DISCLAIMER: As always, I don't own the original story of the Inuyasha series nor do I own the characters and I don't own the Chinese fairytale that I'm basing this story on. But as far as I'm concerned I do own the idea of mixing these two things together :).
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I'm sorry that it took me so long to update. But I've had a huge writer's block
for the past several days. I was stressing like hell because some bothersome
group members didn't get their part of the project done in time. Gosh, how I
hate people who have no sense of responsibility...
Anyway, sorry for bothering you with my complaining :). Well, here it is...the FINAL chapter of this short fairytale, I hope you will like the ending I've given this story. I told you before that I based this story on a Chinese fairytale. You might be wondering what the original ending is...so....I will tell you all about it after you've finished this story okay? Have fun reading!!
'...Italic...': thoughts
"...": spoken words
-.-.-.-.-: time gap
-- capslocked words --: noises
-by Kittymui-
Words of the heart
Previously:
With that said, Kikyou gritted her teeth in anger and turned to leave.
But not long after she took her first couple of steps, a low growl coming from behind her halted her.
"Do not...mock my feelings for Kagome..."
Kikyou turned around to the growl, only to find the demon lord grabbing the tree for support and pulling himself to a standing position.
His eyes were filled with anger as they locked themselves with her dark gray ones with determination.
"Take me to her."
-.-.-.-
By the time they arrived at the moon, it was already afternoon.
Though not showing it, Sesshoumaru was quite astonished by the landscape that totally differed from the one he's been ruling over all these years. The surface of the planet was pale and barren and filled with craters of all sizes. The demon lord noticed something else as well.
There was no water, just like Kagome told him. Not a single drip.
"How much longer will it take for you to get us to your kingdom?" he asked Kikyou who flew above him.
A faint white barrier could be seen around him and the winged one, which allowed him to travel through the skies with her without being carried.
"We'll be there soon..." she replied as she flapped her large white wings several times to keep their altitude.
'Soon huh...?' the demon lord thought annoyed.
The sight of the endless empty landscapes had started to bore him and it only made him think about Kagome.
Yes, he was truly worried about her. Right now, all he could think about was to reach her before it's too late.
There were so many things he wanted to say to her. So many words he had kept hidden inside.
During their journey to the moon he had scolded himself countless times for not being honest to her when he still had the chance. Why didn't he tell her his feelings before she was taken away?
Suddenly, it reminded him of the silver arrow that she had caught for him with her own body...the one that sent her into unconsciousness.
There was something that had occupied his mind for a while now and before he knew it, he had already blurted out the question.
"How is it possible that a mere silver arrow could split an arrow of a powerful priestess?" he asked. "Is it related to the reason why Kagome had placed herself in front of me to protect me from it?"
No reply was given at first, but then the winged one finally parted her lips to speak.
"Yes, Kururo told me about her short fight with that priestess," she began. "The silver bow and arrows she was carrying has been passed down for many generations now. I heard our great ancestors forged them a long time ago. They possessed holy powers that exceeds those of that priestess greatly."
"Why wasn't it passed down to Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked puzzled.
Kikyou shook her head. "Kagome didn't realize her purifying powers until recently. But even if she did, she still wouldn't be given the silver archery equipment. If her powers were to add up to those in the silver arrows, she would probably be able to purify everything, and I mean everything that the tip of the arrow touches."
"That's why they were given to my younger sister Kururo, who only has the fighting spirit inherited from my father," she finished.
The demon lord smirked. "So the priestess was lucky..."
Kikyou nodded. "If Kagome was the one releasing that arrow, she wouldn't be able to leave with just a scratched shoulder," she agreed and looked down at him with a serious expression. "But still, the holy powers that resides in the bow and arrows mustn't be underestimated. That priestess was able to withstand a scratch because of her own powers. But if it were to hit a youkai lord straight on, like you back then...you would become completely purified if not severely injured by the holy power."
