Doggie Days
By. DemonGirl-Setsuna
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Hi there! Setsuna here!
This chapter is the second to last chapter of this story!
So, here is Chapter 23!
Please Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything belonging to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Ch. 23
Breaking the Curse
and Godai's Defeat
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"Ngh!", Himiko utters, as Godai's sword slices her hair to shoulder-length and scratches the back of her neck.
Himiko quickly twists around in the air to face him, blood staining the collar of her kimono.
"That sword, how'd you get father's sword!", she asks, wide eyed, "Answer me, Godai!"
"The old man didn't agree in my way of thinking, especially after I killed our old lady", Godai laughed, "So I had to kill him, and took his sword from his cold, dead fingers".
"You killed our? The high elders told me that a wild demon killed them!", she gasps.
"Oh, poor little tenyou girl, being lied to by her bosses", he sneers.
"They lied to me to protect me from the truth. The truth that my own brother murdered our parents", she whispers.
"Is your heart-broken over the death of those weaklings", he retorts, "We tenyous are stronger then the full blooded parents, no one can stop us!"
"Yeah, no one, but each-other", she whispers, "I'm going to stop you, you murderer!", she flies at him, and swings her sword and cuts the tip of his right wing off.
"So you don't want to join with me", he snorts, "It's your lost, Himiko", he flies at her at top speed.
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Meanwhile…
InuYasha places Kagome on the ground, turns her to face him and holds her shoulders, "Kagome snap out of it!", he yells, slightly shaking her.
Kagome just stares at him with glazed eyes.
"Kagome!", he screams, 'She's not responding', he thinks, his heart starts pounding.
InuYasha worriedly looks up at the sun, the eclipse was half-way done, the moon was slowly uncovering the sun.
'I don't have much time left, I have to hurry!', he panics, 'It's all or nothing now!', he thinks to himself.
InuYasha gently holds her shoulders and looks into her eyes, "Kagome, I haven't been honest with you…".
Kagome continues to stare at him with glazed eyes.
"The truth is I have feelings for you…", he says.
Kagome's eyes momentarily glints, then glazes back over.
"I had feelings for you since the day after we met, but when we met Shippo, I was afraid to tell you, then Kikyo was brought back and with her a sense of guilt. When we met Miroku and Sango, I drifted away from my feelings once again, but when Koga showed up, I truly was jealous and afraid you had feelings for him instead of me. As for my rudeness, as Himiko says, 'To be rude shows a man is weak or insecure', and I'm insecure about my feelings for you and if you would return them", he takes a breath, "The time I spent trapped in a dog's body helped me come to grips with my feelings for you, the feelings that I truly love you. You hear me Kagome, I love you!"
Kagome's eyes slowly unglazed completely, "InuYasha…I love you, too", she says, smiling.
InuYasha gently grasps the sides of her face and leans towards her, his lips lightly brushes hers, he feels Kagome grab the back of his head and pushes him more against her lips, deepening the kiss.
InuYasha could feel the pain that was growing in his chest ebb away when they kissed, and he knew the curse was lifting.
They break the kiss, just as the eclipse ends.
"InuYasha, is the curse broken?", Kagome asks.
"Yes, it is Kagome", he replies, "I'm free of the curse".
Kagome wraps her arms around him and hugs him tightly.
"Uh…Kagome…", InuYasha gasps, starting to blush.
"I was afraid the curse would never be broken", she sobs.
"It's ok now", he reassures, hugging her back.
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Meanwhile…
Back with Himiko…
"This fight ends now!", Himiko shouts, flying at Godai, she swings her sword and cuts off both of his wings off his back, "A tenyou's weakness is the same as an angel's weakness", she adds, graping his hand before he fell to his death.
Himiko slowly descends to the ground, then plucks two of her feathers from her wing and wraps them around Godai's wrists, and the feathers draw together forming cuffs, "Godai, you are under arrest for betrayal to the angel clan and for casting the Inu curse on the youngest son of InuTaisho", she says seriously, as she sheaths her sword.
"Himiko, it is great to see you again!", Kagome says, heading towards her, holding InuYasha'a hand.
"Good to see that you're ok and that the curse is broken as well", Himiko replies, "I have to bring Godai to be judged by the high elders, then punished".
"So what will the high elders do to him?", InuYasha asks.
"The worst they can do is strip him of his powers and he will have to live the rest of his days as a human", she answers, "I better get going to bring Godai to stand before the high elders, farewell Kagome and InuYasha".
"Hey we had a deal Himiko!", Midori yells.
"Oh right, stay with Kagome and InuYasha, and Shippo will meet up with them sooner or later", she says.
"Thank you Himiko", Midori thanks, then in a puff of smoke changes from her fourteen year old version of herself to her normal ten year old self, "Farewell, Himiko".
"You're welcome, everyone", Himiko says, picking up Godai and flies away.
"Good luck Himiko!", InuYasha calls.
"What was that about?", Kagome asks.
"She had a rough childhood also", he replies, "Lets head back to Kaede's village".
"Fine with me", she agrees.
All three walk out of the area, all with a smile on their faces.
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Well? What did you think? Please review!
The next and final chapter is called; 'Himiko Comes to Visit and Other Surprises'.
Catch you readers next time!