Chapter 56 – Epilogue

The clock read three in the mornings and she knew that if she had any hope of being focused for the meeting she had in a few hours she needed to get some sleep. Problem was that she had promised her mate that she would come home and sleep there instead of spending what little time she had to sleep at her job. After her friends and family had saved her and after promising to take better care of herself, Kagome had gone back to school and had gotten her medical degree in the three short years that she had to be trained by Kaede. It was now five years since she had fought and had voiced her anger. When she had declared to all that enough had been enough and that she would be taking control of her own life starting then. Just as she had walked by the nurse's desk, Kagome force when she heard the head nurse say, "Dr. Taisho, you have someone waiting for you in your office."

"I am off the clock; I should have been off the clock an hour and a half ago." Kagome answered in a tired filled voice.

"I understand doctor however they stated that they were family."

"I am officially off the clock, have someone come and wake me in three hours, I have a meeting to get to by seven in the morning and I would like to take a bath beforehand."

"Of course doctor."

She had no idea who it could be that waited for her as she knew that if it was something important or that needed her full attention her friends and family would have called her on her cell. While she knew that she was not supposed to have it on her during her working hours, Kagome had been given special allowance to have it on her as she was the elder miko that lead and kept the five houses of Japan at peace. Just as she walked into her office, Kagome let out a long sigh and said, "I have no idea who…Inuyasha what are you doing here?"

"Feh, I told you to come home, you were supposed to be home an hour ago, what the hell?"

"I'm sorry love, but something came up, I just noticed the time and I need to get some sleep before the meeting with the council in the morning."

"The meeting was moved," Inuyasha growled out as he walked over to his mate to look her over.

"What? Why? What happened?" Kagome asked in a worried filled voice as she quickly pulled out her cell phone so that she could see if she had any missed messages or voice mails from her friends.

Sango was now ruling the Houses of Taijiya was Miroku at her side just as Koga and Ayame were not the current leaders and rulers of the House of Wolves. While it had been Sango's parent's choice to step down, Koga and Ayame had lost their grandfather just two years after they had all errand their freedom and had quickly been appointed as the new leaders for the House of Power. Her elder sister had been allowed back into the lands and her brother had appointed her as his advisor since she was so good already due to the type of business and agreements that she had already made on her mates be half in London.

"Nothing happened you stubborn wench, you are not taking care of yourself and our friends thought that it would be best if you got the rest that you needed. They all agreed to this."

"I am perfectly fine; I am not made of glass Inuyasha." Kagome growled at her mate. While Kaede had given them their freedom she had sadly lost the only thing that tied her to her biological mother but it hand only caused her bond with her mate to strengthen that much more. She was now a miko Inu hanyou and a much respected healer.

"We aren't treating you like glass; we just want you to take better care of yourself so that you and the pup are in any danger!" Inuyasha finally roared out in anger. While he had been waiting for the right time to point out to his mate that she was with a pup, he wasn't going to allow her to over stress or to push her body past its limits.

"Me and…wait…what?" Kagome asked in a confused filled voice.

"Feh, you have been working so much that all of your strength is stressing your body. Its why you haven't noticed the change in your scent or the clear signs that you are with a pup." Inuyasha answered as he kept his eyes locked with that of his mate.

"So…I'm going to be…we're going to be parents." Kagome whispered in a shocked and surprised filled voice.

"Only if you start taking better care of yourself than yes, we are going to be parents soon enough." Inuyasha answered honestly.

After a small moment of silence, Inuyasha fisted his hands and ignored the pain of his claws as they dug into the palms of his hands as he watched his mate move about the room in a fury. He watched as she dug through files upon files of medical records and as she quickly began to sign off on documents and reports. Before he could even ask what the hell she was doing, he froze in place as she lifted her office phone and said, "I don't care if he is in a meeting I need to speak with the chief of medicine now."

"Dr. Taisho he is…"

"Either you put him on or I am going there now." Kagome growled out in an annoyed filled voice.

'She always has to get it her way…well she isn't going to get her way now. Not with this matter.'

"Hold please."

As she waited for the chief of medicine to answer her phone call, Kagome quickly typed up and emailed him her official resignation letter while making sure that she left the proper notes and documentations for the doctors that would take over her cases. She would also be working on the more rare cases if need be but she would be working as a private doctor. She would not risk her health nor would she risk losing her child. Not when Inuyasha and she had been trying for so long to have children. At first it was believed to be the side effect of the poison she had taken to get rid of her dragon blood and of the gift that she had inherited from her mother but that had not been the case. 'It doesn't matter now, the only thing that matters now is that I will have my family and Inuyasha and I will get to give our children the choices and lives that we never had'

Just as Inuyasha was about to ask her what it was that she was doing or why she was calling the chief of medicine he froze in place when he heard her say, "I really don't care what kind of a meeting you were in. If you need funds you can now take donations from me and my family. Effective immediately I am quieting. I just found out that I am pregnant and I am not about to risk my health. I just finished leaving all the notes in my charts and marked the rarer case so that if you need to contact me you can and I will know which one you are talking about. I will be sending in someone to clear out my office in the morning. You will have received by now my letter of resignation by now in your email. Good night."

After a long moment of silence and just as she had finished packing her personal items that she did not want to leave behind, Kagome looked up and smiled at her surprised mate as she heard him ask, "What the hell? I didn't want you, we didn't mean for you to quiet!"

"I know but I have had enough sadness and death in this live. I will not risk disappointing my family and pack. Not when we all fought so hard for what we have now."

"Feh, I'll let them know, we'll have them over in the morning."

"Good, now take me home Inuyasha. I'm ready to go home."

A/N: Well there you have it, I had no idea how to end the story and this is how I thought it should end. Please let me know what you all think and review!