InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Guardian Angel of the Loved ❯ The Love Of The Angel ( Chapter 7 )

Guardian Angel of the Loved

Chapter 7: The Love of the Angel

~The Final Chapter~

Last chapter: "You guys..." I said, fighting back my tears. The truth would hurt them as much as it hurt me, but they deserved it.

The truth comes out now...

"...I have been hurting myself, like Sango and Miroku thought," I looked straight at InuYasha, mostly speaking to him. "Why?" he whispered. "I'm sorry...I...I help myself responsible for your death,"I said, my tears flowing down my face. InuYasha walked up to me and wiped away my tears,"You were not responsible, Kagome,"he said, hugging me. "No! It was my fault, don't you remember?!" I said as I pushed him away. "Don't you remember at all? I let the jewel shard possess me and Naraku made me kill you!" Tears were streaming down my face now.

My memory flashed back to that night, I had fallen under control of the Shikon jewel; I couldn't even remember it all until now. Naraku was in my body and mind. I didn't think for myself and I walked up to InuYasha, his eyes were wide with fear and worry. The miasma covered knife was behind my back as I stepped forward and kissed him involuntarily. As he stepped away from the kiss I had stabbed him in the stomach and slashed him from the shoulder down. The blood, his blood, had brought me back to my senses and as he fell I caught him, holding him in my arms as he died.

I sunk down to the floor, sobbing in my hands, my memory fading back to the present. I had poured out everything I had kept in. Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Shippou looked horrifyed as InuYasha knelt in front of me, his arms wrapping around my shaking form. His hands found my sleeves and pushed them up, letting the cuts and scars be seen by all. "Oh, Kagome," InuYasha whispered softly into my ear,"Promise me, never again. Don't hold yourself responsible, don't feel guilty." I nodded, hugging him,"I'm so sorry, InuYasha,"I whispered back,"I promise you...never again." A tear fell against my cheek, his tears now. I clung onto him,"It'll be alright now..."I tried to say 'I love you' but it was so much harder then thinking it. I sighed and pushed him away, walking to the door,"It is my fault though..."I said softly,"You don't understand how it was, seeing your blood on my hands, InuYasha. I am sorry for it all." I started to walk to the edge of the forest but InuYasha grabbed my arm and said to me, his eyes narrowed,"You listen to me, Kagome! It was never your fault I brought you to danger! Naraku controlled you to the extent I couldn't get through and you couldn't fight! That is not your fault!" He put his hands firmly on my shoulders and pulled me into a kiss and said,"I love you, Kagome. I could never forgive myself if you felt guilty for my death." "Y-you...you love me..."I said, smiling as he nodded. "Oh InuYasha!" I hugged and kissed him, leaving a confused look on his face. He smiled at me and said again,"I love you Kagome." I laughed and hugged him as he lifted me up twirling me around.

It was later in the night and my familiar knife was resting in my hands. I nodded and decided for myself. 'I'll bury it under the tree..in the grave, throwing away everything.' I stepped outside and walked in silence to the tree. The tree held so many memories, where InuYasha and I met, where I cried out my frustration, where InuYasha had been buried and where I prayed. Now, it would hold one more memory, burying it deep. I knelt down on the ground, digging the a deep hole with my bare hands. "The end of the burden,"I said aloud, putting the blood-stained knife into the hole and covering it with dirt,"The end of war, the start of my peace." I patted down the dirt and smiled to myself, leaning against the tree trunk. I felt the peace in me, it filled me like InuYasha's love. How good it felt to hear InuYasha say he loved me.

I smiled again as music filled the night air, someone was playing a wood flute in the village. A twig snapped and I jumped, looking up. InuYasha smiled at me,"Hey, I was just wondering where you went..."he whispered, sitting down beside me. I smiled back and leaned my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arm me. Minutes later he jumped up and said, a grin on his face,"Kagome, dance with me." I smiled and took his hand, the flute music filling the air,"Oh yes, InuYasha, there is so much to dance for,"I said, resting my arms on his shoulders, his arms on my waist and I said it. The single thing that I knew all along,"I love you, InuYasha."

I'm getting into you because you got to me in a way words can't describe,

I'm getting into you because I've got to be, you're essential to survive,

I'm gonna love you with my life...

You said I love you and that's what you are getting yourself into