Chapter Nine
Disclaimer: Same as always. Don't own, but would like to.
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Opening the door to their hotel room, Yuko, Sadayo and Tamiko came into the bridal suite and hung up all of their dresses for the next day. The bellboy followed behind them and brought in all of their luggage and set it down.
"Thank you, for all of your help." Sadayo said gratefully.
"No problem, ma'am," he said, brushing it off.
"Well, take this before you go." Taking her purse from one of the beds, she opened her wallet and gave him a twenty-dollar tip. With a wide smile, the young man bowed and left the suite, closing the door behind him.
Yuko sat down with a sigh, and then flopped over on her stomach, snatching the remote from the nightstand and turning on the television.
Sadayo looked at the clock which read 10:30 pm. "Well Yuko, this time tomorrow night you will be in Hawaii, and married to a very handsome man."
A smile crossed Yuko's face. He's not just a man, he's a kitsune youkai. For discretionary reasons, she kept that part silent. Her mother nor sister knew of Shippo's true identity. "I know, right? I can't believe I'm getting married tomorrow."
"It took you long enough," Tamiko said.
"Mother, I am only twenty-six," Yuko said with a hint of annoyance. "Jeez, you make me sound like I am forty."
"Hey, I am the one that is closer to forty than you are," Sadayo said. "I'm in my thirties."
She turned to her eldest child. "You need to hurry up and remarry too, before your eggs dry up," Tamiko joked.
"Mother!" Sadayo said, blowing her bangs off of her face in exasperation. "Thanks a lot for making me feel better about my life, just because I'm not dating, married, or a mother." Infuriating woman. "Damn it, I need a drink." Walking around the room she found a complimentary bottle of champagne in the refrigerator. "Hey, let's crack this open."
Yuko slid off the bed. "Give me a glass too. I think I'm gonna need it." She winked at her sister.
Tamiko pressed her hand over her heart. "My two girls drinking. All I want is grandchildren. I'm 800 years old and most of the women the same age as me have grandchildren and two generations of children after that."
"Come on Mom," Sadayo said, handing the bottle Yuko. "We know you're not really 800 years old and you're just being dramatic. Sorry our lives didn't turn out the way you wanted them to."
"I don't mean it like that, girls. I love you both and I just want to see you happy," Tamiko said with her head down.
Yuko sighed. "We know Mom." She poured herself a glass of champagne and took a sip. She poured another glass for her mom since Sadayo already had one. "Here." With a wistful smile she took the glass from her daughter.
Sadayo sat down on the other bed and raised her glass in front of them. "Anyway, here's to Yuko and Shippo tomorrow and forever!"
"And to Sada catching the bouquet," Tamiko joked again.
Sadayo looked at her mother and blew a raspberry with a smirk. "Oh, please. I don't want to catch that thing. All the weddings I have been to, all of the women that fight and claw at each other to catch a bunch of flowers based on a silly old superstition? No thank you."
Yuko smiled and took a sip from her glass. "Careful, Sada. Now that you have said it, watch you probably will catch it tomorrow."
Sadayo snickered over her own glass. "Yeah right." Taking another sip, she put it down on the windowsill. Taking the pillow from the bed she threw it at her and said item landed right on the side of her head. With a squeal, Yuko threw it right back and then hit Sadayo with it.
"All right you two, stop it," Tamiko said.
Sadayo launched herself at the other pillow and aimed for Yuko, but her aim was off and it accidentally hit her mother dead in the face. Both of the women stopped, mouths agape as they looked at their mother, waiting for her reaction.
Tamiko calmly stood up. "Now you are asking for it." Using her quick reflexes, she snatched and threw two pillows in a whirlwind spin, and one of them landing at Sadayo and the other one on Yuko. Squealing, all three of the women engaged in a pillow fight.
Finally, all three of them were exhausted and all of their hair had been in disarray. Laughing at their appearances, they all fell onto the bed trying to fix each other's hair. Getting up, Sadayo went to her suitcase and got her pajamas and then went into the bathroom to change.
Around 3:00 in the morning, Sadayo woke up to find that she was laying next to her mother and Yuko was on the other side. How picture perfect this is, she thought with a smile and turned right back over and went back to sleep.
"Are you ready, Shippo?" Inuyasha asked.
