A/N: *grabs Inuyasha and ties him to her computer* HA! Now he's mine!!
*giggle* Just kidding, still not mine!! Okay, next chapter, cause
I've decided I already know how all this is gonna end, and I'm gonna type
till my fingers fall off!!
Previously on Inuyasha.
She didn't' want the wolf, she wanted her Inuyasha. She was so stupid, trying to make him jealous with the stupid courting game she told them to play. Time wasted, so much precious time wasted. She couldn't give Kouga the same answer Inuyasha had given her. She knew that Kouga could never find a place in her heart, because she no longer had a heart, her heart was far away from this place, a blur of silver and red, out of her life forever.
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"Kouga, go away. Please just leave me alone," she said firmly and turned back to look at him. "I'm sorry Kouga, I should have told you this years ago, but I couldn't bear to see the hurt in your eyes." She stepped forward, her face as emotionless as Sesshomaru's. "I don't love you, and I never could. You are as wild as the world that you live in. You lack the humanity that I need in my life. You are a youkai, you live with the pure wildness of your nature in you, and I couldn't handle that."
"Please Kagome, just give me a chance," he begged and she sighed, staring at the well. The well. She nodded her head, "The one who will be my mate must be able to travel through the well to my time. If you jump into the well, and end up there, then I will let you court me. But if the well blocks you, then you will leave me alone, find Ayame, keep your promise to her, have many litters and live out your life."
He stared at the well, "Why this?" She sighed. "My family will have to meet my mate, and I would never be able to not go visit them. The man I marry must be able to travel with me."
Kouga sniffed the well, and hopped up on the edge, "Any trick? Do I have to think about the land, or say any incantation?"
Kagome shook her head, walking over to the lip of the well, and stared inside into the darkness, "No, you just jump in, and either the time slip will open or it won't." Kouga looked at her, then down at the darkness, and grinned, "I'll see you soon," he said confidently and leapt in. Kagome watched calmly. She knew that he would never pass through, and perhaps this was the only way to get it through to him. She heard his feet hit the bottom with a thump and turned her back to the well, beginning to walk away. He lept from the well, growling.
"You enchanted it, I know you did!" he growled and she turned to look over her shoulder, "No Kouga, you cannot pass through the well, I did nothing to stop you if you could. I don't think you need any more proof than this. She turned her back to him and walked back towards the village. She didn't even bother turning around to see his response. She felt so cold inside, and didn't want to see his face.
"I'll leave Kagome, but I'm not very far. When you change your mind, I will be there," he said softly, and turned to return to his pack.
Everyone was waiting for her and the tension in the ari was suffocating. She stood in the doorway and watched their anticipated look.
"I'm alright," she breathed and forced a small smile on her lips. Shippou bounded into her arms, and she noticed he was defiantly taller.
"You're growing like a weed," she commented and he beemed proudly, "Yep, I gre even more while you were asleep. Pretty soon, I'll be carrying you."
Inuyahsa, carrying her on his back came to mind, but she didn't' cry, in fact, she felt nothing. It was if a great wall had surrounded her heart.
"I have suprises for all of you," she said softly and moved over to her bag, puling out several carefully wrapped packages in plain brown paper and string. Each package was marked with their names, and she passed them out.
"Kagome, what.oh!" came Sango's astonished crya s she pulled out a rich red kimono, with small boomerang shaped patterns in white. Miroku had a man's outfit (A/N: I'm not sure what its' called *Gomen*) in a deep blue color, with a belt that wrapped around his waist, bronze yellow to match the color of his staff. Shippou's was a minature version of Miroku's of an soft green and Kaede's was a replica of her miko's outfit, of finer materials. Kagome wasn't sure Kaede would feel comfortable in an outfit as modern as her kimono instead of her normal clothing.
Sango rubbed the silkiness of the material, "Kagome-chan, this must have cost you a fortune."
"Not really, but it was worth the cost. I wanted to do something special for you all for the midsummer festival." (A/N: I don't know a lot about customs or timeframes in Japan *blush* so forgive me if I'm completely screwing either up.)
