Hello, hello, hellooooo! Loved the response for next chapter, 21 reviews! Thank you sooooo much, and you guys are helping me on my aim for 300 reviews for this story, which would make my world for my first story!
I actually, for once, really don't have a lot to say this week, except to enjoy this chapter, it's a lot less heavy and emotional, and is more the humorous approach you guys like!
Chapter 15: Developments, Developments...
"Inuyasha, stop that, I'm warning you!" Kagome laughed threateningly as she felt a large, warm masculine hand rest on her stomach again as she struggled through the door.
After Inuyasha had told her the one thing she'd been longing to hear for weeks, they'd taken what had been a very... "interesting" joint shower...she giggled naughtily at the memory. Whoever said water sex was hard obviously hadn't tried before...and walked along the beach back to the hotel.
They'd decided that in light of the new developments in their relationship, they'd fly back home the next day, skipping the Grammys. But not before they went and broke their news to their friends, who they hadn't spoken to since they'd split up getting away from Jeremy's stalkers.
Speaking of Jeremy, Inuyasha grinned as he tickled Kagome lightly, feeling her squirm in his arms as she laughed, he was one happy little member! Inuyasha chuckled in his chest as he remembered Jeremy's energetic actions both last night and this morning...he'd never known Kagome'd be into water sex...oh well, he thought happily, he had the rest of their lives to find out all her kinky little secrets!
"You make it sound like you could stop me, wench!" Inuyasha said sarcastically, catching her up in his arms and walking them backwards into the foyer, bright in the morning sunlight.
"You make it sound like I couldn't!" Kagome said indignantly.
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As the couple continued to banter comically, six heads peered around a marble corner, fresh and ready for the morning's showdown, grinning slyly at their friends/brother.
"Aha! Trying to hide from us in Inuyasha's squat little love nest!" Miroku said, cackling with glee at the bottom of the line of heads. "We should go there sometime, Sango my love..." he said slyly as he indulged in his favorite pastime.
"Miroku, I swear to GOD, you touch that ONE more time and I'll..." Sango began threateningly, her face flushing as she peered down from her position directly above Miroku. Suddenly cut off, she hissed out, shocked, "WHOA! I can honestly say I've NEVER seen Kagome kiss anyone like THAT before..."
"Not even that first kiss?" Miroku asked, swivelling his head to quirk a suggestive eyebrow at her.
"Oh no..." Sango brushed the thought off. "You could see Kagome's lower face then. I think this time it might have disappeared inside his face, and OH MY GOD, whose tongue is that one?" she asked, pointing.
"I think it might be...Nah, I can't tell.." Kouga said, squinting across the foyer at the passionate couple.
"You kidding, I think there's more than two tongues involved there." Ayame said, peering down at Kouga, following his line of vision.
"Somewhere along the lines of five?" Sesshoumaru said dryly, propping his elbow up on Ayame's back fifth in the line of heads.
"You think? They've been at it...two minutes and forty-eight seconds." Rin said, sitting on his back, simply being too short to reach over Sesshoumaru's head.
"I think this calls for an intervention," Rin said, as the whole group gagged as Inuyasha dipped Kagome, still kissing her, chuckling into her mouth.
"Please." Sesshoumaru said, nodding fervently. "I think I just spotted small children being corrupted."
"Alright, ladies, we'll grab Kagome, guys, tackle Inuyasha." Sango said, narrowing her eyes in determination.
"He's not gonna like this..." Kouga said warningly.
"We'll need medical aftercare..." Miroku said equally threateningly.
"This will just be another thing to add to the list of embarrassments in public for us..." Sesshoumaru warned. "It's getting too long, you know."
"I'm aware of all that. That's why you're taking him. Plus the fact that you're all guys and everything." Sango said very slowly, spelling it out for them.
"Sango..." Miroku pleaded.
"Just for trying to disobey me Miroku, I'm keeping my ass to myself!" Sango said, raising an eyebrow at Miroku's pathetic pleading.
