It was the day they had been waiting for the entire year. They would be receiving their inheritances and their letters. Kagome, Inuyasha, Yuka, Sakura, Miroku, and Souta where gathered in the room with Sango and Kohaku there for emotional support. The lawyer handed Yuka, Sakura, Inuyasha, and Kagome their letters and left the room, his part of their destiny fulfilled. This is where I begin.

Act VII

Scene I "Yuma's Letter"

Yuma glanced down at the bottom of her letter and saw her husband's messy signature and smiled. If he had not typed the letter she knew it would have probably been unreadable. She began to read it.

Dear Yuma,

It's been a year since I died now. It may have seemed strange to you that I wrote all of these letters and kept them up-to-date all the time. You see, my mother was a great believer in fate. She had always believed that in her lifetime she would see her family join with the Higurashi's and become one, because we had been close for so many years, all the way back to her great-grandfather.

She once said that humans can help shape destiny but they can't change it. After I was born a boy she was determined that my children marry someone from the Higurashi family. That is why she was so obsessive over Inuyasha and Kagome being born a boy and a girl.

As you can probably tell, I too have felt that it was important for our families to unite. My dear wife, I know you understand. That is why I left Kagome the ring and Inuyasha the necklace.

I love you with all of my heart and I wait for the day that you will join me here. For now though, I am content, as I know that much work is still probably left to ensure that Kagome and Inuyasha marry.

I miss seeing you and being near you but I will watch over you and our grandchildren forever. I love you so much.

Your forever-loving husband,

Sato Takahashi.

She smiled and wiped away the tears that had started falling from her eyes. I'll see you again someday.

Act VII

Scene II "Sakura's Letter"

Sakura glanced at her friend before she opened her own letter and saw the tears in her eyes. She would have been worried for her if a prominent smile had not been spreading across her face. She began to read herself.

Dear Sakura,

Before he died your husband asked me to look after you. I told him I wouldn't need to and I was right. Your courage and patience kept you safe after his death. He also asked me to guard his children, which is why I left them so much money, so they would have no reason to make a choice just for money.

We all agreed so many years ago that Inuyasha and Kagome would marry and I trust that you have been working to further that goal. I have no doubts that you will find a way to get them together.

I leave you my trust and my faith.

Your friend,

Sato Takahashi

Sakura leaned over and patted Yuma's hand. She offered Sakura a tentative smile through her tears and Sakura knew she would be okay. She herself was a little teary from hearing the words of Sato and she knew that he could tell that Kagome and Inuyasha were in love, wherever he was right now.

Act VII

Scene III "Inuyasha's Letter"

Inuyasha barely paused after receiving his letter. He ripped the envelope open and yanked out the letter inside, staring at the typed pages in awe. His father's final words to him. He began to read.

Dear Inuyasha,

I know that you probably didn't like everything I did to or for you in your life. I have a feeling that you won't be too ecstatic about what I am telling you now. When your grandmother, my mother, was little she became friends with another young girl who you would recognize only by her married name, Sari Higurashi, or in other words, Kagome's grandmother. When the two of them were married they were still the best of friends. They were so close that they had a double wedding. They both became pregnant at the same time and were devastated when Kagome's father and I were both boys.

You see, ever since they had become friends they had wanted to be related. When they were in their preteens they actually tried to get adopted into one another's families. When that didn't work they decided that if their children were to marry then they would be related, even if not by law. Needless to say, having two boys spoiled that plan.

Then Sesshoumaru was born. After two years my wife died and Kagome's father still was not married. The women had figured that their dreams were crushed. Three years later I found Kagome's parents as one couple and Yuma and me as the other in a double wedding. When you and Kagome were born it was the happiest they had ever been.

I remember one time when you were little; Kagome decided that she wanted to have a wedding and you were to be her groom. She picked the roses off of her mothers bush and wrapped a rag around them so the thorns wouldn't hurt her hands any more than they already had, proudly showing her mother the "bouquet." I always laughed whenever I looked back on that scene with Sakura and Kagome later. The girl had picked her mother's prize-winning roses and even though she had steam coming out of her ears Sakura had smiled and said, "It's beautiful darling." There will never be anything stronger than a mothers love.