Sango blushed, "Arigato," she said softly . Kagome nodded and burst into merry laughter. Shippou had tried on his outfit, which was far too large, snaking from his arms and legs. Kagome stifled her giggles as she knelt beside him, folding up the sleeves, "I guess I gave the wrong mesasurements, but I brought needle and thread, I can fix this before the festival," she offered.
"Hey," Shippou noticed two unopened packages sticking out of the pack, "What's that?"
Kagome smiled, "That's mine, but its going to be a surprise. Besides, I haven't quite finished it yet, I'm adding a few of my own touches."
"But there's two-" Shippou's mouth was quickly covered, but Kagome still understood. She smiled faintly, "Oh just extra material, for adjustmenst to my kimono," she shrugged and tossed the extra package in the corner. A pair of eyes watched from the shadows of the corner, with an interested gleam in them.
Kagome took the outfit from Shippou and settled down beside her pack, pulling out the sewing box her mother had given her. She pulled out the measuring tape and lifted Shippou's arms and took measurements, doing the same for his legs. She wrote them down and pinned the paper to his outfit, carefully wrapping it back up in its own paper.
"I'll start working on this tomorrow Shippou, I promise, you'll be the envy of every kitsune around, perhaps you might attract an eye or two, " she said jokingly and the kit's cheeks flushed. She realized that Shippou was becoming a young adult, and it made her feel proud, like a mother would. He wasn't so quick to whine, or complain, and while he still did adorable things, he was also growing more serious.
Sango had carefully rewrapped her outfit, and Kagome moved over to her futon, wrapping an arm around her friend carefully, with a playful glint in her eye.
"So Sango, when did this happen?" Sango blushed fiercely and Kagome laughed warmly. It felt good that there was still something in her life that could warm her heart. She wasn't emotionally dead, just heartsick and in time, she was sure she could still the dull ache in her heart.
"Just after we completed the Shikon no Tama," she whispered softly, and Miroku beamed proudly. Kagome reached over and threw her slipper at him, "Out you lecher! This is girl time!" Miroku deftly doged the flying object, obviously having a LOT of practice dodging Sango's attacks and rose to his feet.
"Come Shippou, we'll let the women have their talk, and we men will go enjoy the hot springs," he said, and Shippou nodded, walking out after him. Kaede moved closer to Sango as well, and both mikos looked at the expectant mother. Sango's face turned tomato red and she buried her face in her hands.
"Don't look at me like that!" she cried and Kagome laughed softly. "Sango, you don't have to be embarrassed around us!" Sango looked up, her face still a very pleasant shade of rose. "But you're both staring at me!"
"We just are doing our duties, to make sure you and the child are both alright," Kaede said calmly, having dealt with a multitude of first time mothers before.
Sango whispered, "Just after you returned to your time Kagome, he could have gone home, but he said he wanted to stay with me. He changed so quickly, once his kazaana was gone. He became more civilized. In the two months we traveled together, he didn't look at another woman once, and never even attempted to be lecherous towards me. It was as if he suddenly had a new look on life, he was suddenly given all this time and he wanted to do things right. After the second month, we had stopped at a temple, and he asked me to marry him. So I accepted." Sango blushed again.
(A/N: Okay, little time line for you guys, I'm thinking Kagome returned home in January *why Jan? I dunno, seemed enough time to set up the S/M storyline and make it plausible :P * So that means they got married in or the end of March.This story is set in May. I don't know what time school gets out in Japan so I used the calendar of my college *blush*.)
Kaede sat back, "I am assuming that this child came right away," she said calmly, causing another blushing outbreak, "Hai, I think so." Sango said softly.
Kagome hugged her friend, "Don't worry Sango, you have the best miko in the world looking out for you, everything will be just fine!"
(A/N: Okay, crappy place to stop the chapter, but the next thing I wrote is a time jump, for like a month ahead, so I'll start the new chapter there. Don't worry, I have two chapters hand written and waiting to be typed out, and there's about 3-5 chapters left, including those two.))
