InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Goshinboku Tells ( Chapter 4 )

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Well, I thought I was only going to post one chappie tonight, but these two kinda go hand in hand. After this chapter, there will be no familiar characters, just to warn you. The rest of this fic will be dealing with Inuyasha's and Kikyo's reincarnations, how they meet, and how they find out who they really are. That's where the fun really begins. Don't worry, you'll notice subtle similarities between the two reincarnations, but just to remind you, Kagome is only in the beginning through to the end of this chapter. Thanks for your support, and I love you all! Including my awesome Beta readers! Thank you all so much, you know who you are, right? Ok, on with da fic! Ja ne!

Chapter 4: Goshinboku tells

Later, after spending practically a whole week just doing nothing but going back and forth from the house to the well, Kagome decided to pray to the Goshinboku and try to find solace for her loss. She got this strong urge to talk to Goshinboku and hopefully be able to move on and give her heart rest from sorrow and see the good in what had happened. She had always found peace near that special tree no matter what the circumstance. She feared that her loss of such a wonderful being such as Inuyasha could never be quenched, but she just had to try. The day was beautiful, the breeze was perfect, and she just couldn't get over how she felt when she knelt down beside the tree and wrapped her arms around the trunk. Although she felt a great loss, she was already starting to feel better just holding onto that tree. Goshinboku not only meant being a place of solace to her, but she felt the closest to Inuyasha when she touched that tree. She saw a show of everything they had gone through play over in her mind, and took comfort in it. Until, she saw things she didn't recognize.

What she saw, was horrible and brought tears to her eyes which she thought she could not shed after the tears in the well. Somehow, she saw what she thought was Sesshoumaru killing Inuyasha. 'Oh no! NO! This can't be! Is this something I missed? How will I know if it happened? I can't get back! NO!' she thought to herself as she saw another vision; Kaede was doing something at the foot of Goshinboku. She then pulled away from the tree and looked up at the branches and asked, "Is this true?" She got no answer from the tree, but closed her eyes and tried to remember what she saw Kaede doing. Kaede was burying something right under where she sat amongst the large roots under where Inuyasha was pinned. In decision to find out if this was true, she started digging.

Sure enough, it was true. What she found was devastating. She found the rosary, a small box with her name on it and a clay pot with Inuyasha's name across the side. She started bawling, and couldn't believe that Sesshoumaru would do such a thing to Inuyasha. It was one thing thinking he would eventually die, but to die in such a foul and gruesome way was unacceptable in her eyes. To her, Inuyasha deserved better! He was finally free from Naraku! He was finally free to live and not be ridiculed! She didn't expect to leave him like she did, but she had at least hoped that he could find peace finally, and his brother ruins that!

"I'll never forgive Sesshoumaru! I even started to like him in the end! Inuyasha was right! He was heartless! Where did he get off? He had no idea what Inuyasha went through! I mainly did what I did for him! Now I know, it was all in vain, wasn't it?"

She calmed down after a few moments of fuming, and decided to open the box. What she saw was a folded piece of paper with her name on it. She opened it and read the script.

"Kagome, I hate to have you find out this way, but you must know. I have bad news to give you, and I certainly hope this gives you peace somehow. I heard the story of how you were somehow thrown back to your time and the well had sealed itself. According to Miroku, Inuyasha did not speak to anyone, and did not leave the well for a few days. We don't even have any knowledge of whether or not he ate all that time. He was really broken by your leave and sadly to say the last person he spoke to was Sesshoumaru, unfortunately. We don't know how it happened, but Miroku gathered it was him who had caused Inuyasha's death. You need not know what condition we found him in, but one of the villagers found his body after he passed. Yes, this is sad news, but here's some good news. Miroku said that the last time he spoke to Inuyasha; Inuyasha had said that he had no one to look after and nothing to live for after losing both you and Kikyo. He felt he was back at square one. Kagome, he was wrong. He was so blinded by his loss of you both that he didn't realize that the villagers would have accepted him as one of them. When they all learned of his passing, they held a beautiful funeral for him and prayed for him. It was wonderful, Kagome. Miroku and Sango have agreed to stay and help the village. They are willing to help raise Shippo and Miroku is now the main holy monk of the village. Sango is helping by training the men of the village how to use various different weapons and how to fight effectively. I haven't told you all, but I have an apprentice, named Toki, who has been training under me to learn the ways of a priestess. It's so much easier now knowing we no longer have to worry about the Shikon jewel. She can actually live a normal life as a priestess and not have to worry about protecting the jewel. We don't know what happened to the jewel, but all we know is that it no longer plagues our village. Thank you very much for everything you have done for all of us, Kagome. You were our angel in disguise. We're all glad we had met you. Here are Inuyasha's ashes, or what's left of them. These belong to you, he would have wanted that. With love, Kaede"

Kagome read the letter over and over. Who would have thought that Kaede would have left her such a gift? She figured they would have built a shrine in his honor. Then it came to her, they did! The shrine she lives at now is that very shrine!

'Oh wow how things come together in the end' she thought to herself as she picked up the clay pot and held it to her heart and said, "I love you, and I always will, Inuyasha." This was the closest she will ever be to him again.

Gathering her wits and her new found gifts from the past, she ran into the house to show Mama, Souta and Grandpa. She was right, this was a shrine dedicated not only to the well, but to Inuyasha himself. Grandpa had heard stories over the years, but never thought to look at the foot of the tree for anything. He had no knowledge of the tree not only being the center of the shrine, but being a grave stone of sorts for the wonderful being known as Inuyasha. Grandpa was very saddened, but was thrilled to know the true reason behind the shrine. He thought it was dedicated only to just the well and the Goshinboku. Souta and Mama were very grieved. They enjoyed his visits. Souta enjoyed having an older brother and had hoped Inuyasha would come to stay.

After she showed the family her findings, she then took them upstairs into her bedroom and set the rosary and the clay pot on her desk and sat in her chair. She then thought about how lucky a girl she was that she was able to live a short time in the past and to love someone so special. To think he didn't leave the well. That's what she had done, she never left! She never spoke to anyone! Their love did touch each other across time, didn't it?

'Wow, I wonder what my friends would say if I told them now. I think it would help me cope. I will go to school tomorrow and ask then to come home with me. I think it's time for some show and tell.' Kagome thought and decided this as she just pulled back the covers and laid down for a long needed rest from tears and sorrow, for her friends are going to just love this! "Oyasumi, Inuyasha."

Well, that's it for the original cast for a while, but cheer up, things will just get more interesting, I guarantee it! Please R&R! Thank you! Ja ne!