. *I'll have you for myself one day Kagome......* with that, he fled.
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Inuyasha and Kagome made their way back to the palace slowly, both exhausted
completely. Cuts and bruises covered them from the small pieces of stone that had deteriorated from the wall and struck them during the battle. When they saw the palace in view they smiled and longed for their comfortable beds.

Step by step they made their way to the gates and the guards spotted them, Kouga running to Kagome's side. "Your Majesty are you all right? What did dog-turd do to you?"

"Kouga! Inuyasha would never hurt me. I'm fine, really, I just want to go to sleep."

"Would you like me to escort you?"

"No thank you, you may return to your post." Then Inuyasha and Kagome hobbled up to the doors and swung them open to come face to face with her parents talking to....Hojo!

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A/N: I just wanted to thank all my first reviewers. I really appreciate the comments and I feel very compelled to write. I dedicate the last two chapters to them. Thank you:
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You guys are all the best!! Thank you so much! *starts to tear up* Excuse me...*blows nose* See you all next chapter!!