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Some Dreams Can Come True, Ya Know!

Chapter 31: Inuyasha vs. Shadow and the Green Tetsusaiga

"So, Shadow, it's time to find out where people like you go when they die. Be sure to send me a letter." Inuyasha said sarcastically as he lifted his sword once more, ready to fight.

"Let's do it then, half breed." Shadow said. Inuyasha charged, pulling Tetsusaiga up above his head. Inuyasha brought the sword down, but it hit nothing but air.

"Are you're eyes really that slow?" Inuyasha whipped around to see Shadow standing on the other side of the room, looking bored as he inspected his fingernails.

"Just shut up and fight!" Inuyasha growled. He ran over to Shadow to attack, just to have him disappear again.

"They said you were a good fighter. Ha. Yeah right." Inuyasha heard Shadow say from the other side of the room. Inuyasha didn't even bother to turn around, just waiting for Shadow to come closer. "What's the matter? Scared?" Shadow asked, humor evident in his voice as he started to slowly make his way over to Inuyasha.

"Come on…come on you louse…come on…" Inuyasha thought. "Just a little further…come on…"

"What's the matter now? Cat got your tongue?"

"No! I've got you!" Inuyasha yelled as he did a one-eighty, slicing through the air, taking Shadow completely by surprise at how fast he was moving. Shadow didn't have time to react as the sword came towards him. It sliced his stomach, and he took a few steps back in shock.

"Impressive…" Shadow said, looking down at the wound. It seemed he didn't care about it at all. He waved his hand and the gash disappeared and his clothes repaired themselves.

"Wha? How can you do that?" Inuyasha asked, shocked at what he had just seen Shadow do.

"I am a magic bearer, my little half breed. And I am also demon, you see. But…it may be a bit more than your little brain can handle." Shadow said. "Pity. I would have liked to see your face as I killed off your friends, one by one."

"What! That's not going to happen!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Oh really? And who's going to stop me?" Shadow asked challengingly.

"Me!"

"Ha! A person who can't even see me move has no chance of beating me. Thanks for the joke. I really needed a good laugh. Now it's time for you to die." Shadow said. "Wait, stop everything…should I kill you…or your friends first?"

"What? If you're going to kill them, then you're going to have to kill me!" Inuyasha said, lifting Tetsusaiga as he glared at Shadow.

"Is that a threat?" Shadow asked.

"What are you playing at?" Inuyasha asked. "Of course it's a threat!"

"Oh, excuse me. I've just been here for a while. Pardon me if I'm not up to date on newly fashioned threats." Shadow said, going back to examining his fingernails. "So, are you going to fight me or just stand there?"

"What do you think?" Inuyasha asked, rushing at Shadow in a moment's notice. Just as Shadow disappeared, Inuyasha knew where he was going. Inuyasha whipped around, running at Kagome and the others. They had a look of shock and fear on their faces as they thought that Inuyasha was going to attack them, but Inuyasha's sword made contact with what looked like thin air.

Then they all saw it. Shadow was standing there, Tetsusaiga embedded in his side, Inuyasha grinning. "So, are my eyes to slow now?" Inuyasha asked.

"…" Shadow said, before stepping back and pulling Tetsusaiga out of his side as he went. And this time, when he waved his hand, his clothes didn't mend, and his wound didn't heal. "You…what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything." Inuyasha replied honestly. "Maybe your magic just finally ran out." Inuyasha then dashed at Shadow, who disappeared again, this time reappearing on the opposite side of the room, where he put his hands out in front of him and started to chant in a demonic language.

"Inuyasha, we have to get out of here!" Sesshomaru yelled at his brother, suddenly realizing what Shadow was doing.

"Why?" Inuyasha asked.

"Wait, it's too late! There's no way we'll get out of the vicinity in time!" Sesshomaru continued. "We need a shield, but Kagome is to weak to put up a strong one!"

"I…I can do it…" Kagome said weakly as she sat up.

"No Kagome! You are not going to use up your last ounce of strength and/or life energy doing that! We'll find another way, but we need to do it fast!" Miroku said. But it was too late. A beam of black light shot out of Shadow's hands and came towards the group.

Inuyasha still held onto Tetsusaiga, his mind racing as the tried to figure out what to do. Then, he thought of all the ones that he loved that were about to die behind him, and a new hope filled him. He looked around, then a crazy idea popped into his head. The beam of light flew towards him, and Inuyasha couldn't do anything but hold Tetsusaiga in front of him. He wanted to carry out his plan, but for some reason, his body was stuck in shock.

