Okay, to all of you who have waited:
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED!!!
Do I have to say more? Nah! Read on my friends, and ENJOY!
Little translation:
Kaze No Kizu – Wound of the wind/Wind scar
Kongousouha – Diamond spear blast (used with diamond Tetsusaiga)
Nani – What (please tell me if I have translated this wrong)
Aneue – sister (Big sister? *can anybody tell me?*)
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters!
The song lyrics used are from the ending song 'Dearest', and I don't own that one either.
'Thinking'
"Talking"
Lyrics
_.-:~*Chapter 1 – Keep me in you mind*~:-._
"KAZE NO KIZU!" Inuyasha yelled as he charged his sword towards the meant target. Energy emerged from the sword and searched its way towards Naraku. He smirked and swept away from the blast.
"Inuyasha, you, more than anyone, should know not to underestimate ME!" He said. Inuyasha cast him an angry glare.
"I think you are the one underestimating now!" He yelled. Kagome raised her bow some few meters away and let the arrow sweep towards Hakudoushi, who shielded himself. The arrow shone of pinkish Miko-energy and cracked his shield. He surprised let go of the shield and stood on the ground.
"So Miko, you can your stuff" He smirked the same way as Naraku. Kagome just laid on another arrow and shot.
"You need to find Kanna and that baby" She yelled to her two friends, who currently exterminated a few Youkais.
"Heh, you will never be able to" Hakudoushi blocked the arrow with his staff (A/N: Anybody who knows what that staff-thingie is called?) and then continued. "Kanna will not let go off it..."
"Kagome-chan, you sure you can handle it?" Sango asked. The young Miko nodded. She looked down by some evil Jyaki and saw her three Shikon shards starting turning black from Narakus and Hakudoushis Evil presence. She clenched them harder in her hand to purify them. She lay on another arrow.
'I hope that they will be able to find it... Narakus heart... Otherwise we can't last very long' she thought, and filled herself up with Miko energy, then let go. She needed to force him backwards, towards a place where she could get nearer Inuyasha. Together they had more of a chance to get the two. As she glanced backward while Hakudoushi dodged, she saw her friends still stand there.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?" She yelled. They quickly got onto their feet and leaved the place. Sango was the only one staying; someone had appeared in front of her.
"K...Kohaku..." She whispered. Her little brother, with his eyes in the odd colour as he was controlled, just glanced at her. Miroku and Shippou left to the right and Kirara stopped by Sango. Inuyasha saw her and thought.
'Poor girl, but we need to keep the kid here too... I wonder if Kagome will be able to make him... live again if we get that shard...' He had to quickly dodge the blast send towards him and landed first on one hand before jumping to his feet again. Naraku chuckled.
"You don't get that you can never win against me! Neither me or Hakudoushi!" Inuyasha spat out:
"We will see you fuckin' bastard! WE WILL SEE!" He clenched his Tetsusaiga, his beloved sword, and raised it.
"KAZE NO KIZU!" Once again the blast sent of to Naraku, who dodged. Inuyasha cast a glance at the forest. 'Hope they all do okay... even my brother...'
~*~
"Sesshomaru-sama? Sesshomaru-sama?" The lord of the western lands looked down at the nearly ten year old girl.
"Hai, Rin?" He asked.
"What are we searching for?" She asked. He looked up and pointed his amber gaze into the forest.
"We are searching for the thing that will end this ongoing war..." His cold voice never made Rin scared; she could never be scared of Sesshomaru. A light yellow flash from the battle area got them going again. Sesshomaru frowned a little. 'Naraku... I will get your heart... This is the first... and hopefully the last time I accompany with my brother...' Rin walked silent by his side, the battle in the meadow also made her a little less cheerful. She felt the importance of the battle.
"Sesshomaru-sama, will we win this fight?" Her voice sounded trembling. Sesshomaru stopped again and looked down at the girl. Her brown eyes looked worried. He sighed.
"I don't know... As long as we don't get Narakus heart, we can never..." He cut of his sentence as a presence appeared. Kagura entered the path.
"I might help you" She said. Her long Kimono was colourful and she held a fan in her hands.
"How do we know you're just helping Naraku out?" Sesshomaru asked. He forced himself to keep his voice cold and monotone.
"My wish is to once again become free, I am the wind, and nothing should be able to keep me imprisoned" Kagura closed her fan and pierced him with her red eyes. He didn't even blink.
"Very well" Sesshomaru said. "Kanna... she is the one keeping the heart, isn't she?" Kagura nodded.
"Follow" She turned around and left the area. Sesshomaru followed quickly, a running Rin after him. He just turned his head once, and that was to look at the Miko following him silently in the shadows of the trees.
'So Kikyo, you are going to get your Revenge on Naraku as well? But you won't get it here...' He continued on.
~*~
Kagome shot another arrow and pierced through Hakudoushi. He smirked and made a shield around himself in order to thereafter heal. Kagome cursed lowly. She focused her chocolate eyes onto the boy before raising her bow again. Hakudoushi laughed.
"Miko, you might be good, even better than Kikyo, but you haven't got a chance to beat me!" Kagome smiled. She shot the arrow at the recovered Hakudoushi, making him creating a barrier again. She Then ran over to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, Red Tetsusaiga, Hakudoushi, now!" She told him and then created a Miko shield for Narakus attack. She clenched her teeth. Inuyasha smiled and nodded.
"Barrier-breaking, RED Tetsusaiga!" He shouted. "KAZE NO KIZU!" He sent it of to Hakudoushi at the same time as Kagome shot an arrow. Kagome let go of the shield and drew Inuyashas attention back to Naraku. Kagome got away from that part and tried to raise her bow, but something came in the way. Hakudoushi, confused over how it could break his shield, didn't even see it come. Quickly the leader of the wolf tribe, Kouga, Slashed him over and over again. Kagome shouted at him.
"Kouga! Watch!" She shot and Kouga turned his head to see it coming, he jumped away, still slashing at Hakudoushi. An explosion emerged as the arrow hit. Pinkish energy leaved the arrow and together with Kougas attacks, turned Hakudoushi, son of Naraku, into ashes. Afterwards a silence followed. Naraku stared at the spot where his son died, Inuyasha smirked.
"Hey, Wolf! That was quite a good timing" He said. Kagome smiled at the wolf-youkai.
"Hai, otherwise I might not have hit him" Kouga brushed some dust of his arms.
"Well..." He started. 'Guess I have to say something nice now as well?' He thought bitterly. "But it wouldn't have been working unless little doggie used that barrier-breaking sword of his" He didn't have the most cheerful voice, but he sounded nicer than usual. Kagome twisted around as Youki was building up. Naraku seemed to get angry. He glared at the three.
"You..." He snarled. His miasma spreaded around the area.
"Kagome, get away! This is poisonous!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome felt somebody pick her up.
"Kouga?" He began running.
"For once I agree to that dog" He muttered. Inuyasha joined next, sending some Kaze no Kizu's backwards.
"Damn!" He said. He turned and ran. "I hope the others get themselves out of this... Oh Kami! SANGO!?" The other looked back. The miasma already swallowed most of the meadow.
"S...Sango..." Kagome bit her trembling lip. "SANGO!!!"
~*~
At the same time, Sango ran through the forest. Her brother was fainted and on top of Kirara. Sango drew a glance backward before realizing she would need to get up. She jumped on top of the cat-youkai and flew up. She looked down after they reached some bit into the sky. The forest was burning away.
"We need to help the others find Narakus heart" She said to Kirara. The youkai nodded and started to fly over the forest again. She could see the clear red colour of Inuyashas Haori and also noticed Kagome... carried by KOUGA! She heard her friend scream her name and decided to first follow after them, making them know she was alive. Kirara knew what to do. A growl leaved her throat and echoed over the forest.
~*~
They all heard Kiraras growl and turned. They saw Kirara and Sango.
"I'm helping in the search!" She yelled before leaving.
"Good she's all right" Inuyasha muttered. Then they kept on running. "If we can reach the mountains we should be able to make ourselves find more space" Kouga nodded. He could see a look in Inuyashas eyes.
"Should I take Kagome into safety for you?" He asked, surprising himself with his friendly act. Inuyasha looked at him, staring more like it, before nodding appreciating.
"Hai, Thanks Kouga" He said. Kagome snorted.
