Hello Everyone! WOW it has certainly been a while! Well I'm sure you've been itching to find out what happens next so I won't hold you up any longer… unless I want to …but if you were smart you would just stop reading this authors note now wouldn't you. Why are you still reading this? Go on! Get on with the story! Enjoy!
Kagome's P.O.V
"Let go of me!" I hollered into Koga's ear. Instead of replying, Koga punched my stomach, making me fall into unconsciousness.
"I will not let that mangy-mutt have you! You are mine!" Koga whispered.
I woke up, dazed from the impact of Koga's punch. I looked at my surroundings. This wasn't Koga's den. I looked out the mouth of the cave and it was pitch black. My eyes landed on Koga, who was slightly out of breath which meant we had just gotten here. Oh no! We only have 5 hours left until the well closes over! This can't be happening! I looked around franticly for a small passage way out that I could go through with out getting caught but there wasn't one to be seen. Koga looked over at me and smiled.
"So, you're finally awake." Koga smirked.
"Koga! What is your problem!" I hollered.
"Inuyasha! Inuyasha is my problem! He stole you away from me! You are mine! You were to be my mate!" Koga exploded.
"NO! Inuyasha did NOT steal me away from you because I'm notyours! I will never be yours and I will NEVER be your mate!" I screamed. Koga looked at me wide eyed and slumped back onto the rock he was sitting on before.
"You really love him don't you?" Koga asked quietly.
Inuyasha's P.O.V
Damn that wolf! Damn that wolf to hell! That bastard took Kagome away! Kagome finally knows how I feel and he takes her away! He will not be forgiven and he will not survive the night!
Miroku and Sango followed close behind as I sniffed for Koga's sent. Finding a trail of his sent, I picked up my speed making Miroku and Sango having to jump onto Kirara's back to keep up.
"Inuyasha, are we almost there?" Miroku yelled.
"Yeah I have that bastard's scent!" I yelled back. "He will not get away! I will have my Kagome back!" I added quietly. Ever since I accidentally said Kagome was mine, I cared very little if I said it out loud; even if I did just say it quietly. Koga's scent became stronger and stronger. That means Kagome isn't far away.
Kagome's P.O.V
I looked over at Koga. His hair draped over his eyes and his head was resting on his hand.
"Well…yes. I do love Inuyasha. I'm sorry." I said quietly. I too slumped down onto a near rock. I felt so guilty! I know I shouldn't, but seeing Koga sitting there, completely depressed made me feel so bad for him. I slowly got up and kneeled in front of Koga. He looked at me and I saw something I thought I'd never see. Koga's eyes were glistening and stray tears were running down his cheek.
"Oh Koga," I whimpered. I then gave him a kiss on the cheek and hugged him. "I'm so sorry" I whispered. Koga hugged me back but seconds later released me. He looked at the mouth of the cave and there stood Inuyasha, frozen to his spot. I got up and began to walk over to Inuyasha but he backed away and stalked out.
"Inuyasha!" I screamed. I ran out of the cave passing Miroku and Sango. I saw Inuyasha sitting in a near by tree starring at the moon. His face was glowing from the light of the moon and he looked so serene. But I could tell he was hurt. His eyes seemed unfocused and there was no readable expression on his face. I walked up quietly to the base of the tree, looking for a low branch I could get up on. Finally finding one, I hoisted myself up and began to make my way to the hanyou at the top. I reached the branch Inuyasha was sitting on and perched myself beside him.
"Inuyasha?" I began nervously. His head turned away. "Inuyasha, it wasn't what it looked like." Still no answer. "Look, Koga and I just worked out everything. It was a good bye hug." I explained. Inuyasha's head whipped around.
"Don't forget you kissed the bug invested face of his!" Inuyasha roared.
"It was just a kiss on the cheek." I said plainly, not wanting to get into an argument.
"What does that matter? You still kissed him!" Inuyasha retorted. He crossed his arms and looked away from me. Having enough of this, I grabbed his chin and pulled him towards my lips. I broke the kiss and let go of his chin. Inuyasha's eyes were wide.
