Epilogue

Rin ran back to her awaiting friends, "Rin!" Kagome ran up to her and gave her a life-sucking hug, "Thank goodness you are alright, I can't believe you did it." She said; her face bright with delight. "But I still don't get it, how did you managed to free Naraku from that spell. Do you know what happened?"

Rin pondered it for a moment, "Well, I don't really know why, maybe-" She was interrupted by the sight of the priestess she remembered from long ago. "It's y-y-y-you…" She breathed, surprised at what was before her eyes. The priestess looked no different from back when Rin was little. She was the same middle-aged priestess from her childhood. She was wearing priestess robes just like Kikyo, and instead of a bow and arrow, she had a necklace with a fancy circular pattern design in the middle. Her hair was tied into a high ponytail and her bangs were split in the middle. Rin thought, 'So many years has gone by, but why hadn't she aged even one day?'

"Hello Rin," the priestess greeted in her smooth voice. "I'm glad that you remember me, if you had forgotten, my name is priestess Kirei. I had been watching you throughout the event with Naraku. And I'm very proud of you, as I'm sure your parents would have been too. You have discovered the Dominion Light, which resides within your heart. It is a special power, only given to those who have the purest of heart. With the Light, you will be able to heal the corrupted at heart. Your spirit will bring happiness to those around you, and the Light will give you invisible powers. You may not notice any power, but it is there, and it will reveal itself when it needs to. The incident with Naraku was an example of the unseen power of the Dominion Light."

"B-b-but how…? Your look exactly the same as you did so many years ago. How did you not change?" Rin could not believe what Kirei had said, but something told her that even if she did not believe, it was true.

"I know why." Inuyasha answered Rin's question with no hesitation, "She smells like graveyard soil, just like Kikyo. Kirei technically isn't alive. By her smell, it seems that the same person that revived Kikyo revived her. She probably lived around Kikyo's time, and died along the same timeline as her."

"You are correct… I am the older sister of both Kaede and Kikyo. I wasn't really close to Kaede, so it's no surprise that she didn't mention me. But Kikyo and I were closer, and when Kikyo was a child, I used to play with her all the time. When she and I grew up, we spread farther away from each other. We never had those happy and carefree times ever again…" Kirei had a really gloomy face, but she kept on going, "When Kikyo was killed by Naraku, I was there to take care of little Kaede, but that didn't last long. Soon Naraku killed me, saying that I was too close to Kikyo and the Shikon Jewel to live. It was a quick death… Like Kikyo, I had spiritual powers to some extent, so before I fell into the afterlife, I made a wish on my powers to turn into Lights and hide themselves with the purity of people's hearts. I didn't want to descend into the afterlife with my gift, which I couldn't use. I wanted to give my powers to people who will be able to use them, and I made sure that my powers made it to kind people. Now that I am revived from the dead, I have no powers. But unlike Kikyo, I want to keep on living in this world, even after Naraku has been defeated, so I can help little children grow up to be like yourself, Rin. Selfless and kind; caring and loving to people, good or bad all around them." She smiled a beautiful smile, and looked at everyone. Finally her eyes stopped on Inuyasha. "So you are the handsome man my sister fell in love with, and I can see why. I see a bright light shining with your half-demon heart. The courage and will of a human and the bravery and strength of a demon; it is a perfect match." She walked over to Kagome and examined her up and down, "So you are the re-carnation of my sister. Yes… You do look alike like her. I guess it was the power of the Shikon Jewel that created you. You are very lucky Kagome…" Kagome just looked at Kirei in a 'What? I don't get it' expression. Kirei walked away from them and smiled again to everyone, "I hope I will get to see all of you soon, bye bye for now." And with that, she vanished into the woods.

Everyone was quiet for a moment; then Kagome walked over to Rin and whispered something into her ear. "But what if-?" Rin asked to Kagome's request. Kagome shook her head and whispered something more. Bored of the weirdness of the situation, Sesshomaru walked over to Rin and Kagome left to Inuyasha. 'Wait… I know!" 'Before I tell him… Something else has to happen first.' Rin thought as looked at Sesshomaru then ran over to Inuyasha and Kagome. Suddenly becoming bolder, Rin walked in between Kagome and Inuyasha, but not too in between so Kagome and Inuyasha couldn't see each other. "You two…" Rin started with a little grin on her face. "I have heard that you two, oh, how should I say this…?" Rin pretended to think by putting a finger to her chin. "I have noticed that you two have something in your minds to tell each other. Am I right? Please you guys, it's so obvious, just say it…" Rin looked at Kagome to Inuyasha then from him to her. Rin then mouthed again, 'Say it'. Sango and Miroku were looking at each other with an 'Awww…' expression. Kohaku was blushing nervously, obviously knowing what was going to happen. Jaken just looked disgustedly at them, muttering words like 'worthless humans' and 'revolting'. Sesshomaru was more looking at Rin than the couple in front of her. Shippo muttered immaturely, "Peeeeer pressure."

