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Chapter 26: Ceremony and other things…

The house of the West was filled with noise as the hand maids was finishing up the preparations out in the garden and inside of the mess hall.

The sun was already going down, showing the residents and visitors of the house to come outside and started getting for tonight.

Because tonight it the night…

The night of Rin and Shippo adoption.

Kagome watched from the second story balcony. Seeing everybody walking outside and the family of the west started to sit on the left side, facing themselves towards the sea, making the shape of the crested moon that resembles the same mark that now adores her forehead.

Then her side of the family came out and they took their spots, forming the rest of the circle, almost resembling the silver sun that belonged to the family of the east.

But then she just notice something.

All of Sesshoumarus family, relatives and etcetera, was wearing something to do with the color purple and the family and friends of the east was wearing something with the color of a dark red, almost like a burgundy color.

Kagome let out a shaky breath as she looked at herself in mirror for the thousandth time and nodded her head as she smoothed down the invisible wrinkles that was located at the bottom location of her dress.

The left side of her dress was the same color of the house that she mated into and the right side is the same color that she was born into.

She was about to rub down her dress again until a pail clawed hand with maroon stripes that decorated his writs, gently grabbed her hand and placed a simple kiss on the back of it. Kagome sighed as she leaned into Sesshoumaru's newly chest armor and sighed in content as she allowed her mate sent to calm her.

"Koi…" Sesshoumaru started to say as he began to gently but carefully rub his fingers into Kagome's decorated hair, "Rin is already dressed and is ready to go and so is your son."

Kagome sighed as she released her mate and placed her hand in his before they walked out together.

Souta walked back and forth inside of his room, thinking of a way to ask Ayame to allow him to court her.

After that day when Ayame let her tears out, he swear to himself that she will never shed a tear of anguish when he is around.

Looking down to the louts flower what is in hand, already preserved to its natural state.

He rolled it in-between his fingers, enjoying its metal feel like structure as he started to walk around his room a bit.

Soon a knock came at his door.

"Come in!" Souta said in a low tone as he hid the flower under his pillow.

"Ah Souta, here you are! I have something most important to give to you but first you must say 'AH!'"

Souta only shrugged as he opened his mouth and said a low 'Ah!'

But nothing could really prepare him when he saw a large pair of pliers coming out of Totosai's sleeve and into his mouth, aiming towards his teeth.

Soon a loud and anguish sound like howl shook the house of the west for a few seconds before it quieted it down.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru ran towards Soutas room, thinking that he was being attacked.

But only to find him, crouching in a corner in his room, holding the palm of his hand against his face, epically around the cheek area.

"Souta, what happened?" Kagome said as she went over to comfort her brother.

"E' puld mi toof 'ut," Souta said at the best as he could shot a glare at the old demon as he walked over to the mirror.

"He pulled your tooth out? Why?" Kagome asked as she turned to Totosai, who is now inspecting Souta fang in his hand.

"Because my lady, this boy here is going to be needed to have a sward of his own and soon if he want to prove to the eastern tribe that he ready for the role of leadership of his rightful lands."

Kagome only nodded as she knew that he was speaking only of the truth.

"So how long is going to be?" Souta said as he walked back towards the spot near his sister.

"Well, if Lord Sesshoumaru allows me to use his fire station below the castle, I should have it ready before midnight," Totosai said in monotone as he held the fang into the light. "Ah yes, I still have some fangs from Lord Isao when he was younger, oh yes indeed, if you master your fang combine with your grandfathers fang, then you sure to be accepted as the lord of the east."

Sesshoumaru didn't waist no time agreeing.

Totosai only nodded in his thanks as he put the fang away in komodo.

"Oh yes, the other reason that I am here, here you are young man," Totosai said he pulled out an armor and held it high as everybody can see it.

The room was left speechless, well that is until Souta broke the silence, "Wicked awesome!"

Both families from both lands were just talking to them selves.

The women were talking about the children form the lands of both will be exemplary beautiful and very handsome and some already talking about future marriages that will hopefully be fulfilled.

And then the men were talking the political merging of both lands and how it should help a great deal to the east since the final against the spider hanyou that was destroying the lands.

The low murmuring stop when the great door of the entrance opened up.

Everybody stood up when Lord Sesshoumaru and Lady Kagome stepped into the moon light and started to walk down the path that lead towards the ceremony tables.

They all bowed respectively when the lord and lady took their seats.

Then came Lady June who is holding Rins hand in comforting manner and took the same path that Sesshoumaru and Kagome took before. Rin sat down on the right side of her father, while Lady June took her spot standing next to her daughter on the eastern side of the family.

