The next morning, Kagome wakes up with Emmett's arms wrapped around her. She smiles and stretches.
"Good morning, Babe, did you sleep well?"
"Good morning, Emmett, yes I slept incredibly well. Especially when I'm in the arms of my fiancé."
"Oh I love the sound of that." He says as he kisses her.
Kagome giggles and snuggles into his embrace, after a while he lets her go.
"Your mom's awake, it's time for us to get up."
Kagome groans, but does as he says. Crawling over him, she gathers some clothes and heads to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Once she comes back, Emmett goes to the bathroom to shower and change. They head downstairs to breakfast holding hands. Kagome wants to see how long it takes for anyone to notice her engagement ring.
"Good morning you two, Kagome would you like some breakfast?"
"Sure, Mom, I'm starving."
Well, have a seat, I'll serve you."
Kagome and Emmett sit down with Souta and her grandpa sitting across from them. Akiko serves them all and sits down next to Souta. Her eyes automatically zero in on the engagement ring on Kagome's left hand, she smiles and looks at Emmett, whose chest puffs up with pride.
When Kagome reaches for some more rice, Souta looks up and sees the ring. His eyes widen at the sight and he chokes on the pickle that he had in his mouth. He reaches out and snatches Kagome's hand.
"Oh my gods, is that an engagement ring? When did you guys get engaged?"
Kagome blushes and giggles. "Last night when Emmett got back."
Souta jumps up and goes to the other side of the table, he gives Kagome a bear hug, "Congratulations, Sis, I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank you, Souta."
"Yes, congratulations, Kagome, he may be a demon but he's not an evil demon." Her grandpa tells her.
Kagome and Emmett look at each other, "Uh, thanks Grandpa."
Kagome looks at her mother who hasn't said anything yet, but she does notice that tears are filling her eyes.
"Mom please don't cry, I know we should have asked you first-"
"Oh, Kagome Dear, I'm not crying because of that, Emmett asked for my permission and blessing last night. I'm crying because my baby is growing up."
Kagome gets up and hugs her mother, they both begin to cry. After a while they get themselves under control.
Akiko clears her throat, "Now let me see that ring."
Kagome happily shows her the engagement ring, Souta whistles when he sees the ring.
"That's a pretty nice ring, Sis."
"Thank you, Souta."
"Bet it costed a fortune." Souta mumbles.
"Souta! you do not ask such things." Kagome tells him.
Akiko laughs then stands up, "Come on, Kagome Dear, I have something to show you."
Puzzled, Kagome follows her mother. They go upstairs and head to the attic. Turning on the light, Akiko heads over to a large trunk in the middle of the room. She smiles at Kagome.
"I knew this day would come, Kagome, and I am so happy for you. You have found a good man to marry, it's obvious that Emmett loves you very much."
"Yes, he does, Mom, and I love him."
"Are you happy, Dear?"
"Mom, I am so happy, it makes me even happier that I have your permission and your blessing. I only wish Dad was here to walk me down the isle."
"I know you do, Dear. Speaking of which, what type of wedding are you thinking of having?"
Kagome thinks for a little bit then answers. "I think I'd like to have a combination of our two cultures. I don't think it would be appropriate to have a Shinto wedding."
"Your father and I did the same thing, to honor his mother. But if you want to honor our culture, I have this for you."
Akiko goes to the large trunk and pulls out her wedding Kimono. It is a prestine, white kimono with red trim. Kagome remembered seeing it as a little girl and hoping one day she would get to wear it for her wedding, and now her dream was about to come true.
"I want you to have this, Kagome, it would make me so happy if you would wear it on your wedding day."
Kagome tears up, "Mom, it would be an honor to wear your wedding kimono."
Both women begin to cry and hug each other.
Akiko clears her throat and lets go of Kagome, she goes to the trunk and takes out all the accesories to the kimono. Once she has everything, her and Kagome head downstairs to her room, she takes the kimono and places it in a garment bag, along with everything else.