Previously on Inuyasha.
She didn't' want the wolf, she wanted her Inuyasha. She was so stupid, trying to make him jealous with the stupid courting game she told them to play. Time wasted, so much precious time wasted. She couldn't give Kouga the same answer Inuyasha had given her. She knew that Kouga could never find a place in her heart, because she no longer had a heart, her heart was far away from this place, a blur of silver and red, out of her life forever.
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"Kouga, go away. Please just leave me alone," she said firmly and turned back to look at him. "I'm sorry Kouga, I should have told you this years ago, but I couldn't bear to see the hurt in your eyes." She stepped forward, her face as emotionless as Sesshomaru's. "I don't love you, and I never could. You are as wild as the world that you live in. You lack the humanity that I need in my life. You are a youkai, you live with the pure wildness of your nature in you, and I couldn't handle that."
"Please Kagome, just give me a chance," he begged and she sighed, staring at the well. The well. She nodded her head, "The one who will be my mate must be able to travel through the well to my time. If you jump into the well, and end up there, then I will let you court me. But if the well blocks you, then you will leave me alone, find Ayame, keep your promise to her, have many litters and live out your life."
He stared at the well, "Why this?" She sighed. "My family will have to meet my mate, and I would never be able to not go visit them. The man I marry must be able to travel with me."
Kouga sniffed the well, and hopped up on the edge, "Any trick? Do I have to think about the land, or say any incantation?"
Kagome shook her head, walking over to the lip of the well, and stared inside into the darkness, "No, you just jump in, and either the time slip will open or it won't." Kouga looked at her, then down at the darkness, and grinned, "I'll see you soon," he said confidently and leapt in. Kagome watched calmly. She knew that he would never pass through, and perhaps this was the only way to get it through to him. She heard his feet hit the bottom with a thump and turned her back to the well, beginning to walk away. He lept from the well, growling.
"You enchanted it, I know you did!" he growled and she turned to look over her shoulder, "No Kouga, you cannot pass through the well, I did nothing to stop you if you could. I don't think you need any more proof than this. She turned her back to him and walked back towards the village. She didn't even bother turning around to see his response. She felt so cold inside, and didn't want to see his face.
"I'll leave Kagome, but I'm not very far. When you change your mind, I will be there," he said softly, and turned to return to his pack.
Everyone was waiting for her and the tension in the ari was suffocating. She stood in the doorway and watched their anticipated look.
"I'm alright," she breathed and forced a small smile on her lips. Shippou bounded into her arms, and she noticed he was defiantly taller.
"You're growing like a weed," she commented and he beemed proudly, "Yep, I gre even more while you were asleep. Pretty soon, I'll be carrying you."
Inuyahsa, carrying her on his back came to mind, but she didn't' cry, in fact, she felt nothing. It was if a great wall had surrounded her heart.
"I have suprises for all of you," she said softly and moved over to her bag, puling out several carefully wrapped packages in plain brown paper and string. Each package was marked with their names, and she passed them out.
"Kagome, what.oh!" came Sango's astonished crya s she pulled out a rich red kimono, with small boomerang shaped patterns in white. Miroku had a man's outfit (A/N: I'm not sure what its' called *Gomen*) in a deep blue color, with a belt that wrapped around his waist, bronze yellow to match the color of his staff. Shippou's was a minature version of Miroku's of an soft green and Kaede's was a replica of her miko's outfit, of finer materials. Kagome wasn't sure Kaede would feel comfortable in an outfit as modern as her kimono instead of her normal clothing.
Sango rubbed the silkiness of the material, "Kagome-chan, this must have cost you a fortune."
"Not really, but it was worth the cost. I wanted to do something special for you all for the midsummer festival." (A/N: I don't know a lot about customs or timeframes in Japan *blush* so forgive me if I'm completely screwing either up.)
