Chapter 18

Kagome tried not to laugh. She really did, but she was unsuccessful. She burst out in a fit of laughter that woke the whole house. Inuyasha looked at her like she was crazy, and that only made her laugh harder. The funnier the look on his face, the harder she laughed. It seemed like all the loneliness and misery of the last month was rolling off her with each gasp of air, and snort of laughter. Never before had she laughed so hard.

Soon everyone in the house, minus grandpa, was standing at her door, watching as she was held up by a bewildered looking Inuyasha, as her knees had failed her.

"What's going on?" Noura asked, though she had the shadow of a smile on her face, while Kyle and Souta were openly grinning.

"Don't ask me!" Inuyasha barked, "I just asked her why she smelt like the br-" He trailed off looking suspiciously at Kyle, making Kagome further hoot in laughter. While Souta was trying to contain his own giggles. "Who the hell are you?"

Kyle stepped forward, and extended his hand towards Inuyasha, still grinning. "Kyle Young, Kagome's father, and a half demon fox, son of Shippo Young." Kyle said, in English. Inuyasha cocked his head to the side adorably. And Kagome, who had just dropped down to giggles, again burst out laughing.

"And what the hell is wrong with you?" Inuyasha demanded.

Kagome finally got herself under control enough to say. "Dad... he doesn't...(giggle) understand English."

"Sorry" Kyle said, then repeated himself in unflawed Japanese.

"Shippou? As in the brat? But Kagome isn't..." Inuyasha said. But Kagome interrupted him as she stood herself up, finally gaining control of herself.

"He was human. It was his human night, so I'm human. I'm also Shippou's granddaughter, in some twisted kind of way."

Inuyasha looked confused for a minute. Before snorting, and looking away. "This bastard better not be anything like that other guy." He said, referring to Lue.

Kyle stepped forward, reached out his hand again, and said proudly, also in perfect Japanese. "And I want to thank you for what you did, had you not have killed him, I would have."

Inuyasha looked at him suspiciously, before grasping his hand, shaking it as if he was excepting the man.

"I also hear you're interested in taking my daughter as your mate?" Kyle said, watching as the hanyou instantly turned red.

"Yeah." He said slowly, grabbing Kagome around the waist, and pulling her closer to his side, in a extremely possessive manner. Kagome rolled her eyes at the action.

"Well, you have my blessings, even " He added, at hearing a small noise from his fiancé. "If you don't have Noura's, you have mine."

"Thanks Dad." Kagome said, smiling up at her future mate, before adding. "Why don't we all go back to bed? It's late after all."

"Alright, goodnight You two! Come on kid!" Kyle said, picking up Souta who had sat crossed legged on the floor, and throwing him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Hey!" Souta protested. "Put me down old man! You're two old to be carrying me around!"

"We'll see about that!" Kyle insisted, as he left the room, heading for Souta's down the hall.

Mrs.Higurashi watched them go. With a smile on her face at seeing how well they got along. Thank Kami for small favors. Before she turned back to the reunited couple. "You can sleep on the couch Inuyasha, there are some extra blankets in the closet and..."

"What are you doin?" Kyle said, having came back from dropping off Souta.

Noura looked affronted. "I was talking to...ahh!" Suddenly Kyle picked her up the same way he had Souta, and started off down the hall, calling back to them that Inuyasha could sleep wherever he wanted to. And Noura screaming to be put down, between hoots of laughter.

Kagome smiled as she closed her bedroom door. And turned around to see Inuyasha watching her. She smiled as she crossed the room to put herself in his arms again. "Thank Kami for dad." she said simply. Inuyasha snorted as he buried his nose in her hair.

"By the way, we're leaving tomorrow."

Kagome pulled back, surprised that he had brought up something like that so suddenly. "What?"

"We're going back home. I have something to show you. Plus the brat missies you."

"And you didn't?" She asked, smirking, knowing what his reply would be.

"Feh" And she was right.

She sighed, and grabbed his hand, pulling him over to the bed. "Okay dog-boy, I'm tired, and I guess we're getting up early tomorrow." she said, as she crawled into bed.

Inuyasha crawled in after her, and he took off his haori and undershirt, pulling her against his chest possessively as he laid down.

The next morning dawn bright and sunny. And everyone seemed to be in a good mood at breakfast. The two adults exceptionally so. And Inuyasha kept looking at them in disgust, until Kagome asked him why.

He turned to her as they sat at the breakfast table, as the future Mrs. Young made bacon, eggs and hash browns as she giggled, and whispered. "You didn't hear those two last night? They were loud enough to wake the dead!"

Kagome blushed crimson at that. Now she knew why they were in such a good mood.

