epilogue... (dedicated to dragon482, whom I so rudefully forgot to mention in the reviewers list last update! Sorry yet again!)

Kikyo watched, watched with a pain strucked heart, as the hanyou reached for her body. His body trembled with tears, for even a hanyou feels loss, even a demon feels the pain. But what could she do to comfort him? She knew it was best to leave him to privately mourn, but she couldn't bring herself to tear her eyes away from Kagome's body. Her face was pale, all the color and life sucked out of it. Her once warm eyes were now closed, no longer could she sneak a gaze toward Kikyo, as if hiding a secret she longed to tell her. She had lost her best friend, her best self...

How could one describe the loss, and the pain she felt now. Not even a thousand daggars slicing though her chest could bring this much pain. Incomprehensible pain, along with the pain of loss, sitting like a stone in her stomach. Loss makes you feel heavy, like your hearts trying to drag you down the the ground. She had experienced loss before, but never to this magnitude. She wanted to claw out her pain, and she held her chest as if trying to drag it out with some unseen force.

But it only worsened as she tried to make it leave...

Through tear blurry eyes she saw her though, the white ghost of the priestess Midoriko. Her body was like a whisp of white smoke, floating gracefully on the ground. Her movements were like silk flowing through water, fluid and gentle. She was more regal than any queen, any royalty. She watched with sad eyes at the same site that shattered the Great Kikyo. But she did not break down and sob, like Kikyo herself had. Instead, two solem tears rolled gently down her white face.

She spoke to Inuyasha,"You have one wish, good sir..."

Kikyo held her heart fast, as something inside her jolted alive. She could be saved?

"One wish I will grant you, but I am sorry to say, I cannot bring back your lover."

Instantly her heart was shattered, as she saw the disappointment in Inuyasha's eyes. She could no longer bring herself to watch, especially now that she realized she had been tricked. Inuyasha never loved her, and somehow...someone stole his form. Her heart was shattered, so broken she feared it would never repair. She turned and walked away, knowing her absense would be of no concern to anyone.

Her heart was spent, she no longer had any feeling what so ever, except pain. Yes, pain was always the exception when it came to feelings. How her mind was so dead, and so blurry. Everything was just so..disorientated, like she was having a dream but couldn't wake up. How she wanted to wake up, how she wanted to find out it wasn't real...

But against all, she refused to wake up.

She traveled out of the forest, not caring where she was going. Where ever the path lead her, as long as it would take her away form here, she would follow. A priestess cannot love, cannot feel. Yet she booted the rules out the door, and found out that a yearning heart can find sanctuary in someone, even if they do not love back. She found a freind who showed her what a normal life would be, filled with heartbreaks and also heart warming moments.

Could it be called happiness, even though so much pain came from it as well. Her mind remembered something Inuyasha said long ago, Is protecting the Jewel who you are or what you do?

"Kagome showed me, I had the choice to choose that..."

Yes...Kagome, her best self, was the one who made her see life from outside her prison walls. She knew now, that she could love, and hate, and still be a priestess who purifies a jewel...

If only Kagome could hear that now... She'd be so happy...

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Kikyo waited in the village, waited for Kaede to come back from the river. The sun was setting, the golden iridescene shining off the smooth waters. She sighed passionately, as the warm feeling made her so happy. She saw a little figure running up the hill, the shadow stretching far across the ground.

"Kikyo! Look what I found!"

Her sister ran with tired legs, towards her patiently waiting elder sister. She panted, and stuck her hand out,"Look, Kagome's book!"

Kikyo was a little shocked, and looked at the worn old book. To Kill a Mocking bird...

Kagome had mentioned it, but Kikyo never thought that she actually had it in this time. So peculiar...

Kaede smiled childishly, and followed her sister back to their little hut, skipping joyously down the path. Her small little hops were bouncing and hyperactive, strange in a child who's been runing around all day. But Kikyo paid no mind, for she knew her sister was quite energetic.

"Come Kaede, lets go eat dinner."

"Mmm what are we having?"

