I Won't Let You Go
Chapter Twelve
Wonderful Times
*Warning*
This chapter is a little violent in the beginning
He lay with his back against the trunk of the old tree as the half demon gazed at the sky above. Little rays of light from the afternoon shined on to Inu-Yasha's red clothing through the patches of leaves above head. Taking in a deep breath he inhaled the scents and smells around him, the smell of the lush green grass, the clean smell of air, and all other smells the summer brought. It had been four and a half years since Ariko's birth, and Inu-Yasha could not have been happier. A soft breeze blew past the half demons face as he finally got back onto his feet, and headed to his home which was not far from where he was from. In a few short steps he reached the large clearing where his home stood. The light from the sun caused the half demon to close his eyes and wait for them to adjust to the light.
The house was two stories tall and was well built. Inu-Yasha hated to admit it, but Sesshoumaru's servants had done and excellent job on it. Flower beds surrounded the home with a little garden growing near by that was next to a small stream that flowed though the clearing to the lake near Kaede's village. Smiling, Inu-Yasha walked towards the house, and through the wooden door. He entered the darken house and passed through the kitchen. There was an old metal stove that Kagome had bought from something called an 'antique shop' in her time. There were also pots and pans, vegetables in a basket which were from their garden, and a cupboard full of Ramen. Also near the kitchen was a cupboard of herbs and any medical things they needed. A small table was near by with three seats around it and an old wooden clock was near the door way that lead into the other room. Inu-Yasha chuckled lightly when he remembered how Kagome had taught him how to tell time. It had nearly taken him a week. Shaking his head, Inu-Yasha headed to the door way on the right since the door way on the left lead to the guest room. The room was fairly large and had many pictures along the wall. This was mainly Kagome's room where she would spend many hours taking something she called 'pictures'. There was a small cupboard in the corner that contained six photo albums. Two were of only Kagome and Inu-Yasha, and the other four were all of Ariko. There was a table in the middle of the room that had another photo album opened half way. Pictures were scattered all over the table in different piles. Before heading to the next door, Inu-Yasha glanced at a particular pile which showed Ariko's fourth birthday party back in Kagome's time. A large chocolate birthday sat infront of Ariko who was being held by her grandmother. He was right beside his mother-in-law with a very happy Sota clinging on his back. Grandpa was on the other side of Mrs. Higurashi, and Kagome was no where to be seen since she was the one taking the picture. Smiling, Inu-Yasha stared around the room at all the main big pictures hanging up. He started on his left at the begining of the door way and made his way around. The first picture was of his wedding. Kagome and him were standing in front of the god tree. Kagome was wearing a sleeve and strapless wedding dress with her long hair hanging loosely on her shoulders. The half demon had his arms wrapped around his wife and was wearing a black tuxedo, which he made a mental note that had been very uncomfortable to wear. The next picture was still of the wedding, but had everyone in it. He and Kagome stood in the middle with Sango by Kagome's side and Miroku by his. Miroku was also wearing a black tuxedo, and Sango was wearing a light blue short sleeved dress with her hair pulled back in a bun. Kirara was on the exterminators shoulder, and Shippo wearing an extemely small tux was on Miroku's shoulder holding a small pillow which the rings had been put on. Kagome's mother was standing by Sango and Grandpa by Miroku. Kaede had been the one taking the picture since she managed to convince them that she wasn't immedialty family, but there were plenty of her in and the group in the wedding photo album. The next picture on the next wall was of Inu-Yasha and his family. Kagome was holding a small Ariko with him behind them with his arms wrapped around Kagome's waist and his chin resting on the top of her head.
The next picture made the half demon laugh out loud. It was of Rin and Sesshoumaru. He remembered how long Kagome had to explain to her brother- in-law what a camera was and how it worked. When she tried to take the picture Sesshoumaru refused to smile, in fact he wouldn't even curl his lips even the tiniest bit, he just kept his straight emotionless face. In fact the only reason he was smiling in the picture, was because Rin had jumped on Sesshoumaru's shoulders and put her two fingers into the demons mouth to look like he was smiling. Inu-Yasha laughed even harder as he stared at the picture. There was Rin with the biggest smile he had ever seen and then his brother who had his arms folded and had a kind of smile on his face thanks to Rin.
Looking at the next two pictures, it was of Sango and Miroku's wedding. However in both pictures Miroku had a big red slap mark on his face. The monk had tried to pull the moves on Sango the entire day, but she had warned him to keep his hands to himself until their wedding night. However the monk just couldn't resist to wait till the night, and basically had been slapped all night by his wife.
