Children of Tomorrow
Epilogue and Silly Little Plot Twist
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Three months passed smoothly, well as smoothly as anything goes in Feudal Japan. Chiyumi, happily returned to the group, was sad for a while, haunted by what Hikori did to her and also what she herself did to Inuyasha and Ashi. Luckily Miroku was very excited when Chiyumi told him the news of her pregnancy. The others were equally as happy, well Inuyasha felt the need to throttle the monk for a minute or two while screaming "That's my imouto you knocked up you hentai!!" Added was the fact that Chiyumi and Sango couldn't be left alone for more than three minutes without attacking each other. Both had collected several bruises from each other before Kagome stepped in and reminded both of them about the baby Chiyumi carried. So all in all a pretty normal three months for the group. Then one not so special day Hoshi pointed out that Chiyumi-sama had sprung a leak.
"A what?"
"A leak, Chiyumi-sama, a leak," Chiyumi looked down at her kimono.
"Well what do you know. My water broke," the group face vaulted.
"How could you not realize that?!?" Ashi, a fully healed and back to his normal grouchy self despite being hacked and stabbed Ashi, demanded of her. Chiyumi shrugged then doubled over as the first painful contraction hit, Ashi sweat dropped, "You're pathetic," Chiyumi grabbed his hand painfully, "OW! LEGGO!!"
"It hurts!"
"What did you think child birth was?" Sango asked.
"Nobody asked you," was the retort.
"Ok Everyone who isn't female needs to leave," Kagome said. Chiyumi looked at her, "I took a class and I've seen videos on this sort of thing? Guys, away."
"Come on," Sango said, herding them all out, "None of you need to see this."
"Ok...er..."
"She needs to get comfortable," Ashi called over his shoulder, "That's what she told all the women she helped in the village," Sango grabbed his collar, "Ow, what'd I do?"
"You've witnessed childbirth?"
"Er...not really. I stood by with my eyes shut while Chiyumi ran things."
"Good," Chiyumi croaked, "You can help me then."
"Me?" he squeaked.
"Should've kept quiet," Shippo said sagely.
"Shut up," Sango herded him over to Chiyumi while at the same time herding everyone else away. And while I'm not going any further into the act of childbirth, (If you really want to know how freakin' graphic and messy childbirth really is, go find a video made for school about childbirth), I can tell all my eager readers that Chiyumi's went very well. Nobody died and though Ashi kept his eyes shut tight, he was actually a great asset to the whole operation. And despite the fact that the pups were born in the middle of the forest they were all quite healthy. That's right I said pups, as in more than one. How many total? Well...
"Th-three? She had three?" Miroku couldn't believe it. He had only wished for one heir, now he had three.
"Two girls and a little boy. You can go see her," Kagome turned to the rest of the group, "You can all go see if you want," the group silently walked over to the tree that Chiyumi had utilized for birth. She sat cross-legged and held two of the pups while next to her, Ashi held the third Takara sat at Chiyumi's feet, sniffing the pup gently to learn their scent. Miroku knelt down next to his love.
"Who's this?" he inquired softly, so not to disturb his children.
"This is Shoka," Chiyumi replied with all the stereotypical radiance of a new mother. She handed the baby to Miroku who held her a bit awkwardly at first, then adjusted his stance, "This is Koji, and the one Ashi holds is Kourrin. They're kind of funny looking now because they have no hair and black dog ears, but in a few months time they'll be the cutest children ever."
"They're already the cutest children ever."
"Hey Chiyumi-san, how do you plan on staying with all of us if you have pups to take care of?" Kagome wanted to know, 'What if we meet up with Naraku or some other youkai?" Chiyumi smiled.
"Hoshi I believe it's time for you to show them your secret."
"You think? I've been like this for so long I'm not sure if I can handle the other form," everyone looked incredulously at Hoshi, instead of her normal tiny voice she had spoken with the voice of an adult. Chiyumi nodded at her, "Very well, I did promise to help out with the pups," she stood up and crossed her hands over her chest, "By the power of the wind within release mine true form," red lights twinkled into existence around Hoshi, blinding everyone, when they cleared someone who didn't look remotely like Hoshi stood in the spot that the young girl previously stood. Her auburn hair reached past her knees though it was held in a high ponytail, her eyes, when she opened them, were the deepest green, and her smile wide and happy.
