Chapter 16: Epilogue: Fukai Mori, Forget Me Not
"Inu-Yasha, will you come on all ready! Where going to be late and you know what happened last time." Kirara said with her hands upon her small hips, her tails swaying side to side with irritation. "I'm coming, neko!" he shouted as she heard him stumble out of the small hut before them. It had been three years since the death of Naraku and the rebirth of an old friend. Kirara and Inu-Yasha had been become life-mates, they lived in a hut within Inu-Yasha's forest, not far from Kaede's village.
"Inu-Yasha!" she called out again as Inu-Yasha stood up with a snarl, "Your stupid cat made me trip."
"Sissy is not stupid!" Kirara snapped as her gray and black cat jumped into her arms. "Now come on, we have to meet Miroku and Sango at the village."
"Yeah, yeah." He said crossing his arms within his sleeves. Three years, Inu-Yasha shook his head slightly and found himself wondering how big Shippo must be now. ["The little half-pint"] he snickered slightly, he never had been so happy in his life. Though sadly he had to deal with his brother from time to time, but he didn't mind it much.
"Wont t be great to see them again? I miss them so much." Kirara said with a smile as she looked over at her mate. "Hai, it will." He said as he smiled at her as she giggled slightly, "I swear you look like a puppy who is going to get a treat." She teased as he wiggled his ears.
"Took you guys long enough." Came a voice as the two realized they where in the village, Kirara quickly turned to see Sango there, standing by Kaede. "Sango! Kaede!" Kirara cried out and ran to the two from her past and hugged them. "Its good to see ye child, how have ye been?" Kaede asked as Kirara smiled, "Great!" she looked towards Sango, "In the name of everything holy! What on earth happened to you!?" Kirara cried out in surprise as Sango laid a hand upon her well rounded belly.
"Miroku happened to her that's what." Inu-Yasha said off-handly as his mates eyes grew large. "Well I never thought I would live to see this happen!" Kirara teased as Sango blushed. "Yeah, well . . . it happens." She says as Inu-Yasha scans the area.
"Speaking of the lecher where is he?"
"I resent that." Came a voice from within the hut. "Ah, don't you mean represent." Inu-Yasha corrected as Miroku stepped down the small stairs and stood by his wife, Sango. "I do not know what you mean, my dear friend." Miroku said in his composed voice as Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever monk."
"You know we should be going, Lady Kaede shall you accompany us?" Miroku asked as Kaede shook her head. "I am to old to travel, but please do give them my respects." With that Kaede huddled into her hut as Miroku assured her he would.
The group then went on their way to visit an old friend as they walked their way to the south end of the village Sango sighed as Kirara then upon hearing the sigh looked at her old friend. "If I was able to transform, I would gladly carry you Sango." Kirara says as Sango looks at her and smiles.
"Hey, don't worry about it, if I can battle demons then I can battle walking while pregnant." Sango laughs, Inu-Yasha shook his head, "Why do you still wear that rag about your right hand monk? The cruse is gone."
"Habit I guess." Miroku said off-handly as the group entered the forest once again, but moving into the east, following a large trail, birds where singing within their safe haven in the tree tops, while the roof of leaves let the daylight shone in, in beams.
It was peaceful and dream like soon the era opened up into an open field where a large pond laid before them, a few feet away from the pond was a medium sized hut with a large oak tree beside it with a log tied to a rope upon one of its mighty branches. As they neared the hut a light winded sent their hair flowing past them.
As the wind did so a small child's head poked out from behind the mighty tree, it was a female child with short red hair and a freckled face with green eyes. It was a human child in a brown kimono, another child came up beside the human girl, it was a little boy no older then four, he rubbed his blue eyes as if he just awoken from a nap. He had long light purple hair and wore a green kimono.
The two children stared at the visitors and then the older child picked up the little boy in her small arms and ran to the hut as many pairs of eyes looked out he windows. Miroku only smiled as did Sango and Kirara. The children cried out, their friends name and then Shippos. Shippo was the first to appear out the door of the hut, upon his back was a small inu- youkai. The boy smiled he was only a few feet taller and longer hair and tail.
"Hey! Mama! Its Inu-Yasha and the others!" he called out as he smirked and looked at his old friends. "Your late I'll have you know . . . holy cow Sango your huge!" Shippo says as Inu-Yasha came up to the young kitsune and bopped him upon his small head. "I know that!" he braked as Sango blushed and Miroku smirked.
