Dawn's point of view
Mamoru and I leapt to our feet and grabbed clothes when we felt a strong surge come from Inuyasha and Kagome's room. I pulled his haori around me and he tied his hakama as we ran not bothering for anything more. I slid the door open to see Inuyasha and Kagome staring at a misty woman whose image seemed to come from the Jewel. "Midoriko?" Kagome gasped.
The woman smiled, "Yes I am Midoriko. Greetings guardians of the Jewel," Her eyes went to Mamoru and I, "and friends of the guardians."
Inuyasha and Kagome stared at us confused. "We felt her presence." I said coming more fully into the room and gripping Kagome's new doggy ear. I tweaked it gently and she jumped and reached to touch it with her new claws. "Didn't notice did you?"
She laughed and shook her head. Her eyes had a ring of amber inside them but other than those three things nothing had changed about her. Inuyasha snuggled her neck gently showing his approval before turning back to Midoriko.
"I have come to take the jewel away. The love of you two has made the jewel purified permanently. You truly accept the good and bad in each other and that understanding and love is all the jewel wanted." She said looking a bit sad.
"Did you love a demon?" I asked.
"No, I loved a human. He was killed by a demon I had thought was a friend." Midoriko said softly. "However this is unimportant. You have a wish to make Kagome."
Mamoru and I looked in surprise at Inuyasha but he grinned and hugged Kagome encouragingly. Kagome looked at the ground then at Midoriko, "Can you bring people back from the dead?"
She smiled and nodded, "Who would you like?"
"Inuyasha's parents…and my father." She said looking at Inuyasha. He looked awestruck at the woman who had given him something he had never known he wanted.
Midoriko turned to Mamoru. "And you? I can feel your desire for something as well."
I squeezed his hand gently and he nodded. "Could you bring my parents back as well?"
Kagome looked crestfallen she hadn't thought of Mamoru's parents but Midoriko just nodded. Suddenly light exploded from the jewel and then flew into the necklace around Kagome's neck. Five people now stood in the room as well.
One was a tall regal male demon, who looked like a mix of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru with his white hair up in a pony-tail. He was dressed as a warrior but he held a small woman with long brown hair very gently at his side. They both looked in shock at Inuyasha. The man in the middle was not quite as tall and had glasses and brown hair and he was dressed modernly. You could see Kagome's kindness in his eyes. The last two were also dog demons. The man was only a bit over 5 feet but he was all muscle. He had black hair and amber eyes. The woman next to him who was almost as tall as Inuyasha's father was dressed in loose clothing with her yellow hair up in many braids.
For a moment no one moved then I stepped into the front of them all. "Family reunion 101." I bowed. "The power of the priestess and Shikon Jewel has brought you all back to life. I turned to the Great Dog Demon and his wife and Kagome's father. "The priestess is your daughter (I pointed at Kagome's father) and your sons mate (I pointed at Inuyasha's parents). Maybe you would like to say hello." I said moving aside.
Inuyasha rushed to his mother while Kagome rushed to her father. The women cried and the men kept patting each other on the back. "We need to take you home to mother." Kagome said to her father and then turned to greet her in laws.
Mamoru came up beside me and pulled me over to the others. "Mother, father, this is my mate Dawn." I was engulfed in the tall womans arms and then his fathers. "Dawn my mother is Kimi, and my father is Haruki."
"It's very nice to meet you." I said smiling at them. Kimi wrapped her arms around her son and I winked at Haruki. "I get the same urge."
Haruki laughed heartily. "My wife died when he was only a few years old. We had been reunited in heaven when I died but she hasn't seen him for a few hundred years." He looked at me oddly for a moment. "How old are you? You smell young."
I grinned, "How rude of you! I am 19 years old."
Kagome groaned and everyone turned to look at her. "Dawn we never celebrated your birthday!"
"Umm…" I managed and turned and fled screaming as she charged at me.
She tackled me to the ground and began to pound my arm as I laughed, "ONE, TWO, THREE…"
"Stop stop! I never gave you birthday punches!!!" I giggled trying to get away. I looked over my shoulder to see Mamoru, Kagome's father, Inuyasha's parents and Mamoru's parents out in the hallway watching. I could hear Inuyasha shifting around in the room getting dressed. A second later I heard another door slide open and two squeals as my children ran out into the hallway.
