Hey, Lunah-chan here XD Okay, I got a few reviews on this and it seems like some of you didn't really get the whole thing...
Firstly, I figured that since Inuyasha is a hanyou (half-youkai, half-human) that he would live quite a few hundred years, even as long as to reach Kagome's time period. Most LIKELY he would be heartbroken because she left and would come to term with his feelings. He would attempt to track down the girl he loved, and while doing so would become her publisher for Thier Story (if you get my drift), thus the reason why the publisher looked like him: it WAS him. After the 500 years he still looks over his Kagome-chan. Cute, ne? x)
Secondly, I re-read it and caught a few things that might've seemed... confusing... if you weren't really reading it and examining all the subliminal signs. Incase you didn't get the speech (and yes, I know that Kagome seems OOC. I figured it was time that she matured and didn't run off screaming and crying for once), here's the summary:
Kagome decided to speak in riddles. The first part was about the well. The well seems like a constant reminder of Inuyasha for Kagome, and vice versa. I can conclude that Kagome sees things, such as the light from the well, a sort of connection for the pair. The light represents them falling in and out of love, never too sure, but constantly longing. It also represents the joy the other sees when it lights up, signaling the arrival of thier crush. So, by asking if it shone when Kikyou was there she was subliminally asking Inuyasha, in simpler terms, if he ever really saw light, or rather her for her.
The second part is about light and it shining and then dimming, eventually meeting a silencing snuff. By the way I wrote it from Kagome's POV, she is simply saying that Humans are easily deprived of thier innocence and are easily manipulated into giving into selfish desires. So, she's warning Inuyasha of what is to come. After that she compares the light to thier lives. She is saying that Humans will die easily, quickly, and often slowly; thus the comparison to the light "fading".
The third part is her saying "Goodnight" instead of "Goodbye". Part of her wishes for it to only be "Goodnight" and that tomorrow everything will go back to normal, since Goodbye is such a permanate word, especially in this case. Then comes the YinYang comparison. I envision Kagome and Inuyasha as two halfs of a whole: one cannot exist without the other.
I hope that clears up the speech she made. If it doesn't... ask someone x)
I got a few suggestions (even though they were subliminal!) about continuing it. I agree, it DOES sound more like a prologue instead of a one-shot, but somehow I can't envision how I could continue it. I might have to ask around, and prehaps then if I get a decent 2nd half to it I'll post it up :)
I also got a review that sort of irked me a little, but I suppose I can see the sense behind it (although I don't appreciate the "common sense" comment!). Listen to my response VERY, VERY carefully:
I AM a KagxInu fan, but I am also a fan of sudden ends that leave you to imagine the rest for oneself. Since I ended it here, I decided to allow the reader/viewer to imagine thier own endings instead of having to deal with one they may or may not particularly favor. Since I made them go thier separate ways, it is possible that he went to Kikyou, HOWEVER! If you read the end CAREFULLY (as I'm sure the majority of you atleast attempted x) ) you can see that the publisher, as I explained above, was, infact, the same Hanyou: Inuyasha. So, in a way you have to imagine if he went to Kikyou and watched her die (I'm sure she would have to, eventually...) or if he kept his distance and waited for her reincarnation. You choose for now :) Now, about the common sense thing... I do have it. A bit too much for my own good, unfortunately. However, I did think before I wrote and I am very happy with WHAT I wrote. Yes, it is my fanfic and I can end it however and whatever way I do so wish, and I fully intend to use that privaledge. I don't care if other KagxInu fans don't agree, like, or love the ending, however "creepy" some of you may think it may be. I wrote it, I like it, I like to be creepy, I wanted to see something different besides Kagome and Inuyasha snogging mercilessly once they finally admit thier feelings after Inuyasha appologises ONCE MORE for screwing up and hurting Kagome's oh-so-fragile-and-odd-feelings. Thank you for bring that to my attention, but, I'm going to quote you here, common sense: it's already up and I'm not about to change it. :) Yay for that. n.n!
I DO thank those of you who reviewed, it made me go back and re-read my story over and over before I wrote this to answer some of your questions. I wanted to make sure this made sense so that, hopefully, you got it n.n Even though it was only a few reviews, it is those reviews for which I am sincerely thankful.
Be well,
Lunah-chan, xoxo