A Wish upon a Star
Sorry for the long wait, but I've had so many things going on at home... in my neighbor hood... and with my friends that I was busy twenty/four seven! But, seeing the title of this chapter – I hope you enjoy it!
This chapter is pretty long, so beware!
Umm... yeah – someone pointed out that the spelling of Sesshomaru's sword isn't: Tensaiga but Tenseiga... well, thanks for the point – I'll keep it in mind!
And as I post up the next chapter, the last and final one – chapter 30, I'm going to have a list of thankyou's to various reviewers so if you ever thought you weren't being noticed, you're very much wrong!!!
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Chapter Twenty- Nine
Reeling to Run.
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It was one of those times, where you want to wake up – need to wake up, but all you find yourself doing is struggling to run in those dark passages in you mind, where you feel yourself being tugged down by an inevitable force but you continue on running as your legs feel heavier... and heavier, until at all last you fall down on the ground and as much as you want to move your legs, it feels as if they've been paralyzed.
Kagome struggled as tossed and turned in her bed, it seemed like forever... but she had been living that nightmare for days, never waking up from it – it seemed like her mind had rendered too weak to urge her to awaken, in her mind, it seemed like she had been asleep for months, but in reality – it was only a mere full day.
Kikyou had, at once figured out what had happened, rushed outside the castle and had alarmed the guards immediately to go on a search for the missing pair. As she had been passing by the beach, she spotted two lifeless bodies sprawled on the shore of the beach, the gentle ripples of the waves watering them each second or so.
Calling the search party over to the beach at once, they had hauled the two back to the castle, resting them on their beds. Inu-Yasha hadn't suffered major injuries, only minor ones: a blow to the stomach and a broken knee. Kagome on the other hand however, had a broken rib; many crushed bones, a fractured wrist and had gone in and out of consciousness continuously.
It was night once again, both of them had been asleep for the full day, unaware of the fact that the engagement or marriage – whatever they would've called it, was tomorrow.
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Rin awoke at night, a terrible headache zooming into her head at once, both unaware of the fact that they were now sleeping at day and awakening at night.
As she looked around, she noticed Sesshomaru sleeping uncomfortably underneath her; apparently, she had been lying on top of him – her head being rested on his chest. Just as she realized the awkward position they were in, she screamed.
He jerked his eyes open at once, looking around the closet from any intruder – a deep growl coming from his chest; he jumped slightly as he felt Rin's hand on his shoulder. "Um... it's okay; I just kind of fell asleep and had a nightmare..." she told him bluntly.
"Eh... I fell asleep?" He asked her, not remembering the time when he had slept so soundly without being aware of what was going on around him.
"Why yes, of course..." she said, laughing at his stunned face. "Is it such a big deal?"
"I don't sleep so... deeply often." He replied and scratched the back of his neck.
Rin smiled. "Oh god, haven't we been stuck in here for two full days now?" she asked as he cracked his knuckles.
"I guess so." He shrugged as she sent him a worried glance, obviously – she was thinking about the engagement.
"I hope we can get out soon." She said and then sat down on a corner, drawing her knees to her chest as she hugged them.
He stared at her. Something was bothering her, he was sure of it. "Anything wrong?" he asked, trying to sound unconcerned but he was sure she could see through the mask.
"First of all, I have a bad headache, and I can't recall why..." she said and then pressed her forehead down on her knees.
He struggled... shit... should he tell her? Of course not... "You got drunk." He froze; wait a minute... that was the truth, DAMN! He mentally slapped himself as he noticed the slip of the tongue, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! Damn... well, he never was good at telling a lie...
Rin froze and looked up at him, her eyes widening as she processed the information. That wasn't fair! This... this wasn't right at all! Oh gods, what if she had told him that... wait... what if she did something even worse... "What did I do?" She asked immediately, her heart quenching at the possibilities.
"Nothing!" He replied even quicker, hoping she didn't catch the drift of a bold faced lie in his voice.
She whined. "Oh gods, you wont tell me will you?" She bit her bottom lip. "Oh great, that only deepens my problem!"
He perked up on her comment. "...Problem?"
"Oh forget it, you don't need to know, I'm already embarrassed of sitting in front of you now." She replied boldly and he raised his eyebrows at her comment.
