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Chapter 5- Reunited

Lina returned with a medium sized glass jar. It had a diamond-like ball on top that was attached to a cork. She handed it to Inuyasha.

"Now what?" Inuyasha looked puzzled at her. He looked from the jar to Lina.

"Well, I must tell you that her soul with only come to you if she truly wants to be with you. Just call for her and hold the jar to the edge of the pool."

Inuyasha hesitated. 'What if she doesn't want to be with me? All I have done is be mean to her, especially just before she died. I wouldn't blame her if she didn't return for that reason.' Inuyasha winced as the memory of the last time they talked flooded his mind.

"Inuyasha, you must do this quickly. You will not be able to get it after it is sorted. She is almost there too!"

"OK!" Inuyasha said shaking the images out of his head. "Kagome! Kagome! Please come to me!"

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Kagome was in complete blackness. Calm and quiet. She thought about how she died. How she thought Inuyasha would react to her death. She wondered where she was right now, floating in complete darkness. Half of her wanted to try to wake up, but the other half wanted to just stay there in the dark.

She then heard someone mumbling. It repeated over and over again. It grew louder, slowly.

'I hope Inuyasha's OK. I still feel really bad about what I said. I just wish I could apologize.'

Just then she started to make out words from the mumbling voice.

''Kagome! ------------ Please ---Come -----me!" She wasn't sure who was calling her, but she didn't care. She just wanted to stay where she was. In the calm, dark, peaceful place. Then the voice grew louder.

"Kagome! Kagome! Please come to me!"

She recognized that voice. It was Inuyasha! She couldn't move! She wanted to go to him, to answer him, but she could not speak!

'I really want to get to Inuyasha, but I can't! I wish I could-'

Just then she blacked out. (Not really, just kind of like fell asleep.)

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Inuyasha bent down and held the bottle about 2ft above the ground near the edge of the pool. Just then he noticed Kagome's soul was no longer where it had been. Then the light in the room became brighter. The pool bubbled slowly as one of the souls attempted to free itself of the pool. A semi-transparent hand rose out of the pool, shining brightly. Then the rest of her followed, slowly and gracefully. She was an angel, floating above the pool with bright white light shining around her.

'Wow! She's beautiful!' Inuyasha's thought while staring at her.

"Inuyasha call her again and hold out the jar. Her soul will fly into the jar. Once it is inside, place the cork on top." Lina said as quickly as she could.

"Kagome! Come to me!" Inuyasha raised the jar for her.

A wind blew strong through the room. Kagome didn't move. The wind was filled with Kagome's presence. It brushed through Inuyasha's silver hair gently and brushed his face like her hand was on his cheek. Inuyasha was calm and was surrounded by Kagome's presence. Then her soul leapt through the air and flew into the jar! Inuyasha held the jar tightly. Then he placed the cork in tightly. He held in his hands Kagome's precious soul. The one thing that meant the most to him.

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"Lady Kiade, we have gathered all the wood for the burial."

"Good! Place it in a big pile. We shall burn both their bodies together."

"Won't that get their ashes mixed up?"

"Yes, precisely. Don't ye understand? He wanted to be with her so badly that he killed himself. They deserve to be together."

"OK, I'll go tell the rest of the villagers."

Kiade walked up to the hut Inuyasha and Kagome's bodies were in.

Then Kiade sensed someone approaching the hut as well. It was, Kikyo!'

"Hum, Kiade. How have you been? I assume this is the hut their bodies are in."

"Yes, but you can't go in there!"

Kikyo ignored her and walked right into the hut. She saw Inuyasha lying next to Kagome. His hand in hers. This made Kikyo angry.

"Kikyo!" Kiade said while walking in to the hut. Kiade saw that she had been angered by something. She noticed that she was staring at something. Kiade looked at Inuyasha and Kagome's bodies. They were holing hands!

"Kiade you were the one who placed their bodies here, were you not?"

"Yes, but I didn't put their hands together. They were both at their sides. This simply is a sign. It means that their souls are together in the world of the dead."

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Author's Note:

Hey sorry it took me so long to post this, but here it is. I will post another one as soon as I can. I have been busy lately! -^.^-

                                                *Inugurl13*