LAST CHAPPIE

Name of Story: Rain & Thunder

Summary: Rin wanders into the forest following a butterfly. When the butterfly goes into the heart of the forest, Rin can't find her way back to the village. Sesshomaru tries to find her but a huge thunderstorm has hit and has washed away her scent.

Author's Note: Finally! The last chapter! I can't wait to finish it. Thank you to all who reviewed! R&R.

Name of Chapter: Bright Future

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Huyuo made sure he held everyone's attention before speaking in a loud voice.

"No."

This, of course, did not surprise Sesshomaru at all. He was a fool for thinking the Dog Demon clan would change after almost three hundred years. What his father did was unforgivable in the Dog Demons eyes.

And he was about to do the same thing.

"I voted for you, Lord Sesshomaru," Hideaki spoke up. "I am in all for a human to run these lands for they are increasing in numbers, however, I was out voted. They do not want to see a change. They will always live in the past, my lord."

"Enough, Hideaki," Sesshomaru said in a cold tone, casting his fierce golden eyes around the room. "I understand. I declare from this moment on, I am no longer the Master of the Western Lands. I am abdicating the throne."

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Rin hummed quietly to herself, reading a novel Kagome brought back from her world. It was a story about this poor orphaned girl who came across a handsome prince one day in the forest. After they traveled together for a while, they fell in love with each other and wanted to marry but couldn't. The king forbade it, saying the prince needed to marry a princess. However, the princes and orphans love was so strong, they eloped in another kingdom. Three years later, the king was passing through and found his long lost son and the orphan girl together, with their two year old daughter. The king, seeing how in love his son was with the orphan girl, he let his son and his family back into the kingdom. After the king died, the prince and the orphan became king and queen, and their daughter, a princess.

"And they lived happily ever after," Rin finished, smiled while tears brimmed her eyes. This story reminded her of her own tale and how she met Sesshomaru. She wished she would have a happily ever after, like in her book.

"You really love that story, don't you, Rin," Kagome asked her as she stirred stew in a pot over the fire. Even though Kagome was almost thirty, she still looked eighteen when she mated Inuyasha.

"Yes, I do!" Rin replied happily. Kagome smiled at Rin then stretched her back, showing off her slightly large stomach. Kagome was pregnant with hers and Inuyasha's second child, due in the next two months.

Kagome giggled.

"I'm glad."

"Thank you so much for teaching me how to read!" Rin said, hugging Kagome, not to tightly though. After Kagome had come back from her world, she began teaching Rin how to read, saying she might need to know it in the future. And she was right. You couldn't run an Empire without knowing how to read.

"It was no problem, Rin," Kagome replied, patting the girls head. "I'm glad I taught you how to read. In my world, you need reading to survive." Kagome's chocolate eyes turned glossy at the thought of her world, like they always do.

"Keh. I had no trouble over there," Inuyasha said, coming into the hut with firewood and a mini version of him trailing behind him carrying two logs.

"Yeah, that's because you sliced everything you could with your claws or Tetsusaiga." Kagome replied, a glare now in her eyes.

"Look, mommy!" The mini version of Inuyasha said to Kagome, holding the two logs to her. He was still too young to develop more strength like his father. "Daddy and I got wood!"

Kagome's glare disappeared and turned into stars.

"Thank you, Kou," Kagome replied to the boy. She kissed his forehead and smiled at her son. "That was very kind of you to help your father."

Kou smiled, showing his mini fangs.

"You are just so cute!" Rin cried, hugging the child.

"Aunt Rin!" Kou cried, his round cheeks heating up as he squirmed in her arms.

"I'm sorry but you are just adorable." Rin squealed, hugging the child more.

"I'd hate to see Rin with her own child," Inuyasha whispered to Kagome, seeing Kou struggle more in Rin's arms as an attempt to free himself.

"She'd be a wonderful mother." Kagome argued. "She's just Rin, bubbly ole Rin."

"Come back here!" Rin yelled, running after Kou as he finally escaped her grasp and ran out the door. She chased Kou around the hut, through the garden Kagome was growing for herbs, and to the front of the hut.

"Oof," Rin said, running into someone with a hard chest. She would have fallen to ground if not that person didn't wrap their arms around her.

"Rin."

"Sesshomaru," Rin cried joyously, smiling ear to ear, looking into his golden eyes that held a mysterious emotion in them. Rin wrapped her arms around his torso, not noticing he didn't have his armor on. "You've returned early!"

