Chapter 5

Reunion

When he got back to his time, Inuyasha began his search for his elder half-brother Sesshomaru. Within a day, Inuyasha caught his brothers' scent and started after him. He found him and begged him to come and help Kagome. (Well, as begging went for Inuyasha.)

"About time I found you." Inuyasha said stopping behind Sesshomaru.

"What do you want now Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked. "Are you here to offer me my Tetsusaiga?"

"You wish." Inuyasha replied. "It's not me that needs you now. It's Kagome. She wants to see you."

"Why should Master Sesshomaru come with you to see that wench?" Jaken squeaked from behind Sesshomaru.

"Quiet Jaken."

"Yes master."

"Is this a trick Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked turning to his brother.

"No trick brother. Onigai. It is her last wish to see you in her time." Inuyasha explained to his untrustworthy brother.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Sesshomaru said. "Lead me to her."

"Follow me quickly." Inuyasha said turning heel and running to the Bone-Eaters Well.

'He must really love her if he came here to face me alone just to save her.' Sesshomaru thought as he followed his younger brother through the trees.

'Kagome. Hold on. I'm coming.' Inuyasha thought worriedly.

Meanwhile in Kagome's time

"Don't worry Kagome." Sango said trying to soothe the dieing miko/mother. "Inuyasha should be here any minuet."

"Isn't there anything that you can do for her?" Miroku asked the nurse that was in charge of Kagome.

"I'm sorry." The nurse replied sadly. "I'm afraid that the only thing that we can do now is hope that she comes out of this quickly." With that, the nurse left to check on Kagome's children and the other patients.

"San…Go?" Kagome stuttered suddenly.

"What is it Kagome?"

"Tell…Inuyasha…I'm…So…R…R…Y." Kagome said using her last breathe.

"Kagome? Kagome!" Sango said shaking her friend but to no avail. "Kagome, wake up!"

"I'll look for Inuyasha." Miroku said running out of the door and down the hall.

At the Bone-Eaters Well, Kagome's Time

"Hurry up Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said looking back at his brother. "Kagome is waiting for us."

"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled seeing the hanyou.

"Miroku?" Inuyasha said turning to the monk. "I thought that you were supposed to stay with Kagome."

"I was yes." Miroku said panting as he stopped in front of Inuyasha. "But, Miss Kagome…"

"Spit it out Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled. "Why are you here?"

"Kagome needs you." Miroku said directing his attention to Inuyasha's brother. "Now."

"No. Tell me that she's still…" Inuyasha said his voice fading as he started going into shock at the loss at his only love.

"Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said getting the attention of his younger brother. "If it was Kagome's wish to see me, then maybe she knew that she was going to die."

"DON'T SAY THAT!" Inuyasha screamed at Sesshomaru. "SHE JUST WANTED TO BE CAREFULL!!"

"Pathetic little brother." Sesshomaru said passing Inuyasha to go to Kagome. "I believe, monk, that you know where Kagome is."

"Yes." Miroku said coming out of his daydream. "Follow me." With that Miroku started to the hospital where Kagome lay, her body getting colder by the minuet. (Inuyasha started after Miroku after he regained control of his body. When he did, he beat Sesshomaru and Miroku to Kagome's bedside. Once there, he broke down again at the sight of her cold, dead body.)

Ten minuets after he found Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, Miroku found Kagome's room and opened the door for Sesshomaru. "Here is the room." Miroku said. "Please do all you can to help Miss Kagome."

"Sesshomaru!" Sango exclaimed when she saw the Lord of the Western Lands. "Please help Kagome."

"Inuyasha. Move." Sesshomaru said unsheathing Tenseiga. With one swing, he killed the messengers from the underworld, sheathed Tenseiga, and left without another word spoken from him.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said going back to her side.

"We'll be out in the hall." Sango said though her words fell on deaf ears.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said again seeing her stir on her bed.

"Hm. Inuyasha?" Kagome said waking up slowly. "Inuyasha!"

