Well, I am slowly getting over my cold, and after a few hours of boosting my experience level on Kingdom Hearts, I decided to write the next chapter of my story. It's starting to get pretty cold over here in Alberta, but it hasn't started to snow yet, so I'm happy about that.

Winter Wonderland

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Blood was boiling through his veins as he ran towards the village, his legs moving swiftly through the forest, and his golden eyes were full of hatred and betrayal. The pain in his heart was fresh and full of misery as he had just witnessed the one he trusted most shoot an arrow at him. He could hear the warning bell clanging in the village, as he got closer, and knew immediately that the villagers were expecting him. Running faster through the trees, he dodged the traps and nets before flying out of the forest, a smirk clearly on his lips. Easily evading the spears and arrows thrown at him as he crashed through the roof of the shrine, where the Shikon Jewel was. Chuckling to himself he walked across the room where the Shikon Jewel was resting on the hook, and grasped it in his clawed hand. The banging of a door caught his attention as more spears and arrows were thrown at him, which he dodged easily again and leaped into the air, breaking through the roof moments before it exploded in fire. He started to laugh menacingly, "There . . . now with this I will become a full fledged demon and no one will call me half breed anymore!"

Running across the shrine grounds and towards the forest, he planned to leave the village, and make his wish to become stronger come true. However a voice in the distance cause him to turn his head to meet the eyes of the one who had betrayed him, pointing another arrow at him again.

"INU-YASHA!" screamed the female voice.

The half demon glared at the priestess, and growled under his breath. 'Kikyo . . . I believed in you . . . I believed I could be with you if I became human . . .then you . . . how could you . . . I really . . .' He turned his head, ignoring her as he ran away from the village and from Kikyo.

"INU-YASHA!" Kikyo screamed again, loosening her arrow.

The next few moments happened so fast Inu-Yasha wasn't even sure how everything proceeded. As the half demon passed by the sacred tree, he felt the sharp pain in his chest as he suddenly stopped in mid air, and the sacred jewel flying from his hands. His feet dangled down below him as he was pinned, and watched the jewel land a distance away from him. Kikyo started to approach him, but his vision was becoming blurry, and he could feel himself becoming tired. He wanted to scream at the priestess, demanding why she had tricked him, wanting to know she had humiliated him and betrayed him, but his voice would not make a sound. He could feel his eyes begin to droop, wondering if this is how he would die.

'Am I going to die like this . . . actually . . . I don't mind it being this way . . . Kikyo . . . why did you . . .how could you . . .even after all this Kikyo I still . . .'

His eyes slid shut and he could feel no more . . .

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Inu-Yasha's eyes flashed open and he sat up, drenched in a cold sweat. His golden eyes wide and breath coming out in short pants as his mind tried to comprehend where he was. Kagome's room was still dark, and slightly cold from the weather, but the warm blankets had been tossed to the ground, leaving him shivering slightly. A soft whimper at his side caught his attention, which caused him to forget the nightmare memory for a moment. Kagome was curled up on her side, shivering slightly from the cold. Shaking his head slightly, Inu-Yasha leaned down to grab the blankets and pulled them back over his mate. Once Kagome was covered, the half demon slumped to the ground, his face covered by his clawed hands. 'It's been fifty-four years . . .and still the nightmares won't go away,' Inu-Yasha thought, 'Why can't I forget that horrible nightmare?'

Growling softly Inu-Yasha stood up, but turned to look at his mate one last time before walking out of the dark room, closing the door behind him. Rubbing the back of his neck, Inu-Yasha headed towards the bathroom, deciding that he needed to take a shower. Walking into the bathroom and shutting the door behind him, Inu-Yasha turned on the water and started to strip the rest of his clothing off. When the water was just right, the half demon stepped him, and let the warm water run down his body, soaking his hair and ears. Hoping that the dream would just disappear, along with all the other painful memories that had happened his life . . . but they didn't. Sighing softly, he admitted defeat and knew that they would never go away; they would be with him to the end of his days. Reaching for the bar of soup at his left, he began to wash his body.

