Look At Me

An: heheheh, sorry it took so long to update...slight writer's block...
Oh and by the way, sorry if the mating ritual sounds REALLY corny and
stupid. It was all I could come up with...well, here it is.

Disclaimer: Think reeeeaaallll hard. now, fan-fiction. Does it sound like I
own it?

*thoughts*
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Inuyasha looked deep into Kagome's eyes. He took her right hand in his clawed ones. He recited the ritual:

Your mine
My life
My world
My love
To be mine forever
No one else shall ever have you
Let them know you are mine
As they see my mark.

Inuyasha gently brushed her hair aside as he bent his head to her neck. He pierced her soft skin with his fangs. Kagome surpressed a gasp of pain and settled for griping his hand instead. Inuyasha winced inside, he hated to cause Kagome more pain but he held his fangs there for the traditional minute, pushing them in slightly deeper every 10 seconds. Finally the deed was done. He slowly, tenderly eased his fangs out. She was bleeding, but since he had been careful it wasn't as bad as it could be. He licked the blood away, and he then finished the rite:

My mate
My one and only
My love
My life
Mine and mine alone forever.

Inuyasha sighed. The ritual was done, the first part had been unknowingly completed when his blood mixed with hers. Though it was simple in apperance, the ritual was sacred and powerful to his family. The rite should transform Kagome into a hanyou like him. She will share some of his abilities, and she will develop some of her own. Now that it was completed, it was assured that she would make it through the night. Kagome's blue eyes sought out his. When she caught his gaze she said, "Inuyasha, I'm really tired. Will you hold me until I fall asleep?" The request was so innocent and endearing that he couldn't dream of saying no, not that he would have anyway. So there they sat, and when Kagome drifted off to sleep Inuyasha gently laid her down so he could go outside and tell everyone that Kagome was fine, and the changes she'd be going through.

/\/\/\ Back outside, in a clearing near the hut./\/\/\

Sango looked worridly at the distressed kitsune. She didn't know how the little kit could still be concious, he hadn't slept, eaten, or even drank in days, that's how intense his vigil for Kagome had been. The child was completely devoted to his surrogate mother. Now that Inuyasha and Kagome were finally admitting their feelings, he would have a surrogate father as well. Sango looked at her new husband, what were they going to do? What if the ritual didn't work, if Kagome didn't make it? They couldn't just go on with their lives. Kagome was as dear to them as life itself. She didn't know how the magnitude of her attempted suicide had affected them. Miroku caught Sango looking at him and smiled, an empty, distracted smile that didn't reach his eyes. He pulled Sango into his lap and comforted her wordlessly, through the language of touch that, although still new to them, told them volumes more than words ever could. Right now they could do nothing but pray for their friend's safety. Pray that she would realize her mistake, that her death wasn't the answer.They looked up at the arrival of a new person. They then bombarded him with questions concerning their friend.

/*\/*\/*\Inuyasha's POV/*\/*\/*\

As soon as I sped into the clearing they all attacked me. *jeez, if you all don't calm down I'll never get a chance to tell you all about MY Kagome.* I mentally smiled, I have wanted to say those words for so long. *MY Kagome*. "ALL OF YOU CALM DOWN NOW!!!" I yelled, careful to make sure it wasn't loud enough to reach the hut. They all shut up, shocked. I turned to them. "Now, ONE at a time." I said a little quieter.

/*\/*\/*\Author's POV/*\/*\/*\

Shippou was the first to speak up. "Is Momma okay? Can I see her?" he asked this, as he made sure his cutest face was put on. Inuyasha surely couldn't refuse the kawaii chibi-ness of Shippou. And Inuyasha valiently struggled, yet lost. To a point. "You can see her when she wakes up, alright?" Inuyasha said, making it a point to be nice to the kitsune. Shippou was stunned. Inuyasha.....being.....nice?! That certainly was different. "O-Okay." he answered, running off to sit in front of Kagome's door, waiting faithfully for her to wake up. Sango spoke up next, calling out from her place in the lap of her husband. "You didn't answer Shippou's first question, is Kagome-chan okay?" Sango was worried about her friend, and Inuyasha didn't help matters when he didn't answer the first question. Inuyasha turned to the demon exterminator. "Yes, Kagome's fine. She'll be okay after she gets some much-needed rest." Sango and Miroku nodded, now that the main question had been answered, there were no others and the group sat there in silence, each deep in their own thoughts. That is, untill Sesshoumaru came along. He was struggling with the rosary around his neck, and he was not winning. "Half-breed! How do I get this damned thing off of me?" He exclaimed, trying to rip the necklace off. Inuyasha let out a laugh."You can't, only Kagome can take it off. I know, I've tried." he said, holding up his own rosary. "By the way, brother, I'm particularly fond of your subdueing word. 'Beg' was it? Oh yes, I will enjoy that." Sesshoumaru scowled, "And what, hanyou, is YOUR 'subdueing' word?" Inuyasha stopped laughing and mumbled something so incoherent not even Sesshoumaru could hear it. "What was that dear brother?" he asked, smirking. "Sit" It was Sesshoumaru's turn to laugh. Which was a very scary thing indeed and he quickly stopped. But the others were long gone at the horror of the laughing demon. He walked off to do his own thing.

Short, yes I know, but at least I updated! Ya gotta give me credit for that! well, please review! Ja!

~Mizu Youkai