AN: Ok, there are gonna be some big happenings in the chappie! Prepare, sorry it took so long to get this baby up but I had some writers block.

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own it!

Chapter 15

A Time Of Changes

Time seemed to move so fast all of a sudden. The morning came with agonizing speed. Pain came with it. The sent of destruction filled the air. Li wasn't going to like this day. He knew it from the moment he woke. All the way to Shippo's hut where the Kitsune was staying. All through their meeting about what he'd heard during his spying on Nireku. All through his time spent preparing his wolves for the next attack. In fact, it wasn't until Sara came strolling up to him -smiling in her little way -that made the world suddenly fair- that the feeling of dread and death lifted a little.

"You look stressed mate." She said kissing him softly, he sighed,

"Don't I always?" he asked wryly, she giggled, but then gave him a hard look.

"No, not this bad, what's the bad news?" she asked evenly, he shrugged,

"Nireku will be back, but I don't know when. He will have some new abilities, but I don't know what they will be, he is going to use Kikyou against me again, but I don't know how, and that evil wench I planning something but I don't have a single clue what, that's the bad news!" he said frustration in his entire stance.

Sara looked her lover up and down, then sighing heavily she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards a different part of the village.

"I love you mate," she said, "but there is one more thing that I think I can burden you with. Just one though, don't stress it's not that bad. In fact you'll like it I think." She said seeing his very strained expression.

"Damn." He muttered under his breath. Then sighed and allowed him self to be led away.

Rey sat with Kanna, the two waiting for Sara to bring Li, they all knew that there if their large scheme was going to work they were going to have to be careful not to let the "Adults" know. A.k.a; Sesshomaru, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Inuyasha, and Kouga.

Suddenly the two heard something to the left of them and they tensed, until Shippo walked in, the girl who he'd brought with him clinging to his arm. Shippo gave a wry smile, then looked around,

"I thought Li'd be here already. Where is he?" the Kitsune asked, Rey shrugged, but it was Kanna who answered,

"We asked Sara to get him a minute ago." She said gravely, her face was pale, and her eyes held a shimmer of hope that was slowly dieing.

Kanna was connected –being the daughter of a Taiyoukai- to the land of her people. She knew without Shippo saying so that Nireku was harming her home while she and her father were away. However, if they left the village she knew that there would be an attack, and without their help, maybe the entire village could fall. She shivered.

She knew what she had to do.

The only question remaining was if Li would agree to help her.

As soon as Li entered the clearing he felt the wrongness of it. Fear, pain, and at the same time, an inner knowing that this was the way that it had to be. He shivered, this was the most scary feeling he'd ever felt. Kanna smiled at him from where she sat,

"Li, I am glad you came. There is something that I need to do, and if your not here to help, I'm not sure that I can." She shuddered and continued, "Please everyone, sit down, I'll explain everything."

Her friends complied while Kanna herself tried to calm her inner self enough to do what she knew she must.

Gods above, and below, please, please, give me the strength. This isn't something I ever thought I was going to have to do. Please guide me.

"My people are dieing in the West. Somehow Nireku is killing them with dark armies that just won't seem to dissipate no matter how many our generals kill. The only way to defeat them is for me to become a True Taiyoukai." Kanna said, she heard Sara gasp, and she saw Li frown,

"What does that mean?" he asked quietly. Kanna took a deep breath and answered,

"A True Youkai is a youkai that gives herself to the Higher Spirit, if I do that my powers will be increased and I will become a the most powerful being that I can ever manage." She said,

Li frowned again, "But?"

"But, if the Higher Power won't accept me, I will die." Immediately Li snarled,

"Damn." Then he shook his head, "Do you want to do this? Are you sure?" Kanna nodded,

"Yes. I'm positive." Her voice was strong and held more courage than Li would have ever given to her, he nodded.

"OK." His voice seemed to carry finality in it, "I'll help; what do you want me to do?" Kanna smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck nuzzling him,

"Thanks, cousin." He smiled and hugged her back,

"Anytime."

