Cast in stone

Chapter

Zeldagurl

Authors note: Okay then! Well, with the release of movie three in the U.S. and the fact that most of you are ready to kill me by now; I've gone to great lengths to get a computer and type on it.

I'm also proud to introduce a series of stories that I've been planning on writing for a long time now. And luckily, while you read this there will be at least one of those stories posted on my profile because I'm atoning for my sins (sighs)

I'll give you some info on the stories at the end of the chapter, but, anyway, onto the serious stuff.

This might actually be the last chapter to cast in stone, unless I include an epilogue as another chapter. I'd do it at the end of this chapter, but there's way too much info in this chapter to do that, don't want to over load your brains or anything.

I just want to thank everyone who ever reviewed for this story, whether their criticism was good or bad. Thanks for putting up with my moody angst writing, and my bad grammar and plot holes. I've grown as a writer while writing this story, and I hope that I was able to make each and everyone of you sit and think of the characters we all know and love.

And I hope that if you haven't learned anything else, you at least know that Kagome and Inuyasha can get through anything!

Disclaimer: Yeah, at the last chapter I actually remember the stupid disclaimer! I don't own Inuyasha, okay? Rumiko Takahashi does, and she'll have a LOT of rabid fan girls trying to kill her if she doesn't continue Inuyasha, which is why I'm kind of happy about not owning Inuyasha.

(Begin)

The sun rose on a cold sky, the golden light failing to brighten the day at all. Kagome had tried to sleep the night before, but she couldn't stop her mind from running wild whenever she closed her eyes. She couldn't help but think of Inuyasha, dream about seeing his boyish grin, and feeling his lips against hers once again.

She hoped that he was safe, wherever he was, and she hoped that he would wait for her coming.

As the sun rose, she sat up, holding her knees to her chest, and looking at the wind-bruised sky outside her bedroom window. Her door opened slowly and revealed a grim Sango, standing with three bullet proof vests in her hands.

"I picked these up last night, figured we would need them, since I don't have my armor anymore, and Miroku doesn't have the wind tunnel." She smiled at kagome warmly and went over to her dresser, opening her drawers and looking for some clothes for kagome.

"It'll be best if she doesn't know we have them on, so wear loose clothes." She advised while picking out a school shirt of kagome's that was a little bigger than the others; she also grabbed her trademark green skirt.

"The monk and I will be downstairs, come down when you're ready, Kay?" She patted kagome's shoulder softly and then left the room.

She dressed slowly, looking at herself in the mirror each time she got a chance to… She would look in her own eyes and tell herself that everything was going to be okay. Today, she would see her family, and she would be able to sleep knowing that everyone was alright.

How wonderful would that feel? She thought as she made her way towards the kitchen and came upon a site that was kind of nice to see, to tell the truth.

Miroku held Sango in his arms, and he was kissing her gently, running his hands through her hair and down her back; which was kind of surprising, seeing as her butt was completely unguarded.

They broke apart, and looked into each others eyes with a passion that kagome knew Inuyasha had once had for her. Sango looked over in surprise, gasping and blushing as she quietly stepped away from Miroku. Kagome just smiled knowingly and laughed to herself while Miroku held his hand behind his head and laughed himself.

Soon enough, things settled down enough for kagome to be able to grab something to eat quickly so that they could leave the house.

Kirara transformed for them, and as Sango and Miroku climbed on, kagome shivered from the cold of the morning and held herself, peering at the sacred tree before she climbed on. She smiled and nodded her head toward it before climbing on;

Thank you guardian spirit, Thank you for everything.

And with that, they went on their way, Kirara moving just as she once had back in feudal Japan. Kagome felt a thrill move through her veins as she closed her eyes and remembered while she still could.

(change scene)

Inuyasha sat slumped over, sleeping quietly while he could. He awoke as he heard Kouga shift in his sleep and glanced over at the wolf to make sure nothing had happened to him. Inuyasha had held up well in this prison, they really weren't fed too much; he wondered if the witch was trying to drive them insane. It didn't really matter anyway…

He passed his hours thinking about kagome, wondering how she was; he refused to let the witch win, he refused to think desperate thoughts like before. It wasn't too hard to resist, since everything about kagome calmed him.

He swore, at least to himself, that he would make her his wife. He hadn't been sure about his love for her before she had found him again. But now he knew for sure that he had never loved anyone else the way he loved her. It was almost crazy, when he tried to understand why or how.

