Okay, so... I've read the reviews, and I've written down all of your questions, and taken note of the requests. I only have so many ideas, so longer chapters are going to be hard, but I can try. :) I'm really, really, really trying to get as many chapters as I can written before school starts next week. I do have more chapters written, I do, but I try to stay 5 chapters ahead, in case I need to change things... so hopefully this won't take too long. Thanks for reading!


When he kissed her, something sparked and without thinking she wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling each other closer. It wasn't until applause was made that they tore apart from each other.

She blushed and looked down at the floor, trying not to meet anyone's eye. When the music started playing she felt InuYasha take her hand and place it in the crook of his arm. He escorted her down the aisle, followed then the maid of honor and best man and then her bridesmaids and the groomsmen. As soon as everyone was out of the sanctuary, they made their way to the reception hall.

As they waited for everyone to get seated, Kagome glanced at the priest who was actually looking at them, and leaned into her groom, inconspicuously getting his attention.

"Hey." She whispered. He continued his conversation with one of groomsmen, Miroku, if she remembered his name correctly. "InuYasha!" She whispered harshly.

He snapped his head towards her. "What?" He whispered back, though he didn't know why they were whispering.

"Doesn't he look like he's paying a little too much attention to us?" She asked,gesturing towards the priest, a little uncomfortable with the older man's stares.

"What? Don't tell me it bothers you…" He rolled his eyes; annoyed.

She glared at him. "You have a problem with that? He didn't touch you, so obviously you aren't bothered by it." It was lame, but that's all she could come up with as a retort. She rolled her eyes. "Whatever." she murmured, standing up from the table.

Before he could say anything, the priest was in front of them, offering up his congratulations. She instantly took her seat again. "I must say, the bride does indeed look beautiful today." He smiled at her.

She involuntary slid her seat closer InuYasha's, almost as if trying to get away from the priest. He looked down at her and noticed her discomfort. Slowly wrapped his arm around her shoulder and then back up at the priest. "I know." It was short and sweet, and wasn't much to build a conversation off of.

Kagome felt hands move around her shoulders, pulling her out of InuYasha's grasp. Looking back she noticed it was Izayoi. "Welcome to the family dear." She kissed the younger girl on the cheek.

"Thank you." She smiled back before looking at InuTaisho. "And thank you… for everything."

"It was my pleasure." He smiled softly. "You are family now, and we do anything and everything for family."

"Mrs. Takahashi, yes?" The priest was still there… couldn't he take a hint?

"Yes?" Izayoi looked up at him. "May I help you?"

"You have a beautiful daughter-in-law. I hope your son sees that." Again, he smiled at her. What the heck was with this creep?

"My son knows very well how lucky he is." She smiled sweetly, but her words made it clear that his meaning had clearly been inappropriate.

"I see." He nodded. "Mrs. Takahashi," he looked down at the young girl, "should you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask me." He emphasized the word 'anything'. She shuddered.

Kagome couldn't believe she was going to say this, but she looked at him and with a straight face. "I'm sorry Father. I'm not religious. My problems aren't really something a worshipper of Christ could fix." Slightly implying a sexual innuendo.

InuYasha, family and his friends were speechless. The priest looked absolutely horrified. Unable to say anything more, he excused himself. Once he was out of hearing range, Kagome and her friends, along with Rin, busted out laughing; the men looking at them with an incredulous stare. Sango was almost in tears she was laughing so hard. "I can't believe you said that to him."

"Did you see the way he was looking at me?" She said offensively. "I had to do something for him to leave me alone." The girls continued to snicker and soon the rest of the table joined in.

The reception quickly started afterwards; everyone giving toasts to the new couple, sharing stories of their childhoods and finally a toast from the parents of the bride and groom. Because Kagome's parents weren't there, her friends told the guests about her childhood.

