AN: For those of you who don't know, the legal age of consent in Japan is 13 years of age. Just something I thought that you might want to know.
Chapter Seven.
Eris pregnant too?
"What!" Inu-yasha shouted when he came home from work that Monday afternoon to find his friends all puzzling over a perplexing situation.
"Yep, Eri just found out today." Kagome said. "She and Miroku are having a baby."
"You idiot, how could you knock that silly girl up?" He demanded from Miroku who was well pleased with himself.
"It was fairly simply Inu-yasha." Miroku began. "We made love and thus made a baby."
"Yes but how could you be so stupid as to not use protection?" Inu-yasha demanded of his friend. "Hasn't what happened to Kagome and I taught any of you jerks anything?" Eri clung to Miroku's arm in fear of the enraged hanyou.
"Have I not made my intentions plain?" Miroku asked them all. "I have always intended on finding a woman to bare my child. Eri and I are married under the laws of the Feudal Era and we have a right to have a family."
"Yeah but you're not legally married here." Kagome reminded them. "What are you going to do? Has Eri even introduced you to her parents?" The two love struck teens came back to earth for a moment.
"Uh well, you see, the thing is my folks won't let me date yet." Eri informed them. This little tidbit of info didn't help the situation much.
"Okay." Miroku said. "We'll just have to get married here. Where is the best place to get hitched in this city? It has to be cheep and convenient because my weekend job doesn't pay very much and I can't afford a big wedding."
"Did someone say wedding?" Kagome's grandfather asked popping up in his priest robes and carrying all his wedding paraphernalia.. "I can perform legal weddings for a small fee."
"Grandpa!" Kagome exclaimed. "What the hell?"
"What's the matter, Kagome, its not like I can't do the same for you and Inu-yasha. I'll even do it for free since your family." He told her.
"I mean what the hell do you think you're doing? You hate sappy teenage weddings and you've never approved of Miroku and Eri fooling around here." Kagome said. Her grandfather looked at her like she were half crazy for a moment and then scratched his head like he was thinking.
"Oh yes, that." He finally replied after a moment. "Well, I've got to make a living don't I, and besides, I can't have another illegitimate grandchild under my roof now can I?" He asked her.
"Grandpa, Miroku's not really your grandson, that's just what we tell people when they ask about him and Sango." Kagome reminded him.
"Yes but as his teacher in the ways of the priesthood of this shrine, I feel that he's family." Kagome's grandfather told her. Then he brought out all the legal paperwork for Miroku and Eri to fill out.
"Now you're both of legal age, over 13, or at least close to it anyways, right?
"I'm nearly 20." Miroku said.
"And I'm 16." Eri added.
"You look younger than 16 deary." Kagome's grandfather said looking at her and adjusting his reading glasses. "Now then just tell a few things about yourselves and we'll get started. Do either of you have any communicable diseases?"
"Uh, we're both clean." Miroku said blushing.
"What about that wind tunnel of yours?" Inu-yasha asked. "Isn't that passed on from father to son?"
"That's not technically a disease." Miroku stated for the record. "It is a generational curse."
"You mean that if our child is a boy then he'll have one of those things in his hand too?" Eri asked. "Why didn't you tell me this?" She wanted to know. "I can't believe you would bring a child into this world with a curse on it's head or rather hand." Eri huffed and turned away from Miroku then with her arms crossed in a determined stance. Miroku stared at her for a moment as he thought of a quick lie to tell her that would set everything right.
" Oh, but Eri." He said. "You must understand that since our child was conceived in the modern world where Naraku is no longer alive, then there is a strong possibility that the curse will be lifted." Miroku's lie was a convincing one, even Kagome bought it. Inu-yasha wasn't fooled though. He knew how powerful the curses of demons were. As long as Naraku existed in any era, his curse would exist, and the only ways to break it was if he were killed or if Miroku and Eri's child were a girl.
"Do you really think so?" Eri asked him. "I'd just hate for our child to have to be handicapped like that for their entire life." She was teary eyed.
"I'm sure of it." He lied. He wasn't sure about anything. The only thing that he could hope for was that his bluff would turn out to be true and that his child would be free of the dreadful curse. "Please Eri, I don't know what else I can tell you. I must be with you though. I love you and want to be with you. I need you like the air I breath and the water I drink. I want to be your husband and love you for the rest of my life. I don't want to live without you my dearest Eri."
"Oh Miroku, I love you too!" Eri cried and leaped into his arms. He nearly fell over catching her but it was a good feeling to have her there in his arms. Everyone cried a tear to hear and see them that way, even Inu-yasha was touched to know how strongly they felt about each other.
"I've never heard more touching vows of love in whole life." Kagome's grandfather said. "Sign here and we'll get this wedding underway." Miroku took the pen in hand and signed his new modern name to the papers. Eri took the pen next and signed her name. Once all the legalities were done with, the papers signed, the stamps made, and the papers sent off by special currier, Kagome's grandfather called all their friends together there at the shrine for the wedding.
