*Bows * Well, ladies and gentlemen, with this chapter brings an ending. But do not fret! For the ending is beautifully satisfying, (well I hope so) lol. Also, I'm hoping a certain reviewer doesn't kill me ;) Only happy endings exist in my book. With that said, read on. Enjoy-AF

Chapter 11- Revival; The Ending

She felt oddly comfortable. Warmth enveloped her body from all angles. Birds were singing in the distance, and beside her she could feel the presence of another. It was all so enjoyable. She never wanted to get up. She was just so content.

'What?'

Rin sat up in the bed then. Her hands frantically pulled up the pale yellow tank top she was wearing. Her belly was smooth and flat, nothing out of the ordinary except for a light brown scar that ran near her belly button.

"How?"

A hand snaked around her waist then, pulling her upwards on the bed. The offender dipped their head down, and gently placed a kiss on the mark. Golden eyes gazed up at her. Sesshomaru's hair was slightly ruffled from sleep; he blinked lazily.

"How what, love?"

Rin was suddenly tense with realization. She looked around. The room was large; the bed was sitting on a raised platform, a huge flat screen television was mounted on a far wall, and thick expensive looking curtains were drawn across a glass screen door.

The modernness of the room spoke volumes to her. She was no longer in traditional Japan. Her chocolate eyes fell back on Sesshomaru, who was looking at her with a confused expression. An expression?

'Sesshomaru has an expression?'

Her fingers gently touched his cheek, outlining his jaw bones slowly. With another thought, one of her hands reached up and felt her neck. The two small holes warmed on her touch. The happiness that filled Rin at that exact moment was one she would never be able to describe.

It filled her soul to the very core; all her hard work and effort had paid off. Relief, happiness, and excitement all mixed together must have been shining in her eyes. Sesshomaru was looking at her now as if she had grown two heads.

He moved and settled between her legs, and wrapped his strong and taunt arms around her mid-section.

"What's with you this morning?"

Unable to contain herself any longer, Rin slide her arms around his head and pressed her lips to his. The kiss was eager on her part, but Sesshomaru was still shaking off the early morning energy absence. He kissed her back lazily, not aware of the situation Rin had found herself in.

Thrown off by his lack of excitement, Rin pulled back. Absentmindedly, her fingers strayed through the messy hair of her mate. His own hand pulled back from around her, and intertwined with them.

At that moment, her eyes caught the flashy wedding band that graced his ring finger. Rin mused to herself for a moment, trying to understand what was going on exactly. Perhaps, Sesshomaru was unaware of her journey, and even though she was just 'waking up' to this life, he had been living it for quite some time.

That would explain his lack of enthusiasm. She signed in relief, but more troubling thoughts plagued her. She couldn't remember anything from their current life together; everything for her left off on that cold wet morning on the war field.

How would she tell him? How could she make him understand without messing everything up?

Apparently, Sesshomaru was oblivious to his wife's inner turmoil. In one swift movement he had picked her up, and was now heading towards a slightly cracked door. He pushed it open with his foot, and Rin realized that it was a bathroom.

She took a moment to take in the calming lavender colors, the lush looking bathroom rugs, and the huge mirror that stretched the entire length of a far wall. Now obvious of Sesshomaru's, and quite possibly hers too, incredible wealth, Rin smiled in awe.

Her husband sat her down on a bench that was soft and comfortable, before walking into the grand shower. A few seconds later the sound of water hitting tile sounded, and steam rose swiftly to fog the mirror.

Sesshomaru was working on his t-shirt across the room; he seemed so into undressing that only when he was down to his boxers ( Rin had a hot blush burning on her cheeks) did he suddenly turn to look at her.

"Do you plan on taking a shower with your clothes on?"

Rin, confused and dazed, just looked at him. His look of amusement turned to one of concern. Again, the availability of his emotions was something that would take time to get use to. Even so, Sesshomaru still possessed the 'cold' factor in his face, and Rin found comfort in it.

