One Shot #4 -(Non-Voting)
Title As Time Goes By
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt: "The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."
Epilogue of Death Be Not Proud
Word Count 845
POV Shiori
Warning none
Summary The road goes ever on.
A/N This is a nonvoting entry. I forgot that it was due by 3:00pm.
Shiori always felt uncomfortable when she had come to the shrine over the years on the anniversary of Kagome’s death. There were reminders of Inuyasha’s wife everywhere. Kagome’s house. Kagome’s family. She had even got to watch as Kagome grew up and disappeared down the well to meet Inuyasha.
Goshinboku where Inuyasha had been sealed for fifty years. The Well which had brought Kagome to Inuyasha. The Shrine itself was dedicated to Kikyou, but Kagome had reached almost mystical proportions as the two mikos who had helped defeat the evil hanyou were buried here.
She had realized early on that she could never compete with Kagome or even her memory and she never tried. Inuyasha had told her that Kagome was Kagome. No one would ever replace her.At that same time Inuyasha realized that Kohaku would always be first in her heart.
They had been through so much together. Moving Inuyasha’s family from the Sunset Village to the taijiya village as Tokugawa administration forced all half breeds to leave Japan. Miroku and Sango’s descendants had joined the migration which widenedthe gene pool in the community. .
Inuyasha had stayed behind. Still reluctant to leave Kagome,he had watched over her grave as Japan changed. Edo changed from a small castle town into a one million person capital of Japan. The shrine keepers may have forgotten Kagome, but he made sure that upkeep on her grave was maintained.
He kept his promise to Shiori, returning every year to the taijiya village on the anniversary of Kohaku’s death. It gave him time to catch up with his family and to spend time with Shiori. The time with his family and Shori increased until he was spending all his time there except the time he returned with Shiori on the anniversary of Kagome’s death.
There was speculation that they would marry and have children of their own, but Inuyasha had once explained to Shiori that so long as Kagome still existed in the future that he felt like he was cheating on her if he asked her to become his wife.
Shiori understood. Although her children were scandalized, it did not stop Inuyasha from building her a house and living together as husband and wife. Over the years the families became closer as Kagome’s descendants intermarried with Kohaku and Sango’s descendants.
Over the years the blood thinned.as Shiori saw more and more of her descendants die or move away. Gradually, the taijiya village was forgotten as the number of youkai declined with the peace enforced by Tokugawa regime. Those leaving promised not to reveal its location.
It had been hard to see the last of her children die. Mutusuhito lived until the beginning of the twentieth century, but his blood was only one quarter youkai. Eventually his humanity caught up with him. On his death bed he made Inuyasha promise to marry his mother. He died happy when he saw the ring that Inuyasha had bought for her and heard the promise he had made to her.
Twenty generations had come and gone. She had watched her children’s greatgrandchildren grow up live and die. Although it hurt every time, she would have traded her time with Kohaku for the world. Inuyasha understood this. He went through the same agony with Kagome and his progeny
Today was the day. Kagome had gone done the well. Inuyasha had insisted on allowing the Higurashi’s sufficient time to grieve the loss of their daughter before revealing his presence in this era. He regaled them with tales of his life with Kagome.
Only when he was sure that they accepted the reality of Kagome’s death did he reveal the location of her grave which he had been guarding for nearly five hundred years. Mrs. Higurashi joined him in a service for Kagome’s soul conducted by Ji-chan
When he thought she was ready, he took Mrs. Higurashi to the grave to ask her and Kagome’s permission to marry Shiori. Mrs. Higurashi did not hesitate. She had seen what Shiori meant to Inuyasha from their visits to the shrine. She knew what it was like to lose a spouse
She hugged him and told him that she was proud of him. Together they walked to where Shiori was waiting by Goshinboku. Reaching out she hugged Shiori and whispered “Welcome to the family.”
Mrs. Higurashi insisted that both Inuyasha and Shiori call her Mama. They were married in front of Goshinboku by Ji-chan after Shiori went to Kohaku’s grave to ask his permission to marry Inuyasha.
They made up for lost time by having twins. Mrs. Higurashi loved being able to spoil her dog-eared bat winged grandchildren. Inuyasha and Shiori named Kohaku and Kagome with their grandmother’s blessing.
Together they were able to watch another generation grow up. They still went to the graves of Kohaku and Kagome on the anniversary of their deaths, but they never forgot the lesson that they learned over time. All men might die, but first they lived and it was important to cherish them every day of their lives.
