The New girl in town.

***KAG POV***

Chapter 28. My Final Goodbye.

"Kagome... you need to breathe."

I fanned my hand at my hot face, trying to get my temperature and blood pressure back down to normal. "I cant."

Sango sighed and Miroku shifted his wight to his other foot awkwardly. "Kagome I know this is hard but we really need you to calm down."

Inuyasha kissed my cheek and squeezed my shoulder reassuringly. "I know I know. I just-" I started.

"You don't have to explain yourself. We know how hard this has been for you and for everyone around you. But we really need you to go in there and tell your side of the story." Inuyasha said, interrupting me.

I sighed and stood up off the wooden bench we were sitting on and started pacing around the empty hallway. "I just don't know how Im going to react." I admitted truthfully.

Sango walked over to me, her high heels clacking on the marble surface of the floor obnoxiously. "It'll be alright. We will be right there with you. All of us."

I wrung out my hands uncontrollably and turned to face Sango who gave me a caring smile. "Okay." I said quietly. So quietly, I could barley hear myself.

Inuyasha walked over to me and wrapped a protective arm around my waist. "Come on. They're waiting for us."

I gulped apprehensively but nodded. Inuyasha led me to a very tall oak door and preceded to open it and guide me through.

Everyone was dressed up like we were headed off to a funeral. Though no one had died, that didn't mean that today wasn't any less sobering or mournful. I myself was wearing a stark black blouse and matching skirt and Inuyasha was wearing a suit and a black tie that made him look so handsome, it made my face grow hot if I stared at him for to long. Sango was wearing a blouse that was the shade of baby pink and a pair of long black slacks and Miroku was wearing a simple blue shirt and capris.

I made my way down the long isle of the courtroom and took a front row seat next to Inuyasha and the others. This was the day I had been dreading for months.

Judgement day.

When we returned from New York everything was different. Some things had changed for the better but some hadn't. I had taken a month off of school before going back and completing my third year in high school with my friends by my side. We were all so excited to finally receive our diplomas and finally be free of schooling. Though we knew collage was looming over our head's we still felt like we had escaped prison of some kind. In our minds, we were grown ups. Official grown ups.

But some people had started treating me differently at school. It was mostly the teacher's that really made sure I was comfortable and secure now that I had returned, but there still a few of my classmates that we still unsure of how to react and respond around me.

My family was different to. Mama never so much as lets me out of the house without Inuyasha near. And don't get me wrong I love having him by my side but I wished my mother wouldn't worry about me so much. So much that she stays up late whenever Im at Inuyasha's studying into the night or when I don't answer he phone call for any reason.

Gramps also makes sure that we pray every night and also makes sure I don't leave without any evil sutras on my person. Which is crazy because I cant even use them properly. Souta has even been a little precocious of me and sometimes it seems like he's a little frightened of me. Like he's scared I've been to hell and back (which isn't far from the truth) and now I've seen everything which automatically makes me scary in his eyes.

Koga and Ayame are officially together now which makes me very happy. They seem like the perfect couple and I love knowing that Koga has someone to talk to and love.

And I myself have been more jumpy then ever. One day when I was walking out of school toward home, Inuyasha had placed a soft hand on my shoulder. I jumped and had spilled my textbooks all over the ground. He apologized profusely and I had brushed it off casually but ever since then I still get tense when people surprise me.

So like I said; some things had changed for the better but some hadn't.

Inuyasha placed a hand on my thigh protectively and I grabbed his other hand and squeezed. Sango, who was sitting next to me with Miroku sitting on her other side, grabbed onto my free hand and rubbed her thumb over my palm. Miroku saw that were all holding onto one another in some way and grabbed Sango's hand as well.

We were unbreakable.

The judge, who was a Mujina demon, came back into the courtroom and took his seat. He then called the bailiff, who was a Kitsune, to retrieve the prisoner and his lawyer.

My heart automatically started thumping harder and more rapidly in my chest and both Sango and Inuyasha squeezed onto my hands a bit tighter in comfort. My foot was tapping uncontrollably and I could feel my forehead starting to sweat akin my bangs stick to my forehead.

I was reliving my worst nightmare.

