Hi everyone! I am SO sorry for the huge delay! Writer's block combined with lots of homework has pushed me back considerably. But I'm here now! Hopefully someone out there still remembers this. Heh. Without further delay, here is the last chappy (forgive me for any mistakes you might see, I didn't have time to edit it closely):

The Queen held up her hand. "Onegai, before you leave…" She rushed away to a drawer nearby and pulled something out. It was a white, silky cloth. She handed it to me. "A small token of our infinite appreciation. When you tie this around your arm, Sesshoumaru, you will not lose it when you return back again. Kaede and I prepared it ourselves." She beamed happily.

Kagome smiled gratefully. "Oh, isn't that wonderful, Sesshoumaru? Arigato—we'll keep it as a small souvenir."

I took the material and inspected it closely. On it was a crown, the seal of the castle. I tied it on the top of my arm carefully. "Arigato." I said to them. "How did you know of my condition from where we come from?"

"When you first came here," The real King explained, "You were surprised that you had two arms instead of one, and it didn't take long for me to piece together why. I mentioned this to my wife when you had left, and so, she decided that this would be a fitting present." The Queen beamed happily. "Kaede helped with the process though, along with our half of the Shikon no Tama."

Kagome bowed. "Wow, it's really nice of you guys to do that. I didn't know it was possible to achieve."

I nuzzled her neck quietly. "It is time we start our departure, Kagome."

She looked at me and nodded. "Yes...you're right." She turned back to our counterparts one last time. "I will never forget you. Not...anymore. Arigato, for all that you have done."

The Queen shook her head. "No, it is us who should be thanking you. At last, we have peaceful days, and Sesshoumaru's father can continue his legacy."

The King stepped forward. "He's right—the time for their departure is now. And besides..." He glanced back at her. "After all, do we not need to make up for some lost time?" The Queen blushed. "Let them leave so we have our time alone at last." Clearly, he displayed a deep affection for her. I finally comprehended fully how that love leaked over to my personality.

"That's true—we do have a wedding to plan, don't we? Well then!" She waved a small hand at us. "You heard him, Inuyasha. Is the sword ready?"

My brother raised an eyebrow. "I'm still not exactly sure what's going on here, but yeah, the Tetsusaiga's ready…one day, I'll have to figure all of this out….and you're sure that it's okay to use the Tetsusaiga's power?"

She nodded. "Hai. Miroku, the Shikon no Tama half." The monk bowed and handed the precious piece to me.

We stood back to a safe distance. Inuyasha continued to shake his head. "I can't believe I'm about to do this…well, here goes nothing…"

Kagome waved goodbye to them happily, and I put my hand on the other side of her waist. We had long waited for this moment to come, and now that it was here, neither of us could have been any happier.

"Take care of her." The King said to me. Inuyasha's blade struck down, and the last thing I saw was the royal pair smiling and waving goodbye while we faded away.

The next thing I knew, my body was lying on the ground next to Kagome's. We opened our eyes together and saw that we were indeed back to our proper world.

She touched my shoulder gently. "Look, Sesshoumaru...your arm..."

I glanced down. She unraveled the cloth to reveal a fully regenerated limb. I flexed it experimentally—the arm was in perfect shape.

Our moment together couldn't last, however, as it was soon after interrupted by an angry Inuyasha. "Kagome! Kagome, are you okay? What have you done, Sesshoumaru?"

I sat up and snarled. "Keep away from her, hanyou." I turned back to her briefly. "Are you injured?"

She sat up next to me and moved around a little. "...No, I'm okay. A little dazed...but okay."

I nodded in satisfaction. "Good. And you...remember?"

Kagome smiled. "I remember."

"Uh...can someone please tell me what's going on? Kagome, get back!" Inuyasha slanted his sword at me. "He might do something again! Hurry!"

Kagome stood up and looked at him coldly. "Sesshoumaru's not like that, Inuyasha. Now, if you'll excuse us..."

"Wait, what? Where are you going?" He grabbed her wrist. "Did I miss something?"