"Where is the woman at?" Inu-Yasha demanded as he crossed his arms as Shippo shook his head, "Kirara haven't you taught this mutt manners yet." Shippo stated in more of a statement then question. "Haven't you learn to shut your mouth pup?" Inu-Yasha growled.
"Alright you two behave theirs children around." Came a voice that sound like an angel, Inu-Yasha looked over to his left as his ears went that direction and Shippo grinned. "Kagome! Long time no see!" Sango said with a cheerful voice as Kirara grinned at her friend. "Hey, how's it going? Have you hands full I see." Kirara said with humor as the much older Kagome smiled at them.
She wore the attire of a priestess, hair pulled back like a priestess and in her hands was a basket of flowers and two little girls beside her, one a human and the other a hanyou. "Yes, so I do, I've been good . . . Sango are you?"
"Why does everybody looked so surprised!?" Sango huffed finally losing her patents and Kagome laughed, "Poor Sango." She then smiled, he blue-gray eyes dancing with joy. "Its to see you all again."
"Yes and who are these two young children" Miroku said looking at the children hanging onto Kagome's pants. "Oh, This is Aya and this is Mac. They have just arrived today."
"More orphans. Will it ever end?" Miroku said with a hint of sadness, Kagome sighed and shook her head as her hand rested upon the little girls head. "No I'm afraid it will never end." She sighed.
Then she smiled, "I'm sorry, please come in, children we have guest!" Kagome said with a smile.
A girl came down a magical well, to an era of forgotten legends and races. She freed a hanyou and brought hope to those who had lost it. She gave a monk back his life, a exterminator companionship and a young kitsune a mother and now, after a critical battle with a hanyou, Naraku and the life given to her by her dear friend Kirara. She lives within the forgotten era to raise the orphans like Shippo.
For she could not return to her time but only visit for life there had ended upon the day Naraku died.
Her new life began . . .
In Sengoku-jidai.
The guardian of The Shikon no Tama.
The End
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And that's all folks, Thank you all for reading and reviewing this story! I thank you all for the encouragement to complete this story! I hope to see other people writing Inu-Yasha and Kirara stories so I wont feel so lonely LOL! Though kind of a neat twist eh? HEHEHHEHEHHEH!
Next chapter: Thank Yous and Reviews!
"Inu-Yasha, will you come on all ready! Where going to be late and you know what happened last time." Kirara said with her hands upon her small hips, her tails swaying side to side with irritation. "I'm coming, neko!" he shouted as she heard him stumble out of the small hut before them. It had been three years since the death of Naraku and the rebirth of an old friend. Kirara and Inu-Yasha had been become life-mates, they lived in a hut within Inu-Yasha's forest, not far from Kaede's village.
"Inu-Yasha!" she called out again as Inu-Yasha stood up with a snarl, "Your stupid cat made me trip."
"Sissy is not stupid!" Kirara snapped as her gray and black cat jumped into her arms. "Now come on, we have to meet Miroku and Sango at the village."
"Yeah, yeah." He said crossing his arms within his sleeves. Three years, Inu-Yasha shook his head slightly and found himself wondering how big Shippo must be now. ["The little half-pint"] he snickered slightly, he never had been so happy in his life. Though sadly he had to deal with his brother from time to time, but he didn't mind it much.
"Wont t be great to see them again? I miss them so much." Kirara said with a smile as she looked over at her mate. "Hai, it will." He said as he smiled at her as she giggled slightly, "I swear you look like a puppy who is going to get a treat." She teased as he wiggled his ears.
"Took you guys long enough." Came a voice as the two realized they where in the village, Kirara quickly turned to see Sango there, standing by Kaede. "Sango! Kaede!" Kirara cried out and ran to the two from her past and hugged them. "Its good to see ye child, how have ye been?" Kaede asked as Kirara smiled, "Great!" she looked towards Sango, "In the name of everything holy! What on earth happened to you!?" Kirara cried out in surprise as Sango laid a hand upon her well rounded belly.
"Miroku happened to her that's what." Inu-Yasha said off-handly as his mates eyes grew large. "Well I never thought I would live to see this happen!" Kirara teased as Sango blushed. "Yeah, well . . . it happens." She says as Inu-Yasha scans the area.
"Speaking of the lecher where is he?"
"I resent that." Came a voice from within the hut. "Ah, don't you mean represent." Inu-Yasha corrected as Miroku stepped down the small stairs and stood by his wife, Sango. "I do not know what you mean, my dear friend." Miroku said in his composed voice as Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever monk."
