Chapter 58: I Love You

"Ka… Kagome…" Inuyasha said. He was hanyou; she was human. He was laying on the ground with a pool of blood around him. His hair had spots of blood in it. His fire rat haori was off him. Blood was everywhere.

"No, please. Don't die. Hang on Inuyasha, please. Hang on." Kagome said crying, holding onto him.

"I… I love… y-you Kag…Kagome." He whispered. He smiled at her.

"No Inuyasha! Please! Hang on! Please! I love you too!" She cried. He reached up weakly and traced the outline of her face. Then his arm fell back and he closed his eyes; his head fell to the side. "INUYASHA! NO! NO INUYASHA, WAKE UP! WAKE UP PLEASE! PLEASE! NOOOOO!!" She cried and fell on top of him. "Inuyasha." She cried. "Why? I love you. I love you so much. Why did you leave me alone? WHY?!"

Kagome shot awake, tears streaming down her face, her breath irregular. She looked around and saw her mate laying next to her. She could faintly hear his breath. She started to cry with happiness that he was still there and alive.

He woke up and heard her crying, he sat up. "What's wrong Kagome?"

She looked at him then flew into his chest and cried still. "What happened?"

"I-I had a nightmare…. You-you died…. It was from the past…. You were-were a hanyou and I-I was-was hu-human…. It hurt so much to see you like tha-that…. I-I couldn't take it!"

"Kagome, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry you saw that. I can't imagine how you felt."

"I lost you…. I couldn't take it. Not one bit."

He comforted her the best he could. "Is it a premonition?"

"No, it was from the past. It couldn't be. It was the Feudal Era."

"Are you sure?"

"Mostly. I hope so. I can't let you die like that. I will never let anyone I love die like that. Never!"

"I know. I know. I love you. I love you so much."

This made her cry even harder. "I-I lo-love you t-too…. I love you more than anything. I can't even describe how much I love you."

"It's the same for me. Words can't describe our love. We can only show each other, even that is hard."

She nodded. "We'll get our power back and this won't happen anymore."

"I hope it won't. I can't let that happen to anyone. Naraku, it would even of been a bit hard to see him like that. I know that sounds stupid, but you were covered in blood. Every inch of you. I can't let anyone die like that. No one."

He quieted her. She relaxed a bit. He then kissed her the most passionately he could do as a human.

"It'll be ok Kagome. I'm alive. I'm not dead or anywhere near it."

"I know. And I'm glad. I'm so happy that isn't real."

They looked at the clock, it was four in the morning.

"We should really get some sleep." Inuyasha suggested. She nodded then kissed him and they laid back down.

"Kagome don't do this! Fight it Kagome! Fight it! Please!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome was human and he was hanyou. Her eyes were glazed red though, she was being controlled.

"I'm… trying… Inuyasha… MOVE!" She yelled shooting an arrow at him. He didn't get away in time, the arrow as bright white. It was a sealing arrow, like the one Kikyo used to seal Inuyasha to Goshinboku. He got pinned in his heart.

"INUYASHA! WHY DIDN'T YOU MOVE?!" She yelled running up to him. She was normal. He looked at her weakly.

"I love you Kagome…" He whispered.

"I love you too Inuyasha." She said crying.

"I will… see you… again… mate…" He whispered. He went limp and his eyes closed. She heard his last breath go out.

"NO!!" she yelled and cried. Kaede came up behind her and put her hand on her back. "I-is there an-anyway to-to wake him u-up?"

"He will in 50 years."

"50 years?" She whispered and looked at his face. She sighed. "My life without him is nothing. Please Kaede, bind me with him. I can't take it. I need to be with him, at least in some way. This way I will."

Miroku, Sango, and Shippo came up. "You're not serious Kagome?" Shippo asked.

She nodded. "I want to be with him. Miroku, can you create a barrier around us? For 50 years?"

"Yes, if it what you really want."

She stood up and backed up to the tree's bark. "I'm ready. Shippo, I will still be your mom. I hope to see you all soon. I love you all as family."

