Making Things Right
"Kagome I promise I will make things right. I won't let you down this time." he said as he stood up by her grave. He held the jewel in his hands. He couldn't even feel any weight to it. 'How can something so small and so fragile save them? I must be crazy to think this will work. If it doesn't though… One way or another I will be with them again. I don't care how, I need them all.' he thought as he walked to the Scared Tree. It didn't take long because he had buried his close friends in a meadow nearby it. When he came to stand under its luscious green leaves that shaded him from the sun he looked up at the place where he had been sealed to the tree.
"This is where Kikyo and I parted. And it's where I first met Kagome. I don't know how I could have ever confused them. I know now I love Kagome and Kikyo…she didn't love me the way I loved her. Kagome loves me with all her heart and soul. She has done so much for me, sacrificed her happiness, her soul, and her life. All to try and please me." he said to no one in particular. "I hope I can make up for my mistakes Kagome." he said before looking at the jewel again. With every happy memory of her, every joyful or loving thought the jewel seemed to glow brighter encouraging him to make the wish. Telling him to find his way back to her. He held it out. Finally doing what he needed to do.
"I wish to turn back time. I wish it was the day my friends died." he said and as he said those words the painfully sad world he had known in the past few weeks disappeared. All he could see was that light, the blinding light of the sacred jewel. It must have been at least ten times brighter than the sun. He was suddenly confused. He didn't know what to do next. There was something wrong. Instead of feeling closer to Kagome and their friends he felt like he was drifting away from them. "KAGOME!" he shouted as everything went dark. It was pitch black. When he opened his eyes he realized why he had felt that way. He was with Kikyo as he had been that night.
Kikyo had been listening to InuYasha. He had been about to say something, but then stopped abruptly. She looked at him to see a dazed face. His eyes were flooded with so many emotions and she couldn't tell what any of them were doing there on the hanyou's face. She had just told him that she would only come back to him if he killed Kagome and became human for her. She had expected anger, rage, disappointment, or furry. What she saw was love, relief, happiness, concern, frustration a little, and even a little less confusion, but they still came through.
"InuYasha? What is wrong?" she asked and when he looked at her it was like he was really looking at her for the first time.
"I have to go" he stated plainly in hurry but she stopped him. "This isn't funny Kikyo! I need to leave NOW!" he yelled now getting angry. His beautiful amber orbs even flashed red for a brief moment, but Kikyo did not back down.
"Why? Why do you need to leave now? Is it my reincarnation?" she questioned searching for the answers in his expressive eyes, but there was nothing to look for. He stated it for her quite pitilessly.
"Her name is Kagome and yes. She and the others are in trouble" he said quickly before speeding past her, but she stayed there for a few moments before registering what he had said. When it finally hit her. She just walked away. Disappearing into the wind where her ashes should have been years ago.
He ran faster than he ever had. He ran faster than Kouga had ever run. 'Hold on Kagome. I'm on my way.' he thought nearing the village. His heart pounded harder with every step he took. He could feel her, sense her presence and that made him want to be with her more. He needed to save her.
When he came out of the forest and saw the village he was devastated. He had no idea there had been this many demon. Then he noticed Kagome with Shippo. There was a demon with poisonous barbs attacking them. It was getting ready to shoot Kagome. "NO!" he shouted and with lightning speed ran to her. He had only just got there in time, but at a cost. The barbs went straight through his back.
"Inu…InuYasha?" Kagome stood in front of him with tear forming in her perfect brown eyes.
"Are you ok, Kagome?" he asked fighting through the pain and the nauseous feeling that was building up in his stomach.
"I'm fine, but you're hurt." she stated reaching for him. He stepped out of her reach. He wanted to hold and be held by her so bad right then.
"In a minute. I have to take care of this first." he said turning from her to face all the demons. He saw Sango, Miroku, and even Lady Keade and all the other villagers fighting the demons with all their strength. 'I think I can use the Wind Scar without harming them. I just need to concentrate.' he thought closing his eyes and unsheathing his sword, the famous Tetsusaiga. He took a deep breath calming himself and gathering his strength. Just before he unleashed the Wind Scar he looked back to Kagome. He knew if he didn't save their friends they would be destined for the same cursed fated. Once he turned back he focused his energy and raised his sword. 'With one sweep it can kill a hundred demons' That was what Sesshomaru and Totosai had said, but now it had killed over a thousand. The demons were gone, completely vaporized.