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The soft sound of water running was what caused Mrs. Higurashi to wake early in the morning. Staring at her digital alarm clock, she could see that it was seven in the morning. Slipping out of the warm covers, and grabbing her blue rob from its hook on her door; she stepped onto the cold hard wood floors of the hallway, closing her door behind her. The running water was coming from the bathroom, and by the sounds of it, someone was having a shower. The house was still rather dark as Mrs. Higurashi walked down the stairs, turned the heat up, and switched on a few lights as well. Glancing out the window, it seemed to have snowed yet again last night. Staring at the window at her reflection, she started to remember the small lecture she had given Kagome's friends last night while Sesshoumaru had taken Inu-Yasha outside. Her voice hadn't been angry last night, but strict as she explained the complications of demons and their mates. Even though Miroku said they had only been joking about Inu-Yasha over reacting, she had made it very clear that Inu-Yasha wasn't being as protective as he should be over Kagome. Not to mention her son-in-law had very many reasons to protect her daughter the way he had been doing. For one thing, this was Kagome's first pregnancy; second she had already lost a child with Inu-Yasha, and last but most certainly not least . . . because Inu-Yasha was a half demon. Here in this era wasn't such a big threat as in the past, where every demon and human hating half-breeds would come seeking their lives. They would kill Inu-Yasha for being what he was and kill Kagome for mating with a half demon. Sighing softly, she turned on the coffee machine and grabbed a mug from the cupboard, still thinking about last night. Kagome had been worried that she had made Inu-Yasha upset for sitting him so much, however that just made Mrs. Higurashi laugh, and tried to convince her daughter that her husband was not angry with her, and if Miroku and the others thought Inu-Yasha was over reacting now, they would be dead wrong when Kagome got closer to her dead line near the end of January. Inu-Yasha probably wouldn't even let her go to the bathroom alone, and that caused Mrs. Higurashi to smile softly. The small creak of the door caused Mrs. Higurashi to glance up the stairs to see Inu-Yasha walk out of the bathroom with a white towel around his waist and head into Kagome's bedroom. Knowing her son-in-law would be down soon; she started to make the half demon a medium- warm hot chocolate since he didn't like coffee at all, unlike his brother. Just as the coffee and hot chocolate were finished, Inu-Yasha came walking into the kitchen, wearing his usual fire rat clothing, and his hair was damp.

"Have a nice shower?" asked Mrs. Higurashi as she took a seat at the table.

"I suppose," replied Inu-Yasha noticing the hot chocolate for him and took a seat across from Kagome's mother.

"Are you still angry with the others?"

Inu-Yasha shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of his warm drink, "A little perhaps . . ."

Mrs. Higurashi sighed softly, "Just let it go . . . I hear Miroku apologizing to you last night, and I'm sure the others will apologize once they wake up, especially Rin and Shippo, since they are demons as well. Besides, you know they didn't really mean to make you upset,"

Inu-Yasha just nodded his head, his ears drooping a little, "Kagome thought she was the one who made me angry,"

"I know, she told me that before she went to bed. Although, I'm surprised how many times she sat you with the rosary," smiled Mrs. Higurashi.

"I've gotten used to it actually . . . I don't get made at her all . . . she's just being pregnant,"

Mrs. Higurashi giggled and gave the half demon a warm smile before sipping on her coffee, "So the others are going home today?"

Inu-Yasha gave a small nod, "I'll be taking them back,"

Finishing the last of the coffee Mrs. Higurashi stood and offered silently to get Inu-Yasha some more hot chocolate, and the half demon nodded his thanks. There were no words she could think of to make Inu-Yasha to completely forgive the others, but he would eventually get over it.

"You want me and Kagome to stay for New Years right?" asked Inu-Yasha.

"Yes, it would be nice for the whole family to be together,"

"Would it be alright if Shippo stayed too?"

"Of course he can stay, the more the merrier,"

Getting another mug of hot chocolate for the half demon and coffee for herself, she sat back down, "You won't be staying longer? You'll be wanting Kagome to give birth in your era?"

Inu-Yasha sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "I would like to . . . just incase our daughter is half demon . . ."

Mrs. Higurashi opened her mouth to say something, but Inu-Yasha cut her off.

"Although if something does go wrong, I will bring Kagome here . . . I don't want to lose her . . . or our pup,"

Kagome's mother nodded, "Alright . . . but Inu-Yasha . . . may I ask a favor of you?"

"Sure . . . what is it?"

Mrs. Higurashi took a deep breath before continuing, "When Kagome does go into labor, is it possible you could come get me?"

"You mean . . . bring you through the well?"

"Yes,"

"Mrs. Higurashi I don't know . . ."

"Please . . . I want to be there . . . I want to be there for Kagome . . ."

Inu-Yasha sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "I suppose I can do that . . . but whether or not the well will let you through.. . I don't know . . ."

