The sun rose slowly in the east, the golden disk slowly poking up from the flat plains and low rolling hills of the Japanese countryside, shining its radiant light over the dewy leaves and blades of grass, making each droplet of water shine like a prism, glaring all the colors of the rainbow for all to see. It was a fairly damp day, the light mist still hanging in the air as Cali thought, looking out over the low hills, each one a rolling mound of green, seeming to be the back of some great serpent slithering across the horizon. He jumped and stiffened suddenly as he heard someone approaching behind him, his nose twitching in alarm, his tensed muscles suddenly easing and frame relaxing when the scent of his mate hit his sensitive nose. He smiled suddenly, his dark green eyes sparking inside their deep set sockets, the arch of his nose catching the light brilliantly as he half turned so he was looking to his right, directly abreast of his female love.
Naja gave a soft gasp as she took in the form that had taken her heart so long ago. Just the pride of it, and how little it had changed over these many years made her muscles quiver in excitement. That dark shadow his nose cast over what seemed to be the rest of his face, making him seem dark and mysterious in her eyes, "and very sexy," she thought, a grin sliding onto her features as she approached the kimono clad man and wrapped an arm around his waist, whispering "honey… we have to get going, you said you wanted to talk to Inuyasha and Kagome this morning about… yeah…" she trailed off, just watching the distant sun rising slowly in the sky, its purples and golds making a truly brilliant sunrise, reflecting just perfectly off of the soft, puffy clouds that were hanging high above. "wow…" she whispered, stepping just a bit closer to her, making Cali smile softly.
"Yes… wow…" he whispered in reply, leaning over and licking her cheek gently. "Sweety, your right, we need to get going…" he added, looking his mate over slowly, trying to see if she would snap out of her awestruck expression soon.
He didn't have to wait long. After only a few more seconds, Naja gave her head a little shake, her red hair rippling behind her. "Right… I'm ready…" She said as she turned, walking down the hill and letting her nose guide them into Inuyasha's Forest.
Back at Inuyasha's cave
It had been hard work getting everything just right for their secret little getaway, and there was still so much more to do. During the night, Kagome and Inuyasha, after very little argument, decided that this cave would be a wonderful place to settle down.
Inuyasha smiled as he recalled the argument over the only reason he had disliked this place. "If I smell one whiff of wolf in here, no go, understand Kagome?" he growled, which made Kagome look up in surprise, "Wolf, what are you talking about, Yash?" she asked, looking out at the waterfall/door at the near end of the cave, "What do you think I'm talking about Kagome?" He asked in earnest, "Does Kouga ring a bell?" He held up his hand and waved it side to side, seeming to be grasping an invisible rope which seemed to be clanging a cathedral's invisible and silent bell. His face was taut with anger, "If Kouga even sets a finger on her now," he thought, "he's fucking toast!" Kagome looked up at him with a cocked head, her ears twitching cutely, "don't you think we can forget about Kouga, Inuyasha? I mean… I'm yours, and there's nothing that could ever happen to change that. You're the only guy I would be with in all of the 500 years that separate our worlds." She smiled softly, a tear falling from her eye. He smiled back, rising from his sitting position and pulling her into a hug. "Right… we'll stay here, alright?" Kagome smiled as she hugged him back, "Okay, Inuyasha," she whispered, nuzzling into his chest gently, "I love you, you silly half demon…" Inuyasha laughed softly as he purred back, "And I love you, my crazy little bitch…" They stood like that for a few minutes then started to work on sprucing the place up.
Kagome took to the interior decorating while she issued Inuyasha the task of getting a boulder large enough to put at the top of the waterfall to split the stream and make it so the entrance of the cavern would be clear of water for moving in furniture and the like. Inuyasha had picked a rather large rock and placed it easily right near the cliffs edge, making sure to dig down in the stream, very carefully, because he didn't need to have his day start off with a fifty foot drop off of a waterfall. After he had made a hole about a foot deep, he settled the boulder into the rushing water and into the hole, splitting the stream of water so about a ten foot section of the rock face was exposed by the split in the falls.
When he walked back down the hillside and down to the caves entrance, he found Kagome hard at work, her finger to her temple as she tilted her head, her classic pondering pose. "Hmm…" she sighed as she walked into the back of the cave, laying out their fur sheet so it looked nice and neat on the dirt floor. It was a beautiful sheet, made from rabbit demon hides. The fur held warmth like a heavy winter glove, and always, always seemed to be warm, whatever the temperature. She smiled down at the brown sheet, giving it a gentle pat, and then straightened, turning to see Inuyasha leaning against a wall, smiling, "It's a start…" he said simply, with a little shrug of his shoulders.
After a second he looked up to see Kagome staring at the entrance of the cavern. Inuyasha sighed, looking back to see Cali and Naja, smiling in at them. "Hey," Naja said softly, "mind if we come in, have a chat?" she asked, looking hopefully up at them. Inuyasha smiled, bowing them in, "My cave is your cave…" he said, making Kagome give a double take. "Wow, that's not the Inuyasha I really know.." she thought, but sighed as she took a seat on the rabbit furs, still in her school uniform as she watched the two males start into conversation, he heard something about "Shesshoumaru" and "homosexual", but most of the rest was just whispers. Inuyasha's face held something next to awe after Cali had stopped talking, pointing to himself once, as if asking for conformation. Cali simply nodded, "that's right, your pup," he said, his dark grey haroi and hamaka keeping him still very dark and mysterious, "Lord of the Western Lands!" Kagome's ears perked as Inuyasha breathed, "Your kidding! Our child! This… this is… Cali are you sure?" He asked, looking up at him, and once again received an affirming nod. "wow…" he breathed, looking up at the ceiling.
So… his son or daughter would be Lord or Lady of his father's land. Finally… he felt like justice had been served. "which leads to my next item… training," Cali added, looking down for a second before looking back up. "of course you will take care of your pup's physical conditioning, but I wish to teach your son about living in the aristocracy. Now im not going to transform your child into Sesshoumaru or anything, alright? I just want to give him the know how as to getting things done as an aristocrat. I wasn't perfect, but I'm charged by your father to do this, Inuyasha, so please let me do this for him…" he looked up at him, his arms outstretched to reinforce his sincerity. Inuyasha thought for a second, then smiled and nodded, "Alright… deal!" Kagome smiled too, their child was going to be the Lord or Lady of the Western Lands. The prospects were just so thrilling!