"Disobedience hmmm? Never knew you were into S & M my dear... Our initials, how convenient. You can be Sado, I'll be Masochism!" Miroku said cheerily.
"Shut up." Sango scoffed.
"Ready?" Kouga interrupted, before he was faced with two making out couples.
"As ever, babe." Ayame agreed, squeezing Kouga's hand lightly.
"RUN!" Kouga battle cried.
What happened next could only be described as World War III. After much screaming, bellowing, cursing, kicking, yelling, punching, twisting, poking, thrashing, squealing and scene-making, the two new lovers had been torn apart, separated indefinitely, ripped across the chasm of time and space etc.etc. by the winds of change, i.e. their nosy ass friends.
And with that, locking one half of the pair by the pool, and the other half in a meeting room, the interrogations began.
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(AN: I know I've done this before, but I feel it's necessary after something major happens in their relationship, and for crying out loud, if this isn't major, WHAT IS, I ask you?)
"Hello, Miss Higurashi." A female voice rang out clearly inside the empty conference room.
"We hear you've been busy lately." Another, perkier voice trilled sternly.
"Activities we aren't sure are appropriate for this company." A sterner growl came across the table.
"Care to explain?" Sango asked sweetly, head cocked to one side.
The three women facing a shrinking Kagome looked incredibly intimidating as they sat, in identical clasped-hands positions, smiling fixedly at her, eyes sparkling with glee. Kagome sat at the opposite, having been pushed there for maximum effect after her somewhat "forceful" entry.
"Umm...no?" Kagome tried, looking sheepish.
"Not an option, sweetie." Sango said, not dropping the sugar sweet tone, though her fingers had started to drum on the table in distraction.
"Since when?" Kagome asked, sitting up indignantly.
"I wouldn't fight now, honey, you're locked in a conference room on the 35th floor with a taijiya, a wolf youkai and...a very perky human. You sure that's wise?" Ayame asked, her own sugar sweet tone wavering.
"Well...I love him!" Kagome said, hoping to throw them off as she shifted uncomfortably in the chair.
"Tell us something we don't know." Rin said, somehow managing to be very threatening, despite the ever-present giggle in her voice.
"Oh fine..." Kagome said, slumping over the table in defeat.
"YAAAAAAAAAAY!" Sango cheered uncharacteristically, jumping into Kagome's lap. Ayame wrapped her arms around Kagome's neck and propped her chin on her head, whilst Rin joined Sango on Kagome's lap, facing the other way.
"What is this, Story Time?" Kagome asked, shifting under the comfortable warm weight of her best friends.
"Sure Kaggy, tell us a story! Tell us the one where Princess Kagome and Prince Inuyasha disappeared into their castle and did things... Oh shoot, I love that story, but I just can't for the life of me remember what happened in the castle..."Ayame said, tapping her chin thoughtfully. "Care to enlighten us?" Ayame blinked innocently, a wide smile on her face.
"I...he told me about his past..." Kagome began unsurely, looking into her lap. Later that morning, as they were feeding each other morning pastries, Inuyasha had told her she could tell her friends about Kikyou, just to make sure it never made it past them. Somehow, she still felt weird that someone she'd proclaimed she hated less than 24 hours ago was now her boyfriend, who trusted her deeply with this secret of his.
"And..." Sango said impatiently.
And with that, Kagome took a deep breath and relayed the whole story back to them, stunning them into an awesome silence. (AN: If you want a reminder of what that bitch did to Inuyasha, go back to last chapter, you don't want to read it all here again, it was like half the chapter. Grrr, I MADE HER UP, and I want to kill her...)
"How COULD she, that mother fucking..." Ayame cut herself off before she strangled Kagome in her fury against Kikyou.
"I know, I know...And then he took me to this, I don't know what to call it..." Kagome trailed off, smiling goofily as she recalled the grotto she and Inuyasha would treasure forever in their memories.
"Pint sized paradise?" Rin piped up, wriggling on Kagome's lap, stroking her hair gently.
"How did you know?" Kagome asked, smiling at Rin.
