InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Curse: One of Life and One of Death ❯ Chapter 20
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By: pandora-of-the-south 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Horror / Hentai / Drama / Action / Suspense | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 08.24.2007 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.4K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
I do not own the characters in this fanfic.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Horror / Hentai / Drama / Action / Suspense | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 08.24.2007 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.4K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
Kagome felt her legs go limp while Sesshoumaru tasted her blood. "Maru I need to sit, I think I used too much energy with my fight against Onigumo. I feel so tired..." Sesshoumaru roared as he felt her go limp in his arms, the toxins were flowing through her entire body, including her heart. "I don't have much longer. We...must...get Mate to her Mother!" he roared as he allowed his beast to take over and transform. With Kagome's limp body hanging in his mouth he flew towards the Higurashi Shrine. 'Hang in there Gome, we are almost to your Mother; she will make everything better. We will keep your sister away from you as well, we still don't trust her all the way. We will kill her, and anyone else for that matter, if they try anything against you. We can't loose you Love.' he thought as he leaned into the wind more to build more speed.
Rei felt a chill run down her spine as she felt a strong demonic aura coming closer to the Shrine. She stepped outside with her father to join Sephiroth. "Who comes here tonight Love?" Sephiroth looked to his mate, he knew who was coming and why; for he heard the desperation in the roar the beast let out. "Love, you will need to remain calm for we don't know what is going on exactly. It is Lord Sesshoumaru and Kagome that come at this late hour, however Sesshoumaru is in desperation. More than likely something is amiss with Kagome so I need you and Hokadashi to be prepared for anything, I will keep Kikyo preoccupied. If something has happened to Kagome, we don't need Kikyo trying to absorb the Angel of Death on purpose or by accident. Come they draw near." he said as he held her hand and lead them to the God Tree to await the arrival.
Rei collapsed to her knees when Sesshoumaru landed in his dog form with Kagome's limp body just hanging out of his mouth. Sephiroth steeped forward despite the warning growls emitted from Sesshoumaru. "My Lord, you must allow me to get to my daughter so you can transform back into your humanoid form, you can't help her in that form. We don't have much time to heal her, please Lord Sesshoumaru allow my mate and her father to heal my daughter, your mate-to-be." Sephiroth grabbed Kagome out of Sesshoumaru's reluctant mouth. Once Kagome was out he quickly transformed back and pulled Kagome out of Sephiroth's arms. "I will take my Mate to her mother and grandfather. I will stay with her while they heal her, you just need to make sure that other daughter of yours doesn't try anything to my mate or I will be forced to kill her once and for all." he growled vehemently at Sephiroth.
They watched as Sephiroth intercepted Kikyo at the door on the porch. "Come Kikyo, there is nothing you can do here; lets leave them to their business." Kikyo locked her arm with her father's arm and walked back into the shrine. "So what exactly has happened to Kagome, Father? You don't think she is going to die do you?" "Kik, my dear, there is no way to be certain about what is going to happen to your sister. All I know is that your sister is in the best hands possible. If anyone will be able to save her it will be your Mother and Grandfather. We just need to remain hopeful and pray that she will make it out of this with little to no problem." Sephiroth said as they began to understand the severity of Kagome's situation.
Rei turned to her father and asked, "Do you think we can save her?" "I'm not sure Sweetie, but we will try our best to heal her. All we need to do right now is to calm Lord Sesshoumaru down so that we can at least try to heal her. I can sense that the poison is flowing thru her entire body, which includes even her heart, it is only a miracle that she is still alive. If only Kikyo was more predicable, or at least in better control of her powers, I would try to get her to heal Kagome; however, we can't be certain that she wouldn't try to or let Kagome die just so she could absorb the Angel of Death's power." Rei turned to walk towards Sesshoumaru and placed a hand on his shoulder and stated, "My Lord if you don't mind, please put my daughter down on the bench under the God Tree and we will see what we can do for her."
