'lo all! I just got my braces tightened, so I decided to write. Review Replies are once again at the bottom. Whilst eating linner with my mom, I got an idea of how to introduce Kouga into the story. Most of you aren't going to like it. Both readers and characters are probably going to go over the edge. But I like it. I don't know if I'm going to do it during this chapter or the next, because we're going to big bubba's during this chapter! Whooooo!...but I'm sure you don't care about how excited I am. So, on to the chapter.
Warning: Fluff Ahead…MAJOR Fluff Ahead. Possible weak Citrus, too!
Kagome slowly opened her eyes, stretching out her back atop her sleeping bag. As the girl slowly sat up and surveyed the room, she noticed everyone was there…excluding Inuyasha. She slowly raised her hand to her mark and felt a cool sensation at touching it. She didn't even have to think about what it could mean, Kagome already knew. He's nervous about Sesshoumaru… Kagome sighed and shook her head, slowly raising herself out of the sleeping bag, as not to disturb anyone, and tip toed out of the hut. As the morning sun shone brightly into the girl's eyes, she whimpered quietly, squinting as she looked around.
"Inuyasha, where are you?" The girl whispered, looking around. Kagome grabbed a bow and arrows and headed off into the forest. She wanted to be with Inuyasha, but if he wasn't at the God Tree, then she's stay there anyway. She had always loved spending time in the God Tree, it was the only thing that she had that was relatively the same in both this time and her own.
But, as the girl approached the God Tree, all she could hear was muttered curses. They were from a demon…her demon. Kagome smiled, and slowed her approach. As she poked her head from behind a tree, she saw the half demon…pacing? Yes, Inuyasha was defiantly pacing. Pacing and talking to himself in low tones.
"I-Inuyasha?" The girl whispered out, as Inuyasha's head shot over to the girl, and faked annoyance.
"Can't a guy get any time to himself?" He bit out, but Kagome chuckled.
"You're nervous." Inuyasha started to shake his head in denial, but Kagome walked up to him and placed a finger across his lips in attempt to quiet him. "I can feel it. It's…I don't know. I just… know." Kagome whispered, and softly wrapped her arms around his neck. She wanted Inuyasha to calm down so badly…she felt useless with him so tense. After at least five minutes of standing still, refusing to return any affection, Inuyasha's arms wrapped slowly around Kagome's stomach. At first, he hadn't held onto her too tightly, it was just so that Kagome wouldn't get upset. However, it ended up as a death grip around the girl's stomach, softly laying kisses up and down her neck, rubbing soft circles on the small of her back. Kagome melted against the hanyou's body, synchronizing their breaths, closing her eyes and pressing her head against his shoulder. Oh, if they could simply stand like this forever. Inuyasha's smile grew as he continued to kiss her neck softly, allowing his tongue to softly flicker at the girl's neck once in a while. Inuyasha eventually stopped, inhaling Kagome's sweet scent before looking her in the eyes.
"See? I told you you'd be able to understand it." He said quietly, nipping at the girl's lip with his fangs, obviously proud of her. This had taken his mother months to figure out, he remembered her telling him everything about her father. Even after he had died, his mother was still in love with his father. Still so in love. Now, the thought made his heart ache, the thought of ever leaving Kagome. If they had children, however… Inuyasha froze. He and Kagome were mates. They would be having pups eventually…and he would have a family. His pups…he and Kagome's. He, a filthy hanyou, was going to have a family. Excitement had to have been shining from his eyes, and the half demon knew it as he hugged Kagome even more tightly, if it were possible to do so without strangling Kagome first. Obviously, it was, because Kagome just looked up at the hanyou…or at least tried to. She ended up managing pressing her cheek firmly against his.
"What's wrong?" She asked, closing her eyes and placing all of her weight against Inuyasha, who simply smiled, excited. Kagome was going to mother his pups. Strong, beautiful pups…
"Nothing. We need to get back to the village so we can head out as soon as possible. It's going to take a while to get to the castle, anyway." Inuyasha said, trying to hide the excitement in his voice, but failing, miserably. Kagome shook her head and pressed her lips quickly against the hanyou's, then smiled and took his hand, walking slowly back to the village.
"Are you sure you don't want to tell me? I'm sure it'll make me just as happy as it made you…" Kagome smiled, squeezing every ounce of cuteness and charm into the two sentences, and Inuyasha laughed.