Nagisa and Rinji giggled as they watched Kagome pounding my arm. Mamoru came over and pulled them more into view. "Mother, Father." He said pushing them ahead of him as I finally got to my feet. "These are my children. Nagisa, Rinji say hello to your grandparents."
Kimi squealed and scooped Nagisa up into her arms. "They are so adorable."
Nagisa made a face at Rinji who was getting the same treatment from his grandfather. Kagome slipped into her room to change when Inuyasha joined us and turned to his father. "These are some of the members of my pack. The others will be joining us later."
The Great Dog Demon gave his youngest son a large smile. "I am proud of you son."
Izayoi reached out and hugged Inuyasha who had flushed happily. "I am so happy that you found happiness my son."
Inuyasha smiled at Kagome as she exited their room in jeans and a red shirt. "Its all thanks to her." He went over to kiss her cheek gently and she blushed prettily. He turned to Kagomes father with a bow. "If you don't mind we will take you home now." He waved to everyone as Kagome grabbed her father by the hand and started out the door.
"Mamoru take the parents into the dining room. I'll see about dinner and meet you there." I said hugging him and tugging his blue hair gently.
Mamoru led the four older demons and human off and I bent down to look at Rinji who was tugging on the haori. "Yes?"
"Nagisa and I will go to Kaede. You get dressed." He said.
"I don't want you out alone." I said giving him a smile.
"Can we come with you then?" Nagisa said pouting.
"Yes you can. Let me change first alright?" The two of them nodded and I slipped into my room quickly dressing in a white blouse and black pants. Nagisa and Rinji were waiting for me outside and I picked them up and settled them on my back. "Ready?" They nodded and we took off running. I landed outside Kaede's hut and the children dropped to the ground. We all stared at each other when we heard what sounded like a young woman weeping inside the hut. We pushed aside the cover to see a woman who looked as if she was in her twenties weeping over the fire pit. She had on a priestesses outfit. My jaw dropped when I caught the womans scent. It was Kaede. "Ka…Kaede?" She leapt to her feet and two joyful brown eyes smiled at me over a tear streaked face. "What happened Kaede?"
"Midoriko came to me. She said since I was a friend of the Jewels Guardians I could have one wish." She held out her arms. "I wished to be young and whole to spend more time with you all." She rushed forward and threw her arms around me and I returned her hug tightly.
"That's wonderful Kaede. Oh Kaede before I forget why I came, we have extra people at the house so could you make a lot of food then joy us to eat?" I asked tugging on her dark hair. She was regal looking though she didn't resemble Kikyo.
"Of course, leave the children with me to help me carry the dishes." She wiped her eyes and shooed me outside. "We'll be up soon."
I walked slowly back to the house thinking. Mamoru got a wish, Kagome got a wish, Kaede got a wish…I wonder if Miroku and Sango got a wish and what they would wish for. I turned my face up to the sky and smiled when I felt a warm drop of rain hit my cheek then I paused as a thought hit me. I didn't get a wish….am I upset about that? I thought of Mamoru smiling at me just before leaning in for a kiss; I thought of Nozomi twirling Ebony as she joked with Sango; I thought of the twins jumping on me and laughing; I thought of Inuyasha and Kagome holding hands and my face softened into a smile. No…any wish I could have made is already granted.
Sango's Point of View
I had yet to stop crying. Miroku stood on top of a bench making him taller than the villagers who surrounded him and their eyes were all riveted on him. Among those villagers were her parents and his parents. Midoriko had appeared before them and told Miroku that he could have one wish. My eyes wandered over all the familiar faces and tears welled in my eyes again. Miroku had wished for my family and all the demons layers lives back as well as his own parents.
"And so, the love of the half-demon and human priestess purified the Jewel and granted all of the warriors one wish." He said with a flourish. "And for my beloved Sango, giving up fame, fortune, and a simple life, she was granted the lives of her villagers and our parents!"
The crowd erupted into cheers and everyone rushed me eager to embrace me in joy. My mother, who I had not seen since I was very young, laughed as she kissed me and father wrapped an arm around my shoulder beaming with pride.