When Kagome heard the threatening growl, she opened her eyes only to be met with a pair of golden orbs rimmed with red. She reached her hand up and caressed his face, "Love, I know you wish nothing more than to protect me but if you don't allow my Mother and Grandfather to heal me, I won't have much longer to be with you to protect. Please Love, allow them to try to assist me, otherwise we might never get the chance to become mates and then all of this would have been for nothing." He reluctantly placed her down on the bench under the God Tree. 'They must work quickly I can already smell the stench of death getting stronger. They have to be able to save her, I can't live without her.' "Yes Love, but I will not be far, rest now so they can begin." he said as he planted a chase kiss on her brow.
Sesshoumaru saw right through her brave front that she was putting on, he heard her heart beat slowing down. 'With every beat that your heart slows I feel my beast trying to break through. I fear that even Tenseiga won't be strong enough if i were to loose you know, Gome. Why did I have to leave you alone with Onigumo? I should have stayed in the room regardless and I might have been able to protect you then.' 'Love, please don't beat yourself up over my current predicament. This is my fault and mine alone; if something does happen to me, I want you to promise me that you will not blame yourself and that you will find another to become your mate. I don't want you to be alone for all of your life.'
She noticed his eyes wavering, 'Oh Love, please don't worry about me; I will be fine!' Sesshoumaru shook his head as if he could get her words out of his brain; there was no way that he could promise her either request, much less mean it. Rei walked up to the two of them and said, "My Lord, it is time. Please move a few feet away, we don't want your beast to react to the holy power that we will have to exert. Please keep in mind that neither my Father nor I will harm Kagome, after all she is immune to all holy powers." Sesshoumaru nodded his head, he knew she was only trying to console him. "Please let me know if I can help with anything. I would do anything for my Mate." "Maru, promise me! Promise you will fulfill my last request if this must be my end." "I am sorry my Love but I can not promise which I know I will never keep, you and only you shall be in my heart from now until the day I die and you know my opinion on the other." he bent down and kissed her once more before Rei and Hokadashi began the healing process.
Once Rei and Hokadashi started to heal Kagome, Hokadashi instantly realized that this was a loosing battle. 'Only the gods and goddesses can help Kagome now. Oh Great Priestess Midoriko please watch over my granddaughter and protect her from this horrid fate that has so unfortunately been placed upon our family once again. Please oh Great Ancestor please lend us your power, don't allow her the same fate that was bestowed unto you so long ago.' He looked up at his daughter, what he saw broke his heart. He saw the sheer determination to not give up on Kagome; Rei was fully prepared to give her life's energy over to Kagome, just so she would live. When he saw Kagome take her last breath and heard the last beat of her heart, he knew all hell was about to be released as he saw Sesshoumaru's eyes bleed red, Rei started crying and from within the house he heard Sephiroth whimper.
Just as a silvery-blue orb started lifting out of Kagome's body a pulse was heard from deep within the woods, behind the shrine. Everyone watched as the orb stopped dead in its track from ascending to the heavens. When the pulse resounded again the orb started to descend back towards Kagome's body. Once the orb entered back into her body, a bright silvery-blue aura surrounded her body; only Sesshoumaru could see through the light only to find an elderly Priestess, in the old garbs, standing over Kagome's body. He couldn't exactly make out who this other woman was other than the fact that she had to be an old ancestor from a few centuries ago. He became more curious when he realized that they were talking about something, he stepped closer to try to hear them only to be pushed back by a barrier. He released a growl when he suddenly felt a strong pulse.
Hokadashi knew something magical and spiritual was going on, one minute Kagome's soul was disappearing and now she is engulfed in the brightest ball of spiritual aura he had ever felt. "Father what is happening to my daughter? I can't see within the light. you don't think that her soul is being devoured by Kikyo's soul some how, do you?" Rei asked almost in a state of panic. Hokadashi instantly noticed that he could not move due to a barrier, "It will be okay dear. All you need to do is calm down and have faith that this will all work out okay. I am not sure as to what is going on but I feel a very strong and very old magic being used here. I think we should have faith in this being to take good care of Kagome's body and soul; for her fate is out of our hands.
