AN: OK here it is an epilogue to the epilogue! How is that for weird logic! Anyway, I will thank peoples at the end, see ya later?

Epilogue

As Years Pass You By…

"Time heals all things, but you must learn to forgive and forgive on your own…"

Inuyasha yawned and stretched from his perch in the tree he had picked to sleep last night. The smell of Kaogme's cooking hit his nose.

Is that Ramen? Yeah, I think it is! A small smile perked the hanyou's lips. I thought she said she was out last night. And I yelled at her for that too. Damn, she's gonna kill me!

Crazily, the thought just made him smile more. For some reason, the thought of Kagome tackling him and trying to attack him made him grin beyond reason. He laughed softly to himself. Just then he heard Kagome herself calling him.

"Inuyasha! Breakfast is ready! Come on down!" he wiped the smile off his face, better not to let her know other wise she'd be double ticked at him, and jumped down to her and the other members of the group.

Sango sat beside Miroku, for the first time in days the monk wasn't trying to grope her. The lumps on his head that still remained were a reminder apparently,

"Morning Inuyasha," the monk said smiling, Inuyasha nodded, Sango smiled and said,

"Good morning." Then her eyes widened, "MIROKU!!!" in about two seconds her boomerang connected with Miroku's head. He didn't have time to stop her. Inuyasha chuckled inwardly, outwardly however, he just scowled and muttered,

"Foolish monk." Under his breath.

"Good morning Inuyasha!" Kagome called to him, and his breath caught. She was so beautiful, and in the morning light she glowed. He struggled with a reply until he gave up,

"Feh, what's so good about it woman?" he snapped, wincing inwardly at his own foolish mouth. Kagome however just shrugged, and continued to cook the food in the pot.

Good going idiot! He thought to himself, now she'll burn it on purpose! Then he looked away from her, not to mention your making her sad! Then there was another voice in his head,

Do something fool!

He sighed and looked over to Kagome again, she was waking up Shippo, gently shaking the kit until his eyes opened and he grinned at her, Inuyasha growled mentally.

Stupid little kid! What does he know? And with that, Inuyasha turned around and walked off.

As Inuyasha walked through the familiar forest around him. It was his forest after all. The people of the village Kaede watched over near by had named it after him when he had been pinned to the god tree in its depths about 51 years ago today. He shivered inwardly at the thought of that tree. And suddenly he stopped,

Wait, 51 years ago today. That would make today the one year anniversary of my getting off that damn tree. Has it really been that long? He sighed to himself. And then realization hit him and he groaned.

"How could I be so stupid, Kagome has been coming her for one year too hasn't she? Gods, she's gonna kill me! I can't believe I forgot that. How could I be so STUPID?" he snapped to himself. Just then he heard something behind him. It was the girl herself.

Kagome ran up to Inuyasha, a bowl of something balanced expertly in her hand.

Mmmmm, ramen! Inuyasha thought as she caught up with him.

"Hey Inuyasha! What are you doing out here? We're eating back there baka!" she smiled as she said all that, offering the bowl to him. He took it and didn't answer her question. Instead he just changed direction and headed back to the camp. She shrugged and began to follow him. Until something happened.

Suddenly a pain shot strait through Inuyasha's head. It was a searing pain that felt like white hot fire exploding in his mind. The pain was so sudden that he dropped the bowl of Ramen to the ground, grabbing his head in his hands.

"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried bending down to him, she put a hand on his arm. As soon as she did Inuyasha heard her screams join his in the air. Fear filled him.

No, Kagome no!

Sesshomaru heard his brother's cry from within the forest. Inuyasha couldn't be that far a head. Once again, like so many times before, he felt that wild instinct to help his brother well up inside him. And like so many times before, he quelled it easily. However, the worry remained in him. That cry his brother was sounding wasn't like anything he'd ever heard Inuyasha do before. Rin, who stood at his side, griped his leg.

