InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Love Found After Centuries: Part 2 ❯ Epilouge ( Chapter 10 )

Epilogue

Inumaru_Rapture

Sesshoumaru cradled his mate against him as they sat on the soft velvety grass, the wind gently blowing their hair to mingle together. It has been over a month since Naraku was finally defeated, and Japan was slowly relaxing from the tension it held. Villages of humans were celebrating with huge parties while the demon tribes threw even bigger celebrations. Neither of the two races knew why it felt so good to celebrate, but they couldn't ignore their instincts. However, in the western lands ruled by a certain inu-taiyoukai, there was nothing but a resounding peace that filled the entire palace area. It felt as if the entire palace had reached Nirvana.

Kagome sat with her head on her mate's shoulder, watching their children playing with Emiko and a young kitsune youkai they had found about a week ago. She was younger than Shippo, had the same form of orange fur and such, but she was from the south, rather the east of Shippo's clan. They accepted the young kitsune youkai into their large family, not entirely adopting her as they had Shippo and Rin, but she was allowed to stay in the palace and remain friends with them. Gabriel and the young female kitsune, Kiara, became fast friends; Just as Emiko and Inumaru had. However, Rin and Shippo were never left out of any playtimes, and the 6 of them became inseparable friends. Kagome didn't have the heart to tell the children that within the next few days, Miroku and Sango would be leaving to return home with their baby Kohaku and Emiko.

Sesshoumaru's arms tightened around his mate, conscience of her sudden mood flux into a semi-regretful feeling. He nuzzled the side of her head softly, purring to comfort her. Kagome grinned and cuddled closer to her mate. Her hand scratched her growing belly lightly as a leaf tickled her expanding flesh. With the death of the evils in the world, they had wasted little time in enlarging their family even more. Kagome smiled, remembering how Sesshoumaru's face had appeared in her line of sight, a huge grin plastered to his lips. It was quite scary at first, but then he had told her she was with pup, and things became even more interesting. She chuckled at the little memory, nuzzling her nose into his neck. Sesshoumaru no longer held ice around his aura, nor was his face entirely trained to be a mask. With this loving woman as his mate, he couldn't withhold the emotions that leapt from his being.

Miroku and Sango sat near the taiyoukai and his mate. Sango was leaning against her husband's chest, sitting between his legs. She hadn't wanted to tell Kagome she was pregnant again. Miroku and she had done the deed only a week or so ago, after being almost completely healed. (Inuyasha, appearing for a rare breakfast, had sniffed in Sango's direction, grinning. He had waited until he could talk to Sango alone, without the kids around, to tell her.) Miroku's healing hand was on his wife's belly. The wind tunnel, now that Naraku was killed, was slowly closing in on itself. It was shrinking, but the original size of the hole in his hand was forever engraved into his palm by an indented white scar. Sango, not caring about the scar, had kissed it softly… and that's what started the whole incident that left his wife pregnant.

The only person missing with no one in his arms, no woman to return to, was Inuyasha. He sat high up on the wall, watching his nephews playing with the other children. In his hand, his fingers rolled over a soft pink that was held in their appendages. His mind brought him back to watching what had happened only a few days after the death of Naraku.

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Kagome found him sitting in the dark, perched in a tree out in the garden. Her silk kimono ruffled softly as she approached the hanyou watching her. Around her neck hung the reason for all the pain they had suffered, all the anguish and loss. The little pink ball was hidden from sight in a fold of her kimono.

"Hey…" She said softly, sitting on the bench under the tree. She jumped slightly when she heard the soft thump of him jumping down to join her.

"Hi…" His voice was soft, pain lacing through it. He still ached at the thought he wasn't able to protect Kagome, nor was he able to protect Kikyo from what she had become. Kagome set her head on his shoulder after a few minutes of silence sitting next to each other. She could feel him stiffen, then relax as he cradled her head with his. They sat like that for a while, having a conversation without using words. They didn't move, barely breathed, as they sat in the connection drawn up from one to the other. It felt like a strong wave of warm water lapping against them, rocking them softly together.

Finally, the connection dimmed, softened, and Kagome reached behind her neck, unclasping the necklace she wore. Holding onto it tightly, she pulled the jewel out of her dress. Taking his hand, she softly set the necklace into his hand.

"I have nothing to wish for. I have everything I have ever wanted, and Japan is healing itself. There is nothing I can righteously do for you other than giving you the jewel to wish for what ever it is your heart desires." Kagome smiled at his confused face.

"But why? Aren't you afraid I'll use it to turn into a full-blooded demon or something?" his voice sounded frantic as to why she would even consider giving the jewel to him.

"No, I'm not worried at all. I trust you to make the best wish you can think of. No worries at all. Take your time with it, okay?" She gave out a soft `meep' of surprise as Inuyasha pulled her into a tight embrace. She returned it fully, letting her head rest on his shoulder.

"Mamma! Where are you? I need my bedtime story!" A little voice called out into the garden. Inuyasha distinguished it as Inumaru, and smiled. Kagome sniffed softly, kissed Inuyasha's cheek and stood up.

"Coming baby! I have to go read bedtime stories now. I'll see you later?" Kagome smiled at him, patting his shoulder softly.

"Yea, and thank you, Kagome," he said softly, taking her hand in his and squeezing it lightly.

