Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with the original concept of Inuyasha!
Title: For Ever and For Always
Summary: The Inu gang is growing and meeting old friends, new family and even new enemies. They now must band together to beat the new enemies and save the world once again. Rated for Lemon and Language.
Chapter 1
It has been three month since Kagome returned to feudal Japan. Inuyasha has started to talk to her and confide in her, the two have been getting noticeably closer but still haven't fully expressed how they feel about one another. Kagome wounded when it would all change. As she listen to Inuyasha tell her that he had a surprise for her, and told her to be ready this evening and not to tell anyone.
That evening came and went, Kagome played with Sango and Miroku's three and a half year old twin girls, Hanna and Haruko and a year old baby boy, Kanno. Sango and Miroku were tired and with three-year-old twins running and round and a one year old starting to run they were going crazy, so Kagome offered to help them out. The three children adored their aunt Kagome, and would do anything they were told so she moved into Miroku and Sango's large hut to help.
Once the children were to bed, their parents sat on their sleeping pallet and passed out before their heads hit the pillows. Kagome sat and looked around her. Sango and Miroku were out, Shippo, Kirara lay curled together by the fire, and the children each lay sleeping soundly on their sleeping pallets. She sighed and stood up.
'I think I'll go outside for a little while before going to bed. I wouldn't be able to sleep very well without Inuyasha there anyway. I wonder where he could be. He said he had something for me and he never comes to get me. He must have forgotten.' She thought sadly as she walked outside into the cool air. It was a full moon with all the stars shining brightly.
"Oye, wench! What do you think you're doing walking around in the middle of the night where demons can get you?" Inuyasha said as he jumped out of a tree and landed in front of her. "And I know you weren't just thinking that I forgot 'bout you. Right?" He asked with a smirk.
Kagome looked up into his golden eyes and smiled back at him. "You're late Inuyasha." She said casually as she started to walk away. As she passed him, he reached out and took hold of her wrist.
"Hey, I never said what time I would be here to get you, just said to be ready this evening." She looked up at him trying to pretend that she was angry with him.
"This is the night time Inuyasha, not the evening." He started to look angry so she decided to drop the act and started to giggle.
"What are you laughing at?" He was very confused as she looked and him and placed her hand on the one that rested on her wrist.
"Inuyasha calm down its okay… What is it you had for me?" She asked.
He didn't answer just bent down for her to get on his back and told her, "Come on." She nodded, got on his back with a smile and held on tight as he took off through the trees.
When he slowed down to stop, Kagome looked around wondering what they were doing in a meadow, as Inuyasha came to stand next to her and as if reading her mind he started to explain to her.
"This meadow is filled with your favorite flower and its right by the sacred tree. Come on I'll show you." as he started off into a direction. About two minutes of walking and they were there under the sacred tree that they first met. Kagome walked past Inuyasha when he stopped. Inuyasha watched as she walked up to the sacred tree and touched the spot he once was stuck. He watched her turn and glace at him before turning to look at the tree again.
"Hey wench. Come here a minute." He said as watched as she turned and started to walk towards him confused as to what he wants. With every step she took, his heart pounded and he became afraid of what might happen, but once she was in front of him he could no longer look directly at her. He became too nervous. That is until she spoke.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" He looked at her and started to speak.
"Kagome, I…" But couldn't keep going and turned away. Kagome cupped his cheek with her hand and slowly brought his head back to face her.
"Inuyasha what's wrong? You know you can tell me anything." She smiled and looked into his eyes and waited. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and started over. This was not like him. He could usually just spit out what he wanted to say, he never cared what others thought. Then again, he had never felt this way about someone. Even Kikyo had not been able to get to his human hear the way Kagome had. He was in completely new territory with this.
"Kagome, I wanted to tell you for a very long time. When you left a few years ago I didn't know what to do, I was lost and sad. I have to tell you what I've been thinking about." He paused and waited for her to do something but all she did was wait for him to continue. "I can't think when I smell your scent. Kagome."
Kagome furrowed her brows and looked at him. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked a little hurt at the words. Her thought started turning to him wanting her to go away but something just did not settle with that thought.
