A/N: Ahahah yeah. I'm finally releasing the alternate Kagome X Twins ending. Believe it or not but I think the Windsor X Kagome ending will be easier. He pretty much told me how he would lay claim to Kagome. The Twins were too shy.

And no, I don't picture Kagome having a threesome with the twins or whatever, BUT I couldn't decide which one should get her. So YOU'RE going to have to decide which one it is. (You'll understand when you read the ending.)

The start of it may seem a little lame, but honestly after thinking about it if the twins really loved Kagome I don't think they would ever let her go.

My Pet

Alternate Ending: Kagome X Twins

"Good bye Shippo," Kagome said, taking the crying Shippo from Sango. She cuddled his small body against hers. "I'll miss you. Grow up into a good youkai, okay?"

"I-I-I will," the kitsune sobbed.

"Good bye Sango, Kirara. You two have been great friends to me. I'll miss you so much," Kagome said, embracing the youkai slayer. Kirara, back in her miniature form, rubbed against Kagome's wet cheek.

"You'll come visit us if you can, right?" Sango asked, crying.

"Of course," Kagome smiled before she turned to Miroku. "Thanks Miroku, thanks for helping Amarante and for being there for me," she said before hugging the purple clothed monk.

"The pleasure is all mine Lady Kagome, although I do wish you would reconsider," he gravely said.

"I can't," Kagome laughed. "I think I've been tortured enough."

"I'll tell that mangy wolf you said good bye," Inu Yasha gruffly said, looking off into the trees, avoiding meeting Kagome's gaze.

"Thank you Inu Yasha," Kagome said before reaching out and hugging the hanyou. He was unresponsive for a moment until his arms curled around her in a rib breaking hug.

"I'm sorry Kagome. I didn't think Sesshoumaru would do that to you," he whispered.

"It's fine," Kagome said before pulling back. "I don't regret my time in the Western Lands. It was fun," Kagome said with a peaceful smile. "Well, this is it," she said, sitting on the rim of the well.

"We'll miss you Kagome."

"G-good bye."

"Farwell Lady Kagome."

"See ya…Kagome."

"I love you guys," Kagome said before jumping down into the well.

Blue lights flared up around her, and Kagome NEARLY disappeared from the Warring Era. At the last second two golden blurs flashed in front of the shard hunters, knocking Inuyasha head over tail as they streaked past.

Kagome screamed when she stopped her purposeful decent. Blue lights glowed beneath her feet, but a clawed hand gripped her stinging arm as she hung mid air. Kagome looked up, staring at the being holding onto her. "…Haruko?"

"Lady Kagome," Haruko politely acknowledged, hanging dangerously deep into the well. His younger twin was gripping his obi, keeping him from sprawling in after Kagome.

"What are you DOING here?" Kagome shrieked.

"Stopping a very big mistake from taking place," Haruko said. "Hold on."

"Huh? What do you-KYAAAA," Kagome screamed when Haruko pulled her up with his unreal strength. Kagome popped out of the well like a cork out of a wine bottle. Hiroshi caught her before she could fall back in.

"What are you two doing?" Kagome hissed, scrambling out of Hiroshi's arms.

"Lord Sesshoumaru has severely wronged you my lady," Haruko said, looking regretful.

"He was being an ass," Hiroshi unapologetically and bluntly said. "He wasn't going to allow himself to keep you, nor anyone else in his castle."

Kagome blinked. "So-,"

"Why the--," Inuyasha started, about to run his potty mouth.

"Sit boy," Kagome carelessly called.

Inuyasha crashed to the ground, his curses muted by dirt.

"But why are you here, if you'll excuse me asking so," Sango said, nervously shifting when the twins lowered their cat gazes on her.

Haruko exhaled with a twitch of his shoulders, but it was Hiroshi who answered. "Sesshoumaru made us choose," he shrugged.

"Choose what?" Kagome asked, cocking her head.

"You or him," Haruko replied.

"We chose you," Hiroshi helpfully added.

Kagome froze. "Wait, wait, wait. I must have misunderstood something. You wouldn't have chosen me. Sesshoumaru is your lord. You're his generals."

"We were his generals," Haruko agreed.

"Were," Hiroshi repeated for good measure.

"But you guys never nay say Sesshoumaru. Ever. Even when he pulled you off guardianship duty and protecting me," Kagome reasoned.

"We have chosen you, Kagome," Haruko said, staring down at the petite girl.

"Forever," Hiroshi echoed.

Kagome stared gap faced at them before planting a hand on her forehead. "Oh my gosh. What have you two done?"