Noura came and set a plate of bacon on the table, and Kagome noticed something on her neck, that hadn't been there before.

"Mamma! What's that?" She asked, pointing to two puncture marks on the right side of her mothers neck. Noura gasped and covered them with her hand.

"What's what dear?" She asked shakily. Suddenly not so cheerful, as Souta looked up at his Mom questioningly, and Kyle was blushing lightly.

"It looks like a bite mark on your neck." Kagome said, Inuyasha was pointedly looking at the floor, accompanied by her father. Grandpa was just watching curiously from the other side of the table in his wheelchair.

Noura sighed, as she sank down in her chair. "It's because it is. It's a mating mark. Me and Kyle became mates last night." She said unabashedly.

Kyle was still staring at the floor, along with Inuyasha as Souta made a noise of disgust. Guessing correctly how you became "Mates", while Kagome was staring at the mark. Before she rounded on Inuyasha, who blushed the second she looked him in the face. "Are you going to bite me too?" She asked, with a dangerous edge to her voice.

Inuyasha sputtered for a moment, before coming up with, "Yeah, eventually!"

She turned back to her mother, "Does it hurt?"

Noura looked at her seriously. "No, But I better not find it on you anytime soon! I know exactly when, and how it happens. And you two are not going to do anything of the sort till you're married."

"You and Dad aren't married." Kagome pointed out harshly. Her and her Mother seemed to be getting into more fights then usual lately.

"But we're adults. We know what's best for-"

"Oh don't even start with that again!" Kagome cut in, angrily.

"It true!"

"You don't know anything about me and Inuyasha!" She continued to defend herself. Inuyasha rounded on her.

"Don't drag me into this! I didn't say anything!" He whined. Kagome shot him a glare, and Kyle laughed in his all to familiar booming way.

"Don't worry son, people say the man is in charge, but whoever started saying that, must not have ever been married, or mated." Kyle pointed out between laughs. And Inuyasha even got a grin, as both women turned to give the both men death glares.

Souta had a hand clamped over his mouth at this point, trying to contain his laughter, while Grandpa openly chuckled.

the women continued to fight, and Inuyasha stood up, and motioned for Kyle to follow him out into the living room.

Once they got there, Inuyasha turned to him, and jumped right in to what he wanted to say. "I don't know you very well, all I know is you're the brats kid, and Kagome's Dad. I don't trust you, I don't trust anyone. But I feel like I need your permission before making Kagome my mate. Do I have it?" He asked bluntly. Mr. Young looked shocked, but impressed.

"Absolutely.-" he said immediately, " -I'm afraid you don't have Noura's, but that's just because she's a little overprotective in that way. She really does like you, but... she doesn't trust anyone where Kagome's concerned. Not anymore." He looked out the window, with a wistful look on his face, as if seeing something there Inuyasha couldn't.

He cleared his throat nervously, to get back Kyle's attention, before continuing. "I can prove myself to be a good mate. I can protect her with my Tetsusaiga, I provide food whenever she needs it, and I built a house on the other side of the well. I also... I love her, and nothing will change that. Not even time." He said definitely.

Kyle looked him over skeptically. "You know, father said you were a real pain at this time, but you don't seem to be."

"What does that have to do with anything?" he demanded rudely.

"What I'm saying is I like you, and obviously you make Kagome happy, I've never seen her laugh quit the way she did last night, so no matter what happens, I'll consider you my son. But since Kagome is in fact Noura's daughter, I'm sure there will be bumps on the road." He said, as he slung his arm around the hanyous shoulder, and lead him back into the kitchen. To see mother and daughter screaming in each others faces. Something about a pair of ballet slippers Kagome hadn't received at the age of nine. Kyle laughed out loud again.

"Good luck my son!" He said.

"You too" The Inu-hanyou replied, as he went to go calm his future mate down, who had just tore from the house in a huff.

Okay, there you go, we know what Inuyasha did. And now we see nerves going high, and two people mated! So, next chapter should be good, I hope you liked this one, and I hope you got some laughs. I go to school tomorrow morning, wohoo! (Chough) sarcasm (cough) Anyway, I'll try and post this tomorrow after school, because it's like five minutes to that stupid thing my stupid mother calls bedtime. So I can't post or even spell check! Sianora!

This chapter is also dedicated to those who lost there lives in Katrina's fury. And to those who lost there homes, there whole lives in fact, in a matter of days. God bless, and good luck to all those who did survive. (Note: All my chapters, and even this whole story, is dedicated to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. )

Till next time! The all Powerful Fu Fu!

I'm the all powerful Fu Fu!
Mwahahahaha!
(Sry, had the urge)

Disclaimer:
Why aren't they mine?
I wish they were
But I'll settle for terrorizing them
(Grin)