Sesshoumaru took out the broken Shikon no Tama from his sleeve and looked at it. 'So that's why you wanted to save me so badly from that arrow...' he thought to himself. '...Kagome...'
His thoughts were interrupted when the winged one suddenly cried.
"Look!"
When Sesshoumaru followed her line of vision he realized that they were approaching a huge wide crater.
He narrowed his eyes and saw the kingdom that was built on the flat valley at the center of the crater.
It didn't take minutes before they passed the border of the crater and soared above the city.
'So this is Celes...' he thought as he gazed upon the city.
Of the entire planet, this was the only place that had some life in it. The demon lord had certainly not expected something to grow on such a barren planet but some unfamiliar tiny flowers with green stems and white petals that grew here and there proved his thoughts otherwise.
The houses were pale and all of them had flat roofs. Everything was just as dull as the planet itself and the only building that seemed to stand out was the large gray castle that stood at the center of them all.
The expression on Sesshoumaru's face became serious as he locked his eyes on the closed gates of the castle.
He realized that the winged one had slowed down her pace and immediately looked up to her. "There is no time. Take me to her immediately," he ordered as he pulled out Toukijin.
"All right," she nodded and retracted her wings to dive downwards to the courtyard.
"Stop!! Who goes there!!" yelled the two guards at the main gate.
But Kikyou paid them no attention. "Sesshoumaru, now!!" she cried.
In a blink of an eye, Sesshoumaru made a slashing movement with his sword at the large wooden gate they were approaching.
-- CRRRRAAACCKKKKK --
The gates immediately fell apart and the two soared pass the guards into the courtyard of the castle.
Shortly after that, they found themselves flying through the halls of the great keep. Fortunately for them, the halls were wide and tall, which allowed them to fly over the heads of the guards who tried to stop them.
After flying up some stairs and making several turns, they've finally arrived at the doors leading to Kagome's room.
Kikyou discharged the white barrier and retracted her wings the moment they made contact with the stone floor.
She ran to the doors but realized they were locked. "Chikusho!! How could they lock her up again in her condition!?!" she cursed as she pulled at the doorknob.
"Step aside," the demon lord spoke as he readied Toukijin once again.
The winged one did as she was told and watched how Sesshoumaru slashed at the pair of doors without hesitation.
-- CRRAACKKK-- WHAAMMM--
She slightly cringed at the loud impact when the large chunks of wood made contact with the stone floor.
The sound of the demon lord sheathing his sword filled the silent atmosphere and the two of them entered the chamber.
-.-
Sesshoumaru didn't hesitate for one second and ran towards the mattress on the floor at the end of the empty room.
He widened his eyes as he slowly came to a stop next to the person lying on it.
There she was, the girl he wanted to see so badly. Her beautiful raven tresses framed her pale and meager face. She was dressed in a thin azure colored garment with long sleeves of which the lower half was covered by a white blanket. The small-unbuttoned neckline revealed her collarbone, which had become more visible than before.
No words could describe the tormenting sensation he felt seeing her like that.
He went down to his knees. "Kagome..." he whispered softly as she slipped his arms beneath her shoulders.
Carefully, he lifted her up and pulled her close to his chest. He took her hand with his free one and realized it was cold. "Kagome...please open your eyes..." he whispered again with a tone of hurt in his voice.
For a moment, he thought it was already too late and he had lost her forever.
But hope filled his heart when he felt her heartbeat and heard her soft breathing.
It was weak and faint but still a sign of life.
Sesshoumaru slowly laid her back on the mattress and stood up again.
'I won't let you die...' he decided determinedly and pulled Tenseiga out of its sheath. 'I want to see your eyes again...'
At that moment, a mass of people stormed into the chamber. "STOP!!!!!" a low and stern voice cried.
The demon lord eyed the crowd viciously that dared to stop him.
The group consisted of mainly guards, but there were a few that stood out.
