Frightful Flight

A/N: Hey everyone. So this is it. The last chapter. Sure there will be an epilogue, but this ends the story. I'd like to say I appreciate everyone who has read my story and a special thanks to those who reviewed. I'd like to ask a special favor. I know that there are people who don't review, but do read. Seeing as my story is drawing to an end, I'd like everyone who reads my story to leave a review. It's not a demand, but it would be nice and I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again and enjoy.

Crymsyn: Thanks for reviewing. I’m glad you liked the last chapter. I really wasn’t sure I did it justice, but I’m glad you like it. Yes Kikyo is dead and Naraku. I hope you like this next chapter. Thanks and R&R. EK!
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ish: I must say I love the way you write your reviews. So much drama, then again I leave myself wide open for that by giving you so much to work off of. I love your enthusiasm. As for Kagome, you should know me by now. Read and find out. Please R&R. EK!

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Previously

Naraku's face mirrored his thoughts. 'I'm dead' and his body stopped all movement and just seemed to melt. The tentacles pooled into liquid and the horrible cries of agony of hundreds of demons came. It was a sight that would invent a new meaning to the word nightmare. All different shapes sizes and types of demons flew from the hanyou. Then as they hit the air dissipated into nothing with one last united cry. The only thing left remaining was the heart, which he still grasped. With a heart-wrenching cry he crushed the heart to dust and fell to the ground crying.

A light suddenly appeared causing Inuyasha to look up and saw.........

Chapter Twenty-three

A light suddenly appeared causing Inuyasha to look up and saw Kagome, she was floating. Her body was lifted in a cloud of hot pink energy. He watched in awed shock as her stomach began to heal, her wounds drawing closed and her once marred skin in perfect condition. He tried to run to her, but getting within twenty feet of her, he was thrown back with a power that felt like a smack from the kami's. Her clothes changed in the haze from what she wore that night to a traditional miko's garb. She still had her eyes closed, but he saw her chest heaving up and down, proving she was breathing.

Suddenly her eyes snapped open and she descend to the ground. The blinding light faded and Kagome stood there, looking in a trance. He walked over and called her name. She said nothing, but when he was close enough to hold her she turned her head. Tears sprung to her eyes and she collapsed into his chest. He hadn't been ready for her so they ended up on the ground with her body racking with heart-wrenching sobs. He soothed her and stroked her back and ran fingers through her hair. They sat like that a while. Inuyasha looked down when he felt wetness on his hand and realized it was his own tears. He hadn't cried many times in his life, four at the most. The first time was when his mother died. The second was at the thought of losing Kagome. The third was when she actually died, but now, now he cried in relief and release.

Kagome was in her own world. She remembered everything that happen leading up to and after her death. Kagome had felt the tentacle go through her, looked down, and then she felt the pain. It came and as she was losing her last moments she felt him and heard his plea. He had begged her to stop and she had wanted to, but she couldn't. She felt the kiss and tried to return it, but she'd been spent and then she was there. Clear as day she remembered it, though she had a feeling it would fade soon.

*********Scene Change**********

She was back where she was in her coma. The weather was different though. The once calm peaceful place was cold and the wind slashed the skin like a whip. It was pouring. The clouds were weeping there sorrow and she knew why. She was death. The shrine was the same as she'd remembered only beaten by the harsh weather. The trees were whipping about with the wind and the wind itself howled, in what sounded like pain.

Then she appeared. Midoriko was there with a look that said something was coming. She sat on the soggy muddy ground, paying no mind to the atmosphere. Midoriko approached and took a seat as well. They said nothing for a while just sat and heard the cries of nature and felt the torrent pain it inflicted to release its own.

"You know where you are." it was a statement, not a question she was offering to answer.

Kagome nodded not ready for words. She wasn't ready to accept death and that she was away from Inuyasha. Even in death, she couldn't think of any other. Midoriko turned her head to the young woman. She took her hands. Kagome actually looked at Midoriko, forgetting her surroundings.

