Chapter 12: Wedding Day
'Souta's tying my tie AGAIN!' Inuyasha thought in frustration as the small boy stood on a chair tying the white tie around the hanyou's neck. This was the third time he was tying it having undone it twice now so he could re-tie it. Inuyasha mentally counted to ten and soon enough the young boy smiled and jumped off the chair.
Inuyasha looked into the mirror in the groom's dressing room finding that the all white suit was a little strange but went well with his long silver hair. Inuyasha adjusted the tie a little while staring into the mirror deep in thought.
It's been two months since I purposed to kitten, I can't believe my mom and soon-to-be-mother-in-law arranged all of this so quickly. I also can't believe we are getting married at the shrine…it's all girly-ed up with white roses and white flowers everywhere. All of my family and Kagome's are here along with some random people that Trinity invited. Sango is maid of honor and the monk is my best man…and I'm going to be married in an hour! I need a drink…
Miroku grinned and came up behind the dazed hanyou to slap him on the back. "Hey! Aren't getting cold feet are ya?" Miroku laughed. Inuyasha glared over his shoulder at Miroku. "I still can't believe you asked my cousin to marry you! I was sure you would do the stupid thing and not marry her bringing shame on her and all of my family but you're doing the right thing! All ya gotta do is not screw this wedding up and no one in my family will hate you!" Miroku said good naturedly.
Inuyasha shot a death glare at Miroku and growled. "Aren't you suppose to say something supportive at a time like this!" Inuyasha yelled. Miroku's grin broadened and he shrugged innocently.
Inuyasha groaned and plopped down in the nearest chair. "Why am I so nervous! It's just a stupid human ceremony!" Inuyasha bemoaned. Miroku stood over the hanyou and patted his back.
"You'll be fine my hanyou friend…Oh! Look who it is are youngest and prettiest bride's maid!" Miroku said happily as Sango walked in holding a car seat with a crying Sachi. Miroku went over to the glaring Sango and took Sachi from her cooing down at the child to get her to stop crying.
"Oh? So now you're a pedophile monk?" Sango glared teasingly.
Miroku looked up at Sango and winked. "You will always be the prettiest maid of honor and maybe one day the prettiest bride…" Sango blushed at the implications and chose to ignore the comment.
Sango looked at Inuyasha with a smile. "I don't know…Kagome looks gorgeous I doubt Inuyasha will be able to keep it in his pants long enough for the honey moon…" Sango joked.
While Inuyasha looked ready to rip Sango apart Miroku brightened and stood suddenly. "Then lets make a wager! I bet that Inuyasha will drag Kagome away before the wedding activities are over! 100 dollars!" Miroku reached into his pocket and pulled out a hundred and waved it in Sango's face.
Sango grinned and pulled a wad of money from the inside of her lavender brides maid gown. "Alright! Then I bet that Inuyasha will not wait for the plane to fly them to Hawaii!" They shook hands while Inuyasha looked at them like they had lost their little minds.
"What are you saying! That I have no self control!" Inuyasha demanded with a growl. The two grinned at him innocently.
"No! No one said that!" they said together. Sango laughed as she left to go back to Kagome while Miroku chuckled and brought Sachi out of the car seat. Inuyasha grumbled and stood. He took Sachi from Miroku and Sachi immediately stopped crying when he asked her in inuyoukai What wrong pup?
Sachi sniffled. Where alpha female? she yipped at Inuyasha. Inuyasha smiled and held Sachi tenderly, she had mastered inuyoukai immediately, being able to speak it not even a month after being born but it still was an instinctual thing pups knew and so it wasn't too hard for the child.
Stay with alpha male. Alpha female return soon… Inuyasha said to her with a series of yips and growls and barks. Sachi giggled as Inuyasha tickled her sides and she squirmed in his hold happily. Miroku watched the two and quietly exited the room, shutting the shoji door.
Inuyasha sat down in a chair and set the baby on his lap. She was developing faster than human children as expected she is technically two months old but was developed to that point of a 4 month old child. She was attempting to talk, she reaches for objects, laughs, recognize parents by both sight and scent but since she currently wasn't touching the jewel she couldn't see, and if held up she could stand.
"You're growing up too fast…" Inuyasha grumbled as the baby touched his chest feeling the soft material of the suit and giggling as she played with the buttons. Inuyasha smiled slightly as he tucked a loose strand of silver hair with the brushed wisps. The baby was adorned in a cute lavender dress that went a little passed her feet and made her look adorable. Inuyasha moved the dress up a little to bring her sock covered feet into view and he lightly tickled the bottom of it making the child squeal and try to move her feet away. Inuyasha chuckled and stopped his tickle torture on the poor child.
