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Chapter 4- My first date with thee.

Kagome hummed while throwing on a shirt as she hurried down the stairs. Edward had called that morning and asked if she wanted to spend her Sunday with his family before going to a movie later that night. The miko agreed and quickly jumped in the shower. As she stepped out she noticed one of her Sacred Sutras by the window was faintly glowing, she paused for a minute before giggling. She fixed the sutra before getting dressed. As she moved into the kitchen, she kissed her uncle on the cheek before moving toward the fridge, all while humming.

"What's got you in such a mood?" Charlie asked as his niece removed her head from the refrigerator with a can of soda in hand. The girl just smiled as she opened the can.

"Just a date."

Charlie looked at her uncertainly. "A date? With who?"

Kagome continued to smile. "Edward Cullen."

Charlie's eyes widened. "Edward Cullen, Carlisle's boy? Are you sure your ready to date, not still hung up on Mason."

Kagome shook her head. "Edward knows I need to go slow, we've been talking at school a lot and today I'm going to spend time with his family and hit a movie with him tonight. We've agreed to go as slowly as I need, I think I'm ready to move on uncle." Kagome paused as a car horn was heard. "That's Edward, love you." She kissed his cheek again.

"Be careful." Charlie yelled as Kagome ran out the door.

Kagome yelled in agreement as she slammed the door shut and jogged toward Edward's sliver Volvo. Inside the car Edward smiled as Kagome climbed in, wearing simple blue jeans and a red shirt with a black heart that said 'bite me' inside. Edward laughed, causing Kagome to look at her shirt when he pointed. The miko smiled as the car backed out, she caught a glimpse of the curtains moving as her uncle watched. She waved bye before the vampire pulled down the street.

"So, you like my shirt hum?" Kagome inquired.

"It's different, where'd you get it."

"Rin sent it last month, along with a few scrolls I need to look at, said they might contain some helpful information but I need to translate them from old Greek." Kagome turned in her seat so she was facing her lover with a sly grin. "So, did you try to sneak into my room last night? I've noticed that someone was watching me lately and I wanted to be sure it was you…" Edward had the decency to look ashamed. Kagome just laughed.

"Ya, but its not what you think, I just…" Kagome giggled interrupting him.

"It's all right. Actually it's my fault you couldn't get in, I have sutras up so demons can't bust into my house at night to kill me. I'll adjust them so you don't get zapped again. Besides I don't mind you watching me sleep, but I know it can't be all that entraining."

Edward shook his head as they pulled into the Cullen's drive having sped the whole way. "No really it is. Sometimes I just relish in the thought that you're alive, other times your dreams seem to come through."

Kagome was shocked. "You can hear me?" The vampire shook his head.

"Only bits and pieces, kinda like…" Edward trailed off not knowing what to say. The vampire got out of the car and quickly came around to the other side to help his little mate out.

"Kind of like holes in a barrier?" The vampire nodded. The miko let out a small giggle. "Well I know that my miko powers are meant to protect me in anyway possible. They might think your reading abilities are a threat." They slowly walked up to the house hand in hand where Kagome stopped them outside the door. She seemed to think about something before turning toward her vampire. She held both of his hands together and looked into his eyes.

'Can you hear me Edward?' She projected toward the vampire. It took two tries before his eyes widened.

"Yes…how?" Kagome nodded.

"How bout now?" The vampire shook his head. Kagome nodded and led the two inside, taking off her shoes. Edward asked how she did that? Kagome shook her head, as they headed toward the stairs they heard loud opera music coming from somewhere in the house. Edward took her by the hand as they started up the stairs. "This is the one place where we don't have to hide." Kagome nodded as she smiled. She understood.

Reaching the top they walked toward the couch in the living room and Kagome sat with her legs under her. "I think I have an idea, Jasper," The empath vampire stopped walking by, "I was wondering if I can borrow you for an experiment. Can you feel anything from me?"

Everyone watched as Jasper looked at Kagome for several minutes before shaking his head. Kagome nodded before closing her eyes and telling him to try again. The miko sat there, slowly opening her eyes as Jasper let out a small gasp as he asked how. Kagome let out a small 'huh' sound.