Miroku held up his staff for silence. "Prepare villagers! In a week we shall celebrate Sango and my wedding as well as the purification of the Jewel!" I smiled at him, beaming as I let him decide this. I was tired of trying to control him, let him take control for a while. I thought returning the hug of Miroku's mother. I saw him walk off to Shippo and Kirara and heard him ask them to retrieve everyone else for the festival and my eyes again blurred. Oh Miroku…taking care of everything.
Kagome's Point of View
I walked up to the door of my house as Inuyasha and dad followed a little ways behind me. I felt my chest swell with joy at the thought that he was again alive. He had died when I was very young and so I did not know him very well. I opened the door to the house and went into the kitchen. "Mom?"
She turned and smiled before running over to touch my new ears. "Oh Kagome! How cute! So you and Inuyasha are married now?" She said smiling happily.
"Yeah, we are. But I have another surprise for you." I said nervously as the door opened.
"Everything looks just the same." I heard dad say and Mom seemed to freeze. Her eyes sought mine and I whispered, "I got dad for you."
Dad came around the corner and stared at Mom for a moment before rushing forward to take her into his arms. "Oh my love." He muttered into her ear, it was soft enough that if I was human I wouldn't have been able to hear. I looked at the calendar and smiled, it was their wedding anniversary. Inuyasha and I left soon after taking everything from my room and Dawns though it took multiple trips. We would return in 500 years the day after today.
I hugged my mother and father goodbye as if I would see them soon. For them I would but to me…it was going to be 500 years. I grinned as Inuyasha kissed my cheek gently. But I had 500 years to get to know my mate better and my in-laws as well as to be with my pack.
Dawn's Point of View
I passed by the well on my way home and saw Kagome and Inuyasha dropping things off and stayed to help them bring all of our belongings back to the house. By the time everything was in place Kaede and the twins were on their way to the house. Inuyasha's and Kagome's jaws dropped when they saw Kaede but they began to laugh when she said she was sticking around longer to make sure that Inuyasha stopped being an ass.
Kaede bowed deeply when she was introduced to Inuyasha's parents. Myoga had told her so much about him over the year. She bowed to Mamoru's parents as well but they waved her off and made her sit to eat.
Dinner was lively. None of the parents knew the events that had taken place over the last fifty-odd years so we told them everything. Inuyasha told how he had heard of the Jewel and set out to find it, how he had fallen in love with the guardian and the betrayal that killed her and sealed him. Kagome joined in at this point touching Inuyasha's arm softly and smiling. She told how she had been pulled into the well and unsealing Inuyasha and the shattering of the Jewel. Kaede added bits and pieces here and there as the newly wed couple began to tell the rest of their adventures and Mamoru and I added comments when we came into the story.
I laughed so hard at some of Inuyasha's comments about the annoying Kouga that I began to choke and Mamoru pounded my back as I began to curse in English. Rinji and Nagisa giggled, they had learned English the same time they learned Japanese and they were the only ones to understand me. The newly brought back parents stared at me curiously. "What was that?" Izayoi asked leaning forward.
"English. Like Kagome said, I live in a land far, far, far away." I said pointing west. "If you go this way you get to the west coast but I live on the East. It's pretty much the opposite side of the world." Give or take a few thousand miles. I thought correcting myself.
"Could we see it?" Kimi said looking up at me.
"One day. At the moment the world over there is nothing like the world I'm from. We'll have to wait 500 years." I said running my hand down the table softly. I knew I would have to wait to see my family then I could be with them for the rest of their lives but…I missed them. Mamoru smelled my sadness and nuzzled my cheek as Nagisa tugged my hair.
"So where is Nozomi, your adopted daughter my son?" Haruki asked.
"Like we told you, after Kanna was freed the mirror sucked the two of them into the realm where Fathers bones…were." Inuyasha said looking momentarily confused.
Mamoru nodded, "The two of them are on their way home. Nozomi is a strong fighter. She'll be here soon."
"In time for the wedding?" A voice said behind us.
As one everyone turned to the door and stared at the person who stood there.
Ahh well readers what do you think. People just keep popping up out of nowhere geeze. So who do you think this one is? Did I surprise you on the last one? LoL review!!!
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