March 20, 2014

I do not own Dragonball or Inuyasha

WARNING: There will be a short lemon in this chapter. Mature readers only please.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Vegeta easily dodged his mate's attacks, retaliating with his own attacks. Kagome cried out as she was thrown back into a tree, which splintered from the impact. She slid down to the ground, winded and panting for breath. Her mate wasn't going easy on her, not this time. But she couldn't tell if it was because he truly wanted her to get stronger... or if he was just greatly displeased by her wanting to participate in the battle. Either way, despite the pain and exhaustion she felt, she was indeed getting stronger.

"Ready for a break?" Vegeta asked as he walked towards his panting mate. Kagome shook her head, slowly forcing herself to her feet.

"Not yet. I can keep going." Kagome said though she was still breathing heavily. "I will prove to you... that I can hold my own." They had been training out here in the middle of a forest for three days now and Kagome could tell just by looking at her mate... she hadn't reached a level that he would allow her to fight. Not yet, anyways. But she felt she was getting closer. Every time they fought and she recovered she got stronger, just like a Saiyan. And Vegeta knew this, too. He didn't hold back on his mate because he knew that she would end up stronger in the long run this way. Some might see something like this as a husband abusing his wife, but it wasn't abuse if Kagome not only assented, but also appreciated it. She knew he didn't like having to hurt her so much, but she also knew he was doing it for her sake. He did not want her to fight, but because she wanted to, he was helping her get strong enough to fight.

Vegeta smirked at his exhausted and battered mate. He was actually quite proud of her. Not many female saiyans were this strong, and most lacked the motivation and determination to get stronger. Kagome, however, wanted to get stronger. She wanted to fight alongside her mate. She wanted, on a subconscious level, to prove to her mate that he'd made the right choice in a mate. Most of all, she wanted to protect her son, and this also drove her to become stronger.

"Well, you say you can keep going. Prove it." Vegeta dared his mate. "Prove to me that you won't die within minutes if you fight someone as strong as a super saiyan." His words strengthened Kagome's determination and she rushed at her mate with another round of kicks and punches. Vegeta dodged most of them, smirking as she actually managed to hit him this time. They were both bruised and bloody from their fights and, though Vegeta wouldn't admit it, Kagome was almost strong enough to be a super saiyan. Almost. Vegeta wasn't sure if a half saiyan female could reach that level or not (though based on Trunks males apparently could), but he had the feeling he would find out soon enough with his mate. He was proud of how strong she was. He would even let her fight right now if she wanted to, but it was his curiosity that kept him from letting her go just yet. He wanted to see how strong she would get before they fought Cell.

In the end Vegeta won. Of course. Kagome lay helpless on the ground, gasping for breath as Vegeta powered down, his hair and eyes returning to their normal color. She was sore, bruised, bloody, and sweaty... but she was happy. She could sense her mate's pride in her, and this made her happy. She knew she'd finally reached an acceptable level for Vegeta. If Cell were to attack them he would allow her to fight alongside him. But she wanted to see how far she could go. How much stronger could she get? Kagome knew it was her saiyan blood spurring her on. Her blood was boiling from her fighting with her mate. Her heart raced from both strain and excitement, and she was surprisingly very aroused right now. Seeing her mate sweaty and covered in blood awoke something primal in her. Fighting him in that state only made it worse. Despite how sore and drained of energy she was right now, she wanted nothing more than to jump her mate and make love until the sun rose. And then she wanted to fight him again.

"You know... to saiyans," Vegeta said as he walked over to his panting mate and looked down at her, "there's nothing more arousing than a good, hard fight with your mate. It's part of the reason why I provoke you into arguments so much... and why you also enjoy them." he smirked down at her. He moved quickly, getting onto his knees as he straddled his exhausted mate and covered her body with his own. Kagome stared into her mate's charcoal eyes, seeing nothing but lust shining in them. Vegeta grinned at the primal look in his mate's eyes. Her eyes were wide and her pupils were dilated. She was breathing heavily, but no longer because of the strenuous exercise, and her tail flicked beneath her with anxiousness. He could smell her arousal clearly, but he could also smell his own arousal. She wasn't the only one affected by their fighting. "To saiyans there is nothing more sexy than seeing your mate covered in sweat and blood from a battle, especially from a battle against their own mate." His voice dropped an octave and became husky as he moved his face closer to his mate's face. Kagome shivered at the change in his voice and she moaned softly as he leaned down and kissed her fiercely.

