My Heart Will Go On
Chapter 11 Home Away From Home

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Since Souta had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days until he was fully recovered (or at least, Sesshomaru's hospital), Kagome and Inuyasha stayed too. They had been informed of by Sesshomaru about everything that had happened in the past. The demon lord of the west wasn't sure it was such a good idea to tell them of things that had already happened...but maybe it would do more good than harm, for once.

Apparantely, Kagome died protecting Inuyasha in battle from an attack that was sure to have cost him hs own life. He had been devastated, watching as his mate died right in front of his eyes. He had destroyed Naraku, but followed his mate soon after in death. Miroku had been absorbed by his wind tunnel, and Sango refused to live without him, so she held on tight until she had been absorbed into it as well. Both lovers had died together.

Kohaku, Sango's little brother, at seeing his sister being sucked into the wind tunnel, killed himself shortly after Naraku's defeat. He wanted to see it happen before he died... he wanted to help avenge his family. After that, with the death of his sister, what more did he have to live for?

Shippou and Sesshomaru were the only survivor of the battle, who hadn't even been there at the time. He had been with Kaede gathering herbs at her village garden, unaware of the events taken place. While Sesshomaru, was fighting with his life to protect Rin, who was thankfully, with Kaede and Shippo at the time and was left uninjured.

Kouga, the leader of the wolf demon tribe, and his fiance, Ayame, had both been killed during the beginning of the fight with Naraku. Kouga had protected Kagome from getting hit by Kagura's wind dance of blades attack, while Inuyasha had fought off Naraku and was unable to protect her. Ayame, devastated, followed soon after getting hit by a dance of blades attack without even trying to dodge.

Kagome had cried at hearing the tragic fates of her friends, as well as herself and Inuyasha. At least, she thought, she had died the way she always wanted to, protecting him.

Inuyasha noticed that Kagme seemed to be deep in thought, and looked over to her, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Kagome...?" he asked her gently, making her jump. She knew he had been there, after all she was in his arms, but this startled her a bit.

She smiled, looking over towards him. "I'm fine. Just thinking."

Inuyasha hugged her tightly, and she did the same, afraid to let go of him. They -both- died in this fight, along with everyone else...what if there was no way to change that?

He held onto her, burying his nose into her hair and inhaling her scent. "It's going to be okay, Kagome, we're going to change that past. We're gonna defeat Naraku, and live. I promise you."

She looked up towards him, her eyes prickling with tears. He noticed this, and frowned, bending down hiis head to kiss away her tears. They had become much closer during these past few days, and had finally admitted their feelings of love for one another. Kagome knew that while he might love her, he would never forget about Kikyo. It was just something she would have to accept.

She snuggled into his arms for warmth and sighed in content, never knewing he could be so deep. Kissing away her tears...that's what some handsomly rich, fantasy guy would have done...certainly not Inuyasha.

But he did.

The thought made her smile with happiness and he sighed. 'Tch...women and emotions...I'll never understand 'em.' he thought to himself, holding onto Kagome still.

The two were now in a separate room from Souta's, but still a hospital room. Kagome had had no idea that her mother had been watching the couple kiss on the bed, nor did she know Souta had been watching, he had pretended to asleep immediately when they broke the kiss. Though it did give a funny warm feeling to Kagome, though.

"Mmm...when can we go home?" Inuyasha asked her in a rather soft voice she didn't know he could manage, making her smile again as she looked up towards him, her hand cupping his cheek.

"I think Sesshomaru said tomorrow, actually," she whisepred softly to him, and he nodded, kissing her lips once more, making her melt into his arms. Only he had the power to do this to her. Not Naraku, not anybody else....just Inuyasha. Her hanyou.

When they broke away from the kiss, she gave a soft yawn. Inuyasha chuckled at her blush and held her close. "We should both get some sleep, then we can all go home, and put the past...behind us."

Kagome nodded, smiling. It was kind of ironic that he said that...since they were in the future, after all. But he was right.

The mystery of her family's death and the destruction of her house had been solved...what more reason did she have to stay here? Certainly nto school, that was out of the question long ago.

She knew Souta would probably miss his friends, not to mention that Hitomi girl, but he seemed so eager to move with them to the feudal era, she knew he'd be okay.

"Let's get some sleep," Kagome agreed with him, snuggling with him underneath the covers.

Both fell into a peaceful sleep about ten minutes later, curled up in each other's arms.

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About twelve hours later, into the early morning did they wake up. Souta was already awake and ready to go, which surprised Kagome, because normally he wasn't a morning person. Maybe the feudal era would do him some good after all.

Inuyasha and Kagome climbed out of the bed and walked over to Souta's room to tell him that they were ready to go. Souta was ecstatic, jumping up and down excitedly, making both of them laugh.

This surprised Kagome, as she had never heard Inuyasha laugh...so happy, before. It sounded nice, and she wanted to hear it more often, if she could.

