Don't Leave My Side - Part 19
A/N: This is a Inu/Kag romance ficcy (my first), goodie goodie gumdrops! Please enjoy reading this and review. I really hope it's good ^_^;; give me reviews and give me hope!
Also, I would like to give a very big thank you to all the readers, reviewers, and supporters of this fanfic. You guys are the best and made this story better and better! All my thanks and hopefully this story will continue to get better for everyone to enjoy!
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"Kaze no Kizu!"
With one slash from Inuyasha's blade, the demon before him fell to the ground, destroyed in defeat. Kagome standing near by walked up to the slain demon and kneel down taking the glowing shard from within it and placing it with the nearly completed jewel.
"Only one more...and the jewel will be complete..." Kagome spoke out softly, loud enough for Inuyasha's ears to hear. He walked up beside her and held his hand out to her and gave a slight grin.
"We should go back to the old woman's place, maybe we'll meet up with Miroku and everyone else and they might have the last of the shards."
She gave a quick smile back and reached out her hand to him as he gently gripped on it and pulled her up to her feet. A bit unbalanced, she fell a bit onto his chest, suddenly feeling the warmth against her sighing in content, hearing the pulsing of his heart race a little against her ear. She suddenly raised her gaze to look up at him and shook her head, blushing at her actions.
"Y-yeah...we should be on our way..." As she tried to pull away out of embarrassment as something tugged her back. Inuyasha looked down at her and smiled.
"Stupid girl..." As he leaned his head down and gently brushed his lips against her forehead and tugged on her hand. "Let's get going..."
He led the way, still keeping a grip on her hand as the warmth on Kagome's cheeks grew and followed slightly behind and smiled to herself.
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They continued to walk down the forest together as Inuyasha came to a sudden stop and sniffed the air. Kagome blinked and looked up at him.
"What is it?"
He sniffed the air a bit more carefully and bent down a bit.
"I smell Kirara, they should be nearby! Climb on!"
Kagome nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck as he grabbed hold of her legs for support and sprinted off through the woods with great haste until the finally met up with a large Kirara with Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha then stopped infront and Kagome jumped off and smiled.
"Sango-chan!" She called out, only to receive a smile back from Sango as she jumped off from Kirara and walked up towards her.
"Kagome-chan! It's so great to see you again, it feels like forever since we've been around each other." Kagome nodded in response and gave her a slight hug as she watched Miroku climb off but with someone laying on the back of Kirara, probably unconscious. She moved back slightly and looked at the figure.
"Who is that on Kirara's back, Sango-chan?" As she turned her glance back to Sango and had a slightly tearful look in her eyes but no out of sadness, but out of joy. This confused Kagome as she walked over to Kirara and carried the figure down from her back and rested him on the ground. Kagome and Inuyasha both walked up and immediately recognized the person's face.
"Kohaku!"
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"Yes, while we were separated from the two of you, we had been searching for shards of the Shikon as well. We had collected a few of them through some harsh battles till not long ago, we found Kohaku and stared following him. While resting one day, Miroku noticed that the air rip from his hand was gone, which must've meant that Naraku had been killed. From that assumption, we quickly found Kohaku lying on the ground with the shard now out of his back and purified. So we took both Kohaku and the shard and that's what has happened up until we met up with you two..."
"So...will Kohaku be okay? Is he still alive?"
Sango moved her gaze towards her brother and moved strands of his bangs away from his face.
"We aren't sure yet..." Miroku said. "He still has not yet awoken and we cannot be so sure if he is alive or not."
"I see..." Kagome said.
"Here..." Miroku led his hand from the insides of his robe and took his hand back out extending it to Kagome with a few shards in his hand. "These are all the shards we found while we were separated."
Kagome then took them in here hand and took out the necklace that held the Shikon jewel in her other hand and place merged the shards together with the jewel. She then felt a pulse from the jewel spread throughout the area and the jewel let out a bright aura around itself as all the pieces came together. The Shikon no Tama was finally complete. She took hold of the now complete Shikon and raced it towards her eyes, examining it.
"It's...it's finished...the Shikon no Tama is complete..." She spoke out. Others had gasped out softly, they did not know that their wonderful adventure was at an end, there was no more they could do, except for Kagome. She slowly stood herself up and walked out of Kaede's cabin, seeking for knowledge for what to do.
'If I use the jewel, everything will be over...there will be no use for me here..and I'll-'
'But wait, what about Inuyasha?'
'I don't know what he wants...'