"Don't I have a comment here?" She asked. Inuyasha looked her in the eyes. 'Nani... what's that face... he's WORRIED? And there's something more...'
"Kagome..." He said. "As long as I know you are safe I can fight. But if you're in danger... If I can't do anything about it..." Kouga looked in awe how the rude dog-Hanyo he knew turned into something more... soft, caring...
"Kagome, I think he has a point" He said. Kagome nodded but looked at Inuyasha once again.
"If you kill yourself, I will NEVER, I say NEVER, forgive you!" She looked like she meant it. Inuyasha nodded.
"Fine with me, I will not get killed, just drag him away. Find the heart" He watched Kouga set of in an amazing speed, but then he had two Shikon shards in his legs...
"And if you let Kagome in danger..." He muttered before running away to the left. "Hopefully he will follow me..." He didn't have to wait long. Naraku cut the forest his way. He did something he never done in his life before, he prayed for his and the other's safety... most of all Kagome...
~*~
Sesshomaru carried Rin as the girl couldn't handle the high speed they travelled in. The Miasma spread itself a bit behind them as they entered the mountain area.
"Kanna has also agreed on destroying the heart, even if she doesn't say much, she wants her freedom" Kagura spoke as she flied beside him. He smirked.
"What if he finds out?"
"With Hakudoushi dead..." Sesshomaru cut her off.
"Hakudoushi's dead you say?" He smirked "Who did it?"
"That Miko, Kagome, and that wolf Youkai... what's his name now again..."
"Kouga" Sesshomaru felt the scent of his brother. "Inuyasha's fleeing from the Miasma as well"
"Seeking to gain time for the both of Hakudoushi's killers to escape. He truly is a reliable person"
"You say so?" Sesshomaru let out a small smile. "Well, even thought he never tells, he loves that Miko, and he deeply cares for those other humans..."
"In the way you care for Rin?" Sesshomaru only growled. He didn't want his relationship with Rin (A/N Not like that perverts :P!) to be talked about. Kagura smirked.
"Kanna will be at the top of that cliff over there" She said. Sesshomaru took of into the air with a jump and then jumped from different places to reach the plateau. Kanna was indeed standing there. Her face was as emotionless as before, but in these three years something had grown in it. But you couldn't tell what.
"We don't know how to destroy it... The best would be sending it back into Naraku I think..." Kagura said. She took the little glass-like ball and gave it to Sesshomaru, who first laid down the sleeping Rin.
"That's a thing I could do" Sesshomaru turned.
"I just wondered when you would show up... Kikyo" He said. The Miko smirked.
"But Kikyo" Kagura said. "Within the time you reach him, your body would be destroyed by the Miasma"
"That might be, but my time here's over" She answered. The other looked at her stupidly.
"What do you mean?" Kagura asked.
"She means that her place is replaced" Kanna said, monotone and cold, nearly enough to make even Sesshomaru shiver. Kikyo nodded.
"My place will be taken by Kagome, both as protector of the Shikon no Tama and the lover of Inuyasha..." The last thing she said with a bitter, but accepting voice.
"But Kagome will most likely return to her time" Kagura said.
"Hajimari ga aru mono ni wa
Itsu no hi ka owari mo aru koto
Iki toshi ikeru mono nara
Sono subete ni
Mamoru beki mono no tame ni
Kyou mo mata nanika o gisei ni
Iki toshi ikeru mono no tachi
Sono subete ga"
Kanna said slowly, chanting. Everybody turned to her.
"things with a beginning will end someday if you can go to the next,
putting everything for the things that must be protected I sacrifice something again today,
those going to the next, all of that"
Kikyo said with a nod. (A/N: this is the translation; I pasted it from the song 'No more words' because I thought it fitted)
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kagura said frustrated.
"I can't tell you, but maybe you find it out..." Kikyo said and took the ball. "But this is my last thing I do. Tell Inuyasha what Kanna just said, or as well what I said. If he doesn't understand, Kagome will. But then... Kagome will pay the same price as me one day..." With that she left the plateau. Kagura stared after her.
"What does she mean...?" She shook her head.
"Aneue, you will understand one day, if the fate tells to" Kanna said. Sesshomaru picked Rin up.
"I better find my brothers friends, or my brother, to tell him..." He went of. Kagura and Kanna stared after them.
"Wonder if that was the last we saw of them" Kagura asked herself.
"What time will show, no one knows, but fate always shows the best way" Kagura stared at her sister with another shook of her head.
~*~
Sango had found Miroku and Shippou, living and unhurt on the way up a mountain. They now sat there.
"Sesshomaru is out there searching, I saw him with Kagura... probably are things fixed up... we wait here"
"GUYS!" They looked up to see Kagome come running, Kouga following slowly after, all the time looking back.
"Guys" Kagome said again. Then she looked to the left. "I need to lend Kirara, is that okay?"
"Sure but why?" Sango asked.
"I know how this will end... But I don't like it..." Kagome said, clenching her fist over her heart. Miroku understood.
"Kikyo-sama has a part in this?" He asked. Kagome nodded. Kirara became her big form without questioning. Kagome climbed on.
"KAGOME! Inuyasha told you to stay..." Kouga yelled.
"I have never been able to wait!" She replied before flying of.
"Witness the power of love..." Miroku said sighing.
"And the power of a soul-bond... or call it reincarnation" Sango continued.
~*~
Inuyasha stopped by a mountain wall, straight up for at least fifty feet.
"Damn..." He muttered. The Miasma came closer and became somewhat... weaker. 'Is he gonna fight me? With only a Miasma small enough not to make me come near?'
Naraku entered.
"Say Inuyasha, is a cliff wall something worth dying in?" He chuckled. "Because that's what will happen..."
"Not" A female voice said. Inuyasha glanced to the side.
"K... Kikyo?" The Miko smiled. Weakly. She was already starting to take the effects of the Miasma. She held out something in her palm and chanted a short prayer. Naraku widened his eyes. The round thing shot into the now stunned Naraku.
"Kikyo... what..."
"Narakus heart..." She said weakly, pale. "You must kill him... now..."
"KIKYO! INUYASHA!!!" Kagome jumped down from the cliff, a Miko shield around her, slowing her fall. She first got to the dying Miko.
"Why?" She asked. Naraku didn't move at all, Kikyo had tried to put a paralysing spell on the ball, just in case.
"My time has come; you are taking my plac..." Kikyo couched. Kagome drew her into the shield.
"You can't die!!! My time is five hundred years into the future!"
"You are wrong..." Kikyo coughed a last time before falling to the ground. Tears formed in Kagomes eyes as well as Inuyashas. A last soul flew up in the air and into Kagome. She held a prayer for Kikyo and then turned to Inuyasha.
"Kikyos spell will be ending soon, you must kill Naraku now, end this..." She walked to him and held out her hand towards him. He took it confused. It was a fused Shikon shard... the three they had...
"But Kagome..."
"Into the Tetsusaiga, you know that it will work" (A/N: see Inuyasha Chapter 355 – using the fragment) She then grabbed his Haori. "I will not let you go..." Inuyasha smiled a little.
"Thanks Kagome..." He said before smashing the shard into his sword. After that it began pulsating. Inuyasha felt his body transform into a Youkai's body, but his mind was still his own, thanks to Kagome purifying the shard, and him, the whole time. He transformed Tetsusaiga into Diamond Tetsusaiga. Naraku began to regain consciousness again, the spell was loosening.
"Here we go..." Inuyasha said slowly. "KONGOUSOUHA!!!" A blast, and then it was over. The Miasma sunk away, Naraku was only dust in the wind and Kagome fell to her knees beside Kikyos dead body. She looked up to Inuyasha.
"We should give her a proper burial..." She started. "If I only had been quicker here..."
"It was her own choice..." Sesshomaru said while entering the area. Rin was left by the others.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha said in tears. Kagome was also crying, and to her surprise... even Sesshomaru, small crystals forming in his cold amber eyes.
"She told me to deliver a message, by her own words and by Kannas..." He cleared his throat and tried to remember.
"Hajimari ga aru mono ni wa Itsu no hi ka owari mo aru koto Iki toshi ikeru mono nara
Sono subete ni Mamoru beki mono no tame ni Kyou mo mata nanika o gisei ni
Iki toshi ikeru mono no tachi Sono subete ga...
