A/N: AIYAA!!!!!! I'm SOOOOO sorry that it took me FOREVER to update!!!! And here's my list of pathetic excuses: I'm lazy, I'm having a little bit of writer's block, exams are coming up (and like every other good slacker, I'm not studying, but instead getting harassed by my teachers to do so.), two people just got fires at my job so I had to cover extra shifts, the list goes on and on!

So anyway, this chapter's kinda short (sorry again) because I don't know what a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony is like. So I stopped right where I got stuck from lack of being cultured. Please be wonderful reviewers and tell me what the ceremony is like (if you know that is)!! You can either email me at smallfry80@excite.com or you can just post it in your review.

Speaking of reviews, thanks to silverstarlight and Sailor Saturn for reviewing!! You're great!!! You make my day!! Sorry (AGAIN!) for writing such a long a/n, here's the story!


Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I don't own Kagome, or Sango, or Miroku, or any other Inuyasha character that just might happen to appear in this story. Have I spelled it out enough?





Mom, I can explain, I-

Mrs. Higurashi looked from her daughter to the handsome young hanyou sitting beside her and back again, her eyes began to water.

Kagome bit her lip, Are you okay?

Inuyasha couldn't handle all the emotion, Gyuh, I, uh, I'll just, his back stiffened and he started to edge his way to the door, You, um, really don't seem to, erm, need me h-

Inuyasha, please stay. Kagome, Mrs. Higurashi started, You have my blessing.

Mom, I- Kagome blinked,

Kagome, I love you, her mother moved towards her and held her in a tight embrace, And I will support anything you might want to do.

Thanks, Mom.

~*~

Pre-marriage jitters? Sango smiled at Kagome, who was peeking out of Kaede's hut's window at the gathering guests.

Kagome squeaked, pulling her head back in the hut.

Me too, Sango walked over to the window and peered out, just as Kagome had, Wow, so many people, how many came from your time?

Two, three if my grandpa shows up.

Where'd they all come from, then?

Lemme see, Kagome turned around to look out the window again, Oh my God!



Look! Sesshoumaru came!

No! Really?

Yeah, right there in the back.

You're right! You don't think he'll try and steal Tetsusaiga on our wedding day, do you?

Kagome thought hard, remembering her short conversation with the demon lord. It seemed like it was months ago -no, years ago when in reality it was only a week or two.

to set it up for Inuyasha.

Set what up for Inuyasha? He did something for Inuyasha. Maybe he's not as cold-hearted as we thought

Here, go help Inuyasha.

No, I don't, Kagome replied firmly, If he helped Inuyasha then, and came to the wedding, then maybe he respects, or even cares a little for his younger brother.

~*~

Sesshoumaru-sama, tell me again why we came to this, Jaken was clinging to the staff of heads, disgusted to be among lowly humans.

My little brother is to be wed today. As his only living family, it is my duty to be here.

Master Sesshoumaru!!!! You hate your brother! You would degrade yourself so much as to stay here in the company of humans just to fulfill some duty?!!?!

I never actually said that I hated Inuyasha. I simply was disgraced by his human mother and the fact that he was weak and could barely defend himself, Sesshoumaru continued on, his expression undaunted by his words, His fighting skills have improved, however, and he has just about deemed himself the rightful owner of Tetsusaiga.

Sesshoumaru-sama! Don't say such things! Giving up on the Tetsusaiga so suddenly?!? How-why?!!

After Inuyasha mastered the wind scar, he and Tetsusaiga became equal rivals to myself and Tenseiga. For this, I respect my younger brother, nothing more. That is why we are here, Jaken.

~*~

Hey! Miroku! Where'dya think you're going?

Gyah! Oh, Inuyasha, it's just you.

You didn't answer my question.

And, ah, what question was that?

There do you think you were going?

I, uh, I, er, well

Miroku, you coward, you weren't even THINKING of jilting Sango, were you!?!

No! Of course not Inuyasha glared at the cowering monk, Well, it mighta entered my mind at ah one point

Miroku, you officially gave up being a lech the day you proposed to Sango. I trust you'll keep it that way, Inuyasha glared at Miroku.

Oh, and like you weren't having second thoughts!

Even if I did, any other woman who would've had me is dead, Inuyasha gave Miroku a dark look, Besides, Kagome loves me more that Kikyo ever could dream.

How can you be so sure that this is the path you wish to take?!

Easy, when I asked my woman to marry me, I meant it.

So did I! the monk straightened up and frowned at the hanyou indignantly, I was just getting a case of premarital cold feet, that's all.

Feh, weak minded human! Inuyasha scoffed. After everything that's happened, how could I have cold feet? I've finally made my decision, and it's not just cause Kikyo's dead again. After all, I could spend my life mourning over her death easily, instead of being with the woman I truly love, Kagome.

A/N: Yeah, so here I am, once again begging you people to review my story, and reminding you (or informing you if you didn't read the beginning a/n) to please help me out with this wedding thing. I apologize (AGAIN!!!) for taking so long with this chapter, but ya know, the sooner you help me out, the sooner the next chapter will magically appear on ff.net due to the wondrous sorcery called . Oh yeah and REVIEW!