Kagome then made you go get a black t-shirt and a pair of black pants and put them on, not telling you why. That was when she got your grandmothers in on the act. She had Mom making a tiny cake with two of her dolls on top. Her grandmother was put to work decorating the "chapel" and setting up chairs for the relatives and friend who would be coming to the wedding. In reality the only ones who came were the two of them and a bunch of stuffed animals.

Miroku had been visiting that day and he was made into the priest, although today he wouldn't be allowed to study anything holy with his impure thoughts. I know he doesn't think we adults realize it but we all know that he is a pervert, although I did have a bit of that myself when I was his age.

Well, to get back on topic, as the two of you paraded down that aisle, Kagome yanking you along by the arm, the two of them had smiled brighter than the sun in the sky. They had felt that their wish had been fulfilled and that you two would indeed get married, at least if Kagome had anything to say about it.

When Mom, my mother, died less than a month later I was sad that she wouldn't she you get married but I knew that she had treasured that little wedding. Her husband gone, the thing she had lingered on earth for was to see you and Kagome married.

Kagome's grandmother died about a year after that. On her deathbed she said that her final wish was to have you and Kagome get married for real. And that brings me to my main point.

You, Inuyasha, have a prewritten destiny.

Thanks to those two women, if you do not marry Kagome then you will find yourself miserable for the rest of your life. I'm guessing that the necklace, which I gave you on purpose, is reacting to Kagome. It was spelled a long time ago so that whoever wore it would be able to be controlled by their true love. Only the person who makes it react can remove it. Sorry to trick you, but your mother and I both agreed that it would be necessary.

Now that I have explained myself somewhat I want you to know that I love you. I may not have said it much to you when I was alive but it is the truth. I miss both you and your brother and especially your mother. I want you to find the happiness that I had in my life in your life.

Goodbye for now, but not forever,

Your father, Sato Takahashi

Inuyasha stared at the letter he held in his hands, not letting the tears that fell from his eyes fall onto the paper and smudge the words. He glanced at Kagome, his destined bride, in awe. Years had been spent trying to get then together. He had tried to run from destiny and it came back and bit him on the behind in the form of a witch named Kikyo. Then he found love in his true destiny, Kagome.

Fate doesn't hate me! he thought with a grin.

Act VII

Scene IV "Kagome's Letter"

She held the letter in her hands, anxious to know what was inside. What if it was something terrible or sad? Well, there's no way to tell unless I open it. She carefully opened the seal and pulled the letter out of the envelope.

Dear Kagome,

I always thought of you like a daughter to me and I hope that you will be my daughter someday, even if I'm not around to experience that day. I started to work on a manuscript for a movie when you and Inuyasha were still children. When I first started I wanted my female lead to bear your name and the male would be called Inuyasha. I made her into the sweetest and most beautiful girl ever, because when you were a toddler you were the cutest thing ever. However, as you grew you became more and more independent and fiery. You would boss Inuyasha around like he was your little brother. As I looked back over my manuscript I realized my grievous error. I had made you compliant and, to tell you the true, rather boring. I had found the entire storyline rather incomplete. I quickly fixed your character's attitude toward life and I saw the story come to life.

I watched you go through life and I saw that insurmountable spirit help you in innumerable ways. When we went on that cruise and I saw you and Sango interacting with Inuyasha and Miroku I knew that you would be the best of friends some day. I do hope I haven't been proven wrong since I died but… oh yeah, I wanted to fix my script. I had made you the only one to survive in the end but I knew that wasn't right. I had also made you fall immediately in love with Inuyasha and that obviously wasn't going to happen. It would take trials and tribulations to bring you and him together and I knew that with your great strength of will that you would help your friends survive too. That is why my manuscript has two endings, because I never quite finished the last part of the second ending because I you haven't grown-up yet. If you haven't read it yet, ask Yuma for the script. I think you will like it.