"Vegeta..." Kagome moaned as her mate attacked her neck, sucking, biting, and licking at the blood and sweat that remained from their fight. A particularly harsh bite made Kagome moan lowly and arch up against him. Over the past two years they'd been mated he had taught her that pain was a pleasant sensation during mating. Her saiyan blood enjoyed the pain, craved it even, and right now her instincts were driving her so the pain was that much more pleasurable. Kagome returned the pleasure to her mate, biting his lip as he kissed her. She broke the skin and they both moaned at the taste of his blood. As

Vegeta began to pull off her armor and suit Kagome kissed along her mate's corded neck, not biting him until she reached his ear. She'd learned that male saiyans weren't particularly happy about being bitten on the neck, though it greatly aroused the female saiyans. It was instinct, really, to protect such a vulnerable area, and it was a serious turn-off if their mates bit them there. Kagome had learned that the hard way once and never repeated it again. They'd been in the throes of passion when she did it. One second she was on cloud nine and the next second her mate had pulled away from her, glaring and growling at her. She should have known better, seeing as she'd been around canine yokai for years and they also had an issue with their necks. Vegeta had pretty much stormed away after that and gone to train while Kagome lay in bed, whimpering from the lack of release and crying a little because her mate was angry at her and she didn't know why at the time. After about two hours of training Vegeta had calmed down and returned, explaining to her what had happened and why. Kagome understood right away, due to practically growing up around yokai, and she'd made it up to her mate in a way he had greatly enjoyed. The defiant and fiery Kagome who absolutely hated being dominated let her mate take complete control for the rest of the night. Despite her distaste for being submissive, that night had been almost enough for her to decide being submissive wasn't really so bad.

-LEMON STARTS-

Vegeta smirked as his mate finally lay bare before him in the cool grass. Kagome reached up and started pulling at his armor to get it off, eager to have his flesh against hers. Vegeta just chuckled and helped her get the armor off, tossing it aside. Kagome grabbed his dog tags, noticing that his wedding band was also on the necklace, a fact that touched her, and she deactivated his concealment charm, smiling as his tail appeared and wrapped around her tail. She moaned softly as his tail slid up to the base of her tail, rubbing against it sensually as she arched up against him. Vegeta resumed his attack on her neck, biting and sucking, as his hands trailed down her legs and hooked behind her knees. He pulled her legs up around around him as he ground against her, making her moan again.

Kagome let out a pleased gasp as her mate thrust into her eagerly. Vegeta chuckled and pulled her legs up higher. Kagome got the message and wrapped her legs around his waist as he rocked within her, her legs protesting a little at how broad her mate's torso was. Vegeta, whose hands were now free, wrapped one arm beneath his mate, pulling her up flush against his chest, while his other hand roamed over her curvaceous body that only he had the pleasure of knowing intimately. He grinned against his mate's neck as she whined in protest to his slow pace, pulling on his shoulders to urge him to go faster. He bit at her neck roughly again, making her whimper from the painful pleasure of his bite.

"Beg." he smirked against the soft flesh of her neck while he continued with his rather slow pace despite both of them wanting it hard and fast. Still, Vegeta wanted to hear her begging him to take her and take her hard like they both wanted. Kagome refused at first, her own pride keeping her from begging even her mate, pride she'd gotten from being around her mate too much. But as Vegeta kept biting at her neck, his free hand roaming over her body and sending flames to her core while his slow pace tortured her, Kagome became unable to hold onto her pride for very long. As Vegeta nipped at her mating mark Kagome gave in.