"What are we doing here?" Hojo asked Sango.
"You're being an escort." She told him "I'm a brides' maid." Yuka, Ayumi, Kagome, and Sango stood in a neat little line as Eri walked up the hall way towards the shrine with a bucket of flowers in her hands. Miroku stood at the head of the group with Inu-yasha as his best man. Shippo was the ring bareer. The rings were purchased by Miroku in the shrine's gift shop. Kagome's mother played here comes the bride on a the piano and Kagome's grandfather preformed a quick ceremony.
"We are gathered here today to join Miroku and Eri. Do you?" He asked Miroku.
"I do." he said.
"Do you?" Kagome's grandfather asked Eri.
"I do." She replied.
"Then with the power vested in me by the city of Tokyo, I here by pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride and pay the fee." He said. Miroku forked over the due and then kissed Eri passionately on the lips, slipping his tongue into her mouth, and groping her butt.
"Well, that's two of you kids married." Kagome's mother said. "When are you and…"
"Don't even mom." Kagome said sharply. "I've already told you, Inu-yasha and I are not getting married. It's just not going to happen."
"Yeah, why would I want to get tied down when I can barely handle my own life?" Inu-yasha asked.
"And what's that supposed to mean, you don't think you can handle being married?" Kagome asked.
"I didn't say I could handle it." Inu-yasha retorted. "I simply agreed with you."
"Oh so I'm not good enough to marry?" Kagome asked. "You've never even asked me to get married, not once since we found out we were pregnant, and I've always wanted to get married to a nice guy and share my life with him!" Kagome began to cry.
"Oh dear, the mood swings have strarted already." Kagome's mother said holding her daughter while she balled her eyes out. "This pregnancy is going to be a rough one."
"Well, what do you say?" Sango asked Hojo. "Want to try our luck at getting married one of these days?"
"Married?." Hojo asked blushing. "I'm a little young right now. I think that maybe after I grow up a little more first and…" Sango gave him a cold stare.
"You asked Kagome to marry you once, you didn't think that you were too young then!"
"That's because she's pregnant, and I cared for her, and I was afraid that she was going to end up alone." He explained. Sango started crying then.
"You mean that you don't care for me the way you care for Kagome?" She started balling like a baby then she and Kagome held each other while they cried and the guys just all turned and sighed.
"Women." Inu-yasha said.
"Yeah, women." Hojo echoed.
AN: Sorry this is so short but please review.
Chapter Seven.
Eris pregnant too?
"What!" Inu-yasha shouted when he came home from work that Monday afternoon to find his friends all puzzling over a perplexing situation.
"Yep, Eri just found out today." Kagome said. "She and Miroku are having a baby."
"You idiot, how could you knock that silly girl up?" He demanded from Miroku who was well pleased with himself.
"It was fairly simply Inu-yasha." Miroku began. "We made love and thus made a baby."
"Yes but how could you be so stupid as to not use protection?" Inu-yasha demanded of his friend. "Hasn't what happened to Kagome and I taught any of you jerks anything?" Eri clung to Miroku's arm in fear of the enraged hanyou.
"Have I not made my intentions plain?" Miroku asked them all. "I have always intended on finding a woman to bare my child. Eri and I are married under the laws of the Feudal Era and we have a right to have a family."
"Yeah but you're not legally married here." Kagome reminded them. "What are you going to do? Has Eri even introduced you to her parents?" The two love struck teens came back to earth for a moment.
"Uh well, you see, the thing is my folks won't let me date yet." Eri informed them. This little tidbit of info didn't help the situation much.
"Okay." Miroku said. "We'll just have to get married here. Where is the best place to get hitched in this city? It has to be cheep and convenient because my weekend job doesn't pay very much and I can't afford a big wedding."
"Did someone say wedding?" Kagome's grandfather asked popping up in his priest robes and carrying all his wedding paraphernalia.. "I can perform legal weddings for a small fee."
"Grandpa!" Kagome exclaimed. "What the hell?"
"What's the matter, Kagome, its not like I can't do the same for you and Inu-yasha. I'll even do it for free since your family." He told her.
"I mean what the hell do you think you're doing? You hate sappy teenage weddings and you've never approved of Miroku and Eri fooling around here." Kagome said. Her grandfather looked at her like she were half crazy for a moment and then scratched his head like he was thinking.
"Oh yes, that." He finally replied after a moment. "Well, I've got to make a living don't I, and besides, I can't have another illegitimate grandchild under my roof now can I?" He asked her.
"Grandpa, Miroku's not really your grandson, that's just what we tell people when they ask about him and Sango." Kagome reminded him.
"Yes but as his teacher in the ways of the priesthood of this shrine, I feel that he's family." Kagome's grandfather told her. Then he brought out all the legal paperwork for Miroku and Eri to fill out.
