My Wish

I am re-posting my fic "My Wish" Which i did have posted under my other AFF.net username MoonKrazypegasus. Due to the mixture of time, moving countries, getting married and just mostly because i'm just that forgetful, I forgot the information i need to log onto that account. ;_; And since i'm now settled and more than likely going to start writing again soon, I figured it would be better to have all of my fic's on one account. ^^; I may be making more chapters for this and my other story on AFF.net as well :)

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MY WISH

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I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

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Stepping out of the cold dense forest, she turns and looks at the sad faces of her friends. 'No', she thinks, 'they are my family.' She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, taking in the clean air of the Feudal era. 'i cant believe we've come so far for it to come to this, it seems.... almost ... that i have spent all these years just to come back and say goodbye.'

She smiles, putting on her strongest face, looking at each of the people who have come into her life and changed her so much for the better. Each effecting her heart in a different way.....

Sango, the sister of her soul, the only other in this world that she knew she could talk to, without reservations or fear of the reaction of her sometimes off the wall thoughts that seemed to flow out of her mouth when the two were alone. She stepped to her, watching as the fearless demon slayer shook with the force of her unshed tears. She herself was fighting the same feelings, trying not to let her loved ones see her heart breaking, shattering into countless pieces she was sure she would never be able to piece back together again. Wrapping her arms around Sango, she squeezes for all she's worth, recieving the same bone crushing hug in return.

"You know," she starts "you will always be in my heart, sister." she says as she looks into Sango's dark, watery eyes.

"As you will always be in mine, Sister." Sango sais, her voice betraying her as it quivered and shook with the raw emotion that she was trying so hard to control. Sango would give her the image of the strong slayer she knew she was.

"I have something for you" Kagome says as she pulls out a small box from her pocket, putting it in Sango's strong hands. Watching as her sister opened the box, she had to fight the tears more as she saw the look that passed over the taijiya's face as her reserve crumbled and the tears poured down her face.

"This.... this is..." Sango managed to say between sobs as she looked back up to Kagome's sad eyes.

"Yeah, I thought you deserved it. After all, my sister has to have the best!" Kagome said as she leaned foreward and kissed Sango on the head, holding onto her as she cried. As her sobs subsided and the taijiya regained her composure she moved onto the next member of the gang.

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But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

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'Miroku,' Kagome thought 'the best hentai houshi brother a girl could have!' She walked over to him, watching his sad eyes following her as she came to stand in front of him. She hugged him, and quickly backed away, wary of his wandering hands.

"Im sorry i wont be able to bare you any children Houshi-sama!" she said as she did her best impression of a sincere apology, bowing low and trying not to laugh.

"It is most unfortunate," he said while rubbing his chin as if in thought "but perhaps, in a next life, we could make up for lost opritunities, ne?" he said pulling her close quickly and kissing her gently on the cheek.

*SLAP*BONK*

"HENTAI!" the two sisters said in unison, Kagome nursing her stinging hand and Sango placing Hiraikotsu back around her shoulder. Smirking at her sister, Kagome pulled out another box and placed it next to Miroku's hand. She knew full well that he wasnt unconsious. "Miroku," she whispered into his ear low enough so that even inuyasha couldnt hear "Once you marry Sango, you better stop those wandering hands of yours. A womans heart can only take so much torture, make sure not to push so much that she breaks. If you hurt her, i will find a way to come back and remove the one thing that makes you a man, and i will do so slowly." she pinched his cheek jokingly "and brother, i wish you both many children, and many happy years." Slowly she stood, not missing the small smile and the tiny tears that leaked from the Monks tightly closed eyes.

She moved to Kirara and placed a bag at her paws and wrapped her arms around the transformed Neko that had saved her life more times then she could count. The fearless friend that never failed to cheer her up on the nights she had snuck off to cry over Inuyasha seeing Kikyo behind her back. The furry little kitten had always played until Kagome could hold back her laughter not longer, watching as Kirara would chase her own tail and fight with fallen tree branches and the occasional yarn ball Kagome would bring for her. Anything to cheer up the lonely Miko.