(things with a beginning will end someday if you can go to the next, putting everything for the things that must be protected I sacrifice something again today, those going to the next, all of that...)" Inuyasha blinked twice, and Kagome nodded.
"I understand now what she meant with her words to me..." She said. Inuyasha sat down.
"What did she mean then?" He asked.
"Her life was ending, it was already ended in the first time, and to protect you, me, the others and the future, she sacrificed her new life, her bought lifetime, just to let us live on" The Hanyo took in her words and then nodded, but still felt down. Kagome picked out the shard from the Tetsusaiga and than the nearly complete jewel from where Naraku had stood. She fused them together. She clasped it in her hand, purifying it, even though it was hard when you were filled by sorrow.
"It misses three shards... Kougas two and Kohakus shard" She said, her eyes tear filled, her voice trembling. Even if she hadn't liked Kikyo at first, she had become somewhat of a... nearly a companion, who showed up when you really needed her. Sesshomarus tears dried quickly, he didn't knew why he cried in the beginning, but still. Inuyasha closed his eyes and quietly cried with hidden sorrow. Kagome sat down next to him. Her tears flooded still freely.
"Don't hold your sorrow... it will be worse..." She said softly and laid a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her.
"You wouldn't be mad if I cried out loud in Kikyos case? You never liked her in the first time, right?"
"Look at me, I cry for her, even if I didn't like her" She smiled, still sadness showing in her face and her scent. Inuyasha nodded slowly but didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his brother.
"Gee, Inuyasha, I cried when dad died, even if I didn't like him for marrying a human" Sesshomaru told him as if he knew the reason. "I am about to leave so... Sayonara" He turned around and walked away. It was not until he had come about half way back he could hear his little brother cries of sorrow. They were so full of sadness and hurt... it could split a heart in two... For a second he felt pity for his brother, but covered it up and continued walking. 'I'm not a guy of emotions... I guess'
Kagome held the shaking Hanyos shoulders as he cried against her shoulder. She knew how this sorrow was, her dad who had died of the thunder... that sort of things. Inuyasha kept on crying like he never cried before. 'Maybe he never has... not like this...' She thought and stroke his hair like he had been her little brother. His first cries had been like screaming out his soul, it made her heart bleed for him. Slowly his cries sank to a sulking silent cry. He held onto her school dress like it was his last possession. She let him cry. She couldn't stop her tears either. And Inuyashas sulking and sobbing made her even more sad. She looked over to Kikyos body. Then at her hands. She sighed. She was trying to decide what to do... 'Maybe we should burn her again, giving the ashes to someone who wants it... maybe Kaede so she can rebuild the shrine. She thought about Kikyos message. 'Maybe I must make a sacrifice as well... when I think of it... now that we defeated Naraku I have nothing more here to do... but what did Kikyo mean with me taking her place? I never get that...' After a while Inuyasha let go of her School dress.
"I'm sorry..." He muttered with a cracked voice and tearstained eyes. "I ruined your clothes and all..." She shook her head.
"No, don't be sorry" She shrugged her shoulders. "A good cry sometimes can make you accept things more easily..."
"I think we should burn her as before..." Inuyasha said, glancing at Kikyos body. His voice was abnormally cold. "And give the ashes back to Kaede, for the shrine to be rebuilt again" She nodded. She lit a fire with her Miko- energy, making pinkish flames. She sat there praying for Kikyos soul, even if she knew hers was the same, it felt like the right thing to do. Inuyasha sat silently beside her, staring into the flames.
"I hope Kikyo found rest" He whispered.
"She did. The last thing she did was for you, in order to let you live on... she has found peace"
"Then I am happy..." Inuyasha closed his eyes. Kagome nodded again. They waited until the fire burned down and then Kagome collected Kikyos ashes into a jar as it was before.
"This would do..." She said. The time had become night as they went back to the others again, with the forest returning to itself around them. Inuyasha was completely silent, and for once, she found his silence creepy.
~*~
As Kagome had left the group stared silently at the forest. They could see the miasmas movement. The forest was nearly burned to ashes. Shippou shrugged of the feeling of that something bad might happen, and continued staring at the place. Kirara came flying back, probably Kagome had found Inuyasha by now...
"Wonder how they are doing..." Sango said while watching the spot where the Miasma was lowering itself. They all stared that way, and for once Miroku didn't take the advantage of sitting next to Sango. A creepy silence fell over them. Kouga was not sitting; he was walking around the place, over and over again. A light burst made them all quickly look up.
"That was Kongousouha..." Miroku said slowly.
"You mean... it's over?" Sango asked. And she was true. The Miasma sank away faster than it came, disappearing into the thin air. They let out a relieved sigh. A wind blowed over the cliff. Making Kouga wrinkle his nose.
"That's the smell of death... but not only Narakus scent I am afraid..." They stared at him in shock.
"But it's not Kagome or that Dog either..." He continued, not looking at them. "I wonder..." A silent followed. Kirara got into her tiny form while waiting. Sango sighed and looked over to Kohaku. 'I wonder if he will survive without the shard...' Her thoughts were cut of by sorrowful cries from the forest. Sorrowful, screaming cries enough to make everybody feel sadness and hurt as well. They all knew who it was; Kouga just confessed that it was who they thought.
"That was the dog indeed..." He said, feeling his voice become weak. He never heard anybody cry like that. Sesshomaru joined them from the forest edge.
"Who died?" Miroku asked. Sesshomaru looked back; the cries had been ebbing of.
"Kikyo" He slowly said. "And they know why, she left a message..." He picked Rin up. "Maybe this is the last time we see each other, and I still surprise myself by even talking to you humans... but... Sayonara" He turned away and started leaving the mountain. Sango looked after him.
"That family is a good Youkai's family" She said, but her heart cried nearly as much as Inuyasha had. Kikyo had been his first love, and this was probably the first time he cried like this.
"It's at least good that Inuyasha is there with Kagome-sama" Miroku said as if reading her thoughts. "Otherwise he maybe should have killed himself by now" Shippou cried... no, he bawled. Tears springing from his eyes like a fountain.
"Why are you crying?" Kouga asked, he didn't even take his time to call the Kitsune something disrespectful.
"I... don't... KNOW!" Shippou wailed. The others looked down depressed. Miroku put his hands together in a prayer, and much to everyone's surprise, they also joined. Kouga was just doing it for some seconds before looking towards the forest. The smell of burning flesh reached his nose, and made him pray one more line. 'So now I guess Kagome will live with the dog... just my luck... but still...' He thought.
"I hope Kikyo found rest in her death" Sango said. "And I hope she didn't have any regrets from this world..."
"Hai, I hope so as well" Miroku said before opening his eyes. They could all see the pinkish flames in the forest now. The whole forest had been swallowed by the miasma, but somehow the forest regained its strength. Trees got back into their original state, starting from the mountain edge and towards the spot by the fire. They sat there, praying, waiting, seeing the night approaching, and with it... the end of their three-year-long quest...
~*~
By midnight Kagome reached the group, a very silent Inuyasha following. He kept constantly looking back, as if he saw the scene over again. Kagome held the jar in a fast grip. She went immediately to her bag to put it down into it. The others were silent as well. After some time, they went to sleep. Everybody except for the two sitting by the fire.
hontou ni taisetsu na mono igai subete sutete, shimaetara ii no ni ne, genjitsu wa tada zankoku de
Kagome turned her face to Inuyasha, trying to smile.
"Do you think Kikyo wanted you to cry for her? To waste your life away in an instant because of her death?" He turned to her. His eyes were still sorrowful, it made her feel worse than ever.
"No..." He whispered. He closed his eyes, trying to find a picture of Kagome and him, happy... He smiled a little, his first smile in about four hours. He felt relieved.
sonna toki itsu datte, me o tojireba, waratteru kimi ga iru
"You're right..." He continued. He gazed into the fire. He had Kagome, always... but...
Ah, itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made, dou ka sono egao ga, taema naku aru you ni
"You're going back, aren't you?" The words came slowly. She looked down on her hands, into the fire and then at the Hanyo again.
"I guess..." She said. "When I think of it... I'm quite sure of that Kikyo told me I was wrong with my time being five hundred years into the future"
"Really... But then... it ends here?" This time he could barely manage to ask her.