"You didn't do anything, I... well... you didn't do anything bad..." he said as he recalled that the kiss wasn't bad nonetheless. "So would you like to share the problem with me?"
She sighed as she glanced up at him. "Fine..."
Taking a deep breath as she took the chance... to... to tell him, she knew that there was no going back once this was out. "Well, you see... there's this one guy, he's hot, he's cute, he's adorable... he's nice, he's sweet, he's kind... he's tough, he's strong, and he's damn straight sexy, he has the most gorgeous eyes I've seen in my life, and his hair are silky to the touch..."
Sesshomaru shifted as he felt jealousy growing inside of him... no fair... why was she telling him all that? Oh yeah... because he asked, nodding though he felt like pouting and looking away, he continued to listen to Rin.
"And he's everything I could ever want, we started off pretty rough, but I don't know when – but... something happened." She shrugged and continued. "...and I love him."
Sesshomaru hid in a death threatening growl. Oh, how badly he wanted to kill someone right now – it was like fighting a losing battle. No matter how much he wanted to do something, he couldn't do it. Looking away from Rin to hide the undeniable jealousy and anger showering off from his face, he crossed his arms over his chest in a puppy dog pout which Rin couldn't see.
Glancing at Sesshomaru for one millisecond she took in a deep breath and continued. "And... the problem is, he likes another girl – and they're getting married, and it isn't fair at all. There is no way I can make him like me because I've already made a fool out of myself a dozen times in front of him, and he never ever shows any type of affection towards me."
Sesshomaru felt his chest rumble with a deep growl. How dare... how dare this person hurt his Rin's feelings like this? Did they have no respect whatsoever? "Where is he? I'll chop his head off and throw his body to the wolves and give his head to the ice giants in the mountains!" he said and Rin felt herself let loose a slight giggle though her intestines were squirming with intensity.
"He's with me right now." Rin said and flustered a dozen roots of amber before looking away, awaiting for the worst. He was going to explode... scream at her, slap her... and then run off, she knew it – that's what had to happen!
Sesshomaru blinked innocently as he processed the information in his head before divulging his cheeks and face in an equally innocent hot red blush. Raising his hand to the back of his head, he searched for words. "I... um... I never knew my eyes were gorgeous..." he blurted out in a loss for words.
If even possible, Rin's face grew hotter. Wishing she could run out of this darn closet and never turn back forever, she turned her towards the ground, hoping he would say what he wanted to and just leave her alone.
Sesshomaru glanced at her, damn... when had tension risen in this room so dramatically? As he studied her movements he realized that was not exactly what she wanted to hear. Taking in a deep breath he fidgeted before talking.
"Um... well... you know..." he said hastily and looked down at the beet red faced girl sitting directly beside him. She... loved him? When had that happened? Pushing aside the hesitance roaming inside his mind, he gently raised his hand to her cheek, forcing her to look directly at him.
Rin felt fear string her heart as she felt his smooth and soft hand cup her cheek and force her to turn her head towards him.
Sesshomaru held in a smirk as he saw tears of uncertainty flooding in her usual, angry and stubborn eyes. Well, he had always thought whoever saw Rin actually shed a few tears was one of kind, so... that just meant...
Leaning down slowly, he nervously placed his lips on hers.
Rin held in a shocked gasp as she uncertainly drifted her eyes shut. Was... was he actually kissing her, a measly runaway, orphaned thief?
Sesshomaru felt his stomach purr with full content, this wasn't like the last time they kissed, and it was more sweet, tender and real - if you could use that word for describing a kiss.
Rin surprised herself as she felt Sesshomaru's tongue tapping gently against her lips, making entrance from her lips slowly, she gasped lightly as she felt his tongue slide through and the feel of his fangs against her top lip infuriate her desire.
As his fangs came in contact with her tongue for a millisecond, Rin's mind burned at the feeling it evoked in her... damn – his fangs were bloody hell sharp!
As he pulled back, due to the fact every creature needed to breath – he lowered his head and nuzzled Rin in the stomach, 'mmm.... She smells so good...'
If only this moment could last forever, but of course it couldn't – and it was rudely disrupted as something sharp bonked Sesshomaru on the head sharply.
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Inu-Yasha winced in pain as he clambered off of his bed. Damn... how long had he been asleep for?
