Disclaimer: I don't own Yugi-Oh or Inuyasha!

AN: Fic is for DarkAngel048. My first Kag/Atem (a.k.a Yami Yugi) pairing.

EPILOGUE - Modern Era

"Sis, are you still going to do the art for the Duel Monsters Card contest?" Souta asked his sister as she packed essentials.

"Mmhmm. I will be. I am almost done." Kagome answered him.

"What is it going to be?" Souta asked.

"It's of me." she replied.

"Why you? Why not Inuyasha?" Souta asked wrinkling his nose.

"Hey! Why not me? I am awesome as a Priestess and when I get the Shikon back, my power will not be rivaled by anyone. Well, except maybe Sesshomaru." she remarked.

"I thought you couldn't use the jewel for your own gain." Souta remarked.

"I'm not. But I have learned that anyone who has the jewel will be lent it's power whether they know it or not. The only thing that counts is that you have a good heart and soul." Kagome explained as she shoved the last items in the ugly yellow pack.

"Ok, just remember to have it turned in by the end of the week." he said getting bored with her.

"Yeah sure. I'm ready to go." she said and took off down stairs with her pack.

Her destination was the kitchen. In there was the person she needed to say good-bye to, her mother. When she entered the kitchen she was met by her mother holding a few binto boxes full of different kinds of food for her and all of her friends. Several water bottles were sitting on the counter waiting for her to grab-n-go.

"Oh mom, you didn't have to go out of your way for us." Kagome said.

"Yes I do. You're my daughter and even though you aren't here I need to make sure that you have some proper nourishment." her mother smiled.

"I know, that's why you're my mom and not someone elses'." she said.

"Yes. Now you better go before Inuyasha comes through." her mother commented.

"Ok, love you. I'll see you soon." Kagome said and disappeared with all necessities.

(Fuedal Era)

Kagome climbed out of the well with her heavy load and went to the village of Edo. Just as she entered the village Inuyasha was coming towards her. She noticed the look in his eyes, a look of annoyance, he wanted to know why she was late.

"Kagome! Why are you always late, wench?" he snapped.

"Inuyasha I'm not late and you know it." she said and walked passed him.

"We have to go! Naraku is on the move. While you were gone we got word where Naraku is, he's not far from here." he informed her.

"Great, so we are going after him? When?" she asked.

"Soon." he said.

"Ok, let me take these supplies to Kaede. Then we can go." she said.

"Feh, fine. Hurry up, I'll get the others." he said and took off.

Kagome rolled her eyes at his retreating form. She understood while he was in such a hurry. Naraku had almost the entire jewel, she had the only three peices left to add to the jewel for it to be complete. That was why Naraku was so close and Inuyasha was trying to protect the village from the vile creature. At the end of the village she entered Kaede's hut and dropped off the supplies for her and returned to the village enterance to see her friends all waiting for her.

They started their journey to where Naraku was rumored to be and walked until night had fallen. They hadn't reached Naraku so they made camp and brought out the binto boxes and ate their dinner. Having nothing better to do they each did their own thing.

Miroku meditated, Sango read a novel that Kagome had given her, Shippo and Kirara had turned in, Inuyasha had claimed his place in a tree for the night, and Kagome had finished up her sketch of her card and was making the list of powers the card would have and the life points. Everyone else had turned in for the night when she had finished it and the list.

She admired her work, the woman in the picture looked just like her. Well almost. The difference was in the picture she had the jewel, complete and whole. But everything else was the same. Her black hair was long and pulled back in the traditional way of the priestess and she now doned the priestess garb, only her hakamas' were a dark green. She loved the way it had turned out, especially the way she had made herself ready for action in the artwork. She was on one knee with her bow armed with her arrow beginning to glow. She thought it looked great, she hoped Souta liked it and that it would be the one picked as the new card.

But first things first. Naraku had to be defeated so she could complete the jewel and go home. Even though she would miss her friends, she needed to finish highschool and be with her family. Deciding to turn in for the night, Kagome put her art tools away and set her card sketch in a mesh zipper pocket on top of her yellow pack to fully dry. She wasn't going to have her hard work smudged.

After making sure that Shippo was warm enough, Kagome snuggled into her sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep, blissfully unaware at the turn of events that was going to befall her.

Slowly the night trudged on and the surrounding woods fell unusually completely silent. It was so silent that Inuyasha stirred to see why it had went silent and what he opened his eyes to shocked him. Their small opening was filled with miasma and the treeline glowed with demon eyes.

"Wake up!" he shouted to his friends.

