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Chapter Four

"Well,you two are certainly closer now."Sango said smiling when

she saw her two friends coming back,hand-in-hand."Yup.And we

also got this."Inuyasha said,holding up the completed jewel."Do

ye know what ye are going to wish for?If so,then wish away."

Kaede said,coming out of her hut.Inuyasha nodded,and closing

his eyes,tossed the jewel up into the air.Pink light filtered through

the area,and everyone had to look away.When they looked back,

they weren't quite sure where they were.

Kagome walked over to stand beside Inuyasha."Inuyasha,where

are we?"she asked him,and he smiled down at her."We are right

near my castle,Kagome.Now that Sesshoumaru's gone,I'm the Lord

of the western lands.Kaede is still back at her village.I wanted to

come here for the festival."he explained,and blushed barely visibly

when he thought about what the festival represented.Before she

could ask anymore questions,Kagome heard Sango give out a

delighted squeak.

Looking over,she confronted the sight of Sango holding her

younger brother Kohaku close as they both cried.Kagome

looked up at Inuyasha,her eyes questioning."That was the

other part of my wish.Kohaku is alive and has all of his

memories back.I thought it would be nice."he said,and was

slightly suprised when Sango gave him a quick hug."Thankyou

Thankyou ,thankyou!!"she cried before running back to her

brother.

They all continued on their way to the castle,only stopping

at the closest village to it.When they got there,it was dark

and the open area was decorated with colorful streamers

and giant paper flowers.Some of the village women were

dancing around,wearing brightly colored kimonos.

Rin and Shippo ran out into the middle of it all,laughing and

dancing around like a couple of maniacs.Kagome and Sango

laughed at their antics."Come on Kagome!Lets not get left

out of all this fun!"Sango said,pulling on Kagome's hand.Her

friend nodded,and they ran over to join in the fun.

When they started dancing,Kagome turned out to be better

then Sango.It was as though her body was moving by itself,

she felt like the music was leading her,telling her which

moves to do,which way to turn.It was almost as if she had

done this before.Inuyasha watched from the side,smiling.He

knew what was happening.She was experiencing the magic of

Atsui.

The festival was in honor of newly mated couples,or couples

who would soon be mated.He hoped that he and Kagome

would be included in the second choice.He went over to the

crowd and started dancing along with Kagome.Miroku did the

same with Sango.They spun around and around happily,

laughing.Shippo ran over to them and the three spun in circles,

hands clasped together.The truth was,both Inuyasha and Kagome

kind of felt like Shippo was their son.

After awhile,Shippo ran off to join Rin in dancing again,and Inuyasha

thought that it would be a perfect time to ask Kagome to be his mate.

He led her over to the side of the fun where no one could hear them.

He kissed her gently before looking into her eyes.Kagome stared back,

her eyes questioning."Kagome.......I have to ask you something."he

paused."What is it?"she asked."Kagome.........will you be my mate

and the mother of my pups?"he asked,his eyes hopeful.

"Yes,yes,yes!"she cried happily,flinging her arms around his neck.

His arms went around her waist and drew her closer to him,his

head bowed into her hair."Do you want to do it now,or would you

rather wait till we got to the castle?"he asked,drawing slightly away

from her."As soon as possible,please don't make me wait."she

answered.He kissed her once more before picking her up bridle

style."Miroku!We'll be back in the morning!"he called out,and at

Miroku's nod,ran off into the woods with Kagome in his arms.