Morning
Kagome woke up still in the embrace of the arms she had fallen asleep in. Quickly, lifting her head to check if the demon holding her was still asleep. The miko was not so lucky. Instead her eyes falling upon his, she paused, something in his gaze held a sadness that pinned her, keeping her from looking away. For a second, she forgot all about her sorrow and selfish reasoning that moved her to bring Sesshoumaru to this place and only wished to make that tinge of anguish in his eyes fade.
Her wandering mind was stopped when she was abruptly released. Kagome looked at him waiting for permission to... well to do anything.
Sesshoumaru stared at the young woman instantly regretting releasing her but with the time he had available to him, he could not spend it holding her. As much as he wanted to...
He raised an eyebrow at the woman which she interpreted as permission to speak. The flood gate opened and her questioning began. If he remembered correctly, the last time this happened he had wasted much time attempting silence as was his normal manner. So as he listened, he walked to the rear of the cave. Kagome continued to fire questions and comments as he moved a boulder out of the way. Under it was a box, rusted and worn but traces of the beauty it once held could be seen.
He used his poison to melt the lock on it while listening to the rambling of the confused high schooler. 'She's almost done with school now.' A voice in the back of his mind reminded him. He pulled out a book. 'I know.' He replied mentally.
Sesshoumaru walked over to the girl and handed her a book. Kagome looked at it very very confused. "What is this?" She asked.
"This will tell you everything you want to know." Sesshoumaru replied. "You have two hours." He went to sit in the sun while the miko caught up on what had happened in the last five hundred years.
Kagome opened the book, the words telling her the fate of her friends. Miroku and Sango had many children, they rebuilt the slayer village and lived long happy lives together.
She cried as she read on. Inuyasha married and had no children. He died in battle during one of the many wars that occurred between then and now. The book made it clear that he had never removed his beads and lived an honourable life until the end.
Shippou went on to live with Rin, they had a few children and after her death his followed closely behind. A demon's life is tied to that of their mates and he was happy to follow her.
Kagome read and read. It also had entries about the daiyokai she found. That he had a mate and beautiful children. The love conveyed for the pups was so strong in the book she cried. She couldn't believe that he had made this, and hid it in this cave and.... 'Wait a minute. How did he know we would go to this cave to hide it here?'
Now that her original questions had been answered she had a whole measure of new ones. She walked outside to speak to the demon about this, and found him sitting in the sun with his eyes closed, relaxing. Kagome could not bring herself to interrupt him so instead she sat back down and continued to read the accounts of her friends and family and Sesshoumaru.
When her two hours were up Sesshoumaru stood abruptly which caused the poor miko to jump. "Miko, we will go now." He said sternly.
"Go? Go where?" She asked as she was being scooped up. He did not reply.
As Sesshoumaru carried her they took to the sky, smelling her hair he instinctively pulled her close. He knew what he had to do but that didn't mean that he would not be allowed some liberties after all.
They flew for a while until they came upon something Kagome could not even fathom in her wildest dreams. In the sky there was a castle. Not just a castle but an entire landscape. It was beautiful and so magical. She was speechless, completely forgetting her previous questions.
She smiled as she was let down in a field of flowers. She squealed as she ran and began picking them. The air here was so beautiful so serene. Just like the era she so missed. Sesshoumaru smiled as her back was turned to him.
A familiar voice caused him to revert. "I see you have brought her back here." A woman said as she approached the demon lord.
"Yes, Mother I have." He replied.
"Do you remember the day I gave this land to you Sesshoumaru?" She asked as she too watched Kagome play in the field. The stoic woman smiled when a few of the toddlers that lived nearby found the girl and were all now picking flowers and playing games.
Sesshoumaru smiled again. "It was after the birth of my first heir." He replied remembering the gift and how much it had meant to his mate.
Sesshoumaru's mother rested her hand on his shoulder a sad smile gracing her usually stoic features. "If it was not for that mate of yours I never would have granted such a gift to you. My son, is this what you desire?" She asked.
"Yes, it is." He replied.
"Then I will say no more." And the woman turned around and left the area.
Kagome watched as a woman left Sesshoumaru's side. "Wow that lady is beautiful." She said out loud before picking up one of the little children that had found her.
"She is!" A little girl yelled. "She is our great great great great great great great great great great grandma."
"Yuri, you put too many on, you know how she hates it when you put too many." A young boy scolded her. The little girl put a hand to her mouth once she realized the terrible trespass she had committed.
Kagome laughed as she placed a flower in the girl's hair.
Sesshoumaru sat and continued to watch until darkness began to fall.