"Better?" I asked. Inuyasha, completely speechless, stared into the nothingness of his mind. Smiling, I climbed down the tree letting Inuyasha recollect himself.
Inuyasha P.O.V
Kagome just kissed me. Kagome just kissed me. I finally came back to earth to notice Kagome wasn't beside me anymore. I looked down below me and I saw Kagome calmly walking over to Miroku and Sango who had decided to rest on a boulder. It looked like they were making small talk and waiting for me to get out of the tree. Not wanting to stay in this place any longer, I leaped down from the tree and made my way over to the rest of the group.
My eyes averted over to the mouth of the cave where Koga just exited out of and sat on a boulder across from everyone else. I approached Koga and he looked up at me. I could smell something that didn't seem to belong to him. Salt. Koga had been crying? But why? Except, right now, that didn't matter. My hand rolled into a fist and I punched Koga in the face.
"That's what you get for kidnapping Kagome! You're lucky I'm not going to kill you!" I barked. Koga got up slowly, showing no expression, and sat himself back on the boulder. I was beyond confused. He usually would have made some witty remark and tried to fight back but instead he sat calmly on the rock and starred at the ground.
"what are you to weak to fight back?" I asked mockingly. Koga looked up at me.
"Screw off." Koga said quietly. I backed off a bit, totally bewildered.
"Feh." I breathed and turned to Kagome and the others. "Come on lets go!" I quickly checked my watch that I had left on. "Hurry we only have 4 hours left and it'll take at least 2 hours to get back to the village." I warned. Kagome and the others all nodded and we began to walk away. Koga said nothing and stayed where he was. Kagome looked back and then gently grabbed my shoulder.
"what?" I asked impatiently.
"Give me 1 minute. You can even watch me ok?" and with that she walked over to Koga. I followed right behind her.
"Koga?" She began. Koga looked up at her hopefully. "Look, I'm sorry, but Inuyasha and the rest of us are going back to my time… forever." Kagome said quietly. Koga's eyes went as wide as the boulder he was sitting on.
"You mean… I'll never see you again?" Koga asked sadly. Kagome nodded and with out any hesitation, Koga got up and hugged Kagome tightly. Before I could rip him away, Kagome gave me a look, telling me silently to let this one pass. I backed off and waited patiently. Koga began to cry again. Man was he a baby. But then again, when I thought I had lost Kagome, I had cried too. I sat on another boulder beginning to get a little impatient.
"You know, I bet Ayame wouldn't mind seeing you again." Kagome said followed by a little wink. Koga smiled back and let Kagome go.
"I'll miss you Kagome." Koga whispered.
"I'll miss you too." And with one more hug, Kagome began to walk away.
"So you all finished now?" I said impatiently. Kagome nodded and walked past me. When we got a distance away Kagome looked back and waved good-bye to Koga. I think that might be the last time I'll ever get to see the flea bag. We had some pretty good fights. Too bad I didn't get to kill him.
Kagome's P.O.V
I didn't know it might actually hurt to say good-bye to Koga. But I guess over the years, he really started to become my friend. I'm going to miss him. I looked over at Inuyasha who was walking ahead of me with his arms crossed. I ran up beside him and hooked my arm with his. Inuyasha's whole body tensed but then relaxed and kept walking. Miroku and Sango looked back and smiled slyly. I swear Miroku is rubbing off on Sango way too much!
I stayed hooked to Inuyasha the whole two hours it took to get back to the village. When we weren't walking I was on his back as usual. We entered the hut where Kaede and Shippo sat, playing with a deck of cards I had brought for them some time ago.
"Come on Shippo, it's time to go to you're new home." I said sweetly. Shippo grinned and hopped onto my shoulder. I'm so glad everyone is so happy to go to my era. Speaking of which, I'm going to have to tell gramps and Souta. I looked over at Inuyasha's watch. We still had 2 hours left. We turned around and went out the door. I bumped into Inuyasha's back.
"Hey come on! What's the hold up?" I looked over Inuyasha's shoulder and saw a man, no a demon, standing in front of us.