They started to cry as Kaede backed up and loaded the bow. Kagome held Inuyasha's hand and stiffened. 'I'll be with you soon. I love you Inuyasha.'

"Goodbye Kagome. I love you." They all said at the same time.

"I love you too. Ugh… Inu… yas… ha… I love… you…." She went limp as well, but never stopped holding his hand.

She woke up, there was a light pinkish-orange mist around her. "Inuyasha?!" She cried.

"Kagome?" He cried with happiness. He ran up to her. "How? How did you get binded? Why?"

"I asked Kaede to, she said she'd do it if it was what I really wanted. She said we'll wake up in 50 years. Miroku is going to create a barrier around us. I couldn't live my life without you. I need you Inuyasha. I love you. I love you too much."

He hugged her.

"Thank you. Thank you Kagome. I couldn't take it either, all this time without you."

"I'm sorry. I tried not to but I couldn't stop. He had me."

"Its all right. I love you, I need you, I want you."

"I do too. So what will we do for 50 years?"

"I don't know." He backed up a bit to see her face. He brought out his claws. She thought he was going to shred her clothes, but…

"AHHH!! INUYASHA!!" She yelled. He smirked, his eyes were glazed red completely with tiny blue irises. He clawed her stomach and chest. She healed back immediately.

"Damn." He said when she was healed in a deep voice. "Damn you bitch!"

"Inuyasha? What are you doing? Why are you doing this?! I thought you loved me!"

"I don't. That hanyou does."

"The-Then you're his… youkai?"

"Yes, very clever bitch. I have hated you for forever. He is trying to break free. He says he loves you and how could I do this? But I don't love you, I hate you! You don't deserve to be on this world bitch!" He yelled. She started to cry and sank to her knees.

"You love me Inuyasha! I love every part of you! Why can't you just love me?!" She wailed. He growled.

"Stop your crying bitch! Now!"

"I d-don't have to! Yo-you can't control me! You-your no-not my mate! My mate i-is a han-hanyou!"

"I am your mate, because you mated him, you mated me. You go by my orders now."

"No! I will not! Inuyasha, where are you! Come out! Now! Please! Please! I want you to come out! I was binded here to be with you! I couldn't take it! Please, Inuyasha! Please!"

He fell to the ground and clutched his head; growled deep. "Inuyasha! Come on! Please! I can't go fifty years without you! I can barely go a few days! I'll go insane in here! Please! Inuyasha, come out! Please! I love you!"

He growled deeper. She came up to him and kneeled next to him. She wrapped her arms around him. He loosened up a bit and stopped growling. "Inu… yasha?"

"Ka-Kagome?" He asked and sat up. His eyes were normal. "I'm sorry."

"Its ok. You don't have the Tetsusaiga."

"Huh? I feel funny. Are we waking up? Has it been 50 years?"

"I don't know. I feel funny too."

A blast of white light engulfed them both, they held each other as it happened. They returned to normal light. "Kagome?" Inuyasha muttered.

"Yea?"

"Its been 50 years already?"

"I guess, unless someone pulled our arrows out." He gasped. They were gone. "Who…"

"I don't know. Miroku's barrier is still around us, but… how did the arrows get removed?"

"Look, I see someone coming."

Someone did come, it was Miroku. His eyes widened when he saw them alive again. He rubbed his eye to see if he was seeing correctly. "Inuyasha?… Kagome?" They nodded. He let the barrier down and they got up. "How?"

"Someone pulled our arrows out."

"Impossible! I'm getting Sango and the others!"

He ran off and Kagome hugged Inuyasha. He growled.

"Inu?"

He chuckled then she felt his claws dig deep into her back. She fell to the ground.

"Finally, I can kill you bitch. You do not deserve to be with me. No one does. I will kill you!" He said lengthening his claws longer still.

"MIROKU!!" Kagome yelled then screamed in pain as he cut her again. Miroku and Sango ran up to see them. They gasped at the scene. "Inu… yasha… I… lo-love… you…" She said before her eyes shut and she went limp completely.

Kagome flew awake again, she looked at the clock. It was around 9 am. It was Saturday. She sighed then got out of bed. Her legs were working better now. She pulled on a light robe and went in the kitchen. Inuyasha saw her face, it was almost horror-stricken.

