Disclaimer: I don't own Yuyu Hakusho or Inuyasha. So you can't sue me! The reason I didn't update till now was because my internet was down, again. If I update slow today, it's because my hands are frozen...damn cold front.
To Sesshoumaru's Goddess: A mace is basically a weapon used in the medieval days and it's basically a metal stick with a chain attached to it and attached to that chain is a ball with spikes on it. You know what I'm talking about now, right? Sorry I haven't told you till recently...I couldn't check my e-mail or my reviews for a while...GOMEN!
To White Fox 612: It's all right, I probably shouldn't have blown up at you in the last chapter.
The Switch
Chapter Ten: Final Goodbyes
"Where am I?" Kagome groaned as she woke up. She opened her eyes and looked around. Sango and Yukina were still unconscious and were heavily bandaged. Looking down at herself, Kagome noticed that she too was bandaged. Kikyou walked in the hut and smiled at seeing Kagome awake.
"You are the first one to wake up. Sesshoumaru and Kouga are where they are supposed to be and Inuyasha is sulking in a nearby tree. Kagura got Kanna and went with Sesshoumaru. We really should thank Yukina when she gets up." Kikyou motioned for Kagome to sit up. "Let me change your bandages."
As Kikyou undid Kagome's bandages, Kagome thought on what had happened. "Kikyou, how long have I been out?"
"Three days." Kikyou unwrapped the bandages around Kagome's head. Kagome wondered how Yusuke was doing. She said she'd be back in a week, and it's been a day over two weeks since she and Yukina left.
"Now what?" Kagome asked herself. "I have the whole jewel, and I'm not even sure what I should do anymore." Kikyou smiled sadly.
"Inuyasha is giving up on his wish to become full youkai." Kikyou said, much to Kagome's surprise.
"What did you say?" Kagome asked, astounded.
"He found a different wish for the jewel." Kikyou finished wrapping the bandages.
"What's the wish?" Kagome asked.
"He wouldn't even tell me. I even tried crying. It doesn't work as well for me as it does for you." Kikyou laughed and Kagome joined in. Kagome took the whole sacred jewel in her hand.
"Kikyou, I want you to guard it." Kagome smiled, and Kikyou looked heavily surprised.
"What did you say, Kagome?" Kikyou asked and Kagome took the necklace off and put it in Kikyou's hands.
"Guard it. You were originally entrusted with the jewel, and now that I've gotten to know you, I see why you were entrusted with it in the first place." Kagome closed Kikyou's hands over the jewel as she said this. Kikyou was at a loss for words.
"Are you sure about this Kagome?" Kikyou asked. Kagome nodded and Kikyou put the sacred jewel around her neck. "Thank you for trusting me." With that, the two girls hugged. Yukina stirred and opened her eyes while Kikyou and Kagome separated.
"Kagome? Kikyou?" Yukina asked weakly as she sat up. "Why does my head hurt so much?" Yukina asked and she felt the bandages around her head. "Oh..." Kikyou tended to Yukina's bandages while Kagome got some bandages out and tended to Sango's wounds. Sango stirred while Kagome was re-wrapping the bandages around Sango's head.
"Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome smiled warmly at her friend and finished tying the bandage. "I killed him..." Sango felt tears come forth and suddenly she was hugging Kagome and sobbing. "I killed him, Kagome!" Sango sobbed. Kagome wrapped her arms around Sango and comforted her.
"Shhhh, Sango. It's all right. You did the right thing." Kagome felt tears coming up to her own eyes and let a few fall. "It's all right."
Yukina and Kikyou walked over and hugged Sango, all trying to comfort the poor girl. Yukina let a few tears fall to the floor and everybody could hear the tear gems fall to the floor.
A Few Days Later
"I can't believe it's over." Kagome sighed as she and Yukina stood in front of the well. They were waiting for their friends to come over and say good- bye. They all knew that Kagome wasn't going to be able to come back without the sacred jewel and they were going to say their final goodbyes.
Sango was still upset about Kohaku, but now she only cried when someone mentioned him, which they made sure not to do unless necessary. Miroku woke up the day after the girls did and Shippo, who was forced to stay out of the battle with Naraku, was being very mysterious. Inuyasha hadn't shown himself for a few days and Kilala was by Sango's side at all hours of the day.