They all heard his shouting and woke. They couldn't believe it, that they hadn't felt Naraku coming or that they weren't already dead. Quickly they sprang into action, slaughtering the front line that Naraku had sent ahead of himself. They sliced through his battalion and then he made his appearance, tentacles and miasma filling up the clearing. Not hesitating for a second Inuyasha went on the warpath using the Red Adamant Barrage and Kagome added her Purity Arrow to the mix. But before their first attack hit, neither wasted a second to throw another attack. This time combining the Backlash Wave with one of her arrows.

The first attack hit, shattering Narakus' barrier and ripped through him followed quickly by the combination of the Backlash Wave/Purity Arrow. Ripping through his body and seperating him and the Shikon. Sango saw the jewel and kicked it towards Kagome.

"Kagome catch the jewel." she yelled.

Kagome looked up to see the jewel soaring towards her and she caught it. Naraku screamed in fury and launched what regenerated tentacles he had towards her. Sango sent the Hiraikotsu slashing through them and Miroku sucked them into the Wind Tunnel.

"Kagome take the jewel, get Shippo, and get out of here!" Miroku shouted to her.

Kagome nodded, shouldered her weapons, grabbed her kit, and took off with Narakus' enraged cry following. Shippo held tightly to her haori as she reached for her shard bottle in her pack. Not even thinking about what she was doing she melded them back together making the jewel whole again.

Behind them a loud crashing sound rent the air but neither looked back, already knowing what was behind them. Out of nowhere Kagome was hoisted over Inuyashas' shoulder and was sped farther away from the approaching demon hoard.

Before them Kagura appeared and sent forth her Dance of Blades. Inuyasha quickly dodged and headed in another direction. They sped towards a small shallow creek and as they reached it Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo were ripped from each other by Naraku. Kagome went flying and landed beside the creek with the jewel and her pack. Shaking, Kagome picked herself up with the Shikon and stood beside her pack.

"Kagome, run!" Inyasha yelled at her.

"Run!" Shippo shouted.

"No stay, give me the jewel, Kagome." Naraku said calmly.

"No!" she shouted.

A crunching sound came from Inuyasha and he screamed. Naraku was crushing him and Kagome began to cry. She couldn't give him the jewel, not for anything, they all undestood that. She couldn't make the wish, for it needed to be a pure and good wish, and in her state of mind she would do more harm than good. So she did the only thing she could do.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha." she cried.

"K.. Kagome." he whimpered.

"That's right give me the jewel." Naraku sneered.

"No." she said and gave them a smile that broke Inuyashas' heart.

She took a step forward and then stopped. Her mouth was moving but no sound was coming out. The jewel glowed brightly and so did she. Naraku threw himself at her but couldn't come close to her, the purity emanating from her was too much for him to handle. She looked at her friends held by Naraku and then at her friends that had just appeared with them, she closed her eyes as the light became brighter and brighter, then an explosion occurred. Knocking everyone away from where she had stood.

Then all was quiet. Only the sound of the creek babbling was heard, then was accompanied by the moans and groans of people getting to their feet.

"Kagome, Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.

"No!" Sango cried.

Around them was ash and a small scorched crater. Amazingly only Naraku had been incinerated by her power but Kagome was gone. All that was left behind of the little priestess was her yellow back pack that they found where it had been blown hanging on a tree branch, still intact. Every trace of her but the pack was gone.

The Inu-tachi mourned for their friend and when they returned to the village, a celebration underwent. The village celebrated Kagomes' life and her heroism. At the end of the celebration Inuyasha took Kagomes' pack back to her family.

He explained what had happened and that Kagome was a hero and because of her, their future would still be peaceful. They grieved together and when Inuyasha went back to the Feudal Era the well sealed itself off, seperating the time lines again.

In the modern era, Kagomes' family did their best to move on. Even having a small memorial for her. The family decided to leave her bedroom alone, a way to preserve her memory in the house. But they did go clean it up and go through her pack to get the food out.

Souta found the art work for the Duel Monsters submission and had asked his mother if he could submit it for Kagome since she had wanted to do it. She had agreed and she sent it off for him to Mr. Pegasus while he was at school.

Months later they recieved a letter of congratulations. Kagomes' submission had won and was going to be one of the Duel Monsters rare cards and Souta had recieved a collectors laminated version of her card. He was so happy that he had a peice of his sister but what he didn't know was that if he had kept the original drawing or had recieved the very first card, he would have had Kagome with him.

AN: Interesting, what do you think has happened? Send me a review over your best guess.