Title: Empty Nest
Author: landofthekwt
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Rating: G
Universe: For Her by Priestess Skye
Birthday Fic for Priestess Skye
Summary: Inuyasha ponders his empty house after his last child leaves home.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha may belong to RT and various corporations, but For Her and Cho belong to Priestess Skye
A/N Happy Birthday Skye. I would like to thank you for the many hours of pleasure that For Her
have given has given me.
All guests had finally left. All of the children and their mates were gone. It was just the two of them alone in the that big empty house. As Inuyasha walked through the halls he could hear the echoes of their laughter. In the dojo he could remember all the times he had sparred with them here. He had taught them everything that he ever knew.
Cho's melodious voice could be heard in each of the their rooms, telling them tales of their great and glorious father and the evil hanyou he had vanquished. As he watched she dried the tears of the little ones and told them that everything would be all right. Even he had believed her.
They were alone again. It had been so long that he could hardly remember it. He was not sure how to react to it. The feeling brought back bad memories of his childhood and he shivered.
They had been alone when they had arrived here. He had carved their home from stone and drove the youkai from this place. It was here they had made their stand. It was here that they raised their children. It was here that together with their children they had made a home.
Without Cho, none of this would have been possible. She had given him back his heart and given him something to live for after Kagome had left him for Sesshoumaru. Gradually, she had helped him let go of the hate and anger that he felt and replaced them with love for her.
They had survived alone before and they would do so again. No need to get maudlin. He just needed to find Cho to reassure him that everything was alright.
The trail of her scent led to the grave site of their child who had been killed by a tiger youkai. Her back was to him as she bent down to place the blue and purple bellflowers on the grave. The irony struck him, but he dismissed it. No need to raise old ghosts at a time like this.
It was clear that Cho was hurting as much as he was. He had become more sensitive to her feelings over the years. If he had not he would have driven them both crazy long ago.
He swept her into his arms and gazed into her beautiful green eyes. At that moment he knew why this woman was the one person in the whole world that could ever be his mate. He clutched her to him as she cried into his shoulder. All he wanted at that moment was to make her happy again.Finally, they broke the embrace and smiled at each other. As they walked hand in hand back to their home they knew that as long they had each other it would be enough.