~AN~ - I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters! - Hello everyone! This is my second story I have written so I hope you like it! I am still fairly new and would love to see some reviews to see how you're liking it so far and any suggestions or questions you might have. :) We all have our thoughts and dreams about how our favorite group lives on post-canon, this is my version. I did change a few things from the ending of the story to fit the start of my story. Characters might be a little ooc but I tried to stick as close as possible for most of them. I wanted to make Inuyasha a little more mature in my story compared how he was at the end of the anime/manga. This will be a long story and I will post updates as soon as I have completed them. As I create characters further in the story I will leave a note at the end of the chapter explaining what the names mean :) Now enough rambling... On with the story! :)

It was a warm spring day, the trees had started to bud, and the leaves were beginning to form. Inuyasha was sitting on the ground trying to keep his sensitive ears away from Sango and Miroku's Twin girls, he always came off a bit rough, but deep down he cared for the Monk and Demon Slayer's children, more then he'd care to admit.

"Oi, a little help here.." Inuyasha barked out

"Girls you know Inuyasha doesn't like people touching his ears" Sango explained to her girls for what seemed like the 100th time this year. Sango had her youngest boy strapped to her back as he happily slept while his mother hung the laundry to dry.

'I should do a perimeter check soon' Inuyasha thought to himself when he suddenly stiffened and took a deep breath of the air through his hypersensitive nose. He stood up, picking up the girls and gently plopping them on Shippo,

"Go slay the fox," Inuyasha said as he took another deep sniff into the air.

"Hey!" Shippo whined under the new and sudden weight of the twins on top of him.

"We slayed you!" giggled the girls as they roughly pulled at his ears and tail.

Sango and Miroku shot a worried look to each other, noticing Inuyasha seemed suddenly on edge as if something were nearby. Before they could ask what was going on Inuyasha took off at a lightning pace towards..

"Is he running towards the well?" Sango asked her husband as he was picking up the girls and calling out for Sango and Shippo to follow. Sango thought as she ran as quick as she could with her new baby, Ginga on her back towards the well that once brought her soul sister to and from this world. 'Why would he take off in this direction like that.. unless.. could she be..?'

Inuyasha was running at a speed that would be hard for most living creatures to see more than a red and white blur whiz past. 'This scent... I am almost sure of it.. please don't let my nose be wrong about this... I don't think I could handle it if I were to be wrong about this' he slowed his speed and walked up toward the old well. The well that had once, allowed him to travel between times. Ever since Kagome was sent home three years ago after the fight with Naraku, this stupid well wouldn't open up anymore. Every few days Inuyasha would come to the Bone Eaters Well and try to hop through but it never worked, she was gone, back in her time forever.

He stood at the lip of the well and looked in, all he could see was darkness, just as he'd always seen. But this time felt different, smelled different. Inuyasha took one last deep breath in through his nose and reached his hand down into the well, he waited there for only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity had passed. Suddenly he felt a warm, familiar hand grab on to his. Shocked he yanked up his hand, bringing up the most beautiful sight he had seen in three years. Kagome, it was really her, she came back. As he watched the Kami like scene gracefully landing on the ground, he pulled her into a tight loving embrace.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha, were you waiting for me?" She smiled at him, tears resting in her eyes.

He was shocked; he was still trying to debate with his inner self if this was real and Kagome had indeed, actually come back to him. Unfortunately, all he could come up with at the moment was,

"Stupid, what have you been doing all this time?" He smiled at her while slowly and reluctantly letting go of his hold around her.

She was back! She had finally been able to return to the era she felt most at home, again at Inuyasha's side. After three long years of depression, night terrors and straight up loneliness she was finally back!

"Kagome!?" Called out Sango as she walked up to the clearing, she couldn't believe her eyes; her soul sister had come back! Sango ran towards the girl with tears in her eyes, but Shippo beat her to Kagome as he flew towards her open arms,

"Kagome! You came back! I missed you so much!" She caught the not as little as she had remembered kit in her arms, giving him a snuggle and ruffling his hair. He crawled up to her shoulder not wanting to separate from who he thought of as a mother to him. Miroku shot Kagome a knowing smile as he caught up to the clearing with his twins on his back, shying further behind him as they looked at the strange lady they had never seen before.

"I'm back!" Kagome choked out holding back her tears of happiness.

Inuyasha stood a little behind Kagome, downwind of her to be exact to take in her lovely, calming scent he had missed so much over the years. Sango was introducing Kagome to her children as they smiled, hugged and cried some more. All he wanted to do right now was sweep Kagome up into his arms and run with her somewhere far away so he could talk to her. He wanted... no needed to know if she planned on staying this time. This time he would not hold back on his feelings for her, he would not be that stupid fucking baka he had been three years ago. In the time she had been gone Inuyasha had a lot of time to think about well... Everything, due to the much-needed self-reflecting he matured into a fine young hanyou. He was well respected by everyone in the village and most of the surrounding ones as well.

"We have to tell Kaede and Rin of your return! I know they will be thrilled to see you again as well". Miroku chimed in as Hinode and Nikko were starting to fuss, as it was nearly supper time.

Kagome looked over her shoulder to peek at the oh so silent hanyou behind her; he seemed lost in thought. She turned towards Sango and Miroku, picking Shippo off her shoulder and placing him on Sango's shoulder. Shippo gave what she could only describe as puppy dog eyes towards her when he rested on top of Sango's shoulder; she ruffled his fur on top of his head before taking a step back,

"Honestly I was hoping to talk to Inuyasha.. alone.. for a bit before heading into the village and seeing everyone."

Sango smiled at her heart sister and nodded, "Oh of course! I was so caught up in the moment I didn't even stop to think that you two would want time alone, sorry" She stepped forward and hugged Kagome tight again whispering, "He seriously missed you, he was so miserable for so long after you left." They shared a saddened smile before Miroku lead his family and Shippo back to their house for supper, they would stop and tell Kaede and Rin of Kagome's return along the way. Miroku stopped and looked towards Inuyasha and mumbled, "Have fun you two" under his breath so only Inuyasha could hear, when he got the annoyed scoff followed by what sounded like a "keh" he knew Inuyasha had heard him, he smiled lecherously and turned back towards the village.

AN: Sango's children's names:

(Twin A) Hinode - Sunrise

(Twin B) Nikko - Sunshine

(Son) Ginga - Galaxy