Welcome, Hellkeeper and keeper-of-the-triforce. Wow! The last chap. I cant believe it myself. Well, you know what that means. It means I don't have to worry about this during spring break. In fact, I don't think I'll have time to write until next week. So…thanks for making this author's dreams come true and hope you continue to enjoy me other works.

And because my last chap was so long I'm going for over 2000 words in the closing chapter of our tale. You'll get a peek a life raising a hanyou, which I was gonna use for a separate story but decided, nah. Happy readings to all.

Demon Zoo

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: Never owned characters from the beginning to the end

Chapter Twenty (end chapter)

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It wasn't hard for the great demon to track down a woman he never heard of. His nose just found the source of the largest demon scent in the city (aside from the old zoo.) Now Sesshomaru could rest but it wasn't easy. He had never sat in a real chair before but he decided to get use to the chair. He did. And he understood why the chair the conveniently placed at Rin's bedside.

The world had gotten dark outside and Rin hadn't moved a muscle since the puppy was born. Sesshomaru took Rin's delicate fingers in his claws. He fiddled with them. Sesshomaru could feel his heart lifting when he realized she was warm. Was this relief? Was this happiness?

Rin swore that sitting by her side was an angel. Bright and beautiful. But when her eyes finally adjusted, when her mind was cleared, Rin smiled as she saw something better than an angel. She saw Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru hid his joy but Rin could see it in his face. He began to fiddle with Rin's fingers in his hand again. "Rin," he said.

"I'm here, Sesshomaru," she said. The youkai turn his head. His could finally look into Rin's innocent brown eyes again.

On the other side of the room, Kaede was busy at the sink and then she grabbed a towel. "So, you both made it through," she said to Rin. She brought a small bundle over to the bed. "It's all clean. I do believe now is the time for you to see your son."

Rin was happy and also curious about the puppy in her arms. It was a type of child she never expected to have. After being cleaned up the puppy had pale skin, almost white and it felt human. He had a chubby face just like a human baby but the features were more like Sesshomaru. Rin wouldn't be surprised if the puppy already had teeth. She let a quiet awe out when she saw the puppy's faded pink nose try and sniff her.

She opened the towel up and got her biggest surprise. Her son had tiny folded ears, just like a real puppy. On top of the head was white hair like some newborn humans would have. The white blended quite well with the puppy's pale skin.

As for the body, it was abnormally human. 10 finger and 10 toes (which would eventually become claws). He had white facial hair hidden among his pale skin on his arms and his legs too. To Kaede's surprise, Rin picked the puppy up and turned him around.

"What are you doing?" asked Kaede.

"I thought so," Rin smiled. "He's got a tail growing." Rin put the puppy down. it was so cute yet so weird to consider that this was also her child.

She looked to Sesshomaru, the father, but he had a very disappointed look on his face. "Sesshomaru?" asked Rin. "What's wrong? Aren't you happy?"

Sesshomaru tried to think how to say his response to Rin in her human language. He knew what to say though and he said it slow. "He…he looks like…"

Sesshomaru closed his eyes trying to think.

"He looks like Inuyasha."

Rin chuckled. That was the first full sentence she ever heard out of Sesshomaru. But she understood how Sesshomaru felt about his brother.

And speak of the devil…

"Aww, he's so cute," said Kagome given the chance to hold the puppy. "I thought it would be creepy to you," said Inuyasha. "You know. It's a baby with a dog for a head."

Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, I think someone needs a trip to obedience school and give you a lesson in manners."

"It's all right," said Rin. "Sesshomaru thinks his son looks too much like Inuyasha."

"Hey, he does look like me," said Inuyasha picking the puppy up. Sesshomaru gave a low growl.

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The police were able to conclude that the invasion of Kagome's house and the raid on the Shikon zoo lab were connected. When Kagome finally got back to her messed up home, she was immediately ask to come to a hearing and Inuyasha came with her too. Inuyasha spoke to the city on the treatment of the demons and hanyous in the zoo and about the Kontoro-ru, Kikyo's organization that tried to obtain hanyous illegally. Kagome spoke about the exposed crimes on the deceased Naraku.

It seemed that most of the demons were found in the nearby woods, but for safety reason, the police chose to evacuate people from the area instead of capturing all the many and possibly threatening youkai.