The beam of light reached him, and all his body would allow him to do was lift up Tetsusaiga as a reflex to protect himself. He looked down at Tetsusaiga, and the blade changed from sparkling silver to shining green. The beam of light hit the sword, Inuyasha using all of his energy to hold the sword up and keep it from pushing him backwards. He started to panic when the light started to spread around the sword.

Shadow watched the group as his strength drained out of him as he kept the beam of light going. When the beam finally passed Inuyasha's sword, Shadow started laughing manically. He didn't notice a small green flash of light the second after the light got past Tetsusaiga. A few minutes later, he finally let his beam fall, his body to weak to do anything else.

He continued to stare at the area the group had been as the smoke cleared. Once the dust settled, his eyes widened at what he saw. The group was completely gone. He fell to his knees, to weak to hold himself up. He looked over at where the group had been standing, and didn't see any evidence that they were even there.

"Sanga!" Shadow yelled. A young woman walked into the room a moment later, then at seeing him on his knees, ran over. She had bright pink hair and blue eyes. She was wearing an old fashioned pink and blue kimono.

"Shadow! What happened to you?" The girl asked.

"Sanga…they must have teleported. They can't know about their future selves." Shadow said, his breath starting to become ragged as he tried to keep from falling over unconscious.

"Shadow…what would you like me to do sir?" Sanga asked.

"Before you do anything else, heal me." Shadow ordered. Sanga gave him a sheepish grin for not already doing it, but she waved her hand and the chunk out of his side healed and he gave her a smile. "Thank you. Now, I need you to erase the memories of everyone related to this incident in the past week, unless they are part of our side. Also erase Kio's memory. As not to raise suspicions on Kagome's condition of being tortured, make them remember that I kidnapped her."

"Yes sir. I'll get right to it." Sanga said. "And what will become of Kagome since she has the poison within her?"

"Don't worry, it was all fake. Just to make her think that she was going to die so she would tell us." Shadow said, grinning.

"Ah, another of your evil tricks sir." Sanga said as she stood up, then offered a hand for Shadow to take. He accepted, and Sanga pulled him to his feet. "I'll get right to work on their memories."

"Good job. Don't let me down." Shadow said.

"Do not worry sir. I will not disappoint you." Sanga said, and with a bow, she disappeared.

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"Oww…my head…" Inuyasha moaned as he sat up. He looked around to find himself at Kagome's mother's house. He was laying on a couch in the living room. He sat up, rubbing his head. He looked down at his clothes to find that they were modern day. He remembered coming to Kagome's time with her…then going shopping…then finding out that Kagome was pregnant…then going to get the rest of the group…then shopping, and then Kagome got kidnapped…and he remember Shadow…and then Kagome was tortured…

"Kagome! Where are you!" Inuyasha yelled as he jumped up and ran out of the living room.

"Inuyasha, what's the matter?" Someone asked from behind him. He turned around to see Sesshomaru standing there.

"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"Where else? She's in her room. She still hasn't recovered from that Shadow's torture yet."

"That kisama!" Inuyasha yelled, then turned and ran up to Kagome's room, opening the door and closing it gently behind him. He turned to look at Kagome, who was laying in the bed, asleep. To say the truth, she looked utterly awful, but better than she had the last time Inuyasha had seen her. He walked over and looked at a cut on her cheek to see it heal itself as he watched. He almost snorted as he realized that Kagome was healing herself as she regained her energy. Of course, this was probably just on reflex. She probably didn't know that she was doing it, since she was, of course, asleep.

Inuyasha sat there at the desk, turning the chair around so that he could watch over Kagome until she woke up. He watched the last cut on her arm heal, then he saw her start to stir. Her eyes fluttered open as she awoke. She sat up, noticing where she was.

"What happened?" Kagome asked groggily with a yawn.

"We went and rescued you from Shadow. Remember, we were out shopping and he grabbed you." Inuyasha said.

"Oh, yeah, I remember now…filthy kisama…" Kagome muttered. "Do you know if our child is all right?"

"I think so Kagome. I sat here and watched you heal yourself while you were sleeping. Do you remember any of it?"

"No, I don't. I must have been doing it self-consciously."

"I guess so."

"So, have you thought of any names for the baby yet?" Kagome asked.

"I was thinking that if it's a girl, I'm debating whether to have Kamina or Shami. I like both of the names. I've never heard of a child named Kamina, or Shami for that matter. And if it's a boy, I want to name him Yusuke." Inuyasha suggested.

"Yeah…I really like those names! We still have a while to debate, so we'll be able to think about it later. Right now, I'm hungry." Kagome said. As though her stomach could read her mind, there was a growling coming from her midsection. Kagome and Inuyasha laughed, then they walked out of the room and down stairs towards the kitchen to get some well deserved food.

