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A Life of Love Chapter 6: Love Overcomes All

"You bastard, how could you do that to my Inuyasha! Is there a cure?" "The only cure is if the person infected by the poison has a strong sense to live. In other words if the person has something so important to him, if he can concentrate on only this one thing and he is strong enough to survive it." Inuyasha pulled his head up from the ground to glare at the wolf demon standing in front of him. "You bastard, when I get over this I'll kill you and that's a promise." With that, Inuyasha fell completely into a horrific nightmare. Koga jumped away laughing leaving Kagome with her unconscious mate. She then picked up Inuyasha and carried him back to their home in the trees and laid him on the bed. The poison had already begun to take affect. Inuyasha was trembling and started to break out into a sweat. Kagome did what she could for him by drying his brow and talking to him hoping that her voice would calm him. She then laid down beside him and held him tight. Much to her happiness Inuyasha began to stop sweating and stopped trembling. She held her love in a tight embrace in tell she fell asleep never once letting go of him.

A few hours later Kagome was forced to leave Inuyasha's side so she could go and find Songo and Miroku to help her with Inuyasha in his critical state. "Well Miroku, can you help him?" "No, I'm sorry Lady Kagome but there is nothing I can do to help Inuyasha, all we can do is pray. But maybe, Myoga can you suck out the poison as you did when Inuyasha was infected with the spider's venom?" "I am afraid I can not. For you see this is the most deadly poison know to the feudal age. It is even more deadly than that of demon venom. On contact it spreads through the entire body and all they have is hope. The best medicine for Inuyasha is to have Kagome stay by his side." A sly grin spread across Miroku's face at these words but before he could speak Songo interjected, "Why don't Miroku and I go and see if we can't find any more information on this poison." Songo then grabbed the back of Miroku's robes and pulled him down the stairs of the house with Myoga right on their heels. "Oh Inuyasha, you have to pull through for me."

On the fifth morning of being infected Inuyasha awoke to his beloved sitting in a chair next to the him with her head resting on the bed. He started to rub her ears and Kagome shot up like a bolt of lightning to see the cause. When she saw that Inuyasha was awake and well she began to tear as she jumped into his arms and embraced him as tightly as she could knocking him down. "Oh Inuyasha, I thought that you were going to die!" "Aw come on, you don't think a little poison could kill me do you." Kagome then pulled Inuyasha into a passionate kiss. After a few minutes she broke the kiss, "Inuyasha promise me that you will never scare me like that again!" "Oh Kagome don't cry, but if I hadn't have taken the dart you would have been infected with the poison and I could never live with myself knowing that you were injured when I could have stopped it." "I know honey, I know." Inuyasha dried Kagome's tears as they held each other in a tight embrace, never wanting to let go. After a few minutes Inuyasha held Kagome at arms length and looked into her eyes. "Kagome, do you still want to be my mate?" "Yes Inuyasha, I do." Inuyasha then took Kagome's hand and gave her a small cut in the shape of a cresent moon. "Ow, Inuyasha." "Now you are my mate and we will be together forever." Inuyasha smiled and hugged his newly wedded mate tightly. They then heard a noise in the hallway so they got up and Kagome slowly opened the door. With a heavy rise of anger in her she glared at the wolf demon, Koga. "Ah, Kagome it's time for you to leave this place and be my mate." Kagome roared with anger, "I AM INUYASHA'S MATE YOU DUMDASS!" Koga just looked confused, "But Inuyasha is dead now and you can freely love me." Kagome then opened the door all the way to reveal her love Inuyasha alive and full of anger. "Inu...Inuyasha how could you still be alive!?" "I didn't want to die and leave my love alone you bastard." Inuyasha moved in front of Kagome and put his hand on the hilt of his sword. The three of them stood in silence when a voice came from the stairs. "Oh Koga, where are you?" A female wolf demon walked up the stairs and smiled. "Oh there you are my Koga, I thought I had lost you." "Ma....Ma....Mary!?" "Oh Koga why are you up here with these two married half breeds? You're supposed to become my mate today." "Um, well I told you I don't want to be your mate, I want Kagome to be my mate." "Oh, so you're Kagome. Well once I kill you I can take Koga away from you." Kagome starred in disbelief, "You can have him, I'm Inuyasha's mate and I hate Koga." "Oh you see, she's taken and she doesn't like you, come with me." Mary then grabbed Koga's arm and dragged him down the stair's. "Well that was freaky, but at least now we can be alone." They walked down the stair's, out the door, and towards a pond.