'But he says he loves you, right?' Her conscious reasoned.
'Yes...but two worlds, two times, would it work?'
'Do you want it to?'
'...Yes. But even at that, what do I use the jewel for?'
She was left with no response. She found a nearby field and sat herself against the Goshinbuku tree, watching the leaves fall from its great branches. She sighed to herself and closed her eyes slowly, leaning back into the tree.
"What do I do..."
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- Dream Sequence -
Kagome looked around in darkness, nothing but black all around her.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" She shouted out, nothing but the echoes of her calling. Then she felt a strong aura behind her as she quickly turned herself to see a woman surrounded by an enchanted purple glow, smiling down upon her.
'You must be the keeper of the Shikon no Tama, am I correct?' She spoke out, her voice sending chills down her spine. She gave a slight nod.
'Then I must speak with you of a burden that comes with you Kagome Higurashi'
"Burden? I don't understand..."
'The wish you must make with the jewel will be the jewel's last wish. We cannot keep the Shikon no Tama in this world, it is far too powerful and dangerous if it were to be taken into the wrong hands.'
"Are you the-?"
'Yes, my child. I am the sage that lives within the Shikon no Tama, or in other words I am its spirit. Once you make your wish, it will be destroyed.'
"I see..."
'So, you are the one in love with Inuyasha, are you not?'
"Yes...I am..."
'And you are from the future?'
"Yes...why is this important?"
'Because, I am afraid that before you make your wish, you must make a choice...'
"A choice? What kind of a choice?"
'The choice that is bound to your fate. You cannot have both. Once the jewel is destroyed, the well in which you travel through time will be no longer...'
Kagome gasped at this, she knew of what this meant. She felt her heart beats go faster and faster then ever before, tears threatening to burst from her eyes.
"D-Do you mean that..."
'Yes, you must make a choice between the one you love in the past...and the life you live in the future...'
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A.N: Ah ha, CLIFFHANGER XD. Sorry guys it took so long to update, but I had a huge writer's block. Anyhow, to all the readers, thanks so much for reading the story! I am glad you are enjoying it! Was it good? Pretty good? Corny?! Anyways, Chapter 20 will be up soon...thanks for reading and see ya next time!
a.n.i.m.e.g.u.r.l
A/N: This is a Inu/Kag romance ficcy (my first), goodie goodie gumdrops! Please enjoy reading this and review. I really hope it's good ^_^;; give me reviews and give me hope!
Also, I would like to give a very big thank you to all the readers, reviewers, and supporters of this fanfic. You guys are the best and made this story better and better! All my thanks and hopefully this story will continue to get better for everyone to enjoy!
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"Kaze no Kizu!"
With one slash from Inuyasha's blade, the demon before him fell to the ground, destroyed in defeat. Kagome standing near by walked up to the slain demon and kneel down taking the glowing shard from within it and placing it with the nearly completed jewel.
"Only one more...and the jewel will be complete..." Kagome spoke out softly, loud enough for Inuyasha's ears to hear. He walked up beside her and held his hand out to her and gave a slight grin.
"We should go back to the old woman's place, maybe we'll meet up with Miroku and everyone else and they might have the last of the shards."
She gave a quick smile back and reached out her hand to him as he gently gripped on it and pulled her up to her feet. A bit unbalanced, she fell a bit onto his chest, suddenly feeling the warmth against her sighing in content, hearing the pulsing of his heart race a little against her ear. She suddenly raised her gaze to look up at him and shook her head, blushing at her actions.
"Y-yeah...we should be on our way..." As she tried to pull away out of embarrassment as something tugged her back. Inuyasha looked down at her and smiled.
"Stupid girl..." As he leaned his head down and gently brushed his lips against her forehead and tugged on her hand. "Let's get going..."
He led the way, still keeping a grip on her hand as the warmth on Kagome's cheeks grew and followed slightly behind and smiled to herself.
******
They continued to walk down the forest together as Inuyasha came to a sudden stop and sniffed the air. Kagome blinked and looked up at him.
"What is it?"
He sniffed the air a bit more carefully and bent down a bit.
"I smell Kirara, they should be nearby! Climb on!"
Kagome nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck as he grabbed hold of her legs for support and sprinted off through the woods with great haste until the finally met up with a large Kirara with Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha then stopped infront and Kagome jumped off and smiled.
"Sango-chan!" She called out, only to receive a smile back from Sango as she jumped off from Kirara and walked up towards her.
