A/N: Alas I think this might be the last chapter...WAHHH! I'll miss you all...but don't forget...I'll be back with the sequel!
Callouts:
Harteramo: Thank you, I hope I live up to your expectations. Review for the sequel!
HOTANIMELOVER: -sniffles-I know, I cried like eight times while writing that chapter. It was so sad oh and here -hands you a kleenex box- That should help with the crying.
Ashley Jo:Well you soundverybroken up about it...I'm kidding...and of course I'd bring Kagome back.
Moonfoxesrule:-hands you apack of four boxedkleenex- There, there, death doesn't overcome everthing, just most things in this story.
Inuyasha-Kagome4everandever: Actually I don't think you review under the other name. Anyway, if you cried during the last chapter, I don't have any more... oh wait I just found a twenty pack of kleenex...here you go! Review for sequel!
Anonymouse-Dragon: Well I have to say two thumbs up for the name, I love it! And thank you, although this stoy has some good points, I don't like it that much.
Whostolemyname: hey dude, what if I was jewish? I mean I'm not, but you might want to take that into consideration. Oh and I liked the last chapter too!
Princess of stars: -sniffles too- I know, I hate death, it should go die.
Forest Sentry Koneji: Well I kinda liked that chapter too!
Kuang: -tears form in my eyes- Its over! WAHH! I'm sorry, but its so sad!
Simonkal of Inuy: WOW...are you a phsycic? 'Cause I think you are!
Krazie-edge: -hands you a microphone- Now could you repeat that?
Shikera defreitas: Well you'll love the ending to this last chapter. -starts to cry- excuse me -runs away with tears in eyes-
xoxsilver moonxox: Well of course I have to have a happy ending!
HelikaAkileh: -struggles to get out a jumbo box of tissues- Just hold on for one second! -tries to pull out more, and faints from exhaustion-
Kagz: Apparently your command is my...wish? No that isn't right...whatever?
oxymoronique: I did review for your story didn't I? If I didn't tell me, and then I'll get right on it. The reason Kagome's powers were blue, was b/c they weren't hers. Those were the powers that the Fates gave her.
Quickshivshadow: Calm down, calm down. I'm sorry it took so long, I had soo many tests this week. So here's the new chapter to break the suspense...its also the last.
Gost: If you're still reading this, it wasn't over then, I still had one moe chapter to go.
So sadly this is the last chapter...I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
When someone dies, their soul is meant to go to one of the other sides, heaven or hell. But for the people who leave someone behind, they're stuck between dimensions. In the process of dieing, their spirits and memories are separated from one another. They then endlessly search for the memory of their loved one that they have lost. When their remembrance of the past is acquired, they are able to move onto the after life. In other words, they die.
Kagome opened her eyes to see a grayness surrounding her being. She found herself lying on the ground, a hole in the fabric of her shirt. She touched it trying to remember how it had come to be. Nothing came to mind. Souls hovered around her, each and every one of them lost. She sat up and looked around, and saw a little girl walking a few feet away from her. The girl looked as if she were waiting for someone. She struck something in her mind, but Kagome let it float away before the thought could be caught. The girl cast her gaze towards Kagome, she squinted her eyes trying to identify her. The girl closed her eyes as memories of her past came back to her. A smile appeared on her face, she waved at Kagome. Her form started to disappear, her smile being the last thing to vanish. Kagome watched as the girl evaporated before her eyes.
'That little girl, it seemed as if she knew me, but I can't remember her. Who was she? I can't remember anything before waking up in this dismal place. I feel as if something important has happened, something crucial. I feel as if I am supposed to remember someone.'
She got up and stood on her feet. She surveyed her surroundings, and saw nothing but gray. She inhaled sharply trying to force the suspicion in her heart out.
'I need to know who I left, who I loved. Please someone save me,' Kagome thought looking out at the thousands of wondering souls.
