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Story Weaver1- I'm happy it was a longer chapter! I'm proud of myself! Yay. Glad you liked the battle! Very suspenseful.

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A/N: I'm soooooo sorry for not updating earlier! I've been busy with tennis, and then I got sick, so I haven't really gotten to get on the computer...so now, here I am! Oh, and please be sure to check out my deviantART account! My name is LadySango7, of course! So please go to it and you can see all my artwork. Oh,and there's SCRAP art on there, too, for my other story on Fiction Press. And now...for the end of this story...

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"The Coma"

Her eyelids flickered open and her vision was blurry. She blinked several times and rubbed them to clear her eyes, then shut them tightly before opening them again. She blinked several times again to make sure she was seeing correctly. She mumbled to herself and even though her vision was still blurry, she could make out five figures sitting around her. A high-pitched child's voice came to her ears and a tiny meow, accompanied by everyone else's relieved sighs.

"Oh, you're alright!"

"Wha..." she murmured, continuing to rub her eyes until she could see. "Where am I...? Where's...?"

"Oh, Kagome, you...you just came out of a coma." Kagome turned her head and came face-to-face with another girl.

"Sango-chan?" Kagome muttered. "Is that you?"

The girl called upon, Sango, nodded. She had sad brown eyes and long, dark brown hair. She was wearing her demon slayer outfit and her pet neko-youkai perched on her shoulder.

Beside her sat a monk, Miroku; he wore black and purple ropes and his black hair was pulled back in a small ponytail. He gazed at Kagome with his violet eyes.

"I am very glad to see you are well, Kagome-sama." he said. "You've been in a coma for a very long time!"

"Kagomeeeee!" A small kitsune child, Shippou, jumped at her side and hugged her tightly. "I was so scared! I thought you were gone! Oh, I'm so happy you're back!"

"Oh, Shippou, I'm glad to see you, too." Kagome breathed and hugged the kit.

"Kagome..." The miko looked up into two peering golden orbs.

"InuYasha...?" she whispered.

The inu-hanyou, InuYasha, with long, silvery-white hair and wore a red haori sat at her side also.

"Y-you...you're okay..." he mumbled. "I'm glad..." He took her hand in his own and squeezed it.

"InuYasha, I...I'm so surprised that you're worried about me! Normally...ah, never mind." Kagome smiled faintly. "Oh, I don't know if it was a dream or not. But, did I ever turn into half a cat-demon and half a dog-demon?"

Everyone stared at her, bewildered.

"What are you talking about? That never happened!" Miroku exclaimed.

"Oh...then I was dreaming it..." Kagome sighed. She was hoping a a little that her dream was real. She must have been in a coma for a long time... "Well, what about Naraku?"

"We killed him a long time ago, Kagome-chan." Sango said reassuringly, and squeezed her hand. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all of this. In fact, you were fighting with us. You weakened him greatly with your purified arrows!"

Kagome grinned. "I'm happy to know he's finally gone." she paused. "So, what's going on between Kouga and Ayame-chan?"

"Well...we managed to convince him that you and InuYasha were together, but he didn't take it too well." Shippou offered happily.

Kagome blushed wildly and covered her red cheeks. She and InuYasha were a couple now?

"And...Kikyou?" she kept her voice low, fearful for InuYasha.

Sango and Miroku had grim looks.

"She died when we were battling Naraku. She struck him with a final blow with her arrow. When he was descending into hell, he...he took her with him. InuYasha was devastated. We all were, even you. But hopefully her spirit is finally at rest now." Sango whispered and hugged Kagome.

"Oh. I'm...sorry...to hear that..." Kagome mumbled, her eyes looking off in the distance.

"But we finally managed to piece the Shikon no Tama together! So now, it's your job to protect it!"

Kagome was stunned. "I...what? Really? ...Wow...I can't believe it...I really must have been out for a long time...but just to be sure...I'm guessing no one has heard of a Yumi or a Kei? Or Kyou?"

They shook their heads.

"How long was I out?"

"About several weeks, maybe two months? I'm sorry to say we lost track of time. We've stayed with you in Kaede's village the whole time you were in your coma." Miroku sighed. "I'm sorry, Kagome-sama. This must be very devastating for you."

"So that means you can't come into my time?"

"No."

"And there was no accident in my time? Like a chemical accident that turned me into a half-demon?"

Sango looked a little confused.

"Okay, I guess I dreamed that, too. Well, how did I fall into a coma?"

"Well, we're not sure, actually." Miroku admitted.

"It was a while after we killed Naraku." InuYasha added. "Sesshoumaru was there with us. But after Naraku was gone, he disappeared with Kagura. We managed to free her from that bastard."

Well, that part of her dream was true, about Kagura.