Before he could reach her, Rin's brain started to function. She giggled, and stood up to evade his reaching hands. She suddenly felt different, as if this situation was so normal for her. She wasn't startled when information was all of the sudden entering her mind.

In fact, she should of known that the many years she had spent with Sesshomaru post Kaso's death would eventually come flowing through her system. Now, she noted, was a normal shower that they took together every morning when neither of them had to work.

Only a giggle escaped her throat as memories of their more intimate moments surfaced. Sesshomaru standing there in his boxers was nothing. He had nothing she hadn't seen before already a million times. Quite literally.

Stern hands grabbed her then, stopping her attempt to dash to the other corner of the bathroom. A knowing expression was the look he wore. Her shirt was pulled up, over her head, and thrown to the floor. Her bra was then unclasp, and he lifted her to take off her sleeping shorts. Once she was completely naked, Sesshomaru pushed her under the stream of water before shutting the glass door behind them.

When he had taken off his boxers, she didn't know. All she could really think about was how good his hard, chiseled body felt when she was pressed against it. A sign escaped her lips when his hand tangled in her hair, and began messaging her scout.

For a moment, they shared the moment together in bliss; the serenity was cloaking them softly just as the warm water was. Eventually, the couple washed and turned off the water. Nether one paid much attention to their state of undress; everything was too beautiful to soil with unbecoming sexual thoughts.

He held her, her body tightly wrapped in a towel, close to his chest. Rin felt his breath tickle her ear.

"Did you wake up today, Rin?"

She processed the murmured question, turning it in the hands of her mind. Playing dumb wasn't a sensible option, so she would not reply with a 'hmm?'. Instead, she pulled back and locked eyes with him. Using both of her hands to grasp his pale face, the small woman tenderly kissed the tip of his nose.

"Yes."

He was silent for a moment, but pulled her back to nuzzle his nose in the crook of her neck. His tongue was a warm sensation on the sensitive bite marks.

"Yurin told me that you would 'wake up' one day. That day that I almost lost you. He said it will be the same as always, though. Only your sense of presence has changed, and even that will fade to make you believe you were here yesterday."

Rin didn't respond. Instead, she examined her fingers. The nails that graced them were dull and pathetic. She created space between them again, and pulled his hand from around her waist to examine. His claws were ever apparent; long and sharp and dangerous.

Did that mean she was no longer occupying a demon body?

As if reading her mind, Sesshomaru took her hand in his and kissed it softly. His obvious displays of affection made him feel so different, but at the same time if was befitting of him. It was as if the stoic Sesshomaru had been possessing the real and much softer man.

"After Kaso was killed, and the sun rose, you reverted back to your human form. It made little difference, seeing that your human traits were already unmistakably obvious"

As he talked, her mind was displaying the events vividly. She remembered him taking her back to the estate, and then the slow recovery she undertook. The inevitable mating came soon after she was nearly back to full health.

Rin laughed to herself, recalling Sesshomaru's obvious impatience with her slower healing human body. While she was healing, however, Kanori escaped. He was never located again. She found out much later from Sesshomaru that Anna had fallen to his blade; the knowledge at fist left an odd feeling of sympathy.

Rin shook her head, and promptly dismissed her thoughts. She found herself on the bed, leaning back on her elbows. Sesshomaru was walking towards another door in the room. It came open, and the lights on.

The closet was simply amazing. From her place on the bed, she could see the many racks of clothes along the walls. On side said, His, and the other said, Hers.

He was back at the bed minutes later; she noticed the towel around his waist was becoming dangerously loose. He placed a pair of red panties beside her along with a matching bra. Rin reached for them, and with a playful smile on her face, threw them on the floor.

Sesshomaru paused, and gave her a look. He bent, grabbed the material, and sat it back on bed. When it was sent flying back to the plush carpet below, the man growled. Suddenly, she was pushed further back on the bed, and her pale legs were pulled apart.

