InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru, sit! ❯ Epilogue: The Never Ending Story ( Chapter 30 )

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

The title of this chapter inspired by my dear TallyYoungBlood. Waaah! I love you all! This has been wonderful for me, two times over. I'm a lazy idiot for whom it took forever to finish a fic. I'm sorry about that, and can only hope that it was at least a little bit worth the wait. I enjoyed every moment, every death threat after a particularly nasty cliffhanger, and every review and reviewer I've known.

There were a couple of nicknames for Sesshy I had wanted so badly to use but never got to fit anywhere. Created by the awesome the-lights-there and her friends. My fav is FlufftoGo and SirProfessorCuddleFluffikins. Muaha! If I make a sequal I'm definitely using them!!!!

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Review replies:

Babykitty101101: Oh, man! But this is the very end! My muse had spoken already…I'm thinking of a sequel to the story though. So many ideas sloshing around in my head. Ah, don't kill me! I'm too young!!! I'm glad you're passionate enough about it that you'd threaten me. Lol! I hope you like it! For now. -glomp-

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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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Junihitoe: An extremely elegant and highly complex kimono that was only worn by court-ladies in Japan. Literally translated it means "twelve-layer robe". (definition from the website wikipedia.)

Farthing: An old British coin worth around a quarter of a penny, (definition from the website wikipedia.) out as early as 1279 AD. So Sesshoumaru can know about it, wanderer that he is X3

Taiyoukai: Demon lord.

Taijiya: Demon exterminator.

Houshi: Monk.

Hanyou: Half demon.

Miko: Priestess.

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EPILOGUE: The Never Ending Story

Ran frowned in concentration, her blue eyes narrowed as she wiped the smeared blood from her three-year-old's mouth. “You really shouldn't mimic your father, Tetsu. He's a messy eater.”

Ginta looked at his wife innocently, chewing away at his recent kill. Their youngest, a one-year-old bombshell of a girl named Amaya, squealed and jumped on his back; something she did at every opportunity. She made a point of jumping on Kouga's back at every opportunity as well, never mind that the wolf prince would be in the middle of a meeting with other tribe members, or having another outing with Yashi, the volatile crow demon.

If at any point in time the prince lost his temper with either Ran's or Tenshi's children, payback was a given. Not in public of course, because that would undermine their prince's authority. Setting Amaya on the offending prince for hours on end was a technique the two lovely wolfs found to be extremely effective. Ran and Tenshi respected Kouga greatly, but not when he was overworking their husbands or harassing their children.

Tenshi walked in then, carrying her newborn baby boy in her arms and followed by her other two little girls. “Lunching late, I see?”

Ran glared at her dearest friend and shrugged. “It took Ginta a while to catch food today.”

They may be best friends, but the two were still as competitive as ever. And the speed with which food was caught mattered to the both of them. But then so did fur making, dishwashing, laundry hanging, baby bathing….child birth. So far the score was even, and they made sure never to bother their husbands about the secret score-keeping.

“Are you coming with us tomorrow to the gathering Amaya-sama and Sesshoumaru-sama are having?” Tenshi asked, gold eyes twinkling with excitement.

“I would never miss it,” Ran assured, wiping away the last of the blood and sending her son off to play.

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Sesshoumaru gazed out upon his lands, thinking of the next day's troublesome evening. Every month, his mate threw a small, but jolly social gathering, inviting only their closest friends and allies. The Lord did not particularly enjoy or appreciate the gesture, but he figured it pleased his wife, as well as strengthened the bond between himself and his allies.

Sesshoumaru only minded that his brother -who'd been recently married to the young “college graduate” miko - was asked to attend, along with the demon slayer and her reformed womanizing husband. The latter couple's two female children attended by default, despite his reservations on the matter. Even the crow demon, Yashi, had been invited along with prince Kouga. The relationship of the two allies was still uncertain, according to Amaya. Not that he gave a flying farthing either way.

And it annoyed him that his own daughter was becoming fast friends with the other children in the gathering, especially the humans.

Amaya told him to expect this, since Aneko was alarmingly human-looking herself. He had been shocked out of his mind when his daughter had been born human, and even more shocked when she showed powerful demon qualities from the very first week of her life. Now, almost two years old, even he had trouble catching her without effort once she decided to run. Her mother, who'd began developing demon-like qualities herself since the pregnancy, was the only one with any sort of control over the gifted child. The pregnancy seemed to open an invisible door to his mate's body, stopping its aging and multiplying its power a thousand folds. Despite the fact that she looked human as ever.