"Well I'll be damned. You do learn something new every day." She let a chuckle as the vampires sat around the miko. Edward sat behind Kagome, the miko leaning into him so her side was against his chest and stretching her legs out beside of her. He wrapped one arm around her as the other started to play with her hair. Jasper sat at the opposite end of their couch in an armless chair with Alice in his lap. Emmett was sitting sideways on a recliner chair, with one leg over the arm, as Rosalie walked into the room.

"Kagome, how did you do that?" Alice asked.

The miko smiled. "Well, as I told Edward, my powers are meant to protect me from any possible threats it senses. See, as I said yesterday I'm the protector of the Shikon no Tama. The Shikon was created around six hundred years ago, no one knows the actually time frame because after it was created, it exchanged hands so many times. Anyway, the Shikon was created using four souls-Courage, Friendship, Wisdom, and Love. Midoriko was in a fight for seven days and nights until the demon she was fighting was about to devour her whole. Using the last of her strength, Midoriko captured the demon souls and her own and removed them from their bodies, thus creating the jewel. Then it ended up in Kikyo's protection up until her death. Naraku tricked her and Inuyasha into attacking one another. Kikyo died from the wounds Naraku dealt her and Inuyasha was pinned to a tree for fifty years."

Kagome paused for a minute to look around at everyone to see if they followed. Alice was now leaning into Jasper the same way Kagome was leaning on Edward. Rosalie was standing against the far wall watching Kagome while Emmett had changed his position in the recliner to face her, leg still over an arm. Esme had walked into the room in the middle of her story, but Kagome knew she more than likely heard the whole thing. She sensed Carlisle was up in his study working on something.

"As I was saying, after we got the jewel back from Naraku and whole, my powers grew at an exceptional rate. Before I became a spy I never could create a barrier to save my life, afterwards I was able to hold a small barrier for about ten minutes. Now I have no trouble creating multiple barriers. Midoriko and Kikyo told me that because I guard such a powerful jewel my powers needed to grow. Sometimes, they seem to have a mind of their own. I know for a fact that Sesshomaru has two vampires in his court but neither have abilities such as yours so I didn't know that my powers worked that way."

"You have a court?" "You know two other vampires?" Alice and Emmett asked at the same time. Kagome laughed at the two siblings while she nodded her head. "You have a real court, like Lords and Kings with balls and palaces?" Alice exclaimed. It took Kagome a minute to calm down.

"The court is made up of two parts. The lords and the ruling families make up the first portion of the court with their advisors that are hand picked. See there are four smaller Courts, one for each land that helps rule each land, and then there is one main court called the Council that is made up of the smaller ones and the second portion. The second portion is made-up of elderly demons from each species, such as dogs, cats, bears, wolves, and other type of demons. If there is a humanoid form with half a brain, then they hold seat in the Council. Of the four lords, Sesshomaru has the only vampires in the whole Court and Council, Koga wont allow any vampires in his court, Shippo doesn't mind, and Tokaharu is too set in his old ways to allow anyone not demon to ware his mark."

"Mark?" Esme asked as she sat down on the end of the couch that held Edward and Kagome.

"For the demon society, Japan is split into four ruling lands, North, South, East, and West. Koga and his wolves rule the Northern lands from the mountains. Their mark or crest of the ruling house is a full moon with a shadowed wolf howling. While he has nothing against vampires personally, the two species really feel very uneasy around each other. His mate Ayame is a sweetheart and one of my best friends.

"My adoptive son Shippo and his mate Souten, the last of the Thunder Tribe, rule the East. Before Inuyasha and I knew about the Lords and Courts, we had killed the last of the Thunder Tribe, or so we had thought as the majority was wiped out before Inuyasha was born. Souten had challenged Shippo to a battle only for us to find out that she was just a child. Being the last of the Thunder Tribe, the title of Lord went to her until she mated with Shippo who gained the title and she took the title Lady. Their children are the only ones left of the original tribe. Their mark was originally a thundercloud and a strike of lighting. Souten had it changed to a cloud of thunder with fire inside of that. All of their children have this mark on their foreheads while they also have the old mark on their backs."