Her towel fell from around her, and laid limply on the bed. A gasp sprung up out of her throat when o his hand grabbed and squeezed one of her breast. A smirk adorned his face.

"We have somewhere to be, Mrs."

His actions, however, told her that he had other intentions. He slid down her body, kissing the soft skin of her stomach and naval until he reached his goal. Rin pushed herself up on her elbows; her mouth opened to utter a complaint but it closed instantly.

Her head rolled back on her shoulders when she felt his tongue flick across her scared pearl. His face was buried firmly between her legs while his hands held her thighs upwards. A soft satisfactory growl rumbled from his chest while his inhuman tongue swept across the length of her slit.

Rin trembled slightly beneath him. She let her hands reach down and tangle in his damp hair. Her grip tightened when he continued his torture on her sensitive clit. She watched through hooded eyes as he released his grip on her left thigh, and retracted the deadly claws.

A moan escaped her mouth; her brain already knowing what was coming. His tongue's ministrations stopped then, and she could feel his paired fingers beginning to stretch her. Her hips jerked towards his hand automatically, and another moan was extracted from her.

Sesshomaru, however, wanted to be in control. He grasped her hip and held her down firmly. With her mobility cut off, Rin could only bite her lip as her mate slid his appendages as deep as they would go. His mouth hovered over her closely; the hot breath on her bothered pearl wrecked havoc in her body.

He pumped his digits slowly and sweetly at first; the long unsatisfying strokes had her squirming and begging him for the real thing. Then they sped up, and her gasps came out in short burst that could hardly be contained.

She drew her leg forward, and rested it against his shoulder. Her hands had long ago abandoned his hair; they migrated near her head to pull at the pillow it laid on. Her mate's eyes were on her; those deep pools of gold took in her mixed signs of pleasure and need.

Rin avoided his eyes, choosing to close hers instead and try to concentrate on not coming so soon. But she knew it wouldn't be too long now. Her stomach filled with a noting sensation, and the walls of her tunnel were tightening. Sesshomaru, the expert of her body and pleasure, undoubtedly knew she was close too.

Arching her back, she prepared for the sensation to overtake her and make her body tremble as she called his name, but before she could convulse around his fingers he withdrew them.

The bewildered yet angry expression she shot him only made him more aware of his control over her body. Her hazel eyes watched as he placed his wet fingers in his mouth; the action made her bite her lower lip to keep her moan of satisfaction from surfacing.

In a graceful move, he slide up his wife's body, and placed a light kiss on her lips. Even though her mind was consumed with annoyance at him, she accepted the kiss greedily. The tangy taste of her essence excited her.

Her annoyance quickly dissipated when he shifted, and she felt his hard member prodding at her entrance. Groaning, Rin kissed his throat softly, and urged him on with a whimper. His smirk was cocky, but he obliged. His hands lowered to hook around her legs and bring them up to rest on his broad shoulders before he pressed into her.

The browned eyed woman licked her lips; the feeling of him stretching her walls to their limit almost took her over the edge. Her eyes snapped shut, effectively stopping Sesshomaru's amber stare from boring into her. Nevertheless, it was short lived.

"Look at me, Maaattteee. "

His voice was rough, and when she opened her eyes, she saw his face had lost it's playfulness. His eyes were like piecing needles; they bleed slightly red around the edges. She stayed perfectly still, not wanting to appear disobedient less his less than gentle inner demon told hold. And when he pull out to administer the first thrust, she let her hand slip behind his neck, and brought his face to hers.

Their wet muscles fought each other playfully, but Rin quickly lost the battle when his hips rocked forwarded and his shaft began moving in and out of her. Besides the heavy pants of the two lovers, the room was silent in retrospect.

His pace was a perfect blend between slow and rough. He handled her body with a certain level of tenderness and perfection that could of only been learned through years and years of coupling. Rin felt everything from him; his love, his compassion, his adoration, all of it.

Not only did she feel the contact of their bodies. Along with it was her own love for her life partner, and her undying joy and thankfulness. All of these emotions, together and mixed as one, filled her body and lifted her to new places.

