chapter 1

Kagome blinked open her eyes as she awoke from the brief nap she had fallen into. As her saphire blue orbs ajusted to the bright sunlight she rolled over onto her stomache. Dandelions sprouted here and there in the field where she lay. She reached out a delicate hand and gently began to tickle the tummy of her adopted kit son. As he began to squirm trying in vain to escape her tiklish clutches he set the dandelion's seeds to flying where they hovered momentarily before settling back down. Shippo sat up with a sneeze. As he looked down at his beloved mother a flower sprouted. Pushing itself up and out of the very ground. Shippo plucked the rose off and handed it to his mother.

"Your getting very good at that my Little Koi!" Kagome told the kit as she placed the rose behind her ear.

Her kit beamed at her in triumph. A couple of weeks ago they would'nt have been able to just sit and enjoy the world and the peace that sometimes could be found within it. A couple of weeks ago they would have still have been fighting for the last remaining jewel shards the raven haired girl mused to herself. She smiled to herself as she once again realized how wonderful it was to be alive and how lucky she was. Now she could watch her 'Little Koi'grow along with his powers. Naraku had been defeated and the Shikon No Tama completly put back together again. She and her kit had retired back to her time for good now knowing all was right with the world. Sango and Miroku had finally realized how much they meant to one another after Miroku's near death during the final battle. The had promptly gotten married directly afterwards. Kagome fully expected that the entire demon exterminator's village would be repopulated if she was any judge on Miroku's perverse nature. As for Inuyasha ... well she had given up on him. He never had decided who he wanted to be with. It still hurt though. His indesisiveness that is.

Kagome slowly got to her feet as she and Shippo made there way back to the shrine. She glanced at the old well house as they passed by it. It had been sealed after they returned home for the last time. No demon would ever be able to get through again. She no longer had to worry about her families safety. She still could not quite control the miko powers she had been born with but she was determined.

She scooped up the energetic kit as they walked in the back entrance to the shrine. She grabbed the telephone in the hallway and started dialing numbers as she tried to call her cousin Yusuke. She missed him. It made sense she hadn't really seen him much in almost two years thanks to her 'sickness'. She planned on making up for all the lost time now. He also had to be introduced to her son... well the human looking version that is.

'I don't think he could handle the whole demon thing' she thought with a wry smile. As if there wouldn't be enough questions already.

"Hey Yusuke? It's Kagome!"