To his relief he saw all of the villagers and his friends were safe. It was dead silent for a minute. Then there was a loud uproar from everyone. They shouted in triumph. They danced and just jumped up and down with joy. InuYasha then turned to Kagome. She was still crying he could smell it. Her face was hidden from his view though.
"Kagome?" he asked while walking to her with his sword still in his hands. She looked up at him with a huge smile. She leaped forward and hugged him around his neck tightly.
"Thank you InuYasha." she said still crying in joy.
"Kagome…your… choking me" he said huskily. She quickly dropped her arms. She looked up at him and saw something in his eyes. He was looking at her strangely and then sheathed his sword. He leaned over and whispered in her ear "Come with me". He took her hands . He was leading her into the forest when Sango and Miroku and Lady Keade came up to them. 'Not now' he thought frustrated.
"That was great InuYasha!" Sango said.
"I didn't know ye could slay so many demons with one sweep." Keade put in.
"I'm surprised we're still alive. The Wind Scar hit us all, but it only killed the demons." Miroku pointed out.
"Yeah that was weird." Shippo said surprising them all by sneaking up onto Sango's shoulder. Kilala was standing my her master obediently meowing occasionally.
"If you'll excuse us I need to talk to Kagome." InuYasha interrupted and then just left with her.
"That was a little rude. You know we should go back and take care of those barbs." Kagome said gently.
"But I do need to talk to you Kagome. I need to talk to you in private and show you something." he said turning and looking at her. She saw so much desperation and pleading in his eyes that she just nodded and walked on. She walked silently behind him. Soon after though he was walking weakly.
"InuYasha stop. We need to get those barbs out now." she said stopping him. She pulled them out as gently as she could but they were hard to get out. "Are you ok InuYasha?"
"I'll be better once you get those damn barbs out of my back." he said a little harsher than he had wanted to. "I'm sorry. It just hurts." he said as she finished.
"That's all of them. I still say we should go back to the village to clean the wounds." she said as she got up. He quickly got up after her.
"No! Kagome please I need to show you something now." he said taking her hand again. This only worried her more.
After a while she knew exactly where they were going, the Sacred Tree. 'Or he might be taking me to the well. Oh no. He better not be trying to force me to go home again.' she thought defiantly, but still walked behind him. He stopped in the forest at the edge of the clearing and turned to stare into here eyes. He was blocking her view of the well and the clearing behind him
"InuYasha? What are we doing all the way out here?" she asked suspiciously. He took her hands caressing them lovingly.
"Kagome I'm sorry." he said confusing her more and more.
"What for? You saved me and the entire village. Why are you sorry?" she asked getting really worried.
"I'm sorry that I couldn't save your future or at least your way back to the future." he said then stepped aside. There before her was the well, but completely destroyed. The wood was gone, it had been burned, and filled with who knew what. Kagome just looked on in shock and disbelief.
"No…No it…it can't be. I…" she couldn't even finish. She was soon embraced by InuYasha.
"Shh. It'll be alright Kagome. I promise." he said while letting his head rest on top of hers.
"How? I will never see my family, my friends in my time." she sobbed into his chest. He leaned back and cupped her cheeks. He wiped away the tears with his calloused hands as gently as he could. He forced her to look directly in his amber orbs.
"You can use the jewel." he said plainly. "You can use the jewel and wish to go back to your own time." he said feeling a lump form in his throat. Once he said this he couldn't look at her. He wanted her to be happy. It didn't matter to him weather he had to give up his happiness or not. She had given up her joy for his happiness. He had to be willing to do the same for her if he ever wanted to be able to say that he loved her.
"InuYasha. What about you? You wanted to be a full-fledge demon or you could have wished for Kikyo to come back to life." she said and that hit him hard.
"I would never wish for Kikyo to come back to life. I might have wished for her to be at peace, but that would have been the must I would wish for her." he said feeling the sting of tears in his eyes.
"Why? I thought you loved her." Kagome said. He could hear in the way she had said it that it had hurt to say admit. He turned back to her. She was looking at the ground with her beautiful eyes. He put his fingers under her chin lifting it ever so slowly afraid to see the heartache he knew he would find in her eyes. He was right and it killed him.
