Kagome was hiding behind a tree the entire time. She wanted to come and talk to Inuyasha. Maybe tell him some of the things she had never been able to do before. She finally got there only to find him in conversation with Kikyo.
His reply didn't shock her in the least. It did scare her though. She would rather see Inuyasha happy though no matter what happened to her. She just wished she was faster so she could at least tell Inuyasha how she really felt for him before he made his decision.
Kikyo let off a small smirk when she heard Inuyasha's reply. She knew that he could never refuse her. "We must hurry then. I probably don't have until the end of the night," Kikyo said walking slowly away but she noticed that Inuyasha wasn't following her. "Inuyasha? We must hurry," she said weakly.
Inuyasha still refused to move but she seemed to notice how tense he looked. He looked up towards her and she finally saw his eyes. They held no emotion whatsoever. It actually scared her to see such a look in Inuyasha. It made him look like his brother.
"I said you were right Kikyo. Your soul does need to go back to where it belongs," Inuyasha said placing his hand upon the hilt of his sword. "I'm sorry Kikyo but give Kagome back her soul!" Inuyasha yelled drawing his sword faster than Kikyo could react.
Kikyo saw it coming but couldn't do anything as the blade went straight through her. The last of her soul left her body as it dissolved into the air. She was able to mutter one last thing before the last of her clay body disappeared. "Inuyasha… why?"
Kagome just stared stunned at what Inuyasha just did before her eyes. She had never thought he would choose her over Kikyo. Yet he did. Her eyes widened seeing her soul there. He would know she was there if her soul returns to her immediately.
Inuyasha just stared towards the ground. Regret filled him since he couldn't save them both but he knew deep in his heart that he made the right decision. Kagome was important to so many people. He just hoped that Kikyo would finally be able to rest in peace.
He saw the remainder of Kagome's soul floating in the air before it launched itself into the trees. His eyes widened when he suddenly smelt Kagome's presence on the other side of the trees. He didn't know how she could have gotten there in her shape. He jumped into the trees next to him.
There he saw her, standing with her eyes closed as if in a trance as her soul returned to her body. There was a brilliant glow surrounding her body. Then just as suddenly as it was there, it disappeared and Kagome fell to the ground rather hard. "Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled rushing towards her.
He picked the light woman up into his arms and shook her lightly. Her eyes slowly opened and she stared up at the silver haired hanyou holding her. One of her hands reached up and touched his face whispering the same words Kikyo had a minute before. "Inuyasha… why?" she asked before she fell unconscious.
'Why?' that was the question he kept asking himself. 'Probably because Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara wouldn't hesitate to kill me if I didn't. Or maybe it is just that I am falling in love with you Kagome,' he thought as he picked her up and started back for the village.
He suddenly stopped smelling a familiar presence near him and turned to see the boy he fought. He didn't seem to be looking for a fight. All he did was smile at Inuyasha before he disappeared back in the direction of the well. Inuyasha knew it wouldn't be the last time that he saw him though.
Sango and Miroku were in a panic. They'd woken up only to find Kagome missing from her hut. They had been looking for her since that time but had no luck in finding the young woman.
"Where could she have gone Miroku? In her shape she shouldn't have been able to get very far in the condition she is in," Sango said looking around wildly as if expecting Kagome just to turn up out of nowhere but she still couldn't find a trace of the woman.
"I don't know Sango. We just have to remain calm and keep looking. She has to be somewhere around here. She couldn't have gotten far in her shape," Miroku said trying to remain as calm as possible.
The two suddenly felt Inuyasha approaching them and turned to see him coming with the person they were looking for in his arms. "Inuyasha! You found her!" Sango yelled rushing forward to make sure Kagome was alright.
What surprised her was that Kagome looked almost normal now. The last time that she saw Kagome, the young woman was extremely pale and felt very cold under her touch. Now she had the color back in her cheeks and she felt to be warm under her touch.