The sun was high above them in the sky. Kagome wiped a bead of sweat from her brow. She sat in the fields picking the last row of vegetables from them. Just then, a cool wind blew, reminding her that winter was about on them.

"I wonder if it will snow soon?" she asked to no one in particular, Anè, who sat beside her answered,

"I hope so. I love it when it snows, especially when it gets so deep you can hardly walk!" she cried jubilantly, Kagome laughed,

"Oh is that what you like?" she teased, and tickled her daughter, who squealed with glee. As she was continuing to play around with the child, Kagome felt a familiar presence, and she smiled, Inuyasha. However, she was surprised when Anè said,

"Hey, Inuyasha is here!" Kagome stared at the child while Inuyasha dropped down from his perch on a tree. He smiled at them,

"Good call kid, you'll be just like your mom soon and I won't be able to track either of ya." He said good naturedly.

Kagome smiled at him, Inuyasha was so used to not being welcome in her presence and in her life that he often would just sit and watch her. That she knew would fade with time.

Just then Kagome felt another presence, she frowned, it wasn't one she knew well, but she did know it. At the same time, she felt a wave of power crash on her. She twitched and glanced to the forests, however, just then a voice carried to her.

"Kagome. I need to speak with you." She frowned, a person stood in front of her, he, it was a he. He was tall, and held a new and intriguing light in his eyes, however, he was just as old as time in the same way.

"Who are you?" she whispered, the man smiled,

"My name is Kyto."

Li stood from where he'd been helping his cousin start her transformation. He sighed and wiped the sweat from his face,

I hope this all works Kanna; you'd better not die on me! He thought to himself, then he glanced over at the other end of the clearing, Rey sat there asleep and exhausted, Sara was smiling at her brother with his head on her lap.

"He'll be up in a few minutes right?" Li asked; he was beginning to have that itching feeling between his shoulder blades, trouble. Big trouble. Sara nodded,

"He's been out for a few hours, a few more minutes and he'll be as good as new." She said smiling fondly at him, Li nodded curtly,

"Good." Sara frowned at his tone.

"Li?" she asked worriedly, but she never finished, suddenly Shippo burst into the clearing,

"Guys, there is a really evil presence heading this way, Amelia is freakin out!" he yelled, Li frowned,

"Who is Amelia?" he asked, Shippo sighed,

"The girl I brought with me duh Li, didn't you hear me? We've gotta go, like now!" he yelled, Li sighed,

"We can't stop him he'll come here, we just better be-" Li was cut off when there was a scream sounded from the village. Li looked to Sara who had stood up, she saw that look, a look so filled with pain and regret, like something terrible was about to happen. She stared at Li,

"Li?" she whispered, he smiled that battle grin that she knew so well,

"Come on mate? Another go at the bastard will do you some good I think." He said, she nodded,

"Right!"

Kagome just stared at the man, her mouth open,

No, i, it can't be him! No possible way!

She never was able to say a word though, suddenly she felt an evil presence so strong that it knocked her off her feet and threw her to the wall. She stared, Nireku's miasma flooded the entire village; killing three villagers right off.

Screaming in fear Kagome grabbed Anè and ran away, not daring to look back.

Inuyasha covered her back, he glance over to his right as he saw Sesshomaru and Kouga enter the front of the village, Sango and Miroku right on their heels. Of the kids there was no sign.

Inuyasha pulled out Tetsaiga,

"Come on Nireku, lets' go!" he yelled. Then two figures flanked Nireku on both sides. Kikyou and Suki stood as tall as statues, at their masters' side. Inuyasha tensed, and saw Kikyou holding something in her hands. Then Nireku spoke.

"I have a little surprise for you Inuyasha. One I think you will find most, enlightening." He said coldly, suddenly a flash came from Kikyou, Inuyasha roared as images flooded his mind, temporarily distracting him, pulling him to his knees.

He left Kagome, knowing she was pregnant, left her all alone.