"More than ready," the fox youkai answered, without a hint of hesitation. Shippo stood in the mirror of their hotel room and tied his tie onto his shirt.
Inuyasha scoffed with a smile. "You sound more sure than I did at my mating ceremony," Inuyasha answered, tying his own tie.
"Easy, Inuyasha. I love her," came the answer as he picked up his jacket and put it on.
A sigh came from Inuyasha. "Well, I love your mother too."
Shippo looked over at his father figure. "I know you do. Believe me, I would have objected to it a long time ago."
He sighed for a minute and thought about how close he came to losing Kagome. If it hadn't been for Kikyo turning him down, he wouldn't have neither one of them. The promise he had made to her was the main reason he still went back to her. Finally, she was the one who released him from his debt, and he had never felt so free. Mentally shaking his head he picked up his jacket from the end of the bed.
"Alright let's get outta here before we start getting all mushy and crap," Inuyasha said, putting on his own jacket and the two leaving the room. Shippo shook his head with a smile and walked out with his father.
"Anyone know what time it is?"
Sadayo picked up her cell phone out of her purse, looking at the front display. "It's 1:15."
Yuko sighed. "Well, we've got 15 minutes until we get this show on the road."
May tenth had finally made its appearance after what seemed like forever. "Yuko, you look so beautiful," Sadayo gushed as she helped her sister zip up her wedding gown. "You look better than I did."
"She looks much better than me," spoke up their mother. Tamiko was wearing a silver two-piece dress with an off the shoulder, three-quarter sleeve top and a matching skirt with a small train. Her hair was pulled back from her face into a bun. Sadayo wore a strapless satin floor-length gown in a cerulean color. A rhinestone brooch was on the right side of the gown that gave the illusion that it was pulling the fabric into it. Her hair was curled in spirals all over and pulled into a low ponytail with a rhinestone barrette holding it.
"Well, the bride is supposed to be the best-looking one anyway," Yuko spoke up, with a smile on her face. "You both look beautiful anyway." She took a look at the window and smiled at a clear, blue sky. "I'm glad it's nice out, too seeing how the ceremony is going to be outside."
For the past couple of days it had rained enough to soak the earth considerably. The day before at the rehearsal dinner the sky was still cloudy, but luckily it had not rained. Yuko practically worried about the upcoming weather report. Finally, the weather had cleared up to reveal a warm, fresh spring day. Looking outside from their hotel room, there was not a cloud in the sky. She adjusted her veil as she looked at herself in the mirror, giving another smile of approval. Sadayo smiled warmly and a sniff was heard. The two of them turned their head to look at the tears that were spilling from their mother's eyes and she was fumbling in her purse for some tissues.
"Mom, don't cry," Yuko said. "You'll make me cry, and we don't have the time to get our makeup redone."
Sadayo raised an eyebrow at her sister in astonishment. "You? Cry? You broke your leg when you were 12 when you fell out of the tree in the backyard and you didn't make a sound. I've never seen you cry."
Yuko shrugged. "Well, I just might cry since today is my wedding day."
"Well, I'll keep tissues under my bouquet just in case you do," Sadayo said with a grin. A genuine smile came over her as she looked at her sister. Her strapless white gown made her look like a princess as the top of it was embroidered with tiny crystals and the same along the hem of the ball gown skirt. A set of silver bangle bracelets decorated her left wrist. Her dark brown and blonde hair was parted to the side and one thick strand of hair that rested on the side of her face, touching down to her collarbone and the rest of her hair sat in a neat inverted bun on her head with her tiara. A genuine smile graced her features as she gave herself another approving glance in the full-length mirror.
"Crap," Sadayo said warmly, as she began to feel the liquid pooling around her eyes. "I hope I don't turn into a blubbering mess. I think I'm going to cry now."
Yuko shook her head at her mother and her sister. "You two are hopeless," she replied with a smile. "But that's why I love you guys anyway."
"We love you too," her mother and sister said simultaneously. All three of the women fell into a hug.
"Yuko, sit down so we can put your shoes on," Sadayo said as she pulled up a chair for her sister. Grabbing her sister's shoes, Sadayo squatted down in front of her so that she could put her sister's white satin open-toed heels on.
"Is your garter on your left leg?" Tamiko asked.
"Yes, Mom," Yuko said. "I put it on before I put the dress on." She pulled the skirt up to affirm her statement. "See?"