Miroku noticed the same thing as Sango and looked up towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha… did you?" he asked slightly apprehensive. He just saw Inuyasha nod his head while handing Kagome to them before jumping out of view. Probably to do some thinking.
"You mean, he actually killed Kikyo to save Kagome?" Sango asked happily and Miroku just nodded. Without even thinking, she wrapped her arms around Miroku happily forgetting that he had Kagome in his arms. What surprised her is that he hugged her back to the best of his abilities and did nothing lecherous.
"Come on. We should probably get her back inside," Miroku said with slight regret. He was so close but couldn't do anything because of the bandages around his arm. He wouldn't be able to feel Sango's soft ass. He didn't try anything with Kagome because he knew Inuyasha would kill him if he did.
Kagome suddenly started to stir and her eyes opened slowly. Everything was blurry at first but everything came into focus as she let off a small groan while trying to sit up.
"Lay back down child. Ye are not healthy enough yet," Kaede said slightly forcing Kagome to lay back down. "It looks like ye will make a full recovery Kagome. I am slightly surprised that Inuyasha chose the way that he did," Kaede said placing a cloth of cool water onto Kagome's head.
She may have escaped Naraku's curse but ended up catching a bit of a fever afterwards. Most likely caused by an infection to the wound that Naraku had given her in the battle. She did look a lot better than she did before though. Except for her fever, she was back to full health.
Kagome suddenly remembered the events from before she passed out. She was willing to give her life and Kikyo was willing to take it so that Inuyasha and Kikyo could be together again, yet he still killed Kikyo in order to save her. She wasn't sure why he did that. 'Didn't he love Kikyo?' she asked herself staring up at the ceiling.
Kaede heard someone enter the hut and saw that it was Inuyasha. "I think I better go check out the rest of the village," she said standing up and walking out of the hut leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone.
"Hey Kagome," Inuyasha said seriously as he walked over and sat against a wall that was next to Kagome's sleeping bag. "I see that you are finally getting over Naraku's curse," he said seeing that she looked a healthier than she did the other day. He was very relieved to see that.
"Why did you do it Inuyasha? I thought you loved Kikyo. Why would you give up a chance to have another life with her like you wanted? Live a normal life since the shikon jewel will eventually be destroyed after a wish is made," Kagome said looking towards her hands as they clutched onto her sleeping bag.
"Maybe it just wasn't what I really wanted," Inuyasha said getting a bit defensive at Kagome's words. "Kikyo was dead anyways. I guess I just wanted her to rest in peace," he said and then muttered. "And for you to get better."
"What was that?" Kagome asked knowing he muttered something but she was unable to tell what it actually was that he had said. She saw him look annoyed and smiled. "You'll never change Inuyasha," she said placing a hand on his shoulder. "Whatever your reasons were. I just hope you made the right choice."
"I'm sure I did. Kikyo needs to finally rest in peace," he said with a sigh as he looked out the door. "Kagome…" he said but stopped unsure how it is that he was going to say what he felt in his heart he needed to say. "I love you!" he said quickly before turning away with a small blush.
Kagome was taken back but his sudden declaration. It made her happy to no ends to hear him of all people say it but he was so blunt about it that it startled her. She just smiled before diving at him happily.
Inuyasha barely had enough time to react before he felt Kagome's light body weight on top of him. "Careful," he said but was shut up when he lips came crashing onto his own. He was stunned. Her lips were so warm and welcoming compared to Kikyo's who was always hesitant while kissing him.
Kagome broke away with a blush on her face. She felt Inuyasha take her hand and place something inside of it. She looked at him confused before she lifted her hand and opened it to see the complete Shikon Jewel. "The jewel?" she asked herself more than anyone else.
"Aren't you going to make a wish on it?" Inuyasha asked staring at it. He knew he didn't need his wish anymore. He found someone who accepted him for who he was and not what he looked like. Yet he seemed to know that Kagome liked all of him as a whole.
"A wish? What about your wish Inuyasha?" she asked but he just waved it off. She smiled at him. 'He sure has changed since I first met him. A very pleasant change though," she said turning her focus back to the completed jewel.
