[Chap. 22] Ah, that's so refreshing. Thank you.

Seriously though, yes. Yes, I did get horribly depressed reading the new chapters. Each time something bad and unfair *hear me whine* happened I felt as if I had been punched in the gut. Why?

My dear, if you can make a reader feel something so strongly with just WORDS, then you have a tremendous gift. When the reader is transported into a world of your own making, your own imagination, then you have achieved something wondrous.

Part of me hating reading new chapters because, dammit, people were unhappy and suffering! Yet I kept coming back to see what happened next. Is that not an achievement on your part? A gift? Absolutely!

Thank you so very much for sharing your story with us. Please continue exercising your fabulous talent. I look forward to more stories from you, although I just might have to start looking for black-market mood adjusters if all your stories are dark. _~

Like? LIKE? I didn't like the story! I was HOOKED on the plot! My God, it was great! I CRIED, OK? I CRIED... I've only cried two times during fiction (One during Beauty and the Beast style and another one.). Now, it doesn't take a lot to make me cry when I watch a movie, but it takes a LOT of good writing to get me to cry. I was sobbing when Sango and Miroku died! T_T Oh, I felt agony for them. *looks at Cassandra* You know, I'm thinking you're out to get Inuyasha... I mean, first, you make Kagome go crazy, which is bad enough for Inuyasha! Next, you attempt to make her KILL Inuyasha, which is even worse. Then, you make him KILL Kagome, which is the horror of horror. Could you have LEFT it there? NO... instead, you took it to top notch of all top notches: you made all his friends DIE. Only Inuyasha was left! OK, so Kirara, too, but she and Inuyasha aren't close. Shippo... you watch the anime, right? Enough said. *sigh* But I'm really glad that they all got together in the end. Why? Because I LOVE happy endings! _ They are so cute. Now, *cough* some of the... er, OTHER chapters were a bit too scary for me, so I kinda zoomed through it. No need for graphic details, there, huh? But still, all in all, it was GREAT. I loved how Inuyasha said he would fondle Kagome for free. A bit disturbing in words, but it put a smile to my face, weirdly enough. It was WONDERFUL! And you had them all reincarnated! *gasp* And to think you were all Tetsusaiga, you actually have a bit of Tenseiaga in you! I did spell that right, right? *shrugs* I dunno... ) I hope that even though you're obsessed with Cowboy Bebop right now, you're still able to write more Inuyasha stories. I like this dark fiction... but then again, it turned out to be bright in the end. Hehe... *sniff* They were all reincarnated! WOW! *sob* I feel so sad and happy right now! That's great! That's wonderful! Thank you for the early four month and 21 days birthday present! *cries* T_T *Hallelujah music starts playing in the background*

*cough* Now that I've composed myself for the cool Inuyasha story that I indulged in (Especially the sappy ending... no one can have too much sap! Well... actually, scratch that, you CAN have too much sap, but only if it's really pointless fluff and stuff. Hehe... EVERY sappy moment counted; God, the only fluff moment that was happy was the ending! Hehe... I just noticed that!), I will go on to you other story.

Ain't Afraid to Die- OK, I wasn't really a CB fan; I didn't get it, and I don't think I'll get it either. But, since I was bored, I was just searching around, and I saw that you did some CB fiction. So I was like, "What the heck, I'll read it. After all, I'm still WAITING for the update."

So I read your story, and I LIKED it. LIKED it. This is coming from a girl who doesn't like robotic animes. I was actually impressed with how you worded everything. Although I don't like the anime, I liked the plot. The PLOT was good! Hehe... _ This is really all I have to say, because I just wanted to compliment on the SAPPY ending! I like it! Bye!

Wow!

Oh, I'm so happy! They meet again! That was so beautiful! I loved it! I don't even know what to say... It was perfect! I really loved it!

_~ ...KayJuli

Thank you thank you! I love happy endings! I have just one word for this story, Superawesomefantasticterrific! Well actually it a jumble of words. ;) Once again, I love your writing style!

Thanks for sharing this beautiful story with us.

Shady :)

Excellent epilouge. It was great how things came full circle.

I also liked that the last chapter was a bit closer to my limited experience in anime. I've noticed that the ending of a story when it comes isn't about happyily ever after.

It's about the hard descisions those charaters made and then lived with.(IE:Escaflowne, Bebop, Trigun. Something lacking in American cartoons. Life is difficult sometimes and we gottalearn that it isn't all easy answers or one's that make us happy.) So the last chapter was great for that. It was perfect.

