Chapter 7 "Yōkai Matrimony"

InuYasha was on the ground flailing around on the floor wheezing. InuGenki looked at InuYasha smirking. Akemi looked at him horrified. "Why are you smirking!" she yelled.

InuGenki chuckled. "Because it was not tainted Fugu" he said casually sitting up. He walked up to InuYasha and tapped him with his foot. "I know you're acting" he said before he gasped seeing the discoloration on his face. He growled. "He's not poisoned, he's choking!" he yelled before he picked InuYasha up and performed the Heimlich Maneuver.

The chunk of meat shot across the room, and InuYasha gasped for breath before he looked up at InuGenki and smiled weakly. "Thanks Big Brother…" he said gratefully.

InuGenki frowned. "Chew your food…" he said.

InuYasha cocked his head cutely. "But You didn't chew your food…" he said.

InuGenki rolled his eyes. "I do it when it's necessary" he said.

Akemi let out a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god he's alright…I almost had a heart attack!" she said.

InuGenki looked at her happily. "Good thing you didn't" he said. He laughed. "I've done the same thing when I was a pup" he said.

Akemi sighed. "I know…it scared me then too" she said.

InuGenki blushed. "You worry about me too much, even when I got a scrape from training you'd come to my side" he said.

Akemi smiled and laughed. "Isn't it obvious why?" she asked.

InuGenki chuckled. "Now I do…I thought it was how girls acted" he said.

Akemi giggled. "Just the ones who have feelings for you. I just wanted you to be healthy, just like I want InuYasha to be healthy" she said.

InuYasha looked at her oddly. "Do you have feelings for me, Lady Akemi?" InuYasha asked.

Akemi giggled. "I guess I should say that you are like a son to me" she said.

InuYasha frowned. "But I'm not your son" he said.

"InuYasha…even though Akemi did not give birth to you she adopted you. I believe your mother would want you to be with a woman that would treat you the same way she did. Akemi will be you adoptive mother" InuGenki said.

Akemi nodded. "And InuGenki is more like a father to you anyway" she said.

InuYasha looked at her confused. "But he's my Big Brother right?" he asked.

InuGenki and Akemi both looked at each other and smiled. InuGenki looked back at InuYasha and chuckled. "Of course I am you silly pup! And I will always be your big brother" he said.

InuGenki put his hands to his neck, and his wounds disappeared leaving smooth silky unscarred skin. InuGenki growled and his bones started to crackle as they began to heal rapidly. InuYasha grimaced to the sounds and looked scared. The noises stopped and InuGenki smiled at him. "All better…" he said.

InuYasha looked at him in complete shock. "What did you just do Big Brother!" he yelled.

InuGenki smiled. "I told you didn't I? I can accelerate my healing time by using my Yōki" he said.

InuYasha whimpered. "Yea, but…how?" he asked.

"Very carefully" InuGenki said before he looked up at Akemi. "So…what shall we do today?" he asked.

Akemi touched his shoulder. "Come on honey…let's go check on the preparations" she said tugging on his Gi.

InuGenki smiled. "Alright, alright I'm coming…" he said standing up before he went to reach for one last bite, which he was yanked back by Akemi. He had no choice but to follow her. InuYasha followed his new family in toe looking at InuGenki attentively. InuGenki whimpered. "I couldn't have just one last Tako?" he asked.

Akemi smiled. "It will still be there…" she said happily.

InuGenki frowned. "Yea, but the wedding will still be there too!" he mentioned.

Akemi shot back a nasty look at him and growled. "What was that!" she yelled.

InuGenki flinched and hid behind InuYasha. "Nothing dear!" he whimpered.

Akemi giggled. "Good…" she said before they started off again.

InuYasha frowned, and InuGenki looked down at him. "Oh, come on InuYasha! We're playing , she would never hurt you" he said.

InuYasha smiled. "She wasn't going to hurt you?" he asked.

