Chapter 13: InuYasha Finds Out (Epilogue)!

Disclaimer: Why would I be writing this if I owned InuYasha? That just isn't logical.

A/N: Yippee! My final chapter! Don't despair, though. I'll have a sequel as soon as I can get my brain working again. I guess I'll make this final one a sappy chapter! (Not so sappy that your eyes pop out, okay?)

In Naraku's Castle

"Kagura, you moron, how could you have forgotten to bring the medicine cupboard along with us when we moved? That is ridiculous, really!" Naraku shouted, and Kagura's heart (if she could feel it) felt a wave of happiness run through. What the wind witch loved most was when she aggravated her master.

"I'm so sorry..." whimpered Kagura, and it was hard to tell that she really wasn't at all.

"Sorry my ass! I'll let you have a few heart squeezes, you b!" Naraku hollered in pain as he looked at his broken arm and leg. "You've been a pain in the neck ever since Kanna left!"

Kagura sighed with envy as she thought of her once older sibling, Kanna. Kanna had left ever since Kikyo had revealed to Naraku that she was no longer under his control. Naraku, who now knew that he could not make Kanna his slave any longer, banished her from the castle. Kagura noted, with some amusement, that Naraku had not had the heart to reduce the mirror girl into a pool of flesh.

The hanyou was about to summon the wind witch's heart when a human messenger rushed in, calling, "Master Naraku! There is a man by the name of Lord Sesshomaru, and he would like to see you!"

Kagura sighed in relief as Naraku ran outside, leaving her to think about things. She had secretly had a slight crush on InuYasha's brother for about two years now, and she still hadn't gotten over it. Her feelings burned, and she ran outside the deserted room to see her crush again.

With InuYasha

It was another of those days where InuYasha followed Miroku to what the girls called 'Peeping Tom Time'. If you had come along in the late afternoon to visit the hot springs, then you would see two very perverted men spying on two beautiful women who were talking about things men shouldn't listen in on. Shippo, being the innocent and good child, stayed behind to look after the camp.

"Kagome, have you rid yourself of that problem of yours yet?" Sango asked, and the two men spying exchanged puzzled looks.

"No, but I'll die if either InuYasha or Miroku found out," Kagome sighed. Her b.o. problem was still bothering her, and she was always relieved when there was a nice, warm hot spring around the campsite. Today was a rare occasion; for the past three weeks her and Sango could never get together to talk about private matters.

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry, I wish I could help," Sango said, and Kagome saw a hint of sadness in them.

"Sango, don't feel like that on my behalf. I wouldn't want you to cry now, would I?" the high-school girl broke the short tension in the air, and both girls laughed.

"Ok...so Kagome's problem, whatever that is, is big enough to make Sango feel sad," InuYasha whispered and dictated to Miroku, who was writing down notes on a pen and paper Shippo had lent him. "And no naked pictures, you hentai!" InuYasha quickly took out what Kagome called 'white-out' and erased the naked picture of Sango.

At the sound of InuYasha whacking the pen away from Miroku's hands, Kagome and Sango hurriedly wrapped their towels around themselves and began pelting rocks towards the location of the sound. InuYasha was hit on the arm, and he yelled in anger.

"Let's get out of here," Miroku whispered, and was about to run when he was swept off his feet. InuYasha had picked him up, and he was running away. It would be easier not to wait for the slower one, the hanyou had explained.

Kagome and Sango were too stunned to speak as they watched the two men run away, InuYasha carrying Miroku piggy-back style.

"I don't mean to offend you, but what are you thinking about InuYasha now?" Sango inquired nervously.

"Well, I'm just glad that he won't be able to start a relationship with any girl anymore," Kagome joked, and the two girls laughed with mirth.

In Naraku's Dining Room

The lord of the Western Lands sat down on the floor and sipped the tea Naraku's servant had brought. Kagura sat beside Naraku, her hands twitching nervously. She was always like that when Sesshomaru turned up, and she was furious with her hands for betraying her feelings for the youkai.

"So, you have come here. What is it you want?" Naraku said, a forced smile pulling at his lips.

"I have come to tell you that InuYasha has settled down in one place, and that he is vulnerable right now," the demon explained.

"That is all?" the hanyou raised an eyebrow in suspicion as Sesshomaru sipped his tea once again.

"No, that is not all. I want to ask you a favour, and that is why I have told you what you need to know in the first place," the youkai said, his cold eyes boring into the hanyou's dull eyes.

"Really? How interesting. Tell me what this request of yours is," Naraku had the servant pour him another cup of tea and sipped at it with pleasure. "Fire away."