"Why do they have both?" Edward asked, running his fingers through Kagome's hair. Esme couldn't keep the smile off her face as she watched her eldest son as he held the miko close to him. He would either run his fingers through her hair, or squeeze her arms gently, or simply inhale her sent. To her, it seemed as if he wanted to prove that she was truly there.

"Well, no one knows why. Souten thinks that by them having both, demons that owe debts toward her family will only recognize the old mark. The mark was changed in a ceremony that Souten preformed after their mating so the mark could reflect the future." Kagome sighed as she shifted against her vampire pillow so was now leaning her back against his chest. She moved his arms so they were wrapped around her waist, fingers laced as he had his right leg bent and his left lying right next to hers.

"The South is run by Tokaharu and his mate Nara. They and their three oldest children are all stuck in their old ways, that half-demons are nothing but filthy half-breeds, worse than the dirt they walk upon. Their family pisses me off the most with their bigoted ways. Every time Council is held there is a fight between them and Inuyasha and myself. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha keep their children away so they don't hear the hateful remarks. Their second oldest son had the guts to try and court me."

Kagome was interrupted. "I was wondering how a demon courting differs from a vampires." Rosalie stated from her spot. Kagome looked over at her.

"Well in a demon courting, the male has to prove to the female that he's a good provider, protector, and will care for any pups or children they have. How they go about this differs from each spices of demon. Dogs, wolves, and foxes are similar in many ways. Their main concern with a woman is if they breed strong pups. That's what pissed me off about Tokaharu's children. He wanted strong pups despite the fact that they'll be half-breeds, him and every other demon that's asked for permission to court me."

Esme looked concern. "Don't they know you can't reproduce?" Kagome looked at the mother vampire, her children must have told her about her first day of school. Shaking her head Kagome replied. "No, no one besides Inuyasha, Kikyo, Sesshomaru, Rin, my two kids, and all their older children know why I can't have children. We've kept it a secret because we felt that other demons, the Southern Lord and his family, might feel threatened because I and Kanna, my little girl, are all that's left of the once powerful demon Naraku." Sarcasm dripped off her voice in waves as she said 'powerful'. "Also we wanted the world to move on from what that vile demon did, and me as a reminder wouldn't have helped anything."

"What of the demons that still remember Naraku?" Jasper quietly asked.

"Well many might know of him but they don't know him or have ever met him while he was alive. As far as most of the demon society knows, I became a rouge miko because of how Inuyasha treated me while we traveled together. I trained for years only to fight Inuyasha and win to prove that I wasn't as weak as he said. Only our tight-nit group knows the truth of what really happened." Kagome smiled. "Well anyway, the mark of the South is a solar eclipse. Sesshomaru told me that once, when he was a young pup, the Southern Lord and his advisors were discussing what their mark should be changed to when there was a solar eclipse. They took it as a sign that the gods wanted them to use that symbol, that and the fact that several of the advisors were from some race of that feed off the sun."

The group looked up as Carlisle walked into the room. He nodded toward Kagome with a smile as he walked up behind Esme and placed his hands on her shoulder. Esme looked up toward her mate and was rewarded with a quick kiss before both turned back toward Kagome. "What about the West Kags?" Kagome turned her heard toward Emmett. She felt as if she belonged when people called her that.

"Well the west is ruled by Sesshomaru and his mate Rin. Rin was a little girl when Sesshomaru found her, it truly was love at first sight with them." Kagome sighed with a loving smile. "The West's mark is a crescent moon. Sesshomaru has the mark on his forehead, as do his children, the rest of us have bracelets or charms or clothes with the symbol. I tend to ware mostly bracelets or a necklace. All of my boots are custom made with the crest printed on them. Sesshomaru's part of the Council consists of him, Rin, Inuyasha because their father was the previous Lord, Kikyo as Inuyasha's mate, myself, his father's four advisors that survived time, and the two vampires I mentioned earlier. Slalom has one half-demon, half-vampire son…"

"How is that possible?" Carlisle asked surprised. Out of the corner of her eye, Kagome could see Rosalie tense. Sighing Kagome explained. "Well male vampires can reproduce with any female who is not a vampire. Slalom's mate Kathrin almost didn't survive the birth, so she and Slalom agreed to have a Hysterectomy so they didn't encounter the problem again. Unfortunately the other vampire, Lillian, can't have children just like every other female vampire." Kagome turned her head sadly toward Rosalie. "Rin, Kikyo, and I looked into why this happened. Males require no change whatsoever to produce sperm, but females must physically change to bear children, so only males can have children but only with non-vampire females. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find a way for females to carry children. If you want to try you could find a surrogate mother, humans most likely won't survive the birth while a demon might. Its a thought to think about."

