Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru
InuYasha winced as he heard another deafening shriek coming from Sesshomaru's office from his backyard. He looked around to see everyone else deliberately ignoring him. But from the look on Sango's face, he knew that she felt as bad as he did. No, no one could ever feel for Kagome like I do. Stomping over to his brother, he deliberately allowed his tone to go to that of anger and rage.
"There has to be something we can do! I can't take her screaming like that anymore." Sesshomaru shook his head.
"There's nothing we can do. Tsukiko is doing all that she can, and then some. If you want to help your precious miko, you will sit down and shut up." Scowling at just being told off by his brother, InuYasha did just that, sitting on his haunches and staring daggers into the side of Sesshomaru's face. They had left Yutamiki was here too, it seems she was unconscious and hadn't awoken. They had left Kohaku, and a rebellious Shippou at Mrs.Higurashi's, as well as Kazuyu. Miroku and Sango weren't hesitant to leave him with someone they weren't familiar with, and now were standing hand in hand on top of the hill Sesshomaru and InuYasha were sitting on. Hanako ran up behind her father and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Mother says Kagome's New Moon cycle is tonight. She doesn't think she'll survive through the night." Hanako muttered. Sesshomaru looked alarmed, and InuYasha immediately stood up and began stomping back to the house.
"InuYasha!" Sesshomaru called out as he went after InuYasha. "I don't think Tsukiko wishes you to see her-"
"Does it look like I care!" InuYasha bellowed as he whirled around and growled at his half brother. "Does it really look like I actually give a about what your wench says? Well maybe because your old and blind, I'll help you. No! It doesn't! So if it doesn't kill you, I think I'll go and see my mate now-" InuYasha cried out and crumpled to the ground unconscious as Sango threw her boomerang at his head. Catching over her head, she ignored Miroku's and Sesshomaru's stares of surprise as she sat on the floor and pulled her knees to her chest.
"It's not what Kagome needs right now. Just set him in the sunlight over there and he'll be fine. I wasn't close enough to kill him, but it hit him hard enough." Nodding, Miroku picked up his friend and moved him over to the shelter of the tree. Walking back over to his wife, he knelt behind her and pulled her into a warm embrace.
"Sango, my dear. I understand the motives for your recent actions. It was for the best, InuYasha understands that." Sighing, Sango put her hand over Miroku's.
"Do you think…Kagome's gonna die?" Miroku shrugged.
"She is a miko true. She's a hanyou. Also true. But she's going to be a human without the trust of the Shikon No Tama. But I pray to kami that she survives through this. Kagome is a strong woman Sango. She will be fine." Laying her head back so that it fell on the crook of Miroku's neck, Sango let the warmth of the sunset bath her, make her whole as her body shone with a new aura of sadness, that enveloped Miroku, as well as Sesshomaru. InuYasha's aura was melancholy also, but much deeper, so that his soul cried out, like it was calling for it's missing pieces. Now that he was unconscious, it glowed deeper, the fact the he was even more useless to help her registered in his spirit. Sesshomaru stood up and slowly, gracefully walked over to the couple.
"I see the miko's condition troubles the both of you." Looking up at him, Sango's struggles to blink back tears were useless to his keen sense of smell.
"She's like my sister. I hate to just sit back and listen to her scream like that. But there's nothing I can do." By now, the tears were flowing freely. " And that hurts, because she was there for me. With Kohaku, when I used to visit my village, the pain I felt and how I used to cry for nights. She was the first person who always knew when something was wrong, and the one who helped me most. " Miroku squeezed Sango tight as she bit her lip in an attempt to keep from sobbing.
"Ah, young exterminator. The best you can do for Kagome, is stay strong. Don't give up hope. With your love and trust, she can win the battle."
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Hisaki hissed in agony as she tried to sit up. Curling into the fetal position, her muscles contracted all over, and her temperature skyrocketed again. Grabbing the silk sheets of her bed until her knuckles were white, she screamed again as spasms of unbearable pain ripples through her. Flashes of lightening, leaving behind the shock of pain, yet not exactly pain, something that baffled her, but she grew to hate it, wish for it to end nonetheless. Kanna ran to her side and changed the cloth on her forehead as she watched Naraku's limp figure on the other side of the room.
"Kanna…" Kanna snorted.
