Seventeen years later...
Kagomes barrier had protected them well for the past seventeen years. Naraku had sent demons out far and wide to no avail. But she knew her barrier was about to fade. She had not told the others yet, but she was expecting again and her powers were fading fast.
Din and Faore were never seperated from each other, the best of friends, still running around with rayne and raiden. They brought laughter and joy to the village. No one cared that he had naraku for a father and nayru had not told him about his father. None of the other children knew either. Din was the complete opposite of his father. He was caring and kind, and even tempered. He felt strongly for faore but was too nervous to tell her and she felt the same way, just as nervous about telling him.
Rayne was conflicted. She had been raised with shippo as an older brother figure, but lately she felt something more when she looked at him. He had turned into a handsome man, taller than sesshomaru by three inches. He was around 6 feet tall now. Kagome saw the way rayne looked at shippo and smiled to herself. She figured at least maybe if they did end up together, shippo would officially be family. Aiki, sangos daughter with black hair and brown eyes, was never far from raiden.
Din was sitting at the start of the barrier, thinking when faore came up to him. "Hey. Thinking about where your father is again?" She asked as she sat down, her green kimono folding gracefully around her. He nodded in answer, looking out over the horizon. "I just wish mom would tell me about him. She wont even mention his name. All she will say is that she used to live in a castle before i came." "Well, you know the solution, right?" She asked and continued as he looked confused, "we go looking for him. There arent too many castles around here. But we will have to leave when everyone is asleep. I dont think our parents would like us going alone. Especially when they find out why. I will tell rayne, raiden, aiki and shippo if they will come too." "You guys dont have to come..." he started to say before she interrupted him, "of course we do. We are best friends and we are not leaving you alone." He nodded gratefully and looked back over the horizon again.