InuGenki shook his head. "Nope…we both have a strange sense of humor…" he said.

The Akemi's guards saw the three approach and they both bowed to them. "Welcome back Lady Akemi" they said.

Akemi giggled. "No special greetings for my fiancée or his kid brother?" she asked.

InuGenki blushed. "No, that's really not needed, this isn't my castle" he said.

Akemi rolled her eyes. "You mustn't be so modest honey…or else you'll be walk all over by the people you lead. They need to know who's in charge because if you don't there will not be any order and then what will happen?" she said before she looked at InuYasha. "Can you tell me what will happen if no one listens to your Big brother?" she asked.

InuYasha brought his fingers up to his mouth trying to think. "He'll get upset?" he replied most unsure.

Akemi smiled. "That's right! And we don't want Lord InuGenki to be upset…he'd kill us all" she said.

The guards both shivered and bowed again. "Greetings Lord InuGenki and Master InuYasha" they said.

InuGenki's eye twitched in disbelief. InuYasha was seeming not to mind, but Akemi was most pleased. "Good…now remember to do this each time you meet Lord InuGenki and InuYasha, because after tomorrow, they'll be part of this family" he said.

InuGenki sighed. "You might have to for Sesshōmaru too…" he said.

Akemi gasped and then shot a scared look towards InuGenki. "Oh, right I forgot about that. That could be a problem. He might try to crash our wedding" she said.

InuGenki shook his head. "Sesshōmaru is too good for that…in any case I will deal with Sesshōmaru. Make sure InuYasha is well protected. I have a plan to keep Sesshōmaru off our backs for a while" he said.

Akemi cocked her head to the side curiously. "What will you do honey?" she asked.

InuGenki smirked. "You'll just have to wait and find out…" he said.

The next day there was a huge crowd of Yōkai gathered around the castle, and it looked like there was a huge festival going on besides a wedding.

Akemi was in her room with her maidens. Her maidens were helping fixing up her hair. They put it up in buns and put a headdress, and they gossiped during the whole thing. "I can't believe this day has come…" one said.

"You so lucky milady" the other said.

Akemi was applying her make-up. She smiled. "I'm just glad he got over his shyness" she said. She sighed happily. "Between you and me…I've already slept with him" she said.

The maidens both giggled. "You did? How was he?" one asked.

Akemi sighed happily. "He was so romantic, and he looked scared at first, but he was a stud…I was kind of hoping I'd get pregnant from it all. You know?" she asked.

The maidens smiled. "You want to get pregnant still?" the other asked.

Akemi shrugged. "I'm not in a hurry to get pregnant…if it happens I want it to happen naturally, but I'll still be happy either way. I'll have InuGenki and InuYasha in my life after all" she said.

The maidens smiled. "We wish you the best" they said.

Meanwhile at InuGenki's castle, InuGenki was in his Shoin signing papers, and InuYasha was with him practicing his calligraphy. Yoshirō walked in looking very merry. "Ah, Your father must be laughing right now" he shouted happily.

InuGenki looked up at him oddly. "And why is that?" he asked raising an eyebrow. "Did you dunk your head in the Sake barrel again?" he asked.

Yoshirō chuckled. "Not today" he said before he leaned up against a pillar. "Your father and I knew this day would come. It was not hard to figure out you and my daughter would become husband and wife. I have seen how clingy Akemi was to you" he said.

InuGenki smiled and resumed his work. "Done!" InuYasha said before he held up this parchment. InuGenki looked up at the parchment and smirked. "How does it look?" InuYasha asked.

InuGenki looked at the parchment closely. He chuckled. "That's very good InuYasha…but is that supposed to be my name?" he asked.

InuYasha looked at what he was showing and then blushed before grabbing the right one. "Yea, but This one is my name…" he said shyly.

InuGenki laughed. "Excellent…" he said before he raised an eyebrow and saw InuYasha hiding something. "What's that?" he asked.