"Its not much, but its what i thought you would like" leaning down she opened the bag for the neko, watching as kirara transformed into her smaller form and leaped into the bag full force, mewing in pleasure as she attacked the catnip and her favorite treats before leaping up onto Kagomes shoulder and licking her cheek in appreciation quickly before she dove back into the pile of kitten goodies.

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I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.

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Moving over and kneeling down in front of a sniffling kit. Her kit, her son. It still amazed her that she could care so much for someone so little. He was her son, there was no doubt in her mind. The child would always be her little boy, her innocent little kit. Who loved his poky and never failed to rile up the hanyou who had broken her heart more times then she could count.

"Shippo, my baby" her voice quivered as he looked up, his eyes full and spilling over with his tears. He quivered from the force of his emotional pain, so much so that he couldnt speak. But that was ok, she thought, I dont need his words to know what he wants to say. She pulled him close to her, breathing in his innocent scent of mint and pine. She hugged him like he was the strongest, yet most fragile of her family. She kissed him and whispered in his ear. "Shippo," she started, having to catch herself as the tears threatned to come, she forced them back down, holding tight to her resolve "Shippo, my son, I dont want you to mourn me, I want you to be happy. I want you to have the childhood you deserve. Even if im not able to see it. I want you to grow up and have the family that you can love and hopefully one day you can have children, then maybe you will know the extent to which I love you. You are my son, maybe not by blood, but you are my son in every other way, in heart, body,mind,soul. Nothing will ever change that. Should you come across hard times, and you think that things could not possibly ever go right for you, think of me and know that i will be watching over you, always." she finished as she felt the small nod from the little fox kit in her arms. She put him down and put a box in front of him, ruffling his hair and causing him to have the look that he had just gotten out of bed, where he had just gotten into a fight with the covers and lost to the static cling caused from the fight. She giggled as Shippo huffed and tried his best to tame his now ruffled hair, pretending to be mad that his perfect hair had been so carelessly strewn about.

She sat up and moved to the one person she thought she would never be able to say goodbye to face to face.

"Miko." he stated.

"Youkai" she said in her sternest voice.

"It displeases me that you must depart." he stated in his best matter-of-fact voice.

"It displeases me that you are displeased Sesshomaru-sama" she said as she looked into his eyes to see something that made her ghasp in shock. His eyes were misted over! Sure to the untrained eye, he was just as stoic as ever, no emotion betraying his 'talk to me and i will kill you' look. But to her, she knew. She knew that inside, he was surpressing his urge to keep her from going.

"You will not forget This Sesshomaru, to do so would result in your gruesome and slow death." he said.

"I could never forget the great Sesshomaru! The all powerful Lord of the Western Lands!" she said as she bowed low to him. As she rose back up, she looked into his eyes once more and gave into the urge she couldnt fight any longer. She leaped foreward and wrapped her arms around him, holding onto him tight. She was surprised when an arm wrapped around her, holding her tightly in place as he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "This Sesshomaru will watch over your kit and family, for as long as he is able, for however many generations it continues." she ghasped and pulled back just enough to look into his eyes, and remembered his gift, the only one she knew she could give him. And only she could give him. Closing her eyes she concentrated and glowed with a mixture of pink and blue light. Sesshomaru held fast to her, knowing she would not harm him. He closed his eyes as the light became too intense for him to bare. Slowly, as the light died down, he caught the miko in his arms as she stumbled a little. 'Wait' he thought 'arms?' he looked down in shock. Yes, arms! She had healed his arm! She had done the one thing that even his Strong Youkai blood could not! He held her tightly as he could without causing her harm.

"Thank you, Kagome." he whispered in her ear.

