A?N: I am looking for a beta reader. I know that this story has alot of grammar erros but I am so busy I don't have time to edit. If someone would like for copy pase this story and edit it I would be debted to you forever and if you would do the same to my one shots and stuff that would be a blessing.
Thank you to all of you who have stayed on with this story I am still getting some reviews, not as many as I had hoped but I thank the readeds. I have another story that will becomming out as soon as I finish it. Witch should be sometime before the end of school depending on everything. I am going to finish it before I publish it because it releaves some stress with trying to update when needed. and I can change stuff around without confusing anyone.
This was Kagome's last day here. This was the last time she would ever see the sunset in Inuyasha's arms.
She sat in a tree, Inuyasha's arms wrapped around her waist and she leaning on his chest. This was her last beautiful sunset. The past always had beautiful sunsets, there was no smog or buildings to restrict it from showing all over the mountain side instead of the little peeks u get in-between buildings every once in a while. Kagome was content to sit there and look.
Inuyasha didn't pay much attention to the sunset at all. He was to busy studying Kagome, just to make sure he would never forget her face. Sure he had the pictures she had given everyone but that was not like this. Here her eyes softened a little and a wet glistened she looked like she was about to cry again. Her hair was all draped over one shoulder to keep out of Inuyasha's way but in truth he would love to be buried in it. The sun gave her skin a glow making her look like the angel she was. His little angel.
"Inuyasha" she said turning to him, her tears about to fall. "Can you take me to our friends, I want to spend some time with them to." He nodded and jumped from the tree, just as he was about to speed through the forest she stopped him. "I want to walk through the forest, I never really get to see anything like this in my time."
They walked through the forest hand in hand. Every now and then Inuyasha would rub the back of her hand with his thumb reassuring her that he was there for her, it was an unspoken promise.
Sango had just put breakfast on when the two walked in. Miroku was rolling up his futon and Shippo had run off to play with Kirara promising to back when he smelled food. Kagome helped Sango prepare breakfast saying, "It's my last time". Inuyasha sat in the coroner and watcher his angel work. It wasn't long before everyone was seated around the fire, food in their hands. Kagome barely touched her food, she was to busy watching everyone else.
Inuyasha was starting to get worried about her. She had just sat there during breakfast watching everyone. He hoped that she would find something to keep her busy these next few months when they weren't here. She always talked about a life were she wouldn't have to do anything, but he knew that if she did that it would give her to much time to think about all of this, depression was not a good thing for a girl like her. He also knew that she couldn't talk about her time travel adventures with anyone except her close family.
They spent the day doing small things; Kagome was just content to be in their company. Kagome wanted her last days here to be good. This was how she would remember these people. She knew that they wouldn't live to her time. She knew that she would never see them again. But it was like her mother told her when her father died "You can keep a person alive by remembering them" Kagome hadn't fully grasped the concept until later when she grew up a bit but she was planning on using the same principle now.
It wouldn't be the same, but then, she knew that. There would be no more running back and forth between this era and her own. No matter how much she complained about her busy life she knew she would miss it. So much had changed over the past years. Kagome knew that she would always be alert for demons even in her own time period as she so often caught herself doing. She knew that she would believe the tales people thought were legions made up for fun or to teach a lesson.
It was ok thought, she guessed. She got to experience things no one would ever imagine in her era. She found wonderful friends, an adoptive son and a hanyou that she loved. That was the hardest part of it all, the people here that she would be leaving behind and the hanyou who held her heart so tightly she doubted she could ever untangle it, nor did she want to try.
The group didn't do much of anything, everyone felt that they should be busy but none wanted to. They took a walk in the forest to be away from the village, Sango packed a small lunch having the idea that no one would want much to eat. They talked of times before this. Happy times when they were all together. Kagome told of things in her era that completely baffled them. She almost promised to bring them back something like it when she realized there would be no coming back.
The sun was low in the sky and still no one moved. No one spoke. Inuyasha sat with his arm around Kagome holding her. She looked at him and then the sun and nodded. Earlier that day he had promised to take her someplace special before she had to leave him. She stood and the rest of the group with her.
