So yes, people asked me why Inuyasha was married before. He was young remember that, and the King had wanted to have back up incase he died so they wouldn't be in the situation that they are in now. Like I said, Sesshoumaru won't be bad, I heart that fluffy.
To Love Another Prince
Time Alone
Kagome had spent the next week and a half inside her new best friend's room. When Miroku had left the palace, Sango had locked herself in her room. Sango had forgotten all her strength she had. Most people viewed her as a girl that spoke her mind, but that day when Sesshoumaru found out her secret, she was useless. She spent all her time in her room, refusing to sleep and eat.
Kagome was sitting next to her bed when Inuyasha had entered with some bread and water. Sango, who was sitting up, looked away from Inuyasha.
"You need to eat Sango. Are you planning on starving yourself to death?" Inuyasha sat down next to her side and placed the bread on her lap.
"Might as well! Life's nothing without Miroku!" Sango started crying again.
Kagome really disliked her fiancée right now. Refusing to let Miroku into the palace was a much worse punishment than kicking her out himself.
"Would it help any if we brought Kohaku in here?" Inuyasha finally said after her sobs slowed.
"Kohaku…yes. I want to see my brother." Sango said sounding livelier.
Inuyasha had pulled Kagome up from her spot, but didn't question on why she was coming along.
Once outside the door, Inuyasha had stopped Kagome by the door and said, "Her brother will know what to do. He is closer to her heart than anyone else."
They walked outside the palace and onto the little garden that was forming on the side of the castle. Guards had surrounded the place, making sure no one could leave the property as well as making for certain that nobody could enter either.
There, they found a young boy who was chatting with a younger demon of his age. They were arguing on which flower to plant next. The demon held a blue morning glory while Kohaku held a yellow dandelion.
"Here, why don't you put this flower in the corner, and this flower in the other? When they grow more, they would be blended." Kagome said as she pointed to the spots.
"Good idea!" The little fox demon added. "I'm Shippou by the way."
Kagome smiled, "Call me Kagome."
The little demon walked up to Inuyasha and pulled his long sleeves, "Inuyasha, is this your new wife?"
Inuyasha and Kagome blushed and dared not to meet with each other's eyes. "Shippou, this is my brother's future wife."
Kagome shrugged. She didn't like the sound of being called that. "You must be Kohaku." Kagome said as she changed the uncomfortable topic.
The boy was busy planting the flowers and nodded, "Nice to meet you Kagome"
Inuyasha pulled the boy up from his feet and stared seriously at Sango's younger brother. "Kohaku, Sango is pregnant. I know your 7 or whatever—"
"I'm eleven." Kohaku interrupted.
"Yeah, sure. Anyways, I know you know what that means and stuff so I don't have to explain it to you. Your sister needs you right now and I'm giving you special permission to stop your yard work and cheer up your sister."
Shippou then started to whine, "Then I have to finish this by myself!"
Kagome had kneeled down and grabbed a shovel, "Here, I'll help you. Inuyasha will go escort Kohaku to Sango and I'll stay here."
The little boy jumped up and down and grabbed onto Kagome's hand pulling her away.
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A few hours later, Kagome had entered the castle. Her clothes were filthy and her face was covered in dry dirt.
"My! What happened to you miss?" A girl about 2 years younger asked as she approached her.
The girl was similar to Kagome in a way. The young girl also had replaced Sango's spot, and was taking care of both Kagome and Sango.
"Hi, to you too, Rin. I was planting some flowers, that's all. How's Sango?"
"Sango is doing much better actually. After a two hour talk with her brother, she had gotten up and ate about 5 pounds of food, literally."
Kagome's eyes sparkled and quickly ran upstairs, and into Sango's room. There, Sango, Kohaku, and Inuyasha were sitting at a table, drinking tea.
"Guess what Kagome? I'm going to keep this baby healthy until I finally meet Miroku again." Sango smiled as she hugged her little brother.
Kagome took a seat next to Sango and Inuyasha and hugged the pregnant servant.
