I can never make up my mind and so I have a feeling this will be the last time I change my mind I swear. I've come to the conclusion that I'll just add the 'sequel' to this story as chapters and just end this one for good. I promise a happy ending though I had it in my mind to end it with a little angst. But then I'd have angry readers on my ass big time. I'd rather live a little longer :D. I think a lot of you will be happy to see that there is a chapter thirteen. I decided to skip time a bit and pick up at this point. I really hope no one is disappointed. While writing this chapter I found that I could just have time jumps. This will be the last of my Inuyasha stories. There will be a few more chapters and then the story is over. Yes people I'll be finishing this as promised.

Chapter Thirteen

By: Mirei

Summer's cool air and fun in the sun were slowing fading from her mind as she packed all of her stuff from the dorm room. She hadn't told anyone that she was planning on living with Sesshomaru, not even Sesshomaru. She wanted it to be a surprise. He'd found the perfect place and was still there setting up all of his stuff. They hadn't really talked since he returned from Paris and some part of her thought it would be a bad idea to just show up on his doorstep with all her boxes in hand. Uri was still with her grandparents at the zoo. That girl loved animals. Kagome placed the last box into her trunk and headed back to Kyoto to collect all of Uri's stuff. The drive was less comforting. It wasn't filled with laughter or jokes...all she had were the memories of her youth and the outstretched hand of her adult years.

Becoming an adult was something that she never really liked to think about unless necessary. When she did think about it she'd recall every happy moment in her childhood leading up to that moment when she'd move in with Sesshomaru and start a somewhat stable partnership based on friendship. Though she wanted it to be so much more she only had herself to blame for her feelings. She'd have to squash them before they became to hard to control.

She had many flashbacks on her way back to the house where she grew up. Its stone steps led all the way up to the shrine and home where life started and where it would end soon. The house could tell most of her stories and many others that others couldn't remember. She remembered the time that she and Kouga would run about the backyard and play tag. The time that they found a strange artifact and learned that it was just a really rusted watch. Kouga was so sure that it was going to be something that would make him famous. Jin always told him that he was obsessed with fame. The times they all shared together as children were forever engraved into her heart. Jin, Kouga, Yuri and herself. The four of them were closer than anything. But who knew that one death could tear everything at the seams. Kagome drifted from both Kouga and Jin. Jin moved away and Kouga started his own life while she did the same.

It took so many years to bring the back together only to have them grow up and start their own lives again. Kouga and the band still wanted her to be their singer and she would continue that until she could find someone to replace her. So they still had a while to be together. Sesshomaru had shown up at her gig and sat way in the back. She wasn't sure how to feel about that. He hadn't really said much to her except that she did great and that he would pick her up for the ball. The ball was fun. She danced with all kinds of people. Sesshomaru's father even danced with her. But Sesshomaru avoided her almost all night. She wasn't sure how to feel about that either. Should she be angry that he'd avoid her and make her feel like he hated her. Shaking her head she got all of Uri's things and started on the long drive to the place that they'd be sharing together.

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Sesshomaru looked at the wet paint on the wall and allowed a smirk to appear on his lips. He wasn't sure if Kagome would show up or if she'd even want to live with him at that point. He'd been a total jerk, though it had been subtle. He didn't do it up front but he knew that she had felt the sting. Though he felt remorse for his behavior he wouldn't apology since his own feelings had been disregarded. He would have continued to muse over how he'd felt for the raven haired woman but there was a knock on the door. He wasn't expecting anyone and it was pouring outside, monsoon season. Opening the door his eyes well on a soaked Kagome who had a plastic box in her hands. He raised an eyebrow at her and she smiled. Her smiles often send him into another world. They were made for him and he knew this. She only smiled that way for him.

"What do I owe this...pleasure." He said smirking. She gave him a bland stare.

"In case you can't tell its called moving in."

"But I thought that you didn't want to."

"I was just building up the suspense of the story okay." She said sitting the box down.

"What story would that be?"

"The one I've been working on all summer. Now are we going to keep questioning me or let me in?" He chuckled and allowed her into the house.

"Well this should be interesting." He said and they both laughed.

"Who knows what the future will bring eh Sesshomaru."

"Where's the dog?" He asked out of no where."

"He went with Uri and my parents to the zoo."

The proceeded to get all of her stuff from her car and start unpacking into their new lives.

Writer's Note: Really short chapter, I know but that was the plan. I wanted to add more to it so that all of you would have a sense of where I was taking this. Plus I needed to close out their college days and move on to their future. I wrote this all in ten minutes too :D Now like I've already said I'm adding on 'The Encore' to this so the next chapter is like five years later okay. I really hope you guys like this and will continue to read up until I've finished it. I've been writing Harry Potter fanfiction too and also some original stuff. I'm all over the place lol. So I'll try and work on this again sometime okay. Enjoy :D