"You'll know soon enough, 'darling'." He said, smirking and kissing the top of her head. Just how long had they been out in the forest? Oh well, it didn't matter. Inuyasha softly pushed some of her hair away from her shoulder, exposing his mark. So what if I'm overly proud? Kagome is mine. He told himself, smiling and nuzzling his nose into the mark. Once they had truly mated, Kagome would smell like him all over. And then, there would be pups. Oh, lord, would there be pups. If Kagome wanted them, that was. But, assuming from her attitude around Shippo, she'd want plenty to make Inuyasha happy.
"Alright, 'honey'." Kagome mimicked his tone and smiled, entwining her fingers with his.
Miroku sat up, leaning his back against the wall, staring at Sango's sleeping form.
How have I managed to fall so hard in such a short amount of time? I'd do anything for Sango…I'd probably even die for her. I'd die if she were to die. I love her.
Miroku thought silently, simply content to be this close to Sango. Hell, the monk was happy to be within the same room with the slayer. How had he let his guard down enough to fall so terribly hard? The monk blinked in thought, and shrugged. No use now, he was in love with Sango, and he rather liked it. And again, hell, she had kissed him back after he kissed her. After everything he had thought, all that he had expected, after every single cell in his body had known that she would have pulled away, she didn't. She had kissed him back with a hunger and need and passion and fire and anything else that one could think to mention. What he wouldn't give to kiss those lips once more…
"Monk." Inuyasha said in a low tone. "Kagome and I are going to Sesshoumaru's castle. Take care of the old woman and the runt, I doubt I have to worry about you taking care of Sango. I have no idea when we'll be back…" Inuyasha said, as Miroku nodded, and Inuyasha disappeared into the early morning light.
"Time to myself with Sango…I'll tell her whilst they are away." Miroku declared to himself quietly, as Sango roused from the deep sleep she had been in. Miroku's eyes shot forward, as he pretended to be praying…or something.
Inuyasha was starting to get frustrated. It was almost sun down and they weren't close enough to the castle. The stupid wench just has to walk…That's it.
"Kagome." The half demon practically barked out, causing the human girl to jump, then look at her mate.
"Hmm?" The girl inquired quietly, staring into his beautiful golden eyes.
"Keh, get on my back. Now." He bit out, and Kagome would have argued, but decided not to. His tone told her that he was going to win the fight, no matter what. Kagome slowly retreated to behind him, and climbed onto Inuyasha's back as he squatted down. As Kagome tightened her arms around the boy's neck, burying her head into his silver hair, Inuyasha simply chuckled and smiled. "Hold on tight, Kagome. I'm gonna have to haul ass if we're gonna make it on time." He whispered as he took hold of the girl's thighs and held on tightly to them, leaping and bounding off in the direction of Sesshoumaru's castle.
Around an hour later, just after the sun had gone down, Inuyasha smirked once again, and shook the girl on his back softly. Kagome stirred instantly, unable to see anything. Her head quickly shot up from the silver pillow that she had fallen asleep on, as she looked around…then saw it.
"We're almost here, Kagome." Inuyasha bit out, trying to imagine the look on her face. He had been to this place so many times, even stayed here for quite some time while he was younger, so the humungous stone building wasn't much to look at for him anymore. Kagome, however…
"Is that…it?" She squealed, hugging Inuyasha's neck as he nodded. Kagome bounced up and down on Inuyasha's back, which caused the demon to chuckle slightly.
"Now hold on tight, the bastard's probably already complaining that we're late." Inuyasha said, taking off in a sprint towards the castle, as Kagome stared at the humungous building. There were seven huge roofs that she could see, that were done in…shingles? I thought shingles were "modern"… The entire castle was surrounded by trees, probably a forest that had been booby trapped to keep Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Jaken safe. Then, another thing hit Kagome. RIN!