Miroku and Sango couldn't believe it themselves when they to the hearing and heard the entire story. By late afternoon, the hearing was in recess. "Hey, Kagome," said Inuyasha. "Sesshomaru said that he and Rin were gonna leave tonight."

"So soon?" asked Kagome. "But I dunno is Rin's even ready to head out. It's kinda like being forced to leave civilization."

Kagome and Sango stopped by a grocery store to do some cute baby shopping. They were gonna get some essentials like diapers and clothing for the hanyou since Rin and Sesshomaru were going to move far away.

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"Are you sure you wanna do this Rin? You haven't really known Sesshomaru for that long."

Rin looked down to the ground trying to think. Koinu was sleeping on her back. "And there won't be other humans for miles. How will you survive?"

Rin looked up at Kagome. "I dunno. But I think that Sesshomaru really will take care of me. I have to believe in that." She picked up the bags of food and clothing Kagome got for Rin. "I'll be all right." The weight of the bags defeated Rin and she was forced to drop them.

Finally Sesshomaru came over and picked up the bags for Rin. They were deep in the forests and were planning to go up into the mountain. Most of the demons in the area chose to stay on ground level and fight the great survival of the fittest war. Being a powerful youkai Sesshomaru trusted the fact that no creature would come near him or his family that he despised.

Instead of using his flight or super speed, Sesshomaru chose to walk with Rin up the mountain. That way Rin could enjoy the sun set. Inuyasha and Kagome watched them leave disappear up the mountain.

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Time passed and the hearing were still going on. What would become of the demons and hanyous in the forest? The answer came from the emperor who learned everything about the hearing and of the corruption of the former Shikon Zoo. He demanded that the entire area become a demon preserve and that the most trusting and human experts on demons would take care of the facilities.

Miroku was named chairman of Shikon National Demon Preserve. With Sango and other women on his board, he had his choice of many girlfriends (and butts to touch!). Kagome was also on the board but she also the main girl around the girl making sure the park wasn't littered and that all things kept on naturally. She was also a caretaker for the demons.

Unlike the zoo, people were restricted to visits along the preserve borders. However, the patrons like this a whole lot more because the demons were living in real natural habitats instead of behind cages.

Kagome was able to finish school and devote her cares to the preserve full time. She and Inuyasha were very close working together to care for the large place they called home. This convinced Kagome to have a cabin deep in the preserve. Inuyasha lived with her and they became more like a close couple. Eventually Inuyasha ended up popping the question to Kagome's surprise and they had a real wedding on the preserve grounds.

She hadn't heard from Rin in a while. But she would regularly see Sesshomaru flying around the preserve. He wanted to take into account all of the creatures in the preserve and where their territories were. Kagome thought that she should go up sometime soon and visit Rin. She wondered if she as homesick for civilization as she sometimes was.

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They were living in the abandoned temple deep in the mountain. For Rin it wasn't easy living of off what Kagome would pick up for her. She had to sleep on hay and eat can goods. She got a pan and learned how to cook. Rin also learned how to get water pumping in her new home in a pump that hadn't been used for centuries.

Sesshomaru was approaching home and sure enough he heard his son scream. On his hind legs Koinu was running around the temple butt naked. "Koinu, come take your bath!" Rin was chasing after her son. Her clothes got soaked from a failed attempt to get him to bathe.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

Sesshomaru stood and watched his son run into him. "Daddy," he cried. Sesshomaru began to growl some demon. Then Koinu happily skipped towards the pool of water and got in. Rin was shocked. "He always listens to you," said Rin. "I guess he likes to be more of a demon."

"It was just like Inuyasha," said Sesshomaru. His human communication with Rin had gotten better in passing weeks. Koinu however seemed more ignorant of human talk and would rather listen to his father. Koinu's behavior was like that of a human child at two no doubt. But after all, he was a hanyou and hanyous were always wanting trouble.

Sesshomaru saw a dreary look on Rin's face so he took his hand to her. "You look exhausted. Go to sleep now, and I'll make sure he doesn't bother you for a while."

After Sesshomaru helped his son he take a bath he ordered him to go to sleep and merrily he took his place on a pile of hay by his sleeping mother. Sesshomaru looked at the two. Koinu was always happy and hyperactive but he began to realize how depressed Rin was since she came to live here. He watched her struggle to get comfortable on her stone and hay bed. Sometimes it was too cold for Rin and she had to ration her human food carefully. She couldn't make any trips up or down the mountain by herself. But her biggest job was raising Koinu. Rin had never expected that she would have it this hard raising a child, not just a child, a half-demon. Koinu was still a sweet angel but he could be a little devil. His cries were still very loud and for the first few weeks Rin never got any sleep at night.