"Sesshoumaru did disown us and exiled us out of the Western lands," Hiroshi cheerfully piped in.

"Although we also receive an invitation from Lady Amarante to come to the north. She said we could visit the moment we re-collected you," Haruko said, tipping his head in a very cat-like gesture.

"She was the one who told us about the… time traveling," Hiroshi added.

Kagome smiled fondly and reached out to hug her one time guards, tossing an arm around either of their necks. "I'm very happy," she admitted in a whisper. "You guys just probably made the biggest mistake in your life but… thanks. Thanks for coming back for me."

"We'll never leave you again, Kagome," Haruko vowed, one of his arms creeping around her waist while Hiroshi placed an arm over her shoulders.

"Even if the world ends," Hiroshi stubbornly added.

Kagome blinked hard but wasn't able to stem the few tears that welled up in her eyes.

"…So I guess this means you'll be staying?" Miroku innocently wondered.


"Oh gosh, what on earth made us decide we ever wanted to see a medieval Europe?" Kagome complained, practically keeled over the neck of her horse.

"You said you wanted to see this… Leonardo Da Vinci," Haruko said, studying a map of Britain.

"Yeah. Funny thing about that. HE'S A PRESCHOOLER RIGHT NOW!" Kagome shouted.

"Preschool? Another one of your twentieth century things?" Hiroshi asked, watching Kagome with great interest as his horse patiently neighed.

"Yeah. It's… a schooling thing," Kagome sighed. You would think a few decades with the cheetahs and she would have explained everything about the future to them. Not so.

"At least we missed this bubonic plague. That could have been very bad," Hiroshi nodded.

"The black plague. And I told you we could escape it as long as we didn't get fleas," Kagome shrugged.

"It seems that this London you mentioned earlier is already built. Shall we go see it?" Haruko asked, folding up his map.

"Sure. I tire of France. Stupid Paris has no Stupid Eiffel Tower for another few hundred years. On our way back to Japan we can hit up Italy. Leonardo should be old enough to have created some of his great works by them. Maybe we could buy some of them and change the course of history," Kagome grinned, bouncing on the back of her gentle horse.

"No," Hiroshi refused. If he hadn't hidden his tail by cloaking his youki (a technique finessed by the twins when Kagome begged to be taken to Europe where Youkai were supposedly extinct) it would be twitching behind him in a pleased curl.

Kagome eyed her old guard and kicked him in the leg, her pointed lady shoes hitting him hard.

"OW!"

"Hahah! Take that blackguard!" Kagome crowed.

"So in spite of being too early for this Leonardo, are you glad we have come?" Haruko asked, ignoring his twin.

"Yeah, I really needed to leave Japan," Kagome said, closing her eyes. "Too many memories," she recalled, her blue eyes fluttering shut as she recalled her final days with the elderly Miroku and Sango. Predictably the two had married and birthed a variable pack of kids… but staying in Japan, much less Edo, had been extremely painful for Kagome when the pair had died of old age.

"Too many people remembering who you are," Haruko grimly countered.

To both Kagome and her self appointed guard's surprise Kagome had yet to age. Kaede, before she died, and later Miroku both guessed it had something to do with the Shikon no Tama.

Kagome wasn't sure why it was. All she knew was that she had never tried to return to modern Japan, and hadn't aged since finishing the jewel. The twins had stayed by her side, all through the nasty, demanding messages Sesshoumaru sent, all through Kagome's trek to visit Lila and Amarante with Miroku and Sango, all through Sesshoumaru's threats of war on Lila and Amarante if they didn't exile Kagome, all through Amarante beating the crap out of the stubborn dog…

"Really? I thought we left because Kouga was getting after you again about becoming his "woman"," Hiroshi said, hanging off the side of his horse to rub his stinging shin.

Kagome was grateful to the twins. They hadn't pushed her or demanded more than friendship. In fact, they didn't treat her any differently than when they were her guards. They were both respectful and usually referred to her as "Lady Kagome". All in all, she was actually a little puzzled why they bothered to leave Sesshoumaru. It was as though nothing had changed. Still, Kagome thanked her lucky stars for them and their immortality. With Haruko and Hiroshi at her side she would never be alone.

"There was that too," Kagome blandly acknowledged. "But mostly I didn't want to be in a Warring Era Japan that didn't have Sango and Miroku. And I know Kouga and Shippo will keep Inuyasha company."

"If you call squabbling like children 'keeping company', then yes. Perhaps," Hiroshi blasted from Kagome's other side.