Looking outside at the moon, he growled as he noticed the sky was empty, darker than it usually was... meaning – tomorrow would be a full moon, meaning, tomorrow was the marriage day.
Biting his bottom lip to hold his yelp of pain as he noticed that he had broken his left knee and his stomach was stinging with jolts of electricity, he limped towards his bedroom door. Oh god, this couldn't be happening, after tomorrow at noon – he would be a married man.
Not after what...
Well, surely not after how attached he had gotten to Kagome.
He sighed as he slowly opened his bedroom door and limped outside, wincing at every step. Fine, he admitted it – he had learned to care for Kagome, and... maybe had become more or less attached to her, and maybe the thought that she would be spending her life with Sesshomaru and not him... well... made him mad, but it didn't mean that he loved her or anything, it just meant, he just wanted her to himself and not for anyone one else in the entire universe and if that wish couldn't be fulfilled, he would slice everyone's head off and throw them in the woods to feed to the bears.
Limping as he made his way to Kagome's room, he growled as he remembered a few... painful though rather amusing memories.
"You're the one who should be apologizing, wench!" He saw her face go red with anger and before he knew what was coming. "OUCH!" She had kicked him hard...in the shins. Clutching his shins he asked "What did you do that for!?!?!"
Smirking as he remembered the first time he had met Kagome, he took in a deep breath as he finally reached her door. Clumsily opening it, he stepped in and admired the sleeping girl on the bed.
"You look like an angel right now you know that?" He told her idly and limped around her bed to sit on a chair beside her. "Well, looks are deceiving because you definitely don't act like one." He said and laughed as he threw the mindless insult at her face.
"Ah... who am I kidding..." he said and looked down at his lap. As the minutes grew by, it seemed harder and harder for him to sustain the thought of him leaving her. Jeez... he had never grown so attached to something in a minimum of three months, this was insane...
But he didn't love her... he coughed as he thought of the possibility, growing red in the cheeks. Well, he hoped he didn't.
Looking back at her, he mentally slapped himself as he thought over the possibility again.
He jerked out of his thoughts as he heard Kagome mumble something and felt her heartbeat rise. Glancing at her, he felt himself at ease when he saw her eyes flutter open. Well, at least they'll get some time alone before the marriage.
Kagome panicked as she looked around the dark room. Were they still in Naraku's cellar? Glancing at her right, she took in a sigh of relief as she saw Inu-Yasha sitting beside her and her now very homey balcony behind him.
They were home.
Meaning one thing, Naraku was dead.
Inu-Yasha did the first thing in his mind, ignoring the fact that this was against all rules possible in the holy book of the demons. Holding his breath so he wouldn't feel the pain in his stomach as he lifted her bed sheet covers, he bit his bottom lip as he raised himself off of the chair and climbed onto the bed with her.
Kagome panicked, though rather pleased at his action, said the first thing which popped into her head. "What are you doing?!?"
Inu-Yasha smirked. "Don't worry, I need to lay my head too you know, I won't do anything to you..."
Kagome felt embarrassment rise in her chest at what he said. "Get your mind out of the gutters, I wasn't thinking that anyway." She snapped at him, noticing the pain in her chest and various places in her body.
He grinned as he shifted closer so he could rest his head on her pillow. "Naraku's dead, we killed him."
Kagome nodded. "I noticed." She said and turned her head towards him, noticing how golden his eyes looked in the moonlight.
"You're sister... Kikyou, she never died." He whispered to her and Kagome blushed at the close proximity between them both, but she pushed that thought aside for more important matters.
"We were pulled into a trap, but it backfired on him." Kagome said, everything fitting into her head perfectly, it all made sense now... he, Naraku himself had said to her he couldn't kill Kikyou because of her barrier, then why did she fall for such a thing? "He wanted us to think Kikyou was dead so we would bring out the Tensaiga, he never expected us to wield such immense power to defeat him."
Inu-Yasha nodded, enjoying the warmth of the blanket and the feel of her body beside his. "The engagements tomorrow..."
Kagome froze at that sentence. How was she supposed to walk with this painful body? Kagome winced as she tried to shift her body, her muscles aching as she did so. Shit... she had to feel better by tomorrow morning or there was no way she could run out her plan of escape.
As she dropped her tries for moving, she glanced back at Inu-Yasha. "If someone comes in here and catches you sleeping in my bed, we both will be in major trouble."