Kagome sighed, taking a look to the right of the building farthest out, seeing a river. Maybe there was a hot spring…Kagome's eyes widened. Sango wasn't there…she couldn't take a bath with anyone. Sure, Rin was there, but she was just a small child… I could go with Inuyasha.. The girl flinched at the thought. Bathing with Inuyasha would mean they would probably…Kagome blushed five shades of red. Sure, they would do…it …eventually, but Kagome just wasn't…ready. Yes, she loved Inuyasha. She loved him with everything she had, she loved him more than…anything. Kagome would rather die than be without Inuyasha. But…doing that with Inuyasha…the thought was slightly scary. She could get pregnant, and it wasn't that she didn't want babies, she was just so young. It was common in this era for women to have children already at her age…but not in her era, now where she was accustomed to everything as it was. Kagome had decided at the very moment that Inuyasha marked her that she would stay in the Feudal Era, for she couldn't make Inuyasha suffer into everything that he would face in her own time. But…still, making love to him was out of the question…for now. I'm afraid. That's the only explanation. I don't trust Inuyasha. I don't believe in him enough to know that he's not going to go run off to Kikyo…but he tried to kill her! He tried to give me back my soul. I'm afraid that I'll get pregnant, and Inuyasha will up and leave to be with Kikyo. Which he has every right to do, but… Inuyasha slowly stopped, and turned his head to look at the girl on his back.
"Kagome? You OK?" He asked, looking at the girl, slightly worried. Despite how terrified she had become of her own thoughts, Kagome nodded. "Sesshoumaru won't do anything to you. If he was going to, he would have done it last night, you know what?" Kagome nodded again, and buried her head into Inuyasha's neck, laying a soft kiss upon his mark. Inuyasha swiftly swung the girl off his back and onto the ground in front of him, wrapping his arms tightly around her stomach.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped, but settled against his chest soon after, as Inuyasha smiled, and hold tightly to the girl, turning his face and kissing the top of her forehead.
"There's a lot of shit you don't know about demon mating, and I assume Sesshoumaru's gonna want to explain it all to you. So…we probably won't be able to do anything until we get back to whatever kind of room the bastard has for us. So get whatever you need out of your system now." Inuyasha explained quietly, as Kagome smiled and raised herself to her tip toes, kissing Inuyasha deeply and passionately. The girl's arms went around his neck, as Inuyasha allowed his hand to stray and slowly creep up the bottom of her shirt, settling at the middle of her back, softly massaging the soft skin. Kagome slowly pulled back for air, breathing deeply, but stayed equally close to Inuyasha, as he pressed his lips to her forehead once again.
"Ok, I'm good." The girl whispered with a smile, but Inuyasha refused to move.
"Damn it, if I knew that the bastard wasn't waiting for us, we wouldn't be even close to stopping. You can thank your damn lucky stars for that, Kagome." Inuyasha said in a deep, husky tone, and smiled, swinging the girl back onto his back, walking slowly up to the gate surrounding the castle. Kagome's face burned with at least five hundred shades of red.
Kagome sighed as Inuyasha leapt over a large stone wall, effortlessly, and landed them on the other side, still in a large grouping of trees. Kagome was sick of all the trees already...
"Little brother." Sesshoumaru's cold voice rang from somewhere within the forest, as Inuyasha looked around. Kagome was still in a daze. Sesshoumaru's laugh was now heard.
"Little brother's priestess." He barked out, as Kagome looked up, and laid eyes on Sesshoumaru, pin pointing his voice quickly.
"Sesshoumaru! Show yourself!" Inuyasha barked, angry that he couldn't find his own brother, his flesh and blood. Kagome tapped his shoulder and kindly pointed out Sesshoumaru, as both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru growled at each other.
"Come, younger brother. There are spells set about this forest to fool those demons who are trying to harm myself, Rin, that annoying toad of my own, and any guests. This Sesshoumaru will show you to his castle, and then show you to your quarters. We shall discuss what you were brought about for in the morning, after you two have had a pleasant night's rest." Sesshoumaru said, and swirled around, walking towards his castle. Inuyasha let Kagome crawl down from his back, as she casually took his hand, walking slightly behind him.
Soon, Kagome found herself looking up the tall stone wall of a three story tall building. Kagome's eyes widened and her jaw dropped, as she looked around, smiling. This must have been the main establishment of the castle, as she looked it over. It had somewhat of an 'L' form. I'll have to ask Sesshoumaru of my time next time we go home just what happened to his castle. It's…absolutely beautiful.
