The sun had set not long ago. The darkness slowly came and surrounded everything around. The small stars twinkled with all their might making the dark blue sky slightly light up with the white glow of the stars. The full moon shone brightly yellow white and made everything slightly brighter.
A light breeze blew the scents of the night around her face and also blowing pink sakura flowers around in the moonlight.
A young girl stood outside of the castle gates and looked at the moon.
'It seems like forever since Naraku has been gone' she thought. 'Only five years, but it seems like a century'
She sighed heavily at the thought of Naraku. All the pain and misery he put her and her friends through, how much she hated him for what he did. Not only to her poor friends, but what he did to the one she truly loved.
Her love, her only love. He caused him so much pain, she hated to see him like that. It killed her to see him so upset. Sometimes she wished Naraku would come back so she could kill him her self all over again just because she hated him even more now even though he was dead and gone.
"My love, it's so lonely without you around right now" she said aloud.
The wind blew again bringing the sound of a friend approaching.
"What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be inside?"
" I could ask you the same, I'm just enjoying the night Sango"
"Kagome, are you okay? You seem depressed"
"I'm just fine Sango, I'm just thinking"
"Your missing him aren't you?" Sango asked sitting next to her friend.
"Yeah, how can I not miss him?"
"The same way I miss Miroku" Sango said.
"Where's Namiko at?"
"She's in bed asleep, I figured I'd come check on you and see how you are for a minute, but you weren't in your room so I figured you'd be out here" Sango said.
"Even though we saw each other not a half hour ago" Kagome said and chuckled.
"Yeah, well it's rather lonely" Sango said.
"I know what you mean" Kagome said and sighed.
They sat in silence for a few moments and listened to the sound of spring peepers chirp threw the night.
"MOMMY!!!!!!!!"
"Well, that's my cue" Kagome said.
"I'll be going to, incase Namiko wakes up" Sango said.
"All right, but if you need anything you know you can always come in the castle"
"I know Kagome, thank you"
"It's not a problem Sango, you're like family"
The two smiled and walked back into the castle gates.
Kagome walked up the steps to the third floor and walked down the hall to her son's room.
"Mommy!!"
"What's the matter Kyo?" Kagome said.
"I'm bored"
"Well if you went to sleep then you wouldn't be bored" Kagome said and smiled.
"Keh! I don't wanna sleep" Kyo said and stuck his nose in the air.
Kagome stared at her son for a moment. The moonlight shone off his silver hair making his bright amber eyes stand out even greater than before. His young innocent look was brought to attention more with the two little ears sticking out from up top his head.
'He's so much like his father' Kagome said.
"Uh, mommy. Are you alwight?" Kyo asked.
"Yeah sweetie, I'm just fine. What was it you wanted?"
"I just wanted to tell you good night in case I fell asweep"
Kagome smiled.
"Well, good night sweetheart"
"Good night mommy"
Kagome walked out of the room and silently closed the door.
'He grows to be like his father every day' Kagome thought. ' He will make a girl a very happy mate then'
Kagome walked across the hall to her room, but stopped and went to her daughter's room. Seiyaryu, she was only three. Kagome peeked in the room and saw that her daughter was fast asleep. Kagome closed the door and walked into her and InuYasha's room. She sat in the old rocking chair and looked at the fire.She rocked back and forth thinking about the days when she traveled searching for the shikon shards. No matter what, we always managed to have fun. She thought.
But all the happy memories always brought up bad ones, some she didn't want to think about. Especially the final battle with Naraku. Kagome had a hard time through that, especially since she was pregnant and could barely move. Poor InuYasha, he was so worried about me
"Stupid girl! You could've been killed! Our baby could've been killed!" InuYasha said pulling Kagome into his arms.
"I know, but I wasn't and at least Naraku's dead"
"Kagome I promised you a long time ago that I would protect you no matter what, and I'm not going to break that promise now, not to you or our child" InuYasha said gripping Kagome tighter.
'Kagome, you could've gone into labor right in the middle of the battle, you're due anytime now and what would I have done then, you could've died and I wasn't about to let that happen to you!' InuYasha thought.
"InuYasha, I know what you're thinking, but if I hadn't gone out there Naraku would still be alive, you guys had no chance against him alone" Kagome said.
"I don't care about Naraku being dead right now Kagome, all that matters is that you're safe, I love you more than anything Kagome"
"I love you too InuYasha, and I always will"
"Everyone was injured so badly during that battle, they were worried that I'd lose the baby because I was thrown back against a tree. But Kyo is strong just like his father."
Kagome stared at the fire for a long while rocking back and forth in her chair until she fell asleep. She wasn't sure how long she had been asleep before she heard something running on the roof.
She woke and listened closely and realized someone was there.
Kyo walked in her room.
"Mommy!!"
"Shh Kyo, there's someone out side."
Kagome looked at the large window and saw a figure standing behind it in the night. The window slowly started to open. Kagome drew her bow back ready to fire at the intruder.
The window opened a little more and Kagome looked closer. The window opened to reveal someone she had never expected.