He then looked to Sesshoumaru to see how he was hold up, 'I know it isn't easy to watch as one's mate dies and know you are totally helpless to stop it. I can only pray that things will work out for the two, they have been through so much already in life. Please oh Great Priestess, please don't separate these two destined souls from one another now, not when they need each other the most.' It was at that moment that he felt the pulsing pull coming forth from deep within the woods, behind the shrine. 'Could it be? Could my prays finally be answered?' He wanted to run, to follow the pulse but he also knew that there was a possibility that he might be needed here as well; so he decided against his impulse.
"It is time to awaken Angel, show me that you are everything that I know you can be; everything I couldn't be. Show me you deserve to live with your intended Mate and it shall be so. You must fulfill the rest of your destiny. The Angel of Death to walk among the living must prove herself once and for all of her worth." The spirit watched as the Angel slowly opened her silver eyes. Silver eyes greeted crystal clear blue eyes, "What is the purpose for you to awaken us, you are already dead Priestess; you had your chance to walk as us but you chose otherwise. The Demoness Kagome has accepted her fate, that she will not be able to be with her mate; so why make her suffer more by coming here now, Midoriko?"
The Angel looked out of the barrier as she sensed Sesshoumaru be repelled from entering. "Angel I have come to see if you, as well as the Demoness Kagome, are worthy of life, if you all are truly worthy of the gift of Life as the bearer of the Angel of Death. Only together can the two truly be at peace enough to live as one." Suddenly a strong pulse resonanted through the barrier and around it. The two entities looked from each other than back to the being that just entered the barrier. 'How is it possible...the barrier should have repelled him. Only the ones who can take the test are suppose to be within the barrier...maybe he is the key to all of this.' Midoriko decided to watch and see how everything would unfold. She turned her attention back to the other two beings that were now inside her barrier.
"Gome, my Love, have you returned to me? Please don't leave me; take me with you if you have to leave again, please!" The Angel looked at him with cold and dead eyes, "It is not your time to die yet, my Lord. The Demoness Kagome's time has come and gone, and now we should retire and let her rest peacefully. The world of the Living is no place for Death to lurk." "You will give me back Kagome, she is more equipped than most to be in the realm of the living. She brings so much life and joy to all around her, the only death and destruction she has caused is the death of one who deserved it more than most, and the death to the way I use to live my life. If one must die on this day than let it be me who shall perish, spare her life for mine; I am nothing without her." The Angel looked him up and down and stated, "Very well my Lord!"
Midoriko watched as the Angel of Death proceeded to stretch out her hand to take the soul of Kagome's beloved. When her hand was about to connect with his chest, just above his heart, another pulse resounded with a voice this time. "You will not take the life of the ones I love and hold dear to my heart Death!" the voice yelled. Sesshoumaru stood wide eyed as he realized that Kagome was in an eternal battle with the Angel of Death, she was fighting her darker side. All of a sudden everything went dead silent what a sudden silvery-blue glow formed around Kagome's body once again. "Maru how could you be so stupid as to try to barter your life for mine? I could not live without you beside me!" "Nor could I live without you, my Love!" he said as he embraced and kissed her passionately.
As the barrier disappeared a whispered voice was heard, "You passed the test Angel, only love can bring you through any crisis at hand. Only together can the two truly be at peace enough to live as one. Together with your love you will always conquer your darker side. Live a good and long fulfilled life; a life I could not make for myself. There will still be challenges along the way but always remember this day when your Mate was willing to give his life for you and you fought for both of your souls. The righteous will always triumph over the evil doers of the world." Everyone's eyes were fixed on the disappearing soul of their great ancestor, the Great Priestess Midoriko, the Moon Goddess of the Higurashi Clan.
Kagome suddenly shivered in Sesshoumaru's arms, "Love you must go and stop my father and Kikyo, but don't alert anyone of what it is they are doing, we will take care of them all in due time." "As you wish Love!" Sesshoumaru kissed her cheek and hurried into the shrine, once he found Sephiroth and Kikyo preparing what looked to be a spell to absorb Kagome's soul her knocked both of them unconscious and destroyed the scroll as well as the potion with his poison. He stooped low to both forms and said, "This will be a reminder that I spared your lives on this day, but you will only receive one more chance before I will kill the both of you, no one will harm my mate; when an 'X' is marked I will know my target. You stated a while back that Death must die so Life could then absorb her power, well guess what Sephiroth. Death did die and Kagome chose life; though she is still the Angel of Death, she will not fall to the darkness that lies within." He stood and began to chant a spell, a spell to mark a being whose made a traitorous deed or act against him and/or his mate. He watched as a slanted line formed on their necks; only him and Kagome would be allowed to see the mark since they are the ones they mean do to harm to.