"Well, it's not like we're doing anything, I just need to rest..." he replied stubbornly and didn't move an inch.
Kagome held in a giggle. "I know we're not doing anything, but still... it's against the demonic religion."
Inu-Yasha smirked at her. "It's against every religion."
"You don't know that." She said and giggled as he playfully nudged her arm.
"Oh come on, which religion lets a guy rest in a bed with his brother's fiancé and a girl sleep with her sisters?" he asked her, raising an inquiring eyebrow.
"They're might be one." She said and shrugged at him.
"You're hopeless..." he replied and she smirked at him.
Kagome felt sleep nag her again as she lay there peacefully with Inu-Yasha at her side, if only this moment could last forever... it was perfect – no one to worry about, no Naraku to think about, her problems and her runaway pushed back to the depths of her mind.
This would be the only night where she would let herself ease herself to relax.
Staring at the moonless night outside of her glassed door she bit her bottom lip as a memory flashed in front of her eyes.
A soft summer breeze gently hit her face calming her down from her depression, looking up at the sky she saw a star, the same star her grandmother used to tell stories about.
"She told me that you could grant a wish to anyone who deserved it!" She yelled out, gazing at the star. "Well, I wish...I wish I know how true love feels like before I get married" a smirk appeared on her face. "Try to grant that wish!"
Kagome cringed as she spotted the same star she had granted a wish on. Wasn't it... she widened her eyes at the coincidence. The night... the night where she had wished to fall in love – the moon was absent from the sky, and once again... when she had realized she had actually fallen in love, the moon was absent from the sky.
Recalling the day where she had made such a foolish wish, she glanced at the man beside her who also glazing out at the night sky.
Kagome sighed and closed her eyes. This wasn't... fair – if she couldn't have the man she loved, why even fall in love in the first place? Wasn't every love life supposed to start off happy... go through its twist and turns... and then end up happy?
She felt discontent as she thought about herself... 'I guess I'm an exception to that law...'
Inu-Yasha glanced at the woman sleeping beside him. Staring at her beautiful, silky and slightly pale face he felt something tug on his heart.
Then it hit him.
Widening his eyes as he realized what had occurred in his mind, he cussed mentally as everything stared at him with knowing eyes.
Oh crud.
Oh god!
How... in the world did this....
What the hell?
Inu-Yasha's mind raced with million thoughts as he stared blankly at the ceiling, one thought being the main one conquering his mind.
How had he... when had he...
Shit.
He never knew when it had happened but now it was hanging around him like a horrible threat.
He – the one invulnerable to showing any deep emotion - had fallen in love with Kagome.
Inu-Yasha's stomach twisted with nervousness as she opened her eyes and stared at him. "W-what are you staring at?" he said quickly, trying to cover up the sudden build up.
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Anything wrong?"
Inu-Yasha scoffed. "W-wrong? No way, how could anything be wrong? It's perfect... everything's... p-perfect."
Kagome stared at him meekly, did he think she was super dumb or something? "Inu-Yasha, what's on your mind?"
"Nothing damnit!" he snapped at her, feeling his muscles tense up at the thought of her finding out he... he... well... he 'you-know-what' her.
"No need to be rude Inu-Yasha!" she yelled out and narrowed her eyebrows at him. "So tell me, what is it?"
"It's NOTHING!" he yelled out and laid his arm gently across his chest, almost about to cross both of his arms over but then remembering the wound in his stomach, resisted the urge to do so.
"We won't see each other again after tomorrow, so if you have to say something, it's better off if you say it now." She pointed out blankly, ignoring the sudden ache in her heart as she said so.
"It's better off if you don't know this." He said and stared back at her.
Kagome resisted the urge to gasp as she stared in his eyes. She had never seen such... seriousness dwell in his eyes ever before and she knew, whatever he was hiding, he was hiding for the better.
Kagome gulped and then nodded, giving up the conversation immediately. And then, as if out of no where, a thought popped into her mind – one which made her queasy to the bones.
Glancing back at Inu-Yasha who had shifted his weight so he faced her and had his eyes closed in an attempt to sleep, she gulped before speaking up, "Um... Inu-Yasha?" she called out with a squeak dismissing the gut feeling warning her that there was no going back once she had it out.