"Shush you fool. You will be dying soon. I have no need to be your servant any longer." Despite the truth that was spoken, Naraku laughed.
"Ah young one, you are no different than me. Fail to continue serving me, and you shall see the mouth of hell as well." Scoffing, Kanna ignored him as she watched Kagura walk into the room.
"Go, sister. Tell Sesshomaru that the time has come, that we will be free by sundown." Nodding, trying to hide the happiness that flowed the empty shallow hole where her heart was meant to pump, she ran out of the room and down the corriders, immediately throwing her feather up in the air as soon as the warm breeze hit her face. Kanna watched as she flew off and sighed with joy. "Naraku, it is now as I watch you die, where I realize I harbor a deep hate for you." Hisaki watched as Naraku smiled.
"And you expect me to say that I love you?" Naraku grunted as another tremor flowed through him. He bit his lip bloody as another one flowed before speaking. "Kanna, you fool. You and I are one. Flesh of flesh. Heart of heart. Soul of Soul. You'll realize soon enough." Hisaki called for Kanna.
"Surely you know that neither of you will achieve freedom?" Kanna gasped softly, but her eyes glittered with an absolute refusal of the truth. "Naraku holds you in his grasp. You're his slave in hell also. There's no escaping it." Kanna backed away a little bit.
"You speak lies foolish wench." But something inside her knew that these figures fighting for dear life was speaking the truth. Kagura, as well as Sesshomaru would feel so heartbroken. She didn't feel it, because Naraku never gave her her heart. So whatever happens to him, even death, becomes of her. Eyes shining with tears, she turned on her heels and stalked out, not looking back, and slamming the door behind her.
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Kagura threw herself in Sesshomaru's waiting arms as she hopped off of the feather.
"I'm free! He dies at sundown." Smiling sadly, Sesshomaru did nothing but nod. Does she not know? Her body reeks of death, I can see the reapers coming. "Do you not wish for this?" Sesshomaru blinked.
"This Sesshomaru," He smile widened, though it was still sad. "Wishes for nothing else that to be with you." Eyes welling up with tears, she closed her eyes as his face neared hers.
Inwardly smiling as she felt the soft lips of the tai-youkai pressing on hers, she lifted herself up on her toes to meet him, sighing when he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. She felt nothing else but him, and him her as he gave her his heart and soul, his very existence, nowbelonged to her. Her love and desire were his fuels for life, everything about her gave him a reason to live. Yet, it still wasn't enough. Something was missing.
Wrapping her hands around his neck, she cradled the back of his head and pulled him down further for a much deeper kiss that he was more than happy to abide with. Running histongue over her bottom lip, he was delighted when she allowed him to taste her. Tongues warring, passion and desire colliding, the two youkai expressed their love without any words. Their auras mingled and glowed with a wholeness and pureness that Sesshomaru never felt before. His blood began boiling, calling for her as her knees gave out. Pulling back, he gazed at her in her eyes, satisfaction evident on his features when he saw her eyes were glazed over. Running her hands through his long silver waterfalls, she sighed as she laid her head on his chest.
"Oh Sesshomaru, how I longed to be with you." Pulling her into a deep embrace, the tai-youkai cursed the unfamiliar sting behind his eyes as he laid his head atop of hers and put his nose in her hair, taking a deep breath of her scent.
"So do I Kagura." He growled seductively. "So do I." Pulling her down onto the floor, he moved her onto his lap, where she laid her head back in the crook of his neck and shuddered as he began trialing light kisses down her collar bone.
"Sesshomaru, your aura, it is melancholy." Not sensing his slight stiffening, she dropped it when he said nothing of it. She really doesn't know...
"Kagura, I just want to let you know, I love you."
"Sesshomaru, I love you too." Kagura turned around and placed a seductive kiss on his lips before pushing him down on his back with a mischeivious smile on her face.
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Where am I? What's happening? I fell horrible.
Tell me, who is love?
Who is love?
There's one person that you would die for. One person you would give up your hopes for, and two more people that you have set everything aside for.
Four people? Oh! Sango, Miroku, Shippou…
Love….
InuYasha?
Yes.
What about InuYasha?
What is love? What is your love?
My love, is InuYasha.
