InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Black as Night, White as Snow ❯ The Final Chapter ( Chapter 15 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

I am so so sorry that I took so long to get this out. I'm hoping the chapter itself will make up for it.

Thank you for the reviews and please enjoy the last chapter.

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Disclaimer: For the last time on this story, I do not own Inu Yasha, Snow White, or any songs I happened to use throughout.

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Black as Night, White as Snow

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The chatting of dwarves dwindled and then ceased as they watched the scene unfold.

"Kagome...Will you marry me?"

It was question. She knew it was a question, it sounded like a question. But the look in his eyes told her that he commanded it.

A command from a lord.

Now who was she to refuse a lord?

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The Final Chapter

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Their hands were clasped in the air over their heads; his second arm was wrapped snuggly around her slim waist while her hand loosely cupped his shoulder. The couple revolved slowly.

He, instinctively, brought her closer and she melted into him, her head resting on his firm chest while both sets of eyes were closed.

As they continued their slow waltz, Inuyasha stated simply, "I love you."

Kagome pressed herself more firmly against him as she smiled. "Why?" She asked, really wanting to know.

He scowled as he tried to come up with an answer that would be truthful, but at the same time would make her happy.

The hanyou never was the best with words.

"I love you...because you are you," he started slowly. Kagome remained silent so he continued. "I love you because when you laugh, my heart skips a beat. And I love you because your smile makes it stop all together. I love you because you're beautiful on the inside and the out. And I love you because, even though you're so beautiful, you decided to stay with me. Me. Not anyone else."

Kagome, her face hidden against him as he continued to lead them in the lazy dance, grinned.

Apparently Inuyasha had said the right things.

For a few moments everything around them seemed blurred, especially the trees. A warm wine and honey tone filtered through the trees as the sun slowly drifted below the horizon, the top rays still visible.

On impulse, Kagome breathed, "I love you, too."

It was amazing. She'd known him for only three weeks. Almost the entire time she had no idea what his name was. But his name, his title, didn't matter. When he was with her in that little clearing, all his barriers were down and he was himself.

Granted, 'himself' included being rude, rough, and arrogant. But Kagome had this feeling that all that time, Inuyasha had never been more of himself than he was with anyone. Maybe a little sweeter and a little more patient because she wouldn't have come back otherwise...

...At least she didn't think she would have. Guess we'd never know.

Following her earlier example, Inuyasha chimed, "Why?"

Kagome grinned, expecting it. "I love you for who you are."

Inuyasha smirked...then frowned. "That's it?" he prodded when she didn't go further.

"Alright...Hmm...I love you because you're rude without being overly mean about it. I love your ears."

One of said ears flicked on the crown of his head.

"I love you because you put up with Shippou. Not all that well...okay, really badly, but at least you tried! I love you because I'm the kind of person who has to take care of the world...but, I have to have someone to take care of me."

They slowed down and drifted a little apart so that Kagome could look at him as she made her little speech. As they stood still, blue clashed with gold.

"Oh...And I love you because you smirk, I don't think I could love a man who smiled."

"You know...I think I can handle that," Inuyasha proclaimed before he dipped his head and captured her lips in a sweet, somewhat chaste kiss. Kagome's arms moved to wrap around his neck, her fingers becoming entangled in his long silver locks. His own hands went down to the small of her back and the kiss became deeper, more enjoyable.

Unlike their first, and only, kiss...this one wasn't rushed. Inuyasha knew this time that Kagome wouldn't disappear, so they took their time. After all, they had all the time in the world.

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Kikyou gazed out her tower window, her gray eyes hooded while her face remained still in a mask of indifference.

Inuyasha was gone.

She didn't know how it had happened. No one from the Western Lands had even bothered to come to her wedding to tell her that he wouldn't come. Kikyou had at least expected a message from Lord Sesshoumaru, but none had ever come.

She would have asked Kanna what had happened, where her fiancé was, but the mirror youkai seemed to be missing too.

So the young queen was left alone in her stone tower in her cold castle. Left to her thoughts on what was and what could be. She stared unseeingly as the sun began to disappear almost completely.

But even through the sadness that she would never be with Inuyasha was the triumphant reminder that she had taken Kagome down with her.