There was an unfamiliar man standing in front of everyone. He had short black hair and navy blue eyes. He was wearing armor around his torso and limbs and a long sheathed sword could be seen hanging at his side. His long red cape collided softly against his iron back as he stopped after entering halfway the chamber.
And next to him stood a woman with beautiful long brown curly hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a grand white dress with long, gold-colored and trumpet-shaped sleeves. She was standing protectively in front of several younger women whose faces Sesshoumaru could clearly remember.
They were Kagome's sisters.
When Sesshoumaru saw them moving closer to him and Kagome, his other clawed hand drifted to Toukijin's hilt. If they continued their steps, they would surely get a taste of his sword.
But luckily for them, Kagome eldest sister suddenly placed herself in between the two parties with her arms spread out and her face to the crowd.
"Kikyou! What are you doing!?" It was the woman with long brown locks who spoke.
"Sesshoumaru! Do what you have to do!!" Kikyou cried without turning to the demon lord.
Hearing this, Sesshoumaru shifted his attention back to the dying girl in front of him.
He narrowed his eyes when several familiar hideous creatures appeared around Kagome's body. Their skins were white as always and they big eyes still looked as though they could fall out their meager faces any minute.
The demon lord scowled. 'I won't let you take her!!' he thought as he bared his fangs and raised the healing sword to the air.
Without further thoughts, he slashed down at the creatures and eliminated every single one of them.
As he sheathed Tenseiga, Sesshoumaru waited patiently for some reaction.
To his relief, some healthy color had began to return to the girl's pale face again and he knelt down to her again.
He gently lifted her to his chest and held her close to him. "I'm here Kagome...don't worry...everything's going to be okay from now on..." he said to her with a gentle voice, not sure whether she had heard him.
-.-
"Step aside Kikyou!!" Kronos ordered his eldest daughter.
"No I won't!" she spat in reply. "I've been obedient all this time, but now I won't listen to you anymore! I will not step aside...for the sake of Kagome's future!!"
"That demon will only destroy Kagome's future!" the king insisted angrily and drew his sword. "Now move!"
Then, something totally unexpected happened.
The queen suddenly ran to Kikyou's side and turned around to face the rest.
To the king's shock, she fell down to her knees and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"M-Moira!! What do you think you're doing?!" he asked dumbfounded.
"Please Kronos...stop this madness...!" she sobbed.
His eyes widened when the rest of his daughters ran to her side as well.
"Are you all going to turn against me just because of that demon lord?!" he cried furiously.
Kikyou and the rest of the princesses knelt down to the floor together with their mother.
The queen clutched her heart with her hand and turned to the king. "When you told me that it was for Kagome's own good...I believed you, despite the fact it was obvious that she was unhappy. Even when she destroyed our chance to erase her memories, I still tried to believe that our decision wasn't wrong."
"But..." she continued as sadness was written all over her teary face. "...but d-did you know how I felt when I found out our Kagome was dying? I felt like my heart was torn into pieces...I thought I was going to lose one of my precious daughters..."
"And then we locked her up in her chamber and did everything to prevent her from committing suicide...yet it only pushed her more towards her death." Moira stole a short glance at the demon lord, who was holding her daughter close to him and turned back to Kronos again. "Don't you see?? That demon lord we hated so much has come all the way here despite our disagreements to save our daughter from the brink of death!"
"Nonsense!!" the king spat.
"If you insist on being stubborn, I will have no other choice but to stand up against you!" the queen decided. "I will not let your foolishness kill our daughter!"
Kikyou nodded in agreement. "Please father..."
" I will not let my daughter be taken away from me by some demon!!" Kronos cut her off with a face colored in fury.
-.-
Sesshoumaru's eyes flashed red after hearing the entire conversation. 'So that's the king...that's Kagome's father...' he concluded inwardly.
Carefully, he gathered Kagome up in his arms and lifted her from the mattress as he stood up.
"Hold it right there!! Where do you think you're taking my daughter!!" the king's voice cried.
