Chapter 28: Party Vibes
Kagome sat in a chair relaxing as she watched everyone at the reception enjoying themselves. Ayumi had coursed Souta into dancing with her around the yard. Ironically, Souta was a better dancer than Ayumi. Inuyasha, who had changed back into his fire rat robe before the receptions, was currently attached to a nearby cherry tree. Yuka and Eri had tried to get him to dance with them also, but up the tree he went. Yuka and Eri were at that moment pulling on his sleeves, trying to pry him from the tree, they were getting no where. Her grandfather was at a nearby table sipping sake while her mother talked to him about stuff, she couldn't hear what it was due to the music. Even Buyo was enjoying the beautiful day and festivities by laying on a warm rock, resting. Kagome smiled happily at everyone and everything around her. Everyone looked happy and seemed to be enjoying themselves.
There was one person present who wasn't very thrilled though. "I don't like it. This is her time now, she should stay here. Not running around in Feudal Japan with a husband and three kids looking for shards. She's my granddaughter and I say she stays her!" Grandpa took another sip of sake then reached across the table and filled his cup again.
"Well I'm her mother and I'm letting her. They love each other. The proof of that is growing inside of her. They need each other and you know this. The mixed blood of two hanyous settle one another. Where there is one, the other is near, the match, the mate. If not, then there would be chaos." Mrs. Higurashi spoke to her inebriated father, trying to remind him of what those two hanyous were capable of.
"I know, but I don't have to like it. Besides, that boy has been trouble from day 1. Always dragging Kagome threw the well to look for shards, never thinking about her well being." He took yet another swig of sake.
Hitome grabbed the sake bottle from her father before he could refresh his cup again. "You know that's not true. He's actually brought and sent her here before, each time Kagome returned against Inuyasha's wishes. That "boy" has risked his own life protecting her. I think he deserves a medal…And father, as your daughter, I say you've had too much to drink." She took the cup from his hand and walked away with both cup and bottle. Leaving a furious and drunk old man by himself to think.
He looked from his retreating daughter over to his granddaughter. She was sitting at the table next to his, watching and laughing at her friends as they picked on her new husband. 'Despite everything she's gone through these last couple years, she can still smile and laugh. If that boy hadn't been around at all she would have been killed the first night she was pulled threw the well. Maybe Hitome is right…Inuyasha, it's a good thing to have you around.' He then smiled and decided to watch and enjoy the rest of the party.
Kagome laughed as her two friends continued to pester Inuyasha about dancing. 'Poor guy. I know he can't dance so why doesn't he just tell them. Wish there was someway I could-' A strange felling came over her and she realized how she could help him. She sat up and hollered over to him "Inuyasha! Come here quick!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at Kagome. Before anyone could bat an eyelash, Inuyasha was by her side and asking her what was wrong.
Without saying a word, Kagome grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach. She held it there for a little while, causing Inuyasha to look at her inquisitively. Then his eyes went really wide and placed both hands to her belly.
"Was that…?"
"Hai. This is the first time I've actually felt them. They've been so calm and good."
Inuyasha stood next to Kagome, resting his hands o her stomach as the children inside her kicked around. The ability to feel his pups kicking from inside the womb filled him with numerous emotions; worry, curiosity, elation, amazement, wonderment. But the strongest emotions were love and excitement.
"I guess the pups are excited today as well." Kagome smiled up at her husband as he continued to fell her stomach.
Inuyasha was so ecstatic he grabbed Kagome's face and drew her in for a long, tender kiss.
"Kagome! Get away from him, he's a fraud!"
The two hanyous broke away from the kiss and glanced toward the main entrance to the shrine.
"Hojo?" Kagome stared at him completely shocked. "What are you doing here?"
Hojo thought he heard a strange animal like growl coming from the guy behind Kagome, but he just shook it off and stood his ground. "I came to warn you about that guy. I did some research and there's only one Inuyasha registered in all of Japans history. And I seriously doubt he's a 500 year old hanyou." Hojo would glance between Kagome and the so called Inuyasha, making mental notes of the guy, if need be.
Kagome's eye started to twitch as she thought of possible actions against her upper classman. Yuka and Eri came up behind her and placed their hands on her shoulders, hoping to calm her nerves some. "Your right Hojo, he's not a 500 year old hanyou, he's only 18." Kagome was looking at the ground, thinking of ways to get rid of the guy without any violence. "Hojo do you believe in destiny…Fate?"
Hojo watched her inquisitively. He was a bit surprised by her question but he answered anyway. "Hai, I do. I believe that someday, you and-"
"I'll never be with you. Not in this lifetime and not in the next. I like you as a fiend and nothing more. You and me, will never happen. I love Inuyasha, I always will and I'm currently pregnant with his children. So you need to move on and find someone else." Kagome walked up to him silently and grabbed him by the shoulders, she then twirled him around so his back was to the party. She then started to slowly push him toward the exit. "I suggest you do some serious research on Inuyasha and the journey for the Shikon no Tama. See what you come up with. Then I'll listen to your rants about him being a fake…Thank you for coming to our wedding reception and now I think you should leave……Sayonara Hojo." She gave him a quick nudge toward the stairs then turned and walked back toward the party.
Hojo turned around to say more "Kago…me……" She was already gone, having left him at the top of the stairs. Felling totally subbed and rejected yet again, he turned and slowly walked down the stairs. "Is it possible that guy can really be the same hanyou… But Kagome said he was only 18, could he have crossed time somehow?......hey wait, he had Inu ears, how……WAIT! Kagome had Inu ears too!......It can't be!" Hojo then started to run down the street as fast as he could. "The Tale of the Shikon no Tama! Please don't let it be true."
