On the worst day of her life, Kagome remembers the stories her grandfather used to tell her as a child before going to sleep and which she has long since stopped believing. But soon she will have to rely on hitherto ignored beliefs and values to survive, leaving behind everything known. [Complete summary inside]

What happens after Naraku's defeat? What could Sesshomaru possibly want when he shows up at Inuyasha and Kagome's door? A new life starts for the two: it will be necessary to forget old grudges and hurts in order to face new enemies who try to ruin the couple's new peace, but above all, the time will come for Inuyasha and Sesshomaru to learn what it really means to be brothers.

When he had reluctantly agreed to go on patrol with Sesshomaru, Inuyasha couldn't have foreseen meeting her or the words his brother would speak to him in warning, the same words that would haunt him later, mingling with the memory of her voice. Torn between an inexplicable attraction that could mislead him and the security of the life he has known so far, he will question himself

"Being a mother was not what she had imagined the day Toga had revealed his discovery to her, nor what the two of them had dreamed of together. Still, no matter how difficult and sometimes lonely it was, she would never give up on her little boy and hoped that that smile on his lips would last forever."

While on reconnaissance, Inuyasha, a general in a war between demons and humans that has been going on for two years now, goes all the way across enemy territory to reach the village where his betrothed lived. He is discovered by her younger sister who intentionally reveals something to him that she shouldn't have. Shocked, Inuyasha decides to embark on a new and dangerous mission.

Growing up in the family shrine, Kagome has always thought she would graduate and get a fine job. When her mother suddenly dies, she has to come back home to be her brother's guardian and help her grandfather run the shrine. Her life is dull and she's tired of her draining job. She finally has her chance after an interesting call from her best friend Sango.

Christmas is still a couple of weeks away and Inuyasha is already sick of hearing the tenant upstairs sing Michael Bublè's entire discography, especially if it's Sunday morning and he's just trying to recover from a hellish week at work. He's ready to give her a piece of his mind, but the meeting doesn't go as hoped.