"Do you want me to kick you again?" Kagome asked, turning to her younger guard.

"In the notes Ryder gave us he said there's a water dragon in what you call the English Channel. If we ask I'm sure he'll give us a ride over to Britain," Haruko butt in. "Is that your preferable transportation route, Lady Kagome?"

"Sounds wonderful, let's go!" Kagome cheered.

"How long will we return to Japan for?" Hiroshi wondered.

"I'm not sure. I would like to see China in its imperial glory, but I also want to see America as a colony. Looking WAY into the future, we should for sure be in Japan for the Meiji Era, that's a dead interesting time, but after that we need to hightail it to North America, probably Canada—even though it's dang cold there--ASAP if we don't want to be involved in the World Wars," Kagome reasoned.

"A-me-ri-ka. This is that large land across the ocean? The one that hasn't been discovered yet?" Haruko asked, the foreign tongue still troubling him some. (Hiroshi had learned French, Spanish, and several German/Austrian dialects for Kagome in order to travel through Europe. English as Kagome was taught was FAR from being used. Haruko had struggled and struggled to learn Italian, but he did not seem to have his brother's knack for languages.)

"Nope, but it will be soon," Kagome promised, glancing at her faded yellow backpack. Thankfully she had some of her school books in it, first and foremost being her history book. It sadly only dealt with Japan, but it made life easier for Kagome and her guards. In the future Kagome would know what sort of things to invest in.

"Lady Kagome?" Hiroshi curiously asked, leaning into her field of vision.

"Sorry, I totally spaced out there for a minute. What is this—oh, looks like another Phoenix youkai. How on earth do they find us? Speaking of which we should go visit your aunt Namir sometime. Wouldn't you guys like to see Africa?" Kagome said, watching a giant bird soar over their heads.

After circling over them the Phoenix dropped a scroll, which hit the ground with a crack. Haruko slipped from his saddle to retrieve it.

"Five guesses who it is, the first four don't count," Kagome called.

"It's Sesshoumaru, of course," Hiroshi snorted.

"Of course," Kagome repeated as Haruko returned to his horse and unrolled the scroll. "He's the only one who bothered to stalk us with messengers across China, through Mongolia, up through Russia, popping out in Europe… By the way let's NOT go back that way. Russia is cold in the winter."

"What does he say?" Hiroshi asked, eyeing the scroll with an interesting cross of distaste and interest.

"The same thing as he always does. He informs us that we are imbeciles, instructs us to leave Kagome, and implies something about Lady Kagome's pedigree," Haruko shrugged as he mounted his horse. "To Britain?"

"To Britain," Kagome agreed.


Kagome leaned further into the softy, cuddly fur that surrounded her as she dozed in the sunlight. Beneath her Hiroshi, (or maybe it was Haruko?) purred. One gigantic cat head leaned against her own, while another was placed carefully on her tummy.

"This is divine," Kagome breathed.

Her guards rumbled in agreement. It was only in Japan that they could safely release their youki and take on the full youkai forum. The trio were currently quartered in Lord Spiro's palace (the three lords had scoffed at Sesshoumaru's proclamation and allowed Kagome to freely stay with them whenever she wished.) enjoying the release and the peace.

Sadly it didn't last much longer.

Several seconds later loud curses erupted somewhere from the third or forth floor of Spiro's fortress.

Kagome peeled open an eye and could clearly see a male, youkai with long, silvery-white flowing hair, his body stiff with raging fury.

By the way the twins didn't react Kagome guessed they had known for sometime that Sesshoumaru was in the palace.

The seething lord disappeared back into the depths of the castle a moment later.

Minutes later Spiro wandered down to the gardens where Kagome and her guardians were sequestered.

"Sorry about that," he offered as Kagome stirred.

Hiroshi yawned, flipping onto his back so Kagome could rub his belly for him.

"No harm done. You never told Sesshoumaru to be such a… well… only a swear word would properly describe what he is," Kagome said, taking a deep breath.

"No, but still," Spiro scowled. "He 'dropped in' for a 'chat'. Probably smelled you miles away and wanted to come complain," he said, glancing back up at the forth floor where the stiff figure still lurked. "It's my palace you silly ass! I'll invite whomever I want inside!" he hollered.

Haruko released a growling chuckle at Spiro while Hiroshi purred as Kagome continued to rub his underbelly.

"The whole matter is quite embarrassing. A youkai of his status!" Spiro scowled.

"It's best if you just forget the whole thing, Spiro. It happened a long time ago. A lifetime ago. You can't bear grudges for that long," Kagome smiled.

