A/N: Wow, more reviews than I've gotten in a while! Thank you all! Because you're so awesome, a new chapter is coming your way! Sadly, this fanfic is almost finished. Not sure on a sequel or not, maybe I'll just let your minds wonder.

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One Truth Prevails
Chapter 16: True Love Prevails

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When Kagome and Conan arrived home, Rachel was furious. It was one in the morning, and they had told her that they wouldn't be gone long. They were gone longer than she had expected, but when she saw the scar on Conan's chest because of his torn shirt, she paled and was instantly at his side.

"Jimmy, what happened?" she asked, since Richard was still fast asleep, and they were the only three in the room.

"It's a long story, Rachel," Conan said with a small yawn, tilting his head slightly. "Can I tell you in the morning?" Both of them were rather tired. They had said goodbye to Mitch, Amy and George and said they'd see them later. They found them outside of the house when they left. They had been too scared by the shouting and the shooting of arrows to go any closer, but they couldn't blame them. They were only kids, after all. Though Kagome doubted Kikyou would do anything to harm three little kids, after all, back in her village, the children used to adore her for playing with them.

Rachel looked at his wounded but yet healed chest and sighed. "Fine. But don't think you're getting off the subject so easily in the morning, Jimmy. That wound is right above your heart, you could've died!" She had indeed been worried sick, waiting for almost two hours before the two kids finally walked in, and when she saw the bloodstained shirt, and the healed wound, her worry increased even more.

Conan sighed. "I know, Rachel. But I'm fine. Kagome healed me."

"Healed " She looked over at Kagome confused as she spoke.

"I told you I was the reincarnation of a priestess named Kikyou," Kagome said to her. Conan found it hard to believe that that Kikyou, who had been in the room with them and that hanyou, were part of the same person, that that was the Kikyou Kagome was the reincartion of.

Boy, did he sure believe in magic now. He never used to of course, being a detective he'd rather hard evidence, scientific facts, but in this case, not even a great scientist would believe anything, unless he saw Kikyou's clay body with his own eyes, that is.

"I healed Conan with my magic," she told her with a smile. "He'll be just fine now, don't worry Rachel."

"Is that why you were so late?" Rachel asked. "It took you an hour to heal him?"

Kagome blushed lightly and looked down at the ground. They couldn't obviously tell Rachel they...kissed, they knew she'd be heartbroken, she still loved Jimmy after all. Kagome felt guilty, at least a little. She kissed Jimmy. Well, more technically, Jimmy kissed her, but it was still a kiss! And Jimmy was Rachel's first love, and the other way around. The feeling was mutual, and now suddenly Jimmy's just moving on to another girl... they couldn't tell her. At least not yet, anyway.

"No um... I... we ran into a few people I met in the feudal era," Kagome replied, and Rachel's eyes widened.

"That's impossible, you also told me you sealed the well!" Rachel said, and Kagome nodded.

"Kikyou must have unsealed it. I may be a powerful miko, but Kikyou, being alive longer than me and that she had actual training for this, is a lot more powerful than me. It took a lot of my magic to seal the well, I felt really tired after doing it."

Rachel nodded. "...that's...unbelievable..." but Rachel knew it had to be true. Because there was no way for a wound that Conan got on the same day, only to be healed in a matter of minutes without some kind of magic.

Kagome smiled a bit, letting out a small yawn. ''I never believed any of it myself when I first landed in the feudal era," she replied. "But when I saw Inuyasha pinned to a tree I knew it had to be true. No guy pinned to a tree with an arrow in his chest, lives for fifty years still looking the same and uninjured."

Rachel nodded. "...You're right," she said with a light smile. It was her turn to yawn, she had stayed up waiting for them so it was no surprise she was tired too. "Well, I'm going to bed. Breakfast will be ready when you two wake up. Pancakes sound good to you?"

"Yeah!" they both said at the same time, then blushed. Rachel raised an eyebrow. She had a sinking feeling that a lot went on in that 'haunted house', that she didn't know about, but she was going to get to the bottom of it sooner or later.

Rachel walked off to her room after saying goodnight to the both of them, and Conan and Kagome did the same, saying goodnight to each other, but not before Conan giving Kagome a quick kiss on the lips, leaving her blushing as he shut his door behind him.

Kagome walked over to her own room that they let her have, and shut the door behind her. Conan and Kagome had officially declared themselves a couple when they left the 'haunted house', but not around Rachel, not until she found out.

Little did they both know, Rachel had been watching them with her door slightly ajar, and saw the kiss. She saw Conan kiss her, and her kissing him back. She felt her heart crack, and knew she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

'You've moved on, haven't you Jimmy? You've given up on a finding a cure, realizing that you can grow old with someone else...'

It would never work with the two of them anyway, now that Rachel was a teenager again. She was too old for Conan, and he was too young for her. There was a slim chance of them finding any antidote again, and an even slimer chance of him wanting to take it now. Jimmy Kudo would probably cease to exist, and in his place would be Conan Edogawa.

'I'm sorry, Jimmy.... I love you...'

Rachel walked over to her bed, already dressed in her night gown. She climbed in bed, tucking the covers up to her chin. She rolled over on her side, and closed her eyes.

Before she fell into a restless sleep, one single tear fell down her cheek.

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A/N: Yay! Sorry for the angst, but the fanfic it's nearing it's end. I'd say two more chapters, at the most.

Please review! And thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far! I'm glad that this story is receiving so much good feedback, and that everyone likes it! :)