Title: For Her Wedding
Author: SakuraRyuu
Prompt: Seven Treasures Challenge - Coral
Genre: Friendship
AU/CU: CU
Rating: K
Warnings: N/A
A/N: Inuyasha and all characters in this fan fiction are the property of Rumiko Takahashi.
When Sesshomaru first met the girl he thought her the most foolish human he knew. She had followed Inuyasha into The Land Between This World and the Next, and had put herself in danger countless times during the fight between he and Inuyasha. And even though it had been obvious he was trying to kill her she still felt the need to ask if it was so. Even Inuyasha had warned her but she still meddled in their affairs. She thoughtlessly got in the way a countless number of times during the year she was with Inuyasha and it was sheer, dumb luck* that she managed to survive each future encounter.
She disappeared after the battle with Naraku only to return three years later and marry the half-breed. As a wedding gift he bestowed upon her a necklace made of coral. "To protect her against her own foolishness in the future, as well as the nervousness she was so prone to, and fear and panic. It would also guard her against accidents and theft, since he had never known anyone so clumsy or so prone to having things stolen from her. And finally it would help her overcome the lethargy and depression she was burdened with when she and the hanyou fought."
Kagome didn't know whether to be insulted by his accurate assessment of her past actions, or argue that those things had happened long ago, and she was no longer that girl. Deciding to simply thank him and accept the gift, she took a step forward, and tripped over her kimono. He caught her around the waist just in time, and helped steady her back on her feet. Suddenly very nervous, Kagome blushed.
"It seems I may need your gift after all, Lord Sesshomaru. Thank you." Kagome accepted the necklace, bowing her head, and handed it to her husband to fasten around her neck.
* borrowed from Professor McGonagall