I seriously didn't want to post because someone wanted to be an ass in a review. But, since 'Charroum The Lady of Death' and 'lil-epad' had reviewed, I'm okay with it. -points to them- I distinctly remember them from other story I did. The only other good reviewers are the ones I talk to on YIM, AIM, and Hotmail/MSN. InuAnimeGaurdianAngel, OtakuAnime131, NekoYasha101, and SessLuver. But I'm amused by teiboi, Catbuddy, FireWolf90, hanyouxmiko990, and StarPrincess2020!
You all thank that person though really. Since that struck my nerve, I decided...
NO DAMN SEQUEAL! There's like... two or three of you who knew I was thinking of it, but now it's not going to happen.
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Chapter 22
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- Previously -
"Sesshomaru-sama, is something bugging you?" Jaken asked worriedly with the staff in hand.
Sesshomaru was deep in thought while looking in the direction of the village Kagome lived in with Shippo, Rin, and the kabus. Something had been calling him to return, but he kept ignoring it. He knew that they were fine because of that barrier of hers.
'Hidemi is calling…' Sesshomaru growled, and the two of them continued walking toward the scent.
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And another year passed with everyone extremely close to Naraku's grounds, just as planned by the hanyou.
Kanna quietly called worth Hakudoushi who looked around the age ten, and Akago who looked age five. They entered Naraku's chamber and they looked at the mirror to see Kagome. The miko had terrible breathing, and they all chuckled.
"Kanna," Hakudoushi called out, "is she ready to die yet?"
"Hai, it is not much longer till the miko breathes her last breath in the living world." Kanna whispered quietly.
Naraku chuckled evilly, "it seems we'll enjoy the show after all. Taiyoukai no baka, hanyou no baka, and here I thought they'd worry about the miko."
"Who cares," Hakudoushi huffed and crossed his arms, "maybe they'll save us the trouble of dirtying our hands and decide to kill each other."
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"Okasan…?" Shippo called out quietly.
It was an early morning and Shippo woke up tiredly to go to the bathroom. He had returned to hut afterwards and looked at Kagome. Her stomach was barely moving, and it was starting to scare him.
"Okasan," Shippo shook her softly, "okoshimas okasan…"
The kabus started to wake up as did Rin and they came over to Kagome. Shippo gradually shook her more and more till it was violent, and then gave up and cried. They all began to cry and heard a low groan and looked at Kagome.
"Okasan!" They all cried out. (None say 'kasan' now.)
Kagome cracked her eyes opened tiredly and looked at the blurry visions or Rin and the kabus. She smiled at them, knowing who they were and stared at the blurry ceiling. They all looked at her worriedly, wanted to know if she wanted to tell them something.
"How about you all go play outside… with Aun, and Cho…?" Kagome suggested in a soft whisper.
"Iie!" Chikako cried out.
"We're really worried!" Sato sniffled.
"This otousan's fault…" Hidemi growled.
"..." Kagome frowned at her words.
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Inuyasha and the others stood in front of Naraku, basically at a stared down. At his side was the seventeen year old Kohaku, glaring at them. Hakudoushi had Akago in front of him, smirking like no tomorrow.
The inu hanyou unsheathed his sword and growled, "nani-yo! Are you just waiting for us to kill you!"
"My, my," Naraku snickered, "is Kagome replaced by Kikyou already? That seems very sad, I hope, nothing has happened to her."
"Nani?" Inuyasha gripped Tetsusaiga tighter. "Give me those damn shards and I might spare you five seconds!"
"You wish for Kohaku to die?" He raised an eyebrow while grabbing the teenagers' neck tightly.
"KOHAKU!" Sango cried out in fear.
SSSSHHHHLLLLINNNNGGGG!
Sesshomaru arrived and sliced Naraku's hand off, causing it to release Kohaku practically in an instant. Naraku chuckled at Sesshomaru and placed his arm back on; he was expecting him a little later. Nothing changed, but his attention went to the inu brothers and talked to them.
"Inuyasha, before you 'kill me' as you say," Naraku looked at him, "how did your ningen okasandie?"
"…" Sesshomaru growled in a low manner.
"What's it to you! Otousan didn't make my okasan his mate before she gave birth to me!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Why does that matter how she died?" Naraku raised an eyebrow again.
"Taiyoukai blood ran through her veins after I was born and it stayed there! Okasan developed an illness that the mikos, houshis, and saishis couldn't treat because of the taiyoukai blood in me!" Inuyasha growled. "She died when I was four because of the illness of giving birth to me without being marked by my otousan!"
Everything fell quiet and the wind blew too quietly for their comfort. Sango held a sharp gasp and looked too Sesshomaru, as did Miroku. They didn't like the expression on his face.
His eyes had become slight wider and his lips twitched to show his fangs. The taiyoukai growled violent while clenching his Tokijin with fury. Sesshomaru was not going to listen to this, till he heard crying from his kabus come forth, along with Rin's.
