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Come What May
Prologue
By: Shin Shin-chan
It was finally over. Two years of hunting and scrabbling in the dirt to find all the shards of the Shikon no Tama were over. Everyone had gotten their vengeance against Naraku. Meaning, of course, that the bastard had been killed.
Finally.
The battle had been long, and bloody. The ground had been stained red with the blood of all that took part. In the end, there was nothing left of Naraku. Death by disintegration. The Kaza no Kizu could work wonders. Amazing really. We all suffered many injuries, some serious. Miroku had been cradling Sango, who had at some point received a long, deep gash in her side, to his chest. Inuyasha's hair was streaked red with blood; his and mine. Shippo was cradled in my arms, his aqua eyes half hooded, just barley conscious. He had been so brave, charging right into Naraku to grab his Shikon shards before Inuyasha fired a full-blown attack on him. And bless his little soul; he was worried about how Kirara was.
Inuyasha had faired the worst. His body was littered with wounds of all sorts, and I could tell he was in a fair amount of pain, but he pulled me into an embrace non-the-less. After what seemed like only a few seconds, but I suspect it was really much longer than that, he staggered to his feet. He pulled me up along with him. I still say, even all these years later, that that simple act must have hurt like hell; he had stab wounds through both his shoulders. Miroku was helping Sango to her feet as well. The covering that had adorned his right hand for so many years hung loosely from his wrist, and upon seeing my gaze flutter to the cloth, he smiled weakly at me.
In his dazed state of mind, Shippo reached out towards the sky with his arms and said as plain as day, "Mama, Papa, you're okay now."
It was all I could do to stop from smothering him in a fierce hug.
Kirara was mewling sorrowfully from her spot on the ground. She couldn't stand; that bastard Naraku had gashed her side and hind leg too deeply. Sango made a sound of complete distress upon seeing her companion in such a state, and hurried as fast as she could to go collect her. And of course she ignored Miroku's insistent calls that she would aggravate her wounds. They slowly made their way over to Inuyasha and I. Inuyasha was just sheathing his sword, the Tetsuiga. Miroku seemed to be looking about for something, or someone. I just heaved a long suffering sigh.
Myouga had long since fled the clearing.
And Inuyasha had a slightly faraway look in his eyes. My heart ached for him. His first love, Kikyo, had gone to hell. Without him. I, personally, didn't give a damn. But you had to feel at least a little sorry for him. And I almost felt bad for her, going to hell without him. Well, not really.
*
It took us a full two days to get back to Kaede's. I bet we were quite a sight to behold, trudging slowly into the village, torn up and bloody. I had, at least, managed to wash most of the blood out of Inuyasha's hair. Only afterwards, it turned a slight shade of pink. My excuse was that I didn't have my shampoo. So, needless to say we all got our fair share of looks from the villagers, but Inuyasha received the most. It's not every day that you see the 'Almighty Inuyasha' with light pink hair. Needless to say he was more than slightly relieved when we reached Kaede's hut. She had some really handy salves that made us all feel loads better.
I have to admit I was pretty surprised when Inuyasha asked me to walk with him. Shippo, of course, had wanted to come, but a stern look from Inuyasha made him stay where he was, though I'm pretty sure he pouted the whole time we were gone. Inuyasha seemed, well, fidgety as we walked into the surrounding forest. It got on my nerves pretty quick. I pretty much demanded that he tell me what was wrong. He smiled sadly at me. Oh, the confusion. I just couldn't figure out for the life of me what was wrong with him. I must have sworn because he looked up sharply at me. I just grinned at him and said something to the effect of, "What? Did you honestly think that after being around you for two years I would still have virgin vocabulary?" And by God he laughed outright at me.
