ch8bl Chapter 8~In the End

After awhile the friends left and before the pair could pick up where they'd left off, the doctor walked in with her mother and grandfather. "Kagome, dear..." Her mother started.
"Hai, Kaa-san?" She asked softly, confused. She noticed the doctor was smiling at her and she frowned, looking at her mother.
"This young man asked for your hand in marraige-"
"No." Kagome said simply. "I will not."
"Kagome, dear-"
"First, I have to finish something, second, I don't know him, third, I can't love him." Kagome ticked the reasons off on her fingers watching Inuyasha out of the corner of her eyes.
"But honey, you must marry eventually..."
"I plan to marry eventually. I plan to marry the man I choose, the man I love." She laced her fingers together looking up at her mother expectantely.
"Dear, you must marry someone who will take care of you...someone who will love you through good times and bad, love can come later-"
"I said no."
"Kagome-" Her grandfather objected.
"NO!" She finally gave up talking rationally. "I do NOT live in the feudal period! Parents don't pick the girls husband anymore. If you attempt to, I'll vanish and you'll NEVER see me AGAIN!" She turned from them, looking out the window while playing with the ring on her right ringfinger.
"Where did you get that ring?" Her mother asked uneasily.
Kagome looked directly at Inuyasha, her face caring, if not loving. "From someone I love more than life..." She said simply.
Her mother's eyes flitted between the dog demon and her. "Inuyasha-kun, I'd like a word with you. Himaru-san, please stay and speak with my daughter."
"Hai..." The doctor moved over to her side while Inuyasha was drug out by the mother and grandfather.
"I will not marry you, Himaru-kun. You may be attracted to me, but I am not attracted to you and neither of us know each other."
"You would go against what your mother commands?" He smirked, touching her right hand and began to remove the ring off her finger.
Kagome clenched the hand into a fist. "Remove that ring and you take your life in your hands. I will not marry you. I don't love you and I never will."
"You will marry me none the less..." He smiled and leaned down to kiss her. "Believe me..."
She swung up and slapped him hard. "Don't touch me you bastard..." She snarled, connecting her right hand with his abdomon.

Inuyasha listened to the objections of both Kagome's mother and grandfather. "Don't you care if your daughter is in love? Don't you want her to love the person she marries?"
"NO! She must marry someone who can take care of her, not someone who runs wild in the forests of the feudal period, and especially not a demon!" Her mother said, her face irritated.
Inuyasha glared at her. "Kagome loves ME. If she comes to me and wants to marry me because she loves me, I'll marry her. If she wants to stay in her time or in the feudal period, I'll give her that choice. I love her and you wont be able to keep us apart!" He turned from them and went back to Kagome's room, opening the door and growling when he saw the doctor lean down and kiss his fiancee.
"Get away from Kagome, bastard!" He snarled, his voice grating with anger.
The doctor looked up at him and sneered. "You don't have permission to marry this girl. I do. She's as good as mine, fool."
Kagome slugged him and the man stumbled away from her. Inuyasha moved between the two in a defensive stance. "Keep your hands off of me..." She gasped, her face angry. "I will not marry you, even if my parents command it. I have ways of disappearing and they'll never see me again if they try."
"Kagome, daughter!"
"NO, MOTHER!" She pointed accusingly at them. "I will not marry him so you and grandpa have nice coushy lives as elders. Never. I refuse to ride on the money of a husband. I'm too self sufficient for that! I WONT!"
"But-"
"I love Inuyasha. I am HIS. He is MINE. I will marry HIM and only HIM. If you attempt to force me into an arranged marraige, I'll go to where my friends and love live!" She turned away from them. "Now get out."

Inuyasha watched the people filter out of the room, their heads held high and knew they would not give up. It was confirmed when the doctor promised he'd win the fight. Kagome just shook her head.
She looked up at her fiancee and took his hand in hers. "I love you..." She whispered.
He smiled, sitting on the edge of her bed and brushing the hair from her face. "I love you, too..." He whispered, kissing her gently.
She smiled and looked down at the ring. "Where did you get this? It's lovely..."
He blushed a bit. "It was ofukuro's..." He said, scratching the back of his neck, awkwardly.
She smiled, caressing his face. "It's lovely..."
He cupped the back of her head. "I'm sorry this happened to you...I never wanted this..."
"It's okay...the only disadvanage...is mom and grandpa playing matchmaker...they wont give up either... they don't understand their little girl isn't so little anymore...and they don't know what's good for me..."
"Would you really give up your time for me?" He asked.
She nodded. "Absolutatly. I love you. You said you'd stay with me, so I'll stay with you...if mom tries to force me into an arranged marraige, I'll go to your time and we can get married there."
He hugged her, closing his eyes. "Oh, Kagome..."
She smiled, hugging him back. "Everything is going to be perfect...just you wait. We wont let them keep us apart, ne, Inu-chan?"
He sighed, smiling back at her. "Hai...Kagome-chan."