After a minute, Sadayo stood back up. "Do they feel okay?"
Yuko stood up and walked a little. "Yup, they feel fine."
Tamiko looked over to the clock that they finally noticed on the wall. "It's 1:25, honey."
Yuko smiled in satisfaction. "Great. Let's go."
As far as the bridal party was concerned, Shippo and Yuko decided that they would only have a maid of honor and a best man. Large amounts of people just meant more drama and issues, and Yuko wasn't one to tolerate such. To be honest, she didn't just handle it very well and for the sake of the day going much more smoothly, the two would suffice. Her maid of honor was Sadayo, of course, and Shippo's best man was Inuyasha.
The three women filed out of the room, Sadayo holding the train of her sister's dress and her own bouquet. Once they made their way out, the three found Kagome standing outside of the garden doors, waiting for her cue.
"Hey, Kagome," Sadayo said cheerfully.
Kagome turned around to her friend's voice and smiled. It was ironic that Kagome had to wear a "mother-of-the-groom" dress, seeing how she wasn't even the appropriate "age" for her to wear it. The idea seemed and sounded very out of place. She wore a silver suit as well that resembled Tamiko's, but it covered her shoulders more and since she was carrying, it accommodated the growing bulge, which seemed to be growing bigger by the day. Her hair was pulled into a curly low ponytail, and silver eye shadow decorated her eyes.
"Hey, yourself," she said warmly. "All of you look absolutely beautiful."
Yuko responded with a timid smile and an equally timid bow. "Thank you Kagome," she said. "You look nice as well."
Kagome looked at Yuko with a warm smile and gave her a big bear hug. "Congratulations Yuko," she said. "You are the perfect match for my son…just do me one favor."
"What's that?"
"Stop being so nervous around me," she said with a grin. "I don't bite."
Yuko smiled as Kagome enveloped her in another big hug. The only thing separating them was the big mahogany doors and around them, soft music began to play, signaling everyone that it was time to begin the ceremony.
Tamiko hugged her daughter carefully, careful not to smudge either of their makeup or outfits. "I love you baby," she said.
"I love you too, Mother," Yuko said. With a final look at her youngest daughter and a wink to her oldest, she took her place next to Kagome. Sadayo gently moved her sister away from the view of everyone just as the hotel coordinator opened the doors. On cue, Tamiko and Kagome walked outside to the garden area in time to the music, side by side.
With a smile, Sadayo turned to her sister. "This is it, Yuko. Are you ready?" Sadayo asked, with her eyes shining.
"I've never been more ready in my life," Yuko responded without hesitation. "I love him so much."
"I know, I can tell," she said. "I know he loves you too." He had better not treat you like Takahari treated me or I'll kill him with my bare hands and I wouldn't care if I went to jail for it. Come on Sada, it's supposed to be a happy occasion, be nice, she scolded herself. Placing her bouquet on the table next to her, she took the blusher and gently placed it over her sister's face. "Bye, Atami Yuko."
"Hello Yamada Yuko," she said. The two sisters shared one final hug as Sadayo took her place in front of her sister. Turning back around for a quick wink, she faced forward, plastering a bright smile to her face. She walked in time to the music and rounded the doors into the ceremony site. As Sadayo walked with her bouquet in hand, she couldn't help but notice the grins that sat on Shippo's and Inuyasha's faces. They were trying to make her laugh so that she would lose her concentration and composure.
She noticed InuTaisho and Sesshoumaru sitting on the other side and if she wasn't so focused on making her way down the aisle, she could have sworn she had seen Sesshoumaru's eyes practically fall out of his head. Keeping a bright smile plastered to her lips, she stayed in the aisle as the sunshine and many flashes blinded her face as the photographers moved all around the area, and the guests with their own cameras did the same. She faltered for a second, but she continued to walk at the correct pace with her blue and white rose bouquet clenched at her abdomen. Finally, after the long walk she stepped up to the altar where the priest and Inuyasha and Shippo stood. As everyone kept their eyes on the doors, Sadayo turned and made a face at the two of them, earning a chuckle.
