Second to last chapter!
Title: Until Love Happened
Summary: They are best friends, however this fact has to be kept hidden from the rest of the world. Why? He's a famous singer, and keeping this friendship hidden is the only way to keep her family safe. Until Love happened... InuKag
Disclaimer: I don't own IY and co. Rumiko Takahashi does. I own none of the songs either!
Genre: Romance/Drama
Ages: Kagome: 18, Inuyasha: 19
Chapter 25: Reactions and Graduation
"My Sweetheart is none other than my fiancée, my beloved, my one and only, PROM QUEEN HIGURASHI KAGOME!"
Everybody was quiet. Sango coughed and Miroku poured some punch into a cup, everybody looked at them and Miroku looked up, putting his cup down.
"He isn't lying," Miroku grinned, "Kagome is Sweetheart."
Kikyo had steam coming out of her nose, ears and mouth. "PROVE IT!" She shrieked. "Prove it that you're his Sweetheart!"
Kagome shrugged. "Sure, what song do you want me to sing?"
"Sing My Boo." Sango chirped.
"Sure," Kagome cleared her throat and Inuyasha and she started singing the first few versus of the song.
Everybody was in awe, somebody dropped their punch, and somebody else dropped their purse. Crickets chirped, a light flickered, somebody sneezed, and they heard a pin drop… and then finally.
"CONGRATULATIONS!" A few people roared.
"You're engaged to Higurashi! OH MY GOD THAT LUCKY BITCH!" Another girl shrieked. Kagome smiled as Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her waist.
"They took it pretty well," he murmured in her ear. Kikyo growled as she stomped up to the stage. She glared at Kagome who was leaning against Inuyasha.
"Evening Kikyo," Kagome smiled wickedly, "heard Inuyasha dumped coffee on your marble floor, did you clean it up?"
Kikyo screamed as she ran forward and attempted to slap Kagome. Kagome caught her blow in time and then smiled sweetly, too sweetly, "Didn't Yashie-kun ever tell you? He and I took karate since we were babies." And then Kagome pushed Kikyo and turned to Inuyasha.
"I love you!" She grinned as he picked her up and twirled her in the air. Everybody watched them as Kagome laughed while her hands were placed firmly on Inuyasha's shoulders.
Miroku started clapping, followed by Sango, Kouga, Ayame, etc… soon enough the entire room was applauding for Kagome and Inuyasha. They smiled and bowed before Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Sing us a song!" Kouga roared.
Kagome glanced at him. "Now? We have no music here though," She whined.
"We have your voices, you guys can harmonize." Sango winked.
"Nooooo!" Kagome moaned.
"Oh come on Sweetheart," Inuyasha chuckled, "can't you sing with me? You did the Hanyou concert."
"But that was when I had my facemask and nobody knew me! Now everybody knows me." Kagome pouted.
"What's so wrong about that?" Ayame asked.
Kagome sighed and fiddled with her dress. She looked up at everybody and held the mic tightly. "I get stage fright, even if I've been doing shows with Yashie since forever."
Everybody laughed and Inuyasha nuzzled her cheek.
"As your King," Inuyasha finally roared, "I command you to enjoy the rest of Prom!"
"Too bad the press wasn't here," Kagome grinned.
"I have an interview with Nazuda tomorrow evening." Inuyasha coughed.
"Oh really, about what may I ask?" Kagome smiled as she caressed her fiancé's cheek.
"About you."
Kagome laughed and hugged him tightly. He had his staff clutched in his right hand and his left hand around Kagome's waist. People came rushing towards them, congratulating them, telling Kagome that they were in her classes et cetera et cetera.
"So what now?" Kagome asked her fiancé.
"Prom King and Prom Queen dance together of course." Inuyasha chuckled. They walked to the middle of the room and got into dancing positions (for a slow dance of course). Miroku, being Inuyasha's best friend was holding his Prom King staff for him.
Kagome smiled. "Inuyasha,"
"Yeah?"
"Inuyasha,"
"Yeah?"
"Inuyasha,"
"Yeah?"
"Inuyasha,"
"Yeah?"
