7. Two visits to the prize of one day
A month later Inuyasha was the one to chop wood for the cooking fire. He would not let Sango do anything related to heavy work. He knew she was furious with him, but he would just kiss her and whisper loving words to her and she would give in. He was overprotecting her, but he would not risk her or the pup's life if he could prevent it.
Suddenly he felt a familiar scent in the air and he laid down the axe to look for the person that was entering his territory. "This can become ugly." he thought as he saw a figure with dark blue and lilac robes.
"Mate, we have a visitor today," he called for Sango.
"We have? Wonderful, I will make us some tea. Who is it?" said Sango with a cheery voice.
"Miroku and his wife I believe," said Inuyasha.
Sango stiffened noticeable and her eyes widen with both fear and anger. Inuyasha smelled her distress and immediately went to her. He pulled her inside the warmth of his embrace, whispering words of comfort to her.
"He cannot hurt you anymore my mate; you are my mate now, not his. If he as much dares to touch or scold you, I will personally see to that he is fed with buffalo shit."
Sango laughed at Inuyasha's choice of words and nodded, of course her mate would protect her. He hugged her tightly before letting her go so she could make the promised tea to them.
Inuyasha went outside and greeted his old friend and his wife.
"Long time Miroku, how are you?" he asked politely.
"Very well thank you, I am here because I think Kaede is getting old and do not know what she is saying," said Miroku with a hint of humour in his voice. "First, this is my wife Aoji."
"Nice to meet you Aoji-san," said Inuyasha with respectful voice, surprising his old friend.
"I am glad to finally have the opportunity to meet you too Inuyasha-sama, I have heard so much about your adventures with my husband," the young woman said with a sparkle.
"Now that we are familiar with each other, what do you mean that Kaede is old? We went to see her the other day; she seemed just fine then," said Inuyasha and showed them inside the cave.
"Well, she said that she had preformed a ceremony for you and Sango about a month ago, a binding ceremony."
"Did you ask any of the villagers if her telling was correct?" asked Inuyasha with a coldness in his voice.
"No, because I knew she was just babbling, like old people tend to do sometimes."
"Hmm, ok…"
Miroku flinched a bit when he saw the dark shadow appear in his old friend's eyes. There was something… but he just could not put his finger on it.
Inuyasha led them into the kitchen area and let them have their seats beside the table. He walked up to Sango's stiff form and took the teapot from her shaking hands.
"It is ok my beloved, let me handle this ok?" he whispered low so that their guests would not hear his words.
"Ok my mate," she answered with equally low voice.
He went back to the table and poured tea into the carved cups.
"So you think Kaede was just babbling when she said she had preformed the binding ceremony for Sango and me?" Inuyasha asked, a tint of bitterness could be heard in his rough voice.
"Yes, we all know you have this thing for both Kikyo and Kagome, why should you offer yourself to be the mate of a demon slayer?" Miroku's voice was filled with something that Sango would recognize as disgust.
"Is there something wrong with demon slayers?" Inuyasha asked. "We both travelled with Sango many years, and I did not find anything wrong with her."
"No, like a friend she is good, but as a mate… tsk tsk… her body is covered with scars and battle marks."
"Houshi-sama, I truly am sorry for you," came a cold voice from the entrance of the cave.
They all looked up to see Inuyasha's brother standing there with both the toad demon Jaken and the little girl named Rin.
"Rin-chan," squealed Sango and rushed forward towards the young girl.
"Sango-sama, how are you?" asked the girl, hugging the older woman with love.
"What is this?" Miroku asked with confused looks in his dark blue eyes.
"Miroku, you know my older brother Sesshoumaru, do you not?"
The former monk nodded.
"Well, I have been living with him for a few years. But little more then a month ago, I travelled back to Kaede and found out that Sango was in a poor shape. I paid my dear friend a visit, and I found love inside her arms."
Miroku's jaw dropped to the ground.
"Sango and I are both Mates and we are Husband and Wife. We asked Kaede to perform the binding ceremony for us, and Sango is carrying our first-born child within her womb," said Inuyasha with pride, almost puffing his chest up.