"Fluffy had one too, it was the night we..." Rin trailed off, failing to make eye contact with Kagome, concentrating on seeing past the collar of her simple V-neck t-shirt to her right shoulder.
"Cute. Anyways, it was like this grotto, this magical little beach glade with this waterfall – " Kagome was cut off.
"On tap? Yeah, Fluffy had one of those too, said it kept people from finding it too easily..." Rin said distractedly, still peering intensely at Kagome's right shoulder.
"Yeah..." Kagome said uneasily, unsure of how Rin knew all this. "Anyways it was just like this huge bedroom thing, with-" cut off again, Kagome fixed an irritated glare on Rin.
"A little cliff beach, and chairs everywhere?" Rin interrupted, wrestling with her own fingers, trying to keep from simply taking Kagome's collar apart to see what she was looking for.
"Okay, HOW do you know all this?" Kagome asked, quizzically looking at Rin.
"Doesn't matter. Just tell the story." Rin snapped in an abrupt manner, her eyebrows furrowed, totally unlike her bubbly, direct personality.
"Well, I'm sure you can guess what happened then..." Kagome said, grinning and biting her lower lip as she looked at the floor.
"She's right, she doesn't smell very virginal at all anymore." Ayame confirmed, sniffing lightly in the air around Kagome's head. "As a matter of fact, did you by any chance.."
"AYAME!" Kagome shrieked, covering the wolf youkai's mouth and laughing nervously. "People don't need those kind of details..." she muttered from between her teeth.
"Oh, I'll always know them.." Ayame said mischievously, baring her elegant fangs.
"Shut up! Anyways continuing on, he told me he loved me in THE most romantic way possible, and I said it back and then we came back to you guys." Kagome said in one breath, awaiting the onslaught of feminine cries and cheers.
But none came.
Rin was chewing her lower lip, her thumb resting on Kagome's shoulder. She was looking worriedly at Ayame, who threw a sideways glance at Sango. The silence was unbearable after a minute or two.
"WHAT?" Kagome yelled incredulously.
"Ummm, do you...do you know what this is, sweetie?" Sango began timidly, lightly brushing the two purple sparkling puncture marks in Kagome's shoulder.
"Don't patronize me, I'm not three! No, I don't know what they are, I thought they were just temporary, due to my losing my virginity to a inuhanyou?" Kagome asked.
"We're not patronizing, just this is kinda gonna be a lot to take in." Sango said, chewing her nails.
"What will?" Kagome asked, looking at everyone, worry building in her heart. Those marks were temporary, right? Right?
"Umm, these marks are highly symbolic, and are actually...eternally bonding." Rin said, breathing hard.
"Elaborate." Kagome said bluntly.
"These marks make you Inuyasha's mate." Ayame began securely. "Think of it as being married to him, but a thousand times more bonded to him."
Despite Kagome's gasp, Sango took over, looping an arm around Kagome's neck. "When a youkai finds the mate he is destined to be with for the rest of his life, which by the way, will be the next few hundred years at least, he gives them this mark during their first sexual encounter, which binds them together forever. If he dies you die, and you will now live as long as he does, especially since you're a miko."
"Your emotions will be tied closer together, but not to the extent that you both know exactly what the other is feeling all the time, cause that's just creepy." Rin said.
"Basically sweetie," Ayame said sympathetically, kissing the top of Kagome's head. "Inuyasha's not your boyfriend, he's your life mate. Soulmate, I guess."
The three women waited anxiously for Kagome's reaction.
"Oh, that ass is SO dead." Kagome growled out, her hands tightening into fists.
"Great!" Sango said cheerfully. "Now that itchy little topic is outta the way, what did ya do with him, huh, huh, huh?"
Kagome blushed and prepared to tell the tale of losing her virginity. Late yes, but it was gone now, what more could you want? And she'd done it right, so meh!
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"If you've screwed this up, I will honestly take you by your precious hair, cut it all off with a chainsaw, strangle you with it, and then shove it up your ass!" Miroku whispered menacingly to Inuyasha, leaning in close.
