.:. Finally.:.
Well when she said she would only be a week that might have been a bit of an understatement even with regular visits to the feudal era a week was turning into a month. She didn't mind too much because she was steadily getting caught up with her class work little by little and was able to spend more time with her friends. She was also happier after sitting through another lesson about the shikon no tama to find an article on Sesshomaru and the shrine maiden he fell in love with, which caused a lot of strange looks when she started blushing.
"Mommy, mommy your back, are you staying long?" said two very excited children, as she came into the clearing.
"Hello Rin, hello Shippou, how have you been behaving for Jaken? Well I hope" she said asking Jaken.
"They've been driving me mad with fox magic tricks and babbling about flowers, but otherwise fine" (Yes people Jaken is being nice)
"Mommy" said Rin pulling on Kagome's sleeve. "I miss daddy" said the little girl with tears forming in her eyes.
"I know darling I miss him too" she said hugging Rin close to her. "Where is he anyway?" she asked turning to Jaken who always seemed to know where he was.
"For once Lady Kagome I don't know where he is, he wouldn't confide in his most loyal servant" he said whilst having tears welling up in his toad-like eyes.
"He'll be somewhere; he never leaves you far because he knows he'll have to deal with my rath if he doesn't"
"Who will be dealing with whose rath?" came a cold ice voice from behind the group.
"DADDY!" shouted two excited children as they ran and climbed into the great dog demon. "Daddy where have you been we missed you!"
"I'm sorry, I was patrolling my lands, some stupid lesser demons thought it was a good idea to challenge my authority, they didn't last long" he said while letting an evil smile grace his face.
"Why is it every time you've kissed someone you always come back smiling? I know you have a bad reputation but that doesn't help you know" kagome said with a laugh, she knew he was only playing around but sometimes he still frightened her with that evil smile.
"Kagome you know ever since we started this family every demon in this land now thinks I've gone soft so I have to prove somehow that I haven't or I'll lose my power" he half said half whined. "No i haven't gone soft! Sesshomaru will never go soft!"
"Ok dear I believe you" she said as he kissed him gently on the lips "You really don't have to prove yourself to us though, we know you for who you really are you know, by the way have you heard from Inuyasha in your travels?"
"Yes actually I did hear something, I don't know how but somehow Kikyo is with pup, and you already know about Sango's pregnancy" he said with a weird gleam in his eyes, which didn't go unnoticed by Kagome.
"They didn't wait long did they" she said giggling "I'm surprised Miroku managed to hold on this long to be honest they've been married for a while now"
She could tell there was something he wanted and he had a vague idea what it was but she wasn't going to pry. She was staying for a few days this time round and so she'd have time to do couple things (AN: I am not going to write a lemon) but for now she was just glad to just be family.
She and Sesshomaru had mated already and she had the scar to prove it, just underneath the one he had made with his claws when he was sick. That never had completely faded and she had a hard time explaining it to her friends, but now they just ignored it. He didn't forget though he hated the fact he had hurt her and he hated having to bite her aswel, even though he knew he had to, to claim her but the thought of hurting her again was horrible. The fun was her trying to mark him in the end he dug his claws into his own neck and let her drink a bit of his blood that way because her human teeth were too blunt to break the skin properly.
He had always thought that she would be grossed out by having to drink his blood, but instead she didn't even flinch and she looked quite funny with it on her lips. He wasn't really surprised either after everything she had seen and been through in this era she was a lot more hardened to the world than most women he knew even some demonises he knew.
Someday he was hoping that they would follow the rest of the group and would have pups of their own but for the moment they were happy. They had a family, and for the first time in his life Sesshomaru felt a different type of power, after years of not understanding what it was that allured his father and Inuyasha to these humans he had found one that had changed his life in a positive way, he had always thought that feeling and emotions were a weakness but he had discovered the opposite, it has become a strength knowing that no matter what the situation is he will be able to come back and be loved regardless of his past, he was accepted.
Kagome could have sworn she could see the darkness that had once resided in his eyes slowly disappearing; his golden orbs had always looked slightly dull even after they started their family but recently his eyes were brighter, and the golden colour was getting brighter by the day. She was glad she had managed to save the great dog demon, because even though she had changed the future for the better or worse she wasn't sure yet. But what she did know was that he was happy and so was she, and looking forward to the future.