Epilogue

"What!"

I rolled my eyes at my husband and mate. Why must he overreact about the slightest things?

"When was this decided?" he asked and put down his newspaper. I'll never understand what he sees in those things…

"About a month ago, Inuyasha. Keep your voice down. Keiji is sleeping upstairs," I said. If her kept up all his yelling he would wake up our son. It had taken me forever to get him to stop playing and take a nap, too! Three-year-olds…

"Why wasn't I involved in that conversation?" he asked, softer this time.

"Because you would have acted like you are now, Daddy," my fifteen-year-old daughter Kiyomi said from her seat at the head of the dining table across from Inuyasha. Hitomi sat next to her.

"How am I acting, Kiyomi?" Inuyasha asked.

"You being really close-minded about this. Just look at it from a fifteen-year-old girl's point-of-view."

I sighed and beckoned Hitomi to help me in the kitchen. Dinner would start soon.

Hitomi was just like I was at her age. Calm, quiet, and sweet. It's Inuyasha who changed me. Kiyomi is just like her father. Always ready to fight and argue. She and Inuyasha could go at it for days. Our youngest, Keiji, was a sweet three-year-old who was just like other kids his age. Loud, active, and full of energy. He looks just like Inuyasha. I love to look at him and picture a little Inuyasha.

"But, Dad! Inumaru got to date when he was fourteen!" Kiyomi yelled.

"Hey! Keep it down!" I yelled at them. It wouldn't do anything, but I could try…

"That's different! Inumaru went on one date and didn't do it again until he was sixteen," Inuyasha lied. I knew it was a lie. Oh, Inuyasha…

"Oh, my God! That's a lie and you know it! Inumaru wasn't even a virgin anymore by sixteen!" Kiyomi yelled.

"Oh, God! I don't need to hear this!" I yelled over them. Hitomi was laughing at us from where she was chopping carrots.

"Mommy?"

I turned to see Keiji in his batman pajamas with his teddy bear in his hand. He was rubbing his eye with the back of his hand.

"Oh, sweetie. It's okay. Would you like something to drink? How does some warm milk sound?" I asked him. He nodded and I went to the fridge.

"Kagome, don't baby him. Give him some Kool-Aid or something," Inuyasha said. I don't baby my son. Okay? I don't.

"I'm not babying him," I said and filled up his batman sippy cup and gave it to him.

"Thank you," he said and left the room.

"Couldn't you have given him an actual cup or something? He's old enough for one. He doesn't need a sippy cup," Inuyasha complained. I ignored him and went back to dinner.

"Where are you going, Kiyomi?" Inuyasha asked.

"I have a date in two hours. I need to get ready," she said.

"Very funny, Kiyomi. Now go read a book or something."

Here we go again…

"I'm not playing! Mom! Please tell Daddy that I'm old enough to date." I shouldn't do this…

I turned back to them and looked to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, fifteen is a perfectly good age to date. I started dating when I was fifteen," I said. He narrowed his eyes at me.

"To who?" he asked. *sigh*

"See? Mom did it! I know you did too! Why can't me and Hitomi?"

I noticed Hitomi started to chop faster. Inuyasha and Kiyomi continued arguing, but I could still hear a car pull up the driveway. I went to the door and opened it. Oh my god!

"Inumaru! It's so good to see you!" I yelled and hugged my first son. He was still taller than me. Her looked really good, too. New clothes, nice shades, and he had a confident vibe to him. The same one his father has.

"Inumaru!" Kiyomi yelled and went to hug him. I haven't seen my first son in a year. He's changed so much from the goofy seventeen-year-old boy. Now he was an mature twenty-four-year-old engaged man. Well not really twenty-four, but he looked it…

"Hey, Squirt. Where's Hitomi?" Inumaru said. He came alone. Kimiko, his fiancée, was probably in China again. The woman is a workaholic. It's ridiculous…. She does something in public relations that has her in and out of Japan… oh, well…

"Right here. It's so good to see you again, Ani-chan," Hitomi said and hugged him.

"Inunalu!" I turned to see Keiji running to us with his bear. Inumaru squatted down to pick him up.

"Hey, big man. How you doing?"

"Good. I learn a LOT of stuff when you left!" Keiji went on. Inumaru carried him into the kitchen. We all followed. Now my family is complete.

"Like what?"

"I can count to fifty and I can say the WHOLE alphabet without stopping! I can play baseball and soccer and football and basketball too! Daddy's been showing me," Keiji went on. Inuyasha been teaching him sports?

We stepped into the kitchen and Inuyasha glared at Kiyomi. He cleared his throat.

"Well, it's nice of you to drop by. Don't tell me you came here with your two hands empty," Inuyasha said to his eldest.

"It's nice to see you too, Dad. If it makes you feel better, I finally got Mushu Industries to say yes. They signed the contract and everything," Inumaru said.

"That's ma boy," Inuyasha said.

"That's enough work. Time for dinner," I said and started to set the table. Everyone sat down as Hitomi helped me bring out the dinner. Kiyomi came down a minute later.

"See you guys later!" she called.

"Where are you going!" Inuyasha yelled after her.

She came back in the kitchen and rolled her eyes. "Daddy, I said I had a date. You forgot already."

"And I said you didn't. Did you forget?" Inuyasha asked, "Besides, what would make you think I would let you leave the house like that?"

I looked at Kiyomi's outfit. It was cute. It was a poofy, white off shoulder top that showed off her mid-riff and a pair of jean shorts with studded white sandals.

"Kiyomi, where'd you get those shoes?" I asked.

"I borrowed them from your closet. I promise not to mess them up," Kiyomi rushed. I laughed at her antics and waved her off.

"Go on and enjoy yourself dear. Is he meeting you there?" I asked.

"Yep! Movies." I nodded and picked up some keys from the key rack. It didn't matter. I through them to her and she caught them. She looked at them and her face lit up. "Thanks Mom!" And with that, she was out the door.

Inuyasha looked at me shocked. What's his problem?

"What?" I asked.

"Mom, even I know what happened. Even though Father said she couldn't you went against his authority and said yes. Then you gave her the keys to dad's car and didn't give her a curfew," Inumaru said and wiped the corner of Keiji's mouth.

That's all it was?

"Oh, Inuyasha. Your always worked up over something," Kagome said.

"Mommy, can I date too?" Keiji asked. I froze. Inumaru couldn't stop laughing. I didn't want to think about that. That would mean he would grow up. And someone would try to steal my little boy away from me… now I know how Inuyasha feels.

"As soon as your thirteen," Inuyasha said. It was more of a mumble, but I heard it. What the hell is he talking about?

"What!" Inumaru and I yelled at the same time.

"I couldn't date until I was fourteen!"

"Thirteen is too young!" I yelled.

"No it's not," Inuyasha said nonchalantly.

"It's too young for Kiyomi, but not for Keiji? How is that fair?" I interrogated. He wasn't winning this one.

"Kagome, calm down. You always get so worked up over the littlest things," he said and scooped some rice into his plate. Inumaru, Keiji, and Hitomi laughed. I glared at Inuyasha. He never saw the potato flying towards his head…

終わり。

Well, kids… it's done! Now, don't fret! There may be more… I won't give any details, but this story may come back to life later on. It all depends on how I feel. Anyways, goodnight or god morning to you all!

Moi-Moi.