Mama Knows Best
Summary: Kagome was no expert on raising children, but she knew for a fact. She had to keep this child, no matter how scared she was...she would never abandon her child; she'd never be able to forgive herself. She wouldn't run and hide, not the way he did; not like him!
Anime: InuYasha/Gundam Wing
Pairing: Duo/Kagome
Rated: M for Mature content in later chapters, blood/gore, character death and Massacres
Genre: Romance/Family/Angst
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Chapter Twenty-One
Epilogue
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Just Another Day in Paradise
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(10 Years Later)
In their early thirties, it's been ten wonderful years since Duo and Kagome were married. Over the years, many friends had been made, many family members had been added, many more, created. As of this moment, Hilde was expecting her third child, while Wufei was, literally, begging Nataku for a baby boy. Yes, her first two, two years apart, were both girls. She had gotten pregnant one year after Duo and Kagome had married, four months after she herself had married, which had been eight after Kagome. Now Wufei and Hilde lived as neighbors, happily devoted to one another.
Relena and Heero had moved down, though a little further into the city since Relena was a Diplomatic Immunity Leader, and the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom, which actually made Heero the Prince, which for some reason...seemed to bug Duo. He had mentioned something about two Princes, one head of the clan, and the other being so mysterious, it equaled out to being a Prince, which in a way, he too was, since he was the 'partner' of a Prince. Yeah, it confused Kagome at first too, but she pulled it all together after a couple minutes. Heero had a healthy boy of eight years old, and a little girl only two, who...he adoringly spoiled while he believed no one to be watching. Everyone knew.
Zechs and Noin, who had actually gone in search for the stubborn man, had dragged him back to earth, where Lady Une awaited them ever so patiently, now both were living peacefully among civilians; no longer required to be soldiers in a war, no longer needing to fight. Noin was more than pleased by this, especially now with her own son of four. Zechs worked with Sesshoumaru, managing one of the other companies. Both actually had a lot in common, apparently...though, Kagome didn't think she could ever connect the dots concerning their similarities, she could see that the two were really close friends after six years of knowing one another.
Kagura had her hands full with Hakudoshi, Rin and Kanna, all of which were in their teenage years; that's always fun. Then her ten year old daughter, her three year old son, and another on the way; needless to say, their sex life wasn't in trouble. Kagome remembered the day that the youngest son was conceived. Kagura and Sesshoumaru had been stuck in an elevator in his building for two hours...what would you do? Duo and Kagome had come to get their stuff when they found the two messily dressed and asleep in the elevator that had started working sometime after they had fallen asleep.
Trowa and Quatre, much to Quatre's delight, had adopted two kids, twins, both girls. Both at the time were infants, and Quatre had claimed a deeper emotional calling when trying to choose. He had told Trowa that something about them was special. Five years later, Quatre came under the conclusion that the two were Empath's like him. They too had 'Space Hearts', and he found this out when he and Trowa had a fight downstairs, and almost at the exact moment he'd started crying, both girls had started crying. Trowa had gone to them, but neither had stopped, which was not normal. Trowa had a certain charm with children and animals...THEY LOVED HIM! Well, Quatre had taken one, and had smiled, and truly showed his love for the little one, and both had stopped crying, at exactly the same time. It happened, when fights went on, or people got hurt, the twins could feel that pain.
Lady Une had a child, though, no one but Kagome, Noin and Zechs knew who the father was. Actually, Saint Une had the child; the child had been birthed only seven months after the death of Treize Khushrenada. It was a little girl, and she had Treize blonde hair, and Sainte Une's eyes. She was precious, and Lady Une and Saint Une, both, taught the girl the moral and ethical values of Treize, the best she could.
Now, with Duo and Kagome:
"KAGOME!"
"..." Kagome looked to the front door that had moments ago slammed open. Her twins sat on the floor, staring curiously at their father, both sixteen now. Her youngest, Aiko, who was ten now, came running down the stairs before heading straight to her father who smiled and caught hold of his youngest daughter, hugging her before turning his happy smile to Kagome. "What is it?" Kagome asked.