The bright, light pool area, at this time in the morning had elderly businessmen and upper-class exercisers in it, and people like them were liable to get upset if their calorie-burning was interrupted. Of course, not like they hadn't already.
After wrestling Inuyasha's lower lip out from between Kagome's teeth before she was...seized, Sesshoumaru figured the word for it was, the two youkai and the human glomped Inuyasha and dragged him off to the nearest quiet building. Which just happened to be the pool. All in all, escaping with nothing but bruises and a split lip for Kouga, Sesshoumaru believed they'd done well in capturing their prey. Now, time to investigate.
"Miroku, evidently, he didn't do that badly, judging by her lack of visible cheek just now!" Kouga said, thwacking Miroku over the head.
"Does it not look to you like I'm injured enough?" Miroku protested, rubbing the back of his head and trying to look as pathetic as possible.
"Guys, guys, guys!" Sesshoumaru called out, making the timeout motion with his hands. He slipped the shades off his face and propped them up on top of his head, leaning into the small circle the men had created.
"We aren't here to argue with each other, we're here to extract information from my little brother. That's a point, where did we put him?" he asked, peering around the room for him.
"Uhhh...There!" Kouga exclaimed, pointing towards the private sauna hallway. If you paid enough extra money when you came to stay at this particular hotel, you could ask for a key to your own private sauna, where you could chill out...figuratively speaking, of course, with no one else but those you wanted there with you.
"Which number are we?" Miroku asked, following Kouga's rangy stride down the hallway.
"Sauna 17." Kouga said decisively, bringing out the claw on his right index finger as they continued their journey down.
"This isn't Scooby Doo, Kouga, you can't just..." Miroku began to protest. He deflated and flushed in embarrassment when he realized Kouga had just picked the lock on the door and pushed it open with his claws. "Pick the lock with your claw..." he finished lamely, following Sesshoumaru and Kouga in after Inuyasha, shutting the door behind them.
And true to form, smugly sitting in the corner in...green boy shorts? Miroku wondered, sat Inuyasha, glaring at them.
The three men sat down opposite Inuyasha, already breaking into sheens of perspiration.
"Is there any reason, little brother, you chose to run away from us into this hellhole you paid for?" Sesshoumaru began, breaking the panting silence.
"Aside from the fact that Jeremy's actions are none of your business, none at all." Inuyasha replied loftily, stretching athletically on the wooden bench in the sauna. (AN: Feel free to drool...)
"Did we mention Jeremy?" Kouga asked sarcastically, turning to Miroku.
"Oh no, Kouga, but at least now we now who it's TO DO WITH!" Miroku replied, glaring at Inuyasha accusingly.
"Guys, chill out..."Inuyasha said lazily, lying back amidst the sweltering heat.
"CHILL OUT?" Miroku yelled, tearing his Beatles t-shirt off over his head, exposing his sweaty, toned chest. "CHILL OUT, YOU SAY? HOW THE HELL DO YOU CHILL OUT WHEN YOU TOOK MY BEST FRIEND'S VIRGINITY LAST NIGHT, MADE HER INCREDIBLY MERRY SOMEHOW, AND MATED WITH HER, AND YOU'RE TELLING ME TO CHILL OUT? HOW IN FUCK'S NAME DO YOU EXPECT ME TO SURVIVE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED?" He screamed shrilly, slapping Inuyasha with his soaked t-shirt.
"Miroku, take some Prozac, put your shirt back on and shut up already." Sesshoumaru snapped, shoving Miroku and his shirt out of the sauna to cool off. Both ways.
"Let's do this sensibly and rationally." Sesshoumaru said calmly, turning to Kouga. "You start."
"Mated with her?" Kouga asked simply, smirking roguishly.
"Yes..." Inuyasha said, grinning proudly.
"Had the whole miko-inuhanyou mating reaction?" Sesshoumaru asked. "You know, pretty sparkles and stuff?"
"Yup." Inuyasha affirmed, nodding lazily, just basking in the heat and memories of his new mate.
"Took her to designated love nest?" Kouga asked.