I kind of forgot to explain my first sentence. When I said that I hope that you'll be my daughter one day I meant that I hope you and Inuyasha get married. You truly are suited for one another. Only you will be able to control Inuyasha and only he will keep you from becoming bored with life. My mother and your father's mother both wanted their children to marry but since it was two boys that they bore, that didn't work out. Ever since we were little though, your father and I had been best friends and when you and Inuyasha were born within days of each other, we came to think along the same lines as our mothers, namely that you and Inuyasha should marry. Since this wish runs so deep in your destiny, I think that you will find that if you don't marry Inuyasha then you will be quite miserable for the rest of your life.

I do hope that you will find happiness with him and have a good life.

Goodbye my dear, destined, soon-to-be (I hope) daughter-in-law,

Sato Takahashi

Kagome smiled. His words were as sweet as I remembered him being. I miss him. She smiled and wiped away the tear that had formed in her eye. He really had been like another father to her; especially after her own had died. Still, he did curse me with having to marry Inuyasha, she said with a pout and then she smiled. That really isn't much of a curse though.

She looked upward as she blinked tears out of her eyes. Goodbye my dear, destined, soon-to-be father-in-law.

Act VII

Scene V "College Days"

Kagome stared at the empty room that had just recently been filled with her stuff. It had been three days since she had ended her senior year in college. In four hours she would be attending the graduation ceremony where she would receive her bachelors degree and officially graduate. It took four years of hard work but she was about to graduate with honors. The door creaked behind her and she turned to see Inuyasha.

"Are you okay?" he asked hugging her.

She intertwined her hands in his hair that was still as long as ever. "I was just reliving old memories." She giggled. "Speaking of an old memory, how about I braid your hair for the ceremony tonight."

Inuyasha shook his head fiercely. "As much as I love you, that just is not going to happen. No way, no how."

Kagome laughed and disentangled her hands from his hair. Pulling back she took a seat on the last box of stuff to get taken out of the room. She looked at Inuyasha. Over the years he had grown to look more mature but he still had his cute doggy ears. His face was free of hair, something that apparently ran in the family but had given Inuyasha no end of grief when he tried to grow a goatee. Besides being a little taller he was still her same Inuyasha, through and through.

She knew she herself had changed somewhat over the years, growing more mature curves and cutting her hair up to shoulder length. But when Inuyasha kneeled down in front of her she still felt like that twelve-year-old girl waiting for her first kiss.

He took her hand in his and looked down at the ring on her finger. "I gave you this ring seven years ago and I asked for you to wait and only marry me. I noticed it looked a little tight the other night," he pulled it gently off of her finger, "and I thought this might work better than squishing it on your finger." From his pocket he pulled out a long jewelry box that had a gold necklace inside. He slipped the garnet ring on it and clasped it around Kagome's neck.

Kagome touched it gently. "Thank you Inuyasha."

He smiled gently. "You're welcome. It comes at a price though. You have to answer my question."

"Sure," Kagome said, still preoccupied with the necklace.

Inuyasha pulled another jewelry box out of his pocket and opened it. "Kagome," she looked at him, "will you marry me?" Inside the box glittered a half-carat diamond on a thin band.

Kagome started to cry, startling Inuyasha. "What's wrong? I didn't mean you couldn't keep the necklace unless you married me. You can keep it, really."

Kagome flung herself into his arms. "Of course I'll marry you Inuyasha. I love you."

He hugged her back. "I love you too."

The moment was ruined when Miroku stuck his head around the door and said, "If you two lovebirds don't hurry up we aren't going to have time to eat before the ceremony."

"Shut up, Miroku," Inuyasha growled. "I'm not the one who started laughing when my girlfriend proposed to me."

Kagome looked at him like he was insane, which of course he was. "You started laughing when Sango proposed to you? Which reminds me, why did Sango propose to you? I never asked."

Miroku grinned sheepishly. "The laughing had a reason. When she proposed she gave me the male version of the ring that I had bought to propose to her the following night."

"And what about the fact that she proposed before you did?"

Sango joined them in the room. "That would be because my fiancée couldn't seem to understand that even if he would be giving up the chance to date all other women he would finally be able to touch me beneath my waist."