He walked back out and nodded his head to his mate to let her know he had done as she asked. As he approached Kagome, Rei, and Hokadashi; Inuyasha and the others suddenly appeared, "Oi, Kagome you are alright after all. See Kanna I told you my brother wouldn't let anything happen to her." Kanna looked from Inuyasha to Lady Kagome and then to Lord Sesshoumaru and said, "The two of you passed the test as prophesied, I take it?" "Yes Kanna the test has been given and passed. Inu call the hospital to have Father's body delivered to the Manor first thing in the morning, he will be buried under the Weeping Willow, that Lady Izayoi was buried beneath, in his garden. It was his last request that I granted him." Turning to Rei and Hokadashi he added, "You are welcomed to come as well if you would like."
Once they accepted the invitation Kagome took Sesshoumaru's hand and said goodbye to her mother and grandfather, "Though Lord Maliki is dead I am still the charge of the Western Lands. I will go live there, for I still don't trust them." she gestured towards the house, referring to the two inside. "I will visit you two often and you are always welcomed to visit us as well. And don't worry Mom, Maru and I have already agreed that we will wait until after I graduate next year before we mate. Then we will make plenty of grandpups for you to spoil, like I know you want too!" Rei squealed like a little school girl and smiled, "Oh I want at least 10 grandpups from you two, five boys and five girls at least. You will have to keep going until I get at least five of each understood? Did you get all of that Lord Sesshoumaru?" Everyone turned to look at Sesshoumaru, who was currently sporting a slight blush, when he muttered "Hn!" "Don't worry Mom, he can't refuse me and my desires or wishes!" Kagome said as they left to go home.
**Author Notes**
Guess what time for all of you to hate me because that is the end of this story. Once I have finished my other story and gotten some more ideas on how to proceed with the Part Two to this then I will post and let all know but until then. BTW once I do come up with Part Two I will make a note on the story as Chapter 21, so keep a look out for that and other stories if you like my work. Please R&R give me your thoughts and any ideas you might have for Part Two!!!! Until we meet again!!!
Thanks to all the people that like my story and who commented I hope you are all pleased.
Rei felt a chill run down her spine as she felt a strong demonic aura coming closer to the Shrine. She stepped outside with her father to join Sephiroth. "Who comes here tonight Love?" Sephiroth looked to his mate, he knew who was coming and why; for he heard the desperation in the roar the beast let out. "Love, you will need to remain calm for we don't know what is going on exactly. It is Lord Sesshoumaru and Kagome that come at this late hour, however Sesshoumaru is in desperation. More than likely something is amiss with Kagome so I need you and Hokadashi to be prepared for anything, I will keep Kikyo preoccupied. If something has happened to Kagome, we don't need Kikyo trying to absorb the Angel of Death on purpose or by accident. Come they draw near." he said as he held her hand and lead them to the God Tree to await the arrival.
Rei collapsed to her knees when Sesshoumaru landed in his dog form with Kagome's limp body just hanging out of his mouth. Sephiroth steeped forward despite the warning growls emitted from Sesshoumaru. "My Lord, you must allow me to get to my daughter so you can transform back into your humanoid form, you can't help her in that form. We don't have much time to heal her, please Lord Sesshoumaru allow my mate and her father to heal my daughter, your mate-to-be." Sephiroth grabbed Kagome out of Sesshoumaru's reluctant mouth. Once Kagome was out he quickly transformed back and pulled Kagome out of Sephiroth's arms. "I will take my Mate to her mother and grandfather. I will stay with her while they heal her, you just need to make sure that other daughter of yours doesn't try anything to my mate or I will be forced to kill her once and for all." he growled vehemently at Sephiroth.
