Author's Note: So this story is Shippo's side story to Untitled. I hope you will enjoy it.
These side stories will not be beta'd. I want inaligrimalkin to be surprised with how these turn out for once!
Updated: May. 03, 2012
It is now common knowledge among demons that if you take a human mate, that person's lifespan will equal out to yours. They will age at your decreased rate. Apparently, in hanyou the demon blood is not strong enough for that to be the case, no matter how great the hanyou. If that were not the case, Kagome would still be alive.
The woman, who became my mother after my parents were slain by the thunder brothers Hiten and Manten, who fell in love with the half-demon InuYasha, could not be paused in time. Those who loved her bear the memories and sadness of her loss. Kagome was a bright light in the lives of everyone who knew her. There was no pun intended about her purification powers, though those were great as well. To this day, she remains my mother and dear friend.
To say that I don't think of her often, or that I don't miss her would be one of the biggest lies ever told. The loss of her sparkle and amazing personality is great. Yet, I have found in recent months, centuries later, that I am ready to move on. I wish I could say the same for others.
InuYasha takes it hard. Everyday I can almost see her reflected in his eyes. Especially when he looks at Chika. Thinking about how hard it was and is for me, I could barely imagine how he must feel. Six hundred years is a long time to sit in grieving, and to continue would be torture.
Myself, I have found my special someone. She is not a mother to me as Kagome was, but she is that special warmth in my life that can let my grief rest. To say that they are similar of personality would be no lie, but they are not one and the same, and unlike InuYasha I do not have to worry for her future nearly so much. For my youkai blood is strong, some would say impressive.
Sesshomaru has told me on more that one occasion that, though I am only a five-tail, I am the most powerful kistune he's seen in the millenia and more that he's wandered the earth. This, while it may serve to stroke my ego, brings me satisfaction only in knowing that I can protect the one I love.
This I will do with all my heart. Like InuYasha tried to.