At least the younger princess was dead and could never ruin Kikyou's happiness again...

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"It's sweet isn't it?" Sango asked lightly as she and Miroku watched Kagome and her husband-to-be waltz happily around the forest clearing, stealing kisses with one another every once in awhile.

She turned to him, her magenta eyes bright, as all her problems with the monk were forgotten.

Miroku, glad that for the moment that Sango was talking with him as a friend again, nodded slowly.

He watched her as she turned back to spy on Kagome as the princess danced. Sango's eyes sparkled; truth be told, she was a rather hopeless romantic. She hid it well, but she would always believe that love would conquer all.

...Now all she had to learn was that that applied to her own life as well.

Miroku couldn't take it any longer. He had to fix everything. The curse would wear sometime before midnight, no one knew quite when, and then they'd be back to their normal selves.

Before that happened, he had to clear up the whole mess. He had to make her see that all those years ago, when he'd proposed, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

It was now or never...

"Sango," Miroku began, giving the young woman a steady look. His voice seemed to break whatever force that was holding back Sango's distrust, and now her face began to contort into a scowl and he came towards her. "Listen to me-!"

"No!" She snapped, looking him full in the face and refusing the building desire to run. Sango didn't run from anything. "It's just a sick joke! No man would want me for a...a...wife!"

Miroku stopped coming towards her and looked at her thoughtfully. When he spoke his normally aloof, calm, teasing voice was deadly serious. "Why would no man want you for a wife? Make me understand..."

Sango gave him a withering glare. Waving a hand vaguely in Kagome's direction, she suddenly stated, "Look at her. Look at Kagome, and then look at me. Think about us."

Miroku did as she asked and looked between the princess and the demon huntress. "I still don't get it. Are you suggesting that you aren't pretty enough? Because...in my eyes, you're the most beautiful woman I have ever had the pleasure to meet."

"Not that...Me. I'm not feminine! I'm not, at all, girly. I can hold my own, as well as any man, but I'd never be any good in the kitchen or at cleaning."

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Miroku looked at her incredulously.

"Exactly! I don't want a wife that can only do household chores. I fell in love with you because you can 'hold your own'! I want a wife who is strong. And to me, there is no one more of a woman then you are!"

Here his eyes traveled irritatingly down her curves. It only served to make her even angrier.

Doubt began to crowd Sango's pretty pink eyes as she continued to look unsure and annoyed. She'd never been all that feminine. She'd grown up with a brother and a father. No female company.

But the longer she glared at him, the more she saw.

Miroku had always been able to lie smoothly. He'd never had a problem with keeping the truth from someone. But Sango could always tell whether or not he meant something by his eyes.

His eyes always betrayed them.

And for as long as she'd known the monk, she'd never seen him looking so honest. Sango had never seen him look so open and unguarded.

Slowly, tantalizingly slow, her hard glare softened into a defenseless look.

"...Really?" she asked timidly. Timid. Everything she wasn't.

Miroku looked at her and nodded. "Yes," he added for good measure to get it into her brain. "I meant every word when I asked you to be my wife."

"You sure, monk, 'cause as soon as you go through with this, there's no turning back!" She threatened. Her voice was more sure now, had the old bite in it, and she didn't look as spooked as before when he took a few steps closer.

"I know, and I'd never want to leave. Sango...will you marry me?"

Sango opened her mouth to answer, but before she could even get one word out, something happened.

She never did get to answer that question.

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Kikyou drifted away from her window as the world was plunged into darkness.

The only evidence of day that was left was the lighter purple hues in the west.

Nighttime had finally arrived, giving her the excuse to finally go to sleep. She needed it to rest her tired body and mind. Her mind needed to be refreshed in the morning when she began to rule her kingdom once again.

This time there was nothing to distract her.

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Miroku saw what was happening before he felt it.

Sango's face, mere seconds away from answering the question that had haunted him for years, started to glitter. In fact, her entire body seemed to shimmer and waver.

Shortly after, Miroku felt a tingle all the way from his toes to his ears. He was sure he looked like Sango; turning around quickly, he saw the rest of the dwarves looking panicked as they went through the same thing.

Trying to locate what was different, what had caused it, Miroku finally saw it. The sun had set. It was time.

