Brought Together

"Why have you come here?" The lone figure said sadly as he looked over the horizon. Kagome gasped as she stepped forward of InuYasha, her soul was pulling her towards him, she could sense the sadness, as well as see it merging with his aura. InuYasha grabbed her and stopped her, and he shook his head as he stood in front of her with his arms crossed.

"Sesshomaru, I…" Sesshomaru turned and looked at InuYasha. "I come to say that I am sorry. We should have realized it earlier, but we…." Sesshomaru's face looked heartbroken, but his stubborn pride wouldn't allow him to show that weakness of human emotions.

"Do not be foolish. She knew as well as I did what her fate was. There was nothing we could do." But something about that broken voice called out to Kagome.

"No, there was something we could do, but it makes no sense to wish we did it. InuYasha, and I have come to give you are deepest sympathy for your lost."

"Both of them." InuYasha said as he allowed his arms to fall to his side. Sesshomaru looked a little alarmed, but InuYasha said nothing as Kagome stepped forward and walked over to him.

"Are you ok? It's best to let the pain out. It's not good to keep them bottled up." Sesshomaru looked at Kagome like she was crazy.

"InuYasha, make her stop."

"Kagome…."

"Sesshomaru, why do you fear to show your emotions?" Sesshomaru looked down at the pleading face that was filled with tears, and her image appeared into his mind. In this moment, Kagome resembled that not of Kikyou, but Sesshomaru's beloved Kagura. And he almost fell to the ground and weeped if not for his stubborn pride that forced him to turn on his heels and walk away to the sanctuary of the forest. Kagome watched in total disbelief as he walked away from her, but soon felt InuYasha slip his haori onto her shoulders as the sun set and the wind blew chilly. "I don't understand…"

"Sesshomaru was never the type to show his emotions. But that's the most I've ever seen him give off. I don't thin we were meant to bring about the Sesshomaru we know now Kagome. I think only time can heal these wounds." Kagome turned and put her head on InuYasha's chest.

"I only tried to help. I just wanted to be there for him…" InuYasha shushed her by hugging her tight.

"I know Kagome. It's not your fault." He stepped back a little and cupped Kagome's cheek in his hand. "You and Okaa have a meeting with Sesshomaru. Let's get going." Kagome looked at him a little surprise as he took her hand and began leading her back to the well.

"You called her okaa, mother." InuYasha blushed a little.

"That's what she is now, isn't she?" Kagome nodded and pushed a little to be closer to InuYasha.

"Yeah, I just didn't think you'd be comfortable calling anyone else okaa. Did you read the diary your mother left for you?" InuYasha nodded.

"Yeah. But it's only the second entry though. I have a lot to go." He sighed as he pulled Kagome closer as they went deeper into the forest. She giggled a little, and put her hand on his back to let her know she was close by.

"Hey, how about Kouga and the village? InuYasha, we can't go back yet!" InuYasha snorted but stopped walking.

"What? Your mother'll kill me if I don't get you back home tonight."

"Then tell her that I'm not coming home."

"No, because your coming home." Kagome pouted a little and moved her hands behind her back, rocking back and forth playfully.

"Please, I mean I'll never see them again, and after just being blown off by your brother, it's the least you can do."

"Why do I get blamed for him being a jerk?"

"Because he's your brother baka." Kagome giggled as she took his hand and began walking the opposite way.

"Half brother wench." She said nothing but kept walking until they were in the village. InuYasha waited in Goshinboku as she began saying goodbye to all the villagers, and to her luck, Kouga was there too. Three hours later InuYasha had to keep from chopping down the tree with Tetsusaiga. Why the hell does she have to talk to everybody for three goddamn hours! He growled as Kagome walked over to the hut with Kouga and his pup not far behind. Smiling, she called for InuYasha.

"Took you long enough." He growled as he hopped down. Scowling down at the little girl that greeted him with a smile, InuYasha knelt down as she walked over to him. He couldn't help but smirk from the growl that came from Kouga, though he didn't mean to. Even when Kagome elbowed him in the ribs to behave.

"She's adorable!" Kagome said happily as she ran back in the hut to her mother's calls. Kouga eyed InuYasha with confusion.

"Almost 6 months and you still ain't knock her up? Took you forever just to mark her. Once a baka always a baka." Kouga shook his head as InuYasha bared his fangs.

"Look, I promised her that after Naraku was defeated you bastard now go crawl in a cave and croak."

"Naraku has been dead for about a month BakaYasha. It only takes thirty seconds for her to become pregnant." Kouga sniffed the air and smiled. "And she smells more than ready."

"She ain't ready for you!"

"You've probably never done anything with her!"

