Adoration And Fidelity

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IMPORTANT: Oh, and you know how I am also writing fan fictions for the anime series Naruto? Well for those who don't know what it is I am highly recommending it. It's great and it starts in English Saturday - September 10th, 2005. SO WATCH IT! I've only seen them in Japanese, but I'm looking forward to seeing them in English. It's got an awesome romance and it's just so totally awesome. It definitely ranks up there with Inuyasha. You'll see after watching some episodes. It's funny in the beginning, after the first two episodes.

Rating: M for Mature

Warnings: Sexual Content; Extreme violence; Offensive Language

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own the storyline.

Recap: "You're right. The others are probably worried." Kagome released her hands from Inuyasha's and stood up. She dusted off her skirt and gave Inuyasha a smile as she left.

Kagome stopped upon passing the bowel of soup spilled on the ground. She leaned over and picked up the bowel. It saddened her that Inuyasha had gotten so close to leaving her for Kikyo, but the important thing was that he didn't. End Recap

Chapter 9: Provisions

A MONTH LATER

Inuyasha wiped his forehead off as he dug another wooden plaque into the ground. The day was hot and humid. It definitely wasn't the type of whether to want to build a hut in. That's right... a hut...

Inuyasha had decided a half a month ago that he would build Kagome a home. After all it was the least he could do after all she had done for him. She had saved him from going to hell, taught him trust, and stood by his side though the thick and thin.

He would build her this home so she had a place to stay other then Kaede's. He was trying to build it as much like Kagome's modern home as possible. He didn't really want her to think about her what her modern life was like, but he also knew she would appreciate it more if she had at least a peace of her past.

Kagome had no idea he was making her a home of her own, but he knew she would be very grateful. Inuyasha made sure to center it between trees so she would had the cover of branches and so he could sleep in them at night to keep watch over her. He didn't expect she would want him living with her no matter how much he would like to.

Kagome had been helping Kaede out lately and playing with the children. She seemed a little happier now than she did a month ago. Inuyasha was glad about that. It was nice to see her smile often. Her smiles always made him beam, whether it was to himself or to the world.

Inuyasha stopped his work, deciding that was not only enough for the day, but also for the main structure of the hut. Now he needed to start building stuff for the inside of it. He would do that tomorrow, but he knew that Kagome would not want him gone for long. She would wonder what he was doing and come looking. He couldn't have her finding out about this little secret until it was all done. He wanted her to be really surprised.

Later

Arriving back at the village Inuyasha immediately noticed Kagome's smell was not as near as usually, so he decided to follow it and see what she was up to. After all he had nothing better to do.

Following his nose Inuyasha stopped at a field of wild flowers not to far from the village. Kagome was kneeling down with a basket in one hand, as she picked flowers with the other. She was smiling and looked very content in what she was wearing.

She seemed to notice Inuyasha was watching her because she stopped what she was doing and slowly turned her head to look over at him. A small wind blew making both Kagome's and Inuyasha's hair flow with it and seem so natural with their forms. They looked beautiful to each other.

Kagome gave Inuyasha a gentle smile and stood up, placing the last flower in the basket. She used her hand to place some hair behind her ear.

"Hey there!" Kagome greeted happily, approaching Inuyasha. Since Inuyasha was in a daze from the site of her he had to shake himself back to reality and quietly mumbled a reply.

"Hey."

"I was just getting different types of flowers that Sango wanted."

"What'd she want them for?"

"She wanted to pick her favorite kinds to decorate around her wedding ceremony for her and Miroku." Before Naraku's defeat Miroku had proposed to Sango and she had agreed to marrying him and bearing his children after Naraku was defeated. (A/N: That really happens in episode 130.) They had finally made the plans for their wedding and were going to be married in less then a week. All that was left were the decorations. "Oh..." Kagome's eyes sparkled.

"What's with you?"

"It's so exciting."

"What is?" The two began walking back to the village side by side.

"The wedding, baka. It's so romantic! Weddings are so beautiful... and pure."

"What's so great about a stupid ceremony?"

"It's not just any ceremony." She smacked his arm lightly for his foolishness. "It's a ceremony of joining. It makes it so two people can be together and can be like that forever... committed."