"Who are you?" Inuyasha growled. The demon laughed. He had pitch black hair, reaching his shoulders and he was wearing all black and red armor with a black cape as well. He also had long claws that looked like it could cut through anything.
"WHO are you?" Inuyasha repeated angrily.
"I am Kurisu." He answered simply.
"What business do you have with us?" Inuyasha shouted.
"Your father murdered both my parents," Kurisu began, "and I am here to avenge their death!" Kurisu lunged at Inuyasha. Inuyasha pushed me back into the hut. There is no way I'm staying in here as he gets hurt. I looked around and found Kaede's arrows.
"Let me borrow these." I said quickly and ran out the door.
"Stay in there Kagome!" Inuyasha ordered.
"NO! I will fight with you!" I yelled back. Inuyasha growled.
"Fine! But please, don't get yourself killed!" Inuyasha pleaded.
"Don't worry" I smirked. I pulled an arrow out and got ready. Inuyasha unsheathed his sword and the battle began. Sango came out of the hut in her battle outfit and Miroku with sacred sutras at hand because he no longer had the wind tunnel.
"Let's do this!" I said.
"It's been a while since I've been in a battle." Inuyasha acknowledged. "You ready Kurisu?"
"You bet I am" Kurisu replied. Inuyasha ran towards Kurisu.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha hollered. Somehow, Kurisu dodged the Wind scar.
"Lightning Claws!" Kurisu yelled. Flashes of daggers sped towards Inuyasha. One got him in the arm but he successfully dodged the others.
"Hirikotsu!" Sango threw her weapon and it hit a barrier Kurisu put up and came flying back at her, knocking her to the ground.
"Sango!" Miroku screamed. He ran over to her and propped her against the hut.
"How dare you hurt her!" Miroku warned. "Sacred Sutra!" Miroku threw his sutras towards the barrier making it evaporate into thin air. Then he threw his staff piercing Kurisu's right arm. Kurisu screamed in agony and tore out the staff and chucked it to the ground. Inuyasha getting annoyed ran and blindly attacked Kurisu. He managed to stab him in the gut and in the shoulder and got himself a few flesh wounds in the process.
Sango had regained consciousness and threw her hirikotsu at Kurisu once again. His left arm came clean off. Inuyasha silently thanked her because he got a few more good stabs in. 1 hour and 30 minutes later we still hadn't managed to kill him. He was obviously getting weaker but all of us had gotten many flesh wounds, some rather deep.
Suddenly I got a strange tingle in my head. I tried to focus on it. I opened my eyes and I noticed a crystal imbedded on the very bottom of his neck. All of his power seemed to radiate from it. Was I able to sense the weak spots of an enemy?
"Inuyasha!" I screamed. He was way to busy trying to kill him to hear me. Miroku was tending to wounds back in the hut with Sango so it was just me and Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!" I repeated louder. Still not turning his head, I waited for him to be a good range away from Kurisu before doing something he'd notice.
"SIT!" I screamed. Inuyasha went face down into the dirt. "DON'T GET UP!" I yelled. I loaded my arrow and aimed it for the crystal. I shot it and it pierced directly in the center of the crystal. Kurisu screamed in pain and his body dissolved leaving only the broken crystal, shattered on the ground. Inuyasha got up and stalked over to me.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME TO MOVE, WENCH!" Inuyasha hollered in my face.
"I tried! But you were to busy trying to kill him to listen!" I retorted. I turned around and walked back into the hut. Both Miroku and Sango were bandaged up with the help of Kaede. Inuyasha glance at his watch.
"SHITTT! WE ONLY HAVE 5 MINUTES TO GET TO THE WELL!" Inuyasha warned. Everyone began to pack up everything quickly. Kaede pushed me to the side.
"Do ye have the crystal I gave you?" Kaede asked quietly. I nodded remembering the crystal in my pocket. "good now hurry along! Ye musn't be late!" before I could ask anything about the crystal, I was pushed out the door along with everyone else and their belongings. We ran to the well and when we got there, Inuyasha checked his watch and smirked.
"1 minute." This time ALL of us jumped down the well to start our new life.