Sango

I watched, open-mouthed, as Kagome kissed the scary looking Sesshomaru.

When she pulled away, she giggled once, then grabbed me by the hand and ran out of the meadow.

We kept running until we broke out of the forest and into the backyard of her family's huge house.

When we finally stopped, I fell to the floor, breathing heavily, and Kagome giggled breathlessly.

"Gomen, Sango-chan, I forgot you were human. Was I running too fast?"

Shaking my head, I said, "I-it's alright. I'm fine."

"Sango-chan!" a voice interrupted us and I looked up to see some of the other slayers run up to us.

"Why were you running?" asked one of them, Arata.

"Did something attack you?" asked another by the name of Minoru.

Upon hearing this, Kagome and I exchanged looks, then lapsed into a fit of giggles.

The worried looks on the faces of the slayers changed to confusion.

"Sango-chan? Kagome-san?" asked Minoru.

Shaking my head and trying to suppress the giggles, I said, "I-it's nothing. Just…girl stuff."

When they still looked confused and more than a little curious, Kagome said, "I kissed Sesshomaru, and while he was frozen, we ran away. Got it?"

The males in the group just stared as if we were crazy and most of them still looked confused while the two females in the group just smiled knowingly.

"So," said Kagome clapping her hands together in an authoritative way. "I'm sorry you guys couldn't stay longer, but from the looks on all your faces, I'm guessing it's time for you all to leave?"

I looked back at the others and asked, "Is that true?"

Sayuki, the oldest of the group and the on currently acting as leader, said, "Yes, I'm afraid so. Your job has been done and we really must be going, or your father will begin to worry."

A little sad that I couldn't get to know my new friend better, I stood up to follow them.

Then, suddenly getting an idea, I said, "Can Kagome-chan come to visit?"

"Nani?" asked Sayuki, looking surprised. "I don't think Kagome-san has time for that, Sango-chan. Remember, she only just returned to her family. She'll want to catch up with them."

"That's true," I said, disappointed.

"I think it would be a wonderful idea," a voice interrupted us, and I turned to see Takehiko walking over to us. "It was a difficult decision for Keitaro-san to send his daughter to us. It would only be proper manners for my daughter to go over and say thank you in person."

"Yatta!" shouted Kagome happily. "Thank you, daddy! I've never been to the demon slayers' village, and I can't wait to see Keita-jii-san again!"

"Again?" I asked her, confused, and she nodded.

"When I was young, he would come visit a lot, to talk to Inutaisho and daddy. He would sometimes play with me and tell me about the village. I've always wanted to go there."

"I see," I said, feeling a little envious of her. My father was often really busy when he was a kid, so I had seldom had a chance to spend time with him outside of training to become a demon slayer.

Almost as if she had read my thoughts, Kagome smiled. "He loved talking about his family the most. Every time he came, he had another story to tell about his daughter. She seemed like a wonderful person, and I'd always wanted to meet her."

I smiled at her words, feeling a little better.

Before we could go on with our conversation, Sayuki interrupted.

"I'm sorry, ladies, but we have to be going now, in case you've forgotten."

Sesshomaru

"Aniki!" shouted a voice, snapping me out of my trance, and I looked over at Inuyasha, who had a worried look on his face.

"What do you want?" I asked, my brows furrowed.

He smirked at my retort. "Ah, so it seems you're alive after all. Man, with the way you usually act, I had no idea a kiss could do that to you."

The moment he said kiss, memories of what had happened only moments ago flooded into my mind and I sank to the ground, my face lighting up like a tomato.

I heard my little brother chuckle as he sat down beside me, a smirk stretching across his face.

"So, I'm curious. In the less than three days that she's been here, how did you two ever find the time to mate?"

My eyes widened when I heard what my brother said. The next second, a yell of "Ow!" could be heard throughout the entire forest.

"What the hell was that for?" asked my little brother, rubbing his sore head.

"We haven't m-mated," I said, trying to keep the stutter out of my voice.

"Well, you didn't have to hit me," he said, pouting.

Getting up, I started walking back to the house at a leisurely pace, trying to think.

"So, when did you find out she liked you?" asked Inuyasha, following after me.

"S-she doesn't like me!" I stated, looking ahead.

"Of course she does," he replied. "Why else would she kiss you?"

I kept my eyes trained ahead, trying to ignore him, but I couldn't help but let out a small, "Do you think so?"

"Of course, onii-san. Now hurry up and go find her!"

I looked at him suspiciously. "Why are you so eager to get us together?"

"I want to be an uncle," he said without hesitation.

After hitting him once more on the head, I resumed my trek to the house to look for Kagome.

Emerging into the back yard, I immediately noticed that Kagome wasn't there. Neither were Sango or the rest of the demon slayers.

Hurrying into the house, I found Takehiko and asked him, "Where's Kagome?"

Smiling, he said, "She went with the demon slayers, back to their village."

"What?" I asked. "Why?"

"To see Keitaro again and say hello."

"When is she coming back?"

He shrugged.

"Damn it!" I growled under my breath. "I'm going after them!" I shouted over my shoulder, then jumped into the air and transformed.

Takehiko

I smirked as I watched Sesshomaru disappear quickly beyond the horizon. Even after all these years, Kagome still knew him so well…

Humming happily, I went to find my wife.

"You look happy," she said, assessing me with a wary look.

"Why wouldn't I be? I'm going to be a grandfather soon."

SkyGem: Haha, poor Sesshomaru, being bullied by his little brother…anyways, I'm really so very sorry for taking this long to update. I've had writer's block. I won't take so long to update next time. A week or two at the most, okay? Anyways, please review and tell me what you thought, ne?

P.S. The next chapter will probably be the last…