"Can we give it a try before you leave?"

Inu-Yasha nodded and stood up, placing his cup in the sink, "I'm going back up to bed,"

Mrs. Higurashi nodded and watched as her son-in-law leave the kitchen and slowly head back up the stairs to her daughter's room.

Inu-Yasha scratched the back of his head before stepping into Kagome's room, finding her still asleep. Smiling inwardly Inu-Yasha laid down beside her again, pulling the covers over his form. Kagome mumbled softly in her sleep as he wrapped his arms around her, kissing her cheek softly. His ears twitched softly, listening to her strong heart beat, and slow breathing, as she was lost in the land of dreams. Nuzzling is nose in the crook of her neck; he took a slow deep breath to inhale her beautiful scent. His demon side stirred slightly in the back of his mind, his embrace tightening a little on his mate. Sighing softly Inu-Yasha closed his eyes and kissed Kagome's shoulder, and then moved to her neck again, licking her ear lobe. Kagome moaned softly in her sleep, causing the half demon to shiver slightly and open his eyes slightly. It had been over two month's since him and Kagome had been together, and it had been almost a month when there had been some, romance between him and Kagome. He mostly blamed it on the trip to the cabin with the children there, but of course there had always been the night, however Kagome was usually tired by then, and with Sesshoumaru and the other demons in the cabin, Inu-Yasha knew fully well they would hear anything. Sighing again, Inu-Yasha nuzzled Kagome's neck softly, nipping the mate mark on her neck. For once, he was envious of the monk and Sango. Since their children had been born, their nights had . . . returned to normal I guess you could say. It wasn't until Kagome became six month's pregnant, and they couldn't make love anymore, was when he realized he had . . . what Kagome called a 'sex drive'. When things were normal between him and Kagome, he usually made love to her every night, unless it was her bleeding time, or if he could tell instinctively she was too tired. He usually hide his frustration and tried to act normal so the others wouldn't notice, not to mention Kagome would sometimes 'take care of him' when ever it became too difficult for him. When Miroku and the others had made fun his over protectiveness, and add his 'sex drive' frustration, he had been in a rather foul mood the other day. He had the slight feeling Sesshoumaru had known that last night, and was why he threw him in the snow, to 'cool down'.

Shaking his head slightly, Inu-Yasha closed his eyes and tried to ignore the now pulsing throb between his loins. 'Gods I am so hopeless . . .'

Kagome stirred slightly in his embrace, her eyes opening half way, "Inu . . . Yasha?" she asked sleepily.

Inu-Yasha smiled softly and kissed Kagome's temple, "I'm here Kagome . . . go back to sleep . . . I can tell your still tired . . ."

Kagome giggled softly, "How is it that you know everything?" she asked sleepily.

Inu-Yasha chuckled softly, "I'm your mate of course . . ."

Smiling Kagome rolled onto her back, and Inu-Yasha propped himself up with one arm to stare down at her, "You should get some more sleep . . ."

Kagome shook her head, "I'm fine for now . . . how are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling fine . . ."

"Your not angry anymore?"

Inu-Yasha sighed, "No . . . just frustrated I guess you could say,"

Kagome giggled, and Inu-Yasha could tell she knew what she meant.

"You can be so impatient sometimes," giggled Kagome.

Inu-Yasha growled playfully before leaning down to kiss his mate softly. Kagome's hand came up to cup his cheek before pulling back to give off a small yawn.

"Go back to sleep Kagome . . ." Inu-Yasha whispered softly into her ear.

Kagome yawned again, "But . . . I want to say good-bye to the others before they leave . . ."

"Don't worry . . . I'll come and get you before I take them home," Inu-Yasha whispered, his lips coming back down to kiss her softly. Kagome responded back by wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to her. His tongue teasing her lips, urging her to open up, and she granted his request. It had been so long since he had kissed her like this, and so Inu-Yasha deepened the kiss by sliding his tongue into her mouth, tasting her. Kagome gave a small moan in response, her fingers curling into his hair, and rubbing his ears between her fingers. Inu-Yasha gave a groan of his own, and had to pull away slightly to get a hold of himself, but when Kagome licked and blew softly into his ear, it almost drove him over the edge. Images of the many sleepless nights they had shared flashed in his mind, causing him to rub against Kagome slightly. He could feel Kagome's lips sucking on the fuzzy ear, nipping the sensitive flesh softly, almost driving him crazy.

"Kagome . . . Kagome stop .. ." begged Inu-Yasha, pulling away from her and sitting on the edge of the bed.

