Chapter 8: "The Wedding Planners"
The rest of the day passed by and the next day came. A bright morning as usual and Kagome was awakened by her grandmother. Tsuyashi shook Kagome violently as she tossed and turned in bed, trying to avoid being disturbed from her sleep, but it failed. Kagome opened her eyes, squinting because of the sun, and then she was forced out of bed by Tsuyashi. It was brand new day and since Kagome and Sukii are now engaged, wedding plans must be made ASAP. They decided next month was the best and so they had a lot to do by then. Kagome got ready and met her mother and grandma downstairs in the kitchen. Balloons, cake, theme, wedding dress, tuxedoes, and etc...were all in big books that sat on the table. Mrs. Higurashi was just ripping out pages of best dresses for Kagome to wear on her wedding day. Tsuyashi was doing the same but she was deciding on the tux. Kagome was in charge of decorations and cake. The theme was something that she and Sukii had to decide on together. Until then, she had to pick out the cake. She sat herself down and went through a book with pictures of wedding cake.
"Oh my how elegant!" Mrs. Higurashi ripped out a wedding dress picture real fast and showed it to her mother.
"That is really nice. Look at this Kagome" Tsuyashi handed the page to her granddaughter.
"Wow!" Kagome said, not looking at only the dress but the price.
"Do you like it?" Tsuyashi asked.
"Yeah but look at the price on this. It's $15,000!" Kagome exclaimed. "How are we suppose to afford something nice with a nasty price" Kagome asked as she handed the page back to her mother.
"She's right ma'. How in earth are we going to afford it with a price like that?" Mrs. Higurashi frowned.
"Ha...ha...ha...ha! Didn't Sukii tell you that he's rich? Don't you wonder how he got you that rock on your finger" Tsuyashi laughed.
"Calm down mother. We didn't know so stop the laughing and lets get back to work" Mrs. Higurashi ordered.
"Okay okay" Kagome said and then they went back to working.
"Hey Sukii why did you ask my sister to marry you?" Sota asked as he finished up the level on his game.
"Because I love her" Sukii answered.
"How can you love someone by knowing them for only a month?" Sota asked.
"People can fall in love just by knowing them for only one month" Sukii replied.
"It's going to be weird now that you're my new brother" Sota said.
"Oh thanks. I'm not complaining for having a new little brother" Sukii shot back.
"Yeah well you might once you really get to know me on my brotherly side. I'm already got kicked in the bum the last time I got on my sister's nerves" Kagome's little brother laughed at his own remark.
"I would hate to get on Kagome's case" Sukii implied.
"Why? She wouldn't hurt you. Or would she?" Sota had to think about this one.
"Hey what's that suppose to mean? Well anyways lets go check on the girls in the kitchen. I have a right to decide on some things in the wedding you know" Sukii said and walked into the kitchen.
"Um..." Kagome just stared at Sukii and Sota.
"What?" Sukii asked.
"Nothing but-" Kagome began.
"What she means is that you're not needed here so scoot! Plus we are picking out her wedding dress and you can't see it" Tsuyashi said.
"Hey I have a right to decide on some stuff" Sukii refused to leave.
"Stubborn I tell ya...STUBBORN!" Tsuyashi yelled and left the room for a short break outside.
"She confuses me and she's so weird" Sota said.
"Who?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Grandma!" Sota replied.
"She getting old and sometimes old people say and do things wrong. We can't do anything about it" Mrs. Higurashi said.
"What ever..I still think she's weird" Sota said again and ran back to the video games.
"He really needs to get a life" Kagome implied.
"I'm going to join your grandmother. Start deciding on the theme you two" Mrs. Higurashi ordered and left the room.
"Well let's do a Hawaiian theme" Sukii insisted.
"I guess that's okay" Kagome wasn't all that sure.
"What did you have in mind?" Sukii asked.
"Well I was planning on having a wedding in a church but that's too original" Kagome answered.
"What ever you want. I really don't care. I was just thinking of what you might consider having" her future husband said.
