Last chapter, then an epilogue! Enjoy!

It had been two weeks since the pups had been born and they had finally slept the whole night without waking up. It was going to be a great day! Inuyasha smiled as he made breakfast in his new kitchen while Kagome fed his pups. His son, Kanaye, has been a ball of fire since they brought him home. He was overzealous in everything; breast feeding, cuddling, sleeping and crying. His sister, Saeko, on the other hand was the complete opposite. She already saw her brother as an annoyance and she is just fine waiting for everything. He chuckled. He was going to have his hands full.

Around midmorning he was watching his family rest when he got a sniff of something, or should he say, someone that he never wanted to see again. Kagome noticed an immediate change. "What's wrong Inu?"

He growled in anger and that made his pups start to cry. He growled again but he stopped picking up his little ones emitting his calming aura to his pups to hopefully calm them down, because he was nowhere near calm. "Kagome I want you to take the pups and lock yourself inside of the nursery. Call my dad too; it looks like my brother is back for a rematch…

After making sure his family was fine, he turned and made his way out of the house. Growling when he saw his brother's body had changed back to his normal 'perfect' self. He was looking out at the lake not saying anything; it unnerved him even more.

"What are you doing here Sesshomaru? And how did you even find us?"

The older brother chuckled, finally turning to meet him face to face. "It is not hard to follow your scent Inuyasha…"

He growled. "Why because it's tainted and a fowl mark on your family's lineage. I have already heard enough! What is it you want?!" Then he saw something that even his brother hated anyone doing; he sighed! He son of a bitch sighed?! What the hell is going on?!

Sesshomaru looked at the tense form of his brother and sighed; he had a lot of time to make up for. "Inuyasha, I came to apologize…"

Inuyasha blinked then laughed. "Sesshomaru I think I may be hearing things… There was no way you just said that you wanted to ap…."

"Apologize…" he confirmed.

Inuyasha looked at him with disdain. "And what makes you think that I would accept your apology?"

Sesshomaru took a step towards his younger brother and he saw him take a step back. He growled lightly but didn't let it get out of hand. "I do not think that you would ever even begin to accept any apology that I have to offer. I now know that everything I did to you was an act of jealousy and contempt I had towards you and the relationship that you had with our father…and your own mother…"

Inuyasha looked at his brother with a scowl on his face but didn't say anything. Sesshomaru continued.

"If there was a way, I would go back and set everything right… I know you have it in your heart to forgive and I know that I have no right to have it… But if you would please consider it… I will never again insult or belittle you, your family or our relationship again otouto." He saw his brother take off in his ball of light and leave the property.

Inuyasha stood shock still as he saw his brother leave. Taking a deep breath he noticed that someone else had arrived. "Did you hear what he said?"

Toga walked up to his youngest and patted him on the shoulder. "I did…"

"Do you think… what he said, was sincere?"

Toga looked at his son and saw that his world was about to crumble. Everything he had ever wanted from his brother, he had just received and he was hoping, beyond hope, that his brother had finally changed. Toga smiled. "I do believe that what you did to him was a wakeup call my son. I do believe that he has changed. He told me months ago that he wanted to forgive and forget, but he didn't know how to apologize to you… It's not in his nature to apologize to anyone… Unless he had done a horrible wrong to that person and he knows it…"

Inuyasha turned and looked at the direction his brother had taken off in and sighed. It was laced with tears. "I do not think that I can ever forgive and forget… But if he is willing to try, then I guess I am too…"

Toga smiled and gave his son a hug in which the younger inu returned. "I know my son…."

Another week went by when he saw his older brother again. This time though, his brother looked like he had seen a ghost, he was scared out of his mind. "I need your help!"

Inuyasha balked. "It's the middle of the night, and in the middle of a fucking thunderstorm! What the hell was so important that you needed to see me now?!" He moved out of the way to let his brother in his house to dry off. He offered him a towel, Sesshomaru took it but was too worked up to use it.

Sesshomaru kept pacing back and forth in the hallway unable to put two things together… He was so confused…

"What's wrong?!" Inuyasha demanded. Sure he wanted to help his brother, but he just really wanted to know what was going on. Seeing his brother like this scared the hell out of him; what made him so scared?!

"It's Rin… W-We mated five days ago an…"

"You mated and you're over here?! You know that the mating process takes at least seven days to solidify! Go home!"

Sesshomaru looked sicker now. "Oh kami!" With that he flew out the door with his ball of light.

Inuyasha looked out in the middle of the typhoon with a slack jaw. "Inu? What's going on?"

