Chapter 23

Decisions

They all entered the grand hall and waited for Ryu and Kagome to take their seats. Kouga, Inuyasha, Kurama, and Sesshomaru stood while everyone else sat down.

"We shall go in the order that my daughter decreed so Sesshomaru you have two decisions to make choose wisely," Ryu announced.

'Two decisions? The second must be whether or not he will allow me to have more than one mate which I don't want!' Kagome thought.

"My lord, before I make my decision, may I wash first?" Sesshomaru asked looking down at his hand.

Ryu nodded his head and Sesshomaru left the room only to return a couple minutes later.

"Is that better Sesshomaru?" Kagome questioned.

"Yes and I would be honored if you'd be my mate," Sesshomaru responded.

Kagome looked into his eyes and saw hope, love, and something she has never seen him show, fear.

She didn't have to think about it. In a flash she was out of her chair and tackled him to the ground while hugging him. He hugged her back and gracefully got up with her still in his arms.

"What about your second decision?" she asked.

Sesshomaru looked down to her to see if she had an answer of her own. He searched her eyes and found the answer he wanted.

"No, she will not have another," he answered.

Kagome released her hold on him and turned to the other three guys. Kurama nodded his head in agreement. Kouga lowered his head, but Inuyasha was shaking his head. Kagome raised a questioning eyebrow which he caught.

"Why are you shaking your head Inuyasha? You know as well as anyone else that you can't do anything about this," Kagome took a step forward, but was watching him and kept her hand on one of her swords.

"I agree that you should have one mate, but I don't agree with your mate being Sesshomaru," Inuyasha's voice was laced with anger.

"I will tell you this, if he didn't want to be my mate, then I would have chosen Kurama," Kagome confided.

"Still if he would have said no you would have chosen me!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Inuyasha! I wouldn't have even chosen you; if all of them decided not to be my mate then I wouldn't have a mate. I would refuse to have you as a mate!" Kagome retorted.

Inuyasha was beyond angry. He was pissed. He looked at her with red eyes.

"Inuyasha knock it off your scaring the children," Sango yelled.

"That's not going to work Sango. He allowed his anger to cloud his mind," Kagome responded.

"You will be mine and if I can't have you no one on this Earth will!" Inuyasha shouted.

He charged for Kagome who easily would have dodged if the children weren't behind her. She caught his punch that he threw and didn't budge.

"Sango get the children out of here!" she shouted.

She used more of her strength so as not to be forced back.

"Okay Kagome we got them out now kick his ass!" Sango replied then ran out after the children.

"Everyone else get out now! I'm going to release enough power to kill ten demons," she demanded.

Sesshomaru walked up behind her and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"I'll be waiting," he whispered into her ear and left.

Everyone left inside the grand hall followed Sesshomaru out. Kagome turned her attention back to Inuyasha to try to talk him out of his anger one last time.

"Inuyasha this is your last chance. Stop now or I'll knock your ass out if I don't purify you first," Kagome commanded.

"I will never stop until I get what I want," he retorted.

"You and Naraku are more alike than you know Inuyasha," she sighed.

This got Inuyasha to take control again as Kagome released her energy that she built up. She cut the wave of power off and dropped to her hands to her knees trying not to drop Inuyasha on the floor.

"I could use a little help in here!" Kagome yelled to everyone who was standing outside the door.

Ryu, Kouga, Kurama, and Sesshomaru all came in and saw her on her knees with Inuyasha's head in her lap. Kagome looked up to Kurama and Kouga who lifted Inuyasha up and left to deposit him in his room. She then looked to Sesshomaru and Ryu and got up only to leave to where she sensed Sango, Miroku, Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Kilala, Rin, and Shippo was. Shippo and Rin were the first ones at her side giving her hugs.

"Are you okay Oka-san?" Shippo asked.

"I'm fine honey. Let's go and play. Rin would you like to play with us?" Kagome questioned.

Rin nodded her head vigorously and all of them ran outside leaving everyone else stunned.

"What just happened?" Sango quarried.

"It looks as though Lady Kagome wanted to play with the children," Miroku replied.

"No I mean that even though she kicked Inuyasha's ass, she is happy. Isn't that strange?" Sango explained.

"Lady Sango, Lady Kagome has moved on. She no longer had feelings for him," Bankotsu put in.

"We hate to leave, but my brother and I must go and watch over Lady Kagome."

Jakotsu and Bankotsu bowed to the Lord's and Kagome's friends and left.