Kagome had never been one for waiting, or being held up. She was always a type of girl who seemed to like everything done quicker, and you can find time to think about it later. However, for one moment in her life it felt like time had stopped. Everything turned to slow motion, and she could see everything happening before it ever even took place.
That's why when the bullet rang out it took a minute after to analyze the result. Her heart skipped a beat, and she never once breathed in those moments.
InuYasha fell backward hitting the ground with some force, and Naraku dropped his gun. Sesshoumaru and Naraku's lackeys were out of the car in seconds to witness what happened.
Kagome was no different from the rest of them, remaining shocked. Even she had not known what had happened until he was already dead.
"Kagome!" That voice snapped her out of her slow motion mode, and back into quick pace reality. She vaguely recognized it to be InuYashas but she never moved her eyes.
She'd done it, after years of thought Kagome realized she'd actually done it. She dropped the gun from her hands, and watched Naraku slump over with a puddle of blood forming under him. She hadn't even noticed she had the gun until she'd already shot it.
"If I didn't- If I didn't---" She started to mutter, but everyone already knew what would have been.
The second Naraku had pointed the gun at InuYasha Kagome fired delivering a straight, fatal blow into Naraku's chest. If she had acted any slower InuYasha would, no doubt, be dead.
A sharp yelp went out when Kagome's legs gave way sending her to the ground. Her legs were spawned to the sides of her, and head remained bowed. She made no attempt to move, to speak, or to even think about what she had just done—nothing.
Narakus body lay inches away from her own, and InuYasha just three feet away from that. InuYasha had managed to regain composer standing up, but he did not say a word.
No one did, not even Naraku's lackeys who muttered amongst themselves.
Sesshoumaru posted himself against the car to smart to run up to Kagome while she was just recovering over what might be the biggest traumatizing moment of her life. Naraku's lackeys didn't seem exactly furious their boss was dead. Instead, it seemed to be quite the entertainment to them.
InuYasha however had other ideas. He was never one with people's emotions unless he truly knew you. At this moment he decided to confront Kagome, and help her for all it was worth.
"Kagome." She staggered over to where she sat, dropping to his knees upon arrival.
She didn't respond, didn't move, and hardly breathed. He called her name again, weakly enough it sounded almost as if he had been shot himself.
"Snap out of it already." He barked, rougher this time, and reached out to shake her shoulders, but she smacked his hand before he could even reach it.
"Don't touch me, don't talk to me, don't stare at me, don't bother me—just leave InuYasha." Her words as bitter as they were, were not followed with anger. She just said them apathetically, pulling up her knees to wrap her arms around them. She buried her head away from sight, and her long black hair only assisted with that.
InuYasha sat back, still next to you shoving his hands into his sleeves. "I know what it is like to lose someone Kagome, you can't act like you're alone in that. Your not allowed to die until I get a chance to talk to you, and I'm just going to sit here until you decide you want to say something." InuYasha's words hit hard, and he was slightly shocked that he'd even said them.
However he didn't regret it, and it looked as though he meant every word of it when he crossed his legs and sat there.
As of that moment everyone but InuYasha seemed completely invisible to her now. She tried to ignore InuYasha's presence at first, falling into a numb state where she didn't even think about what'd happened.
The light drizzle never let up, but Kagome didn't notice that either. Nothing seemed real to her now. Her entire life she'd been haunted by something, be it her father, Naraku, or the guilt of killing Kikyou. Her father was sent to hell and could no longer haunt her anymore, and Naraku was now to join him. The guilt of killing Kikyou weighed heavily in the back of her heart but at the moment it felt as though she'd just shoved all of those ghosts out of the window, and now there was nothing left.
She didn't even begin to wonder where she would go from now on, or if she would be charged for murder. Kagome had never been sure about anything as much as she though she would die today. There was still suicide but she learned if anything made Naraku happy-to do the opposite.
With a sigh she put her head up even with her eyes still closed. That is when she noticed the rain had stopped.
'Stopped?' Her mind questioned it again, and persuaded her to open her eyes. That is when she noticed it hadn't stopped raining, but a jacket was being held over her. Being baggy and red she didn't have to question whose it was.
"But why are you--" Kagome never got to finish her question when she glanced over at InuYasha.
"I told you, your not dying until I have a word with you, and that includes from colds, bullets, or whatever damn way you can find to hurt yourself."
Kagome had to double take, but was still as unbelieving as the first time.
"Ok InuYasha." She decided, dropping her emotional dressing, but gathering her wit. "What's to talk about?"
Kagome wasn't sure why she asked, but she had never quite seen someone so angry seem to different in a nicer perspective only a short time later.