At first I didn't know if I should feel insulted or amazed. But, laughter is contagious. Pretty soon I was laughing along with him. And did I ever mention that I have, well, bad balance when I laugh too hard? Oopsy daisy. I ended up falling right into his chest, and let me tell you, we stopped laughing quick enough. I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest when he wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his chin on top of my head. I could feel his chest rumbling deeply against my back; I guess he was trying to sooth me. I think I leaned against him. We stayed like that for a while before he said anything.
"What are you going to do?" he had asked me.
"What do you mean what am I going to do?"
"The Jewel is complete."
"I can see that," I had said as I held the now whole Jewel in the palm of my hand.
Inuyasha was silent for a few minutes.
"You don't have a reason to stay here any longer," he had said quietly.
I sighed. "Yes, I do."
"You do?" he had asked, bewildered.
"Uh huh."
"And that would be. what?"
I turned around in his arms to face him and, shyly I have to admit, wrapped my arms around his waist also. He looked down at me and I smiled.
"Isn't it obvious?" I had asked sweetly.
Inuyasha shook his head slowly. My smile widened.
"You."
"Me?" he'd asked. I nodded. "Me," he repeated.
"Yes, you."
"But, I'm hanyou."
"Inuyasha you should know by now that that doesn't matter to me."
Inuyasha's eyes widened marginally.
"Really?" he'd asked.
"Yes, really. Inuyasha, I- I love you for you. It doesn't matter to me that you're half demon. You're still you."
I really hadn't planed to say that. It had just sort of come out. But, mind you, I was still afraid of him rejecting me, so I averted my eyes as soon as I realized just what I had said.
"Kagome," he said softly as he took my chin and made me look at him, "do you really mean that?"
I nodded. "Yes?" Inuyasha chuckled deeply.
"Was that a question, or a statement?"
I was just about to open my mouth to say something when Inuyasha swooped down and kissed me quickly on the mouth.
"I love you, too, Kagome," he whispered as he pulled me into a hug.
I just sigh happily.
*
When we got back to Kaede's Shippo happily hopped into my arms. I have to say I grinned my fool head off upon seeing Miroku holding Sango in his arms; she was not resisting in the least. Kirara was also feeling tons better. Inuyasha and I had already decided that it would be better if we stayed in my time. Now don't get me wrong, we both love it in the Feudal Era, but we thought it would be better for our children, or pups as he called them, to get the advanced education that was offered in my time. No one was really surprised when we told them over dinner. In fact, they seemed like they had expected it. We had also agreed upon taking Shippo with us, I figured that if we didn't he would slip into depression because he was so attached to me.
Towards the end of dinner I was struck with inspiration. I dragged Inuyasha back outside. He whined the whole way about how his Ramen was going to get cold. When we were far enough away, I stopped and explained to him what good friends Sango and I were, and how it would absolutely devastate her if I were to leave forever. And of course he just couldn't see my point. So I told him, rather bluntly, that Sango and Miroku would be coming to live with us in my time. If they agreed to it of course. At first Inuyasha had been strongly apposed to the idea. But I, of course, being the kick ass woman I am, eventually won the argument.
Miroku and Sango were appropriately shocked when I announced my idea to them. At first they weren't so sure, but when I mentioned that their children, when they had any, would receive a higher degree of education, they agreed. Shippo innocently asked Kaede if she would be coming with us. She just laughed and said that she was still needed in the village.
*
We left around noon the next day. We all collected our belongings, which there weren't that much of. Most of the village came to either bid us farewell, or give us their luck. Even Sesshoumaru showed up. That was a big, no, huge surprise to, well, everybody. Shippo and Rin said a lengthy farewell, while Sesshoumaru informed Inuyasha that he was no longer interested in taking the Tetsuiga from him. Or killing him for that matter.
It was an uneasy truce.
Finally after almost and hour of goodbyes and the like, we were all on our way to the Well. Upon reaching the clearing, I handed Sango the Shikon Jewel and told her that she would need it to get through to my time, and that she also had to hold Miroku's hand as she jumped in. And of course hold onto Kirara. Miroku was curious as how Inuyasha, Shippo and I were going to pass through. I explained to him that because the Shikon no Tama was once inside my body, that I wouldn't need to be in direct contact with it to pass through to my time. He nodded in understanding.