"Where else, wolf ass?" Inuyasha said, one eye cracking open to glare at Kouga.
"Had sex again this morning, for kicks?" Sesshoumaru asked, a small smile building on his chiseled face.
"What do you take me for? Of course!" Inuyasha said, grinning at his brother.
"Explained feminine clothing?" Kouga asked.
"No..." Inuyasha said, his smile faltering a little.
"Told her you mated with her?" Sesshoumaru asked, smelling a big fat Inuyasha shaped rat.
There was a pregnant pause as Inuyasha debated whether or not to lie and break it to her tonight.
"Don't even think about it..." Sesshoumaru said warningly.
"No..." Inuyasha said sheepishly, already getting dressed.
"Where are you going?" Kouga asked, sticking his head out of the sauna door, peering at the half dressed hanyou running down the hall.
"To find someplace with expensive bribing gifts, and somewhere I can hide!" Inuyasha yelled back, feeling in his pocket for his credit cards.
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"Okay, so let me get this straight." Kagome asked, pissed as hell as she paced up and down the conference room.
"Inuyasha mated with me. And that means life bonding to him. Correct?" she asked.
"Yeah." Rin said quietly, hunkering down in her chair as the formidable girl continued her questioning.
"That would be like marrying me ten times over without asking, right?" Kagome asked, directing her piercing gaze on Sango now.
"Yes ma'am." Sango squeaked out.
"Not that I mind, but he should have said something, right?" Kagome asked again, turning to Ayame.
"Yeah, should've asked, men are scum, uh huh!" Ayame said rapidly.
"I need to confront him about this." Kagome said, pounding her fist into the table, looking at all three of her girlfriends.
"You do that!" they chorused, nodding emphatically.
"I need to find him, yell at him, then have mad passionate sex with him, right?" Kagome asked.
Silence was her only reply as the three girls passed confused glances between each other.
"Okay, so you didn't have to know that!" Kagome said, and with that, slammed out of the room, looking for her love.
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"Damn, which flowers does she like..." Inuyasha said, peering around at the vast selection in front of him, wholeheartedly confused.
He'd been wandering around central Milan for two hours now, stopping at every flower, jewelry and knick knack store on the way, searching for something that would pacify his beautiful, and yet probably very angry by now, mate. He was getting tired with guessing, and made a mental note to himself to start finding out these little things about her as well. He was in Flora Emporio right now, in the VIP department, surrounded by gorgeous hothouse flowers in the sweltering greenhouse.
"Lilies, you asshole..." A strong, humorous voice said from behind him, a hand on his shoulder.
Inuyasha was so relieved, so happy to see Miroku, that for the second time in his life, he actually hugged the man (AN: He did it once in Chapter 2).
"Please, Kami, tell me you're sure about this!" Inuyasha asked, his bangs falling into his eyes in desperation.
"I would know, believe me, she's allergic to carnations." Miroku affirmed, grinning through his yellow shades, his Beatles t-shirt complementing his blue jeans and black flipflops.
"And chicks dig big flowers." Another helpful, male voice chimed in, Sesshoumaru standing there in a blue button down and board shorts, (AN: I know, Fluffy in shorts...), smiled, Kouga nodding at Inuyasha behind him in jeans, sneakers and a plain white wifebeater (AN: Think Ryan OC...Drool some more.)
"Inuyasha, we gotta talk to you. Seriously." Miroku said, frowning at Inuyasha and leading him out of the Flora Emporio, into the bright sunshine. He began steering him towards a small bistro in the shade.
"Man, we think you need to step things up a bit." Kouga said, sitting in the chair on Inuyasha's left.
"As in, show her you're serious." Miroku clarified, sitting on Inuyasha's right, ordering four beers from the waitress as she walked past.
"But I am serious." Inuyasha said, looking bemused.
