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A/N: So here it is the epilogue that was a shameful 6 years and 7 months in the making. I will say though that is as of now my favorite epilogue ever. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and I really would love to hear what you think now that it's all done.
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As they walked the few short blocks home from Kouta and Ayako’s wedding reception Kagome mused upon the last three years of her life and how everything had just seemed to fall into place once Naraku had finally been destroyed for good.
She’d gotten into Nurses College, which while not as ideal as getting into the Nursing University was still pretty amazing all things considered and hopefully before too long she’d be a working midwife too.
She glanced at InuYasha. He fit into her world now better than she’d ever imagined possible. When Sesshomaru had suggested the idea of a private instructor so that he might one day have the option of entering the workforce if he desired, she’d been certain he would refuse, but he hadn’t and now he was working his way through the high school curriculum when he wasn’t at the shrine helping her grandfather. As it turned out her hanyou was probably smarter than she was and he was definitely better at math.
He held open the door to their building for her and she stepped inside. It wasn’t a fancy place, but it was a home of their own and perfect for a couple of newlyweds just starting out. She’d never forget the day they decided it was time to move out because there were only so many times you could bear your mother walking in on you with your legs in the air or your husband’s penis in your mouth and your finger in his ass. It had probably been the single most mortifying moment of her life, but nostalgia was a powerful thing.
She laughed and InuYasha looked at her with an arched brow. “Something funny?”
“Just thinking about when we decided to move out,” she replied.
He snorted as he pulled the keys from his pocket. “I thought I’d never be able to look your mother in the eyes again after that last time.”
“And yet you still wanted me to finish what I was doing,” she teased.
He rolled his eyes but chuckled as he let her inside. Kagome slipped off her shoes while InuYasha closed the door of their small apartment behind them. She smiled as she felt him come up behind her. He pushed her hair to the side and tugged firmly on one end of the bow holding the halter straps of her dress together. She shivered as he nipped at the back of her neck while his hands went to work pushing down her dress.
“You know, Kouta and Ayako aren’t the only ones with reason to celebrate tonight,” she breathed as he slid his hands across her stomach and sent her dress downwards to pool at her feet.
“What are we celebrating then?” he murmured against her shoulder as he nibbled and kissed the skin there.
“First, I passed my exams and got accepted into the midwifery program,” she said reaching up to hook her arm around his head.
“Keh, I knew you would,” he told her. “My mate is as smart as she is beautiful.”
Kagome laughed breathlessly. “You are working awfully hard at a sure thing tonight, husband.”
He snorted. “So what was the second?”
She took the hands on her hips and moved them around to cover her belly. “That I found why my scent has changed, Otou-san.”
He went completely still behind her and she turned in his arms, circling her own around his neck. He’d never looked at her quite the same way he was right now almost as if he was seeing her for the first time. She could feel so many emotions coming from him that it was hard to sort them all out.
“Kagome, you said, shit are you sure?” he asked.
She smiled softly and nodded. “We’re going to have a baby. Tell me you’re happy.”
She squealed in surprise as he lifted her from her feet only to be cut off by his mouth over hers. His kiss was both tender and demanding and behind it was an unexpected joy that stole away her breath and brought tears to her eyes. Whatever small fears they both had about having this baby, he wanted this just as much as she did.
He couldn’t seem to stop kissing her as he set her back on her feet and cradled her face in his palms, until he went to his knees in front of her and gripped her hips carefully in both hands. Her heart ached with love as he pressed his lips against her just above the waistband of her panties and then looked up at her with his golden eyes shining.
“How long?” he asked.
“I’m only just about five weeks,” she replied. “Though I’m not sure how long since I don’t know if a hanyou pregnancy lasts as long as a human one.”
He stood up. “I’ll go call Sesshomaru. He’ll know and he can help us get you the best midwife. Have you told your mother? We should call her too. We’re going to need to look for a house for sure now and I’m sure there’s all kinds of shit we’ll need for the pup.”
She laughed and hugged him, silencing his rambling with a kiss. “We have plenty of time for all that. We’re celebrating tonight, remember. The rest can wait until morning. Now, take me to bed already, husband.”
He did and they reveled in their joy and in hope. It wasn’t the first time and it wouldn’t be the last that they met the dawn so wrapped up in each other that time and the world had fallen away, leaving only them and the great love they shared, the love that was sure only to grow with the swelling of her belly.
Kagome looked at her InuYasha as he cradled the second great love of her life in his arms. He was staring at the baby as if he couldn’t quite believe she was real. He looked at her and moved closer to her side, bending down to lay their daughter on her chest.
“Look what you did,” he breathed. “She’s fucking perfect.”
Kagome blinked away her tears as he found what she was looking for among the dark thatch of hair. She rubbed the fur there carefully with a fingertip. “What we did.”
He snorted. “I just did the fun part. You handled all the heavy lifting.”
She laughed. “That is true, but I still couldn’t have done it without you, Otou-san.”
Their little girl whimpered and rubbed her face against her mother’s chest clearly looking for her first meal. InuYasha took her just long enough for Kagome to free her breast and then returned her so that she could nurse. Kagome smiled as she latched on right away without any trouble at all and sucked hungrily.
“I see we have a Daddy’s girl on our hands,” she mused.