"I'm going to take this to the cleaners so it will be ready by the time you leave." Akiko explains then they head downstairs.
Emmett and Souta are playing video games when they arrive, while grandpa has gone outside to sweep up the patio. Emmett offered to do, but grandpa told him he'd rather do it himself, it made him feel useful.
Emmett looks up at Kagome and Akiko and raises an eyebrow, "Are you guys going to show me the dress?"
"You heard?" Kagome asks.
"Of course I heard, come on, Kagome, I want to see your kimono."
Akiko laughs, "Not until the day of the ceremony, dear son-in-law. In the meantime, Kagome and I are off, you boys have fun."
"Okay." Emmett and Souta say at the same time.
Akiko and Kagome take her wedding Kimono to the cleaners and do a little shopping afterwards. They end up going to a café to have tea and to talk about her wedding.
"When do you want to get married, Dear?"
As soon as possible, I want a small wedding, just the family and of course, Shippou and Sesshomaru. Honestly I'd like to get married after Bella's wedding, I'm sure Alice and Rosalie can help me plan it. If I'm right Alice already knows."
"How do you mean, Kagome?"
"Alice can see the future, so I wouldn't be surprised if she already has something in mind for our wedding." Kagome explains.
"Oh I see."
They continue to talk about the wedding and what ideas Kagome has for it, by the time they knew it, it was time to pick up her kimono. They went back to the cleaners picked up the kimono and then head home. They picked up some McDonald's on the way back home for lunch.
The rest of their time in Japan went by quickly and it was soon time for them to head back home. With a tearful goodbye the Hirgurashi family stood at the airport saying their final goodbyes to Kagome and Emmett.
"I'll be sure to let you know exactly when the wedding will be and make all the arrangements for you guys to attend." Kagome assures her family.
"Alright, Dear, we look forward to it. Take care."
Akiko hugs and kisses her daughter, then hugs Emmett.
"Take care, Emmett, we look forward to officially welcoming you into the family." She tells him.
"Yeah, I can't wait to have a big brother." Souta says.
Emmett smiles and ruffles Souta's hair.
"Thank you, all of you for being so accepting of me."
"You are more than welcome." Akiko tells him, she reaches up and kisses him on the cheek.
After that Kagome and Emmett head for their plane and they leave Japan behind. 10 hours later, they land in Seattle where they see Alice and Jasper waiting for them. The dark haired Pixie is bounce on the balls of her feet barely able to contain her excitement. The minute she sees Kagome and Emmett, she rushes forward and hugs Kagome.
"Congratulations, I'm so happy for you! And you're going to look so beautiful on your wedding day." Alice says as she takes the garment back that has the kimono.
Kagome hugs Alice back, "Thank you, Alice, I take it you already know where it's going to be?"
"Yes, and it's going to be perfect and I think it's an excellent idea to have Rosalie help you plan your wedding. Since I'm working on Bella's."
"Great, since that's settled let's go home."
When they get to Forks, Alice Jasper and Emmett drop Kagome off at her house. She goes in to find Charlies and Bella just sitting down to dinner.
"Hey, you're back, how was Japan, did your mom like Emmett?" Charlie asks.
"Oh she loved him, in fact she loved him so much, she gave him her permission and blessing to ask for my hand." Kagome says with a huge smile.
"You're getting married too?!" Bella says as she gets up and hugs her cousin.
"Yep, we just need to set the date."
"How about a double wedding?" Bella suggests.
"I thought about it, but that's your special day, Bella, I want it to be all about you. Besides you're getting married at the Cullen house, I want to get married in the Japanese garden in Seattle."
At this point Charlie stands up and hugs his niece congratulating her.
"I knew your mom would say yes."
Bella and Kagome look at him surprised. "You knew he was going to propose?"
"Sure did, Emmett came and asked for my blessing and everything."
"He's so sweet," Kagome coo'd
"Yeah he is, he's a good man, Kagome." Charlie tells her.
"Thank you Uncle Charlie."