InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ back to you(finished) ❯ realizations ( Chapter 4 )

Author's note: This is the last chapter finally! Thanks to those who reviewed, and even though I don't feel this is my best work I hope to improve in later stories. Thanks again for the criticism guys!

 

Disclaimer: Like I said earlier… I unfortunately don't own Inuyasha or any characters from the series…

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Stirring underneath the warm blankets she slowly noticed the rays of the sun were already brightening up her room. Thinking over previous events of last night she couldn't help but wonder if it had all just been a dream. Quickly standing she ran over to her window, somewhat expecting her world to be different, but instead found no change. Taking in a deep breath she made her way downstairs and noticed that once again her family had disappeared on her. A note on the table caught her attention.

 

Dear, You're on your own for breakfast. We tried waking you up this morning but you seemed so tired. Your grandfather called the school and told them you had an allergic reaction and you would be out today.

Enjoy your morning I'll be back by lunch time.

Love mom.

Shaking her head she could only imagine what possed her grandfather to create such an excuse…. `But wait he use to always create excuses for me when I went back the the…..oh my god!' A sudden sharp pain in her head caused her to fall to her knees….. Fighting the pain she stumbled her way towards the well. Desperately trying to find out what had actually happened so long ago, her thoughts quickly became worrisome as she thought of Inuyasha.

 

Finally making it to the well she glanced down. Would the well still work? Would she be able to see him again…. Then she remembered…… his wish. He wished to be with her. All of her sorrow seemed to come back at full force. Her stomach suddenly felt upset and she felt as if though she was falling into darkness.

Using the well as a prop she sat against it letting all of her memories was over her like a welcoming embrace. Memories of Sango, Miroku, and Shippo came with happy feeling and then her thoughts strayed to her hanyou…. `No he was never mine'. Why did you do this to me Inuyasha, why did you chose to forget me? Her tears quickly found her and she clutched her arms and started to cry for her loss of all the things she held so close. I only hope that they all lived happily. That thought only seemed to fuel the fire and she couldn't help but feel herself falling into despair.

 

`No I have to be strong. He chose to forget me for a reason, he chose this, I have to respect his decision even if it kills me. I won't be weak.' She found her feet and pushed herself off the floor and peered down the once magic portal. She couldn't feel any magic coming off of it and somehow she knew it wouldn't let her pass, even if it still was a portal. Making her way out of the well house she then started towards the tree that seemed to give her comfort.

 

She reached out and placed her hand on the bark. New tears sprang from her eyes when she started remembering her first encounter with the half dog demon. I met him right here, 500 years ago. And now I have nothing left of him, he's actually gone. A soft gust of wind seemed to caress her face, and it gently blew away stray tears. Her hair flowing around her in the wind, to her it seemed like the tree was once again providing her comfort, maybe it was the spirit…..WAIT! The spirit.. `Last night didn't Inuyasha say that he was the spirit trapped in the tree? Could it be? Could he still be here somehow trapped in our tree?'

 

Throwing herself on the tree she wrapped her arms around it as best as she could. “Oh my god Inuyasha are you here? Are you trapped inside?” When she received no response or signal she tried to hold back a sob. The wind seemed to pick up again and looking up at the tree she saw its branches swaying in the ferocity of the gusts. Closing her eyes she tried her hardest to concentrate on the bark that she now clutched for dear life……Her mind produced the image of the tree and then…. She saw a figure in red….INUYASHA!

 

“Inuyasha! You are here!” She tried focusing her energy on the tree and suddenly a spell that Kaede had once taught her sputtered from her lips. It was an…incantation of conjugation! Opening her eyes she noticed that she was now holding an oddly pink tree and then she realized it was the power of the jewel, she could now sense the jewel.

 

“Please Midiroko! Set him free! What ever he has done to be sealed away I will take his burden! Please release him!” Suddenly she felt the wind gain greater strength and she felt herself being thrown away from the tree. Shielding her eyes she could only hope that she was able to free Inuyasha. As quickly as the winds came they instantly died away. Uncovering her eyes she was met with the most stunning image. There stood a hanyou she had grown to love in his red fire kimono (oops sp), his sword on his him and his silken silver hair moving gently around him. But perhaps the most beautiful thing was his eyes. The same golden hue she remembered and not until yesterday did she miss them more than anything in the world.

 

They both stood there, watching the other, neither moving until finally Kagome jumped up and ran towards him. It doesn't matter if he didn't choose me; I'm still glad to see him. She quickly ran into him and wrapped her arms around him desperately as if her life depended on it. Hell, she was crying again, but she couldn't seem to care. Somehow she was given an opportunity to see Inuyasha again and she would have given anything to remain in his arms forever.

 

Inuyasha hadn't hesitated to return the embrace; in fact he was sure if he squeezed her any tighter she wouldn't be able to breathe. Breathing in her scent he felt more at peace that he had in over 500 years. He had to reassure himself that this was real, actually happening. He had many dreams, visions, of this happening while he slept but it never lasted. She was always ripped from him before he could confess his feelings for her.