He killed so many with his demon side

When he was human, he couldn't even protect Kagome, nor his son.

He was half demon not worth the ground he walked on.

All of this was his own fault.

His fault, all his fault. All his fault.

"NO!" came a yell from a place very far away. Inuyasha opened his eyes as the images faded as quickly as they'd come. Li stood near Nireku, already locked in combat with him, Kikyou sat nursing her wounded arm near them, hissing and cursing his son. He growled, and was about to go and finish her off, but was stopped when Kikyou jumped up and dodged Sara's attack.

"Die you evil conniving, dark, stupid, lame excuse for a priestess!" the Taji-ya screamed, and rushed the older woman again. Inuyasha watched in surprise. Then he saw them, from behind Nireku, he saw them, hundreds of demons heading straight for them.

He called a quick warning to those behind him then turned to face the on-slot.

Please, just let Kagome be alright. He thought.

Li jumped away from Nireku's attack, and slashed sideways with his sword, he missed. Nireku slashed downwards and knocked Li back. Li twisted in mid-air and landed on his feet and began to attack again. Suddenly Nireku jumped back and summoned something into his hand. A sword. This one was made purely from dark demonic energy, but it was a sword none the less. Li moved back as Nireku cackled,

"You'll die by this sword Li, if it's the last thing I ever do!" the demon called, Li watched the sword warily, Nireku smiled evilly, "Do you like it? Kikyou taught me the spell herself, nice isn't it? Do you want to see what it does?" and without waiting for an answer, Nireku pointed the sword at Sesshomaru, and a blast came out of it. A dark black blast.

Li didn't even have time to call out a warning, not that it would have done much good. The blast hit the Taiyoukai straight on. Li watched with horrified eyes as his uncle was blasted back and didn't rise. Li's eyes flashed an odd red color.

"Damn you." He snarled, Nireku laughed,

"I bet you'd love to. But now, let's fight, shall we?" he drawled, Li growled and rushed his opponent.

Inuyasha was barely aware of anything beyond himself, but he felt his brother go down, if he was actually dead, Inuyasha had no idea, but he knew that this was the end of this fight for Sesshomaru.

Glaring, he attacked his enemies with a new vigor.

Kagome ran with Anè in her arms, suddenly she saw someone beside her; Rin, and Kohaku. She looked to them. Rin was holding her stomach and running as best she could manage, Kohaku was protecting her and they were all going in the same direction.

"Where exactly are all of you going per-say?" asked Kyto, Kagome jumped, the man was keeping an easy pace beside them. He glanced at Kohaku and Rin, then back to Kagome,

"We're running, I don't know where!" Kagome cried, Kyto nodded,

"Ah, in that case, follow me, I've got a spot. A safe spot to boot." He said,

The group followed as Kyto changed direction and headed over to a near-by hut. He shut the door quickly behind them and smiled,

"Well so far everything is going well enough. I only hope the Little One will know when to ask for help." He said almost happily. Kagome stared at him,

"Kyto? I, is that really you? The real you?" she asked, Kyto grinned and shrugged, then walked over to the window,

"You all rest now. You'll need it I think."

Of all the things Sara was doing at that moment, she wasn't resting. Kikyou shot arrows faster than Sara could move; therefore she had to block tons of them with her staff. Which, thankfully she could do very fast. All those years of training for demon slaying were paying off.

Then Kikyou began to glow.

From all of Sara's personal experiences in fighting demons, she had come to find that whenever they started glowing, Dark priestess or otherwise, that was not a good sign. Tensing up she hefted her staff in a defensive position to hopefully stop what ever it was Kikyou was planning on doing.

No such luck.

The blast that came out of that woman was pure evil energy; there wasn't a weapon on Earth that could stop all of it. So she tensed and hoped that she'd not get the worst of it. She didn't. Miroku stepped in and protected his daughter, fighting off the blast until it over took him and threw him away.

Sara screamed in pain as she saw her father go down, unsure if he was alive or not, and Kikyou shrieked in anger, apparently that blast had been a one time thing, and meant to kill Sara once and for all.

