If i hear any griping about spelling on this chapter, i'm gonna take inuyasha and gut you all with a spork. I am supposed to be in a sling cuz my left shoulder is all out of wack and i'm not supposed to be doing anything with it.

just be glad i am even typing.

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Sesshomaru, instead of turning the sword on the door, he threw it onto the ground.

He stabbed himself with his own claws, blood covering his hand like a black glove.

"Stand back." he grunted, shaking off the support Joslin had been giving him.

Inuyasha and Joslin stepped back into the back.

He approached the door, the poison on his claws sizzling.

He slashed open the door, splintering the hard wood into sawdust.

He went down on one knee.

"Sesshomaru.." Inuyasha stood over him.

"Go. I'll be there soon." He said, coughing up blood.

"She purified you, didn't she?" Inuyasha asked, realization finally hitting.

"GO!" Sesshomaru roared.

Inuyasha scrambled out into the daylight, racing toward camp.

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Sesshomaru slumped back against the stone wall, his breathing rapid and his eyes clouded with pain as his body regenerated itself.

"Stay here. I know someone who can help." Joslin said, racing off toward his own den.

Sesshomaru let himself be dragged into the depths of unconsiousness.

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Kouga was racing toward the shrine.

He was suddenly knocked backward, into a tree.

"I don't need this right now..." he began, then he saw who had stopped him.

"Inuyasha!" He yelled, jumping up and racing toward the hanyou.

"Where's Kagome." he demanded.

"She's at your camp. Hurry!" Kouga said, not even waiting to find out if Inuyasha followed him, and took off.

When Inuyasha sped past him like a flash of lightning, Kouga stopped.

Since when had the hanyou been that fast?

it seems he was holding back.

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"Is Kagome going to be alright?" Shippou asked him.

Miroku turned toward the kitsune, a small smile creased his worried face.

"Yeah." he lied, comforting the small kit. 'Please don't make me a liar, Inuyasha.' he thought.

Kagome was getting worse. Her breath coming in sharp, hollow ghasps, reopening wounds.

Miroku blinked and kagome was gone.

a slight wind blew a few strands of white around his face.

He caught the strands and stared.

They were hair. Inu hair.

He picked up his things, and began packing their things as well.

When Sango came into the clearing, she looked at him, dropped the water bucket, and began packing herself.

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Inuyasha ran faster than he had in a while. Faster than he had run fifty years ago.

His legs moved with awesome speed, bringing him closer to his goal with each powerful stroke.

Kagome was in his arms, wrapped in his shirt as the bandages covered themselves with blood.

He was at the well in record time.

He slid to a slight stop before he leaped into the well.

As the blue light swallowed them, he kept a wary eye on Kagome.

When the light faded, he was in Kagome's time.

He jumped out of the well, ignoring the old couple praying, and raced into the house.

"Souta! Kagome's Mom! Help!" he shouted.

When Souta appeared, sliding to a stop in his socks, inuyasha knelt.

"Souta. Kagome needs help. She's dying." inuyasha said, halfway to panic.

"Mom!" souta yelled, grabbing bandages from the cabinet to re-wrap Kagome's wounds.

While he was securing the second one, Kagome's mom ran downstairs, grabbing her carkeys.

"Come on." she said, tossing Inuyasha a pair of earplugs and a hat.

Inuyasha slipped on the said items and picked Kagome up again.

He laid Kagome in the back seat of the car, she was still in his jacket.

He raced alongside them, rooftop to rooftop.

When they stopped at one very tall building, inuyasha skidded to a stop and grabbed Kagome again.

A short man in white took her from him moments later as they entered the emergency room.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't allow friends into the exam rooms." a nurse said.

"It's alright, they are engaged." Kagome's mom told the nurse.

"Only one person is allowed in, maam." the woman said.

"It will be him." Kagome's mom said, nodding for Inuyasha to go in.

When he got in, they had already discarded his jacket and weretearing at the bandages, the acrid smell of disenfectant mixed with blood peirced his sense of smell.

"Sir, stand next to the wall, please." a woman in blue asked, pointing him toward the wall.

"Let's get an IV in here, she needs some blood." He heard someone say.

Then they were sticking her with needles.

Suddenly a loud beeping went off, loud and shrill.

"I'm sorry sir, we need you to step outside." The nurse from before said, pushing him out of the room.