"Miso soup, and sushi!"

"SUSH! We haven't had sushi in AGES!"

"I know, I missed it, didn't you?"

"You bet! Oh Boy! This is going to be soooo good, Kikyo!"

She smiled, flattered by her sister's reactions. They walked together to the hut, Kaede skipping ahead, while Kikyo walked patiently behind, smiling all the way.

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"Kikyo..."

A wind blew through her blanket, chilling her to the bone. She lazily opened her eyes, to stare at the white ghost of Midoriko once again. She immediately pepped up, gasping a little at her beautiful pale face. She bowed her head in respect for the dead priestess.

"Kikyo...you never got your wish..."

She looked up confusingly at the ghost,"Wish?"

"You protected the jewel, and purified it. You deserve a wish, in fact for all your hard work please have two..."

"I get...two wishes..." Kikyo was shocked, completely shocked...

"I can see, there are two thing you desire. Thanks to the hanyou, I can grant both..."

"The hanyou...the hanyou! What did you take from him!"

The ghost smiled," Nothing at all, except...a little of his demon power..."

"What? You took away his power!"

She still smiled,"No, just a little. You wouldn't even notice it in him, he has so much more than any regular demon. Since he is a hanyou, his power is immeasurable, for his human heart gives him the power to replenish his power. Even a demon's strength will fade, but a hanyou with someone to love and protect...he is more powerful than anything."

"So he's ok?"

"He's perfectly fine!"

Kikyo breathed a sigh of relief, holding her heart...

"Now, Kikyo, what do you wish for?"

Kikyo needed no thought for her first wish,"I want Naraku dead forever, never to return..."

Midoriko nodded, and waved an arm. A black orb appeared in her hands, Naraku's soul. Kikyo needed no offering, and stuck her hand out, completely cleansing the tainted soul. It dispersed, dieing away in her hands. Kikyo felt such a weight lifted off her shoulders, knowing he was gone.

"Your second wish?"

Kikyo looked up,"I have no second wish..."

"I sense you do, you wish to see Kagome again, do you not?"

She looked all knowingly at Kikyo, and Kikyo realized she did truely want that. But she glanced over at her sister...

"I can never leave Kaede..."

"You won't have to..."

White light filled the room, and the ghost of Midoriko laughed. Her laugh was bubbley and happy, as if she had a glorious secret she was about to tell you. Everything was white...and then she forgot...

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Kagome watched as her little bundle of joy fell asleep in her arms, his soft ears twitching slightly at the top of his head. His fine, soft, silver hair glistened just like his father's. But his eyes were a rustic brown under those lids, just like his mothers. She nuzzled her face against her baby's velvet skin, loving every second of it. She heard a door open, seeing Inuyasha back home from work. He owned a chain of self defense Dojo's that were currently the new rage in Tokyo. She was so proud of him...

He tiptoed into the room, recognizing the silence as meaning only one thing. She smiled, and gently got up, and placed the baby in the crib. She brushed off her apron, and jumped into Inuyasha's arms. He lifted her up and swung her around in the air. Picture perfect reunion, that she knew he learned from watching all those old 50's movies. She finally felt the ground again, and stared up into his eyes. Those golden gems that had always entranced her, always captured her. She leaned up, and kissed his soft warm lips.

He held her waist, tighter than before, kissing her deeper than she expected. She closed her eyes, wrapping her arms around him, falling deeper and deeper under his spell with each passing moment. She felt his hand try anf lift her up around his waist, which she gladly accepted. They backed out of the baby blue room, silently closing the door behind them.

He was an expert at this, traveling down the halls, backwards, with his eyes closed, with Kagome around his waist. He dodged all the tables and crap Kagome decorated the hall with, and finally met the precious handle of their bedrom. He twisted the knob, and fell backwards onto the bed behind him. Kagome unlatched her legs, and towered over him, assaulting him with kiss after kiss.

