Disclaimer: I don't own Shippo and the rest of the Inuyasha characters mentioned here. They all belong to the talented and wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
Epilogue
Shippo went back to the village and immediately saw the gang by the village square. They seemed to have the Inuyasha-Kagome argument settled and done with. Kagome, Miroku and Sango were seated under a tree, while Inuyasha sat on a branch up in it. Kagome noticed Shippo and called him over.
"Shippo! Where've you been? You suddenly disappeared!" Kagome asked the demon boy worriedly.
"Yeah, one moment you were there, and the next you weren't!" Miroku added. "Let me guess, you went to get on a young village girl's good side, eh?" Miroku said lecherously.
"Puhlease, Miroku! I'm no lecher like you!" Shippo said, irritated. "I just went to throw some rocks into the secret lake."
"Oh…had a good time?" Sango asked him. Shippo nodded.
"So, what happened with you guys? Did Inuyasha overcome his blockheadedness?" Shippo said mischievously. Inuyasha put his hand on Tetsusaigai's hilt and threatened to cut Shippo in half. Kagome then said the magic words and sent Inuyasha falling face-first on the cold, hard ground.
"Well, Inuyasha still wouldn't give into the idea, but we know he loves Kagome anyway." Miroku said wittingly. Inuyasha's muffled, "I do not love Kagome!" could still be heard.
"Well, that's because dense people like Inuyasha think about nothing but fighting demons and gaining ultimate power." Kagome taunted.
"I do not! And I'm not dense!" Inuyasha protested angrily. Miroku and Sango laughed at yet another funny Inuyasha and Kagome moment. Shippo, however, was forcing out his laughter, because deep inside of him, he's been torn apart from the girl that he considered special and who considered him special.
Meanwhile, in Naraku's Bastion…
"Did you get them, Kanna?" Naraku's wintry voice could be heard in the big room. Kanna stepped forward, now reunited with her mirror, and reported to Naraku.
"…The shards…are not with the…girl…" Kanna made-up an excuse. Naraku was being a bit suspicious.
"Really?" Naraku said in slight distrust.
"Yes. The…shards…are not in this…time…" Kanna continued to lie, and Naraku's suspicion adds up. "The girl…must've brought it back…to the 'present'…" Kanna said, a tiny drop of sweat trickling down the side of her face. And that didn't escape Naraku. He looked at Kanna with an evil smirk and "believed" her report.
"Okay then, Kanna. If you say so. I believe you." He said simply. "You may go now." Kanna said nothing and turned her back on Naraku. She then started moving, but Naraku's poisonous voice stopped her dead.
"But Kanna…the moment I find out you've been lying to me…" Naraku uttered. Kanna's heart throbbed uncontrollably due to fear. "You'll end up like your sister…I won't have any mercy on you." Kanna nodded, her back facing Naraku. And then she went off. When Kanna got out of Naraku's chamber, and away from any Saimyosho that might be lurking around, she stopped and took something out from her pocket.
"Shippo…we will meet again…but it's not going to be the same…" She looked at Shippo's top. Shippo had written some Japanese characters on it that said, "Shippo x Kanna". Kanna held it lovingly close to her chest, as she thought of the person she loved.
She thought of him tenderly, just as he thought of her tenderly.