The darkness disappeared and Kagome found herself floating down onto the soft grass of a green meadow. Looking a little further, a young girl appears from the mist, and Kagome senses the Shikon No Tama.
"Midoriko?" The young girl smiles at Kagome and holds her palms up with the Shikon No Tama in it, looking satisfied as it swirled white and purple.
"You are nearly complete Kagome. You have only a little more to bear. Keep fighting my dear miko." Kagome shook her head.
"Midoriko? What's going on? I don't understand!" Midoriko frowned sadly.
"Kagome, this is a trail that only you can complete. It is for your soul Kagome, you and the Shikon No Tama are one. As well as you and I."
"We are one? I don't understand." Kagome stepped forward, and watched as the light of the Shikon No Tama began swirling around faster, and she could sense the jewel power excel, like it was inside of her.
"The jewel can never be purified, unless one goes through Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru. Only then will the jewel be restored." Kagome watched as Midorki began to fade.
May Kami be with you…
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InuYasha groaned as he opened his eyes and blinked back tears when his head began throbbing. Feeling it best not to move to much, he slowly allowed his eyes to scan over the area, and seeing as he couldn't recognize anything that wasn't directly in front of him, he closed his eyes and focused. His hearing wasn't it's sharpest. He could hear his heartbeat pounding in synce to his head. Damn...Finding only one thing that he could use, he sniffed the air. Miroku...Sango...the pup...Sesshomaru...his pup...Tsukiko is near...so is Mrs.Higurashi and Kagome. Sighing sadly, he noted the major increase in the scent of pain in the air.
What happened? He asked as he remembered that he was knocked out. It sounded like something flew through the air and cracked him in the back of his head. He didn't think that the lecher or his wench would do it...But that doesn't mean they weren't suspects. It couldn've been Sesshomaru, because he was the last thing InuYasha remember seeing. His daughter was too slow, and Sango was too heartbroken to move. But the only problem is, the lecher would have been by her side if that was the case.
Keh! Just kill all of the bastards. He inwardly grinned as he groaned again and realized his brother was looking down on him.
"Ah BakaYasha. You have awoken." Growling, InuYasha moved his head to the side slightly as he sat up a little. Wincing as his headache increased, he decided it best once again not to try to look up.
"Make fun while you can." He growled instead. "When I feel better, I'll kill you." Sesshomaru ignored the threat and kneeled down in front of his brother.
"InuYasha, the sun has set. It will be a few hours until the predicted demise of your miko." Sesshomaru said sadly. InuYasha closed his eyes and said nothing. "Do you wish to see her?" InuYasha bared his fangs as his attitude sparked.
"That's what I wanted but you decided to try to give me a concussion." Sesshomaru supressed a smile as he helped his brother up and allowed him to lean on his arm.
"It was for the better BakaYasha. This Sesshomaru would have killed you instead. But are quarrelling has long ceased." Rolling his eyes, InuYasha stilfed a groan as his head began throbbing again. He couldn't believe that she was going to die. He didn't want her to. Kagome meant everything to him, and then some.
She was the only person who accepted him for what he was, and not try to change him. She opened his heart as well as melted it from it's cold outer shell, something not even Kikyou would have been able to do. She was weird, but that makes her all the more loveable.
Kagome...you can't die. You won't die...I won't let you. I'm coming...
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Kagome groaned again as she felt another tremor and smelled Mrs.Higurashi crying. She wanted it all to be over, everyone was causing so much pain. All she could see was darkness, like she was in a trance, but she still knew what was going on around her.
Love...Love... A voice chanted. Kagome groaned. Is this what death felt like? She didn't want to die, she didn't want to know that everyone was hurting because she wasn't strong enough to fight. She could feel her powers weakening, and before long, night fell and her pain multiplied tenfold. Closing her eyes, she could feel her heart stopping, her blood turning cold, her brain stop giving signals, and sure it was the last thing she would ever do, she pulled together her sanity, and prayed to the gods that they would hear her cry.
Please...I understand my fate now. I understand what is going on. But I can't let it happen. If you decide to take my soul, take my spirit away from this body, temple, there is one thing I have to ask.
Allow my friends to never have harm befall them. The Shikon No Tama has caused so much pain in their lives, I don't think my pack will be able to survive another tragedy. They mean the world to me, and I hate for someone to be sad. So I ask that you take my soul, and take it as a sacrifice to ensure the happiness of the world. I ask that you do not allow evil such as Naraku or Hisaki to terrorize the world again, and no longer will the world have useless bloodshed.