"What happened? Another dream?" He asked. She sat down in a chair next to him.

"Yea. This one was way different though. It was like when Menomaru attacked. I was being controlled by something. I pinned you to Goshinboku again with a sealing arrow. I asked Kaede to do it to me and she did. We ended up in a weird area. You transformed into a youkai and tried to kill me but I healed right away. We were woken up early. It looked like only a day had passed. Your youkai said that he hated me. He wanted to kill me. He did in the end in front of Miroku and Sango."

"Oh my god. Was that one real?"

"I hope not, you were still a hanyou and I was human. I think its just like a decked out version of when Menomaru attacked. I don't think at all that either of those were real…. I love you so much Inu. We said it enough last night and in my dream. I think my mind is starting to play tricks on me again."

"Like when Yume attacked you?"

"Yea. I just have to get over it and somehow block those dreams out. I don't want them."

"I know you don't. No one does."

She leaned against him and sighed. "I just hope these dreams will stop. I would rather have premonitions than these. Good premonitions. But if they had to be bad, I would take these."

"Everyone would, no on wants to see how people die." He said putting his arm around her.

"MOOMY! DAADDY!!" Inuosukyo called running down the stairs.

"What is it?" Kagome called back

"Nodoka was using her claws!" He said when he got into the kitchen. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other.

"How did she? I have her under the spell, unless… NODOKA! DOWN HERE! NOW!" Kagome screamed.

"Yes mommy." Nodoka said. She came skipping down the stairs, she was in her youkai form.

"How did you gat into your youkai form?"

"I don't know. Last thing I remember is that I was mad at Inuosukyo."

"Oh no." Kagome muttered. "Senmo Kengen Haburi Tenka…. Now she knows how to change. Great." She whispered to Inuyasha. "Look, go back upstairs and behave you two."

"OK!" They both replied and went upstairs.

"I think its time I teach Reijin about her miko powers more. I'll do that soon today."

"Reijin?"

"Yes mama?"

"Come out back. I need to teach you to use your miko powers better."

"All right."

They went out back and Kagome got out her katana and gave it to her daughter.

"How does this thing work?" Reijin asked inspecting it.

"Take it out, think about your miko powers."

She took it out and transformed it into a bow. "Now, pretend to load it. Pull the string back and it will materialize an arrow."

She did as she was told, she materialized an arrow and it turned bright yellow.

"Now let it go, quickly."

She let it go and it flew very, very, far away. You could only see a faint explosion.

"Good, you know how to make miko arrows. That was easier than teaching my younger self. Now, we'll move onto barriers. Clear your mind first…. Now, think about protecting someone. Hold your hands out. Good. Now let your powers flow through you to your hands. Ask it to protect."

She did that and a minute later a small pink barrier formed around them. "Try and make it bigger Reijin. Get it as big as you can."

She nodded and it grew to engulf the house and most of the yard.

"Great! You can release it now."

She did as she was told. The area went back to normal. Kagome saw Inuyasha pop his head out of the back door.

"What was that?" He asked.

"That was Reijin's barrier. She was 10x better than I expected. She created a barrier to protect the whole house. Do you think you could do it for a while if you had to?"

"Yea, it was easy."

Kagome smiled. "You don't get that from me. It took me years to do this."

"Thanks for helping me mama. Can we go see grandma and grandpa?"

"I guess. Come on. Inuyasha, I'll be back in a bit."

"Hey, I'm coming too. I'm not letting you on your own."

"Inu… ugh. Then you might as well bring the kids."

"Grandma!" Reijin called when she saw her out in the garden.

"Reijin, hello. Feeling better Kagome?"

"Much. They wanted to come see you guys for a bit."

"Come in, come in."

They came in. Inuyasha and Kagome were the only ones though. The kids were in Goshinboku, their mom had given their abilities back.

"So Kagome, are you feeling any better?" Her father asked.

"Yea, tons…. I actually taught Reijin to create a barrier today in probably… what 10 seconds. It engulfed our whole house and then some."

"Wow."

