Epilogue
me: flood cries its finally over! I can't believe its over!
Kikyo: thank goodness...
me: well, loads of thanks to everyone that ever reviewed. And thanks again for putting up with Kikyo, too.
Kikyo: . . . . . . . goes back to looking at Kurama and Hiei yaoi
me: PUT THAT AWAY!!!!! ahem anyways, this is the LAST chapter, so please don't ask me if I'm going to write anymore of this fanfiction. I repeat, this is LAST chapter. so sad. Anyways, I hope you like it, and I'm sorry if it's weird, not to see InuYasha and Kagome together but... shrugs well, please read and review!
InuYasha never saw Kagome again. Nor did Miroku, Shippo or Sango, all of whom missed her dearly and thought of her each day. However, they did continue the search for the Shikon no Tama, as a tribute to both Kagome and Kikyo's memories. It took the group almost two years to find the remaining shards, seeing as they no longer had their jewel detector.
Eventually, they reached Naraku's castle, where he was keeping part of the jewel. The battle was long, hard and bloody. Miroku and Sango fought Kagura and Kanna, while InuYasha focused on Naraku. After they finished off Naraku's incarnates, Miroku and Sango helped InuYasha. Naraku was powerless against InuYasha's Wind Scar, seeing as Kagura was no longer alive to control the wind, and the powerful attack smashed into Naraku's back, splitting the symbol of Onigumo in two.
Naraku was finally gone. After almost three years, he was dead. Sango rushed into his castle, to search for Kohaku. Miroku was in awe; his hand was perfectly normal. The only person who didn't seem overjoyed was InuYasha. All he could think about was how Kagome should have been here to see this. She had as much of a part in this as any of them. He was alone on the battle field, with Sango searching for Kohaku inside and Miroku rushing off to visit his dead father's grave, to tell him that he had finally succeeded.. The Shikon no Tama was finally complete, and it glimmered and shined in front of him. This was what he had wanted for so long; he had dreamed of this moment, when he would take the jewel and become full demon. But...she hadn't wanted him to become a demon. Kagome had always told him to be himself.
I like you the way you are, InuYasha.
He wouldn't become a demon. For Kagome, and for Kagome only, would he deny this feeling inside him. Scooping up the jewel, he left the grounds wordlessly, traveling back to Kaede's. He would give her the jewel, and she would protect it, as she should.
After he delivered the jewel, InuYasha disappeared. No one ever saw him again, and today, his whereabouts are still unknown.
After a half hour of searching, Sango located her younger brother. When Naraku died, he had been freed of his curse, and slowly, he was regaining his memories. He and Sango decided to carry on the family tradition, which was to find a village in need of demon slayers. They settled down in a good-sized village, near their old one.
Miroku decided to continue on being a traveling monk. He performed many exorcisms and different spiritual activities. The houshi still flirted with every woman he came across, but the only one that was really on his mind was Sango, whom he hadn't seen since the battle. One winter morning, he came across a village being attacked by demons. True to his duty, Miroku began to fight them, only to find Sango and Kohaku fighting alongside him; it turned out it was their village. Feeling he had nothing to lose, he professed his love to Sango. He expected to be slapped, or dealt a crushing blow with her oversized weapon. What he didn't expect was for her to tear up and hug him, telling him that she felt the same way. Three months later, the two were wed, and after all the years of begging, Sango finally bore Miroku's children: two girls. The first was named Kagome, as a tribute to the young miko. The second one bore the name of Riku, after Sango and Kohaku's mother. The couple lived a happy life together, for seven years, until Sango and Riku were killed in a demon attack. Miroku never remarried.
Higurashi Kagome went on with her life, as she had before the revelation of the feudal era. She dated Hojo for a bit, until they went off to separate schools, and lost touch. Kagome studied to become a photographer, and she succeeded, with her photos published in the Kyoto newspaper. While she was on a plane to China, for her work, she met a man by the name of Suichi Iwata. He was very standoffish, but he seemed to recognize Kagome. As if by destiny, he was her new partner: Iwata wrote the article, while Kagome snapped the pictures. Iwata's demeanor reminded her forcefully of InuYasha: strong and sarcastic on the outside, but inwardly, a sensitive person. After a year and a half of working together, Iwata proposed to Kagome, who happily accepted. The two adopted a two year old boy from an orphanage in Hokkaido, where they lived the rest of their lives together, until Iwata died at the age of eighty seven, due to heart failure. Kagome died three years after him, in her sleep. The hour before she died, she lifted the rosary from the drawer in her dresser, and placed it on her night table. It was the last thing she saw before she gave in to sleep.
The well lasted for many more centuries. Kaede told children the tales of the young girl who traveled from the twenty-first century to here, in a flat second. With the help of a white-haired dog demon, the girl traveled around Japan, searching for the shards of a sacred jewel. She had three other companions, as well, including a demon slayer with a large boomerang, a monk with a hole in his hand, and a tiny fox demon.
This legend went down in history, and will never be forgotten.
me: I'm sorry if this isn't too good. I'm pretty bad at writing epilogues, and I kept deleting it, and deleting it, until I finally settled on this.
Kikyo: cough it is bad, isn't it? cough
me: lol. Well, I have three more ideas for fanfics, so never fear, I shall be back! Muahahahahah!!
Kikyo: she's finally lost her mind... well, I'll say this for her: Please read and review!!