Disclaimer: … [pulls out a manga] Now you tell me, who's name is on this as the author? Right, Rumiko Takahashi. Now, what's my name? Netiri, good. Now, does 'Netiri' look like 'Rumiko' in ANY way?!

{A/N:} [sigh] here it is… The ending of this damn fic…told you I'd finish it…

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Epilogue

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"Momma!" Shippo cried happily as his mother came through the door, her arms loaded with shopping bags. "Wanna hear what Dad and Uncle Miroku taught Mika, Shoura and me?! Huh? Do ya, do ya?!"

"Yeah, Mom!" Mika said as Sango came in the door. "Daddy and Uncle Inu are really good poets!"

"Yupp!" the youngest of the trio said. "Good poets!"

Sango and Kagome exchanged a glance before turning to their husbands who were innocently getting up to take the shopping bags. Inu-Yasha crossed his fingers behind his back, hoping that Shippo wouldn't say the real version of the poem he'd taught them.

"Go ahead, Shippo." Kagome said cautiously.

Shippo puffed up his chest proudly and began to recite:

"Spider, spider, on the wall,

Don't you have no sense at all?

Can't you see?

That wall's been plastered!

Get off my wall you dirty bas— "

"SPIDER!" Inu-Yasha interrupted his son. "Spider, Shippo!"

"Don't be silly, Uncle Inu!" Mika laughed as her own father's face took on a worried expression. "Both you and Daddy clearly said 'dirty bastard' as the ending."

"Yupp! Daddy said 'dirty bastard'." Shoura echoed.

"Miroku!" Sango yelled. "Why did you teach these children this?!"

"Honestly!" Kagome joined. "Every single time we've left them with you two over the past six years, they end up learning a new word!"

"Lovely ladies, it is not I that teaches them these words!" Miroku defended. "It is Inu-Yasha!"

"Why you— TRAITOR!" Inu-Yasha bellowed.

"Wanna hear another poem?" Mika asked her mother. "One that only Daddy taught me?"

Sango raised her eyebrows.

"Go ahead, Mika. I would love to hear what your father taught you."

Everybody turned to Miroku with a suspicious glare.

Mika recited, oblivious to her father's worried sweating.

"My favorite word begins with 'f'

And ends with 'u-c-k'.

My favorite word is…"

Sango gave Miroku a glare that promised certain death if her daughter said…the word.

"FIRE-TRUCK!

What did you think I was going to say?"

Miroku let out a giant sigh.

"See, Sango dear? I do not use those types of words when the children are around."

"Lying bastard…" Inu-Yasha growled.

"Mommy!" Shoura cried. "Unncy Inu said 'bastard' again!"

Sango picked her youngest daughter up.

"It looks like your Aunt Kagome has things covered." she said as she observed Kagome beating Inu-Yasha over the head with a rolled up newspaper as Shippo cheered her on. "Come on, Monk. I think its time to go home."

"Yes, Sango dear." Miroku said obediently while scooping up Mika.

"See you later, Inu. Bye, Kagome."

"Bye!" the feuding couple called over their shoulders as the beating continued.

"Tell me who won!" Mika called out to Shippo.

"Mika!" Sango scolded.

"I will!" Shippo replied. "Go Mommy! Get his ears!"

"Betrayed by my own family!" Inu-Yasha moaned.

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Kagome came back to her room after putting Shippo to bed. Inu-Yasha was laying out on the bed watching TV.

"You got a letter from Kara today." Inu-Yasha said, idly tossing her the letter. "We are not going to visit her."

"She loves it when we visit!" Kagome protested.

"Going halfway around the world to get abused isn't very enticing, Kag, especially when I get it at home…and for free!"

"Oh, shut up," Kagome said as she opened the letter and read it to herself.

Dear Kagome,

Hiya! How are things going with Shippo and Inu? Things here are fine, though I'm still adjusting to our new house. Its big and kinda empty right now, but that'll change soon because I'm going to have another baby! Can you believe it? Jason's such a stud. Lol!

Anyway, I'll write you again soon,

Kara

"What's that all about?" Inu-Yasha asked as he idly channel surfed.

"Well…" Kagome said happily. "Kara and I have something else in common."

"Which is…?" Inu-Yasha prodded as he looked away from the cooking show he'd landed on.

"We're going to have another baby!"