The came Souta, and in his arms in newly transformed Shippo. Everybody stood there in silent awe as they watched as the hanyou, who was wearing nothing but the Eastern symbols.

Souta kept a striate face on when he put Shippo down gently on the ceremony table and then bowed to Kagome and Sesshoumaru, and then took his spot near his mother, how is also near Ayame.

Everyone stood up when they saw the eldest member make her way to the tables.

She only smiled as she made a simple jester as to let the other demons and demoness sit back down.

"Tonight…" She started as raised her hands above her, "Three different families and different ways are going to joined tonight as one."

"First it was two hearts that beats in different rhythms, but now joined as one, but now adding two will become more."

The elder reached down and lined three small different goblets.

One brown with purple makings all around it, symbolizing the human nature that is being added into the demon world.

One dark green with bright orange makings and purple streaks splattered around the goblet, symbolizes the slightest bit of the broken off part of the canine family will be mended together at once, and most likely, this one time only.

And the last and final is a silver goblet that has purple makings, showing two souls already mended as one.

The elder gently grabbed the brown goblet and went to Rin.

"Human named Rin, orphaned in the Human society, taken in by the Western Lord, do you wish to be part of this family?"

Rin gave the elder a warm filled smile, "I do."

The elder smiled back, "Then extended your hand to me child."

Rin didn't hesitate as she brought her hand forth in front the elder.

Whispering a chantment, she raised a gagged dagger and applied enough force to draw out blood from the humans hand.

Handing a cloth soaked in herbs, she patted Rins head in reassurance, and whispered low for her to hear, "You did well child."

Rin gave a small smile as she nodded stiffly.

Walking back to the table, she gently set Rins cup down and went to the green one and went to the kistsune on the table.

"Since this child is not able to speak for him self, I will ask for somebody to step forward and speak for his voice."

Kagome stood up and walked to the elder and Shippo, "I will," She said in a low tone.

The elder didn't say anything as she got ready.

"Demon named Shippo, orphaned in the Demon society, taken in by the Western Lady, do you wish to be part of this family?"

Kagome nodded as she spoke the truth, "Yes he will."

The elder nodded her head as she repeated the process as she did with Rin.

After she was done, she put Shippo's goblet down and picked up the last one.

"Lord and Lady of the Western Lands, do you wish to take in these two orphans into your home, your lives and into your hearts and teach them the great wisdom that you both possessed?"

"We do," Came out of Sesshoumarus and Kagomes mouths without hesitation.

The elder gave a great smile as she repeated the process once again.

Going back to the goblet, she started another whole new chantment as she put herself in a trans like state as she pored all three goblet of blood into the medium size saucer dish.

Holding a herb like substance, she pointed towards the full moon, almost like if she was showing the leaf to it.

And bringing it back down, she crushed it in her hands as the chantment got louder.

"If the blood turns a clear water substance, then it was meant to be, but if the blood would turn into a black tar substance, then it was not meant to be…"

Everybody held their breaths as the elder sprinkled the herb into the blood and waited for a moment.

Soon the blood began to bubble and started to change color.

But a sigh of relief came out of every one when the blood turned into a clear water substance.

The elder gave a sigh of relief as she picked up the saucer and handed to the Lord first, and then to the Lady.

Rin was a little hesitant as she held the saucer in her hands, but she drank some of it anyways.

The elder smiled as she got back the saucer and went to the lying from of Shippo.

Gently giving the Kistsune the rest of the blood, and rubbing his neck down, helping the substance go down the right pipe.

After hearing the last gulp from the kistsune, she raised the empty dish in the air and yelled to the moon and stars above.

"Now let three beating hearts become one!"

Kagomes gasped as she quick pain her chest, around the heart section.

Looking over to see Rin in the same state but inwardly gasped as she saw white streaks floating around her daughter.

The looking to see if Shippo was in the same way too and to her surprise, he was.

Not even a minute later, Rin let out a sigh as she fainted over.

"Now the ceremony is complete." the elder said as she extended her hand out Sesshoumaru.

"Father, now you can take your daughter to her room so she can rest."

Then she extended her other hand to Kagome.

"Mother, since you are with pups, the Uncle of your pups will carry our son to his room so he can rest, and you may escort him."

Kagome smiled as she saw her younger brother pick her son up gently in his arms and waited till his sister was by his side.

As quick the ceremony was ended, the guests said their congratulations as everybody went off to bed.

Kagome let out a deep relaxing sigh as she scooted closer to her mate.

Smiled to herself as Sesshoumaru sealed the night with a simple kiss and soon they were both off to sleep.

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