"You know we should be going, Lady Kaede shall you accompany us?" Miroku asked as Kaede shook her head. "I am to old to travel, but please do give them my respects." With that Kaede huddled into her hut as Miroku assured her he would.
The group then went on their way to visit an old friend as they walked their way to the south end of the village Sango sighed as Kirara then upon hearing the sigh looked at her old friend. "If I was able to transform, I would gladly carry you Sango." Kirara says as Sango looks at her and smiles.
"Hey, don't worry about it, if I can battle demons then I can battle walking while pregnant." Sango laughs, Inu-Yasha shook his head, "Why do you still wear that rag about your right hand monk? The cruse is gone."
"Habit I guess." Miroku said off-handly as the group entered the forest once again, but moving into the east, following a large trail, birds where singing within their safe haven in the tree tops, while the roof of leaves let the daylight shone in, in beams.
It was peaceful and dream like soon the era opened up into an open field where a large pond laid before them, a few feet away from the pond was a medium sized hut with a large oak tree beside it with a log tied to a rope upon one of its mighty branches. As they neared the hut a light winded sent their hair flowing past them.
As the wind did so a small child's head poked out from behind the mighty tree, it was a female child with short red hair and a freckled face with green eyes. It was a human child in a brown kimono, another child came up beside the human girl, it was a little boy no older then four, he rubbed his blue eyes as if he just awoken from a nap. He had long light purple hair and wore a green kimono.
The two children stared at the visitors and then the older child picked up the little boy in her small arms and ran to the hut as many pairs of eyes looked out he windows. Miroku only smiled as did Sango and Kirara. The children cried out, their friends name and then Shippos. Shippo was the first to appear out the door of the hut, upon his back was a small inu- youkai. The boy smiled he was only a few feet taller and longer hair and tail.
"Hey! Mama! Its Inu-Yasha and the others!" he called out as he smirked and looked at his old friends. "Your late I'll have you know . . . holy cow Sango your huge!" Shippo says as Inu-Yasha came up to the young kitsune and bopped him upon his small head. "I know that!" he braked as Sango blushed and Miroku smirked.
"Where is the woman at?" Inu-Yasha demanded as he crossed his arms as Shippo shook his head, "Kirara haven't you taught this mutt manners yet." Shippo stated in more of a statement then question. "Haven't you learn to shut your mouth pup?" Inu-Yasha growled.
"Alright you two behave theirs children around." Came a voice that sound like an angel, Inu-Yasha looked over to his left as his ears went that direction and Shippo grinned. "Kagome! Long time no see!" Sango said with a cheerful voice as Kirara grinned at her friend. "Hey, how's it going? Have you hands full I see." Kirara said with humor as the much older Kagome smiled at them.
She wore the attire of a priestess, hair pulled back like a priestess and in her hands was a basket of flowers and two little girls beside her, one a human and the other a hanyou. "Yes, so I do, I've been good . . . Sango are you?"
"Why does everybody looked so surprised!?" Sango huffed finally losing her patents and Kagome laughed, "Poor Sango." She then smiled, he blue-gray eyes dancing with joy. "Its to see you all again."
"Yes and who are these two young children" Miroku said looking at the children hanging onto Kagome's pants. "Oh, This is Aya and this is Mac. They have just arrived today."
"More orphans. Will it ever end?" Miroku said with a hint of sadness, Kagome sighed and shook her head as her hand rested upon the little girls head. "No I'm afraid it will never end." She sighed.
Then she smiled, "I'm sorry, please come in, children we have guest!" Kagome said with a smile.
A girl came down a magical well, to an era of forgotten legends and races. She freed a hanyou and brought hope to those who had lost it. She gave a monk back his life, a exterminator companionship and a young kitsune a mother and now, after a critical battle with a hanyou, Naraku and the life given to her by her dear friend Kirara. She lives within the forgotten era to raise the orphans like Shippo.
For she could not return to her time but only visit for life there had ended upon the day Naraku died.
Her new life began . . .
In Sengoku-jidai.
The guardian of The Shikon no Tama.
The End
* * * *
And that's all folks, Thank you all for reading and reviewing this story! I thank you all for the encouragement to complete this story! I hope to see other people writing Inu-Yasha and Kirara stories so I wont feel so lonely LOL! Though kind of a neat twist eh? HEHEHHEHEHHEH!
Next chapter: Thank Yous and Reviews!