With the Gang

Kagome avoided InuYasha as much as possible when she returned to camp. How foolish she had been to talk of her problem where prying eyes could have seen and heard! How could she have?

Kagome glanced quickly at the hanyou, who was sitting across the fire from her. His arms were crossed the way he liked them to be, with Tetsusaiga protected by his arms. Looking at Sango, Kagome envied the way the taijiya could joke with everyone like as if nothing had happened. How she would like to be rid of her b.o. once and for all!

InuYasha looked, worried, at what he hoped was his mate-to-be. She had been avoiding eye contact with him all evening, and she had just given him a bowl of ramen without saying anything! What was wrong with her?

Then the hanyou understood. Kagome was mad at him for spying on her and him finding out what she was talking about! That had to be it! But how could he and Miroku apologize...the hanyou looked at the now cheerful monk before suddenly falling asleep and nearly falling onto the still burning fire.

Kagome sighed. Sango and Miroku were looking at her expectantly, like as if they were waiting for you to do something. Scowling, Kagome gently pulled the sleeping hanyou straight and letting him lean against her. When his heavy weight rested on her, the high-school girl practically screamed for mercy.

Miroku laughed gently and Sango punched him in the shoulder. Nobody was going to laugh at her friend and get away with it.

Everyone was about to get in their sleeping bags (InuYasha was forced to sleep against a tree for support) when suddenly a large demon broke through the trees, its teeth gnashing furiously.

"Shikon...shards!" the demon hissed with venom in its great big eyes.

Kagome froze up. Miroku, Sango and InuYasha were already fast asleep, and where was Shippo and Kirara? Oh no, she was alone and up against this monster creature!

"What's y-your n-n-name?" Kagome stuttered, thinking that she had made a right fool of herself.

"Master Naraku would kill me if I told you," the demon grinned, showing large teeth. Then without waiting for Kagome to ask another question, he yelled, "Killer Hair Blades!"

It was then that Kagome noticed that she was unarmed and vulnerable. Screaming, the poor girl raised her arms and tried to summon her last resort. Unfortunately, she had taken a shower before bedtime, so her substitute did not come to her aid.

The 'Killer Hair Blades' were about to kill the poor girl when she suddenly saw the gleam of a very big Shikon jewel piece in the demon. A shadow then overcame the demon, and Yura of the Hair shone through, more powerful than ever.

"Get away from her!"

Another big wind knocked Yura off her feet and Kagome turned around to look at InuYasha, who had been her saviour. With a yell, the demon used backhand lash, but Yura dodged and sent another wave of hair at the hanyou.

"InuYasha, watch out! She's got hair coming at you!" Kagome yelled, her forehead sweating with fear and desperation. Wait, sweating? She slowly raised her arms and let the wind carry her horrible scent towards the unsuspecting demon/Yura.

InuYasha watched Kagome in amazement as Yura shrieked and tried to cover her nose, but the operation was finished. She was dead forever, and Kagome hoped so.

Suddenly, another blue light shone from Kagome's body. The miko was lifted above InuYasha's reach, and another light, pink this time, showed that Kagome was 'purified'. Kagome understood what was going on, but the hanyou did not.

"What happened to you? You worried me so much!" InuYasha yelled when the 16year old returned to earth. "No lies this time; tell me the truth about your new power...from the start!"

Kagome sighed; it was all over. She now had the Shikon jewel whole, and her b.o. was gone, but Naraku was still a major problem. Now that Kagome was safe, she told the dog demon everything, from start to end.

It was dawn when Kagome finally finished her long tale. Sango and Miroku were about waking up by then, but Kagome was exhausted. Falling gracefully into the hanyou's suddenly outstretched arms, she slept long and peacefully.

It was late afternoon when Kagome woke up, and she was happy to see all her friends looking healthy, except that InuYasha and Miroku sported a new hand slap on one cheek. Looking quizzically at Sango, she realized that Sango had slapped the dog demon because he had nearly let Kagome get killed.

"So you're awake now. Where's the Shikon jewel?" Miroku asked uncertainly, as if not daring to believe that the Shikon jewel was whole again.

"Oh, it's around my neck," Kagome took out her newly made chain, which now held a full Shikon jewel.

"Oh, well done! We did it, we killed Naraku and all!" Sango cheered with delight, and looked startled when her best friend shook her head sadly.

"No, Naraku's not dead, we've just recovered the Shikon jewel," Kagome said unhappily. "Now, if you excuse me..."