All heads turned around to the closed doors when the music changed to the traditional tune. Once the doors opened again, everyone rose to their feet as the beautiful bride made her way to her mate-to-be slowly but in time to the music. Most people were looking at the bride, but Sesshoumaru was looking at the maid-of-honor. Something inside of him would not let him look away from her. Her hair cascaded around her slender shoulders and her gown hugged her frame perfectly. The makeup she wore was light, but the eyeshadow intensified her almond eyes and the lipstick pouted her lips slightly. Finally tearing his gaze from her, he turned his attention back down to her sister.
In respect to her father and as Sadayo had done at her own wedding, Yuko walked the journey to the altar alone and pulled a rose from her bouquet and laid it on the empty chair next to Tamiko. A couple of moments later, Sadayo looked down at her mother and saw the tears flowing freely from her eyes. With a smile and a shake of her head, she accepted her sister's bouquet as she put her hands in Shippo's. A grin sat on both of their faces.
In the middle of her vows and true to her word, Yuko choked up and her eyes began to brim with tears. Sadayo tapped her on the shoulder and handed her a couple of tissues from under her bouquets. With a grateful smile to her sister, she gently dabbed at the corners of her eyes and continued. With a big and rather long kiss, Yuko and Shippo were presented as husband and wife.
Accompanied by thunderous applause, the newly married couple made their way back into the hall. Inuyasha held his arm out to Sadayo and the two of them made their way back up the aisle. Sesshoumaru quietly growled as he saw Inuyasha holding onto Sadayo. Even though it was only a wedding recessional, it did not change the fact that he didn't like it. InuTaisho's sensitive hearing tipped him off to his eldest son's behavior and the slight anger in his aura caused him to nudge him in the stomach. Sesshoumaru ignored his father and looked in the other direction.
The wedding party moved to another section of the garden and took their pictures as the guests moved back into the ballroom for the reception. After all of the picture taking, Sadayo and Inuyasha moved toward the ballroom and stood outside the doors, waiting for the newlyweds.
"Well, my sister is married to your son," Sadayo began. "What does that make us?"
Inuyasha stood for a minute in thought. "It makes us family in some weird way, I guess." Even though I know you will be my sister-in-law pretty soon. Finally, Yuko and Shippo came through the doors with a big kiss as the photographer darted around them for the picture.
"Ugh," Inuyasha said with a disgusted look on his face. "Can't you two do that somewhere else?"
Sadayo hit Inuyasha in the stomach with the back of her hand, hard. "I know about you and Kagome, so don't you start that," she whispered. Inuyasha gave her a husky growl in a teasing way. Now it was Sadayo's turn to make a disgusting face and Inuyasha smirked at her.
Finally, the wedding party entered the room for the reception and everyone enjoyed themselves. The groom twirled his new wife and then brought her close for their first dance. After dinner, Sadayo stood up to go speak with Sango who was standing not too far off.
With a chuckle, she pointed and they both looked at Shippo as an impish grin sat on his face while his hungry hands dove under Yuko's gown for the lace garter. Catcalls went up from among the male guests as he pretended to fumble for it, still with the sly grin on his face. A few moments later, he pulled said item from underneath her gown and stood up as a bunch of men got onto the floor.
Sesshoumaru reluctantly went up with some prodding from his father, of course. The things I do for this old man, he thought to himself. Running to get a glass of wine, Sadayo didn't see who had caught it. All she heard was a groan come from some of the men. Sadayo was sitting at the bridal party table next to Inuyasha when she heard, "will all single women please step out onto the floor. It's time for the bouquet toss!"
With an anguished groan, she didn't make any motions to move until Inuyasha practically shoved her out of her chair and losing her balance she fell onto the floor. With an angry growl, she glared daggers at him. He motioned for her to get up. "Come on Sada," he said with a mischievous grin. "You just might catch it."
Reluctantly, she stood up and dusted herself off and went to stand in the back of all the hungry women. To be honest, that whole scene looked like a bunch of lionesses scrapping over a piece of meat and it looked quite amusing which earned a chuckle from her. They were all pushing each other in an attempt to grab the bouquet, and as of yet, Yuko hadn't even thrown it yet.
At the count of three from the hotel coordinator, Yuko let the bouquet fly through the air. Sadayo, not paying attention was looking elsewhere until she noticed something coming straight at her out of the corner of her eye. With a snap, her hands outstretched before her mind had even registered that she had caught the very thing she was trying to avoid. Her head looked up in shock as she held the bouquet in her hands. Looking over to Inuyasha, she glared angrily at him again while mouthing, 'I am so gonna get you for this.' He responded with a mischievous grin of his own.