"Wha-who-" neither Shippo nor Ashi could formulate a sentence.
"I think you'd better explain," Kagome said.
"I am a Kitsune it's true but I'm not really six years old. I took that form because I was hiding from my parents. Your father," she turned now to Ashi and Shippo, "Was kind enough to take me in and treat me as his own," she paused and cast her eyes downward, "For a price," they waited for her to tell what the price was but she looked back up, all smiles again, "But I won't tell you what that price is because it will only cause animosity. Chiyumi discovered my secret one day while she was still trapped as Hoshi. She never told anyone and in gratitude I told her, when she informed me that she was pregnant, that when the pups where born that I would take this form and protect the pups if any fighting should arise. I'm a pacifist you see..." it was just then that Kourrin began crying, "But that's enough about my silly past. The child needs her mother," Ashi rubbed his face with his free hand. This was too much for one little kit to digest. Inuyasha shook his head and left, muttering something about finding food, Sango followed him. Miroku smiled at his daughter.
"You will have a busy life little Shoka. Filled with love and laughter but danger too. Just know that you have a large family looking out for you."
"Yeah even though it's a dysfunctional one," Ashi added.
"It's not dysfunctional," Hoshi shot back, "It's unique."
"Whatever."
"The winds are changing Miroku-kun," Chiyumi said, "This time I think they smell of new promises and bright futures.........."
THE END
Notes: Any questions you might have had about anything are now going to be explained. Aren't I nice? Of course I am. Anyway. Here we go.
Q) What the heck do all those Japanese words mean?
A) Sorry, perhaps I should've put a translation on each chapter so you all were a little less confused. Well. Here we go.
Hai=Yes
Arigato=Thank you
Gomen, Gomen ne, Gomen nasai=Sorry, I'm very sorry, etc. The force behind the definition depends on which one you use.
Aniki=Elder brother
Imouto=Younger sister
Musume=Daughter
Okaasan=Mother
Baka=Stupid, when attached to someone's name (I.E. Ashi no baka) it would mean Stupid Ashi.
Hentai=Pervert
Otome no baka=Stupid girl
Bakayarou=Idiot
Nani?=What
Honto? or honto ne? (Not sure if I even used it but oh well)=Really?
Aishteru=I love you
Hanyou no baka=Stupid half breed. (What couldn't figure that one out on your own?)
Hanyou=Half breed
Youkai=Demon
Aneki=Elder sister
Otouto=Younger brother
Ureshii=Happy
I think that was all the Japanese I used....
Q) Why does Inuyasha call Chiyumi his Imouto? I thought they were twins.
A) They are. But if you want to be absolutely technical, Inuyasha was born about three minutes before Chiyumi. Something he likes to remind her every now and again.
Q) Ok seriously, why is it that Sesshoumaru likes Chiyumi? She's a hanyou.
A) The eldest of the family often looks after the youngest. Especially if the eldest is a boy and the youngest a girl. Besides Chiyumi shows more demon qualities than Inuyasha.
Q) What was with the flower thing in chapter two?
A) Ah, that. Well remember the episode (Or graphic novel if you don't watch the Anime) where we meet the faceless woman and she does that flower thing to 1) send Inuyasha and herself somewhere "Safe" and 2) to do that water thing that showed Inuyasha as a pup? Well I thought to myself "What if that was magic that Inuyasha and Chiyumi's mother really had? Or some variation anyway..." so I gave their mother that power. And her mother passed it to Chiyumi who'll most likely pass it to Shoka and Kourrin. This power is also what gives Chiyumi the power to make it seem like petals dance around her when she sings, something that's alluded to in Half Breed's Song.
Q)Is Hikori really dead?
A) I can't answer that for sure. You see I don't own the perverted demon wench. MereMew does. I just gave Hikori a personality.
Q)What in Kami-sama's name was up with Hoshi?
A) Hoshi. Now if that wasn't a last minute thing I don't know what was. You see I needed a way fro Chiyumi to stay with the people she loves while they go around hunting demons and stuff. So I gave her more of a backstory. Er...I can't tell you more than that only cause I just came up with the idea exactly ten minutes ago. Sorry.