The demon huntress spun on Kikyou and tackled the woman, like before she lost all sense of herself and normal combat, the only thing her mind registered was the screams that Kikyou produced when she hit a good spot. But Kikyou was no push over, and for being the corpse of a corpse, she was pretty strong. But that only fueled Sara's determination. Her mother was not far off, attacking demons with all her might. Her eldest siblings were also battling near by. But none of it registered to Sara, Kikyou was all that registered, and that didn't seem to be ready to change very soon. The Dark Miko was still fighting Sara, and as long as she did, Sara wouldn't stop.

This time, she thought, one of us will die, make no mistake Kikyou, this time, it ends.

Shippo dodged an attack by a demon and sliced it in half. Amelia stood not too far away, fighting some others, they were easy to kill, but there were so many! Their numbers were easily in the hundreds, even a thousand. Not to mention they didn't seem to stop coming, no matter how many Shippo killed, at least three more came to fight him.

Honestly for the Kitsune, it was no big deal. He loved to fight, on a normal basis that is, but all this killing was starting to get on his nerves. For the third time he glanced to Li and Nireku who were locked in a desperate combat. Neither seeming to tire, meaning that this battle was in a similar state. He growled and glanced over to look at Amelia again.

Just in time to see a demon's fang pierce her throat.

With a roar of rage, Shippo ran forward to catch her before she fell.

"No damn you Amelia you can't die! We have, you, you can't!" he couldn't go on, she smiled weakly,

"Shippo. What, are you worried about? You'll, you'll do, f, fine. You were a w, wonderful mate, an, and you'll be a g, great fa, father to our kits. P, promise me you'll, you'll not abandon them?" she muttered, but put a loving hand on his face. Shippo leaned into her hand, putting his own over hers,

"Course mate, what ever you say. Just don't go. Please I'm begging you don't go and leave me all alone again." He pleaded, she smiled,

"You'll, n, never, b, be a, alone. I will, al, always, l, love, y, y, you…Shippo." And then her eyes faded, and closed for a final time.

A piece of Shippo's heart died with her.

Slowly he stood, and slowly he turned to the surrounding demons. Power filled him like none he'd ever known. No longer was his battle grin in place, now his eyes were void of all emotion. His face as cold as the fire in his hands was hot.

"You killed her." He said coldly to all the surrounding demons, "You killed her, and now, you'll pay." He whispered, and then he exploded.

Suki watched and took cover as the Kitsune blasted his way through the demons surrounding him. She sighed,

Just a little longer, just a little longer. Then the time will be right. Then, and only then… she thought, and then disappeared back into the shadows.

Rey looked down at his beloved who lay on her back in the grass. He glanced around. No demons near him, but he could feel the overwhelming number that was only a few hundred yards a head of him.

He felt no urge to rush and help the others. His place was here.

Suddenly she stirred, and then fell still. Rey frowned.

Damn you Kanna, if you die…

Kikyou and Sara were rolling on the ground, kicking screaming, and somehow, they got Nireku's attention. He glanced over at them in time to see Sara get the better of Kikyou, and then, sitting on top of the woman, she began to beat her severely and with much vigor.

Snarling, Nireku shot a blast at Sara, and the girl was thrown away, feet upon feet away. There was a dangerous snapping sound from her when she hit a hut, destroying it with her impact. She didn't move. She didn't breath.

Li saw red. In fact, that was all he saw. Red, and Sara's body. Red, blood, Sara's blood.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled as loud as his lungs would allow.

Pain and memories pulled at him, pain flooded every part of his being, pain, pain, pain. Memories…

Nireku attacked Sara with his sword, Li took the sword in the stomach,

"Stupid." Li whispered to Nireku. And then he was glowing, a pink energy came from him in pulses, and suddenly a burst of pure energy flew from him and hit Nireku. Nireku let out a yell as he was blasted away, landing far away from Li.