She tightened around him, causing the demon to groan and murmur her name. He pressed his mouth against the area below her ear and signed.

"Come for me, Rin, show me what only I can ever give you."

She groaned, and clutched onto him as his pace quickened; each hard thrust extracting a syllabus of his name. She came, suddenly and violently; her body shuddered and he became unbearably tight inside of her.

His mouth found hers then, and he didn't stop the motion of his hips. She gasped into his mouth when his seed shot forth inside her and warmed her body. They broke the kiss and breathed heavily. Sesshomaru caught is breath first, and rolled from over top of his still gasping wife.

He settled on his side before pulling her body towards his so she could face him. Her smile widened, and she lifted her leg to lay on his hip. Her finger lazily traced the muscles of his chest. The small kisses Sesshomaru was placing on her forehead made her slide further into contentedness.

To Rin, he was so beautiful in every way she could think of. Their rough existence was now a thing of the past, now replaced with only love and respect. She looked up, only to find Sesshomaru gazing thoughtfully at her.

He ran his hand through her hair, minding his claws, and left it resting at the base of her neck.

"What are you thinking about?"

She smiled before reaching down the pull the comforter over their bare bodies.

"You."

His brow creased. His hand on her neck dropped to her covered butt and he playfully squeezed it.

"And what about me are you thinking about?"

Rin made a gesture to show that she was thinking. Grinning, she pushed him onto his back and crawled on top of him.

"I'm thinking, that I want to go again. But I know your so old Sesshomaru, so I won't bother you anymore."

A giggle escaped her.

Her husband lifted an eyebrow, and she felt him harden beneath her. His hands firmly gripped her hips.

"Oh? Do you forget that you are hardly any younger, Mate?"

He rubbed against her, turning the smile on her face into a look of pleasure.

"I believe you have a few hundred years on me though, Sesshy."

He growled, and sat up to press her tightly to his chest.

He was lifting her up and lowering her back down on him when there was a quick knock on the door. Before Rin or Sesshomaru could respond, the door flew open. In one quick motion, Sesshomaru moved Rin so she was sitting in his lap facing away from him and pulled the blankets up to cover her breasts.

However, it was a few seconds too late.

A little boy with short silver hair and yellow eyes stood a few feet from the bed; his eyes were wide. Sesshomaru cursed, and slide Rin out of his lap to search for the fresh pair of boxers he had intentions of putting on before Rin tempted him.

His erection gone, he quickly slid them on. Rin, cover wrapped securely around her, faced her son.

"Rai, you can't just walk into mommy and daddy's room like that."

He boy cocked his head, and he pointed at Sesshomaru.

"What was daddy doing to you mommy?"

"Eh, well, um..."

Rin glanced at her mate for help. Seeing his distressed wife, Sesshomaru scooted closer to the edge of the bed.

"Rai, me and-"

There was a loud shuffling noise, and two teens scrambled into the room. The girls were identical; they had matching long chestnut brown hair and a pair of striking amethyst eyes. One yelped, and covered her eyes. The other grabbed Rai's arm.

"I'm sorry, Rai was getting impatient because you said we were going out to eat breakfast today. I didn't think he would come in here."

Nariko tried pulling Rai out of the door, but the boy resisted. He turned to his other sister, Nami.

"Nami, I saw daddy hurt mommy with a stick!"

The two girls stared in horror at their little brother, and an awkward silence fell over the room. Sesshomaru, finally having enough, growled loudly.

"Rai go wait with your sisters downstairs."

"But-"

"Now!"

The three children, all too aware of their father's wrath, scrambled as quickly as possible out of the room. Rin, always the babier of her children, glared at her husband. He glared back.

"Don't look at me like that, Rin."

She opened her mouth to shoot of some smart retort, but thought better of it. Sesshomaru had been in an unusually playful mood as of late, and she didn't want him ignoring her because he was in one of his funks.