They watched as Sephiroth intercepted Kikyo at the door on the porch. "Come Kikyo, there is nothing you can do here; lets leave them to their business." Kikyo locked her arm with her father's arm and walked back into the shrine. "So what exactly has happened to Kagome, Father? You don't think she is going to die do you?" "Kik, my dear, there is no way to be certain about what is going to happen to your sister. All I know is that your sister is in the best hands possible. If anyone will be able to save her it will be your Mother and Grandfather. We just need to remain hopeful and pray that she will make it out of this with little to no problem." Sephiroth said as they began to understand the severity of Kagome's situation.
Rei turned to her father and asked, "Do you think we can save her?" "I'm not sure Sweetie, but we will try our best to heal her. All we need to do right now is to calm Lord Sesshoumaru down so that we can at least try to heal her. I can sense that the poison is flowing thru her entire body, which includes even her heart, it is only a miracle that she is still alive. If only Kikyo was more predicable, or at least in better control of her powers, I would try to get her to heal Kagome; however, we can't be certain that she wouldn't try to or let Kagome die just so she could absorb the Angel of Death's power." Rei turned to walk towards Sesshoumaru and placed a hand on his shoulder and stated, "My Lord if you don't mind, please put my daughter down on the bench under the God Tree and we will see what we can do for her."
When Kagome heard the threatening growl, she opened her eyes only to be met with a pair of golden orbs rimmed with red. She reached her hand up and caressed his face, "Love, I know you wish nothing more than to protect me but if you don't allow my Mother and Grandfather to heal me, I won't have much longer to be with you to protect. Please Love, allow them to try to assist me, otherwise we might never get the chance to become mates and then all of this would have been for nothing." He reluctantly placed her down on the bench under the God Tree. 'They must work quickly I can already smell the stench of death getting stronger. They have to be able to save her, I can't live without her.' "Yes Love, but I will not be far, rest now so they can begin." he said as he planted a chase kiss on her brow.
Sesshoumaru saw right through her brave front that she was putting on, he heard her heart beat slowing down. 'With every beat that your heart slows I feel my beast trying to break through. I fear that even Tenseiga won't be strong enough if i were to loose you know, Gome. Why did I have to leave you alone with Onigumo? I should have stayed in the room regardless and I might have been able to protect you then.' 'Love, please don't beat yourself up over my current predicament. This is my fault and mine alone; if something does happen to me, I want you to promise me that you will not blame yourself and that you will find another to become your mate. I don't want you to be alone for all of your life.'
She noticed his eyes wavering, 'Oh Love, please don't worry about me; I will be fine!' Sesshoumaru shook his head as if he could get her words out of his brain; there was no way that he could promise her either request, much less mean it. Rei walked up to the two of them and said, "My Lord, it is time. Please move a few feet away, we don't want your beast to react to the holy power that we will have to exert. Please keep in mind that neither my Father nor I will harm Kagome, after all she is immune to all holy powers." Sesshoumaru nodded his head, he knew she was only trying to console him. "Please let me know if I can help with anything. I would do anything for my Mate." "Maru, promise me! Promise you will fulfill my last request if this must be my end." "I am sorry my Love but I can not promise which I know I will never keep, you and only you shall be in my heart from now until the day I die and you know my opinion on the other." he bent down and kissed her once more before Rei and Hokadashi began the healing process.
Once Rei and Hokadashi started to heal Kagome, Hokadashi instantly realized that this was a loosing battle. 'Only the gods and goddesses can help Kagome now. Oh Great Priestess Midoriko please watch over my granddaughter and protect her from this horrid fate that has so unfortunately been placed upon our family once again. Please oh Great Ancestor please lend us your power, don't allow her the same fate that was bestowed unto you so long ago.' He looked up at his daughter, what he saw broke his heart. He saw the sheer determination to not give up on Kagome; Rei was fully prepared to give her life's energy over to Kagome, just so she would live. When he saw Kagome take her last breath and heard the last beat of her heart, he knew all hell was about to be released as he saw Sesshoumaru's eyes bleed red, Rei started crying and from within the house he heard Sephiroth whimper.