"I..." She stopped. "I have my life there... but my heart here..." He looked at her, her eyes were sad now...
hito wa minna kanashii kara, wasurete yuku ikimono dakedo
"You can't continue like now? Come sometimes and sometimes be in your time?"
"If I get a job that's impossible" She felt her lips tremble and bit her under lip to stop it.
"If that's what... you want then..." He started. "But I'll be alone without you"
"We see what I can do" She said.
aisubeki mono no tame, ai o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto
"Really?" He seemed to smile more happily than ever that day now.
"I promise I'll try" She said. "But these first years of school, about the first two, I maybe can't go back here; because of I will be living at the school"
"I'll be glad as long as you promise to come back" He said.
"I'll try" She said again.
"We've been going through so much under these years..." He said slowly, changing subject. She nodded slowly.
Ah, deatta ano koro wa, subete ga bukiyou de, toomawari shita yo ne, kizutsuke atta yo ne
She closed her eyes.
"Whatever happened, I will always remember you and..." She turned again to look at him, his amber eyes, his silver hair... "I will always love you" He smiled. She could feel her heart beat faster.
Ah, itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made, dou ka sono egao ga, taema naku aru you ni
"I will remember you as well, and you will always have my heart" He said. This made her smile as well. He pulled her into an embrace and tilted his head to whisper in her ear:
"And you will never love anyone more than me?" She smiled and turned her head towards him, seeing his surprised look.
Ah, deatta ano koro wa, subete ga bukiyou de, toomawari shita de mo, tadoritsuitan da ne
"Never" She said and slowly pressed her lips against his. He seemed a little surprised, but kissed back. As he slid his tongue against her under lip the kiss went more passionately. She parted her lips, let him explore her mouth and then tilted her head to let him deepen the kiss. She teased him with her tongue and then went into his mouth. He teased her as well, trying to block her with his own tongue, dragging a moan from her. She accidentally pricked herself on his fang but he sucked the wound clean and took the time as an advantage to go back into her mouth. She protested with a little groan, but let him. She let him explore the depths of her mouth, and caressing her tongue before trying to go back into his. He allowed her to explore, but all the time teasing her. Knowing how to stop him from teasing her for a moment she raised her hands, drew them through his hair before gently stroking his ears. He moaned as she touched his ears and she felt his tongue stop the teasing for a moment, and explored his mouth for that time. He slowly drew his clawed fingers over her arms bare skin, making her shiver. She continued stroking his ears and felt him shiver the same way she had, in pleasure. He moved his hands to her back and stroke her neck, drawing something between a moan and a whimper from Kagome.
She bit his under lip in order to make him continue while she leapt her tongue against his teeth. She stroke his ears once more before drawing her hands down his hair and neck. Inuyasha drew his hands lower and got them under her shirt, stroking his claws all the way down her spine. She whimpered the same way again, before moaning as he bit her lip softly. She tried to take the command by getting closer, but he never let her. He tilted her head again as she tried and dominantly seeked her mouth's depths. She once again drew her hands through his hair, feeling a pleasure she never had before. He stroke her back, feeling her shiver through her whole body. She bit his tongue softly, found him groaning, and then teasingly did it again. He stroke her a little harder with his claws, drawing a whimpering moan from her and now bit her tongue the same way she had. He felt her hands at his ears again, she gently stroke them, felt him shiver in pleasure and draw his claws harder again, then pushed her tongue deep into his mouth. She got dominance now, she had the advantage.
He gave up a bit under her, drawing his tongue back, letting her caress it softly, while groaning into her mouth every time she stroke his ears. His hands left her back and found their way up her hair again. He drew them through it as she did the same, leaving his ears. Kagome drew her hands back to herself and slowly stopped seeking into his mouth. He drew his hand to under her chin and pulled her closer in a last dominant act of caressing her tongue and mouth. Then he left her mouth as well, ending the kiss in a soft manner. She broke it, grasping for air before leaning against his chest. She felt his heart beat as fast as her did. He stroke her hair softly, and she shivered at his touch. She closed her eyes again, listening to his beating heart and his grasping breath. After a while he spoke.
"Is it okay I leave a mark? I want nobody to get you away from me Kagome..." He said her name so softly, sweet. She opened her eyes, gazing into his amber pools, and nodded.
"I would never want anyone more than you..." She whispered. She felt his breath at her neck as he lowered his head. She shivered once when she felt his fang pierce her skin beneath the neck. She then felt him suck some blood out of the wound. He raised his head from her neck and bit his tongue, enough to make it bleed. He then kissed her again. She was surprised of the copper taste of blood in his mouth, but sucked it away from his tongue. She moaned once, and so did he as they broke the kiss. She closed her eyes again, ignoring the small amount of pain at the base of her neck. He leaned back towards a tree and she fell asleep on his chest. He sucked in the last amount of blood from his tongue and smiled. Still with that smile, he fell asleep by the tree, his new-become mate onto him.
~*~
(A/N: I thought of ending here, but let's see the others reaction first, should we?)
The sun broke up above the mountains and shone some rays of sunshine shone over the campus. Sango stretched out.
"Ow... A mountain is NOT a good place to sleep" She stated and turned to the side to wake Miroku up. He woke up as she leaned over him.
"I knew it Sango!" He smirked. She only shook her head. As she turned to wake the others up, she saw the couple by the tree. She smiled a little. Miroku saw it as well.
"Seems like some people made the best of the evening" He stated and turned to Shippou, lying next to Kirara, and woke him up slowly. The Kitsune yawned and rubbed his eyes, but got awake. Kouga woke up as Sango turned the fire on. He growled a little when seeing Kagome and Inuyasha (A/N: what had you expected?) But sat down by the fire, watching as Sango tried to make breakfast. He smelled a bit in the air and found that there was the coppery smell of blood in the air, only a little, but the owner was what made him worry. 'Kagomes blood? Maybe she was hurt yesterday... or...' Sango looked at him.
"What's the matter?"
"Did Kagome have any wounds yesterday?" He asked.
"Not as I knew it, why?" Miroku joined the conversation.
"I feel the smell of her blood just now" The wolf answered. Shippou sat down by the fire and looked at the tree.
"What are they doing?" He asked.
"Sleeping, it seems to me" Sango answered in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Oh..." Shippou shrugged his shoulders. Breakfast was nearly finished as the two woke up. Kagome rubbed his shoulders and felt a little sting of pain in her neck. 'Oh, that's right... yesterday...' She smiled a little. As she looked up, she saw Inuyasha looking back.
"You awake yet?" He asked. She nodded and rose up, stretching herself. He smiled and turned to the others.
"Breakfast soon or what?" He asked, making Kagome laugh. The others just stared. Kagome sat down next to Shippou.
"Kagome! What's that blood?" He asked. Everybody went silent except for Inuyasha who just sat down as if nothing bothered him, even if it did. 'Maybe I got into it too fast...' he thought. Kagome felt where Shippou pointed and found that the blood from Inuyashas fang-mark had somewhat got a bit down her back.
"Oh, it's nothing..." She started but Kouga already where there next to her. He had his suspensions on what was going on. He lifted her hair and looked at the now visible mark. He turned to Inuyasha, who was just staring at him with a little ticked face.
"What the hell do you think you have done!?" He yelled. Kagome tried to calm him down without success.
"Hey, I allowed him!" She said when I didn't work. Kouga got quiet. Sango realized something.
"Kagome-chan, are you saying..." She started. Kagome showed her the mark as well. Everybody looked at it, and everybody understood.
"Inuyasha MARKED you?" They asked. Inuyasha growled.
"Yeah, so what?" He said. Kagome smiled, she hadn't been able to say it better.
"So you're mates now?" Miroku asked, and then added with a sly grin. "What happened???" He received four hits on his head for that comment. Sango shouted:
"Do you think they would tell you!? It's nearly the same as a wedding night; you just don't talk about it, because it's your own secret!" The others nodded. Miroku whimpered.
"I just wanted to know..."
"Adults" Shippou muttered
_.-:~*End Chapter*~:-._
NOW! How did you like that? Little fluff... (Eh... pretty much actually but... who cares!?) A little action and things like that, If you wonder what happens with Kohaku I tell you in next chapter, but this one got so long I had to finish it somewhere.
Review dear friends, I want to know what you think! And also give your comments of what YOU want to have in this story (I will already say I'm not much for writing lemons... I am only 14 so I have never been in that kind of relationship...)
Ja ne!