"I'll go where you're going. I need to talk to you about something for a minute or two," Kagome was surprised to see InuYasha stand up and take her hand. Kagome shrugged; what problem was he going to be anyways? Clenching his hand in hers, the two of them walked together into the woods to have their 'little talk'.

Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. InuYasha had told them about Sesshomaru's request (Yura told them about it), but they hadn't found out what it was yet. What was Sesshomaru going to do?

With Kagome and InuYasha

They were back at the Goshinboku tree. InuYasha looked at Kagome. When would he ask his questions? One of them was particularly embarrassing for a hanyou like him. Kagome glanced at him, and told him with her eyes that he could start questioning.

"I have three questions." InuYasha began. "One: what will you do when Naraku is defeated?"

"Well, I'll just do whatever fate tells me to do," the high-school girl smiled as her dog demon unsuccessfully hid a scowl before returning to his questions.

"Number two; when everything here is done, will you take off this charmed necklace?" the hanyou tugged at his prayer beads and looked at Kagome pitifully, willing to make her say yes.

"No, I don't know. Kaede is the only one who can take it off, so it's up to her. Anyways, you don't want me to come back here again?" Kagome raised an eyebrow in annoyance, and InuYasha hurriedly shook his head; he didn't want Kagome to use the magic word.

"And number three," the dog demon gulped; this was the moment he had be dreading. "Will you be my mate?"

Kagome laughed, making her prettier than ever. "InuYasha, I accept your offer, but there are still things to be done, and Naraku isn't defeated yet. I think I'll stay single for a little longer."

With those words, she leaned upwards and kissed InuYasha the same way she had done when she and InuYasha had been attacked by Naraku. The hanyou, to her joy, kissed her back. Even though he was disappointed in Kagome's answer for his last question, he kissed her back. This was to mark her consent.

Kagome broke the long kiss, and smiled at InuYasha. "Well, I think I've got to go back to my time now," she said, before running to the well.

"OI! WHERE'RE YOU GOING?" the confused hanyou shouted after Kagome, who was about to climb in.

"What do you think it looks like?" the high-school girl withdrew her leg from the well and tapped her foot impatiently. She had some schoolwork to be going on with, and she couldn't waste any more time.

A sudden gust of wind swept Kagome off her feet and she was embraced in a bone-crushing hug and a hungry kiss.

"Don't go...stay here, and live a life with me! Whee-oo-whee!" InuYasha laughed as he quoted a sentence from Kagome's favourite what she called 'movie', 'Kung Pow'.

Kagome laughed ruefully through the side of her mouth. "InuYasha, I really can't stay here for much longer because otherwise I won't get into a good college."

The hanyou sadly broke the kiss, but seeing Kagome's puzzlement, he hurriedly (with an embarrassed air around him) turned around and said, "Feh, then what're you waiting for? Just...go!" InuYasha made the womanly gesture of going. What he received in response was a happy laugh as his Kagome jumped in the well.

Deciding that it was time to go, the dog demon headed back to the camp alone. When Miroku and Sango questioned him about where Kagome had gone, he filled them in on every bit but the romantic scenes. He didn't want to have a bad reputation.

"Oh yes, InuYasha, I do remember that you had a...what Kagome would call it...a 'security camera' to do something?" Miroku asked, and Sango's eyes widened in horror.

"Ah, yeah, I proposed, and the security camera was for proof that she accepted my offer in case she forgot," InuYasha said quietly, not meaning for anyone to hear it, but his friends cheered and whooped with joy and cries of 'Yeah!' and 'Alright!'

"Stupid mortals...Kagome jumped in the well, and that's kind of like proof to show that she won't mate with me...right?" InuYasha asked, and he whipped around to hide a blush from his companions.

"No need to be scared about showing us your blush, my friend...turn your head around, and no that's not proof of her getting married with you...yes! What a nice blush you have! So kawaii!" Sango squealed in delight as all the other members of her group felt a sweat drop forming on their foreheads. Though Sango's words had been based more on the hanyou's blush, the dog demon was convinced that Kagome would come back for him soon.

"It's going to be a long time..." InuYasha looked up at the blue sky, wishing that Kagome would come back to the Feudal Era soon. And if she didn't do that? Well, it was simply a matter of dragging her back.

A/N: Whew! Was this sappy enough? I had a lot of trouble fitting sap parts in! But anyways, my sequel will be called 'Looking for Another You'. Please review this chapter! Also, I just wanted to give a final shoutout for my loyal fanfic reviewers (sorry if I spell your pen names wrong):

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