Along the next few walls were just basically of all their friends growing up. Smiling, Inu-Yasha headed into the next room which held a few shelve's for storage, but there was a stair case that lead to the bedrooms upstairs. Taking hold of the rail Inu-Yasha walked up the wooden stairs where his family was still asleep. There were only two rooms on the top floor. On the right was his an Kagome's room and on the left was Ariko's room. Inu- Yasha headed into his room to wake his mate. They had stayed up late last night since it had been Rin's fifteenth birthday. Inu-Yasha walked into his room, and in that moment his whole body froze. His eyes widened and his breathing became quicker at the sight before him, in fact he didn't even know if he was breathing. There on the floor lay Kagome . . . and Ariko. Kagome was wearing her red and white miko clothes and sprawled out on the floor. Deep gashes had been cut over her entire body as she lay in a pool of blood. Her lifeless eyes stared off to the side with her mouth slightly open. In his wives hands were her bow and arrow which had been snapped in half. Inu-Yasha fell to his knees as his eyes drifted to his daughter. Her lifeless eyes were halfway closed and her blue kimono was stained with a sickening crimson red. In the childs hand was a small stuffed rabbit and her green blanket that she carried around with her constantly in the other. Only one cut was made on the child, which was across her throat and her mouth too slightly open. The half demon could feel tears burning in his eyes, and slowly crawled over towards his mate.
"Kagome . . ." he said in barely a whisper. However the girl did not move, she just remained still. Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome's lifeless body into his arms and held her there. His body started to shake as reality started to settle into his mind as he held his dead mate. He opened his eyes to see a shadow standing over top of him. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as he realized the killer was still in the house. Growling deep in his throat Inu-Yasha slowly turned around to meet the eyes of the woman . . . who he thought to have killed five and a half years ago.
"Kikyo . . ."
"And now Inu-Yasha with them out of the way . . . we can go to hell together," said Kikyo as she held the large knife in her hand, stained with Kagome's and his daughters blood. "Die," she whispered as she brought he knife down on the half demon.
The End
*Just kidding*
Tee hee
oh i am so bad for doing that
"Kagome!" screamed Inu-Yasha as his eyes snapped open. The half demon was breathing hard with his body covered in sweat. He was surrounded by darkness in the pitch black room with only small rays of the moon lighting the room slightly. Inu-Yasha felt two arms wrap around his body.
"Inu-Yasha what's the matter?"
He turned his head to meet his mate's blue gray eyes. She had a worried and scared look on her face as she stared back into his golden eyes.
"Kagome," he whispered, and threw his bare arms around the woman into a very tight embrace. He buried his face into the crook of her neck as he tried to hold back to tears in his eyes. "It was a dream . . . you and Ariko . . . it was only a dream,"
Kagome's eyes widened as she realized what had caused the half demon to act this way. She wrapped her arms around her mate and rubbed his back, "It's okay honey . . . I'm right here,"
"Gods Kagome . . . I don't know what I would do if you and Ariko . . ."
"Shhh . . . that's not going to happen." Kagome kissed her husband on the cheek and continued to hold him, "It was just a dream Inu-Yasha . . . just a dream,"
"I know . . I know," whispered Inu-Yasha, *I know that was just a nightmare . . . but*
"Inu-Yasha don't worry about it, whatever happened in your dream won't happen, you'll be there to protect Ariko and I,"
"What's going on," came a very quiet voice.
Inu-Yasha let go of Kagome to stare at the door way. Ariko was standing there holding her stuffed rabbit and blanket in her arms. "Daddy what's wrong?"
"Nothing Ariko, could you just come here please?"
The girl nodded and took small steps towards her parents. She was scooped up into her fathers arms and was brought into a very tight embrace. Releasing one arm, he wrapped it around Kagome bringing her close to him. He tried to hold back his tears as Inu-Yasha held his family in his arms.
"Inu-Yasha are you okay?" asked Kagome as she wrapped her own arms around her husband.
"I'm okay now," he said, lying back down with his daughter still in his arms.
Ariko shifted slightly so she could lye on her fathers chest with her head resting by his shoulder, her ears twitching slightly before falling into a deep sleep. Kagome crawled closer to her mate resting her head on Inu-Yasha's shoulder and wrapping her arms around both her husband and daughter.
"Let's get some sleep," whispered Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and kissed Kagome's forehead, "I love you,"
"I love you too,"
And with that Inu-Yasha fell into a dreamless sleep.
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Sesshoumaru walked slowly through the forest as the morning sun rose high into the sky. The lord of the western lands wouldn't have been walking slow if it hadn't been for Rin who was still half asleep walking beside him. The girl was wearing a dark red Kimono and had her hair tied back
"Why are we going to see your brother so early in the morning?" yawned Rin.
Sesshoumaru did not answer as he stepped into the clearing where Inu- Yasha's home stood. He was glad he had left the imp back at the castle instead of bringing him along. The journey had been a hell of a lot quieter and peaceful with just him and his Rin. Sesshoumaru walked to the door and knocked.
"Sesshoumaru?"
The lord looked up to see Inu-Yasha peering down at him from the window above.