"You must go back. This is not your time to join me. You have something Kagome. No just the shikon in you, but something else. Others including myself who have taken care of the sacred jewel didn't have what you have. It was our duty to do as we did. You, Kagome, didn't have to fight tonight. You and Inuyasha could have run the other way, but you didn't. You have something that no one else had, a soul so pure and a heart so innocent, that you fought without obligation, or need. You gave your life to save others and to rid the world of the evil that destroys it. If I didn't know and watch you tonight, Kagome, I wouldn't have believed that anyone had that. You will not stay with use because you, Kagome Higurashi, protector of the Shikon no Tama, deserve better. I can't give life, only you can do that. You have the jewel, now use it combined with your powers and you can go home." Midoriko stood up.

Kagome didn't realize she had the jewel until she stood and felt its weight in her hands. She looked at it. The color's that swirled in its misty casing was pink and white. The white represented purity and the pink represented power, her power. She held it and felt it pulse, while trying to center herself. The jewel's pulse became rapid and stronger until a light glowed and its beams stuck out through her laced fingers, that held it were it was. Kagome let it go and it rose in the air then with a zap of light, that made her look away it was gone and the surrounding area and the horrible weather began to fade. Midoriko smiled a genuine smile that warmed her heart and Kagome hugged her. She didn't really know the former miko, but she felt the connection of many who lived before, which linked her to them.

She felt the warmth of life encompassing her and then she was in her body. The numbed feeling she had before she died gone and now she felt warmth and airy. Her life returning. The tingling sensation ran through her and she felt the wounds closing. No pain came from them, only a feeling of rebirth and completeness.

*********Back to Present********

The stain of it all was now taking its toll. The agony her heart refused to let forth when she was dead overwhelmed her senses and she had no better place to be than in Inuyasha's arms. He was there. Her life was back and he was there, nothing else mattered. Then she felt his tears. They streamed down his face and he was crying. His eyes looked like liquid gold. The tears following down his gorgeous face and his hair fanned around him as he whispered her reassurances. He looked lost in his own emotions and she stopped crying almost immediately.

His eyes were heavily lidded, but it didn't stop the leaking salt water. She leaned up shifting in his lap and kissed him. It was a kiss that said every powerful emotion she contained. She was pouring her heart out to him and he reciprocated. There lips met. Soft at first for their love and compassion. Then harder for their pain and tears. It escalated to their passion and need to forever be with the other.

When they parted from each other they sat on the open field and everything was content. His arms enveloped her and she leaned into his hard chest. Tears forgotten, only the feel of the other tucked safely in each other's arms.

Eventually Inuyasha came out of his reverie and picked Kagome up bridal style. He carried her carefully, as if she would break, yet it was also a hold of guard, for fear of losing her. He didn't even notice as he drove home. When they stepped out of the car, he was immediately by her side intertwining their fingers. She was his world, his love, and soon his mate.

They got up stairs and she held him tighter. She needed his comfort as much as he needed hers. When they got up stairs it was quiet. They went into the bedroom and Inuyasha closed the door, while Kagome sat on the bed. They had to talk. It was the inevitable. He had so many questions and she had to much locked up in her head to handle. This was the time where they released and accepted everything. The fear and frustration, the pain and emotion. This had been building since Naraku had stepped into their lives and now that he and his bitch were gone, they needed closure. Inuyasha needed to know what happen and Kagome needed the 20 ton weight to be lifted.

Sitting beside her, Inuyasha turned her way. "Kagome..." he trailed off as she placed a finger on his lips.

"Tonight....I killed someone and was killed by someone. I think I have the right to speak first." Inuyasha nodded not offended by the fact she didn't take what he went through into account because this was something she need to say and he needed to hear.

"When I fought Kikyo I wasn't me. It was me I mean, but it was as if someone had put me on automatic. When she...When I took the dagger and killed her it was....I felt the strength Midoriko told me I had. I thought, no, this wasn't me, I don't have power. I didn't dwell on it...Inuyasha when I turned around as became aware of you and Naraku's fight; I only thought to help you. I love you and....I didn't feel the pain of the tentacle at first. It was like......It was like...not real. Then I saw it with my eyes and it became real. I heard what you said...I want to-" she stopped the tears had returned full force and was breaking up her speech.

