Kagome opened her eyes and smiled when she saw the exposed chest of her mate. She snuggled up closer and her smile widened when Sesshomaru's arms automatically wrapped themselves around her waist, pulling her closer to him. She could tell he was awake and turned to see him looking at her.

"Morning."

She said in a soft whisper. Sesshomaru smirked down at her and leaned down to capture her lips in a soft kiss.

"Morning."

He said as he pulled away. Kagome sighed contently as she laid her head on his chest and listened to his heart. Naraku was dead and the jewel was gone. She was free to live her life however she wished.

"We should probably tell my parents and the kids that I'm not dead."

Kagome said after a while and Sesshomaru simply smiled at her as she sat up. She froze when pain suddenly shot through her body.

'I knew it was going to hurt afterwards, but damn that shit hurts.'

Kagome thought as she slowly got to her feet.

'Mate is good lover. He make you feel very little pain during it, but you feel all of it afterwards.'

Her beast said and Kagome couldn't help but laugh at how true that seemed to be. She dressed quickly and tossed Sesshomaru his clothes and once they were both dressed she lowered the barrier that was still around the room. Sesshomaru followed her out into the hall and down to the dining room. Kagome could feel her mother, father, Shippo, and Rin's auras and decided to hide her own. She saw Sesshomaru shaking his head from the corner of her eye and just smiled.

"Ah, Lord Sesshomaru. How did you sleep?"

Cyan asked as Sesshomaru walked into the room before Kagome did. She stayed back and waited for the opportune moment to reveal herself.

"I slept fine. Had a rather nice wake up call."

He said and Kagome blushed at the fact he was talking about how she and him had had sex right infront of her parents. Even if they had no idea what he was talking about, it was still embarrassing.

"Oh? What kind of wake up call?"

Kagome's father asked and her blush darkened as Sesshomaru started to explain.

'Oh no you don't.'

Kagome thought before suddenly stepping out of the hall so that everyone could see her. Silence met her grand entrance and she looked at everyone to see her mother had tears in her eyes, her father stared at her in disbelief, and Rin and Shippo fighting each other to see who could get to her first.

"KAGOME!"

They all yelled, well all except for Sesshomaru, in unison. Kagome smiled and picked up both Rin and Shippo and hugged them close to her.

"Hi guys."

She said as she set them down again. Cyan was up and out of her seat in a matter of seconds, then had her daughter enveloped in a hug.

"I thought we'd lost you."

She cried in Kagome's ear and she wrapped her arms around her mother and patted her back comfortingly.

"I know and I'm sorry."

Kagome said as her mother pulled away.

"How did you survive?"

Cyan asked and Kagome smirked at her.

"I'll explain as we all eat, but after that Sesshomaru, the kids and I have to go. We have things we need to do."

Kagome said and though her parents didn't like it they nodded.

Kagome explained the whole situation about how she was enveloped by the Shikon no Tama's power and how Midoriko had saved her. Then how she wished upon the jewel and made her way home. She twisted the truth when it came to her arrival back at the palace though, and said she was too exhausted to move any farther and had fallen asleep in Sesshomaru's bed, saying that that was his wake up call. But her parents saw that both had mating marks on their necks and that they had each other's scents all over them so they knew she was hiding something, but respected their daughter's privacy to leave it alone.

"Come back and visit soon."

Cyan said as Kagome, Shippo, and Rin all stepped up onto Sesshomaru's youkai cloud.

"We will, I promise. Bye guys, I love you."

Kagome said as they pulled away from the ground and headed off towards the slayer village to see Sango and Miroku first. Shippo and Rin slept most of the way and Kagome stayed wrapped in Sesshomaru's arms. They landed and Kagome took Rin while Sesshomaru took Shippo. They both hid their auras as they entered the village and headed to the main house where Kagome could tell Sango and Miroku were. She was shocked to see that Kohaku was there as well, then remembered her wish had been so that everyone could live happily and for Sango that meant having her brother back. Kagome knocked on the door and after a while it opened to reveal Sango. It took her a minute to realize who she was looking at, but after that moment was over she practically tackled Kagome into a hug.

"Oh Kagome! I thought we'd lost you!"

