Final Chapter! sniffle
In the Sands of Time
By Souls Hatred
Chapter 10 Reunited at Last
That was all the answer they needed. There was no reason to not go through with the wedding as planned. The two lovebirds admitted it, maybe not to each other, but they admitted it nonetheless.
Sango looked at the finished dress hugging the fair skinned, black haired, crystal-eyed beauty named Kagome. The dress looked extravagant, but not so much that it didn't enhance her already breathtaking loveliness. With her hair pulled up, adorned with flowers, and only a few strands hanging down by her face, she was ready to meet the man of her dreams; the one that she never expected to speak with again, the one that was standing in a room somewhere in the castle being dressed in the finest robes the place had.
Miroku looked at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow. Never before had the monk seen the prince look so, well, princely. They had dressed him in red and charcoal attire that brought out his unusual eye color to their fullest intensity. His hair was set loose and hung down his back with thick locks hanging by his shoulders and a sword hanging on his left hip. Yes, he looked princely…if not a bit handsome on top of that. But that's what princes were supposed to be, handsome if not a bit pretty.
"Sango, what's going on?" Kagome asked her friend when she looked in a mirror and saw her reflection, letting out a small gasp of surprise.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" the young maid asked with a smile. Kagome only looked at her with a confused expression covering her features. "Well then, I guess you'll have to wait and see then. I'm not obligated to say anything, only to do my job. And may I say, I feel I did an exceptional job, thanks to Kaede over there."
"She shows promises." Kaede said from the other side of the room, visibly pleased with her student.
Kagome smiled at that, happy that her friend was going to be in a place she enjoyed and was welcomed.
Bells rang somewhere in the castle and Kagome looked around expectantly.
"We should be going now." The old woman said, standing up and leading the two girls out the door.
"Wait," Kagome said unexpectedly, "shouldn't I change or something."
Sango looked at her a moment then smile warmly, "There's no time, come on. We'll be late." The way Sango was acting suddenly had Kagome caught off guard and she let her friend pull her through the halls until they were standing before large oak doors.
"Are you ready?" Miroku asked the man standing beside him. It took a moment for the hanyou to reply and when he did, his voice wavered slightly.
"Yeah, I suppose." The monk only smiled, knowing the prince was going though a thousand thoughts per minute and so many fears and doubts coursing through those thoughts. A man could go mad, and it appeared that if something didn't happen quickly, Inuyasha was going to.
"Perhaps you should take a deep breath before we enter, no?" He got a nod in response but didn't hear the sound of hair being breathed. "You can take that breath now. Deeply in, then slowly exhale." As he spoke, Inuyasha did as he was told, taking a deep breath in and holding it until Miroku told him to let it out. Truthfully, he felt a bit better. Yeah, he could do this.
That was until the bells began to ring and Miroku opened the large oak doors. Suddenly the prince didn't feel so calm or relaxed. The reasonable side of his brain suddenly started yelling all the doubts he'd been thinking of. More 'What ifs' came at him and he found himself frozen to the spot.
Miroku looked at Inuyasha with a look of concern. "There's nothing to worry about. Everything will be fine."
"And what if everything doesn't go right?" the prince nearly yelled.
"Then we deal with it when the problem arises. Now stop thinking and walk up that aisle like the king you're about to become." His voice was forceful and made Inuyasha act the part he was meant to live. Miroku walked to the front of the room as the priest to wed the couple, Inuyasha wasn't far behind coming to stand on one side of a small table.
Not soon after, the doors opened to the bride, clad in white and radiating a light of beauty.
Kagome looked at the large foreboding doors before her and then looked at Sango, questions visible in her eyes. Her friend only smiled and took a door in her hand as Kaede took the other.
The woman held her breath as they pulled open the doors and revealed to her a room filled with people and decorated to the ceiling in the most elaborate décor. To top it off, as soon as those doors opened, every eye was on her, staring.
"Start walking." She heard Sango whisper from her right. Very slowly, Kagome began to walk, entering the room, looking at everything around her.
Everyone in the room stood when she came walking down the aisle, looking very confused until her eyes landed on the man that stood waiting for her. It took all her willpower not to run to him and fling her arms around his neck.
One look at the woman who stood on the other side of the room and Inuyasha's heart did small summersaults in his chest. She looked ravishing, purely beautiful, just like she did bathed in the moon's light. Her eyes never met his until she was halfway down the aisle and when she did, he saw the slight hesitation and his fears consumed him until a smile spread across her face and her beauty doubled.
He was flooded with relief when she took another step and his heart swelled with indescribable emotions. A faint smile crossed his lips as he continued to watch her walk closure towards him.
If time stopped, neither would have noticed, for they were lost in the eyes of the other, drowning in pools of color filled with so many words unspoken. When Kagome was standing across from Inuyasha the orbs of blue filled with tears of absolute happiness.