"Yes I can," Spiro stubbornly argued.

Kagome laughed, making both of the guards purr louder. It wasn't long before Spiro joined with the laughter.

"But seriously Spiro. I moved on. Haruko and Hiroshi pulled me through. I don't think about it much anymore," Kagome smiled.

"If you insist. Shall I call for some green tea? I feel like being poetically reflective and watching the cherry blossoms fall," Spiro inquired.

"That sounds lovely," Kagome smiled.

Green tea was called for, and later lunch. The little group had a fine afternoon in the gardens and were eventually joined by Shippo and Ryder.

Under the careful and loving eyes of her guards, Kagome easily forgot of the Western Lord and her troubles with him.


"Wasn't that play sooooooooooo much better than stupid Romeo and Juliet?" Kagome asked Haruko and Hiroshi as the duo escorted her from the dimly lit theater into the rainy, evening air. "It actually made me laugh!"

"A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy, Lady Kagome. Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy. It wasn't supposed to make you laugh," Haruko quietly countered as the trio walked to towards their quarters.

"Can we leave Britain yet?" Hiroshi complained, glaring out at the rain. "It hasn't changed so much from when we saw it over a hundred years ago."

Kagome glanced at the younger brother and smiled. "Yes, sorry. I wanted to stop here on our way back from seeing the colonial America. My literature teachers always expounded how great Shakespeare was, I figured I might as well see him."

"And now we vacation in China?" Haruko inquired.

"Yes. If I remember correctly China should be in the Ming Dynasty at the moment. That's one of their golden ages that acted as an influencer for Japan," Kagome agreed. "Now would be one of the best times to stay there."

"We don't want to stop in Italy to see Leonardo's works again?" Hiroshi asked.

"You really liked his art, didn't you. Do you want to see them again?" Kagome affectionately smiled.

"Maybe," Hiroshi said, looking down at his boots as they walked.

"Italy is hardly on the way," Haruko reminded his companions.

"So? We have all the time in the world. What's a year in Italy?" Kagome shrugged.

"We don't want to run out of funds, again," Haruko said.

"Hey, that was one time. Besides, Ryder delivered enough gold for a king's ransom so we were fine," Kagome protested before she stopped.

Haruko and Hiroshi froze as well, delicately sniffing the wind.

"Do you feel that?" Kagome asked.

"No, but we smell it," Hiroshi said.

"A youkai is here, a youkai is hurt. Come on," Kagome said, abruptly leaving the rainy street to turn up an alleyway.

"Lady Kagome," the twins hissed, hurrying after her. Haruko glanced around before letting his youki leak through, allowing him to sprint fast enough to pass Kagome. Hiroshi followed his brother's lead but stayed behind Kagome.

The trio skid to a stop in front of a folded bundle.

Kagome knelt by the wet blob and peeled back the hood. It was a bird youkai. That much was obvious from the beautiful feathers that lined its neck.

The youkai was beaten and bruised, blood oozing from wounds that were slowly closing up. "What did they do to you?" Kagome murmured sadly.

Haruko sniffed the youkai. "Humans," he softly growled.

Kagome's blue eyes reflected sadness and she straightened up. "Hiroshi, please carry this poor bird back to our quarters. We need to get her out of sight.

Hiroshi wordlessly stooped over, picked the injured youkai up, and started off once again, moving in the direction of the house.

Kagome clutched the throat latch of her cloak, the rain pitter pattering on her hood. Haruko hesitated for a moment before placing an arm around her shoulders. "It is not your fault, Lady Kagome. You may be human, but you have a heart for everything that lives."

Kagome sadly smiled up at her guard. "But that doesn't mean I don't regret my race's foolishness.

Haruko was quiet for a moment. "No. Come, let's go home," he said, starting to nudge Kagome forward.

Kagome allowed him to, and the companions trod home through the rain.


Kagome was in the process of making riceballs when she heard the front door slide open. Kagome wiped her hands off on a towel and smoothed her traditional kimono before scurrying for the front door. "Haruko!" she cried, catapulting herself at the cheetah who caught her with expert ease.

"Welcome home," Kagome chirped down at her guard, who held her propped up against his chest.

"I'm back," Haruko smiled as Kagome peeked over his head and beamed.

"Elizabeth, welcome. It's good to see you," Kagome familiarly greeted the hawk youkai she and the twins had rescued centuries ago.

Elizabeth had been a young youkai with very little control over her youki. Before Kagome and the twins had found her she had been beaten within an inch of her life by a human mob. Kagome had detected her aura on the way home from one of Shakespeare's plays.