Soon, the dancing began, and of course, Kagome and InuYasha had to be the first ones. It was tradition. He pulled her into his arms and swept her around the dance floor. He looked down into her eyes and she smiled up at him. "I'm surprised. You don't strike me as one who knows how to dance, especially so elegantly." She stuck her tongue out at him playfully and he quickly leaned down and tried to catch her tongue with his teeth. When he missed, she laughed again, a little louder. He lowered his head and took her bottom lip in his mouth, gently biting it before quickly standing straight.

"Don't tease." He looked into her shocked eyes. "I don't play fair." He gave her a wicked grin. He was playing up the newlywed-in-love façade pretty well. Looking around the room he noticed the other couples dancing, but all the while watching them intently. "They're expecting too much out of this marriage." He sighed, looking back at her.

"Don't worry about it. We didn't do this for other people." He gave her a look. "Okay, we totally did this for other people; that came out wrong. I just meant they can't tell us how to live. That was the only part of this agreement. We can handle out marriage however we want to. You know, married couples get divorces all the time."

"We just got married and you're already talking about divorce." He tsked at her.

"What can I say, I barely know you, so none of this means much." They both stiffened as the words left her mouth. "I'm sorry. That was rude of me." His parents had been kind enough to pay for all of this, and they had certainly been more than nice to her. They didn't talk for the rest of the song and their dancing had become awkward. When it ended he quietly escorted her back to the table, ignoring her for most of the night.

When the father-daughter dance was announced, the entire room looked at Kagome. Her family hadn't even made it to the reception. "Excuse me." She said before getting up and walking out of the room.

"Poor Kagome." Rin whispered.

"They probably didn't try to come." Sango replied. Before anyone else could comment, InuTaisho was out the door.

He quickly caught up to her and gently touched her arm. She spun around and looked up at him, slightly surprised. "Mr. Takahashi," she wiped at the tears rolling down her face, "what is it?"

"You honored me today by asking me to walk you down the aisle. Now let me honor you by asking you to dance." She looked confused. "I'm not your father by blood, but I am your father by marriage." More tears ran down Kagome's face and she nodded, feeling grateful. "Good then." He was giving her a lot of small smiles lately. He took her hand and led her back to the reception hall where everyone was silently waiting. InuTaisho nodded to the DJ they had hired to start the song as he took Kagome onto the dance floor.

It surprised her even more that he had such amazing skills on the dance floor. He led without missing a step, every move more graceful than the last. His steps were so graceful that it seemed as though they were walking on clouds. Soon other joined in the dance. She noticed Rin and Sesshoumaru, InuYasha and his mother and even Miroku had gotten Sango to dance with him. "I'm sorry." She said. "I'm not usually this emotional, it's just that wedding days are supposed to be perfect." He just nodded down at her. She lay her head on his shoulder. "You know, when I was younger I wanted the perfect wedding. The perfect dress, the perfect colors, my family here to help me with every detail and the man I love." He sighed and she looked up at him. "It's been almost perfect." He looked surprised by her words. "You said it earlier, you are my family. Even though my parents aren't here, my family is. They're missing out on a great event. The dress, the colors... everything is perfect." She paused. "I don't know your son, but I'm willing to find out more about him." She finished.

He leaned down and kissed her cheek. "Welcome to the family."

She smiled up at her new father-in-law when the song was done. "Thank you." She whispered. It wasn't enough to show how grateful she was to him but words couldn't quite deliver the message, she realized. Kagome stood on the tips of her toes and placed a very grateful, very innocent kiss against his cheek.

After a few more songs, everyone took a break and talked about what they hoped for in the new couple's lives together. InuYasha and Kagome were both uncomfortable with most of it, since the majority of the well wishes was about growing old together; having many children and the love they feel for each other for the rest of their lives.

"Kagome dear." Izayoi called to her a little while later as the newlyweds and their guests sat around and conversed with one another.

"Yes ma'am?" She asked. "What is it?"

"How do you feel about pictures?"

"Um, pictures are nice…?" How unsure she sounded.

"Wonderful!" Izayoi looked most pleased as she walked up to them and pulled her and her new husband out of their seats. "We're taking pictures of the bride and groom… and their wonderful entourage." Izayoi graced their friends with her warm smile.