"You don't need to do all that to commit. All you have to do is mate with demons. Why do humans need to make it so complicated?"

"Mate... as in like animals do?" Kagome blushed. Mating was basically just... to put it bluntly 'doing the do'. Inuyasha didn't bother answering her question. He just ignored it and continued walking. "Well maybe humans make it so much more complicated because they want others to know that they're eternally joined. It's better to do that to tell just everyone..." She blushed. "About what you and your partner do in personal times."

"It's only important that the two know. Who cares what everyone else knows or thinks?" Kagome sighed at Inuyasha's stubbornness.

"You're right Inuyasha. Humans do make things complicated."

Meanwhile

Sango was feeling really nervous that it was so close to her and Miroku's wedding. To tell the truth she was more scared than anxious. She was so worried that things would go wrong, like they usually did when someone finally had a sense of peace and joy.

It was time for everyone to move on and this wedding would help symbolize that. Eventually her and Miroku would have a family and the past could be put behind everyone. At least for Sango and Miroku that was.

Sango just didn't know if she was ready for this. It seemed to be happening so fast. It hadn't even been that long since Naraku was defeated. Her body was tense with fret.

She noticed a presence coming her way and looked towards the door. Miroku entered and Sango tried giving him a smile.

"You look worried." Miroku informed. Sango nodded to him and took a seat against the wall.

"Just a little nervous about the wedding."

"Ah... I see." Miroku returned her smile and went over to sit beside her. "Nothing will go wrong. In the end things will work out the way they're supposed to. The gods will make it that way. Whatever you do... fate has the deciding choice in the end."

"I know that. It's just... weird. How come I have to marry a pervert anyway?"

"You're the one who said yes." Miroku grinned and moved his hand down.

BAM!

Of course even at a time like this Miroku had to be perverted. Now he had a red mark on his face to prove how lecherous he truly was.

Later

Inuyasha leaned against a tree with his arms crossed as he watched the woman help spruce up the spot where Miroku's and Sango would be eternally wed. Even after Kagome's small explanation he did not understand the point of it all. It was just ignorant to him, but still... humans seemed to admire it so much.

A part of him wondered - if he wanted to be with Kagome for real - would he, too, have to go through with the ceremony. Since Kagome seemed so excited about it all, he imagined they would.

Shaking his head, Inuyasha tried to rid those thoughts from his mind. He should not be thinking about him and Kagome being together like that. If they ended up together he could think about that, but for now they were just really close friends, no matter how much he wanted more... it was Kagome's choice whether they went farther than they were now.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called from where she was standing. Inuyasha looked up from his thoughts towards her. Her face was a little contorted in annoyance. "Could you help me with this?" She asked from afar as she gestured towards the wedding arches. Inuyasha placed his clawed hands on his waste and sighed.

"Whatever." Inuyasha stalked over to where Kagome was standing and a small relieved smile appeared on her face when Inuyasha excepted helping her out. She rubbed a couple beads of sweat from her forehead. Her and Sango had been working on this stuff all afternoon. They had even skipped out on dinner. They wanted to get as much done as possible. Tomorrow Kagome and Sango would have to go out and get some special foods to make and the day after that the wedding would take place.

Everything seemed to be going by in a rush, but that's how things seemed to have been going ever since Naraku was defeated. So it didn't bother them much. It just meant they could move on with their lives sooner.

Making his way to Kagome, Inuyasha grabbed one of the arches and pushed it farther into the ground, so it would stand straighter.

"There."

"Could you get this one too?" Kagome asked pointing to the one next to him. He nodded and did the same thing with that one.

"Happy?"

"Yes."

"Are you done now?" Inuyasha asked crossing his arms again. He took a glance over at the demon slayer who was sitting down and playing with some flowers, trying to figure out which ones paired of the best.

"Yeah." Kagome walked in front of Inuyasha, towards Sango a little. "Sango! We should head back now. You need your rest. You can choose that tomorrow." Sango looked over at Kagome and nodded, understanding her friend was getting tired.

"Alright, you two can go ahead. I'll be here a little longer." Sango turned back to the flowers. Kagome indicated her agreement with a bob of her head. Inuyasha and her began to walk back to the village. It was already late, so most - if not all - of the villagers would be fast asleep.