/Ashley
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED!!!
Do I have to say more? Nah! Read on my friends, and ENJOY!
Little translation:
Kaze No Kizu – Wound of the wind/Wind scar
Kongousouha – Diamond spear blast (used with diamond Tetsusaiga)
Nani – What (please tell me if I have translated this wrong)
Aneue – sister (Big sister? *can anybody tell me?*)
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters!
The song lyrics used are from the ending song 'Dearest', and I don't own that one either.
'Thinking'
"Talking"
Lyrics
_.-:~*Chapter 1 – Keep me in you mind*~:-._
"KAZE NO KIZU!" Inuyasha yelled as he charged his sword towards the meant target. Energy emerged from the sword and searched its way towards Naraku. He smirked and swept away from the blast.
"Inuyasha, you, more than anyone, should know not to underestimate ME!" He said. Inuyasha cast him an angry glare.
"I think you are the one underestimating now!" He yelled. Kagome raised her bow some few meters away and let the arrow sweep towards Hakudoushi, who shielded himself. The arrow shone of pinkish Miko-energy and cracked his shield. He surprised let go of the shield and stood on the ground.
"So Miko, you can your stuff" He smirked the same way as Naraku. Kagome just laid on another arrow and shot.
"You need to find Kanna and that baby" She yelled to her two friends, who currently exterminated a few Youkais.
"Heh, you will never be able to" Hakudoushi blocked the arrow with his staff (A/N: Anybody who knows what that staff-thingie is called?) and then continued. "Kanna will not let go off it..."
"Kagome-chan, you sure you can handle it?" Sango asked. The young Miko nodded. She looked down by some evil Jyaki and saw her three Shikon shards starting turning black from Narakus and Hakudoushis Evil presence. She clenched them harder in her hand to purify them. She lay on another arrow.
'I hope that they will be able to find it... Narakus heart... Otherwise we can't last very long' she thought, and filled herself up with Miko energy, then let go. She needed to force him backwards, towards a place where she could get nearer Inuyasha. Together they had more of a chance to get the two. As she glanced backward while Hakudoushi dodged, she saw her friends still stand there.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?" She yelled. They quickly got onto their feet and leaved the place. Sango was the only one staying; someone had appeared in front of her.
"K...Kohaku..." She whispered. Her little brother, with his eyes in the odd colour as he was controlled, just glanced at her. Miroku and Shippou left to the right and Kirara stopped by Sango. Inuyasha saw her and thought.
'Poor girl, but we need to keep the kid here too... I wonder if Kagome will be able to make him... live again if we get that shard...' He had to quickly dodge the blast send towards him and landed first on one hand before jumping to his feet again. Naraku chuckled.
"You don't get that you can never win against me! Neither me or Hakudoushi!" Inuyasha spat out:
"We will see you fuckin' bastard! WE WILL SEE!" He clenched his Tetsusaiga, his beloved sword, and raised it.
"KAZE NO KIZU!" Once again the blast sent of to Naraku, who dodged. Inuyasha cast a glance at the forest. 'Hope they all do okay... even my brother...'
~*~
"Sesshomaru-sama? Sesshomaru-sama?" The lord of the western lands looked down at the nearly ten year old girl.
"Hai, Rin?" He asked.
"What are we searching for?" She asked. He looked up and pointed his amber gaze into the forest.
"We are searching for the thing that will end this ongoing war..." His cold voice never made Rin scared; she could never be scared of Sesshomaru. A light yellow flash from the battle area got them going again. Sesshomaru frowned a little. 'Naraku... I will get your heart... This is the first... and hopefully the last time I accompany with my brother...' Rin walked silent by his side, the battle in the meadow also made her a little less cheerful. She felt the importance of the battle.
"Sesshomaru-sama, will we win this fight?" Her voice sounded trembling. Sesshomaru stopped again and looked down at the girl. Her brown eyes looked worried. He sighed.
"I don't know... As long as we don't get Narakus heart, we can never..." He cut of his sentence as a presence appeared. Kagura entered the path.
"I might help you" She said. Her long Kimono was colourful and she held a fan in her hands.
"How do we know you're just helping Naraku out?" Sesshomaru asked. He forced himself to keep his voice cold and monotone.
"My wish is to once again become free, I am the wind, and nothing should be able to keep me imprisoned" Kagura closed her fan and pierced him with her red eyes. He didn't even blink.
"Very well" Sesshomaru said. "Kanna... she is the one keeping the heart, isn't she?" Kagura nodded.
"Follow" She turned around and left the area. Sesshomaru followed quickly, a running Rin after him. He just turned his head once, and that was to look at the Miko following him silently in the shadows of the trees.
'So Kikyo, you are going to get your Revenge on Naraku as well? But you won't get it here...' He continued on.
~*~
Kagome shot another arrow and pierced through Hakudoushi. He smirked and made a shield around himself in order to thereafter heal. Kagome cursed lowly. She focused her chocolate eyes onto the boy before raising her bow again. Hakudoushi laughed.
"Miko, you might be good, even better than Kikyo, but you haven't got a chance to beat me!" Kagome smiled. She shot the arrow at the recovered Hakudoushi, making him creating a barrier again. She Then ran over to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, Red Tetsusaiga, Hakudoushi, now!" She told him and then created a Miko shield for Narakus attack. She clenched her teeth. Inuyasha smiled and nodded.
"Barrier-breaking, RED Tetsusaiga!" He shouted. "KAZE NO KIZU!" He sent it of to Hakudoushi at the same time as Kagome shot an arrow. Kagome let go of the shield and drew Inuyashas attention back to Naraku. Kagome got away from that part and tried to raise her bow, but something came in the way. Hakudoushi, confused over how it could break his shield, didn't even see it come. Quickly the leader of the wolf tribe, Kouga, Slashed him over and over again. Kagome shouted at him.
"Kouga! Watch!" She shot and Kouga turned his head to see it coming, he jumped away, still slashing at Hakudoushi. An explosion emerged as the arrow hit. Pinkish energy leaved the arrow and together with Kougas attacks, turned Hakudoushi, son of Naraku, into ashes. Afterwards a silence followed. Naraku stared at the spot where his son died, Inuyasha smirked.
"Hey, Wolf! That was quite a good timing" He said. Kagome smiled at the wolf-youkai.
"Hai, otherwise I might not have hit him" Kouga brushed some dust of his arms.
"Well..." He started. 'Guess I have to say something nice now as well?' He thought bitterly. "But it wouldn't have been working unless little doggie used that barrier-breaking sword of his" He didn't have the most cheerful voice, but he sounded nicer than usual. Kagome twisted around as Youki was building up. Naraku seemed to get angry. He glared at the three.
"You..." He snarled. His miasma spreaded around the area.
"Kagome, get away! This is poisonous!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome felt somebody pick her up.
"Kouga?" He began running.
"For once I agree to that dog" He muttered. Inuyasha joined next, sending some Kaze no Kizu's backwards.
"Damn!" He said. He turned and ran. "I hope the others get themselves out of this... Oh Kami! SANGO!?" The other looked back. The miasma already swallowed most of the meadow.
"S...Sango..." Kagome bit her trembling lip. "SANGO!!!"
~*~
At the same time, Sango ran through the forest. Her brother was fainted and on top of Kirara. Sango drew a glance backward before realizing she would need to get up. She jumped on top of the cat-youkai and flew up. She looked down after they reached some bit into the sky. The forest was burning away.
"We need to help the others find Narakus heart" She said to Kirara. The youkai nodded and started to fly over the forest again. She could see the clear red colour of Inuyashas Haori and also noticed Kagome... carried by KOUGA! She heard her friend scream her name and decided to first follow after them, making them know she was alive. Kirara knew what to do. A growl leaved her throat and echoed over the forest.
~*~
They all heard Kiraras growl and turned. They saw Kirara and Sango.
"I'm helping in the search!" She yelled before leaving.
"Good she's all right" Inuyasha muttered. Then they kept on running. "If we can reach the mountains we should be able to make ourselves find more space" Kouga nodded. He could see a look in Inuyashas eyes.
"Should I take Kagome into safety for you?" He asked, surprising himself with his friendly act. Inuyasha looked at him, staring more like it, before nodding appreciating.
"Hai, Thanks Kouga" He said. Kagome snorted.