"Please... Vegeta, please..." Kagome pleaded quietly but Vegeta only chuckled. "Please, what?" He smirked down at her. "Dammit, Vegeta, take me!" Kagome growled. "I need you! I need you to take me hard and fast!" Vegeta grinned and kissed her hotly, giving a powerful thrust that made her moan. "Harder!" Kagome pleaded, earning another powerful thrust that made her see stars as she let out a low throaty moan. The saiyan prince only chuckled and kissed her as he made love to his beautiful mate. It was rough and passionate, both Kagome and Vegeta being led by their instincts to bring the other pleasure. Soon enough both mates were nearing their end. Vegeta shifted the angle a bit and that was enough to bring Kagome over the edge with a scream. Vegeta groaned as Kagome came around him, forcing him into his own intense release.

When he came down from his euphoria he rolled off of his mate to keep from crushing her and he pulled her onto his chest. Kagome simply lay on her mate as she tried to catch her breath. Even Vegeta was breathing harder than normal as he held his mate close with Kagome resting her head on his chest just below his chin. Kagome sighed softly and leaned further into her mate's arms as she listened to his strong and steady heartbeat, a sound that calmed and relaxed her. She was tired and sore, both from training and from their recent activity, and it wasn't long before Kagome drifted off to sleep in her mate's strong warm arms while listening to the soothing sound of his heartbeat.

-LEMON ENDS-

Vegeta chuckled softly when he noticed she'd fallen asleep. She was clearly exhausted, and rightfully so. Training with him for three days, while he was a super saiyan, was no easy feat. He'd been right when he told her that this training would be unlike any of their other training experiences together. Kagome had slept very little in the past three days, spending her time fighting and training with her mate to prove to him that she could help in this fight against Cell, that she was strong enough to take care of herself, and, on a subconscious level, that he'd chosen a powerful mate that would give him strong children, though she'd already done that by giving him a son with a power level that showed he would be just as strong, if not stronger, than his father when he is older.

The saiyan prince gently lifted his sleeping mate off of his chest and lay her down in the grass beside him as he sat up. Then he went to retrieve their clothes and armor, which they'd tossed away haphazardly in their eagerness to have flesh against flesh. Vegeta found his armor and dressed quickly before taking his mate's clothes back to her, dressing her with practiced ease while she slept. Kagome woke up only slightly when she felt herself being moved around but she quickly drifted back off when her tired mind realized that her mate was dressing her and then carrying her somewhere. In her sleep Kagome's tail reached out for her mate's tail, which he'd wrapped around his waist for now. Kagome smiled in her sleep as Vegeta loosened his tail enough for her tail to wrap around it.

Vegeta smirked at little as Kagome snuggled into his chest as much as she could with his armor in the way. He carried her back to the little camp they'd set up not far away. He gently lay Kagome down on the blanket she'd spread out under a tree. That was where the couple had been sleeping in between fights, usually only for a few hours. Vegeta fully intended on letting his mate get as much rest as possible. It would help her recover from their last fight, which in turn would make her stronger. Giving her a light kiss to the temple, Vegeta set about making some food for when his mate did wake up.

Now, Vegeta was no cook, not by a long shot. Saiyan males weren't particularly picky and could and would eat just about anything, including raw meat. For most of Vegeta's life he'd simply eaten the flesh of the alien races he exterminated. It was fuel and that's what was important to the saiyan warrior, though the taste did leave much to be desired. Here on earth he had more choices available, a fact he was grateful for. Unfortunately most of the choices had to be cooked in order to taste right and, as stated before, Vegeta was no cook. Still, that didn't mean he was completely incapable of cooking some things... Spotting a rabbit nearby, Vegeta quickly caught the furry rodent and snapped its neck. He caught about ten more before he returned to the camp and sat down near the fire.