I ask that you comfort all of their hearts after my passing, make them whole, and allow them to never forget me. This is all I ask, the happiness of the world, and the family, that I love.
Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru...
Chikara Nanda Si Shitieru. What Is The Power To Know Love?
Yes...
The Power To Know Love...I don't understand.
What is Love?
Love?
What is love? Who is your love?
My Family...InuYasha...
What is Love?
Love...Is InuYasha.
Tell me Kagome. What Is The Power to Know Love? Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru?
The Power To Know Love...Is the Shikon No Tama.
Yes...You almost understand...
The Shikon No Tama was made from you forcing it out of you.
Why?
For the Love of the world. You wished for the happiness. That is why, the three of us are connected. Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru is Shikon No Tama.
Midoriko appeared in front of Kagome and smiled. "You understand now Kagome. You have set me free, and in exchange, you shall live to see the happiness of your family and the world. Evil shall no longer terrorize the world, and in your love for the world, the Shikon No Tama has been purified, and you have passed what many before you have failed. Thank you Kagome. You have seen to the peace of the world. But there is one thing that you have mistaken. Your love, is the hanyou InuYasha. He is the source of your power. Your answer to Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru."
"So, what happens now?"
"You shall live your life as a normal person. You no longer have to train to increase your miko powers. But alas, youkai lives in your era. It is now your duty to see of the protection of the youkai, that they can live as one with the mortals. Farewell Kagome...I pray that we meet again."
"Goodbye Midoriko...and thank you."
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Kagome opened her eyes to feel InuYasha's forehead on her stomach, as well as eight different scents of salt. What happened? Why is everyone crying? Nothing is working...What's going on?
"InuYasha..." Mrs.Higurashi pleaded.
"No! She didn't leave me! Kagome couldn've died! I promised to protect her and look what happened." Sesshomaru placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. Kagome couldn't believe he was crying also.
"Do not be foolish. It was not your fault. We must make preparations for her funeral as soon a spossible." InuYasha shook his head and took a deep breath. Sango, Miroku, Hanako, Daichi, Mrs.Higurashi and Tsukiko were lost for words. They could only cry. Kagome felt her body warm up in a surge and her heart begin beating again. What the...I died? When...But Midoriko...that must've been the darkness. That means this isn't the only time I died. She helped me...Thank you. Kagome felt InuYasha take her hand in his own and cradle it on his face.
"Kagome...I wish you were here with me...Why did you have to...what the hell?" Kagome heard gasps as she opened her eyes. She sat up and looked around at all the big red puffy swollen faces. But before she could say anything, InuYasha threw himself in her chest and began sobbing loudly. Looking around at all her friends, she felt tears streaming down her own face as she hugged InuYasha and tangled her fingers in his hair.
"I'm ok. Everything is done InuYasha. It's over." She whispered.
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Kanna watched as Hisaki turned to ashes, and despite her pain, crawled over to Naraku.
"You bastard. I see I die with you." She smiled evilly. "You deserve the darkest parts of hell." Naraku said nothing as he turned to ashes also. Bastard...Was the last thought from Kanna before she exploded also.
Sesshomaru bit back tears as he held the naked, limp body of Kagura in his arms.
"I'm so sorry...I should have told you sooner...I didn't realize until it was too late..."He pleaded softly. Kagura smiled.
"No matter. It would not have made a difference. But I am glad of the time we shared Sesshomaru. I will never forget you." Sesshomaru gasped as her body began drifting away with the wind from her feet.
"Kagura! No!" He cried out when the last of her disappeared.
Goodbye...Sesshomaru...My mate.
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A/N
Some happy ending...some sad endings...I know. But I had to do it. It seems that Sesshomaru and Kagura were mated. But why didn't he die as well? It seems fate didn't pair them together. If anyone has questions about the answer to Chikara Nanda Ai Shiteiru, please feel free to email me, as well as if you have any other questions. Hope you enjoyed, and I plan to have another chapter about either in two days or by the end of this week. Just a lot of stuff is going on right now, so that's most likely why something won't come up tomorrow, because that's what I usually do anyway. So...toodles!