"We are gathered here today to unite Prince Inuyasha and Princess Kagome together in marriage." Miroku's voice spoke when the music had stopped, music neither the groom nor the bride noticed before.
Kagome couldn't hear a word of what the monk said, all she could do was stare at the man before her. When the time came, she poured the ceremonial wine into a small goblet and presented it to Inuyasha who took three sips. Never did he break eye contact with her until he refilled the goblet and handed it back to her to drink as well.
With the last words from the monk, Inuyasha and Kagome were forever to be one body, soul, and mind. Together to rule over the kingdom they now had reign of.
The king leaned over and gave Kagome a kiss she had thought she would never feel again from his lips.
Looking at her friend, eyes brimming with tears, Sango caught sight of the monk and their eyes locked for a moment before she looked away and busied herself. A light blush spread across her cheeks.
"Lovely job on the dress," a voice whispered into her ear as she entered, with the rest of the crowd, the room that held the feast. Sango turned around, startled, and locked eyes again with those of the monk's.
"Thank you," she said and began to walk again.
"Wait," the seamstress turned around, "you must sit with us at the feast."
She was shocked at the proposal; never did she expect such a thing. Before she could answer, a hand could be felt wandering down her side and a loud smack was heard throughout the hall. Turning on her heal, Sango left Miroku with a handprint in his check.
Miroku sighed in defeat, "Alas."
None of this went unnoticed by the bride and groom who were already seated at the head table, watching as everyone entered the great hall and took their places. When Miroku and Sango entered the hall, Kagome's attention was automatically directed towards her friend. As was Inuyasha's, wondering what his lecherous friend was up to now.
A smirk grew on both their faces with what passed between the friends. "Think it will ever work out?" Kagome asked her husband in a hushed voice.
"Not with the monk's cursed hand." Inuyasha replied putting on a smile as Miroku walk up to him.
Later that night, after the feast had ended and the guest retired for the night, Inuyasha stood by pond in the garden. He stared out to the other side, just thinking of everything he'd forgotten before. The reasons things happened, and in a way grateful that they ended this way.
A pebble jumped between his fingers before he dropped it in the water and his thoughts with it. Warm arms wrapped themselves around him from behind and he looked back to see a head of fine black hair leaning against his back.
He moved her in front of him and hugged her. "Oh, Kagome, my Kagome." He whispered in her ear. Kagome lifted her head and looked at him. They had both changed clothes to something a bit more comfortable. This was the first time tonight she'd been able to be with him alone.
"Why'd this happen?" she asked with all innocence.
Inuyasha smiled, bent down, and kissed her soft lips. Looking into her eyes, those mysterious orbs, he spoke his next words without a second thought, having kept them unspoken for too long. "Because I love you."
Before she could reply, he'd captured her lips again in a kiss that sent her into another world entirely. For a moment she forgot everything around her, only the arms holding her, the person belonging to them and the lips on hers were present in her mind, everything else had just melted away.
Too soon, it ended and Inuyasha pulled away a smile spread across his face. Kagome knew something was up and looked at him with an expecting cock of her head.
Grabbing her hands, he led her to a deeper part of the garden. "I've got something to show you."
"Inuyasha, what's going on?" She wasn't expecting him to answer her and he didn't disappoint her.
After a bit of walking, Inuyasha instructed her to close her eyes, with a bit of protesting she finally caved in. "You better not walk me into a tree or something." A few moments later they stopped.
"Alright, open your eyes." Slowly Kagome opened one, then the other, wondering where she was. Never before had she seen this part of the garden. The moon gave it an unearthly glow, making everything illuminate with its light. Large trees grew around them and in the middle, a large patch of land covered in grass where a boy sat staring at the sky.
"Who is that?" She asked looking to the man beside her.
"A friend's lost brother." Kagome's eyes grew wide with realization and surprise.
"How'd you know? Where'd he come from?"
"Feh, doesn't matter. Come on, let's bring him to his sister." Drawing the boy's attention, they headed back to the castle to find Sango.
One look at her brother and Sango had her arms wrapped tightly around him and crying silently. She looked up to Inuyasha, a smile on her lips. "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Please, Inuyasha is fine." With that, he and Kagome left Sango and Kohaku alone.
While walking to their room, Kagome inquired Inuyasha again. "How'd you find him?"
He looked at her and slipped an arm around her waist. "While eating, I couldn't help but notice that girl kept looking over to him. I asked around and pieced together that he was her younger brother, been separated for a few years."
Kagome looked at him with a loving expression. "Oh, you're so sweet."
"Don't get too use to it." He grumbled. She gave him a quick kiss.
"That's my Spot."
AN: Thank you everyone who's read this story and enjoyed it. I'm sorry to say that this is the last chapter of this story. There will NOT be a sequel, if there is, please someone ask if I'm still sane. Again, thank you to everyone who's read this story. It has meant loads to me.