Kagome had been living within her new home for many years now. She was now a very beautiful women and had grown out in all the right places. Her hair had grown out much longer and seemed to be more of a darker raven black then before. Her eyes where the same color brown as they always had been. Even though this was Kagome's human side that had grown, her demon side had done the same. She opted to stay in her human form.
Kagome had grown accustom to living in the castle with her Sesshomaru and adopted daughter Rin. Rin had grown up quite well and was becoming quite the lady Men of noble blood have come to notice this along with some demons. Rin was not much up to the idea of finding a mate, when Sesshomaru thought it was best. Kagome wanted Rin to find the right person to spend her life with just has she had.
Sesshomaru had changed as well. His cold icy heart had melted a bit towards everyone. Though Kagome got almost all of his love along with Rin, others have come into his kindness.
Kagome had seen her friends off and on. The baby had been born with no complications and Sango and Miroku loved her very much and named her Kira. Shippo was growing into a handsome young man and was getting the beast education he could get.
Kagome's family was doing well for themselves. Her grandfather had pasted away, but Kagome was able to be by his side at the time. She had eased his pain away by using her miko powers. She had learn how to use her powers by another miko of high stature. Kagome's brother was a man now and was doing quite well for himself. He had become a teacher in a elementary school. Her mother was doing well for herself. She was not alone in the home that once had so many people within its doors, because Sango and Miroku built a home not too far from her home. It was almost in on the same lot.
The years had gone by fast. Kagome had not only looked for the jewel shards, but finished her training with Sesshomaru and was almost finished with her miko training. The hunt though had not been going so well. Sesshomaru didn't want her running about alone and he did not have all the time in the world to go with her. Kagome had secretly gone off more then once with Kirara ever since Sango gave her to Kagome. Kagome could no longer do so, because Kirara was with children. No one truly know how.
It was moon less night and Kagome was walking though that garden that Rin and her self had brought back to life. When she felt Sesshomaru's eye wonder off of her silo wet, she ran off to Rin's room. By the time the demon lord looked back she was gone. With a low growl he shook his head. "What am I going to do with you my love."
When the woman got to the room, she found a ready to practice Rin. Kagome had been secretly training the girl in combat and so on. The two did it late at night when Sesshomaru would be working in his study. Tonight was one of those nights. Kagome had noticed that Rin was not being trained in any self defense of any kind. She thought that her training her would not go over well with Sesshomaru, so they did it in secret.
When the two made it to the well finished dojo Kagome went strait to work on teaching her pupil on little tricks to get away from and opponent.
Rin had been a fast learner though all their sessions together, but there where things that Kagome started to not think she herself could teach the young woman.
They practiced well into the night, before Kagome noticed the girl before her start to tier. "We shall call it a night. Rin go get some well deserved sleep."
"Thank you mom! I was starting to get tired. Its quite a work out you know." Leaving behind her mother figure Rin went to take a quick bath and then she was off to bed.
Kagome looked around the dojo remembering her training with the lord or most of the time one of with his caption or another solider. They all thought that she was a quick leaner and was exceptional with a bow. She also had come to be good with a sword or two daggers of a longer length. She also came to think about how she had to fight to get some servants to listen to her. She was not welcomed by all in the demon lord home.
Kagome walked out of the dojo in search of Kirara. She found the small cat demon laying next to another semi-look-a-like cat, but was of different color. Kagome smiled down at the two. She had wished that all her friends could be happen and most of them had. There was one that was always on her mind.
"I haven't been back there for so long. I should go visit." Kagome said to herself as she walked off to her and her mates room to find him sleeping silently in their bed. She went over to him and placed a kiss on his cheek. It was a silent good bye. She then walked over to a closet to get some cloths. She had many kimonos, some fighting outfits, and a few miko outfits. She changed into a fighting outfit and pack a few other pieces. Kagome then went back over to the bed and took one last look at her lover, before she took her sword, daggers, and her bow along with arrows.
Leaving the room she found her way to the stables. She had asked Sesshomaru to get her some horses since she had always wanted one. He had gotten her two and told her that she would have to take care of the animals. He hadn't much cared for them.
She walked up to the two horses. One was a pure white, while the other was a midnight black. She took the black one out and got him read to go. When he was all bridled and saddled up they took off into that night.
Then next morning Sesshomaru wandered about his home looking for his mate. He had gone to bed without her and was now not all too sure that was such a good idea. He had asked everyone in the castle and was told that they had not seen her since last night.
Rin soon came up to her adopted father. She was not as worried as he was about Kagomes ware bouts. "My lord. I went to the stables to see if the horses where still here. Rin only saw one. That must mean that Kagome took the other one. Right?"
Sesshomaru thought about it for a moment and with a frustrated sigh said, "I be leave you are right Rin." With that he went off to his study to await the return of his mate.
It had taken Kagome what was left of the night and a good portion of the day to get to where she was headed. She stopped in a clearing that had once been cut down. Memories started to flood back and her eyes started to water as she walked over to a tree that had become sacred to the woman. She visited this spot many time in the past and had seemed to come fewer and fewer.
There was a slight breeze that day as Kagome reach a once young boy, who had become a man within the time she spent with him and was now pined to a tree. The words, as she spoke them, seemed to fought away in the wind, "I am so sorry… Inuyasha."