She shook her head, enjoying the sensation of having a memory that traveled before waking up this morning. That day on the field felt centuries old now, and Rin relished in the joy of not feeling the jump in the years.

Smiling, she beckoned Sesshomaru over to her with open arms. Sesshomaru, still slightly upset, hesitated but moved to lay in her embrace.

"I'm sorry."

He looked at her, and kissed her chin.

"You have done nothing to be sorry for, Rin."

She signed, thinking back on what had just happened a few moments ago. How were they going to correct this issue now?

"Sess, you know your going to have to talk to Rai."

He was silent, but his silver head bobbed in acknowledgment. They sat there, enjoying each others presence for a moment. She was thinking.

"Sess?"

"hn."

"I was thinking..."

"Yes?"

Rin hesitated, and started playing with his pointed ear.

"Yes?"

"I... I want another baby."

He was silent, and for a minute Rin thought Sesshomaru was mad at her. Sesshomaru at one point in time hated hanyous. When they first were mated, there was to be no talk of ever having children. She knew, but she still tried. It took a long time for him to come around to it.

It wasn't until industrialization really kicked in that he started to at least consider the idea. She remembered the day he had come home, a tired look on his face, and dove into her hug. It was random, she had been given up asking him for children decades ago.

He had held her face between his hands, and really looked at her.

"If I can love you, then I can love anything that we can make together."

Her first child was a boy, and Sesshomaru named him Akemi. She remembered the first time he had held him, very much apprehensive, and her scared to death that he would reject him. But he held him firmly in his grasp, and Rin had witnessed a look of pure amazement and love in his eyes.

Kioshi was her second born son, placed five years after Akemi was born. Content, Rin had found a new joy with life in taking care of her babies. When they grew up and moved out, however, Rin found herself wishing they were still small.

Even though Sesshomaru loved his children, when she approached him about having more it quickly turned into a heated argument. Only 17 years ago from now did he relent and got her pregnant. With that pregnancy brought her beautiful twin daughters, Nami and Nariko. Rai was an accident, but Sesshomaru didn't seem to mind.

He was always a great father to his kids; that much was undisputed. What Rin still didn't understand was why even after all these years was Sesshomaru still so adamant about having them.

So when he took more than necessary time to answer, Rin was reduced to tears. She was muttering out apologies between chokes of cries, when her mate wiped a claw over her wet cheeks. Her crying softened until it was mere sniffling, and she stared at the demon who was giving her a concerned look.

His finished wiping her face, and leaned forward to softly capture her lips.

"Rin, I told you a long time ago. Do not be afraid to request something of your mate."

She nodded, the memory coming to mind, and sniffed.

"But, Sess, you always get so angry with me when I bring it up. I know you don't want so many hanyou children, but..."

He gazed at her for a moment, letting his hand brush stray strands out of her face.

"Rin, nothing could be further from the truth. It has nothing to do with them being hanyou, that disappeared the moment I held Akemi in my hands. I wasn't aware that you had the wrong assumption for my actions."

"Then, why?"

Her hand was brought up and kissed.

"I fear losing you, Rin. Every day. Your life has been extended to match my own, but you are still human, and you can still die. Carrying and birthing even half demon children is extremely dangerous for a human. Do you understand?"

Awed, Rin nodded. She never would of guessed that was the true reason behind his hardheadedness. Still, the fact remained that she wanted another child, dangerous or not.

"I understand, Sess, but...I just..."

The words she wanted desperately to speak fled her, and she lowered her head in shame. A few seconds later her face was pulled back up, and she felt the sensation of his hand caressing her stomach. He chuckled.

"Mate, no mater what I think, I will always give you what you want."

She was trying to register his words when he leaned in close to her ear, and whispered,

"Your pregnant."

Yay Rin is sooo lucky *Jealousy * lol. Well, the end had finally came. I really enjoyed writing this story, and I hoped you all enjoyed reading it. Review, Tell me whatcha think ;). -AF