Epilogue

*Unfortunately, I do not own Inuyasha and Company. Rumiko Takahashi does. (Except Koneko, she's mine.)


Kagome's mom, Madoka, watched sadly as she saw her daughter go down the well for the last time. She knew Kagome would never return. All her friends and Inuyasha was there.

She sighed and wiped away her tears. Life goes on. How was she going to tell Grandpa and Souta?

"Madoka?" a soft voice called behind her. "Are you okay?"

She turned to see a friend see hadn't seen for a few years, now heavily pregnant. "Hmm? Oh yes, I'm fine. Where have you been? And when did this happen?" she gestured towards her stomach. Anything to keep her mind off her daughter.

She smiled. "A couple months ago. We finally decided to give it a go." She shook her head. "I'm sorry for being gone so long, I couldn't risk her recognizing me." Before Madoka could ask who, her friend continued. "Where's Kagome?"

She winced at the mention of her daughter but tried to hide it. "She's gone away."

Her friend tilted her head. "When will she be back?"

Madoka closed her eyes and hung her head. "She won't."

There was a pause before her friend said, "So it was today. Sesshoumaru won the bet. Inuyasha won't be happy about that."

She looked up. "Inuyasha? Do you know him Koneko?"

Koneko smirked for, yes, she was the same one from five hundred years ago. "I should hope so. I had to deal with him for five hundred years."

Madoka's jaw dropped. "You're that Koneko?"

She only smiled and took out a phone. "Hello?" she asked the person on the other end. "Yes, Sesshoumaru won. Now get your butts over here." She hung up.

Madoka watched her carefully. "Koneko, what's going on? Who was that?"

"There are some people you need to meet," she answered cryptically. "Now, do you mind if I sit?"

"Of course." She led them into the house and they both sat down. Silence reined before Madoka worked up the nerve to ask, "Koneko, what happened to my daughter?"

Koneko shook her head. "I'm not the one who should answer that."

A few minutes later, Koneko smiled and said, "They're here!" a second before there was a knock on the door.

Madoka was startled when she opened it only to be tackled by a girl with white hair. She looked down at the one hugging her. "Um… hi."

The girl looked up to reveal eyes just like Kagome's. "Hi Grandma!" she answered.

Madoka looked up to see her daughter standing next to Inuyasha, a white haired man and dark haired girl behind them. "Hi Mama," Kagome smiled. "Meet your granddaughter."

Koneko watched the teary family reunion off to the side. Sesshoumaru stood behind her with his arms wrapped around her, Rin next to them. The wish she had made had more consequences then she first knew. When years passed without Kagome aging, they realized what had happened. Rin did the same when she grew up. Sango and Miroku didn't, but they lived long, happy lives. Then, after Kohaku asked Rin to marry him, he stopped aging too. He was going to come that day, but couldn't make it.

The same power that killed off most of the demons also made this reunion possible. 'So maybe it wasn't all bad,' she thought. 'All things must end, but when they do, new things can begin.'


*So that's the end. I think I covered everything, but if there are any questions, feel free to ask. Tell me what you think!

*Madoka means child of treasured beauty

*Words to Speak and the other story I mentioned will not be abandoned. However, there will be a very long hiatus. Sorry. Please don't hate me! My muse has dragged me (kicking and screaming) in a whole other direction while I couldn't update. I will get back on track eventually.