"Good morning to you too little brother,"
"Morning Inu-Yasha!" called Rin.
"Morning to you too," said Kagome who appeared be side her husband.
"What brings you all they way out here?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Get dressed and I'll explain,"
Inu-Yasha and Kagome disappeared from the window to get into their day clothes.
"What are we here?" asked Rin again.
And just like before Sesshoumaru did not say a word, but she noticed that there was a tinge of red on his cheeks . . . as if he were blushing.
Inu-Yasha soon appeared at the door wearing his usual red clothing and Kagome wearing her miko clothes. Ariko was in her mothers arms wearing her dark blue kimono.
"So what can we do for you?" asked Inu-Yasha who suddenly noticed that Sesshoumaru was slightly blushing.
Sesshoumaru turned to Kagome and motioned her to lean towards him. Kagome handed her daughter to her husband and leaned her head in so Sesshoumaru could whisper something into her ear.
Poor Inu-Yasha and Rin were confused beyond belief, but Ariko was too busy playing with her father's ears and silver hair. After a moment, Kagome went into the fit of giggles, which made Inu-Yasha and Rin even more confused. Kagome was laughing so hard she couldn't look Sesshoumaru in the eye.
"What did you tell her?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Yes, what did you tell her?" piped in Rin.
Kagome finally finished laughing and faced her brother-in-law, "So you want me to?"
"Yes," said Sesshoumaru.
"Well this is kind of awkward. Rin dear come inside," offered Kagome, "I'll make everyone some breakfast,"
"What did you ask her to do?" asked Inu-Yasha, setting his daughter down.
"She's going to give Rin 'the talk'," said Sesshoumaru, another blush appearing on his cheeks.
"The talk?"
"Yes the talk,"
"Kagome what is this talk your going to give Rin?"
Kagome again went into the fit of the giggles.
"Kagome I demand you tell me what this talk thing is about,"
"Are you really that dense little brother?" asked Sesshoumaru who followed his brother into the house.
"Kagome tell me now,"
Kagome was laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes and was using the table for support. Rin had no idea what was going on, and frankly Inu- Yasha didn't either. Sesshoumaru just stood there with blushing cheeks and Ariko was just holding her stuffed rabbit with her ears backwards so she didn't have to hear all the noisy racket.
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The sun shined brightly down on the two brothers who were lying on their backs in the open field. Inu-Yasha had his legs straight with his arms behind his head. Sesshoumaru had one knee bent, his furry scarf behind his head with both arms by his side.
"So what is this talk thing?" asked Inu-Yasha for the hundredth time that day.
Sesshoumaru sighed and glanced at his brother, "I'll let your mate explain that one to you,"
A small shriek caused both brothers to sit up slightly. Ariko was planted face down in the ground at the bottom of the hill. She slowly got slowly and continued to chase the butterflies. Inu-Yasha smiled and glanced at his brother, and noticed that there was an odd look in his eyes as he stared at his niece.
"Do you ever think about?" asked Inu-Yasha as he rested back down in the grass.
"Think about what?" asked Sesshoumaru returning to his lying down position.
"About stop playing mr. emotionless, settle down and have a family," said Inu-Yasha staring back up at the sky.
"Why do you think I have brought Rin here?" asked Sesshoumaru.
"If it has to do with talk thing . . ."
"Oh never mind," hissed Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha was about to protest, but was cut off as something landed on his chest.
"Daddy!" squealed the little girl clinging to her father's kimono.
"Hey sweety,"
"Daddy, tell me a story,"
Inu-Yasha sighed and positioned his daughter in a more comfortable position, "What do you want to hear?"
"What ever happened to grandpa and grandma?" asked Ariko.
Inu-Yasha immedialty knew she was talking about his parents, and frankly didn't know what to tell her. "Um . . well . . . you see . . ."
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and picked up the young girl, "You wish to know about our father?"
Ariko nodded her head.
"Well, our father was lord of the western lands," and with that Sesshoumaru went into a long story about their father and Inu-Yasha's mother. Even Inu-Yasha himself listened intently to the story since he couldn't remember anything about his father and a little about his mother. Sure he had pictures of them from the cave which were now in his and Kagome's room, but still he had no idea what they were like. Sesshoumaru finally finished the story and glanced at the little girl sitting on his chest.
"What about your mother?" asked Ariko.
"Do you ever stop asking questions?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Ariko giggled and shook her head which caused the lord to smile slightly. Sesshoumaru then told a short story about his mother.
Inu-Yasha didn't quite pay attention to this story as he continued to stare at the sky.
"Well if it isn't Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru,"
Both demons sat up to see Miroku walking towards them wearing his usual monk clothes.
"Good afternoon Miroku," called Inu-Yasha.
Sesshoumaru just nodded his head towards the monk and Miroku returned the nod. Laying his staff down Miroku layed down beside Inu-Yasha.