"Lady Kagome," Elizabeth said, curtsying in the elegant female fashion of Europe.

Kagome wrinkled her nose and linked her hands around Haruko's neck, absentmindedly playing with his gold colored hair. "I told you not to call me that," she complained. "I'm not royalty."

"You should be. I owe you my life, and more," Elizabeth said, blinking her bird of prey eyes as she loosened her youki, like Haruko, once in the safe confines of their home. The young bird was taught by Haruko and Hiroshi how to control her youki, making it possible for her to survive in human society.

"I have brought you home a present," Haruko affectionately smiled at Kagome, who returned her gaze to him.

"What is it?" Kagome asked, tipping her head.

The door slid open again and this time a man with obsidian black eyes stepped through.

"Saku!" Kagome cried, sliding off her guardian's chest as he reluctantly released her. She stared at the otter for a moment, both surprised and delighted.

The centuries had made a few changes on Saku. He was thinner now, and his eyes did not seem so shiny and mischievous. He did not have his usual otter smile in place, although he appeared to be trying to smile for Kagome's sake.

Haruko squeezed Kagome's hand, which propelled her into motion. "It's so great to see you Saku," Kagome said, walking up to the otter youkai. She hugged him gently, as though he would break.

"Kagome, it's good to see you," the otter said, his voice was just as rich and playful as it used to be.

"How do you like my humble little home?" Kagome grinned, taking Saku's western jacket from him. The Meiji era was an interesting mix of old and new customs for Japan. Many men wore western clothing, while women continued to wear kimonos.

"I admit, I thought it would be bigger," Saku said, glancing around the entrance.

"After the Meiji Restoration things go South in Japan real quick. We're keeping our assets in other forms of currency until we return after the second world war," Kagome told the otter.

"…what?"

"Never mind. Come in! Sit down, I'll make some tea," Kagome said, backing up. She nearly slipped but Haruko already had an arm around her and carefully herded her down the hallway.

"Where is Hiroshi?" Kagome asked over her shoulder.

"He is with Inuyasha, Kouga, Shippo, and Ryder. The quartet has gone and gotten themselves roaring drunk again, Haruko volunteered him to stay behind to make sure Ryder's advisors do not kill him for nearly revealing his youki again when he was toasted," Elizabeth answered, her words distinct and pronounced. She had worked hard to become fluent in Japanese and was proud of it.

"Oh gosh, what was the occasion this time?" Kagome paused as the guests filed into the westernized parlor. Long before it was fashionable Kagome had imported sofas and mattresses for her heavily guarded house.

"I am not sure," Elizabeth admitted, somewhat ashamed of her lack of knowledge. "Although they mentioned something of a "Great Battle" and "Spectacular Failure," What?" Elizabeth asked, blinking at Haruko as he made fervorant shaking motions with his head.

Kagome froze, hovering above a soft, red sofa. "Oh," she said, falling back into the cushions as Haruko sunk down next to her. "Is it that time of year already?" she asked, sounding amused.

"It does not bother you, my lady?" Saku quietly ventured.

Kagome smiled peacefully at the otter. "Why should it? We saved the world that day. It is a memory that should be celebrated," she paused, looking troubled. "I do not understand why Inuyasha and the others insist on carrying on whenever the anniversary comes."

"Probably the bad memories," Haruko said with a cat like sigh. "I do not mind remembering the battle, but I do not enjoy recalling the events after it," he said, looking deeply disgraced, the tip of his cheetah tail curling down.

Kagome threw her arms around her guardian and joyfully smiled, tipping her head against his. "I don't know why you got so worked up. You came after me, didn't you? We've had all these centuries to make memories, wonderful memories. I would never change what happened for the world," she declared.

Haruko couldn't help the purr the reverberated in his chest.

Saku had the audacity to look amused. "Still a big kitten, Haruko?"

"Be sure to pass that information on to Windsor, the Pretty Pony," Kagome grinned.

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Lady Kagome," Saku said, shaking his head.

"Why not?" Kagome asked.

"Windsor is dead. He has been for a while. After the "Great Battle" as young Elizabeth put it, he was never the same. His constitution was far more fragile," Saku hesitated. "I don't think he ever quite saw Lord Sesshoumaru in the same light again."

"Windsor," Kagome whispered, the words falling from her lips. She recalled visions of the general, his beautiful white hair and tan skin, his gorgeous, elegant youkai forum. "Oh Windsor," she breathed, hot tears falling from her eyes.

Haruko enfolded her in his arms, sorry for both her loss and his. He had always greatly admired General Windsor.

