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And Those Amber Eyes of Sunlight...-Chapter Nineteen: You're Under Arrest!

Something, like an electrical bolt of lightning, struck Kagome in the chest and she doubled over in pain as a loud crack sounded in her mind before a barrier of sorts gave way under pressure as her willful mind broke free of its confines.
Throwing her head back, she screamed and covered her ears as a cry of mixed pain and sorrow echoed over and over in her head. "Inuyasha," It screamed in longing and she felt herself scream the word, with that voice, in recognition and sorrow as she stood straight once more and looked over in time to see a white haired hanyou drop backwards onto the marble floor.
"Inuyasha," She screamed again, her whole being finally becoming back under her own mind's control, as tears began to pour from her eyes. Beside her, Naraku stood and watched as Kikyo fell backwards as well, her eyes open wide in a look of shock and disbelief as her life bled out of her body, much like that of the man who lay opposite of her, his eyes shut in unconsciousness.
Just then, a crash was heard from the main doors and sunlight streamed from the hall that led into the cavernous place as police began swarming around them, shouting, "Everyone freeze! You're under Arrest, drop your weapons NOW."
Not paying attention to their commands, nor hardly hearing them, she dropped her sword anyway and ran to the dieing hanyou. "Inuyasha, Inuyasha! Wake up," She cried frantically, picking him up in her arms and shaking his shallow breathing form. Not receiving any acknowledgement that he had heard her, she tried again saying, "Goddammit, Inuyasha, open your eyes!"
With her attention so absorbed with the fading Inuyasha, she didn't notice the fact that Naraku had snuck up behind her until it was too late. Turning her head, she gasped and squeezed her eyes shut, raising an arm to protect herself from the sword that was coming down at her, followed by the evil hanyou's laugh.
Expecting some painful blow, but never feeling it, she opened her eyes to see the sword stopped in mid swing as a shot rang through the room and a bullet, laced with a purifying spell, ripped through his heart, spattering blood all over the kneeling form of Kagome.
Turning his back to a startled Kagome, he stared in shock at the short toad- like youkai that stood facing him, gun still upraised. "I know you...," Naraku said puzzled before looking down at his wound and falling backwards, his eyes closing in eternal sleep.
Kagome, who had pulled both herself and Inuyasha out of the way before Naraku could hit the ground, listened as Sesshoumaru's voice called from the group, grown larger from the former "Pets" assistance, "Jaken? Jaken is that you?!" The officer turned toward the noise and a bright smile lit up his grim, green, face. "Lord Sesshoumaru!?"
She watched as the two came together and shook hands in happy reunion, the rest of the squad had relaxed and began escorting former "Pets" from the building. Then, as she looked down, she watched in horror as some youkai, like a flea, dressed in an officer's uniform, had attached himself to Inuyasha and was sucking his blood at his neck furiously, growing bigger and fatter by the moment.
"What are you doing," She cried, raising a hand to bat the creature away. But the flea youkai only raised a hand, in turn, to stop her and when he was finished, he rolled a few inches away. "Ahh! Do not worry, I have only sucked the poison from his blood, young lady. My name is Myoga, me and Inuyasha here go way back, and if his healing abilities are still as good as they used to be, he should wake up and second." Finishing, he rolled away.
As soon as he'd disappeared into the crowd, Kagome looked down at the unconscious Inuyasha and the still slowly bleeding wound through his chest. She felt her eyes tear up and she lifted him closer, burying her face in his hair. "Inuyasha," She whispered softly and began to cry, her soft sobs growing louder as she began to think.
'I almost lost him, oh Gods, I was so close to losing him and I never would have got to tell him...I would've never told him how much I...how much I love him.'
Completely oblivious to anything around her, she jumped, startled, and pulled back as she felt someone set a chilled hand on her face. Looking up into Inuyasha's face, Kagome's breath caught in her throat as she saw his now open eyes and how they looked at her. "Inuyasha," she breathed, then pulled him into a tight hug. "Kagome," she heard him say back, softly, feeling him nuzzle his face into her neck and inhale deeply.

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Later that day, they had found out the police had been searching for some time for some weirdo who had been abducting people from church organizations. They had been notified that there was some creepy camp starting in the west and had come out to investigate when they found the mansion just a few miles away from it.
So, they'd taken the chance, without a warrant, and come in to find, "Some weird shit," as Jaken had put it, talking about how strange it'd looked to see a group of people standing together in the center of the room, wild youkai laying dead around them. "Half of them had been wearing collars, with some sort of control magic is what the mystic that works here, told us," Myoga had said, standing on Jaken's shoulder. "And those who weren't, were still being controlled by some sort of name activation thing," Jaken continued.
When asked by Kagome, who sat next to a sleeping Inuyasha, where they'd gotten the purifying bullets, Jaken had laughed and said they were blessed with eternal sleep by a priestess they bartered with in these situations. "Most of the time, regular bullets work just fine, but sometimes they just have to have a little more oomph."
They had all laughed at that and relaxed after assured hundred times that Naraku would never be free to do as he pleased again.

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After they had finished their visiting with the two little officers, the group, excluding Kagome and Inuyasha, had left their separate ways, Sesshoumaru and Rin getting a ride to their house and Sango getting a ride to hers, leaving Miroku to wait outside for Kagome and Inuyasha to come out.
"Inuyasha," Kagome now said softly, leaning over to the sleeping form of Inuyasha, who sat bruised and bandaged beside her. "Inuyasha," She called again, this time pressing her lips against the side of his forehead. That did the trick, for his head turned in her direction and his eyes fluttered open. Staring lazily at her, much like the way they had when she'd fist met him, he took on a sort of shock filled look.
She watched a small smile spread on his lips then and couldn't help but smile in return, for it had been the first time she'd seen him without his usual smirk. Then, taking his hand in hers, she stood and took his other, pulling him up as well. They just stood there after that, staring as unsaid emotions passing between them.
Without warning, Inuyasha suddenly leaned forward and planted a kiss on her lips. Her eyes widening, Kagome could do nothing but stand there for a moment before she slipped her hands free of his and wrapped her arms around his neck, and returning the kiss as Inuyasha's own arms wrapped around her middle and pulled her tight against him.
For long minutes after their lips parted, they just stood there, Kagome's head leaned against his chest with her eyes closed and Inuyasha's face set in a look of peace as time seemed to stop around them.
But finally, time did return and they turned, hand in hand, and walked out the police station doors, Inuyasha grabbing Miroku by the collar of his shirt and dragging him along to the car, not paying attention to his complaints as they got in the Jeep and started driving home.

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Awww, come on now, you got to admit that that was adorable!! And even though they didn't kiss in the earlier chapters, you got to admit that was worth it, just a little bit? Well, chapter 20 I'll post tomorrow, it's actually a epilogue though, and then the story will be finished, well, this one anyway =( Please review