He rolled the beads around his neck between his fingers. They were now a mere accessory, and one of the few things he owned that held a sentimental value. Not so strange then, that his brother had also kept his own inactive beads for very much the same reasons. Amaya had been strangely tearful when he'd told her he decided to keep wearing the necklace, after it had been de-spelled by the -dishonest and misleading- old miko.

Having a family brought him peace, and a contentment he had not foreseen. The irritating fairy woman his daughter had been named in honor of had called it “happiness”. And he found he was proud of them both, Aneko and Amaya. And loved them, despite his efforts to distance himself for the sake of tradition. Stubborn, opinionated and loving, the two females refused to be pushed away; they were mother and daughter indeed. Even Rin had a place in their midst, as a big sister for Aneko, and daughter for Amaya. His ward could not be happier.

He grunted once in humor, remembering how his -at the time- online-college-attending wife had managed to get a confession out of him in the year of their engagement -an engagement she had insisted upon until she was of an acceptable age.

But that was another story.

“Sesshoumaru!”

The Taiyoukai turned at his wife's voice, seeing her appear flushed from the trees. “Where have you been? I'm supposed to leave for my monthly visit to my parents and Aneko is screaming for her Daddy. She's with Rin, but I can't leave until she's seen you and calmed down.” She walked toward him, holding his sleeve intimately once at his side and smiling mischievously.

He grunted and leaned down to brush her lips briefly, pulling her close. She looked regal and beautiful in her junihitoe kimonos, yet he found he did not mind the assortment of jeans, skirts, shirts and sundresses she loved to wear once they were alone. She was wearing one of the latter now. “You will return later today,” he said evenly, a bit of annoyance lacing his voice.

His in-laws seemed to take the supernatural news amazingly well, especially after she'd brought them a baby girl the spitting image of her two years after she told her tale. It seemed her parents had always known their unusual ancestry would result in something like this and the tale did not seem as unbelievable to them. Sesshoumaru, unlike his daughter, could not pass through to Amaya's world as a result of his inactive beads, and so his wife was easily able to leave out his demon nature -as well as their daughter's- for everyone's peace of mind. Even though, all things considered, that should not be much of an issue.

Amaya looked scandalized. “You've got to be kidding. That's barely any time-!”

“I said today, woman,” he cut in unyieldingly, holding her gaze.

She raised her brows quizzically. He was bossy as ever, but she knew he didn't like having her stay away for long. And she just loved it when he tried to bully her into doing what he wanted. It made not doing it so much more fun…When she had a perfectly good reason to ignore him, of course. “I'll do my best.”

She laughed and took off running when he glared, knowing he couldn't catch her as easily anymore, and would probably find it below him to try.

She just loved him so much, bully that he was. She knew he felt just as strongly about her and their daughter, and Rin. He almost never said any such thing, but his body language told her. His actions told her. His heart told hers.

And she was nothing if not an excellent listener…

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THE END

Oh, I'm quite happy with this ending. I hope you liked it too!

A continuation for this fic (and a prequel to the epilogue…hinted at above) is possible if lots of people are interested and tell me so. Otherwise I'll…do something else I guess. I'd say this is a great time to finish up Lady's Man of the West as well. A fic where -among other things- Kouga and Sesshoumaru turn into girls. Oh, I miss messing with them! Muahaha!

Also, I'd like some ideas about what to write next if a sequel to this doesn't interest you. Give `em to me in reviews if you can. If one of the ideas sticks I'll write it. So much fun awaits! Oh, you can give me ideas about other anime series as well! Um…like Prince of Tennis, Slam Dunk, Naruto…can't think of anymore at the moment. Inspire me!

And thank you, everyone. I'm so happy it's over, finally. I loved writing it, and loved all the feedback I got from you. For those who just read, I hope you enjoyed it and I'm so glad you stuck around till the end. LOVE YOU everyone! -super glomp-

Now I can start editing to my heart's content. Thank you Janika, Akana Akazen, FluffyDemonSheepdog, and everyone who ever gave me constructive criticism. I valued those more than you can imagine.

Do tell me where I mess up, and I'll do my best to fix it. Thanks!

So for the last time…Read and Reviewwww! I hope THAT part never ends XD

Note: As you've noticed, Kohaku and Kanna do not exist in my fic…in fact Sesshoumaru's arm has been healed (or otherwise has never been severed in the first place). I saw the final Inuyasha chapter (manga) not too long ago (after the epilogue was already written) and I was very happy with most of it! Yaaaay!