DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or the book called 'Hasse Simonsdochter' written by Thea Beckman, nor do I own the characters of these two stories!! But I do own the idea of mixing these two ingredients and my imaginations into a new story.
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
Epilogue
The sun shone brightly in the clear blue sky as soft breezes created small waves in the fields of grass. The singing of the birds echoed through the clearing while they rested on the castle walls.
A soft tune filled the air as a small girl walked over the fields. She was dressed in a small yukata that shared the same color of the two lonely daffodils that could be seen in the field near the castle wall. The tiny silver flowers that were embedded on her garment reflected the sunlight like small crystals from afar. Beautiful silver bangs with strands of raven black hair here and there framed her cute little face where a dark blue crescent moon could be seen at the center of her forehead, together with two pairs of dark marks of the same color on her cheeks right below her golden eyes. On the left side of her head, there was a small braid woven of silver hair that was partly covering her slightly pointed ear. And around her neck, a necklace made of shark teeth and black beads could be seen
Her silver hair on the back of her head, which was slightly longer than her shoulders danced in the air as she made small rabbit jumps with her bare feet towards the two daffodils. "One...two...three...four..." she counted each time she jumped. "...five...six...seven...eight...nine...and...TEN!! Yay, I made it!!" she cheered happily as she succeeded in reaching the flowers within 10 jumps.
The little girl knelt down and smiled as she carefully touched the delicate petals of the flower with the tip of her forefinger.
~*~
"Yuri?" a voice called from a distance.
The little girl jumped up of surprise. "I'm here!!" she shouted as she turned around and ran towards the courtyard of the castle.
When she arrived at the gate of the castle, two familiar persons were already waiting for her. One of them was Sesshoumaru, her father and the other was Kagome, her mother.
Sesshoumaru was wearing his usual garments and armor with his sword hanging from his waist while Kagome was dressed in a dark blue yukata with white sakura blossoms embedded on it. Her raven black locks, which was slightly shorter than Sesshoumaru's, was slowly waving along with the gentle breezes from the West, together with the silver ones.
"Yuri...why aren't you wearing your sandals? Mou...look at your dirty feet."
Kagome complained as she searched her sleeves for a napkin. "Sesshoumaru,
could you lift her up so I can clean her feet?" she asked, pulling out
a white napkin.
"I'm sorry mommy...don't be angry at Yuri...I just feel better when I walk over the fields without the sandals..." Yuri explained as she shifted her gaze from her mother to her father.
Sesshoumaru chuckled and winked at her playful daughter before he picked her up and set her on his arm. "Your mother is not angry, she's only scared that you might step on sharp or poisonous objects." he comforted her.
"There...all clean!" Kagome said as she wiped away the last spot of dirt on Yuri's feet and put away the napkin. She looked up at Yuri, who still had a regretful look on her face. "No, mommy isn't angry at you, silly." she smiled as she softly tapped her nose with her forefinger. "But we are going out today, that's why I wanted you to wear sandals."
A smirk suddenly appeared on her face. "Well, I guess daddy will just have to carry you until we get back, since we don't have time to search for your sandals right now, if we planned to return before the fifteenth sunset." she grinned as she eyed Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru gave her an annoyed look and wanted to complain but was halted when Yuri wrapped her tiny arms around his neck and hugged him tight. "Yup! Daddy will carry Yuri...won't he?" she asked as she pulled away and looked at him with puppy eyes.
Sesshoumaru eyed Kagome, who had a smirk on her face before he turned to Yuri with a warm smile. "Alright! Daddy will carry you until we get back." he gave in.
"Yay!!!" Yuri cheered as she released Sesshoumaru's neck and settled herself comfortable on his arm.
"Shall we?" Sesshoumaru asked, turning to his mate.
Kagome nodded and together they left their castle and headed East into the forest.
~*~*~*~*~
During their travel, Yuri got a new pair of wooden sandals as Sesshoumaru finally
gave in to his sore arm of carrying his daughter around all the time.
Several days later, they finally arrived at their destination.
A nostalgic breeze blew past them as they stopped before the entrance of the small town.
"Are you sure about this, Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked as he turned to look at his mate.
Kagome took a deep breath as memories washed over her mind. "I have to..." she said, more determined than ever. "...or else I won't be able to move forward..."
"Mommy and daddy are slow! Yuri is going in first!" their daughter
shouted as she hopped into the town.
"Yuri, wait!" Kagome called after her but her daughter had already disappeared around the corner of a row house.
"Don't worry love, I'll go get her." Sesshoumaru said to her reassuringly and jumped up to the air and into the town.
Well...he could have taken me with him...mou... she growled inwardly and entered the town on foot.
-- Inside the town --
This sure brings back memories... Kagome thought as she walked over the
streets.
It has been five years already since she left this place, yet she still remembered how the streets and houses looked like. Nothing has really changed here... she concluded in her mind as she realized that everything stood right on the place where she had remembered it.
~*~ At the same time ~*~
I wonder why mommy and daddy wanted to come here...there's nothing special
here... Yuri mused, looking all around her as she walked over the street.
As she was consumed by her thoughts, she didn't realize a woman was walking
up to her from the opposite direction and slightly bumped onto her.
*bump*
Yuri lost her balance and fell backwards, right on her bum. The woman, on the
other hand, managed to prevent herself from falling to the floor but dropped
her bag filled with potatoes of shock, causing the potatoes to roll all over
the street.
"Oh my goodness, child, are you alright?" the woman asked worriedly as she ignored her errands and knelt down in front of Yuri.
"Ite..." Yuri groaned as she got back to her feet and rubbed her behind. She wanted to reply the woman's question but then she noticed the potatoes that have spread all over the place. "Oh I'm sorry... I'll get them back for you." she quickly said.
