Inuyasha sat by Kagome's bedside. She'd been through alot, that was for damn sure and he was not about to let her out of his sight again. "Kagome..." He sighed as she slept. She'd come from behind Koga and had demanded to know who she was, then she'd passed out due to the stress. He took her hand in his. "I wont let anyone hurt you. Not now, not ever." He vowed softly and squeezed her small hand.
"Hm..." Sunali shut the paper door. "He really cares alot about her, doesn't he?" "Yeah, the whelp doesn't know any better...ow!" "Hmph, that is my daughter in there you know." "I meant how he thought Kikyo to be Kagome at one time, then started liking her." "Hm...Sesshoumaru...who really killed her?" "Hm? Kikyo? Thats a very long story, but to make it short the one who really killed Kikyo, was Naraku himself." "Why did he lie?" "Well, I guess you could say he didn't," "Explain, cause that just made me confused." "Naraku killed her, but used Inuyasha's form while doing, so that whoever witnessed the killing would think that Inuyasha had been the one who'd done it, when it was really Naraku." "I see...he's caused alot of trouble...hasn't he?" "Yes, he has made many suffer." "Hm...that woman, the slayer..." "Yes, she is of that slayer clan, that Naraku also wiped out." "Hm...the poor girl, and the monk, he is Miyatsu's grandson, is he not?" "He is." "Hm...Narkau decieved them...he decieved many of us..." "True, but be thankful at least that he never got hold of both the girls." "Hm, yes, I thank you and Inuyasha, for keeping Kagome from him." "Hm...Sunali, I've wanted to know something, could anyone who 'loves' the girl, could anyone become the ruler of heaven, hell and this world?" "Yes. However, Naraku would have had to make both girls fall in love with him, fore I made it so that when they found the one they loved the most in the entire universe, the one they loved would be the only one able to gain control of either worlds." "Hm...smart." "Yes, but what I don't understand, is that from what I understand, Kagome loves Inuyasha a lot, does she not?" "Yes she does." "Then why has she not furthered their friendship?" "I don't know that myself, I mean its obvious that Inuyasha loves her too, but I think both are so full of pride that they'd rather die alone then admit they love each other." "Ha...perhaps she is the smartest there is in the female world." "Perhaps." "Hm?" "Sunali, when we first met, and mated with each other, that was the same night that Naraku forced you to sleep with him, right?" "Yes, my time with you was much nicer." "No doubt, but I want to know something and I do not want to be dicked around with." "Sesshoumaru..." "Are the girls...yours and mine?" "What...thats rediculous, the Kikyo is Naraku's and so is..." "Sunali! I want the truth!" "I'm telling you the truth..." "One of them are mine aren't they?" "Sessh..." "Sunali. Look me in the eyes and tell me that neither of the girls are mine. Can you do that?" Sunali was silent for a moment, then as she began to speak a sudden wind blew so strong that it up rooted a few trees. "Whats going on?" "The heavens are angry and I don't know why." Inuyasha poked his head out of the door that led outside. "Wow...what a wind, heh reminds me of Kagura's winds...hm?" "Inuyasha..." "Kagome, stay laying down! Don't try to move...rest..." Kagome shook her head, "No...I cannot rest, this wind is...there's something terrible coming." "...What?" Kagome turned to Inuyasha, "I...I think it's time..." "Time? Time for what?" "For Kikyo and I to do what we were I guess born to do..." "W...which is what?" "..." "Kagome." Inuyasha took hold of her arms, "Tell me." "Die." Kagome let the word slip out so easily and went outside, and stood beside the woman she'd learned was her real mother; leaving Inuyasha alone in the house.
"Kagome..." Kagome said nothing, and stood somewhat closer to Sesshoumaru then her mother. Sesshoumaru at least she somewhat knew, but this woman Sunali, she'd just learned about her being her mother and was still trying to digest that fact. "It's like a hurricane..." Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow "A nasty wind storm, that can cause a hell of alot of damage." "Ah." "Kikyo will be here soon..." Kagome looked at Sunali, "What is it that we have to do? Besides die?" "...You figured that out did you? You always have been the smartest of that two of you." "Hm...I...I don't want to do this if it means leaving everything that I have worked so hard for. All my cherished friends, everyone that I love so very much...I can't do this if it means leaving all that." "Kagome, my child, you have been chosen since birth to save this world that houses your cherished friends and the ones that you love so dear. If you and Kikyo do not do what you must...this world will cease to exsist, as well as everything and everyone in it would perish." Kagome just looked into the eyes of the woman, Sunali, and sighed. She didn't want to do this, but she also didn't want her beloved friends to loose their lives. Sango and Miroku were soon to be married, she didn't want to be the reason they would never get married ever. So with tears in her eyes, Kagome nodded, "Alright, I'll do it, if only to protect this world that as you said, houses my most precious friends and memories." Sunali, patted her daughter's shoulder, "I know that it wont be easy for you to do, but believe me things will be alright, I know it will. K." Kagome nodded, as Inuyasha stepped outside, she went to him, as the ground opened up. Kagome took Inuyasha's hand as the fires of hell were seen "Kikyo has come. The wind will soon be gone." Inuyasha squeezed Kagome's hand tightly, as if to say that he wouldn't let her go. "Inuyasha...it'll be alright, I promise." Kagome said, trying to reassure the hanyou she'd come to love more then life itself. Kagome now tightened her grip, as she saw the coal ash black tresses and the red and white of the priestess clothes emerging from the flames. Inuyasha made no move towards Kikyo, he just stayed by Kagome's side, which surprised Kagome and made her happy. Sunali approached the risen woman, "Kikyo." Kikyo looked at the woman, then at Kagome and Inuyasha, "Why have I been called from hell?" "Kikyo, the reason is simple...ARGHH!" "SUNALI!" shouts were heared as Naraku retracked his tenticle from the woman's body, and smirked when her body fell to the ground. Kagome's eyes went wide, as Inuyasha moved to be in front of her now. "Hm, my, my Sunali, you were said to be immortal...oh wait, that was only when you had your celestial robes, wasn't it? How tragic that I forgot." Naraku said, smugly and turned to Kikyo, who was obviously unaware of the situation at hand. "I've waited a long time for you to be risen Kikyo, child of Hell." Kagome felt a surge in her body and slipped out from behind Inuyasha and ran to be in front of Kikyo. "Kagome! What are you doing!" Kagome didn't answer, and she knew that this was the terrible even that had been on it's way and was now here. She stood there between Naraku and Kikyo, eyes full of nothing, but strength. She didn't fear him, she never truly had. She despised him for what he'd put her friends through, for what he'd done to Inuyasha and Kikyo. Kikyo her sister, her twin sister, Inuyasha's previous and at times current love. Kagome had been told that she looked ike her, due to being her reincarnation, but she was instead her twin sister. The daughter's of Sunali, a heavenly maiden from heaven that had been tricked and forced to be the wife and bare Naraku's childen; the children who happened to be her and Kikyo, the twin girls, one the maiden of heaven, the other the maiden of hell. Kagome stood now, surrounded by a white light in front of Kikyo. She was determined not to allow Naraku one step closer to her. She was ready to fight this snake, she was ready to fight for the future lives of her beloved friends, and she was ready to die to do so.