Kagome opened her eyes to stare up at his, "Inu-Yasha?"

"I . . . I can't be teased like that . . . I . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.

Kagome smiled softly and reached to grasp his clawed hand in hers, "It's okay . . . I understand,"

Inu-Yasha smiled himself and laid back down beside her. Kagome sighed softly and gave off a small yawn.

"You should go back to sleep, it's still pretty early in the morning,"

Kagome nodded softly as she could feel sleep already take over her again, her eyes starting to droop. Inu-Yasha rained soft kisses all over her face and neck, whispering words of love, coaxing her into a deep sleep until her even breathing reached his sensitive ears. Smiling Inu-Yasha closed his eyes, and concentrated on the sounds around him. Kagome's strong heart was beating loudly in his ears, which was in unison with their unborn pups. His ears also caught the sound of the others, and could tell that Sesshoumaru, Rin, Souta, Grandpa, Shippo and Kirara were down stairs. In the spare room he could hear Miroku tending to his children with Kohaku helping him, but Sango seemed still fast asleep. Deciding to let Kagome sleep a while longer, Inu-Yasha slowly got out of the bed, and headed out of her room, closing the door softly behind him.

"Inu-Yasha?"

The half demon turned his head down the hall to see Miroku walking towards him, carrying Misa in his arms. He was wearing his usual monk clothing now, and had dressed the baby girl into a small purple kimono with white flowers.

"Yeah, what do you want monk?"

"Don't tell me your still angry over last night?"

Inu-Yasha sighed and shook his head, "No, I'm over that . .. but keep your voice down . . . Kagome's still sleeping,"

Miroku nodded, "So we are heading back today?"

"Yeah, we'll wait till the afternoon though when it's warmer,"

"I hope that Kaede is doing alright, and that there wasn't any problems,"

"Like what monk?"

"Well Kaede is old, and the cold weather does effect her health . . .not to mention a demon could of attacked the village,"

"I'm sure there doing fine, besides I told the old hag to stay at our place since it was warmer than her pathetic hut,"

"Hmm, well I'm heading downstairs to get some breakfast, coming Inu-Yasha?"

"Yeah yeah I'm coming,"

Everyone except Sango, Kagome, and Kohaku were downstairs already eating breakfast. Sesshoumaru was already dressed in his fancy clothing from the past, but Rin was still in her pajamas. Shippo was dressed in his normal clothing as well. Inu-Yasha sat next to his brother, but the two never said a single word to each other, and no one . . . not even Shippo bothered to point it out. Soon Sango came down dressed in her normal clothes carrying Keitaro who was wearing a similar kimono as Misa, but it was green. Kohaku came down a moment later, but was still wearing his pajamas too.

"So did everyone sleep well last night?" asked Mrs. Higurashi.

Some said yes, others gave a nod, or a grunt as a response, since none were sure what type of mood Inu-Yasha was in.

When everyone was done eating, they all headed back to their rooms and started to back for the trip home. Inu-Yasha as promised went to wake up Kagome and helped her into her clothes. As the bags started to pile at the door, Souta headed out to the well shrine and pushed the snow out of the way so the doors would open easily.

After everything was packed and the room had been checked to see if anyone had left anything, the good-byes started to begin. Mrs. Higurashi hugged everyone, except for Sesshoumaru, who would only give a handshake. Souta had tried to give the demon lord a hug, but sadly had no success.

Once goodbyes were done and over with Inu-Yasha led the way to the well house, promising Kagome, Shippo, and her family that he would be back before sun down. Throwing down all the bags and luggage down the well first, Inu-Yasha first took Sesshoumaru and Rin over first. Once they landed safely on the other side, they removed the entire luggage from the bottom of the well before Inu-Yasha went back to get Sango, Miroku, Kohaku, Kirara, and the twins.

Snow had fallen in the feudal era as well, but was much deeper than in the future. Packing all the stuff back to the village, the were greeted happily by the villagers who had awaited their return. A feast had been scheduled to celebrate the birth of the twins that night, but Sesshoumaru had said he would decline the party and head back to the western lands.

"Your such a party pooper," growled Inu-Yasha.

Sesshoumaru just shrugged his shoulders.

Far into the afternoon, the carriage came to get Sesshoumaru and Rin. Jarlarg had come along to make sure that they were all right.

"How are things in my lands?" asked the lord.

"Everything is perfectly fine my lord. Nothing happened that you should be concerned about," assured Jarlarg.

