Disclaimer: Inuyasha don't belong to me, I don't own the characters. The songs in this chapter; 'Por Una Cabeza' belongs to Carlos Gardel (A couple of movies had chosen this nice song for their tango dance scenes) and 'My Love' belongs to Justin Timberlake, they don't belong to me. This is just a fanfiction, the characters in this story is not related to any living people unless by purely coincidental. Please don't sue me.
Yeah! I manage to update before Sunday as promised. This is going to be a long Chapter and a lot of efforts been put into it. I surely would appreciate the reviews. Plus a part of my weekend had gone into this chapter…A promise is a promise to update by this weekend, oh well… I hope all of you will enjoy this chapter. Sorry for all the suspense and thank so much for those who were patient enough to continue reading, I love you all.
Thank you everyone who had left his or her reviews. I really appreciate it.
-xxInuLover- Your predictions were almost accurate but not quite. But you're right, Sesshomaru's wedding will be a grand one. Hope you will enjoy this chapter. Thank you.
-tinkerbell795- Thanks for your review. Point is taken about the honorifics. But using Kun as honorifics is commonly used in schools and Chan as honorific, commonly used among children and women. But Good point, will do my best to stick to the accurate honorifics in near future. Japanese is a beautiful language.
Here is Chapter 9: Love, happiness and pain
In Kagome's home, Sango was having dinner with Kagome since the guys were busy. Kagome decided to ask Sango about her relationship status with Miroku.
"Sango, how is everything with you and Miroku?" Asked Kagome in a concern tone.
"We just become friends again. It is still too early to say anything. However, he did ask me out on a date without you and Inuyasha." Sango informed her friend, smiling.
"That's great! So did you agree to it?" Kagome asked Sango excitedly.
"Not yet. I need to see if he has change for better or worse. I can't stand flirts." Sango said with a sigh.
FlashbackAfter Sango saw Miroku holding her rival's hands, she went straight into her dorm room and sat on her bed.
'Why does my heart feels so bad? Why is he close to Kagura? I thought we are friends so why is he close to my rival? Am I jealous because of my rival or because of my feelings for him.' She said softly to herself.
Sango spent the rest of the day in her dorm room and didn't even go out for dinner. After much thought, she decided to stay away from Miroku especially after hearing rumours about him from her seniors.
End of flashback.
"Sango, people do change, just give him a chance and get to know him better." Kagome said nicely to comfort her best friend.
"Well, enough about that flirt. So how about you and Inuyasha? When are you going to tell him?" Sango asked her out of concern.
"After the wedding, I guess. I don't want to spoil Sesshomaru's wedding if things gone wrong between us." Kagome said softly with the last few words. She was afraid to know about Inuyasha's reaction.
"Don't worry, from what I can see between the two of you, is a great chemistry and love. I'm sure he will accept whatever had happened. Remember we all are behind you all the way." Sango said with a sincere smile to give some confidence to her best friend. After dinner, Sango decided to go home and Kagome went to her bedroom but she couldn't sleep, so she went to opened her side drawer and took out a picture of a young girl who looked almost like her. She started to think about the past, about how her life had changed especially at a particular funeral when she was younger.
FlashbackKagome had lost her mother when she was very young. She stayed at home with her servants, as her father was away most of the time to handle the business that was left by her mother's father. She would go to school and returned home with any family members around. She was always lonely because the servants would not have any personal conversation with her, as she was their employer's daughter.
Kagome was only 15 years old and was wearing a long black dress at a funeral. It wasn't just like any other funeral, it was her half-sister's funeral. The half-sister whom she just got to know about when she came across her picture in one of her father's books. She had never met her half-sister in her entire life.
She borrowed one of his books from his bookshelf when she found the picture in one of the pages. In the picture, there was a little girl who looked so much like her when she was younger. She confronted her father about the picture and was told the truth about her half-sister. She felt very upset with her father because he had left his first family for her mother, but she couldn't hate him. She decided to try to make things better. She insisted to her father that she wanted to see her half-sister, but he was reluctant. After her persistent persuasion, he decided to give in. But it was all too late, they would never ever meet until Kagome had finished her time on earth.
At the funeral, Kagome saw her father talked to his ex-wife for quite sometime and she slapped him but later both of them became calm. Then Kagome saw her alone, she was crying quietly in a corner where no one else could see her. Kagome felt sorry for the poor woman and decided to approach her. When she stood in front of the woman, she was feeling very nervous and introduced herself.
"Hello, Auntie, my name is Kagome. I am sorry…" Kagome said as nicely as she could to the woman but was cut off by the poor woman's crying.
The woman looked at Kagome and she cried even harder. Kagome was scared to go near her but she braced herself and decided to go nearer and hugged her. She expected to be slapped by the older woman, just like what had happened to her father but she was surprised that the older woman had returned her hug and was sobbing on her right shoulder, holding on to her tightly.