"It's perfect. A Hawaiian theme is just perfect" She gave him a big smile of delight.
Kagome's Diary:
It's been a month since everything. I mean what had happened with Inuyasha and me. I sometimes see glimpses of his face and then I can sometimes hear his voice in my head. Voices of him yelling at me then his voice will go soft. The soft side of him that I longed for him to show me. I understand what had to be done but sometimes I wonder if I really made the right choice. For the weeks in this month, I haven't really thought about Inuyasha and the gang in a long time. I do see and hear stuff but I sometimes I forget who they are. The memories I had in the Feudal Era will always remain in my mind but I'm blocking them out. I'm getting married next month...and Sukii is a nice guy and all but I'm afraid if I go through with the wedding, I'll feel guilty and hearts will be broken.
I've gone through this decision about a million times in my head and I still can't find the answer. I remember the last encounter with Inuyasha and he had said he loves me. I was stunned, speechless, and I couldn't say a word back to him. I think to myself that if I had said something, everything would be alright but I know deep down it's just going to go all down hill for him and me. He will go see Kikyo again and keep breaking promises, fighting will occur, my heart will feel pain and I'll just end up being hurt. I don't want to feel hurt anymore. I want the pain to be happiness and filled with it. As for today and everyday of my life, Inuyasha's voice and image will not give me doubts or any kinds of ideas of going back to him and breaking Sukii's innocent heart. I still can't believe I'm getting married though. I'm sixteen and I'm getting married!
End of Diary Entry-
The night time sky took over and the stars sparkled bright. The moon was also bright and the reflection shone in Kagome's room. The girl buried herself under her covers and went to sleep. The house was silent besides the snoring and small sleeping breaths. The night was windy and it opened Kagome's unlocked window. She immediately woke up from it and was startled. She got up and looked out side to see if Inuyasha was the one who had done this but there was no sign of him being there. She leaned over to rest her arms on the windowsill and she just took in a deep breath and let it out. The warm breeze blew in her direction and her hair danced in the air backward, behind her ears and such. It was so strong she had to squint her eyes. She quickly closed her window shut and crawled back to bed. Kagome went into a fast sleeping mode. The rest of the night was silent and no other disturbance occurred.
The days turned into weeks and my the end of the month, Kagome and her family were freaking out. The wedding was only a week away and they still didn't have enough of anything to complete the wedding. Kagome still hadn't picked out a dress and the cake was still on deciding. The theme was decided to be a Hawaiian setting like Kagome and Sukii discussed. Decorations were picked out by Tsuyashi and the tuxedo for Sukii was also picked out by Tsuyashi. One whole week is going to be their wedding and things weren't quit ready. Invitations were already sent out to relatives and friends and all of them accepted! Weeks of planning a perfect wedding and so far so good. Today Kagome was to go to a wedding dress store to pick one from there and so she did.
Kagome's Diary Entry After Getting Her Dress:
Today I picked out my own wedding dress. All the others weren't my type so grandma and mom had to decide on going to an actual store. I found a beautiful light pink dress with white flower linings on it. The shoes where picked out fast and we purchased them today. All that is left is the cake. My taste buds are calling out chocolate cake with vanilla icing. I'm not sure what Sukii wants but I think he'll totally agree with it. I know mom doesn't really agree with the arrange marriage and grandma is looking more forward to the wedding day then all of us. Mom said her marriage between her and my father. I wonder if this arranged marriage will work out like it did for my parents.
Ever since grandma came to Tokyo, my life has changed in many ways. I'm starting a family, my birthday, and the decision of going through with this whole thing. Last night I swore Inuyasha had opened my window but it was the wind. For some reason I was excited but when I found out it wasn't him, I was a little disappointed. I know I told myself I wouldn't deal with the past but I really can't. I guess as much as I wish to put the past behind me, it's always going to come back to me. Right now isn't the proper time to think about this so I'm going to conclude this diary entry by saying I can't wait to get married! ONE WEEK!
End of Diary Entry-
To be continued...