Epilogue

6 years later

"There here!" Kagome shouted as she burst out onto the porch to meet her friends.

"It's about time," snorted Inuyasha, following her out to where she stood waving like a crazy person at the approaching travelers. "Where's Shippou?" he asked, turning to go look for him in the house.

"I think he's behind the hou…" she started, but stopped when she saw Inuyasha leap out of the way and an orange blur shot past them out into the yard, "Never mind."

They watched as Shippou ran and almost crashed into Sango, "Well at least someone is happy to see us." She smiled as she hugged the kitsune warmly and then put him down so he could go play with his father who was already heading in the direction of the hot springs. "What no hello?" she yelled to the hanyou.

"HELLO!" he shouted, grinning madly.

"He will never change," Sesshoumaru said as he reached Kagome.

"Yeah, but if it wasn't for him I would have already died from boredom, since my best friend lives so far away. Why did it take so long for you to get here?" She motioned them over to the wicker chairs that were sitting on the far end of the porch.

"We had to make a detour," Sesshoumaru said blandly. Feeling a pull on his pant leg, he looked down at his 5 year old twin boys, Tashi and Kira. Their ears were twitching with excitement as they awaited their father's answer. "Yes?"

"Can we go play?" they asked almost simultaneously. He nodded and they ran off to join Inuyasha and Shippou who were now throwing chunks of sand at each other.

"So Kagome, where is Ayuri?" Sango asked, looking around for Rin as she spoke. She spotted her a few feet away taking her precious time walking towards the house.

"She's taking a nap. She'll be up in a little while though, don't worry. She never sleeps very long." As if on que, the sound of a baby crying drifted out from the house. "I'll be right back." She walked inside and returned a few minutes later, her baby resting in her arms. She had her father's silver hair and ears and her mother's brown eyes. "Why can't you sleep for more than an hour at a time? Are you determined not to give me time to rest?" she whispered to Ayuri as she walked back to her chair.

"She's beautiful," Rin said, finally reaching the house.

Kagome smiled, "Would you like to hold her?" she asked, extending her arms a little so that Rin could hold her. Rin smiled and gently held the small bundle in her arms as she moved to an empty chair nearby.

"How old is she?" Sesshoumaru asked, glancing from Ayuri to Kagome and back to Ayuri.

"She'll be 1 this fall." She smiled as she watched Rin make funny faces at her so she would laugh.

Sango smiled and leaned over to rest her head on her mate's shoulder. "Wow, I didn't think she was that old."

"Yeah, it doesn't seem that long for me either. The time just flies by."

"Indeed," Sesshoumaru sighed.

A.N. I'M FINISHED! I THOUGHT ID NEVER GET IT FINISHED BUT I DID! HAHA! I hope u enjoyed it. Please read and review!