 

Reluctant to let her go he felt her start to pull away. “Inuyasha, are you really here? How did this happen?” her voice shaky and evident that she was trying to cease her crying. He placed a finger on her lips, “It's okay Kagome, I'm here. This is real.” She smiled up at him and he felt his knees grow weak at the sight. It had been far too long since he had seen that glorious smile. Taking her hand in his he led her back the short distance to the Goshibiko (sp) and pulled them down, letting them rest against the bark of the tree that twice held him dormant. “Kagome, I have so much to tell you, but before I do I want you to let me finish okay. I know the last time we were together may not have been one of our best moments and I'm sorry for ever hurting you.” Kagome sat there giving him a small smile, in a way asking him to continue the story, and in another way not really wanting to know the reasons behind his choosing of Kikyo.

 

“Kagome, when I made that wish, I only had your happiness in mind. I no longer desired to become a human or a youka. It was because of you that I had found acceptance of myself.” Still holding her hand he continued to peer into her sapphire eyes brimmed with tears. “I asked Midiroko to let me keep my memories before she changed back time.” He heard a small gasp and quickly continued. “When time went back it was on the same day that I still remember so clearly. I went to where I was to meet Kikyo and defeated Naraku.” Looking at her expression she could see another small smile on her features. `Now the hard part' he thought. “Then I told Kikyo that I couldn't be with her.” This time he clearly heard a gasp and her eyes clearly held surprise and confusion. “Why would you do that, I thought you loved” she was silenced once again by a clawed finger on her lips. “Kagome I couldn't be with her because I no longer loved her the way I once did. I won't lie to you and tell you that I don't care for her anymore because I think that in a way we all remember our first love.” Her eyes became stormy as she tried to meet his gaze. “But I couldn't be with her as anything more that a friend.” Taking in a deep sigh he gathered her into his embrace.

 

“I asked Kikyo to seal me into the tree.”

“What?!” Before she could pull away he tightened his grip on her so that she had no choice but to listen.

“It was the only way Kagome.” His heart quickened, am I really about to confess my feelings? He felt her tighten her hold on him and she laid her head on his shoulder. `I thought he hated being sealed to that tree. “It was the only way for what Inuyasha?”

“It was the only way to get back to you.” She stiffened, the air escaped her lungs and she felt the blood rush out of her body. Did he just, did he really just say what she thought he said? He squeezed her tighter against him before replying to her silence and confusion.

“Kagome, I love you.” With those words her blood seemed flood back into her system and straight to her head making her feel light headed and dizzy. This time when her tears came she couldn't hold them back. She met his embrace with equal force. “Inuyasha…” She seemed to have lost all forms of speaking she was in a whole different level.

“Kagome the reason I made that wish was so that you could have that normal life you deserved. I wanted you to be happy. It was selfish, I didn't know if you would actually be happier without ever having fallen through the well, but I had to take that chance. And then if maybe things didn't go the way you had wanted then, you would find a way to awaken me. The other night, I don't know what it was that allowed me to leave the tree. Maybe it was your despair or you sadness over how badly you did in school, but I felt like I needed to see you.”

 

“You mean, you could actually hear me? Everything I said, you were aware of what was going on?”

 

“Yes. I have to admit it wasn't easy. Especially hearing about those kids picking on you because of your height. I really wanted to teach those brats a lesson.” She pulled back wiping away her tears. “But I was only 5 years old! I can't believe it you were here the whole time! Every time I felt so alone I came here.” Looking away from him and back at the tree she added the last part mostly to herself. “Maybe that's why I always felt so safe talking to the tree.”

 

He reached out and turned her face towards his. “Kagome, you were never alone. I was with you the whole time.” He brushed away an offending tear, “It was weird, it was like I was asleep for the most part, but whenever you were near, I felt you and I could hear you, even when you were a small child.”

 

She smiled up at him, “Thank you Inuyasha for never leaving me.” She reached forward and placed her hand on his face looking deeply into his eyes. “Inuyasha?”

“Yeah?”

“I love you.” She felt her face blush a little as she said this, having never admitted this, it was still a little nerve racking exposing her feelings for him, even though he probably already knew them. His eyes seemed to hold a new kind of magic in them as she watched for a reaction. She was rewarded with a small smile from the hanyou. He placed his hand on hers removing it from his face and bent to kiss it. “I love you too Kagome. And I'll never leave you again.”

 

She could feel the heat rising in her body. This was all too much, talk about sense over load. She would never have thought that Inuyasha would be this sweet and mature, but maybe it was being sealed away for all of these years. That last thought saddened her a bit. “I never want you to leave me.” Closing the distance between them she embraced him feeling more complete than she ever had. “Inuyasha, how are we going to do this?” Running his fingers through her ebony locks he realized he still held onto the jewel. “I was thinking of turning into a human so that I could fit in better.”

 

“Inuyasha, you don't have to do that, besides I'll miss these cute ears.” Reaching up and tweaking one of them she couldn't help but laugh as he growled. “We'll talk to my mom I'm sure we could figure out something to do, all that matters is that you're with me now.”

 

Inuyasha smiled and looked down at the girl who was now resting in his lap. `Yeah, together we'll figure out how.'

 

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OH MY GOODNESS!!! I DID IT! I FINISHED. Sorry if this ending wasn't exactly what you expected, I hate it when that happens. But if you like it tell me about it! And if you didn't tell me about it too! LOL Please review and thanks for reading it till the end!