My blood flared up for an instant, but it quickly returned to normal. He did not know, and indeed, Inuyasha had a right to this knowledge. "All will be explained at sunset, Inuyasha. For now, Kagome and I would like to...speak some words alone."

He cast a suspicious eye at me. "What for? And why should we trust you?"

The monk stepped forward. "Obviously, a change has occurred between the two. Can you not see it, Inuyasha? Sesshoumaru's eyes are not as hard, and Kagome is not angry at him, and in fact, is very comfortable standing next to him."

"I'll be fine, Inuyasha." Kagome said. "You can trust me with this." She smiled a little and threw an eye at me, but he didn't notice.

"…Hmph." Inuyasha turned around. "He almost killed her, and she acts like she trusts him. I'll never understand her." He muttered under his breath. He cast an icy glare at me. "Fine. But if you hurt her…"

She rolled her eyes. "Relax. I'll catch up later, k?" He gave another disgruntled noise and walked away. The others followed hesitantly. When they were gone, she looked back at me. "Sorry about that, Sesshoumaru-"

"-I understand." I replied. "My character—here—has not earned their trust." I thought for a moment, and then decided to ask her. "Kagome, when will be a good time to mention...us…to them?"

"…Who cares? Let's worry about that later." She edged closer to me and took my hand. "C'mon, let's go somewhere else. How's the arm?"

My face formed a small, content smile. This was the way things were destined to be. The last time I had lived in this world, my mind was spinning with unfulfilled emotions, thoughts, and desires. These fed my rash decisions.

"I can use it fully again. For instance…" I traced alongside her fingers and cradled them in my own carefully. "A perfect regeneration, it would seem."

"I'm really glad to hear that, Sesshoumaru." After a minute or two of walking in peaceful silence, we came to the edge of a cliff, and down below were valleys; further, water. The wind blew around calmly. Kagome stared out to the horizon and reached a hand up to calm the strands. As usual, this released more of her perfume into the atmosphere, delighting my nose.

"What are you thinking about, Kagome?"

"I'm thinking about lots of things…like what's going to happen in the future…and that I should head back to my own era soon and tell my family somehow about you…and the adventures we've had…and the math test that I should've studied for…but most importantly…" She leaned against me. "I'm thinking about how happy I am right now. Arigato, Sesshoumaru."

I used this opportunity to take a full breath of her scent. It gave a pleasant, almost wonderful numbing sensation to my mind.

She giggled. "…And marriage. I'm thinking about that too…"

I stiffened up to look at her. "Nani?"

Kagome giggled more. "Oh—nothing, Sesshoumaru…nothing…"

I was almost positive I heard what I thought I heard, but I chose to put aside that for later thoughts and relaxed once again. "…I cannot say the answers to your questions, Kagome. My main concern…is with the present…to stay by your side…" Her smiled grew wider, and the top of her head rested against my shoulder to the right. I looked down at her. "Perhaps we should return back now, Kagome. Your friends wish only for your best."

"…They'll figure it out in time." She replied. "We'll go back soon…but…but just a little longer…please?" Her grip on me tightened.

I was easily persuaded. "Hai." I extended my hand forward to her as an offer. "Then…come with me, Kagome…our life together starts now. And I promise…I will never stop protecting you."

She accepted my hand, and I helped her stand up. Suddenly, I gripped two arms around her waist and leapt off. She looked around at me with surprise, but Kagome quickly began to enjoy the feeling of us together in the air.

"Um…where are we going…?"

"…Does it matter?" I replied. Kagome gave a small, poutful face, but then she soon laughed. "…Actually," I replied after a moment of waiting, "I want to take you back to the well now. Your family must miss you, Kagome." I envied this, deep inside.

Her smile faded. "Oh…I guess…you're right. Um, would you like to come with me to meet them, Sesshoumaru…?"

This new request invitation startled me. "I am…unaccustomed to how humans act-"

She snuggled against me suddenly, laughing. "-Oh, I'd say you have that down pretty well."

