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Epilogue

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Twenty years have passed, and many stood in front of the stone, behind the taiyoukai. They were all hanyous, and most were his own. Each of them held an iris; from a plant with katana-shaped leaves and erected stalks which bore bright-colored flowers that composed three petals and three drooping sepals.

Rin had left many years ago after Kohaku had confessed, and asked her to come with him to the taijiya village. She was given permission to go by her adoptive parents, and they gave her their best wishes. They knew that she would do well on repopulating the village as well as Sango was.

Sango and Miroku had three children, and left around fifteen years ago so they could continue there. Their first child was a girl, and named her after Kagome since she had helped them the most. They probably had about seven children now; Sesshomaru didn't know, but promised to visit them soon for his mate.

Shippo had found a suitable mate that was a ningen, and had also left with her to create their own little family. It was a little hard for the kitsune youkai to leave his adoptive otousan and okasan nine years ago, but he kept strong. He didn't leave though without give his hakufu; Inuyasha, a whack on the head.

Inuyasha stayed at the side of his kyodai and his family. He had done well on helping with the pups since there was so many. Kagome had been grateful the whole time to have him around. Sesshomaru had oddly enough given him a mokomoko, and decent clothing to look like the rest of the pack.

There was eleven kabus now that Kagome had given birth to, and that was a fair amount for them. They were all a hassle from the start, but eased down and took after their father besides the youngest. The youngest was a boy, and still needed to learn that you can't catch prey while yelling 'I'm going to get you' so loudly.

Standing at the left of Sesshomaru was the calm quadruplets; his first litter. They were at the age of twenty-five, and they all had their own mokomokos to show. Fifteen years ago; when they were ten, Chikako and Kichi received their light crescent marking on their foreheads.

Taro; the now twenty-four year old otoko, stood tall next to Kichi also with his received mokomoko. His face and hair took the looks from his okasan, but the silent stature was taken in by his otousan. Strangely though, he enjoyed his hakufu's company when it was needed.

An eighteen year old otoko stood next to Taro; his name was Akira, and looked identical to their otousan but had a similar personality to their okasan. After much patience with his otousan, he too had received a mokomoko. It gave have pride when it was given to him. (Akira means either bright or intelligent.)

A ten year old onnanoko stood next to Akira and she looked cold. Her face held both stripes and markings like her father. She was a little distant to the elder shimais since they always acted like they understood the world. The name given to her was from her otousan and he named her from the season, Fuyumi. (Fuyumi means winter; it's a name given to girls who are born in winter.)

Identical eight year olds, who were crying, held each other to comfort another. The otokonoko was named Miroku, and the onnanoko was named Sango. They looked like their father except they didn't have any stripes and their eyes were brown. (Miroku means predicted Buddha of the future. Sango means coral.)

On the side of Sesshomaru was a little six year old boy that had been attached to him.His hair style was like his okasan while the color was his otousan's. He received the two stripes on each cheek, and a faint lining of the crescent mark. Kagome had given his name from her elder kyodai; Inuyasha. (Inuyasha means in inu youkai, duh.)

There was a small kabu in Sesshomaru's arms in which he cherished deeply as the others hated the little otokonoko. The young one had his otousan's style of hair and his okasan's color. One of Kagome's last requests before death was to give the kabu his name.

Sesshomaru looked at the pup and whispered out his name, "Sesshou, ochitsuite."

The pup named Sesshou simmered down a little, and sniffled into his otousan's robes. After learning to speak and listen, he knew that their okasan's death was because of him, so the looked down on him. Because of that, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha took more care of him, and had Kagome's okasan help when they couldn't. (Sesshou means destruction of life.)

Kagome had died two years ago while giving birth to Sesshou because she wouldn't stop bleeding. They were at the hospital with Inuyasha and Sesshomaru at her sides for comfort with the others outside. The blood never stopped, and the doctors did all they could.

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Flashback

She gave three requests, her first one while giving birth, was to tell them to all stay together, and they obeyed her wish and the pup came out. The doctor told them that it was an otokonoko. Sesshomaru repeated those words to Kagome and she gave such a peaceful smile.

Soon, doctors started to rush around and Inuyasha looked at them angrily. Kagome's face looked like it seemed pained for some reason and her face began to look pale. Sesshomaru ignored them and worried about Kagome, but she said something to him that made him stop.

"Name the kabu… Sesshou, after his otousan…" Kagome said tiredly.

The taiyoukai seemed a little confused as to why she was making it sound like he wasn't there. He questioned her and about this strange pain that he was feeling about losing her. His alertness grew and looked around worriedly to see what it was.

