Chapter Three
...500 years prior...
Everytime I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces
Everytime I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces
Kagome landed in the bottom of the well back in fuedal Japan. Without missing a beat she started to climb up the side. It felt so familiar. She felt like she had come home. Anxiety welled up in her as she neared the top.
"Inuyasha!" she cried out as when she was arms length from the top, unable to contain herself. She finally made it to the top, but Inuyasha was no where to be seen. Kagome breathed heavily, trying to keep calm. It didn't work.
"INUYASHA!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. She suddenly heard footsteps running towards her. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo burst out of the bushes.
"Kagome!" they all yelled, all launching themselves at her, pulling her into a tight hug.
"You guys, please, where is he?"
"By the God Tree," Sango said, and they all let go of her as she took off running. She didn't stop until she reached the tree. There he was, sitting on the lowest branch, his eyes closed. Kagome started crying again when she saw him.
"Inuyasha," she said. His eyes opened and he stared at her, unable to believe his eyes.
"Kagome?"
She nodded.
"It's me. I've come back."
He jumped down from the tree and stood before her. "You came back," he whispered. His face lit up with joy, as did her. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her, gently at first, but then demandingly. Kagome responded without hesitation, her heart flooding with joy, replacing the past months of torment instantly. When he lifted his head he looked deep into her eyes, pulling her even more tightly to him.
"I love you," he said. " I should never have let you go."
"I love you, too, Inuyasha."
"I'll never let you go again. I was a fool. I should have told you then. I could have lost you forever."
"I am here now. I'm not going to leave."
"I know. I couldn't let you go anyway," he said, his grip on her displaying how nothing could ever separate them. "Marry me, Kagome."
"I will," she promised. Unimaginable joy shown in his eyes and they kissed again.
Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, who had been witnessign the whole scene, lept out of the bush, cheering and laughing, glad to have their Kagome back with Inuyasha, who needed her.
Minutes later Miroku finished performing the marriage ceremony, binding them together for all eternity. The group cheered again.
Kagome and Inuyasha, however, were oblivious to the noise around them, both completely lost in each other's arms. They were finally together, one and the same, their love far too strong to let anyone take what they had away from them.