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Chapter 22: Surprise!

When I heard my name being shouted, I opened my eyes. I gasped as I saw Kagura on the floor, her hand to her abdomen, blood staining her blue shirt. I was frozen as I looked, but somehow I found myself on my knees next to Kagura.

"Kagura," I whispered, as I looked at her wound. Tears escaped my eyes, falling onto her. "Why?"

Kagura gazed at me, her eyes slightly unfocused. "I just couldn't. . . I just couldn't let another Higurashi . . .die. I owe your father my life and the least I could do was save his daughter in exchange for my own." I grabbed her hand, wincing at the amount of blood she was losing.

"Kagura, don't talk like that!" I yelled at her, gripping her hand that was becoming more slack with every second. "You'll live! You just have too."

Kagura closed her eyes and shook her head. "I hope I do. I guess everything I've done is finally coming back." She smiled as her breathing turned shallow.

"Thank you for listening, Kagome, and for not hating me like you should have."

With that, her eyes closed. Panicking, I checked her pulse. She was still alive, but she was unconscious. I held her to the best of my ability until Inuyasha came behind me.

"I got her." He took her from my arms and I sat there glaring at Kikyo, who had lost all color from her face. She fell to the floor, her expression horrified. The gun fell from her now limp hands onto the floor.

Kikyo's eyes averted to Kagura. "Is she. . .?" She trailed off, not finishing her sentence. I glared at her some more.

"No's she's not dead. But you could've killed her!"

Kikyo shook her head in denial. I got up and shook my own head at her. "Next time, think before you do something." I kicked the gun to the side.

Inuyasha nodded his head toward the exit and we left Kikyo there. We ran through another hallway before we started hearing the voices of Kikyo's henchman. It seems that she had left an alert to catch anybody who was running around.

"Damn," Inuyasha whispered. "How are we going to pass them?"

I glanced around at the room and saw a bag of marbles in the corner. Why would a bag of marbles be here, of all places? I shrugged to myself as I ran to grab them, trying not to get noticed. I shook them in front of Inuyasha.

"This is going to be fun."

After planning carefully laid plan, Inuyasha stood against the wall with Kagura still passed out in his arms. I would have liked his arms around me, but whatever. We needed to get down to business.

I would be the decoy and Inuyasha and Kagura would be the first ones across. I would follow as the guards who were sent to get us would fumble. I sent some hand signals to Inuyasha, telling him to be ready. He nodded.

That's when I jumped out and started waving my arms at the guards. "Neener, Neener, Neener! You can't catch me!" I blew rasberries at them, while running back where I had left the marbles. I had constructed a small path that I could take to get to the other side. All of this I did, in about two minutes.

"Why you little-!" The guard yelled and ran after me. I turned sharply to the hall we had been in and walked across the marbled floor on the little path I had made. I turned around just in time to see the first guard slid and hit the wall, making him lose consciousness. I pulled Inuyasha with me as the domino effect took place. When one falls, the others follow.

"Score!" I yelled, pumping my fist and getting the hell out of there. I was laughing hard and so was Inuyasha. We made it to a dead end, but there was a door. Inuyasha and I exchanged glances, but I shrugged. What harm could a door do?

I opened the door and walked in, Inuyasha behind me. The room was dark and I was reminded of the first place I had woken up to. Was this it?

I was about to turn around and leave when the door shut and the lights came on. I could hear a grinding noise in the wall. I ran to the door and tried to open it. I yanked, pulled and even tired banging against the door. Nothing worked.

"We're trapped!" I yelled, throwing up my hands in the air.

Inuyasha sighed and laid Kagura down. "Let me try."

I stood aside while he tried to find a lock on the door. The bad thing was that this was metal door, the kind you can't even see the cracks on. Inuyasha shook his head.

We were sealed in.

Of course, the first thing I did was yell at the ceiling. "WHY? WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?"

Inuyasha looked at me like I was crazy, an eyebrow raised. I shook my head at him and started to bang my head against the wall. What the hell was I going to do to get us out.

As if on cue, the walls started closing in, and I had to back from the one I had been banging my head on. I cursed and shook my fist at the walls. I had officially gone bonkers.

"You want a piece of me, huh?" I kicked the wall. "Take that! And that!"

The walls didn't care. They kept coming closer and closer and I didn't know what to do. I scanned the room hard, trying to find something that could be of use. I spotted Inuyasha's gun.

Oh, to hell with it. If I'm gonna break out, I might as well do it thoroughly.

"Inuyasha, give me your gun!" I held out my hand for it but he shook his head.

