"Ugh, didn't anyone get the number of that semi?" A tired voice echoed out, drawing Hotaru to the two sleeping ones.
"Afternoon hime." Hotaru chirped.
"First, it's Usagi, second no body should be that chipper in the morning." Usagi instructs her, while groaning and sitting up. Kagome and Kaede's laughter had her turning to them. "What?" Usagi questioned.
"She said afternoon." Kaede commented. Usagi blushed and chuckled at her air headed actions. Usagi stopped laughing and yawned only for a cooked rabbit to be shoved in her face. She chuckled wearily and pushed it away.
"Uh, no thanks." Usagi commented, as the rabbit was forced once more into her vision.
"Eat." Was the growled warning. Usagi glanced up to see Sesshomaru staring down at her.
"I can't." Usagi stated, and Sesshomaru raised a cold eyebrow, practically telling her to explain. "It's a rabbit." Usagi stressed. Sesshomaru's eyebrow arched further, obviously he knew it was a rabbit. The argument was extremely strange in his view. Usagi sighed as Kagome came to her rescue.
"Usagi's name is bunny in another language." Kagome intercepted to wish Sesshomaru sighed. Unimpressed by the foolish logic, he sat down and pulled Usagi into his lap. As she opened her mouth to ask, he shoved a piece of tender flesh into her mouth.
"I will not have you fainting because you refuse to eat your namesake." Sesshomaru told her. Usagi pouted sullenly as the rest of the tachi laughed. Hotaru smirked causing Usagi to stare in confusion at her.
"Sesshomaru?" Hotaru called lightly. The dog demon stopped what he was doing and turned to Hotaru with a raised eyebrow. "Usagi just loves carrots." She commented. Sesshomaru nodded his head in thanks to the information, and instead reached over to retrieve the vegetables. Usagi stared exceptionally frightened at the orange vegetables, before struggling out of Sesshomaru's arms. He was confused as Usagi leapt toward her female companion.
"Hotaru!" Usagi snapped out, and began tickling her. Sesshomaru stared on in confusion and happiness.
"Usagi-hime, is not fond of carrots." A wizen voice commented. It was Kaede who identified the new woman.
"Setsuna?" Kaede voiced out. InuTashio wrapped an arm around Kaede to show protection. Obviously the name was monumental as both Hotaru and Usagi froze. Kouga slipped behind Hotaru and drew her to him, lifting his lips to bare his teeth in warning. Usagi was hauled to his feet and enclosed in warmth as Sesshomaru pulled her to him. Usagi sighed at the instincts around her as InuYasha drew his Tetsusaiga protectively in front of Kagome.
"Guys, chill out." Usagi stated, not trying to pull from Sesshomaru's hold. "What's up Setsuna?" Usagi asked as the emerald-haired lady drew closer.
"Hime-sama, you need to return." Setsuna stated bowing her head.
"No, why?" Usagi cried out. Setsuna changed into Pluto and focused onto her talisman. She offered the orb to beseech the information toward the group. They watched as Usagi's past played before them. Sesshomaru growled and tightened his hold as he watched the dead-end relationship with the 'Endymion.' Usagi smiled lightly and pecked the Taiyoukai's cheek. He calmed, but still kept her tightly in his arms. "I see, so the throne needs to be taken or the hidden magic within the moon will explode causing the moon to be destroyed as well as the Earth." Usagi stated. "The lineage must gain control of the arbitrary throne." Usagi added. "I have to go." Usagi sadly whispered, and was surprised as she was spirited away by Sesshomaru.
"You are not going..."Sesshomaru stated, and Usagi cut in before he could finish.
"I have to!"Usagi commented harshly. Sesshomaru pressed a calming kiss to her temple and tried again.
"You are not going without me." Sesshomaru told her, and Usagi blushed before thinking.
"What about the Western Lands?" Usagi inquired.
"My father can take care of them." Sesshomaru answered.
"My world is full of humans." Usagi said while turning her head, a claw caught her chin.
"I don't care." Sesshomaru whispered, brushing a kiss against her earlobe stopping her protest.
"Very well." Usagi answered breathless, causing Sesshomaru to smirk. Usagi glanced up and caught his smirk. "You did that on purpose." Usagi accused, and he smirked wider. Usagi's eyes then turned serious, and Sesshomaru glanced down at her. Reaching up on her tiptoes, her breath played on his ear. "There's been something I been meaning to tell you." Usagi commented, and then took a breath, causing Sesshomaru to shiver. "I love you." She stated, placed a determine kissed on his lips then bounded away with a smirk.
Sesshomaru processed this at the same speed he processed everything else. Easily he caught the tigress, and lifted her into his arms. Nuzzling her shoulder, he nipped it bruising it slightly. She gasped and buried into his boa, exposing her neck, Sesshomaru was quite pleased to rest there. He played upon her skin for a bit, before his nose alerted him to their approach to the others they had left. Wrenching away from the tigress, he placed her down on her feet, but not out of his arms.