They saw their friends approaching and were shocked to see each of them holding gifts. They formed a half-circle around Kagome and Yukina and they all seemed hesitant, but Sango stepped foreword first.
"Kagome, you're the best friend I've ever had. I've been working on this since you got back from your era the last time...I hope you like it." Sango handed Kagome a painting. Kagome looked at it and gasped. If Kagome didn't know better, she would have thought it was a photograph. It was of all of the shard-hunters. Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kikyou were in the back row with Kilala on Sango's shoulder. In front of them were Kagome and Yukina with Shippo in Kagome's arms. They were all smiling and both Kagome and Yukina were in their fighting outfits. Kagome felt a few tears slide down her cheeks and she hugged Sango.
"Thank you." Sango hugged her back and then turned to Yukina.
"Yukina, I know I've only known you for two and a half weeks in person, but you've become so close to me. I made these also." Sango said and gave Yukina a red necklace and a matching bracelet, both made of prayer beads, and they two girls hugged. Sango backed off and Miroku walked forward.
"Kagome, I wanted you to have this." Miroku handed Kagome a copy of his staff. "I started making it about he same time Sango did her gift." Kagome took the staff and listened to the melodic jingle of the rings. She grabbed Miroku in a hug and Miroku hugged her back, not even attempting to grope her bottom. After they separated, Miroku turned to Yukina.
"I haven't known you for long, but you most definitely the fairest youkai I've ever met." Yukina blushed from the compliment. "I'm giving you this." Miroku handed Yukina a carefully handcrafted hair-tie that looked like the current one, except that it was dark-purple instead of red and had small hand-carved designs on it. Yukina hugged Miroku and he hugged her back, without groping the ice maiden's bottom.
Shippo jumped up into Kagome's arms. "I know you've seen these already, but I decided to give them to you." Shippo said, handing Kagome a bunch of drawings. Kagome looked at them and felt a few more tears come down. They were the drawings that Shippo did after Kagome's first incident with Kouga.
"Oh, Shippo." Kagome smiled and hugged the kit with as much strength as Shippo could handle and Shippo hugged her back. Kagome eventually let go of him and Shippo jumped into Yukina's arms.
"Yukina, I drew these for you. You're really nice and you're really pretty." Shippo handed Yukina some new drawings of his, which all included Yukina and Kagome in their fighting outfits beating different youkai. Yukina hugged the kitsune and let him go while Inuyasha stepped forward.
"Kagome...I know that at one point you loved me and at one point I did too. I hope you'll forgive me for any pain I've caused." Inuyasha began. Kagome nodded, holding back the dam of tears. "Well, I carved these figurines for you." Inuyasha handed Kagome a rather large pouch that was about the size of her head. Kagome took them and stared at Inuyasha before hugging him. He held onto her for over a minute before they separated. Inuyasha then turned to Yukina. "I'm sorry for attacking you at first..." Inuyasha said guiltily.
"It's no problem, really." Yukina smiled warmly at Inuyasha.
"Well, I made you the same figurines as Kagome. I hope you like them." Inuyasha handed Yukina the same-sized pouch as Kagome's. Yukina and Inuyasha briefly hugged and then the last person stepped forward. Kikyou.
"I know that we didn't get along at all at first, and I wanted to say that I'm sorry for all the things I've ever done to you, and to thank you for forgiving me for those things and becoming my friend." Kikyou hugged Kagome briefly before giving Kagome her gift. "I put some of my own miko abilities into these arrows. Hopefully they'll help you in the future, and hopefully they'll be enough to destroy your toughest foes." Kagome took the arrows into her hands. Biting her lip, she hugged Kikyou. As soon as they separated, Kikyou smiled warmly. "You are most definitely not just my reincarnation. I take back every time I said you were." Kagome nodded and smiled.
"I accept it. Thank you." Kikyou turned to Yukina.
"Just like everybody else, I've really only just met you but you are as close to my heart as Kagome. Please accept this gift." Kikyou gave Yukina a real mace, one that wouldn't take up a lot of Yukina's energy. "This also has some of my miko power in it so it should be very easy to manage." Kikyou and Yukina hugged.
