The 5th Son
A/N- You all thought Inuyasha was coming back didn't you? Laughs evilly
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Chapter 21: Anything for you
Kagome fell to her knees, staring blankly in the direction that Inuyasha had disappeared in.
And then, her surroundings changed. Sure, there was still white everywhere she looked, but now she saw little random things, like small bushes here or there, and even a couple of people would appear out of no where on one side, and then disappear once more as they walked on.
Whipping the tears from her eyes Kagome looked on curiously. So this is where she was going to be stuck for the rest of eternity?
She was just sitting there, as people, or rather people's souls, walked past her. And then she spotted him… Izumo, and he was walking straight towards her!
Fear clouding Kagome's mind, she began scooting backward, away from him towards more white nothingness.
And then she found herself completely engulfed in the white, and next thing she knew, she was in a huge grassy field that seemed to go on as endlessly as the whiteness she had previously been in.
But no sooner had she gotten there did Izumo appear there too. "What do you want!?" she yelled at him, closing her eyes, and waiting for him to hurt her.
Izumo eyed her oddly for a moment and then lowered a hand down to help her up. When the pain didn't come Kagome peeked her eyes open to see Izumo offering to help her up.
"I want to help you up off the ground" he replied as she eyed his hand suspiciously. Deciding it was ok Kagome took his hand and he pulled her up.
"Why would you want to help me?" Kagome asked as she brushed some grass off of her skirt. Izumo sighed "I'm not all bad you know." He huffed.
"Oh really? You're not all bad you say?" Kagome retorted "sure, you're not all bad. You only poisoned Inuyasha! You were responsible for his death! If it weren't for you he wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have died trying to bring him back! But NO, you're not all bad!" Kagome practically screamed at him.
Guilt clearly in his eyes, Izumo looked down in shame. "but, I'm not, you know. How could I be in limbo if I were all bad? Limbo is for those who die innocent and bad at the same time." He said shuffling a bit.
Kagome looked at him. He had a point… "So tell me then" Kagome stated glaring at him. "I know you were evil when you died. But how were you also innocent?" she questioned.
"Well." Izumo stated quietly. "It was Oshima… you see, me and the other 6 shadow warriors were like brothers, all from the same village. We grew up together." Izumo said.
Kagome nodded urging him to go on. "Our village was in the southern lands. And when Oshima took control of the southern lands, he threatened to have everyone in our village murdered unless we served him. Thus, to protect my family, my friends, I had no choice." Izumo finished.
Kagome looked at him with pity for a moment "I'm so sorry… But wait, then why in the hell were you such an ass to me when I was held prisoner!?" Kagome demanded. Izumo smiled a little "Ehe, that's the bad part of me. Remember, those in limbo are torn between both. It was my nature" He responded.
Kagome hit upside the head. "So you mean to tell me, that all those people I saw, died being both good, and bad?" Kagome asked. Izumo nodded. "And also. Why was I surrounded by white one moment, and after I backed up I ended up in this field?" Kagome asked in confusion.
"The white you were in before in Limbo, was directly in between heaven and hell . It's where everyone starts out who is trapped here. But if you walk just a little bit, you'll end up in another part of limbo. Like right here. There are millions of different sectors in limbo, all of them seem to go on forever, when really each is quite small. And all of them are very plain. People stuck here can't really do much but wander endlessly." Izumo stated.
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"So that's it? I'm stuck being lost for all eternity!?" Kagome said angrily. "Not exactly." Izumo replied blandly. "Then what?" Kagome urged.
"Each soul has the chance to redeem themselves. If they meet a Judar in limbo, they can prove themselves worthy of either heaven or hell, and get set free from limbo." Izumo replied.
"What if you never meet a Judar?" Kagome asked. Izumo looked at her "It's unlikely that you won't. They usually show up shortly after you arrive in limbo." Izumo replied.
"Have you met one yet?" Kagome asked curiously. "Yup" Izumo laughed a little "He said I had more hate in me than love, I'll be going to hell in about half an hour." Izumo replied smugly.
"And you're happy about that!?" Kagome looked at him like he was Limbo's biggest idiot. "Sure, it's easier to be evil." Izumo replied smirking. "Anyways, I'm off, have fun wandering around!" Izumo stated as he walked away and disappeared into a different sector of limbo.
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"Ok, so all I need to do is find one of these Judars and I can prove myself worthy of heaven?" Kagome asked herself as she began walking.
Soon she was no longer in the field sector, but now she was walking under what seemed to be water. "Oh my god I'm going to suffocate and die!" Kagome said frantically searching for air.
And elderly man stopped and gave her an odd look "you can't die young lady, you're already dead." He stated chuckling a bit.
Kagome stopped panicking and looked at him "Oh ya.. you're right" Kagome replied shyly. "You're new to limbo aren't ya?" The old man questioned sitting down on a near by bench and ushering her to come and sit also.
'A bench.. under water.. limbo is so weird' Kagome thought as she walked over and sat next to him.
"So tell me, how'd you end up in limbo?" The old man asked. "I…" tears began forming in Kagome's eyes, mixing with the water she was sitting in. "I tried to perform an life energy transfer to bring some one back, but, I guess, my heart wasn't pure." Kagome replied rubbing her eyes.