Doctors, surgeons, nurses… almost everyone was moving around yelling 'stop her bleeding, stop her bleeding' but they couldn't. They didn't understand why it wouldn't stop, and she only grew paler. With ten hanyous in the hall, a hanyou inside, and a taiyoukai to be her mate, they tried their best, but Kagome knew better.

"Sess…" Kagome called out.
"Hai koishii?" Sesshomaru looked at her, wondering if she would tell him what in the world was going on.
She caressed his cheek, "if I die, don't revive me…"
"NANI!" He snarled angrily
"Nee-san…" Inuyasha frowned.

"I've cheated death once; I don't think it's wise to cheat death twice." Kagome laughed with some humor in her tone.
"Nee-san… if… you do… what do you want us to do?" Inuyasha asked in a sad tone; hoping it wouldn't happen.
"I have the Shikon no Tama in me, so I should be cremated as Kikyou was." She said softly and felt her hand being gripped by Sesshomaru.
"This one wishes to know where to place your ashes koishii, though disapproves of your foolish thoughts." Sesshomaru stated.

Kagome looked up to the white ceiling and gave a small smile, "you decide… my koishii…" she said softly and gently repeated it to him one last time, "You… decide… my… koishii…"

Her eyes closed, and lied there motionless and they all froze.

"Koishii?" Sesshomaru called out. "Koishii!" No response. "Kagome!" He roared and his kabus all came in. "KAGOME!" His eyes became reddened, "MIKO!" The taiyoukai was becoming dangerous while his stage became broken and scared away all the ningens within a heartbeat.

"Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha called out and the taiyoukai froze. "She's gone…"
"Iie," Sesshomaru growled and brought out Tenseiga.
"Sesshomaru, yamero-yo," the kyodai said quickly, "nee-san said she didn't want to be revived!"
"Urusai, she's my mate!" The taiyoukai growled.
"I know that! Demo… that was her LAST request…" Inuyasha stated, "And I want to do that for her!"
"…"

Sesshomaru disarmed himself and Tenseiga dropped to the ground as he fell to his knees snarling angrily. The kabus saw their okasan on the delivery futon lying there dead. The four year old kabu; Inuyasha, did not understand what was happening, and went over and shook his okasan.

"Okasan," little Inuyasha shook her, "okasan… okoshimas…"
"Inu," Inuyasha called the kabus nickname, "yamero-yo…"
"Otousan," Inu looked to his fallen otousan, "okasan won't okoshimas…"

The kabus of Sesshomaru looked at him, wondering what to do now. With their okasan gone, they didn't know what to do, and soon they heard crying. Moving out of the way, a nurse nervously came to Sesshomaru with the newborn otokonoko.

Sesshomaru was quiet for a moment, but stood up, and looked to the crying newborn kabu. He took the newborn in his arm and looked at him while his musumes and musukos gathered around him. His kyodai stood in front of him in front of Kagome to look at the kabu.

"This one trusts that you shall all help on raising Sesshou." Sesshomaru spoke out in a cold manner.
"Hai otousan," The elder kabus replied.
"Hai," The younger kabus replied.
"…" Inuyasha just stared.
"And you, kyodai?" The taiyoukai looked at Inuyasha.
"Hai, Sesshomaru," he replied.

End Flashback

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Sesshomaru felt in his blood that Kagome wasn't gone, and he was never wrong about something so important. Sesshou fell soundly to sleep in his otousan's arm and he had a small smile. Everyone else came forth, and placed their irises on the little grave in a small shrine.

The grave were Kagome's ashes were buried, was between the well and Goshinboku; it was decided by everyone without questioning. Sango and Miroku heard the news by Inuyasha and they rushed over with Rin and Kohaku. Shippo was found soon after that and he came over.

Totosai and Myouga were told and they came without any distractions to hold them back. Many others that were found of Kagome had also come along to bid their farewells; even Sesshomaru's okasan came since Kagome was technically her musume. It was painful for everyone during that time, but it settled down after fourteen months passed by.

A hand was placed on Sesshomaru's shoulder, and he looked over to see his brother Inuyasha. The two of them had acted like decent siblings to each other after being stuck around each other for three years. It was for Kagome though, and so they learned to rely on each other, and truly show a brothers' bond for about seventeen years. Sesshomaru admitted in his thoughts, that Inuyasha had been much of help the passed to years in Kagome's absence with the kabus as they protected the village.

"If it helps, you can be patient for five hundred years, Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said quietly for comfort to his older kyodai.
"What can wait five hundred years? There's is nothing left but this one's kabus and the two of us." Sesshomaru stated coldly.
"Kagome wasn't really from our time, don't you remember; she's from the future?" The hanyou reminded him.
"When Kagome is born, and grown, she will not remember us." He replied, making it sound like he had already thought it.
"We can give her proof that you're her mate, we have 'pictures' at home!"

