In The End

Chapter Two: Bribe

Written By: InuyashaForever14

"Miroku, can I please talk to you in private?" Sango asked, breaking the silence.

"Sure Sango. I know just the place to go to" Miroku responded. Sango nodded and she and Miroku stood up and walked off into the darkness only lighted by the moon. Once the two could no longer be seen, Kagome found her voice.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned.

"Yes?" he responded,

"When the jewel is finished, do you still want to use it to become a full demon?" she asked.

"I don't know. I haven't really put much thought into it lately, why?"

"Well, if it matters any, I like you just the way you are. To be honest, you kind of scare me when you in your full demon form." Kagome explained to him.

"Scared...?" Inuyasha arched and eyebrow.

"Well, kind of. Because you have no control over what you do. You just kill everything and everyone who gets in your way. I guess I'm afraid that if you turn into a full demon forever that one day I might get in you way" she explained.

"Kagome..." Inuyasha began but a familiar scent hit his nose. Kagome looked toward the forest. There, she saw Kikyo's soul stealers. She knew Inuyasha smelt her and wanted to go to her. Kagome chocked down her tears. She was forcing herself to be happy for him. She put her dead down.

"Go Inuyasha" she said simply.

"What are you talking about? Go where?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Go to Kikyo! I know you smell her and I know you want to go to hell with her, don't let me hold you back from doing what you want so GO!" she screamed and ran off.

"Kagome! Wait! Where are you..." Inuyasha was cut off.

"Inuyasha" the voice said. Inuyasha whirled around, making a complete 180 turn, to see whom spoke his name.

"Kikyo" he said plainly.

"Inuyasha, you have defeated Naraku, you avenged my death. Are you prepared to come to hell with me now?" Kikyo asked.

"I don't know" he responded.

"What do you mean Inuyasha? Don't you want to come to hell with me?"

"..." Inuyasha responded with nothing but silence. As he was deep in thought.

'Her smell, it reeks of death. Nothing like Kagome's intoxicating smell, full of life and joy. Do I really want to go to hell with Kikyo and leave my life here with Kagome? No, I don't want that. I want to stay alive with Kagome and Shippo, and spend the rest of my life with them, not Kikyo. But how can I tell her that I have to go back on my promise. Yes, I did make that promise, but only out of guilt and it was such a long time ago. Things have changes. Kikyo's changed. I've changed.' Inuyasha was snapped out of his thought buy a hand roughly coming into contact with his face. Inuyasha stumbled back being taken off guard by Kikyo's slap.

With Sango and Miroku

Miroku led Sango to a river. The moonlight hit the water just right, making it sparkle in the night. They took their seat against a tall oak tree by the river bed.

"Miroku, I wanted to know if you remembered the promise I made to you?" Sango asked.

"How could I forget?" Miroku questioned.

"In a couple of days I'm going to search for Kohaku and..."

"Oh, I see, well..." Miroku began.

"Iwantyoutocomewithme" she slurred her words together.

"What was that? I didn't catch it. Say it slower please" Miroku responded. Sango sighed, ' So much for that plan' she thought.

"I-want-you-to-come-with-me" she said slowly.

Miroku was taken back, he didn't what to say. Sango's face of hope, turned to a face of disappointment. She thought that Miroku didn't want to go with her. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"I understand" she replied to his silence. Miroku looked up to find Sango beginning to walk away. He did the quickest thing that he could thing of. He grabbed her hand to stop her from going. (A/N: Ha I got you on that one! You all thought he was going to be perverted didn't you! Hahahaha! Ahem... well back to the story!) Miroku then stood up and pulled her into an embrace. He softly whispered into her ear, "I would love nothing more". It sent shivers down Sango's spine. She pulled away a little from his embrace and looked him in the eyes. Smiling at him and he back at her, she broke the comfortable silence between the two.

"We better get back now. Inuyasha and Kagome might get worried about us"

"Kagome, yes. Inuyasha, not so much" Miroku corrected. Sango giggled

"We still better get back" Sango said as she walked off, Miroku following.

"Miroku? Are you feeling alright?" Sango asked out of the blue.

"Why yes Sango. Why do you ask?"

"Well, not that I'm complaining or anything, but this whole time, ever since we defeated Naraku, you haven't been so lecherous" Sango explained.

"I've just been thinking a lot"

"Oh, okay. I was just won..." Sango's face grew pale. 'I had to go an jinx it!' she thought. Smack "HENTAI!" Sango yelled and walked off, leaving Miroku with a red handprint on his face.

Kagome

She ran threw the forest, not knowing exactly where she was running to, not having a destination in mind. She just ran wherever her legs would take her. She finally stopped and took a look around, she couldn't see too much because of the darkness that surrounded her. She managed o find a stump and took her seat. She buried her face in her hands, bursting into tears. To busy letting thousands of tears escape her eyes, she didn't notice that someone walked up on her and had taken a seat next to her. A hand was placed on her back. Kagome jumped up, not expecting it. Turning around, she looked at the person who she once sat beside. But she couldn't make out who it was.

"Inuyasha?" she asked hopefully. All she heard was a growl. She took a step backward from the figure and turned to begin to run but she heard a familiar voice.

"Kagome" came the voice.

"Kouga? Is that you?"

"Hai, it is. Come here and sit down Kagome, I need to talk to you about a few things" Kouga gestured. Kagome walked back over to the stomp taking her seat once again. "Kagome, before I talk to you about what I wanted to I would like it if you would tell me why you were crying" Kouga asked. Kagome knew she couldn't tell Kouga. Kouga liked her and if she told him what was wrong if might hurt him and Kagome didn't like hurting people who cared for her. She thought frantically for an excuse.

"I...uh...I...got something in my eye that's all!" She bit her tongue, she knew Kouga wouldn't believe that.

"That may be true, but I think we both know that it was more that that" he urged. Kagome began to panic.

"I just got into an argument with Inuyasha again" Kagome lied.

"What did the mutt-face do now?"

"Kouga, please don't call him that, especially when I'm around, and I don't want to get into it now" she stated.

"Alright, but if I find out that that mutt-I mean Inuyasha, hurt you in anyway, he's going to be mine to kill" Kouga said. Kagome sighed knowing that that was all she was going to get him to agree to.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked... she would so regret it.

"Well, you have defeated Naraku and have all of the shards exept for the one's I have right?" Kagome nodded in agreement. "Well, I am willing to give them to you, but I am going to need something in return" Kouga explained.

'Uh-oh. I don't like the sound of this. I hope he doesn't mean what I think he does' Kagome thought. "What is it that you want? Is it money or what?" she asked.

"Kagome, I want you to be my mate" Kouga said.