As the luggage was placed onto the carriage, Inu-Yasha had a nice chat with the old demon advisor since he hadn't talked to Jarlarg for over sixty-three years. Once everything was ready to go, Rin said good-bye to everyone as they too off back towards the western lands.

"So, are you going to head back Inu-Yasha? Things seem to be in order here," offered the monk.

"Nah, I'll help you and Sango settle back in to your hut, then I have to check out on my place, maybe I'll stay for the feast, and then I'll head back,"

"Seems like an alright plan,"

Sango, Kohaku, and the twins stayed at one of the neighbor's huts while Miroku and Inu-Yasha got their hut ready. The hut hadn't been used in over a month, and was rather cold with out a fire running. As Miroku put all the bags, gifts, and clothes away, Inu-Yasha started the fires, which then heated up the whole hut. When the hut was decently warm, Kirara went to get Sango and the others so they could come back.

Miroku plopped down in the sitting room, "Man it feels good to be home,"

Inu-Yasha snorted, "Keh, I'll be heading over to my place now monk . . ."

"See ya later tonight then,"

The half demon gave a nod before heading into the forest and back to his house. He could smell the smoke in the distance, and knew that Kaede was still staying at his house. As he came into the clearing, the house looked just the same as it had when he had left it. The windows of course needed washing, but that was no big deal at all. Landing right in front of the door, Inu-Yasha gave a few knocks before walking in.

"Hey Kaede! I'm back!"

The old miko was sitting in the sitting room, wrapped in a fuzzy blanket, and sitting by the fire.

"Oh Inu-Yasha . . . are ye back from your trip?" asked the old priestess.

"Just for the moment. I came back to see how things were,"

"I see, so there were no problems in Kagome's time?"

"Nope, none at all. Although Sango had the twins, and there's a feast tonight to celebrate,"

"Sango had twins? Oh Miroku must be very happy. And how is Kagome doing with her pregnancy,"

Inu-Yasha scratched the back of his head, "Nothings changed really,"

"Almost less than a month to go though, I imagine she has sat you quite a bit with your over protectiveness,"

Inu-Yasha growled, but could tell that the old miko was joking. After making sure everything else was all right in his house, Inu-Yasha escorted Kaede back to the village where the feast would be starting at any moment.

Inu-Yasha stayed for most of the feast, but when the sun started to go down, he decided to head back to Kagome. Saying good-bye to the others Inu-Yasha headed back to the future where is mate was waiting for him.

Kagome had been lying on the couch, watching Souta and Shippo playing video games when Inu-Yasha came back, and laid down beside her.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, concern filling his voice.

"I'm fine . . . just really tired, and hurting from all the kick boxing our daughter is giving me,"

Inu-Yasha chuckled softly as he wrapped one arm around her, and the other had resting on her womb, feeling his unborn pup kicking against his hand.

"How long are we going to stay here Kagome?"

"Hmm . . . it's the twenty-eighth today of December . . .so . . . on January first we'll head back . .. does that sound okay?"

Inu-Yasha nodded softly and sighed with relief. In three days the new moon would appear, and he would become human, and also the anniversary of Naraku's death was coming up too. It had now been almost a year since that bastard had perished from the world, and was probably burning in the depths of hell.

Souta gave a cry out of victory as he won the racing game, and did a small victory dance around the couch with Shippo sniffling softly on the floor that he had lost again.

A knock at the door caught Inu-Yasha's attention as Mrs. Higurashi went to answer it. Moments later Ayumi came walking into the living room, "Hi there Kagome,"

"Ayumi!" cried Kagome, trying to sit up.

"How have you been?" asked Ayumi, taking a seat on one of the chairs.

"I've been better . . ." sighed Kagome, who finally managed to sit up with Inu-Yasha's help.

"My Kagome your getting big . . . how far along are you?"

"I'm almost eight and half month's along . . ."

Ayumi nodded and handed Kagome the wrapped present she had hidden in her coat, "Merry Christmas,"

"Oh Ayumi, thank you. Inu-Yasha, can you get Ayumi's present? It's under my bed,"

the half demon nodded before leaving the living room.

"So, I heard you went back to the cabin this year, and that you brought the others this time,"

"Yes, and it was a blast this year, it was a pity you didn't come. We ran into Hojo a few times,"

Ayumi sighed, "I know . . . but visiting America wasn't so bad, that's where my dad's parents are living,"

Inu-Yasha soon returned with a small present and handed to Ayumi for her to open. Kagome had gotten her the newest 'V6' cd (and for those who don't know, V6 is a band who did the first opening of 'I want to change to world' and the last ending of the inuyasha series 'Brand New World') and Kagome had gotten a cute baby toque, which had been made by Ayumi.

