Title Forgotten Anniversary
Author landofthekwt
Rating PG-13
Prompt Forgotten (At First Tweak)
Word Count 800
Warning Pregnancy
Summary Inuyasha finds a way to make Kagome forget her anger about him potentially missing their anniversary
Inuyasha growled at the stone dog guarding the shrine. He still did not know why Miroku dragged him all the way down to Nagoya over the vehement objection of his wife. She had been very upset that he was going to miss their first anniversary Whatever that was
Something was troubling her. She would not tell him what, but it made her even more angry that he was leaving at this time. He wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that she was pregnant. Miroku would know. He had been through two of Sango's pregnancies already.
There had been a panther demon threatening the shrine One who had not heard about the truce between the brothers and the cats. Not wanting to kill it and revive the war, Inuyasha knocked it out and Miroku applied ofuda to it which should hold it until Toran could come to retrieve him
The Buddhist monks were overjoyed. Not only had the cat been disposed of, but it had been disposed of by a dog demon. Inuyasha was the toast of the shrine. The monks were treating him as inugami and it bothered him. He never put on airs to pretend to be a lord or dog god.
Miroku quieted him and informed that the Inu Jinja shrine they saved was the only one in Japan where Inuhime no Kami was worshipped. He urged Inuyasha to milk his fame for everything he could get. Since Inuyasha was not willing to do so, Miroku took the lead telling them exactly what the dog god needed for saving them.
While Miroku was negotiating, Inuyasha walked around the shrine Stalls selling charms were everywhere. He had been in Kagome's Ji-chan's shop. These monks were no different. There were charms with the guardian dog on them. Inu Omanori with little paw prints on them.
Miroku noticed Inuyasha interest and whispered to the monks. They showered Inuyasha with gifts. They even made him a paper mache model of the dog guardian to take with him. He was told that he had to return to the shrine with his wife when she reached fifth month.
When they left the shrine, Inuyasha turned to Miroku " What was that all about?"
Miroku chuckled "They want to honor the mate of the dog god. When you and Kagome return here, they are going to have a big festival. It is not every day that an inugami and Inuhime actually visit their shrine. I am sure that they are going to milk it for all they are worth Expect to be treated royally."
Inuyasha wanted to strangle Miroku. " How did they know that Kagome was pregnant?"
Miroku replied "I told them"
"And how did you know?"
"Kagome told Sango and Sango told me"
"So Kagome knew and did not tell me"
"She figured you already knew"
"No wonder she was angry about me leaving. She kept telling me to be home in time for our anniversary. We are in Nagoya Our anniversary is only a week away .Kagome was very excited about it. She had all kinds of plans."
Miroku thought. Normally he asked for rice which he could sell. Perhaps he could buy something that would save the day for Inuyasha. If he wasn't carrying the rice. He could probably make it back to the Sunset Village in seven days.
It was then he hit upon a brilliant plan. The monks were eager to please. When their Inu Hime came in five months, she should be dressed like a princess. A Juni-hitoe fit for a hme was purchased along with gifts for the inugami, his mate and their new born.
It was hard going traveling back from Nagoya with all the gifts and Miroku on his back, but they made it in record time. Kagome was so overwhelmed by the gifts, that she forgot her anger completely and rewarded Inuyasha with a homecoming that he would never forget
After a night of lovemaking Kagome finally revealed her pregnancy toInuyasha. Inuyasha decided that Miroku was right and he was able to convince her that he was surprised. Relations between him and Kagome had never been better.
He would need Miroku's help to convince her to go to Nagoya for the fifth month ceremony. Telling her now would only make her angry. Better to let sleeping dogs lie. Maybe the Inuhime would help him since he had saved her shrine. The fifth month visit to the shrine would be a great boon to the shrine
.Inuhime was supposed to look out for pregnant women. Maybe if he prayed to it, things would go smoothly with Kagome between now and then. It owed him. The least it could do was make Kagome's pregnancy run smoothly and not the living hell that Sango's first pregnancy had been.