He grabbed her hands and held them in his as he looked into her eyes. "I… I love you." He said quietly. Kagome was stunned she did not know what to do or say. All she could do was stand there with her hands in his and stare. She snapped out of her thoughts as his hands left hers. Just as he turned and was about to leave she grabbed hold of his wrist and turned him around.
"Inuyasha, I have waited years to hear that…. I love you too." She cried.
"You do? Then why are you crying?"
"I'm happy. Inuyasha, I love you too. I will love you for now and for always." She let her tears fall down her cheeks. He slowly raised his hand, whipped away the tears. He slowly and gently leaned down capturing her lips with his. The two tried to show how much they love each other in the kiss and soon had to part the take a breath. Inuyasha held her in his arms and looked down to see those chocolate brown eyes staring up at him.
"Kagome I want to ask you something." He was getting nervous but the gentle scent of her calmed him almost instantly. He took a deep breath of her scent before trying to get the words out once more.
"What is it Inuyasha?"
"I have loved you for a very long time. I don't know when I fell in love with you but I know that I can never be apart from you, even when you went back to your era for a while. It was like a piece of me was missing. I guess what I am trying to say is…. Will you marry me?" He asked the last part quietly, but she still heard every word. "You know like the humans do."
"Inuyasha," She paused and looked at him he was confused and thought she was about to say no, he was ready to take off. She could feel him tense. "Inuyasha, do you honestly think that I would say no?" He looked at her confused as it processed in his brain.
"What?" She just smiled up at him.
"Inuyasha I told you I will love you for now and for always, you are the only one for me and if you thought I would say no to you, you have another thing coming because you're stuck with me for the rest of our lives now." He could not believe what he just heard; she had said yes, she was going to be his wife. He was so happy he leaned down and kissed her with as much passion as he could as he picked her up and spun the both of them. He set her down and she started to giggle.
"What's so funny, Wench?"
"I just can't wait to be your wife and you my husband. Now I have to think of so much."
"Like what?"
"Well, where are we going to have the wedding, when will it be, who will be in it, where are we going to live, what am I going to wear? I can't just ware any old kimono you know. And the others. What will we say? When do we tell them? And what about Shippo? Shippo-" Inuyasha's lips on hers cut her off. When he pulled back, he spoke calmly.
"We can have it right here under the sacred tree. I'm sure Sango and the girls would be in it, and I am positive that Shippo would too, any one you would ask would be more than happy to do it. I'm sure we can figure something out for a kimono for you we can just tell the others about this tomorrow night when were all together. And Shippo…. he can stay with us. You're like his mother after all." Kagome looked up.
"How is it that you can be so calm and think of all that stuff? It's so much to think of. I do think it would be a good idea to have Shippo with us though. Your right he does think of me as his mother and he does think of you as his father you know." She smiled, as he looked down at her shocked for a moment before he really thought about it. He always taught him and cared for him more than Miroku. It would only make sense that the kit would attach himself to the father figure.
They smiled at each other and kissed passionately. Inuyasha licked her bottom lip asking for entrance and was allowed in. Soon it became a battle of the tongues and then they had to pull away to breathe and they went right back to their passionate kissing. The more they kissed and battled with their tongues the more they wanted. Inuyasha ran his hands up and down her sides while she had one hand on his chest and the other in his silky silver hair. Slowly Inuyasha and Kagome lay on the ground, still battling the need for air. Before they knew what was going on they were taking each other's cloths off. They lay on the forest floor completely naked.
-LEMON STARTS!-
Kagome flipped them over and began kissing her way down his jaw, chest, and abdomen as she stroked his member. As she got closer, he felt more and more pleasure run though his body. Once at his member Kagome took him into her mouth and began to suck and lick as she went up and down the shaft. Inuyasha groaned and growled with pleasure. Every now and then, she would stop to lick up his shaft then start again. It did not take long for Inuyasha to grab the back of her head and start bucking his hips until he came into her mouth. She licked up everything and moved back up to Inuyasha with a smile.