Kagome watched as the blond vampire nodded before walking away. Emmett gave a small smile before following her. Kagome sighed as she stood up. As she stood a necklace fell out from underneath her shirt, Edward was quick to grab it. Kagome cursed as she went to take the chain and rings. "Sorry, the chain keeps breaking, it's old…"

"These are our rings." Edward stated shocked. Kagome nodded.

"I've kept them all these years, never take them off." She took the rings and broken chain and placed them in the pocket of her jacket. Sighing, she stretched her arms above her head before looking toward Edward. "Show me around." She gave a small pout as she asked.

Edward laughed as he stood giving her a small kiss on the lips. Both froze inches apart, Kagome's breath lingering between them, before Edward slowly moved to brush his lips against hers. The miko raised her head up a little, pressing their lips firmer together. Edward wrapped his arms around her waist as Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck. Kagome tiled her head with a light moan as the kiss started to deepen, mouths moving in sync. The two pulled each other closer as they remembered the feel of each other, the taste of their mouths, the feel of their tongs against each other. As Kagome pulled away for air, she stood there panting against in the arms of her lover. Kagome sighed, her lover.

Edward smirked. "Lover? I like it." Kagome smiled and was about to kiss the smirk off his face when someone cleared their throat. Both teens turned their heads to see Esme with a smile on her face and Carlisle with a knowing look. Alice was giggling like mad while Jasper looked a bit uncomfortable beside her. Kagome's face grew bright red as she hid her face in Edward's chest, the vampire's all chuckling at her.

"I was wondering Kagome," said miko turned her head toward Carlisle. "Why doesn't your blood entice us like regular humans? Is it your powers or something else?"

The miko smiled. "Actually, in my blood there's a poison," She pulled away from Edward and created a small dagger from her miko powers. She took the blade and before anyone could stop her, Kagome made a small incision in her left palm. Kagome heard the vampires all hold their breaths while the blood pooled in her hand. "It's okay, you can breath. The poison is called poisonous miasma, it was one of Naraku's trademarks. Some of the rituals I went through was so I could control the miasma without killing myself." Edward handed a towel to her so she could clean up the blood. Kagome smiled as she wrapped her hand while talking, subconsciously healing her hand as well. "The reason my blood doesn't call to any of you is the because the blood is tainted and if you tried to drink it you'd slowly die." She removed the towel showing no cut. She smiled at the vampires. "My scent however will entice you but it masks the poison in my blood so demons won't smell it until it's too late. Its like a trap really."

She turned toward Edward while asking if her would show her around as Esme took the towel to be discarded. They started with the living room, one white couch, two recliner chars and one armless chair. A glass coffee table held a few fashion magazines, a huge wide-screen television, and bay glass windows. He showed the kitchen, all pristine and never used, and a dinning room with a beautiful oak wood table that also looked as if it had never been eaten on. Across the table were their schoolbooks and a few open notebooks. As they ascended the stairs, Kagome noticed a giant picture frame with five rows of graduation caps. Pointing, Kagome raised an eyebrow. Edward smiled as he leaned against the railing.

"It's a private joke, we matriculate a lot."

"Must suck." Edward raised an eyebrow. "Having to repeat high school over and over. The first time was hard enough for me and I haven't even finished yet." Smiling they reached the landing. Edward showed her Rosalie's room, where said vampire was standing by the window with Emmett holding her. Kagome simply waved as she took a quick look around the room before they went toward Alice's room. Fashion books and more magazines were spread all around the room, Kagome now knew where their fashion sense came from. She was shown Carlisle's study, medical book lined the walls along with journals and a laptop sitting on a desk. The miko's eyes light up at the sight of all the books.

