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I finally got back and am glad to be home. I had gone to Houston to visit some family for Easter and I had a great time! My grandma set up an egg hunt for my brother and I, but it wasn't at all of what you're thinking. She put money in the eggs instead of candy! When we found this out, we weren't dreading the hunt any longer and so we were searching the backyard and inside the house for as many eggs as we could. There was like ten, twenty, and fifty dollar bills in each of the eggs. It was so much fun, but there was this one time when I found an egg and I thought there was a fifty in it, but there was only a one dollar bill and I was like damn! lol, but it's all good, I'm sitting here with a hundred and something dollars and in a good enough mood to type a chapter! Please read and review! Enjoy!

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Chapter Twenty-Six: The Gravity of Love

Rin crawled on her hands and knees around random sized rocks and stones to try and conceal herself from the others who were fighting nearby. She desperately wanted to help her husband battle the evil Taisuke, however she knew she'd have to wait until just a little while later.

Rin stopped and sat down as she took out the two orbs that weren't shining in power yet, but she could feel their aura begin to develop. She knew then and there that she was going in the right direction.

Placing the spheres back inside of her kimono, she got on her hands and knees once more, and crawled to her unknown destination to find the blue orb.

Sesshoumaru was slammed against the rock wall of the mountain that Rin and the others had just gone up. His body had gone through the hard stone and formed a crater around him. Afterwards, he fell on one knee and immediately stood up.

Taisuke walked toward him while raising his sword another time. 'He's not worthy of fighting me. Does he actually think he can defeat me now that I'm currently winning?' He wondered as he prepared his weapon for another attack that he hoped will kill the demon lord for good.

Sesshoumaru got Tokijin ready also and felt it gather more power.

At the same time, both slashed their swords down and a brilliant explosion of energy that was so powerful, it took to the sky.

Rin ducked behind a large boulder that was surrounded by few others and she watched the scene from there. 'Keep it up Sesshoumaru, I need a little bit more time.' Rin stopped again and held out the orbs in her hands.

They were already glowing faintly.

She was worried though; could she get the blue sphere in time and get them back to Inuyasha? Her mind wasn't sure, but her heart was full of hope. If she didn't retrieve the orb now, then they'd all be slaves to this demon. All she had left was hope. And it always seemed better to die in hope than to live in sorrow.

The night lingered on and it felt to Inuyasha as though he would never see the sun rise ever again. And no one could blame him for thinking that, he was an absolute mess emotionally and it was very noticeable. Why did this night in particular appear to last so much longer than all the others? Well it felt that way to him anyway.

"Inuyasha?" He turned around and looked at Kagome who was now standing up and carrying Sanae who was sleeping soundly in her comforting arms.

Inuyasha didn't say anything. His eye dulled tiresomely as he gazed at his mate and daughter. He smiled softly, this contently reminded him for the millionth time now that he had two other little ladies back at home which he couldn't wait to come home to. He sighed shakily and standing right here and now in his human form, he really felt his age catching up to him. Even though Rin had brought his strength back up to speed, he was just so… so tired, emotionally. He was so tired of it all, didn't he deserve to live serenely? After saving the world more than once, didn't he deserve at least that in return?

Inuyasha responded to Kagome's questioning gaze with a turn his of his head toward the exit of the cave, a gesture for her to come with him.

Kagome nodded and turned around to Miroku and the boys, "Here, could you watch her for me?" They of course agreed when Kagome laid her down near them. Taikan stood up hurriedly, "Where you are you guys going?" He asked, somewhat fear in his voice. Somehow he thought that they wouldn't come back to him again. After what just happened to his parents, he didn't want them out of his site and was prepared to go wherever they would go.

"It's ok, we'll just be outside here." Inuyasha replied and Taikan looked as though he dreadfully wanted to protest, but he looked at Asoka who was sitting next to Miroku and he shrugged. Taikan nodded, "Ok fine." He replied and sat down, looking after Sanae like his mother asked him.

"Don't be gone long." Miroku smiled.

"We won't." Inuyasha assured him as he and Kagome left the cave.

Asoka looked up at Miroku, "What do you suppose they are going to do father?"

He grinned mischievously, "Oh, nothing that concerns us, let's just leave them be."