Inuyasha sat in the shade with his back to a tree and Kagome sitting in his lap. Kagome held Inuyasha in her arms smiling to herself. Inuyasha leaned his head down and kissed his love on the forehead before speaking, "Well Kagome, I think Koga will be leaving us alone for a long time." Kagome just giggled, "Yeah, it sure was funny watching him being dragged off by that wolf demon." "Yeah it was." They then heard a crashing of twigs and bushes being crushed through in quite a hurry. They starred in tell Koga came bounding out of the trees. "Well, well, well Koga, nice scar on your cheek. If I'm not mistaken that is the mark of a very high royal demon clan." "Yes it is, and now I'm the play thing of a princess wolf demon. Oh Kagome, please be my mate, I don't love this woman." "And I don't love you bastard, I love Inuyasha!" Kagome squeezed Inuyasha tighter and was relieved when he squeezed back. "Oh Koga, where are you!" came a voice from the woods slowly growing closer. "Oh shit!" Koga then ran off threw the woods in the opposite direction of the voice. Then Mary walked out of the woods just as Koga did. "Oh Kagome, did you happen to see where Koga went?" Kagome pointed off to her right, Mary thanked them and ran off. Inuyasha leaned his head down and nibbled Kagome's ear. "Hehe, that tickles lover." He moved his head lower and nuzzled her neck. "Inu...." Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha kissing her. When he broke the kiss he smiled at Kagome and she smiled back. Kagome hugged Inuyasha for another minute before slowly getting up. "Why don't we go for a swim while we're here." Inuyasha stood up and set down the tetsusaiga. "Alright that sounds fun." The two half demons were soon swimming in the small lake. Kagome swam over to Inuyasha who was amusing himself with a small fish. "Inuyasha," "Yes Kagome?" "what kind of royal family were you talking about back there?" "Oh that, well as you know, demons are broken into classes and royalties. My father was a type of royal demon, and that mark on Koga's face was that of a very high class demon family. Not as high class as my father of course but a very powerful class none the less, and if that girl Mary wants Koga then he is never getting away."

Inuyasha lay on the bank with his love Kagome sleeping calmly on his chest, one arm draped around her, the other behind his head. The young hanyou was deep in thought over the events of the past few weeks. Kagome stirred and looked up at Inuyasha to find that he didn't even know she was awake. She smiled to herself, moved her hands upward and started to rub his ears slowly. To her surprise he did not try to stop her, he just looked down at her and smiled. "Inuyasha, why aren't you trying to stop me like usual?" "Well I've always loved it when you would rub my ears, it relaxes me." "Really! Why didn't you tell me that before." Inuyasha smiled, moved his head down and started to nuzzle Kagome's neck. "Hehe, Inuyasha." Kagome rubbed his ears some more; Inuyasha held Kagome close and they stayed there in the shade of the tree for a few hours. Inuyasha lay awake listening to the sounds of the forest. Kagome smiled and took his outer kimono, laid it on top of them, put her hands inside his shirt and rapped her arms around him. She sighed to herself before laying her head back on his chest. She then closed her eyes with a smile on her face, letting Inuyasha's masculine scent relax her. She took a deep breath before speaking again, "I love your scent Inuyasha, it's so relaxing. I feel so safe in your arms." "I love your scent too Kagome." Inuyasha moved his hands to his love's ears and smiled when she began to purr softly. She looked up at him and smiled, "What should we do later lover?" "Whatever you want to do honey." "I want to stay like this for a little while longer." "Me too."

They walked back to their house chatting. When they reached the top of the stairs Inuyasha went into the study and slumped down onto the couch. He closed his eyes and rested his sore muscles. He also noted the scent of a fire so he assumed that Kagome was taking a bath. He drifted into a light sleep and awoke to a murmur of giggles. He opened one eye to see Kagome looking down at him. "What's so funny?" "Oh nothing." She then laid down on her love and closed her eyes. Inuyasha kissed her on the forehead and hugged her tightly. "Its late honey, why don't we go to bed." Kagome slowly rose from the couch and started for the door, "Alright."