"You couldn't be even more incorrect wolf-boy." Kouga looked surprise for a moment.

"She wouldn't allow you to taint her."

"She did and she will because she belongs to me, whether she likes it or not."

"She liked what I had to give her."

"Hentai. Keep your horny hands off of her."

"Keh! As if! I already have one at home with another expecting."

"Keh!" InuYasha scoffed. "When she gets all fat and nasty like they all do don't say anything." InuYasha watched as Kagome yelped in sheer horror and stomped off. Growling at Kouga one last time, he stomped off behind her. Kouga smiled as ten minutes later he counted it down.

Five…four…three…two…one…

"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" Which was followed by the agonizing screams of InuYasha. Keh. Idiot.


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Mrs.Higurashi sighed as she hung up with Tsukiko. They had a meeting tonight with them, but Kagome and InuYasha didn't come home on time, so they couldn't make it. She had a feeling that they had a fight by now, and that she would be the one to dispute it later on. She also found another letter addressed for Kagome that had a familiar name on it that she had to hide from InuYasha…..

"Hello Mrs. Higurashi." Sango yawned as she walked into the kitchen. Mrs.Higurashi smiled.

"Well hello Sango. I guess you saw the pile of living clothes in the living room." Sango giggled and nodded. "Did you sleep well."

"Yes. Awesome. I see why Kagome was sometimes so anxious to go home and sleep on one of those things. My back has never felt so good since I had Kazuyu. By the way, how is he doing?" Mrs.Higurashi waved off Sango's concern.

"Oh, he's fine. He's with Ji-chan right now, no doubtedly sleeping. So it's just me and you. Kagome and InuYasha left back to the past a little after you went to sleep to say goodbye, they have yet to return." Sango sighed.

"That's not good." Her prediction was right when Kagome stormed in with claws ready, teeth baring, full fledge growl with her lips curled back into a awful scowl.

"Kagome! Fix your face." Looking at her mother with irritation, but much to scared to tell the woman off, she did as she was told as a very painful looking InuYasha stumbled into the room.

"That wench…she….she attacked me!" He pointed a finger at her. She barked at the action though and pounced on his, and his whimpered and cried for mercy. Sango watched in disbelief as InuYasha cowered, but soon became angry and began to bark back. Kagome, feeling threatened, began slashing his arms and shoulders with her teeth, and was rewarded by a whimper of mercy, for InuYasha dared not to bite back. Kagome yelped as Mrs.Higurashi yanked on her tail and hit her on her back with a newspaper, grabbing her by her ear also and dragging her over to the kitchen table.

"Kagome Higurashi…what has gotten into you?" She said nothing, only licked InuYasha's blood that was trailing down her face as InuYasha stood up with scratches all over his face. Sango helped InuYasha out of the room as Kagome and Mrs.Higurashi sat down. "Talk." She said, keeping the newspaper close to her. Kagome whimpered at the sight of it.

"He and Kouga was fighting, and he said some things that he has no business telling." Kagome told her mother everything that happened.

"Well, I understand they were just trying to be more dominant that the other, but you have to understand what you did a couple of minutes ago is not acceptable understand?" Kagome nodded and winced as her mother reached over and rubbed her sore ear.

"Now, Sango took him upstairs. You know what you have to do." Kagome nodded and went upstairs as Sango stepped inside.

"That was so unlike her."

"Yeah well you should have seen what fuelled it. If I didn't have children I would have done the same thing." Sango shrugged.

"I don't know. I don't think InuYasha has ever been punished like that before, but it's his fault. I understand that the punishment that Kagome just used, is for the alpha female and male. But in their case, InuYasha most likely would have done it to her."

"He had the perfect chance to, but I can't imagine him doing that."

"Yes, he has to resort to another punishment so that she will understand her limits and that InuYasha is dominant." Mrs.Higurashi sighed.

"One thing my daughter doesn't care for. Rules." Sango smiled and agreed.


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Daichi smiled as he looked at the young girl sitting in front of him.

"So, your mother works at the business trying to buy my Uncles?" He said. She nodded and giggled.

"But I understand that it isn't, and will never be for sale." She sighed sadly. "Father wants it so bad. But we can always buy something else. But when he finds out who your Uncle is, he's going to flip." Daichi shrugged.

"Yeah, but that happened a long time ago. Aunt Kagome never liked him from what I understand. So let's try not to say anything of it." The young girl smiled and nodded as Daich took her hand in his. "So, let's talk about us."

"There's an us?"

"What do you call this?" The young girl giggled.

"A date between to supposed to be enemies. I know we are going to get bitten for this." She shuddered as she pictured the assault her mother was sure to give her for being with the enemy.