"You know that, but she doesn't!" Sesshoumaru reminded him. "After all, it will look to her as though you take commitment incredibly lightly, mating with her before you even told her how you felt. Believe me, before you ask, she'll notice that little fact. No matter how obvious it may have been before, with your singing and all, chicks need you to spell things like this out. All that female insecurity and whatnot. So, you need to show Kagome that you feel every bit of what you DO feel for her, by proposing tonight. As in, human marriage. She'll like that, and it'll force me to get around to it with Rin as well, seeing as she'll be jealous of Kagome once I allow you to beat me to the punch." He finished.
"Once again, thank you so much Oprah!" Miroku quipped, taking the beers from teh waitress.
"Okay." Inuyasha said simply, nodding in conviction.
"What." Sesshoumaru said disbelievingly, sputtering on his beer.
"Okay, I said." Inuyasha repeated.
"Inuyasha, you don't get it, man." Kouga said, equally dumbstruck. "The Inuyasha we know and...uhh...The Inuyasha we know would have hit the roof by now, not just agreed to this!"
"You guys don't get it!" Inuyasha said, smiling proudly. "Okay fine, maybe I wasn't planning on asking right away, but we mated last night, when was I gonna have time? I'm happy to do this, one, cause I love her, two, to make her happy, and three, to save my ass, okay?" he said, open handed.
"Good nuff reasons for you?" Kouga asked, turning to Sesshoumaru.
"Fine." Sesshoumaru replied, nodding.
"Oh, this is so romantic!" Miroku exclaimed. "My babies are getting married!" he clapped his hands childishly.
"I am NOT your baby, and if you call me that again I will rip off each and every hair on your body, INCLUDING your pubic ones, and I will feed them to you, one by one. Understand?" Inuyasha threatened.
"Sure." Miroku, said, covering his flushing face with his beer bottle.
"Another thing. Kagome's my baby, not yours." Inuyasha said, getting up and throwing his empty bottle in the trash. "Where do you get decent rings around here?"
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"Where the hell is he?" Kagome asked, having changed into a long white strapless cotton sundress, complete with baby pink kitten heel mules and a small pink orb at her throat. She fingered the jewel in worry as she glared at her cellphone. She gotten the jewel from her grandfather, who was still back in New York when she was a little girl.
All she'd been told in relation to it was that it was a very special jewel called the Shikon no Tama, and had to do with her famous ancestor, Midoriko. Her grandfather had been very reverent when he'd presented her with it on her sixth birthday, and she had been the same towards it ever since.
"I can't get through to Kouga either." Ayame said, also giving her cellphone evils. "It's just ringing out, and last I called, it cut straight to voicemail, so his phone isn't even on!"
"Can either of you get through to your guys?" Kagome asked, looking at her friends hopefully.
"Nope." Sango and Rin chorused, looking murderous.
"Okay, that means wherever they are, they're together, probably hiding from our collective wrath, knowing them!" Kagome said, her pout tightening into one of fury.
"Damn typical!" Ayame said angrily, throwing her cellphone onto the bed and dashing to her wardrobe.
"What the hell are you looking for, Ayame?" Rin asked, looking curiously at Ayame's ass poking out from between the closet doors.
"Wedges." Ayame said, her voice muffled.
"For what?" Sango asked, pulling on a denim miniskirt and taking off the loose jeans she'd shoved into earlier this morning.
"You make it sound like we're not going searching for them!" Ayame said, her red face curving round the door of the closet, a surprised expression on it.
"That's a point." Kagome said, hunting for her light pink denim jacket.
"I'll go change!" Rin chirped, hopping into the bathroom.
And twenty minutes later, the Royal Milanese Hotel said goodbye to four cosmopolitan, beautiful young women. The leader wore a white floor length strapless cotton sundress, complemented by pink kitten heels, a pink denim jacket and a solitary round jewel resting in the hollow of her throat. Her hair gleamed and her large, dark shades revealed nothing but determination. A tall redhead followed on her left, in a green crochet halter top and denim short shorts, long, long legs accented by tall green cork wedges. The light, white crochet sweater she wore complimented the white crochet bag slung over her shoulder.
A businesslike looking woman followed on the leaders right, tall and elegant in a light brown halter pencil dress, complimenting her chocolate colored tresses, which were razor straight down to her hips. Brown pumps and a gold purse finished off the look.
