AN: So last chapter I implied that Sess and Rin are together in this story. And then I got a comment from someone on AO3 kind of annoyed that I hadn't tagged SessRin prior to that. Which I can fully understand. I don't know how many of you have been watching Yashahime but if you have and follow any Inuyasha fandom stuff online (tumblr, reddit) you are probably aware of the SessRin shippers/antis drama. I'm going to try and put my thoughts delicately... I am not a SessRin canon shipper. I started watching Inuyasha when it first came out in the early 2000s and I was a preteen. Yes do the math, I am that old. And SessRin actually being canon never crossed my mind back then. Maybe I have justified adding them into the background of my stories because I write Alternate Universes and Rin didn't meet him when she was a literal child in my stuff. I stopped watching Yashahime weeks ago but I've seen the screenshots on tumblr and know what has happened. And honestly, shit grosses me out. But honestly I don't give a shit about the weird fighting that's happening on tumblr. If you ship them and that's a hill you want to die on, do you. I literally only wanted to see InuKag being adorable parents and Moroha getting the love she deserves so someone let me know if that shit ever fucking happens! Sesshomaru won't actually make an appearance in this story but this chapter does have a conversation between Kagome and Rin regarding the "true mate" situation. If you want to skip it, go for it. You won't really miss anything.
Anyway, on with the last (traditional) chapter of this story!
Chapter Fifteen
It hadn't even taken a week for Kagome to be back at her full strength after her injury. And, she had to admit, it was nice not to have to sneak around her friends anymore when it came to Inuyasha. She hadn't discussed the true mate issue with the girls but Kagome knew that was what triggered Inuyasha into his full youkai state that night. Maybe the girls had their suspicions too, especially Ayame, but Kagome wasn't about to acknowledge it.
Thankfully, Inuyasha never broached the topic either. She did, however, tell him that her roommates were not as unobservant as they thought and had known about them for a while. The devious grin on his face told her he wasn't sorry.
A few more weeks passed and Kagome found herself sleeping in Inuyasha's bed more often than her own. On her very rare days off from her duties to the Militia and Slayers Kagome could be found lounging around Inuyasha's townhouse, eating his food, wearing his oversized sweats and watching trashy tv all day. The Real Housewives' lives were so different from her own that it was a nice escape from her reality. And when Inuyasha would return he would indulge her shitty taste in television long enough to worm his way past her borrowed clothes to the warm skin beneath and find a new way to make her toes curl. Kagome was satisfied, in every sense of the word. But even though her and Inuyasha never spoke about the obvious mating elephants in the room, the idea never quite left Kagome's mind. Maybe she was scared. Maybe she was embarrassed. Either way, she had always been good at compartmentalizing her emotions so why should this be any different? But still, she had questions...
K: Can I talk to you?
R: Sure, I know this great taco place for lunch. Meet in the garage in 10?
As the waiter walked away with their orders Kagome turned to Rin. Who was already staring at her with a curious expression. Kagome took a deep breath, pushing her anxiety away and asked, "Ok. So...I don't know if this is too personal of a question but...are you and Sesshomaru…?" Kagome left her sentence hanging, hoping Rin would fill in the gaps. Rin just furrowed her brow in questioning amusement but didn't cut in to save Kagome. The girl swallowed and tried again, "Um, are you his- have you guys- um…"
Even though Rin was enjoying Kagome's struggle she finally offered, "Am I his true mate? And have we gone through the ceremony?"
"There's a ceremony?" Kagome's blatant shock was enough to start Rin's laughter. Kagome could only cover her burning face in mortification.
"Yes there's a ceremony. But no we haven't gone through with it."
Kagome's wrists were stinging with sharp pin pricks. A side effect, she had come to learn, of excess tension in her shoulders. She tried to discreetly rub the sensation away while trying to focus on getting enough oxygen to her brain. All while Rin's big brown eyes continued to stare at her. Kagome knew the girl was perceptive but at this moment she just wanted a second to freak the fuck out in peace. Reaching for her glass of water, Kagome tried to chase the dry feeling on her tongue away. She drained the entire glass within seconds, some of it dribbling down her chin.