Yukina got out six bracelets. They were all made of string and they all had a tear gem on them. "It's a group bracelet. I cried these out a few days ago and decided to make them into bracelets." Yukina said, motioning to the tear gems. Everyone took one and Yukina gave one to Kagome. "I have one also." Yukina said, lifting up her left arm and pointing to her wrist where a bracelet was. Everyone put on their bracelets, admiring their simplicity and their beauty.
Kagome dug into her bag and pulled out six thin books, and handed one to Sango, Kikyou, Miroku, Inuyasha, Shippo, and Yukina. "Open them." Kagome smiled and everybody gasped as they did. They were all photo albums with pictures from both worlds in them. The first half was dedicated to the Sengoku Jidai Era, and the second half was filled with pictures of Kagome and Keiko with Yusuke and Genkai.
"Kagome...who are they?" Sango asked, pointing to Yusuke and Genkai. Kagome smiled and explained.
"The old lady is Master Genkai. She's the one who has been training Yukina and I. The boy with black hair is none other than Yusuke Urameshi." Kagome chirped. Miroku and Inuyasha were confused while the girls and Shippo were highly delighted.
"Yusuke is a lot better looking than Inuyasha." Shippo smirked and dodged Inuyasha's fist. "Looks smarter too!" Shippo dodged another swing from Inuyasha.
"How come you all seem to know about Yusuke while Miroku and I are clueless?" Inuyasha growled. Sango, Shippo, and Kikyou looked at Kagome who shook her head.
"You can tell him after I'm..." Kagome didn't finish the sentence before both she and Yukina looked at each other, tears brimming their eyes. "I guess we better go home now." Kagome bit her lip. Yukina nodded and so did everyone else. Before both girls knew it, everybody was hugging them from all sides. Parting, they said they're final good-byes and jumped into the well, never to return.
End of Chappie
TYN: I made myself cry at one point.
Yusuke: O.O you cried at that shit?
TYN: ...yes...
Yusuke: I'm amazed.
TYN: WHY?
Yusuke: You just don't seem like the emotional type is all.
TYN: ...SHUT UP YUSUKE!
Yusuke: Read and Review!
To Sesshoumaru's Goddess: A mace is basically a weapon used in the medieval days and it's basically a metal stick with a chain attached to it and attached to that chain is a ball with spikes on it. You know what I'm talking about now, right? Sorry I haven't told you till recently...I couldn't check my e-mail or my reviews for a while...GOMEN!
To White Fox 612: It's all right, I probably shouldn't have blown up at you in the last chapter.
The Switch
Chapter Ten: Final Goodbyes
"Where am I?" Kagome groaned as she woke up. She opened her eyes and looked around. Sango and Yukina were still unconscious and were heavily bandaged. Looking down at herself, Kagome noticed that she too was bandaged. Kikyou walked in the hut and smiled at seeing Kagome awake.
"You are the first one to wake up. Sesshoumaru and Kouga are where they are supposed to be and Inuyasha is sulking in a nearby tree. Kagura got Kanna and went with Sesshoumaru. We really should thank Yukina when she gets up." Kikyou motioned for Kagome to sit up. "Let me change your bandages."
As Kikyou undid Kagome's bandages, Kagome thought on what had happened. "Kikyou, how long have I been out?"
"Three days." Kikyou unwrapped the bandages around Kagome's head. Kagome wondered how Yusuke was doing. She said she'd be back in a week, and it's been a day over two weeks since she and Yukina left.
"Now what?" Kagome asked herself. "I have the whole jewel, and I'm not even sure what I should do anymore." Kikyou smiled sadly.
"Inuyasha is giving up on his wish to become full youkai." Kikyou said, much to Kagome's surprise.
"What did you say?" Kagome asked, astounded.
"He found a different wish for the jewel." Kikyou finished wrapping the bandages.
"What's the wish?" Kagome asked.
"He wouldn't even tell me. I even tried crying. It doesn't work as well for me as it does for you." Kikyou laughed and Kagome joined in. Kagome took the whole sacred jewel in her hand.
"Kikyou, I want you to guard it." Kagome smiled, and Kikyou looked heavily surprised.
