Hiya people! How are ya? I don't seem to have very many people enjoying this fic. But that's okay. I mean, I can't expect this to have a thousand reviewers can I? And besides like this story. . . Who'm I kiddin', I need more revii-i-ii-iii-ii-ii-ii-i-ii-i-iiews!

Anywho, this is the last chapter. The next one will be the epilogue. I decided that this can't end in a happy way. No matter how I look at it, a happy conclusion just wont fit in properly. I'm kinda mad about it sense I'm a sap for happy conclusions. OH, well. You win some and. . . the saying is you lose some, but I can't stand to lose anything.

Hope you enjoy!

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FUEDAL JAPAN TODAY:

"Kagome! Kagome!" A silver haired man yelled while desperately reaching for the woman in front of him.

The woman, Kagome, had raven hair, and brown eyes. She had never been one to hide her emotions and this time was no different. She was sobbing, and screaming, yelling, begging, reaching, and grabbing for the people in front of her.

She was terrified for herself, her friends, her mate, and, most of all, her unborn child. She was five months pregnant, very near the end of her pregnancy thanks to her mate and child's blood.

And she was disappearing. Her body was fading out of sight though she had yet to notice.

"INU-YASHAAA!" she screamed.

Her friends could do nothing. Her mate could do nothing. She could do nothing. They did not even know what was going on, much less how to stop it.

All they knew was that they were losing Kagome. Nothing else.

They did not know what had started this. They had just been eating lunch when a strong wind gusted about them and swirled toward the pregnant girl.

It reminded them uncomfortably of their friends old curse. The monk, Miroku's, wind tunnel. The only difference was that it did not suck them or anything into a hole, just blew things toward Kagome and hit her with it.

Kagome, trying to protect her child, had wrapped her arms around her swollen middle and curled over the area in which the new life grew. She could feel her child kicking and punching, she could practically feel her young one's fear.

But she could do nothing to stop it. She knew as well as the others that she was fading by now. It was only then that the realization that she may never see them again kicked in.

She looked up with terrified eyes and knew if she wanted to say anything, she had to say it now.

"I LOVE ALL OF YOU! OKAY? I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! ESPECIALLY YOU INU-YASHA! DON'T FORGET ALRIGHT? DON'T YOU EVER DARE FORGET! IF YOU DO. . .I. . .I. . .JUST DON'T EVER FORGET ME ALRIGHT? DON'T EVER FORGET ME!" she yelled at the top of her voice.

It hurt. It hurt all of them. But most of all Inu-Yasha and Kagome. They could each feel their hearts breaking, the pain flowing through their vein. It was not fair dammit! They had just become mates and already they lost each other.

Their child would grow up without one parent.

Every time their pup's friends would brag about their fathers', all their child could do was watch.

Every time Fathers' day would come and everyone would talk about what they would give and were they would go with their parent, their child would only be able to sit at home and play alone.

Every time children spoke of reasons their father was the best, theirs would only be able to ask of his accomplishments.

Their pup would watch listen and hurt. It would see the fun fathers had with their children and their pup's heart would squeeze. It would feel the loneliness of living without that parent, the emptiness of knowing nothing of a person who was supposed to be one of the most important two people in it's life. Their pup would live the taunts and teasing of those who would assume its father left it. It would feel the burning of tears as the life of no father assaulted its heart until it bled with hurt. It would have its heart ripped out by people who would taunt it with their insults of his fathers dignity. Yet it would be unable to defend him, for how can you defend something you know nothing about?

Its father would know nothing of it. Their pup would cry on some nights until it fell asleep from the hole inside of it that only its father could heal.

These thoughts ran through both parents mind as the last of the raven haired beauty disappeared.

"Ka. . ..gome. . ." Inu-Yasha whispered as he fell on to his hands and knees.

The others could do nothing but watch as this mighty hanyou who had never shown weakness to them began to cry.

"KAGOMEEEEEEE!" he howled with a pain that was felt in all those who heard. You could hear the bitterness in his voice, feel the sorrow as it slowely consumed him, Kami, you could practically feel the very hope that he might one day have felt, had he stared into his pup's face.

Still, the others could do nothing.

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THREE HOURS LATER:

"So that is why she left?" the demon slayer Sango asked.

"Yes. She was brought back to do a job. Now that her duty is complete, there is no more need of her, so she was sent back to her own era." Keade explained wearily. None of them had ever seen her look so old. So defeated.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OLD HAG? I NEED HER! SHIPPO NEEDS HER! WE ALL NEED HER!" Inu-Yasha roared.