The old man looked at her thoughtfully "And why did you want to bring this person back?" He asked. "Well" Kagome said "Because he was everything to me. I needed him. I felt so alone with out him. I, I just couldn't see living life with out him" Kagome replied.
"Well then there is your problem." The old man stated. "What?" Kagome asked in confusion. "well just look at how many times you said the word I when you told me that. Where you even thinking about the other people it would effect. No. You were thinking only about yourself at the moment, which would be considered being selfish. And selfishness defiles a person's heart. That's why yours wasn't pure." The old man explained.
Kagome stared in shock. "You're right! I wasn't even thinking of InuTaisho, or Mio, or Sango, or all of the guys. How horrible of me! And they're probably so unhappy, now that both Inuyasha and I are dead. And it's all my fault!" Kagome said guiltily.
The old man chuckled. "Young lady, it is your lucky day". "What? How so?" Kagome asked looking at him in confusion.
"I, am a Judar. And you have proven yourself worthy." The old man replied calmly. "Now, you may go where you wish. You have 3 choices." The old man paused.
"First choice, is you can go to hell. Second choice is you can go to Heaven, and the Third choice…" The old man hesitated. "What's the third choice!?" Kagome questioned.
"Well, in this case it is permitted. But I don't suggest it.." The old man trailed off. "No, tell me. Please?" Kagome asked urgently.
The old man sighed "The third choice, is that you may choose one being to be brought back to the living." He said.
Kagome's stared at him for a second in chock. "But" the old man continued "In return, you must give up your choice to go to either heaven or hell, and your soul must remain wandering, lost, in limbo forever. Which though it may not sound that bad, is a terrible fait. It drives people mad, to be alone, in and endless void of nothing." The old man finished.
Kagome contemplated this. She already knew she didn't want to go to hell. She could go to heaven, and be with Inuyasha there, but then The Taisho's, Miroku, and Sango would still be heart broken, and sad.
And her third choice. She could Bring Inuyasha back to life. And the he could be with everyone again. And their grieving would stop. They could all be happy again. The only one who wouldn't be was, her.. she'd be trapped in limbo, and never get to see any of them again, even after they die and go to Heaven. She'd still be in limbo.. all alone…
'But I've got to stop being selfish and thinking of myself. They all deserve to be happy!' Kagome thought as she made her final decision.
"I would like for Inuyasha Taisho to be returned to the living." Kagome stated bluntly to the Judar. "Are you absolutely positive?" He asked. Kagome nodded.
"It is done" the old man stated, and then disappeared. Almost an hour had already gone by in limbo, but back on earth it had only been a couple of minutes.
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"Kagome!" InuTaisho and the rest shouted as they ran to the limp form that was Kagome, lying over Inuyasha's body.
Pulling her off of Inuyasha, InuTaisho frantically checked for a pulse, breathing, anything to show that she was still alive. But alas, she was gone..
"Kami no" InuTaisho whispered. "Not both of them!" he hissed in sorrow. And then some how, for some reason, Kagome's body just disappeared into thin air. But the he noticed something, there was movement…. It was coming from Inuyasha!
InuTaisho bent down and pulled Inuyasha's arm over and checked his pulse. It was there! Slowly Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked up at his father.
"It.. The life energy transfer.. it worked!?" InuTaisho choked out in shock. Inuyasha sat up and shook his head. "No… Kagome, she chose to bring me back. She sacrificed her soul to be lost, wandering in limbo forever, just so I could live" Inuyasha said, sorrow lacing every word that exited his mouth.
No one moved, They just all stood, or sat there in silence. It was true, it was wonderful to have Inuyasha back… But they lost Kagome in the process.
InuTaisho sighed and blinked back tears. Go, get yourself cleaned up, change into some fresh cloths, ok?" InuTaisho said to Inuyasha. Inuyasha nodded.
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The next day they were all in the garden, standing around a large statue. It had been sculpted over night, and depicted a girl, and angel, standing there smiling gently, and looking up to the sky. And at the bottom of the statue it read "Kagome Higurashi, 16. May her lost soul find peace one day"
After the priest finished chanting, everyone walked away, and entered the manor as it began to sprinkle. Everyone that it, except for Inuyasha.
He just stood there in there rain in front of the statue. 'Kagome…' sighing, his shoulders slouched, and his head hung low. He cried silently…
The looking up at the statue he spoke "Why? Why Kagome? It's bad enough that you got yourself killed trying to save me. But then you turned around and damned your soul to be trapped, lost, forever…"
Inuyasha clenched his fists so hard, they began to bleed. "If only hadn't turned out this way.." Inuyasha said as he headed for the manor.
He stopped at the door and looked at the Statue one last time "If only you could have a second chance…" .
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A/N- You know, believe it or not… I'm hating myself right now!!! That is the saddest thing I have ever written. I seriously want to cry right now. TT
I can't believe it, the 5th son it really over!!! Cries her eyes out
Oh, and for those of you who hate this ending. I'm writing an alternate ending, it'll probably be up by tomorrow. BUT keep in mind, the alternate ending DOES NOT coincide with the sequel.