But the demon lord ignored him and started walking towards the crowd with Kagome sleeping in his embrace.
The queen and the rest of her daughters had surprised looks on their faces as they automatically moved aside to create a path for him.
But he realized that the king and the guards weren't making way for him and a scowl appeared on his face. "Doke," he said with a low growl.
But the king raised his sword in the air and roared. "I rather kill my daughter myself than let you take her away!!" And he swung his sword at them.
-- CLASH --
In mere seconds, Sesshoumaru had pulled out Tenseiga and blocked the king's sword while holding Kagome (in "standing" position) close to him with his other arm.
He quickly looked at the girl in his arms to make sure she was unharmed. His blood boiled as he realized that she could've gotten hurt or fallen to the floor, had he reacted a bit slower. An extremely displeased expression could be seen on his face as he shifted his eyes back to the king and he growled menacingly. "I will not allow anyone to hurt Kagome...and I will kill anybody who tries to. You...are no exception."
"No!! Please spare his life!!" the queen's voice begged from behind him. "He's only blinded by his pride...please don't kill him!!"
The scowl on the demon lord's features remained. "Dattara..." he said as his eyes turned red.
He bared his fangs as he used all of his demon strength to push away the king's sword.
After successfully pushing him away, he swung his sword and sent several large blue blades of light towards him and guards.
The king and soldiers were caught off guard by Sesshoumaru's sudden attack and they bodies flung against the walls left and right of the open doorway.
-- WHAAMMMM --
And then, all became silent again as the dust started to settle.
After making sure that every single one of them couldn't cause him any more trouble, Sesshoumaru turned around to Kagome's mother. Not surprisingly, she and the rest of the princesses had shocked expressions on their faces.
He showed them Tenseiga. "This sword...cannot kill..." he said to them before putting it back into its sheath.
He could clearly see them relax after hearing that and he turned to look at Kikyou. "Take us back."
"But I..." her voice trailed off as her eyes hardened. She wanted to say that she had already used up most of her strength when she brought him here. There was no way she could bring him and Kagome back on her own.
"Hmpf," Sesshoumaru responded disappointed. He lifted the sleeping Kagome up in his arms again and turned around to the exit. He would find a way to go back no matter what, even if the winged ones refused to aid him.
But he was halted when he was just about to reach the doorway.
"I will take you back."
When he looked over his shoulder, he realized it that the queen was standing on her feet again and that she was the one who spoke.
"We will help!" the rest of the princesses decided altogether as they stood up.
-.-.-.-.-
Sesshoumaru was staring out of the window with a blanc expression on his face.
Although it all just happened within two days, he felt as though it was weeks ago that he had last looked at the moon from this perspective. The pale moon was crescent-shaped, just like it was a month ago, and always will be in the months after that.
But something was different this time.
So the demon lord thought as he turned to look at girl who was sleeping on his king-size bed.
:: FLASHBACK ::
The blue-gray color of the sky indicated that it was already evening when they landed in a small clearing of a forest.
The queen and her daughters discharged the large white barrier around them and turned to the demon lord without retracting their feathery white wings.
An awkward silence fell between the winged ones and the dog demon, but it was soon broken when one of the younger princesses suddenly blurted out a question.
"Mother, will Kagome be okay...?"
The queen hesitated a moment before walking forward to Sesshoumaru.
Her eyes dropped to the sleeping Kagome in his arms as she stopped in front of them. "Please..." she said softly as tears welled up in her blue eyes. She reached out her hand and caressed her daughter's cheek "Take care of her for me..."
She lifted her gaze up to Sesshoumaru and granted him a warm smile. "I don't know you well...but I know somehow that you will even if I don't ask you to..." she said, retracting her hand.
The demon lord didn't respond to this. Deep down inside, he couldn't help but think about the bothersome king, who would probably send troops of soldiers to his lands from now on. Maybe he should have used Toukijin instead of Tenseiga back then. But as he dropped his eyes to the sleeping girl in his arms, he realized he could never do anything to cause her any more sadness.
