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Chapter 25

Springtime love.

In the morning, Inuyasha woke up early. After weaving a basket, Inuyasha went out hunting for something for a picnic lunch. After hunting down a ten-month-old wild horse, he took it to his hut to cook the meat. Then he got some lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and apples. Inuyasha chopped up the carrots, tomatoes, and apples and mixed them with the lettuce. By the time Inuyasha finished preparing the food, it was lunchtime and he made his way to Tristan's hut.

"Hi Tristan. Do you want to go on a picnic with me?" Inuyasha asked as he stepped through the door.

"Sure. It is lunchtime," Tristan said with a smile. Inuyasha took Tristan to the east.

"This is beautiful," Tristan said as she eyed the view. Inuyasha and Tristan sat and ate in a field full of flowers surrounded by flowering trees. After eating and enjoying the view and the beautiful weather, Tristan folded the blanket they were sitting on.

As they were getting ready to go back to the village, a bear demon attacked. Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga to fight the bear demon.

"How dare you ruin a nice afternoon? Wind scar!" Inuyasha shouted as he swung his sword, destroying the bear demon.

After destroying the bear demon, he put Tetsusaiga back into its sheath and then turned around to face Tristan, "shall we walk back to the village?" Tristan nodded.

They had a nice romantic walk back to the village. "Thank you for everything," Tristan said with a happy sigh.

"You're welcome," Inuyasha replied. He walked with Tristan back to her hut and that evening, they watched the sunset. Zeke and Fiona were happy about their son's happiness. Inuyasha went to his parent's hut after dark.

"Dad, so far your advice is working," Inuyasha said with a smile.

"That's great son," Zeke replied with a wink.

On her way back to her hut, Tristan bumped into Leann, Inuyasha's half cousin.

"Oh hi, Tristan. I saw you with my cousin," Leann said.

"Yes, I was. Do you have a problem with it?" Tristan asked skeptically.

"No, no. I'm happy he's happy," Leann replied.

"Good, because I like Inuyasha a lot," Tristan said.

"So, what does Inuyasha have planned for tomorrow?" Leann asked.

"We're going swimming in the river, below the waterfall," Tristan replied.

The next day, after lunch, Tristan and Inuyasha went to the river at the base of the waterfall. Tristan was the first to jump in the river as Inuyasha made sure the area was safe. The river and waterfall was surrounded by flowering trees and flowers. When Inuyasha was sure the area is safe, he walked back to the river, leaned Tetsusaiga against a boulder and then took off his fire rat shirt. Leaving his white undershirt and pants on.

"Oh come on, don't be shy. I took off my shirts," Tristan said.

"Oh ok," Inuyasha replied as he took off his white undershirt. Tristan could see that the wound from the arrow had left a scar. Inuyasha left his pants on, put his shirt on top of his fire rat shirt and then jumped into the river. They had a water fight and just goofed around and had lots of fun. After swimming, they sat on a blanket and had a picnic dinner. When they finished eating, Tristan folded the blanket and Inuyasha put on his shirts and fastened Tetsusaiga to his hip.

It was dark when Inuyasha walked Tristan back to her hut. "Thank you for a lovely evening," said Tristan.

"Your welcome. I enjoyed it too," Inuyasha said with a smile.

As the weeks went by Inuyasha and Tristan fell more and more in love. Tristan told her parents all about Inuyasha. Her dad's name is Zack and her mother's name is Ann.

"Zack, what are we going to do? Our family believes in arranged marriages," Ann asked once Tristan left.

"I know, and we've already arranged for Tristan to marry Dan," Zack replied solemnly. Dan is a fourteen-year-old wolf demon with brown hair and hazel eyes.

"When Tristan gets back, we have to tell her," Ann suggested.

The next time Tristan visited her parents, they told her about the arranged marriage. She left her parent's hut crying. Tristan had no choice, no matter how she begged, so she ran to Inuyasha's hut. When she got there, she told him about the arranged marriage.

"What? How can this be?" Inuyasha asked in frustration.

"I fell in love you so much and so quickly that I forgot about the arranged marriage," Tristan through her sobs.

"Well then, there is only one thing left to do," Inuyasha replied.

"And what's that?" Tristan asked

"I'll challenge this Dan to a fight," Inuyasha suggested.

"No! I don't want you to get hurt or killed!" Tristan exclaimed.

"I'll be ok, don't worry about me," Inuyasha said soothingly.

Tristan then spent the night with Inuyasha. When she woke up in the morning, she noticed Inuyasha was already gone.

"Hey Dan, I need to talk to you," Inuyasha requested and proceeded to tell Dan about the arranged marriage.

"I already know about it," Dan said.

"Yah I found out yesterday. So, I'm challenging you to a fight," Inuyasha said.

"Ok. Whoever wins, marries Tristan," Dan said in acceptance of the challenge.

"I'll meet you outside the village tomorrow morning," Inuyasha requested.

"Very well, but you can't use Tetsusaiga," Dan requested.

"Ok I won't. I know I can beat you without Tetsusaiga," Inuyasha mentioned over his shoulder as he walked away.

For the remainder of the day, Inuyasha trained. That night, Inuyasha got a good night's sleep. In the morning, Inuyasha left Tetsusaiga in his hut as he went to the outskirts of the village. Outside of the village, Inuyasha met Dan as promised.

"You ready, Inuyasha?" Dan asked in a smart tone.

"Sure. Bring it on, Dan," Inuyasha replied as he got into his attack stance.

The two demons fought with only their claws and strength. Dan pinned Inuyasha to the ground and started to choke him. As he tried to get lose, Inuyasha racked the claws on his feet down Dan's legs. Dan jumped away from Inuyasha, his legs bleeding. Inuyasha caught his breath and continued to fight. Tristan and her parents watched the classic fight between a full dog demon and a full wolf demon on the sidelines.

Three hours later, both demons were out of breath and bleeding, and Dan went running at Inuyasha. Not wanting to lose Inuyasha did the same. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha shouted as he cut the air with his claws.

Inuyasha hit Dan dead on, racking his claws across Dan and he hit the ground. After three minutes, Dan surrendered and went to Amy's hut to get his wounds taken care of. Inuyasha went to his hut and collapsed onto the floor. Luckily, Lita found out about the fight, went to his hut and quickly took care of his wounds.

Not wanting to leave Inuyasha alone, Lita stayed at his hut. An hour later, Tristan arrived at his hut. "How is he?" Tristan asked Lita.

"He's unconscious, and I took care of his wounds," Lita explained.

"This is all my family's fault," Tristan said as she sank to her knees.

"Are you going to stay here?" Lita asked.

"Yes, I will," Tristan replied.

"Well then, all you need to do is change out the bandages with fresh ones everyday until he comes to," Lita explained as Tristan nodded.

Lita then left and returned to her hut. Unfortunately, Dan's wounds became infected, and he died two days later. Tristan had been rubbing the clear ointment from the aloe plant on Inuyasha's wounds. Jasmine had told Tristan it would help prevent infection. Inuyasha was still unconscious when Tristan thought he would have come to. Tristan had been changing Inuyasha's bandages everyday like Lita told her. She only left Inuyasha to eat and drink.

One morning, sometime later, Tristan woke up hearing rain. She left to find something to eat. When she returned with some fruit, she saw Inuyasha had gained consciousness.

"Hi how you doing, Inuyasha?" Tristan asked.

"I'm fine, thanks to you," Inuyasha replied with a smile.

"How did you know I was taking care of you?" Tristan asked.

"I could smell your scent," Inuyasha replied. One week later, Inuyasha and Tristan were married.

Next chapter coming asap.