"Kagome!" He yelled through the closed door.

"Inuyasha." Kagome's mom said, one hand on his shoulder.

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Sesshomaru woke to find a small face in front of his own.

Suddenly there was a burning sensation in his stomach.

He immediately tried to push the thing away, trying to end the pain.

"Sesshomaru, be still. She's trying to help." Came a voice.

He forced himself to stop.

Suddenly the pain was gone, replaced with a warm glow.

The girl spoke then.

"He will be fine." she said.

Sesshomaru sat up slowly, expecting pain.

He looked down at his side, and found the hole in his clothes still there, and the blood as well.

But then he noticed that the skin beneath was unblemished and clean.

He looked toward the girl.

She looked about rin's age.

"Why did you help me?" he asked, breaking his habitual silence.

"I am Mika, preistess of Chaos. The miko you saved is my lady. The girl you saved is my charge. I was chosen to protect Rin, and you protected her as well. I am endebted to you. She is the child of the goddess of life. Sent to guide you along your path, she died. Then you brought her life again. for this, i am chosen to heal you." She said, confusing even him.

He stared at her, pondering her meanings.

Joslin laid a hand on her arm, looking at her in wonder.

Sesshomaru stood suddenly.

"Where's rin?" he asked, looking around.

"She's at the castle, M'lord." jaken said, popping into the doorway.

"Where have you been?" Sesshomaru asked, looking down at the toad thingie.

"I'm sorry, m'lord, but something held me and i could not get past." Jaken said, shrinking.

Sesshomaru shrugged, walking toward the door.

"Where are you going, m'lord?" jaken pestered.

"To the bone eater's well." he said, jumping into the sky.

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three hours later, a tall man in dark blue walked into the waiting room.

"Mr. Taiyoukai, She will be fine. She just needs a few days rest." The man said.

"Thankyou." he said, "Can i see her?" he asked, looking past his shoulder at the room they had put her in.

"Sure. Go right in." He said.

Inuyasha walked into the room as the man talked to Kagome's mom.

Kagome was laying on the bed, hooked up to odd machines that blinked ominously.

There was a tube leading from a bag of blood that went into her arm, dripping.

She was pale, blue rings around her eyes.

"Kagome." he whispered.

Her eyes fluttered open at the sound of his voice.

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Kagome was floating, just below the surface.

She heard distant whirring and clicking, footsteps, meaningless words.

One word came through the haze to reach her loud and clear.

"Kagome."

It was inuyasha.

She broke thorugh the surface, taking in her first deep breath.

She opened her eyes to find herself in a bright room, white walls, white ceiling.

She was confused.

"You were hurt. Because of me.." inuyasha was saying.

She reached up to lay a hand on his tear-streaked face.

"You are crying." she said, her voice hurt.

Somehting was itching her nose, scratching across her face and down to her neck.

She immediately ripped it away, the ends making her gag slightly.

"Careful." Inuyasha said, pulling the cord away from her.

she caughed a few times before it stopped.

"Where am i?" she asked, breathing hard.

"In a "Hospital"" he said, looking at something over his shoulder.

He nodded and turned back toward her.

Then a doctor in light blue stepped in front of her.

"Miss Higurashi, My name is Dr. Kiro, I'm going to give you something to help you sleep. You are going to be fine. You had some pretty nasty gashes. There'll be some pretty nice scars." he said, while stabbing a needle into the iv.

Kagome nodded, looking at inuyasha.

The world darkened until only inuyasha was there, standing against the wall.

White hair, black ball cap, Hauntingly clear golden eyes staring into her soul, making her whole.

She closed her eyes and drifted off into sleep.

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Sesshomaru stared at the small village gathered at the well, small camps made, candles and lanterns lit in respect and prayer.

He had gotten rin and had set up near the god tree, Ah Un watching over the large gathering.

Demons and humans alike waiting for the miko from the future, waiting for their friend.

Sesshomaru hadn't realized the extent his brother had traveled. The people he had helped.

The word had spread, all of japan knew of the miko.

Most had come to help, to offer their herbs into the well.

Now they all just waited.

A light flashed at the bottom of the well, powerful blue.

Then Inuyasha was on the ledge, staring at the crowd.

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Inuyasha smelled a crowd as soon as he landed. He jumped onto the ledge of the well, staring out at the gathered faces.