He just simply loved her; there was no fancy explanation to be thought of.

All of the sudden, a large boom rocked the occupants of the prison; it woke Kouga, and sent Inuyasha sprawling… Sputtering in surprise, Inuyasha got to his feet, looking around for some sight of anything that could have caused the disturbance.

"What the hell?" He sniffed, and a scent flooded his senses, making his heart skip a beat once he recognized who it was.

"K-kagome…?" His voice waned as his mind reeled in shock.

Another explosion rocked the prison, as a few rocks began to loosen themselves from a side of the room. Inuyasha also heard the screeching noise of the witch, outraged, as he ran toward the loosened rocks and tried to move them. He had to protect kagome!

Kouga got up on shaky legs, using the rock wall to support himself as he moved slowly toward Inuyasha.

"Hey…" He called weakly,

"Is that kagome's scent I smell, and your friends?" He managed to speak before his voice failed him once again.

"Yeah, something' tells me that this is when we kill the witch for good. But you need to stay away from the fighting; you're too weak right now." He tried to move a large rock, and kouga smiled slightly.

"Concerned about me mutt?" He gripped the wall as his legs began to fail him.

Inuyasha turned and looked at him, grinning in a carefree way that the wolf demon had never seen on the half dog demon.

"Not in the least."

As soon as he said this, another explosion threw both of them off balance, falling backwards as rocks began to fall from the breaking wall.

"Inuyasha!" He heard faintly through the crumbling wall; and as he heard her voice, a sudden strength filled his veins and gave him inspiration to find her again. He got to his feet and charged at the wall, pitting all of his strength against it.

And the wall came crashing down, revealing to him the battle that was now being waged for him.

"Kagome! Where are you!" He didn't see her and began to panic. Right now the witch was gathering power for a curse that she was aiming toward some rocks. Inuyasha peered at the rocks and sniffed, realizing that it was kagome she was aiming at. He rushed to her, and she looked up at him, a beautiful look in her eyes as he bent to scoop her up.

"Inuyasha…" She said simply, just staring into his eyes as he swept her away from harm.

"I'm here now kagome…" He said reassuringly, cupping her cheek as he landed, willing her lips to meet his for just a moment.

"You wretches!" The witch screeched as she threw the curse at them. Inuyasha dodged and looked up to see Kirara and the two reincarnations coming towards them.

"How did Sanga and Roku get in here?" He looked down in confusion at kagome, who simply smiled and shook her head.

"No Inuyasha, It's Sango and Miroku, they found their memories…" As realization hit him, he looked up to see if it really was true and Miroku waved down with a carefree look on his face, as he reached with his other hand for Sango's behind. She smacked him and laughed as he nursed his newest black eye.

Inuyasha smiled as Kirara came up next to him and nuzzled his arm, purring loudly.

"Now all we need is the brat and we'll be back to normal again." He muttered as he patted Kirara's head.

"I'm so sorry to break up this charming reunion." The witch drawled,

"But you are all here for one purpose and one purpose only... To die!" She threw a large energy ball at them, Kirara immediately lifted off the ground and Inuyasha jumped, although he wasn't quite fast enough to come out completely unscathed.

As soon as he landed, he fell to his knees and groaned in pain, holding onto kagome tightly, she tried not to wince as his grip tightened.

"Inuyasha… I think that I need to hit her with my sacred arrow." She said quietly, as the witch cackled and began to gather more energy.

"What…?" He looked up at her, and she continued,

"She's completely composed of dark demonic aura, I should be able to purify it if I can get a good shot at her. Can you give me the chance?" She asked seriously, looking into his golden orbs.

"I can, but only if I get a kiss afterward." He smirked as he got to his feet again; she giggled and smacked his chest playfully as he jumped.

"You never change…" She muttered, gathering her bow and slinging an arrow to it. He chuckled and positioned himself so that he was facing the witch.

"Shoot arrows at me all day long and you won't escape with your lives." She jeered at them. Kagome aimed for her, not saying anything as a comeback.

She shot the arrow, and… She missed.

"Kagome! This isn't the greatest time to be a klutz!" Inuyasha yelled harshly.

"Well I'm sorry if she keeps moving!" She yelled back, her famous temper sparking, Inuyasha looked back at her and gave her an annoyed look as they landed and didn't see the wave of energy coming from behind them. Kagome looked up just as it was almost upon them.

