Fate is indeed a crueler mistress then most will ever realize as they go about their lives, blissfully unaware that they are little more then puppets in life's play. That they live and die by the variegates of Fate and it's whims. But sometimes the puppet tugs back, they fight with the very strength Fate gave them, they cast aside the chains binding them too their path.
She was a catalyst for change, created for the sole purpose of bringing it about. And seeing that young boy and knowing what fate had dictated as his path, her heart could not help but bleat for he who saw things so clearly in black and white. And so she chooses to be a catalyst one last time… and all that should have been, could have been never came to be, for good or for ill they walk their own paths.
And though there is no less heartache, no less smiles or laughter, they take comfort in knowing all that had occurred was their doing. Because Kagome fought to live and Shinobu fought for her, they didn't lay down and die as dictated.
Instead they found happiness in each other and the life they made with one another.
AN: Some of you may have noticed that I went back and deleted several chapters and for that I apologize, I honestly just wanted this story to be finished as it was never meant to go on this long. When I set out to write this it was meant to be about twenty chapters, well we all see how that went. So if the ending feels kind of rushed its because it is. Catalyst was never meant to have a happy ending so you can all thank yourselves for that, because seriously the overwhelming amount of support I got for this story still leaves me flabbergasted to this day! I can never truly express how happy I am at all the views and reviews this story got. So thank you, all of you. 3
On a side note if you want to read this story as it was meant to be I have been posting chapters in a story called Catalyst: As Intended, so please give it a look.
Again thank you all for your support!