Naraku walked into the room with his hands and feet cuffed with shackles. His hands were red form the constant irritation and he wore a bright orange jumpsuit that said 'Magatushi's correctional demon facility' in bright white lettering on the back. Magatushi's correctional demon facility was the most maximum security demon prison in Japan and was rumored around by some of the inmates to be a minor step down from the most inner circle of hell.

Naraku was on trial by the demon council for his actions of misusing his demon power's against a mortal.

That mortal would be me.

I bit onto the inside of my cheek so I would't start crying. I wasn't going to let Naraku see me crying again. Never again.

Naraku's head was lowered toward the ground, hair falling down around his face until he passed me. He kept his head down, his bangs hiding his face. But just as he passed me did his eyes flash right to my own. My breath hitched and he smiled evilly and he kept walking.

Naraku sat down with is lawyer on his right. His lawyer was supposedly the best. Inuyasha told me not to think about it to much but I couldn't help it.

The first part of the trial was slow. The defense presented their evidence and so did the defendant. Then I was asked up to the stand. I walked slowly and tried keeping my head high as a sign of confidence, but I was still shaking as I made my way. Once I was sworn in my the demon council, I was asked a bunch of questions.

Why had Naraku taken me?

Where did he keep me prisoner?

Did he try and rape me?

How did he cause my bruises?

They asked me everything.

Once they were done asking me questions and I was finished giving my testimony, I was told I could step down and I returned to my seat.

Naraku was then called to the stand and he to was asked questions. Naraku basically stuck to the same answer's I had just told and early strayed from the truth. He didn't lie which surprised me. And when he was asked, he said that he was guilty of all he had been charged with.

There was a murmuring that rippled through the courtroom as he said this.

"Is he being serious?" I heard Inuyasha mutter half to himself.

Naraku's face was pale and I saw a few marks and bruises dotting his face. He must have been beaten up while he was at the holding jail cell.

Good.

After Naraku was down and he returned to his seat, the court was adjured until the jury had come to a decisions on weather Naraku was innocent or guilty, during which time I left the courtroom and breathed into brown paper bag trying to catch my breath and Inuyasha rubbed my back.

Sango and Miroku had walked over to the cafeteria and bought me a turkey sandwich and some juice which I barley touched. After we were done eating, and I was done hyperventilating, we were called back into the courtroom.

The jury had reched it's decision.

Everyone was asked to stand at the jury read out its verdict. Inuyasha instantly grabbed onto my hand and rubbed his clawed thumb over my palm.

A lone juror stood up and cleared his throat. "We the jury find the defendant guilty on all charge's."

Some people gasped. Some smiled and patted each other on the back, thanking Kami that this mad mad was being put behind bars.

And I wept.

My legs gave out and I slumped to the cold courtroom floor. My friends were instantly by my side cooing at me and comforting me.

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around me gently and picked me up, cradling me into his chest as I cried. I grabbed one fist and clung onto the front of Inuyasha's suit jacket. Inuyasha turned and started walking for the courtroom door to leave and I sniffed back tears and cracked open one teary eye and looked over Inuyasha's shoulder to see Naraku being lead Naraku turned his head to the side just enough so that he could smirk and wink at me.

Something in his eye told me that he thought this wasn't over.

xXx

***INU POV***

We were sitting in our favorite tree that over looked the city. I had one of my feet dangled over the large tree branch and I was staring out onto the horizon in thought. It was mid day, a few weeks after the court had reached its verdict on Naraku and the sky was a light shade of baby blue with bright white clouds dotting it. Kagome was leaning up against the large trunk of our favorite tree in our secret forest, humming softly while writing in one of her notebooks.

I could die I was so happy. Naraku was behind bar's waiting on his sentence and Kagome was safe and finally happy.

"Marry me?" I asked quietly and casually.

Kagome snorted softly but didn't look up from her notebook. "Sure." She answered simply.

I had been asking Kagome to marry me for months and she had gotten used to the idea. It wasn't a surprise for her to hear those words coming out of my mouth. The first time I had asked her she had nudged me playfully and said 'Shut up.' She thought I had been joking, but I had been dead serious. I was turning 19 in a few weeks and Kagome had already turned 18. We were out of high school and we were starting brand new lives and I wanted Kagome to be in mine. I wanted her to be all mine. Forever.