"Are you crazy? You don't know how to shoot a gun!"

I rolled my eyes and lunged for it, grasping it in my hands and pulling it out from Inuyasha's pocket. "How hard could it be?"

I set myself and aimed at the door. The walls were coming even closer. I shot twice, sending me back against the wall but making the door open.

"Inuyasha, RUN!"

Inuyasha ran and I scrambled to get up. I jumped and slid like a batter sliding for home base.

"Safe!" I yelled, watching the walls slam together. I sighed in relief and followed Inuyasha out of the hall.

Finally, we found an entrance that wasn't blocked. I held Kagura as Inuyasha scanned around to see if there was anything life-threatening. He gave the ok and we finally walked out of that mad house.

I can't tell you how grateful I was to finally to breathe the good 'ol fresh air of the outside world. We came out from the back door and were greeted by twenty guns pointed at us.

"Hold your hand up where we can see them!"

I couldn't at the moment but Inuyasha did. They revised him but forgot to do me. I was the one with the gun too. It's a good thing I took it from Inuyasha.

Inuyasha explained to the police who we were and the ambulance that was there took care of Kagura. I was able to talk to the detectives there and gave them the evidence against Naraku.

I was also treated for some cuts on my arms and after that I sat next to Inuyasha, who wrapped an arm around me.

"So I guess it's all over." I sighed, leaning into Inuyasha.

"Not really. There is still the trial we both have to go to as witnesses. And then there's Kikyo too. She's going on trial for intended murder. We still have lots to do." Inuyasha sighed, giving me a small kiss on my forehead. It was true, there were a lot of things we still had to do.

Suddenly, Inuyasha tensed. I sat up and watched as they took Takeshi in hand cuffs. He glared at us and it didn't take a genius to know what he wanted to convey. I felt shivers again, but then I realized that it would be the last time I would feel them. Takeshi was going straight to jail.

Then they pulled out Kikyo, who was still staring at nothing. She was still crying, shaking her head and muttering things. She really did lose it. Suddenly, I felt bad for her, but then again, she had tried to kill me.

Screw my sympathy.

Inuyasha squeezed my shoulder. "You think she's actually going to go to jail?"

"More like an asylum." I said bitterly.

He only shook his head.

After a few moments, I noticed that the sun was coming down. How long had I been in that damn place? Hours? Days? I didn't even care anymore. All I knew was that I was tired. My eyes were heavy and Inuyasha gave me a brief kiss.

"You can sleep now. Everything's going to be fine."

And I believed him. After going through all of this, anything better would be fine with me.

I slept soundly, dreaming about Inuyasha.

I woke up again in my room, the covers around me, tucked in. I sat up and was greeted with a soreness my body had never known. I groaned and stood up. I walked to the window and opened the curtains.

The moon shone bright in the night sky. I smiled at it.

I turned away and snuggled into my bed again. I was still really tired and If I wanted to go to work tomorrow, I would have to get some kind of sleep.

I smiled again. I would go to see all my friends. They probably worried their butts off for me.

Suddenly, my job didn't seem so lame anymore.

"Kagome! You're alive!" Kurena was the first to lunge on me. I stiffened,and then I laughed.

"Kurena, I'm still kind of sore, you know. Would you mind letting me breathe?"

Kurena looked at me sheepishly and let go. "I'm so happy you're back, Kagome! Nothing is the same without you."

"She's right." Ayame interjected, pulling me into a hug.

"Hey Ayame, where are the others?" I glanced around but I didn't see anyone. There weren't even customers inside.

Kurena and Ayame exchanged glances. "I think you should come see this." Ayame pulled me and suddenly I felt sick again. What now?

Kurena opened the door to the Employee's lounge and suddenly shouts burst from the room.

"Happy Birthday, Kagome!"

Sango, Miroku, Kouga and Bankoutsu along with everyone else stood around a cake. A big cake.

I gasped in delight. "Oh, you guys! It's not even my birthday!"

"Yes it is," Inuyasha appeared from behind me. I jumped and he chuckled, showing me the calendar. Sure enough, it was my birthday.

"You guys are the best!" I pulled in Inuyasha while Sango cranked up the music. I let go and all the stress went away. I was with my friends, having fun and having a great time.

Like how I wanted it to be from the very first day I met them.

A/N: *cries* And that's the end to a wonderful journey of storytelling! It is done! Finished! Finite! Thank you guys once again. I would have never made it without you! I guess I should be upset since I still have the epilogue to write! It'll be the next chapter!

Find out what happens after Kagome's life gets back to normal! And where does her relationship with Inuyasha go?

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