A little humor was still dancing in Rin's eyes but her overall demeanor had shifted to one of sympathy. Before Kagome could think of literally anything to say, she spoke, "When a human mates with a demon, there is a transfer of power. They will then share a life force so the human can live as long as their demon partner. And every demon in a twenty mile radius would know that human was mated and who they are mated to. As you can imagine, that poses some issues in the world we are living in. You know first hand the shit that Naraku does. He's a vengful man and he fucking hates Sesshormaru. If he and I were to go through with the ceremony now, it would put us both in a vulnerable position. Sesshomaru is virtually impossible to kill, but me, even with some of Sesshomaru's power I could be easily killed by one of Naraku's sympathizers. And if I died…"
"Sesshormaru would too?"
"It wouldn't be instant. But yes." Sadness flowed through Kagome at Rin's words. "Inuyoukai also take mating very seriously. Once the ceremony happens, the demon partner's sole focus would be on their counterpart, especially if they're human. To protect them, provide for them, you get the idea. We can't afford for Sesshomaru to be distracted right now. And I would never forgive myself if I was the cause of that distraction. He's already disturbed by my role in the gang, always going on and on about danger or whatever like I'm so helpless." Rin mumbled begrudgingly, "But he respects my wishes to continue our work and trusts Inuyasha to have my best interest in mind. But if and when we do mate, Sessh would never allow another demon to protect what is 'his'." Rin added the air quotes.
"That sounds...fucking intense." Kagome exhaled.
Rin shrugged, "Yeah I guess so but there's nothing I want more than to be his mate. And, I mean, yeah, make sure Naraku burns in hell and all that."
Kagome, feeding off of Rin's vulnerability, asked, "Did you ever feel like your choice was taken from you?"
Rin looked away thoughtfully, "That's a great question. But honestly, no. Although a human's instincts are nowhere near a youkai's, let alone a dog's, I always knew. From the moment I met him, something was different. Like cosmically different and, I don't know, I just felt whole. And when he finally told me about it, I was relieved. I wasn't crazy or obsessive, my soul was just reaching out to his and it was consuming me." Rin's smile told Kagome everything she needed to know.
"So I'm assuming Inuyasha is…" Rin implied.
"That's what he says." Kagome whispered.
Rin's smile grew into a beam, but it faltered for a moment seeing Kagome's unease, "And you think he could be wrong?"
"I don't know what to think." How could Inuyasha be so sure and she was left drowning in doubt?
Rin reached across the table to her. "I know it seems scary right now but your soul was made for Inuyasha, and his for you. Nothing could be better than that." Kagome politely smiled at Rin's optimism.
Kagome's phone vibrated on the ground next to Inuyasha's sitting form. She was behind him on the couch finger combing through his silky, silver hair as they caught up on the newest episodes of Real Housewives of Atlanta. He still complained but he was just as enthralled by the women's drama as she was. Kagome laughed at his commentary on the current scene until her phone vibrated two more times. "Will you see who's texting me?"
When Inuyasha's body went rigid beneath her, Kagome knew to mute the television. Inuyasha remained silent, staring down at the iPhone in his hands. Anxiety rushed through her expecting the worst. Was someone hurt? Sango was on shift at Slayers tonight, did something happen there?
"What is it?" Kagome tried to mask the urgency in her voice. Inuyasha just turned to lift the phone to her line of sight. Three text messages filled the screen:
Let's talk about your parents.
Meet me where it all started.
10pm
Cold dread flowed down Kagome's body as she read and reread the words over and over again. Where it all started. She knew instantly that this was Naraku contacting her. The cold sweat on her back appeared as if by magic but Kagome was just trying to swallow and form words. The five numbers at the top of the screen told her these messages were sent through a secure network and wouldn't be traceable.
The shrine. He has to mean the shrine. He wants me to go to the shine. To meet him.
Kagome's mind was going a mile a minute but she still couldn't form verbal words. Until Inuyasha shot up and started moving around his home.
"Wha-" Kagome cleared her throat, "What are you doing?" It was weak but she knew he heard her.
Inuyasha was checking every window and door, making sure they were locked, then he took out his own phone. "Shippo, code red. Lock it down. No one in or out." He ended the call as soon as the words were out of his mouth and then dialed another number. "He made contact." Pause. "I know." Pause. "Ok." Click. Kagome had stood and slowly made her way toward Inuyasha. When he whirled on her, she recognized the commanding look in his eyes as that of a leader. "Turn your cellular data and wifi off. Then turn off your phone."
Kagome silently followed his instructions and then looked back into his amber eyes, "Are we going alone or do you want Kouga and Sango to come too?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, "We aren't going anywhere." His voice was made of steel.