"You should know." He said roughly, but didn't stop holding his jacket over her.
"The fact that you're not mad at me because I just saved your life?" Kagome randomly said off the top of her head instead of focusing on the issue with Kikyou.
"One," InuYasha stated, "I am still angry with you. Two, I could have avoided that bullet anyway."
Kagome had to once again double take searching his voice for any kind of sign of a joke being played behind it.
"Your angry- but your helping me…" Kagome muttered off the first part not exactly making sense of it, but when she began to speak again, she was surer of herself. "And if I hadn't shot that bullet you'd long be dead, no one could have avoided that point blank—you are kidding aren't you?"
However, when she glanced back at his face she realized he wasn't.
"I'm not kidding I could have avoided that!" He said back defensively, yet not angry.
Kagome inhaled letting the thought run through her mind once more before she found herself laughing uncontrollably. "You -----avoid------point blank----hahahah!!!" She let go of her knees rolling back on the ground with a fit of laughter.
At first she was not in the least bit surprised, but a second later she realized just how much she was laughing. 'Wow, I haven't laughed like that in my entire life… either it's just me, or that is suppose to clue InuYasha in on something.'
Her thoughts only made her crack up more destroying the semi tense atmosphere. InuYasha just arched an eyebrow after she kept the laughing up for three minutes straight, and Kagome eventually had to regain control of herself.
"But seriously InuYasha--" Her voice changed into a serious tone, and she stood up.
"I don't feel like lying anymore. Say anything you want, I'm listening."
InuYasha looked her over once more assuring she was calm, and completely serious.
"Just trying to make sense of it all- you're Kikyou's sister." Kagome nodded accordingly.
"And you went with Naraku, and was there when he killed her." Kagome nodded again.
"You got away, and he came after you again. The bastard was actually manipulating me while he was at it."
"Exactly." Kagome said softly as he continued.
"You had no idea about Kikyou." His voice broke off to a whisper at the end, and Kagome flinched.
It took her a moment to respond; she thought it over a few times trying to remember the truth- not all of the twisted lies.
The day seemed so clear to her
"Naraku had taken me out one day- out in the car I mean. He never told me at first, mostly ramblings, all I did was stare out the window because I didn't really care…..but then he told me about the Shikon No Tama, more about how he always wanted to have it. We got there, and threaten Kikyou….she looked familiar but it never really dawned on me, didn't really think about it. Proud Kikyou refused to do it and Naraku killed her….he took it anyway. He eventually gave it to me which is why I had it…..and then I burned this place down as a distraction, and ran away…." Kagome's hands shook, and she cast her eyes to the ground.
InuYasha was quiet for a second, but a moment later he reached into his pocket and pulled it out. "I'd gotten that damn jewel as a wedding gift to her- I bought it from Sango after her parents died and she had nothing left to sell."
He danged it off the string that held it and guided Kagomes eyes up to meet him. "This jewel was never corrupt and neither were you….It was Naraku, and now he is finally roasting in hell…."
Kagome put her hand out just a bit. "Give it to me." The moment the jewel reach her hand she threw it up sending a bullet straight through. The jewel shattered, the pieces covering a reasonable area. She reached down and picked up four, giving InuYasha two.
"Two for you and Kikyou, two for Naraku and I." Kagome said, snapping the string and retying them.
Inuyasha accepted it numbly casting his eyes over to everyone who waited. "It's time for us to leave." He said then turned to her and meet her eyes.
"Lets go home Kagome…"
-----a random time later(give me a break, how about a month or so)------
"Um….InuYasha…." Kagome said hesitantly watching, Shippo being held in her arms.
InuYasha didn't respond, and kept drilling Sesshoumaru's door shut.
"I don't think that is the wisest things to do, he'll be a little upset don't ya think." Kagome wasn't sure whether to laugh, or scold, but InuYasha stopped and dropped the stuff on the ground now done with his task. "So now he won't be able to get out. He deserved it and now your on my side." InuYasha said proudly.
Kagome arched her eye brows and shook her head.
"I'm not against Sesshoumaru InuYasha, he is one of my best friends."
InuYasha pouted, and walked up closer. Slapping Shippo out of her arms he pulled her forward to embrace her. "You don't like him better than me do you?" He asked sarcastically, but Kagome shot back.
"Those are two COMPLETELY different types of relationships. I'm glad I got rid of the adoption papers, that would have been awkward." InuYasha titled her head up and kissed her a moment later partly to shut her up. Shippo started a rant from his place on the floor.
"Kagome- InuYasha is a big meanie! He is no good for you!"
Kagome pulled away with a laugh.
"Yeah, I always do seem to fall for the bad ones.