Yes, Lovely Readers, this is the last Chapter. No Joke! Enjoy the lovely wrapping-up-ness while it lasts.

mizz Tasuki: No that was not the last chapter, this is.

Moonlit Showers aka InuKag Fan : ah but as long as people think we're harmless, it's all good.

Deliana: It has been a wonderful Journey, but even the longest of journeys must reach their conclusion eventually. I'm just glad my story ends before it turns horribly corney and bad. heheh. Here's the last chapter, would you like that cherry on top with it?

inuyashabooklover5188: Sorry, no confessions of love. You have to realize thre is a time and place for confessions that work out to a positive outcome. If inuyasha confessed now, Kagome couldn't be sure it isn't because he's grasping after her because he misses Kikyou. and If Kagome did accept, Inuyasha wouldn't be sure it isn't because she feels guilty. so no go on the confessions just yet and never in this particular fanfic. But he is working in the right direction. He's just gotta keep telling her the same things until she believes them, and then see where it goes from there.

inuyasha4ever1: I'm glad you love this story, is this update quick enough for you?

animeluver911: this update quick enough for you? By the way, this is the last one.

To all my reviewers, thank you for your time! I really didn't think anybody would want to spend the time reviewing this little fic. Let me know how you like this last chapter, but please: no begging for more chapters of this fic. I know you liked it, but even the Inuyasha anime came to an end. At least I resolved something before ending, Rumiko Takahashi didn't even do that!

Quick question:

This person writing another fic would be:

a) a reason for reading it.
b) a reason to avoid it.
c) amatter of indifference.

As all prior attempts have failed: Inuyasha, the characters therein, the artist thereof, will be moved to an animal preserve of my devising where they can "frolic and play" to their hearts' content when I'm not hunting them down. Ah, Bliss!

And so it ends!

Redemption

It's amazing.

Really it is. If you'd asked me two weeks ago if I'd be going back to the feudal era, I would've told you no. And I'd have been pretty certain of that, after all, I'd made sure it couldn't happen. But I hadn't counted on my friend's determination. Inuyasha found a way to me with all the rest of them helping him out.

Even so, I was pretty determined I wouldn't go. I mean, when had I ever done something helpful besides detect shards? Every time I tried to point that out, Inuyasha would bring up Kikyou. Suddenly my killing Kikyou had become something positive and the hanyou wouldn't hear of me being sorry about it.

You know I'd always thought Inuyasha loved Kikyou and if it ever came down to a choice between the two of us, I thought he would've picked her. But Inuyasha won't even let me comment on that. Whenever I bring it up, he swears up and down that he picked me and if he ever had to make the choice again he'd still pick the same. I had a hard time believing it until Sesshoumaru took me aside and had a long talk with me. Now, me and dogboy are closer than ever.

Sometimes I manage to catch snippets of conversation between Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. They seem to be healing the rift that began over five hundred years ago. Actually that involuntary eavesdropping is how I found out that fluffy dearest is going to propose to my mom. Inuyasha was picking on him about it before fluffy retaliated by mentioning me. I didn't get to hear what would've come after that because I got caught. Damn my breathing!

Inuyasha insisted we wait a week before going through the well, the first time he was the one to ask for more time here. I'm not sure why he insisted, but he spent the intervening time trying to stuff me with food. I mean really, there's only so much a girl can eat. He's also been sleeping on the floor in my room for some reason. I'm kind of grateful for that, it's easier to sleep when he's near. I still have trouble believing he doesn't hate me and his constant presence helps prove me wrong.

My bag is all packed and ready for our next adventure. It's lighter than normal since I don't need my books to study anymore. My principal called and told me I passed that entrance exam. Now I don't have to worry about school for at least another three months, what a relief. I packed extra ramen and candy to fill the space. The only new thing I'm bringing is my drawing pad. I've developed a taste for portraiture, and now that I know what I can do, I enjoy drawing what I see. It's relaxing. Inuyasha hasn't said anything more than "Feh!" about my drawings so I know he likes them.

Right now I'm headed to the well wearing the outfit Sesshoumaru gave me. He said and I quote, "I wouldn't want some idiot to get the wrong idea because of your clothes." I suspect he was talking about himself as much as anyone else.

"Kagome," I look up to catch Inuyasha waiting in front of the open well house door with my pack over his shoulder. "Let's go," his hand reached out to me.

I smile at him before running those last few feet to the well house and the other half of my home.

Home is where the heart is, and my heart lies in two different eras. Together they make up the place, the people, I call home.