The songbirds gave their morning orchestra, followed by, "Kagome, Inuyasha, ye need to wake up. Ye cannot possibly sleep the entire time ye stay." Kaede called.
"Kaede, are you sure that they're actually sleeping in there?" Myroku questioned dangerously.
It was soon followed by Kagome's big, yellow backpack flying from Kaede's hut, and knocking Myroku straight into the ground.
"That's what you get you perverted monk." Inuyasha yelled, the two walking out of the hut.
"Well, I suppose you woke them up." Sango laughed. Kagome laughed as well. Inuyasha had put his haori back on, so both Inuyasha and Kagome prepared themselves for their thirteen-mile walk to the mysterious house Kagome knew nothing about.
"Where are you two going this fine day?" Myroku asked.
"If you really want to know, Kagome and I are going away for a few days." Inuyasha said.
"And what will you two do while you are away?" Myroku tested.
He shouldn't have done that. Inuyasha picked up a pebble from the ground. He flicked the pebble in Myroku's direction and hit the tree behind him.
"HA! You missed!" Myroku yelled.
A cracking noise came from behind him. A large branch broke off from the trunk of the tree and fell right on Myroku.
"I wasn't aiming at you, Idiot." Inuyasha said smugly.
Everyone broke out into laughter. Kagome, Sango, Eri, Ayumi, Yuki, Shippo, and even Kaede laughed.
Inuyasha preferred the tough-guy silence. When everyone stopped laughing, Inuyasha said, "Come on, let's go."
Kagome nodded and said goodbye to her friends. Inuyasha picked up Kagome's backpack and began walking toward the woods. Kagome followed close behind, skipping happily and energetically.
After about twenty minutes, Inuyasha asked Kagome, "Would you like to take a break?"
"Sure." She replied happily.
They stopped at a small field to rest and eat lunch.
Kagome sat down in front of a large stream, leaning against a tree.
Inuyasha gathered some berries for them to eat.
"You sure are in a good mood today." Inuyasha told Kagome.
"Well, I slept better last night than I usually do. I was warmer for one thing. And I've got you to thank for that. Man, I didn't know that your haori was so warm to sleep in." She said.
Inuyasha just laughed.
"Hey, what's so funny?" Kagome asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. I was just realizing why nearly every male you have encountered on our journey this past year has asked you to be their mate." He said.
"What does that mean?" Kagome questioned.
"It means that you are beautiful, you're smart, you're funny, and you're just plain fun to be around. Just think. We've got about 10,000 years ahead of us. We will have a home, we will have pups, and with the jewel completed and Naraku gone, there won't be any danger." He said.
"That's just what I have always wanted. It's like the perfect dream. There will be little Inuyashas and little Kagomes running around everywhere." Kagome was staring off into her own little dream world, with her glassy eyes looking toward the sky.
"Wouldn't that be wonderful?" She asked, finally breaking away from her gaze.
"Yes." Inuyasha answered simply, "That would be wonderful."
They had finished eating their lunch and Inuyasha stood up. Kagome stood up as well and Inuyasha grabbed her waist and said, "The sooner we leave, the sooner we can get to the house and get started on those pups." Inuyasha kissed Kagome as she fingered with his long hair.
They finally managed to break free and resume their journey to Kagome's 'surprise'.
Kagome hopped along in the tree branches along the trail Inuyasha was walking on. She was humming a little song while she hopped. For some odd reason, Kagome was humming 'Change the world.'
(Author's note: That creeps me out. If that is the opening theme song for the show, then how the Hell does she know that?)
Kagome was off in her little dream world again. She was so zoned out that she hadn't noticed the large, one-story, temple-like building on a large hill.
"You can calm down now. We're here." Inuyasha told Kagome.
Kagome jumped down from the tree to join her 'mate-to-be.'
They walked out from the edge of the woods and into the large, clearing the house was sitting in. Kagome looked at the house in awe.
"It's beautiful." She said, with her mouth wide open.
Kagome walked over to the door to admire the architecture, but something stopped her from coming within two feet of it. The strange force knocked her back. It was some sort of barrier.
"What was that?" She asked, standing up.
"It is a protective barrier surrounding the house. It prevents humans and demons from just walking in and staying." Inuyasha explained.
He walked over to the tree in front of the house. There was a strand of Inuyasha's hair lying over a tree branch. The strand of hair was covered with a few droplets of his blood. Inuyasha picked up the hair and threw it on the ground. Kagome didn't think that Inuyasha knew anything about creating barriers. The barrier had faded away on the house, and Inuyasha opened the shoji screen door.
"Welcome home." He said, revealing the most beautiful thing Kagome had ever seen in her life. Well, aside from Inuyasha of course.
The house was even larger inside then it looked outside. It was amazing. There was an enormous courtyard. There was a stream with large, delicious looking fish swimming in it. Over the stream was a bridge that Kagome ran over. She ran back inside to explore some more. She discovered a large number of bedrooms, but there were two that she loved especially.
The first one, she could tell, belonged to a certain hanyou at one point in his life. Kagome searched through a large, wooden wardrobe, and found a set of clothes that appeared to belong to an 8-year old boy.
"Aww. That's so cute." Kagome said aloud.
"What is?" Inuyasha asked.
"These are." She answered, holding up his boyhood clothes.
Inuyasha saw them and blushed.
"You must have looked so cute as a child." She said. He continued to blush.
Kagome giggled.
"Don't be embarrassed. Our son will wear these clothes." Kagome said.
Kagome gave Inuyasha a kiss and walked to her overall favorite room: The master bedroom.
Inside it was a large wardrobe, one wall covered in windows, and a queen-sized feather bed with a fur blanket on top.
Kagome liked it so much that she ran across the room and jumped on the bed.
Inuyasha walked in behind her.
"So, where does this house fit into your life?" She asked.
"Well, this was our summer home. You wouldn't think that I had a summer home. I was this evil, ruthless hanyou without a home. When my parents were killed, I just put the barrier around the house, and never thought about it again. I couldn't have been more than thirteen years old. I'd never imagined that I would ever fall in love, or have a mate, so I never thought I needed this place." Inuyasha said.
"Aww. That's so sweet. I didn't know that you thought you'd never find a mate, or fall in love." Kagome said. "Well, guess you thought wring. I love you, and I would like it very much to be your mate.." Kagome added.
"But how exactly does a hanyou take a woman as his mate?" She asked.
"Well, it's actually very simple. The first time the two make love, the male, or me, will drink the blood of the female, or you, by biting the female's neck. Then after this is done, the male cuts his wrist and allows the female to drink from it." Inuyasha explained.
"Bites her neck?" Kagome asked. "That sounds painful."
"Well, you really wouldn't notice. You would be too distracted by other things. And the fact that you're a virgin." He said.
"Yeah, so what if I am a virgin?" She asked.
"Oh, it's nothing important. It's just that, you know, being your first time making love and all, you would be too busy to notice me biting you." Inuyasha explained.
"What does drinking the blood of one another accomplish?" Kagome asked.
"Well, by exchanging blood, the male will always know if the female is in danger, or what kind of mood she is in, or when she can conceive." He said.
Kagome just answered simply, "I love you."
She leaned over to Inuyasha to give him a kiss. It was long and passionate. Kagome soon backed away from Inuyasha. She reached over to him and slowly began to remove his haori. Inuyasha watched it drop down beside them. He was left sitting with his under shirt (Whatever those are called... I forgot) and his pants. Now, it was Inuyasha's turn. He reached over to Kagome and removed her haori, leaving her in a plain white t-shirt and her pants.