Just as a silvery-blue orb started lifting out of Kagome's body a pulse was heard from deep within the woods, behind the shrine. Everyone watched as the orb stopped dead in its track from ascending to the heavens. When the pulse resounded again the orb started to descend back towards Kagome's body. Once the orb entered back into her body, a bright silvery-blue aura surrounded her body; only Sesshoumaru could see through the light only to find an elderly Priestess, in the old garbs, standing over Kagome's body. He couldn't exactly make out who this other woman was other than the fact that she had to be an old ancestor from a few centuries ago. He became more curious when he realized that they were talking about something, he stepped closer to try to hear them only to be pushed back by a barrier. He released a growl when he suddenly felt a strong pulse.
Hokadashi knew something magical and spiritual was going on, one minute Kagome's soul was disappearing and now she is engulfed in the brightest ball of spiritual aura he had ever felt. "Father what is happening to my daughter? I can't see within the light. you don't think that her soul is being devoured by Kikyo's soul some how, do you?" Rei asked almost in a state of panic. Hokadashi instantly noticed that he could not move due to a barrier, "It will be okay dear. All you need to do is calm down and have faith that this will all work out okay. I am not sure as to what is going on but I feel a very strong and very old magic being used here. I think we should have faith in this being to take good care of Kagome's body and soul; for her fate is out of our hands.
He then looked to Sesshoumaru to see how he was hold up, 'I know it isn't easy to watch as one's mate dies and know you are totally helpless to stop it. I can only pray that things will work out for the two, they have been through so much already in life. Please oh Great Priestess, please don't separate these two destined souls from one another now, not when they need each other the most.' It was at that moment that he felt the pulsing pull coming forth from deep within the woods, behind the shrine. 'Could it be? Could my prays finally be answered?' He wanted to run, to follow the pulse but he also knew that there was a possibility that he might be needed here as well; so he decided against his impulse.
"It is time to awaken Angel, show me that you are everything that I know you can be; everything I couldn't be. Show me you deserve to live with your intended Mate and it shall be so. You must fulfill the rest of your destiny. The Angel of Death to walk among the living must prove herself once and for all of her worth." The spirit watched as the Angel slowly opened her silver eyes. Silver eyes greeted crystal clear blue eyes, "What is the purpose for you to awaken us, you are already dead Priestess; you had your chance to walk as us but you chose otherwise. The Demoness Kagome has accepted her fate, that she will not be able to be with her mate; so why make her suffer more by coming here now, Midoriko?"
The Angel looked out of the barrier as she sensed Sesshoumaru be repelled from entering. "Angel I have come to see if you, as well as the Demoness Kagome, are worthy of life, if you all are truly worthy of the gift of Life as the bearer of the Angel of Death. Only together can the two truly be at peace enough to live as one." Suddenly a strong pulse resonanted through the barrier and around it. The two entities looked from each other than back to the being that just entered the barrier. 'How is it possible...the barrier should have repelled him. Only the ones who can take the test are suppose to be within the barrier...maybe he is the key to all of this.' Midoriko decided to watch and see how everything would unfold. She turned her attention back to the other two beings that were now inside her barrier.
"Gome, my Love, have you returned to me? Please don't leave me; take me with you if you have to leave again, please!" The Angel looked at him with cold and dead eyes, "It is not your time to die yet, my Lord. The Demoness Kagome's time has come and gone, and now we should retire and let her rest peacefully. The world of the Living is no place for Death to lurk." "You will give me back Kagome, she is more equipped than most to be in the realm of the living. She brings so much life and joy to all around her, the only death and destruction she has caused is the death of one who deserved it more than most, and the death to the way I use to live my life. If one must die on this day than let it be me who shall perish, spare her life for mine; I am nothing without her." The Angel looked him up and down and stated, "Very well my Lord!"