He had watched his mate skin rabbits the past few days and she'd even gone so far as to teach him how to correctly go about it, so Vegeta sat there by the fire skinning the rabbits. The first few were done sloppily and simply tossed into the fire to cook. Over time he'd improved and soon he had all the rabbits in the fire to cook, though one rabbit he'd put on a stick and was simply holding it over the fire to cook. This one was for Kagome. Vegeta looked up from the fire with a scowl when he noticed a familiar presence. Looking up, he found that boy from the future, Trunks, standing a respectful distance away.

"What do you want, boy?" Vegeta scowled. Trunks frowned a little and glanced at Kagome for a moment before looking back to Vegeta. "I think we got off on the wrong foot." Trunks finally said. "I came to this time with the impression that you were my father, so when you didn't save my mother and the infant me I got angry and purposefully offended you. I want to apologize." When Vegeta merely rotated that rabbit he was holding over the fire Trunks continued. "So many things have changed in this timeline. Nothing is like it is supposed to be and I'm just having a hard time handling all this." the boy admitted. "I didn't mean to step on any toes by claiming that you are my father."

"Boy, if that was what I was angry about you would know it." Vegeta scoffed, checking the rabbit to see if it was done. When it wasn't he put it back over the fire. "I could care less about you saying that I'm your father, because that's apparently so in your time. I can smell my blood in your veins and can even see the family resemblance in you. You are my son... just not in this timeline. And I know how confusing time travel can be." Vegeta said, glancing back at his mate who had told him countless stories of her time traveling experiences.

"Then what are you angry about?" Trunks asked. "Why do you have something against me?"

"You want to know why I don't like you?" Vegeta questioned and Trunks nodded. "That should be obvious. You have saiyan blood in you, boy. You should know what angers a saiyan the most." Trunks nodded hesitantly as he realized why Vegeta was so pissed off at him. Time and time again he'd told Vegeta that he wouldn't be able to defeat the androids... at that, to Vegeta and any other saiyan, was essentially...

"Being called weak." Trunks answered. Then he swallowed his pride, which he'd inherited from his father, and he bowed deeply to Vegeta. "I'm... I'm sorry. It won't happen again." Vegeta nodded curtly at the appropriate apology, staring down the boy for a moment. He couldn't be older than seventeen. He was young and foolish, despite growing up in a world of fighting... but then again that's how most saiyans were raised. It was clear to Vegeta that, though this boy was wise and very strong for his age, he was not yet mature enough to handle his emotions well. When he was angered he would disrespect, just like any teenager. Perhaps, Vegeta decided, I should cut him a little slack. He may not be my son in this world, but he's still technically my son. Besides, he looks like he learned his lesson.

"If it happens again," Vegeta started as he rotated the rabbit once more, "you will not be given another chance." Trunks looked up at this, both shocked and hopeful at his answer. He wondered why Vegeta was being so civil with him right now, but a quick look around and a discreet sniff of the air told him why Vegeta was calmer than usual. For one, his mate was sleeping not far away and he likely didn't want to wake her. For another, based on the scent in the air, Vegeta was quite relaxed after some rather intimate activities with his mate not too long ago.

"Sit." Vegeta's sudden command startled Trunks. He looked at his 'father' and noticed the sternness in his eyes. "Don't make me repeat myself, boy." Trunks quickly sat down by the fire, sitting across from Vegeta. Vegeta stared at him hard for a moment before speaking again. "How old were you when your real father died?"

"Just a baby." Trunks answered. "Mom said I was about a year old."

"Had your timeline's Vegeta become a super saiyan by then?" Vegeta questioned and Trunks shook his head.

"And what about Kakkarot?"

"Yes, but he died because of that heart virus." Trunks told him. Vegeta nodded shortly, thinking on all this. Kakkarot was still alive in this time and Vegeta was now a super saiyan. It was highly probable that they would be able to defeat these androids, but new events were unfolding every second, it seemed. Adding in Cell made everything more complicated. "Can I ask you something?" Trunk asked when Vegeta didn't speak for a while. Vegeta looked at him for a moment before nodding, taking the rabbit away from the fire to cool. "Is there a reason why you and my mother didn't get together?"