Everything in his line of vision seemed to be shrinking, the giant trees becoming shorter, but in fact he was growing taller. In barely a few seconds he had nearly doubled in his height.

No longer three feet, he was now close to six.

Next to him, Sango laughed in delight as she spun around, seeing everyone and everything normal again.

The curse was gone and the dwarves were no longer dwarves.

...Guess the time WAS sunset. No one had been all that sure.

As the rest of the non-dwarves shouted and danced in joy, they were finally free, Miroku turned back to Sango. She stopped her happy little dance to look at him, the most beautiful smile he'd ever seen spread across her face.

She opened her mouth a second time. Whether to answer his proposal or to say something about the curse being over, Miroku would never know.

Before a single word could slip out of her mouth, he's stepped forward. Roughly, he wrapped one arm around her waist and another over her shoulder. Grinning mischievously, he dipped her and gave her the most brain- scattering kiss she'd ever had...or would ever have again in that case.

And the best part?

She kissed him back.

Miroku couldn't have asked for a better 'yes'.

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"So that was all the babble you were talking about when you told me they were magical! You didn't tell me they were cursed!" Inuyasha growled into Kagome's ear as they watched the celebration.

Kagome grinned and leaned back into him, her back molded to his chest. "You never asked," she reminded him.

Inuyasha scowled and leaned down so his chin rested on her shoulder, his arms enveloping her. "You could have just told me."

"No way," Kagome shook her head quickly, "It was their secret that they trusted me with and I wasn't going to go and tell a stranger."

"I'm not a stranger!"

"Hn," Kagome grunted, but decided not to answer that.

"I have a question...actually I have two, but who cares? Kikyou thinks your dead, right?" Inuyasha asked, momentarily serious.

Kagome nodded slowly. "Yeah, I think she doesn't know that I didn't die. I was just put in an enchanted sleep since she forgot that herb thingy, but I don't think she knows that. Somehow, every time before, she knew whether I was alive or not, so who's to say she won't figure it out?"

"If I ever see her again, I'll happily destroy her," Inuyasha offered gleefully.

Kagome frowned. She didn't really want to see that happen. "Maybe she's so sure that I'm dead she won't bother to see if I'm alive."

Inuyasha sulked. That wasn't how she was supposed to answer! She supposed fall into awe at his awesome powers to protect her. Damn...

"Whatever, but she's dead if we see her again," Inuyasha muttered.

"Remind me not to invite her to our wedding," Kagome grumbled.

"Would you have anyway?"

"No," Kagome said bluntly. "What was your other question?"

"...Uh," Inuyasha had to rack his brain to remember. "Why did Queeny want to kill you off in the first place?"

Kagome opened her mouth to answer, but had to stop. Why the hell did Kikyou try to kill her this time?

"...I have no idea," she admitted.

"Keh."

Kagome suddenly launched herself out of his arms and ran forward, spinning around to face him again with a beaming smile. "Let's go celebrate!!"

"Celebrate what?" Inu huffed, a scowl marking his face.

Yep, Kagome decided, Inuyasha was definitely being too sweet before. But she didn't really mind him like this either.

"Our engagement, silly! And Sango and Miroku's! AND the fact that they aren't dwarves anymore!" She gave him an amused glare.

"Keh," he huffed, "Or I could just celebrate the fact that this whole insane adventure is over."

"That works too," Kagome grabbed him by the arm and hauled him off into the laughing and dancing of the former dwarves.

And so they celebrated all night.

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Kanna watched with half lidded eyes the next morning as Kikyou approached her. Many generations ago, Kanna had accidentally became locked in her own mirror. Since then, Kikyou's family line had used her like a servant.

If asked a question in rhyme form, Kanna could only tell the truth. If asked a regular question, the youkai had a choice to lie.

Kanna half feared that Kikyou was about to ask her if Kagome was still alive, then the whole crazy thing would start again.

Only a strong miko could release her, and Kagome, although untrained, could do it alone with her raw power and pure heart. But when Kikyou had spent her whole life trying to destroy the younger princess, Kanna had given up hope that she'd be released any time soon.

If Kikyou asked her, at that moment, if Kagome was still alive, Kanna would have to say yes. And then the whole thing would start over again, Kagome would probably end up dead, and then the white haired little girl would never be free.