"Come, brother...priestess." Sesshoumaru's emotionless voice said, opening two large doors, stepping into what seemed to be a...greeting room of sorts? "Jaken." Sesshoumaru snapped quietly, as the small reptile demon appeared in front of the trio.
"Yes, m'lord?" Jaken asked politely, and then looked over Kagome and Inuyasha with slight disgust.
"First of all, you will treat brother and his priestess as royalty. They are our guests. Show them to their quarters." Sesshoumaru barked, as Jaken jumped and bowed to his master.
"Yes, m'lord, of course!" He said, then stood and bowed politely to Inuyasha and Kagome. "Your quarters, if you will follow me." The demon said, then quickly walked (If not ran) in the opposite direction of Sesshoumaru, who just coldly laughed. (If you must know, it was a more sinister and evil laugh than a humorous one, and Jaken recognized the sound fearfully.)
Kagome's jaw simply dropped, and had no intention whatsoever of joining the top one when she saw the room…s. As Jaken shut the door quietly, Kagome finally let out a small squeak, as Inuyasha shrugged off the room, and set his attention directly to Kagome.
"What's wrong? You don't sense any demons, do you?" Inuyasha asked, perky and very alert. Kagome simply started laughed, then wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck.
"Can we just stay here forever?" Kagome squeaked out, extremely content. Currently, they were in a small entrance way, which branched out in three ways. Straight was a small hallway which opened into a large room, what it was, Kagome had no idea. On both the left and right sides were doors. "Actual doors!" The girl squealed and touched the wood excitedly, then raced off into the large room. Inuyasha simply rolled his eyes and followed his mate into the large room.
Kagome's squeal was heard again, as Inuyasha's ears found their way down to his head, flat.
"Wench…" Inuyasha growled, but Kagome was too busy being amazed. In the far right corner, there was a fire pit. Surrounding it were pots and pans of many sizes, and a large stack of wood. In the corner opposite of that, there were many sacks, most likely of rice and other non-perishable foods. A small futon sat against the wall closest to her, and three pillows sat atop it. Kagome smiled, walking past the futon, through another door…
And she screamed. Flinging herself at the first real mattress she'd seen in all her time in the Feudal Era, the girl smiled as she simply sunk into it. Two small marble slabs sat right beside the mattress which simply sat on the floor. The covers then caught Kagome's attention. She'd be using real covers, not just one of Kaede's oversized kimonos. She wanted to squeal, but didn't let herself. A reasonably smaller fire pit sat in the furthest corner from the fire pit, and two small futons (possibly two halves of a whole futon) sat beside each other, another tile slab in between them.
Following a short corridor from the she found a humungous walk in closet filled with elegant looking silk and cotton kimonos, both male and female, (she assumed Sesshoumaru was expecting her to change from her uniform, and really didn't blame him) and on the other side…a bathroom. An honest to God bathroom…or the closest thing she'd seen to one in this era. A huge tub big enough to be a hot tub in her era that was slightly raised off the ground with a spigot standing next to it made her giggle. A bath. A warm, wet, clean bath. Kagome held back a squeal of joy as she turned around and saw a small bowl with a considerably smaller spigot beside it, a basin (obviously for washing clothing) sitting beside it.
"I've died and gone to heaven." Kagome mumbled, collapsing to the ground of the bathroom, simply laughing.
"Oi, wench, what's with you?" Inuyasha snapped out, and Kagome stood up and wrapped her arms around him tightly, snuggling against the boy's body. Inuyasha sighed and wrapped his arms around the girl's waist, shaking his head softly. Does she know that I'm putty in her pretty little hands? Inuyasha assumed so.
"Inuyasha." The girl said, firmly, poking his back, then smiled. "I want a bath." She mumbled against him, trying to get out of Inuyasha's grasp.
"Okay." He said casually, smirking, while Kagome blushed.
"That means you have to leave." Kagome smiled again, kissing him on the cheek, but Inuyasha shook his head.
"No, Kagome." Inuyasha smiled as Kagome flushed over, bright red.
"Fine, then. I guess I'll just take a bath fully clothed." Kagome said, as Inuyasha smirked.
"And I'll join you." Inuyasha laughed at Kagome's disgruntled expression. Kagome, however, not believing him, lit a fire under the tub, then started to fill it with water from the spigot…and Inuyasha was still there. "Y'know, wench, I would have done that for you." He laughed as he stepped up next to Kagome, letting his arm lay limply around her waist.