"Now you're both of legal age, over 13, or at least close to it anyways, right?
"I'm nearly 20." Miroku said.
"And I'm 16." Eri added.
"You look younger than 16 deary." Kagome's grandfather said looking at her and adjusting his reading glasses. "Now then just tell a few things about yourselves and we'll get started. Do either of you have any communicable diseases?"
"Uh, we're both clean." Miroku said blushing.
"What about that wind tunnel of yours?" Inu-yasha asked. "Isn't that passed on from father to son?"
"That's not technically a disease." Miroku stated for the record. "It is a generational curse."
"You mean that if our child is a boy then he'll have one of those things in his hand too?" Eri asked. "Why didn't you tell me this?" She wanted to know. "I can't believe you would bring a child into this world with a curse on it's head or rather hand." Eri huffed and turned away from Miroku then with her arms crossed in a determined stance. Miroku stared at her for a moment as he thought of a quick lie to tell her that would set everything right.
" Oh, but Eri." He said. "You must understand that since our child was conceived in the modern world where Naraku is no longer alive, then there is a strong possibility that the curse will be lifted." Miroku's lie was a convincing one, even Kagome bought it. Inu-yasha wasn't fooled though. He knew how powerful the curses of demons were. As long as Naraku existed in any era, his curse would exist, and the only ways to break it was if he were killed or if Miroku and Eri's child were a girl.
"Do you really think so?" Eri asked him. "I'd just hate for our child to have to be handicapped like that for their entire life." She was teary eyed.
"I'm sure of it." He lied. He wasn't sure about anything. The only thing that he could hope for was that his bluff would turn out to be true and that his child would be free of the dreadful curse. "Please Eri, I don't know what else I can tell you. I must be with you though. I love you and want to be with you. I need you like the air I breath and the water I drink. I want to be your husband and love you for the rest of my life. I don't want to live without you my dearest Eri."
"Oh Miroku, I love you too!" Eri cried and leaped into his arms. He nearly fell over catching her but it was a good feeling to have her there in his arms. Everyone cried a tear to hear and see them that way, even Inu-yasha was touched to know how strongly they felt about each other.
"I've never heard more touching vows of love in whole life." Kagome's grandfather said. "Sign here and we'll get this wedding underway." Miroku took the pen in hand and signed his new modern name to the papers. Eri took the pen next and signed her name. Once all the legalities were done with, the papers signed, the stamps made, and the papers sent off by special currier, Kagome's grandfather called all their friends together there at the shrine for the wedding.
"What are we doing here?" Hojo asked Sango.
"You're being an escort." She told him "I'm a brides' maid." Yuka, Ayumi, Kagome, and Sango stood in a neat little line as Eri walked up the hall way towards the shrine with a bucket of flowers in her hands. Miroku stood at the head of the group with Inu-yasha as his best man. Shippo was the ring bareer. The rings were purchased by Miroku in the shrine's gift shop. Kagome's mother played here comes the bride on a the piano and Kagome's grandfather preformed a quick ceremony.
"We are gathered here today to join Miroku and Eri. Do you?" He asked Miroku.
"I do." he said.
"Do you?" Kagome's grandfather asked Eri.
"I do." She replied.
"Then with the power vested in me by the city of Tokyo, I here by pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride and pay the fee." He said. Miroku forked over the due and then kissed Eri passionately on the lips, slipping his tongue into her mouth, and groping her butt.
"Well, that's two of you kids married." Kagome's mother said. "When are you and…"
"Don't even mom." Kagome said sharply. "I've already told you, Inu-yasha and I are not getting married. It's just not going to happen."
"Yeah, why would I want to get tied down when I can barely handle my own life?" Inu-yasha asked.
"And what's that supposed to mean, you don't think you can handle being married?" Kagome asked.
"I didn't say I could handle it." Inu-yasha retorted. "I simply agreed with you."
"Oh so I'm not good enough to marry?" Kagome asked. "You've never even asked me to get married, not once since we found out we were pregnant, and I've always wanted to get married to a nice guy and share my life with him!" Kagome began to cry.
"Oh dear, the mood swings have strarted already." Kagome's mother said holding her daughter while she balled her eyes out. "This pregnancy is going to be a rough one."
"Well, what do you say?" Sango asked Hojo. "Want to try our luck at getting married one of these days?"
"Married?." Hojo asked blushing. "I'm a little young right now. I think that maybe after I grow up a little more first and…" Sango gave him a cold stare.
"You asked Kagome to marry you once, you didn't think that you were too young then!"
"That's because she's pregnant, and I cared for her, and I was afraid that she was going to end up alone." He explained. Sango started crying then.
"You mean that you don't care for me the way you care for Kagome?" She started balling like a baby then she and Kagome held each other while they cried and the guys just all turned and sighed.
"Women." Inu-yasha said.
"Yeah, women." Hojo echoed.
AN: Sorry this is so short but please review.