But, to her immense relief, Kikyou didn't ask. Instead she asked her famous question:

"Looking glass, looking glass, on the wall,

Who in my land is the most beautiful of them all."

Kanna sighed silently in relieve. A few hours before, Kagome and the others had left for Inuyasha's castle.

Technically...Kagome was no longer in Kikyou's land. She was in Sesshoumaru's.

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"You are, My Queen, once again,

In this land where we spend yen."

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"Thank you, Kanna," Kikyou nodded to the mirror youkai, satisfied with her answer.

"Of course," Kanna whispered drifting back and disappearing into the mists in her mirror. Now, all Kanna had to do was convince Kagome to release her from her prison. Then she wouldn't have to serve Kikyou anymore.

The problem?

Kagome probably had no idea how to...

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One Year Later

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The guests cheered as the blushing bride and the handsome groom joined in a deep, pleasurable kiss...

...Sealing their vows and showing to all that they were now bound together until death do they part.

Happily walking back down the aisle, the young woman smiled, her cheeks flushed with color and the man smirked smugly.

Nearly skipping in happiness, the few loose tendrils that had escaped her elegant upsweep of hair bounced. Her long silk, white kimono trailed on the ground as Sakura blossoms danced down from the sky.

And to no one's surprise, Inuyasha was wearing his fire rat clothes...

As soon as they reached the end of the many rows of onlookers, Kagome was tackled and hugged by her best friend. Sango squeezed the life out of the poor bride as she wished the couple happiness.

Miroku gave Inuyasha a manly handshake before giving up and hugging the groom as well. Inuyasha hastily pushed the laughing monk off.

Miroku then gave Kagome an innocent hug, being watched like a hawk by both his wife and the newest husband. Kagome returned it.

"Congratulations!" Sango and Miroku chorused, grinning madly at their two friends. Inuyasha scowled, but Kagome eagerly enough smiled back.

"Thank you," Kagome chirped, "And congratulations to you guys too. You've been married for one month! Sango-chan, I can't believe you haven't slaughtered him yet!"

Sango laughed merrily as Miroku looked off to the side while sweatdropping. Sango grinned, "Believe me, I've wanted to!"

"But she would never harm me!" Miroku announced as he slipped an arm around his wife's waist. His hand did stray however and the couple went into a few rounds of 'grope and slap' before they settled down again.

Some things never change.

Kagome noticed that they were still standing at the end of the aisle and the guests were waiting for the signal that they could leave for the after party. Kagome blushed and herded the other three away.

"I can't believe I'm finally married!" Kagome crowed. "And I don't have to scrub the latrines!"

Sango winced at that. "Ewww..."

Kagome grinned. "It's not that bad. Sheesh, Sango. You and housework are like Miroku and an all male bar."

Sango scowled.

Miroku pecked her on the cheek and the taijiya calmed some. "That's why I love her," Miroku announced, "She makes me clean the house!"

They all laughed, except for Inuyasha [who was snickering at the monk's pathetic-ness]. 'He just doesn't know how to handle his woman...he doesn't know how to be the man of the house.'

Although, the fact that Kagome made him garden seemed to slip his mind.

"Come on, it's almost evening and the party starts as soon as the sun sets," Kagome prodded them into moving towards a nearby clearing where a tent was set up.

Inuyasha sighed, but wrapped an arm comfortably around her shoulders and they started off, ready to celebrate the wonder that is Holy Matrimony.

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As the couple finished their dance, a set of steel gray eyes followed them from the shadows.

That morning Kikyou had been given word by Kanna, who was still in her service, that a woman who was more beautiful than Kikyou was marrying her beloved Inuyasha.
Kikyou, naturally, couldn't believe it.

How could she have not heard of this maiden before?

Just for precaution, the queen went to the wedding with plans to stop it and rightfully claim the lord's heart. But then she saw Kagome...

...Somehow that dreadful little brat had survived once more. The worst part was that Kikyou hadn't known about it for an entire year! How could Kanna keep such precious information from her?

Inuyasha and Kagome left the dance floor and drifted together out the door, holding hands and simply staring up at the sky. They weren't talking.

Inuyasha had never been much of a talker and Kagome enjoyed silence.

