Chapter Eleven

It was 6:00. The phone had rung and they were just staring at the phone for a moment. It rang again and snapped them back to reality. Miroku rushed to his laptop and signaled Kagome to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" Kagome said and put it on speaker..

"Hello Kagome. You have betrayed me have you not? And here I was about to make you my wife. It doesn't matter anyway, no one can stop me." Naraku's ominous voice said. Miroku signaled Kagome to lengthen the time. Inuyasha was in a silent rage when he heard what Naraku had said.

"Why would you want me to be your wife?"

"You look, act, and sound like my first love, why would I not want to?"

"You are really evil."

"I am aware of that. I'm also aware of the coincidence concerning my late best friend and your betrayal. No matter. I want you steal one last thing. It is the Shikon no Tama located in the Tokyo Museum. Be there or you will NEVER see your loved ones again. They are here with me, safe and sound...for now. Remember, I have eyes everywhere. You cannot hide from me." With that, he hung up.

"Got it, he's at the museum, in the basement where the security cameras are." Miroku said. They all rushed out and went towards the museum.

'I'm going to kill that Naraku. There's no way in hell am I going to let him take Kagome away from me.' Inuyasha thought as he got out his portable siren and rushed down the street to the museum.

They went into the museum and saw Naraku. Inuyasha chased him up onto the roof. It was a 32 story building that no one could survive the fall. Kagome chased after Inuyasha. Sango ran down into the basement and found Shippo and Kohaku. She found the remote and pushed it. The detectors came off of their backs. Miroku ran out and looked up onto the roof. He called for backup from Inuyasha's car.

Back on the roof...

"There's no where to hide Naraku. Just give up and we can take this the easy way." Inuyasha said from the roof door. Kagome was behind him and Naraku was near the edge.

Kagome whispered to him, "Remember what you promised."

"What promise? Sango is taking care of Shippo."

"I know, you said you wouldn't hurt anyone I cared about. So be careful."

'Did she just say she cared about me?' Inuyasha thought.

"Aww, how touching." Naraku interrupted and shot a punch at Inuyasha. Inuyasha kicked him in the crouch and he jumped up.

"Kagome, get out of here!" Inuyasha screamed as he was holding Naraku back.

"NO! I'm not going to leave you!" Kagome ran down to the first level she hit. She grabbed a bow and arrows and ran back up to the roof. She was undetected and Inuyasha and Naraku were still fighting, she leaned over to the roof to see that Miroku had called for back up and saw the whole force surrounding the building. There was a trampoline at the bottom where Kagome was looking.

Inuyasha punched Naraku off and he was inches away from the edge." You almost got me there." Naraku wiped off the blood from his mouth." But you're not going to win everything."

Naraku charged at Inuyasha and pinned him to a ventilator. "What do you mean I'm not going to win everything? "

Naraku stilled pinned him to the wall and said, "You have a great life, you've got the girl. You've got everything I've ever wanted, all that I wanted. You're just like my best friend."

"Well, you don't have to be bad. You can have, start a new life. A better life, after you do your time, you can have a new life. Be a good person. Do what you've always wanted to do."

"No, it's too late for me."

"It's never too late."

"Yes it is." Naraku said and started to choke Inuyasha.

Kagome got her arrow and shot him right in the heart. He fell off the building and landed on the trampoline. Inuyasha and Kagome rushed over to the edge and bent down to look.

"Well, he's gone. My shot completely took his life." Kagome said.

"I just hope he'll have a better on in his future life." Inuyasha said under his breath.

"What was that?" Kagome looked at him.

"All he ever wanted was a true good life. He told me before he started to choke me. He wanted my life."

"I'm sorry I killed him, I thought you were going to die and leave me. I thought he was completely evil."

"Well he is, but he was a thread of good in him. He just had to expand it. At least your cousin is safe."

"Yeah." Kagome signed. They started to walk down the stairs to the lobby.

"You don't seem so happy for that."

"I am happy, but I just wish that..."

"Wish what?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Kagome said and saw Shippo.

He ran towards her and hugged her tightly, "Oh, Kagome, I've missed you so much! I'm so happy we are free."

"Me too, Shippo, me too." Kagome smiled.

Shippo being the nosy and naïve one that he is asked, "Are you two going to get married and have a whole bunch of kids so I can play with?"

Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other and blushed. Miroku, Sango, and Kohaku walk towards them, "Well, are you?" Sango laughed.

Kagome smiled at Inuyasha and then started to chase Sango all around the lobby.

"Well? Are you?" Miroku nudged at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha just smiled and said, "It depends."

The police wrapped up Naraku's body as the group exited the building. they got into Inuyasha's car and started to drive back to the apartment.