Kagome recoiled, "What are you talking about? We have to-"
Inuyasha stepped towards her, trying to box her in, "You are leaving this house over my dead fucking body Kagome." Her heart rate increased as she felt the familiar energy of Inuyasha's youki swirl around her. He was serious.
But so was she.
This was their chance to finally take out Naraku without this political entourage or media around. It was a trap. That was painfully obvious. But Kagome didn't care. She could handle it. And if Inuyasha came with her, they would be unstoppable. Now she just had to convince him of that. It was 9:00pm and it would likely take thirty minutes to get to her childhood home from the compound. If you add in gearing up for the inevitable fight, Kagome had about ten minutes to do that.
"I can defeat him. You know I can."
"The only thing I know is I watched him possess and kill the last miko he feared. And I will not let him do that to you."
"Then come with me."
Inuyasha howled and the phone in his hand crumpled into a ball of metal and glass. "No! You can't do this! He's too strong!"
"You know I'm stronger. You know I can do this. You're just afraid."
"Of fucking course I'm afraid Kagome! I finally have you! I can't lose you. I'll-"
Kagome jumped in not wanting to hear him say it, "We haven't gone through with the ceremony so our life forces are not tied together yet."
Inuyasha instantly deflated, not expecting her to know about that. And even though they were arguing over something that could literally be life and death, his stupid fucking youkai brain was vibrating on Kagome's use of the word yet. He didn't know what to say. And Kagome took that opportunity, "You and I have seen first hand the destruction Naraku has caused and will continue to cause. Unless we do something. We have been chipping away but this is it. We can finally end this. We can't start our lives until we do. I am going. With or without you. But I hope you'll join me."
Inuyasha closed his eyes, unable to look at the determination on Kagome's face any longer. He knew she was right. Fuck. But, behind his lids all he saw was the life leaving Kikyo's body eight years ago. That had been the worst pain he had ever experienced. And he hadn't been uncontrollably in love with Kikyo. He felt his youki pulsing through every inch of his body at just the thought of harm coming to Kagome.
Inuyasha sighed deeply and opened up his eyes, "I need to make a call." Kagome looked down at the crushed ball that had once been his phone and then back up at him. Inuyasha snorted humorlessly, "Right. Fuck."
To say the drive to her childhood home was tense would be the understatement of the fucking century. After Kagome had described the layout of the shrine and Inuyasha (begrudgingly) formed a loose plan for them, they were silent. And not the 'we've been dating for months we're so comfortable with each other' silence. More like the 'this is a huge turning point in our relationship and it [we] might not survive'' silence. Kagome tried to push the tension between her and Inuyasha out of her mind and focus on her meditation. She had not been back to the Higurashi shrine since the day her parents were murdered. Being back could very easily trigger a traumatic flashback and Kagome's mind needed to be ready to compartmentalize that until after Naraku was neutralized.
There was only one entrance to the property and that was up the dozens of stairs and through the red torii at the top. Tonight Kagome was armed with the Higurashi bow and arrows. The set had been forged generations ago with ancestral reiki and was the best weapon to concentrate her own spiritual energy. Typically guns or knives did the job just fine, but tonight she would need every advantage she could get. At the top of the stairs, Kagome gripped the bow and string tighter, arrow at the ready. Even in the dark, even after all these years, it was all eerily familiar to Kagome. In front of the entrance stairs was the meditation garden with the shrine, well house and office to the left. Everything was unkempt and clearly neglected. A stab of guilt ran through her at the sight. But it was quickly replaced by the pull of the Goshinboku. The sacred tree sat to the left of the stairs and the shrine. As a child, Kagome always felt a connection to the tree but tonight, the spiritual energy was palpable. As if it were calling Kagome to it. The pull was so strong that Kagome's foot took an involuntary step towards it, only to be stopped by Inuyasha's clawed hand on her elbow. His other hand gripped the handle of the sword at his waist. Kagome had never seen the thing before as Inuyasha usually opted for firearms or his bare hands during missions. But she could feel the demonic energy coming from the weapon mixing with Inuyasha's own. Between the tree, Inuyasha and Kagome trying to pinpoint Naraku, her focus was scattered.
