Well this is it for this story. There won't be a continuation ... actually I didn't want to put the epilogue in but I worried about some of the tiny loose ends so for my readers curiosity I thought I would tie them altogether with this piece. I hope you all enjoyed this. I planned to go work on my other couple of stories now.

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Disclaimer – I seriously don't think this is needed for each chapter...isn't it enough to have it at the beginning of the story? Oh well... I don't make any money from my fan fics because I don't own the characters.

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Encounter Epilogue - Giving Grandma Grief

The full moon cast light over the hot spring which filtered into the pond. The reflected light glittered over the surface of the water not giving away any secrets that laid beneath the deeps and instead flickering with the ripples that were created with the gentle motion of the occupants within. The silence of the night was interrupted with a deep groan quickly followed with a female's cries riding on the waves but only reaching their ears. Heavy breathing began to slow as the couple rest in each other arms for a moment.

"Are you sure they'll be okay?" a voice spoke up after a few moments of silence.

Sesshomaru chuckled and wrapped his arms around his mate and picked her out of the pond gently and placed her comfortably in his arms near the heated spring his back against a conveniently placed rock. "I brought you here so you could rest for a few days. You should appreciate the gesture and take your mate."

"No, you brought me here so you could take your heat out on me," she corrected.

"I wasn't aware there was a difference between the two statements."

He had been caught. Apparently the miko knew he taken advantage of his heat and told his mother-in-law that the miko had been looking relatively tired lately. Under the excuse that he wished to treat his mate to vacation he asked the elderly woman if she would mind watching the pups. He left out the point that she was the only person he would entrust his pups to for such a length of time. Grandma agreed and willingly moved into the mansion for the week that the Lord and Lady of the West would be at the fortress.

"I won't be doing much resting at all," she pointed out.

"Is that a complaint?" the inu questioned licking the shell of her ear.

"Of course not," she giggled and pushed the taiyoukai's head away. "But the twins will be okay right?" she restated her concern for her seven year old boys who where usually a handful. "It's just they don't really listen to anyone except... well you and me. I think that might be only because they have to listen to us."

"I'm sure Ichiro will help his grandmother out whenever need. He's very mature for his age," the inu state with pride and confidence of his eldest son. "He will be a great heir to my lands when it is time for me to retire. I could ask for a better woman to bear my pups and care for them so," the beast inside crooned at the small confession taking pride in the choice he had made long ago.

"Oh I hope he doesn't grow up too soon. I can't believe he's turning ten already."

Sesshomaru chuckled and let his fingers drift in circles around his mate's belly. He was contently mated to the love of his life and she had been everything that he had ever wanted and more. Her fear of becoming a mother was overcome the minute she held her first born son in her arms. The little inu pup was much like is mother when it came the mind. He was stubborn yet strong willed and fair. He held the power of both youkai and miko making him an opponent that no one would ever want to mess with. Sesshomaru guess that not even he would be able to take on his son when the pup was fully train. This idea didn't bother him at all. In fact he was even more proud that his mate had bore him such a son.

"Enough chit chat," the inu growled after a while when the woman opened her mouth to say something else. He flipped the woman onto her back gently and straddled her waist with one hand supporting his weight while pinning her arms above her head. "Kisho and Kiyoshi are my pups and they know how to hold themselves whenever they are in the company of others. There are other issues that should be worrying your mind at the moment."

"And these thoughts would be?" the miko teased with a hidden smirk.

"How you're going to manage to make it through the night." The inu lowered his head to claim his female's mouth in a heated kiss. "It's been so long since we have had a full week to ourselves like this and I plan to take advantage of every moment of it," the taiyoukai rumbled.

A gasp escaped the woman and her thoughts began to cloud pushing her worries to the back of her mind. "Sesshomaru," the woman whispered urgently. "Wait," the woman struggled to get control of the situation.

"What's wrong?" the look in his eyes didn't show anything but concern and fear.

"I've been meaning to ask you something," she replied quietly lifting herself to support her weight on her elbows.

The inu arched a brow. "Something you can't ask later?"

"Well... um—no not really," she hesitated and bit her lower lip teasing it in a nervous way. "Would it be too soon to try again?" the miko asked.

The inu understood the question right away. The woman beneath him had yet to have her little girl that she wanted. A little over two years ago the female had tripped down the stairs resulting in a miscarriage of what would have been their fourth child. The miko cried for days fearing that she had murdered her daughter and since then had told the inu she didn't want to have more pups. Those few weeks were leaving hell for the taiyoukai who was unsure of how to comfort his mate. By chance he was able to convince the woman that this wasn't a sign and only a misfortune of life. She had since come to understand that in her long life to come it was bound to happen more than once.

Red glimmered in his eyes as he pulled his miko into a kiss. "If that's your wish," the inu stated. "You know I can't deny you anything." He pushed the woman to the ground once again pinning her. His hand roamed over her freely.

"We're naming her Ai," the woman mumbled between breaths.

"How do you know it will be a girl?"

"Rin came to me in a dream," she moaned arching back as the inu worked his magic on her body.

"Hn," the inu eased him length into the woman letting her warmth engulf him. Even after three children she was tighter than ever.

"Sesshomaru... ah... I .... love you," she panted out.

"And I you treasured one," the inu groaned.

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Yeah it's short but it serves its purpose. I thought I would give some insight in the names in case people were wondering about them.

Ichiro is a name that I loved since I've heard it and it conveniently means 'first son' so it was perfect for my purpose here and I decided to use it.

As for the twins I thought I should find two names that mean relatively the same thing seeing as they were twins. However I then thought that I wanted names that represented the personality of the twins. I chose Kisho meaning "one who knows his own mind" to represent knowing the mind of his twin. I then decided that I would name the other twin Kiyoshi meaning "the quiet one" to represent the one silently causes trouble.

As for Ai I don't know if I have a reason for it. I just like the name because it's so simple and short but if you're wondering I looked up the meaning of the name which is "love" so I guess it kind of fits. At one time I thought of naming the girl Rin but a picture of Rin kept popping into my head and I couldn't ruin her image so I decided against it.

Ja ne
Angelic Memories
2008

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