A/N: I'm so sorry updates with this have been like almost a month in waiting now! I've been really busy if you've read my urgency in my profile. But I'm back home and recovering, so expect more updates. So I'll try and make this chapter a bit longer just for you! Sorry for such a long wait.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine.

My Heart Will Go On

Chapter 21: Wake Up

The pain. It was unbearable. It felt like her entire body was on fire. She could barely move, mostly a few twitching fingers, but even that hurt. She didn't remember much. An attack through the chest... something stabbed her... she remembered golden eyes.... and nothing more.

She didn't know how long she had been feeling this pain for, but it felt like a millenia. It wasn't getting any better, or worse. It spread throughout her entire body, even in the roots of her hair, her heart...oh god, her heart hurt the worst.

Inu...yasha....

Was he even alive? She had seen him and Naraku, she couldn't remember them actually fighting. She barely remembered him talking. She remembered his touch though, and that was something she never wanted to feel again. So cold... so evil.

She couldn't see a thing. She was too in pain to open her eyes, and too scared of what she might see when she did. It was dark all around her, that much was for sure. She couldn't feel any light being shined in her eyes. So she must be somewhere dark...but oddly, throughout all the pain, she felt warm. And safe.

~*~

They were all back at Kaede's hut. Successfully, they had all defeated Naraku together as a team, while protecting Kagome and their injured friends. They had a lot of difficulty injuring Naraku, but eventually, when he had been weakened enough, Souta was called to the stand. This made Naraku freeze in his tracks, who had no idea that the young boy was Kagome's brother and had spiritual powers, or that he had been trained quite well and was very likely the key to his undoing.

When Souta started glowing white, Naraku tried to bail. With Inuyasha and Miroku using what strength they had left to keep him there, they were winning, but barely.

"You hurt my sister," Souta's eyes narrowed as he looked towards the monster that had caused so many so much pain. "For that - and for so many others, you will receive punishment."

If Kagome had been awake at the time, she would be surprised - she had never heard her brother speak so strongly about anyone. A powerful blast erupted from Souta's body, the color of it being a pretty white blue. The others all watched in awe as it headed straight for Naraku, hitting him dead on.

The sound that followed next was a blood curdling scream, coming from none other than Naraku himself. The attack had torn his body into pieces. Bits and pieces of tentacles were scattered all around, as well as parts of his body. They were all dissolving, and glowing a bright blue, the same blue as the attack.

Everyone watched in awe. Sango supported a panting Souta, who had used up most of his energy in one attack to deliver the final blow. Naraku weakly glared at them all, his body disappearing.

"Damn...you...all..."

With that, he was gone, and Souta had passed out.

Now, both siblings were unconscious on the floor of Kaede's hut, Kagome in worse condition than Souta, who was just etxhausted. Inuyasha never left her side, even when the others told him to and get some rest. He refused to leave until he saw her eyes open up once more.

It had been almost two weeks now since Kagome had fallen under. She was still in so much pain, but she found out to her shock that it was starting to go away, and found herself able to move. Her fingers would let her twitch them, as well as her feet, but her eyes refused to budge. Oh no, this pain didn't want to let go of her just yet.

Around the third week did Kagome show signs of waking up. Groans excaped her lips, and her body moved more. The bleeding had long since stopped, and her injuries were slowly healing. Now all she had to do was wake up.

In the late evening on the end of the third week did Kagome finally slowly open her beautiful brown eyes, and Inuyasha was there for the moment. He was the first thing she saw, and that made her smile upon waking.

"Inuyasha..." she spoke softly, looking up towards him. She reached up a hand weakly, and he took it gently, not wanting her to use more strength than she needed to.

"Thank goodness," he said, breathing a sigh of relief. "You had me worried sick."

"I'm sorry..." Kagome said slowly, her eyes open fully and looking right at him. He blinked and shook his head.

"Don't you dare apologize," he told her and she blinked up at him in surprise. "You did nothing wrong. You did what you were supposed to do. Live."

Kagome smiled and gave his hand a small squeeze. "And that I will - forever, with you."

TBC

A/N: ^__^ Please don't kill me for this, but I was tired of the ongoing battle. :3 I just had to end it.