"Well hime?" Setsuna enquired as the pair arrived. Usagi nodded, and pushed Sesshomaru to talk to his father. She observed as InuTashio nodded in understanding while smirking. Also she was privy to when the wind blew lightly, causing Sesshomaru kimono to slide a bit and reveal his mark from her. InuTashio smiled widely, while pointing to it and talking. Sesshomaru growled something back, pointing to Usagi's shoulder, and then pointed to Kaede's neck. To which InuTashio merely smirked proudly, and tightened his arm around Kaede.
As Sesshomaru walked back to Usagi's side, InuTashio couldn't help the comment from his lips. "It will be a good learning experience." He yelled out. Usagi blinked confused, as Sesshomaru glared at his father. "I meant the world with all the humans." He added, no one caught the smirk on Pluto's face.
"Shall we?" Pluto gestured. Only Usagi and Sesshomaru stepped forward, Usagi glanced back at Hotaru.
"Hotaru?" Usagi asked tentatively.
"I'm staying with Kouga." Hotaru claimed, Usagi nodded, and once more Pluto smirked unnoticed. The good-byes were short, as the pair disappeared, and then reappeared on the moon of Usagi's dimension.
"Hime-sama, place the ginzuishou upon the pedestal." Pluto instructed, pointing to the pillar in the middle of the throne room. Usagi did as instructed and a flash of light erupted. Magic flew through the dead palace, the universe and two dimensions. As the light died away, Usagi was in her princess dress with modifications, as bow wings drifted out and a crown sat upon her buns. She turned to studied her untied mate, and was shocked. The armor he had been wearing was stripped away, and a kimono of dark blue lunar silk was in place of his regular one. Usagi blinked as her eyes traced the gold circlet around his neck with the golden crystal hanging from it. Her Earth had designated Sesshomaru it's new protector, not prince, since that belonged sorely to Endymion. His boa had attached to him, becoming his tail which rested in it's same spot. Obviously the ginzuishou was sure not to change his customs to much. As the armor reappeared, but in a light silver. Tenseiga rested in an oriented sheath, to which one claw rested on.
Sesshomaru glanced over his new appearance with an appraising eye, before smirking. His eyes then traveled to the tigress and was floored, his blood pounded in his ears. Searing his gaze, he pulled it from his intended mate, and instead tried to glare Pluto away. This would of work, had Usagi hadn't gasped. For her gaze was on the door constructing door in between the twin thrones. Her eyes fell onto her senshi begging the question, to which Pluto nodded.
"Yes, that door is to the other dimension, to the other palace on their moon." Pluto answered. "The crystal read your heart's wishes and of course acted on them, through the hidden magic." She continued. "Also, one of the doors on the other side of the Inu dimension goes directly to the Western Land palace." Pluto said, and raised a hand to gesture to the door. "Better hurry there is a celebration starting, and the senshi are there too." Pluto stated with a smile. "After all, you have to activate the palace on that side, as do the senshi." Pluto muttered, and Usagi smiled wider. With a quick hug to Pluto, she dragged Sesshomaru back through the door.
He was impressed, that the palace looked the same on both sides, and didn't have the nauseating feeling of going through different dimensions. Sesshomaru dogged after Usagi as she flittered to the one door she didn't remember being in the palace. Cutting through it, Sesshomaru was greeted by his home, along with several faces staring at him. Usagi drugged him in to mingle, but he just merely returned to his father's side to talk with him.
Usagi wander into the group of demons, her nose and senses directing her to the Inu-tachi. She was greeted by Miroku and Sango sharing a kiss, to which she coughed slightly drawing their attention. They blushed lightly, before rushing forward and hugged her. Usagi smiled while hugging back before getting pulled into a hug by Kagome, who yanked InuYasha into as well. A small light covered the group, and they drew back to see the changes. Usagi smiled, and hugged them again, as her crystal informed her of what it had done. Basically it had accepted the group into a court, making InuYasha a prince, as Sesshomaru had been proclaim king, though the relationship had yet to be finalized. Kagome was a princess, as InuYasha's mark could be clearly seen on her neck. Usagi smirked at the two, and turned to the new Lady Sango and Lord Miroku with a smile. "You will have to remind me of the coronation later." Usagi commented and walked off to find her other friends.
The same flash happened when she found Kagura and Hiten wrapped together just staring at each other. They talked for a little more, and she walked off to find her senshi, Hotaru and Kouga.
She came upon Hotaru and Kouga first, and she smiled as she found Hotaru wrapped comfortably in Kouga's arms laughing. She interrupted quietly, and Usagi talked with them for awhile, finding out the few minutes she spent in her home dimension made four months pass here.