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Kagome sat in a chair relaxing as she watched everyone at the reception enjoying themselves. Ayumi had coursed Souta into dancing with her around the yard. Ironically, Souta was a better dancer than Ayumi. Inuyasha, who had changed back into his fire rat robe before the receptions, was currently attached to a nearby cherry tree. Yuka and Eri had tried to get him to dance with them also, but up the tree he went. Yuka and Eri were at that moment pulling on his sleeves, trying to pry him from the tree, they were getting no where. Her grandfather was at a nearby table sipping sake while her mother talked to him about stuff, she couldn't hear what it was due to the music. Even Buyo was enjoying the beautiful day and festivities by laying on a warm rock, resting. Kagome smiled happily at everyone and everything around her. Everyone looked happy and seemed to be enjoying themselves.
There was one person present who wasn't very thrilled though. "I don't like it. This is her time now, she should stay here. Not running around in Feudal Japan with a husband and three kids looking for shards. She's my granddaughter and I say she stays her!" Grandpa took another sip of sake then reached across the table and filled his cup again.
"Well I'm her mother and I'm letting her. They love each other. The proof of that is growing inside of her. They need each other and you know this. The mixed blood of two hanyous settle one another. Where there is one, the other is near, the match, the mate. If not, then there would be chaos." Mrs. Higurashi spoke to her inebriated father, trying to remind him of what those two hanyous were capable of.
"I know, but I don't have to like it. Besides, that boy has been trouble from day 1. Always dragging Kagome threw the well to look for shards, never thinking about her well being." He took yet another swig of sake.
Hitome grabbed the sake bottle from her father before he could refresh his cup again. "You know that's not true. He's actually brought and sent her here before, each time Kagome returned against Inuyasha's wishes. That "boy" has risked his own life protecting her. I think he deserves a medal…And father, as your daughter, I say you've had too much to drink." She took the cup from his hand and walked away with both cup and bottle. Leaving a furious and drunk old man by himself to think.
He looked from his retreating daughter over to his granddaughter. She was sitting at the table next to his, watching and laughing at her friends as they picked on her new husband. 'Despite everything she's gone through these last couple years, she can still smile and laugh. If that boy hadn't been around at all she would have been killed the first night she was pulled threw the well. Maybe Hitome is right…Inuyasha, it's a good thing to have you around.' He then smiled and decided to watch and enjoy the rest of the party.
Kagome laughed as her two friends continued to pester Inuyasha about dancing. 'Poor guy. I know he can't dance so why doesn't he just tell them. Wish there was someway I could-' A strange felling came over her and she realized how she could help him. She sat up and hollered over to him "Inuyasha! Come here quick!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at Kagome. Before anyone could bat an eyelash, Inuyasha was by her side and asking her what was wrong.
Without saying a word, Kagome grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach. She held it there for a little while, causing Inuyasha to look at her inquisitively. Then his eyes went really wide and placed both hands to her belly.
"Was that…?"
"Hai. This is the first time I've actually felt them. They've been so calm and good."
Inuyasha stood next to Kagome, resting his hands o her stomach as the children inside her kicked around. The ability to feel his pups kicking from inside the womb filled him with numerous emotions; worry, curiosity, elation, amazement, wonderment. But the strongest emotions were love and excitement.
"I guess the pups are excited today as well." Kagome smiled up at her husband as he continued to fell her stomach.
Inuyasha was so ecstatic he grabbed Kagome's face and drew her in for a long, tender kiss.
"Kagome! Get away from him, he's a fraud!"
The two hanyous broke away from the kiss and glanced toward the main entrance to the shrine.
"Hojo?" Kagome stared at him completely shocked. "What are you doing here?"
Hojo thought he heard a strange animal like growl coming from the guy behind Kagome, but he just shook it off and stood his ground. "I came to warn you about that guy. I did some research and there's only one Inuyasha registered in all of Japans history. And I seriously doubt he's a 500 year old hanyou." Hojo would glance between Kagome and the so called Inuyasha, making mental notes of the guy, if need be.
Kagome's eye started to twitch as she thought of possible actions against her upper classman. Yuka and Eri came up behind her and placed their hands on her shoulders, hoping to calm her nerves some. "Your right Hojo, he's not a 500 year old hanyou, he's only 18." Kagome was looking at the ground, thinking of ways to get rid of the guy without any violence. "Hojo do you believe in destiny…Fate?"
Hojo watched her inquisitively. He was a bit surprised by her question but he answered anyway. "Hai, I do. I believe that someday, you and-"
"I'll never be with you. Not in this lifetime and not in the next. I like you as a fiend and nothing more. You and me, will never happen. I love Inuyasha, I always will and I'm currently pregnant with his children. So you need to move on and find someone else." Kagome walked up to him silently and grabbed him by the shoulders, she then twirled him around so his back was to the party. She then started to slowly push him toward the exit. "I suggest you do some serious research on Inuyasha and the journey for the Shikon no Tama. See what you come up with. Then I'll listen to your rants about him being a fake…Thank you for coming to our wedding reception and now I think you should leave……Sayonara Hojo." She gave him a quick nudge toward the stairs then turned and walked back toward the party.
Hojo turned around to say more "Kago…me……" She was already gone, having left him at the top of the stairs. Felling totally subbed and rejected yet again, he turned and slowly walked down the stairs. "Is it possible that guy can really be the same hanyou… But Kagome said he was only 18, could he have crossed time somehow?......hey wait, he had Inu ears, how……WAIT! Kagome had Inu ears too!......It can't be!" Hojo then started to run down the street as fast as he could. "The Tale of the Shikon no Tama! Please don't let it be true."
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