"I'm so happy Sango! Oh I'm excited! We can make little clothes for the baby and—"
"Kagome, the baby isn't coming for a while." Inuyasha said.
Kagome stuck out her tongue and looked out the window. "Oh! It is way past Sango's bedtime. She needs all the rest she can get!"
Sango nodded in agreement. "My brother is going to sleep in here tonight, if that's okay with Inuyasha."
Inuyasha lifted up an eyebrow, "Why would I care?"
Sango hugged her adoptive brother, Inuyasha, "Good night." She then hugged Kagome, "Thank you for supporting me."
After all their goodbyes, Kagome and Inuyasha walked downstairs. "I'm so happy for Sango! Her brother did her good."
"Yeah. That little brat can make Sango do anything." Inuyasha paused and heard Kagome's stomach growl. "Are you hungry?"
Kagome blushed, "Yeah. Shippou and I got caught up in planting, that we forgot about dinner."
"I'm pretty hungry myself. Sango ate my plate once she got her appetite back."
Kagome laughed. Being with this hanyou always brought a smile to her face. Even though they only knew each other for a week, her heart had always thumped when he was in her presence. She didn't know what that emotion was, but she loved it.
They had agreed to have a little dessert instead. The cook had brought some fruits and fattening food like cake and brownies (A/N: Did they have those back then? Oh well…lol).
Both sat where Kagome and Sesshoumaru had their first meal together. This time though, she was with Inuyasha.
"Hey! You ate the piece of brownies I wanted! No fair!" Kagome pouted.
"Hey it took you forever to eat those strawberries, can't help it!"
Kagome glared sarcastically and threw her last strawberry at Inuyasha.
"That what you get!" Kagome then looked innocent as Inuyasha grabbed a piece of cake.
"Oh…don't you dare!" Kagome warned, but it was too late. He threw the piece and it landed on her chest.
"Oh now your in for it!" Kagome grabbed a bigger piece and threw it at him.
Soon enough, both started throwing cake at each other till it was all gone. After it had ended, Kagome and Inuyasha were covered in cake and brownies.
"That was fun!" Kagome had gotten up and wiped some chunks of cake off of her.
Inuyasha had done the same and walked up towards her, "I won big time."
"No way! I won, and you know it!"
Inuyasha wiped some frosting off of her nose and stuck it in his mouth, "Nuh uh, I win."
It was then left at that, once Kagome blushed and said good night.
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The next day, Inuyasha had checked up on Sango, and went outside to get some fresh air. He wanted to go for a run in the woods, but the guards had forbid him. He really hated his brother right now. The only good thing out of this is that he had spent more time with Kagome.
'Last night was different…It felt like I almost had feelings for the girl.' Inuyasha shook his head to clear his mind.
Inuyasha then had heard someone tip toeing near him and felt someone lightly push him, "Boo!"
Inuyasha snickered and turned to face Kagome. "Wow, that really scared me there."
"I forget you're a hanyou and you can hear anything."
A guard had proceeded to the future queen and Prince Inuyasha. "You two need to get inside."
Inuyasha was about to ask why when he heard gunshots about 2 miles away from the castle.
"The war has drifted more towards the castle, and Sesshoumaru had stated that Kagome was not permitted to leave the house because Prince Kouga had gone missing. He's afraid that he's on his way here to hurt the young miss."
Inuyasha growled and grabbed onto Kagome's arm, "Get inside. Go take care of Sango and don't leave."
Kagome pushed her arm out of his grip and crossed her arms, "Okay, okay I'm going." She sounded bitter at the moment.
Once Kagome had gone inside, he looked back at the guard. "What's the report so far?"
"Sesshoumaru is doing most of the damage right now. The wolf pack has lost a few hundred soldiers, but most of them managed to get past the soldiers, nearer to the castle."
Inuyasha nodded, "What about the monk? Heard any news from him?"
The soldier nodded, "He sent a letter to me yesterday, saying he is living in a town 15 miles from here. He wants to come back to visit Sango, but you know your brother's orders…"
"Is there anything for Sango?" Inuyasha asked.