Kagome's father happened to see them and was shocked to see both women were holding each other close. He approached them both and Kagome slowly let go of the woman when her father spoke to them both.
"Asako, I see that you already met my daughter, Kagome." Kagome's father said to the sad woman calmly. Asako looked at Kagome and just stared at her. Kagome was still standing close to her and was feeling very nervous. Asako was silent for about a minute when suddenly she spoke to them both.
"I already lost my daughter. You already lost your wife and only this girl is left…I can't hate her, she looks almost exactly like Kikyo…and she is innocent…" Asako was trying hard to speak clearly to her ex-husband who was smiling sadly at her. Kagome looked at Asako and she felt the warmth of the hug that she experienced earlier with Asako. She had always wanted to feel that warmth. She decided to speak to Asako.
"Auntie, I am sorry… I shouldn't have insisted to my father to meet Kikyo…. I'm really sorry… I will do anything to make it up to you… Please… let me take care of you…" said Kagome who was sobbing and tears just wet her rosy cheeks. Both her father and Asako were so shocked by what she had just said. Suddenly, Asako hugged Kagome tightly and both of them experienced the warmth together. Before Asako could respond in words to what Kagome had said, someone called out to her for her attention. She slowly let go of Kagome but after whispering near her right ear to inform her to wait for her. Kagome just nodded and decided to stay at that corner to wait for Asako to return.
A short moment later, she noticed a young man who was about her half-sister's age. Kagome was intrigued by this young man's behavior. He looked emotionless and calm but his eyes betrayed him. Kagome saw the pain and anxiety in his eyes. Beside him, were two men, they seemed to be upset but were also calm. Asako approached those three men and tried to talk to them. The young man that Kagome had noticed earlier, had refused to say anything to Asako, instead he just bowed to her and walked away after paying his last respects. His other two companions talked to Asako for a short while and left shortly afterwards.
Asako went back to Kagome and took one of her hands into her own.
"Are you serious about what you had said just now?" Asako asked her. Kagome nodded and answered her 'Yes'. Both of them hugged again and Kagome's father just stood there speechless, then he decided to break the silence.
"Asako, since Kagome wants this and I owed you too much, please let her take care of you." He said calmly, as tears were welling up in his eyes.
"Let Kagome stay here with me." Said Asako without looking at her ex-husband. She then took Kagome's hand and both of them walked away together, after the funeral was over. Kagome's father who didn't want to lose another daughter on that day, let Kagome leave with Asako to stay at her new home. Poor Asako had regained a daughter back on that day.
Kagome's father sent her monthly allowances and sometimes he would visit her outside of Asako's home, but with Asako's permission of course.
Kagome kept her word to stay with Asako who had decided later on, to let Kagome called her 'Mama' and Kagome was more than willing to be calling her that. They became very close and treated each other like real mother and daughter relationship.
End of flashback
Kagome felt tears welled up in her eyes, as she remembered the past. She slowly put the picture back into drawer and laid her head on her pillow. She closed her eyes and she started to drift off to sleep.
Finally, the wedding day, Sesshomaru had spent lavishly for the whole wedding to make Rin very happy. They celebrated the day in Sesshomaru's family's mansion.
White and red roses were used on that day, to signify their true love and passion for each other.
He had requested for 88 white pigeons to be set free after their ceremony. Rin threw her wedding bouquet and Sango caught it by chance. Sango's facial expression was priceless, as she didn't expect to catch it.
Lunch was served right after the ceremony, best quality food to be served to everyone.The newly married couple cut a very nice, 6-tiers tall floral designed wedding cake.
Dinner was served at 7pm and accompanied by classical musicians to play classical music that they liked. They played 'Por Una Cabeza' and Sesshomaru took Rin's hand and started to dance with her. Both of them had practiced to dance tango before their wedding day. Everyone clapped and very impressed after they had finished with their dance.
Fireworks were set off at 8pm and lasted for about 5 minutes during dinner and later small souvenirs were given to their wedding guests before they leave.
A dancing party was held after dinner with a popular DJ spinning. Miroku was feeling very excited about this, he specially requested the DJ to play a song for him and went to Sango to ask her to dance with him. He had to take this chance to ask her to be with him, he knew he had fallen for her long ago but she didn't give him any chance at all. 'Tonight is the night, it's now or never.' He thought and took a deep breath as he approached her. The music started to play in the background.
"If I wrote you a symphony
Just to say how much you mean to me (what would you do?)
If I told you you were beautiful
Would you date me on the regular (tell me, would you?)