His eyes traveled back up to the queen.
As if she knew what he was thinking, the next thing she said had surprised him greatly.
"Don't worry about the king. I'm sure you have smacked some sense into him when you spared his life," she said awkwardly as she created more distance between them by stepping backwards.
"I hope you will permit us to visit her from time to time when we're in need of water again..." she said hesitatingly.
Sesshoumaru's eyes softened, but he didn't reply. He was just someone of little words and being verbally expressive towards strangers was just not in his nature after all.
Luckily, the queen knew what he wanted to say and smiled again. "Thank you...and farewell..."
After she said goodbye, she flapped her large white wings and rose up to the air above the demon lord.
The rest of the princesses followed their mother's example except for one.
Sesshoumaru realized it was Kikyou who remained and saw her looking at the girl in his arms. He saw the sadness in her eyes.
Suddenly he decided something and lowered the arm that was supporting Kagome's legs. After he secured her against his chest with his other arm around her shoulders he reached into his long sleeve with his free hand.
Without saying anything, he took out something and threw it towards the winged one.
He saw her widen her eyes when she looked at the object in her hand. Tears were filling her eyes when she smiled at him. "Arigatou..." she said gratefully.
Shortly after that, Sesshoumaru watched her fly up to the air and wave at him before disappearing into the evening sky.
Without giving it any further thoughts, he lifted Kagome up into his arms again and turned to leave.
:: END FLASHBACK ::
Sesshoumaru walked soundlessly towards the bed and looked down at the sleeping girl.
She was sleeping on her side with her back to him.
Her peaceful breathing somehow put the demon lord at ease in a way he was unable to verbalize.
He moved to sit down on the chair next to the bed while his eyes slowly drifted to the girl's back.
And the demon lord widened his eyes.
The thin blue fabric was shielding most parts, but there was no mistaking it.
'The scars on her back...are gone...!' he realized shocked.
Just when he started to think about the faint chain marks on her wrists, the girl suddenly turned in her sleep to lay on her other side.
Sesshoumaru got up from the chair and slowly walked closer to the side of the bed.
He sat down on the edge and took one of Kagome's hands in his.
'The chain marks...have also disappeared...' he realized.
An unexplainable relief filled his heart at this realization and his eyes softened as they locked on the girl's sleeping face in the calm candlelight. 'Kagome...you've allowed me to heal you...'
-.-
"Uhn..." Kagome groaned softly as she slowly opened her eyes.
'W-where am I...?' she thought half-sleepy as her vision began to sharpen.
Her eyes immediately widened when she realized where she was. 'Eh...?!'
She recognized Sesshoumaru's chamber and she quickly sat up. 'I-I'm back...? B-but how...? W-why...?' she thought stupefied and surprised.
Even more surprised was the former winged one when she cast her eyes sideward and realized someone was sitting on the chair next to the bed.
'Se-Sesshoumaru...!' she gasped inwardly upon seeing the silver-haired dog demon.
His eyes were shut and he seemed to be sleeping with his head slightly tilted forward.
Slowly and silently, Kagome crawled to the edge of the mattress. Her lips curled up into a small smile when she moved her face closer to the demon lord. 'I'm not dreaming...am I...?' she wondered in herself.
'Sesshoumaru...I missed you...so much...' she thought as she reached out a hand to touch his face.
But before she actually managed to touch him, his eyes suddenly flashed open, revealing two surprised gold-amber orbs.
Kagome immediately cringed of shock and retracted her hand as if it touched boiling water. "G-gomen nasai!!" she apologized with wide eyes and dropped her eyes to the bed.
The sound of the demon lord getting up from the chair could be heard and she squeezed her eyes shut out of reflex. 'Stupid Kagome...look what you've done again...!' she scolded herself inwardly.