She undid his shirt, unfolding it like a kimono top. He worked on undoing her apron bow, and soon they were one article of clothing less from their prize. Lips became entangled, body parts became slippery, and they twisted like snakes against each other. Finally Inuyasha flipped Kagome over on her back, laying kisses down her neck. She cried out his name with a need, as he continued his spree on her body.

7 minutes later...

Kagome cradled the crying baby, kissing him gently on the head,"Come on Komaru, don't cry, mommy's right here." She cooed to the baby.

"Guess no fun in the the sack tonight..." Inuyasha said sadly...

"Oh hush, I don't want his ears hearing things like that!"

He fehed, but smiled proudly as his wailing son. He took a hand to his head, and stroked the baby fine hair. Immediatly the baby calmed down, and Kagome handed the bundle to Inuyasha,"Here he wants you!"

He carefully handled the baby in his arms, rocking him slowly as the baby's wails calmed down considerably. Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, watching him cradle their baby to sleep again. Finally the baby calmed down, and fell back into peaceful slumber.

"There, see how easy that is Kagome!"

She elbowed him in the ribs, earning a stuffled grunt form Inuyasha. He took her by the waist, and heaved her over his shoulder. She moaned, and silently punched and kicked his back, flailing around frantically. He somehow managed to get her from the baby's room to their bedroom, without waking Komaru up. Finally he set her down on the bed, and began to tickle her to no end, getting her back for elbowing him in the ribs.

Her lyrical laugh was stiffled in an effort to keep quiet, as not to wake Komaru. She started turning red, and Inuyasha decided to stop. She giggled a but as the sensation dulled, then began to tickle his sides, only to be taken over again by his powerful arms. But he wasn't so hard this time, and instead of actally trying to tickle her, he just slipped his hands up her shirt. She groaned as he squeezed her enlargened breasts, the milk making it painful.

"Ow!"

He smiled guiltily,"But their so...soft! I just gotta touch 'em!"

She smiled, as he refered to the phrase she used to rub his ears. She reached up, and began to stroke them like a kitten. Which enabled ehr to make him purr like a kitten too. She smiled, as deep in his throat a low growl emmerged. He wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her closer so she could whisper things into his ears. He loved the sensation of that, how it sent shivers of pleasure down his spine.

"I love you, Inuyasha." She whispered as delicately as a spider spin silk. She watched his lips turn into a smile from the simple words.

He pulled her closer so she could hear him now, and whispered,"I love you too you stubborn girl."

She smiled, and sat down in his lap. He could hear her heart thump against her chest, a sound that almost frightened him. Its hard to understand why he was frightened by her heart beat, when in fact he wasn't afraid of her heart beat at all. He was afraid of never hearing it again, hearing it thump slower, and slower, til it dies. Memories he hoped long forgotten, but a hanyou's memory proved to be long lasting.

He was awakened from his trance with a head to his shoulder, feeling Kagome's soft hair on his chest. She reached behind her, and picked a strand of his hair to smooth between her fingers. She looked down at it, feeling how smooth and silky it was...

"Inuyasha, he looks just like you..."

He smiled,"Maybe, but he has your eyes."

She leaned back,"Sometimes I wish he had yours, just so I could see my favorite color against those baby dimples."

His arms snaked around her waist, pulling her closer to his chest,"I like seeing my favorite color in his eyes..."

He gave her a small kiss to her cheek, sending a warmth down her that made her giggle. She turned to him,"Inuyasha, I don't know how to tell you this..."

He got a sinking feeling in his stomach,"What..."

She looked up at him smiling," I don't have anymore..."

She blushed...

"What? Tell me?"

She was a tomato red, but stately quietly in a giggling voice,"...condems..."

He looked at her, watching her brown eyes glow mischeviously. Her smile gave her away, she planned this...totally planned it,"You..."

She didn't need a lecture, and she attacked him, full force drawn on his lips. He wanted to resist her, just to prove he could...

