SkyGem: Sorry it's a bit late, but here's the final chapter of Dreams of Silver! I hope y'all like it, ne?

Keitaro

"Keitaro-san!" said a voice from behind me and I turned to see who it was. "Your daughter and the other slayers have returned from the village of the Inu youkai, along with a guest."

"A guest?" I asked in confusion, following him out to meet the returning slayers.

As I walked up to them, the first thing that caught my eye was the aforementioned "guest."

When she saw me, she bowed deeply and said, "Konnichiwa, Keitaro-sama. My family and I humbly thank you for allowing your daughter to return to our village to treat my wounds."

When she pulled out of the bow, she threw me an impish smile. "It's been a while, Kei-jiji."

Returning the smile, I said, "Are you sure you're Kagome-chan? You're much too impolite to be the respectful little girl I remember."

Pouting childishly, she said, "Geez, you're so mean, Kei-jiji."

Flicking her forehead lightly, I said, "Maybe I'd be nicer if you stopped calling me old man. I'm still quite young, you know."

Immediately, Sango said, "No you're not."

Kagome began gave my daughter a high-five in return. "See?" she said. "Sango-chan agrees with me."

Rolling my eyes heavenwards, I said, "Oh dear, it seems you two have teamed up. Anyways, welcome to our village, Kagome-chan. Will you be staying the night?"

Shaking her head, she said, "Sadly, no. Sesshomaru will probably be here sometime in the next hour to pick me up."

"He will?" asked Sango. "I didn't remember you telling him to pick you up."

Kagome laughed and replied with, "I don't need to. I know him all too well. After what happened, I'm guessing that as soon as he finds out that I'm not home, he'll come after us. He's really predictable when it comes to things like this."

"Sesshomaru…" I repeated slowly. The name sounded familiar. Then, I suddenly realized who she must be talking about. "Sesshomaru is the young man that came with Takehiko-san, is he not?"

"That's right," said Sango. By now, the other slayers had headed off to their respective households and the three of us were walking through the small village, to my own house. "And if all goes well, he'll become Kagome-chan's mate."

Kagome's face heated up in a blush and she said, "Sango-chan! You didn't have to tell him that!"

"A mate?" I repeated.

By now, we had arrived at my house, and Sango had gone off to make us some tea.

As soon as we had made ourselves comfortable, Kagome began explaining the situation to me.

Sesshomaru

On my way to the village of the demon slayers, hundreds of thoughts were running through my head. What if I had misunderstood? What if she didn't really like me that way? What if the kiss had meant something else?

I was so lost in my thoughts that many times, I almost crashed into a tree (I was in my human form) or even another youkai and/or human.

Finally, I decided to take a small break, to clear my mind.

A few moments after I stopped, though, something crashed into me. Even without having to turn around, I had a good idea as to who it was.

"What the hell are you doing here, Inuyasha?" I shouted at him.

Not even looking the least bit remorseful at being caught following me, he smiled and said, "We're following you, of course!"

Upon hearing the "we," I looked over his shoulder and saw that his two kitsune friends were there two.

Rubbing my temple, I tried not to let my anger get the best of me as I said in a strained voice, "And who gave you permission to follow me?"

Blinking in confusion, he said, "Well, you did, of course!"

"And just when did I do that?" I asked.

"Just before we left. I asked you if we could come, and you said, 'Yeah, yeah, do whatever you want.' We were right behind you the whole time, and since you didn't say anything, we figured you were okay with it."

"Wait…you were right behind me the whole time?" I asked.

"Yeah. Didn't you notice us?"

Sinking to the ground, I let out a sigh. "I'm way too out of it today," I said. Then, after I pause, I looked up at my little brother and his friends. Furrowing my brows a little, I said, "I can understand why Inuyasha wants to come, stupid as the reason may be, but why did you two decide to follow?"

The elder of the two, who went by the name of Miroku, just smirked and said, "You are going in pursuit of two fine young ladies such as the beautiful Kagome and the elegant Sango, are you not? What kind of man would I be if I were not to follow?"

Turning to my brother, I said, "So he's fallen for the demon slayer."

Nodding, he said, "It seems so."

Sighing, I said, "Whatever. I don't care anymore. You guys do what you want. Just don't get in my way, and don't cause any trouble."

"Hai!" all three of them said in unison, performing a mock salute.

Sighing, I turned and resumed my journey, the other three following close behind.

Sango

Kagome and I were outside, playing with Kohaku and his friends when we saw one of the village girls headed our way.

When she arrived, she said, "I'm sorry, Sango-chan, but would you happen to know where I could find your father?"