"What did you say, Kagome?" Kikyou asked and Kagome took the necklace off and put it in Kikyou's hands.
"Guard it. You were originally entrusted with the jewel, and now that I've gotten to know you, I see why you were entrusted with it in the first place." Kagome closed Kikyou's hands over the jewel as she said this. Kikyou was at a loss for words.
"Are you sure about this Kagome?" Kikyou asked. Kagome nodded and Kikyou put the sacred jewel around her neck. "Thank you for trusting me." With that, the two girls hugged. Yukina stirred and opened her eyes while Kikyou and Kagome separated.
"Kagome? Kikyou?" Yukina asked weakly as she sat up. "Why does my head hurt so much?" Yukina asked and she felt the bandages around her head. "Oh..." Kikyou tended to Yukina's bandages while Kagome got some bandages out and tended to Sango's wounds. Sango stirred while Kagome was re-wrapping the bandages around Sango's head.
"Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome smiled warmly at her friend and finished tying the bandage. "I killed him..." Sango felt tears come forth and suddenly she was hugging Kagome and sobbing. "I killed him, Kagome!" Sango sobbed. Kagome wrapped her arms around Sango and comforted her.
"Shhhh, Sango. It's all right. You did the right thing." Kagome felt tears coming up to her own eyes and let a few fall. "It's all right."
Yukina and Kikyou walked over and hugged Sango, all trying to comfort the poor girl. Yukina let a few tears fall to the floor and everybody could hear the tear gems fall to the floor.
A Few Days Later
"I can't believe it's over." Kagome sighed as she and Yukina stood in front of the well. They were waiting for their friends to come over and say good- bye. They all knew that Kagome wasn't going to be able to come back without the sacred jewel and they were going to say their final goodbyes.
Sango was still upset about Kohaku, but now she only cried when someone mentioned him, which they made sure not to do unless necessary. Miroku woke up the day after the girls did and Shippo, who was forced to stay out of the battle with Naraku, was being very mysterious. Inuyasha hadn't shown himself for a few days and Kilala was by Sango's side at all hours of the day.
They saw their friends approaching and were shocked to see each of them holding gifts. They formed a half-circle around Kagome and Yukina and they all seemed hesitant, but Sango stepped foreword first.
"Kagome, you're the best friend I've ever had. I've been working on this since you got back from your era the last time...I hope you like it." Sango handed Kagome a painting. Kagome looked at it and gasped. If Kagome didn't know better, she would have thought it was a photograph. It was of all of the shard-hunters. Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kikyou were in the back row with Kilala on Sango's shoulder. In front of them were Kagome and Yukina with Shippo in Kagome's arms. They were all smiling and both Kagome and Yukina were in their fighting outfits. Kagome felt a few tears slide down her cheeks and she hugged Sango.
"Thank you." Sango hugged her back and then turned to Yukina.
"Yukina, I know I've only known you for two and a half weeks in person, but you've become so close to me. I made these also." Sango said and gave Yukina a red necklace and a matching bracelet, both made of prayer beads, and they two girls hugged. Sango backed off and Miroku walked forward.
"Kagome, I wanted you to have this." Miroku handed Kagome a copy of his staff. "I started making it about he same time Sango did her gift." Kagome took the staff and listened to the melodic jingle of the rings. She grabbed Miroku in a hug and Miroku hugged her back, not even attempting to grope her bottom. After they separated, Miroku turned to Yukina.
"I haven't known you for long, but you most definitely the fairest youkai I've ever met." Yukina blushed from the compliment. "I'm giving you this." Miroku handed Yukina a carefully handcrafted hair-tie that looked like the current one, except that it was dark-purple instead of red and had small hand-carved designs on it. Yukina hugged Miroku and he hugged her back, without groping the ice maiden's bottom.
Shippo jumped up into Kagome's arms. "I know you've seen these already, but I decided to give them to you." Shippo said, handing Kagome a bunch of drawings. Kagome looked at them and felt a few more tears come down. They were the drawings that Shippo did after Kagome's first incident with Kouga.
"Oh, Shippo." Kagome smiled and hugged the kit with as much strength as Shippo could handle and Shippo hugged her back. Kagome eventually let go of him and Shippo jumped into Yukina's arms.