Sango cried and Kagome smiled as Sesshomaru took Rin from her so she could hug her friend back. The noise had attracted the attention of Miroku and Kohaku who came to see what was going on. Once Miroku saw Kagome he joined in on the hug, not even caring about the repercussions.

"Miroku."

Kagome said as she felt his hand on her backside and Miroku immediately backed off when he heard Sesshomaru growling at him.

"Hehe, sorry."

He said as he backed up, Sango in his arms. Both smiled at Kagome with relief in their eyes.

"It's fine. I'm glad it's all finally over. And I'm glad that you've got your brother back Sango."

Kagome said and Sango nodded as she pulled Kohaku in for a hug. There was a soft mewl and Kagome looked down to see Kilala running towards her.

"Kilala!"

Kagome yelled as she opened her arms and the small fire cat jumped into her arms. She started to purr immediately and Kagome smiled down at her.

"I missed you too."

She said as she ran her fingers through her hair.

After having stayed and talked for a while, Kagome decided it was time to see the last person who still thought her to be dead. They all said their goodbyes before they were off again. The sun was just started to set when they reached the outskirts of the village of Edo.

"You don't have to come with me if you don't want to Sesshy. I know you don't like being around humans."

Kagome said and Sesshomaru nodded in gratitude. He said he would wait for her by the well. With a nod Kagome, Shippo, and Rin made their way into the village of Edo. Kagome could tell Inuyasha was inside Kaede's hut and by the feel of his aura he was depressed beyond belief.

"Kids, stay here."

Kagome said to Rin and Shippo before walking into the hut. Inuyasha's head snapped up and his eyes met Kagome's in shock.

"Y-You're alive! But how?"

Inuyasha yelled as he shot up from the floor and wrapped her in a hug. Kagome hugged him back and explained the story to him before telling Rin and Shippo that it was okay to come in. They talked about meaningless things, then about why Kagome had to kill Kikyo. She was surprised to hear that Inuyasha didn't mind, he had noticed towards the end that she was a different person.

"So, you mated my brother huh?"

Inuyasha asked and Kagome blushed.

"Yeah. He loves me Inuyasha, and I love him."

Kagome said and Inuyasha nodded as he looked at his feet.

"I'm sorry for all the things I've done to you. You know I love you right Kagome?"

He asked and Kagome smiled sadly for a moment before responding to him.

"You have no idea how long I'd waited to hear you say those words Inuyasha, but now they don't hold the same meaning to me. Now, it's like hearing a good friend tell me they love me and that makes me glad Inuyasha. I'm glad that we're still friends."

Kagome said and after a while Inuyasha agreed to that as well.

"Kaa-san, it's getting dark. Don't you think we should be getting back?"

Rin asked, getting Kagome's attention. She looked outside and sure enough the sun was started to sink down below the horizon.

"Well Inuyasha, I've got to go. But I will see you sometime in the future. Take care."

Kagome said before she got to her feet and walked out of Kaede's hut. She waved to the villagers and her and the kids headed for the well to meet up with Sesshomaru. They found him casually sitting with his back leaned against the well. When he saw them he smiled up at them and got to his feet.

"You know…."

Kagome said as Sesshomaru picked Rin up and Shippo leaned into his side.

"I think it'd be nice to visit my family."

She said and Sesshomaru smiled at her.

"One thing at a time love."

Sesshomaru said and Kagome smiled as she realized he was right. They had just become mates, going to see her family could wait for a little while. Kagome smiled and turned back to her mate and children.

"Come on, let's go home."

She said as she walked over to Sesshomaru and wrapped her arms around his waist. He summoned his youkai cloud and in no time they were heading towards the West. Sure Kagome could live with her mom and dad in the East, but she'd much rather prefer to live with Sesshomaru at the time being. It's not like her parents were going to pass away anytime soon right? She had time to enjoy her life with her new mate, right? However, she couldn't have been more wrong.

A/N: Dun Dun Dun Dun! Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was becoming too easy. But the challenge in Kagome's life won't be revealed unless you guys can meet my challenge. Review Challenge that is. I haven't done one in forever and I just want to try it out, please don't hate me. If you guys can get past 225 I'll update again. Love you all very much, later. Remember, no update till the Review Challenge is met. I'm not kidding. You want to know what happens, then review.