She didn't know about the diamond ring that was sitting on the top shelf in my closet just waiting to be placed on her left ring finger. But there was. I had asked Miroku to help me find the perfect ring for her when Sango had budded in and dragged me to a jeweler store.

"I know what she would like best." She said.

We had browsed the store until a small princess cut diamond with a small band and a sparkling diamond in the middle of it had caught. my eye. I smirked and even chuckled a little. "This one. This is the one." I bought it on the spot.

"When do you want to get married?" I asked, turning to Kagome so I could run a gentle claw over her cheek.

She giggled and shrugged me off. "Stop it, I need to concentrate."

I sighed and removed my hand from her face, my ears flattening down on my skull. Kagome noticed my sudden depression and finally looked up from her writing and pursed her lips thoughtfully. "Im sorry. I just really need to finish these notes."

I picked a leaf off of a nearby branch and began to peal the petal of the stem. "What notes?" I asked dully.

"Im writing about everything. About school and our friends, my family." She said looking away,out toward the bustling city. "Ive even been writing about Naraku."

My eyes flicked over to her so I could see the expression on her face but I didn't find one. Kagome's face was blank and emotionless. She always got that way when Naraku was the main topic of conversation.

"Am I in your little story?" I asked playfully.

She smirked and nudged my arm. "Are you kidding? Your the main character."

I sighed. "Why?" I asked her. "Why are you writing this all down?"

She smiled but didn't look at me. "Because I want to remember. I want to remember the feeling inside me right now and why. I want to remember the exact feeling I felt the when I realized that you were mine. I want to remember the feeling of finally returning home from New York. I want to remember it all. Every single piece of it."

I looked at her for a long time then. Her ebony hair flowing around her face as she watched the world go by on our treetop perch. She faintly sighed after a little while and closed her notebook and looked at me as carefully as I had just been staring at her.

"We could get married today." She said, going back to my original thought.

I chuckled and grinned at her mistchiveusly. "Yeah. We can fly out to Las Vegas and get married in one of those fifteen minuet chapels!" I said with fake enthusiasm.

She laughed. "Perfect. Ill just have an Elvis Presly impersonator walk me down the isle and then you can give me a plastic ring you bought at the fake chapels gift shop!"

I swung my legs over the tree branch and swooped down to the ground. "Lets do it!" I said with a clap of my hands. I looked up to her and she giggled.

"Why not?" She to swung her legs over the branch. But unlike me she hesitated before jumping to the ground below. "Catch me?" She asked.

I opened my arm bridal style without even thinking and grinned up at her. "Ready when you are."

The branch was about fifteen or sixteen feet off the ground so she was apprehensive before she finally pushed off of the tree, screaming all the way down through the air before being cradled in my waiting arms. I let out a soft grunt and she giggled. "Sorry," she said sheepishly.

I shook my head and started walking toward my motorcycle. "Kagome shut up. You weigh as much as a piece of paper."

She laughed. "Oh please. Your just saying that."

I gently placed her on the back of my bike and then hopped on myself. "I don't have to say anything." I looked back to her and winked. "Your perfect."

She wrapped her arms around my back. "I love you, you know that don't you?"

I smirked and let my bike roar to life. "I do in fact know that. But did you also know that I too love you?" I asked cheekily.

She laughed which was drowned out by the sound of my bike. "Takahashi, take me home."

I snorted and revved my engine. "Whatever you say babe." With that, I turned my bike down the trail and out toward the rolling hills.

I had all I needed. My bike, my girl, and the open road ahead of us.

Yupp. This is it. Thee final chapter on my favorite story I have ever written. Im sad. Writing this last chapter was hard and I even cried because I didn't want it to end.

I know this chapter wasn't very good and Im not exactly happy with it and it was probably not what any of my readers were expecting. But I have been so preoccupied lately. My great grandmother passed away recently and my house has been filled with relatives and Ive had no privacy what so ever. But I felt the need to write anyway. I hoped that you liked my story and I am very happy to announce that I WILL be writing a sequal. I have already started working on it. Though I have no clue when Ill release it because I've got two other stories I've sort of put on hold that I need to work on.

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