Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Sadly. Crawls in little hole and cries…….

A/N: I was really lazy in my first chapter so I brainstormed for name ideas.

Izayoi: Inu's mother, Lord Taisho's wife (of course)

Lord Taisho (Inu Taisho): Inu and Seshomaru's father, Izayoi's husband (I've read it in other stories… I won't take credit for the name; someone else made it up. In the 3rd movie they just keep calling him the great dog demon… and so.. that didn't really seem fitting…)

Rumiko: Kag and Sota's Mother, Higurashi's wife

Higurashi: Kag and Sota's father, Rumiko's husband (seriously couldn't come up with a name fitting for him, sorry bout that)

(okay, okay, so im not the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to names...)

sorry for the delay. ON WITH DA STORY!

Snowflakes Keep Falling On My Heart

Chapter 2: The funeral and the departure

A week later, Izayoi, Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi all stood side by side at Lord Taisho's gravesite. Baby Inuyasha and Kagome slept peacefully in their mother's arms. They laid Lord Taisho to rest underneath a beautiful Cherry Blossom tree with white petals. It's limbs reached out, seemingly protective. The soft breeze, causing some to fall upon the fresh dirt, had blown about the white petals. The headstone read: Beloved husband, father, and friend.

"What is going to happen now?" asked Izayoi softly.

"As horrible as it may be, we must leave each other. Naraku will surely return for me, or at least for…information," said Mr. Higurashi.

"The prophecy, you mean?"

"Yes. Fear not, for he has no way of knowing about the prophecy yet. And as far as I know, we three are the only ones who know of it. So it would be best to leave this place. Your son should be raised without strife."

"Will we see each other again someday?" asked Izayoi, looking from Rumiko to Mr. Higurashi.

"We can only hope and pray that we do," said Rumiko, tears in her eyes.

The two women stood hardly a foot apart. As the two babies awoke they reached out to one another. Baby Inuyasha held on to baby Kagome's pointer finger.

"You take good care of her…and yourselves. Be safe," Izayoi said, crying now too. "She'll grow to be an amazing young woman."

"As for your son," Rumiko said.

"With Inu Taisho as his father and you as his mother, I'm sure he'll grow to be the greatest part of a human and demon that anyone has ever seen."

"He's so adorable…oh how I wish they could grow up together."

"As do I," agreed Izayoi.

The lonely breeze passed by as they bid their good-byes, Kagome and Inuyasha looking over their mother's shoulders as they got farther and farther apart.

Who knew how long it'd be or if they'd even ever see each other again.

After all, one can only hope.

One can only pray.

As each day…goes on by.

Just to bring another surprise.


A/N: sorry it was such a short chapter. I wanted to give some info on the down low…on what's going on and how things are going to change. Um… I believe that is all… I'll probably have the third chapter out tomorrow. Enjoy everybody! I hope you all like da story so far, and like I said earlier, it DOES GET BETA!!! So pease stay wid me!

Later everybodyFALLENROSEPETAL