Kikyou set out after them, wanting to finish her goals once and for all. Kagome would die. And Inuyasha would have to as well if he couldn't live with the fact that him and Kikyou were meant to be together.

When Kikyou caught up with them, she was appalled to see them facing one another, holding hands and just looking dreamily at each other.

They were happy.

Happy and in love.

This just wouldn't do.

"Inuyasha!" Kikyou's deep voice cut through the pleasant silence between the newly weds. "How could you betray me?"

Inuyasha turned to look at her, the only emotion in his eyes now was irritation.

Kagome looked over confused, but clearly not afraid. "What are you doing here, Kikyou?"

Kikyou turned unbelieving eyes on her little stepsister. "Not only are you supposed to be dead, but you have just married my soul mate!"

Kagome blinked back at her. "Soul mate?"

"We were meant to be together," Kikyou drawled.

"Oh," Kagome shook her head sadly. "Kikyou you have to give this up! I'm Inuyasha's, not you. You have a kingdom to run, you can't be obsessed with killing me anymore. Our people need you to lead them!"

Kikyou frowned ever so slightly. "I will lead them, as soon as you are disposed of. Ever since your father and my mother married you have been in the way."

"I didn't do it on purpose," Kagome grumbled under her breath.

Inuyasha looked between the sisters, trying to decide what to do. Kikyou obviously meant business, but Kagome didn't seem to be afraid at all. Out of instinct, he pushed Kagome gently behind him, his body like some sort of shield.

"Leave Kikyou," he growled. He didn't have time with this. It was his wedding for hell's sake!

"Not until I get what I deserve," Kikyou told him calmly.

"I'll show you what you deserve," he flexed his claws menacingly, the moonlight reflecting off of the sharp edges.

Kagome scowled at him and reached forward to shove his hand down, causing him to look at her in utter confusion.

"I don't care if Kikyou and I don't get along, you're not killing her!"

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted. "Don't be stupid, she wants to kill you! You moron!"

"Shut up, jackass, and have a little heart," she argued back. "She's still my sister, by blood or marriage it doesn't matter."

Inuyasha glared at her. "Kagome, you're making a dumb mistake. Don't be so understanding!"

"Yes, Kagome's understanding is an admirable trait...but it will also be her downfall," Kikyou detached the long bow from her back and had an arrow notched before Kagome could registered the movement.

First the razor sharp, deadly point was aimed at Inuyasha, but then it lowered, slowly, to the princess.

Kagome had unwittingly stepped out from behind Inuyasha's safety during the argument.

"Die Kagome!" Kikyou commanded as she brought the string back until it was tight, preparing to let the weapon loose.

She didn't seem to remember the fact that Inuyasha was not human and could move pretty damn fast. Before Kikyou had a chance to go through with it, he had smacked the bow lose and the weapon clattered to the ground near Kagome.

His claws were a scant few centimeters from the queen's delicate neck. "You will not hurt Kagome," he hissed into her ear. He watched satisfied as her eyes widened in terror...

...But it was all an act. He'd let down his guard in triumph and that was all she needed to have a dagger at his throat.

But like hell Kagome would ever let Inuyasha die.

"Kikyou!" she shrieked, gaining the older girl's attention. Inuyasha jumped away from the young queen as Kagome let her arrow fly. Her aim was true and Kikyou shuddered from the impact as the arrow was lodged in her chest, just above her heart.

The impact caused Kikyou's head to fly back in surprise and her whole body to fall backwards into a large tree in the clearing.

Before anyone but Kagome knew what had happened, Kikyou was pinned to the tree, her eyes wide in surprise.

As she drifted asleep, Kikyou glared at her younger sister with hatred.

Kagome watched with indifference as she sent her wicked, older stepsister into an enchanted sleep. "Maybe when you wake up again, you'll be a little nicer."

Although she'd never advanced her miko powers, they were still strong and raw enough to do her bidding. The only real reason she was able to do such an advanced spell because her heart was mostly pure.

Inuyasha scowled at the pinned Kikyou and the calm Kagome. Damn, he was wrong, he hated being wrong. He'd thought Kagome couldn't protect herself and here she goes proving him incorrect.

With a sigh of annoyance, he linked his arm with Kagome's and started to drag her away from the sight of her sister pinned to a tree by an arrow.