InuYasha hid the parchment. "Nothing…" he said before Yoshirō snuck behind and snatched the parchment. InuYasha growled. "Hey!" he yelled.

Yoshirō looked at the parchment and started laughing. "Hey, we got ourselves quite the artist!" he said handing InuGenki the parchment.

InuGenki took it and examined it. He stared at it blankly and then started laughing. InuYasha drew a cartoon of InuGenki fighting a ball of fluff. InuGenki smiled. "You did this?" he asked. InuYasha nodded slowly. InuGenki smirked. "Is that me?" he asked. InuYasha nodded again. "And who am I fighting?" he asked.

InuYasha smiled. "That's Sesshōmaru" he said.

"Fluffy…" Yoshirō said before they both started to laugh uncontrollably.

"Fluffy?" InuYasha asked cocking his head to the side.

InuGenki stopped. "Don't ever call him that…unless you have a death wish" he said. InuYasha gulped and then quickly nodded. InuGenki handed back InuYasha his drawing. InuYasha smiled happily and took his drawing. InuGenki looked at Yoshirō curiously. "Is everything ready?" he asked.

Yoshirō shrugged. "Almost, but we should make our away over there" he said.

InuGenki sighed and stuck a cork in the ink container. He took the brush away from InuYasha and smiled. "Go get ready" he said. InuYasha nodded and scampered off. InuGenki set the ink aside and he washed the brushes before setting them beside the ink container. He threw out the basin of water out the Shouji into the bushes. InuGenki looked back seeing InuYasha ready, and he laughed. "Okay, you beat me" he said while he set the empty basin aside. Yoshiro started laughing, and they could both hear InuYasha grunting. InuGenki looked back seeing InuYasha trying to lift the armor InuGenki always wore. He raised an eye brow. "What are you doing InuYasha?" he asked.

InuYasha let go and looked back. "Your armor is really heavy" he said.

Yoshirō laughed. "That yōkai armor was made for the Inu no Taishō, it's heavy because it's really dense armor, not even the sharpest blade can crack it!" he said proudly.

InuGenki sighed putting his armor on. "I only wish that were true. My weapon could damage this severely" he said.

InuYasha's eyes widened in shock. "I had no idea you had so much weight on you…could you have defeated Sesshōmaru if you removed your armor, Big brother?" he asked.

InuGenki chuckled. "My intensions were a lot different than Sesshōmaru's. In a sense I did defeat Sesshōmaru" he said.

InuYasha looked at him in awe. "You did? How did you do that Big brother?" he asked.

InuGenki picked up InuYasha onto his shoulders and gave him a piggy back. "You're alive aren't you?" he asked.

InuYasha frowned. "Yes, but…you didn't tell me what would happen if you fought without your armor on" he said.

InuGenki frowned. "It wouldn't make much difference…All Sesshōmaru has to do is remove his armor too" he said.

Yoshirō looked at him stunned. ~Does he realize that Sesshōmaru's style of armor is significantly lighter than his?~ he thought to himself.

Later that day everyone surrounded the shrine and InuYasha watched Akemi and InuGenki walked up and bowed. They sat down and InuGenki was looking nervous while Akemi was calm. They bowed again before everyone else bowed. InuYasha stuck his thumb into his mouth. A Yōkai poured tea into two cups, and then another took the cups before placing them in front of InuGenki and Akemi. Myōga was crying, and Yoshirō was smirking. InuGenki and Akemi both took a drink from their cups before there was a gust of wind which blew and knocked some of the paper lanterns down.

InuGenki frowned and looked off into the distance before he started walking in the general direction. A staff was floating down the path and Jaken came running after it. He looked back. "Lord Sesshōmaru the staff has stopped!" Jaken yelled before he looked back at InuGenki and then gasped. "Bwa! What are you doing here!" he yelled.