"Inuyasha,"
"Yeah?"
"Inu-"
"WHAT?" He roared getting annoyed.
"I love you," Kagome giggled as she pressed her ear against his chest. He smiled as they danced, the spotlight on them, and only them.
"I love you too," He murmured.
Exams…
Examinations…
The two most dreaded words in the life of a high-schooler. Kagome growled as she punched her wall in frustration. She had a calculus exam the next day and she was stumped. Everything was getting tangled in her head.
However, getting your identity revealed was one good thing, Izayoi, Inutaisho, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Rin and Mina came to visit at the Shrine and nobody thought it was odd. Right now Kagome sat in her bedroom, trying to finish the exam review sheets Totosai-sensei gave her.
"I don't get this! How can I not get this? I aced the unit test!" A knock came on her door and Kagome saw that her mother was standing there with Mina in her arms.
"How'd Mina get here?" Kagome said as she took her goddaughter from her mother.
"Sesshomaru and Rin are going out, so they dropped Mina off."
"What about Yashie, Auntie and Uncle?"
"Inuyasha's gone out with Miroku studying for Calculus, Inutaisho's at work and Izayoi is here with us too."
"Oh, and you're bringing Mina to me because…?"
"Izayoi and I are going shopping." Korari grinned.
"Oh great, well I do deserve a break." She said as she walked out of her bedroom.
"Nee-chan," Souta said as he bounded down the stairs behind her.
"What?"
"Kohaku and I are going biking,"
Kagome sighed. "Go ahead, is Sango coming over too?"
"Yeah, she wants to study Science with you."
"Great, finally, if her boyfriend and my fiancé ditch us, then we'll ditch them." Kagome grinned.
Souta laughed as he held Mina. He raised a brow as Mina punched his chest. "She's like Sesshomaru," Souta said, "always hurting people."
Izayoi, Korari and Kagome laughed. "Mina is after all a Takahashi." Kagome mused.
"Oh!" Kagome grinned, "Did you guys see when Yashie had the interview with Nazuda?"
Izayoi chuckled. "He thought you were going to call again."
"And in the end Sesshomaru called him." Souta smirked.
"It was so funny, he turned purple with anger, oh my god I think Sesshomaru needs to stay at the Shrine until Inuyasha calms down." Kagome giggled.
Izayoi and Korari laughed as they got their purses. They kissed Souta, Kagome and Mina goodbye before going to the car.
"Kagome, Izayoi and I are choosing your grad dress." Korari said as she left.
"Make sure it isn't outdated." Kagome called after them. She heard the two elderly women laugh before getting into the car.
"So, when's Sango and 'Aku coming?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Now," came Kohaku's voice.
"Hey 'Aku!" Kagome squealed as she hugged Kohaku with one arm and held Mina with the other.
"Hey Kagome, did Inuyasha ditch you?" Sango asked as she took Mina into her arms. Mina snuggled against Sango and slowly started to fall asleep.
"Yeah, with your boyfriend."
Sango snorted. "How about we give them the silent treatment? They ditched us, we not talk to them."
"I knew I became your best friend for a reason." Kagome grinned as they sat down on the carpet. Souta got Kagome's books before leaving with Kohaku to go biking.
"Hey Sango," Kagome said softly.
"Yeah Kagu-chan?"
"Remember when we were younger; we used to talk about our weddings?"
"Hmm."
"Well," Kagome grinned, "now that I am getting married- why aren't we talking?"
Sango's eyes widened. "OH MY GOD YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!"
Kagome sweat dropped. "Well duh, that's what everybody figured when Yashie proposed to me."
"But- but- but… YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!"
"We've been engaged for a few months and you only realize I'm getting married?" Kagome gasped.
"YES! Oh my god we need dress fitting, shoes, jewels, make up, hair! Oh my god my best friend is getting married! I'm the maid of honour, and oh we have to decide on your wedding style, you want Greek style or do you want Indian style? And then we have to find Inuyasha's Best man and grooms men… OH MY GOD YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!"
