November 3

Yasha and I went on a long walk this afternoon. It was a nice fall day, the sun was out and the last of the leaves were falling from the trees, so I suggested that we go out and enjoy the day.

As we neared the edge of the village, we noticed Sesshomaru flying by.

"Hi, big brother!" I called to him.

Normally Sesshomaru got annoyed when I called him big brother but this time he actually smiled.

"I think Sesshomaru is finally starting to warm up to being my big brother," I said happily.

"He's just learned to put up with you," Inuyasha replied.

I laughed. "Oh stop. Surely it can't be that weird now?"

Inuyasha sighed. "I guess not."

"You're just stubborn," I said as I squeezed his hand a little tighter.

We walked for a long time and we ended up near the lake.

"One of my favorite places," I said happily as I spotted it coming up ahead of us.

"You get excited by the smallest things, Kagome," Inuyasha said with a slight laugh.

"I can't help it," I giggled. "It makes me happy."

He hugged me. "I know baby. That's one of the things that made me fall in love with you."

"Really?"

"You were always so innocent and fun-loving, Kagome," he said. "I'd never known anyone like that before I met you and it was refreshing. You would be fascinated by everything new you saw in this era. You always wanted to play games and tell us all stories and you would get so excited by small things like flowers and hot baths."

It made me happy to hear him say all those things. "I didn't realize you noticed all those things about me back then."

"It was hard not to. I was fascinated by you. I was always watching you when I didn't think you were looking. The more time I spent with you, the more I fell in love with you, I noticed a lot more things about you that made me love you even more."

"Like what?" I asked curiously.

"A lot of things. Your beautiful laugh, how your eyes would light up when you were talking about something you enjoyed, the way you'd always hug me when you got scared, the way you'd tuck your hair behind your ear when you were thinking."

I unconsciously tucked my hair behind my ear.

"Just like that," he said with a laugh. Then he hugged me close to him again and kissed me. "I loved you so much back then and I love you more and more every day."

"Yasha," I said, touched by his words. I leaned in to kiss him again. "I love you so much."

"Oh my god."

We looked up to see a man and two women walking by with disgusted looks on their faces as they stared at us.

"You got some kind of issue?" Inuyasha said to them.

"It's just unbelievable," one of the women said.

The other woman shook her head in pity. "No self-respecting woman would be with a half-demon, let alone have a child with him."

"Excuse me?" I said as Inuyasha and I started to become angry. Who did these people think they were?

"Half demons are the scum of society," the man said. "The idea that anyone would reproduce with one is disgusting. It's entirely what's wrong with society today."

"Why don't you say that to my face?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"You should keep your horrible opinions to yourself!" I said. "Bigoted people like you are what's wrong with society."

They scoffed. "Don't say we didn't warn you."

Then they walked off and we continued on our way as well with both of us seething with anger.

"The nerve of those fuckers," Inuyasha said. "People always want to open their big mouths. If they don't like it, they can crawl back under whatever rock they came out from…"

He continued ranting as we walked towards the lake but I was silent. I hated that I had let those people's words get to me but I couldn't help it. The fact that anyone would have the nerve to speak such awful things right to our faces was unbelievable and disheartening. I was no stranger to unkind words since Inuyasha and I had been together but I had always tried to ignore it. For some reason, I was especially hurt today.

We sat in the grass by the lake. Inuyasha had finally stopped ranting and realized I hadn't said anything for about 10 minutes. He put his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek. "Kagome?"

"I'm sorry," I said with a sigh. "I just can't believe...the nerve of people...as if it's any of their business…" I was so mad I could hardly form a coherent sentence.

"Don't let those assholes get you down, love," he said as he hugged me close to him. He was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry you have to deal with these things."

I laced my fingers in his. "It's not your fault. It's just so...frustrating that people are like this." I decided to push it out of my mind. "It doesn't matter. None of it matters. Those people don't know what they're talking about. Let's not let that ruin our day."

"You're right," he replied.

I leaned into him and kissed him. "I don't care what any of them say. I love you no matter what and I would never have chosen anyone else."

A smile touched his face. "You truly are the best woman in the world, Kagome."

I couldn't help but smile as he kissed me again. It wasn't the first time someone has said something to me about being married to a half-demon. I was sure it also wouldn't be the last time, especially when people see that we have a child together. None of it matters though. I love my half-demon and I wouldn't change the life I have for the world.