"Yea, she said she could hold it for a good while too. I'm starting to wonder the strength of it. It may not of been that strong. At the most when we blow up Tokyo, I want to protect the shrine. At least the well and Goshinboku."

"Yes. We need to protect them."

"I want to test its strength soon, but I'm afraid if its weak it will hurt her. And I don't want to do that."

"I could do it, you know I'm not that great at battle."

"Yes, but when your attacks come they can be instant death, and I don't wish that on any of my family, please. Not yet."

"What will we do then? We have to prepare her for this."

"First I want to see if I can get in through her barrier regularly. Come on let's see now."

They walked out. "Reijin, come down."

She jumped out of the tree. Kagome turned her to a full human, then turned herself into a youkai. "I want to see how strong your barrier is. Hold me off the best you can, ok?"

She nodded nervously.

"Look, I can tell when its too weak Reijin. I won't hurt you. Just put up the strongest one you can, only around yourself."

She nodded and put one up. Kagome walked up to it first and it repelled her. She smirked. "Pretty good so far. It is strong. Let's see how good you are against attacks. Golden Blessing Whip!"

She whipped the barrier twice. "Dang, that's good. Here we go Reijin. Hold me off. I don't want to hurt you. Infinite Aura Blast!"

She blasted the barrier, and she was shocked because Reijin was smirking.

"Didn't even scratch it mom."

"Good. Let's see how your father's Red Tetsusaiga is against it."

"No Kagome. Its too powerful. It'll break her barrier immediately."

"It may not."

"If it broke Naraku's then it will break her's and it will kill her too."

"Fine, I won't use the Red Tetsusaiga, but I want to see it."

"Feh." He pulled it out from his shirt.

"You take that damn thing with you everywhere. Its not like we'll be attacked!"

"I only brought it today. God, stop being so pissy."

She took it from him and unsheathed it. She gave him the sheath.

"Don't worry dear. I won't use the Red Tetsusaiga. I will use the…" It crystallized. "Crystal Tetsusaiga. Hold me off. Adamant Barrage!"

Her daughter's barrier grew bigger and destroyed every single adamant piece.

"Keep it that way for a second Reijin." She turned the sword red.

"No Kagome! You'll kill her!"

"Look, I'm only going to try and poke through it. That's why I want her to make it big enough so I don't hit her."

Inuyasha and her father looked concerned. She turned back and flexed her brow. She brought it over her head and threw it down on the barrier. Reijin struggled to hold it up but kept it.

Kagome and Inuyasha's' eyes both widened. Reijin let it go and walked weakly over to her mother.

"How did I do Mom?"

"Great. I doubted you, but now I see you are more powerful than me. That's what I get. 4 children more powerful than me or my mate. Because we combined our souls Inuyasha and we are youkais; as well as me being a miko, we created 4 children that will over power us easily. We've already seen Muteki's true power. He's not as big as we are, but defiantly good enough to match us at some points…. We created a race of true youkais that are as powerful, if not more powerful than your brother. Maybe even your father Inuyasha."

His eyes grew wide. His lips started to move like he was going to say something, but he was silent.

"I know that seems impossible, but it could be possible. A inu-youkai's true power is determined by their true form's size, but in this case not. Somehow it seems our kids could be as tall as us, but yet they are not. But yet they have true power, we do not."

"Like what mom?" Muteki asked from the tree.

"Remember the vision I should you earlier? That was your true form's power, to blow up Tokyo like that. I'm thinking it could of blown up Japan or the whole world like that if you wanted."

His eyes grew wide. Kagome transformed back and gave Reijin's abilities back. Kagome almost collapsed, she had a vision. There was a castle, like a fairytale castle. It had silver stones and violet shingles. The castle walls were silver as well. The gate was open.

There was rolling hills of green grass all around. Mountains in the background, along with a lake. Inuyasha walked up to the hill where Kagome was. He sat her down on the ground beside him.

"I've got a dream, of you and me Kagome. Our family, ruling the Western Lands for the rest of our lives. I want you to share it with me…. I'm tired of all of the walls we all put up around each other. I want to live here with you and our pups until I die…. The love we know is worth everything to me. I know the same for you."