Kanna walked out side to show Naraku the mirror, "Kagome will be dead in a few more hours, Naraku."
In the mirror, the young ones were all crying and yelling 'okasan' over and over again. Blue orbs left Kagome's body, and zipped past all of Japan, and hit Kikyou. She glowed and felt much more powerful. (Spirits have left her body and now given to Kikyou to prove that they have given up, but she still has a little strength left on her own right now, but only just.)
"KAGOME-CHAN!" Sango cried out and buried herself into Miroku's robes.
Miroku held her tightly, "Kagome-sama," he too cried.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered and fell to his knees.
The inu hanyou knew that she wasn't feeling well, but didn't know it was that dramatic. He's ignored her, and the penalty was Kagome's death. He began to cry against the dirt, and soon turned into sobbing.
Clank!
Sesshomaru's Tokijin fell to the ground and his head slumped. Signs… so many signs… all the heart aching pain was telling him that Kagome needed him, and that she was calling to him. This was his fault that Kagome was about to become dead, and now…
Revenge…
The grounds began to violently shake and Sesshomaru's youkai was let out on rampage against Naraku. Kanna was the first one to be attacked since she was defenseless, and next was Akago. Sesshomaru cracked his knuckles and snarled at Hakudoushi and Naraku.
Hakudoushi took an annoyed step back, "bastard, you said his decision would be going to Kagome."
"There supposedly a chance he would want to vent his anger out." Naraku scowled. "His rage was supposed to go on Inuyasha."
Since they weren't paying attention, Sesshomaru sliced them to pieces with his claws. Kikyou scent an arrow at them and they were destroyed and the Shikon no Tama fell to the ground. Sesshomaru remembered about the Shikon no Tama, and so he retrieved it after grabbing Tokijin.
The taiyoukai took the shard from Kohaku's back and then used Tenseiga on him. He had known that the boy would die if he removed it, and since he was Sango's younger kyodai. Gratefully, the piece reunited itself without the need of miko power and slid it into his mouth; careful to not swallow it.
"Sesshomaru! What the hell do you think your doing with the Shikon no Tama!" Inuyasha roared at him.
Angrily, the fierce taiyoukai transformed into his true self and Myouga jumped onto his muzzle, telling him Kagome was in extreme danger. Sesshomaru already knew this though, and bolted off into a full run on his three legs as fast as ever. (How I did this, REALLY reminds me of the beginning of the Third Inuyasha movie.)
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Kagome's eyes were closed, and thinking of all those fun times she has had the past few years. They were all such good times, such as giving birth to her kabus, and naming them all. There were so many good memories for her to remember.
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Flashbacks
"Okay…" Kagome grabbed Sesshomaru's only arm and brought him against her back,
"Kami this guy is heavy…"
"Hehe," Rin giggled at her difficulty of caring the taiyoukai.
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She brought her ear to his mouth a little closely to hear what he was trying to tell to her. Sesshomaru couldn't try to mouth out the words as he did before, and did a different method that had the same meaning. He slowly had his tongue escape his mouth, and slowly licked the side of her face.
The miko jolted away from his face and held hers as he slide his tongue back in. Kagome hadn't expected him to lick her; only to tell her something. Wait; to tell… was that what he meant? Just in the dog way to say something? There was only one thing she could think of as she looked at him to see him looking at her, and she was positive now.
Kagome smiled lightly and replied, "dou-itashimashite."
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She laughed lightly at the reaction to the lozenge and looked at him, "I know it tastes bad, but it'll help."
"…" Sesshomaru looked away from her.
"Okay, I won't do it again, I'll just give you an Advil; you don't have to suck on it, just swallow with water.
"…" He looked back at her; agreeing with her as long as he didn't have to suck on something disgusting.
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"How is it that a miko like you would have such a wound?" He asked coldly.
"I tell my incident if you tell yours." Kagome said tiredly.
"Not possible," he growled.
"Then you won't know," she slipped to sleep mumbling, "what she did…"
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"We all give our love to you, and in doing so, we all want you to get better." Kagome smiled.
"We?" Sesshomaru looked at her coldly.
She blushed, "I meant in… uh…" she sighed in embarrassment, "I don't know what I meant…"
"You love this one?"
"Baka, I love everyone and that includes you," she then gave thought, "except for Jaken; he's annoying."
"Heh," he chuckled lightly.
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"This Sesshomaru… also wants you to stay, once one is healed." Sesshomaru whispered in a surprising soft voice.
Kagome turned around and looked at him, "I… I can't…"
"You are your own onna; you can do what you want."
"Why do you want me to stay?"
"Perhaps this one will miss you?"
"People are always missed by people; it's life." Kagome stated.
"Then you are this one's summer," Sesshomaru kissed her hand and she pulled away lightly.
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The taiyoukai listened and knelt down into the snow beside the hot spring, "nani-yo."
She wrapped her arms around his neck and nipped his bottom lips then said in a threatening tone, "Don't follow me to the village."
