Shadows from the Future

Chapter Fifthteen: Fears, Tears and Puppy Dog Ears

Inuyasha continued to hold his young mate's hand, he hadn't left their bedroom since Arasoi left. No matter what that old hag or stupid monk told him, he would never leave her side. He saw that his wrists were getting thinner from the lack of food, but he didn't care. His Kagome had fallen into comatose, or whatever that stupid monk called it. He didn't know if that was the word but he didn't care because knew damn well what it meant: the last part of Kikyo's spell was taking its toll on Kagome, and soon she would die. That also meant that his plan to save her had failed, and now he had no idea where their pups were. He looked down at his wife's sleeping face, "What have I've done?" Suddenly a bright light surrounded Kagome's body and a wind blew throughout the room, "What the hell is going on?!"

Kikyo's body shattered into a million pieces of dried clay. Nothing was left of the priestess but a pile of dust and one tainted jewel shard. Inuyasha fell to his knees and stared at the pile of dust then up at Kagome. "Kagome..." The spirit collector had turned into dust, like its master, and Kagome was now sitting at the base of the tree. He walked up to her and kneeled down beside her, "You ok?" he asked sheepishly. She nodded, "Uh...huh" She couldn't find her voice yet. Inuyasha then wrapped his arms around her and nuzzled his head into her long raven hair, "Kagome...I'm so sorry..." he said. Kagome then felt a warm liquid on her shoulder, was Inuyasha crying?! Was it even possible for Inuyasha to cry?! "In... Inu... yasha?" she asked, it was now getting easier to form words. "Kagome, I... I never wanted you to get hurt during all this and I never wanted you to find out this way. I wanted to tell you this morning, but I said the wrong things because I got nervous and you got angry with me. I'm so sorry..." Kagome then tilted his chin upwards so she could see his face. His amber eyes were glazed and held so much love and sorrow. She noticed his facial features softened a bit, something she'll probably never see again. She'd never seen him this way before, but she sort of liked it. "I can understand if you want to still go home and stay there." He finished. "Why would I want to go and do a silly thing like that, Inuyasha?" she said looking up at him. Inuyasha's ear perked up in confusion. "Huh? I mean, after what you said this morning...that you hated me. Why would you wanna stay?" Kagome smiled up at him, "Because I love you, Inuyasha. You're here and that's the best reason for me to stay." She sat up and kissed him softly on the lips, a kiss which the hanyou gladly returned while thinking happily to himself. 'SHE LOVES ME! SHE LOVES ME!' "Kagome," he asked after their kiss ended.

"Yes Inuyasha?"

"There's something I forgot to tell you."

"What's that?"

"I love you." He said happily as he nuzzled his head in her neck as Kagome hugged him tighter with tears of joy in her eyes. "I love you too, Inuyasha" Kagome smiled as she pet his white furry ears earning herself a low purr from Inuyasha.

Arasoi and Keishou landed in a tree near Kaede's hut. "Hey...do you think we did it?" Arasoi asked. Keishou leaned against the tree trunk, "Pull down your shirt." "WHAT FOR?!" Arasoi screamed at her brother. "You're an imbecile! I mean show me if your scar's still there! God!" He said rolling his eyes at his sister. "Oh!" Arasoi then took off her red vest and pulled the collar of her shirt down so her shoulder blade was visible. "I can't see it? Is it there?" she asked. Keishou then looked at her shoulder.

The scar was no where to be seen.

"Well? Do you see it?" Arasoi asked impatiently. "No... it's gone. It's really gone! OH MY GOD! WE DID IT ARASOI! DAD'S PLAN WORKED! WE SAVED MOM!" Keishou exclaimed happily. "ARE YOU SERIOUS? WE REALLY DID IT!?" Keishou nodded eagerly and jerked up, only to sit back down. His shoulder was really killing him. He then noticed it was getting harder to breathe. Arasoi stopped her celebrating and looked over at her brother. "Big brother?! Are you alright?" Keishou stood up slowly. "Uh-huh..." he mumbled. "No you're not! Stay here and let me get Miroku." Keishou looked at her, "N...No! It's fine! It'll heal soon!" Arasoi gave him a nervous glace. "I'm telling you I'm fi-" He inhaled sharply as his insides turned to ice. He screamed in pain, it felt like he was on fire but he was so cold. What the hell was going on?! He tried to lean against the tree trunk again, but he stumbled and fell out of the tree. "KEISHOU!" Arasoi screamed as he fell. Keishou didn't feel the impact of the fall, because by then he had already lost consciousness.

(AN: Hum...do dogs purr? I dunno if they do. I think they growl but that sounded to lemony to me. So I used purr instead. Oh well. Now I know this chapter of mine was really short but it was mostly a filler chapter. I really apologize for all my spelling and grammar errors in the last chapter; I basically try to finish these chapters quickly for you all and then start on the next one. I'm so sorry about that! I now have to get into the nice juicy ending chapters for you wonderful readers! Now how am I going to pull that off? Hum...Well anyway, REVIEW NOW, darling readers and I shall update. And I'd like to thank all of you who have reviewed and supported me throughout this ficcy this far! Thanks a lot! )