Well, baby I've been around the world
But I ain't seen myself another girl (like you)
This ring here represents my heart
But there's just one thing I need from you (say "I do")"
He asked her to dance with him and Kagome and Inuyasha urged her to go with Miroku to the dance floor. She gave in and danced with him.
"Yeah, because
I can see us holding hands
Walking on the beach, our toes in the sand
I can see us on the countryside
Sitting on the grass, laying side by side
You could be my baby, let me make you my lady
Girl, you amaze me
Ain't gotta do nothing crazy
See, all I want you to do is be my love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) Ain't another woman that can take your spot, my love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) Ain't another woman that can take your spot, my love"
They looked into each other's eyes as if they were communicating by using telepathy. Their hearts seemed to be beating to the rhythm of the song an each word seemed to be reflecting on them.
"Now, if I wrote you a love note
And made you smile with every word I wrote (what would you do?)
Would that make you want to change your scene
And wanna be the one on my team (tell me, would you?)
See, what's the point of waiting anymore
Cause girl I've never been more sure (that baby, it's you)
This ring here represents my heart
And everything that you've been waiting for (just say "I do")"
Kagome and Inuyasha joined the dance floor and held each other close while watching their best friends.
"Yeah, because
I can see us holding hands
Walking on the beach, our toes in the sand
I can see us on the countryside
Sitting on the grass, laying side by side
You could be my baby, let me make you my lady
Girl, you amaze me
Ain't gotta do nothing crazy
See, all I want you to do is be my love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) Ain't another woman that can take your spot, my love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) My love
(So don't give away) Ain't another woman that can take your spot, my love"
Miroku started to dance closer to Sango and tried his very best to control his hand from trying to grope her lower back.
Miroku failed to control his hand and groped Sango's lower back which resulted him, to have a very red left cheek. Sango walked away from him and he chased after her.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at the other couple and just shook their heads. They continued dancing and tried not to get involved after seeing Miroku's left cheek.
When the music finished and the DJ changed the song, Inuyasha and Kagome decided to get some fresh air. They walked to the garden and sat on one of the benches. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and admired her and that caused Kagome to blush. He brought her face closer to his and started to kiss her softly at first but it turned to a passionate one. After kissing a few more passionate kisses, Kagome was resting her head on Inuyasha's shoulder and both of them were admiring the stars in the sky. They were enjoying the peaceful and quiet atmosphere until they heard a loud explosion in the mansion.
'BOOM!'
Inuyasha told Kagome to stay there and he ran into the mansion. Many people rushed out of the mansion to get to their cars to escape. Sesshomaru and Rin were separated during the chaos. Miroku and Sango met Inuyasha at the main entrance and tried to get into the mansion to find out who was the intruder. They saw Sesshomaru who was looking for Rin frantic with worry. He went to them and said that he had lost Rin. All four of them searched for the intruder when suddenly, a huge fireball with double the size of a car, was heading towards them, all of them jumped out of the fireball's way. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru didn't have their swords with them at that moment and couldn't do much even with their hanyou powers, as there are too many evil demons attacking them, so they were very busy fighting alongside Sango and Miroku who helped them.
Suddenly, an evil looking creature, smaller than the evil demons they saw just now, appeared before them and shot smaller fireballs at their direction. The creature was holding on to a human and all of them were shocked to see Rin who was unconscious, was being held by the creature. Heavy smoke formed everywhere and it was hard for them to see or breathe clearly. And then, an arrow was shot and cleared most of the smoke with its white flashing light, the creature had already escaped with Rin in its hand. Inuyasha turned to see the direction where the arrow came from and was shocked to see Kagome with silver colored bow and arrows. She was standing at the main entrance's door and wearing Miko's clothes.
'What the hell…' Inuyasha said softly. He couldn't believe his eyes.
TBC…
Finally end of this chapter… What is going to happen next? Thank you for reading and until next time, zzzzz… Please kindly leave a review. The button is right below. I'm sure it will take less than a minute unless you wanna give me a whole paragraph, I don't mind, hehe. Constructive criticisms are welcome but no rude people will be tolerated.Omake:
Sango: "I don't understand why I have to be the one to catch the wedding bouquet… Why me and not Kagome?" Sango narrowed her eyes at Cogent.
Cogent: "Well, I had good reviews about you and Miroku so…" Cogent was cut off when Sango sent her Hiraikotsu flying, aiming at Cogent but Cogent caught her giant boomerang and returned it back to her by hand.
Cogent: "Sheesh, woman, calm down…" Sango sat on the ground and became quiet. Sango's facial expression was priceless. Cogent walked away from Sango, shaking head.
Shortly, Miroku came by, he saw Sango sitting alone and he sat down next to her. Waving his hand in front of her, there was no reaction from her, so Miroku groped Sango's bottom, trying to break the silence… 'SMACK' Sango slapped him hard and walked away. Sango was back to normal again.