"Where's Sango?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"She went to see Kagome and help her talk to Rin," said Miroku.
"Ok, what the hell is this talk thing about?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Ariko wasn't paying any attention to her loud father as she played with her uncle's hair.
Miroku started to giggle, "Kagome was right, you really don't have a clue,"
"Will someone just tell me?"
Miroku smiled his lecherous smile and was about to explain.
"If you say anything Monk in front of this child, you will wish you had never been born you lecher," growled Sesshoumaru.
Miroku leaned up slightly to see Ariko sitting with her uncle, "Well then my dear friend I will just leave it up to Kagome to tell you about it," teased the monk.
"Arrgghhh," growled Inu-Yasha.
"Can we play game?" asked Ariko.
"What came would you like to play little lady?" asked Miroku.
"Hide go seek," she piped.
"Sounds good to me, but Miroku's it," said Inu-Yasha.
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"Do you understand now?" asked Kagome as she pasted some pictures into her photo album.
"Yes," said Rin who was blushing like crazy at the moment.
Sango laughed slightly from her seat and passed Kagome her drink of hot tea, "And your telling me Inu-Yasha doesn't know what 'the talk' means?"
"Not a clue," giggled Kagome.
"When Miroku heard that I thought he would die of laughter,"
Kagome nodded and stared out the window, "Well the men should returning soon," said Kagome as she stared at the setting sun. Kagome got up from her seat and helped Sango stand up.
"You know being six month's pregnant really isn't that much fun," grumbled Sango.
"Tell me about it," laughed Kagome.
The girls walked towards the door and waited on the porch for the guys to return.
"Where do yo suppose they got to?" asked Rin.
"I'm not sure," said Kagome.
"Were right here,"
All the girls looked to their right to see Sesshoumaru carrying a knocked out Inu-Yasha and Miroku carrying a worn out Ariko.
"What happened?" asked Kagome staring at her husband.
"Let's just say Sesshoumaru got a little carried away in the game of tag," smiled Miroku handing the sleeping Ariko to her mother. "Well darling shall we head home?"
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow Kagome,"
Kagome hugged her best friend as Sango and Miroku headed back to Kaede's village.
"Rin, let's head home," said Sesshoumaru laying Inu-Yasha down on the porch.
"Yes sir. Bye Kagome!" yelled Rin as she followed Sesshoumaru through the trees.
Kagome sighed and carried her daughter inside and upstairs to her bedroom. Pulling back the covers, Kagome took her daughters clothes off and put her pajama's on. Placing her daughter in her bed, she pulled the covers over the small form and kissed the child on the forehead. Smiling, Kagome closed the door behind her and headed back down to check on her husband who was still laying on the porch.
"Ah what happened?" asked Inu-Yasha who was rubbing his head.
"A rough game of tag gone totally wrong," smiled Kagome taking a seat by her husband.
Inu-Yasha smiled and pulled Kagome into a warm embrace, "So what is this talk thing about,"
Kagome giggled, but leaned her head up to whisper in Inu-Yasha's ear.
"What! You told Rin that?" cried Inu-Yasha.
"Of course. I knew this of course before I was fifteen, but Sesshoumaru was too embarrassed to tell her, so he let me,"
Inu-Yasha didn't say a word as he stared at the ground with a blush spread across his cheeks.
"I don't see what the big deal is, I mean when Ariko is old enough, I'll be telling her,"
Inu-Yasha's eyes widened, "There is no way you're telling her that!"
Kagome laughed and headed into the house as the sun finally set spreading darkness through out the land.
"Kagome are you listening to me?"
"Not a word,"
Inu-Yasha growled and closed the door behind him, following his wife upstairs to bed since it had been a long day. He peeked into his daughters room to make sure she was sleeping peacefully before heading to his room where his mate was already in bed. Inu-Yasha took all his clothes off except for his pants before crawling into bed beside Kagome and wrapping his arms around his beautiful wife.
"So warm," mumbled Kagome as she wrapped her arms around Inu-Yasha's bare shoulders.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" asked Inu-Yasha, burying his face into Kagome's dark hair.
"Well Sango, Ariko and I are going to go see my mom," whispered Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and held Kagome tighter, "You know I was thinking,"
"About what?" asked Kagome.
"I was thinking about our daughter, and how she needs someone to play with,"
"Well Sango will soon . . . oh you sly dog I know what your saying," giggled Kagome.
"If you know what I"m talking about then kiss me," mumbled Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and kissed her husband.
"I love you," mumbled Inu-Yasha against her lips.
"And I love you," whispered Kagome.
Holding his wife tighter, Inu-Yasha turned out the light.
The End
*for real this time*
Okay folks, that is the end of this story, stay tuned for the next one! A thousand apologies for the long update, but I wrote a fic called Rain of Blood which took me a while, plus there's school, but I finally finished this one. Thanks for all the reviews!!!!!