"You wouldn't dare ruin my bath." Kagome said, almost angrily, as the volume of Inuyasha's laugh rose.
"I wouldn't ever ruin anything of yours." He said, and in the blink of an eye, he and Kagome were both sitting in the warm water. Kagome squealed and instinctively tugged on his hair. She knew that if she sat him, her tub would be ruined. Inuyasha returned a yell before cutting Kagome's torture off with a punishing kiss.
"I can't believe you!" Kagome shouted, angrily, as she climbed out of the bath tub, both her hair and her clothes clinging to her body. No, don't be like Miroku. Don't dare let yourself go… Inuyasha thought, his jaw dropped. Yep, she knows. And she's trying to punish me…damn it. Kagome shot an angry glance back at Inuyasha as she started to wring her hair out, storming off into the rest of the room, still literally dripping wet.
Inuyasha climbed out of the tub, leaving the water in the tub, but putting out the fire and shook himself dry, removing his outer and inner haori. Draping them over the wash basin, he slowly made his way out into he and Kagome's bedroom, where she stood, facing the window, tying her kimono. She had chosen a light purple silk one with black accents, and had the sleeves tied up to where they were the length of a T-shirt. Inuyasha sighed. He had enjoyed Kagome having her clothes practically glued to her body, for once, he got to see her figure.
"I got one out for you, too. On the bed." Kagome bit out, still fiddling with the tie of the kimono. Inuyasha shuddered at her tone. She was pissed…he was in for one heck of a sitting. "I hope you like it, if you don't, you don't have to wear it. You can just stay wet." The girl bit out before storming off into the main room, pulling a brush through her hair. Inuyasha shuddered once again as he looked down at the kimono, smirking. The pants were black, and the haori was red, a bit darker than his own fire rat robes, but still red. He dressed quickly in the kimono, a bit bothered by the fine silk material, but shrugged it off, and walked out into the main room, where Kagome was stirring something in a pot above the fire.
"I'm sorry." Inuyasha said quietly, walking over and wrapping his arms around the girl's stomach, standing behind her. Kagome sighed and tried to get out of his grasp, but found she couldn't. "I'm not letting you go of you until you forgive me." Inuyasha said, smiling. Kagome could tell from his tone.
"I don't want to forgive you." Kagome said, growling at him, as Inuyasha tightened his grip around her stomach, softly kissing her neck. "Inuyasha, stop it." The girl hissed out, but Inuyasha continued kissing her. "You know, you're really good at that." She bit out, leaning against him finally. Inuyasha smiled and nuzzled his head against hers, holding her as tightly as ever.
"Good at what? Getting you to forgive me? Hell, Kagome, if you're even half as much putty in my hands as I am in yours, then you'd be easy as cake." Inuyasha said, smirking, letting go of the girl, letting her tend to whatever she was cooking. A quick sniff of the air told him rice.
"Are you going to want some when this is done?" Kagome asked quietly, looking at the air where Inuyasha used to be. A quiet 'mhmmm' let her know that he was across the room…laying on the futon. The hanyou looked quiet exhausted, actually. Kagome smiled. She was going to treat her mate like royalty…he deserved it. He really did.
Kagome collapsed onto the mattress, feeling slightly odd sleeping in the silk kimono, but shook the feeling out of her head as she snuggled against it's softness.
"A real mattress…this is the nicest mattress ever…" Kagome mumbled to herself, not even thinking about the pillow or blankets yet. Well…that was a slight lie. Her feet were freezing, and she scrambled to get under the blankets. Inuyasha entered the room, chuckling at his priestess, wearing only the black pants that she had chosen for him before sitting on top of the lump of blankets that he knew was Kagome.
"Now where could my beautiful mate be?" He laughed, while Kagome squirmed underneath him.
"Inuyasha! That hurts! I can't breathe! GET OFF OF ME!" She screamed, finally rolling over and causing Inuyasha to go flying backwards, though thankfully, his fall was cushioned by the soft mattress. "I'm right here, you jerk." She bit out, but Inuyasha simply smiled and wrapped his arms, or tried to, around Kagome.
"Damn blankets…" He hissed, smiling as he crawled underneath them, and wrapping his arms around her, his nose sinking into the back of her head, inhaling deeply.