Bringing up the rear was an adorable woman, significantly shorter than the others, bouncing behind in blue jeans, heeled silver pumps and an electric blue boob tube, a blue sapphire choker around her neck.
It was like Charlie's Angels, plus one.
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"Miroku, are you sure?" Inuyasha asked, scrutinizing the ring in his hand.
"Hell yeah, it couldn't be more perfect!" he insisted.
"It's hot, man." Kouga agreed over his shoulder.
"It's a masterpiece, bro. She deserves it." Sesshoumaru conceded, nodding in satisfaction, his own ring for Rin having taken him three seconds to choose and buy in his pocket already.
"I'm not sure, still." Inuyasha said, ignoring the fluttery feeling he was getting from imagining this ring on Kagome's finger already.
"I am!" Miroku said holding the ring up to the light.
The ring was platinum, gleaming in the bright light. It was studded with miniscule pink sapphires all the way around, with a tiny gap between each one. In the centre of the ring, was a large, lozenge shaped diamond, faceted and glinting with each shaft of light that fell on it. It was surrounded by several, larger pink sapphires. It exuded an air of sheer, pure beauty. Put simply, it was a stunning work of art. A masterpiece, like Sesshoumaru said.
"Okay, I see what you mean." Inuyasha said, nodding when he had an idea. "I want something engraved in it."
"I was just about to say so!" Miroku said, not wanting Inuyasha to know he'd got there first.
"How about this?" Inuyasha said dreamily, relaxing into his own feelings, searching his heart for the right words.
"I knew I loved you when I saw the world in your eyes, and your eyes were everywhere in the world. Today and forever, Kagome."
"Inuyasha, that's beautiful." Sesshoumaru said, clapping him on the shoulder. "I never knew you were such a romantic poet!"
"Keh!" Inuyasha scoffed, running to the engraving counter with the ring. "Me...never, asshole..."
He was gearing up, as he watched the machine engrave his heartfelt message into te platinum forever, to what could potentially be the collapse of his entire life.
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"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOU SNEAKY LITTLE BASTARD!" Kagome yelled down her cellphone, ignoring the sudden silence of everyone in the small bistro that Inuyasha the guys had sat in mere hours ago.
"Loud enough?" Inuyasha asked lazily, figuring it was the best way to cover up his excitement. After seeing twenty three missed calls, he figured he should call her back for the final phase of his quickly assembled plan.
"NOT FOR YOU!" Kagome yelled back, oblivious to the scene she was making.
"We need to talk, I realize that, and I need you and the girls to be back at the hotel for seven, okay? The concierge will tell you where to go from there, so we can talk about our situation, okay sweetie?" Inuyasha said, remaining painfully civil and sweet, despite the fact he was aching to yell right back at her.
"DON'T SWEETIE ME! WHERE ARE YOU?" Kagome shouted, shaking in fury.
"I can't tell you, but like I said, follow the concierge's instructions tonight and you'll know, I promise." Inuyasha said pleadingly.
"NO, YOU'VE BEEN AVOIDING ME EVER SINCE WE WERE..CAPTURED THIS MORNING, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY!" Kagome insisted.
"Please, Kag?" Inuyasha pleaded, putting on his most pathetic tone. If it got him out of that brothel in Amsterdam that one time, it'd get him out now. Mean whores, they had been...all Miroku's fault of course...
Something in the quiet plea in Inuyasha's voice softened Kagome's heart.
With a terse, "Fine." She hung up and put her head in her hands, allowing the murmur of chitchat to build up in the bistro around her again.
"What's up sweetie?" Sango said, a concerned hand stroking her hair.
"We have to back in the lobby by seven, and that's all he'll tell me." Kagome said forlornly, wondering what the hell Inuyasha could have planned, and yet she felt it might not be good...
"Oh, we'll be there alright sweetie. Even if you can't, we'll kick his ass for you, okay?" Ayame said, green eyes sparkling at Kagome.