"Uh, I-" They both began at the same time, and now they were blushing even harder than before, if that was even possible. Rin 'ahem'ed giving both of them 'Just say it' looks.

Kagome took a deep breath, "Inuyasha… I know that you loved Kikyo before me, but…" She blushed so hard that she started to look like a ripe tomato. Kagome took her millionth deep breath and continued, "Inuyasha, I-I-I…I love you…" By the time Kagome finished, she was whispering. Inuyasha's face now matched the color of his outfit.

"Kagome… I l-l-love you too…" Inuyasha replied to Kagome, also very softly. Rin rolled her eyes and whispered something to Kagome and then to Inuyasha. She then stepped back and let the two lovebirds take it from there. Sango was holding Miroku's hand due to the heaviness of emotion in the air. Kohaku was using Shippo to block his view of the couple. Jaken was now starting to mutter curses under his breath. Sesshomaru was imagining Rin and him in the same position as Inuyasha and Kagome. 'No! Don't fall prey to the human!' His thoughts interrupted his vision. 'After everything she said to Naraku, how can you ignore the hints?' He was arguing with himself again… After he cleared his head, he was witnessing a scene with his brother having a 'passionate' moment with Kagome. Sesshomaru growled at the scene in front of him, and averted his eyes.

After they were finished Kagome eyed Rin, "Well, are you happy now? It's you turn… You have showed so many people here the value of life, and it's about time you find yours…" Kagome motioned for Rin to go over to Sesshomaru, and she made Inuyasha and the others, including the objecting Jaken to 'go away' a.k.a go and hide behind a tree and watch. So as they left, Rin walked over to Sesshomaru, and smiled at him. Sesshomaru looked down at her with gentle eyes; he might not have smiled with his mouth, but he definitely was smiling with his eyes.

"Lord Sesshomaru, now that I told Naraku and you the reason for living, I have begun to see mine clearly. That night a few days ago when I talked to you I said that I see my reason in my life with you and Jaken. But now… I think that my reason for living is just you and only you… Lord Sesshomaru, ever since you resurrected me from the dead, I have always looked up to you. Now I see you as…" Rin didn't know if she was going to cry or blush.

Sesshomaru reached down and held her cheek. He looked into her chocolate eyes and said, "Thank you" before he gently kissed her. Rin jumped at the sudden contact but then realized what and who she was kissing, and relaxed. Sesshomaru then pulled away and whispered into her ear, "After everything with Naraku, Kirei and Inuyasha, you have shown me, that after all these years; I still have a place in my heart for loving." Sesshomaru closed his eyes and paused for a moment, then whispered in an even quieter tone, "I love you too…" Saying those foreign words sounded so strange on his tongue, but he was glad that he told her. Sesshomaru then embraced his newly found love. After all the time of fighting with himself, he finally admitted that even if Rin was a human, she was definitely above the human standard. She was someone special in this plain world, and she was someone who had the light to shine through his dark heart.

Both of them pulled away; then Rin thought of something. "Lord Sesshomaru? I recently had a dream or more of a flashback from when I was still little. Do you remember that heart-shaped rock I gave you? Well-"

Sesshomaru interrupted her with a small grin, "Say no more." That was all he said, but then he pulled out the heart-shaped rock from under his armor. Rin's eyes lit bright at the sight.

"After all these years…? Y-you still kept it…?" She suddenly jumped onto Sesshomaru, avoiding his armor of course, and gave him a bear hug. Now tears were starting to flow down her cheeks, but they weren't tear of sorrow, but tears of happiness. "Thank you…"

"Dammit, I can't hear anything they're saying!" Inuyasha complained to the other who were hiding in the woods.

"Well, as long as those two are finally together, I satisfied." Kagome said and everyone else nodded except for Jaken, whose mouth and eyeballs were in erratic positions. "I wish the both of you happiness in the future."

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