"Yeah?" he replied and opened his eyes which remarkably looked like gold in the night.
"Umm... I was wondering, for... just this one night – if you could, embrace me...?" she asked, her face blushing beet root red and she quickly looked away with embarrassment... she couldn't help it that she had asked that question – she was scared... and that's what a girl says when she's scared... right?
Inu-Yasha blinked as he heard the question and then blushed immediately as he processed what she had just said.
Noticing that they both had been silent for quite a while now, he made up his mind to talk. "I... eh... I mean, s-sure..." he said and cursed himself mentally as he stuttered.
Kagome felt herself blush even more as he pulled her into an embrace, one of his arms sliding across her waist and settling on back and the other gliding under her neck to pull her in closer.
Kagome sighed with full content as her body began to warm up... mmm... he was so warm... so cozy... and he smelled so sweet – just like a rainforest... Kagome felt herself cuddle in closer to the warmth and then smiled warmly as Inu- Yasha buried his head in the crook of Kagome's neck.
Both of them felt their minds start to droop off to sleep as the comfort of each other subdued them to fall into the land of unconscious.
As they fell to sleep, one thought was on both of their minds.
If only every night could be like this.
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Sesshomaru growled as he pulled back... who dare interrupt him at his moment!? Looking up, he noticed everything was still in place but his head still banged with the pain of something hitting upon it.
Looking around... he sniffed the air and surprised himself as he felt a powerful scent hit his nose. Glancing at the ground he widened his eyes as a sword caught his eyes.
As Rin noticed his sudden stiffness, she suddenly sat up and looked over his shoulder – despite her flushed face, curiously peeked at the long and stiff object lying on the floor.
Sesshomaru widened his eyes as he picked it up. Where... where in the world had this popped out from?
It couldn't possibly be... but... the strong power emitting from it only meant one thing...
This was the Tensaiga.
Had it been hiding in this lousy old closet all this time? After thinking the thought, he quickly shook his head. No... he would've sensed it if he had. Then, why would it pop out of mid air?
Rin widened her eyes as she noticed the spelling on the sword which distinctively spelled out "Tenseiga". Raising her eyebrows, she noticed... this was what Inu-Yasha had told her to find, and then suddenly told her to forget about it.
"How did it end up here?" Rin asked in a curious whisper, still gazing at the sword.
"... I don't know – I'm going to go ask mum." He said and stood up, and before Rin knew what he was going to do, he blasted the door down with a slight raise of the finger. Rin widened her eyes and gasped as she saw him do his antic and then felt anger raise in her stomach after she realized what had happened.
"Are you meaning to say that you could've freed us all this time but chose not to?" she yelled out after his retreating figure.
Smirking, he glanced back at her. "... Of course honey."
Rin blushed as he used a small though rather flustering nick name and then shut up immediately as she was a loss for words. Just letting out a frustrated sigh, she shrugged and stepped out of the closet, heading towards Sesshomaru's bedroom, which was supposedly now hers.
Walking through the dark corridor silently, she couldn't help but feel her body burst with emotions at the thought of what just had happened... it was just so... surreal.
Rin sighed as she saw Sesshomaru's bedroom door. Opening it quietly, she stepped in and she couldn't help but breach a smile upon her face as she eyed the previously messy, but now spotless and completely clean bedroom.
Walking in and then jumping on the bed, she inhaled the sweet scent that fabricated the bed and then cuddled in closer to the blankets... hmm... the bed smelled sweetly of Sesshomaru...
Hmm... he smelled nice... so it meant, the bed smelled super nice...
Sesshomaru stopped as he passed his bedroom and the scent of Rin lingering on the doorknob meant she had gone in and was sleeping. Opening the door quietly and looking at her dozed off form he smiled though he completely washed it away as he remembered his engagement/marriage tomorrow.
Damn.
Everything was going wrong... despite the reoccurrence of the sword – which didn't matter that much... well, it didn't matter that much right now...
Shit... he couldn't get married to Kagome, not when... not when he loved Rin!
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Kagome groaned as she woke up as the sun's glades pierced through the window and bathed the room in a beautiful light of yellow. Fluttering her eyes open, the first thing she noticed was that she was wrapped up gently in the arms of Inu-Yasha's and was cuddling into his chest. The second thing she noticed was that if she wanted to run away, it was now.