But nothing in the world could resist those lips, especially not him. He carefully took his hand to the back of her head, as not to scratch them with his claws. He felt her tongue probe entrance, and he welcomely accepted. After years of being each others only love, they had learned each others movements like it was a rehersal. But she never ceased to surprise him, in so many ways. The way she liked to turn her head from side to side, as if trying to catch each lip in motion. How she grinded her hips after a few minutes of kissing.

He couldn't bear this anymore, and gently laid her down on her back. Her hands reached for his face, pulling her down towards her, as if she was breathing his kisses. He felt around her stomach, trying to find her shirt's hem. Finally his hands met skin, and he slipped the shirt off and over her head. Next, man's worst enemy...the bra...

Any man would have the sense to figure out how to work this thing, but he was a hanyou, and apparently hanyous are very uncordinated when it comes to unhooking bras. Jumping over buildings, no problem, but these damn hooks...

Worse then Naraku he decided one day...

Finally after trying for what seemed like hours, he just slipped it off over her head. Her patience never ceased to amaze him, never. How she could take a crying baby's wailing for hours and still smile, how she could change diaper after crappy diapers and still not cringe. How when he came home at night she was never in a foul mood...

Well almost...no just... ok she had a bit of a temper..

But she was always quick to rebound, and always came back smiling...

He felt her hands climb up to this shoulders, rubbing them up and down. It felt so good, she knew how he liked that. He felt her warm hand rub heat all over his tired muscles. He sighed, collaspsing down next to her on the bed. She curled up next to him, loving him more than he would ever know...

She fingered the scar on her shoulder, that bonded her together with Inuyasha for life. Apparently they bonded blood, creating a magical tie to each other that would last until death. She would never age, ever. She was almost disappointed, but soon realized that she would never get old and tired, she could be boundful and energetic til her final days. That made her happy...

Inuyasha wrapped and arm around her, like a child would a teddy bear. She knew he was fast asleep now, for this was a reflex he often had when asleep. She smiled, and let heself drift into a deep sleep.

Taking care of Kumaro was a long job, and a good nights sleep was rare...

Hopefully this would be one of those rare nights...

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Most days in Kagome and Inuyasha Higurashi's lives were normal, besides the fact he was a hanyou, she was a priestess, and he was over 500 years old. Honestly, they lived normal lives. Most days were dull, borish, completely dazed...

But today was chaos, for today Kagome's best friend, Kikyo, was coming from out of town to visit. Kagome had spent 6 hours cleaning everything, including bookshelves, tables, cars, beds, and so on and so forth. She had really gone all out for Kikyo, which made Inuyasha wonder why this was such a big deal.

Then he remembered, Kikyo was bringing her fiance, Sagin, over for dinner. Inuyasha liked Sagin alot, he was a suave cool guy, who had a special place in his heart for Kikyo. He was like a 50's type, bad boy on the outside, total softy inside. Even Inuyasha had to admit he was funny as hell too. He made Kikyo really happy, which was good enough for him.

When he looked back on things now..

Things have turned out pretty good...

And as long as he had Kagome and Komaru, that was good enough for him...

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Sorry it took so long to update! I've had band camp, and have litterally had NO time to finish the epilogue!

I hope this was satisfactory to you all! I really loved writing this story, and I have decided my next story to be...

The Best Inuyasha Pirate Story Ever (not the real title)- Inuyasha is captain of a ship. Anyway, its really old, and really mysterious. He finds secret compartments with clues to how to open a secret hidden from the world. It could be anything, riches, knowledge, or power. But first mate, Naraku, tries to steal it from him. and they have a huge fight.Naraku is wounded badly in the leg, and loses. Inuyasha continues on his way for the treasure of all treasures. Naraku begins to gather more information to where the secret is and begins to put together a crew. they are out to take the treasure from the captain. The captain begins to get attacked. So now its a race to the treasure. They meet all the gang, and a whole lotta stuff happens

This is quite honestly the most unique thing I've ever done, and I promise you, nothing like this has EVER been done. I mean seriously, this story is like my mind at its craziest and most creative. I really think people will either love it or hate it, but I hope they love it!

Well anyway thank you ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl for reviewing, you guys are the bestest!

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