"That was exactly what she said when she asked me to marry her too." Miroku laughed in remembrance. "Come on," he said, grabbing Sango by the elbow and pulling her out the door, "Let's leave these lovebirds alone." He then turned and whispered in her ear, "You also said that when I married you I would get that strip show you promised me." He took about ten steps away from her and asked, "How about if we take care of that tonight?"

Without even pausing he turned and ran for his life, not even having to see Sango running after him to know she was there.

"Get back here you hentai!" she screamed after him.

Kagome and Inuyasha both laughed back in the room and Kagome stood up and bent over to pick up the box. Halfway there she changed her mind.

"Inuyasha, would you mind carrying my bag for me?"

Inuyasha shook his head. "Yeah, right."

Kagome grinned as a thought occurred to her. She made sure she had a look of exasperation on her face when she said, "Come on, Inuyasha." Then she carefully made herself look indifferent. "Oh, never mind, I guess you're just too wimpy to lift up my box."

Inuyasha practically fell over as he grabbed the box. "I'm not a wimp, got it?"

Kagome smiled broadly, laughing at him inside. "Why, I guess those muscles aren't just for looks."

Inuyasha grunted as he picked up the box. "What the heck is in there?"

"My shoes." His jaw dropped open as she easily grabbed it from his hands. At his astounded look she shrugged and said, "I have a two hundred and fourteen pairs of shoes."

Kagome went to walk out of the door when a sudden thought hit her. "Whoa, talk about déjà vu. I can almost swear that happened before."

Inuyasha shrugged her words off as he stretched to loosen his shoulders from picking up that box. "You probably just imagined it. Come on, let's get going now."

Inuyasha walked out the door and Kagome followed, beaming when she saw her ring glitter in the light.

Act VII

Scene VI "Wedding Bells"

Kagome glanced at herself in the mirror. Her hair was pulled on top of her head in a pile of curls that looked like a cascading waterfall. Her veil was pulled back and she could see the tears that were gathering in her mother's eyes.

All at once her mom started to sob. "My baby's all grown up and getting married!"

Kagome gave her mother a hug and over her mother's shoulder she asked Sango, the makeup artist for the wedding party, "You did give both of the moms waterproof mascara, didn't you?"

Sango nodded. "Totally taken care of." Kagome breathed a sigh of relief as her friend struggled to bend over and pick up the tube of lipstick she had just dropped.

Kagome let go of her mother who went to go take her place in the audience and went to help her friend. "Only married for seven months and you're already seven months pregnant."

Sango shook her head as she accepted the lipstick from Kagome. "Thank Miroku. He actually stole my calendar so he could plan the honeymoon around my cycle. I have a feeling that after the labor I won't want him to touch me again."

Kagome giggled and turned to where Rin was sitting. "Are you ready to be my junior bridesmaid?"

Rin nodded, her anxiety evident on her face.

Kagome smiled at the young girl and said, "You know I was in your parents wedding as junior bridesmaid and I was scared to death. Everything was fine though."

Rin stuck out her tongue. "You didn't have to walk down the aisle with Souta though. He is such a brat. He's almost sixteen now and he still acts like he's one of the eleven-year-olds in my class at school. Boys are so stupid."

She walked out the door to go line up for the procession down the aisle. Kagome and Sango hardly managed to hold in their laughter until the door was closed.

"It's too bad there's a five year age difference between them. I remember a twelve-year-old who had the same thoughts about Inuyasha." Sango grinned.

Kagome smiled back at her. "I think that that won't be such a big deal later. After all, when she's twenty he'll only be twenty-five. I think that the Higurashi and Takahashi families would gladly welcome another marriage between them."

They practically cackled as they went to join Rin. Sango took her place next to Miroku, the Best Man, as Matron of Honor.

Kagome took her place next to Sesshoumaru who was going to give her away. He nodded his head at her and gave her the closest attempt at a smile she had ever seen on his face.

The Wedding March began to fill the air and they started down the aisle. Kagome hardly felt her hand separate from Sesshoumaru's arm as he gave her to Inuyasha. She was trapped by the look in his eyes.

