I don't own InuYasha or any of the character with the exception of the Jake, Nadia, and Shanelle, despite the fact that Nadia and Shanelle are based on actual people.

I wrote this story for my sister, and I'm sorry if it doesn't meet her standards...too bad. Enjoy!

Nadia held on closer to Miroku. There was no way she was going to let this bastard tear them apart now that they were together again.

InuYasha pulled out his sword and glared at Naraku. He did nothing except smile and raise his hand. In it was the almost completed jewel.

"What are you going to do, InuYasha?" Kikyo said stepping in front of Naraku. "You can't kill me, I know you can't."

InuYasha was sick of the whole thing. It was true he still loved Kikyo in a way, but his heart now belonged to another…and besides, Kikyo was dead.

InuYasha raised his sword and let out the Wind Scar, barely missing Kikyo and Naraku. Kikyo looked at InuYasha with wide, surprised eyes.

"I think that it is possible to destroy you," InuYasha said. "No matter how much you look like her, smell like her, or act like her…the truth is you never were her. Kikyo died over fifty years ago. You are nothing more than a copy."

Kikyo glared at the half-demon before pulling out an arrow and taking aim at him. "If I am so fake, then my priestess powers will have no affect on you."

She let the now glowing arrow go. It headed toward InuYasha at blinding speed. It seemed like time was slowing down as InuYasha raised his sword to block the arrow. The arrow hit the sword and the light was so blinding that everyone raised a hand to block the light.

Kagome was breathing deeply. InuYasha could have been hit with a purifying arrow, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Suddenly the light faded and the arrow fell to the ground. InuYasha was still standing, and his sword didn't have dent in it.

"You appear to be losing your touch," he said lowering his sword glaring at the dead priestess. Kagome could feel the air returning to her lungs as Shippo sighed in relief on her shoulder.

Miroku and Nadia were holding onto each other desperately. Neither wanted their friend to die and were afraid when they saw him disappear in the light.

Naraku was angry at Kikyo's failure. He sent a tentacle at her and sliced her in half. "You were a waste of time," he said as the souls of all the women Kikyo had taken them from shot out of her decomposing body until all that was left was a pile of earth and dust.

"Now that we have all the dust out of the way…its time to complete the Shikon Jewel," Naraku said smirking at Kagome and her jewel shards.

Nadia wrapped her hand around Miroku's before she stepped out of his embrace.

"Kagome doesn't have the final jewel shard," Nadia said. Everyone looked at her stunned. What was she talking about? "She doesn't have it, cause I do."

Nadia held up her jewel shard. Everyone had forgotten about that one shard she had in her possession. Naraku hadn't even noticed it the whole time she had been in his castle.

"How did you come across such a jewel shard?" Naraku asked with fire in his eyes. Nadia glared right back at him.

"It was a gift passed down through my family on my mother's side. She said that my grandmother from years and years ago, almost…500 years…she said that it was tradition to pass it down to the next born daughter along with a tale that one day the daughter may be asked to fulfill her destiny and do the unthinkable with the impossible. I am that daughter I know that now. I was sent here to do the impossible, destroy you, and the unthinkable…destroy myself."

Miroku gasped at this revelation and ran to Nadia. "No, you don't have to do that."

Nadia looked at him…"Yes, I do."

Nadia took one last look at her friends and then at Miroku. He was watching her with surprise in his eyes, as well as fear and sadness. Nadia suddenly knew what she had to do and she had very little time in which to do it.

"Miroku," she said. "Do you remember when I first came to this world and I had a frightening dream?" Miroku nodded, afraid to speak. "I lied to you when I told you that the dream ended where it did. You were there in my dream, you protected me." Miroku smiled slightly. "Then we sat together in a field of white daisies and you told me that I didn't have to be afraid anymore. Then Sango appeared and you ran to her and kissed her."

Miroku didn't understand the dream. All he knew is that he loved the girl in front of him, and Sango was gone.

"I know what it means now Miroku…and don't worry, cause I'm not afraid."

Nadia hugged the confused Miroku before walking toward Naraku. In her hand was the jewel fragment she had been given as a child and told to protect with her life. Nadia reached the hated Naraku who held out his hand for the remaining piece of the jewel shard. Nadia shook her head.