"Wow, we're not getting married yet,"
"But the planning takes forever. Right after our exam tomorrow I'm booking appointments for dresses. Then you and Inuyasha have to pick out cards and… THIS WILL BE THE BLAST!" She squealed.
Kagome laughed. "Now time to study," She said. She looked at Mina who was on the baby swing that was installed in Kagome's house. Kagome smiled at her goddaughter as she saw her drifting slowly to sleep. "Shh, Mina-chan is sleeping," She said.
Sango nodded as they opened their books.
"Good thing Kaede-sensei is easy; she practically told us what's on our exam." Sango murmured as they got studying.
"Ok, so you have- the bodies done… grr if only the boys were here." Sango murmured.
"But then again, we aren't talking to them." Kagome reminded.
"They ditched us."
"For math." Kagome said shocked.
"For math!" Sango said appalled.
"For math!" They both said shocked and appalled.
"Nu ma," Mina murmured. Kagome squealed as she picked up her half asleep goddaughter and cradled her.
"We'll take a break, I gotta feed Mina." Kagome said. Kagome walked into the kitchen and started to mix up some milk powder and water. Mina was 3 months old and plenty old enough to drink from a bottle. But here and there she still breast from her mother.
"You're going to be a big girl eh?" Kagome hugged her goddaughter. "Yes you are! If you were old enough, you could have been my flower girl." She murmured.
"She could have," Came the warm voice of Inuyasha. Kagome paid him no heed and continued to talk with her goddaughter.
"You're gonna be the eldest eh," She grinned, "of your siblings and your cousins, lucky Mina."
"Oi, Kagome." He said. Kagome ignored him. "But I bet you won't ditch your fiancé for math, now will you." She said as she cuddled the girl. She got the bottle and briskly walked by Inuyasha and sat on the sofa with Sango beside her. She pressed the bottle against Mina's lips and she instantly started sucking.
"Mina is so kawaii! But I always wanted a son first," Kagome murmured. She knew Inuyasha had spare keys to the Shrine, that's the only way he entered. Miroku as also in the room but apparently, Sango already "ignored" him.
"A son!" Sango squealed. "And then I'm the godmother of your son, say what'd you wanna name your first son?"
Kagome smiled. "Muteki,"
"KAWAII!" Sango squealed.
"And if you had a girl?" Sango asked once she calmed down.
"Inume,"
"Inume? As in Inuyasha and Kagome?"
Kagome giggled, "No silly, Inuyasha and Ayame."
Miroku and Inuyasha cringed. "They're ignoring us." Miroku said.
"Duh, I kinda figured that."
Sango raised a brow. "I wonder what their kids would look like."
"Red hair and silver hair? Not pretty," Kagome laughed.
"Aw, Mina fell asleep."
"I'll put her in my bed," Kagome said as she picked up one of the two baby monitors. She walked up to her bedroom but didn't notice her fiancé following her. She gently put Mina on the bed and surrounded her by pillows, not wanting her to fall. She turned on the monitor and put it beside the bed. Just as she turned around, she bumped into Inuyasha.
"Hey," He said softly. Kagome looked at him and then turned to leave.
"Wait," He said catching her sleeve. "Why are you mad at me?" He asked.
"I don't know," She said angrily yet softly because Mina was sleeping. "Maybe because you ditched me for math!"
"I didn't," He said. He turned his fiancée around and put one had over her eyes. The other hand went into his pocket and pulled something out. Then he quickly draped it over her neck and clasped it.
"I needed 'Roku's help choosing it." He murmured softly into her ear.
Kagome saw a small ruby pendant hung around her neck. It has small tiny diamonds decorating the rim of the ruby and it was strung onto a silver chain.
"Oh my god, it's beautiful." She whispered.
"I used the excuse of studying with Miroku to get this for you."
"But- but-" Kagome was speechless. She looked up into her fiancé's eyes and saw love. She smiled and pressed her lips against his. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she leaned into him. Shortly they pulled back and smiled. "I love it,"
"Good, now let's go study."
