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"I love you."

"I love you more."

"No. I do."

"Sesshomaru."

"Kagome, don't make me yell, I'll wake Minako."

"You wake her up and we won't have time to do anything."

The deep-throated grumble that came from Sesshomaru's throat caused a smile to erupt on Kagome's face. The smile sent something through Sesshomaru's body that he could never truly understand. From the moment he realized he loved her, Sesshomaru had gotten the feeling every time her eyes fell on his face. It sent him into a whirlwind of emotion that went deeper than anything he had ever felt before.

He loved her with every pore in his body and with every beat of his heart.

It was five years from the day Kagome died in his arms at the hands of Inuyasha, his foolish younger brother. The memory still brought a pain to his being that he could never really forget.

Kagome pulled his face down to hers, pressing her lips to his sensationally. He responded by grasping her waist, pulling her body up against his own. They both had their underwear on, but they were soon discarded and thrown on the ground beside the large bed.

It was a cool autumn evening and the sun was just setting. Kagome and Sesshomaru's lips moved against each other, their tongues dancing methodically together.

Sesshomaru's lips left Kagome's, trailing down to suck lightly on the spot where her neck was attached to her collarbone. She moaned in ecstasy and her fingernails sunk into his chest as she bit her lip. He couldn't help but smirk as he moved his lips farther down, sending butterfly kisses across her breasts.

A low, sensational moan erupted from her throat as Sesshomaru's lips found her nipples, licking and biting it in a hard-to-resist manner. His erection hardened as Kagome's voice filtered through his mind. Becoming bored, Sesshomaru pulled his lips away and continued downwards.

His trail immediately halted as his lips traced over the faded white mark of the scar left by the Tetsusaiga. His features instantly became strained and he lifted up, his hands on either side of Kagome's concerned face. She knew the way he got when he remembered that day five years earlier.

"Sesshomaru," she said quietly, her hand tenderly stroking his cheek. "Just forget about that, it's over with and done."

"Kagome," Sesshomaru growled back, his teeth grinding. "I let you die. You died in my arms! And... and our... first child. I couldn't even save it! It was my CHILD and it died because you were trying to protect me! I can't forgive myself for that."

Kagome could feel the tears welling in her eyes at the thought of her lost child. One hand instinctively reached for her belly and she saw the pained look cross over Sesshomaru's face. It hurt him so bad to know that it had been his fault that his son or daughter had died along with the woman of his dreams that day. At least he had been able to save Kagome.

"Don't worry," Kagome said as she held her tears in, smiling up at Sesshomaru encouragingly. "I'm the happiest woman in the world right now. I have you, the man I'm deeply in love with, and Minako, our daughter who I couldn't love with any larger part of my heart."

A small part of the hurt left Sesshomaru as he thought of his one-year-old daughter, Minako, sleeping soundly in the room next to theirs. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen (well, it was a tie between Kagome and her). She had her mother's wavy, dark black hair while her eyes shone bright gold, exactly like her father. She was a half-demon, but she was special; loved by both humans and demons.

Something about the young child caused everyone, even the blood-thirsty demons, to pause for a moment, basking in her beauty and amazement. There was not a thing in the world that her mother wouldn't do for her and her father wouldn't let a soul get near her without supervision (but that can only be expected after losing his first).

She was one of a kind, and the family of three couldn't be happier.

Still, the memory of the day that Minako's mother and older sibling had died lingered in the air like the plague.

Flashback:

Sesshomaru, not thinking and in a complete act of rage, charged at the shocked and distraught Inuyasha, his eyes wide with the realization of what he had just done. Neither Miroku nor Sango tried to stop him as he plunged his sword into Inuyasha's gut, blood erupting from the wound as the sword went right through like a knife cutting butter.

Tears stained Sesshomaru's cheeks as his brother's body fell, lifeless, to the ground. His mind was completely clouded, but he knew that he had no one else to fight. He fell to the ground, his sword falling from his grasp, and just sat there. The thought didn't even occur to him that he could save Kagome, but, thankfully, it did to Miroku.