Silence.
They had no idea of what to say to one another. What do you say to the woman they had all come to love like a sister or mother? It seamed there was so much to say and so little time.
Kagome smiled letting a single tear escape, she knew there would be more to come.
"I'll miss you guys so much." She started before choking on her own words.
Inuyasha stepped back and let her have time with her second family, they would have their own good-byes later. She clung to each of them in a group hug, her in the middle holding Shippo with one arm and hugging the others with her other.
"It wont be the same without you Kagome." Shippo wailed into her shoulder, "Who will raise me now?"
"You will just have to be good for these guys, watch over them to. Don't let Miroku's hands wander on any woman but Sango." She smiled again as both faces mentioned reddened.
"I promise Kagome."
Sango took Shippo off Kagome's shoulder and stepped back letting her say her good-byes to Miroku. She knew each of them had gotten a gift for the mysterious girl from the future.
"Kagome, Know that I always thought of you as a sister."
"And you a brother, Miroku."
"I made this for you, I know people in your time hardly believe in these but I want you to take them. Now that you're…one you're own you should have some protection."
He handed her a stack of carefully made scrolls, each with a spell or ward on them.
"I will by sure to hand these around the shrine. Thank you Miroku, I will miss you."
"And I you."
Miroku stepped back and let Sango take his place.
"Kagome, who will help me with all the things you help me with now?" she started half joking, half not.
"I'm sure you will find another girl to help Sango…Will you do me a big favor?"
"Of course, anything for you Kagome."
"Watch over Inuyasha please. I know it can be a chore but I worry that he will get himself into trouble and we won't be there. I think he will stay close to the village but I'm not sure. If he was to ever leave would you remind him I say not to get into trouble."
"I would do that even if you had not asked Kagome. Don't worry, Miroku and I will watch him."
"Thank you Sango, you mean so much to me."
"And you to me Kagome. Don't forget about us when you leave, we will be thinking about you."
"I could never forget Sango. You have taught me so much." Her voice was starting to crack and more tears started to run down her face as she hugged her dear dear friend for the last time.
Shippo ran to her and jumped with such a force it almost knocked her down.
"You've grown so much Shippo, you'll be so big soon. Make sure you get Inuyasha to teach you to hunt soon, I have a feeling you will be a great hunter Shippo."
Kagome knew that this was to one person she had to try hard not to cry in front of. She knew he had seen cry a little and it scared him. Kagome only cried when Inuyasha did something wrong, and even then he wasn't worried because he knew they would make up. There were a few small time when he would worry, but only if it was a big fight that sent Kagome back home for more then a few days. Or the time stupid Inuyasha pushed her down the well.
Kagome squeezed Shippo a little tighter before letting him go to stand by Sango. They would take care of him, she knew that he would grow to be a good demon in company of those who loved him. He wouldn't be like the other demon and that was a good thing, maybe he would mate one day, maybe she would have adoptive grandchildren in a few years. But she wouldn't know would she, she would never know what happened to these people, these people that she had come to love and trust would be gone from her forever.
She looked and Inuyasha who was waiting patiently for her to finish her good-bye's with their friends. He nodded indicating he wanted to walk with her to the well. Kagome turned back to her second family and gave each one last hug before letting Inuyasha take her by the shoulders and turn her away.
"Are you ready Kagome?" he asked gently as possible in a whispered voice.
"Ready as I'll ever be I guess."
He smiled a little "That's my girl ready for anything."
He took her hand in his and led her gently from the group of loved ones gathered. A few villagers had arrived now, they were bowing and waving good-bye's to the priestess they had come to love like they had Kikyo. The girl had protected their village and tamed Inuyasha the horribly demon. In truth no one was without pain at hearing Kagome was leaving this time to go back to her homelands. She gave a little wave to the ones gathered at the road leading out of the village and nodded at their shouts of encouragement and praise.
She stopped at the top of the hill and gave one last wave to her second life. This was the end of it.