"Secondly, I don't plan to return to Lord Sesshoumaru. It was I who sought out Haruko and Hiroshi and asked them to take me to you. I was given their whereabouts by Amarante," Saku hesitated. "I ask for your forgiveness, Lady Kagome."

"Why?" Kagome asked, stirred out of her grief.

"I fear I may have wronged you. When Lord Sesshoumaru banned you I was merely troubled. I found you interesting and amusing, but I did not adore, and perhaps even love, you the way Windsor adored you. The way Haruko and Hiroshi adore you. I wrote it off, and I shouldn't have. You did not deserve his scorn, Lady Kagome. I apologize that I did not speak up on your behalf. My mistake has been made clear to me through the ages."

Kagome tearfully smiled, crawling out of her guard's grasp. "Oh Saku, there's nothing to forgive," she sniffed, scuttling across the parlor to embrace the otter. "I'm just so glad to see you again."

"If it's any consolation, Lord Sesshoumaru has been… punished for his dishonorable treatment of you," Saku said when Kagome release her hold on him.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked, wiping at the corners of her eyes with her kimono sleeve.

"His name, killing perfection, haunts him. I believe the day he exiled you he effectively killed his heart," Saku mournfully reflected as Kagome patted Elizabeth's hand while walking buy. (During the talk of the past the bird youkai had carefully imitated a rock.)

Kagome settled back down on the sofa, morose for a moment. "What is done is done," she said before smiling. "So will you be staying with us then?"

"No, actually. I intend to stay with Inuyasha and Kouga," Saku smiled, the light shining in his obsidian eyes.

"You WHAT?" Kagome asked, staring at him as though he had taken leave of his senses. "Are you KIDDING? That has to be the worst match EVER! Saku have you seen their bachelor pad?"

"I admit, I will have to rough it, so to speak. But I feel that I need a clean break. In the future, however, I am sure I will take you up on your offer," Saku smiled.

"You mean the next time that dynamic stupidity duo trash their house in a drunken stupor you'll come borrow a room," Kagome darkly uttered.

"Precisely," was the sleek otter's reply.

Kagome laughed. "Oh Saku, how I have missed you!"

"And I you, Lady Kagome."


Kagome adjusted her sunglasses as she skipped down the stairs of her shrine home after an afternoon visit with her mother, a bag swinging in her hands.

Kagome and most everyone she knew had immigrated to America during both the world wars. Amarante had become particularly involved in the war efforts there, but for the most part Kagome and the youkai etched out a fairly normal life. (As normal as you can get without neighborhood hopping every 8 to 5 years so as to not raise suspicion about your non-aging body.) They had returned in the middle of the American occupation, able to strap down and amass a fortune during Japan's bubble economy.

Kagome's history books and Amarante's prophecies (which she was having more frequently and vividly now, having mastered the power for the most part) had warned them of the economic collapses, and so all of them had prospered.

Kagome skipped to the car where Elizabeth waited. "Did you have an enjoyable visit, Lady Kagome?" the hawk inquired. (Kagome had since long ago given up on making the hawk call her by name alone.)

"I did. It's great to see them after so many centuries," Kagome said, flipping her black hair over her shoulder as she climbed into the car.

Elizabeth started the engine and drove the car away.

"Lady Amarante has requested your presence at another fashion show, and declares she would still like to see you do a private photography session with Haruko and Hiroshi. She said, and I quote 'It's a sin you keep those boys by your side and don't marry one of them or share their beauty with the world Kagome' end quote," Elizabeth said, her stoic voice perfectly repeating Amarante's most likely dramatized words.

"Ugh, she's worse then a mother," Kagome complained. "But she does make good clothes," she admitted, wriggling in her pair of Silver Snow Jeans, just one of the many designer lines Amarante had created. "Is Saku going to be there?"

"I would assume so," Elizabeth replied.

Saku only endured three decades with Inuyasha and Kouga before Amarante hired him on. Their partnership was surprisingly perfect. Saku had a wonderful ability to clean up after the prophetess. Perhaps it was the years of experience at repairing Sesshoumaru's castles after the snow leopard's visits.

"She also mentioned Hachi was opening another hotel the same and said if you attended his opening and not her show she would cut off all ties with you," Elizabeth added.

Kagome laughed. "Hachi himself won't attend his hotel opening if she's not there."

Hachi and Yuki had taken investing in Japan's economy more seriously than Amarante. Probably for good reason. The second they had a big enough fortune they bought out Amerante's business. Amarante complained they ruled her with an iron fist, but Kagome knew the snow leopard had her cousins wrapped around her little finger.