Sesshomaru talked very little with InuTashio as he noticed his father had mated again with a human. Though he didn't care anymore, because it was a powerful priestess, not to mention the association with Usagi and InuYasha's companions. However, what derived him from chatting with his father, was Rin and Shiori reaching him. They chattered wildly with him, Kagome had brought them back, although to Rin and Souta's disprovement, Souta could not come. Though Sesshomaru was pleased silently of course that little Rin was fitting in with her own kind. Shiori continued to talk about all the games her and Shippo had played. She talked incessantly about the fox demon, that had him sighing that one of his wards was growing up. Kanna and Kohaku, with Shippo walked up to bring Rin and Shiori to play with them. Kanna had a hold of Kohaku's hand with a small smile.
Usagi chuckled, whispering something, before Hotaru laughed following Usagi to her search for the senshi. Kouga followed immediately, as they came across the senshi. Entered protective Haruka, and thank the lord Michiru was there.
"Let go of firefly!"Haruka growled at Kouga, who raised his eyebrow, pushing Hotaru protectively behind him. Everyone sighed as the two growled at each other. Finally Michiru dragged Haruka back, scolding her in her ear. Then she leaned up and pecked Haruka on the cheek effectively quieting her. Pluto appeared with Sesshomaru and they quickly disappeared to the doorway to the planets. The transporter took them upwards, and they quickly visited the planets one by one. Ending on the moon, which Pluto excused herself for a moment. Before reappearing with Kagome and InuYasha, she ordered them to lay their hands on Usagi's shoulders as she placed the ginzuishou on the pedestal.
New rooms appeared in the castle and Usagi turned to the two. "Kagome, there is a door between your world and this palace, not to mention rooms for your family." Usagi explained and turned to InuYasha. "Your room is right next to hers, with an interconnecting door." Usagi said with a smirk. Sesshomaru came up behind Usagi and nuzzled her. "Let us toast to the new millennium!" Usagi cried out, and cheers went up.
InuTashio stumbled through the door he had seen his son go through and heard the passing comment. He marched up to Usagi with a half smile. "What about me?" He asked. Usagi smiled and merely gave directions down the hall. Mamoru and Kikyo stepped forward, Usagi smiled widely as she saw the wedding band on Kikyo's finger.
"Mamoru, no Endymion you shall rule our Earth as you were destined to with your beautiful wife at your side." Usagi declared presenting two crowns to them. "We welcome the Earth star into the new millennium." Usagi commented, and handed two crowns to InuYasha and Kagome. She smiled mysteriously, as the gazed between each other with blushes.
Usagi smiled to the gathered group, then ran and opened the door to the Western palace. She also flung open the one that lead to Kagome's future. "Now, let's party!" Usagi christened.
Three years passed, and things progressed.True with each peace, there are instances were the peace is disturbed. However, with the bonded millennium the strength between them was true. Life had spread to all planets, the smiles and skirmishes fun. It was to say that life traveled the good path, and things were of a proud end. Kouga and Hotaru had the wolf pack well trained, and they paid visits monthly. As they were rulers of the East, as well as Saturn, and had to come to the moon. To fix it, they put Ginta in charge of the East with Ayame his mate. InuTashio and Kaede had the Western Lands well controlled. Sango and Miroku had the North, and InuYasha and Kagome had the South were the well resided. The senshi had their planets, queens of their domains, with the generals reborn in their kings. Ryo, had the spirit of Zoicite within him, that was unlocked at his wedding to Ami. Yuuchiru, had the spirit of Jadeite that was unlocked on their first date, to which he immediately cut his hair. Now the king of Mars with Rei. Ken, who held Nephrite in soul, gladly married his best friend and strong wife Makoto. Minako found Malachite while on tour for her album, they now are the happy royals on Venus. Haruka had Michiru, which their marriage was recognized by the millennium. Setsuna, mysterious Pluto, had a stunning surprise, as while visiting the domain of the dead had caught the eye of Bankotsu. With permission Neo-Queen had brought Bankotsu back to life, to which he immediately took his third chance of life with a rush, marrying Setsuna. Endymion and Kikyo ruled their Earth with a fair hand. Which only leaves our main couple of the future, to which their 'human,' wedding was today!
Luna and Artemis smiled, as their Neo-Queen walked wrapped in her Neo-King's arms. Kagome had been the maid of honor, and InuYasha in surprise had been the best man. As Luna and Artemis became the stand-in regents for the thrones, they realized exactly what handfuls they would be baby-sitting. Laughter rung out as the senshi watched the two regents cringe, hug each and cry out in despair. Neo-Queen Serenity smiled happily in Neo-King Sesshomaru's arms, who smirked pleased. A blush could be seen on the queen's face as she whispered even happier news into his ears. "A pup?" He enquired again in small joy.
"Or a kit!" Serenity cheered back. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms tightly around his mate with a smug, satisfied smirk. Happiness rolled off the both, and they turned back to their honeymoon.
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