Pulling Inuyasha along with her, Kagome continued towards the Goshinboku. The small pile of kindling burning at the foot of the tree was ominous enough, but the fact that Kagome couldn't sense anyone else had every hair on her body standing straight up. The spring night was cool, the sounds around them echoing loudly through the open area. Inuyasha's grip tightened on his sword, the noise of twisting leather reverberating around Kagome. They were twenty feet from the looming tree when a spiritual energy burst around Kagome like a lightning bolt. And with the onslaught of energy, a young miko with long gray hair and mischievous teal eyes walked from around the back of the tree. Inuyasha unsheathed his sword and it transformed into a blade ten times its size, "Who the fuck are you?"
Kagome had her arrow trained right between the miko's eyes when white hot pain pulsed through her healed wound Byakuya had inflicted across her collarbone. Kagome grunted, her arms going slack and dropped to her knees. Her bow and arrows lay forgotten next to her.
"Kagome? Kagome what's happening?!" Inuyasha's eyes darted between the woman struggling next to him and the powerful miko they faced. They couldn't afford him taking his attention off of her.
"I- I don't-" Talking was too much of a chore. Right now she was just focusing on keeping her vision clear. Her reiki was being surrounded by this other miko's energy. It was dark and horrible and Kagome had never encountered something like it. Clearly, whoever this woman was, she had done enough in her life to snuff out any light in her spirit.
The dark miko sneered and spoke for the first time, "Oh, you're a resilient one aren't you?" Her voice was smooth and taunting, clearly unfazed by Kagome's own strength. Kagome's vision was growing darker by the moment and as she watched the gray haired woman give her wrist a final jerk, Kagome was thrown into darkness.
Kagome's body went limp and as it was slumping to the ground, it stopped, mid air, as if she was being held by marionette strings. Inuyasha's blood ran cold. He had seen this before. It was exactly what happened to Kikyo. And he wanted to fucking vomit. No no no! His mind screamed and his demonic energy swirled around him. He wouldn't be able to hold off his inner demon for long but he had no idea what ramifications would come of killing this miko who had Kagome under her control. Inuyasha watched in horror as Kagome's body was pulled back into a standing position, her bow and arrow floating back to her hands. But what made his chest tighten painfully was the emptiness in her stormy eyes. They were vacant. Staring right at him.
"Now what shall I do?" the miko laughed, "Kill her immediately? Or perhaps…" Inuyasha looked towards the woman at her pause. With a searing glare she smirked, "Should I make you suffer through a nostalgic nightmare?"
/
Everything was dark. Fucking great. Kagome thought bitterly. She wasn't unconscious because she had full autonomy over her body. Well her body in whatever dark pit that bitch had landed her in. She looked down at her hands, even her clothes were the same in this place. Fun party trick. She felt weightless, but she was still able to turn and spin to check her surroundings. Not like it helped since there was nothing but fucking black space everywhere. She could feel the panic creeping in the longer she sat there, turning, hoping to find something. Until she stopped herself. She needed to meditate. Kagome closed her eyes and centered her reiki. It was still fully accessible to her which was more than good news. She breathed evenly and let her energy flow through every tendon and ligament throughout her body.
"Kill him." A voice whispered around her. Kagome refused to open her eyes but answered back with her mind. Who?
"Kill him." It repeated, still just a soft tickle in her ear. Kill who?!
"Kill Inuyasha." This time the voice was different, louder and bone chillingly familiar. Kagome's eyes flashed open and she was met with Naraku's smiling face. He was dressed in loose clothing but his top was opened and revealed a red eye at the center of his chest.
"Naraku." Kagome greeting in warning.
Narku smiled sweetly at her glare, "Hello Kagome. I hope I didn't keep you waiting for long."
"I'm here. Now what do you want?"
Naraku sighed and tisked at Kagome, "Your friends have been a bother to me these past few years, a thorn in my side. But it wasn't until you showed up that my patience started to wear thin." Naraku tilted his head, and tapped his chin with a finger as if he was chastising a child. "You've caused me quite the trouble. Just like your idiot parents. I had hoped you would grow up to be smarter than they were. I even let you live just to give you a chance. You would have done so well in this world if you hadn't let the mongrel corrupt you. Now look at us," He clicked his tongue, "History repeating itself and your pretty blood has to be spilled too."