He grind as he flipped on top of her and began his assault on her body starting with her neck and making his way down to her woman hood. He gave a lick and she moaned. He started licking and sucking on her clit and she moaned and groaned as her body was racked with pleasure. It kept building until she started to rock her hips. Very soon, after she got louder and louder and screamed as her body tensed and her walls contracted, releasing her juices. Inuyasha licked everything up and moved back up to look at her. Her chest was heaving as she tried to catch her breath as she floated back to earth.
She smiled and looked up at him and reached up pulling him closer for a deep kiss. Each kiss became more and more heated. Inuyasha lines himself up as he lightly kisses down her neck pulling a moan from her throat.
He started to enter and looked down at Kagome as she nodded, "Don't worry Inuyasha, I'll be fine."
"You'll tell me if I hurt you, right?"
"Yes, but you won't hurt me…. It will only be uncomfortable for a minute." He nodded and plunged into her. Taking away her purity in one swift movement. She tensed as the pain went through her body and she squeezed her eyes shut until the pain dulled to a throb.
"It's ok Inuyasha." She kissed his collarbone and neck, that made his demon blood boil, asking to be let out, begging for Inuyasha to lose control. He knew he needed to be gentle and go slow so he would not hurt her, and if he let his demon get what it wanted it would hurt Kagome. He would not take the risk and fought the demon back down as he slowly started moving in and out and gradually started to pick up speed. Soon Kagome arched her back and screamed, as her walls contracted and Inuyasha thrust once more before she took him over the edge with her. As they went into bliss as he bit down on the back of her shoulder and licked the wound clean. They were both breathing heavily and looking into each other's eyes when they kissed again causing three more rounds of them flipping positions.
-LEMON ENDS!-
As they came back to reality the last time they were exhausted, laying together, and fall asleep with Inuyasha's haori acting as a blanket.
Inuyasha awoke before the sun rose to find him and Kagome naked and sleeping together in the middle of the woods under is haori. 'So this wasn't a dream after all.' He thought to himself as he pulled Kagome closer to him. 'We have to get up and back to the hut before the others wake up. The monk will be a pervert and the others will be worried if we aren't back before morning.' He started to kiss her cheek and forehead and calling her name.
She slowly woke up. "Good morning Inuyasha. Why are you waking me up so early?" She asked still half asleep.
"Kagome we have to get back or the others will get worried and that damn perverted monk…" He let that sentence go unfinished. "Come on, we better get dressed and go back." He told her as they both started to get up to get dressed.
Once dressed Inuyasha had Kagome get onto his back and he started the run back. It didn't take him very long. He walked into the hut as quiet as he could and laid Kagome down on her sleeping pallet next to the sleeping eleven-year-old, Shippo, who slept on his own pallet next to hers. She had woken up long enough to get changed and curl up next to Shippo.
Inuyasha smiled as he watched Kagome settle down and heard a "Goodnight Inuyasha." Come softly to his ears.
"Good night Kagome." He whispered back and soon sleep over took him, until he awoke the next morning to rustling around in the hut. He opened his eyes to see the old priestess Kaede, who needed to stay with Miroku and Sango while her hut was being worked on, walking around the hut preparing to make breakfast for everyone. He then turned his attention to Kagome who still slept curled up next to the small kit. This made Inuyasha smile. After they were married they would have children of their own, but Shippo would always be their first. Even though he treated Shippo badly and picked on him, he still saw him as his son, no matter what happened. He came out of his thoughts as he felt someone watching him. He turned to see Kaede looking at him with a smile across her face as she turned back to her morning ritual.
'I knew it was a matter of time before he truly figured out his feelings for Kagome.' She smiled to herself and glanced once more at Inuyasha who was slowly falling back to sleep.
The next morning Kagome and Inuyasha awoke to the smell of food. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome who had just sat up. "Good morning Inuyasha." She said as she smiled and stretched. He smiled back.
"Morning, Kagome. How'd you sleep?" He asked after he looked around to make sure no one was in the hut. It was only him and Kagome so he thought it safe to move closer to her.
"I slept ok. A little tired from our walk last night but I slept well. What about you? How'd you sleep?" She scooted the rest of the way towards him and leaned her head on his shoulder, while Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her shoulders and laid his head on top of hers and closed his eyes.