"Yukina, I drew these for you. You're really nice and you're really pretty." Shippo handed Yukina some new drawings of his, which all included Yukina and Kagome in their fighting outfits beating different youkai. Yukina hugged the kitsune and let him go while Inuyasha stepped forward.
"Kagome...I know that at one point you loved me and at one point I did too. I hope you'll forgive me for any pain I've caused." Inuyasha began. Kagome nodded, holding back the dam of tears. "Well, I carved these figurines for you." Inuyasha handed Kagome a rather large pouch that was about the size of her head. Kagome took them and stared at Inuyasha before hugging him. He held onto her for over a minute before they separated. Inuyasha then turned to Yukina. "I'm sorry for attacking you at first..." Inuyasha said guiltily.
"It's no problem, really." Yukina smiled warmly at Inuyasha.
"Well, I made you the same figurines as Kagome. I hope you like them." Inuyasha handed Yukina the same-sized pouch as Kagome's. Yukina and Inuyasha briefly hugged and then the last person stepped forward. Kikyou.
"I know that we didn't get along at all at first, and I wanted to say that I'm sorry for all the things I've ever done to you, and to thank you for forgiving me for those things and becoming my friend." Kikyou hugged Kagome briefly before giving Kagome her gift. "I put some of my own miko abilities into these arrows. Hopefully they'll help you in the future, and hopefully they'll be enough to destroy your toughest foes." Kagome took the arrows into her hands. Biting her lip, she hugged Kikyou. As soon as they separated, Kikyou smiled warmly. "You are most definitely not just my reincarnation. I take back every time I said you were." Kagome nodded and smiled.
"I accept it. Thank you." Kikyou turned to Yukina.
"Just like everybody else, I've really only just met you but you are as close to my heart as Kagome. Please accept this gift." Kikyou gave Yukina a real mace, one that wouldn't take up a lot of Yukina's energy. "This also has some of my miko power in it so it should be very easy to manage." Kikyou and Yukina hugged.
Yukina got out six bracelets. They were all made of string and they all had a tear gem on them. "It's a group bracelet. I cried these out a few days ago and decided to make them into bracelets." Yukina said, motioning to the tear gems. Everyone took one and Yukina gave one to Kagome. "I have one also." Yukina said, lifting up her left arm and pointing to her wrist where a bracelet was. Everyone put on their bracelets, admiring their simplicity and their beauty.
Kagome dug into her bag and pulled out six thin books, and handed one to Sango, Kikyou, Miroku, Inuyasha, Shippo, and Yukina. "Open them." Kagome smiled and everybody gasped as they did. They were all photo albums with pictures from both worlds in them. The first half was dedicated to the Sengoku Jidai Era, and the second half was filled with pictures of Kagome and Keiko with Yusuke and Genkai.
"Kagome...who are they?" Sango asked, pointing to Yusuke and Genkai. Kagome smiled and explained.
"The old lady is Master Genkai. She's the one who has been training Yukina and I. The boy with black hair is none other than Yusuke Urameshi." Kagome chirped. Miroku and Inuyasha were confused while the girls and Shippo were highly delighted.
"Yusuke is a lot better looking than Inuyasha." Shippo smirked and dodged Inuyasha's fist. "Looks smarter too!" Shippo dodged another swing from Inuyasha.
"How come you all seem to know about Yusuke while Miroku and I are clueless?" Inuyasha growled. Sango, Shippo, and Kikyou looked at Kagome who shook her head.
"You can tell him after I'm..." Kagome didn't finish the sentence before both she and Yukina looked at each other, tears brimming their eyes. "I guess we better go home now." Kagome bit her lip. Yukina nodded and so did everyone else. Before both girls knew it, everybody was hugging them from all sides. Parting, they said they're final good-byes and jumped into the well, never to return.
End of Chappie
TYN: I made myself cry at one point.
Yusuke: O.O you cried at that shit?
TYN: ...yes...
Yusuke: I'm amazed.
TYN: WHY?
Yusuke: You just don't seem like the emotional type is all.
TYN: ...SHUT UP YUSUKE!
Yusuke: Read and Review!