I heaved a shaky breath, and stepped up to the Well. Shippo jumped up onto my shoulder. Inuyasha stepped up to my side, reached for my hand, and gave it a reassuring squeeze. Just as I was about to jump in, I remembered something. Grinning sheepishly, I called over my shoulder to Sango and Miroku telling them to wait a minute after we jumped through to make sure we got out of the Well. Sango nodded at me and smiled nervously. Miroku put his arm around her. With that taken care of, I turned back to Inuyasha, and on the count of three, we jumped into the inky blackness of the Bone eaters well.
When we reached the other side, I clambered onto Inuyasha's back, and he jumped out of the Well. Exactly one minute later, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara appeared. I through them down a rope ladder.
*
I swear to God my Mother almost had a heart attack when I showed up at the door with Inuyasha, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara, in that order. It was either all of the people, or the state we were in. We all, well, except for the demon percentage of us, had ugly scabs on our bodies, and out clothes were in tatters. After her initial shock, she ushered us all into the living room (Miroku and Sango walk slower than the rest of us, they had never been in my time before.) After everybody was situated, my Mother dragged me off into the kitchen and went into a lengthy speech, during which she managed to say nothing except, "What the hell do you think you're doing, bringing all these people here?!" in many, many different ways. I finally had to tell her to whole story, and afterwards, being the helpful and understanding Mother she is, she agreed to let everybody stay.
*
Inuyasha had firmly stated that I would finish school, not questions asked. He also agreed to let me go to college, which, of course, he didn't see a need for. But after seeing how important it was to me, he gave in. So, after four years of college, I was finally done with school! By this time Inuyasha had picked up on some of the customs of this time, and surprised the hell out of me by proposing to me on stage in front of the entire graduating year. (We had agreed that we shouldn't marry right away, at least until I finished school.) I accepted, and I got another shock when the entire crown began to cheer and throw hats into the air.
We had a small, beautiful wedding two months later. Sango and Miroku were wed not long afterwards.
*
Nine months later I gave birth to twins. A cute-as-a-button little girl, who I named Rayne, and a handsome-as-his-father little boy, who Inuyasha proudly named Inasho. I was relieved to see that they had no demon attributes except slightly stronger nails, and heightened senses of hearing, smell, and sight. They were both born with tiny mops of black hair. Rayne had bright blue eyes; Inasho had emerald green. They were perfect.
A month and a half later, Sango birthed a beautiful baby boy; the son Miroku had always wanted. He was dubbed, naturally, Miroku Jr. He was born with stunning purple eyes, and he too had black hair. Miroku was grinning from ear to ear when he held him, and Sango had tears in her eyes. They were just so damn happy.
*
Well, now it's been fifteen years. Miroku Jr. or Miro as my kids call him has grown into quite the charming young man. So has Inasho, who's hair, fatefully, slowly turned white during the years, and Rayne inherited my natural blue highlights, only hers are darker and can be seen better. Their eyes have also changed. Rayne's beautiful blue eyes became streaked with purple, like Miro's, and Inasho's became streaked with gold, like his father's. But it was okay with them. Their friend's thought they had dyed their hair and wore contacts. Miro and my children are the best of friends. Well, that can only be expected when they live in the same house.
And today is the twins fifteenth birthday.
*
Alright! That's that. THIS IS NOT A ONE SHOT!!! This is just what has already happened from Kagome's point of view. Okay, so this is basically, well, let me put it this way. This takes place after Naraku is killed, and Kagome and Inuyasha, and Miroku and Sango are married and have kids. So, this is going to be about what happens afterwards.
Have fun with it!! Oh, and R&R! Reviews help me write faster dontchaknow!