"Why yes there is." He reached in his coat pocket and pulled out a little tissue. "Look inside it."
Inuyasha unfolded the tissue and it revealed a ring. "She'll love it."
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Inuyasha entered Sango's room and found her, Kagome and Kohaku picking out fabric for the new babies clothes.
"You girls can't get enough, can you?"
Kagome ignored Inuyasha and pulled out a red fabric and squeaked. "Oh how cute! Sango, you are so lucky to be having a baby!"
Sango smiled, "Wait till you and Sesshoumaru have a baby, it will be a little cute hanyou!"
Kagome's smile then faded and heard Inuyasha growl at the comment. Sango, being oblivious, continued on choosing some more.
"Sango, I have something for you." Sango just nodded and didn't look up. "From Miroku." She then jumped out of her seat and ran towards him.
"Is he okay? Where is he now? What did he get me? Does he miss me?" Sango started asking more questions.
After she was done, Inuyasha had answered the ones he remembered, and then held out the ring.
Sango grabbed the ring and put it on her wedding finger. Her eyes started to water again and she fell to the floor, crying.
Kohaku was up in an instant, helping his sister to the bed. "It's okay Sango, Miroku will be back soon."
Sango continued to cry, and this was a sign for Inuyasha and Kagome to leave again.
Once out the door, Inuyasha noticed tears in her eyes also. "What's the matter?"
"Why did Sesshoumaru make Miroku leave? He needs to be with her when she needs him the most! Oh how I want to kick Sesshoumaru right now!" She started to cry harder into her hands.
Inuyasha didn't know what to do at this point. He pulled the girl into his arms and made small circles on her back. When she had stopped, she blushed when she realized she was in Inuyasha's arms. She stood there for a few minutes then she backed away from him.
"Um…so yeah. What are we suppose to do now that we can't go outside? Rot in here till we die?" Kagome said changing the topic.
"Why don't we go to the library? We know how much you love books."
Inuyasha saw Kagome brighten up and she nodded. Inside the room, Inuyasha sat down in the big red chair that was by a lighted fire. Kagome had picked up a book and sat down next to Inuyasha's legs.
"I picked out a book called Winter's Past." She then started reading.
This time though, Inuyasha didn't fall asleep. He stared at the girl as she read. She had smiled on some parts of the book, and frowned at the other parts.
After a while, Kagome had stopped and looked at Inuyasha, "Isn't winter the best time of the year?"
"I prefer the fall actually. When it's not too hot or cold and the leaves are falling on the ground, ready to rot away."
"What a way to phrase that." Kagome turned to face Inuyasha and she rested her chin on his kneecap.
"When I was little, my father died during the winter time. He had gotten a sudden case of pneumonia and died the day before Christmas Eve."
"I'm sorry to hear that, were you guys close?"
"Closer than me and my mom. I guess I could be called a daddy's little girl."
Inuyasha then had scooted Kagome a little forward, and turned her back to face him. He then scooted off the chair and pulled Kagome back into his chest.
She didn't protest, and they stood there a good while, not saying anything to one another. After a while of silence, she spoke up. "Did you know that I used to paint?"
"You did? Why used to?" Inuyasha asked.
"My mom said it was a waste of time and no man would be interested in it. Would Sesshoumaru allow me to paint?"
Hearing his brother's name ached his heart. "I don't know."
She then had a bright idea and turned around, "Can I paint you sometime Inuyasha? I think you're unique."
Inuyasha blushed at the statement. "I don't mind. If it makes you happy."
Kagome smiled, "Let's start tomorrow! Oh I can't wait!"
Kagome then closed her eyes and snuggled into Inuyasha's arms. She felt so right in his arms, and protected. She had drifted off into a deep sleep, followed by Inuyasha, who joined in a little after.
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Ah….how I love Inuyasha and Kagome. I want to thank CrateofChaos for editing this fic, if it wasn't for her the story wouldn't make sense. Lol…..please read and review, I really love reviews, thanks :D