I think this will be the last chapter aside from the epilogue.
so if you will bear with me for a while longer, i will complete this cycle of madness.
Kagome turned away from the lonely sight and toward Miroku.
When he nodded, she walked past him and into the castle.
She went to his room first, searching for the shikon.
They soon realized that he had taken it with him, and Kagome began to cry.
"Kagome?" Miroku asked, he had never seen her like this before.
"How will we get the rest of the jewel now?" she whispered.
Miroku left her, and picked up her lunch.
"Kagome, eat, we will figure it out. We have to." he said, more to himself.
Kouga poured sake into the dust, an offering to the dead.
"Why do you do this every year?" Mioko, a new wolf asked.
"It is an offering to those who have died protecting the world from Damien. I make the offering every year at this time, because this was the day it all happened." Kouga said, pushing the cork into the neck of the bottle.
"When Inuyasha died?" Mioko whispered, understanding.
He was left to his own thoughts, after awhile.
"It's funny, how time changes people." He said to the wind. "I no longer hate Inuyasha, in fact i even wish he were alive. It's odd, this feeling of peace.
This feeling i get every year as i stand in this same spot. The first time i came here, i watched Damien destroy the world's last hope. Then, i came back again. This place, it draws me."
Kouga turned away from the sunset and walked toward the camp by the lake.
"Kouga, we recived word of a great army moving towards us. they say it is Damien." hiroji said, running up to him.
Kouga nodded, "Prepare the men, i have somehting to say." Kouga said, making his way toward the raised dias in the center of the camp.
He watched as the swaying mass came, swarming like so many beez about a hive.
"An army of the likes you have never seen before is headed for us. It is Damien's Royal guard, the army of mibu. My friends, This is the battle that will decide all. We will fight side by side, sword by sword, against these Mibu, and i tell you that we have little chance of winning. Those of you who wish to leave, leave, we will not stop you for your choice to live. But i shall fight, and if i die, so be it. Now, it is time to prepare for the last battle."Kouga said, stepping down off of the platform.
Damien pushed his horse to the limit before the night began to settle and they had to break for camp.
"Lord Damien, Kita asks what we shall do." Nitoro said, riding up behind Damien.
"Wait, we shall make camp, and wait." He said, halting his horse.
After they made camp, Damien sat in his tent, silent as his spirit wondered to his soon to be bride.
Kagome was asleep, now, and dreaming fitfully again.
Miroku was at her side, a worried expression in his ki.
As he withdrew himself, Damien envied his servent.
"Lord damien, supper is ready." Koutsu said through the curtains, his red hair pulled back into a high pony tail.
"I will be there in a second." Damien said, standing.
Dawn
"Attack!"
The two armies clashed, and blood covered the ground.
Kagome fired an arrow at Inuyasha, hoping against hope that it worked.
The arrow glowed blue and then white as the arrow penetrated the stone
The arrow turned to dust, and nothing was there but a spiderweb of cracks spanning the whole statue.
Kagome stared for a moment, and dropped down onto her knees.
She heard a loud crash and felt a hand on her cheek.
She looked up through her tears and saw inuyasha's face above her own.
A surreal light shown from him, surrounding them, blocking out everything but them.
She closed her eyes and embraced the hanyou.
"Kagome.." he whispered her name, and the world went white and she was alone again.
"Kagome? Kagome! Kagome, wake up!!" she felt her shoulders being shaken.
She opened her eyes, wincing with the bright light of the sun.
"Kagome, are you okay? You were running a fever and mumbling in your sleep." Inuyasha asked her, holding her to his chest.
"Inuyasha, what day is it?"
"It's thursday, why?" he said, pulling away so that he could look at her
"No, i mean what date is it, what year?" she asked, pleading for the answer she needed.
"How am i supposed to know?" he answered her, his usual attitude returning.
"Inuyasha." Sesshomaru stood just inside of the clearing.
"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha hissed.
"Inuyasha, listen," Kagome laid a hand on his arm, "Sesshomaru is telling the truth. please, trust him, trust him for my sake." she said, slipping her fingers around his.
"Inuyasha, i don't know what your woman is talking about, but we have some family business to take care of." He said, stepping closer to Inuyasha.
"Keep away, sesshomaru." Inuyasha hissed, drawing Tetsuaiga. "You won't get Tetsuaiga!"
"Look, you bumbling half mutt, i am asking for your help." he said, looking at the hanyou. "I don't care about Tetsuaiga, we have to beat this evil together."
"Look, Inuyasha, i know this sounds weird, but trust me, he's not lying, please, just do what he says." She begged.
"Inuyasha, look out!" Kagome screamed, drawing her arrow from it's quiver.
"Just do it!" he screamed back, keeping one eye on the miko, and the other on Damien.
Kagome let her arrow fly, striking Damien in the chest.
"Nooooooooo!" he roared as he turned to stone.
Kagome raced toward the two youkai.
"Sesshomaru? Are you okay?" she asked, touching his blood soaked sleeve.
"I'll be fine, but the Hanyou may need some assistance." he said, trying to shrug off her attentions.
"Look, you may be a youkai, but that could get infected, so let me see it." she said, pulling on his sleeve.
When she was finished, she looked over Inuyasha.
Inuyasha and Kagome returned to the village to find the others waiting, smiling victoriously.
Inuyasha had planned this for a long time, and now was the perfect time.
He knelt in front of her and drew a small wooden box from his Kimono.
"Kagome, will you be my life mate?" he asked, utter silence followed.
Kagome stared at the Hanyou she had know for around five years now, and she hadn't had a clue.
"Yes." she whispered, smiling down at him.