The young monk walked over to Sesshomaru, setting a hand on his shoulder. The demon didn't move, simply sat there, his eyes on the bloody remains that were his brother.

"Sesshomaru," Miroku choked out as Sango cried helplessly from under a tree, Shippo and Kirara beside her, "you can save her. Use Tenseiga and revive her."

Sesshomaru's eyes instantly flickered to his sword, lying next to him with Inuyasha's blood smeared over it. He finally realized the possibility and took the chance.

He revived Kagome using the Tenseiga. When she awoke, her memories came to her and she gasped out in shock. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara surrounded her but she couldn't find Sesshomaru.

"Where is he?" she asked, looking from Sango to Miroku. "Where's Sesshomaru?"

Her voice took on a sound of panic and her eyes darted from side to side as she sat up, looking beyond the bodies of her friends. She saw Inuyasha's body but it didn't register to her; her only objective was Sesshomaru.

"He left," Sango whispered back and she pointed to the area where he had walked off in.

"No!" Kagome exclaimed, standing up and darting in the direction Sango pointed. No one tried to stop her, it would've been useless. They knew she was in love with him and that she wouldn't stop anyway.

She ran faster than she ever had before, her tears tasting of salt against her tongue. She saw him ahead of her, walking away, his silhouette disappearing.

"Sesshomaru," she choked out, her hand flailing towards him.

He turned, his cheek showing the remnants of tears. He didn't have time to think before Kagome's arms were around his middle, her head against his chest, and her tears melting into his shirt.

"Why did you leave?" she asked, clutching his kimono for dear life. "Why?"

He tried to will himself to pry her away from him, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. So, instead, he set his hands lightly on her shoulder and she lifted her head, staring at him through tear-filled eyes.

"Why?" she whispered.

"Because I caused you to die and you aren't safe with me," he responded coolly, covering his emotions well.

"You idiot!" Kagome exclaimed, pressing her lips harshly against his. He was shocked, that was obvious, but she wouldn't let him go until he stopped trying to pull away.

She pulled back and said, "I love you! You can't leave! I gave my life for you because you saved me from the life I couldn't live with! And then you gave me my life back to me and you expect me to just let you leave?"

He was speechless; there was nothing Sesshomaru could say. So he didn't. He leaned down, placing his lips on Kagome's and kissed her gently, swearing to never let her cry over him again.

End Flashback

"Don't cry," Sesshomaru said, wiping away the tears that threatened to spill out of Kagome's eyes. "Please, not because of that."

"Then stop hurting yourself over it," Kagome whispered back, leaning into his hand. "I can't bear to see you hurting because of me just as much as you can't bear to see me hurting because of you."

"But-" he started but she stopped him by covering his mouth with her hand.

"No 'but's," she said quietly. "I love you and I love Minako. Nothing will ever change that. The two of you save my life every day with just being alive and I could never live without you both in my life. So, please, don't worry about me and don't worry yourself about that day. It's in the past, and this is the present."

"I'm sorry," he responded, hooding his eyes.

"Don't be," she said with a smile.

She pulled herself up, her lips gliding across his gently. He kissed back, his mind made up. Kagome was his, as was Minako. They were the most important things in his life.

"I love you more," he breathed out, just as they continued with what they had planned to do earlier.

Kagome laughed a little but didn't say anything in response, just kissed him harder.

"Momma?" a small voice said from the other room.

"Shit," Sesshomaru growled, causing Kagome to laugh wholeheartedly.

What a time for Minako to say her first word.

Hi everyone!
Well, I hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of this trilogy... I worked hard on it.
I probably could've made it a little better, but, hell, I wanted to get it out since you were all waiting so patiently. lol.

Well, anyway, I just got done watching The History Boys (one of my new favorite movies) so I'm in the mood for some yaoi!! Wahoo!
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So that means that, if you happen to have a yaoi couple that you want a fanfic one-shot made of... TELL ME!
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P.S. By the way... I know most one-year-olds don't talk but... idk... I had to think of an ending lol