/
"I knew Kikyo all those years ago. Such a pity she let her powers weaken because she was infatuated with a half-demon." Tsubaki, as the hag said her name was, continued to control Kagome's body but now her tongue was looser and Inuyasha was holding out until he could figure out what to do. But he was running out of time as he watched Kagome's arm nock an arrow and aim it right at him. Her movement was jerky and slow and sweat was dripping from her temple. The grimace on Kagome's face told him she was fighting whatever spell this witch had put her under. He just needed more time. But the moment her blank eyes turned to him, an arrow ready to fly, Inuyasha was flashed back to Kikyo, in the same position.
"Die Inuyasha!" arrows rained down around him like a barrage.
If Tsubaki successfully killed him then there was no telling what would happen to Kagome. He readied himself and his sword to attack. Seeing that Kagome's body was not obeying as much as the miko would like, this was his chance.
As if reading his mind, Tsubaki taunted, "If you kill me, she will be trapped in the recesses of her mind with Naraku for eternity." Inuyasha froze, What? No! "So choose Inuyasha. Will you be slain by your beloved or will you flea and save yourself?"
There was only one thing he could do. Turning back to Kagome and focusing on her reiki, he spoke.
/
Apparently Naraku fucking loved to hear himself talk. Maybe that's why so many in politics were drawn to him. But he really had the cliche evil-villian-who-divulges-his-whole-plan down pat. Kagome had been anticipating his attack but he just wouldn't shut up. And that's when she heard it-a faint whisper, like the first voice she had heard here. But this voice was different, warmer. "-gome, can you-"
But Naraku's voice overpowered the voice, "...and your pathetic-"
Kagome's annoyance flared, "Shut up." she grounded out, straining to hear the other voice again.
"I'm here. I'm right here-"
"Who the fuck do you think you are talking to you stupid bit-"
This time annoyance was replaced by hot fury as Naraku interrupted the comforting voice again. Kagome extended her right arm at Naraku and balled her fist. A gurgling sound was forced out of Naraku's throat. "I said shut up." Still holding onto Naraku with her powers, Kagome closed her eyes to try and focus on the voice.
"You don't want to hurt me."
The words floated around her, cocooning her like a blanket. It was like she could feel them in her bones. No I don't think I do. Where was this voice coming from? Who did it belong to?
Naraku struggled under Kagome's hold. That fucking cunt Tsubaki told him she would not be able to access her reiki in this dimension. So what the fuck was this?! He didn't know what was happening but clearly the little miko was hearing something. And every few seconds, her hands were pulsing pink with barely contained spiritual energy. He needed to subdue her before she broke out of Tsubaki's hold all together and he lost his chance. The red eye on his sternum glowed as eight white-gray spider legs emerged from it. Kagome's eyes were still closed, the idiotic girl, this would be more than easy. Naraku poised one leg in the air, he would laugh if he had control over his vocal cords. No matter. The leg shot out, aimed at Kagome's neck and-
Kagome subconsciously flicked the wrist on her free hand and Naraku's attack was met with a bright pink barrier. He grunted in frustration and shot two more legs out in attack. And both were met with the same pink barrier. Pain shot up the appendages but Naraku was not deterred.
"Come back Kagome. Come back to me." Kagome couldn't help the contented smile that bloomed across her face. The voice just sounded so nice. Like basking in the summer sun after being in a house with a too strong air conditioning unit. And when it said her name-a pleasurable shiver ran up her body and pooled right in her chest. There was a pull coming from deep inside of her. Like she was being called to this voice on a spiritual level. She had to find it.
"Please, just lower the bow. You don't want to hurt me."
At those words, Kagome's soul flared and anger burst through her fingertips. A pained yelp was heard but Kagome ignored it. The memory of the text messages and the shrine and the gray haired miko slammed into Kagome and she knew exactly whose voice she was hearing. Naraku was somehow controlling her body to try and shoot Inuyasha?!
Fuck. That.
Kagome's eyes opened into tiny slits and she used the rage running down her arms to tighten her grip on Naraku's throat. The image of him struggling to breathe only stoked the fiery rampage inside her, "I've been waiting for this moment for way to fucking too long." Kagome clapped her hands together and then slowly brought them apart with gnarled fingers. She felt the youki of Naraku's spider legs flex and then tear apart from his body in a gruesome and bloody wrench. His screams filled the darkness around her but Kagome did not stop. As the legs disintegrated into dust, Kagome moved to Naraku's other limbs. Taking his left arm and right leg under control with each of her hands, Kagome concentrated her reiki into Naraku's being. His skin heated under her power and the smell of burning flesh assaulted her nose. And his agonizing screams never ceased. Maybe she tuned them out. Maybe she basked in them. Either way, with a satisfying twist, Naraku was down to only two appendages.