"Anything for my family" she said to him, surprising him once more. She thought of him as family? Had he not tried to kill her countless times? Had he not made it clear how much he loathed the human race? inside he smiled. So, this little Miko, this woman-child saw through his cold exterior. Much like Rin did. She did not fear him, she respected him.... well, so long as he respected her. Which he could do, he supposed. After all she had shown him kindness that no other person had, and at the same time she had shown him that he should hold blood above anger where his brother was concerned. Inuyasha was his only brother. Yes, Brother, he thought. No longer would he consider the hanyou below him, he would be his equal. And wether they wanted to be or not, that made this small rag-tag group of adveturers his packmates, and he would protect them when Inuyasha could not. He would care for whatever it was that they would ever need.

"Yes, anything for our pack." he said. He finally let the smile he was holding back show plainly for all to see as she grasped the meaning of his words. Yes, she was the Alpha bitch. Wether she knew it or not, He was Alpha male and she was the Alpha female, the one depended on by the rest of the pack for all things not pertaining to fighting. And he would see to it that as the Alpha male that Shippo, Miroku and even Inuyasha learned the ways of the honorable fighter, father, and brother.

"Thank you. Please send my love to Rin and Jaken" she said and after she saw him nod she moved onto the last members of the 'pack' as Sesshomaru had called them. She knew this would be the hardest part. She knew what she had to do, but damn if it wasnt going to hurt like hell.

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But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

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Standing there, she watched as the hanyou she had once thought that she had loved moved closer to the one she thought she could never love. She smiled as she watched him fidget as if she had just caught him in a lie.

"Inuyasha," she started and then looked over to the eyes that looked so much like her own, "Kikyo." she said.

"Kagome-sama I-" Kikyo started, only to stop as Kagome held up a hand.

"Dont say anything, whatever it is, dont say anything until im done, please." she said and watched as the two nodded thier heads and waited for her to continue. She looked to the sky, and watched as the sun slowly started to fade from the clouds and the stars began to dimly twinkle, as if winking at her, trying to tell her that it was ok to go on with what she had wanted to say for a long time now.

"When i came here, i was scared, I was alone. I didnt know what had happned, i felt so lost. Then when i free'd Inuyasha from the God Tree, I felt like i had found a piece of myself that i had never known i was missing. I never could quite figure it out, I didnt know what it was. I was so confused as to what this feeling, this overwhelming feeling i had for this adorable hanyou i had never met before. But, as time went on, I felt it growing stronger, this urge to protect him. When that witch brought you back Kikyo, in that clay body. And i learned about the history of 50 years before, i began to understand what it was that i had felt. It was you Kikyo, your memories from then, when you two were in love, the part of you that knew without a doubt that Inuyasha would never betray you. And i realized that when the witch had taken a part of my soul, she took the part that only recalled the betrayal, and the hatred, and the decietful feelings a miko should never let control her. She made you into a being that only recalled evil, only knew hurt, and could only give pain." she lowered her eyes, knowing that what she was about to say would be hard for them to believe.... At least in her mind, she thought it would be.

"When you started to collect souls of dead women to keep yourself alive..... I found that I could also control the soul collectors that you had entrusted with keeping you alive. And i could have easily commanded them to stop thier harvesting, and i could have even gone so far as to have them collect your soul and bring it to me, so that i could have my complete soul again. But," she started as she heard the startled ghasp from every member of her family she looked to Inuyasha. She saw the disbelief written across his face. She smiled a tiny smile and continued. "I couldnt bare to know that i had taken the woman you loved more then life itself away from you again. So i did the only thing i could think of, I commanded the soul collectors to slowly, very slowly pull out small parts of my soul that knew Inuyasha could not harm the woman he loved, and feed them to Kikyo so that maybe, just maybe she would learn to trust in those feelings. And im glad that it seems to have worked!" she looked into the eyes of Kikyo. The revived Miko just stared, mouth agape as Kagome kept speaking.