Come What May
Prologue
By: Shin Shin-chan
It was finally over. Two years of hunting and scrabbling in the dirt to find all the shards of the Shikon no Tama were over. Everyone had gotten their vengeance against Naraku. Meaning, of course, that the bastard had been killed.
Finally.
The battle had been long, and bloody. The ground had been stained red with the blood of all that took part. In the end, there was nothing left of Naraku. Death by disintegration. The Kaza no Kizu could work wonders. Amazing really. We all suffered many injuries, some serious. Miroku had been cradling Sango, who had at some point received a long, deep gash in her side, to his chest. Inuyasha's hair was streaked red with blood; his and mine. Shippo was cradled in my arms, his aqua eyes half hooded, just barley conscious. He had been so brave, charging right into Naraku to grab his Shikon shards before Inuyasha fired a full-blown attack on him. And bless his little soul; he was worried about how Kirara was.
Inuyasha had faired the worst. His body was littered with wounds of all sorts, and I could tell he was in a fair amount of pain, but he pulled me into an embrace non-the-less. After what seemed like only a few seconds, but I suspect it was really much longer than that, he staggered to his feet. He pulled me up along with him. I still say, even all these years later, that that simple act must have hurt like hell; he had stab wounds through both his shoulders. Miroku was helping Sango to her feet as well. The covering that had adorned his right hand for so many years hung loosely from his wrist, and upon seeing my gaze flutter to the cloth, he smiled weakly at me.
In his dazed state of mind, Shippo reached out towards the sky with his arms and said as plain as day, "Mama, Papa, you're okay now."
It was all I could do to stop from smothering him in a fierce hug.
Kirara was mewling sorrowfully from her spot on the ground. She couldn't stand; that bastard Naraku had gashed her side and hind leg too deeply. Sango made a sound of complete distress upon seeing her companion in such a state, and hurried as fast as she could to go collect her. And of course she ignored Miroku's insistent calls that she would aggravate her wounds. They slowly made their way over to Inuyasha and I. Inuyasha was just sheathing his sword, the Tetsuiga. Miroku seemed to be looking about for something, or someone. I just heaved a long suffering sigh.
Myouga had long since fled the clearing.
And Inuyasha had a slightly faraway look in his eyes. My heart ached for him. His first love, Kikyo, had gone to hell. Without him. I, personally, didn't give a damn. But you had to feel at least a little sorry for him. And I almost felt bad for her, going to hell without him. Well, not really.
*
It took us a full two days to get back to Kaede's. I bet we were quite a sight to behold, trudging slowly into the village, torn up and bloody. I had, at least, managed to wash most of the blood out of Inuyasha's hair. Only afterwards, it turned a slight shade of pink. My excuse was that I didn't have my shampoo. So, needless to say we all got our fair share of looks from the villagers, but Inuyasha received the most. It's not every day that you see the 'Almighty Inuyasha' with light pink hair. Needless to say he was more than slightly relieved when we reached Kaede's hut. She had some really handy salves that made us all feel loads better.
I have to admit I was pretty surprised when Inuyasha asked me to walk with him. Shippo, of course, had wanted to come, but a stern look from Inuyasha made him stay where he was, though I'm pretty sure he pouted the whole time we were gone. Inuyasha seemed, well, fidgety as we walked into the surrounding forest. It got on my nerves pretty quick. I pretty much demanded that he tell me what was wrong. He smiled sadly at me. Oh, the confusion. I just couldn't figure out for the life of me what was wrong with him. I must have sworn because he looked up sharply at me. I just grinned at him and said something to the effect of, "What? Did you honestly think that after being around you for two years I would still have virgin vocabulary?" And by God he laughed outright at me.