"…And they are always uncomfortable around me. Ones that do not know me." I added after I could feel her stiffen with disbelief.

"They'd get used to you." Kagome said in a sleepy voice. "I'd make them. Besides, look how well I've become comfortable around you." She giggled and gave me a closer hug as we continued through the atmosphere.

I attempted to reach up and quietly stroke her hair, but decided against it, as I might have lost my grip. "But won't they…be afraid of me?"

"Nah." She replied against my shoulder. "Inuyasha has already come to see them a few times."

I felt Kagome lift her head up suddenly. I glanced sideways at her. "Nani? What is it, Kagome?"

"I just realized…would you be able to travel to my world? I'm not sure, maybe you can't…maybe that's a bad idea, after all…but then again, maybe you can, I mean, Inuyasha certainly never had trouble…"

"We'll worry about that later, Kagome." I shifted her closer to me so she could rest her head on my shoulder once again.

Kagome did what she knew I wanted and sighed in content. "I guess…I guess you're right, Sesshoumaru."

I nodded in satisfaction. "For now…I think you have some friends who would like to talk with you, correct? Perhaps this would be a good time to explain about what happened to them."

She nodded. "And tell them about 'us.' Okay, let's go, then."

I maneuvered my face to kiss her lips happily. Her eyes widened for a second with shock, but she quickly returned my movements. We continued to travel on in the sky like that until we reached our destination.

Finally, we had arrived at Kagome's well. She blushed heavily when we saw that her friends were already waiting there for us.

Inuyasha cast a wary eye at the way I was holding her before I set Kagome down. "It's about damned time. And just where have you been? He didn't hurt you, did he Kagome?"

Kagome muttered under her breath, and then looked at him. "I'm fine, Inuyasha—everything's fine. You don't…have to act so suspicious when Sesshoumaru's around, okay? He's not going to do anything, believe me."

Inuyasha scoffed as if it didn't matter, but I could tell there was some hurt stuck in his throat. "I'd say he's done plenty already."

Miroku stepped forward. "What Inuyasha means to say, Kagome, is that we're all worried and concerned about what's been going on lately. We all agree that it's about time you fill us in to explain everything. And you too, Sesshoumaru."

"And don't leave out anything." Sango piped in next to him. "I'm sensing that we've been in the dark for something big, Kagome."

The little fox youkai nodded next to them eagerly. "So spill the beans!"

Kagome eyes shifted over to look at mine cautiously. They asked me, 'Should we tell them now, Sesshoumaru?' To which I gave my reply back with a simple nod. From the way I was feeling now, I would have readily proclaimed my love for her across the mountaintops for all to hear.

My confirmation was all that she needed. With a small blush, Kagome began to tell our story to her friends. How Inuyasha's attack and the Shikon no Tama parts had caused us to fall into an alternate dimension. How the new place was also troubled with problems of Naraku. She explained to them that we both met again eventually, and even went specifically out of her way to reiterate how I had protected her again and again while there, both in battle and out. About halfway through our story, I had noticed that a knowing expression came over Miroku and Sango's faces—they realized what our relationship was. But the fox youkai didn't seem to notice, and my brother, meanwhile, continued to sit in disbelief of the whole tale.

By the time she was finished, the sun was resting comfortably against the borderline of the sky. Sango stood up and gave her a small hug. "If anyone else had told me that story, I wouldn't have believed a word of it." She smiled. "But since it's you were definitely sincere, I can't see why you would make it up." She bent down slightly and whispered something into her ear—my keen senses barely picked it up.

"Did you fall in love with him during this journey?"

Kagome jumped back a little and looked at Sango, surprised. She blushed slightly and could barely nod back. Her friend grinned satisfactorily and return to her seat. "Just what I thought."

Inuyasha's head whipped around to her. "What?"

"…Sango asked Kagome whether or not she loves me." I replied simply. Kagome's eyes widened at me, but I ignored her surprise and stood up. This was one element of my life that I wasn't going to keep a hushed secret from my brother. "I took her with me there because of my selfish love, Inuyasha. Now, Kagome returns the feelings, and we plan to stay this way."