"What i didnt expect however is that in sharing half my soul with you, It turned your cold clay body to one of flesh and bone. I was happy and at the same time very sad. Inuyasha and you would once more have a chance at love and life once Naraku was dead, but i would lose my chance at holding the heart of the Hanyou i loved so dearly. But, i guess it was well worth it. Seeing you two holding on so tightly to one another now, i know it was the right choice."

Slowly she walked over to the now stunned couple and took one of thier hands in each of her own and entwined Inuyasha's fingers with those of Kikyo and held them tightly together. Looking into each of thier eyes she let go, and then watching as the hands gripped onto one another for dear life as she let them go. Looking back up she took a step back.

"I want you two to promise me something," she started.

"Anything Kagome" Inuyasha said.

"Yes, Anything Kagome-sama." Kikyo said in a strained voice.

"First, Kikyo, if it wouldnt bother you too much, I would like for you to call me Sister, and you as well Inuyasha. A family like ours is equal by all rights, no one is above another. I am no exception. All i want is to be Sister." she said and smiled as they both nodded thier agreement.

"Second, I want you to be happy. And i want you to have lots of babies! Lots and lots of babies! After all, you cant leave all the family expanding to our resident Hentai monk! Kami knows Sango will be mighty sore after the first five or six children!" she giggled as she saw the shocked faces of Sango, Kikyo and Inuyasha. Her giggle turned into an outright laugh as she saw the stars in Miroku's eyes and the look on his face said that he would love to be getting started on thier first as soon as possible.

She backed towards the well and pulled a necklace out of her pocket. On it was the completed Shikon no Tama. She closed her eyes and she listened to the voice of Midoriko telling her that the time had come. She nodded and opened her eyes to look at her family once more.

"I guess this is it!" she said as she held the shikon out for them to see. "Midoriko says that its time for me to make my wish and leave here." she looked into each of thier eyes, kami how she would miss them. But this had to be done, she could no longer be selfish and hold onto the completed Shikon as youkai upon youkai tried to claim it for thier own.

"I love you all more then words could ever say." she said, her voice waivering for a moment. She took a deep breath and blew a kiss to everyone as she made her wish.

"I wish for those who have lost thier loved ones to the evil beings due to the Shikon no Tama to be returned to them, I wish for the happiness of those who feel they have no hope of being happy. I wish for those who have no hope, to have it. I wish for those without love to find it. And above all, I wish for the freedom of the beings trapped within. So that they may pass on to the next life. Where hopefully, they will find peace, hope, love, and forgiveness. This is what I wish, In front of the Kami and all who are here to witness. Please, grant this Miko her final wish, Shikon no Tama!"

And then she was home, in her time. At the bottom of the well she had gone thru so many times into another world. She stood slowly, a few tears escaped her eyes. But she would not whipe them away, no, she would let them run. She would be sad, but she would never regret, never. She would not wish for things to have been different. She knew that all things happned for a reason, and she was strong enough to know that this was not the end of her life, it was just beginning.

Her resolve restored she slowly climbed up the ladder and out of the well house, as she opened the doors she ghasped and cried out. In front of her were many people, so many she could not count them. And just as she was about to ask who they all were the crowed parted and nine people walked foreward and bowed low to her.

"We have missed you, Miko." one said.

"Yes, sister, we have missed you greatly" another said.

"It has been too long, dont you think?" a third said.

Kagome stood there, dumbfounded. "Miroku? Sango? Shippo? Kikyo? Inuyasha? Sesshomaru? Rin? Jaken? Kirara?" she said, sinking to her knees a little lower with each name. by the time she had reached the ground the nine figures rushed to her and embraced her tenderly.

"We have missed you so much mother!" Shippo said as he hugged her tightly.

She heard the sounds of her family agree as they helped her stand once more.

"Sister," Kikyo started "Let us introduce you to your family" she said as she and the others walked her closer to thier very large family.

'well,' Kagome thought 'now i know that happy endings do exist!' and she soon lost herself to the hugs, kisses and praise of her new family.

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This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

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I hope you enjoyed! :-)