"Hey, are you alright?" Li asked her, she nodded wordlessly. He smiled, "Good, here, I'll help you up." she nodded, and he pulled her up.

Li's eyes widened and he grabbed Sara, pushing her up against a tree and putting him self in between her and the blasts of dark power. He heard her cry out, but just barely over the roar that he let out as he turned on Nireku.

How dare he? She's just a girl! Without another thought he slashed into Nireku with his claws,

"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" he yelled, not knowing where it came from. Nireku stumbled back, and then disappeared.

"Oh gods Li, you're hurt, come here, take off your shirt, and let me see it." Li didn't respond, just looked down at her for a moment,

"Are you alright?" he asked, Sara blushed,

"Well DUH! I am fine, you're the one who got his ass kicked, not me! God! What were you thinking?" she snapped at him, he shrugged,

"I wasn't thinking. I just wanted to make sure you were alright." He said, Sara looked up to him, and then shook her head,

"You're an idiot." She said, and then threw her arms around his neck. Li's eyes widened, and then he sighed and put his arms around her…

Gods Sara, if you'd have gotten hurt, I don't know what I would have done…

"Li, you are too perfect you know?" he blinked in surprise, then just shrugged,

"I try!" he said laughing, Sara laughed too, and then gasped in surprise as Li pulled her into a kiss.

Sara pounced on Li. Pinning him to the ground and hugging him hard.

"YOU LOSER IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN FOR SO LONG, I'LL KILL YOU WHEN YOU COME BACK; DO YOU HEAR ME!" she yelled, Li's ears were flat against his head, but he nodded, a small smile on his face,

Li stood there beside Sara, the bonding ceremony finishing as the night fell upon them. He smiled at his lover, wife, and finally bonded.

"I love you Sara." He whispered, she nodded,

"You have no idea how much I love you." She replied, and then kissed him.

Death, pain, so much pain. Li ran to Sara, trying to wake her limp body. Nothing, nothing. She was gone.

His eyes went red.

"Nireku, YOU did this, YOU BASTARD!" he yelled, then something happened, Li felt Nireku's sword go straight through his stomach.

"Well, little pup, aren't you the foolish one, she's dead, and now, so are you. And now I can have what I've always wanted." He said coldly, Li glared up at him,

"What would that be?" he asked, already feeling his body weaken.

"The shikon Jewel that resides in your body of course." Came Kikyou's voice behind Nireku. She smiled at him, "Do you think I could get my body to answer my soul yet again for nothing in particular? That is the only thing, the only thought that could bring me to this body again, that and the thought of seeing your father's head on a spit, but that to will come in good time." She said smiling, "At first that's all I wanted, just to see him dead. But then I saw him with your mother, and I realized that it wasn't enough just to see him dead, I needed him to want to be dead. So, I stirred up some trouble in the West that he would have to take care of, in just the way he did. Everything from the on was a work of perfect planning and meticulous positioning." Li's eyes were getting wider,

"That's why you killed Kite isn't it? Somehow, he realized everything was your doing! You only had to wait for the right moment so it wouldn't be suspicious! Dammit it was you all along!" he yelled, Kikyou nodded,

"Of course, without Nireku's brute strength none of it would have worked, but that was basically all he did." She said, Nireku didn't deny it; Li was getting sicker by the moment.

"And now pup, it's over." Said Nireku and he was just about to cut Li down with his sword when suddenly, he was thrown away, as was Kikyou.

Li blacked out, blood loss taking him…

Kanna stood on air, Rey beside her, boomerang in hand. He glanced at his sister, pain crossed his features, and then he looked to Kanna.

"May I have the pleasure of killing Kikyou?" he asked softly, Kanna gave him the barest of nods, her attention focused on Nireku.

