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What Makes Me Different Makes You Beautiful
Ayame and Kagome were laughing as the men were arguing back and forth. "So will it be a girl or boy, or do you not know?"
Ayame smiled, "She's due in the winter months. We're gonna call her Yuki for snow!"
Kagome smiled, "I'll call her Yuki Hanshin!" she giggled.
Ayame nodded, "Yea snowflake will suit her! She's gonna be a great beauty!"
"Who will not have a boyfriend till she's mated!" Kouga interrupted in between him and Inuyasha's spat.
Kagome and Ayame looked at each other and laughed. He was already protective!
Kagome wondered if Inuyasha would be like that if they were mated. How she wished they were. Maybe she wouldn't have to go through all this hiding from males of the demons.
She looked to Ayame, "Will you two join us for dinner?"
Ayame shrugged, "We were going to go to the festival of the leaves since they are changing." she pointed to the autumn touched leaves and looked to Kagome, smiling, "But we can always go tomorrow."
"Oh, really, don't worry about it." Kagome grinned, "We can always have a dinner date some other time."
Ayame smirked and then thought a moment, "How bout we have dinner at the festival together? With three demons around you at all times, no demon would dare try to harm you!"
Kagome shook her head, "But your babe."
Kouga and Inuyasha paused to listen to Kagome's concern for Ayame and Kouga's unborn.
Ayame smiled warmly, "Kouga wouldn't let anything happen to the baby so we're pretty safe."
Kagome smiled at Ayame's pride when she talked of Kouga. "I don't know Ayame, I still don't want to put you all in danger."
"Don't worry about it, Kagome, we're always in danger. You need a mood, pick me upper!" she smiled and stood up, "It's decided. We leave for the festival! Come on!" she helped Kagome up.
Kagome stood up and looked to Inuyasha, asking him with her eyes. "I guess we can go." Inuyasha muttered.
Kouga looked at him and smirked, "We'll be right behind you ladies." he said as they turned to walk towards the festival lights as the night arrived, dusk breezing them a bit with it's dim lighting.
Kouga looked to Inuyasha, "What?" Inuyasha asked.
Kouga shook his head, "You really care about her, huh?"
"Yes." Inuyasha said, without hesitation, wondering where Kouga was going with this.
Kouga nodded, "Well Mutt, if I were to pick a mate out for Kagome besides me, it would be you."
Inuyasha looked at Kouga shocked, ignoring the insulting name. "Why?"
Kouga looked at him, "Because you are only after her happiness and safety. You are battling everything that you are to keep her safe. Why is that, Mutt?"
Inuyasha looked towards Kagome and sighed, "Because I don't want her to fear what she doesn't have to." he answered truthfully.
Kouga smirked, "I see."
"Yea." Inuyasha sighed. "I just, I just don't want her to be afraid of me."
Kouga clapped Inuyasha on the back, "I don't think she is or ever was and if she ever is, I don't think I'll ever blame you. You're doing all you can just to keep your demon at bay, even now. I see the red in your eyes, the bags under your eyes as you stopped in the middle of your slumber towards her bedding as if you were sleepwalking and I smell the demon blood raging in your veins."
Inuyasha looked at Kouga and smirked, "I've been having a lot of sleepless nights."
"So I said I noticed." Kouga jested and then turned serious, "What is with Naraku then?"
Inuyasha tensed, "He hasn't shown up."
"Do you think he will?" Kouga asked.
"Yes. He hates me, he hates Kagome. He would do anything to destroy both of us." Inuyasha sighed.
Kouga nodded and looked back to Ayame and Kagome, "Yea. That bastard."
Inuyasha watched as Kagome and Ayame neared the festival and looked back at them both, smiling.
"We're gonna go get some kimonos!" Ayame cheered and grabbed Kagome's hand, running with her to the tiny shops along the streets.
Inuyasha smirked, "I'm glad Kagome is enjoying herself, even if it's evident in her smell that she's a bit fearful of what could happen tonight."
"You are her biggest threat." Kouga said as they walked towards the shops that the girls were eyeing.
"This one!" Kagome chimed as they came to the shop on the corner and she pointed out a amethyst kimono in the window.
Ayame swooned, "That would look lovely on you!" she smiled at Kagome.
Inuyasha and Kouga looked at the kimono and nodded at each other in agreement that Ayame was right.
Kagome sighed, "Hmm, that's what sucks about coming to the festival without your pouch!" she grumbled and walked with Ayame to a few more stores.
"What are you doing?" Kouga asked as Inuyasha walked into the corner store and pulled the kimono off the display and went to the counter.
Kouga eyed him strangely as Inuyasha said, "She deserves to feel like she can have anything she wants." he paid the cashier as Kouga fingered a silk emerald kimono and smirked at Inuyasha.