Kagome and Inuyasha held hands as they walkd downstairs, with Souta walking eagerly behind them. They met Sesshomaru, who was alone and standing in the doorway, his eyes narrowed slightly towards the miko, who hid slightly behind Inuyasha. What was his problem? After all, he had been the one to save her and her brother...maybe he was in a bad mood?

Inuyasha growled. "Hey, leave her alone Sesshomaru."

The taiyoukai just rolled his eyes and got out of their way as they walked out.

"Good luck. Change the past for all of us."

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Inuyasha had carried both Kagome and Souta on his back to the well, and let them both off his back once they arrived. She smiled and took his hand almost as instantly when he had put her down. Souta made a face, though he was happy for his sister. They had finally admitted their feelings for each other.

"You guys ready?" They noticed that the tape around the shrine for the crime scene was gone, since the mystery had been solved. They had to run quickly before Inuyasha got arrested.

They both nodded and Inuyasha jumped onto the well, carrying Kagome with him. "Souta, hold onto my hand," Kagome told him, reaching out her hand for him to take.

He nodded, gulping a bit, nly now realizing that they would have to jump down. He had seen his sister doing this many times, but doing it himself was kinda scary.

She smiled at seeing his nervousness and shook her head. "Don't worry, we foat down, we won't hit the bottom hard at all."

Trusting his sister, he nodded and held onto her hand, though his grip was rather tight. Inuyasha jumped down into the well, taking the two of them with him as he did. As Kagome said, they all floated down gently to the bottom of the well as the aura surrounded them.

Kagome and Inuyasha both blinked several times as they looked at Souta. He didn't notice anything going on but...he was glowing! A bright white color, to be exact, and when they fell to the bottom, and the aura of the well disappeared, so did the glow around Souta.

Kagome binked as she stared down towards her brother, letting go of his hand. "What....just happened?" she looked over to Inuyasha for answers, who merely shrugged.

"He's your brother, your his sister...maybe he got some spiritual power too," Inuyasha said, and Kagome nodded. It did make sense. They'd have to ask Kaede about it to be sure though.

"We should head to Kaede's, she should knw what to do," Inuyasha said, as if reading her mind. She blinked and looked up towards him, nodding.

"Yeah, good idea. Let's go."

Since it wasn't a long walk, they walked instead of running to Kaede's hut. Souta stayed close to his sister and Inuyasha the entire time, not wanting to get lost, but looked around in awe at the scenery. It was so pretty....he could see why his sister preferred this place over their other time.

When they finally reached Kaede's, Kagome smiled and Inuyasha gently squeezed her hand, making her look over at him.

"Welcome home," he told her softly, leaning over to give her a hug. She smiled and hugged back, though a bit tighter than he did.

"Thank you. For everything, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha blushed and gave a small "Keh!" sound in response, this making both of them giggle.

They entered the hut, only to find Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kaede all in there. They all smiled at seeing Kagome had returned, but blinked at the new stranger, who was hiding behind Kagome, clutching her hand, nervous.

Though he had heard many stories about them from his sister, he was still kind of nervous about meeting them for the first time, even though eh new that he had nothing to worry about.

"Ah, I see ye have returned," Kaede smiled to them. "Welcome back."

"Kagome!" Shippo was the first to greet her. He bounded up into her arms and she caught him just in time, smiling as she did. Inuyasha rolled her eyes. She spoiled that kid too damn much in his opinion.

"Shippo, have you been good while I was gone?" Kagome asked him, looking down at the kit, who nodded.

"Yes, I have! I did all that Kaede asked me to!"

Kagome looked up to Kaede for an answer, who just smiled and nodded in response. She looked back down at Shippo, smiling.

"Well, why don't we see what treats I have for you today?"

Sango had been quiet the whole time, her eyes staring at the little boy who was hiding behind Kagome. She knew who he was. Kagome's family had been killed…all except for her little brother. She had no reason to take anyone else with her to the past except him…so this is who he must be.

Miroku noticed her quietness, and took her hand, gently squeezing it in reassurance. She looked to him, smiling a bit.

"Thank you, Miroku," she said quietly. He just nodded.

"Uh, Kaede, we need to talk to you about something," Kagome said, sitting down on the floor, but only to be pulled into Inuyasha's lap moments later, this causing her to blush. The others raised an eyebrow at the sudden display of affection in front of others, but also a smile. 'Finally,' everyone thought.

"Yes, what is it child?"

"Um…let's start from the beginning…."

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TBC

A/N: ^^; I'm evil, I know. But hey...it's longer! And thanks for all the reviews. I noticed as I was reading them most of them are people who review every chapter, and for that I'm happy, cause I never had such continuous readers before! ^^ Oh, and has anyone else noticed that you can use the *'s and stuff again after all these years?