In Front Of Kaede's

Sitting against Kaede's hut wall Kagome smiled in serenity. It was a warm night, which was odd, considering winter was now beginning. Inuyasha was sitting beside her, completely silent. She wanted to talk and yet she did not want to break this beautiful silence.

Sango had not returned yet. She had now been gone for twenty minutes longer than Inuyasha and Kagome. The two had chosen to wait up for her outside Kaede's hut. It was actually Kagome's idea, but Inuyasha did not want her out there alone, so he had agreed to sit with her and give her some company, which was kind, but odd of him.

In the night only the crickets could be heard singing, along with the quiet rustling of the leaves and branches in the wind.

"I wish that it could always be this nice at night..." Kagome whispered gently. Inuyasha stopped looking ahead of him and turned to her.

"Hmm?"

"It's just such a comfortable evening. Don't you think?"

"Feh. It's just like any other night."

"No." Kagome gave him a gleeful smile. "It's not. Tonight is nicer. Better." She turned back away from him and looked ahead as she grabbed his hand. She felt him tense up for a moment, but after another few seconds he calmed. The small blush on his face was hidden in the nights shadow, but not from the moon's glow. "Tomorrow..."

"What about it?"

"Tomorrow night is the new moon." She reminded him.

"Yeah."

"I'll be here if you need me."

"Like I would need a human's help."

"Since you are going to be a human tomorrow it might be a smart thing to do."

"Feh, whatever." He tensed immediately as she leaned her head on his shoulder. He felt warmth in his stomach and burning on his ears. She felt so close to him right now. Now more than ever. It gave Inuyasha a good feeling. His body relaxed a bit and he almost brought himself to wrap an arm around Kagome's shoulder, but his stubbornness did not allow him to and instead he just closed his eyes and allowed Kagome to lean against him. If he was lucky maybe she would fall asleep and he would get to carry her back in.

From a little ways away Sango came walking down the path. She could see the two sitting there and she stopped herself for a moment. Part of her wondered why it wasn't them getting married. It was obvious how much they cared about each other and how comfortable they were with one another. At least it was obvious to the people around them. Inuyasha and Kagome were born to be together and that was clear to Sango. She just wished it would become clear to them as well. They deserved that much.

Continuing moving forward Sango regretted that she would have to disturb the couple, but she couldn't just stand there all night. Inuyasha's ears twitched when she was a few feet away and he opened his eyes. Kagome followed doing the same thing.

"S... Sango..." Kagome yawned. She realized how close she was to Inuyasha in front of Sango and pulled off of the hanyou quickly. "Y... you're back! What took you so long?"

"I couldn't get the colors right." She giggled. "I guess I never was the artistic one."

"Did you end up with the right colors in the end?"

"Yeah." Sango clasped her hands together and smiled optimistically. "Well don't let me interrupt you two." She jogged past them and into the hut. Inuyasha and Kagome gave each other embarrassed looks and decided it was time for them to go to bed to.

Early That Morning

At the sound of someone shuffling a sleepy hanyou slowly began to wake from his slumber. His eyes opened and he took in the smell of fresh morning air.

The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Kagome. She was sitting down and playing with something. He could not see it clearly until he removed the blurriness from his eyes.

She was holding some flowers and stems.

"What... are you doing?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome was slightly started by the new voice. She glimpsed over her shoulder towards Inuyasha.

"You're awake."

"How could I sleep with all the noise you were making?"

"Oh, sorry about that." Kagome blushed slightly. "I was just making these." She held up a ring of flowers.

"What's that for?"

"My mother taught me how to make these when I was a little kid. Isn't it pretty? I made it with some of the extra flowers I picked." She took the ring and placed it atop Inuyasha's head. "There, perfect fit."

"I'm not wearing that."

"You already are." She watched as Inuyasha reached up to take it off, but grabbed his hand and stopped him. "Please keep it. I made it for you and I worked so hard on it." She gave him these pleading, undeniable eyes and he groaned. Moving his hands he slid the ring down his head and unto his neck instead. He could bare with it there. "Thank you, Inuyasha." Kagome kissed his cheek, both blushing.

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Provisions means Preparations

In this case the beginning preparations for the wedding and the home Inuyasha is making Kagome.