Midoriko watched as the Angel of Death proceeded to stretch out her hand to take the soul of Kagome's beloved. When her hand was about to connect with his chest, just above his heart, another pulse resounded with a voice this time. "You will not take the life of the ones I love and hold dear to my heart Death!" the voice yelled. Sesshoumaru stood wide eyed as he realized that Kagome was in an eternal battle with the Angel of Death, she was fighting her darker side. All of a sudden everything went dead silent what a sudden silvery-blue glow formed around Kagome's body once again. "Maru how could you be so stupid as to try to barter your life for mine? I could not live without you beside me!" "Nor could I live without you, my Love!" he said as he embraced and kissed her passionately.
As the barrier disappeared a whispered voice was heard, "You passed the test Angel, only love can bring you through any crisis at hand. Only together can the two truly be at peace enough to live as one. Together with your love you will always conquer your darker side. Live a good and long fulfilled life; a life I could not make for myself. There will still be challenges along the way but always remember this day when your Mate was willing to give his life for you and you fought for both of your souls. The righteous will always triumph over the evil doers of the world." Everyone's eyes were fixed on the disappearing soul of their great ancestor, the Great Priestess Midoriko, the Moon Goddess of the Higurashi Clan.
Kagome suddenly shivered in Sesshoumaru's arms, "Love you must go and stop my father and Kikyo, but don't alert anyone of what it is they are doing, we will take care of them all in due time." "As you wish Love!" Sesshoumaru kissed her cheek and hurried into the shrine, once he found Sephiroth and Kikyo preparing what looked to be a spell to absorb Kagome's soul her knocked both of them unconscious and destroyed the scroll as well as the potion with his poison. He stooped low to both forms and said, "This will be a reminder that I spared your lives on this day, but you will only receive one more chance before I will kill the both of you, no one will harm my mate; when an 'X' is marked I will know my target. You stated a while back that Death must die so Life could then absorb her power, well guess what Sephiroth. Death did die and Kagome chose life; though she is still the Angel of Death, she will not fall to the darkness that lies within." He stood and began to chant a spell, a spell to mark a being whose made a traitorous deed or act against him and/or his mate. He watched as a slanted line formed on their necks; only him and Kagome would be allowed to see the mark since they are the ones they mean do to harm to.
He walked back out and nodded his head to his mate to let her know he had done as she asked. As he approached Kagome, Rei, and Hokadashi; Inuyasha and the others suddenly appeared, "Oi, Kagome you are alright after all. See Kanna I told you my brother wouldn't let anything happen to her." Kanna looked from Inuyasha to Lady Kagome and then to Lord Sesshoumaru and said, "The two of you passed the test as prophesied, I take it?" "Yes Kanna the test has been given and passed. Inu call the hospital to have Father's body delivered to the Manor first thing in the morning, he will be buried under the Weeping Willow, that Lady Izayoi was buried beneath, in his garden. It was his last request that I granted him." Turning to Rei and Hokadashi he added, "You are welcomed to come as well if you would like."
Once they accepted the invitation Kagome took Sesshoumaru's hand and said goodbye to her mother and grandfather, "Though Lord Maliki is dead I am still the charge of the Western Lands. I will go live there, for I still don't trust them." she gestured towards the house, referring to the two inside. "I will visit you two often and you are always welcomed to visit us as well. And don't worry Mom, Maru and I have already agreed that we will wait until after I graduate next year before we mate. Then we will make plenty of grandpups for you to spoil, like I know you want too!" Rei squealed like a little school girl and smiled, "Oh I want at least 10 grandpups from you two, five boys and five girls at least. You will have to keep going until I get at least five of each understood? Did you get all of that Lord Sesshoumaru?" Everyone turned to look at Sesshoumaru, who was currently sporting a slight blush, when he muttered "Hn!" "Don't worry Mom, he can't refuse me and my desires or wishes!" Kagome said as they left to go home.
**Author Notes**
Guess what time for all of you to hate me because that is the end of this story. Once I have finished my other story and gotten some more ideas on how to proceed with the Part Two to this then I will post and let all know but until then. BTW once I do come up with Part Two I will make a note on the story as Chapter 21, so keep a look out for that and other stories if you like my work. Please R&R give me your thoughts and any ideas you might have for Part Two!!!! Until we meet again!!!
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