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xxEight and a Half Months Laterxx

"Kisa, why won't they let me in?" Inuyasha asked as he walked back and forth in front of a door.

"Inuyasha, they probably don't want you in there for some good reason. Don't worry, its only family giving the delivery that vowed never to tell anyone if there are demonic parts or the like. Don't worry, everything will be okay." Sango reassured him. A scream came from the other side of the door, and Inuyasha ran over to it, finding it locked. Inuyasha didn't care anymore. He yanked at the door knob, breaking the lock, and ran inside.

"INUYASHA!" Inuyasha turned to the source of the voice to find that it was Kagome that had screamed. "I NEED HIM! GET HIM-oh, there you are! COME HERE!"

Inuyasha obeyed, and ran over to his wife. Kagome grabbed onto his hand and squeezed it as hard as she could, making Inuyasha wince and draw his breath sharply.

"Now, Kagome, I need you to push a few more times. It seems that it is another set of twins." Midoriko said.

"What? Another set? Oh lordy…" Kagome muttered.

"Now, push when I say so, okay?"

"Okay…"

"Push! Push Kagome!" Kagome pushed with everything that she had. She heard a baby cry, and she knew that she couldn't give up just yet.

"Good, now, again, push!" Kagome complied with the command, yet nothing. "Push Kagome! Push!" Kagome complied again, and this time, success. She heard another baby cry. Her head fell back on the pillows in exhaustion.

"Congratulations! They're both girls!" Ayame said. Inuyasha and Kagome both beamed as they saw Midoriko walking over, two bundles in her arms. Before anything else happened, Inuyasha drew his breath sharply again as a crack was heard, and he turned to Kagome.

"Kagome! Please, let my hand go! I think you broke it!" Inuyasha said. Kagome looked over at him, realizing she still had a death grip on his hand.

"Sorry…" Kagome apologized, taking her hand off of Inuyasha's. Inuyasha grinned, and with his other hand reached over and started to rub his broken hand. Midoriko handed one of the bundles to Kagome.

"I'll name her Kamina." Kagome said. The baby had black hair, a pair of white dog ears mounted on top of her head, and she had crimson red eyes.

"And here is the other little one." Midoriko said.

"And her name will be Shami." Kagome said. The baby had midnight black hair with silver streaks. She had black and silver striped dog ears and a midnight black tail with a silver tip.

"Those are beautiful names Kagome." Inuyasha complemented.

"Well, of course, both of the names came from you." Kagome said, smiling.

"Kagome, does life get any better than this?" Inuyasha asked.

"No, I don't think it does, love." Kagome said, pulling him down to kiss him on the cheek.

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xxThree Weeks Laterxx

"Kagome, the twins are so cute!" Anami said, coming over and hugging the little bundles of joy to her. It was a small reunion to celebrate the birth of Kagome's new set of twins. Okay, here is all who was there: Kagome and her family (as in her mom, dad, her kids, Inuyasha, Sota), Sango, Miroku, Sanya, Machika, Sesshomaru, Kiala, Siala, Kiomaru, Shippo, Soten, Midoriko, Kirara, Koga, Ayame and Hojo.

"Kagome, we all have a surprise for you and Inuyasha." Sango said. "Okay everyone! Gather around, we're giving Inuyasha and Kagome the you-know-what!" Everyone came to gather around Kagome, Inuyasha and their kids.

"Inuyasha, Kagome, we've got a surprise for you." Miroku said.

"And is this why we weren't allowed to go back to the Feudal Era for a few months except for the twins birth?" Kagome asked.

"Yes, it is. All right everyone, congregate outside around the well!" Sango called. Everyone headed outside and jumped through the well in pairs. Once they were in the Feudal Era, everyone kept Inuyasha and Kagome turned a certain direction. They made the two close their eyes, and they led them to somewhere a few hundred feet away from the well.

"All right, open your eyes." They heard Sesshomaru say. They opened their eyes and gasped.

"You…you did this?" Kagome asked, turning around to everyone. They all beamed and grinned at her with enthusiastic nods. "We can't except this!"

"Yes you can. We built this for you and Inuyasha. Take it! We want you to have it. It's sort of…a gift from us to you and your family." Kiala insisted. Kagome and Inuyasha nodded, then looked at the structure in front of them. It was a mansion.

"Kagome and I will never be able to thank you properly…" Inuyasha said.

"It's all right. Just forget about it and enjoy the gift." Kirara said, grinning.

"Enjoy the house! We'll give you tour!" Ayame said happily. Kagome nodded, and she and Inuyasha walked towards the house with Kia, Koinu, Kamina and Shami. Just as they were about to go inside, Kagome turned back to everyone.

"I want to thank you. Every single one of you. I love you all, and again, thank you so much!"

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