And in the End
Summary: The jewel is complete. It should be a time of celebrating, unfortunately, Kagome's days are numbered. She desperately needs to tell InuYasha three little words, before she goes. Will she be able to?
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Rating: T- teen
Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish, I will never own InuYasha.
She raised one eyebrow as she asked, "Um, why are you all staring at me? Oh!" She gasped as she saw InuYasha starting at her. He moved toward her with a look of concern shining in his eyes. He was uncomfortably close to her. Kagome was shocked to see that InuYasha's arms were around her neck.
"Ummmm InuYasha?" Kagome said, as she continually poked him on the shoulder. "You can let go now."
A red blush came over InuYasha's cheeks as he replied, "Yah, sure." He pulled his arms away from her, sightly disappointed.
Miroku looked back and forth between the couple and could not help but laughed, "Heh, InuYasha. I bet you wish that you could have gotten a little closer to her. A?" He winked at the raging hanyou, whose eye was twitching uncontrollably, implying that he was right.
All InuYasha did was stand up. Walked over to Miroku. Glared at him. Then yelled "BAKA!" As he hit him on top the head. A large bump grew from on top the lecherous monk's head.
Sango fell into a fit of giggling. Tears rolled out of her eyes, because she was crying so hard. "Between me and InuYasha. I'm surprised that Miroku has not suffered permanent brain damage." She looked over toward where Kagome was sitting. "Am I right, Kagom-?"
Little did they know, Kagome had left. She retreated into the forest where she could be alone to think about what had just happened.
She ran as fast as she could. Brush and branches of trees whipped across her face. Blood trickled down from a cut that was high on her cheek. She could hear the laughing of her friends behind her and she hoped that they, especially InuYasha, would not follow her. She had a lot to think about.
Finally, Kagome came into a small clearing. Tall and majestic trees surrounded her. A canopy of lust foliage cover the area. The sunlight poked through the leaves creating shadows dancing across her pale face. The tall grass was kissed with beautiful wildflowers. The grass tickled her legs as she walked to a large rock in the middle. The wind blew gently through it. It was a very inviting place. Kagome could not help but be intraced by its beauty and peace.
It is soooo peacefully, she thought. It's like my own secret garden. She sighed as she sat down on the cold rock. Thoughts of the situation flooded into her minded. Tormented and confused, Kagome felt the salty sting of tears at the corners of her eyes. A very large tears fell down her cheeks.
"What happened back there?" She said aloud to herself, a tear rolling down her face. She put her hand on her knees and then put her chin in her cupped hands. Her eyes scanned the surrounding scenery. "I was just sitting there, but then," She paused. Kagome could not put into words of what happened. "I heard Tokyo."
Her face turned into a scowl. "I'm being stupid." She laughed. "I'm 500 years away in the past, I'm just being paranoid."
Right? Kagome was completely unsure of herself. What had happened back could happen again. She started to play with the necklace that the jewel used to hang off of. Then a thought struck her.
What if the magic of the jewel aloud me to stay in this time. Kagome put a hand over her mouth. OH NO! With the jewel gone, I can't- Kagome's thoughts were interrupted with the coming of InuYasha
"Kagome?" InuYasha stepped out of the shadows and into the clearing. He could smell the scent of tears on her. He took a few hesitant steps toward her. "What's wrong?"
Kagome let out a small sigh. She knew that InuYasha could smell that she had been crying. "I'm fine InuYasha." She rolled her eyes.
"Kagome, don't lie to me." He came closer to her and pulled her into an embrace. "Something happened back there." He squeezed her tighter. "Why won't you tell me?"
"Because nothing is" Kagome trailed off. She continued to talk, but no sound came out. She stood there, InuYasha hugging her and he had no clue what was going on. Then the sounds of the forest disappeared. She could hear her mother and grandfather talking about the shrine and Sota was yelling at the TV because his favorite show was cancelled.
NO! Kagome's mind screamed. Not again! Things were starting to fade and parts the shrine were starting to appear.
But, as quickly as it started, the episode, finally, disappeared. It left a very frightened Kagome, wondering about why this was happening to her, when she thought.
"InuYasha," she muttered quietly.
"What is it?"
"Why am I still here? I mean, what is my purpose?"
InuYasha raised an eyebrow. Now how the hell am I supposed to answer that? He thought. "Ummmm what do you mean?" He's uncertainly was clear through his voice.
"Well, think about it. Naraku is dead and the jewel is purified and gone, so what's left for me here?"
"Kagome," He whispered, putting his hand on her cheek. "I'm here. Isn't that enough?"
Kagome coughed to stiffen the laugh.
InuYasha rolled his eyes. "Ok, ok, But Sango, Miroku and Shippo. Your friends. They're here. I hope that's enough for you."
Kagome let out a happy laugh and she leaned up against InuYasha. He pulled his arms into a tighter embrace around her. Kagome could feel the warmth of his body on hers and for once, all her fears were wiped away. She had never felt safer. Her ear was up against his chest and she could hear the rhythmic beating of his heart.
Kagome smiled and she hoped that she would never lose this moment ever again, but life in the Fedual era was going to end very soon. It was going to have a tragic end.
Ok, this chapter was really bad. I promise the next chapter will be better. I wrote this in a hurry cause I need to update in a few of my other stories. Thank for the understanding. Please review!