"But Sango is still ignoring Miroku,"
Inuyasha grinned. "Let her, the lecher will do outrageous things to get his girlfriend to talk to him."
Kagome laughed. "You bad boy,"
Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months and finally, it was graduation! Sango eventually talked to Miroku when she saw the beautiful pendant the boy chose out for Kagome.
It was graduation night…
The night where they become adults…
The last night where they saw some of their friends…
The night where they shone.
Everybody was wearing their robes and was sitting on the benches. It was an outdoor graduation and the parents were all sitting opposite of them. Kagome saw her mother and smiled. She was sitting beside Miroku in the order and grinned as she talked to him before the ceremony began.
"Graduation," Miroku grinned.
"Are you going to propose to Sango any time soon?" Kagome asked.
"I- uh," Miroku flushed. Kagome giggled and nudged him. "You should."
"But does she want to marry me?" Miroku asked. Kagome rolled her eyes and looked at Sango who sat at the end.
"Of course, we're best friends, she's liked you since our freshman 'Roku." Kagome grinned.
"Really?"
"Yes rea-" Kagome got cut off because the principal made it to the podium.
"Welcome one and all to the graduation of 2005," Myoga smiled. The parents applauded and Miroku started talking, and talking and talking and talking.
(Don't feel like doing an entire graduation in detail. Myoga talks, they get their diplomas and valedictorian talks.)
After everybody received their diplomas, the valedictorian came up to the podium. Valedictorian being none other than…
"Yue Sango!" Myoga exclaimed as Sango smiled and stood up, her speech ready.
She looked at the crowd before clearing her throat. "When I first came to Shikon high, I was obviously scared, who wouldn't be when you're new to high school with nobody you know. It was even harder for me because I first moved here from a different part of Tokyo. My best friend used to live there with me and I was elated to know she was here. We met up and then it went from there. The teachers were great; they didn't treat us like little children, even though," Sango laugh a bit, "we still act like it. I got the grand opportunity in getting to know Takahashi Inuyasha and even becoming close friends with him. High school was a time to meet new people and get ready for the future. We may not know what the future holds, but we know that the friends we made and cherish so much in high school will walk with us to wherever the path of future leads us. On a final note," Sango winked at Kagome before looking back at the audience, "my best friend, the one I mentioned earlier has already begun her future. I would like to congratulate my best friend, Higurashi Kagome and her fiancé Takahashi Inuyasha and wish them many years of happiness married. Thank you." And Sango walked off. Everybody gave her a standing ovation and Kagome hugged her while she was walking back.
"That was marvelous!" Miroku grinned as Sango kissed her boyfriend.
The ceremony ended and the Grad reception would be hosted in an hour. That gave enough time to take pictures and do final touches on your make up if needed.
Kagome squealed as she hugged her mother. "I'm an adult!" She grinned.
"That you are," Korari smiled as she took a few solo pictures of Kagome and then some with Inuyasha.
Izayoi hungrily snapped along, taking any pictures of Inuyasha or Kagome she could get. Finally it was over!
"Thank you," Kagome groaned. "MINA!" She squealed as she plucked her goddaughter out of the arms of Rin.
"You possibly love Mina more than her real parents." Sesshomaru winked at Kagome who winked right back.
"I could, but then that wouldn't be fair to you two now would it?" Kagome laughed as her fiancé wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Did anybody see Kikyo?" Sango asked. Miroku smirked. "Oh I did alright, she and Hojo were walking inside."
Kagome went into a coughing fit and Inuyasha laughed out loud.
"She settled for Hojo… after Inuyasha? Oh my god, talk about desperate!" Kagome rolled her eyes.
"So the reception begin soon, Kagome and I have to get ready." Sango said as she dragged Kagome.
"Miroku, drive us!" Sango hollered.
"What do I do?" Inuyasha asked.
"Learn to be a father!" Sango screamed from the other side of the area.
Inuyasha sighed. "I feel sorry for when Miroku and Sango marry,"
10 and a quarter pages… one more chapter left… -sigh- I felt lazy but I wanna finish the fic by tomorrow…
Stay tuned ya'll!
Lub,
Sakura