"Don't I have a comment here?" She asked. Inuyasha looked her in the eyes. 'Nani... what's that face... he's WORRIED? And there's something more...'
"Kagome..." He said. "As long as I know you are safe I can fight. But if you're in danger... If I can't do anything about it..." Kouga looked in awe how the rude dog-Hanyo he knew turned into something more... soft, caring...
"Kagome, I think he has a point" He said. Kagome nodded but looked at Inuyasha once again.
"If you kill yourself, I will NEVER, I say NEVER, forgive you!" She looked like she meant it. Inuyasha nodded.
"Fine with me, I will not get killed, just drag him away. Find the heart" He watched Kouga set of in an amazing speed, but then he had two Shikon shards in his legs...
"And if you let Kagome in danger..." He muttered before running away to the left. "Hopefully he will follow me..." He didn't have to wait long. Naraku cut the forest his way. He did something he never done in his life before, he prayed for his and the other's safety... most of all Kagome...
~*~
Sesshomaru carried Rin as the girl couldn't handle the high speed they travelled in. The Miasma spread itself a bit behind them as they entered the mountain area.
"Kanna has also agreed on destroying the heart, even if she doesn't say much, she wants her freedom" Kagura spoke as she flied beside him. He smirked.
"What if he finds out?"
"With Hakudoushi dead..." Sesshomaru cut her off.
"Hakudoushi's dead you say?" He smirked "Who did it?"
"That Miko, Kagome, and that wolf Youkai... what's his name now again..."
"Kouga" Sesshomaru felt the scent of his brother. "Inuyasha's fleeing from the Miasma as well"
"Seeking to gain time for the both of Hakudoushi's killers to escape. He truly is a reliable person"
"You say so?" Sesshomaru let out a small smile. "Well, even thought he never tells, he loves that Miko, and he deeply cares for those other humans..."
"In the way you care for Rin?" Sesshomaru only growled. He didn't want his relationship with Rin (A/N Not like that perverts :P!) to be talked about. Kagura smirked.
"Kanna will be at the top of that cliff over there" She said. Sesshomaru took of into the air with a jump and then jumped from different places to reach the plateau. Kanna was indeed standing there. Her face was as emotionless as before, but in these three years something had grown in it. But you couldn't tell what.
"We don't know how to destroy it... The best would be sending it back into Naraku I think..." Kagura said. She took the little glass-like ball and gave it to Sesshomaru, who first laid down the sleeping Rin.
"That's a thing I could do" Sesshomaru turned.
"I just wondered when you would show up... Kikyo" He said. The Miko smirked.
"But Kikyo" Kagura said. "Within the time you reach him, your body would be destroyed by the Miasma"
"That might be, but my time here's over" She answered. The other looked at her stupidly.
"What do you mean?" Kagura asked.
"She means that her place is replaced" Kanna said, monotone and cold, nearly enough to make even Sesshomaru shiver. Kikyo nodded.
"My place will be taken by Kagome, both as protector of the Shikon no Tama and the lover of Inuyasha..." The last thing she said with a bitter, but accepting voice.
"But Kagome will most likely return to her time" Kagura said.
"Hajimari ga aru mono ni wa
Itsu no hi ka owari mo aru koto
Iki toshi ikeru mono nara
Sono subete ni
Mamoru beki mono no tame ni
Kyou mo mata nanika o gisei ni
Iki toshi ikeru mono no tachi
Sono subete ga"
Kanna said slowly, chanting. Everybody turned to her.
"things with a beginning will end someday if you can go to the next,
putting everything for the things that must be protected I sacrifice something again today,
those going to the next, all of that"
Kikyo said with a nod. (A/N: this is the translation; I pasted it from the song 'No more words' because I thought it fitted)
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kagura said frustrated.
"I can't tell you, but maybe you find it out..." Kikyo said and took the ball. "But this is my last thing I do. Tell Inuyasha what Kanna just said, or as well what I said. If he doesn't understand, Kagome will. But then... Kagome will pay the same price as me one day..." With that she left the plateau. Kagura stared after her.
"What does she mean...?" She shook her head.
"Aneue, you will understand one day, if the fate tells to" Kanna said. Sesshomaru picked Rin up.
"I better find my brothers friends, or my brother, to tell him..." He went of. Kagura and Kanna stared after them.
"Wonder if that was the last we saw of them" Kagura asked herself.
"What time will show, no one knows, but fate always shows the best way" Kagura stared at her sister with another shook of her head.
~*~
Sango had found Miroku and Shippou, living and unhurt on the way up a mountain. They now sat there.
"Sesshomaru is out there searching, I saw him with Kagura... probably are things fixed up... we wait here"
"GUYS!" They looked up to see Kagome come running, Kouga following slowly after, all the time looking back.
"Guys" Kagome said again. Then she looked to the left. "I need to lend Kirara, is that okay?"
"Sure but why?" Sango asked.
"I know how this will end... But I don't like it..." Kagome said, clenching her fist over her heart. Miroku understood.
"Kikyo-sama has a part in this?" He asked. Kagome nodded. Kirara became her big form without questioning. Kagome climbed on.
"KAGOME! Inuyasha told you to stay..." Kouga yelled.
"I have never been able to wait!" She replied before flying of.
"Witness the power of love..." Miroku said sighing.
"And the power of a soul-bond... or call it reincarnation" Sango continued.
~*~
Inuyasha stopped by a mountain wall, straight up for at least fifty feet.
"Damn..." He muttered. The Miasma came closer and became somewhat... weaker. 'Is he gonna fight me? With only a Miasma small enough not to make me come near?'
Naraku entered.
"Say Inuyasha, is a cliff wall something worth dying in?" He chuckled. "Because that's what will happen..."
"Not" A female voice said. Inuyasha glanced to the side.
"K... Kikyo?" The Miko smiled. Weakly. She was already starting to take the effects of the Miasma. She held out something in her palm and chanted a short prayer. Naraku widened his eyes. The round thing shot into the now stunned Naraku.
"Kikyo... what..."
"Narakus heart..." She said weakly, pale. "You must kill him... now..."
"KIKYO! INUYASHA!!!" Kagome jumped down from the cliff, a Miko shield around her, slowing her fall. She first got to the dying Miko.
"Why?" She asked. Naraku didn't move at all, Kikyo had tried to put a paralysing spell on the ball, just in case.
"My time has come; you are taking my plac..." Kikyo couched. Kagome drew her into the shield.
"You can't die!!! My time is five hundred years into the future!"
"You are wrong..." Kikyo coughed a last time before falling to the ground. Tears formed in Kagomes eyes as well as Inuyashas. A last soul flew up in the air and into Kagome. She held a prayer for Kikyo and then turned to Inuyasha.
"Kikyos spell will be ending soon, you must kill Naraku now, end this..." She walked to him and held out her hand towards him. He took it confused. It was a fused Shikon shard... the three they had...
"But Kagome..."
"Into the Tetsusaiga, you know that it will work" (A/N: see Inuyasha Chapter 355 – using the fragment) She then grabbed his Haori. "I will not let you go..." Inuyasha smiled a little.
"Thanks Kagome..." He said before smashing the shard into his sword. After that it began pulsating. Inuyasha felt his body transform into a Youkai's body, but his mind was still his own, thanks to Kagome purifying the shard, and him, the whole time. He transformed Tetsusaiga into Diamond Tetsusaiga. Naraku began to regain consciousness again, the spell was loosening.
"Here we go..." Inuyasha said slowly. "KONGOUSOUHA!!!" A blast, and then it was over. The Miasma sunk away, Naraku was only dust in the wind and Kagome fell to her knees beside Kikyos dead body. She looked up to Inuyasha.
"We should give her a proper burial..." She started. "If I only had been quicker here..."
"It was her own choice..." Sesshomaru said while entering the area. Rin was left by the others.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha said in tears. Kagome was also crying, and to her surprise... even Sesshomaru, small crystals forming in his cold amber eyes.
"She told me to deliver a message, by her own words and by Kannas..." He cleared his throat and tried to remember.
"Hajimari ga aru mono ni wa Itsu no hi ka owari mo aru koto Iki toshi ikeru mono nara
Sono subete ni Mamoru beki mono no tame ni Kyou mo mata nanika o gisei ni
Iki toshi ikeru mono no tachi Sono subete ga...