"Shippo has sent word that Lord Ryder has left to chase down Inuyasha and Kouga. Apparently the duo accidentally sunk a cruise ship they were supposedly testing out for Lord Ryder," Elizabeth doubtfully reported.

"That, I would believe," Kagome snorted.

"And Lady Lila has announced her intent to come visit you soon," Elizabeth finished her summary.

"Is Spiro driving her up the wall?" Kagome snickered.

"Perhaps even higher than that, my lady."

Weirdly, after realizing that the era of the youkai would not last forever Lila and Spiro had teamed up to survive. Unlike Amarante (and her designer clothes) and Ryder (Who was in a partnership with Hachi. Ryder ran cruise lines and beach properties while Hachi concentrated on traditional, insanely expensive Japanese inns and outrageously luxurious mainland hotels) Lila and Spiro had (out of everyone) entered the entertainment market. Video games, no less.

"I like this century," Kagome concluded.

"Even if you do not know what will happen next, Lady Kagome?" Elizabeth questioned.

"Yes," Kagome nodded. "Living through history is fun, but I can't wait to see something new. Something I know I didn't see in a museum as a child," Kagome said, her eyes glowing. "And even then… I think Amarante's visions will give us a basis to work on. We'll survive, Elizabeth"

Kagome mused upon the idea for the rest of the car ride.

"We have arrived, Lady Kagome. Welcome home," Elizabeth said, bringing Kagome out of her reverie.

"You too Elizabeth, welcome home," Kagome said before hopping out of the car.

Kagome's house, which was technically also Hiroshi and Haruko's (Elizabeth had her own apartment not five minutes away.) was, for lack of a better word, homey. It was not large. It had only two stories and a furnished basement. It would have been smaller, but Kagome had insisted on having three small guest bedrooms for the various youkai that shifted in and out of her house. (One week it was Shippo and Kirara, the next week Lila and Amarante. Sometimes it was young youkai Kagome found out on the street, other times it was old friends of Hiroshi's or Haruko's.)

Kagome smiled at her comfortable house and started walking towards it, vaguely aware that Elizabeth was waiting in the car until Kagome would get inside. Kagome swung her bag from her mother with the rhythm of her steps as she thought about what she would make for dinner that night.

"Kagome."

Kagome turned around, hearing a voice she hadn't heard in roughly five centuries. "Lord Sesshoumaru," Kagome greeted with a wry smile, an eyebrow creeping up her forehead in an amused quirk. "And to what do I owe this… surprise?"

Sesshoumaru's hair was not silver, but black. Dyed, most likely, to embrace the Japanese idea of harmony. It was short, neatly trimmed and tamed. He peered at her over the rims of his designer sunglasses, his eyes not quite as golden as they used to be.

He was the same, but different. He had both arms, but there were crease marks on his forehead and frown lines around his mouth. He didn't seem quite as tall or arrogant, but to anyone besides Kagome Sesshoumaru still would have been quite fearsome to behold.

Sesshoumaru nodded his head, acknowledging Kagome's question but not answering it. "I thought you would have wanted something bigger. You have the money," Sesshoumaru said, motioning to Kagome's house.

Kagome and the twins had, out of everyone, most heavily invested in multiple companies, both overseas and local. They had some stock in America (cough APPLE cough DISNEY cough) they were invested in the technology field, publishing companies and entertainment companies. (Kagome had seen the Wii coming years before its innovators were born. The first time she played Zelda, Ocarina of Time she had cried with glee. And then she had to fight off Hiroshi, who became quite obsessed with the game.) The Twins and Kagome were exactly that, investors. They didn't run anything, nor did they want to. They simply used their income to live comfortably and were great philanthropists.

"Much bigger and it would be too annoying to clean," Kagome laughed.

"Isn't that what servants are for?" Sesshoumaru asked, somewhat coldly, waving a hand in Elizabeth's direction.

"None of my friends are servants, Sesshoumaru. I will not have any servants," Kagome firmly said, smiling at the hawk youkai who was starting to rustle in the car, clearly wondering if she should get out and defend Lady Kagome.

"I see."

"What do you want Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked, folding her arms.

"I'm not sure," Sesshoumaru admitted after a minute.

"Not a request for forgiveness?" Kagome asked.

"I may be older, woman, but I am not weak," Sesshoumaru spat.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Yeah, okay, whatever."

"I came… to see if it was possible," Sesshoumaru slowly said.

"To see if what was possible."