"I may be learning from you, mutt." he muttered and picked out Ayame's size and paid for it.
They both paid for sandals. Black ones for both and crowns of flowers. Kagome's the moonflower, Ayame the lily.
They walked out the store and found the girls, dragged them to a changing facility and handed them the bags, "Go change." Kouga whispered in Ayame's ear.
"Figured you'd like it." Inuyasha gave Kagome her bag with nervous hands.
Kagome and Ayame eyed them suspiciously as they entered the room. Kagome opened her bag and gasped, "Oh! Ayame!" she whispered and the demon girl neared her and looked in.
"Wow! He was observing!" she giggled as Kagome took her clothes off save undergarments and put her kimono on, accompanied by her sandals and crown.
"What about you?" Kagome asked and leaned over as Ayame peered in, a grin spreading across her features as she pulled it out. "It matches your eyes!"
Ayame gave a fanged grin and shed her clothes, wrapping the kimono around her and sliding her feet in the sandals as Kagome placed the crown on her head.
They looked at each other, and then to the mirrors and smiled. 'Wow…' They both thought to themselves as they stared at the picture perfect outfits on them that fit just right.
"Those boys are very observant!" Ayame giggled.
Kagome nodded, "Yea! Right down to the shoes!" she smiled as they packed their clothes in the bags and locked them into a cubby and walked out to meet the guys.
Inuyasha and Kouga were talking about Naraku and if he came as they smelt the girls approaching and they turned to see them.
Ayame ran out and into Kouga's arms, "Thank you!" he spun her around gently and set her down easily not to harm her stomach in any way. "It's beautiful!"
"Only because you're wearing it." he whispered and nipped her ear.
She blushed and looked over to Kagome as she walked to Inuyasha. "Thank you Inuyasha, it's lovely." she smiled.
Inuyasha didn't know what to say. He saw, he swore, a Goddess speaking to him. An angel. A grown fairy without wings! Something not human, not demon, not anything but Kagome.
He spoke slowly and quietly, "It suits you but you took it's breath away."
Kagome thought for a moment and smirked at him, "The kimono or you?" she jested and when he figured what he said, he flushed. "It's alright Inuyasha, let's go enjoy the festival." she took his hand as they walked after Ayame and Kouga to the real fun!
Ayame and Kouga stopped and looked back, "What should we eat?"
Kagome thought a moment, "I don't know. Anything but ramen." she giggled.
Inuyasha smiled, hearing her laughter, he felt normal again.
Ayame and Kouga shrugged at each other. Kouga understood what ramen was but Ayame just knew it as noodles. "Something meaty. Rare preferably!" Kouga smirked and then saw Ayame's facial features turn.
He grinned and leant next to her ear, "You know I was only talking of you when we get home."
She blushed and batted his face away a bit, "Kouga, not till the festival is over!" she smiled and looked up at him.
He was taken by her eyes. Away in the blissful ignorance they called love, dreams and happiness all in one. She was afterall, his love, his dreams, his happiness. And Yuki growing in her womb. He loved his leading ladies. More than Kagome or how much he could ever love her.
But he knew Inuyasha loved Kagome with everything he was. He knew he turned away from Kikyo and if the dead wench came around, Inuyasha would still remain with Kagome. No matter what happened in the future. Kikyo would never have Inuyasha's heart again.
Kagome pointed, "How about that stand?"
Ayame looked in the direction. "Oh yea! They have a little of everything!" the boys looked over at the vender.
Inuyasha ordered beef and broccoli with a side order of chow mien. Kouga ordered a few kabobs, chicken teriyaki and rice. Kagome and Ayame both got the same order. A bit of pork and shrimp in their chow mien and a small salad on the side.
As they ate at one of the tables, conversations of random things scattered across them.
"So how's it like in your world, Kagome? Which world do you like more?" Ayame asked.
Kagome smiled, "It's neat. We have cars that are things on these circle things, that roll around and get us places a lot faster. Homes with hot water that you don't have to heat up yourself." she giggled.
Ayame smiled, "Wow, sounds neat!"
"Yea. But I think this world is awesome too." Kagome grinned, "So much more that you can do for yourself. In my world, we're so evolved that we don't even know what farming is unless we saw a picture of it." she laughed.
Ayame shook her head, "Wild."
"You bet!" Kagome giggled and ate some of her salad as Ayame asked her more about her world.
"If you had to, which place would you choose?" Kagome heard Ayame ask and she looked at her.
"I'm not really sure at this moment. I mean, my mom, grandfather and little brother are in that world but all my real good friends are in this one." she shook her head, "I really don't know. If they were all in one place, I suppose this one."