Even through his tortured breathing, Naraku taunted, "I took your parents and now I'm going to take your mutt too. Maybe they would all still be alive if it weren't for you. Can you live with that guilt Kagome?"
Kagome bared her teeth and snarled, "Do you ever just shut the fuck up?" Her reiki centralized in the palms of her hands in front of her chest, collecting and focusing into a bright pink ball before she unleashed it in an arrow right at Naraku's throat, effectively severing his head from his body and bursting the two separate pieces into pink flames. His shrieks only lasted a moment before he was reduced to dust.
And then there was silence.
Kagome released a sigh and her shoulders relaxed. Her parents, Inuyasha's parents, every person Naraku had ever hurt-this was a victory for all of them. And it felt fucking good. But right now, all she wanted was to get back to Inuyasha. Kagome closed her eyes and focused on the feeling she had tapped into earlier, of her soul flaring and looking for that warmth. THe warmth she now knew was Inuyasha. It was easier than she thought it was going to be. It felt like a weathered road she had traveled down a hundred times before. As she felt the darkness around her melt away, an easy smile crossed her lips.
Because of fucking course it's this easy.
/
Inuyasha was babbling. He had no idea what he was saying to Kagome but it seemed to be working. Tsubaki still had not gained enough control over Kagome to make her release the arrow she had aimed at him. And the bitch was pissed about that. "Shut up you stupid half-breed! Fucking purify him already!" She screamed.
The expressions on Kagome's face looked far more relaxed than it had five minutes ago as well. Her brows were no longer drawn together in tension and if he wasn't delusional, she looked like she was...smiling?
"Kagome, please, I lo-" but Inuyasha cut himself off. Because in that exact moment, consciousness came back to Kagome's stormy blue eyes and the smile on her lips spread into a full blown grin. Shock was written all over his face and he watched in slow motion as Kagome turned her arrow on Tsubaki, released it and the evil miko was engulfed in pink flames. If you had asked Inuyasha what happened to Tsubaki after that, he wouldn't have been able to tell you because his vision tunneled into only seeing Kagome-Kagome with life in her eyes and full control over her own body.
He rushed her, gripping her to him like a lifeline, molding her body to his like he was never going to let her go. Kagome's legs wrapped around his midsection plastering their bodies together and relief flooded his system. His inner demon howled at the reunion and he felt a warm tug somewhere deep in his chest.
"I felt it, I felt it!" The words spilled from Kagome's mouth in a stream. She kept repeating them but Inuyasha was too focused on her, being fully alive and safely in his arms. "Inuyasha! I felt it!"
Finally able to speak, Inuyasha begrudgingly removed his face from her neck and asked, "What are you talking about? What happened to Naraku?"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Oh, yeah I took care of him. Dead as a doornail." Shock colored Inuyasha's features but that wasn't the point right now, she had to tell him, "But my soul! I felt it reaching out to yours. I kept worrying that we weren't true mates but I fel-" Kagome's words were smothered by Inuyasha's lips covering hers. One hand held the back of her head while the other pressed her hips closer to his torso. It was hot and passionate and ended far sooner than Kagome would have wanted but his next words seemed to be more important, "I'm in love with you."
Kagome recoiled in his embrace, "Ok woh, I literally just got accustomed to the true mate thing. Pump the brakes on the L word big shooter." Inuyasha just laughed and pulled her back in for another kiss. And Kagome was happy to say, this one was far more satisfying than the first one. When her breath was heavy and her lips were swollen, Kagome brushed some of the hanyou's silver hair out of his eyes, "Now what lover boy?" Inuyasha looked down at her, his amber eyes shining with love and adoration and all the shit she read about in romance novels and Kagome felt that warm pull of her soul again.
"I need to make a call." Kagome reached into her back pocket to retrieve her iPhone and handed it to him. Recalling what exactly happened to his device, Inuyasha cursed, "Right. Son of a bitch, remind me to have Shippo get me a new phone."
Phew! Ok I finally wrote it. Thanks for sticking with me through this story. There is still an epilogue to write and post but I promise I won't forget about it. I love the Inuyasha fandom and would love to write more fics in the future but I'll just have to wait for inspiration! Follow me on tumblr (s3nie) for any updates!
