Chapter 12
Once again Inuyasha had fallen in to the wood pile by this girls blunt questioning.
'Eeeeep!' Kagome searched franticly for an answer or an excuse or anything. "I.......uh......I.....don't-"
"ONE DAY, there are you happy. Now stop bothering her like that."
Every girl in the room stared at Inuyasha with wide eyes at his sudden outburst. Inuyasha had been trying to save his mate from the verbal assault of her friends, but from their reaction it seemed he had added fuel to the fire. He examined each girl carefully. Ayumi seemed genuinely happy for her friend, a smile from ear to ear. Eri looked a little hesitant but after the initial shock wore off a small smile spread acrossed her face. Yuka on the other hand was cal and collected, her face held no expression and her eyes were closed as if in thought. 'This girl is creepy. She reminds me of Sesshomaru.' Inuyasha then directed his attention to his mate as she sat in the chair, completely stunned, obviously surprised by his statement. He then went about restacking the woodpile, for the third time in several minutes.
Kagome sat silently as Inuyasha's words sank in. 'He just blurted out that I'm pregnant, to everyone. My god, what am I going to do now.' Kagome's attention was diverted as the sound of her friends voices called out to her.
"So your pregnant, WOW!" exclaimed Ayumi.
"Are you ok with this?" questioned Eri.
"Of course I'm ok with it. We love each other and this child was conceived from that love." Kagome smiled warmly as she placed her hands to her belly. "I'm very happy about this baby and about marrying Inuyasha...in modern day tradition too."
The silver haired hanyou smiled as he listened to the conversation behind him. 'I'm glad she's happy about it. Most humans wouldn't even get close to a hanyou out of fear and full youkai tried to not even talk to hanyous as they found us more repulsive then humans. But this strange Miko from the future is slowly changing that.' Inuyasha's smile grew as he thought about the young raven-haired girl and her ideals. The conversation at hand brought him out of his reverie.
"Modern traditions, what are you talking about?" asked Eri with a raised eyebrow.
"Well..... according to youkai customs it's....well....um....I'm not sure but-" Kagome was cut off as Inuyasha turned around and placed his hands on her shoulders from behind her.
"KEH! You've become my mate and you don't even know when or how." Inuyasha noticed the blush that was starting to tint her cheeks red and scoffed at her. "The male in the relationship has to take into consideration the requirements for his mate. After that he has to follow the steps, which are: protection, friendship, trust, love. After achieving all the steps, he makes his intentions know. He then claims her and marks her in several ways. It's pretty much the same procedure for the females. By the point of loving, the two are practically mates." Inuyasha bent down and placed a kiss on the top of Kagome's head. "So by youkai customs we've been mated for a while. We just didn't consummate it until recently. I understand that Kagome's traditions are different, so I agreed to go threw with them." He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and chest from behind. "As long as my family is happy." Inuyasha started to laugh softly. "KEH! never that I would say 'my family'."
Kagome raised a hand to his arm and squeezed it affectionately as she thought about the Inu youkai's words, smiling.
Yuka watched the interaction between her friend and the young half youkai.'All this from that stupid game. DAMN am I good. At least now we don't have to listen to Kagome complain about her two-timing boyfriend' Those thoughts brought a few questions to the front of her mind, so she decided to ask while she had the chance. "I have a few questions for you guys, is that ok."
"Shoot!" exclaimed Kagome happily.
"First, if Kagome is only one day pregnant, how can you tell. Even today's modern test you need to wait a week?"
"I'm half dog youkai, I can tell when my mate conceives." Inuyasha said with a smug smile.
"Ok, next question. Kagome, what do you plan to do about school?"
"Well I guess I have several months before I start showing, so I could continue to attend and graduate. That is if my husband will let me return." Kagome cast him a knowing glance, as he put a hand on her shoulder and mumbled something about discussing it later.
"Good. Now, Kagome's mentioned several times about this other woman in your life. What do you plan to do about her?" Yuka directed her question toward Inuyasha.
"Other woman?" Inuyasha asked, a bit confused.
"Ya, the once dead miko."
"Oh, Kikyo." He said quietly. He knew by now that were Kikyo was concerned he needed to choose his words carefully, so as not to hurt Kagome. "She's just that, dead. Once we defeat Naraku, she can rest in peace."
"I meant, where Kagome is concerned." Yuka stated as she rolled her eyes.
"What's to be concerned about. Kagome is my mate for life and I love her more than anything. If Kikyo tried to compete against her for my affection, Kikyo would loose before she even got started." Inuyasha felt Kagomes hold on his arm tighten. He looked down and saw a huge smile was on her face.'I wish I was in front of her so I could see all of that bright smile.' Inuyasha was brought back to reality by Yuka's voice.