Lynns
Chapter Twelve
Wonderful Times
*Warning*
This chapter is a little violent in the beginning
He lay with his back against the trunk of the old tree as the half demon gazed at the sky above. Little rays of light from the afternoon shined on to Inu-Yasha's red clothing through the patches of leaves above head. Taking in a deep breath he inhaled the scents and smells around him, the smell of the lush green grass, the clean smell of air, and all other smells the summer brought. It had been four and a half years since Ariko's birth, and Inu-Yasha could not have been happier. A soft breeze blew past the half demons face as he finally got back onto his feet, and headed to his home which was not far from where he was from. In a few short steps he reached the large clearing where his home stood. The light from the sun caused the half demon to close his eyes and wait for them to adjust to the light.
The house was two stories tall and was well built. Inu-Yasha hated to admit it, but Sesshoumaru's servants had done and excellent job on it. Flower beds surrounded the home with a little garden growing near by that was next to a small stream that flowed though the clearing to the lake near Kaede's village. Smiling, Inu-Yasha walked towards the house, and through the wooden door. He entered the darken house and passed through the kitchen. There was an old metal stove that Kagome had bought from something called an 'antique shop' in her time. There were also pots and pans, vegetables in a basket which were from their garden, and a cupboard full of Ramen. Also near the kitchen was a cupboard of herbs and any medical things they needed. A small table was near by with three seats around it and an old wooden clock was near the door way that lead into the other room. Inu-Yasha chuckled lightly when he remembered how Kagome had taught him how to tell time. It had nearly taken him a week. Shaking his head, Inu-Yasha headed to the door way on the right since the door way on the left lead to the guest room. The room was fairly large and had many pictures along the wall. This was mainly Kagome's room where she would spend many hours taking something she called 'pictures'. There was a small cupboard in the corner that contained six photo albums. Two were of only Kagome and Inu-Yasha, and the other four were all of Ariko. There was a table in the middle of the room that had another photo album opened half way. Pictures were scattered all over the table in different piles. Before heading to the next door, Inu-Yasha glanced at a particular pile which showed Ariko's fourth birthday party back in Kagome's time. A large chocolate birthday sat infront of Ariko who was being held by her grandmother. He was right beside his mother-in-law with a very happy Sota clinging on his back. Grandpa was on the other side of Mrs. Higurashi, and Kagome was no where to be seen since she was the one taking the picture. Smiling, Inu-Yasha stared around the room at all the main big pictures hanging up. He started on his left at the begining of the door way and made his way around. The first picture was of his wedding. Kagome and him were standing in front of the god tree. Kagome was wearing a sleeve and strapless wedding dress with her long hair hanging loosely on her shoulders. The half demon had his arms wrapped around his wife and was wearing a black tuxedo, which he made a mental note that had been very uncomfortable to wear. The next picture was still of the wedding, but had everyone in it. He and Kagome stood in the middle with Sango by Kagome's side and Miroku by his. Miroku was also wearing a black tuxedo, and Sango was wearing a light blue short sleeved dress with her hair pulled back in a bun. Kirara was on the exterminators shoulder, and Shippo wearing an extemely small tux was on Miroku's shoulder holding a small pillow which the rings had been put on. Kagome's mother was standing by Sango and Grandpa by Miroku. Kaede had been the one taking the picture since she managed to convince them that she wasn't immedialty family, but there were plenty of her in and the group in the wedding photo album. The next picture on the next wall was of Inu-Yasha and his family. Kagome was holding a small Ariko with him behind them with his arms wrapped around Kagome's waist and his chin resting on the top of her head.
The next picture made the half demon laugh out loud. It was of Rin and Sesshoumaru. He remembered how long Kagome had to explain to her brother- in-law what a camera was and how it worked. When she tried to take the picture Sesshoumaru refused to smile, in fact he wouldn't even curl his lips even the tiniest bit, he just kept his straight emotionless face. In fact the only reason he was smiling in the picture, was because Rin had jumped on Sesshoumaru's shoulders and put her two fingers into the demons mouth to look like he was smiling. Inu-Yasha laughed even harder as he stared at the picture. There was Rin with the biggest smile he had ever seen and then his brother who had his arms folded and had a kind of smile on his face thanks to Rin.
Looking at the next two pictures, it was of Sango and Miroku's wedding. However in both pictures Miroku had a big red slap mark on his face. The monk had tried to pull the moves on Sango the entire day, but she had warned him to keep his hands to himself until their wedding night. However the monk just couldn't resist to wait till the night, and basically had been slapped all night by his wife.