"Kagome." Vegeta said calmly, glancing back at his sleeping mate. "Pure blood Saiyans have the ability to sense when they've found their soul mate. I always knew your mother wasn't my mate, though she flirted with me for a few months after I came to live at Capsuel Corp. Perhaps if Kagome hadn't appeared I would have slept with Bulma but we would never be mates nor anything more than bed partners. If there had been a child in the mix I would have stayed for the child, but I would never have loved Bulma. Possibly tolerated, but not love." Vegeta shrugged. "Kagome is a different story. She came to Capsule Corp. to be a medic while I was training. I took one look at her and I knew she was my mate." Trunks nodded in understanding. He'd had a feeling that it was something like this.

"Okay, one more question... did you meet Kagome-san before or after Goku-san and my mother got together?"

"Before. We were already expecting our son by the time your mother and Kakkarot decided they wanted to be more than friends." Vegeta shrugged. "And I was already in space, training, by the time you were conceived."

"Really? I had no idea Goku-san even liked my mom like that..."

"From what my mate has told me, Kakkarot's mate is your mother. Since he was raised as a human he did not realize that she was his mate. By the time he realized he loved your mother she was already with that weakling, Yamcha." Vegeta scoffed. "Kakkarot, being the kind fool that he is, did not try to separate them for the sake of his own happiness and he somehow ended up married to the banshee woman."

"Chichi?" Trunks questioned and Vegeta nodded.

"Around the time my wife was pregnant, Chichi left Kakkarot because he enjoyed fighting too much, like a typical saiyan. At the same time your mother dumped the weakling and Kakkarot saw his chance. Since he no longer had an obligation to his wife he decided to go after his true mate, your mother." Vegeta explained. "And, since I sensed Kakkarots mating mark on your mother, I suppose that's true." he shrugged before standing up, grabbing the roasted rabbit he'd set aside a few minutes ago. Trunks watched as Vegeta walked over to Kagome and gently shook her shoulder to wake her. Kagome yawned and opened her eyes, looking up at her mate sleepily. It the fading light of sunset she didn't notice Trunks; she only saw her mate. Kagome smiled sleepily as he handed her the rabbit he'd taken extra care to cook properly. Vegeta smiled back, unseen by Trunks. It was only when Vegeta returned to the fire did Kagome notice that Trunks was also there.

"Hello, Trunks-san." Kagome smiled sleepily at the boy. She walked over to the fire and sat down by Vegeta with her cooked rabbit as Vegeta pulled another rabbit out of the fire and started eating. "When did you get here?"

"Not long ago." Trunks smiled politely.

"So what brings you here?" Kagome asked before taking a bite out of her own rabbit. Vegeta was listening now. Surely the boy hadn't come just to apologize and ask a few questions, right?

"Well, actually... I was kind of hoping that maybe fa... I-I mean Vegeta would let me train with him. I didn't know you were out here, too, Kagome-san." Trunks explained, rubbing the back of his head nervously. Kagome smiled gently at the obviously nervous boy who wanted to know his father, even if in this world it wasn't Vegeta, and she looked to her mate to see what he thought of this. It was clear from the look in his eyes that he really didn't want to train with this kid, but he also acknowledged that Trunks was strong and would prove to be a good sparring partner while Kagome rested from the three days of her own training. Vegeta had a mental debate going on about this until he saw his mate giving him 'that' look. The look that told him that he'd better do it or she wouldn't be happy with him. Sighing, Vegeta grabbed a rabbit out of the fire and tossed it to the boy, who caught it with a surprised expression. He looked up at Vegeta, but the saiyan prince was focusing on his food once more. Kagome just smiled sweetly at Trunks before also focusing on her own food. Trunks just sat there for a moment, assuming that this was a sign that he could stay and train with them, and then he also started to eat.

-break-

Kagome, Vegeta, and Trunks were all rudely awakened by a powerful presence suddenly appearing in the camp. Vegeta was on his feet at once, standing in front of his mate who was much slower to react. They all relaxed, however, when they saw a familiar person standing in the middle of the camp.