"Alright, one last question. What can we do to help with the wedding?" Yuka was now smiling warmly at her friend. Her cool exterior gone, replaced by a bright and bubbly one.
Inuyasha's face faulted at the girls sudden change in mood. 'Oh well, at least she isn't as creepy as Sesshomaru now.'
"Oh wow, lets see there's.......wait.....why don't I order a pizza then we can plan, ok." Kagome entangled herself from her hanyou and ran to the phone.
"What's a 'piz-za'?" Inuyasha asked the other girls from his seat at the back of the chair.
"Oh its so good! It's a bread with sauce, cheeses, and meats, then baked. You'll love it." Eri explained excitedly.
"Ohhhh..." Inuyasha said quietly.
Kagome returned to her seat with a pad and pen. "It it'll be here in half an hour."
"Half an hour! It takes longer to roast a rabbit." exclaimed Inuyasha in surprise.
"Welcome to the modern world Inuyasha." Teased Yuka as she stuck out her tongue.
"Ok, let's get started. It's going to be really small. Just us and you guys, ok. So....Eri I want you to take care of the dress and that type of stuff. Yuka....I want you to find a priest with a very open imagination and to take care of the photos. My mother would kill me if her only daughter got married and there weren't any pictures. Ayumi... you have the biggest job of all. Your brother still works for the government, right?" Kagome saw her friend nod and continued. "I need you to talk to him and get some kind of ID for Inuyasha. ok everyone got it." Kagome said happily.
"Um Kagome, what colors do you want?" questioned Eri.
Kagome sat thinking for a moment. A slight movement behind caused her to turn around and look. Inuyasha sat on the back of her chair staring at the fireplace trying to ignore the girls, even though one of his ears were tilted in their direction. Kagome then turned to Eri with her answer. "Gold and Silver!"
Eri smiled at her answer and nodded, knowing wee her inspiration had come from
"Um....Kagome we have a problem."
"What Ayumi?"
"We need a birthplace, a birthday and a last name for Inuyasha."
"Oh your right, well I guess we just assigned ourselves homework." Kagome giggled softly, then started to ponder on the info for her future husband. ~******~
Once again Inuyasha had fallen in to the wood pile by this girls blunt questioning.
'Eeeeep!' Kagome searched franticly for an answer or an excuse or anything. "I.......uh......I.....don't-"
"ONE DAY, there are you happy. Now stop bothering her like that."
Every girl in the room stared at Inuyasha with wide eyes at his sudden outburst. Inuyasha had been trying to save his mate from the verbal assault of her friends, but from their reaction it seemed he had added fuel to the fire. He examined each girl carefully. Ayumi seemed genuinely happy for her friend, a smile from ear to ear. Eri looked a little hesitant but after the initial shock wore off a small smile spread acrossed her face. Yuka on the other hand was cal and collected, her face held no expression and her eyes were closed as if in thought. 'This girl is creepy. She reminds me of Sesshomaru.' Inuyasha then directed his attention to his mate as she sat in the chair, completely stunned, obviously surprised by his statement. He then went about restacking the woodpile, for the third time in several minutes.
Kagome sat silently as Inuyasha's words sank in. 'He just blurted out that I'm pregnant, to everyone. My god, what am I going to do now.' Kagome's attention was diverted as the sound of her friends voices called out to her.
"So your pregnant, WOW!" exclaimed Ayumi.
"Are you ok with this?" questioned Eri.
"Of course I'm ok with it. We love each other and this child was conceived from that love." Kagome smiled warmly as she placed her hands to her belly. "I'm very happy about this baby and about marrying Inuyasha...in modern day tradition too."
The silver haired hanyou smiled as he listened to the conversation behind him. 'I'm glad she's happy about it. Most humans wouldn't even get close to a hanyou out of fear and full youkai tried to not even talk to hanyous as they found us more repulsive then humans. But this strange Miko from the future is slowly changing that.' Inuyasha's smile grew as he thought about the young raven-haired girl and her ideals. The conversation at hand brought him out of his reverie.
"Modern traditions, what are you talking about?" asked Eri with a raised eyebrow.
"Well..... according to youkai customs it's....well....um....I'm not sure but-" Kagome was cut off as Inuyasha turned around and placed his hands on her shoulders from behind her.