"Lord Sesshomaru, what is that? Who's-"

She was cut off when another voice started screaming, that one was surly the woman that Inuyasha had with him. He growled to himself. If they were both screaming, something was terribly wrong.

"Jaken, Rin, stay here. I'll be right back." Sesshomaru walked off into the surrounding foliage.

Inuyasha gasped and fell to his knees, pulling Kagome down with him. And suddenly there were images in his mind.

Sesshomaru grabbed the child's collar and then picked him off the ground and held the pup in front of him. It only took a sniff to tell him that this was the famous Inuyasha, his younger brother.

"Momma told me about you! Nii san!" he said grinning, and then with one twist his hands wrapped around Sesshomaru's wrist and he gave it a squeeze. A hug. This child was probably in the worst danger of his life, and he was giving the one person in the West who could hurt him and go unpunished, a hug.

Inuyasha couldn't stop the images, they just kept coming, bringing the pain with them.

"Up!" he said opening and closing his hands, "UP!" Sesshomaru blinked for a moment, and then looking around to make sure no one was there, he bent down and picked the small child up.

Sesshomaru nuzzled his brother's cheek and forehead with his own. Inuyasha giggled, he didn't understand the true meaning of Sesshomaru's actions. Sesshomaru had just fully accepted Inuyasha as his brother, and practically swore he would never kill him. But instead protect him, forever.

As soon as Sesshomaru entered the room that was the only person Inuyasha saw. "NII-SAN!!!!" the boy cried and practically tackled his brother. Or his leg at least.

"Nii-san, there you are." And he ran up to Sesshomaru, tugging on his brother's leg, "Up!" he whined, Sesshomaru sighed,

"You are pathetic Inuyasha." he said

Love's eyes brightened on Inuyasha,

"A hard time you are going to have little one, hard decisions lie before you." Then she looked to the others, "They are going to have a time of it, we can give them something, let it be our words!"

The other two nodded after a moment of silent deliberation. Sesshomaru frowned as Love walked up to Inuyasha and said,

"The true love is the one that is standing right before you." Then Chaos walked up and said,

"The only weakness of the Evil that surrounds you, is the light that your soul with hers creates." And finally Wisdom,

"See with you heart, not your sword, and you shall prevail."

Curse that woman, and I do mean the maid! Every morning, always on time. Damn her! He growled to himself, and then looked out his window again. An evil grin spread across his face. Try to make me take a bath will you? He thought, We'll see about that!

The sent only had about two seconds to register in his brain before a hand grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him from the place where he'd sat. Inuyasha barely suppressed the yelp that rose to his throat by half an inch. Instead he turned to his older sibling and growled softly. And received a sharp tap on the nose for his trouble.

"Don't you growl at me whelp. Running off like this! Father's worried sick." Sesshomaru snarled, Inuyasha almost winced, Sesshomaru only called him whelp when he was angry. Or scared.

"Sorry."

Inuyasha was panting, but the images kept flooding into his brain.

Sesshomaru handing his younger brother to Azume,

"HERE!" he snapped, she grasped his arm as he tried to go,

"He told me to tell you-"she was cut off as a demon threw her across the clearing.

That kinda ticked Sesshomaru off. Inuyasha was still in his mother's arms, a scared look in his eyes, but a firm determination was also present in that gaze.

Sesshomaru spun and raced over to Azume, slicing the demon in half as he went,

"Are you badly hurt?" he asked quickly, knowing that if she was, he was dead.

"No, but, here comes another one!" she said pointing behind him.

Sesshomaru turned again, but not quickly enough, then demon knocked him away, his head connecting with a large tree. Cursing quietly as he heard Azume scream he stood, she remained unhurt, but Inuyasha was in the hands of the demon.

That was it.

Sesshomaru's eyes turned a blood red color, and he flew at the demon with all the rage he possessed. There was a spray of blood. Sesshomaru and the demon began to do battle; Inuyasha was lying at the bottom of a tree, sporting a large cut on his head. As Azume stood to go to him Sesshomaru saw her,

"STAY THERE!" he yelled, she did as he said, luckily. The demon crossed the path that she would have taken only a moment later.