Soon Inuyasha could hear nothing but the birds chirping, the wind blowing and the love of his life sniffling back tears. He squeezed her hand a little tighter telling her through actions instead of words that it would be ok. She squeezed back telling him that she believed him. They had a telepathic language by now, they knew what the other was thinking, but I guess that's what you got when you spend two years loving someone in silence and when it finally leaked out you had days to relish in it.
The walk to the well seamed to take forever. But as soon as they got their, it felt as thought it couldn't have taken long enough. The stood facing each other by the lip of the well looking straight into each others eyes. Each was contemplating what should happen next. Neither was good at saying good-bye's and neither had much practice.
How had all the years of traveling and hard work, love and every other emotion they had ever felt boil down to this. The final good-bye.
"I love you Inuyasha, I'll never forget you."
With those words and her pleading eyes he instantly pulled her to him.
"I love you too Kagome, and you know I wont forget you."
"Still feels good to hear it."
Inuyasha pulled away and knelt down. He pulled a small box from his jacket and placed it in his palm in front of her.
"Kagome, I want you to be happy and that means if you want to have a family you should do it." There he had said the hardest words that would ever come out of his mouth. He had just given his Kagome permission to find another man to marry and love.
"I know that you don't think you want another person right now but you might. Our love may not stay forever as it is now. It might not always burn this fiercely. No I will not marry Kagome I will not love another. I have lost two now but you are the one that my demon instincts want. They never wanted Kikyo at all, just you."
Kagome didn't move at all during his speech. How could he think that she might not love him as she does now. Doesn't he understand that she will never love another like she loves him and has loved him for the past years that they had traveled together.
"My demon side calls for you to be my mate. A dog demon will only love one. He may marry as many as he likes but he will only love one. My instincts tell me that is you. So this is my gift to you."
Inuyasha reached down and lifted the lid of the box in his palm. She gasped. It was a ring, a wedding ring.
"This was my mothers. She told me to give it to the one girl I truly loved. That I would know who it was. And now I do know who it is. It's you." He slipped the ring on her middle finger. "Wear this token next to your husbands so that you will remember there are two people who love you so much they would do anything for you."
He rose and kissed her forehead.
"I won't marry Inuyasha" she slipped the ring off her middle finger and onto her ring finger. "I can't forget my love to you, I couldn't before and I wont now." Her voice was determined. He didn't want to last remember her as the two of them fighting so he sighed giving in. Time would change her mind and she would see that it's hard to be alone.
She looked at the well and back at him. There was so much and so little to be said that no amount of time would be appropriate.
"I suppose I should leave before I make this to hard on myself."
"I understand."
There words were simple, they didn't need huge shows of love and passion for they had already done that in the past week, now was tenderness and care. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist from behind her and walked step by step to the well a few feet away.
She couldn't contain it any longer, a tear slipped from Kagome's eyes and fell to their entwined arms. Good-bye was so final so true.
She spin around in his arms and looked deep into his eyes. If she forgot everything else about the way he looked, she wanted to remember his eyes. For she knew she would never see anything like them ever again. And if there was one thing she never wanted to forget about his character. It would be the way he loved her. They way he gave everything for her, including his life and his heart.
She sat on the lip of the well and swung her legs to the other side. His hands still rested on her sides, she leaded into him taking the sent only he seamed to carry. She felt him burry his face in her hair, snuggling it into the curve of her neck as he had done so many times before.
"Good-bye Inuyasha" It was all her trembling voice could muster.
"Good-bye Kagome."
She let herself slide from the edge into the empty darkness below, but a hand caught her and pulled her back. And she felt his lips on hers in fiery passion.
"Just incase you keep your vow to never marry."
And she slid away into darkness.
For those of you who can't understand the 6 days thing. I now i forgot myself but this is how it goes. Day one is really Day one and two because they promis a week from that day will be when she leaves and it started on that day. I hope you get that all cleared up. One more chapter to go. Please make sure to read it and not stop here because it is important to the storyline.