Sachi looked toward Inuyasha with her bright blue eyes and an ear twitched, she audibly sniffed him. "Oto!" she laughed and hugged him. She had mastered simple slurred terms like "Oto" which was the equivalent of "dadda." Inuyasha smirked and stroked her soft silky hair. Soon she will be calling him "Otou-san" and Kagome "Okaa-san." She was learning so fast.
There was a soft knock on the door and Inuyasha looked up to see Miroku at the door. "It's time…" Inuyasha nodded and began to put Sachi back in the car seat.
Half an hour ago on the other side of the shrine…
Kagome crouched in front of the car seat that held her baby girl and tickled the baby making her squeal and squirm yelling broken versions of "Okaa!" Kagome smiled as the baby also baby barked at her in inuyoukai. Pup good! Stop mother-alpha! Kagome laughed and stopped tickling the child who calmed down and smiled in Kagome's direction.
Kagome thought back to the inuyoukai lessons Inuyasha had been giving her everyday for the past two months. mother-alpha love pup! Kagome yipped and barked the best she could for a human but Sachi understood it none the less and giggled happily.
Kagome stood up and walked to the mirror she looked at her self and then at Sachi in the reflection of the mirror. 'I'm glad I lost all that weight, I'm back to my old dress size' Kagome thought happily as she ran her hands up and down her slim waist. She wore a simple yet elegant white gown with no sleeves that hugged her torso elegantly and long white gloves up her arms to above her elbows, she had her hair up in pig tails using flowers and ribbon to hold it up and the pigtails had beautifully done thick curls.
Kagome smiled at how well her mom and Sango did her make up it was simple and beautifully done with as little make up as possible. Kagome looked over a Sachi in her adorable dress.
"You look adorable sweet heart…" Kagome said gently going over to crouch in front of the child. "Everyone keeps saying this is my big day but somehow I think you will be the one getting all the attention, you are just the sweetest and most beautiful thing ever!" Kagome cooed. Though Sachi couldn't understand what she said she still giggled and reached her arms up asking to be picked up. Kagome smiled and went to undo the car seat straps but was stopped by Sango coming in abruptly.
"Do you want me to take Sachi to her daddy?" asked Sango with a smile. Kagome gave a confused Sachi an apologetic smile and nodded to Sango. Sango picked up a now whimpering pup and left the room.
Kagome began to make sure everything was perfect when suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Come in!" Kagome called cheerfully. Mrs. Higurashi opened the door and when she saw Kagome she gasped.
"You look lovely honey…" she entered and walked over to Kagome.
"Thanks mama…" Kagome took a deep breath and sighed. "I cant believe I'm about to get married…" Mrs. Higurashi smiled and hugged her daughter beginning to get all teary-eyed.
"My little girl…getting married and already with a child…I've never seen you so beautiful…" Kagome smiled and hugged her mother back. While Kagome and her mother talked for a little, all of the guests sat in the white lawn chairs facing the outside porch of the main shrine.
Inuyasha stood on the deck with Miroku and Sachi who was set down in her car seat opposite of the two men where Kagome would soon stand. Inuyasha fidgeted nervously and glared at the empty space where the preacher would stand.
"Where the hell is the preacher! Wasn't it Trinity's job to get one!" Inuyasha whispered panicky into Miroku's ear. Miroku laughed nervously and shrugged. Inuyasha growled and looked into the crowd for said woman but he didn't see her.
Suddenly the Shrine doors opened and out walked Trinity and a man to be in about his mid-thirties. Inuyasha and Miroku stared at the man curiously and noticed him wearing the lo tech robes though his seemed more elegant than the ones they were used to seeing on Trinity and Toru. They also noticed something slightly amiss; the man had a strange large bulge on his back that didn't look to be his actual back.
"Umm…is this the preacher or priest or whatever?" asked Inuyasha lamely. The man looked at Inuyasha with a curious look Inuyasha noticed the amber eyes this man had and the light blonde hair that was sort of winded and flowing yet mid length. The man held a bible in one hand and gave Inuyasha a grin.
"Yes, I'll be the priest doing the ceremony, you must be Inuyasha…" the man said in a youthful voice.
Inuyasha looked at the man suspiciously. "Yes, I am Inuyasha, what did Trinity say about me?"
Trinity laughed. "I DIDN'T say anything! This is Lyson Taki, the head lo tech!" said Trinity excitedly making hand gestures like that of the hot girls on game shows who show off the prizes.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "You'll be doing the ceremony? Why?" the hanyou asked.
Lyson sweat dropped with a flat look on his handsome face. "I kind of owed this one…" he said pointing to an ecstatic Trinity. "She let me have a look at this…" Lyson suddenly pulled out the sacred jewel. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he snatched the jewel.