"Okay. We better get up, everyone is outside already." He kissed the top of her head. "Come on, Miroku will think something's going on if we don't get out there soon." She looked up at him and smiled. She knew what he was talking about; Miroku had been making comments about the two since she came back. She sighed and moved to get up, Inuyasha held her still until she looked up at him and he bent his neck down and kissed her before letting go. "Come on the foods getting cold." He said with a smile.
"Always thinking of your stomach. Huh?" Kagome giggled at the fact that some things never change.
He left the hut and went to sit in his favorite tree to watch everyone. He looked around and his makeshift family. Miroku was like his brother, he was always there to talk and even though he can be a pervert at times, he was still there to help Inuyasha out with anything. Sango was like a sister to him, well more like a sister to Kagome but she still helped him and worried about him just the same. Kirara was one of his best friends she helped him train and sometimes he would even talk to her and tell her things that he would never say to any other. Kaede, no matter how much of a show he puts on she has and always would be like a grandmother to him and all of them, she always made sure they were taken care of. Shippo, was like a son to him although he would not openly admit it, he loved the little kit as if he was his own son.
Then there is Kagome. Kagome was his world, he loved her with all his heart and soon she would be his wife, and the mother of his children. Inuyasha sat back and smiled at the last part, 'Kagome and my kids, I like that.' He looked around and caught a sweet scent in the air, he turned to see Kagome come out of the hut and sit next to Sango. Then he saw something he could not believe, Shippo just came out of the hut. He had been in there the whole time. Inuyasha's eyes growing wide as he watched the little kit walk over and start to play with Kirara.
Inuyasha pulled from his thought when he heard Kaede speak to Kagome. "Kagome, would ye like to come? Rin and I are collecting some herbs and ye's help would be of great appreciation." She looked at the young woman as she nodded and stood.
"Okay Kaede, happy to help." She smiled and looked up at Inuyasha. His heart melted at the sight of her magnificent smile, the smile that she only gave to him.
"Kagome here's a basket." A twelve-year-old Rin said holding up a small basket for Kagome to put herbs in.
"Thank you Rin. Shall we go?" Kaede, Rin and Kagome started to the hill where the herbs were grown. Inuyasha started to follow and fond a comfortable branch in a tree near the field.
"Kagome?" Rin asked
"Yes? What is it Rin?" Kagome asked and set her basket on the ground to take a brake far a few minutes. Her basket was almost filled as was Kaede's and Rin's was half-full.
"I know it's not my business but usually you won't let Inuyasha follow and the whole time he has he hasn't taken his eyes from you. Why did you let him come with us and not say anything about him watching you? Unless…" She smiled and looked up and Kagome. "I knew it!" She almost yelled.
"Shhhhh. Rin quiet down." Kagome knelt in front of the young girl, and looked around. "Rin you have to promise not to say a word." The girl nodded. "Okay, we were going to tell everyone tonight, but since you brought it up. Inuyasha and I are going to get married." She whispered. Rin looked at her a moment then started to giggle and hugged Kagome.
"Oh, that is so wonderful. Wait till Sesshomaru finds out." She squealed. Kagome smiled and reminded her that she promised not to say anything to anyone, at least until after she and Inuyasha had told everyone. Rin nodded and went back to picking herbs smiling and happier than before.
A few moments later Rin and Kagome had filled their baskets and Kaede's voice reached their ears. "Kagome, Rin that should be enough for a while to come. Let's get back to the others, I'm sure Sango and Miroku wouldn't mind having the twins play for a while." She smiled, every day the twins become more and more of a challenge, Kagome and Inuyasha were the only ones that they would listen to no matter what. Even whatever their parents said didn't bother them, but when aunt Kagome or uncle Inuyasha said something it was the law. Kagome and Inuyasha found it quite funny, although no one else did.
The three of them picked up their baskets and turned to walk back to the village, when Kagome stopped and turned around to see Inuyasha walking up to her.
"Inuyasha are you coming?" She asked as he stopped in front of her.
"No I need to go somewhere first, I'll be back." He smiled and reached out to hold her. He bent down and kissed her on the lips with as much love as he could place behind it. When they pulled apart, Kagome smiled up at him.