"Wait__" the woman called after her but halted when the girl had already ran to the other side of the street to gather the potatoes.
~*~
"Here you go!" Yuri smiled as she handed the woman her all the potatoes.
The woman stared at her with wide eyes, surprised by the fact that a little girl like her could gather all the potatoes within two minutes. "T-thank you, little one...you're a good girl." she said with a smile and put the potatoes back in her bag.
Yuri widened her golden eyes as she finally had the chance to look up at the woman. Kirei... she said inwardly when she saw the golden locks of the woman. She's pretty for a woman around the age of forty. she thought as she sniffed her age.
The woman was dressed in a simple brown dress with long sleeves and a V-shaped neckline. She had sky blue eyes and beautiful golden hair with light curls that reached her lower back.
"Are you lost or something? Where is your mommy and daddy?" she asked
as she gently patted the Yuri's head.
Right when Yuri was about to answer her question, she smelled a familiar scent approaching and quickly turned around, only to see Sesshoumaru descending from the sky and landing softly on the floor right in front of her.
"Daddy!!" she cried as she hugged Sesshoumaru's leg. "This pretty woman is nice and she called me a good girl!"
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes when he saw her dirty yukata. "Yuri, are you unharmed?" he inquired.
"Heki heki!! Yuri is a good girl! Yuri is strong, just like daddy!" she replied with a big smile.
Sesshoumaru returned an approving smile before he looked up at the woman. "I am sorry if she had misbehaved." he said politely.
"Oh no! Not at all! She has been a very good girl. You must be her father, you two look so much alike." she smiled warmly. "Your daughter is very beautiful...her mother must be beautiful as well."
At that moment, a voice suddenly called Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru!!"
The woman frowned. This voice...no...it couldn't be... she thought hesitatingly.
Kagome finally caught up with Sesshoumaru from behind. "D-did you find
Yuri?" she panted as she reached his side.
"Mommy!!" Yuri cried as she reached out to her mother.
"Yuri! Thank God you're okay." Kagome sighed of relief as she took her daughter into her arms.
The woman widened her eyes when she saw Kagome and gasped loud enough for her to hear her.
Kagome turned to the sound and widened her eyes too when she saw the woman.
"K-Kagome...?" she said.
Kagome gave her a smile and nodded. "Hello mother." she said warmly.
-- At Higurashi's house --
"Please...make yourself comfortable and take a seat." Shira said as
she walked into the livingroom.
Yuri was the first to run into the livingroom with Sesshoumaru and Kagome right behind her.
"How is father and Souta?" Kagome asked after she settled herself on the couch next to Sesshoumaru, who had picked their daughter up and set her on his lap.
"Ron is doing well, he's still hunting to support us. And Souta, he's learning how to hunt like his father. He's doing fine too." Shira replied, settling herself on a chair near the couch. "Right now, they are practicing in the forest, I think they should come home any time...oh look there they are!"
Right after she said that, the sound of the front door opening could be heard from the hallway.
Ron was the first one to enter the house with Souta right behind him. "You've done pretty good today son! Tomorrow, we'll practice again." he said to his son as he walked into the living room. He stopped walking when he saw Shira sitting on the chair. "Shira? Why are you__" he halted himself when he realized there were visitors. His eyes widened when he saw them.
Just when Ron was about to scold his wife for letting youkai into their house, Kagome and Sesshoumaru (lifting his daughter up in his arms) stood up, causing him to halt himself.
Kagome smiled at Ron. "Father..." she said before turning to Shira.
"...mother..." and then to Souta who stood next to his father. "...and
Souta..."
"It's has been a while since I had left this house, that's why I have come
back to see how you all were doing. To see that you are all very healthy, makes
me very happy." she began. "I'm also doing fine...for I have found
my own happiness." she said, shifting her gaze to Sesshoumaru and back
to Ron and Shira. "But I don't think I will ever come back here again...so
please take good care of yourselves."
With that said, Kagome walked pass Ron and made her way to the hallway with
Sesshoumaru, who was carrying Yuri in his arms, right behind her.
The sound of the front door closing could be heard from the hallway, followed
by a long silence that fell upon the house.
~*~
Kagome took a deep refreshing breath as she exited the small town and entered
the forest. "Ne Yuri? What would you like to eat when we get home?"
she turned to her daughter, who was sitting comfortably on the arm of Sesshoumaru.
"Euhm..." Yuri thought, putting a finger on her small cheek. "...pancakes!!!" she cried happily.
"Alright! Mommy will bake some pancakes when we get home!" Kagome smiled.
"In bunny shapes?" her daughter asked with wide eyes.
"In bunny shapes." she agreed with a smile.
"Yay!!!" Yuri cheered with her arms stretched above her, causing Sesshoumaru to stop walking for a moment as he almost lost his balance.
Kagome giggled and shifted her gaze to Sesshoumaru, who almost fell because of their playful daughter.
"Come here you meany!" he growled playfully as he wrapped his free arm around Kagome's waist and pulled her closer until she was leaning onto his chest.
They silently gazed at each other as their eyes met.
"Uh-oh..." Yuri giggled as she covered her eyes with two hands and turned her head away from her father and mother, knowing what was going to happen.
Kagome turned to look at her daughter with a frown but her dark blue orbs met the golden ones again when Sesshoumaru gently shifted her gaze back to him with his thumb and forefinger on her chin.
They shared a smile before they slowly leaned closer to each other and sealed their lips with a kiss.
~*OWARI*~
Vocabulary:
mou: geez
ite: ouch
kirei: beautiful/pretty
heki: I'm okay
ne: hey
owari: the end
Posted: 25 December 2003
Last Edited: 12 February 2004 (re-edited because of tag problems)
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