"You stole the jewel to show the head lo tech!" Inuyasha growled at Trinity. Trinity smiled innocently.
"I got you a priest didn't I?" asked Trinity.
"YOU could have done it, God forbid." Inuyasha mumbled the last part. Trinity began to laugh hysterically.
"This is the first wedding I've ever been to Inuyasha! How could I do it!" Trinity laughed. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and crouched in front of the car seat with the blind baby girl in it.
Inuyasha tied the necklace to the baby's outfit and immediately the baby's eyes focused and she looked up at Inuyasha happily. Lyson looked down at the child curiously and crouched next to Inuyasha. Inuyasha glared warningly at Lyson who didn't seem to notice.
Sachi looked at Lyson with a scrunched up face. not pack-member! she growled and yipped at Inuyasha. Inuyasha glanced at Lyson to see if he understood her and by the smile it appeared he had but he didn't say anything.
alpha-male protect pup Inuyasha growled to Sachi who stared at Lyson. Inuyasha heard a shuffling of clothes and was surprised when suddenly out of the back of Lyson's clothes a slit that appeared to have been pre cut into the clothes opened and out came two gigantic bird wings. Inuyasha nearly fell over in shock and stared at Lyson stunned.
Lyson flapped the wings slowly and then stood up to stretch. "Cute kid…" he said as he moved back to where he would stand for the ceremony. Inuyasha looked at the man suspiciously and then after giving Sachi an encouraging smile he went back to stand next to Miroku.
Inuyasha noticed that Trinity was gone and looked around to see her taking a seat towards the front then a strange calming music began to play and the sounds of foot steps getting louder and louder on the porch deck could be heard. 'Where is that music coming from?' wondered Inuyasha he noticed the confused look on Miroku's face as well and then turned as there was a slight murmur in the crowd.
Sango and Kagome had just rounded the corner of the porch and were walking towards them gracefully. Miroku stared at Sango lovingly and Inuyasha gave Kagome the same look as the two stopped before them.
Inuyasha stared at Kagome in a daze and Kagome smiled up at him happily. Lyson cleared his throat professionally and spoke. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony;
which is an honorable estate, instituted of God in Paradise, and into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined.
Therefore if any man can show any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace." With a slight pause he continued, turning to Inuyasha "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? To live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Do you promise to love her, honor her, and cherish her in sickness and in health for richer or for poorer for as long as you both shall live?" "I do…" Inuyasha said while looking into Kagome's smiling face.
Lyson smiled and turned to Kagome. "Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? To live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Do you promise to love him, honor him, and keep him in sickness and in health for richer or for poorer till death do you part"
"I do…" Kagome said joyfully and almost giggled when Inuyasha almost inaudibly sighed in relief.
"You may say your vows now…" Lyson said.
Inuyasha smiled and took Kagome's hands into his and lightly stroked the gloved hands. "Kagome…it feels like my soul has been waiting for you all my life and now that I've found you my mate I couldn't be happier, for no matter what comes in our way in the future I will always love you and protect you…"
Kagome smiled and lightly tightened her hands on Inuyasha's. "Inuyasha…You became my first best friend ever, you protected me from those who wanted to hurt me, you helped me through my phobia to the point that I am almost completely cured, you've given me a beautiful daughter…I didn't think you could do anything else to make me happier but you did…you asked me to marry you, I too promise to always love you Inuyasha because I know that we are meant to be…" Kagome said lovingly reaching up and stroking his cheek. Inuyasha felt his chest swell when she finished and leaned into the hand. The crowd was stunned by the love between the two and even Lyson swayed a little on the spot until he realized it was his turn again.
"Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder. Forasmuch as Inuyasha and Kagome have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company,
and thereto have given and pledged their heart each to the other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a Ring, and by joining of hands;
I pronounce therefore that they be Man and Wife together, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." Inuyasha and Kagome exchanged rings and Lyson grinned since this was his favorite part. "You may kiss the bride"
Inuyasha dipped his head down and captured her lips tenderly and Kagome smiled against the kiss as she slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him back passionately. The crowd stood and applauded as the two pulled apart slowly. In the crowd both Izayoi and Mrs. Higurashi were crying happily.
There was a happy squeal and Kagome turned in Inuyasha's arms to look at Sachi who waved out her hands begging to be picked up. Kagome left a disappointed Inuyasha and took the baby girl out of the car seat she carried Sachi back to Inuyasha who hugged his family happily.
"LET'S PARTAY!" Miroku suddenly yelled.
A/N: Man that took a long time but it was a sick day well spent! well Review people! Lol