InuGenki growled. "I ask the questions here!" he said. Jaken yelled and backed up. Sesshōmaru appeared, and the celebration went to silence. InuGenki looked up at Sesshōmaru and stood his ground. "Give it up Sesshōmaru! You aren't going to take him!" he yelled.

Sesshōmaru looked at InuGenki annoyed. "Where is it?" he yelled.

InuGenki sighed. "If I knew where it was, wouldn't you think I have it? He's hidden it from both of us!" he said.

Sesshōmaru threw a punch at InuGenki, which it was dodged, and InuGenki gave a swift palm strike to Sesshōmaru's chest. Sesshōmaru backed up and growled. The two stared each other down. "I know you're bluffing. He always took a liking to you because you were the weaker one!" he yelled.

InuGenki closed his eyes and chuckled. "Weaker one? How ironic…I tell you what…I'll point you in the direction, but it won't make the slightest difference. You still can't touch it!" he said.

Sesshōmaru snarled. "Tell me where it is…" he yelled.

InuGenki smiled. "Fine" he said.

"What are you doing Lord InuGenki! You'll make your father's attempts to guard the fang to be for not! I thought you promised that you'd never let his death be in vain!" Myōga yelled.

InuGenki growled. "Silence! Don't ever question my judgment!" he yelled.

Myōga shivered. "Yes, milord…" he said.

InuGenki sighed. "Since you like to solve riddles I have one for you…" he said before looking at Sesshōmaru sternly. "Seeing yet never seen. Protected yet never known to its protector…" he said. He growled. "I'm not giving you anymore help…Got it!" he yelled.

Sesshōmaru chuckled sadistically. "Once I get the fang, It will be me who will reign supreme" he said before he walked off. Jaken chased after Sesshōmaru and screamed.

Myōga looked up at InuGenki surprised. "You know it's going to be a matter of time before Sesshōmaru finds out where the fang's locale is" he said.

InuGenki smirked. "By the time that comes, the fang will become in possession of it's true master consequently balance will be restored" he said.

Myōga looked at him oddly. "What did you mean by balance will be restored?" he asked.

InuGenki shrugged. "I dunno, I was trying to sound like father…pretty good don't you think?" he asked. Myōga sighed as his head sank down low in embarrassment. InuGenki walked up to InuYasha and smiled. "You up for some more training?" he asked.

InuYasha smiled. "Yea!" he yelled.

InuGenki grinned. "Good…" he said crossing his arms.

Akemi sighed but had a smile curve onto her lips. ~He'll make a good father for InuYasha, even if they don't know it yet~ she thought.

3 years have passed, and after months of training InuYasha had learned the basics of fighting, which his strength had increased exponentially since he first arrived at InuGenki's castle. InuYasha would often run through the forbidden forest to exercise, while InuGenki worked running his lands. Akemi would often go out with InuYasha if InuGenki could not.

"You can't catch me!" InuYasha yelled.

"This isn't a race InuYasha!" Akemi yelled.

InuYasha stopped and looked up hearing a screeching up above. He saw a figure streak across the sky before he smirked. "Big Brother is back!" he yelled before he darted off.

Akemi smiled. "Thank goodness…" she said before she sat down. She laughed. "He's getting stronger and stronger by the day" she said before she stood back up. "Strange…I've been getting tired often…" she said before passed out and fell to the ground.

InuYasha stopped and his eyes widened in horror before he ran to her side. "Say something!" he yelled.

"Go get Lord InuGenki! And Hurry!" Daiki yelled.

InuYasha looked up at the Yōkai Tree and nodded. InuYasha ran off as fast as he could down that path. It seemed to grow longer and longer. Tears were streaming down his face. ~She can't be dead!~ he thought.

Next time on InuYasha, Akemi has fallen to an unknown illness, and InuGenki is left to preoccupy InuYasha's worries by having a friendly sparring match, which after an accident, InuYasha's loses control turning it into anything but friendly match. Will InuGenki be able to bring InuYasha back into control? Find out next time. "Chapter 8 Berserker"