"Is Kanna dead then?"

"Yep!" Shippou squeaked. "And the rest of his incarnations! Except for Kagura,"

Kagome hesitated about her next question. About...Kohaku... She wondered if she should say anything. Miroku managed to catch her eye; he seemed to have read her thoughts, and he shook his head. Kagome gulped. Poor Sango. She must have worked so hard to rescue her brother, but all for nothing... The miko supposed that in order for the Shikon no Tama to be complete, they needed Kohaku's shard. And that was his only piece of life left. Without it, he would die.

Kagome yawned widely and only then did she notice it was dark outside.

"Oh, Kagome, you must be tired!" Sango gasped.

"I guess we can sleep here for tonight." InuYasha mumbled. He walked over to a tree, sitting down at the base, and leaned against it for support.

Kagome, unsure, walked over and plopped down next to him, laying her head on his chest.

After all, they were together now, weren't they? She should be able to sleep with him! As she settled down to rest, she noticed Sango clinging to Miroku as they slept next to each other by the fire. Apparantly, they were together, also. Kagome giggled and then closed her eyes. She was unbelievingly exhausted, because to her, it felt as if she had been awake for an eternity. She drifted off to sleep. For the first time in the long time, she dreamed peacefully, reassured that she wasn't in a coma.

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"Kagome, you're alright!" Ayame chirped as the miko and the group were leaving Kaede's village. She and Kouga had been passing by when they noticed Kagome's scent.

"Oh, hi, Ayame!" The miko and the demon slayer exclaimed. "How's Kouga?" Sango asked.

Ayame grinned. "Well, I finally got him to remember his promise, and...we're going to have pups!"

Kagome squealed. "I'm so happy for you!"

Then Ayame suddenly sniffed Kagome questionably. "Kagome...you smell different...but I'm not quite sure what it is."

Sango sent a warning glance in Ayame's direction; the female wolf took the hint and said nothing more.

Kagome looked confused and tried to catch her friends' eyes, but they determinedly kept away from eye contact. The miko sighed in defeat. But she would find out what they were keeping from her!

Kouga stood a little away from the miko and stared at her with longing, but didn't run up to her and take her hands in his own like he normally would.

"Well, we had better get going! Bye!" Ayame said and ran along with Kouga as the two left towards the mountains.

Without any notice, Sango and Miroku left and went to Kaede's hut.

"Huh? Where did Sango-chan go to?"

InuYasha turned a bright red.

"Ummmm..." he stammered.

"InuYasha, what's going on?"

"Well, err, uh...Sango might be...pregnant,"

"OH, WOW, HOW EXCITING!" Kagome squealed.

Then she grabbed her inu-hanyou and dragged him to Kaede's, also. At that moment, Sango came out solemnly. Miroku stood at her side. Then the girl's face broke into a smile as she exclaimed: "I'm PREGNANT!"

Kagome nearly had a heart attack and hugged Sango tightly, "Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!"

"Thanks, I'm happy for you, too! Kaede just told me!"

"Huh? Whaddya mean...?" Kagome was definitely confused.

Sango's eyes grew. "Oops...I-I didn't say anything!" Then she hurried off with Miroku, leaving the miko and the inu-hanyou alone.

Kagome whirled around and stared InuYasha straight in the face. "What's going on, InuYasha?" she asked seriously.

He took her hand in his and wheeled her around. "Let's walk, okay?" He was silent for a while as they trudged along, until Kagome elbowed him.

"Well...you know how we're, you know, together and all...right?" he started. The miko nodded. "Well, um, we weren't going to tell you yet, since you just came out of your coma. But, um, you see, before you fell into a coma, we had 'gotten together' and it's already been a few months already... So I might as well tell you now." He took a deep breath as Kagome urged him to continue. "You're pregnant."

"I'm what!" Kagome cried, then fainted, falling into the arms of her man.

"InuYasha! What did you do to Kagome?" Shippou cried as he came bouncing along with a lollipop.

"I didn't do anything! I swear!" InuYasha protested.

"I wonder how long Kagome is going to last with InuYasha..." Miroku muttered to Sango, and she nodded, laughing.

"Hey! I HEARD THAT, MONK!"

¤Owari!¤

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Did everyone expect that surprise twist? Nope! No one had a clue! I didn't either when I began this story, and when I was pondering to myself how on earth I was going to finish this story, I was like, Maybe she could be dreaming all of this! Naraku died and she and Inu could get together, and so could Sango and Miroku! Sorry if this chapter is boring. I never think my endings are ever good, unless if it's a one-shot. Anyways, I'm very grateful to all of you, my faithful reviewers! You know who you are! Thank you so much for sticking with me through this! I appreciate it, every single one of you!

-Lady Sango7