A/N: Sorry if this seems a little bit rushed. So many ideas are swimming around in my head and I kinda didn't want to do a time skip just yet. I'll get to the good parts soon. I just had to find some way to incorperate all of them heading to the same place for the battle you know? Sorry if you guys don't like it, please read and review regardless.

"Kaa-san, please don't go!"

Shippo cried and Kagome sighed.

"Don't start that Shippo. And why are you acting like you aren't coming? I taught you to fight myself."

Kagome said and her son looked at her confused before understanding dawned in his bright green eyes.

"I-I'm coming with you?"

He asked and Kagome nodded.

"Of course. You're no longer a young, defenseless kit. I made sure of that myself."

Kagome said with a smile and Shippo returned it.

"But Shippo's going! Why can't I go and fight too?"

Kagome turned at the sound of Rin's voice. She was following after Sesshomaru who was walking over towards him, a frown on his face.

"You're not going and that's final Rin."

He said and Kagome saw Rin glare at him. She had grown just like Shippo had. Even if she had known how to fight before she got separated from Sesshomaru she wouldn't be so defiant as she is now. Normally if Sesshomaru had said she couldn't do something she'd say 'okay' or 'good luck Lord Sesshomaru' or something like that, but she was glaring at him and still refusing to be left behind.

"No! I can fight now. I'm not as useless as I was. I could almost take down General Tai by myself!"

She cried and Sesshomaru looked like he was about to snap.

"She's right Sesshomaru."

Kagome said, deciding it was time she stepped in. He turned to look at her in surprise before glaring at her.

"That doesn't matter. If something were to happen to her and she were to die I wouldn't be able to bring her back. Tensaiga only brings a person back once."

He said and Kagome finally understood the real reason why Sesshomaru didn't want Rin to go with them.

"I won't-"

Rin started, but a look from Kagome made her stop.

"Sesshomaru, look at me."

Kagome said softly as she reached up and made him look at her. He was clearly upset and Kagome sighed in sympathy with him.

"How do you think I feel about having my son come with me? I know you feel that Rin is a daughter to you but listen, she is very capable of taking care of herself."

Kagome said and Sesshomaru was about to cut in, but she beat him to it.

"And even if we did make them stay back, you know as well as I do that they would just find a way to get to the forest and join the fight anyway because after all, they are our kids and therefore just like us."

Kagome said and Sesshomaru looked at her in shock as he realized she was right.

"Fine."

Sesshomaru said after a while and Kagome could hear Rin cheering as she and Shippo ran inside to get prepped for battle. Kagome moved away from Sesshomaru to get ready herself only to have a pair of arms wrap around her waist and pull her against a hard chest. She flushed as she looked up into the golden eyes of Sesshomaru.

"You are one hell of a negotiator."

He said and Kagome smiled up at him sheepishly. He leaned in close and buried his nose into the crook of her neck.

"Please be careful."

He whispered in her ear and Kagome blinked in surprise as she realized he was concerned about her as well. She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him close, and after a while Sesshomaru returned the gesture.

"Don't worry Sesshomaru, I have a reason to come out of this alive."

Kagome said and Sesshomaru pulled back to look at her confused.

"What is that?"

He asked confused and Kagome smiled up at him.

"You."

She said before leaning up and pressing her lips against his. He responded almost instantly and deepened the kiss. Kagome pulled away when she felt Shippo and Rin's auras coming back. She smiled when she heard Sesshomaru growl in annoyance.

"Be careful."

Theron said as he and Cyan walked up to see their daughter off.

"We will be."

Kagome said before Sesshomaru pulled her close to him and called his youkai cloud beneath him. Shippo and Rin both jumped on before he took off. Kagome waved back at her parents as Sesshomaru headed off towards Farcira's Forest.

'This is finally going to happen.'

Kagome thought as she turned to look at the large forest off in the distance. That was where the fight was going to take place. She sighed before leaning into Sesshomaru's strong frame. She felt his arms tighten around her and smiled at the small amount of comfort she got from it. By the end of things, she might actually grow to love the demon lord at her side. That is if they both survive what lays ahead of them.

Miroku held onto Sango as tightly as he could without squishing her. She was urging Kilala to go as fast as she could without over exerting herself. He could tell the woman he held in his arms was just as anxious to end this as she was. Though they'd both confessed their love for one another they'd both agreed not to do anything until the curse was lifted from his left hand. But Miroku had proposed to Sango before they left the slayer's village earlier that morning and she'd said if they survived then she'd marry him. Finally after four years of suffering, by the end of the battle that was to come, it would all end. One way or another.

Kikyo could barely suppress the smirk that wanted to creep onto her face. She could feel the live miko heading in the same direction as Inuyasha and herself.

'Looks like I will not only rid the world of Naraku, but I will also gain the soul of that girl so that I may live.'

Kikyo thought as Inuyasha sped through the forest. In only two days everything would come to a close and Kikyo could barely contain her excitement. The dead priestess was now so different from her original self that it was almost unbelievable that they were indeed the same person. The pain and suffering she'd been through had warped her soul, but she didn't care. All she cared about was killing Naraku and taking possession of both the Shikon Jewel as well as the soul that was rightfully hers.