Kagome awoke to a sunny morning. She moved her hands and started to rub her love's ears. Inuyasha opened his eyes and hugged his wife tightly. "Kagome," "Yes Inuyasha?" "I love you." Kagome smiled and kissed Inuyasha on the cheek. She hugged him tight, "I love you too." She placed her head on his chest. "Inuyasha, why can we smell scents?" "Because of our sensitive noses." "I know that but I mean why do we smell them?" Kagome laid her face in Inuyasha's chest and breathed deeply. "Like now I smell your scent. Its masculine, musky, it relaxes me and makes me feel safe. But maybe that's because I love you." Inuyasha pondered for a few seconds, "You know what, I don't know. We just can." Inuyasha put his face next to Kagome's neck and breathed deeply. "Right now I smell a seducing scent coming from you. That's also what bothers me." Kagome looked up at her love with a very confused look on her face. "What do you mean by that?" "What I mean is that even as a human, demons can smell when you are in heat." Kagome blushed deeply upon hearing these words. "As I was saying, most demons can easily resist a human but you always had a very unusual scent. It has caught my nose many times before. But now that you are a hanyou, I would not be surprised if even some of the highest class of demons could not resist you. I am afraid to leave you alone when you are in heat because now that you are a half demon you shouldn't have any of your miko powers, and you do not know how to fight properly as a hanyou." Kagome smiled and kissed her love lightly. "Inuyasha, you're so cute. Wanting to protect me like that, why don't you just start training me so I can help you if you ever get into a fight." "Tomorrow, we'll start tomorrow. But today we rest." Kagome hugged her love for a few more minutes before getting out of bed and walking towards the door. "I think I'll go take a bath Inuyasha. Can you go get some fish for lunch?" Inuyasha rose and kissed his wife on the neck, "Of course honey, just remember to call if you need me." He then walked down the stairs and raced off towards a pond. Kagome walked into the bath and started a fire. She had not been bathing ten minutes when she heard footsteps in the hall. She slowly got out of the bath, put on a towel and opened the door. To her horror her love Inuyasha was nowhere to be seen, instead there was only the persistent wolf demon, Koga. "INUYASHA!!!!" The young hanyou heard the scream and rushed back to his house fearing the worst. "Ah Kagome, once again I come to take you away to be my mate. You're like my little puppy." Koga said smiling to himself. The door burst open in a cloud of dust and there stood Inuyasha. "She's not your puppy, she's my mate." Kagome ran behind Inuyasha as he handed her his outer kimono.

"That's it Koga. We settle this here and now. We fight here, if I win you leave us alone forever and never try to interfere in our lives again." "But if I win Kagome will leave you and become my mate." Inuyasha turned his head back to look at his love. "It's okay Inuyasha, I know you won't loose." "Alright, let the battle began." Inuyasha drew the tetsusaiga and lunged at Koga. He dodged and tried to stab Inuyasha but he dodged and countered with his sword. He cut Koga on the back knocking him down but Koga used his legs to kick off the wall and came at Inuyasha with a powerful strike from his claws which knocked the tetsusaiga out off Inuyasha's hands. Koga smirked to himself before using the walls to attack Inuyasha again. Koga caught him off guard and sliced into his stomach. Inuyasha fell to the floor. Koga turned around and walked off towards Kagome, "Well, it looks like you're my mate now Kagome." Koga twitched as he heard a light growl from behind. He turned to see Inuyasha in his full demon form. "No, she's mine." Inuyasha lunged at Koga and stabbed his claws into his stomach. Koga fell to the floor unconscious. Inuyasha picked him up and dropped him out the window. Inuyasha looked over at his mate and walked over to her. He pulled his love into a tight embrace. She smiled and squeezed her love tight, "Oh Inuyasha, you won." "Yes Kagome, now Koga will leave us alone forever." Inuyasha pulled Kagome into a passionate kiss. She held him tight and laid her head on his chest. "Promise me something Inuyasha. Promise me you won't change into your full demon form again. It scares me." "Of course Kagome."

Kagome awoke and looked at her sleeping husband. She smiled to herself and kissed him on the forehead. Inuyasha opened his eyes and smiled at his love. "Now we really are mates Inuyasha." "Yes Kagome, we are." Kagome giggled and hugged Inuyasha tightly. "Inuyasha, lets go see Songo and Miroku today. We haven't seen them since you were sick." "Alright, but lets stay like this for as long as we can." "Of course." Kagome laid her head on his chest, once again letting his masculine scent relax her.

Inuyasha looked at the window as one of Kikyo's soul collectors drifted in. Kagome's heart sunk deeply at the sight of this. She hugged Inuyasha tighter and buried her face in his chest. Inuyasha noticed Kagome's distress and he hugged her back. "Don't worry Kagome, I have chosen you as my mate and I will never leave you. I love you and I will never let Kikyo drag me to hell with her." Tears started to flow from Kagome's face, "Oh Inuyasha." "I wonder if we will ever be left alone." "At least I know that you will always be here to protect me." "That's right honey." Inuyasha kissed Kagome and hugged her tightly. 'Kikyo will never trick me again, I will always stay by Kagome's side.'