She gasped and held in her breath when she suddenly felt two strong arms wrap around her body. The two arms lifted her up to a kneeling position on the bed and pulled her to lean onto a warm chest.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself within the protective embrace of the demon lord. "S-Sesshoumaru...sama...?" she stammered, not really sure whether or not she should drop the honorific suffix.
"Just the name will do..." was his short response as he pulled her closer to him.
Kagome's eyes softened and she began to relax in his arms. "Sesshoumaru..."
The demon lord placed his chin on her shoulder. "Do not ever leave me...again..." he whispered to her.
Kagome clasped the fabric of Sesshoumaru's garment and pulled away a little to look at his face.
And she knew he said those words from the bottom of his heart as she saw the honesty written on his face.
Tears filled her eyes when she realized he wouldn't send her away again. "Sesshoumaru...I...I'm sorry for making you worry..." she sobbed. "I just"
Her voice trailed off when Sesshoumaru suddenly moved one of his clawed hands from her back to the small gap between them and held up something for her to see.
Kagome looked at what was resting at the center of his palm and widened her eyes.
It was half of the Shikon no Tama.
The demon lord granted her his very first genuine smile. "I gave the other half to your eldest sister..."
Kagome shifted her eyes to him and back to the half piece of jewelry and carefully took it from his hand. 'Kikyou onee-sama...it was you who helped me...wasn't it?' she thought as she looked at the broken marble. 'I-I'll never forget about you...'
Several warm fingertips on her chin made her snap back into reality and gently forced her to look into a pair of beautiful gold-amber eyes again.
'Eh...?' She was bewildered when she thought she saw an emotion in Sesshoumaru's eyes she had never expected to see.
But before she had started to ponder about it, her thoughts were already proven right by what happened next.
The demon lord lowered his face to hers and she slowly closed her eyes in response.
And within seconds, she could feel his soft warm lips placed upon hers.
Kagome secured the broken jewel in her hand and clasped Sesshoumaru's garment as she kissed him back.
There was no mistaking it.
It was love.
::--OWARI/--::
Pfew...almost took me forever to type this ending scene. I just sat in front of my computer and thought hours about how to end this story with a kiss (it's their first after all haha so I had to make it special).
And now for the original Chinese Fairytale. The overall plot was the same except for some tiny details:
The man was just a farmer and the girl from the moon was very good in sewing.
The girl was indeed the seventh daughter of the king of the moon and one day
she and her 6 sisters went to Earth to bathe. But she stayed on Earth because
she fell in love with the farmer and not because she couldn't go back to the
moon. Eventually they got married and had children together (if I'm not mistaking
it was a son and a daughter). Unfortunately the king eventually found out about
their relationship and separated the two by taking back his daughter to the
moon.
The man loved his wife very much and (skipping some details here) with some
aid he was able to go up to the moon. So he went after his wife with their children,
hoping to persuade the king to give him back his wife with their pleading. And
ultimately, the king was moved by this and allowed his daughter to go to Earth
once a year to see her husband and children.
And nowadays, whenever that day comes, people of our culture would go to a certain temple dedicated to the seventh princess to pray for fortune in love or something like that. This is because she was lucky enough to see her husband and children once a year. Well, not very lucky at first glance but keep in mind that at first, she and her love weren't allowed to see each other at all so compared to that, she was really lucky.
-.-.-.-.-
Vocabulary:
Toukijin: One of the two swords that Sesshoumaru carries with him. It's
made of the fangs of a youkai that could break Inuyasha's fang (Tetsusaiga)
in two
Tenseiga: The other sword that Sesshoumaru carries with him. It was given
to him by his father. It's a sword that can heal and bring the dead back to
life
doke: slang of the verb 'Dokeru' which means 'to remove' but here in
this context it means 'move out of the way'
dattara: it means 'if that is so...' but can also be translated as 'so?'
arigatou: thank you
gomen nasai: I'm (so) sorry
-sama: a honorific suffix, people put this after someone's name whom
they respect very much
onee-sama: (big) sister
owari: the end
chikusho: damn it
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This concludes my 4th story. I really really hope you liked this story till the end because I had fun writing it, I really have :). All those reviews from you guys really helped me a lot with writing this story. They're really encouraging, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!