"WHAT? You are married to her?" Miroku spat with venom.
Aoji flinched at her husband's words, this was not the loving and caring Miroku, she had come to know, this was something else.
Sesshoumaru felt the hostility inside the cave and prepared himself to protect his brother and mate. The former monk showed signs that made his immortal soul shiver with an uncomfortable buzz.
Inuyasha's golden eyes hardened to be like two like to dangerously glimmering diamonds, no one talked about his mate like that.
"Yes, I am both married and mated to Sango. Do you have something against that, I suggest you leave us at once," he growled low.
"I just cannot believe you have picked the most scarred bride in the entire region," Miroku scolded. "Shit Inuyasha, I had thought a handsome guy like you would have picked a more beautiful woman to be your mate and wife."
"That's it…" Sesshoumaru took a firm grip around the former monk's throat and lifted him out from the cave. He would gladly have poisoned the taunting monk. However, the shithead had a wife, and he was not the one to claim the title widower.
"Sango-sama is the perfect wife and mate for my brother, and I will not hear any more of your taunting about my little sister, is that understood. If you are to show your face here again, this Sesshoumaru will kill you, is that understood monk?"
"Y-yes.." Miroku hiccupped.
"Good, leave now and you will go unharmed."
"Aoji-chan, come we will go NOW," Miroku panted.
No sound was heard from his wife.
"Aoji, come we must go now," the former monk yelled.
"NO! I will not go with you," she piped back, taking cover behind the tall taiyoukai.
"Aoji?"
"No, you are a horrible person, and I here by declare that you are no longer my husband!"
Miroku gasped and his face became as long as a horse, with his wife's statement.
"Aoji, you cannot mean that…"
"YES I CAN! I will not hear of it anymore, Sango-chan is a beautiful person and so is her husband, I will not be able to hear you cursing about them again," the young woman's voice rang inside the cavern.
"You heard her Houshi, leave this area now, or I, Sesshoumaru, will have you disposed like a bag of garbage," the Taiyoukai's sinister voice hollered
The ice-cold glare inside the inu-youkais golden eyes and the hateful eyes of his… now former wife, made Miroku to take his leave without further comments. The former monk could deal with Inuyasha, but if his older brother, the almighty Sesshoumaru at his side, no.. there was no chance in hell he could possible win that battle. The monk withdrew, leaving his former young wife behind.
Aoji watched as her husband pulled back and disappeared from the cavern. He dark green eyes shimmered with unshed tears. She had loved him, but the side he had displayed this day, no that was not a quality she wished for a husband.
"Are you ok my beloved?" Inuyasha asked and hugged Sango tight to his form.
"Mmm, I am ok, but Aoji?" Sango released her self from her husbands grip and went to the crying young woman.
"Aoji-chan, please do not cry," Sango begged and put her arms around the shivering form of Aoji. "You could not have known, please, do not cry."
"Sango-chan, why?"
"Some men just see the shell of us, not our souls," explained Sango as best she could.
"I cannot believe I choose him as my husband," the young one cried.
"Shhh, you will find your self a new husband one day, a man that will see what your soul is capable of, if he cannot do this, well, you should wait for the next one. OK?"
"Ahh, I understand," sniffled Aoji.
"Good, now let me introduce you to my husbands brother – this is Lord Sesshoumaru, lord of the Western Lands."
The young woman bowed towards the regal lord and he smiled inwardly. His new little sister had the gift of speech; he gave her that.
"My Lord, my name is Aoji," the girl said with respect.
"Good afternoon Aoji-san, I am Sesshoumaru, the lord of the Western Lands. Inuyasha is my brother and ally. His mate is a powerful taijya, a demon slayer, a person with the skills to exterminate both me and my brother, but she chose to take my brother as her mate, and let this be a lesson to us all," the regal lord said as he bowed to the young woman.
"Yes my lord," the young woman answered and a small smile appeared on her lips.
Inuyasha smirked invisible. "I believe my brother has found his mate too." he thought and shrugged a bit as he and Sango poured some tea into new cups.
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