A Wolf's Cry

Chapter One- Leaving

The birds chirped wildly as Kagome made her way through Inuyasha's forest. This must had been the millionth time she and Inuyasha had a fight that ended with her 'sitting' him, then leaving to go home. He was just so stubborn and hot headed whenever Kouga came around. Kagome had left after Kouga had come around the day before yesterday. He and Inuyasha had fought once again when Kouga claimed her as his mate, which made Inuyasha very angry.

They only had time to throw a few punches at each other before Kagome 'sat' Inuyasha. Kagome had then told Kouga to leave before Inuyasha could get up, but before Kouga left he gently grasped Kagome's hands in his own and kissed her forehead, telling her he would be back to get her from 'mutt face'. Letting go of her hands, Kouga raced off into the woods yelling a farewell. Kagome stood still like a statue, her eyes wide as saucers. Inuyasha laid face first in the dirt, growling angrily. When the spell lifted off of Inuyasha, he had jumped up and looked around furiously for Kouga. The next thing that happened was Kagome and Inuyasha getting into yet another fight and her leaving.

Kagome kept walking through the forest only stopping to sit down by the Goshinboku.

Instead of wearing her regular school uniform, she wore a black tank top with black shorts. Her hair had grown over the years and was now past her rear. Whenever the light hit it, it looked like she had blue streaks in it. Even though she was now eighteen, she had grown up almost, and she finally gained beautiful curves that she longed for. It seemed like forever for it to happen but when it did, she was ecstatic. All those years of traveling had helped too, keeping her well toned, healthy, and strong. Her miko powers also increased over the years also. She was now just as powerful, if not more, then Kikyo.

A smile found its way to her lips before she let out a sigh and looked down at the complete Shikon no Tama that hung around her neck. She picked it up and held it at eye level while rolling in between her fingers. It had been three years since they had defeated Naraku. It took everything that they had and more. The battle lasted for hours and hours. Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Sesshomaru, and Kouga were all there along with Kouga's pack. They all had helped out in defeating Naraku but it was still Kagome who had actually killed him.

She was hidden behind a rather large boulder, where she was told to stay by Inuyasha but she would not let him go out there by himself.

She notched three arrows at once and then used the rock to jump into the air. She aimed carefully, pulled back on the bow and let the arrows loose, directly hitting Naraku head on. One hit his head, another hit his chest, and the last hit his heart. Naraku let out a tremendous scream as the arrows glowed pink. His skin started to burn right off of his body. Throwing his head back in pain, Naraku let out one last scream that would ever leave his lips and disintegrated.

Kagome had landed safely onto the ground as her companions ran to her and embraced her in a large hug. Tears were running down all of their faces as Miroku, Sango and Shippo hugged Kagome tightly. Cheers ran through everyone's ears and the battlefield. They released each other and Miroku looked down at his hand that held the void and untied the rosary beads. They fell loosely to the ground, revealing to everyone that the void was finally gone, and that they had really killed to actual Naraku.

Sango happily embraced him and cried on his shoulder. Hugging Sango tightly, he let the tears run freely down his face. Pulling back to look at Sango's face, he kissed her passionately on his lips.

Kagome, meanwhile, walked with Inuyasha to where Naraku once stood, and picked up the many shards that lay there. Pulling the half Shikon no Tama from around her neck, Kagome held it in her hand, and rested it in her palm. She grabbed the shards that once belonged to Naraku and held them in her other hand.

Bringing her hands together, she let the shards fuse together to make an almost complete Shikon no Tama. Their were only about ten more shards left, Kagome estimated, before it would become whole once again and then she would give it to Inuyasha so he would make his wish on it. Surprisingly Inuyasha had embraced her that day, telling her how worried he was about her safety and yet he congratulated her for killing Naraku.

Since then Miroku and Sango had left and went on their own to have a family, bringing Kirara along with them. Only Inuyasha, Shippo and Kagome traveled to find the remainder of the Shikon no Tama. They went through many hardships and obstacles together but managed to survive.