(things with a beginning will end someday if you can go to the next, putting everything for the things that must be protected I sacrifice something again today, those going to the next, all of that...)" Inuyasha blinked twice, and Kagome nodded.
"I understand now what she meant with her words to me..." She said. Inuyasha sat down.
"What did she mean then?" He asked.
"Her life was ending, it was already ended in the first time, and to protect you, me, the others and the future, she sacrificed her new life, her bought lifetime, just to let us live on" The Hanyo took in her words and then nodded, but still felt down. Kagome picked out the shard from the Tetsusaiga and than the nearly complete jewel from where Naraku had stood. She fused them together. She clasped it in her hand, purifying it, even though it was hard when you were filled by sorrow.
"It misses three shards... Kougas two and Kohakus shard" She said, her eyes tear filled, her voice trembling. Even if she hadn't liked Kikyo at first, she had become somewhat of a... nearly a companion, who showed up when you really needed her. Sesshomarus tears dried quickly, he didn't knew why he cried in the beginning, but still. Inuyasha closed his eyes and quietly cried with hidden sorrow. Kagome sat down next to him. Her tears flooded still freely.
"Don't hold your sorrow... it will be worse..." She said softly and laid a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her.
"You wouldn't be mad if I cried out loud in Kikyos case? You never liked her in the first time, right?"
"Look at me, I cry for her, even if I didn't like her" She smiled, still sadness showing in her face and her scent. Inuyasha nodded slowly but didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his brother.
"Gee, Inuyasha, I cried when dad died, even if I didn't like him for marrying a human" Sesshomaru told him as if he knew the reason. "I am about to leave so... Sayonara" He turned around and walked away. It was not until he had come about half way back he could hear his little brother cries of sorrow. They were so full of sadness and hurt... it could split a heart in two... For a second he felt pity for his brother, but covered it up and continued walking. 'I'm not a guy of emotions... I guess'
Kagome held the shaking Hanyos shoulders as he cried against her shoulder. She knew how this sorrow was, her dad who had died of the thunder... that sort of things. Inuyasha kept on crying like he never cried before. 'Maybe he never has... not like this...' She thought and stroke his hair like he had been her little brother. His first cries had been like screaming out his soul, it made her heart bleed for him. Slowly his cries sank to a sulking silent cry. He held onto her school dress like it was his last possession. She let him cry. She couldn't stop her tears either. And Inuyashas sulking and sobbing made her even more sad. She looked over to Kikyos body. Then at her hands. She sighed. She was trying to decide what to do... 'Maybe we should burn her again, giving the ashes to someone who wants it... maybe Kaede so she can rebuild the shrine. She thought about Kikyos message. 'Maybe I must make a sacrifice as well... when I think of it... now that we defeated Naraku I have nothing more here to do... but what did Kikyo mean with me taking her place? I never get that...' After a while Inuyasha let go of her School dress.
"I'm sorry..." He muttered with a cracked voice and tearstained eyes. "I ruined your clothes and all..." She shook her head.
"No, don't be sorry" She shrugged her shoulders. "A good cry sometimes can make you accept things more easily..."
"I think we should burn her as before..." Inuyasha said, glancing at Kikyos body. His voice was abnormally cold. "And give the ashes back to Kaede, for the shrine to be rebuilt again" She nodded. She lit a fire with her Miko- energy, making pinkish flames. She sat there praying for Kikyos soul, even if she knew hers was the same, it felt like the right thing to do. Inuyasha sat silently beside her, staring into the flames.
"I hope Kikyo found rest" He whispered.
"She did. The last thing she did was for you, in order to let you live on... she has found peace"
"Then I am happy..." Inuyasha closed his eyes. Kagome nodded again. They waited until the fire burned down and then Kagome collected Kikyos ashes into a jar as it was before.
"This would do..." She said. The time had become night as they went back to the others again, with the forest returning to itself around them. Inuyasha was completely silent, and for once, she found his silence creepy.
~*~
As Kagome had left the group stared silently at the forest. They could see the miasmas movement. The forest was nearly burned to ashes. Shippou shrugged of the feeling of that something bad might happen, and continued staring at the place. Kirara came flying back, probably Kagome had found Inuyasha by now...
"Wonder how they are doing..." Sango said while watching the spot where the Miasma was lowering itself. They all stared that way, and for once Miroku didn't take the advantage of sitting next to Sango. A creepy silence fell over them. Kouga was not sitting; he was walking around the place, over and over again. A light burst made them all quickly look up.
"That was Kongousouha..." Miroku said slowly.
"You mean... it's over?" Sango asked. And she was true. The Miasma sank away faster than it came, disappearing into the thin air. They let out a relieved sigh. A wind blowed over the cliff. Making Kouga wrinkle his nose.
"That's the smell of death... but not only Narakus scent I am afraid..." They stared at him in shock.
"But it's not Kagome or that Dog either..." He continued, not looking at them. "I wonder..." A silent followed. Kirara got into her tiny form while waiting. Sango sighed and looked over to Kohaku. 'I wonder if he will survive without the shard...' Her thoughts were cut of by sorrowful cries from the forest. Sorrowful, screaming cries enough to make everybody feel sadness and hurt as well. They all knew who it was; Kouga just confessed that it was who they thought.
"That was the dog indeed..." He said, feeling his voice become weak. He never heard anybody cry like that. Sesshomaru joined them from the forest edge.
"Who died?" Miroku asked. Sesshomaru looked back; the cries had been ebbing of.
"Kikyo" He slowly said. "And they know why, she left a message..." He picked Rin up. "Maybe this is the last time we see each other, and I still surprise myself by even talking to you humans... but... Sayonara" He turned away and started leaving the mountain. Sango looked after him.
"That family is a good Youkai's family" She said, but her heart cried nearly as much as Inuyasha had. Kikyo had been his first love, and this was probably the first time he cried like this.
"It's at least good that Inuyasha is there with Kagome-sama" Miroku said as if reading her thoughts. "Otherwise he maybe should have killed himself by now" Shippou cried... no, he bawled. Tears springing from his eyes like a fountain.
"Why are you crying?" Kouga asked, he didn't even take his time to call the Kitsune something disrespectful.
"I... don't... KNOW!" Shippou wailed. The others looked down depressed. Miroku put his hands together in a prayer, and much to everyone's surprise, they also joined. Kouga was just doing it for some seconds before looking towards the forest. The smell of burning flesh reached his nose, and made him pray one more line. 'So now I guess Kagome will live with the dog... just my luck... but still...' He thought.
"I hope Kikyo found rest in her death" Sango said. "And I hope she didn't have any regrets from this world..."
"Hai, I hope so as well" Miroku said before opening his eyes. They could all see the pinkish flames in the forest now. The whole forest had been swallowed by the miasma, but somehow the forest regained its strength. Trees got back into their original state, starting from the mountain edge and towards the spot by the fire. They sat there, praying, waiting, seeing the night approaching, and with it... the end of their three-year-long quest...
~*~
By midnight Kagome reached the group, a very silent Inuyasha following. He kept constantly looking back, as if he saw the scene over again. Kagome held the jar in a fast grip. She went immediately to her bag to put it down into it. The others were silent as well. After some time, they went to sleep. Everybody except for the two sitting by the fire.
hontou ni taisetsu na mono igai subete sutete, shimaetara ii no ni ne, genjitsu wa tada zankoku de
Kagome turned her face to Inuyasha, trying to smile.
"Do you think Kikyo wanted you to cry for her? To waste your life away in an instant because of her death?" He turned to her. His eyes were still sorrowful, it made her feel worse than ever.
"No..." He whispered. He closed his eyes, trying to find a picture of Kagome and him, happy... He smiled a little, his first smile in about four hours. He felt relieved.
sonna toki itsu datte, me o tojireba, waratteru kimi ga iru
"You're right..." He continued. He gazed into the fire. He had Kagome, always... but...
Ah, itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made, dou ka sono egao ga, taema naku aru you ni
"You're going back, aren't you?" The words came slowly. She looked down on her hands, into the fire and then at the Hanyo again.
"I guess..." She said. "When I think of it... I'm quite sure of that Kikyo told me I was wrong with my time being five hundred years into the future"
"Really... But then... it ends here?" This time he could barely manage to ask her.
"I..." She stopped. "I have my life there... but my heart here..." He looked at her, her eyes were sad now...
hito wa minna kanashii kara, wasurete yuku ikimono dakedo
"You can't continue like now? Come sometimes and sometimes be in your time?"