"Wow, every med book ever made in English has to be here." She stated as she started browsing the titles.

"I thought you were a miko, a fighter. You thinking of becoming a doctor." Kagome answered without looked at Edward. "I am. Miko's hold several main responsibilities- fighting demons, protecting the village in which they live at or assigned, and healing the villagers." She paused as she turned to face her vampire. "Kikyo excelled in defense while I excelled in offence. Both of us are amazing in our abilities to heal. Because I was from the future, I was able to diagnose many ailments and correct them. I also studied as time went on. I have medical books back at Sesshomaru's palace but most of them are old out of date books or are from ancient times. Need to update my collection again soon."

They left the study and headed toward Edward's room. As they entered, Kagome paused to look around. Huge bay windows cover two walls, music and books lined the other two thirds of the room's walls, journals were stacked on or around a small table, and a flat white couch sat innocently in the room. A sound system sat on a display, a television hung on the wall by the door, and one of the doors to a walk-in-closet was open. Kagome looked at Edward. "No bed?"

"We don't sleep…"

"I know that, but don't you just want to lay around sometimes, pretend." She asked as she scanned the music, she didn't give him time to answer. "Wow, you have a lot of classical music." Edward stood in the doorway as he watched his little miko shuffle through the CDs. She noticed that the sound system was on pause. She hit the play button and turned up the volume, closing her eyes as piano music filled the room.

Her eyes sprang open as Edward took her hands and slowly began to dance with her. A quick flash of a party in Chicago filled her mind as she was pulled closer toward her date. Sighing, Kagome leaned her head against his shoulder as they danced. They circled several times, even twirling Kagome once.

Edward suddenly stopped for a moment. "Do you trust me?" Kagome looked up. "Yes…" Kagome's voice trailed off as Edward picked her up and tossed her on his back, all while jumping out the open bay doors and grabbed onto a tree trunk. "Hold on tight spider monkey." Kagome quickly rearranged herself so she was sitting on his back, just like she did when Inuyasha would carry her, as Edward quickly climbed the tree. As they reached a branch Kagome whooped in joy as once again Edward jumped with no warning. Kagome couldn't stop the laughter that left her as Edward jumped from tree to tree.

All to soon, in Kagome opinion, he stopped on a solid branch near the top of a tree. Kagome quickly found her balance as she took in awe the river, hills, and mountains around them. Edward watched the expression on Kagome's face as she soaked up the shear beauty of the land around her. He slowly climbed up to the branch where she stood, trapping her against the trunk. Their eyes connected together as Edward held her face as their lips drew closer together. "You don't know how much joy you've brought back to me." The two seemed content to just stair at one another

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." Edward said as Kagome chuckled.

"What a stupid lamb."

"What a sick, masochistic lion." Kagome giggled as their lips met again.

She ran. She didn't know where she was running to, only that she needed to get away. Tears flowed down her face for the first time in many years, since Ban's death. Kagome stopped as she reached the park, their park, the park where he had proposed to her, where she became the happiest woman alive. As she leaned against their tree, Kagome couldn't stop the sobs that racked her body. She had to get away, far away. Deciding to head back toward Japan, Kagome stood and ran for her home.

He was dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. That single word ran through her mind as she reached the doors. Throwing them open she quickly slammed them shut before more sobs spilled out of her mouth. Servants that worked for Sesshomaru ran to the main hall only to see their Mistress crying on the floor. Two women seemed to put the pieces together and helped her toward her room.

"You rest milady, we'll pack for you." She could only cry, "Dead. Dead. Dead."

Kagome smiled as they moved up in line. Edward had his arm wrapped around her waist as they debated on what movie to watch. At first he had suggested a romance movie, but Kagome quickly shot that down with, "I really don't need some cheesy romance movie. I got you." The vampire tried to look hurt but she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. They had quickly decided on 'Transformers' and then debated on who would pay. Edward won, sneaking his credit card to the teller before Kagome could see.

