Me: Ha! The final chapter! I officially finished my first fanfiction!
Seth: Nice job, Kira.
Me: Yup. I decided to end the story with a song, like how it began.
Seth: Houston, we have a kiss!
Me: Yup. Oh, and if anyone wants to a make a sequel to this, go right ahead. Just please credit me for the prequel. Thanks to all my reviewers and love to you all!
DISCLAIMA': I do not own Inuyasha or the song When Love and Hate Collide.
A week had passed since the ogre incident and Kagome had found herself falling truly for the hardened mercenary. Before it was only to make Inuyasha mad and show herself that she could move on.
'I still cannot understand why he did not taint the shard.' She pondered. 'What is so special about him? He's killed for Naraku, yet wants to destroy him.' She sighed and looked up at the darkening sky. Kagome stretched and curled up by a tree, succumbing to sleep.
Kagome awoke to light streaming through the branches and leaves of the tree. She stood and brushed herself off. She sensed the still-pure jewel shards in Bankotsu's body and shivered, 'get it together, Kagome! He's the enemy!' she mentally chided. Suddenly, a song she never remembered hearing in her life started playing though her head like a broken record. Little did she know, the same song came into Bankotsu's brain at the same time.
You could have a change of heart, if you would only change your mind
Instead of slamming down the phone girl, for the hundredth time
I got your number on my wall, but I ain't gonna make that call
When divided we stand baby, united we fall
Bankotsu shook his head, trying to get the song out, but it kept playing.
Got the time got a chance gonna make it
Got my hands on your heart gonna take it
All I know I can't fight this flame
You could have a change of heart, if you would only change your mind
Cause I'm crazy 'bout you baby, time after time
Kagome tried to push the images of Bankotsu kissing her out of her imagination, 'he's the enemy. He's the enemy…' she chanted.
Without you
One night alone
Is like a year without you baby
Do you have a heart of stone
Without you
Can't stop the hurt inside
When love and hate collide
Jakotsu and Suikotsu noticed no difference; Bankotsu stopped everything to think of a new battle plan all the time. Kagome ran around to the other side of the tree, tears in her eyes, 'he's the enemy!' she shouted at her heart. However, it refused to listen.
Don't wanna fight no more, I don't know what we're fighting for
When we treat each other baby, like an act of war
I could tell a million lies and it would come as no surprise
When the truth is like a stranger, hits you right between the eyes
Bankotsu was having the same internal argument, 'she's only good for tracking jewel shards and a lure for the hanyou. Nothing else. If you touch her, she'll purify your ass.' Bankotsu was feeling a strange sensation: fear. He was afraid of what this new feeling for the Shikon Miko was.
There's a time and a place and a reason
And I know I got a love to believe in
All I know got to win this time
"I cannot love him…" Kagome whispers to the wind, "It's impossible."
"But isn't that what you want, Kagome? You want to love him." Kagome spun around, tears falling down her face, "Kikyo!"
"Shush, answer me, is his love what you want?"
"It is! But… it cannot work! He's the enemy!"
Without you
One night alone Is like a year without you baby
Do you have a heart of stone
Without you
Can't stop the hurt inside
When love and hate collide
"When love and hate collide, sparks fly. Remember that, Kagome." Kikyo then turned and walked out. Kagome started to hum the song stuck in her head.
You could have a change of heart, if you would only change your mind
Cause I'm crazy 'bout you baby...Crazy...Crazy
She heard Bankotsu come by her tree and wiped her tears away. He stared at her form as she came out of the shadows.
Without you
One night alone
Is like a year without you baby
Do you have a heart of stone
"Your shards are barely tainted, yet you kill mercilessly. You refused to kill Inuyasha when you had the chance. Who are you?" she stated.
Without you
One night alone
Is like a year without you baby
If you have a heart at all
"Who do you think I am?" Bankotsu demands.
"You're Bankotsu, leader of the Band of Seven. You are a mercenary and follow Naraku. You hunt me and my friends for jewel shards so you can get stronger." Kagome walked closer to him, "Yet, you are not my enemy, no matter how many times I try to say you are."
Bankotsu leaned down, his face right in front of hers, "then what am I?"
Kagome whispered, "My love." She tilted her head up and their lips met. She saw sparks and heard Kikyo in the distances sing:
Without you
Can't stop the hurt inside
When love and hate collide
Me: Nice ending, ne?
Seth: Beautiful.
Me: Are you crying?
Seth: N-no! *wipes tears away*
Me: Softie.
R&R
Kira and Seth out! PEACE