"If I get a job that's impossible" She felt her lips tremble and bit her under lip to stop it.
"If that's what... you want then..." He started. "But I'll be alone without you"
"We see what I can do" She said.
aisubeki mono no tame, ai o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto
"Really?" He seemed to smile more happily than ever that day now.
"I promise I'll try" She said. "But these first years of school, about the first two, I maybe can't go back here; because of I will be living at the school"
"I'll be glad as long as you promise to come back" He said.
"I'll try" She said again.
"We've been going through so much under these years..." He said slowly, changing subject. She nodded slowly.
Ah, deatta ano koro wa, subete ga bukiyou de, toomawari shita yo ne, kizutsuke atta yo ne
She closed her eyes.
"Whatever happened, I will always remember you and..." She turned again to look at him, his amber eyes, his silver hair... "I will always love you" He smiled. She could feel her heart beat faster.
Ah, itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made, dou ka sono egao ga, taema naku aru you ni
"I will remember you as well, and you will always have my heart" He said. This made her smile as well. He pulled her into an embrace and tilted his head to whisper in her ear:
"And you will never love anyone more than me?" She smiled and turned her head towards him, seeing his surprised look.
Ah, deatta ano koro wa, subete ga bukiyou de, toomawari shita de mo, tadoritsuitan da ne
"Never" She said and slowly pressed her lips against his. He seemed a little surprised, but kissed back. As he slid his tongue against her under lip the kiss went more passionately. She parted her lips, let him explore her mouth and then tilted her head to let him deepen the kiss. She teased him with her tongue and then went into his mouth. He teased her as well, trying to block her with his own tongue, dragging a moan from her. She accidentally pricked herself on his fang but he sucked the wound clean and took the time as an advantage to go back into her mouth. She protested with a little groan, but let him. She let him explore the depths of her mouth, and caressing her tongue before trying to go back into his. He allowed her to explore, but all the time teasing her. Knowing how to stop him from teasing her for a moment she raised her hands, drew them through his hair before gently stroking his ears. He moaned as she touched his ears and she felt his tongue stop the teasing for a moment, and explored his mouth for that time. He slowly drew his clawed fingers over her arms bare skin, making her shiver. She continued stroking his ears and felt him shiver the same way she had, in pleasure. He moved his hands to her back and stroke her neck, drawing something between a moan and a whimper from Kagome.
She bit his under lip in order to make him continue while she leapt her tongue against his teeth. She stroke his ears once more before drawing her hands down his hair and neck. Inuyasha drew his hands lower and got them under her shirt, stroking his claws all the way down her spine. She whimpered the same way again, before moaning as he bit her lip softly. She tried to take the command by getting closer, but he never let her. He tilted her head again as she tried and dominantly seeked her mouth's depths. She once again drew her hands through his hair, feeling a pleasure she never had before. He stroke her back, feeling her shiver through her whole body. She bit his tongue softly, found him groaning, and then teasingly did it again. He stroke her a little harder with his claws, drawing a whimpering moan from her and now bit her tongue the same way she had. He felt her hands at his ears again, she gently stroke them, felt him shiver in pleasure and draw his claws harder again, then pushed her tongue deep into his mouth. She got dominance now, she had the advantage.
He gave up a bit under her, drawing his tongue back, letting her caress it softly, while groaning into her mouth every time she stroke his ears. His hands left her back and found their way up her hair again. He drew them through it as she did the same, leaving his ears. Kagome drew her hands back to herself and slowly stopped seeking into his mouth. He drew his hand to under her chin and pulled her closer in a last dominant act of caressing her tongue and mouth. Then he left her mouth as well, ending the kiss in a soft manner. She broke it, grasping for air before leaning against his chest. She felt his heart beat as fast as her did. He stroke her hair softly, and she shivered at his touch. She closed her eyes again, listening to his beating heart and his grasping breath. After a while he spoke.
"Is it okay I leave a mark? I want nobody to get you away from me Kagome..." He said her name so softly, sweet. She opened her eyes, gazing into his amber pools, and nodded.
"I would never want anyone more than you..." She whispered. She felt his breath at her neck as he lowered his head. She shivered once when she felt his fang pierce her skin beneath the neck. She then felt him suck some blood out of the wound. He raised his head from her neck and bit his tongue, enough to make it bleed. He then kissed her again. She was surprised of the copper taste of blood in his mouth, but sucked it away from his tongue. She moaned once, and so did he as they broke the kiss. She closed her eyes again, ignoring the small amount of pain at the base of her neck. He leaned back towards a tree and she fell asleep on his chest. He sucked in the last amount of blood from his tongue and smiled. Still with that smile, he fell asleep by the tree, his new-become mate onto him.
~*~
(A/N: I thought of ending here, but let's see the others reaction first, should we?)
The sun broke up above the mountains and shone some rays of sunshine shone over the campus. Sango stretched out.
"Ow... A mountain is NOT a good place to sleep" She stated and turned to the side to wake Miroku up. He woke up as she leaned over him.
"I knew it Sango!" He smirked. She only shook her head. As she turned to wake the others up, she saw the couple by the tree. She smiled a little. Miroku saw it as well.
"Seems like some people made the best of the evening" He stated and turned to Shippou, lying next to Kirara, and woke him up slowly. The Kitsune yawned and rubbed his eyes, but got awake. Kouga woke up as Sango turned the fire on. He growled a little when seeing Kagome and Inuyasha (A/N: what had you expected?) But sat down by the fire, watching as Sango tried to make breakfast. He smelled a bit in the air and found that there was the coppery smell of blood in the air, only a little, but the owner was what made him worry. 'Kagomes blood? Maybe she was hurt yesterday... or...' Sango looked at him.
"What's the matter?"
"Did Kagome have any wounds yesterday?" He asked.
"Not as I knew it, why?" Miroku joined the conversation.
"I feel the smell of her blood just now" The wolf answered. Shippou sat down by the fire and looked at the tree.
"What are they doing?" He asked.
"Sleeping, it seems to me" Sango answered in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Oh..." Shippou shrugged his shoulders. Breakfast was nearly finished as the two woke up. Kagome rubbed his shoulders and felt a little sting of pain in her neck. 'Oh, that's right... yesterday...' She smiled a little. As she looked up, she saw Inuyasha looking back.
"You awake yet?" He asked. She nodded and rose up, stretching herself. He smiled and turned to the others.
"Breakfast soon or what?" He asked, making Kagome laugh. The others just stared. Kagome sat down next to Shippou.
"Kagome! What's that blood?" He asked. Everybody went silent except for Inuyasha who just sat down as if nothing bothered him, even if it did. 'Maybe I got into it too fast...' he thought. Kagome felt where Shippou pointed and found that the blood from Inuyashas fang-mark had somewhat got a bit down her back.
"Oh, it's nothing..." She started but Kouga already where there next to her. He had his suspensions on what was going on. He lifted her hair and looked at the now visible mark. He turned to Inuyasha, who was just staring at him with a little ticked face.
"What the hell do you think you have done!?" He yelled. Kagome tried to calm him down without success.
"Hey, I allowed him!" She said when I didn't work. Kouga got quiet. Sango realized something.
"Kagome-chan, are you saying..." She started. Kagome showed her the mark as well. Everybody looked at it, and everybody understood.
"Inuyasha MARKED you?" They asked. Inuyasha growled.
"Yeah, so what?" He said. Kagome smiled, she hadn't been able to say it better.
"So you're mates now?" Miroku asked, and then added with a sly grin. "What happened???" He received four hits on his head for that comment. Sango shouted:
"Do you think they would tell you!? It's nearly the same as a wedding night; you just don't talk about it, because it's your own secret!" The others nodded. Miroku whimpered.
"I just wanted to know..."
"Adults" Shippou muttered
_.-:~*End Chapter*~:-._
NOW! How did you like that? Little fluff... (Eh... pretty much actually but... who cares!?) A little action and things like that, If you wonder what happens with Kohaku I tell you in next chapter, but this one got so long I had to finish it somewhere.
Review dear friends, I want to know what you think! And also give your comments of what YOU want to have in this story (I will already say I'm not much for writing lemons... I am only 14 so I have never been in that kind of relationship...)
Ja ne!
/Ashley