"Kagome, there is only one person in this world, or in any other, that I could truly love. There is only one person who can control my ever move without me even knowing it. She makes me feel stronger every time I'm with her. I feel like nothing can hurt us. I would do anything for her." he said with so much love. Then he tilted Kagome's head up a little more and leaned in close. He brought their lips so close together that he could feel her holding her breath. She could feel his warm breath on her face. "I would do anything, anything in the world, for you Kagome." he whispered before closing the gap.
He kissed her with such gentleness and love Kagome thought she had to be dreaming. It was to good to be true. All she could do was stand there in his arms. It worried him that she wasn't kissing back though. He pulled away looking into her eyes. He saw shock, disbelief, and unbelievable joy.
"Kagome I know you love me. I just want you to know that I love you too. I thought you needed to know that before you decided weather or not to stay here." he caressing her cheek just as he did that night she had died.
"But how? How do you know that I love?" she asked becoming confused. He lead her back to the Sacred Tree. He sat down leaning against the trunk of the tree. He pulled her down into his arms and let her rest her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned forward to whisper his secrets into her ear.
"Kagome I used the jewel to make things right. On this night everyone died except you. I was with Kikyo. You had been running from the demons I guess when Koga found you. He took you back to his den. You grieved there while I looked for you. I hadn't seen your remains in the village so I buried everyone." As he said this part he could feel tears in his eyes and could smell the tears in Kagome's. She knew he was telling the true. It may have sounded crazy but she knew in her heart that it was the truth.
"It took me weeks to find you but I did find you in the mountains with Koga. When I came to see you… you told me to get away. You had known that I was with Kikyo and you were furious with me. You blamed me for their deaths." Kagome gasped at this and turned her head to say she wouldn't have, but he put a finger to her lips to silence her. "You did say it Kagome and I hope I never have to hear anything like it again. You gave me the jewel, took off the beads of subjugation, and then told me to go to Kikyo. I left the den but I stayed in the woods close by. I couldn't just leave you." he said and paused for a minute. 'Now is the hard part' he thought clinging to her tighter.
"So you used the jewel to win my forgiveness, so I wouldn't be mad at you? That still doesn't explain how you knew I love you." she said quietly.
"I wasn't finished. It's just hard to talk about what happened next." he said leaning his head forward to rest on her shoulder.
"InuYasha please, please tell me." that stabbed at his heart.
"That's what you said that night. You had gone for a walk and I followed. You noticed and told me to go away. I didn't that time. We talked. You were depressed and I tried to comfort you but I just kept making it worse. You had said you needed a reason to live. I felt so ashamed of myself. I didn't think I had a right to love you and I didn't know how to say it. I just said 'You should want to live. I want you to live and be happy. I care about you' , but that wasn't enough for you. You said you needed more. I kissed you then. Almost the same as how I just kissed you a few minutes ago. That still wasn't enough. 'I need to hear you say it' was what you said but I didn't know how. You begged me to tell you. Just as I was about to tell you a demon came. I battled with it as hard as I could but I eventually got badly hurt. The demon was about to kill me when… when…" he couldn't finish. It was to painful to remember.
"I got in the way. Didn't I?" she asked.
"Yes and I held you. I held you close to me and you told me. You told me that you wanted me to be happy and that you loved me. I couldn't help but tell you that I loved you. I kissed you one more time and then you were gone. From there the demon died and I buried you next to Sango and Shippo. A few weeks later I thought of the jewel, that was what the demon had been after by the way. I thought to make a wish. I then thought to wish for all this. I wished to turn back time and it worked." he finished. He nuzzled her neck lovingly. "I love you Kagome. I don't know how there could be anyone else. Kikyo had just used me. I should have seen that a long time ago and she's not the same person she used to be." he said lifting his head up.
"InuYasha? Do you… Do you think we could stay together, forever?" Kagome asked innocently.
"Of course. I wouldn't have it any other way." he said pulling her closer to himself. She turned her head looking at him with pure love and joy. He smiled at her. "I love you." he said for the third time that night.
"I love you too." she answered before kissing him tenderly under their tree. The place where they first meet. Now the place where they confessed their love and soon to be were their children would play happily in the future that InuYasha had saved for them all.