"Why?" Ayame asked, "Your world seems so much better."
"But there isn't any schools." Kagome grinned and Ayame looked at her strangely, "Places that test you on how much you know. You have to go there to get anywhere in life. This place is just so…quaint. It's not rushed. It's not busy. And you don't have to dress up to fit in."
Ayame nodded, "Hmm." she ate some of her pork and looked at Kouga and Inuyasha as they talked of fights they had encountered.
"They wouldn't listen if we glued their ears to our mouths." Kagome jested and Ayame let out a loud laugh with Kagome.
Kouga and Inuyasha looked at them strangely. "What?" Inuyasha aske.d
"See?" Kagome laughed harder as Ayame nodded, stiffling her giggles as much as she could.
Kouga shrugged, "Probably talking about us."
"Yep."
"Women."
"Yep."
Kouga smirked, "Demon or human."
"Yep." Inuyasha nodded and then looked around the festival.
As they finished their food and put the remains in the trash, they walked around the festival.
Kagome and Ayame smiled at all the lights, shows, dances and shops along the way.
"This is so much more than I thought it would be!" Kagome smiled.
"Yea! I've never seen it so pretty!" Ayame smiled.
"It's cause we're actually happy at the moment." Kagome giggled and Ayame nodded.
"Right!"
Kouga and Inuyasha heard and then looked at each other, smirking proudly. "I think we're doing our job right." Kouga remarked.
"Me too." Inuyasha cracked his knuckles some.
"It's killing you, huh?" Kouga asked.
"Yea." Inuyasha sighed, "But I can deal with it."
"You sure?" Kouga asked.
"I'm sure." Inuyasha affirmed.
Kouga nodded, "If you need someone to knock the hell out of you, don't hesitate to ask."
Inuyasha caught his smirk and rolled his eyes, "You wouldn't have a chance if I wanted her bad enough."
"You want her bad enough now." Kouga pointed out.
"Yea." Inuyasha frowned.
"But what you mean I understand." Kouga nodded.
Inuyasha looked at him strangely.
"Think bout it, Mutt. If your demon blood comes out truly, I can't compete with uncontrolled rage of a demon lord. Your dad was a badass." Kouga shrugged, "It'll kill me but I won't let you harm Kagome while I live."
Inuyasha looked at him, "What about Ayame?"
Kouga growled and cast a glare at Inuyasha, "You touch her, and I'll rip your lungs out with my dying breath."
Inuyasha smirked, "Thank you." he said sincerely.
Kouga looked at him strangely and then smirked, "No prob Mutt."
Inuyasha looked at the girls as they began to get weary. "They're getting tired."
"Yep. And we still have fireworks." Kouga added.
"Maybe we should go get the seats picked out and just sit a while?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yea." Kouga whistled and Ayame looked back, pausing Kagome. "Wanna go get the seats picked out for the fireworks?"
Ayame looked to Kagome who seemed to understand them. "Yea." They said at the same time and smiled at each other. "Let's get our stuff."
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After they got the girl's things, the four of them went to an open field and sat down in a circle facing each other, talking for what seemed like a long time but was only about forty five minutes until the fireworks started.
The girls turned around and sat in front of the boys and looked up at the lights. Ayame smiled and leaned back, Kouga pulling her up to lean against his chest between his legs and resting his head on her neck.
They looked perfect.
A perfect fit.
Just perfect.
Perfect.
Kagome smiled and looked to Inuyasha and sat beside him and leaned her head against his shoulder, "Thank you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked at her as the other two were watching the light show. "For?" he asked and looked at her strangely.
"For making this night worth it for me." she closed her eyes and inhaled his scent and opened them again, smiling, "This night is definitely one I'll remember."
Inuyasha moved his arm around her and pulled her closer and leaned his head on hers. He smirked. "My pleasure." he whispered as the rest of the fireworks went on.
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After the finale, the four walked back to the village and Kaede's hut and looked at each other. "We had a fun time, tonight." Ayame smiled and hugged Kagome.
"Would you like to stay? You seem tiresome and it's a bit dangerous even for you to go out in the dark like this." Kagome pointed to Ayame's stomach.
Ayame smiled and looked to Kouga, "It's up to you, Ayame." he said to his mate.
She smiled and nodded, "I am tired. I'd like to at least rest and spend more time with my baby's Godmother."
Kagome smiled and brushed her hair back behind her ear, "Are you sure, Ayame?"
Ayame nodded, "Yea. I'd really be honored."
"I would be more." Kagome smiled as they hugged and walked in.
Inuyasha and Kouga looked at each other, "Think they made up?" Inuyasha jested and Kouga nodded.
"Just maybe Mutt." he grunted as Inuyasha elbowed his gut as they walked in the hut to rest.
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