The 'Calm Before the Storm' I guess you could say…

Sesshomaru and Mirai were the only ones left who hadn't yet come through from the other side, leaving those gathered around the well worried and anxious. There was a bright flash of light, and Sesshomaru emerged slowly from the well.

"Where's Mirai?" asked Inuyasha gruffly, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"Here I am…"

They turned to the well. It was at this time that Kagome and, Kaede, Miroku, and Sango had arrived, though the others were too chocked to really notice their arrival. Kagome, Aerith and Sango covered their as they saw him emerge. Mirai had become a young man, with his silver-white hair in the wavy mushroom fashion, and with the two black strands hanging in his eyes. On his forehead still was the blue crescent moon. He stood there, peering at them; paying no attention to his lack of clothing.

"And who is this?" asked Kaede, stepping forward, her arms behind her back. She seemed older…

"My name is Mirai," he replied, giving a bow. He looked at the people around him. "Um, didn't you guys mention your friends being real young?"

"Yeah, why—" Inuyasha cut off as he turned around to look at his friends. "What the fuck!" Kagome approached him angrily.

"It's fricken been ten years, you bastard!"

"What?" shrieked Inuyasha. "We were only gone for five days!"

"Wrong!" snapped Sango, stepping forward. "It has indeed been ten years…"

"You have all changed so much," commented Sesshomaru quietly. "And yet, we have not aged at all."

"Besides Mirai," said Aerith, not looking at the young man.

"Well," said Sango, looking directly at Mirai, or well…"He's grown."

"You fucking ho!" shouted Miroku, stepping forward and grabbing her forearm, making her look at him. "What the hell, Sango! I'm your fucking husband!"

"What!" said Inuyasha, almost falling back in his surprise as he backed away.

"Yeah!" said Miroku, looking at him. "It turns out the bitch got fucking pregnant!" Sesshomaru's eyebrows darted up swiftly before settling.

"Whose child?" he commented. Everyone turned to him, and in unison, shouted one word in his direction.

"What!" Sesshomaru closed his eyes at the volume of the noise, and then his eyebrows rose a little again. Miroku turned to Sango swiftly.

"What the fuck did you fucking fuck! And how many of them fucking hell spawn as fricken mine!"

"Three," replied Sango calmly.

"Well, that ain't bad," said Aerith, trying to make things better with a little smile. Miroku turned to her in his anger.

"There's fucking thirteen of the fucking demons!"

"Actually," said Sango matter-of-factly "The other ten are demons…two of them, the white-haired ones, are Inuyasha's…"

"INUYASHA!"

Inuyasha, who had been trying to sneak away, suddenly stopped, his body going rigid, and peered slowly over his shoulder at the furious Kagome

"The six of them, the ones that came together, are Koga's."

"You fucked that flea-bitten bastard!" yelled Miroku, turning to Sango.

"Don't fucking yell at me, you fucking asshole man-whore!" Miroku blinked several times at this outburst, but soon regained his composure.

"Whose is the last child's father!"

"Oh, Sessho? Well, duh!" She looked at Sesshomaru, and everyone too turned to the demon in shock. Everyone once again joined each other in shouting the word.

"What!"

"Well, yeah," said Sango, nodding. "Sessho, Sesshomaru…" Miroku turned back to her, his jaw dropping.

"What!" he screeched.

"It's not my fault you're a fucking dumbass!" Sango commented just as loudly.

"Hold on," said Sesshomaru, but there was too much yelling going on now.

"How could you!" shrieked Kagome to Inuyasha. "I waited for your scrawny, hairy ass for ten fucking years!"

"How the hell do you know if it's fucking hairy!" Inuyasha shouted back, cheeks coloring a little.

"Because I've fucking seen it where we were fucking!"

"Hold on," said Sesshomaru, a little bit louder, but still in his quiet voice.

"You fucked her!" Aerith shouted at the half demon. "Before or after we did? And when did Sango come in!"

"You screwed her too!" bellowed Kagome. "We have a fricken kid, you dumbass, pubicless, bastard mutt!"

"Wait," said Sesshomaru, turning to them, but they ignored him.

Sesshomaru looked to Mirai, but he just stood there, arms folded, and smiling, as he surveyed the arguing couples.

"I don't understand why you worried me if you were still fricken fucking around behind my back, you fucking whore!" Miroku shouted. Shippo was watching them nervously. Shippo turned to the angered Miroku.

"There's something else," Shippo muttered.

"What the fuck is it?" snapped Miroku, turning to the little kitsune, and then Sango as he spoke. "Don't fucking tell me you went and humped that fox!
Sango looked away.

Shippo began to inch away. Taking up his staff, Miroku upraised it in his cold fury. Shippo gave an 'eep', and began running in the opposite direction, and Miroku gave chase.

"Get the fuck back here!" screeched Miroku. "I'm going to fucking kill you and Sango!" Kaede walked over to stand beside Sango as they watched the pair.

"Well," she said. "Though I can't approve of the things…people have done, I am surprised about Shippo…"

"Well, I couldn't have kids with him," said Sango, still watching the pair. "He hasn't reached puberty yet…"

"Enough!" All eyes turned to Sesshomaru in surprise. "That is enough! From all of you!" He looked at them all in turn, his expression distasteful. "Now's the time for argument!"

"You can go to hell!" snapped Aerith. "I've had enough from you! I don't have time to deal with that!"

And so it ended, and the group began to storm away from one another. There were tears in many eyes at the truth that was revealed to them, unwanted and unwillingly. Everything about all of them changed just within those few moments…

FIN