At first I didn't know if I should feel insulted or amazed. But, laughter is contagious. Pretty soon I was laughing along with him. And did I ever mention that I have, well, bad balance when I laugh too hard? Oopsy daisy. I ended up falling right into his chest, and let me tell you, we stopped laughing quick enough. I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest when he wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his chin on top of my head. I could feel his chest rumbling deeply against my back; I guess he was trying to sooth me. I think I leaned against him. We stayed like that for a while before he said anything.
"What are you going to do?" he had asked me.
"What do you mean what am I going to do?"
"The Jewel is complete."
"I can see that," I had said as I held the now whole Jewel in the palm of my hand.
Inuyasha was silent for a few minutes.
"You don't have a reason to stay here any longer," he had said quietly.
I sighed. "Yes, I do."
"You do?" he had asked, bewildered.
"Uh huh."
"And that would be. what?"
I turned around in his arms to face him and, shyly I have to admit, wrapped my arms around his waist also. He looked down at me and I smiled.
"Isn't it obvious?" I had asked sweetly.
Inuyasha shook his head slowly. My smile widened.
"You."
"Me?" he'd asked. I nodded. "Me," he repeated.
"Yes, you."
"But, I'm hanyou."
"Inuyasha you should know by now that that doesn't matter to me."
Inuyasha's eyes widened marginally.
"Really?" he'd asked.
"Yes, really. Inuyasha, I- I love you for you. It doesn't matter to me that you're half demon. You're still you."
I really hadn't planed to say that. It had just sort of come out. But, mind you, I was still afraid of him rejecting me, so I averted my eyes as soon as I realized just what I had said.
"Kagome," he said softly as he took my chin and made me look at him, "do you really mean that?"
I nodded. "Yes?" Inuyasha chuckled deeply.
"Was that a question, or a statement?"
I was just about to open my mouth to say something when Inuyasha swooped down and kissed me quickly on the mouth.
"I love you, too, Kagome," he whispered as he pulled me into a hug.
I just sigh happily.
*
When we got back to Kaede's Shippo happily hopped into my arms. I have to say I grinned my fool head off upon seeing Miroku holding Sango in his arms; she was not resisting in the least. Kirara was also feeling tons better. Inuyasha and I had already decided that it would be better if we stayed in my time. Now don't get me wrong, we both love it in the Feudal Era, but we thought it would be better for our children, or pups as he called them, to get the advanced education that was offered in my time. No one was really surprised when we told them over dinner. In fact, they seemed like they had expected it. We had also agreed upon taking Shippo with us, I figured that if we didn't he would slip into depression because he was so attached to me.
Towards the end of dinner I was struck with inspiration. I dragged Inuyasha back outside. He whined the whole way about how his Ramen was going to get cold. When we were far enough away, I stopped and explained to him what good friends Sango and I were, and how it would absolutely devastate her if I were to leave forever. And of course he just couldn't see my point. So I told him, rather bluntly, that Sango and Miroku would be coming to live with us in my time. If they agreed to it of course. At first Inuyasha had been strongly apposed to the idea. But I, of course, being the kick ass woman I am, eventually won the argument.
Miroku and Sango were appropriately shocked when I announced my idea to them. At first they weren't so sure, but when I mentioned that their children, when they had any, would receive a higher degree of education, they agreed. Shippo innocently asked Kaede if she would be coming with us. She just laughed and said that she was still needed in the village.
*
We left around noon the next day. We all collected our belongings, which there weren't that much of. Most of the village came to either bid us farewell, or give us their luck. Even Sesshoumaru showed up. That was a big, no, huge surprise to, well, everybody. Shippo and Rin said a lengthy farewell, while Sesshoumaru informed Inuyasha that he was no longer interested in taking the Tetsuiga from him. Or killing him for that matter.
It was an uneasy truce.
Finally after almost and hour of goodbyes and the like, we were all on our way to the Well. Upon reaching the clearing, I handed Sango the Shikon Jewel and told her that she would need it to get through to my time, and that she also had to hold Miroku's hand as she jumped in. And of course hold onto Kirara. Miroku was curious as how Inuyasha, Shippo and I were going to pass through. I explained to him that because the Shikon no Tama was once inside my body, that I wouldn't need to be in direct contact with it to pass through to my time. He nodded in understanding.