Sadayo didn't really notice some of the nasty looks she was getting from the women that didn't catch it. From what she could tell from her hearing was murmuring from them. They were muttering things like "lucky wench," and "it should have been me."
Walking through the crowd, she looked at her sister who was smiling at her and gestured for her to sit in the exact same chair that she sat in a few minutes ago. She motioned her sister over and gestured for her to lean over.
"Yuko, did you see who caught the garter?"
Yuko shrugged. "I didn't see it so I don't know. But see? I told you since you said it, you would catch the bouquet." With a shrug of her own Sadayo turned her head back around as she faced someone she felt approaching her.
Sesshoumaru was the one stalking towards her, as if she were prey of some sort, with the white satin-lace garter hanging from one of his long, slender fingers. Letting one of his rare smirks show on his handsome face, he gracefully sank to one knee in front of her as he lifted her left foot and slid the garter slowly and sensually up her calf, past the graceful curve of her knee and then stopping at her mid-thigh. Damn, she has some of the smoothest skin I have ever felt in my life, Sesshoumaru thought. Sadayo's eyes widened as she practically wanted her eyes to roll in the back of her head. It was as if his touch was setting her on fire. His fingers were so smooth and gentle but were also sensual as if he were sending her a direct message.
Catcalls and whistles erupted from the guests as they caught the sultry look on Sesshoumaru's face.A shocked look caught her face as he stood back up and extended his hand for her to stand up from the chair. She took it as she glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw Shippo Yuko, and Inuyasha cracking up laughing. In addition to that, she saw Koga, Ayame and Sango all laughing at her shocked expression as well. A pink hue seeped through her cheeks as the photographer stood in front of them and held up the camera. Brining her into a possessive hold around her waist, she forced a smile and his face remained emotionless as the flash went off.
Whistles went off from both sides as Yuko and Shippo went into a dance out onto the floor. After watching the two of them for a minute and a few other couples joined them out on the floor, Sesshoumaru leaned down to her ear.
"Would you care to dance with me?" he asked, lips practically skimming the outer rim of her ear. Looking up at him, she gave a smile as she set the bouquet down on the table. "Sure," she replied. The two of them walked onto the shiny wooden floor along with a few other couples and Sesshoumaru took the lead into a slow graceful song, the possessive hold around her waist again.
The music soon after changing to a more upbeat, club-like tune, as Sean Paul's "Get Busy" blasted through the loudspeakers, the lights dimmed and alternated changing colors to red and blue and the like. Unknown to the both of them, as the tempo increased, so did their dancing and they grew even closer together, as if there were some sort of magnetic force pulling at them. Sort of off to the side from the other people, Sesshoumaru began to smell a slight arousal emerging from the both of them due to being so close to her and his inner demon was clawing and battling at his confines, begging to be released. His beast wanted to taker her here and now. No, he thought clenching one of his fists, I cannot lose my control in front of her. She does not fully understand me yet…She is so addictive and I can feel her body calling to mine. Damn it, I should put a stop to this…and I can't. He willed his member to remain in its current state, but it was absolutely grueling.
Just as Sesshoumaru was having a hard time, Sadayo was having just as much of a hard time controlling herself. Her arousal was beginning to make itself known also. Damn it, I should put a stop to this…but I can't. He's so…addictive. The companies of guests at the wedding were mixed, human and concealed demon alike, which was unknown to most of the guests but with the way the music was going, practically everyone was brought to grinding on their partners. Sadayo's hand was around Sesshoumaru's neck and Sesshoumaru's hand was around Sadayo's waist, with the two of them moving together as if they were going to just have sex right on the dance floor in front of everyone. Done in by the song, Sadayo turned around and continued to sway her hips to the beat as Sesshoumaru brought her closer against his body. After a moment Sesshoumaru happened to look over and found that Sadayo's ears were again changing to a delicate point. Needless to say as the song wound down, the two of them were absolutely flushed, Sadayo's face red and breathing heavily. When he looked at her again, the point in her ears had disappeared. With wistful smiles, the two parted ways. Oh my damn, Sesshoumaru thought. I cannot believe we just did that. Little did he know, Sadayo was talking with her sister but was thinking the exact same thing.
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