"KEH! You've become my mate and you don't even know when or how." Inuyasha noticed the blush that was starting to tint her cheeks red and scoffed at her. "The male in the relationship has to take into consideration the requirements for his mate. After that he has to follow the steps, which are: protection, friendship, trust, love. After achieving all the steps, he makes his intentions know. He then claims her and marks her in several ways. It's pretty much the same procedure for the females. By the point of loving, the two are practically mates." Inuyasha bent down and placed a kiss on the top of Kagome's head. "So by youkai customs we've been mated for a while. We just didn't consummate it until recently. I understand that Kagome's traditions are different, so I agreed to go threw with them." He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and chest from behind. "As long as my family is happy." Inuyasha started to laugh softly. "KEH! never that I would say 'my family'."
Kagome raised a hand to his arm and squeezed it affectionately as she thought about the Inu youkai's words, smiling.
Yuka watched the interaction between her friend and the young half youkai.'All this from that stupid game. DAMN am I good. At least now we don't have to listen to Kagome complain about her two-timing boyfriend' Those thoughts brought a few questions to the front of her mind, so she decided to ask while she had the chance. "I have a few questions for you guys, is that ok."
"Shoot!" exclaimed Kagome happily.
"First, if Kagome is only one day pregnant, how can you tell. Even today's modern test you need to wait a week?"
"I'm half dog youkai, I can tell when my mate conceives." Inuyasha said with a smug smile.
"Ok, next question. Kagome, what do you plan to do about school?"
"Well I guess I have several months before I start showing, so I could continue to attend and graduate. That is if my husband will let me return." Kagome cast him a knowing glance, as he put a hand on her shoulder and mumbled something about discussing it later.
"Good. Now, Kagome's mentioned several times about this other woman in your life. What do you plan to do about her?" Yuka directed her question toward Inuyasha.
"Other woman?" Inuyasha asked, a bit confused.
"Ya, the once dead miko."
"Oh, Kikyo." He said quietly. He knew by now that were Kikyo was concerned he needed to choose his words carefully, so as not to hurt Kagome. "She's just that, dead. Once we defeat Naraku, she can rest in peace."
"I meant, where Kagome is concerned." Yuka stated as she rolled her eyes.
"What's to be concerned about. Kagome is my mate for life and I love her more than anything. If Kikyo tried to compete against her for my affection, Kikyo would loose before she even got started." Inuyasha felt Kagomes hold on his arm tighten. He looked down and saw a huge smile was on her face.'I wish I was in front of her so I could see all of that bright smile.' Inuyasha was brought back to reality by Yuka's voice.
"Alright, one last question. What can we do to help with the wedding?" Yuka was now smiling warmly at her friend. Her cool exterior gone, replaced by a bright and bubbly one.
Inuyasha's face faulted at the girls sudden change in mood. 'Oh well, at least she isn't as creepy as Sesshomaru now.'
"Oh wow, lets see there's.......wait.....why don't I order a pizza then we can plan, ok." Kagome entangled herself from her hanyou and ran to the phone.
"What's a 'piz-za'?" Inuyasha asked the other girls from his seat at the back of the chair.
"Oh its so good! It's a bread with sauce, cheeses, and meats, then baked. You'll love it." Eri explained excitedly.
"Ohhhh..." Inuyasha said quietly.
Kagome returned to her seat with a pad and pen. "It it'll be here in half an hour."
"Half an hour! It takes longer to roast a rabbit." exclaimed Inuyasha in surprise.
"Welcome to the modern world Inuyasha." Teased Yuka as she stuck out her tongue.
"Ok, let's get started. It's going to be really small. Just us and you guys, ok. So....Eri I want you to take care of the dress and that type of stuff. Yuka....I want you to find a priest with a very open imagination and to take care of the photos. My mother would kill me if her only daughter got married and there weren't any pictures. Ayumi... you have the biggest job of all. Your brother still works for the government, right?" Kagome saw her friend nod and continued. "I need you to talk to him and get some kind of ID for Inuyasha. ok everyone got it." Kagome said happily.
"Um Kagome, what colors do you want?" questioned Eri.
Kagome sat thinking for a moment. A slight movement behind caused her to turn around and look. Inuyasha sat on the back of her chair staring at the fireplace trying to ignore the girls, even though one of his ears were tilted in their direction. Kagome then turned to Eri with her answer. "Gold and Silver!"
Eri smiled at her answer and nodded, knowing wee her inspiration had come from
"Um....Kagome we have a problem."
"What Ayumi?"
"We need a birthplace, a birthday and a last name for Inuyasha."
"Oh your right, well I guess we just assigned ourselves homework." Kagome giggled softly, then started to ponder on the info for her future husband. ~******~