I heaved a shaky breath, and stepped up to the Well. Shippo jumped up onto my shoulder. Inuyasha stepped up to my side, reached for my hand, and gave it a reassuring squeeze. Just as I was about to jump in, I remembered something. Grinning sheepishly, I called over my shoulder to Sango and Miroku telling them to wait a minute after we jumped through to make sure we got out of the Well. Sango nodded at me and smiled nervously. Miroku put his arm around her. With that taken care of, I turned back to Inuyasha, and on the count of three, we jumped into the inky blackness of the Bone eaters well.
When we reached the other side, I clambered onto Inuyasha's back, and he jumped out of the Well. Exactly one minute later, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara appeared. I through them down a rope ladder.
*
I swear to God my Mother almost had a heart attack when I showed up at the door with Inuyasha, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara, in that order. It was either all of the people, or the state we were in. We all, well, except for the demon percentage of us, had ugly scabs on our bodies, and out clothes were in tatters. After her initial shock, she ushered us all into the living room (Miroku and Sango walk slower than the rest of us, they had never been in my time before.) After everybody was situated, my Mother dragged me off into the kitchen and went into a lengthy speech, during which she managed to say nothing except, "What the hell do you think you're doing, bringing all these people here?!" in many, many different ways. I finally had to tell her to whole story, and afterwards, being the helpful and understanding Mother she is, she agreed to let everybody stay.
*
Inuyasha had firmly stated that I would finish school, not questions asked. He also agreed to let me go to college, which, of course, he didn't see a need for. But after seeing how important it was to me, he gave in. So, after four years of college, I was finally done with school! By this time Inuyasha had picked up on some of the customs of this time, and surprised the hell out of me by proposing to me on stage in front of the entire graduating year. (We had agreed that we shouldn't marry right away, at least until I finished school.) I accepted, and I got another shock when the entire crown began to cheer and throw hats into the air.
We had a small, beautiful wedding two months later. Sango and Miroku were wed not long afterwards.
*
Nine months later I gave birth to twins. A cute-as-a-button little girl, who I named Rayne, and a handsome-as-his-father little boy, who Inuyasha proudly named Inasho. I was relieved to see that they had no demon attributes except slightly stronger nails, and heightened senses of hearing, smell, and sight. They were both born with tiny mops of black hair. Rayne had bright blue eyes; Inasho had emerald green. They were perfect.
A month and a half later, Sango birthed a beautiful baby boy; the son Miroku had always wanted. He was dubbed, naturally, Miroku Jr. He was born with stunning purple eyes, and he too had black hair. Miroku was grinning from ear to ear when he held him, and Sango had tears in her eyes. They were just so damn happy.
*
Well, now it's been fifteen years. Miroku Jr. or Miro as my kids call him has grown into quite the charming young man. So has Inasho, who's hair, fatefully, slowly turned white during the years, and Rayne inherited my natural blue highlights, only hers are darker and can be seen better. Their eyes have also changed. Rayne's beautiful blue eyes became streaked with purple, like Miro's, and Inasho's became streaked with gold, like his father's. But it was okay with them. Their friend's thought they had dyed their hair and wore contacts. Miro and my children are the best of friends. Well, that can only be expected when they live in the same house.
And today is the twins fifteenth birthday.
*
Alright! That's that. THIS IS NOT A ONE SHOT!!! This is just what has already happened from Kagome's point of view. Okay, so this is basically, well, let me put it this way. This takes place after Naraku is killed, and Kagome and Inuyasha, and Miroku and Sango are married and have kids. So, this is going to be about what happens afterwards.
Have fun with it!! Oh, and R&R! Reviews help me write faster dontchaknow!