Inuyasha and Kagome turned a corner and went the opposite direction of the battlefield between Sesshoumaru and Taisuke. Inuaysha knew his brother could handle himself for a little while so he wasn't that worried.

In the darkness, he couldn't see that well and so squinted his eyes to try and find his way to a perfect place. He led the way as he held Kagome's hand and guided her around rocks and boulders to get to a certain place out of view from anyone else.

Deciding it was far enough, Inuyasha turned around and pulled Kagome against him. He brought his hands on each side of her head and crushed his lipsagainsthers. Both breathing heavily and trying to get closer, tears formed in their closed eyes, but Kagome was the one to let hers fall first.

Inuyahsa pulled back and sucked in breaths to calm his restless nerves. He gazed into Kagome's tear filled eyes in which he saw light flicker that came from coming from the explosions behind created by his brother and Taisuke whom were still battling one another.

They wanted to speak, but they didn't have to, how the look in their eyes said it all. 'I almost lot you.' 'I'm so sorry.' 'What were you thinking?' 'Don't put yourself in danger like that ever again' 'Why can't I protect you enough?'

Inuyaha and Kagome only gazed into each other's souls, reading each other's hearts and giving in to each other's needs. They knew they loved one another more than anything, they knew that the other would die for the other so that they'd be live on. It was this moment in time that they truthfully saw how much their love was so extraordinary. The love that they have is so beautiful, so rare, and so true that even they couldn't believe it.

Kagome was scared when she saw what Inuyasha was thinking now and shook her head as a small whimper escaped her lips. She wrapped her arms around him more and kissed him, not wanting him to say anything that she knew he was going to say.

They kissed for a long time until finally Inuyasha hastily broke away from her and rolled his head back to breathe. If he hadn't stopped then, he didn't think he would have ever been able to.

He brought his head back down on hers, wrapping his arms around her waist and shoulders to hold her in place so she wouldn't interrupt him from what he wanted to say.

The hanyou drew in a trembled breath and brought his lips on her ear, "Go Kagome. Take the kids and just go, please." He pleaded in a low whisper and held her tighter, feeling her try to protest by pushing away from him.

She laid her head on his shoulder and shook her head, "No Inuyasha. I can't."

"Now that Sesshoumaru and Rin are here, I'll be able to handle this now. The night won't last forever and I'm going to get my powers back sooner than you think, so I need you to do this for me." He said while loosening his hold on her, thinking she was understanding and might actually do this.

Kagome pulled away instantly and took a step back, placing her hands on his shoulders. Inuyasha looked at her expression that looked so in need of attention that he couldn't speak anymore.

Kagome looked at him intently,"After all these years of being together, how can you ever expect that of me?" She stopped crying to try and make him listen to her.

Inuyasha caught his breath. He honestly didn't know why he would expect her to do this now, after all these years of not doing so before. But damnit, all he wanted was for her to be safe, that's all.

"I just need to do this alone from now on Kagome."

"Why? Because you think you owe it to yourself to make up for how we were nearly killed? What is it?" She kept asking, getting angrier, "Tell me right now."

"I can't risk losing you again. I don't want you to be here anymore, not after what happened."

"What and I don't feel the same way for you?" She almost shouted and took her hands away from him. He looked down at her, not knowing what to say.

Kagome calmed down and slowly held his hands, "Inuyasha, when we were married we promised each other that no matter what we were to face in our lives, that we'd face it together." Noticing that he was looking away from her in deep thought, she put her hand under his chin to get him to look at her.

"I've never broken that promise, and neither have you…" She smiled lightly and moved her hand on his cheek, "I'm more than willing to keep it forever more Inuyasha. Will you?"

Inuyasha saw the desperation in her eyes that beseeched him to listen to his heart. The hanyou knew the answer, it was yes. It would always be yes.

He saw her smile now, growing still, because he was smiling now too.

Inuyasha knew Kagome way too well though. She was smiling, but it was filled with sadness, she desired for him to be safe too, and he knew she thought she couldn't do this. Inuyasha had faith in her, in the both of them.

Right now thinking about his mate and children, Inuyasha felt too sad, tired, and weak to defeat this demon who longed for the world to be taken over by evil's tyranny. But for that which he loves, for that which gives him love, he will do what he can.