(A/N): Hmm I think this will be a very angst-filled chapter (I think?!). Then again aren't all of them? BAWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...Ahem...Hope you enjoy, remember if you kill me I can't update now can I?

Chapter seven: Searches and findings

Inuyasha searched for hours through the rubble of the house and all around the clearing behind it.

He found nothing, not a single shard. He looked down at the almost complete jewel in his hand and sighed.

'Kagome.'

Kagome felt herself floating through a dark void with a small light but it seemed so far away. 'Maybe if I just move a little faster...' she thought. Then she heard them, giggling as they came towards her.

She turned and bit back a scream, they were the imps from hell and they had come to take her there.

Kagome had wanted to die but she didn't like the looks of those things or the red glow that seemed to come behind them from some invisible source.

As they slowly came towards her, seeming to walk on nothing but air, she screamed.

"INUYASHA!"

Then she remembered. "He's already in hell with Kikyou."

She let out a gasp, "If I go to hell I'd have to watch them be together forever!"

Kagome felt like crying but also laughing at the irony of it all.

She had ended her life to end the pain but in reality she was going to be in more pain then before. For all eternity. She couldn't let that happen, she wouldn't.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome shot a powerful amount of blue, glowing miko energy at the imps.

She cringed as they screamed in pain, the sound was like nails being dragged down a chalk board.

Suddenly she felt herself float towards the light and it felt warmer too.

Inuyasha sat down beside the Goshinboku tree and let the tears fall.

He did not weep or scream or whimper. He just simply let them fall as he looked at the almost complete jewel.

Little did he know that the missing shard had been around Kagome's neck all the time.

Kagome opened her eyes and looked around her. She was at the Goshinboku tree.

'How did I get here? And why is it so warm when it's snowing?'

Kagome looked down and gasped, she was wearing Inuyasha's haori. "No, how can that be?"

"He can't be here?!" She whispered as if someone was listening.

"I'm just dreaming, he's in hell with Kikyou. He's not here, no he can't be."

"Who's not here?" asked a low voice.

Kagome jumped about ten feet in the air and looked around.

There stood Inuyasha next to the well in all his glory, the wind blowing his hair gently around his face and the snow mixing with it, giving it a shimmering look.

Kagome stood up and slammed into him before he could even blink.

He wrapped his arms around her tightly as if he'd never let go.

"Inuyasha?" she said through tears. "Why are you still here? Why aren't you with Kikyou?"

Inuyasha sighed and felt his blood boil slightly. Kagome had yet to notice he was in his full demon form.

"Because..." Inuyasha started slowly. "I killed her."

"Kagome let out a gasp, "You-you killed her...?! But why?!"

Inuyasha looked down into her eyes and for the first time she noticed his youkai markings and his blood red eyes.

"Inuyasha...you're in your full demon form?"

Inuyasha nodded and tried to explain.

"Kikyou lied to you about me going to hell with her and I just lost control and got so angry that I, I killed her..."

Kagome said nothing but let her head rest on his chest, her mind lost deep in thought.

She looked up suddenly, "Inuyasha where were you earlier?"

"I was looking for the jewel shard so I could bring you and your family back. But I guess you didn't need my help did ya?" He said with a grin.

Kagome got all teary eyed and hugged him tighter, 'He was going to give up his very own wish to bring me and my family back.'

As the couple stood there unable to separate from their embrace a shadow moved through the trees.

Its eyes flashed and he licked his lips, 'Everything is working out perfectly. I didn't even have to kill Kikyou or try and bring Kagome back. It's all working out just perfectly.'

Kagome let out a giggle when she realized they were both covered in snow and that they probably looked like some kind of snow creature.

"What's so funny wench?"

Kagome's face darkened and she stepped back, "Sit boy."

Inuyasha slammed into the ground. He then grumbled something along the lines of. "Stupid wench, some things never change."

When he stood up she was smiling at him, her hand held out to him.

"Come on Inuyasha it's getting late and it's cold."

Inuyasha took her hand and smiled back at her before picking her up bridal style.

She snuggled deeper into his chest, grateful for his haori that he had let her wear.

She let out a content sigh and fell asleep. Inuyasha smiled down at her and kissed her on the forward making her smile in her sleep.

He headed towards the village with a sleeping Kagome in his arms and a smile on his face.

Nothing could go wrong.

Or could it?

(A/N): AHAHAAHAHHA! You people thought it was all over. Yay they go back together and everything is perfect. But that is not so, someone or something is out there and what exactly does it want!? You'll just have to wait and see. Well that wasn't very angst-filled like I thought it would be, oh well there's always next time...

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