"What am I? Cocaine?" The girl asked, as Inuyasha's face scrunched up. "It's a drug that humans of my time snort through their noses." Kagome quickly answered, smiling. Inuyasha's eyes widened as the boy shuddered, still holding onto her.
"Wouldn't that…hurt?" The hanyou blinked rapidly, still inhaling her scent deeply. Kagome nodded, relaxing against the half demon, contently.
Inuyasha shook his head, mumbling something about stupid humans, causing Kagome to chuckle out of curiosity, even though she decided to keep to herself. Kagome yawned deeply, rolling herself over in Inuyasha's arms so that she was facing him, and let one of her arms fly blindly around behind her in search of one of the pillows. At finally grasping one, Kagome smiled and placed it under her head, yawning again.
"Kagome, don't fall asleep on me now..." Inuyasha whined at the girl, placing one hand of each side of her and pulling her over the sheet and mattress, holding the girl securely to his chest. Kagome looked up at him silently, a pleading look in her eyes.
"But I'm tiiiiired." She whined, smirking at the half dog demon. "Just a nap? You can wake me up in-" A yawn interrupted her sentence. "-thirty minutes. How's that sound?" Kagome asked, now pouting at the demon, who simply nodded, which made Kagome smile and snuggle against his bare chest, closing her eyes and easily falling asleep. Inuyasha, however, was going to hold the girl to her thirty minutes...well...maybe. He'd probably end up waking her when someone came in to announce dinner, but he probably wouldn't eat, since he had eaten Kagome's rice with cinnamon. That had been great...he'd have to remember what the girl had called it.
She's so beautiful...and she's all mine. The hanyou thought with a smile, kissing the top of the now slumbering girl's head, still in deep thought. When we have pups...where are we going to live? Where are we going to live when we get back? There's no way I'll be able to stand the monk and the fox's taunting...I'll have to build a hut. Maybe get one of these 'mattresses' from Sesshoumaru since they seem to please Kagome so much...Maybe I could even get running water somehow? I know how much Kagome loves that stuff...I'll have to speak with her mother when we get back. Inuyasha's smile widened as he examined the girl. How will this work...our pups will only be a quarter demon...will they go a week human? Inuyasha's eyes closed at the thought. Maybe a week demon, the rest human? Hell...this is confusing. I hate to admit it, but our first pup is going to be an experiment of sorts...Usually demon pups stay in the mother longer than human pups, but with such little demon blood, who knows? Inuyasha sighed, looking at Kagome once more. She's so small...maybe too small to give birth to demon pups? Hell...I'm sure there's something they can do about that in her era. And we can get Sesshoumaru's help...Inuyasha's eyes shot open at his thoughts. Sesshoumaru's help? Who the fuck was he kidding... Maybe Kagome and I exist in the future now that I've marked her. Should show that damn Naraku, he'll rot in hell for all of eternity for what he put me and Kikyo through, for what he put the monk through, Sango and Shippo...for all the trouble that he's put Kagome through...Inuyasha blinked. But when Kagome returned, Naraku's stench was everywhere, I couldn't get away from it. If she hadn't been in such a condition, I would have searched for the bastard, but I couldn't have left her. No way.
Inuyasha sighed again, looking around the room. Gods, I wish I could make something this wonderful for Kagome, but I'm not nearly as wealthy as Sesshoumaru, and after all, this is a castle... Inuyasha whispered a few swear words as Kagome silently stirred, looking around. Inuyasha's eyes found their way down to the girl. How long have I been thinking?
"Uncle Inu? Aunt Kagome? Are you guys in here? Lord Sesshoum-"
"Yes, we're in here Rin!" Kagome answered rather happily, then glared at Inuyasha. "I can't believe you! How come you ignored her..." She bit out, and Inuyasha whimpered. Beautiful, yes, but her wrath isn't something I want to deal with.
"I was thinking, Kagome. Don't blame me." Inuyasha replied blankly, but Kagome shook her head and crossed her arms, pressing them to her chest. I was thinking about our pups, bitch.
"Lord Sesshoumaru says that dinner should be ready soon, and that I should fetch that stupid brother of and his lovely priestess. Are you going to attend dinner with us?" Rin asked politely, and Kagome couldn't help but smile at the cute little girl. The thought that she would one day be a woman with children with her current 'Lord Seshoumaru' made her want to chuckle, but she ignored the urge.