"Inuyasha! Watch out" She yelped as Inuyasha looked in front of him and quickly turned to protect her from the blast. He screamed in pain as it hit him in the back, the immense burning sensation affecting his entire body.

"That curse will kill him beyond any doubt; it is my most powerful hex. I kills almost the very instant it hits you!" The witch cackled/

"Damn you!" Miroku threw some sacred sutras at the witch as Kirara swooped down near the ancient witch. She screamed as the holy light burned her, but soon got over it.

The light subsided, and the smoke cleared, and kagome found herself underneath Inuyasha's limp body.

"I-Inuyasha..? Inuyasha!" She shook him and received no answer from the hanyou.

"No!" She became desperate, shaking him and trying not to cry.

"Please don't die…" She whispered… Miroku and Sango exchanged blows with the cursed being, currently distracting the witch from Kagome and Inuyasha. He was bleeding on the side of his head, and his breath was shallow. Kagome couldn't get a reaction from him at all.

"Please…" She sobbed and sat up, pulling his head into her arms and hugging it as tightly as she dared.

"I haven't gone through all of this, just to lose you, have I?"

Why had she yelled at him…? Why hadn't she told him that she loved him? Why had all of this ever happened to him? She was so stupid, getting mad at him, when she should have been appreciating the time she had with him.

"You always protect me, and you never think about yourself, why do you do that! I'm not worth it, I'm not!" She sobbed.

"But you are…" A weak voice whispered into her ear. She gasped as a shiver ran up her spine. His clawed hand grasped her's tightly.

"I don't mind being hurt; as long as you're all right." He paused.

"I didn't get to say this before, so I'm saying it now… Kagome…" He pulled back enough to look her in the eye.

"I love you." He smiled and caressed her cheek softly. She tried to speak, but her voice just wouldn't work, all she could do was sit there gulping like a fish.

She smiled and covered his hand with hers,

"I-Inuyasha… I love you too…" Her voice trembling with joy.

He grinned at her and then cast a look at the evil witch who had condemned him to an eternal prison and had driven him mad for 500 years.

"I know you can do it kagome… This is your victory to have." She was completely surprised that he didn't want to just jump up and get revenge, especially because of what the witch had done to him. Inuyasha had changed; he had actually gotten smarter… She thought.

But it didn't matter now; all that mattered was the arrow she slung to her bow, the arrow she let fly. Her soul guided it to its target as it cleansed the evil around it, purifying the evil witch and sending her soul to hell where it belonged.

The only thing left of the witch was the blood ridden throne, and her piercing scream of pain. It was over…

Authors note: Heh heh, I hope you guys don't kill me for ending it right there, but I am really, really tired and I need sleep. Do not worry, there will be a very long epilogue for you guys to enjoy, within the next week. Probably over the weekend actually…

Well, I'm happy because Audioslave is coming to Chicago, and I get to go to their concert! As you all know, Audioslave is an awesome group with awesome music! I actually wrote the last part of this chapter to "Heavens Dead" From their new Cd. My brother doesn't like the new Cd, but then again he's a crab ass sometimes.

Okay, Here are those shameless advertisements for some of my new stories…

Waiting-Kagome is still a little kid and Inuyasha has waited 500 years for her to grow up. Inuyasha finds out about a school bully who picks on kagome and pays him a little visit. This WILL be a two chapter story with really awesome fluff in the second chapter, so wait for it!

The Gardener-AU, Kagome's mother has died and she doesn't want to live her rotten uncle, so she goes to live at her grandpa's old house in the forest. It's been abandoned for 7 years so it's in bad shape, but the gardens around it are perfectly well kept. Why? And who is this man that keeps sneaking into the house and watching her at night? Multiple chapter story

The best dance I'll never have-Kagome has no date for a dance and really wants to go because she has no other chance to see her friends, but she doesn't want to be sitting on the sidelines. So Inuyasha volunteers…

Okay, that's pretty much it, I'd like to get into writing some Miroku Sango Stories, but I really have no ideas for a story, if anyone has any suggestions, than please let me know in a review. I'm also open to any fan art you guys might have done for this fanfic, I don't mind posting the links here. You'll also receive an honorable mention in one of my other stories, so go ahead and draw as much as you want.

Thanks so much!

Toodles!

Favorite quote of the week

If sadness is like a cold, than depression is like a cancer.

-Taylor Greer