"Yeah, he's inside," I said casually, pointing towards our. "What's up?"

"Well," she said a little hesitantly. "The guards spotted four youkai headed our way. Two kitsunes, an Inu youkai, and a hanyou."

Hearing Kagome laugh a little, I turned my head to look at her and she said, "No wonder he took longer to arrive than he should have. Looks like Inuyasha and his friends tagged along, too." Then, turning back to the girl, she said, "Anyways, those four are my friends, and they're just here to see me, so no need to tell Keitaro-san, okay?"

"Okay," she said, sounding a little uncertain.

Then, grabbing my hand, she dragged me off, saying, "Now, let's go see what he wants, ne?"

"W-wait!" I protested. "Are you sure I should go? I mean, don't you want to talk this out with him alone?"

"Aww, come on, Sango-chan, didn't you hear her? Sesshomaru isn't alone, he has Inuyasha and his friends with him, so it wouldn't make that much of a difference if you were to come, ne?"

"I guess…" I said. Then, for the first time, I noticed that Kagome's hand was shaking a little. Taking a better look at her face, I noticed that she had on a nervous expression. "Is there something wrong?" I asked worriedly.

Smiling at me, she replied with, "Even if I can predict his actions to an extent, I have no idea how he feels. Just because he followed me here doesn't necessarily mean that he likes me, you know? Which is why right now, I'm so nervous, it feels like I'll faint any second now."

When I heard her say this, I smiled a little. Ever since I had first talked to her a few hours ago, she had acted so confident, so in control, I would never have guessed that even she got nervous sometimes.

Smiling, I said, "Don't worry, Kagome-chan. You're sweet, cheerful, and so fun to be around. There's no way Sesshomaru doesn't like you."

Throwing me a grateful smile, she said, "Yeah, I hope so."

By now, we had at the entrance to the village, and we could see Sesshomaru and the others just about to land. As soon as his feet touched the ground, Inuyasha eagerly led his friends over to where I was standing and said, "Hey, Sango-chan, why don't you give us a tour of our village?" Before I could protest, he had grabbed my arm and dragged me away from Kagome and his older brother, leaving the two of them alone.

Kagome

When Sango and the others had disappeared, an awkward silence settled upon Sesshomaru and I as the two of us just fidgeted in place, neither knowing what to say.

Finally, not able to take it anymore, I broke the silence, saying, "So, what brings you here, Sesshomaru?"

Instead of answering me, he just looked at me for a long moment. Then, with two long strides, he closed the distance between the two of us, bent down, and placed a kiss on my lips.

I was too dazed to react, and when he pulled away a second later, I could see that a bright blush had coloured his cheeks, and he wouldn't (or couldn't) meet my gaze.

Taking this as a good sign, I smiled and hooked my arms around his neck, pulling him in for another kiss.

After a second of surprise, he wrapped his arms around my waist and deepened the kiss.

Before long, though, we were interrupted by a shout of, "Yatta!"

Startled, the two of us jumped apart and looked around for the source of the voice.

Just before they disappeared around the corner of a nearby house, I saw three faces I would recognise anywhere.

As I felt my face turn beet-red, Sesshomaru stomped over, disappeared around the corner of the house for a second, then came back, dragging his little brother by one of his ears. Sango and one of the kitsunes, Miroku I think, followed after the brothers, looking thoroughly embarrassed at being caught.

"Let go, let go, let go!" Inuyasha whined, trying to release his older brother's grip on his ear. "I'm sorry for spying, okay? Just please let go before my ear falls off!"

Letting go of his little brother, Sesshomaru took a step away and glared down at him. "If you ever do that again, I swear, I will disfigure you so badly, not even you will be able to recognise yourself."

Whimpering a little, Inuyasha backed away, saying, "I'm sorry, aniki. I won't do it again."

Finally feeling sorry for his friend, Miroku seemed to gather up his courage, and stood up to the terrifying Sesshomaru.

"So," he said in a teasing voice. "I take this to mean you two are together now?"

Trying to get over my embarrassment, I latched onto Sesshomaru's arm and smiled, saying, "That's right!"

Inuyasha, not knowing when to keep his mouth shut, perked up, and smiled, saying, "So, when's the wedding?"

…The End

SkyGem: Ahaha, I'll leave what happens after that up to your imagination XD. Anyways, many thanks to all who have stayed with this fic until the very end and I hope I didn't disappoint you! If any of you are fans of Prince of Tennis, then please do check out some of my other fics, ne? I hope to see you all again sometime, and please do leave one last review on your way, ne? Arigatou gozaimasu!