Duo frowned, "Geez, and here I took off early...you don't even remember...it's our ten year anniversary."
She raised a brow, "That's tomorrow, Duo. Check the calendar."
His eyes widened and he ran into the Kitchen as Kagome stood with a smile. Walking into the Kitchen, she watched him stare at the Chocolate covered Strawberries, the Chocolate Fondue Fountain centered on the Kitchen Island, and the seared duck that was centered on the Kitchen table with some sides around it. The lights were dim, and the curtains closed, and with the help of her kids, irises were placed in various places. "Happy anniversary, Duo; you didn't really think I'd forgotten, did you?"
Duo turned and stared at her incredulously, "When...how...when?"
"I told Sesshoumaru to send you home under the guise of no work left for you to do. He agreed,"
"Why?" He was more than curious as to why their demon like boss would even consider letting him go home early.
"I found him in a compromising situation, you know, Kagura, him, his desk...and a zucchini." Her eyes lingered on the seared duck with thin slices of zucchini in the sauce surrounding it.
"..." He stared at her wide eyed, "Tell me everything!"
"Later, for now...why not eat. Oh...Kagura invited Helen and Solo over, Hakudoshi and Kanna wanted to have a sleepover."
"Oh? Teenagers have those? I thought they just called it sex."
Kagome glared and threw a fork at him, one which stuck with a ~THUNK~ in the wall beside his head. She pointed next to him, where Aiko was eyeing the seared duck with wide eyes and a watery mouth. Duo's eyes widened at what he'd said and how close his daughter was, smiling silently and sheepishly at Kagome, he plucked the fork from the wall before sitting down.
"Also, Aiko will be going to spend the night with Megumi and Rin..."
"AH!" His eyes sparkled, "A beautiful night...is in my future."
Kagome rolled her eyes. This would be a fun night alright; she had no plans of getting pregnant again...so needless to say...she had no plans of letting him touch her.
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Duo waved his kids off, smiling at them as they climbed into the car Sesshoumaru had sent over. The driver shut the door after Aiko climbed in and returned to the wheel where he drove off towards his boss's mansion. Duo mentally swore to give his boss a big bear hug tomorrow at work for taking his kids for the night. "Kagome~!" He ran inside and found her lying on the couch with a book in hand. Three guesses what it was...first two didn't count.
Moving to the couch, he climbed on top of her and lowered his lips to her neck, pressing several heated kisses against her flesh, dipping his head to the cleft of her breasts. "What you cannot turn to good..." He whispered, "You must immerse yourself in."
Kagome laughed, placing her book aside, she pushed Duo so that he was straddling her upright. "What you cannot turn to good, you must at least make as little bad as you can." She corrected. "Duo, not tonight, love."
"...hm? Kagome, I don't get these moments with you anymore, with Helen and Solo almost always here, and Aiko is too little to hear things that she doesn't need to be hearing. I won't get another chance to make love to my beautiful wife for another year or so."
Kagome smiled, "You have no idea how hard it is to say no when you put it in words like that." She moved out from beneath him and went to their room for bed.
Duo frowned, sitting on the couch; he looked to the book on the table and smiled. Getting his phone, he dialed an old friend, one whom he hadn't spoken with for the last two years.
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(Three Hours Later)
Kagome lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, wondering if...perhaps she had said something she shouldn't have. It was hurting, her heart, and she hated that feeling. She had intended on falling asleep, three hours ago, now it was almost twelve and she was still wide awake. "Damn it!"
A loud humming from outside called to her attention, and curiously, she got out of bed, dressed in one of Duo's long sleeved dress shirts, the one she wore at the moment was a deep red. Making her way downstairs in search of her husband, she found him sitting on the windowsill, just staring outside. His hair was to his knees now, completely out of its braid, she watched him twist a single lock in his hands before turning and facing her, a smile on his lips and his eyes a soft hue of violet blue that she hadn't seen since the night she and Duo had conceived Helen and Solo. She felt her cheeks flush and her heart leap as he made his way straight towards her. His hands taking hers, fingers interlacing, he pulled her so that her body was against his. He could feel the rapid beat of her heart, and she could feel the content, gentle beating of his.