Some of you are probably curious about the story next that I'm going to post. Yes, I've been really looking forward to writing the next story. It will be my first non Sess/Kag and Inu/Kag story so I'm really excited about it. You got that right, I'll be trying a whole new pairing for the very first time. To give you a small hint, it's one of the members of the Shichinintai :).
The story is going to be called "A tale from the past" and it will be an AU fairytale. Here's a short summary of the story:
"A tragic dream haunted him since his childhood. It was also the same dream that caused his interest in the Sengoku Jidai. One day he found a book dating back to the Sengoku Jidai when the dog demons ruled over the Western Lands. He decided to take the book back to his apartment and the moment he flipped over the first page, the tale from the past began"
I really hope to see all, if not most, of you back again with my next story that will be posted in December (like always I'll be taking a break again after exhausting myself for about 4 months).
Farewell and till we meet again!!
Yours,
Kittymui
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REPLIES TO REVIEWS:
Madam Sorceress: Hehe indeed, it was quite hard for me to make him admit his feelings for Kagome since I also wanted to have him stay in character. But I'm glad you liked the way I did it :). Thanks for your review!
Jupiter's Light: Thank you! I hope you liked the ending as well :).
demonswty: A God? Why? Haha anyway thanks for reviewing!
aznchicki: Hahaha, well he didn't allow it after all, but he can't forbid it anymore, can he?
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Why?What?Shutup: Yeah, eventually he has to admit it or I would be forced to drag out the story unnecessarily hehehe.
Dove of Night: -gulp- eh yeah...I agree with you being encouraging indeed hehehe...p-please put away the sword...-looks at you with puppy eyes- you do like the ending I wrote for this story...r-right?
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Guardian-of-the-night: Glad you loved it :)! I hope you're satisfied with the length of this final chapter hehehe. Thanks for looking forward to my next story!
INUGIRL: Thanks!! Hope it was worth the wait!!
Kirei Baka Kasumi: Thank you!! I have to admit that I thought about giving the story its original ending just like the Chinese Fairytale, but then again...a lot of readers wouldn't like it if Sesshoumaru and Kagome were only allowed to see each other once a year...right? So ultimately I decided to give it a happy ending :).
Muki: Hahaha I'm not proud, but still surprised that my chapters could actually make my readers cry. Thanks for your review :). I hope you liked the ending!
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DarkAngelB: Another nice long review from you, thanks! Hmm a human body would be impossible since she was cremated when she died, but now she won't be haunted by the wrath of her past and that's a good thing no? Ewww....maggots? -shivers- I hate them...they're so...hmm never mind...don't want to talk about it hahaha. Anyway I really hope you liked this final chapter :) although it may not be what you've expected hihihi.
stoictimer: -bows deeply- Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it so far! Please tell me what you think about the ending okay? Thanks!!
darkness-of-the-night: Hehehe sorry for the late update...hope it was worth the wait. I wanted to update sooner but I think it would turn out bad if I rushed it no? I hope it turned out well though hehehe.
Inukamisashi: Arigatou gozaimasu!!! I'm so glad you liked it!! I hope you liked the way I ended this story as well :). Don't worry for not reviewing the previous chapters, just as long as you didn't forget about this story...I'll be happy :).
Angelic 0263: Hope it was worth the wait!! Thank you for reviewing!!
Hanyoukai: Thank you :), I'm glad you liked it!
demoness of cosmos: I've updated (finally) :).
anime-lavuh: Hahaha, I did it didn't I? I've let him arrive on time :)! Hmm what would happen to Kikyou on Earth? I haven't really thought about it...I guess live happily ever after with Inuyasha? Thanks for your review!!
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