Sango blushed, "Arigato," she said softly . Kagome nodded and burst into merry laughter. Shippou had tried on his outfit, which was far too large, snaking from his arms and legs. Kagome stifled her giggles as she knelt beside him, folding up the sleeves, "I guess I gave the wrong mesasurements, but I brought needle and thread, I can fix this before the festival," she offered.
"Hey," Shippou noticed two unopened packages sticking out of the pack, "What's that?"
Kagome smiled, "That's mine, but its going to be a surprise. Besides, I haven't quite finished it yet, I'm adding a few of my own touches."
"But there's two-" Shippou's mouth was quickly covered, but Kagome still understood. She smiled faintly, "Oh just extra material, for adjustmenst to my kimono," she shrugged and tossed the extra package in the corner. A pair of eyes watched from the shadows of the corner, with an interested gleam in them.
Kagome took the outfit from Shippou and settled down beside her pack, pulling out the sewing box her mother had given her. She pulled out the measuring tape and lifted Shippou's arms and took measurements, doing the same for his legs. She wrote them down and pinned the paper to his outfit, carefully wrapping it back up in its own paper.
"I'll start working on this tomorrow Shippou, I promise, you'll be the envy of every kitsune around, perhaps you might attract an eye or two, " she said jokingly and the kit's cheeks flushed. She realized that Shippou was becoming a young adult, and it made her feel proud, like a mother would. He wasn't so quick to whine, or complain, and while he still did adorable things, he was also growing more serious.
Sango had carefully rewrapped her outfit, and Kagome moved over to her futon, wrapping an arm around her friend carefully, with a playful glint in her eye.
"So Sango, when did this happen?" Sango blushed fiercely and Kagome laughed warmly. It felt good that there was still something in her life that could warm her heart. She wasn't emotionally dead, just heartsick and in time, she was sure she could still the dull ache in her heart.
"Just after we completed the Shikon no Tama," she whispered softly, and Miroku beamed proudly. Kagome reached over and threw her slipper at him, "Out you lecher! This is girl time!" Miroku deftly doged the flying object, obviously having a LOT of practice dodging Sango's attacks and rose to his feet.
"Come Shippou, we'll let the women have their talk, and we men will go enjoy the hot springs," he said, and Shippou nodded, walking out after him. Kaede moved closer to Sango as well, and both mikos looked at the expectant mother. Sango's face turned tomato red and she buried her face in her hands.
"Don't look at me like that!" she cried and Kagome laughed softly. "Sango, you don't have to be embarrassed around us!" Sango looked up, her face still a very pleasant shade of rose. "But you're both staring at me!"
"We just are doing our duties, to make sure you and the child are both alright," Kaede said calmly, having dealt with a multitude of first time mothers before.
Sango whispered, "Just after you returned to your time Kagome, he could have gone home, but he said he wanted to stay with me. He changed so quickly, once his kazaana was gone. He became more civilized. In the two months we traveled together, he didn't look at another woman once, and never even attempted to be lecherous towards me. It was as if he suddenly had a new look on life, he was suddenly given all this time and he wanted to do things right. After the second month, we had stopped at a temple, and he asked me to marry him. So I accepted." Sango blushed again.
(A/N: Okay, little time line for you guys, I'm thinking Kagome returned home in January *why Jan? I dunno, seemed enough time to set up the S/M storyline and make it plausible :P * So that means they got married in or the end of March.This story is set in May. I don't know what time school gets out in Japan so I used the calendar of my college *blush*.)
Kaede sat back, "I am assuming that this child came right away," she said calmly, causing another blushing outbreak, "Hai, I think so." Sango said softly.
Kagome hugged her friend, "Don't worry Sango, you have the best miko in the world looking out for you, everything will be just fine!"
(A/N: Okay, crappy place to stop the chapter, but the next thing I wrote is a time jump, for like a month ahead, so I'll start the new chapter there. Don't worry, I have two chapters hand written and waiting to be typed out, and there's about 3-5 chapters left, including those two.))