Along the next few walls were just basically of all their friends growing up. Smiling, Inu-Yasha headed into the next room which held a few shelve's for storage, but there was a stair case that lead to the bedrooms upstairs. Taking hold of the rail Inu-Yasha walked up the wooden stairs where his family was still asleep. There were only two rooms on the top floor. On the right was his an Kagome's room and on the left was Ariko's room. Inu- Yasha headed into his room to wake his mate. They had stayed up late last night since it had been Rin's fifteenth birthday. Inu-Yasha walked into his room, and in that moment his whole body froze. His eyes widened and his breathing became quicker at the sight before him, in fact he didn't even know if he was breathing. There on the floor lay Kagome . . . and Ariko. Kagome was wearing her red and white miko clothes and sprawled out on the floor. Deep gashes had been cut over her entire body as she lay in a pool of blood. Her lifeless eyes stared off to the side with her mouth slightly open. In his wives hands were her bow and arrow which had been snapped in half. Inu-Yasha fell to his knees as his eyes drifted to his daughter. Her lifeless eyes were halfway closed and her blue kimono was stained with a sickening crimson red. In the childs hand was a small stuffed rabbit and her green blanket that she carried around with her constantly in the other. Only one cut was made on the child, which was across her throat and her mouth too slightly open. The half demon could feel tears burning in his eyes, and slowly crawled over towards his mate.
"Kagome . . ." he said in barely a whisper. However the girl did not move, she just remained still. Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome's lifeless body into his arms and held her there. His body started to shake as reality started to settle into his mind as he held his dead mate. He opened his eyes to see a shadow standing over top of him. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as he realized the killer was still in the house. Growling deep in his throat Inu-Yasha slowly turned around to meet the eyes of the woman . . . who he thought to have killed five and a half years ago.
"Kikyo . . ."
"And now Inu-Yasha with them out of the way . . . we can go to hell together," said Kikyo as she held the large knife in her hand, stained with Kagome's and his daughters blood. "Die," she whispered as she brought he knife down on the half demon.
The End
*Just kidding*
Tee hee
oh i am so bad for doing that
"Kagome!" screamed Inu-Yasha as his eyes snapped open. The half demon was breathing hard with his body covered in sweat. He was surrounded by darkness in the pitch black room with only small rays of the moon lighting the room slightly. Inu-Yasha felt two arms wrap around his body.
"Inu-Yasha what's the matter?"
He turned his head to meet his mate's blue gray eyes. She had a worried and scared look on her face as she stared back into his golden eyes.
"Kagome," he whispered, and threw his bare arms around the woman into a very tight embrace. He buried his face into the crook of her neck as he tried to hold back to tears in his eyes. "It was a dream . . . you and Ariko . . . it was only a dream,"
Kagome's eyes widened as she realized what had caused the half demon to act this way. She wrapped her arms around her mate and rubbed his back, "It's okay honey . . . I'm right here,"
"Gods Kagome . . . I don't know what I would do if you and Ariko . . ."
"Shhh . . . that's not going to happen." Kagome kissed her husband on the cheek and continued to hold him, "It was just a dream Inu-Yasha . . . just a dream,"
"I know . . I know," whispered Inu-Yasha, *I know that was just a nightmare . . . but*
"Inu-Yasha don't worry about it, whatever happened in your dream won't happen, you'll be there to protect Ariko and I,"
"What's going on," came a very quiet voice.
Inu-Yasha let go of Kagome to stare at the door way. Ariko was standing there holding her stuffed rabbit and blanket in her arms. "Daddy what's wrong?"
"Nothing Ariko, could you just come here please?"
The girl nodded and took small steps towards her parents. She was scooped up into her fathers arms and was brought into a very tight embrace. Releasing one arm, he wrapped it around Kagome bringing her close to him. He tried to hold back his tears as Inu-Yasha held his family in his arms.
"Inu-Yasha are you okay?" asked Kagome as she wrapped her own arms around her husband.
"I'm okay now," he said, lying back down with his daughter still in his arms.
Ariko shifted slightly so she could lye on her fathers chest with her head resting by his shoulder, her ears twitching slightly before falling into a deep sleep. Kagome crawled closer to her mate resting her head on Inu-Yasha's shoulder and wrapping her arms around both her husband and daughter.
"Let's get some sleep," whispered Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and kissed Kagome's forehead, "I love you,"
"I love you too,"
And with that Inu-Yasha fell into a dreamless sleep.
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Sesshoumaru walked slowly through the forest as the morning sun rose high into the sky. The lord of the western lands wouldn't have been walking slow if it hadn't been for Rin who was still half asleep walking beside him. The girl was wearing a dark red Kimono and had her hair tied back
"Why are we going to see your brother so early in the morning?" yawned Rin.
Sesshoumaru did not answer as he stepped into the clearing where Inu- Yasha's home stood. He was glad he had left the imp back at the castle instead of bringing him along. The journey had been a hell of a lot quieter and peaceful with just him and his Rin. Sesshoumaru walked to the door and knocked.
"Sesshoumaru?"
The lord looked up to see Inu-Yasha peering down at him from the window above.