The look on his face told me that Inuyasha was too shocked to form any words, or even utter a simple insult at me. Instead, Miroku was the one to break the thick, astonished silence. "Sesshoumaru, I was under the impression that you hated humans. You have, after all, killed dozens upon dozens in the past…"

Kagome swallowed hard. "He's realized his mistakes and has fixed them. Believe me, Sesshoumaru has changed."

"That's correct." I grabbed her closest hand and squeezed it in order to solidify our relationship in front of them. "You need not worry about me attacking you anymore. From now on, all I want to do is focus on being at her side." I meant these words from the bottom of my heart, and they came naturally. Kagome turned a heavy shade of crimson, but smiled nonetheless.

We were all waiting on Inuyasha. But instead of saying anything, he stared angrily at our clasped hands, then looked away and leapt off somewhere. Kagome stepped forward to go after him, but I gripped her hand tightly and shook my head. "Let him think his thoughts." I whispered to her. "He'll come to understand the truth in truth in time."

"But-"

"-I promise I'll talk with him personally later. For now, you must return to your own home. Your family…must miss you."

Sango stood up, and Miroku followed this move. "Yes, Kagome, you should be traveling back now. We'll see you when Inuyasha has cooled down, okay?" The woman smiled and put a firm hand on her shoulder. "At least you have a family to go and see." She turned to the monk and the two youkai. "Come on everyone, let's let them say their goodbyes." She winked discreetly, and Kagome blushed heavily.

Once they were gone, Kagome turned to me. "I-I don't really want to go home…not just yet, anyway…so much has happened, and…and Inuyasha…"

My eyes softened. "Onegai, Kagome, leave your troubles and worries here. I will try to talk with my brother."

"…But…" Her lower lip pouted. "I don't want to leave you, Sesshoumaru…maybe…maybe you can come with me..."

Ah. "That future is no place for me." I bent down to nuzzle her forehead. "I'll be waiting here for you, Kagome."

She smiled, and gave me a hug. "You've really…changed, you know? I'm glad." Kagome pressed a small kiss against my cheek. My resolve quivered. "Well okay, Sesshoumaru, but…I'll be back in a day!"

I readily agreed with this as I inhaled her sweet scent. "Farewell, my Queen…"

Kagome blushed momentarily as she hopped down into the well. "Adieu, my King. And…arigato."

"I love you." I said to her urgently before letting go of her hand.

Her hand stayed out to me. "I love you too, Sesshoumaru." And then she was gone. After a moment, I straightened up and walked away solemnly. Her scent was still in the air…

Her words stuck to me. "Kagome's love is mine…mine..." My demonic struggle for love had come to a close now. As I continued to walk away, mostly to find where Jaken and Rin had run off to, I thought about our future together, such as where we would now live to mate and sleep from now on. "Perhaps when I have sons of my own, I shall give each one a unique sword, like my father." And what would their names be? As I continued to walk, I could have sworn that I felt the King's presence once more, saying his silent farewell. I nodded to the sky and smiled.

"Arigato."

Review Responses:

the hitokiri battousai himura: Well, I guess he knew because of the fact that the King saw how much Sesshoumaru loved Kagome, and he realized Sesshoumaru wouldn't be able to resist returning in order to gain her affections back.

BlueDove: So I see! Arigato for pointing that out!

kawaii-girl-anime: Eh, heh heh, sorry this wasn't very soon at all...

BurningDawn15: You're welcome! Hope you can read this last part!

Harmony8390: Yeah, I guess they realized it when Sess didn't try to kill Kagome and he could actually tolerate standing next to her, lol.

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mrs sesshy: I think you're right. Too bad I didn't make one. XD

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And that's all. Thank you SO much for all of the support! I would thank people like I did in my last story, but there are simply too many and I don't have the energy or time. Plus you guys want to read this as soon as possible, ne? Always remember, if something confused you, you may always e-mail me and ask questions! R&R! Arigato, ja ne!