Death Be Not Proud

by landofthekwt

Inuyasha and Shiori cling to each other after their spouses die "The Long Goodbye" "Carry On My Wayward Son" and a "Life Well Lived ""The Bravest Man in the World" and "Educating Musushio" are prologues to Death Be Not Proud and an ending to Ten Years After Don't own it or make make money from it

10. Until We Meet Again

Title Until We Meet Again

Author landofthekwt

Rating K

P-Prompt #11 "Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent." (ib4y)

Word Count 460

Part of Death Be Not Proud

Warning mention of character death

Summary Inuyasha returns home

He flung back the shogi screen. Immediately he retreated from a woman's screams. Only when he was out the door did he realize that the woman taking the bathtub he had built for Kagome was his daughter Sakura, as naked as the day she was born

He howled with laughter. It was like he had never seen her naked before. The first time was when she came squirting headfirst out of Kagome. It was the most wonderful sight he had seen since he saw Kagome emerge from the well.

How could he have forgotten that he gave this house to Sakura?. At the time it had seemed a good idea. He would off escorting Shiori to bury her mother's ashes for kami knew how long. All he had taken was his fire rat robe and Tessaiga. His only true possessions now that Kagome was gone.

Sakura now dressed stepped outside and embraced him " Welcome home, Daddy"

He smiled. It was nice to hear those words again." Nice to be back again. Got any ramen. No ramen from Edo to Kyushu and back again.:"

Sakura laughed. It was nice to see her father was in better spirits. Since Mama died, he had been a pale shadow of himself venturing outside only to visit Goshinboku, mother's grave and the Well. She wondered what happened.

Daring to ask she ventured "What happened with Shiori?"

He looked thoughtful. Shiori was the one constant that kept him going on the trip. Without her the face of death would have been too much to look upon. " She promised to return on the anniversary of Kagome's death and I promised to be with her on the anniversary of Kohaku's death."

Sakura looked up surprised. She would never have thought that anyone could take the place of Kagome in her father's heart. What was he thinking?

"Keh. Don't go getting ideas in your head. I have known Shiori nearly as long as your mother. No one will ever replace your mother. It is just nice to have someone who has gone through what I went through. Enough talk. I was promised ramen. Where is it?"

After dinner they went and said prayers together at Kagome's grave. The shrine keepers were uncomfortable admitting hanyous to the shrine, but Kagome's name still had a near legendary status. Sakura and Inuyasha could both see that someday they would not be welcome here.

Later, Inuyasha slept in Gohinboku and dreamed of Kagome. In his dream she was telling him to be happy until they were together again. He begged her not to go telling that he could not be happy without her. She just kissed him and said "Mata au hi made"