Sesshomaru nodded, wrapping his arms around Rin's waist more and smelling her sweet raspberry scent. After being gone for nearly five days, he loved holding her in his arms again. She made everything he just went through with his people worth it.

Sesshomaru leaned down and captured her lips in a sweet kiss.

"Come with me," Sesshomaru after he broke the kiss so Rin could breathe. "I need to speak with you."

Rin caught the serious sounding tone in his voice and nodded.

Sesshomaru lifted her up and carried her bridal style and began to run towards the forest.

I wonder what he needs to speak to me about, Rin wondered. It can't be that he... Panic seized her heart and her eyes began to water.

"Are you all right, Rin?" Sesshomaru asked her, stopping and looking at her with concern in his golden eyes. He heard the quick beating of her heart and the smelt the beginning of her tears.

Rin nodded, not trusting her voice. Sesshomaru set her on the ground and took her small delicate hand in his large strong hand.

"What is it, Ai?" He pressed, knowing she was upset.

"Are...are..." Rin began, not wanting to ask her question, "are...Have you...have you found another mate?"

"No, Ai," Sesshomaru replied automatically, relieved it was something small. "How could I find another mate when I have you?"

"Because I am human." Rin sobbed, tears falling from her eyes now, unable to hold them in any longer. "I know the dog demons...hate h-humans."

Sesshomaru lifted her chin so her eyes would meet his loving gaze and spoke in a low loving tone.

"Human or not, I love you and only you. Only you hold my heart. I could never fall for a demon. It seems as if my fate is to fall for you."

Rin looked at him with wide eyes, her tears stopping. Rin smiled, kissing him with a fiery passion. Just hearing those words made her heart soar with love and affection, something she missed out on as a child, being an orphan and put down by others.

"I love you, Ai," Sesshomaru breathed once they broke away. "I always will for eternity."

"I love you, too, Koibito." Rin replied, smiling from ear to ear.

They kissed again.

"What did you want to speak to me about," Rin asked.

"I abdicated the throne to the Western Lands." Sesshomaru answered simply, deciding to cut to the chase.

"What?" Rin cried in surprise, her eyes wide once again. "Why?"

"They would not allow our mating." Sesshomaru stated. "They still hold a grudge about what my father did. They refuse to let go of the past."

"So you abdicated the throne for me?" Rin said, stepping back in shock. "How could you? I'm not worth an entire Empire, let alone a village!"

"Do not speak such nonsense, Rin," Sesshomaru told her, holding her elbow. "You are worth much more than earth. I was willing to give up Tenseiga for your life, giving up my Empire will be nothing."

All the breath in Rin left her. "But what about your people?" Rin asked. "They need a leader! They need you as a leader!"

"What ever happens now, it's out of my power." Sesshomaru replied. "I have no more authority to what goes on now."

"I can't believe you! That was your future! You're key to gain ultimate power!"

"You are my future, Rin. You are the key to ultimate power; any fool would be blind to see that."

Rin growled out of frustration. "You are so stubborn!" Rin turned away from him and crossed her arms over her chest. Tears began to form in her eyes again. "I'm not worth any Empire. You should just go back and tell them you've made a mistake."

Sesshomaru growled out of annoyance. She was the one being stubborn.

He turned her around and slammed his lips on hers in a urgent yet gentle kiss.

"You are worth any empire and the Earth itself." Sesshomaru softly told her, Rin's eyes still hazed from the kiss. He cupped his hand around her cheek, Rin in turn, leaned into it. "There is no going back now. I have made my decision. I have chosen you as my mate, that is, if you still want me."

"Of course I still want you." Rin replied, wrapping her arms around his torso. "I'm just wondering if you truly are making the right choice. Giving up your Empire for me."

"This is the best decision I have ever made." Sesshomaru said, looking down at her with love and devotion.

Rin smiled, leaning on her tip toes and placing her lips on Sesshomaru's in a passionate kiss.

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"Chiasa! Get back here!"

A little girl giggled, running away from her mother.

"No," The little girl, Chiasa, replied. She laughed more, dodging her mother's hands.

"Chiasa, it's time for your nap!"

"Chiasa."

Chiasa stopped in front of a tall muscular man with silver hair and golden eyes with a crescent moon on his forehead, the same one that was on her own forehead. She looked up at him, her honey eyes filled with laughter.

