Oh my gosh- I can't believe this is the end of the story. It was a ton of fun writing it and I thank each and every reviewer and reader out there. I think the list of that is somewhere in the 100's so I can't name you all but I appreciate all of your support. I'm kind of tearing up as I post this but hey, I have other Sessxkag fics to complete so I should be excited to have time huh?

And finally here it is: Snippet 39- Epilogue

I stared at the little stick sitting on the bathroom counter- it read positive. I wondered what I was going to say to Sesshomaru. I bit my lip and began pacing the bathroom as I went through scenarios in my mind.

"Kagome," I heard Sesshomaru's yell from the kitchen, "dinner's ready." I panicked, shrieked, and made my way downstairs to my husband of three years. He was now thirty-five and looked so much better than the day I married him- I had a feeling that my love for him grew more every day.

"What is that?" He grabbed my hand before I realized what he was doing and my eyes widened as I saw what was in his hands. I must have grabbed the stick in my panicked rush to get to the kitchen. The expression on his face went from confusion to shock and then he looked at me then back at the stick a few times before I finally snapped.

"Are you done gawking?"

"You're pregnant?" I shyly nodded before quickly adding in a few more words. "But I still want to double-check things you know?" He nodded before engulfing me in a hug, the stick still in his hands, and showered me with praises and kisses. We had been trying for a baby for around a year now and had no luck so far-until today that is.

"Mom?" Rin came floating into the room clutching a book and raised an eyebrow at the position she found us in.

"Hey Rin." I detached myself from Sesshomaru hoping that Rin wouldn't notice what was in Sesshomaru's hands. I had seen her grow into an "older girl" as she never failed to point out to Sesshomaru and I. She also had a mind that she inherited from Sesshomaru- nothing escaped her eyes and at ten years old she was already ahead of her peers in her studies. She walked up to Sesshomaru and tried to pull his arm down but he quickly evaded her and simply walked out of the room.

"What did dad have in his hand?" I feigned surprise and ignored her question.

"Mom, seriously- what did dad have in his hand- he was so happy seeing it." She was cunning and had managed to enter the girly stage of her childhood- soon would come her teenage years and I panicked imaging that.

"We'll tell you later." I had served dinner out to everyone and instructed her to take a seat and wait for her father to join us at the table. Sesshomaru came in and sat down. Rin kept grilling us and we both tried to evade the questions.

"Look Rin, I might be having a baby." I had blurted out the sentence without thinking and then promptly regretted the quick outburst. Sesshomaru was too shocked at my response but Rin latched on.

"When do you find out?" Rin had been excited about the prospect of getting a younger sibling for ages now and she wanted to be the perfect older sister. To get that chance would mean the world to her.

"I'll let you know as soon as I know." I promised her as I kicked Sesshomaru to help me out. He only smirked at me and I could tell what he was thinking: you got yourself into this mess, now get yourself out of it.

I sighed as I sat in Asumi's living room with my own mother and Asumi as company. We had driven to her Kyoto house to get away for a girls weekend which Rin had been invited on. She had decided to bond with her father however in decorating the nursery while we went away.

"So how have you been?" My mother asked as she watched me stretch my legs.

"Good except for the changes in my body. I can't believe that I have so many mood swings right now- sometimes I feel so guilty for putting Sesshomaru through it."

"He deserves it." Asumi muttered and I turned questioning eyes to her. "When I was pregnant with him- he gave me hell to put it simply. I could hardly keep down anything and was bedridden for most of it. For all the hell he put me through, I think his child can put him through some." She winked at me and I burst out laughing.

Over the years Asumi had shared a fair number of childhood stories about Sesshomaru and I couldn't help but picture him holding a diaper as though it was a bomb.

"You only have three more months Kagome," my mother reassured as she placed a gentle hand on my stomach, "hang in there."

"I will."

When we returned home two days later refreshed and relaxed, I was in for a surprise. I had hardly come home when I was swept up the stairs in Sesshomaru's arms and told to close my eyes. Moments later, I ended up in front of the nursery- what used to be Sesshomaru's office.

"Open your eyes Kagome." I obediently followed his command and gasped. The nursery- which before I left had been a storage room of all the baby furniture- was organized. It was painted a pale green and the ceiling-oh it was perfect. I had wanted to paint the ceiling sky blue and have clouds rolling across and Sesshomaru had done that. How, I wasn't going to ask- I was just happy that he had done what I wanted.

The crib was off to the right side of the room and the changing table was nearby at the adjacent wall. There was a day bed off to the other wall and a rocking chair was near it so that I could sit and relax when feeding. It was perfect, now all that was left was to stock up on baby supplies.

"I love you Sesshomaru!" Nothing else could explain the happiness I felt at that moment as I brought him closer for a kiss. Breaking away I turned to Rin and beckoned her to come over as I gave her a hug. "I love you too Rin. Thank you so much for the room." I bit my lip as I waited to spill the news that I had learned today at the doctor's office. Since I'd had an appointment, Asumi and Mama had gone with me.

"What's wrong mom?" Rin asked noticing my hesitance.

"There's a problem with the room- it's designed for one baby but I'm having twins."

I held a camera in my hands and snuck up on Sesshomaru with Rin. We had been out shopping and Sesshomaru had been left in charge of our two year old twins Haru and Kaede. He had fallen asleep on the day bed in the nursery with Haru curled into him and Kaede on his chest by the time we got home. It was a priceless sight and made me melt. I had watched as Sesshomaru grew up with our babies and was happy.

He couldn't spend as much time with the kids as I could because of work but he made every effort to play with them when he came home. Yura was managing the shop for me with her husband Takeshi and I was left running after the two toddlers.

Rin snapped the photo and when it came out slightly dark, she took another one this time with flash. It was better but the flash had managed to wake up Sesshomaru. I walked up to him and picked Haru up, while Rin grabbed Kaede- thankfully the kids had slept through the flash.

"Did you guys have a fun trip?" He asked still slightly groggy from sleep.

"We did. How were the kids?" Rin and I placed them in their respective cribs and turned on both baby monitors before we quietly left the room.

"They were good." I noticed how tired he was so I ushered Rin downstairs to get some ingredients out for dinner. I put Sesshomaru in bed and left. The twins would wake up in an hour and Sesshomaru would wake up then as well since he loved giving them attention. By that time I could at least get dinner ready.

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