"Yes, we'll be there. Thank you very much, Rin." Kagome replied, smiling at the girl. Rin nodded and bowed and raced out of the large room, shutting the doors with a 'click'. Inuyasha's ears followed the girl's footsteps as she ran down the hall. "She's so adorable." Kagome mused to herself, obviously entertained at the small girl, as Inuyasha's mouth twirked with a smile.
"Want one? Of course, ours would be stronger and much more adorable if it took after its parents..." Inuyasha asked, twirking Kagome's nose softly as she flushed red.
"Not just yet, Miroku-in-training." Kagome giggled at her remark, while Inuyasha simply twitched in anger.
"You know, you're lucky you're a weak human instead of a demon, or I'd have to punish you." Inuyasha said, dead serious, but it caused Kagome to burst into a fresh fit of laughter as she slid out of Inuyasha's arms, straightening her kimono.
"What would you do to me? Kiss me? Oh, such a punishment." Kagome said, giggling again as she ran her fingers through her hair. Inuyasha simply rolled his eyes and stood up, grabbing the haori of the kimono and sliding it over his shoulders, not bothering to tie it just yet.
"Come on, Kagome, let's go have some dinner. We'll argue after we get back." Inuyasha said, growling softly at the girl before leading her out of the room, shutting all the doors on the way.
FINALLY! Dear God, that took FOREVER. Eleven pages without A/N's and Review Replies. Over 5,000 words! (Also minus A/N's and Review Replies)This took forever to get out, and I apologize. I'm going to first submit it, unedited, just because I feel so bad for making you all wait. I'm going to send it to my editor, and I'll re-post it when I get it back with editing.
I was going to have Sesshoumaru give 'the talk' in this chapter, but it's just so long. I'm sure you're all screaming "But long is GOOD!" at the screen right now, but I'm sorry! Plus, I'm tired, so leave me alone. I'll try and get the next chapter typed and proofed quickly, but…yeah. Once again, sorry all!
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Time for Review Replies!
kagome-872: I don't want your cat to be mad at me! Mine's mean enough...o.o; I hope this's soon enough for yuh.
CharmedElfLover: Thanks! I noticed NO ONE ever has Kagome's family eating anything American besides WacDonalds...so..yeah! ; And I didn't think it was that creative...o.o; And it'll be an adventure...to say the least.
inuyashatotallyobsessed (ITO): Yes, they do kick butt. -Eats Sweet and Sour Chicken and Shrimp with chopsticks- ... ( -- Keety!) And on the entire Strip Poker thing, Kagome hasn't taught that to Miroku. And isn't going to. -chuckles- And I'll try and update asap.! Oh, and I went to your ff(dot)net profile, and I enjoyed it. It made me smile...but as for number 9 (at the bottom)...well...EEP!
Koriat: Yay! I'm happy I make people smile. and also, Yay! for stupid little weaknesses! w00t for you!
Amanda Trinh: Yes, it is cool that we have the same name! For, 'tis the best name to have! Tee hee. And I couldn't kill any of the five main characters. (Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo.) And if I did end up killing them, I'd bring them back to life...somehow. O. And that's an awesome name for Kikyo! I'll be using that if you don't mind. Kinky-ho is going to have a fit when she finds out that Inuyasha "Betrayed" her. -smirks- And this chapter will explain a lot about demon marking and mating rituals.
Kei-Ookami.kara.mori: GOLDEN DOUGNUTS! YHEE! Thank you so much..-Munches-
Bookwormjavajunkie: Oh, yes they do! -Holds up three american chopsticks, then bites lip- thank you! -blush- you flatter me... I can't believe that someone actually thinks my writing is that great! w00t! -is excited- ...and I even get applauded? YHEE!
Inuyasha: OO I don't want to be fixed...
Sesshoumaru: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! -squeals like Rin-
But, back to the reply. And what kind of work might that be? ...and I dance merrily!...but that might be because I'm actually a dancer, and dance all the time. o.o;; -feels young- I is only a Freshman...in HIGH SCHOOL...O.; And as I said to Amanda Trinh, it is the best name to have!
Zoderella: Hehe! I like you, you skip.