Chapter 20: No More Secrets

This is the final chapter. Thank you to all of my fan readers for the reviews. All of you are awesome.

Within Kagome's home, the seven girls sat around the family room, discussing everything that has happened, while InuYasha, Ranma and Darien went into another room to give the girls some time alone to talk.

"So, do you mean that every time we hear you are sick with another illness, you really are in federal Japan, traveling with InuYasha to collect these Jewel shards to restore…what is the name of the jewel again?" asked Mina.

"The Shikon-no-Tama." Responded Kagome, as she continued with the story. "Legend says the jewel was created by the battle of a great miko priestess, Midoriko and a powerful yokai. She was able to seize the souls of yokai and purify them. After seven days and seven nights of fighting, Midoriko realized that she was unable to fight off the yokai. As she was drawn into the creature's massive jaws, she seized the spirit of the yokai and bound it within her own spirit with the last of her power, killing both of them and creating the Shikon Jewel, which burst from her chest. And to this day, her soul and the souls of the yokai she bound with it still battling on within the jewel."

"Amazing. However I am still confused on how you are related to all this?" asked Serena.

Kagome leaned her head down, knowing this would be hard for her to explain, considering the situation. "Apparently, I am the reincarnation of a priestess, named Kikyou, the previous protector of the Shikon no Tama. She was killed by a horrible demon name Naraku. Before she died, she requested that the jewel to be burned with her body. When I was pulled back in federal Japan 500 years ago, 50 years since Kikyou's death, the Jewel emerged from within my body. However, attempt to retrieve it from a demon crow, the jewel got shattered in pieces, and spread all over Japan. Now InuYasha and I, along with our friends Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, we have to retrieve all of the jewel shards, to complete the jewel once again, so it will never fall into evil hands again.

After finishing her story, she found herself being stared by her friends with confused expressions on their faces. Kagome knew it would be too difficult, trying to make her friends believe her story. She leaned her hand down once again as she whispered some words among her breath. "I know, it is impossible to believe."

"Actually Kagome, we believe you." Stated Ami.

Kagome shot her head back up, looking at her friends, with a surprise look. "You do?"

"Yes!" Responded Ami. "Actually your story about you being the reincarnation of some else and the battle you are fighting to protect from evil, is not all that different from any of us."

"What do you mean?" asked Kagome.

"Well, I think we should let Serena explain this, since she is more connected to the past then we are." Answered Ami, as Serena started to explain their past life story.

"A thousand years ago, there was a kingdom called the Moon Kingdom during the age of the Silver Millennium. It was known as the ancient golden age, marked by peace, prosperity, and good relations between the people of Earth and the people of the Moon. We are the reincarnations of the people that once lived their. I used to be Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. Ami, Raye, Lita and Mina used to be the Sailor Scout guardians who lived on the moon as well. Darien used to be Prince Darien of Earth. One day Queen Beryl, of the Dark Kingdom, attacked our moon. The moon kingdom was destroyed. My mother Queen Serenitywas able to seal away the evil, which had inspired the attack, but everyone involved were killed. Before her own death, my mother used the Mystical Silver Crystal to give us another chance at life."

"What about your secret identities as the Sailor Scouts." Asked Kagome.

"I will take this one, Serena." Interrupted Mina. "When Queen Serenity send us to earth to live a different life, she sent our guardians, Luna and Artemis, who are our cats. They were sent to this time to find us and watch over us. And if the dark kingdom were to ever try to take over the universe again, Luna and Artemis were assigned to find us and make us the protectors of the earth and the universe as the Sailor Soldiers."

Kagome couldn't believe what she had just heard, as she absorbed all the information her friends told her. All this time, the friends she knew for years were actually the Sailor Scouts, she heard so much about, from the gossip she heard among the streets of Tokyo.

"So Akane, it's your turn. What about Ranma? What's his story?" asked Kagome.

