Love Can Prevail: The After-mating Life

P r e v i o u s l y o n L o v e C a n P r e v a i l T h e A f t e r M a t i n g L i f e

"Uhm, I smell dog breath around the village. How will Kagome react?" Kouga asked, crossing his arms over his chest with a deep scowl on his face.

Sango gasped. "I don't know... I know that she still loves him, but she also loves..."She trailed off, covering her mouth with a small gasp as she nearly revealed too much information.

Kouga grabbed her wrist and yanked Sango towards himself, pressing her against him. "Who does she love? I can call that Monk over here. I know how you would hate for him to get the wrong idea, since you love him and all."

"Okay, okay! Kagome loves you and Sesshoumaru...along with Inuyasha." Once Kouga released her, she rubbed her wrist and discovered a small cut."Oh! You mangy wolf! You cut me! Now I understand why Yasha didn't want Kags to fall for you! Once you get comfortable with someone, you treat them like crap!" Sango spat, then ran away.

Chapter 4: Happy Birthday, Tauni! (Part 1)

Kagome woke up early, not noticing that something was out of the ordinary. She stood from her bed to get dressed then sat on her bed. She yelped when she sat on something... Something lumpy, and it felt like...legs! At first she thought it was Tauni, but soon realized these legs were too long. She took the covers off, and saw Sesshoumaru!

"Sesshoumaru!" Kagome whispered, shaking him gently to wake him. "Sesshoumaru, what are you doing in my bed?"

"Huh? Oh, you were screaming in your sleep, and I comforted you. I guess I fell asleep before I left...I was going to leave once you fell asleep again," Sesshoumaru assured Kagome, a sheepish expression on his face.

"Oh... Thank you, but you must go get ready for Tauni's birthday celebration, mustn't you?" Kagome helped Sesshoumaru out of the bed as she asked the question.

Sesshoumaru nodded and left the cabin, but not before kissing Kagome on the cheek. "I will see you later, pup," Sesshoumaru said, grinning at the nickname.

Kagome growled, but set to work getting things out for Tauni's birthday. She had brought a cake from her time for the celebration, along with the gift she had gotten her. Kagome took it out of it's box and examined it. She had one just like it: a locket with a family picture in it. Kagome wanted her to have it so she would at least know what her father looked like, since she was getting more and more curious each day.

Little did Kagome know that Inuyasha was on his way to this celebration...

With Inuyasha

How long had it been since Kikyo put a spell on him and made him leave his mate and pup? But to Inuyasha it didn't matter. He had made a vow, when Kikyo put the spell on him, that, no matter what, he would always be with his daughter and mate on Kimmikatana's birthday.

Inuyasha ran faster towards Kaede's village. They had deemed her to be Tauni's grandmother, along with Sango and Miroku to be her Godparents. But Tauni was to call them Aunt and Uncle, not by their First names, of course. It was disrespectful.

Inuyasha stopped when he got to the village. He walked through the village to the cabin he had built for their family over a year and a half ago. He went inside the cabin, but smelled that damned wolf, and ... his brother. 'What the hell! What are they doing here?" He went into Tauni's room, picked her up, waking her up in the process, and yelled, "Happy Birthday, Tauni!"

Kagome, Sesshoumaru, and Kouga ran into the room, only to see the hanyou holding his daughter. Sesshoumaru and Kouga tried to stop Kagome from going over to him, but it was no use. Kagome stopped in front of Inuyasha and...