"Good morning to you too little brother,"
"Morning Inu-Yasha!" called Rin.
"Morning to you too," said Kagome who appeared be side her husband.
"What brings you all they way out here?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Get dressed and I'll explain,"
Inu-Yasha and Kagome disappeared from the window to get into their day clothes.
"What are we here?" asked Rin again.
And just like before Sesshoumaru did not say a word, but she noticed that there was a tinge of red on his cheeks . . . as if he were blushing.
Inu-Yasha soon appeared at the door wearing his usual red clothing and Kagome wearing her miko clothes. Ariko was in her mothers arms wearing her dark blue kimono.
"So what can we do for you?" asked Inu-Yasha who suddenly noticed that Sesshoumaru was slightly blushing.
Sesshoumaru turned to Kagome and motioned her to lean towards him. Kagome handed her daughter to her husband and leaned her head in so Sesshoumaru could whisper something into her ear.
Poor Inu-Yasha and Rin were confused beyond belief, but Ariko was too busy playing with her father's ears and silver hair. After a moment, Kagome went into the fit of giggles, which made Inu-Yasha and Rin even more confused. Kagome was laughing so hard she couldn't look Sesshoumaru in the eye.
"What did you tell her?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Yes, what did you tell her?" piped in Rin.
Kagome finally finished laughing and faced her brother-in-law, "So you want me to?"
"Yes," said Sesshoumaru.
"Well this is kind of awkward. Rin dear come inside," offered Kagome, "I'll make everyone some breakfast,"
"What did you ask her to do?" asked Inu-Yasha, setting his daughter down.
"She's going to give Rin 'the talk'," said Sesshoumaru, another blush appearing on his cheeks.
"The talk?"
"Yes the talk,"
"Kagome what is this talk your going to give Rin?"
Kagome again went into the fit of the giggles.
"Kagome I demand you tell me what this talk thing is about,"
"Are you really that dense little brother?" asked Sesshoumaru who followed his brother into the house.
"Kagome tell me now,"
Kagome was laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes and was using the table for support. Rin had no idea what was going on, and frankly Inu- Yasha didn't either. Sesshoumaru just stood there with blushing cheeks and Ariko was just holding her stuffed rabbit with her ears backwards so she didn't have to hear all the noisy racket.
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The sun shined brightly down on the two brothers who were lying on their backs in the open field. Inu-Yasha had his legs straight with his arms behind his head. Sesshoumaru had one knee bent, his furry scarf behind his head with both arms by his side.
"So what is this talk thing?" asked Inu-Yasha for the hundredth time that day.
Sesshoumaru sighed and glanced at his brother, "I'll let your mate explain that one to you,"
A small shriek caused both brothers to sit up slightly. Ariko was planted face down in the ground at the bottom of the hill. She slowly got slowly and continued to chase the butterflies. Inu-Yasha smiled and glanced at his brother, and noticed that there was an odd look in his eyes as he stared at his niece.
"Do you ever think about?" asked Inu-Yasha as he rested back down in the grass.
"Think about what?" asked Sesshoumaru returning to his lying down position.
"About stop playing mr. emotionless, settle down and have a family," said Inu-Yasha staring back up at the sky.
"Why do you think I have brought Rin here?" asked Sesshoumaru.
"If it has to do with talk thing . . ."
"Oh never mind," hissed Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha was about to protest, but was cut off as something landed on his chest.
"Daddy!" squealed the little girl clinging to her father's kimono.
"Hey sweety,"
"Daddy, tell me a story,"
Inu-Yasha sighed and positioned his daughter in a more comfortable position, "What do you want to hear?"
"What ever happened to grandpa and grandma?" asked Ariko.
Inu-Yasha immedialty knew she was talking about his parents, and frankly didn't know what to tell her. "Um . . well . . . you see . . ."
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and picked up the young girl, "You wish to know about our father?"
Ariko nodded her head.
"Well, our father was lord of the western lands," and with that Sesshoumaru went into a long story about their father and Inu-Yasha's mother. Even Inu-Yasha himself listened intently to the story since he couldn't remember anything about his father and a little about his mother. Sure he had pictures of them from the cave which were now in his and Kagome's room, but still he had no idea what they were like. Sesshoumaru finally finished the story and glanced at the little girl sitting on his chest.
"What about your mother?" asked Ariko.
"Do you ever stop asking questions?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Ariko giggled and shook her head which caused the lord to smile slightly. Sesshoumaru then told a short story about his mother.
Inu-Yasha didn't quite pay attention to this story as he continued to stare at the sky.
"Well if it isn't Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru,"
Both demons sat up to see Miroku walking towards them wearing his usual monk clothes.
"Good afternoon Miroku," called Inu-Yasha.
Sesshoumaru just nodded his head towards the monk and Miroku returned the nod. Laying his staff down Miroku layed down beside Inu-Yasha.