Okay, now let's get to telling me how i should end this, yall.
so if you will bear with me for a while longer, i will complete this cycle of madness.
Kagome turned away from the lonely sight and toward Miroku.
When he nodded, she walked past him and into the castle.
She went to his room first, searching for the shikon.
They soon realized that he had taken it with him, and Kagome began to cry.
"Kagome?" Miroku asked, he had never seen her like this before.
"How will we get the rest of the jewel now?" she whispered.
Miroku left her, and picked up her lunch.
"Kagome, eat, we will figure it out. We have to." he said, more to himself.
Kouga poured sake into the dust, an offering to the dead.
"Why do you do this every year?" Mioko, a new wolf asked.
"It is an offering to those who have died protecting the world from Damien. I make the offering every year at this time, because this was the day it all happened." Kouga said, pushing the cork into the neck of the bottle.
"When Inuyasha died?" Mioko whispered, understanding.
He was left to his own thoughts, after awhile.
"It's funny, how time changes people." He said to the wind. "I no longer hate Inuyasha, in fact i even wish he were alive. It's odd, this feeling of peace.
This feeling i get every year as i stand in this same spot. The first time i came here, i watched Damien destroy the world's last hope. Then, i came back again. This place, it draws me."
Kouga turned away from the sunset and walked toward the camp by the lake.
"Kouga, we recived word of a great army moving towards us. they say it is Damien." hiroji said, running up to him.
Kouga nodded, "Prepare the men, i have somehting to say." Kouga said, making his way toward the raised dias in the center of the camp.
He watched as the swaying mass came, swarming like so many beez about a hive.
"An army of the likes you have never seen before is headed for us. It is Damien's Royal guard, the army of mibu. My friends, This is the battle that will decide all. We will fight side by side, sword by sword, against these Mibu, and i tell you that we have little chance of winning. Those of you who wish to leave, leave, we will not stop you for your choice to live. But i shall fight, and if i die, so be it. Now, it is time to prepare for the last battle."Kouga said, stepping down off of the platform.
Damien pushed his horse to the limit before the night began to settle and they had to break for camp.
"Lord Damien, Kita asks what we shall do." Nitoro said, riding up behind Damien.
"Wait, we shall make camp, and wait." He said, halting his horse.
After they made camp, Damien sat in his tent, silent as his spirit wondered to his soon to be bride.
Kagome was asleep, now, and dreaming fitfully again.
Miroku was at her side, a worried expression in his ki.
As he withdrew himself, Damien envied his servent.
"Lord damien, supper is ready." Koutsu said through the curtains, his red hair pulled back into a high pony tail.
"I will be there in a second." Damien said, standing.
Dawn
"Attack!"
The two armies clashed, and blood covered the ground.
Kagome fired an arrow at Inuyasha, hoping against hope that it worked.
The arrow glowed blue and then white as the arrow penetrated the stone
The arrow turned to dust, and nothing was there but a spiderweb of cracks spanning the whole statue.
Kagome stared for a moment, and dropped down onto her knees.
She heard a loud crash and felt a hand on her cheek.
She looked up through her tears and saw inuyasha's face above her own.
A surreal light shown from him, surrounding them, blocking out everything but them.
She closed her eyes and embraced the hanyou.
"Kagome.." he whispered her name, and the world went white and she was alone again.
"Kagome? Kagome! Kagome, wake up!!" she felt her shoulders being shaken.
She opened her eyes, wincing with the bright light of the sun.
"Kagome, are you okay? You were running a fever and mumbling in your sleep." Inuyasha asked her, holding her to his chest.
"Inuyasha, what day is it?"
"It's thursday, why?" he said, pulling away so that he could look at her
"No, i mean what date is it, what year?" she asked, pleading for the answer she needed.
"How am i supposed to know?" he answered her, his usual attitude returning.
"Inuyasha." Sesshomaru stood just inside of the clearing.
"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha hissed.
"Inuyasha, listen," Kagome laid a hand on his arm, "Sesshomaru is telling the truth. please, trust him, trust him for my sake." she said, slipping her fingers around his.
"Inuyasha, i don't know what your woman is talking about, but we have some family business to take care of." He said, stepping closer to Inuyasha.
"Keep away, sesshomaru." Inuyasha hissed, drawing Tetsuaiga. "You won't get Tetsuaiga!"
"Look, you bumbling half mutt, i am asking for your help." he said, looking at the hanyou. "I don't care about Tetsuaiga, we have to beat this evil together."
"Look, Inuyasha, i know this sounds weird, but trust me, he's not lying, please, just do what he says." She begged.
"Inuyasha, look out!" Kagome screamed, drawing her arrow from it's quiver.
"Just do it!" he screamed back, keeping one eye on the miko, and the other on Damien.
Kagome let her arrow fly, striking Damien in the chest.
"Nooooooooo!" he roared as he turned to stone.
Kagome raced toward the two youkai.
"Sesshomaru? Are you okay?" she asked, touching his blood soaked sleeve.
"I'll be fine, but the Hanyou may need some assistance." he said, trying to shrug off her attentions.
"Look, you may be a youkai, but that could get infected, so let me see it." she said, pulling on his sleeve.
When she was finished, she looked over Inuyasha.
Inuyasha and Kagome returned to the village to find the others waiting, smiling victoriously.
Inuyasha had planned this for a long time, and now was the perfect time.
He knelt in front of her and drew a small wooden box from his Kimono.
"Kagome, will you be my life mate?" he asked, utter silence followed.
Kagome stared at the Hanyou she had know for around five years now, and she hadn't had a clue.
"Yes." she whispered, smiling down at him.
Okay, now let's get to telling me how i should end this, yall.