By the time that Sesshomaru had killed the demon, he went towards his younger brother, who was barely awake,

"N, Nii-san?" he asked weakly, Sesshomaru nodded, and picked the boy up, and handing him to Azume, "Are you alright?" Inuyasha muttered thickly. Sesshomaru didn't bother to look down at his brother, merely replied,

"FEH." And then ran off to help his father….

The last image kept repeating itself in his head. Inuyasha's chest rose and fell rapidly. He was seeing it over and over. The parts of his life that the bump on his head had caused.

When I hit the tree. Because Sesshomaru was, was SAVEING me! What in the seven hells is this? What is going on? I, I don't get it, what all that real? Inuyasha suddenly smelt his brother, this time however, he was able to smell his brother a while before he came into sight.

Sesshomaru stopped at the edge of the tree line in front of Inuyasha, and watched the hanyou warily. Inuyasha looked up to his elder brother, and confusion was in his eyes.

"What the hell was that?" Inuyasha whispered, Sesshomaru looked away from his brother. And whispered,

"Memories I suppose. Those Fates never can let good enough alone." Inuyasha looked over to Kagome. She was getting up, shaking her head softly,

"Did, did all that really happen?" she asked quietly. Inuyasha suddenly stood up and ran. He'd not run since he was ten. But at that moment, he ran like never before. Ran from everything. Abandoned all thoughts, logical and otherwise. Even Kagome. Because he couldn't face her like this. Sesshomaru wasn't stupid enough to harm her. But Inuyasha was sure he couldn't look her in the face.

What in the hell was that? I don't understand. I though we had always hated each other. What is wrong with me, why does it all hurt so much now? What is this?

It was near mid-night, the moon was rather full. Inuyasha sat half asleep in a tree. His thoughts finally sorted out enough to coexist with sleep. However, Sesshomaru suddenly appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Inuyasha, have you collected yourself yet?" Inuyasha just nodded, not saying a word. Not trusting himself to. "Inuyasha, what is wrong with you?" Sesshomaru whispered, a soft frown on his face. Inuyasha exploded,

"Sesshomaru, for my entire life I haven't remembered squat about what I just saw. Nothing alright? Not dad, not you, not even my mother to that much extent! NONE OF IT! AND NOW IT IS KILING ME BECAUSE I DO! NOW I FEEL THE PAIN OF LOSING THEM! ALRIGHT? IT HURTS IDIOT, ALL OF IT! EVERTHING! OK? I'M SAD ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!?" Inuyasha yelled until his lungs felt like they were going to burst.

Sesshomaru just stood there, saying nothing. And then he said,

"Are you done now Inuyasha? I can understand your grief. But you do have responsibilities. You had better get back to them. Now."

Inuyasha jumped down from the tree. A single tear had traced itself down his cheek. Yet he looked up at Sesshomaru, defiance. Determined, scared yet determined. The same look he had given Sesshomaru almost 61 years ago.

"Fine. I'll go, but I wanna ask you something, why did you abandon me?" and then, without waiting for an answer Inuyasha walked away into the night.

Sesshomaru stared after his brother and sighed to himself.

Inuyasha really has grown up. What exactly did I expect I wonder?

Then the night swallowed all….

Epilogue's epilogues, epilogue.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru did eventually get all their problems straitened out, eventually. Kagome and he now have two beautiful pups, and Sesshomaru ended up having one with Kagura. Miroku and Sango have currently 11 kids. Yikes…

In the end all lived happily ever after… sorta…

Alright, thank you…

anonymous:

Lionessis Rin

Melissa

Priestess kurumi inu's sister

Meg: Oh, and Meg, because Sessy's moma died, he couldn't become a Lord for some reason. I read it in a book once, actually.

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