The Marriage of Figaro Overture – Beethoven
Lots and lots of stuff had happened lately. Tessaiga absorbed a yōkai's power, which prevented backfire from using the dragon scaled Tessaiga ability. Tessaiga also absorbed powers from a yōkai named Kinga, which prevented Mōryōmaru from gaining an attack he could successfully use on their group, because whenever he used it there was a resonance backlash. Tenseiga appeared to have gained an offensive ability, which Sesshōmaru-sama used to save their asses from a yōkai lake – strange experience, that'd been. Tessaiga also gained the ability to cut through Yōketsu – yōkai whirlpools or some such thing – which also saved their lives.
Now Kōga-kun was travelling with their group, which was stressful for the first day until Kagome finally lost her patience with the ōkami and zapped the fucker. That proved her to be alpha female apparently, and even though Kōga-kun was still discontent that she was not mating with another alpha, she was too strong for him to actually disobey now.
The flirting had stopped completely now. Well, okay, Kōga-kun's flirting had stopped completely now. Miroku hadn't stopped his at all, which, after another day – this one filled with complaining – had led to Inuyasha giving Kōga-kun the dressing down of his life and telling him to shut up, suck it up, and deal with it or he could stop travelling with their group. Miroku made Kagome happy and Kagome kept the group steady and stable, more effectively now than ever, and dealing with the flirting and touching was just something he would have to get used to because Inuyasha wasn't going to cope with Kagome's being unhappy.
Kagome had flushed deeply at that little rant, thinking about what a huge difference had happened from the beginning of her travels, then given Inuyasha a hug and thanked her "aniki," which had made the hanyō back away in confused embarrassment before he grumbled a "Keh. Can't have my imōto-chan bein' unhappy and messin' up the team's stability."
Needless to say, Kagome was beyond pleased with the family her group had become, and that Inuyasha accepted the place she wanted him to have in her life. Shippō called Inuyasha and Sango "Uncle" and "Aunt" now, and just last week had worked up the courage to call Miroku "'tō-san," an incident which had led to a father-son bath in the onsen near their camp and two very happy people walking back to camp that evening.
She might have left a family back in the future, but she had built a new one here where she belonged, and with the happiness of that in her heart, she decided to listen to a song tonight. She had the perfect one in mind.
Kagome had been practically flying with a content happiness ever since Inuyasha had accepted her declaration of a sibling connection between them and completely changed the dynamic of the group yet again. This change was much more subtle than the last one though, seeing as that sort of bond had simply been unspoken between the two of them but felt very strongly at the same time. The last change to the group dynamic hadn't been related to Kagome in any way at all excepting that the fact that she and Miroku were courting each other had made Shippō-kun slowly begin to see Miroku as a father figure. It honestly very well might have happened even without that factor, because Miroku had been seeing the young kitsune as a son for moons now, and he really didn't think much would have changed that. The kitsune was just too precocious, sly, and adorable for Miroku not to see him as a kindred spirit of sorts.
When he had that private conversation with his son he had made sure that the young kitsune understood that there was a chance that one or both of his adopted parents might not come out of the final battle with Naraku intact or alive – Shippō-kun, however had been fighting and travelling with them and fully understood the dangers inherent in their war. Shippō-kun had grown up admirably so far, and Miroku looked forward to seeing how he grew up more in the future.
Miroku wasn't too surprised when Kagome called him that night – surely she must wish to express her happiness at the recent events going on in their small group, which had now become a family.
When he had settled her into his lap, she leaned up and rubbed her cheek against his, which made him smile softly and gather her closer to him. After a short time she spoke, "This song is called "The Marriage of Figaro Overture," and it is by Mozart. It perfectly expresses my joy at our core group being a proper family."
He could expect this to be a supremely happy song then, because he could feel how content and pleased his lovely miko was at the outcome of her declaration towards Inuyasha earlier today. The hanyō had matured by leaps and bounds since the beginning, and Miroku felt a brotherly kinship with him as well – unlike Kagome, however, it was more like brothers the same age.
She placed the earpieces into her ear and his ear, then selected the song and played it.
The first sounds were a blast of horns of strings that rapidly quieted, before blasting again, in a supremely joyful tune, being played rapidly – almost frenetically. Then the tune changed, strings softly playing after a rapid, loud tune. Then the tone changed yet again, slipping back into the first tune, and after that, shifting once more.
This entire piece was light hearted, playful, and joyous, lifting Miroku's heart throughout every change in the tune, every shift in the speed or volume of the horns and strings. And there were many changes and many shifts, although they were mainly repetitions of earlier pieces intermingled together. The song ended on a blast of horns, and he couldn't help a pleased laugh, before kissing his koishi's forehead. "I am glad you are so happy, miko mine."
She smiled vividly at him and curled into his body, kissing his throat softly. He smirked and let his fingers play along her side, lightly scraping his nails across her scalp, which made her moan gently. Then he murmured to her, "How about I make you even happier, love of mine?"
Her eager giggle was promising, and he kissed her deeply. The song hadn't been very long, so they could afford some time to themselves. He intended to make the most of every chance he got.
