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Kagome's POV

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Chapter Forty-Six: Bliss

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"After all these years apart, this is the sight I am greeted with upon my return: my husband and son, attempting to kill one another. I have never before witnessed such madness."

Izanami's dark eyes glinted dangerously, and I involuntarily flinched when they settled on me. Sesshoumaru's embrace tightened in response as he perused his mother critically. The furrowing of his brow gave away his confusion. "Mother," he began in a tone that was new to me, "how is it that you came to be here?"

To my surprise, Izanami sighed and knelt beside her husband. "The Empress summoned me, of course." With delicate tenderness, she smoothed the tips of her fingers over Izanagi's features, and when she smiled it was full to the brim with untold amounts of affection. "She pulled me from the Underworld."

On his part, Izanagi seemed to be stunned beyond words. At his wife's touch, the last vestiges of icy whiteness left his eyes, only to be replaced with tears. "Ai ren. . ."

Izanami laughed, the sound echoing of memories, and when she replied her voice was thick with emotion. "Wo di ai."

It broke something in him, her answer, and with blindingly fast movements Izanagi had her clutched to his chest as if he'd never let her go again. Rocking back and forth gently, his whole body shuddering, he cried like a child into Izanami's navy hair as her own tears streaked silently down her face.

My heart jumped into my throat. From what I knew, Izanami and Izanagi had been separated for at leasttwo-thousand years. I couldn't . . . I couldn't even comprehend that.

A sudden imagining of Sesshoumaru, blackened and burned past recognition, had me choking back sobs. All of my animosity towards Izanagi melted away, and I could not blame him for what he had done.

I would have done the same.

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A/N: I have to admit, it started to get a little hard to swallow while writing this. I almost teared up a bit :P Can you imagine being separated from the one you love for thousandsof years, and then being suddenly reunited? Oh my gosh . . . intense . . .

This update was not planned in any way. Just my way of saying thanks to everybody!

Wo di ai: translates roughly into My love :D

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