"It's like five now anyway, so let's go do some shopping and then go back to see what your asshole has planned for us!" Rin said chirpily, grabbing her purse and ushering everyone out of the bistro.
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"Guys, it's 6.45, you're fucked if everything's not ready!" Inuyasha yelled out, running down the stairs two at a time, unbuttoning the top buttons on his trademark red silk button down. He wore black slacks and a black sports coat, a tight, matching black vest buttoned up underneath. He looked maturely attractive, with no tie, showing off the top of his tanned, strong chest, contrasting with his stark, white hair, shining under the chandelier. He also wore his lucky red sneakers on his feet for fun.
"We have the hall, the flowers, the food, the music, the staff, the families and friends have all just arrived, and I have to say, how did you get Concorde to lend you two of their planes for the afternoon?" Miroku ticked off the checklist, dressed in a chocolate brown suit over a purple cotton button down.
"I SAID, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THAT SAXOPHONE, YOU DIPSHIT!" Sesshoumaru's angry shout could be heard across the hall, as he stood in front of the hotel's resident orchestra.
"Throw enough money at anybody, they'll do anything for you, man..." Inuyasha muttered, ignoring Sesshoumaru's evident crisis with the band, and Kouga's strawberry cheesecake covered foot as he yelled at one of the waiters.
"Okay, I've also let the relatives and whoever in, so yeah, and-" Miroku was cut off when the grand pine doors swung open, and a short man in tails hurried up to the pair.
"Sirs, the ladies are spproximately three minutes away!" he said hurriedly, and dashed out of the room.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit...They're early..." Inuyasha muttered, beginning to tremble in anticipation of what he was about to do.
"Kouga, get over it already, Sesshoumaru, find another saxophone, everybody shut up and sit down and we can do this! They're here in two minutes, now!" Inuyasha bellowed into the din.
An immediate hush fell over the vast, decorative room, strewn in yellow and rust colored lilies.
"Miroku, man, you'll never hear this again, so listen good." Inuyasha said, turning to Miroku with a terrified expression on his face, fiddling with the velvet box in his pocket. "Thank you, so much, for everything you've done to help me out. You've helped make me the happiest hanyou running around right now, and despite how fucked up you are, you balance out how fucked up I am, so it works. We're best friends to the end, man. Thank you so much, and I wish you every luck with Sango." Inuyasha said all in one breath, looking sheepishly at his friend.
"Inuyasha, I..." Miroku couldn't continue, his eyes were so full of shimmering tears. "Good luck." Was all he managed to choke out before stepping back a few paces as he noticed the door open, and female shadows enter the room.
Inuyasha could feel the sheen of light sweat break out over his skin, could feel the trembling overtake his arms, could hear his heartbeat pounding heavily in his ears, punctuated by his erratic breathing. All Inuyasha knew was that his mate was around the corner from him, and this could be the beginning of the end.
Kagome and her friends walked into the room, prepared with a flurry of cursing and yelling. All stopped in sheer shock at the room. All of Kagome's friends and family, plus people she didn't know were sat around round tables in the room, all eyes on her. Sesshoumaru had his arms wrapped around the throat of a man with a saxophone, but had stopped midway through when they entered. Kouga was cleaning cheescake off his shoe with a tablecloth, but also stopped upon hearing the door open.
And in the center stood the one thing she loved more than life itself. The one man she would love, could love and should love. Inuyasha stood there, looking almost painfully handsome in his suit, complete with a vest, and seductively opened shirt. Kagome read the panic in his eyes, plus the shaking hand in his pocket, and could not believe what her soul was telling her was about to happen.
Inuyasha was proposing, and Kagome did the only thing that made sense.
She breathed out, "Oh...Inuyasha..." and burst into tears.
AN: Oh God, you're all going to kill me, I know! I know, I know, I know, but I haven't had a good cliffie for a few chapters, except The Truth, and I want you all to relish the proposal so I'm ending it here. Plus, I'm working on shortening my chapters anyway, making you wait just a little more. Soooooo sorry! But review, and you'll see what happens next! If you don't all you'll be able to do is dream...
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