"Only one from my family can complete the jewel shard, you must give it to me first."

Naraku glared at the girl, and against his better judgment, handed her the large nearly completed jewel. Nadia could feel the tears in her eyes at what she was about to do. It would make everyone forget about her, everyone would be happy, and everyone would win.

Nadia turned her back to Naraku and, before she could lose her nerve, placed her jewel shard in the last remaining place and made a wish.

"I wish that Onigumo, Miroku, and InuYasha all had happiness," she said quietly. The completed Shikon Jewel sparkled before disappearing, taking Nadia with it. The light flashed once more before spreading out across the land. It was over, and the Shikon Jewel was gone, along with Nadia.

Nadia woke up in the field with her friend Shanelle hovering over her. "Thank god you're all right. When you fell down the well, I thought you were a goner. Luckily your brother's friends were able to pull you out alright."

Nadia blinked a bit before sitting up. She was back…she was home. Nadia smiled to herself. The jewel was gone, everyone in that world would be happy and get what they want, and…Miroku wouldn't have to ever worry about the wind tunnel.

Nadia looked at her own right hand. The beads were gone and the wind tunnel was gone, like it never existed.

"Everything is fine Shanelle," Nadia said looking up at the blue sky. "Everything is as it should be."

That night, Nadia sat alone by the fire and watched the flames dance. By leaving that way, she was able to defeat Naraku by having him destroyed and Onigumo returned. This also abolished his incarnations. Onigumo's feelings for Kikyo would bring her back to life, for real this time and with a brand new soul, and she would have feelings for him instead of InuYasha. InuYasha would be happy with Kagome, who would now have her complete soul, and the only remaining fragment of the Shikon Jewel, which would be passed down through the generations until it reaches Nadia and the cycle continues again. Sango would be reborn and Miroku and her would have a family of their own. In this way, everyone would win…except her.

Nadia wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed. It would be hard, knowing he was with someone else, but it was the way it was supposed to be.

One of her brother's friends walked up. It was one she hadn't seen before this trip and, since she had been so excited about seeing the supposed murderer's home, she hadn't paid much attention to her brother or his friends.

"It's a nice night…isn't it Nadia?"

Nadia's head whipped in the direction of the voice. It sounded so familiar. Then she gasped.

It was Miroku, or at least someone who looked like him. He wasn't dressed like Miroku, and his hair was shorter, but those eyes…there was no mistaking Miroku's eyes.

"Yes…it is," she finally said. The boy turned to her and smiled before taking her hand in his, shocking her to the core.

"I remember you know," he said. "I remember everything about Naraku and you."

Nadia was in shock. How was this possible?

"You wished for Onigumo, InuYasha, and I to be happy right?" Nadia nodded, praying that this wasn't a dream. "Onigumo got what he wanted…Kikyo as his wife. InuYasha and Kagome were able to start their own life, and I was the only one who had to wait."

"But…Sango…"

"Yes, it is true that I loved Sango at one point, but all I really wanted to be happy was you."

Nadia looked upon him with surprised eyes. It was a miracle that he would even be here and that he would remember everything.

"How can you remember all that has happened?"

He smiled at her. "Because to be happy I wanted to remember every second with you I could. I wanted to be with you for all time. So, when I died, I was reincarnated always with the memories of you and my time in the Feudal Era. I knew that one day I would find you again.

"I met your brother and then I saw you running up to him yelling at him to get in the car so you could go home. He sighed and mentioned that you were his younger sister. Since that day, I have always remained close to your brother waiting for the time for you to go back and meet me again so you would know who I was when I approached you."

"You waited all this time for me, Miroku?" Nadia asked with tears filling her eyes.

He took her hands in his own, like he had done once when asking if she would have his child. "My name isn't Miroku anymore, it is Jake now. Yes, I waited for you…my soul mate…my love…my Nadia."

Nadia pulled Jake into a hug and let the tears fall. She was with him again, her true love.

"I never got to tell Miroku this, but I will tell you now. I love you," she whispered in his ear. Jake held her tighter to him.

"I have waited over 500 years to hear you say that," he said. "I love you too."

THE END!