"Hi, guys! Look, I'm all better now!" Goku smiled at the group. He turned to face Kagome now with a grin and she saw that he was holding her son in his arms. Kagome smiled brightly and hurried over to Goku. "Bulma said he was missing his mama something awful so she asked me to bring him to you." Goku told her with a smile as he handed the boy over to his mother. Ryujin started crying when he saw his mother and he quickly reached out for her. Kagome took him from Goku and cuddled her son lovingly.

"Aw, it's okay, baby. Mommy's here." Kagome cooed softly to her crying baby. Then she smiled sweetly at Goku. "Thank you for bringing him. How are you feeling, Goku-san?"

"Great!" Goku smiled. "That medicine Trunks gave me worked really well and, from what I was told, you helped out, too, Kagome-san. So thank you both."

"Don't mention it." Kagome laughed lightly as she walked back over to her mate. "I didn't really do much; just gave you a little energy, is all. It was Trunks-san's medicine that did the job."

"I'm glad you're well, Goku." Trunks said. "There's a lot that's happened since you were sick..."

"You can fill me in later. Right now we need to go." Goku told them.

"Go? Go where?" Kagome asked.

"I can sense that there's a really big battle coming up pretty soon. So we're all going somewhere where you can get a year's worth of training done in only a day." Goku explained.

"What are you talking about Kakkarot? That's impossible." Vegeta scoffed.

"Actually, it is possible." Goku smiled. "And I know how to do it. You just need to come with me."

-break-

Kagome looked around the lookout curiously, keeping Ryujin on her hip as she followed the odd man called Mr. Popo on a quick tour while Vegeta, Trunks, and Kakkarot were talking. She made it back to her mate's side as he told Kakkarot that he was going into the time chamber first.

"Sure thing." Goku simply smiled. "I need to go pick up Gohan, anyways. So are you going in with Kagome-san or with Trunks?" Vegeta looked at his mate expectantly but Kagome shook her head.

"I can't." She told them.

"What do you mean you can't?" Vegeta huffed and Kagome frowned at her mate.

"One, if I were to spend a year in there I wouldn't be able to make milk for your son anymore. Do you want him to starve? Or more importantly do you want him to be fed fake milk that could potentially harm his growth? Two, I would really miss my baby. A year without seeing him will be torture, Vegeta!" Kagome frowned. "And three, I'm not allowed to have anything to do with time or the controlling or manipulation of time. I am quite literally forbidden from it."

"What do you mean by that?" Trunks questioned.

"I'm sure Vegeta will explain my past to you while you're in there." Kagome sighed. "Just know that I am quite familiar with time travel and that I may or may not have made a few mistakes to anger a few different Kami, yes there are more than this one though this Kami seems to be the most powerful, and now I'm forbidden from having anything to do with the manipulation of time."

"Did you do something bad?" Trunks asked curiously.

"Not bad, per say, more like I caused a few accidents that the kami had trouble fixing. Messing with the space time continuum is not wise but I unfortunately had to do it for a few years. Once my job was done the kami decided that it was too risky to allow me to do it anymore, since I'm rather accident prone." Kagome smiled wryly while her mate rolled his eyes.

"Fine. I'll go in with the boy." Vegeta sighed as he walked towards the time chamber door. Kagome stopped him before he could go inside.

"I want to talk to you first." Kagome insisted. Vegeta sighed but nodded before letting his mate lead him a good distance away. "Please, Vegeta, treat Trunks-san like you would treat Ryujin. He is your son, just not in this world, and he just wants to know the man that's supposed to be his father." Kagome told her mate while looking between Trunks and Ryujin. Vegeta sighed and also looked down at Ryujin, who was content to just chew on his fist while his mother held him. He tried to imagine Ryujin as a boy Trunks' age and Vegeta knew that, while he would be firm and strict with the boy, he wouldn't treat his own son nearly as harshly as he was treating Trunks. The boy was his son, even if it wasn't in this world, so Vegeta should treat him as such.

"I will try, mate." Vegeta finally spoke. Then he looked at her odd. "How do you feel about this? Technically the boy is my son..."