Pretending to be hurt, she pulled the same trick when it came to her drink and popcorn. Edward tried to look hurt but both smiled as he once again held Kagome close and they headed toward their theater. Quickly choosing seats toward the top middle, Edward lifted the armrest between them so Kagome could lean against him. He held her drink, not like it was going to bother him any, as Kagome slowly ate her popcorn and the movie started. Throughout the whole movie Edward couldn't help it when he played with her hair.

Kagome sighed as she sat in the bay window seat of the western palace. For the last two weeks all she did was eat, sleep, or sit in that very spot. Kikyo had given birth three weeks before and Sesshomaru's eldest was expecting his first son. Kagome sighed as she nodded her head and left for the dining room. She had made up her mind. As she entered, she could see Kikyo with her new born, Inuyasha beside her, Rin and Sesshomaru at one end of the table and all the children staying in the palace filling in the empty seats. The only open spot was on Kikyo's left for her. As she entered she cleared her throat.

"I've made up my mind." She looked toward Sesshomaru. "I'm going to travel toward Europe for a bit. I need to get away for awhile, only a couple of years, but I need to go." Sesshomaru stood and walked toward her. He held her at arms length for a moment before nodded.

"If that is what you wish, little sister."

"Okay, you gotta admit, for a Hollywood film that was a pretty good movie." Kagome said as they walked toward the car. Edward smiled.

"You seem more content to be out of there then watching the movie itself." Kagome tilted her head sideways.

"Well I did have to go a long time with no television, I prefer to be outdoors than cooped up inside some building." Edward smiled as he held the door open with a mock bow. Kagome giggled and entered with a, "Thank you kind sir" in an old accent. The two chuckled as the sliver Volvo tore down the street. Kagome noticed they were heading back toward the Cullen house instead of her uncles.

"I have one more surprise for you." Kagome nodded in confusion as they slowly pulled up the drive. She could see a string of lights leading toward the back yard where more light could bee seen. Edward helped her out of the car, placing her hand in the crook of his arm, and led her toward the back yard. As they rounded the corner, Kagome could see Edwards sound system on a folding table and a small dance floor had been alienated off from the rest of the yard.

"Edward, what is all this?" The vampire led Kagome toward the 'dance floor' as piano music fill the empty yard. Kagome could see the rest of the family stand on the back porch watching them.

"Well, I thought you would like a dance." With that Edward bowed, just like he did when they went to the Mayor's party all those years ago. Smiling, Kagome pretended to have a dress on and curtsied to him before placing her hands in his and dancing. Kagome questioned Edward with her eyes and mind. "I was going to set this up for another day, but Alice saw my idea and texted me during the movie to tell me it was done." He spun her around twice and dipped her. He slowly brought her up and simply held her close. "I want to court you Kagome, in demon standards." Kagome looked shock as she nodded. She truly was surprised that he would want to follow her customs.

"Alright, but for now court me as you did before. We'll worry about the Council at a later date, and if the South has a problem with it I'll just purify every single on of them." She smiled. "I love you Edward Cullen, nothing in the world will change that. I will go through anything if it meant I could stay in your arms forever." The two locked eyes again.

"Forever"

Kagome gave him one last good-bye kiss before walking up toward the house. She turned back toward the Volvo and waved as she entered the house. Kagome rested her back against the door as Charlie walked up toward her. She couldn't wipe the smile off her face.

"That good of a date huh?" Kagome's smile widened.

"It was perfect." She kissed her uncle goodnight and headed up to her room. She grabbed her nightshirt and was about to put it one when Edward came through her window smiling, she turned around and dressed for bed. She paused as she felt his hands moving across the markings along her back. Before, when they had first met, Edward had never seen her back. He let his fingers trail across the interlocking knots and curved lines.

"Did it hurt?" Kagome nodded.

"It did at first but then it just felt like a part of me." She slid her shirt on, hiding the markings.

As she removed her pants Edward wrapped his arms around her again for what seemed the thousandth time that night. They stood there for a minute before Kagome pulled him toward the bed telling him to take his shoes off. The vampire laid down on the bed, Kagome resting her head on his chest. "Night love." Kagome kissed his chest.

"Night, my Kagome."


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