The minister started the ceremony and Kagome would have even forgotten to say I do if Sango hadn't poked her when she was supposed to speak. She did hear the "You may kiss the bride" part though.

Inuyasha caught her lips gently against hers and she knew she would have melted into a puddle if he hadn't pulled away when he did.

They ran down the aisle of the church and out the doors, only to find birdseed raining down on them.

"Good luck!" rang out from all sides of them and they rushed into the waiting limo to take them to the airport for their honeymoon.

Kagome turned to Inuyasha when she got in. "You never did tell me, what are we doing for our honeymoon?"

Inuyasha grinned happily. "We're going to Walt Disney World!"

Kagome shook her head. "I don't think guys ever grow up."

"Huh?" Inuyasha scratched the top of his head, trying to figure out what she meant.

Kagome giggled. "Just be quiet and kiss me Inuyasha."

He gladly obliged.

Act VII

Scene VII "CHILDREN!"

"Breathe, Kagome, Breathe!" Inuyasha looked more likely to past out than Kagome.

Kagome screamed and resumed pushing and breathing. "Hee, haa, hee, haa, hee, hoo."

"Congratulations Mrs. Takahashi. You are now the mother of a beautiful baby boy." The doctor laid the towel wrapped baby on his mother's chest.

Inuyasha stared at the tiny thing and was reaching out to touch him when Kagome screamed in his ear.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!"

"What have we here?" The doctor bent back down and stood up with a second baby in his arms. "You are now the proud mother of a baby girl too."

"TWINS?" Inuyasha passed out on the floor. Kagome laughed through her tears, wrapping her arms around the two precious bundles of joy.

"I think you shall be named Sato after your grandfather and you, my little girl will be Sorpresa." She grinned at her husband who was lying on the ground. "Come meet your children Inuyasha."

He stood up and leaned over to look at the two babies. "Did you name them yet?"

"I thought Sato, after your father, and Sorpresa."

Inuyasha made a face at one of the babies and he swore that it smiled at him. "I like Sato, but why Sorpresa? It's not Japanese."

Kagome sighed. "That was one of the first words we learned when we took that Spanish course in college. It means 'surprise.' I chose Sorpresa because she is our little surprise."

"I like it." He bent over and kissed each baby on the forehead and then their mother on her lips.

"Mommy! Daddy!" a little girl who looked to be about three ran into the room.

Inuyasha bent down and swung her up into his lap. "Hey, Sakura, say hello to your new baby brother Sato and your baby sister Sorpresa."

"Hello, baby Sato and baby Sorpresa." She looked up from the little things to her mother. "They don't look like my baby dolls. They are small and really red."

Inuyasha chuckled and Kagome smiled at her younger daughter. "That's because they haven't been around very long. Wait and see, they'll look more like your dollies after a while."

Inuyasha gently took Sakura's hand and placed it on Sorpresa's cheek. The baby's eyes fluttered open. "Look daddy, she's looking at me!"

As Sakura admired the new babies Inuyasha said to Kagome, "I used to think that fate hated me. After I read my dad's letter and I understood why we had always been pushed together I no longer thought that fate hated me. Now that we have Sato and our little surprise and I think I understand fate a little better. It doesn't like me or hate me. It just likes to keep me on my toes all the time."

Kagome giggled. "I love you, Inuyasha."

"I love you, too, Kagome."

She beamed at him. "By the way, you aren't ever touching me again." She picked up the flowers that were next to her and she flung them at Inuyasha. "Do you have any idea how much pain you caused me?" she shrieked at him.

Sakura and the babies just ignored the fact that their mother was about to beat their father up. It was a natural going on at their house. And Kagome really did tell the truth about him not touching her. After Sakura was born she refused to even hug him for two months.

"Get back here you brat! I can't get out of the bed with three kids on me! COME HERE INUYASHA!"

He never reappeared from wherever he had gone.

"SIT BOY!" A thump sounded from over in the corner.

"I knew I should have asked her to take off these beads before the babies came."

THE END