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt: "The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."
Epilogue of Death Be Not Proud
Word Count 845
POV Shiori
Warning none
Summary The road goes ever on.
A/N This is a nonvoting entry. I forgot that it was due by 3:00pm.
Shiori always felt uncomfortable when she had come to the shrine over the years on the anniversary of Kagome’s death. There were reminders of Inuyasha’s wife everywhere. Kagome’s house. Kagome’s family. She had even got to watch as Kagome grew up and disappeared down the well to meet Inuyasha.
Goshinboku where Inuyasha had been sealed for fifty years. The Well which had brought Kagome to Inuyasha. The Shrine itself was dedicated to Kikyou, but Kagome had reached almost mystical proportions as the two mikos who had helped defeat the evil hanyou were buried here.
She had realized early on that she could never compete with Kagome or even her memory and she never tried. Inuyasha had told her that Kagome was Kagome. No one would ever replace her.At that same time Inuyasha realized that Kohaku would always be first in her heart.
They had been through so much together. Moving Inuyasha’s family from the Sunset Village to the taijiya village as Tokugawa administration forced all half breeds to leave Japan. Miroku and Sango’s descendants had joined the migration which widenedthe gene pool in the community. .
Inuyasha had stayed behind. Still reluctant to leave Kagome,he had watched over her grave as Japan changed. Edo changed from a small castle town into a one million person capital of Japan. The shrine keepers may have forgotten Kagome, but he made sure that upkeep on her grave was maintained.
He kept his promise to Shiori, returning every year to the taijiya village on the anniversary of Kohaku’s death. It gave him time to catch up with his family and to spend time with Shiori. The time with his family and Shori increased until he was spending all his time there except the time he returned with Shiori on the anniversary of Kagome’s death.
There was speculation that they would marry and have children of their own, but Inuyasha had once explained to Shiori that so long as Kagome still existed in the future that he felt like he was cheating on her if he asked her to become his wife.
Shiori understood. Although her children were scandalized, it did not stop Inuyasha from building her a house and living together as husband and wife. Over the years the families became closer as Kagome’s descendants intermarried with Kohaku and Sango’s descendants.
Over the years the blood thinned.as Shiori saw more and more of her descendants die or move away. Gradually, the taijiya village was forgotten as the number of youkai declined with the peace enforced by Tokugawa regime. Those leaving promised not to reveal its location.
It had been hard to see the last of her children die. Mutusuhito lived until the beginning of the twentieth century, but his blood was only one quarter youkai. Eventually his humanity caught up with him. On his death bed he made Inuyasha promise to marry his mother. He died happy when he saw the ring that Inuyasha had bought for her and heard the promise he had made to her.
Twenty generations had come and gone. She had watched her children’s greatgrandchildren grow up live and die. Although it hurt every time, she would have traded her time with Kohaku for the world. Inuyasha understood this. He went through the same agony with Kagome and his progeny
Today was the day. Kagome had gone done the well. Inuyasha had insisted on allowing the Higurashi’s sufficient time to grieve the loss of their daughter before revealing his presence in this era. He regaled them with tales of his life with Kagome.
Only when he was sure that they accepted the reality of Kagome’s death did he reveal the location of her grave which he had been guarding for nearly five hundred years. Mrs. Higurashi joined him in a service for Kagome’s soul conducted by Ji-chan
When he thought she was ready, he took Mrs. Higurashi to the grave to ask her and Kagome’s permission to marry Shiori. Mrs. Higurashi did not hesitate. She had seen what Shiori meant to Inuyasha from their visits to the shrine. She knew what it was like to lose a spouse
She hugged him and told him that she was proud of him. Together they walked to where Shiori was waiting by Goshinboku. Reaching out she hugged Shiori and whispered “Welcome to the family.”
Mrs. Higurashi insisted that both Inuyasha and Shiori call her Mama. They were married in front of Goshinboku by Ji-chan after Shiori went to Kohaku’s grave to ask his permission to marry Inuyasha.
They made up for lost time by having twins. Mrs. Higurashi loved being able to spoil her dog-eared bat winged grandchildren. Inuyasha and Shiori named Kohaku and Kagome with their grandmother’s blessing.
Together they were able to watch another generation grow up. They still went to the graves of Kohaku and Kagome on the anniversary of their deaths, but they never forgot the lesson that they learned over time. All men might die, but first they lived and it was important to cherish them every day of their lives.