Faces from his past.

Faces he had helped, human and demon alike.

He found Sango and Miroku at the back of this little pack.

He stepped down and was given a wide berdth.

When he reached Sango and Miroku, he took them into the woods.

"Inuyasha, is Kagome alright?" Sango demanded as soon as they were out of earshot.

"Yeah." he sighed, slumping against a tree.

"When is she coming back?" Miroku asked.

"She's coming back in two days. I'm going to stay with her until she comes back. They saved her. They say she died, but they brought her back." Inuyasha said, smiling.

Sango and Miroku broke out in huge grins.

"what's with the people?" inuyasha asked, looking through the trees to the firelight.

"Somehow, word got out that Kagome was hurt, and that she had gone to a sacred place to heal. Then people started showing up, people still show up by the hour. Travelling in small groups, solo, and in caravans.

"They are all the people you and Kagome have helped. They are here to offer what help they can. Even Kouga's tribe is here. So is your brother." Miroku said.

Inuysha walked away from them, searching out his brother.

He spotted him in the trees and leapt up to join him.

"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said, looking at his older brother.

"Inuyasha, I trust you will be mating her?" Sesshomaru asked, cocking a brow.

Inuyasha grinned, but didn't answer. Instead, he jumped into the well from his position in the tree.

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Kagome stretched gingerly, careful not to bust a stitch.

She didn't feel much pain below the bandages, they had given her hydrocodone, but she refused to take it.

Inuyasha had gone outside to prepare her backpack and talk to her mom.

She walked slowly down the stairs, padding silently into the kitchen.

She had been home for almost a week and was already heading back to the feudal era.

She had on something different today, leaving the bandages that wrapped her arms and throat uncovered.

She wore a sleeveless, low-necked shirt and a long flowing skirt.

The shoes she was supposed to wear were red silk slip-ons.

She watched through the door as inuyasha talked animatedly to grandpa and mom.

then he pulled souta into a headlock.

Kagome couldn't help but laugh.

It hurt, but she still laughed.

Then she stepped out into the warm sunlight.

"Ready?" Inuyasha asked her.

She nodded and stepped stiffly toward him.

He put his arm around her weist, careful of the cuts and bruises, and helped her into the well house.

He threw her backpack down first before they jumped down together.

Inuyasha held her as they passed through the blue liquid air, kissed her as they landed lightly.

Inuyasha seperated them, tossing her backpack out before jumping up without her.

Then he was down besiede her again.

He took her into his arms and jumped, landing softly on the ground.

There was silence all around them as he sat her down.

Then she heard shouting.

A swarm of people raced from the woods around them, surrounding them and cheering.

Kagome laughed.

She was home.

When the celebrations had ended, and Inuyasha had forced them away from her tent, Kagome finally closed her eyes and slept.

Dreamsequence

kagome was alone in the dark forrest, twirling as voices surrounded her.

Then she was not alone.

Kikyou was there, but something was different.

She was not the epitome of hate.

She was calm.

"Kikyou?" Kagome asked, looking at the woman.

"You set me free. You gave me my freedom and a companion. i am endebted to you. Call upon me and i will help you." she said and disappeared.

The world began to shake, tilt and rattle.

End dreamsequence

She opened groggy eyes to find Inuyasha staring at her.

"What is it?" She asked, staring back.

"Come out here, you need to see this." He said, taking her by the hand.

She followed wordlessly.

Then she stepped out and was awed into silence.

A million ribbons and candles were lighting the ground, leading toward the forrest.

Inuyasha took her by the waist and led her through the path.

She walked slowly, leaning on inuyasha as they ascended the steep hillside covered in candles.

Then they were at the top.

suddenly all of the candles went out, leaving them there, stranded in the darkness.

Suddenly lights flicked all around them, green fireflies flashing around them.

Surrounding them in a swirl of lights and darkness.

Inuyasha turned Kagome toward him, She stared into his eyes.

"Kagome, will you be my mate?" He asked, holding her hands.

"Inuyasha...Yes." she said, burying her face in the base of his throat. "Yes."

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Aww, sweet ending. Not my style though.

Anyways, i decided to be nice to my characters and give them all a happy ending.

The last of the reviews will be take care of in the epilogue, so look for them there.

I'm going to stab you in the eye wiht a spork, is that okay? Good. -me.