Akane knew eventually that they would ask her about her secret with Ranma's situation. Akane took in a deep breath. "Well the situation with Ranma is he has an ancient Chinese curse that was brought upon him. His father took him to a training ground at Jusenkyo in China. They were training at the drown springs of Jusenkyo. This place, however, was a training ground that no one used anymore because each of the springs that were there were cursed, and falling into them would turn you into whatever drowned there and cursed the spring before. Ranma was thrown into a spring called Nyanniichuan, the Spring of Drowned Girl. He emerged as a young girl. When splashed with hot water, he changes back to a boy, but when splashed with cold water, he turns into a girl again."

"Is there a cure for it?" asked Ami.

"They say that if he falls into the spring of the Drowned Boy, he will be cured, however we have not found it yet." Responded Akane. "I guess it's a little weird that he changes all the time."

"It's not weird Akane. I go through the same thing with InuYasha." Stated Kagome.

"Are you saying he turns into a girl as well?" asked Akane.

"No, he changes from hanyo to human on the night of the New Moon. He is half-human and half demon. His father, Inu no Taisho, was a great demon, who ruled in the Western Lands. His mother, Izayoi, was human, who came from a noble family. His father died on the night he was born and his mother died when he was a child. Once a month, InuYasha turns completely human due to his half human, half yokai blood. His human blood takes over his yokai blood. During this time, he loses all his powers. His hair turns black and he loses his superhuman strength, speed and defensive abilities, as well as his dog-ears, claws, fangs, etc. Once the sun rises the next morning, he returns back to his hanyo form."

After all the girls finish their stories, they all decided to make another pack to their friendship. To keep their secret lives a secret from others.

Serena, Ami, Raye, Lita, Mina and Akane promised to keep Kagome's journey to Federal Japan a secret and to go along with the many stories about her being sick. Kagome and Akane promised to keep Serena's, Ami's, Raye's, Lita's, and Mina's secret identities as the Sailor Scouts from the world. Finally, Kagome, Serena, Ami, Raye, Lita and Mina promised to keep Akane's fiancée's curse a secret, until they find a cure for him.

"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"What was that?" asked Serena.

All the girls turned their attentions towards the sound of the scream coming from the other room. Out of nowhere, came Ranma screaming to the top of his lungs, running into the family room and hiding behind Akane.

"GET IT AWAY FROM ME." Yelled Ranma.

InuYasha comes running into the family room, holding Kagome's cat Buyo, with a confuse look on his face. "What's wrong with you man? I only ask if you want to see the cat."

Ranma's eyes widened as he continued to shiver behind Akane's back. "CA…CA…CA…CATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!"

"Umm, Akane, what's wrong with him?" asked InuYasha.

"Trust me, you don't want to know. Just get that cat away from him before it gets any worse." Answered Akane.

"Why, it's just a harmless cat. Look Ranma, how cute he is." Stated InuYasha, as he approach closer to the terrified boy.

"Kagome do something." Yelled Akane.

"InuYasha!" yelled Kagome.

InuYasha turned his attention towards Kagome and saw that one look on her face, knowing what was coming. "Kagome, no, not again."

"Sit Boy."

InuYasha's body hit the ground once more, as Buyo fled from his arms and landed unto Ranma's head.

Ranma's eyes bugged out as his body froze in fear. "Ca…Ca…Cat." Were the last words he stuttered before he fell backwards on his back.

"Why me?" asked InuYasha, while his face was still buried in the ground.

"Ranma, snap out of it. Honestly." yelled Akane, as she tried to bring Ranma out of his phobia, while he continued to shiver in fear.

The rest of the girls started laughing at the situation while they watched their two friends fight over with their men.

"I guess I lives will never be dull again." Stated Serena.

"Right." Stated the rest of the girls.

The End

Well, my fan readers, it is the end. I enjoyed writing this story and I will have many more anime stories to come. I look forward to hearing from all of you with many more of your kind reviews. Look for more updates on new stories. Take care.