"Yes. She was like family to use. And even if our personal needs are not a reason to keep her here, than what about the jewel? Should she not have been at least been able to take it with her?" Miroku muttered to himself as he stared at the small round object that sat in the middle of them.

"No. From here on out, the jewel must be protected until it reaches the child's time." Keade sighed, "It cant even be used to go through the well anymore. We shall never see Kagome again. . ."

"SHUT UP YOU MORONS!" they all looked to the yell, surprised to see it was Shippo, not Inu-Yasha, who had screamed something so rude.

"Shippo. . ." Sango began to walk toward him.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME! ALL OF YOU! KAGOME WAS MY MOM! THE SECOND ONE I'VE EVER LOST! I KNEW HER BETTER THAN EVEN HER MOM! THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNEW HER BETTER IS INU-YASHA! SHE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO ME! SHE ALWAYS HELPED ME, SHE PROTECTED ME, SHE TOOK CARE OF ME, SHE LOVED ME WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD! I HATE YOU FOR MAKING IT SOUND LIKE THE STUPID JEWEL WAS THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS HERE! I HATE YOU! IT'S NOT! DIDN'T YOU HEAR HER? SHE LOVED US! ALL OF US! SHE NEVER CARED ABOUT THE JEWEL, ONLY ABOUT US!" Shippo yelled with all his heart. Tears pricked his eyes and fell unoticed down his cheeks. He looked up at them, face filled with more pain than a child should ever be forced to have.

"Shippo. . ."

"Kagome was. . .Kagome was. . .my best friend in the whole world. She cant be gone. SHE JUST CANT!" he yelled as he ran out of the hut and into Inu-Yasha's forest.

That was the last they ever saw him.

The hut stayed quiet for awhile longer. Finally, it came time to have someone to protect the jewel. They all agreed on Inu-Yasha. He was the only one who would be able to survive against time to her era, even if just barely. The secret thought here was that it was an excuse to see her, if only one last time.

But when he reached for it, a strange lightning bolted from it and on to his hands. He had no choice but to yelp and recoil. He reached for it again several times, only for the process to repeat itself. The others tried, but the same thing happened to them.

"Well this is a problem. How can we protect the jewel if we cant even touch it?" Miroku asked rubbing his hand were he had been hit.

"Someone in this hut should be able to take the damn thing," Inu-Yasha scowled.

"But the only person who hasn't tried is. . ." Sango started as they looked to the one person who had not yet tried.

"No fucking way. . ."

"Lady Sango, I don't think that's. . ."

"Well, she is the only one. . ."

"KILALA" they said in usion.

The little fire cat just looked up at them and cocked her head in a confused manner.

"Mew?"

"Kilala," Keade said softly, "Can you pick up the sacred jewel?"

The little cat stood up and bounded over to the cursed object.

Just as she bent down and sniffed it, two thin lights burst out and wrapped themselves lightly on her neck. She did not seem surprised.

"No fucking way."

"Incredible."

"Kilala?"

"It seems Kilala . . . is the jewels new guardian . . .

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NEXT MORNING:

"Well. . . I guess this is good-bye my friend." Miroku said with an unsure look.

"Yes. . . We'll miss you." Sango whispered.

"Feh" with that as his only reponse Inu-Yasha ran off into the forest, much like Shippo the night before.

"So this is were it ends . . . After five years . . . Naraku's dead . . . and the group splits up. . ." Sango said softly as she, Miroku, and Kilala (jewel still around her neck) flew off to Sango's old village.

"Yes. Hard to imagine. After everything that's happened I thought we would all stay to gather until we all died. Foolish thinking. We wont see any of them any more. They only reason we are staying to gather is because we are getting married, agreement done five years ago, and Kilala goes everywhere with you." Miroku sighed.

"I know. We say we'll se each other again, but its and obvious lie. We cant see each other again. Not after all that's happened." Suddenly she smiled. "Hey, let me change the subject. How many kids you want?"

A lecherous smile crept across Miroku's face.

"Depends. How many you think you can handle?"

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Well? Not quiet as confusing as before huh? Next chapters the epilogue. Hope you've enjoyed reading this story as much as I have writing it.

By the way, the living your life fatherless is something that is what I feel. My dad doesn't even know I exist, let alone I hurt like hell when other people talk about fathers' and taunt me about it. So please don't critisize that section, for it is a very personal thing. No Flaming it, it's just too personal to have people hurt me for it. I really put myself out there to type that, so please try not to hurt me. It represents what I feel, so if you insult that you're insulting my feelings. And yes, people have done this. People I really trusted.

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Lil' Pup out