Third Time's A Charm

by A Memory Of Wings

Naraku was killed and somehow Kagome, Kikyou, and the Shikon no Tama dissapeared when the jewel was made whole once again. Now, years later, Inuyasha meets a mysterious woman who agrees to save his life in return for one night with him. Complete!

1. Prologue

Those times when it seems like you're about to reach the goal you aimed for
Have you noticed that it's still far away?
As it begins from here
The story of the two of us
Is filled with worries and hopes
-Hamasaki Ayumi

Third Time's A Charm- Prologue

Kagome knelt on the ground, eyes settled on a glittering object lying in the grass. Her hair was disheveled, wild and untamed, the tips of it burned away slightly and a thin trickle of blood trailed down the left side of her face but other then that she was unharmed. The field they stood in was littered with the fragments of demons, the grass smoking softly.

Sango stood, injured and bleed, kneeling on the ground clutching her unconscious brother to her chest. Miroku stood over her, watching the demon exterminator and Inuyasha was picking slowly over the battlefield looking at Naraku's remains while Kouga watched him with faint annoyance, still standing over the body of the slain Kagura.

"The sacred jewel." Kagome murmured. "It's whole."

Kouga looked over at her and bristled slightly then growled. "Kagome. Somethin ain't right."

"Shut up wolf boy." Inuyasha snapped irritably. "What would you know?"

Kagome ignored them both and reached out a hand to touch the jewel. She heard Kouga shout her name the second her fingertips brushed the jewel's surface. Inuyasha whipped around at the yell and his voice was added to Kouga's howl of Kagome's name as he watched light inflame Kagome's body and then both she and the jewel...were gone.