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Clouds above began to darken further, the weight of moisture too heavy to carry anymore. Lightening struck, signaling the beginning of a horrible storm. It began to rain down on the two people below, soaking them to the bone. Inuyasha still stood over Kagome's body, tears still flowing down his face. He kneeled down onto the ground and picked her up again. Her head fell to the side, no spirit inside of her able to hold it up. He began to walk away from the castle, from the death and destruction. In his curled fist still lay the Shikon no Tama. He kept walking, his heart heavy with the loss of his love. With each step he could feel the weight of reality pulling him more and more towards a deep and saddening melancholy. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara all were happy as ever. Miroku's wind tunnel was gone, and along with it went the deathly poison that could've killed him. Sango was happy that the man who had controlled Kohaku was finally dead. Their attention was caught as they saw Inuyasha heading towards them, the look of pure depression on his face told them something had happened. Kirara transformed into her larger form, and walked towards him. The others soon followed her. Inuyasha looked at them, and then down at the dead body in his arms. They followed the direction of his gaze, and saw the body, it was…Kagome. Sango collapsed onto the ground, the death of her friend overwhelming her. Miroku sat down next to her, pulling her into a hug of comfort. She cried into his chest, her sobs muffled. She began to beat his chest over and over. Miroku ignored the forming bruises, as he allowed her to beat out her frustration. Shippo could not tear his gaze from the dead form of his adoptive mother. The blood caught in the fabric of her shirt, capturing his thoughts. He walked up to Inuyasha and grabbed the red fabric of his kimono. Inuyasha stood still as all of his friends cried their hearts out. He laid Kagome onto the ground and began to walk away. He began to run as he got farther from his friends. The castle's doors stood ahead of him. He pushed them open and came to an abrupt halt when he found the woman he had been looking for.
"Kikyou, I need to know," he said. She looked at him smirking.
"So it seems as if that pitiful girl has finally died, hopefully for good this time," she replied cackling. He ran towards her, pinning her to the wall.
"Kagome is not pitiful, and I will bring her back! I need to know how to though, and you will be the one to tell me."
"What will you do if I don't Inuyasha? There is nothing you can do, deep in your heart you still love me. You can not harm me when you still harbor feelings towards me," she said. She pushed him off of her. He backed up a few feet. Hatred filled his eyes as he looked at her.
"I love Kagome, my heart belongs to her. You will tell me how to get her back," he demanded.
"There is only one way, and that is to use the Jewel to bring her back. But if you do that, you will lose your chance to become full demon." He stared down at the Shikon no Tama that had managed to stay with him still. His nails cut into his skin as his blood fell onto the tiny marble like object. He walked away from the stone cold woman, allowing her to carry on her life, and live on with loneliness overcoming her heart. He walked out into the courtyard of the castle and stood in the middle. He let the blood from his hand drop onto the ground below. He looked up at the sky.
"You've taken everything from me, first my life. Then my memories, finally when everything was coming back into order, you take the most important thing in the world to me, and you kill it. You Fates supposedly control all courses of destiny, every life, everywhere. Kagome said that no one has ever been able to change your plans, but that's going to change today! I will bring her back, and you will help me find a way," he yelled.
Three women above watched his attempt to obtain their attention. They all sympathized with the poor hanyou. Everything in his life had been taken from him, leaving the miko to take care of him. With her eliminated, his destiny could become unsteady. They all looked to a woman who was also watching. She nodded and disappeared. Below them the hanyou kneeled on the ground, the tears cried causing him exhaustion. He fought the sleep, staying strong for Kagome. A presence appeared behind him. He got up and turned to see, Midoriko.
"You're the woman who created the Shikon no Tama, the one who started this whole thing. What are you doing here?" he asked. She looked at him, her wise eyes piercing his soul.
"I am here to bring back the woman you lost. I am messenger of the Fates. They want me to guide you. The way to bring Kagome back is to call her soul back into her body," she replied.
"But how do I do that?"
"You must wish upon the Jewel, and then you will be able to travel to the wandering realm where she now resides. When you reach it, you must call out to her. Be sure that she does not see you, for if she does she might obtain her memory of you. If her memory is returned to her, then she will move onto the heaven, and die…for good."
