A note from your Author: I would like to say when the white light hit everyone, all the Death Eaters were spirited away, including the ones in the main house, the demons were taken also back to the place where they originally woke up, in present day Earth and when Naraku died they were sucked back into the gap.

Chapter 36

"Throw something at him." A voice whispered.

"That's terrible, I'm not going to throw anything." Another voice whispered back.

"But we have to know if he's awake, throw something at him." The first voice whispered back.

"That's insane, if he was awake then he would open his eyes." The second hissed.

"Well, it doesn't have to be all that big, just something small….hey! what about this?" The first voice started to get excited and his voice began to increase in volume.

The person in question cautiously opened his eyes, lest something be tossed in his direction. Instead of seeing his surroundings, all the being saw was a pillow, to the face.

Harry toppled over from surprise when the pillow hit Ron squarely in the nose. He and Hermione had been silently fighting about throwing things at their sleeping companions or letting them rest. Harry, personally, thought speaking to Hermione for four days straight was a little much, then always being on edge about the other two and their health, so needless to say he was grateful when Ron finally awoke long enough for them to speak with him.

"I hate you." Ron muttered. Harry laughed as he watched his best friend hold the bridge of his nose; grateful they were able to revive Ron at all.

On the night when Riddle died (begin flashback) before Harry had started fighting with Riddle Ron had received a critical blow from behind by one of the demons he was fighting. The demon ended up making a slash across Ron's neck and if it weren't for quick thinking from Kagome and her arrow he would have died.

Hermione was able to stop the bleeding and with help from Chi they were able to close up the cut entirely. After he had been healed Ron got up and went back into the battle. The only reason he was asleep for the few days, was when he lunged at a demon he tripped and hit his head on one of the tree branches.

Hermione who had seen the whole Harry/Riddle battle could fill in some of the gaps between his story.

When Riddle had Harry pinned instead of the killing curse hitting Harry it turned into different energy and surrounded Riddle in the bubble. That was the white light Hermione explained. Then she saw the two beings ripped apart and that was when she and Chi ran for Harry. Kagome got there first, however, and when the killing curse was directed towards her, they both saw the hex bounce off the edges killing both who were inside.

After that Kagome fell to the ground Hermione went to find Ron and Chi revived Harry. The force of the curse changing its course had hit him full on, when he woke up Harry remembered nothing after walking into the house.

There was one person of their party who was still unconscious (end flashback). Harry now dropped his smile and glanced over at the bandaged girl lying on the other bed in the room. Her wounds from crossing the invisible wall had still not closed and despite all of Chi and Hermione's magic the best they could do was stop most of the bleeding. Hermione said the best thing was to wait for Kagome to heal herself.

They spoke quietly with Ron for a few hours filling him in on everything that had happened after he was knocked out. Well, it was mostly Hermione talking because Harry remembered nothing but seeing his house and waking up with Kagome's form at his feet.

Harry left allowing Ron and Hermione some private time, even though the only thing he wanted now was to sit at Kagome's side and stroke her hand.

He had no idea what had happened to the demons, Shippo, Koga, Sesshomaru, Jaken and even Inuyasha had all disappeared. Hermione said she hadn't a clue where they were. She said she saw Koga fighting and then he was gone.

Harry moved farther out, leaving the tent flap and standing outside allowing the wind to overtake both his mind and body.

Since neither Harry nor Hermione were strong enough to carry Kagome and Ron very far, they set the tent up on the edge of the forest, with the protective shield surrounding the main house gone.

Harry wanted so desperately to help in any way possible but he had to keep telling himself to wait and be patient.

A few hours later Harry was able to pull himself out of his stupor and back inside the tent. Not wanting to sit idle he went to the kitchen with no particular hunger. As Harry was bending over to see what was in the lower cupboards he heard a slight growl behind him. Then even quieter than the growl someone started speaking.

"I'm going to kill you." At this Harry spun around to see Kagome standing as tall as she could with her hair in disarray. The next second she fell to the ground and Harry ran to catch her. "Take me outside." She commanded into his shirt. With ease (A.N. the only reason Harry couldn't carry her before is because he had just been through what was like seven or eight stunning spells straight close range to the chest) he picked her up and carried her out to the field. It was growing dark and the stars were just starting to shine.

"Why were you going to kill me?" Harry said forcing himself to speak, he was just so brilliantly happy she was awake and walking, sort of. He sat down a few hundred feet from the tent still holding her in his arms.

"Firstly, because you almost died, and secondly….you'll just wait to find out." Kagome fingered her bandages on her arm. She hadn't realized just how many cuts and scrapes she had when she went through that wall to get to the house.

They both sat there for a while not really caring about the cool wind, or the night calls of animals in the forest.

"You know where they went, don't you?" Harry said so softly he was afraid she wouldn't hear. "The demons."