"To see if you would perhaps—,"

"Kagome!" Hiroshi called from the front door.

"Ahh Hiroshi! I just got back from Mom's, she gave me some green tea cookies for you and sends her love!" Kagome called, prancing over to the cheetah youkai, swinging her bag in the air.

When she reached the younger twin she threw her arms around her neck and kissed his cheek. Hiroshi, in a very cat like gesture, rubbed his cheek against hers, but did not take his eyes off Sesshoumaru.

"Here, take your cookies and go inside. I'll be in shortly," Kagome smiled.

"But Kagome," Hiroshi protested.

"I'll be fine! He's not going to hurt me or blatantly reveal his youki in a suburban neighborhood. Besides, even if he tried my purification powers have gotten stronger over the centuries," Kagome teased before walking back to Sesshoumaru.

It did not go unseen by Kagome that Hiroshi and Elizabeth exchanged gestures before Hiroshi returned to the house. Elizabeth and her car remained parked. Waiting for Sesshoumaru to leave.

"To see if I would perhaps?" Kagome verbally prodded Sesshoumaru while strolling up to him.

"Never mind. I see now it is clearly impossible," Sesshoumaru said, his voice as cold as ice. "I am sorry to have wasted your time."

Kagome shrugged, clasping her hands behind her back. "If you say so," she said as Sesshoumaru started to walk towards his car, a Lexus. He paused and turned around. "So you have chosen Hiroshi then?"

"Excuse me?" Kagome blinked.

"Hiroshi is your… husband?" Sesshoumaru asked, his voice still as cold as winter.

"No," Kagome shook her head, tucking a piece of silky black hair behind her ear.

"Then Haruko is your mate?" Sesshoumaru asked, the youkai lingo slipping from his lips.

"No," Kagome shook her head again. "I have no spouse."

"But it will be one of them?" Sesshoumaru asked.

Kagome turned and peered over her shoulder.

Both Haruko and Hiroshi were glued to the front bay window, their cat tails curling back and forth as they quite obviously stared. Their shoulders were stiff, their muscles tensed.

Kagome giggled. "Yes," she agreed, a deep smile crossing her lips.

Sesshoumaru pressed his lips into a thin line. "I see. Good day Kagome."

"Good day, Sesshoumaru," Kagome said as the once proud lord strode off to his car, got in, and drove off.

Kagome lazily walked back her house. Only when she opened the front door and entered the house did Elizabeth leave. "I'm home," Kagome greeted, kicking off her shoes.

"Welcome home," the twins simultaneously said.

Haruko was already in the hallway, and Hiroshi skid into view seconds later.

"Are you alright, Kagome?" Haruko carefully asked.

"He didn't do anything to you, did he?" Hiroshi hurriedly added.

"No," Kagome smiled. "It was nothing. To be honest I'm not sure why he came."

The twins exchanged unconvinced glances.

"Hey guys?" Kagome asked, drawing their attention back to her.

Their tails quirked in adorable question marks.

"Thanks," Kagome said, stepping forward to hug them both at the same time.


A decade later Kagome's wedding was announced and became the most highly sought after invitation only event. The guest list consisted of mostly youkai, the bulk of them being fabulously wealthy (Lila, Ryder, Hachi, and Spiro) or positively famous (Shipp, Inuyasha, and Kouga who, get this, had formed a boy band, not to mention Amarante who had made a début as a model for her own clothing line).

Sesshoumaru was invited, but didn't have the heart to attend. A part of him protested, this wasn't how it was supposed to go. One of his ex-generals wasn't supposed to get the girl, he was! After 500 years and supposedly realizing the folly of his ways, Sesshoumaru was supposed to sweep in and get her back!

However, when Sesshoumaru received the first photograph of a proud Kagome, her equally proud husband, and their first child, a boy who had his father's gold hair and his mother's blue eyes, some years later… Sesshoumaru had to admit that Kagome deserved her happiness. And perhaps all along he was not the main hero, as he had thought, but was instead only a secondary character in her love story.


A/N: This ending is kinda bitter sweet because really, Sesshoumaru SHOULD have ended up with Kagome. He's perfectly right, he should have. But Haruko and Hiroshi got her first.

I did have SUCH fun adding the extra notes about Inuyasha and Kouga and Shippo with this ending. I know in my other ending I said Inuyasha had died, but he insisted on living through this one.

I apologize for the delay, but hey, better late then never, right?

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Thanks for reading, I hoped you enjoyed this pairing! It's very open to interpretation, as you can tell. Again, thanks for reading, and please review!