Anyways, I just thought I'd do this little bit at the end. I'm going to tell you guys how the story was originally going to go. And how many frikkin times I decided to change the plot at the last minute. And some where in between I'm going to hint about Something you guys will probably REALLY want to know about. So don't stop reading now!
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Interesting fact: did you guys know that I posted this story on September 11th!!!? I just realized that OO;
Ok I'm just going to go through the chapters and point out some things I loved about them and some things that I changed in the middle of writing them .
Chapter 1-2: These chapters actually came out exactly how they were supposed to. But if you go back and read those chapters. And then read this chapter. You'll see that in the little over 10 months it took me to complete this story, my writing has improved a lot.
Chapter 3: This is the first time I decided to completely change the plot of the story. Originally, when Kagome was checking the doors in the manor, she was going to stumble onto Keita in a room. And you see, Keita was originally going to be the villain in this fic. Lol. But I changed my mind.
Chapter 4: This was, by far, my favorite chapter. Miroku: This sandwhich said I should eat it! Kagome: Wha? Sandwhiches don't talk! Miroku: That is where you are wrong. This is a magical sandwhich!
Chapter 5: Also, originally in this fic. I was going to make Kagome dislike the Taisho's and try to run away. But obviously it never made it there. This was also the chapter where I really began to dislike the fic, and I considered not finishing it.
Chapter 6: Chapter 6 wasn't really all that important, except for at the end when Kagome made a truce with Inuyasha and hugged him. Starting of their relationship =)
Chapter 7: In this chapter Inu and Kag got to know eachother better while being trapped in a closet thanks to Inu's brothers. But that wasn't really the important part. Because this, this was the chapter when Miroku discovered that the closets were haunted!!! =D
Chapter 8: This is when I introduced the oh so useful library. I really hadn't planned on using it for anything,. But to give Kagome something to do in that chapter. But in the end I ended up referring to the library at least 3 other times.(Kag read some on InuT's war books. Inu looked up stuff on shadow warriors. Kag found book in resurrection)
Chapter 9-11: This is when I changed the plot of the story, again! I originally wasn't going to have EVERYBODY come to save kagome. It was only going to be inu and his brothers. But then I thought, what good is a fanfic if Sango and Miroku barley play a part in it? So I sent them too.
Chapter 12 This is when probably one of the main, important parts of the story happened. This was when Izumo hit Inuyasha with the bagger that had poison on it. DUNdunDUN
Chapter 13: This was also, one of my fav chapters. It's when Kagome killed Oshima. I just thought that for once, it should be Kagome saving Inuyasha, instead of the other way around.
Chapter14: Plot Change. AGAIN!!! Ya, originally from this point on I was just going to have them all go home, happily ever after. But then… I decided I wanted the story to be longer, and made the poison from the dagger, affect Inuyasha. (originally the poison wasn't going to hurt him much)
Chapter 15: The dream Kagome had in this chapter. about Inuyasha giving her his heart. I didn't actually know I was going to write that until about half way through writing the chapter, I decided to add it in.
Chapter 16: In this chappy, nothing really changed. Lol
Chapter 17: In this chapter. I started out writing it knowing only two things. I wanted to make it difficult for them to get the cure, and I was going to leave it as a cliff hanger. I pretty much came up with the blue dragon, and the little demons while I was writing it. .. and somewhere in the middle of it I changed my mind on the plot again. I decided that I didn't want them to make it there on time.
Chapter 18: I cried when I wrote this chapter. It was just SO sad. ;.;
Chapter 19: Lately, I've been listening to the Sing every Heart. It's one of the later ending songd for Inuyasha. And it is REALLY good. If you haven't seen the episodes with this ending song (Cartoon network hasn't shown these eps yet) Then I suggest you download the song some where, it is really good. Anywho, I noticed how well the English lyrics fit what was happening in the story. So I put in some fluff.
Chapter 20: Ehehehe… well… you see… you know the end of that chapter? You know how at the end Inu was like "You failed" and I ended it there. Well, ehehehe.
Chapter 21:The ned of chapter 20, when I made you all think kag had failed, and that she was dead, it was supposed to just be a dream. I was going to make her wake up to find Inu alive in this chapter. But then the plot change bug bit me. AGAIN!!! And well, this chapter turned out like how it is (I blame it on the weather, where I am right now, for some reason it's very cloudy and looks like it's going to rain outside)
ANYWHO- Now that I'm done blabbing, I have one last thing for you guys.
The 2nd Chance: Sequel to the 5th son. Kagome sacrificed herself so that Inuyasha could live. Now four years later, she has been given a second chance at life, and is sent back to earth as one of the living. Problem, she doesn't remember anything. Now Inuyasha has (undecided) amount of time to make her remember, or she'll (I'm deciding between sending her back to limbo with no more chances at life, or completely destroying her soul, eliminating her from existence good and for all).
And now, this fic is truly over. I can't believe it. I wanna cry. TT
This chappy was inspired by any and every person who has reviewed this story. You guys played a big role in all of this. Thankyou
And a special thanks to:
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I can't believe it's over!!!TT. CCCC is appreciated.