"Be careful. You know I worry about you and I swear Inuyasha if you come home with one scratch on you…" She left the threat unsaid. "And you better be home before dinner, remember we are going to tell everyone tonight." He leaned down and kissed her lips once more before saying good bye, and agreeing to her terms.
Rin and Kaede where still walking and Kaede realized that Kagome hadn't followed and knew where she was. Rin kept looking back and watching as much as she could, 'That is so cute." She thought aloud before Kaede interrupted her.
"Come child, no need to watch. Inuyasha would be angry if ye was caught snooping." She looked straight ahead and kept walking to get back to the village.
"But aren't you interested to see what is going on?" Rin asked innocently, watching Kaede.
"No. I have known for a very long time what would happen between them. It was only a matter of time. Ye should not watch or say anything; Inuyasha is very shy when it comes to feelings of the heart." Rin only nodded and turned to face forward and finished their walk into the village. Shortly after walking into the outskirts of the village Kagome joined them. No one spoke of what was going on they walked and talked to many villagers on the way back to Kaede's hut. Shippo and Kirara had gone off on their own for a little while and left Miroku and Sango with their small family. The three-year-old twins saw their aunt Kagome and ran to her.
"Auntie, Auntie!" They both screamed as she bent down the gather them up. The girls giggled, they were so happy to be with their aunt Kagome.
"Have you two been good for your parents?" She asked the twins. They looked up at her with their brown eyes and smiled. Hana answered first, her brown hair pulled up into a ponytail, her pink kimono dirty from running around and play outside.
"Yep. We good for mama and papa. We always good Auntie." She smiled and looked at her sister then back at Kagome. Her sister's black hair pulled back just as Hana's was and like her sister; her dark pink kimono was also dirty. The twin sisters looked almost exactly like Sango. Haruko looked up and answered her part, "Yep we good." Kagome smiled and put the two down when she came to stand by their parents.
"You two look exhausted." Kagome said holding back a little laugh. The two looked at her, they were obviously not amused .Kaede and Rin took the baskets inside and started to put them away. Kagome and Sango sat and talked for a while Miroku took the girls for a walk.
"Kagome, where's Inuyasha? I haven't seen him since this morning and he was acting kind off… different than he normally does. What happened? Is everything alright?" Sango asked wondering what got into him. That morning he had insisted that he go wake Kagome up and when he was around her, he seemed relaxed. More relaxed than she had seen him in a very long time. Then all of a sudden, he disappeared.
"He's fine. I talked to him a little bit ago; he said there was somewhere he had to go and that he would be back before dinner." She looked at her friend and wondered if she knew something. "What do you mean that he was acting different?"
"Well last night he was so excited about something and he didn't come back till Kami knows when and this morning he seemed a little distant and when we said we were going to get you up for breakfast he insisted that he do it. He seemed so peaceful once you were up but before that, he seemed very thoughtful. He usually acts like that when something has happened. I hope nothing happened." She was very concerned for him. There had been many occasions where he acted just like this. He tried to hide everything from everyone, wanting to keep his feelings to himself.
"Sango I'm sure nothing happened, but I'm positive he is fine. So what if he acts a little different, it couldn't hurt to have a little change." Kagome looked at Sango and tried to hide the blush that slowly crept up her face.
"I suppose your right." Sango looked around "Hey Kagome, why don't we go to the hot springs?"
"Yeah sure. Let me get my stuff." Kagome stood up, as did Sango and they went and got their things to take a bath.
Once in the hot spring Kagome pulled her hair up into a bun and sunk into the hot water. The two sat in the water talking about their day and how much they missed the old days sometimes. They decided to get out and head back to the village. Kagome turned around to get her towel and Sango saw something on her back. She looked closer and saw it was two punctures. They looked like it was an old wound but she never saw that before.
"Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome turned to look at her. "What's that on your shoulder?" Kagome's eye went wide for a moment then she smiled and played it off.
"Oh that? It's nothing. It's an old wound. Come on, I bet Miroku's about had it with the children." She laughed. They both got out of the hot springs and went home, Sango still trying to think of what the mark on Kagome's back could be, knowing Kagome had lied.