Now with this chapter we get the best of both worlds. (cause I do like happily everafter) So it can be read with both. You can stop at the last chapter.. and be complete. Or you can read the epilouge and still be complete.

I can't wait to read your new Bebop fic. Keep um comin.

ok, I'm sorry that I had to read the whole story before I could give a review. I don't think I reviewed this before?I had a really hard time w/ this story's twists & turns but keep reading. It was definitly different from any other fanfic that I've read and I'm still new at it. As dark as the story was I still liked it. And the ending too.

jschu25

fantastic ending! it was short and sweet and i liked how you wrapped everything up. i also liked how all of the characters came back. *phew* this whole story was such a tough read. i am kind of glad its over. it was so angsty it was almost...painful (lol) great job on this story! I loved it!

sincerely

vold

from the time it took u to update "see only me" since "eien" i cried i think about 5 times... every time i checked ur profile (cuz ur under my fav. author list) i always ended up crying when i remembered what happened at the end of "eien"... the ending was sweet o i was a bit surprised though, i thought it would be completely agnsty but it ended with a happy ending so i didn't cry... ok so a tear fell when inuyasha died... but that's b/c i luv that hanyou so much! and b/c u made me luv him more b/c of ur fic! i can't wait to read another fic of urs! (i'm not reading the cowboy beebop one b/c i never watched it...) thank you so much for the amazing chapters and hours upon hours of joyful reading! o

My friend, this was absolutely OUTSTANDING.

Thank you so much for the happy ending - I'm a sap, what can I say? What a heck of a journey!

And you can be darn sure that I'm stalking you over to Cowboy Bebop - "Waltz for Mars" is the only CB fic I actually have downloaded onto my Palm Pilot. ;) I have the feeling "Ain't Afraid To Die" will wind up there as well.

Thanks for writing such an amazing piece!

aw! *uber huggles Cass* That was just so perfect for an ending! So adorable and sweet. This was so well-written, every emotion poignant and clear, and so very well defined. It was beautiful, and I'm absolutely delighted that I found it to read. You're very talented. _

I love how you casually put some of the dialogue in Japanese, except for the fact that I don't know what it means, I've been teaching myself Japanese so I understand a little, but not much, I still like it whether I know what it is saying or not

I don't care that it was a sappy ending, I'm just happy that it ended well. You had me worried there at the begining of this chapter, Inuyasha all old and wrinkly and the like, but it was sweet. I really enjoyed your story out of all the fics out there. For one, it was a completely new approach to the whole Inuyasha and Kagome ordeal. Second, you actually update often enough, always a plus! :)

Lovely chapter/story! I look forward to a new Inuyasha fic to come out... hopefully?

It feels damn good to finish a story, doesn't it hon? And NO it wasn't a sappy ending! How dare you think such a thing, you little turd? And, no you're not predictable-I just had a feeling from the beginning that SOMEONE was gonna die, and so I prepared myself so to speak.

Beautiful prologue! I adored the way you wrote InuYasha and Kagome's reunion-very subtle and gentle, but also straightforward in a way (sigh...I don't know what the hell I'm talking about). I guess I'm trying to express how grateful I am to you for writing such a magnificent story with such an intriguing, smoothly written plot. I loved every minute of reading this thing, and you should know that! _

Keep writing until the day you die, OK? That's the only way for a true writer to live.

P.S. I would love to keep contact with you! Please e-mail me sometime, OK?

*Iseult*

*cheers* a wonderful fic... with an even better ending... angsty throughout but a wonderfully statsifying ending... it was fantastic..

Oh hon that was good stuff!

I cried for this chapter too! You ended it so well! I'm so sad that it's over... but it ended so well.

I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A HAPPY ENDING!

My most sincere thanks for the happy ending. They had to be together. They had to! I'm so glad.

I have to stop crying. I have to go out and just put on make up.

This was absolutely fabulous. I'm gonna have to start following Cowboy Bebop so I can read your other fic. If I don't I think I'll go on Cassie-fic withdrawel.

I loved it, you're my favorite!

Thank you!

Love,

Hope and Harmony

P.S. Take that angst! Good triumphs over evil! There was a happy ending! *Hope and Harmony starts laughing gleefully* They are together as they should be and all is right in the world! (Oh, yeah, and I loved the name of Chapters 21 and 22, and how you wrapped it all up! You rock!)

HAPPY ENDING! YEAH!