"Where's Sango?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"She went to see Kagome and help her talk to Rin," said Miroku.
"Ok, what the hell is this talk thing about?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Ariko wasn't paying any attention to her loud father as she played with her uncle's hair.
Miroku started to giggle, "Kagome was right, you really don't have a clue,"
"Will someone just tell me?"
Miroku smiled his lecherous smile and was about to explain.
"If you say anything Monk in front of this child, you will wish you had never been born you lecher," growled Sesshoumaru.
Miroku leaned up slightly to see Ariko sitting with her uncle, "Well then my dear friend I will just leave it up to Kagome to tell you about it," teased the monk.
"Arrgghhh," growled Inu-Yasha.
"Can we play game?" asked Ariko.
"What came would you like to play little lady?" asked Miroku.
"Hide go seek," she piped.
"Sounds good to me, but Miroku's it," said Inu-Yasha.
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"Do you understand now?" asked Kagome as she pasted some pictures into her photo album.
"Yes," said Rin who was blushing like crazy at the moment.
Sango laughed slightly from her seat and passed Kagome her drink of hot tea, "And your telling me Inu-Yasha doesn't know what 'the talk' means?"
"Not a clue," giggled Kagome.
"When Miroku heard that I thought he would die of laughter,"
Kagome nodded and stared out the window, "Well the men should returning soon," said Kagome as she stared at the setting sun. Kagome got up from her seat and helped Sango stand up.
"You know being six month's pregnant really isn't that much fun," grumbled Sango.
"Tell me about it," laughed Kagome.
The girls walked towards the door and waited on the porch for the guys to return.
"Where do yo suppose they got to?" asked Rin.
"I'm not sure," said Kagome.
"Were right here,"
All the girls looked to their right to see Sesshoumaru carrying a knocked out Inu-Yasha and Miroku carrying a worn out Ariko.
"What happened?" asked Kagome staring at her husband.
"Let's just say Sesshoumaru got a little carried away in the game of tag," smiled Miroku handing the sleeping Ariko to her mother. "Well darling shall we head home?"
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow Kagome,"
Kagome hugged her best friend as Sango and Miroku headed back to Kaede's village.
"Rin, let's head home," said Sesshoumaru laying Inu-Yasha down on the porch.
"Yes sir. Bye Kagome!" yelled Rin as she followed Sesshoumaru through the trees.
Kagome sighed and carried her daughter inside and upstairs to her bedroom. Pulling back the covers, Kagome took her daughters clothes off and put her pajama's on. Placing her daughter in her bed, she pulled the covers over the small form and kissed the child on the forehead. Smiling, Kagome closed the door behind her and headed back down to check on her husband who was still laying on the porch.
"Ah what happened?" asked Inu-Yasha who was rubbing his head.
"A rough game of tag gone totally wrong," smiled Kagome taking a seat by her husband.
Inu-Yasha smiled and pulled Kagome into a warm embrace, "So what is this talk thing about,"
Kagome giggled, but leaned her head up to whisper in Inu-Yasha's ear.
"What! You told Rin that?" cried Inu-Yasha.
"Of course. I knew this of course before I was fifteen, but Sesshoumaru was too embarrassed to tell her, so he let me,"
Inu-Yasha didn't say a word as he stared at the ground with a blush spread across his cheeks.
"I don't see what the big deal is, I mean when Ariko is old enough, I'll be telling her,"
Inu-Yasha's eyes widened, "There is no way you're telling her that!"
Kagome laughed and headed into the house as the sun finally set spreading darkness through out the land.
"Kagome are you listening to me?"
"Not a word,"
Inu-Yasha growled and closed the door behind him, following his wife upstairs to bed since it had been a long day. He peeked into his daughters room to make sure she was sleeping peacefully before heading to his room where his mate was already in bed. Inu-Yasha took all his clothes off except for his pants before crawling into bed beside Kagome and wrapping his arms around his beautiful wife.
"So warm," mumbled Kagome as she wrapped her arms around Inu-Yasha's bare shoulders.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" asked Inu-Yasha, burying his face into Kagome's dark hair.
"Well Sango, Ariko and I are going to go see my mom," whispered Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and held Kagome tighter, "You know I was thinking,"
"About what?" asked Kagome.
"I was thinking about our daughter, and how she needs someone to play with,"
"Well Sango will soon . . . oh you sly dog I know what your saying," giggled Kagome.
"If you know what I"m talking about then kiss me," mumbled Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and kissed her husband.
"I love you," mumbled Inu-Yasha against her lips.
"And I love you," whispered Kagome.
Holding his wife tighter, Inu-Yasha turned out the light.
The End
*for real this time*
Okay folks, that is the end of this story, stay tuned for the next one! A thousand apologies for the long update, but I wrote a fic called Rain of Blood which took me a while, plus there's school, but I finally finished this one. Thanks for all the reviews!!!!!
Lynns