Tonight she could sleep. Sesshomaru thought, 'she's not happy'. Of course, it wasn't as if she chose this life. It took one act of demon rape for all of this to happen. He could tell that she felt isolated from the world only seeing a few demons but no humans. She had no idea that the park had become a demon preserve. Sesshomaru walked outside of his house thinking 'if only'. If only there was a way to make Rin feel more comfortable here, with him. In truth, Rin and Sesshomaru's relationship hadn't change. It didn't developed into this 'love' that Inuyasha told him about that one night. They were together out of responsibility and their new trust in each other. But it was becoming too costly for Rin. She must miss her freedom.

Sesshomaru walked by himself into the forest until he came upon a cabin.

Inside Kagome and Inuyasha were smooching up a storm. "It smell like twins," said Inuyasha. "And how would you know, we just found out about it last night," said Kagome. "Because I have the nose for this sort of thing."

Inuyasha had Kagome against the kitchen wall and he was sniffing her breasts. Kagome was giggling.

"Ahem."

They turned around and saw Sesshomaru standing by the kitchen door.

"Haven't you ever heard of knocking, nimrod?" asked Inuyasha harshly.

"I'm a demon Inuyasha and clearly I can do as I please in these lands."

Inuyasha let go of Kagome and sighed. "I need the advice of both of you."

"Wha?" said Inuyasha. "You owe me for saving the both of you Inuyasha. Now will you listen to me or not."

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Sesshomaru had not returned until sunset the next day. Rin wasn't surprised. Out here, youkai needed their freedom and their power. She sat on the ancient stone watching Koinu play with the ball like a dog would. "Play fetch with me, mommy," said Koinu tugging at Rin's peasant kimono.

"It's too dangerous to play fetch up here," said Rin. "I can't throw the ball too far." Koinu pouted and went back to play. It was of course way past his naptime but Koinu didn't care. Finally Sesshomaru came up to Rin and his son of course, jumped up and down then went up to grab his father's leg. Koinu of course soiled the ground. He still had trouble controlling his bladder whenever he got excited. "Put a diaper on and go to bed," said Sesshomaru in his demon speak. "I wish to speak to your mother in peace." Koinu ran back nito the house and did what he was told. Yes, even for a baby hanyou he knew how to put on his own diaper whenever he soiled before bedtime. And yes he only would put on his own diaper if his father told him to.

Rin sat on the ground staring at the ants beneath. "Rin," said Sesshomaru. "I sense your unhappiness here. I understand the sacrifices you made for Koinu and for myself. I think I should repay you."

"Huh?" Rin looked up. "Oh, I like it here, Sesshomaru. It's very pretty and it's the first real home I've had in a while. I don't have a place out there. I can learn…"

"That's not what I meant, Rin." Sesshomaru lifted Rin up and got her to stand. "I spent the day trying to obtain something with Kagome's help. It is something that is part of your human tradition. Some object of human ritual I presume. But the human says this should make you happy." Sesshomaru reached into the pocket of his kimono and took out a small velvet box. He opened the box and a diamond began to shine brighter than the night sky.

Sesshomaru didn't understand why Rin was crying and yet she was smiling. "Oh…Sesshomaru," choke Rin. "I'm very happy with you." She wrapped her arms around Sesshomaru. Slowly but confident, Sesshomaru brought his arms up and pulled Rin in allowing her to cry into his soft fur.

Sleeping with Sesshomaru, Rin had felt the most comfortable than she ever had and instantly fell asleep. Sesshomaru watched Rin's wedding ring create reflections in the ceiling of their bedroom. She felt warm and so did he. His mind began to race through so many memories until he finally came to the conclusion.

'So this is that emotion love,' thought Sesshomaru.

'I understand now, father.'

THE END
A Fantasy Cat story for fanfiction.net

Closing facts:

Koinu is Japanese for "puppy"

I got the "pee with glee" idea from my own Yorkshire Terrier (they're menaces!)

And yes, there's hanyou twins in Kagome and Inuyasha's future.

~~~Thanks for reading