He'd gotten the girl, he'd finished the adventure, and he'd proven Sesshoumaru wrong. Life was sweet.

"Where are we going?" Kagome asked innocently.

Inuyasha looked down at her and gave a wicked smirk, Kagome noted the gleam in his eye that would do Miroku proud. "It is our wedding night," he reminded her, the wicked grin still in place.

Kagome blushed, giggled, and then went off with him without protest.

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An Epilogue...of Sorts

Kikyou remained pinned to the tree for centuries to come. No one wanted to remove her and instead set up a shrine around her, to worship her as a goddess because of her cold beauty. However, in the year 2010 ad, a thief [Onigumo] accidentally ran face first into the tree, knocking the arrow loose. Kikyou spent the rest of her life as a shrine maiden since she could no longer be queen. She never did find a man to marry, but lived happily with her flying fez hat wearing monkeys. She did pass on her grandmother's beloved fork to a random passerbyer on the steet.
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Myouga the Flea served Inuyasha and his family until the day he died. His death was brought about by being stepped on.
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Kaede became the next protector of the Shikon no Tama mines. Although she hid it well behind her grandmotherly mask, she rather enjoyed cursing peopling into dwarves. When she was almost 95 years old she fell in love and married a real dwarf.
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Kanna, after several tries on Kagome's behalf, was released from her prison inside her own mirror.
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In a fit of insanity, Totsai (Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's dedicated blacksmith) married. Locals insist that it was to Totosai's three-eyed demon cow, but there are reports that the locals are also mentally unstable.
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Hojo lived a long, but dull, life. The two biggest events after being turned back into a human was the breaking of his toe, and the fact that he learned the word 'ow' during the incident. Witnesses say that it sounded more like 'Dur-ow'...
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Kagura finally killed Naraku off when he took one of their schemes too far. He wanted to con people into thinking Kagura was really blind...by actually removing her eyes.
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Kagura, her eyes still intact, basically disappeared from record. Although, there is a legend of a wind demoness marrying a dog demon...
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Rin, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's adorable little sister, married the servant boy Souta. Inuyasha had to physically restrain his brother from killing Souta when the announcement was made.
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Shippou was adopted by Kagome and grew up in their household. He was the heir and was given both the northern and western kingdoms when he became of age. Records show he married a kitsune vixen who enjoyed a good game of 'what if' and 'why' every once in awhile.
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Sesshoumaru ended up giving the Western Lands to Inuyasha and his wife for unknown reasons. Jaken, Sesshoumaru's 'personal assistant', insists that it was because the stoic lord fell madly in love. Unsurprisingly, he was ignored.
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Kouga was upgraded from huntsman to top guard because of Kagome's gratitude for sparing her life when Kikyou had ordered her death. For some reason, Kouga seemed to never hear the 'Kouga! I'm married to Inuyasha' and continued to pursue 'his woman' until death...there is reason to believe Inuyasha was somehow involved in it.
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Sango and Miroku lived long, healthy lives. To fake disgust, but secret pleasure, Sango had 23 children with her monk husband. 12 were girls, and only 11 happened to be boys. This caused an on going war of girls vs. boys...obviously, with Sango on their side, the girls won.
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Being married to a hanyou meant that Kagome's life was lengthened to his own. They ruled the Northern Kingdom and the Western Lands together and had many memorable arguments. Most of them were about nothing just so that they could 'make up' in the end.

They never had any children because, as Inuyasha pointed out, Shippou was enough of a handful. For unknown reasons, the royal couple had a well installed into the clearing where they had fallen in love. Rumor has it that it has to do with the fact that Kagome only came to the clearing in the first place so long ago to get water since the dwarves' cottage's was dry. The couple, however, says that that's not the reason...

...The real reason was never discovered.

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And so they lived strangely ever after...

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Thank you all for your support!
ENDING NOTE: In the original story [Brothers' Grim] the wicked queen was fitted with red hot iron shoes and forced to dance until she died. I didn't want to kill Kikyou, that's a bit much. The idea to pin her to a tree IS NOT MINE and was suggested by pruningshears in a chapter 3 review. The right goes to them!

Thank you! Fare thee well!

Ja ne!