He came back to reality and turned to see his mate in a robe looking half asleep. "I think hell just froze over. Sesshomaru just asked me for help with something…"

He was almost asleep when his phone started ringing. Groaning he picked it up but wished he had not. "Sesshomaru? Seriously, go back to bed…"

"I-I can't! You're the only one I can talk to about this…"

Inuyasha sighed as he sat up in bed. Looking toward his mate, he could see that she was already back asleep. Getting up he made his way to the office down the hall. "Sesshomaru, it is literally 3:47 in the morning… What is it that you need my help with at this ungodly hour?"

"Well, I… I…" The older inu sighed. "Rin's pregnant…"

Inuyasha was fuming. "You got me up and you sped away from your mate to tell me she was pregnant?! This could've waited!"

"NO! You don't understand! What if I'm a bad father to it? It's going to be a hanyou afterall…"

Inuyasha sighed as his brother finally put the two pieces together. "Sesshomaru… Your child and I are two totally different situations. Your kid is going to have both parents and you wouldn't harm your own flesh and blood…"

Sesshomaru winced over the phone. "But Inuyasha I did hurt my own blood… I hurt you…"

Inuyasha sighed, scrubbing his face with his hand. "That's not what I meant… Look it's really late. Can we talk about this tomorrow?"

Sesshomaru sighed. He didn't feel any better. "Yes… Yes of course."

Inuyasha sighed at the dejected sound of his brother's voice. "You and Rin can come over for lunch and meet the twins; and you can get some practice in. We'll talk then…"

Sesshomaru smiled. "Yes I like that idea. We will see you around noon tomorrow…"

Inuyasha quickly became the doctor again. "No you have to wait two more days before the bond solidifies; by then it'll be Saturday. You guys can come then…"

Sesshomaru sighed; his brother was right. "Fine we will see you then…"

Two days later found the newly mated pair at the doctor's home. Rin was so excited to finally meet her niece and nephew. She almost ran to the front door as soon as they parked the car. Sesshomaru had to keep his hand on her shoulder; she was literally jumping up and down with excitement. He smiled.

After his morning excursion to his brother's home and after a few days to let things settle and he was thinking clearly, he had a better handle on things; though he was still scared of the little part of him growing inside of his mate, and what the future may hold. He was also frightened of the next coming hours where he would meet his tiny and helpless niece and nephew; what if he held them wrong? What if he dropped them? What if he…

"Sesshomaru? Aren't you coming in?" He regained his composure long enough to see his sister-in-law opening the door for him to enter. He sighed, trying to compose himself, walking into his brother's home. Looking around, he had to admit, his brother did a great job picking it out. Then he saw something that scared him and made him love his mate all over again.

Rin was sitting there on the couch with one of the twins in her arms with Kagome looking on. Rin was shining with excitement. He saw his brother holding the other one, coming over to see it. Looking down he saw the pup had silver hair like his father and was looking around the room. The elder demon silently gasped at the eyes of his nephew. "Yeah, both of them have eyes like that. Kanaye this is your uncle Sesshomaru…"

The little pup looked at the older demon with wonder. Reaching out his little hands, whimpering wanting to go to this new person, to check him out.

Sesshomaru saw this and took a step back. Inuyasha growled out in inu. "You have a total of six months to get use to this so buck up and hold him…"

The eldest brother growled at the younger but stepped back up, reaching for his little nephew. Picking him up, he cradled him in his arms, like his brother was doing… almost. "Be sure to cradle his head… There, see, not so bad huh?"

Sesshomaru was enthralled. He had never held an infant before and he was mystified with the whole ordeal. Looking at his nephew smell him, sticking his tongue out to taste the air around him he smiled. It was utterly adorable. Chuckling, his fingers gently rubbed the little doggie ear that was flicking back and forth seeing his nephew yawn and fall asleep.

Inuyasha looked on with fascination and apprehension; hoping his brother wouldn't knowingly hurt his son. He was amazed with the reaction with both his son and his brother. Watching his son fall asleep in his brother's arms, he sighed in relief. "If they fall asleep in your arms, that means they trust you…"

Sesshomaru looked at his brother with astonishment. "They know trust this early in age?"

Inuyasha smiled as he looked at his son smiling in his sleep. "Yeah… He feels safe enough in your arms to sleep there." Looking up to his brother he smiled. "You're going to make a great father Sesshomaru…"

Sesshomaru smiled looking at his mate finding the other pup asleep in her arms as well. Looking at his brother again he bowed slightly. "Thank you Inuyasha. You're going to be a great one too…"

Kanaye - zealous one

Saeko - calm one