Kanna felt how low Li's life force was. Even if she ended this quickly, it was unlikely he would survive. She noticed Shippo standing near by fighting demons as though he had nothing to lose. She saw her father lying unconscious on the ground, perhaps never again to rise, Sango holding his head while their children fought demons. She noticed Inuyasha, barely able to stand with the way his stamina was fading. She saw all the pain Nireku had caused, then she looked to the man himself. And she growled,

"You have killed everything I loved. Now you too shall feel the barest of parts of what I feel as I stand here. Nireku." She snarled, Nireku watched her warily. Then the two began to do battle.

Suki watched as demons swirled around her, she watched as her old nemesis Kanna fought Nireku. She smiled, now she knew what she was going to do.

"You will die for killing Kite Nireku; it was not wise to make an enemy out of me." She said coldly. Then she let everything out. In a single moment, ever demon on the field disappeared under her. Every demon within a hundred yards at least. Then her power gone she fell to the ground.

A demon was suddenly over her, claws poised to strike. Suki sighed, ready to accept the death that was immanent now.

A flash of blue stopped destroyed the demon.

Opening her eyes, Suki looked up at her rescuer. The kitsune that had been spying on them. Suki had known, but she hadn't told.

He looked down on her,

"Come on. Get up." He said gruffly, Suki stood, watching him,

"Why?" she asked, he shrugged,

"I've already lost one woman today; I'm in no mood to watch another die while I can prevent it. Besides, any enemy of Nireku is an enemy of mine. Now, come on, let's destroy the rest of these demons." He said and then he took her and they began.

Began more than they knew at that moment.

Kanna was losing. Nireku was just too powerful. But she knew she was going to lose; there was no way she could have won. Only Li could have beat Nireku. And now they were all doomed. Doomed and Nireku knew it. He knew it and was using it to fight, using it to destroy Kanna more than physically, but spiritually as well.

Rey spun and kicked Kikyou away from him, and then he placed his boomerang on her heart.

"You die now, no pretence. You killed my sister, you die now." And then without a single hesitation he drove the tip of the boomerang through her chest, killing the dark Miko once and for all.

It was dark where Li was, he didn't know where it was, but he knew he was alone. Memories threatened to over whelm him but he stopped them. He did the only thing he could think of,

"Hey, is anyone there? Listen, if you can hear me, I need help!" he called desperately.

A light. Then he was in a room, a bright forest room. Kyto stood before him.

"Little one?" he asked, Li smiled,

"You're alive?" he asked, Kyto shook his head,

"No, I am only here to give you a reason to fight. I am here to help you by the will of the Higher Spirit. Will you accept it?" he asked, Li nodded,

"Yes, please, I, I have to save Sara. Please, I have to!" he yelled, Kyto nodded,

"For love this will be a perfect gift. Perfect for love. You will become more than you were, you will become what you are meant to be." And Kyto's voice began to fade, and so did the room. And then there was only pain…

Kanna was thrown to the ground by the attack. She hit hard, Rey ran to her, holding her to his chest, offering what protection he could against Nireku who was standing there above them.

"You die now little-" he was never able to finish. Suddenly the most powerful demonic sent they'd ever smelt hit them all at once. Nireku spun in time to see Li stand. Or was it Li?

The thing that they now saw didn't really look like the Li they all remember. He was taller, he had lost those adorable puppy dog ears to have them replaced with pointed ones, and he had huge bat like wings. He also had a tail, a long serpent like tail, he had scales on his cheek, but a pure aurora came off him. He was the most amazing thing any of them had ever seen.

"Come on then Nireku." He said coldly, and Nireku hesitated, Li didn't. He rushed the demon and attacked. With claws that glowed with a pure light, and destroyed any part of Nireku that they touched. Nireku attacked, out of his self induced stupor, and the two began to do battle like never before…

Sara's eyes opened despite the pain that was nearly taking over her senses. She watched as the new Li fought Nireku. Her eyes watered,

Please, please let him be ok. She thought…

Li dodged Nireku again, and this time he drove his hand through his opponent's chest.

"You'll die for what you've done!" he yelled, and threw Nireku away. Then chased after him and continued the attack, he was ready to kill Nireku one last time. Nireku fought suddenly, a blast of pure darkness came out of him. Li matched it with a blast of pure light.

