Update: Chapter edited.

Disclaimer: Usual stuff

A/N: You didn't really think I was going to let it end like that did you? Granted it was a pretty solid ending, and most of the Animes I have seen will do that…get you right to the point where it could be happy and then end it without the pay off…noooo, I'm not bitter…anyway, so I won't do that to you.

Oh, and there will be more art for this story in the near future on my Elfwood site so please stop by occasionally if you are interested (Go to my bio page for the link)

Okay, enough rambling, enjoy….

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Epilogue

"Hi Kagome," Julia said into the receiver, "I'm going to have to cancel our movie Sunday night. Yeah, I know, I wanted to see it too, but I was just informed of a Charity Ball that one of our clients is having that night, and that I am required to go to it. My boss feels it will be a good way for me to meet most of our clientele, since they will all surely be there. Yeah, okay, give me a call later in the week and we'll plan another time. Okay, bye."

It had been two weeks since she had started her job, and the one thing she had discovered so far was that her boss was a major space cadet. He didn't speak a lick of English, despite the fact that he had been working with her company for years, and frequently neglected to tell her about upcoming events. Needless to say, this was not the first time she had to cancel something on behalf of work.

Now she had to find something to wear to the Ball. Thankfully she had asked what the attire was. Otherwise, she would have shown up wearing one of her usual business suits. She sighed as she thought of the other arrangements she had to make. Apparently the event was being held at some old castle outside the city, which meant she had to arrange for a limo to take her boss plus his guest and her out to it. She probably had to rent him a tux, too. She was beginning to feel like a glorified secretary rather than a foreign liaison.

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He watched his guests pour in through the main entrance, scanning their faces for the one he had only seen in his dreams these last few centuries. She had yet to show, but the evening was still young. She would be there.

"Mr. Yamasaki," said an older woman, drawing his attention away from the door, "this is indeed a splendid affair." He nodded politely to her and looked back towards the door. It was then that she appeared, walking in behind her employer and his date. She looked around the room and he thought he saw a hint of recognition in her eyes, but it vanished as her employer distracted her. She wore a simple strapless, midnight blue evening gown that fell just above her ankles. Her hair was swept up into a mass of curls with a few strands framing her face. She was as beautiful as he remembered.

"Excuse me," he said to the woman, who had continued speaking to him despite the fact that he had no idea what she was saying. He headed towards the door to find her, but stopped when she was only steps away.

"This is Julia Pierce," her boss said as he introduced her to one of their clients, "she is the liaison with the office in the United States." He watched her smile as she shook the other man's hand and greeted him. He pulled back to the wall and simply watched her as her boss took her around the room introducing her to various people. Time passed and still he could not approach her.

"Wow, she looks just like I remember," said a man leaning against the wall next to him.

"Of course she does, it has only been a few weeks for her," he replied with slight frustration. It had been such a short time for her. Would she still feel the same way about him? Would she believe that he had changed?

"Ooo, touchy," the other man teased. "Well, what are you waiting for? Get out there." He received a punch in the arm and turned to glare at his companion.

"Aren't you starting school tomorrow?" he said with a twisted smile. "I think it might be past your bed time."

"Keh, like I actually plan on being a good student," the other man replied as he walked casually away.

He shook his head and looked back to where she had been. However, she was no longer standing there. He spotted her boss in his first sweep through the crowd, but she seemed to have vanished. He glanced towards the main entrance and it was there that he spotted her retreating back. Where was she going? He quickly made his way through his guests to follow her.

He found her. She was making her way down the pathway in his garden. She was alone and this was his chance.

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She walked down the path, staving off the mass feelings of déjà vu. This whole place seemed somehow familiar. She looked down the path towards the stream where a small bridge stretched over its width, much too familiar. But it was not possible that this could be the same place, the place five hundred years in the past that she had tried to put behind her.

"Did the evening become too much for you?" The words and voice instantly brought back memories of another evening spent in this type of garden. But, when she turned it was not a demon lord staring back at her. He was a thirties-ish Japanese business man. He was tall with long hair, tied back into a neat tail. For an instant the image changed and she saw him with flowing silver hair and golden eyes, but she quickly shook her head and tried to ignore the image.

"No," she answered with a smile. "It's just that this garden is so beautiful. It reminds me of a place I used to know."

"I'm glad you're enjoying my estate," he said with an easy smile. This was definitely not the same person. He had never been so quick with a smile.

"Oh, then you must be Mr. Yamasaki," she said with a bow, "It is a pleasure to meet you. My boss has been trying to find you all night. I'm-"

"Julia Pierce," he interrupted, "I know." She eyed him slightly and wanted to ask how he knew, but she figured that he must have run into her boss while she'd been away. "Would you like me to show you around?" he asked giving her another smile.

"That would be wonderful," she replied and fell in beside him as he started down the path. They walked in silence for a moment, but there was nothing awkward about it. It almost felt as if she had done this before. She glanced up at him and once again his image shifted to the man she was trying to forget.

"You know," he said suddenly, "this garden is beautiful, but there is an even better spot."

"Oh?" she said, curious as to what he was talking about.

"Come with me," he said as he grabbed her hand and dragged her off the path through the trees. She briefly thought that she should be worried about being dragged off by a stranger, but all such thoughts quickly left her head when she laid eyes on his destination.

"What is this?" she said quietly to herself. It was her hillside. The valley below was now filled with the lights of various forms of developments, but it was the same.

"Don't tell me you have forgotten?" He had heard her?! She turned towards him. He stood a few feet away, how had he heard her? "You promised you would not, and I know you always keep your promises." That look, that tone, there could be no mistaking it, but…

"It isn't possible," she said, breathing deeply in shock.

"But it is?" he said softly as he closed his eyes. His appearance seemed to shimmer and where Mr. Yamasaki had once stood, Sesshoumaru now stood in Yamasaki's clothes.

"I don't understand," she said, still in disbelief.

"Let's just say that I have wanted to see you for a very long time," he said as he walked over to her.

"But, Mr. Yamasaki?" she asked still trying to grasp the situation.

"Is me," he answered as he stopped in front of her.

"But, how did you know where I would be?" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small envelope.

"With this," he said handing it to her. It was her driver's license from back in the States, with the post-it on the back listing her new address in Japan and her move-in date. "I had meant to return it to you, but I never got around to it."

"You went through my stuff," she stated, somewhat irked but still in shock. He only nodded and shrugged his shoulders.

"But I could have found you without it," he said a moment later. "Julia I…" He paused, looked down at the ground for a moment, and then continued, "Can you give me another chance? Five hundred years is enough to change any man, and I-"

She stopped any further coaxing of his with the kiss she placed on his lips. He was rigid with surprise at first, but in no time returned the kiss in full. She had seen and heard all she needed. Just seeing him there was enough to erase any doubts she had. They broke the kiss and he wrapped her in his arms.

"I'll take that as a yes," he said, somewhat breathlessly, a moment later.

"You could say that," she answered, reveling in his closeness. Then another thought entered her head. "Hey, what about Inu Yasha? Did he find Kagome?" She heard him laugh slightly and she looked up to see another smile on his face.

"I'll tell you over breakfast," he said quietly as he kissed her once more. Yes, she thought as he swept her off her feet, it could definitely wait 'til breakfast.

Right now she had a fairy tale to get back to.

The End

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A/N: Well, this is indeed the end of the story. Hope you all liked it. I know I had fun writing it. Again, thanks for all the positive feed back, it was much appreciated.

Please review and let me know what you all thought.

Sequel? Hmmm I dunno?