The hut had been remodeled into a small version of a ningen lord's home; much like a palace. There were fifteen large rooms; one was empty in the back, and a good size main room which Kagome had called the 'family room' where she spent most of her time if it wasn't time to sleep and if she wasn't helping the kabus out. (Jaken has a room there unfortunately.)

In the family room, there were pictures on the walls of all the pups. None recent though because they weren't use to the camera. Kagome's okasan took a picture of Sesshou, and gave it to them when they came on their next visit.

"Hai, still…" Sesshomaru closed his eyes.
"Nani?" Inuyasha frowned.
"Telling her that this one is her mate will scare her, and it will be hard on her." He answered the annoying kyodai.
"Do you still feel her through your body?" He growled.
"Hai," the taiyoukai replied truthfully.
"Then it's not a total loss if you see her! She might have the mark when she's born, and know one will understand it but you!"
"…"

The kabus looked at their otousan and Hidemi spoke, "I agree with Inuyasha-hakufu, otousan."
Sesshomaru's head turned to the elder kabus direction a little, "…"
The hanyou twins; Miroku and Sango, both nodded in agreement, "us too otousan!"
"As suppose the rest of you agree?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"Hai otousan," they replied.

"Nee-chan said she wanted us to stay together, maybe she'll have the Shikon no Tama, and she can wish for immortality-" Inuyasha was interrupted.
"Iie…" The taiyoukai replied.
"Naze!"
"This one's mate would not want to live an eternity as the world destroys itself. We too shall eventually die." Sesshomaru stated.
"Demo…"
"We will protect her, when she comes to live on this earth once again," Sesshomaru turned away and began to walk home with Sesshou in his arms, "all of us shall see her again."

Surprisingly, all of them cheered and jumped for joy. As soon as Sesshomaru turned to look at them, they quieted down, and looked away as if nothing happened. He rolled his eyes as Kagome would do, and walked away with the others to all follow.

Inuyasha thought of a way to lighten up Sesshomaru's mood and grinned, "Oi! Sesshomaru! Do you think you can hold out on rutting for FIVE HUNDRED YEARS!"

The taiyoukai stopped at his kyodai's game and smirked dangerously. Inuyasha gulped at the smirk and started to back away without understanding what he was going to do. Sesshomaru turned around and looked at him while his ten kabus stood behind their otousan for a command.

"Em, Sa, Chi, Ki, Ta, ikimas-," Sesshomaru was interrupted by the kabu in his arm.
"Osuwari," Sesshou stated while looking at Inuyasha confusedly.

WHAM!

Inuyasha growled and glared at the dirt while thinking to him self that this was going to be a loooong five hundred years. All the kabus snickered at their hakufu and Sesshomaru was given an idea. Looking to the pup as Inuyasha began to get up, the taiyoukai talked to the pup.

"Sesshou, say osuwari," Sesshomaru demanded.
Sesshou smiled, "osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari!"

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

"Sesshou! Say satsu!" Inuyasha growled.
"Iie-" Sesshomaru was interrupted.
"Satsu, satsu, satsu, satsu, satsu, satsu, satsu, satsu!"Sesshou smiled happily.
"Teme…" Sesshomaru growled.

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Things cooled down and everyone returned home and gathered around the bonfire and talked happily. Sesshomaru walked outside and breathed in the fresh air, Jaken was somewhere about in the village, probably being chased by Aun and Cho. Ignoring that though, he continued the walking path that he and Kagome would take every day when she was with him.

The walk was to the cave and back, sometimes Kagome had been sidetracked and laughed happily at the things that distracted her. Sesshomaru had reason to smile during the time, and that reason was her. He had barely smiled anymore, and didn't plan on it, until the day his mate would return to his side.

Sesshomaru…

Winds picked up speed and his hair blew wildly to where the wind blew as did his mokomoko. His hair wrapped around his neck and the mokomoko around his body, until he shook them back. The attention from the taiyoukai was now looking at the sky as he knew the cause of the strange wind that passed by.

"Five hundred years, and you shall be back at my side koishii, onegai… be patient for that time to pass." Sesshomaru requested in a soft whispered. "It will pass quickly, this one assures you."

Again, the winds picked and wrapped around him with more pressure than the last and it softened after a while. He had upset the miko, and it made him chuckle ever so slightly, and began to walk away.

"Zutto," his lips graced themselves with a small smile and sighed. "Even through death, this one shall be there, for you, miko."

Owari. (End)

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There's a picture of all the pups on my fanfiction profile. I love Taro and Cho.

For this story, I was GLAD that I was able to keep Kagome as a human ningen and Sesshomaru with one arm instead of it growing back or something stupid.