"Father," Chiasa exclaimed, hugging her father's leg.

"Do as you mother tells you." He said, giving his daughter a stern look.

"I'm..." Chiasa yawned as her father picked her up. "...not tired. I want to play with Izayoi more."

"Izayoi is taking a nap, too." Her mother said, coming up next to them. "Kagome said she needed one. She was falling asleep standing up. And you are too, young lady."

Indeed, Chiasa was falling asleep on her father. Her honey eyes were drooping and snapping open, her little head was resting on his shoulder.

"Let me see her, Sesshomaru." Rin said, holding out her arms for her two year old daughter that looked like her.

Three years have passed since Sesshomaru abdicated the throne to the Western lands, from what he knows Ichiro got the throne a month after he left. They had begged and pleaded to him to reconsider before he left, however, his mind was set in stone.

Since then, he and Rin mated, creating their hyperactive daughter, built a medium sized hut near Inuyasha and Kagome and their two children. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha helped the local villagers build huts after major storm damages and fight demons when they attacked the village.

Miroku and Sango visited occasionally but didn't stay long due to their six children.

Jaken even visited too, also begging and pleading for Sesshomaru to come back. He was mad at Sesshomaru also for mating Rin and conceiving a half demon child with her. He attempted to hit her also when Chiasa hit him over the head with a spoon and yelled "Frog" to him.

He hasn't been heard from since.

Sesshomaru made to pass Chiasa to Rin but stopped, sniffing the air, smelling scents that he hasn't smelled in over three years.

"What is it, Sesshomaru," Rin asked, sensing something was wrong.

"My consul," Sesshomaru said, looking towards the west, holding Chiasa more.

"Your consul?" Rin raised an eyebrow. Sesshomaru had told her about that day he abdicated. After he left, she thought they wouldn't want to see him again.

Sesshomaru nodded, seeing the figures of his consul come into view. Sesshomaru gave the now asleep Chiasa to Rin and stepped in front of them for protection. Rin looked over his shoulder, curiosity getting the better of her.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes as they all knelt in front of him on one knee.

Ichiro isn't with them, Sesshomaru observed.

"Lord Sesshomaru," Hideaki started being at the front of the group of nineteen. "We have come here to apologize for our wrong doings."

"Go on." Sesshomaru replied.

"My lord, we were mistaken to let you abdicate the throne." Hideaki continued. "Lord Ichiro has made a disaster of the Western Lands. He has enslave humans, killed countless of them and is making their and our lives miserable. He is gambling away our funds in the treasury. My lord, the Western lands are falling apart as we speak."

"The counsel and I are begging for your return, my lord, and restoring the Western Lands to peace again." Huyuo added.

"I see." Sesshomaru said, scanning their faces with his now cold golden eyes. They all looked like they truly meant it. Here they are, all nineteen members of the counsel from the lands he inherited from his father and gave it up for a human girl, begging for his return.

Sesshomaru suddenly heard Rin's breath catch in her throat and looked at her with concern. Her brown eyes were wide with fear; they were looking straight at one of the wolf demon counsel members with yellow eyes.

She's still afraid of wolves, Sesshomaru thought, putting an around her for comfort. There was an audible gasp of surprise that ran through the crowd of demons at the great Lords affection for the human.

"Is this your human mate, Lord Sesshomaru?" The wolf demon spoke up, looking at Rin and the sleeping Chiasa in her arms. All the demons could smell Chiasa was Sesshomaru's and Rin's daughter.

"Yes, this is Rin." Sesshomaru said simply. "And my half demon daughter, Chiasa."

Everyone stared at Rin and Chiasa for a while longer before Sesshomaru had their attention again.

"I am to return to the Western Lands, Rin and Chiasa will both have a place beside me. Humans will be able to live without fear now. As I have said before, forget and forgive what my father has done. It is time to move on, to a new beginning of the Western Lands."

"Yes, my lord." Huyuo replied, bowing once again. "We completely understand."

Sesshomaru and Rin looked at each other and smiled.

It was the time for a bright future for the Western Lands. For all mankind.

The End!

Well, I hope you people like this! I really enjoyed working on this. I'm going to bed now. Its 4 AM now and dead tired. Search me on Facebook Drama Kagome (FanFiction). When I wake up, I will either work on a new one shot or one of my other works.

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