“Damn right,” InuYasha said with a rush of both affection and pride.
“You do realize that if our daughter’s first word is a curse word, I am going to kill you right?” Kagome said casually without looking up.
InuYasha knew she wouldn’t kill him, but she might just be pissed enough to make another rosary to break him of his bad habit, or worse to banish him from their bed for a few nights. He’d definitely have to start trying now to watch what he said around their pup. “Keh, I got it, woman. No swearing around the pup.”
Satisfied, she slipped one of her fingers under the tiny hand laid against her chest. Unfocused golden eyes blinked up at her. “Looks like she didn’t just get the ears after all.”
He wouldn’t have minded at all if their little girl had been an exact copy of her mother, but even still it touched him in an unexpected way to see his own eyes peering up at him from her sweet face. He brushed a knuckle across her cheek. “So what are we going to call her?”
“I had an idea, but I’m not sure how you'll feel about it,” she replied.
“Well, you’ll never know if you don’t hurry up and spit it out,” he told her but despite his choice of words they were spoken with a teasing affection.
“If you don’t want to use it, then it’s okay, but I’d like to name her after a woman who loved her son so well that no matter what he was forced to endure he never forgot his heart,” she said quietly.
He blinked. “You, you really want to name her after my mother?”
Kagome nodded. “But if you don’t we can think of something else.” She watched as brought one hand up to his face and wiped the moisture from his eyes with a quick up and down jerk of his head.
“It’s a good name,” he told her as he rested his forehead against hers. Her kept his eyes on her as he spoke next. “You hear that pup? Your name is Izayoi, named after your Obaa-sama.”
She tilted her head upwards and kissed him tenderly. “Our Iza-chan.”
He stood back up. “Guess I should tell your mother she can come back in now. You up for seeing everyone else too?
“I think I can manage a few visitors for a little while,” she replied. “How else can we show off the fact that we have the most beautiful little girl in the world?”
Kagome smiled as InuYasha returned with her not just her family but his as well and with them was Shippou and Kouta and Ayako who was only just starting to show. InuYasha returned to Kagome’s side and brushed his hand through her hair.
“I’m sure you heard, but it’s a girl and we’re calling her Izayoi,” InuYasha announced. “And before anyone asks, yes, she got the ears.”
Everyone except Sesshomaru grinned, though Kagome would swear that the corners of his lips curved upwards for three seconds at least and InuYasha made an irritated sort of sound, even though she could feel how happy he really was that all of these people didn’t just accept the things that marked her as hanyou, but celebrated them. Their daughter would never have to know the kind of hate he had faced and that knowledge healed a part of him. She threaded her fingers through his and he gave her hand a gentle squeeze before stepping back so they could each come over in turn and get a closer look.
Shippou come over first and carefully touched the back of one of her ears. "Not bad dog boy. Not bad at all. And to think it only took your five hundred years."
InuYasha snorted. "I liked it better when you were at home pouting about how Kagome didn't recognize you."
"Five hundred years and neither one of you has grown up," Kagome teased with a smile.
Kouta was next. “What a relief it appears she takes her mother, though perhaps not when she starts dating. Good thing your hair is already grey, my friend.”
Kagome giggled as InuYasha growled. “Oi, that’s not funny, and your pup could be a girl too.”
Then it was Ayako’s turn to laugh as she stepped in front of her husband who had been rendered speechless for once. “She is beautiful, but Kouta forgot one thing InuYasha will have little to worry about because the man who can live up to her parents’ love story would have to be one that was worthy of her.”
Sesshomaru took Ayako’s place beside her. “Hn, this Sesshomaru will have to approve of anyone who tries to date his niece.”
“Keh, perfect,” InuYasha said with a grin. “That means she’s never dating. Even if they get past me, they’ll never get past him.”
“You two stop it,” Kagome said. “We have a long time before we even need to worry about that.” She kissed Iza-chan on the forehead. “Don’t worry, I know how to handle those two anyway. I won’t let your guard dogs scare off all the boys who try to talk to you.”
“I wouldn’t scare off all of them,” InuYasha protested. “Just the stupid ones who aren’t good enough for her.”
“Somehow I think that would end up being all of them,” Asami said with amusement. “May I?” Kagome nodded and passed Izayoi carefully into her obaa-chan’s arms. “Such a long way between us, and yet somehow I always knew we’d get here, little one. You are so very loved and wanted exactly as you are, born from a love that overcame time itself. I have every confidence that you will live up to whatever wondrous life the fates have in store for you. That you will face it with the honor and courage of your father and the audacity and compassion of your mother.”
“Mama,” Kagome said as sniffled.
“How am I supposed to follow that?” Souta said with a whine. “Hey kid, I’m your Uncle. Big deal. Yeah right.”
Everyone laughed at that, even Sesshomaru expressed his amusement with an actual smile.
Kagome looked around the room and realized that how ever long and rough the road had been that what really mattered is where they had ended up. The blood, the tears, and the fear were nothing when measured alongside what had been gained and she knew that no matter what came next they would have the strength to face it together. She and InuYasha had been born to meet, born to love each other and were bound to tomorrow. Side by side, hand in hand, embarking on a whole new journey and best of all this one born from love.
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