"Thank you so much Ayumi,"

Inu-Yasha nodded his thanks and took a look at the small pink hat.

"Inu-Yasha can you go see if my mother needs help with supper?"

"Souta and Shippo are with her,"

Kagome gave him a death glare.

"Alright, alright I'm going," sighed the half demon, standing up and heading into the kitchen.

Kagome giggled and turned to Ayumi, "So, what's new?"

"Hmm, nothing really, although I must say, America is a lot colder there than it is here,"

"I see, so where exactly did you go?"

"We went to New York,"

Ayumi talked all about her trip over to America, and how she had been allowed to bring her boyfriend along with her.

"And things went well at the cabin?" asked Ayumi.

"Hmm, nothing too dangerous happened. Sango had the twins, we had a little incident when Souta and some of the others fell through some thin ice,"

"Was everyone okay?"

"Yeah, it was just a little scare,"

Ayumi nodded and took a seat by Kagome since Inu-Yasha was gone, and Kagome went into the whole story of their trip to the cabin, but left out the part of meeting Sesshoumaru's future son Hiroshi.

"So, I take it Inu-Yasha is being more over protective since your getting closer to your due date,"

"Over protective? More like suffocating if you ask me, he doesn't leave me alone for a second,"

Ayumi giggled, "So, have you thought of any names yet?"

"Inu-Yasha is still thinking,"

"Oh I see, so how long are you guys going to stay? Will you stick around for new years?"

Kagome nodded, "Yeah, and then we'll head back home. I can tell Inu-Yasha is already home sick,"

"Well, perhaps I should be heading back home then," sighed Ayumi.

"Are you sure? Your more than welcome to stay for dinner,"

"Nah, that's alright, I'll be going out for dinner tonight with my boyfriend,"

Kagome tried to stand up, but need Ayumi's held as she walked her friend to the door.

"Stop by again before New Years,"

"I will, see ya later Kagome!"

Kagome waved good-bye to Ayumi as she left the shrine grounds. Inu-Yasha was standing behind her and helped her back inside.

"Well, shall we head into the kitchen have some dinner?"

Kagome nodded softly and was lead back into the house by her husband.

After dinner, Kagome was escorted to bed by her half demon, and said goodnight to everyone before she was led into her room. Inu-Yasha helped his mate get undressed, and slipped her into her blue cloth nightgown. When Kagome was dressed and ready for bed, Inu-Yasha carefully picked her up and laid her down on the bed, pulling the covers over top of her. Inu-Yasha joined her once his fire rat top and white undershirt had been placed on her chair. Snuggling into the bed and covers, Inu-Yasha wrapped his arms around his mate.

"Hmm . . . so warm . . ." mumbled Kagome, kissing Inu-Yasha's neck softly.

Inu-Yasha nodded in agreement as he rubbed his cheek against Kagome's, "Are you tired?"

"Not really . . . I kind of have something planned for tonight . . ."

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Inu-Yasha shivered slightly as his forehead rested against Kagome's, his breath coming out in short pants as he waited for the shivers of his orgasm to pass. Kagome's hands came up to cup his sweaty face, and kiss the small droplets away.

"Feel better?" whispered Kagome, kissing Inu-Yasha's ear softly.

Inu-Yasha nodded and snuggled his face into the crook of Kagome's neck, "Thank you,"

"Anytime . . . my husband,"

"Wife . . ." Inu-Yasha whispered softly, kissing Kagome's neck.

"Hus . . .band . . ." Kagome yawned, snuggling closer to him.

"Sleep . .. my Kagome . . ."

Kagome gave half a nod before drifting into a deep sleep and was surround by her mates love.

When Kagome was fast asleep, Inu-Yasha soon joined her in the land of dreams.

TBC . . .

I am so so sorry for the long update, but with all the stuff going on, I was just too sad to write. I really need a hug . . . my ex-boyfriend seems to be being a real jerk to me lately . . . and now I'm sad and lonely . . .

Anyway, today was the first day of snow, and not to mention it has been almost a year since I started Winter Wonderland!

I shall already start on the next chapter, and hopefully update it on the year anniversary of this story. Hope to get a lot of reviews from you guys!

Lynns