"I'm here Kagome." Inuyasha said taking hold of her hand. "I'm here."

"What happened?" Kagome asked sitting up in her bed.

"I thought I had lost you." Inuyasha said concerned. "I thought that you were lost to me forever."

"I will never be lost to you Inuyasha." Kagome said showing him a weak smile. "Even if I do die my spirit will live on through Tora. And the twins."

"What?" Inuyasha said shocked at her words.

"I gave birth to twins Inuyasha." Kagome said. "Twin boys. You may go and see them if you wish. They are just in the next room down the hall."

"They can wait until later." Inuyasha said a smile forming on his lips. "I just want to make sure that you're safe."

"Don't worry Inuyasha." Kagome said swiping her hand across his face to make her point that she was indeed alive. "I will not leave you anytime soon Inuyasha."

A Week Later…

"I can't believe it Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed as she carried Ryu, the youngest of her children home to her mother.

"What?" Inuyasha said waking beside Kagome carrying Saru, the eldest of the twins.

"That we have three pups, we're married, and I haven't even finished school yet!" Kagome explained happily to her new husband.

"And you're surprised by this, why?" Inuyasha asked looking at Kagome.

"I don't know." Kagome replied. "I just feel like I'm betraying my friends by being married and still in high school."

"You're not betraying us." Eri said coming up behind Kagome and Inuyasha.

"Why would you say that Kagome?" Ayumi asked from behind Eri.

"We've known you for many years Kagome." Yuka said. "The only one that you would be betraying would be Hojo."

"Shit. I forgot to tell Hojo that I can't see him anymore." Kagome said mentally slapping herself at her stupidity.

"I think that now is better than later." Yuka said. "Because there he is now."

"Great." Kagome said. Handing Ryu to Eri, she said, "Can you hold him for a minuet? I'll deal with Hojo."

"Higurashi!" Hojo yelled when he saw Kagome. "How are you doing?"

"Just fine. How about you Hojo?" Kagome asked as Hojo stopped his bike in front of her.

"I'm doing good." Hojo said. "Who is that?"

"Hojo, I can't go on anymore dates with you." Kagome said. "This is Inuyasha. My husband."

"Oh." Hojo sighed. "I understand. Nice to meet you Inuyasha."

"Don't forget Saru and Ryu." Inuyasha reminded Kagome.

"Why would I forget Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "Hojo, I also have twins. Do you want to see them?"

"No wonder you weren't at school for the last year." Hojo said thinking of the last year without Kagome.

"That's one of the reasons yes." Kagome said taking Ryu from Eri. "But not all of them. Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi can explain the rest to you. Right now I have to get these two to their elder sister back at home."

"See yeah later Kagome!" The others called after her as Kagome and Inuyasha their way up the stairs of the shrine and into the hectic house.

"What's going on in here?" Inuyasha asked as he walked inside the house before Kagome.

"Tora started running around yelling for you." Sango said catching her breathe from running after the little inu-hanyou child.

"She can walk and talk already?" Kagome asked bewildered at what her eldest child can do.

"Youkia and hanyou age faster than normal humans." Inuyasha explained. "When I was about a week old I was doing what Tora is doing now. Just a lot faster and more wild."

"I can imagine." Kagome said. "Tora! Come here!"

"Mommy!" Tora yelled as she heard her mothers' voice call for her. "Daddy!"

"You want to see your little brothers?" Kagome asked her daughter as she bent down to her size.

"Yeah yeah!" Tora said jumping up and down like a child would after they had a lot of candy and chocolate (or just a lot of sugar).

"You gotta calm down then." Inuyasha said coming down next to Kagome.

"I calm! I calm!" Tora yelled happily jumping up and down.

"You can look then but be gentle." Kagome warned.

Kagome then showed Tora her younger brothers Saru and Ryu. Ryu may have been the youngest of the three, but he is the loudest as well. Saru is the quietest; and Tora takes after her father in his arrogance and stubbornness. That was the beginning, of the first full family reunion in Kagome's time.