"This one shall listen to your demand."
"Good," the miko then rewarded him with a kiss.
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"I just want to keep you safe as you do for me," Kagome cried, "I don't want anyone hurt."
"This one knows…" He replied.
"Onegai, stop coming…"
"Iie…"
"ONEGAI!" Kagome yelled.
"Iie…" Sesshomaru answered once again.
"Naze… naze… naze…?" She cried.
He released her and lifted her chin, "you, are this one's summer. Also, you are this one's savior."
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"So you'll actually be okay with it?" Kagome looked at him a little worriedly.
"This one has allowed two ningens to be apart of his life; it should be natural for at least one hanyou to affect one's life." Sesshomaru stated.
"Arigato!" She hugged him happily in a light way.
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Her mouth hung open, stunned on how he just did that. "That son of an ikeike…" Looking out the window, she saw Sesshomaru walk to the well, and yelled, "You damn wise ass!" Kagome saw that he stopped and looked at her, so she slid the window shut and sat in her seat; blushing.
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"I hear you growl a lot, how about a whimper?"
"Iie." He said automatically.
"Whimper." Kagome demanded.
"Iie."
"Onegai?"
"Iie." Sesshomaru was getting annoyed.
"Then I want you to listen to me and whimper like I want… taiyoukai." Kagome said in a taunting way.
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Sesshomaru looked at her, "what is it?"
"I can't take care of four kabus! I have Shippo-chan already as a kabu, plus Rin-chan when she's around me, that's six all together!" Kagome started to panic.
"Four kabus… in a ningen…?" He questioned.
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"Yamete-yo Sesshomaru…" Kagome said quietly.
"…" He tilted his head over a little to look at her with blood eyes.
"Chotto kochi kite," she said softly while looking at him.
Sesshomaru came over to her obediently, "nani?"
"Don't kill, anyone; not here…" She whispered as she hugged him lightly to calm the taiyoukai down.
"Hai," he replied.
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"Have you thought of a name yet…? Kagome… Sesshomaru-sama…?" Rei asked the two of the a little nervously. "…" Sesshomaru looked to Kagome, signifying that he wanted her to choose.
Kagome looked down to the kabu, "Kichi," she looked to Sesshomaru, "is that okay with you?" (Name meaning: fortunate, lucky.)
He nodded, "fortunate and lucky, is suited for this pup."
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"You will take good care of them," the taiyoukai stated and began walking towards the door.
Kagome closed her eyes softly, "…iie…" she replied in a stern voice.
"…" He had his hand on the doorknob while his attention was on the door and not at her; hoping it would cause less conflict.
"Just one more night," Kagome stated, "we'll all leave tomorrow morning and go to my house."
His head shook, "this one should go now, it is best if this one leaves while the kabu are asleep."
"I demand that you stay," Kagome said sternly and he looked at her, so she softened and added, "…onegai… taiyoukai…?"
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"Em, Sa, Chi, Ki, kasan's home." Kagome said softly as she placed Souta down.
"Kasan!" A little voice spoke in a mumbling yell. (Okasan without the 'o')
She laughed and shook her head, "Chikako…" she looked at the others, "come on, but remember to keep it down."
"Kay." They whispered.
"Kasan!" Chikako cried out again, whining at the top of the stairs crawling.
"Chi-chan, you know better then that," Kagome sighed and walked up the stairs with the others behind her and picked her up.
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"Kimas," Sesshomaru stated, motioning her to his lap.
"…" Kagome leaned against his right arm and sat on his lap.
"Hisashiburi-dane," he whispered in her ear.
"Fuzakenaideyo, you're the one who left!" She began to cry.
"Hai," the taiyoukai replied without arguing.
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"Is the kabu ready?" Kagome teased.
"…" Sesshomaru nodded.
She then pouted, "I should've gotten a larger one because I already know that the condoms won't fit you."
"That is a shame," He said sarcastically; he didn't want it anyways.
"I'll have to take pills then because of you." Kagome sighed.
"Hmm…"
End Flashbacks
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Kagome gave a soft small in her thoughts, at the remembrance of having such a good life. She couldn't have asked for a better one; she loved it all. Her life was filled with fun and adventure.
'I have no regrets…' She told herself happily.
Meeting everyone in the Feudal Era; especially loved ones.
Given birth to what will be strong kabus in the future.
Living her life to the fullest even at age twenty-three.
Standing up to Kikyou; her incarnation.
Hell, even having a ryu youkai was good.
'Except one…' Kagome told herself.
Her hand grabbed the dagger, and weakly carved a small message into it. That took the rest of her strength and the dagger collapsed from her hand. All the young ones looked at her with a scared look.
"Okasan…?" Kichi called out.
Shippo hopped over, "okasan… okoshimas…?"
"Okoshimas okasan, onegai…?" Rin looked.
She was gone. And they all cried with a howl…
"OOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!"
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Dun, dun, dun...
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