"It's strange..." Kagome sighed. "But I know you, Vegeta, and I know the kind of man you are. I think it's all strange, but I'm fine with it." She sighed again but smiled at her mate. "Be careful during your training, okay? I won't be there to patch you up."

"You keep yourself and Ryujin safe." Vegeta returned with a smirk. "And you'd better be the first thing I see when I come out of that room. An entire year without my mate will be torture." Kagome quirked her lips a little at this and gave her mate a sweet kiss.

"You'd better go before you get scared and change your mind." she grinned and Vegeta scoffed at this.

"You forget who your mate is, woman." he smirked. He leaned down and gave her a quick kiss and gently touched his son's head. Then he walked back to the time chamber and entered it, followed by Trunks. Kagome watched as the large white door was slowly sealed behind them, and then the countdown began.

-END CHAPTER-

Huzzah! I have posted another chapter for your amusement and entertainment!

Okay I know some of you are kind of curious about the ages of the characters and the time-spans and all and, since I wasn't entirely keeping track of the ages and everything, I guess I'll do it here.

Vegeta was 7 when Vegeta-sei was destroyed. Kato was 41, since he left a year before the destruction and he was 40 when he left. Kakkarot was a newborn. Vegeta is now 39 (which is still young to saiyans), meaning Vegeta-sei was destroyed 32 years ago and Kakkarot is now 32. Kato is now 73. Korari found beat-up Kato when she was 14, married him when she was 18. Korari is now 47. Kagome is 28 but doesn't look a day over twenty, meaning Korari had her when she was 19 and she married Kato a month after Kagome was born. Ryujin is about seven months old and Trunks is about four months old. Bulma is younger than Kagome at the age of 25. All the yokai are over five hundred years old, Shippou and Hiei being within a decade of each other but neither really knows who is oldest since neither really know when their birth date was. Inuyasha is about seven hundred years old, Kouga about a century older. Sesshoumaru is the oldest character in this story at the ripe old age of one thousand five hundred seventy nine (1579), but he's still actually quite young and, seemingly, immortal. His birthday is May 16, 0435 (before there were even humans in Japan). Totally made that one up.

And there you have it. All the ages and numbers I can think of right now in this story. Hope that jumbled up mess makes sense to you.

Sorry the lemon was kind of short. Both me and my friend who writes the lemons for this story had really big tests these past two weeks so we haven't had much time to spend on working out a lemon. But I had already planned for this chapter to have a lemon and since I haven't update in a few days I decided to just go on with the story. The show will go on! The next lemon, which may not be for a while, will definitely be longer and better.

ANNOUNCEMENT! After a long period of debating I have decided that I will NOT be writing the entire Cell saga out. That's just too much writing, too many battles, and too uninteresting for my story considering most of us have probably already watched the anime. If you haven't, go watch it. Right now. Seriously. Or you will be lost, if you're not already.

I have noticed in a lot of different romance-based stories that, once you get to writing out lengthy battles, you lose readers' attentions. I know I've been dissuaded from reading a story further because there were battles that went on for chapters at a time, most of them based on the battles in the anime that I've ALREADY WATCHED! I would rather not lose any of my devoted readers. Besides that, writing out the entire Cell saga would essentially give me the most severe form of carpal tunnel syndrome there is. No thank you. I've already got doctors bills to pay. I don't need any more over a stupid wrist injury.

Okay, enough jammering. I leave you all with this piece of wisdom. BEWARE of antibiotics! If you go to a doctor you'd better be cautious about them prescribing antibiotics. They don't work on viruses, just bacteria, so if you have a virus and you get antibiotics you are just wasting your money and potentially creating drug-resistant bacteria that will be much harder to get rid of later. Here are some things you definitely should not get antibiotics for: bronchitis, the flu, the cold, and a sore throat (unless you are strepp positive). I think sinus infections are also on the list but I'd have to double check. In any case... BEWARE!

I'm tired now so nighty night!

-Aozora12 ~yawn~