"That's it?" he asked. The mystical woman nodded her head. He smiled and opened his palm. The Jewel began to glow as his mind called out to his love. The world around him began to deteriorate as the living color was replaced with a dreary gray. Souls of people appeared all around him, each one paying no heed to him. He searched for Kagome, trying to find her red miko robes, but was only greeted with multiple colors of gray. He looked franticly for Kagome, hoping she had not already spotted him. Yards away a woman stood, the bustling of other souls not disrupting her gaze. Her chocolate brown eyes began to warm to the area around her. Inuyasha saw the woman standing still in the sea of moving souls…and he knew it was her. He ran towards her, threading and bumping against the spirits. She reached her hand towards him, smiling. The hand began to disappear in front of her. A frightened look came to her face, she looked at the fading hand. Inuyasha kept running, completely forgetting to call her name. His silver hair gleamed through the gray, obliterating all of her forgetfulness. Her legs began to grow faint, the traces of their outline hardly recognizable. Inuyasha stopped right in front of her, his hands outstretched to touch her nearly visible cheek. She lifted her ghostly hand to touch his. Light started to illuminate from her form. Inuyasha's eyes widened. He fell to the ground.
"No, Kagome please don't leave me. I need you," he whispered. He felt a hand lift his chin up. Before him stood Kagome, the ghostly shimmer that had almost consumed her, no longer existent. He jumped onto his feet, to find her gone. He smiled as he was pulled back into his own realm.
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Above the crying group, the sun broke through the ominous clouds, scattering them about. Its rays gleamed down onto the villages and people below, allowing them to escape from the confines of their own homes.
Kagome woke with a start. She cough, trying to clear her rough throat. Next to her, everyone was crying. She got up and walked towards Sango, patting her on the back. Sango turned her head, her puffy eyes blurring her vision. She opened her eyes wider to see her friend…alive. She got up and jumped into her friend's open arms. Sango started to cry the tears that she had thought had dried up.
"Kagome…how are you alive? It truly is impossible," Miroku said from behind them. Kagome broke the hug to look at him.
"After how many times Inuyasha and I have died…is anything like coming back from the dead that impossible?" she asked laughing at Miroku's shocked expression. Behind her she could hear the crunching of gravel as someone came closer. She turned her head and saw silver. Inuyasha stood several feet away from her, oddly avoiding eye contact. She laughed again. She walked towards him, and lifted a finger to his chin directing it towards her. His eyes captured hers, honey and chocolate combined. He pulled her into an embrace. She grasped his back, the force creating ripples in the fabric of his kimono. She pulled back from the hug to look him in the eyes again.
"I told you when I woke up that I would talk to you about how I wouldn't die. And look at this, I'm not dead!" she said smiling warmly. He smiled, pulling her back into his embrace again. They stood like that for hours, ignoring the sleeping of a foot, or pain of a knee cap. They stood in the loving embrace of soul-mates.
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We all at one point lose ourselves in the storm of love, full of emotions beyond our control. We become lost in our hearts' wants and needs, never finding our way back. Love consumes your mind, your body, your soul. It fills everything inside of you, picking you up when you're down, and putting a smile upon you face. It is the strongest power known to man, yet it's left un-harnessed by the world around us. We look upon it and smile with heavy hearts, for most are at a loss of what it feels like to finds ones soul-mate. Once you do it's as if you could not live without them. If separated from the one your heart calls out to, you start to die on the inside. For without the other half of your soul, your life is incomplete. Most questions never answered are of how love is made. It starts out as awkward experience, and then flourishes into one of hope. Hope for the one you love to in turn love you back, eventually a fire a starts in your heart, one of affection, passion, and desire. When your soul-mate is found…hold onto them…for you may just miss out on what could've been.
A/N: Well if you guys like this story...then review for the sequel! It'll be the bomb! I sware though if no one reviews, no sequel! Muahahaha!-wickedgal begins to concoct the thrilling sequel to His Life And Her Death while laughing evilly!-