Kagome's Heart: Epilogue

I went back and reread this chapter, and realized it needed some rewriting. So, it should read better now. Hope you enjoy it….well, maybe enjoying is not the best word for this fic.- Akihanah

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine.

Several weeks had passed since Kagome made her wish on the Shikon no Tama. School had taken on an almost melancholy sense, like something that wasn't entirely real.

Kagome sighed. I keep expecting Inuyasha to come pick me up. But, thats not possible, is it?

In lieu of anything to distract her, mainly the coming and going to the Sengoku Jidai, Kagome focused on her schoolwork, trying to catch up to where she was supposed to be at school.

Its amazing how much time I have now.

Certainly her friends had noticed that she was sad, but they couldn't really think of anything to do for her.

The years passed. Kagome graduated actually at her level, amazingly, and went on to go to college. She seemed completely normal, except that all her college friends noticed that she was sometimes unusually sad, and she never dated anyone, or even was interested in meeting boys.

As Kagome began her third year in college she focused on becoming a teacher. As a requirement she had to take Japanese History.

For the first time since she had closed the well she had to refocus on the Sengoku Jidai.

One day, a rather brisk autumn day, Kagome walked into class, and sat down as usual, chatting about the homework they had been assigned.

The proffesor arrived soon and began his lecture.

"Today's topic will be the common myth: The hanyou and his tradegy. As you all know, he first loved a miko, one of the most powerful, given the task of guarding the Shikon no Tama. But, their love failed when an evil force made them believe they had betrayed each other, and they both died. However, a new miko, came later and revived the hanyou."

"However, the hanyou,still hurt from his previous love, was never able to trust her. Upon the aquisition of the full Jewel, she used its power to try to give him happiness, by erasing herself and giving the hanyou what he had lost over 50 years before. She then vanished into history. But, the hanyou never was able to heal from her diseappearance. He lived out the rest of his life from the pain of losing something he didn't even remember."

Kagome sat, in shock, through the rest of the lecture.

Why, why didn't I hear this while I lived at the shrine. Every myth about Inuyasha and Kikyo has to have passed through there at some point.

At the end of class Kagome ran.

Inuyasha… I always believed you were happy after I left…

The belief she had clung to, to help ease her pain, shattered. She threw herself into the shadow of one of the buildings at the university, and sobbed. She trembled, sobs wrenching from her body as she shook.

After all this time, he still has the power to hurt me, to cause so much pain.

Kagome smiled sadly.

I never fully healed, did I? I gave too much of my heart to forget about him completely. It seems, he gave some of his heart to me too. I put him through pain, possibly as much as I went through. I… I never wanted that.

Kagome sat up, leaning against the wall. Her body hurt, she felt more tears behind her eyes, making them ache. But she did not cry.

I have cried too much already. I thought I lost the ability to cry after I left him. So fitting to have him be the reason my eyes became wet again.

Kagome sighed. I have homework to do yet.

She slowly stood, and turned to return to her dorm room.

At least my roommate will be gone, she has class.

Kagome opened her door and ran straight into someone.

What the-

Strong arms closed around her. Silver hair brushed her cheek, and surrounded her. She looked up, into bright, amber eyes.

Enclosed in Inuyasha's arms, pressed against his chest, his heart, Kagome cried.

Well, its over. I think it works better now. Well, till next time, ja ne-Akihanah