The two attacks met and there was a blinding flash of light…

Li awoke, his eyes snapped open and he jumped up. His wings were gone, as was the tail, and yet he could feel them just beyond his conscious. They would be there for further use. His demonic side.

He ran to Sara, her eyes were closed, but now he could see her chest moving, she would be alright. He smiled as the most powerful wave of relief washed over him.

"Sara, oh thank god, Sara." He whispered, and held her to him tightly, and then he felt her hand on his head,

"Oi, what are you tryin to do? Suffocate me?" came her muffled voice; Li laughed and kissed her, then pulled back and said,

"Now I am!"

In the end, the fatalities could have been much worse. Amelia was dead, leaving Shippo to deal with the kits that had been his real distraction in the months before. And Sesshomaru wasn't going to be fighting for a while. A long while. Miroku was in a similar state, and Inuyasha had to sleep for two days to get his strength back.

Kouga who wasn't ever in sight during the battle had been in fact with the other packs, fighting another army of demons that would have killed everyone had they gotten through.

Anè and the other people of the hut survived without a scratch. However, Rin gave birth during the entire thing. She had a beautiful baby girl, and boy.

Li was fine, and Sara recovered.

Li sat with Sara on his lap inside her mother's house in the doorway looking out on the back yard. Shippo, with the help of his friend Suki, had brought the kits to meet the family. Suki and Shippo were just friends, Shippo wasn't over Amelia yet, but Suki was able to help with the babies to help Shippo. Miroku and Sesshomaru sat watching them all from the stairs. Kanna and Rey were in the West, taking care of things.

Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kouga all sat there in the garden, for once, all at peace. Anè was playing with one of Sara's youngest siblings, she had been all day. Rin's babies were being admired by everyone, and she beamed as did Kohaku who sat beside her.

Li watched this happy family. The family that was so unreal in its happiness.

"You are going to go then?" Asked Sara. She could read his mind.

"Yes, and you'll come?" he asked, she nodded,

"Of course, where to mate?" she asked, smiling up at him, and Li grinned,

"Well, I don't know, let's let you pick the direction shall we?" he said, she laughed, and then Tire was standing beside them, quite suddenly,

"Li, Sara, if you two leave, know that we all will follow you, no matter what your agenda may be, killing demons, fighting gods, we don't care, we have all decided that despite the trouble you two lead us into, we'll follow you anyway." He said calmly, Li chagrinned,

"Yeah, sometimes it ain't so great to inspire such loyalty, but hey, I'm not complaining! Ok, Sara, where to?" he asked, Sara smiled,

"Some place called home sounds nice." She whispered to him. He smiled down at her and nodded.

"Yeah, that sounds good to me…"

And so Sara and Li departed that night, to avoid the sad good-byes. No one questioned them, and the two disappeared for a year.

No one knows what happened during that year, except that Sara had children, two boys. She and Li brought them back from their new home. A land in the far South.

In the end everyone seemed to find what they had been searching for, what we are all searching for…

Somewhere called home….

THE END

Well, it has been a very long and wonderful ride with all of you, I hope you like the ending of this story, if you didn't, well tell me what was wrong with it. I will be starting two new fan fics soon, in a week or two I should have both of the first chappies up. The summaries are in my Bio, so check em out will ya please? Alright, thank you to all who have reviewed, and thank you all who didn't review but read this anyway. I love all of you and hopefully you will read more of my things in the future.

Yours Truly,

Sakura

Here are my thanks to the reviewers!

sweet-girl8270: Thank you for the review, I love your encourage meant, and by the way, Sara is about fifteen and Li is Sixteen. However, by the end of the story Sara's right around sixteen as well.

TheLightintheDarkness: Thanks for everything you said; I really loved your review!

LionessisRin: Hey there LinessisRin, you have been one of my most faithful reviewers and a great friend! Kirara is off finding her family I guess, I usually don't put her in my stories now that I think about it!