She closed her hand around it and focused hard on what it is that she wanted the most. She smiled at the thought that came to mind. The jewel reacted to her thoughts and glowed bright within her hands and then completely disappeared from view. It was truly over then.
"What is it that you wished for?" Inuyasha asked curiously. He just couldn't help but ask. He knew it would drive him nuts if he didn't ask the question. So he just decided to ask and get it over with.
Kagome looked up at him and smiled. "I wished that we can all be together forever. You, me, Shippo, Kirara, Sango, Miroku, and a few others," she said with a giggle at the last part. 'And any future children,' she thought with a blush as she looked down to try and hide it.
Inuyasha just stared at her and then smiled slightly. "Sounds like a nice wish. One that I am sure will make all of us happy," he said with another smile before looking out the door and laughing at a scene between Sango and Miroku. Miroku was feeling better already and showed it by groping Sango.
"Inuyasha? Do you think that you can take me to the well? I want to go back to my time and tell everyone that has happened," she said happily and she smiled wider when she saw him just nod before he picked her up and started to run towards the well.
When they got there, Kagome just sat at the edge of the well staring down into its dark depths. "I'm off,' she said before jumping into the well. But something happened that she didn't expect.
"What's going on? Why didn't I go back?" she said trying it again and again. no matter how many times she tried to go into the well, it wouldn't let her. She had to accept it. The well had sealed itself.
Ai Higurashi walked up the steps of the shrine. She had had a long day since she had been out looking for something she already knew how to find. She just wanted to lay back and take a relaxing bath after that day.
Hojo had been frantic when he came to their home a few hours before. He kept talking wildly about Kagome disappearing and she felt compelled to help him even though she knew that Kagome was just in the feudal era with Inuyasha.
She came to the top of the shrine steps and sighed. She somehow knew that the young boy was right. She had this feeling in her gut that Kagome really was gone. That she wouldn't be coming back to her childhood home. Yet she knew that Kagome would always be safe as long as Inuyasha was by her side.
When she got to the top of the steps she saw a young girl waiting outside of her home. It wasn't anyone she had met before. She saw the girl smile at her before bounding into the house. "Hey wait! You can't go in there!" she yelled but it was already too late. She just bounded after the young girl.
She ran into her house but didn't see anyone. She heard a giggle from the living room and walked carefully into it. There were four people there. One was the little girl.. The second was a young man that came to the shrine a lot the past few weeks. The last two were completely unexpected to her.
Month's later
Sango and Miroku sat down on a log outside of the hut where there was screaming. Each of them flinched at the intensity of it all. Sango absentmindedly rubbed her swollen stomach during it.
She and Miroku had married shortly after Kagome and Inuyasha mated. Both Sango and Kagome had found out that they were pregnant shortly afterwards. From the sounds, Kagome was already giving birth to hers and Inuyasha's first child as they just sat there.
Finally it all stopped and they breathed a sigh of relief when they heard a crying noise from inside of the hut. Both of them stood up and walked towards the hut and into it. They could see Kaede cleaning up the baby and Inuyasha by a tired Kagome's side.
"I have never seen such a healthy child," Kaede said coming back and putting the small baby into Kagome's arms. "It looks like a perfect mixture between his mother and his father," she said before walking out of the hut.
Kagome smiled as she lowered the blanket the baby was wrapped in and her eyes widened at the sight of it. The baby had silver hair with black streaks going through it. Two little dog eyes were perched at the top of his head and he had very familiar marking on him. "Inuyasha?" Kagome said confused.
"Huh?" Inuyasha said looking at the child before bursting out in laughter. "I don't believe it!" he yelled finally realizing several things that had been going on. " Guess we don't need to wonder what to call the child," he said still chuckling.
Kagome couldn't help but laugh as well. There was no doubt in her mind who that young man from several months before actually was. "I guess not. From now on my baby. You will be called Aaron."