"I want to tell you, I was sorry. No don't interrupt. I was sorry because I couldn't hold on. People say that when you die your life passes before your eyes. Mine did. It was you. I saw you and....It's horrible when you don't want to let go, but you can't hold on. Despite what people think, dying itself isn't scary it's that you can't bring what's important to you with you.....When I died I was there again. I was where I was in my coma. The place was so different. That place wept for me and I felt its pain for me. Midoriko came to me. Inuyasha she helped me come back. She helped me return. I didn't feel the loss of life because I wouldn’t accept it and she wouldn’t let me. She told me things that are between her and me but she helped me. I used the shikon. It brought me back to life...to you. I don't understand everything, but for some reason, I don't think I'm supposed to. But I want you to know you're all I thought about and I love you." She didn't say anymore, she didn't have to.

Inuyasha had wanted to interrupt her to stop her pain to hold her and kiss her and tell her it was okay, but she needed to say what she said. He keep quiet the whole time and now all that was left was raw emotion and need for solace. He kissed her with all the passion he had and she returned it with need and want. They had lost each other tonight. Maybe not forever, but even for moment they had each other. He would never lose her again. She was his and he would let the world know. He was going to make her his mate and give them the solace they seeked.

Kagome felt like her skin was on fire with his loving caresses. She let him untie and peel the traditional clothes from her body and pulled his shirt up and off to join the growing pile. Her hands roamed over the man she didn't think she'd see again and she held him as he tugged at her bra. It was strapless and once it unsnapped it fell to the floor. She kissed her way from his lips to his jaw line and then to the beating pulse of his neck. She sucked on it and it sped up as he quickly ripped away her panties, literally. She reached down with one hand, the other still planted on his chest, and undid his pants. They fell to the floor as he kicked them off and he was left in his boxers.

Inuyasha kissed her neck hungrily and then placed open mouthed kisses all the way to her breast. She grew wet when he lightly and tenderly sucked on the taut nipple. She arched against him and her hands pushed at the waistband of his boxers. They flew somewhere around their new bedroom. He traced a finger over the other nipple and tweaked it. It grew tight like its twin and he skimmed his hands down her body, while moving his head to show affection to the other mound. He slipped a finger into the slick folds and plunged a finger into her.

Kagome cried out his name and fisted her hands in his hair. He increased speed as her moans and pleas reached his ears. He added another and she was on the brink. He added another and thrust all three in fast and hard. Her walls tightened around him and he pulled his fingers away. His erection was now hard and stiff, saluting him at a tension. He recaptured her mouth and Kagome took the lead slipping her tongue into his mouth. He placed himself at her entrance and gripped her hips.

Kagome was surprised when he without warning slammed into her filling. Her fists in his hair tightened as their bodies slammed together with one common goal. She moaned a deep moan when he flipped them over and slammed harder and even deeper into her. She was almost there, she could feel herself coiling to a point she was about to pop.

Inuyasha was now sucking on her neck and found the juncture between her should and neck and readied himself. He slammed once more with all his might and she screamed out, riding her waves of pleasure. He bit down hard and broke the skin of her neck. She let out and ecstatic cry at the mixture of pain and pleasure. He tasted the metallic liquid that entered his mouth and sucked out a little. He slammed into her a few more times before exploding into her womb. He quickly flipped them so he would be the one being crushed and licked the wound on her neck sealing it.

They sat like that a while until Inuyasha pulled out of her and Kagome hissed in pleasure at the friction. She was falling a sleep happy. She was his now and forever. He had marked her, claimed her as his and she wouldn't have it any other way.

"I love you, mate." Inuyasha's husky voice was hazy as she slipped into her dreams of him and felt all her pain and worry disappear.

"And I love you, mate." Inuyasha smiled and joined his mate as they curled together to sleep. 'This was how it was supposed to be', he thought, 'I love her and now she is mine. Forever.' With that one last thought the two lovers fell into a perfect dream.

A/N: Well there you have it. It's so sad this has to end, but I'll be back with more fanfictions. I hope everyone enjoyed Frightful Flight and will stick around for the epilogue. Again I ask that everyone who has read my story please review. It would please me greatly. Thank you. Until next time.....Egyptian Kiss!