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Chapter 2

InuYashas Wish

Tears dripped down Kagome's eyes as she cried InuYasha's name again. No, this was wrong. If Naraku got a hold of the jewel shards then Kagome's entire future would be ruined, the future would be filled with darkness and terrifying things. She got up again and flinched; stumbling back she pulled back an arrow and tried to focus however the pain in her body was making it hard to keep the bow and arrow straight and the tears that clouded her eyes made Naraku blurry. She closed her eyes and released the arrow, the purple trail glowing behind the arrow the arrow struck Naraku in the shoulder and the demon looked at the arrow. As the one previous to it, the sacred arrow melted into Naraku's skin "foolish Kagome" Naraku said as he walked closer. "Save your useless human strength and just hand over the shards of the sacred jewel; you have lost the battle. InuYasha is dead" Naraku said holding out his hand.

"InuYasha, it seems is still alive Naraku" came Kikyo's voice knocking Naraku out of his focus on Kagome. He jumped back slightly and turned around, there he stood. That white haired half-demon that he despised so however Naraku smirked InuYasha was unconscious. The battle was sure to be less boring but perhaps more interesting, it depended on how this unconscious creature would attack him.

"Na...ra...ku" InuYasha said panting. He was barely standing, and the wounds he had received from the previous blow were obvious. Blood dripped down from his wounds. It was an amazement that he was still standing.

"InuYasha, the wretched half demon that fell so easily in love. Two worthless humans" Naraku shot two blades out at InuYasha, the half demon quickly lifted up with arm, without his armor the blades went through his arm. The pain seemed to knock him back to the real world. InuYasha looked at the blades and pulled them out, Kagome turned her head away so she couldn't see the blood that shot out of InuYasha's arm.

"Stay away from Kagome" InuYasha yelled, Naraku smirked and jumped over to the helpless human. "Naraku, I said stay away" InuYasha yelled and holding the handle of Tetsusaiga he gathered up what strength he had left and ran towards Naraku and swung damn, I can't use the wind scar or else the attack might hit Kagome and the others he thought as he slammed his sword to the ground. Naraku jumped over and stabbed InuYasha in the stomach. InuYasha coughed up blood. He was dizzy from the amount of blood he had lost, even if he had demon blood in him he was still part human so he wasn't as strong as the average demon. That was what he needed the jewel for, he'd become a demon; even after all this time, the times he had gone crazy, his main goal was still to become a full fledge demon.

"Poor InuYasha," Naraku said, "you lost Kikyo and now you are going to lose Kagome just the same" he said and appeared before Kagome. He grabbed her by the throat and pulled back a blade, he trusted it forward when suddenly an arrow hit the blade and knocked him out of his path "Kikyo" he exclaimed surprised. How was it possible? Her bow was broken though there she stood, tall and serious, and determined. With her bow destroyed it caught Naraku off his guard when InuYasha released his wind scar, Kagome out of the pathway now it was safe.

InuYasha and Naraku faced each other, a wind blew but neither of them moved. Both in a stance "the zone" Sango muttered quietly, she didn't respond to Kagome's confused look. She merely focused on InuYasha and Naraku who were both frozen in positions. "Kagome, this is going to be the final blow...lets believe in InuYasha" Sango said looking at the girl from the future and nodding hiding her pain and focusing. "It will all be over in a moment."

Kagome looked at Sango then at InuYasha and Naraku, and just as Sango had finished speaking the two moved, and in a blink of an eye dust appeared. One figure stood standing in the rubble of the destroyed battlefield, "I believe" Kagome said and her heartbeat increased when a figure slowly stood up and walked towards them. Limping, and everyone smiled, this time the figure wasn't Naraku their enemy...but InuYasha their friend...holding something in his hand.

InuYasha collapsed in a kneeling position in front of Kagome, out of the corner of her eye Kagome saw Kikyo slowly walking towards the group. Her attention turned to InuYasha though when he opened his hand "the final shards...of the sacred jewel" he said and held them out for Kagome to take.

Tears filled Kagome's eyes and she forgot her pain and wounds, and everything else and merely embraced InuYasha, he dropped the jewel and merely allowed Kagome to hold him. Kikyo kneeled down and picked up the sacred jewel then at the crying Kagome and wounded InuYasha. She gripped the jewel tightly; his aura had softened because of this girl. Her reincarnation had done what Kikyo had wanted to do. Kagome had comforted InuYasha, healed his pain, and looking back Kikyo realized that there were many times that she had instead of helping InuYasha only caused him more grief. If she were not made of mere mud and clay, and dirt, and living off of the souls of the dead Kikyo knew she herself would be in tears like Kagome. Then without a thought Kikyo kneeled down and embraced InuYasha as well, "InuYasha" she said with a sad smile on her lips. He was alive, he had won, if only now he could understand that he had her heart but inside Kikyo she had a feeling that she wasn't the one that had his.

No one moved, they all stayed where they were until the sun began to set. Kagome and Kikyo removed their arms from InuYasha and Kikyo held out the jewel "let's finish what you began" Kikyo whispered and Kagome took out her necklace that held the jewel shards. Taking them out, the two priestesses put the shards together again and the sacred jewel began to glow brightly just as it had done so long ago. Kikyo stood up, her revenge was over, she was done and now...she had to go to the place where she belonged, with the rest of the departed. "InuYasha" Kikyo whispered "I love you" she told him and handed him the jewel. "I hope you make the wish you promised me so long ago, please become full human" she said even though we can't be together like I want she thought. Then she walked away and slowly began to sink into the earth, she closed her eyes as she allowed herself to slowly be sunk into the earth.

"Kikyo" InuYasha muttered and looked at the jewel. he nodded his head and looked at the others "Sorry Kikyo, maybe some other time" InuYasha said, holding the jewel "listen up jewel, you are going to grant me my wish, if you really can grant any wish or desire then I want you to revive Kikyo to the living, as a real human." The jewel began to glow as it began to fulfill InuYasha's wish; everyone was shocked and Kagome could barely keep herself straight. Concentrating on everything she had she watched as Kikyo was lifted back into the ground. Her clothes disappeared, Sango covered Miroku's eyes and Kagome covered Shippo's as a fire twirled around Kikyo.

After a few moments Sango released her hand from Miroku's eyes and Kikyo lay face down on the ground. Kikyo looked up, weakly she looked around and saw the others in shock, in her head she heard InuYasha's wish. She looked at him before falling unconscious. No one seemed to notice the tears that were beginning to well up in Kagome's eyes.