With her being able to spend more time with school rather than rushing back and forth from her time to Inuyasha's, Kagome was able to graduate from High School, but also made it much longer to find the remaining shards. When they had finally completed it, everything seemed to slow down. Other than the demons that tried to steal the Shikon no Tama, life was alright for Kagome. She enjoyed the time she spent with Inuyasha and Shippo. It was just the three of them after all, until Shippo was old enough to start his own life. It was hard for Kagome to say good-bye to her adopted son, but always thought the best of him and let him go.

This had all taken place in the three years Kagome had been to the Sengoku Jidai.

Kagome also noticed how much the Sengoku Jidai had changed... as well as her time. Here, there was nothing to worry about but the regular demons that came around and some strong ones, and it was more peaceful here and the air was still clean. In her time, Tokyo had become run down, there were rarely any people who lived there and now it looked like a wasteland. Military men, who were assigned to protect the scientists that now worked there, had destroyed it whenever their were intruders in the city that tried to either steal or find out what they were experimenting on. Kagome had heard rumors about the scientists making a secret experiment that almost everyone never knew about or just didn't care. She couldn't decide whether or not to believe it or not, she only believed what she saw. Then there was that weird smell of flowers that had suddenly appeared. Where had they come from? And why did it seem that she was always drawn to it.

There was also an old man that claimed there were wolves in the city and he would shot humans, yelling that they were the wolves. How could that be? Humans aren't wolves and there have never been any wolves that liven in Tokyo for hundreds of years.

Kagome's family still lived there though. Souta was now older as was her mother but not a whole lot older. There wasn't anything different about Kagome's family other then Kagome's grandfather died a year ago. He died of old age, but it was a peaceful fast death without any pain, which Kagome thanked Kami-sama for.

Looking up into the sky Kagome stood up and began walking again. She would give Inuyasha the complete Shikon no Tama today and he would make his wish, and then stay with Kikyo.

It hurt Kagome inside that Inuyasha still loved Kikyo, but she would not interfere. She knew every time Inuyasha went to see Kikyo privately during the night. It was then that she realized she was no match for Kikyo and so accepted that she would never be with Inuyasha. As long as Inuyasha was happy, Kagome was, even if it meant that she would have to stop loving him. And so, after she gave him the jewel, she would go home to her own time for good, and she would never have to see Inuyasha again.

Finally making it to Kaede's village she saw Inuyasha in a nearby tree.

"Inuyasha please come down here," Kagome called up to him. Inuyasha's ears twitched in her direction before he leapt down from the tree, landing right in front of her.

"Feh, what took you so long wench?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest. Instead of 'sitting' him, Kagome smiled sadly and pulled the necklace with the Shikon no Tama from her neck and held it out to him.

"Here Inuyasha, make your wish, the Shikon no Tama is yours now."

Inuyasha looked at her, surprise evident on his face. "What?" he asked, confused.

She smiled and put it in his hand. "Its yours. Now you can make your wish."

Inuyasha couldn't believe it, he had the complete jewel right in his hand, but something didn't feel right.

"Are you sure Kagome? I mean-" He was cut off.

"Of course I'm sure Inuyasha. You earned it and now you can finally stay with Kikyo" Kagome answered softly as she grabbed the spell binding necklace, that was around his neck, gently off. She looked him in the eyes and stepped back.

"I'm never going to see you again Inuyasha, don't come after me." She dropped her gaze so she was looking at the ground. "Do me one favor though. If you see the others, tell them I love them and I'll never forget about them." A small tear ran down her face. "I'll miss you dearly Inuyasha, and I will never forget about you!"

Without looking at him she ran for the well, never seeing Inuyasha again.

Inuyasha stood still, the Shikon no Tama in his hands. He began to tremble as one lone tear fell from his face.

"Thank you Kagome..." he whispered as he ran to the forest in the opposite direction of the well.

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Hello everyone!!! Lol I decided to make a new story because it just popped into my head and I couldn't resist it! Anyway this is an Inuyasha and Wolf's Rain crossover! Please review! Reviews keep me going and it will get the next chapter out faster!