"Izayoi…" InuTaisho warned. "You know how InuYasha feels about that."

"Oh shush. He can get over it, can't you?" InuYasha growled at her and her face fell. "Sweetheart, please do this… You need memories of your wedding." She gave him a look.

"More like proof." He whispered to himself before he looked up at her. "Fine." He hmphed.

The photographer made quick work of all of his subjects; telling them how to stand, where to stand and even what they should think about to put the right expression on their faces.

During the final hour of the reception, Kagome noticed that InuYasha was missing. "Hey, Miroku…?" She leaned over InuYasha's seat to get his attention.

"Yes Mrs. Takahashi?" He grinned at her, until he saw her worried look. "What is it?"

"Where is InuYasha?"

His eyebrows rose at her question. "I didn't tell you this…" he stated before he leaned in closer to whisper into her ear. "No matter what he said, he noticed how distressed you were with that priest. He went to talk to him."

She pulled back in surprised. "Really?"

"Yes really. What, you think he doesn't care?"

She gave him a look. "Well, yeah. We don't even know each other, remember? Why would he care?"

Miroku only shook his head before turning his head away from her. She sighed and turned to Sango who was currently engaged in a conversation with Rin. That's when she heard her phone go off.

Turning around, she quickly pulled it out of the top of her dress and answered it. "Hello?" She hadn't recognized the number.

"Kagome." Her father. "I heard the wedding was a success." What was she supposed to say to say to that? Yeah, it was; thanks for showing up? No it wasn't because she didn't love him? What? Her silence prompted her father to talk more. "We'll have your things taken to the Takahashi home." He went to hang up but she stopped him.

"Wait." She said desperately.

"What is it?"

His response was cold, and it snapped something inside of her. "Where were you? As my father, I expected you to be here." She answered angrily.

"You are no longer my responsibility. Your wedding has benefited your family, be grateful you're worth something. You are that half-breed's responsibility now." There was no mistaking the insult he had just thrown at her.

"As that all I am to you, a bargaining chip for all of you? To a man I've never even met?" She wanted to scream out in anger.

"Everyone is a bargaining chip." He paused. "Your mother and brother on the other hand would like me to tell you they wish they could have made it. Unfortunately, we were out of town. I'm sure I'll be seeing you. Until then, good bye."

"Hey." She said, getting his attention one more time.

"Make it quick." He sounded irritated; good.

"InuYasha may be a half-breed, but he's more of a man than you'll ever be." She told him in a fit of anger before she hung up.

Slamming her phone down, she excused herself to go to the bathroom. On her way, she noticed demons and humans alike flinching away from her. Good, she didn't want to be fucked with right now. Her father had just screwed her over for the last time. When she reached the door, she opened it, and in a moment of pure rage, she slammed the door closed and she heard someone shout on the other side of the door. She didn't care.

She walked to the sink and stood there, looking at herself in the mirror. What was this really for? She got prettied up to lie to people. To help her family… supposedly. "You could still back out of this…" she said to herself and then flinched. She couldn't, not to the Takahashi family. That family was great to her; treated her like she was family. She just couldn't do it.

She shut her eyes, trying to calm down. When someone knocked on the door, she told them to come in, expecting it to be one of her friends. She opened her eyes in shock when she felt two hands slide around her waist. She looked in the mirror only to find InuYasha.

"You know you don't have to pretend that we're madly in love and we can't keep our hands off of each other. We're alone." She sighed. Still, he kept his arms around her.

"Does it make you uncomfortable?" He asked, smirking. She closed her eyes and shook her head. Actually, it was comforting. "Then why are you complaining?"

She sighed again. "What are you doing here?"

"You're scaring everyone." He said simply, annoyance lightly showing in his eyes.

Her eyes popped open and looked at his reflection. "What?"

"Your temper is all over the place. It's so fierce that even the humans have subconsciously wanted to stay out of your way. Calm down." He demanded. When she opened her mouth, he slammed his lips against hers, quieting her down.


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