Placing a gentle kiss on her lips, he pulled away after a few seconds. "I have something I want to show you." He whispered, pulling her with him as he guided her outside.
Her eyes widened at the image before her. She saw Heero sitting on the foot of something she thought lost in her past, and a small smile escaped her lips. "Duo...that's...!"
He laughed, "Yeah, I didn't know if it was in working condition or if it was just an ancient relic now, but I called Heero up to see how it was, and he said that all of the Gundam's were working perfectly. He's been keeping them up to date these last past ten years, yours, fifteen."
"Wufei is bringing Deathscythe...you should be able to see him...right about now." As Heero said this, Wufei appeared further out before landing beside Shinigami. Wufei climbed out of the cockpit and jumped down beside Heero.
"It's been forever since I've piloted a Gundam...I kind of missed it."
Kagome walked up to Deathscythe and placed a hand on the Gundanium. "...surreal...I never thought that I would see them again." Turning to Duo, she smiled brightly, her hair fanning around her. "Give me five minutes to get dressed, and I'll meet you five hundred feet in the air!" She ran inside, passing the three guys who stared in surprise.
"I didn't expect her to be so excited..." Duo climbed up the side of Deathscythe and into the cockpit. Powering up his Gundam, he smiled; "I almost thought I'd never be able to pilot you again." Pushing forward the shift, he felt the familiar purr of Deathscythe before it shot forward and up.
Kagome ran out in a pair of black skinny jeans and a black shirt that hugged her. She wore a pair of white tinny shoes and her hair was tied up in a high ponytail. Climbing the Gundam, she jumped inside the cockpit before powering up Shinigami and taking off full speed after Duo.
She felt the memorable feeling of adrenaline rushing through her body, excitement coursing through her body as she participated in a game of cat and mouse with Duo who was racing ahead of her. It was easy to follow when his shields weren't up, which right now they were. Every so often, he would drop them and she would take off in the direction of the bleep on her radar. Looking around, she stared up at the beautiful starlit sky, no longer looking for Duo who was unknowingly watching her from afar.
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It was hours before the two came down from their flight; Heero was sitting against the door with his eyes shut and arms crossed, Wufei was next to him still watching, a content smile on his face as he looked at the lovers and pilots. Heero could look back at his training days with Kagome, and never, in a million years, would he have thought she'd be married to the prankster Duo Maxwell, with three beautiful kids. But then, he could have also said the same for himself. He never would have thought that he'd be married to a pacifist of all people, with a son and angelic daughter of his own. So many things had changed throughout these last ten years, no one, looking back on their past, could honestly say that they knew where they would be right now had they thought about it fifteen years ago.
"Thank you both, so...so much,"
Heero opened his eyes and smirked, "It's no problem, I'm going to take them back though. No one needs the Gundam's during this time of peace,"
Kagome nodded, "But it's nice to know that if they ever do need them..."
"They'll be there, and so will we." Duo finished, wrapping his arms around Kagome's waist as he hugged her closely.
Wufei nodded, "We all will."
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(Elsewhere)
"Sir,"
Shadowed eyes gleamed and took in the small speaker phone on his desk, pressing a red button, he spoke. "What is it?"
"Our mission is close to initiation, are you ready?"
"Yes, deploy, Mission: Colony Expulsion, its been peaceful for far too long."
"Yes, our soldiers have been deployed, and our new fighter Gundam's have been sent out, would you like for me to pull it up on the main screen so that you can watch?"
"Of course...Sango..."
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Me: I'm a witch, aren't I? So, is it the end? Clearly not, but what could I possibly do to torment my readers? Now that there are KIDS and the parents can't POSSIBLY take off at this time of NEED and leave their CHILDREN behind...can they? Anyways, hit me up, I'm going to start a sequel! LOVE YOU GUYS!