"Kagome-chan! It's so great to see you again, it feels like forever since we've been around each other." Kagome nodded in response and gave her a slight hug as she watched Miroku climb off but with someone laying on the back of Kirara, probably unconscious. She moved back slightly and looked at the figure.
"Who is that on Kirara's back, Sango-chan?" As she turned her glance back to Sango and had a slightly tearful look in her eyes but no out of sadness, but out of joy. This confused Kagome as she walked over to Kirara and carried the figure down from her back and rested him on the ground. Kagome and Inuyasha both walked up and immediately recognized the person's face.
"Kohaku!"
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"Yes, while we were separated from the two of you, we had been searching for shards of the Shikon as well. We had collected a few of them through some harsh battles till not long ago, we found Kohaku and stared following him. While resting one day, Miroku noticed that the air rip from his hand was gone, which must've meant that Naraku had been killed. From that assumption, we quickly found Kohaku lying on the ground with the shard now out of his back and purified. So we took both Kohaku and the shard and that's what has happened up until we met up with you two..."
"So...will Kohaku be okay? Is he still alive?"
Sango moved her gaze towards her brother and moved strands of his bangs away from his face.
"We aren't sure yet..." Miroku said. "He still has not yet awoken and we cannot be so sure if he is alive or not."
"I see..." Kagome said.
"Here..." Miroku led his hand from the insides of his robe and took his hand back out extending it to Kagome with a few shards in his hand. "These are all the shards we found while we were separated."
Kagome then took them in here hand and took out the necklace that held the Shikon jewel in her other hand and place merged the shards together with the jewel. She then felt a pulse from the jewel spread throughout the area and the jewel let out a bright aura around itself as all the pieces came together. The Shikon no Tama was finally complete. She took hold of the now complete Shikon and raced it towards her eyes, examining it.
"It's...it's finished...the Shikon no Tama is complete..." She spoke out. Others had gasped out softly, they did not know that their wonderful adventure was at an end, there was no more they could do, except for Kagome. She slowly stood herself up and walked out of Kaede's cabin, seeking for knowledge for what to do.
'If I use the jewel, everything will be over...there will be no use for me here..and I'll-'
'But wait, what about Inuyasha?'
'I don't know what he wants...'
'But he says he loves you, right?' Her conscious reasoned.
'Yes...but two worlds, two times, would it work?'
'Do you want it to?'
'...Yes. But even at that, what do I use the jewel for?'
She was left with no response. She found a nearby field and sat herself against the Goshinbuku tree, watching the leaves fall from its great branches. She sighed to herself and closed her eyes slowly, leaning back into the tree.
"What do I do..."
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- Dream Sequence -
Kagome looked around in darkness, nothing but black all around her.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" She shouted out, nothing but the echoes of her calling. Then she felt a strong aura behind her as she quickly turned herself to see a woman surrounded by an enchanted purple glow, smiling down upon her.
'You must be the keeper of the Shikon no Tama, am I correct?' She spoke out, her voice sending chills down her spine. She gave a slight nod.
'Then I must speak with you of a burden that comes with you Kagome Higurashi'
"Burden? I don't understand..."
'The wish you must make with the jewel will be the jewel's last wish. We cannot keep the Shikon no Tama in this world, it is far too powerful and dangerous if it were to be taken into the wrong hands.'
"Are you the-?"
'Yes, my child. I am the sage that lives within the Shikon no Tama, or in other words I am its spirit. Once you make your wish, it will be destroyed.'
"I see..."
'So, you are the one in love with Inuyasha, are you not?'
"Yes...I am..."
'And you are from the future?'
"Yes...why is this important?"
'Because, I am afraid that before you make your wish, you must make a choice...'
"A choice? What kind of a choice?"
'The choice that is bound to your fate. You cannot have both. Once the jewel is destroyed, the well in which you travel through time will be no longer...'
Kagome gasped at this, she knew of what this meant. She felt her heart beats go faster and faster then ever before, tears threatening to burst from her eyes.
"D-Do you mean that..."
'Yes, you must make a choice between the one you love in the past...and the life you live in the future...'
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A.N: Ah ha, CLIFFHANGER XD. Sorry guys it took so long to update, but I had a huge writer's block. Anyhow, to all the readers, thanks so much for reading the story! I am glad you are enjoying it! Was it good? Pretty good? Corny?! Anyways, Chapter 20 will be up soon...thanks for reading and see ya next time!
a.n.i.m.e.g.u.r.l