Title: Eulogy
Rating: PG
Pairing: Kagome/InuYasha
Notes: This is my view of Kagome as a character, from her present to her future. The theme at iyfic(underscore)challenge this week was 'Kagome,' and so I ate it all up of course. Despite being the main female, I think she is one of the most underappreciated characters in the cast. Usually she is delegated to being just "InuYasha's girlfriend," or 'not as kick ass as Sango or Kikyou.' (Despite the fact that she's canonically stated to be more powerful than both of them, and displays an emotional strength that is one of the main things that truly cements the bonds of the InuYasha-tachi. Kikyou herself even remarks as such regarding her power.) I think she's every bit as complex a character as anyone else, even more so in some cases, so yes- yay Kagome. Feedback is much appreciated.

Eulogy

When she was born, her mother cooed promises of greatness to quiet her cries.

Upon hearing her speak her first words, take her first steps, wear her first kimono, ace her first test, she was amazing. Not because she was beyond the ordinary, but because she was theirs.

At fifteen, destiny seized her in a most unorthodox manner. Hurling her into a time where such mundane things as acing tests were trivial at best.

And there the world discovered that Higurashi Kagome truly was remarkable.

There fate bound its red string between a future girl and a shunned boy.

For InuYasha, she was the air he breathed. For one cannot live without air.

For those whose lives had been shattered by that cunning hell-spawned evil, she, and the powers that were her gift, had been a savior.

Her spark of fortitude didn't leave her even when the exploits of her fifteenth year were long over.

He was still there. He would not leave. And she welcomed that, the two strengthening their bond as time slipped by. When adulthood descended upon the pair, they exchanged their vows.

Now adventures consisted of nine-to-five hours and chasing wayward children around the shrine she and her husband had inherited.

And watching them grow, and loving him still, and storytelling of long ago yesterdays with the children of her children.

But age crept upon her. Although she held the key to time itself, escaping death was impossible to even the most astonishing of people.

The red string of fate held fast, and Kagome and the man she'd cheated time for slipped into the next world hand in hand.

Nevertheless those who remember, from eras five hundred years separate, profess one unanimous truth.

She'd always remained an extraordinary girl.