"It would be worse if I marked you, no? But now, let's just keep our relationship on mortal terms." He smiled flirtatiously.

"Yes, tenfold. My father would attack you for tainting his 'baby girl'. Stupid daddy." Daichi giggled.

"I'll tell you what. How about you just tell your father about us, and I tell my parents. I mean it's been two years, and it's about time they know." The girl shrugged.

"I mean Daichi, I love you and everything, but I don't know if my father still holds a deep grudge against your family, since your uncle is that of tai-youkai."

"Your father doesn't always matter Moriko. He never said anything when Minako had been asked to become a mate." Moriko shrugged.

"He doesn't know yet, and it wasn't of this bloodline. But I'll do it Daichi. I'll do it for you." She said simply as she leaned forward and kissed him tenderly.


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Kouga sighed as he looked at his daughter and her 'mate'. "So, you mean to tell me that you come to whisk away my first born daughter?" The young boy nodded and looked at Kouga with stubborn pride, but behind those eyes was cold fear that Kouga respected. "And you wish for my blessing? Minako, is this what you want?" His daughter nodded, letting her long black hair whisk in front of her as she fidgeted nervously. Ayame stood up and circled the two.

"Well, I see. He is a wolf youkai also. A short, yet think bushy tail like Kougas. Well, it seems you are of the bloodline of one of our kin. You have my blessing." She said as she sat back down. Minako sighed with relief and looked her father.

"Well, he is of my tribe, and even though I can't accept she's growing up, she'll just ran away anyway. So I give you my blessing. But no children until after school, or I punish you myself. You are still under my control understand?" The young boy nodded and held out his hand. "You're a good boy Kenichi. And I wish nothing more than the best for both of you." Kenichi smiled and led Minako out of the room.

"So what about Moriko? She has been dating the great Sesshomaru No Taisho. Will you allow her to accept, surely he will come to take her away as always." Kouga sighed as he sat down in front of his wife.

"Yes. My grudge with the family has long been obliterated. However, she must be punished for sneaking without our consent. We only used it once for Minako, but we have no choice." Ayame gasped and shook her head.

"I understand."


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Kagome knocked on her room door softly and stepped inside to find InuYasha putting some ointment on his shoulder with his shirt off in the moonlight. Gasping softly as his skin held a blue tinge to it, he looked at her fearfully before she pressed her ears to her head and whined apologetically.

"Are you ok?" InuYasha said nothing as she sat down next to him. Taking the bottle of ointment and squeezeing some into her hands, she smoothed in onto his shoulder, shuddering when she realized that his chest was blue from when she sat him.

"They don't all get fat, and I didn't mean what I said out there with Kouga." He said softly after a long time, startling ehr a little. She whimpered and licked at the blood trailing down his face motherlikely.

"I'm sorry for snapping like I did. I just have a knack for not following rules."

"Keh! Tell me about it. It's something you have to work on."

"I know. It killed my father." InuYasha said nothing else as faint scents of tears stung his nose. InuYasha glanced over to her nightstand and picked up the old book his mother left for him. Sitting it in Kagome's lap, he said nothing as he looked away. Taking it as a hint to read it, she licked his face one more time before opening the book.

InuYasha,

I have yet to tell you the most devastating of womanly changes that goes on when a human mates with a youkai. Well, first or foremost, she is extremely bitter, and I usually got tweaked on number of occasions for throwing a fit that usually ended up with me crying and him taking me out to Goshinboku. But we also become moody, and have change of attitudes like flashes of lightening. One sensitive subject, of course InuYasha, is the changes of her body after pregnancy. Never, ever tell a woman she is to become fat, because most likely it will end up with a broken heart and a single hanyou.

Remember, you must talk to her about the changes in yourself also, so she doesn't think your destroying her from the inside. The best remedy for these, is just increasing communication, as well as a lot of sleep gets her out of your hair. Now how to get her to go to sleep is the actual battle. Also, one thing you must always remember also, is never to disturb her while she is punishing a pack member or her young, even though she must learn discipline and that you are dominant, she will sometimes turn on you, which ends in a bloodly fight that haves her whimpering for mercy, as well as a heartbreaking tweak.

I know this may not be much, but this, I feel is all you need to know for one entry, as I thought that past arguments that me and your father had would be perfect right about now. Take care InuYasha, until tomorrow...

Kagome closed the book and snorted. She knew he must have not read the diary, or the past argument would not exist right now. Opening her mouth to say something, she turned to find InuYasha sleeping like a young boy, his arms and legs flailed open, snoring loudly. Chuckling, she cuddled next to him and fell asleep.