"Yeah," Kagome gazed ahead at the grass swaying, "When Naraku died the gap he opened letting all the demons through closed bringing all the things that had slipped in back." Both sensed the pain in her voice and a quiet lull fell between them again.

Kagome reached up and touched the bandage on Harry's face, "You're going to have another one," she said stroking the binding. Harry just shrugged.

"Nah, there are some scars worth having." He said wondering where he had heard that before.

He leaned down and gently kissed the matching dressing on Kagome's face and then brought his lips to hers.

That was his plan anyway. Harry got about as far as halfway down to Kagome's face when he heard clapping and shouting behind him. When he glanced back he saw almost the entire Weasley family, half the Order, and some other wizards he didn't know.

The ones responsible for the clapping were Fred and George of course, despite their mother elbowing them hard in the ribs for it. Harry stood up and helped Kagome up to greet their visitors. Still a little lopsided Kagome had to lean on Harry for support, which only got more cheers from the twins.

"Oh we're so proud of you dear," Said Mrs. Weasley who reached the couple first. "Destroying You-Know-Who and keeping everyone alive! Oh!" She pulled Harry into a hug, while he tried vainly to keep Kagome upright. Mr. Weasley was able to catch the girl before she fell and then looked at his wife.

"Really, Molly, let the poor boy breath." As everyone started to make their way to the tent, but Harry had to stop them. He was trying to get out from under a massive hug from Hagrid as the man sobbed into his shoulder.

"It's really small, I can go in and get Hermione and Ron and we can rebuild it, but it could take a while. There's only a kitchen and a bedroom in there." When he and Hermione built the tent all they needed was a place to lay Ron and Kagome down and a kitchen for Hermione to brew her reviving potions.

"Not a problem, Harry m'boy, not a problem." Fred took out his wand and tapped the front of the tent. Nothing happened but Fred and George made their way in anyway.

"It's fine there's enough room now." Came a voice, with a slight echo to it.

When Harry helped Kagome through he almost laughed at the sight. Fred and George had transformed the tent to the inside of the Great Hall at Hogwarts. But instead of long house tables there were hundreds of armchairs circled around small fires. The room had a warm glow about it and for the first time in months Harry felt safe. He helped Kagome sit in one of the armchairs and then sat next to her.

Mr. Weasley, Professor McGonagall, and the wizards Harry didn't recognize sat down around the fire with them.

"Harry, we would like to talk to you about, well about the last few moths." Mr. Weasley looked down at his hands as if Harry was going to start yelling at them.

"Fine, uh what do you want to know?" All of the wizards seemed to sigh with relief as one pulled out a small box, and another leaned forward.

"Mr. Potter we come from the Ministry of Magic and we would like to get the full story and if, ah, if You-Know-Who is really dead." Harry shrugged off the thinly concealed jab and started to talk.

Harry was surprised how long it took for him to relay his life from the past few months. He decided to leave out his personal relationship with Kagome and the ongoing feuds between the different members of the company.

When he reached the part about going into the house to find the last Horcrux all of the wizards surrounding him were on the edges of their seats. One of the smaller witches actually looked as if she was going to fall off in excitement of what Harry was saying.

"And that's it really, I can't remember anything until Hermione woke me up and told me Riddle was dead." The wizards let out a sigh of disappointment and the witch on the edge did fall off when Harry started to speak she misunderstood what he was saying and with a squeak she fell from her post.

Harry glanced over at Kagome who, shortly after he started talking, had fallen into a deep sleep. He looked back at Mr. Weasley who nodded and started ushering the Ministry Officials away. Professor McGonagall stayed behind only for a few moments.

"We'll be expecting you next term, Potter." She said with a small smile on her face.

"Yes, Professor." Harry answered glancing up at her. With that she left towards two chairs that seemed unoccupied and tipped them over.

Harry stared at her odd behavior but then realized the chairs were filled with an invisible Fred and George. She started to lead them away scolding them all the while. Harry laughed at the outburst coming from the twins and the relentless Professor.

He then glanced over at Kagome who was starting to wake.

"Hey," He said bringing his chair closer. "Still going to tell me why you want to kill me?" He teased not expecting an answer.

"Because every time I told you I loved you, you go and forget everything!" She burst out, she then clapped her hand over her mouth and turned beat red. Harry was taken aback for a second and then smiled.

He kissed her fingers that were covering her mouth and looked up into her eyes.

"Well, I promise I'll remember this time."

"You better." She said kissing him again.

A note from your Author: I know this is the last chapter, and now it is finished. But don't dispare, dear readers, I thank you whole heartedly for allwoing me into your screens and letting me bring some laughter (I hope) to you. If you still want to read with me, I am currently working on an Escaflowne, and a Doctor Who fic and a short one-shot series of Pirates of the Caribbean. Thanks for making this even more enjoyable.