Kagome felt her insides squirm with nervousness. This act was going to be huge... it was going to determine her fate, and possibly – how everyone else was going to end up as well.
She wouldn't have a chance to say goodbye to Kikyou... not to Inu-Yasha, Sesshomaru or her family members which were supposed to arrive last night, she would have to go and run away silently.
Glancing up at Inu-Yasha's peaceful and innocent form, she bit her bottom lip and held back tears which threatened to fall out. Gently pushing off his arms, she sat up quietly, ignoring the pain her body evoked in her as she moved and then took a deep breath.
This was the last time she was going to look around this room...
It wasn't fair... but, if there was one thing she had learned through this experience it was that life wasn't fair.
Sighing, she was about to step off the bed when a thought tugged on her mind.
If she didn't do it, it would haunt her for the rest of he solitude life. Turning around, she held in a smile as she noticed Inu-Yasha's cute sleeping figure. Leaning down and closing her eyes as she did so, she placed a small kiss on his cheek.
Kagome leaned back and had to hold back a broad smile as she saw Inu- Yasha's puppy dog ears twitch at what she had done... god... he was so cute...
Turning around, she bit her bottom lip again as she took a step. Her body was killing her right now... but she had to leave... it was now or never.
Taking a step after step, she picked up the small bag she had prepared days before today in prepare for the runaway... and hopefully, the letter she had sent the seaman had reached him as well.
Taking in short breaths as each step delivered her more pain; she glanced quickly at her wedding dress laid neatly on her chair before walking out of the room.
It seemed to take hours, even though if it just took a few minutes to reach the staircase which led down to the main hall. The ache in her body wouldn't leave her away... just as she was about to take a step down the staircase, she heard someone call out to her.
"You're running away."
Kagome froze as her heartbeat sped up. This wasn't fair; meeting... meeting her would only make this harder... "Kikyou, I have no choice." She whispered solely and didn't look back in fear if she did all courage to run away would leave her.
"Only a coward runs away from their fears." Kikyou said and approached her hauntingly.
"You ran away from Inu-Yasha, don't you call yourself a coward?" Kagome snapped at Kikyou, and Kikyou raised her eyebrows to her younger sisters burst.
"Kagome..." Kikyou whispered but stopped as Kagome turned around.
"It's okay... I know what happened, and there isn't any need to talk about it. Just right now... I think it's best if I ran away, don't you understand?" Kagome asked and stared right into Kikyou's eyes, hoping that she understood.
Kikyou sighed and shook her head. "You're making a mistake."
Kagome shook her head and then hold Kikyou's hand. "Nothing can make me change my mind now, just... take care of Inu-Yasha will you?" she asked, and felt her emotions collide as she saw tears in Kikyou's usual bloodshot but now warm and watery eyes.
"I promise." Kikyou said and before Kagome knew it, she had pulled her into an embrace. "And you promise me you'll take care of yourself!"
Kagome nodded and felt herself start to cry alongside Kikyou. "I promise... and you promise me that you'll be happy for as long as you live!" Kagome asked and hugged her sister even tighter... all these years of fighting, they seemed like nothing right now... all that mattered was the moment – and she couldn't let it slip.
"I'll try." Kikyou said between tears.
As they pulled away, Kikyou gave a small peck on Kagome's cheek. "Remember, stay true to yourself." She said and gave her another short but tight hug.
"I will, and tell mum, dad and Souta that this was none of their fault." Kagome said and hopelessly wiped away tears but more just fell down.
Kikyou nodded and hugged herself as tears fell down her cheeks hopelessly. "Now get going before everyone wakes up... and remember, I'll always love you no matter what!"
Kagome nodded and turned around not bothering to wipe away the tears falling down her face. Not looking back once again, she ran down the steps as fast as she could. She couldn't change her mind... not right now, not ever.
As Kagome reached the main hall, she turned around and went right out to the garden.
She had to reach the beach, that's where her ship would be waiting.
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There you go.
I guess you could call the ending a cliffie.
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sigh... I love writing sad parts... even though I hate reading them .
Any who... the next chapter will be the end.... So if you want it to come out faster, you gotta review!!!
And... just to tell you, no – Inu-Yasha will not wake up and run after Kagome... that would be so cheesy...
and... the next chapter will be called: The Engagement.
Stay Tuned!