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Inuyasha had almost decided on a wish. He wanted to do something for Kagome to pay her back for everything she has done for him. He wanted to think of something for her that only he could give her. Suddenly, the thought hit him. He knew what he could give Kagome that no one else could. Glancing over at her sitting with Sesshoumaru, comfortable like all mates are together. He felt a sharp pain in his heart that he knew he wouldn't find someone as wonderful as Kagome again. But that didn't matter. He closed his hand around the jewel, shut his eyes and wished. There was no time like the present to give Kagome everything.

Kagome sat away from Sesshoumaru suddenly. The feeling of the Shikon jewel's power filled her senses. She glanced at Inuyasha, saw him making his wish, and felt very weak. The overwhelming feeling to vomit sent her running towards the palace. Sesshoumaru was frozen with the sudden change in his mate. He had felt her tension seconds before she sat up, saw her glance toward Inuyasha, then took off running towards the house -the smell of her being sick reached his nose as he quickly shot off the grass and after his mate.

Inuyasha watched in slight horror as he heard Kagome being sick, smelt her pain. The children had frozen, watching in terror at their mother ran off towards the doors, barely leaping behind some brush to be sick.

Miroku caught two of the little bodies that ran to go after the two mated couple, not sure of what to think or do, but wanting to keep the children out of it. Inuyasha soon appeared, picking up Shippo from the ground before he was able to run off. Sango hugged her daughter near her, her son still sleeping in the basket in the shade.

Kagome felt her insides tearing apart as she vomited behind some brush, not wanting to frighten her children any more by the sight of her puking. She felt her body twisting, not sure of why. Her spine ached, her face burned, her hands seemed to be having their nails pulled from the flesh, her skull tingled. As soon as it had come, it was gone completely.

She was on her hands and knees, head swimming, her body nothing but a dull ache now. The sound of someone at her side brought her head from the haziness surrounding her. Her nose sniffed on instinct, she knew it was Sesshoumaru.

"Never in the Seven hells…Kagome… are you all right?" Sesshoumaru whispered. Her smell was undoubtedly youkai now, the black furry tail billowing out behind her was a sure sign of it. She sat back harshly. Sesshoumaru caught her before she fell forward again.

"What happened to me?" Kagome whispered softly, noticing everything was different. Her voice was softer, more beautiful. She looked at her hands as she cradled all her weight into her mate. Her fingernails were longer, shaper, her hands well formed and slimmer. Two pink stripes encircled her left wrist.

Sesshoumaru moved his mate's hair from her face. Her cheeks were adorned by the same color pink she had on her wrist, but in the same manner as his were. The pink, he knew, stood for the miko power she had, but having it encircle her wrist meant she had the youkai power of healing. It matched her so well.

"You are Youkai…" Inuyasha said softly from behind the couple. The tip of Kagome's black tail was flipping about like a cat's, but the scent of her was definitely inu-youkai. Kagome looked up with her sharp blue/purple eyes, studying Inuyasha with them.

"How?"

"I wished for you to be what you wished you could be. I wished for you to be youkai, so that you never had to die a human death and never had to leave Sesshoumaru again. Besides, Kagome, you deserve to have what you never could possibly be able to reach on your own," he smiled softly. "It's the least I could do for you, since you gave me more than I ever deserved."

Sesshoumaru was touched, slightly, by his brother's act of loyalty and kindness to the miko now youkai in his arms. Kagome stood, slowly, with Sesshoumaru helping her. She took a step and hugged Inuyasha tightly in thanks, tears in her eyes. She sniffed and smelled her pups on their way over. She wondered if she would frighten them now.

"WOW! MOM?!" Inumaru's voice cried as little bodies attached to her legs, and one attached to her tail. Rin tackled the big fluffy mass in front of her, petting it like some toy. Kagome purred uncontrollably as her adopted daughter kept attacking her tail. Sesshoumaru chuckled softly. About time she knew what she did to his tail.

"You're like us now!" Gabriel couldn't stop his excitement from flowing from his voice as he hugged his mother's slimmer left leg. He nuzzled his little nose into her kimono and hugged her tightly. He had been so scared when she ran off so suddenly…but he was glad she was okay.

Kagome laughed lightly and stooped down to pick her pups up. Shippo had attacked her tail with Rin causing Kagome to purr louder. Her pups laughed as she lifted her other two adopted children to her chest and hugged all four of them. Sango and Miroku stood by, staring at her in awe. She was a beautiful youkai, slimmer, well-formed, and fit looking, with marks similar to her husband's. She smiled to her friends as Sesshoumaru took his two pups from his mate's arms.

"What do you think?" Kagome asked, her tail twitching like a kitten's would.

"You look very pretty, Kagome," Sango said as she held Emiko on her hip. Kohaku started whimpering as he slowly woke up, and Miroku nodded in agreement to his wife's statement before going and picking up his son.

"She has the power of healing, the strongest power a youkai can have," Sesshoumaru observed as he nuzzled the mating mark on her neck. Kagome's hands went to her stomach, feeling her pup growing inside her. She could hear its heartbeat, smell it's scent.

"This… is how you know?" She whispered softly. "Will it come out Hanyou or youkai?" she asked after a minute. Sesshoumaru inhaled a deep breath.

"Youkai," he whispered, nuzzling her temple softly. Kagome smiled.

"Then we will be youkai," she whispered.

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>end chapter<

>end story<

Well? What did you think? Gomen for taking so long to finish it. I had a mental block for a while.

LOVES!

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It will be continued with the children later…maybe finished this year!