She nodded.

"Save me from all the pain mate. I want to be with you fully, no more hiding it. I love you. There are so many reasons why I can't leave you."

"Yes, for I can not be part of the Modern Era any longer. We live here. It reminds me of the Feudal Era so much. I love it. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you too much to let you go. I want to be here with you until I die. I'm not trying to hide it. I love you so."

There was a faint melody that played in the distance, from a harp. The sun shone brightly over them. Four children ran up to them, they were about 25, 16, 13, and 10.

"Father! Kimiko said yes!"

"She did?"

"Yes!"

"And Torikabuto asked me to be his mate!"

"That's great Reijin."

"He wants me to live with him in the Eastern Lands soon. I don't mind. Do you?"

"No. I'm fine with it. Are you mate?"

"Yes, its time we started letting them go."

He smiled at her and muttered something sadly but she still smiled at him, then kissed him.

Kagome snapped back to reality. She was laying on her father's bed. Inuyasha and her father were next to her.

"What was that about?" Inuyasha asked.

She smiled big.

"What?"

"A vision of the future. It was beautiful, it looked like the Feudal Era."

"How do you know it was the future?"

"We had a castle, like a fairytale castle. Silver and violet, to match our crescents. The kids were older, and Reijin had been asked by Kouga's son to be his mate. Muteki asked a girl named Kimiko. Reijin was moving into… let me show you, it'll be easier. Maboroshi, Maindo, ando Gaisuto, iza do taini. Sho Inuyasha and Inu Heki."

She smiled at them once it was done.

"It reminded me a bit of a song I once heard by an North American man named Don McLean. The song was Castles in the Air. His song was sadder and about breaking up with a woman, but it did remind me of it."

"How so?"

"The lyrics it reminded me of were… I've got a dream I want the world to share, Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, A dream come true, I'll live there till I die. I'm asking you to say my last goodbye. Save me from all the trouble and the pain. I know I'm weak, Perhaps she'll understand if you tell it to her plain, But how can words express the feel of sunlight in the morning, In the hills, away from city strife. I need a country woman for my wife; I'm city born, but I love the country life. For I cannot be part of the cocktail generation: Partners waltz, devoid of all romance. The music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out. I need a second chance…. Those were the lyrics it reminded me of."

"Wow. It did fit it."

"Yea. But you muttered something before I quit seeing it."

"Can you bring it on?"

"I don't know if I want to."

"Why not?"

"I think you said, 'You don't have much time. I love you. I won't leave you, no matter what.'"

"What does that mean?"

She thought for a minute. Then her eyes got wide and she got a sad look.

"What is it?"

"No. I won't say."

"Yes, please."

"Please darling, what does it mean?"

She sighed. "I don't have much time? Are you both thick headed? What do you think it means?"

Inu Heki got wide eyed first then she could see some tears well up in his eyes. Inuyasha was still trying to figure it out.

"Are you really that thick? It isn't that hard, but it isn't pleasant." She said about to cry.

"What is it?"

"I'll die." She whispered.

His eyes widened. "No…. No, you won't die. Never, not that early."

"Who says? It looks like about 25 to 50 years that, that happened." She was sobbing now. "That means I only have about that long to live."

"You won't die. You can't. Our souls are connected, even if you had a disease. It couldn't stay. It would be cured."

She sighed. "When I was little, I had heart problems of some kind. The doctor never expected me to live past 5 years old. It was amazing I've lived this long."

"But with our souls connected it shouldn't mean anything."

"Unless another youkai can kill me by it… I wish Myouga was here. He could tell us."

"He can be, lets go to the Feudal Era."

"You sure? Do you know where he will be?"

"What month is it?"

"Its June. We should be getting our castle soon. If we don't already have it."

He thought a moment. "Let's go. It may be our only chance."

"Fine. Henjo Tenka Kengen. Father, you can come if you want. I don't mind."

He nodded. She changed him as well. They walked outside.

"You guys stay here. Don't go anywhere. I mean it!"

"Yes Dad." They all replied. Kagome opened the well and they went in.