Inu-Yasha nearly died.

"You'd better not be joking, Kagome!" he said as he sprang over to her side.

"Why would I joke?"

Inu-Yasha chuckled and put his hand on Kagome's stomach.

"Another baby…"

That night Inu-Yasha dreamt about a sweet little girl with his silver hair, Kagome's blue eyes, and maybe his slightly clawed fingers. He would like to have a daughter; he already had a son he loved very much.

She would be gorgeous…absolutely perfect. Then again…it would be awful; there'd be so many boys after her!

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Inu-Yasha was in a deep sleep, dreaming about his wife and the event that brought them together forever: Naraku's trial.

"How do you explain your connection to BRRRRINNNNG!" the lawyer asked.

"BRRRRIIIINNNNGGG!" Naraku answered.

What the hell…?

Then Inu-Yasha shot straight up at the realization that the phone was ringing. He looked over at the clock to see that it read 3:45am. He grumbled some choice phrases when it wouldn't stop.

"Inu…get the phone…" Kagome yawned.

Inu-Yasha growled and answered the phone.

"Hello. Is Yuki there?" a distinctly male voice asked.

"Who is this?" Inu-Yasha growled.

"This is Koren…her, uh, friend." the now nervous boy replied.

"Listen, Koren" Inu-Yasha growled, "you don't call the house phone at three in the morning. Call her damned cell! And why the hell are you calling my daughter this early anyway?"

Kagome grabbed the phone away from her husband before he started yelling and woke everybody in the house up.

"Sorry about that." she apologized. "Please call back later, okay dear? Okay…I'll tell her you called. Bye, bye." Kagome hung up the phone with a sigh. "Inu, what are you going to do when she starts bringing boys over to the house?"

"I'll tell you what I'll do…" Inu-Yasha said with a smirk. "I'm gonna pull 'em over so only me and him can hear and I'm gonna say this: You see that girl over there? She is my only baby girl and if you break her heart I want you to know that I have no problem going back to prison."

"You've never been to prison, dear." Kagome said with a yawn.

"He won't know that," Inu-Yasha chuckled.

"I'd feel much better if you asked Miroku about how he handles his daughters' boyfriends." Kagome said as she snuggled up to her husband.

"That was a joke, right?" Inu-Yasha asked dryly.

"No," Kagome laughed. "Give him credit, Inu. He and Sango have seven daughters; he's bound to know how to handle it."

"Now that you mention it…" Inu-Yasha laughed.

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[A/N:] [smiles] well its over! I TOLD you I'd finish it! And I wrote this all in one sitting…I'm proud of myself. Anyway I had more fun writing this that I did writing the entire story! Why? Well because I can easily picture Inu-Yasha as the father any boyfriend would piss his pants over. Lol! Review responses [I haven't done these in a while…]:

Ladyhawk89: here it is! Don't kill me! Oh, and I read one of your stories…very interesting, I must say…

BishieMunky: I couldn't believe it either, but alas, all good (at least, I hope it was good…) things must come to an end. If you mean 'new one' like as in a sequel, then sorry to disappoint, but no… I'm working on Hagakure and Princeling is up next, so I hope you will enjoy those!

NefCanuck: I'm so very glad you liked it! Ah…Kouga as the president of the 'Smart as a Sack of Hammers Club'… yes, I'd have to agree… though he's completely hot, so that makes up for it, ne?

Hunch: it's your own fault that you get into fights. Besides, Sango's too dignified to stoop to Naraku's level.

Skie2: yeah, I was in a hurry…I'll need to go back and edit some of the stuff later, but right now I'll just bask in the doneness (I don't think that's a word…) of it all…

Meinu: …yeah…I have moments like that too…anyway… DON'T KILL ME!

And for the rest of you who reviewed…THANKS A LOT! Your feedback really meant a lot to me and its what gave me the push I needed to finish this fic, even when I was getting angry at it. Please review! Oh, and please go read my other stories and drop a review there! My current project is:

Hagakure: [summary] The group is out shard hunting when they meet a demoness who seems to know Inu-Yasha from when he was little. Who is she and why is she so depressed? She's WHAT?! She's related to WHO?! Trust me, she's got family that's directly involved with Inu-Yasha.

Raven: You took my job…

Netiri: You can still tell them to review and they won't object…

Raven: Though this is clichéd, review.