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Kagome looked at herself in a mirror that was on one of the hot spring room's walls and she could barely recognize herself; she wore a white silk wedding kimono with pink decorative flowers on the sleeves, and she wore a white short silk veil on her head. The young miko wouldn't deny the attire was beautiful, but that didn't make the matter at hand any easier to accept… it didn't change the fact that she was going to end up the wife of a half demon.
"You look very lovely Kagome, all I need to do is add the color to your lips and cheeks and then you'll be ready" said Sango as she and Kagome sat on two stool shaped rocks. The young miko said nothing as the captain used a small delicate brush to put light pink blush on her cheeks for her.
Sango then noticed the sadness in the miko's eyes, and without hesitation the captain leaned over and gave Kagome a hug. "I'll always be here for you Kagome, I know we've only been friends for a short time, but I'm here for you both as your maid and friend" Sango promised with a gentle smile.
Kagome smiled sadly and hugged her new friend back. "Thank you, Sango. I've never had a friend before"
Sango then pulled out of the hug and smiled at Kagome. "Well, now you do" the general prompted as she finished putting the red coloring on the young miko's lips with her fingers. "You look perfect Kagome... Lets be on our way to the shrine chamber, there you and lord Inuyasha shall be wedded" Sango stated as she helped Kagome up from her stoll, who froze at her friend's words, but then she let out a breath.
"Even if I do become Inuyasha's wife, that won't stop me from finding a way home!" the miko thought to herself determinedly as Sango and Kirara, who transformed into her bigger self, led her out of the hot springs and down the cave-like corridor… where her future husband was waiting for her… so he could take her for his wife.
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Meanwhile in the shrine chamber, inuyasha was discussing important matters with his most trusted friends; Miroku the monk who was going to tie Inuyasha and Kagome as one, Myoga the small demon flea who was like a second father to Inuyasha growing up, and of course Bunza, Inuyasha's adopted little brother and best friend.
"Inuyasha, my lord are you certain you want to go through with marrying this woman? She is not only a complete human but also a miko!" Myoga prompted jumping up and down on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"I'm more than sure Myoga. Kagome is the only woman I want for my mate, there can be no other" the dog god stated.
"I have to agree with Inuyasha, Myoga. For it is very rare that one finds the one they are destined to spend eternity with, and from what I have heard, it seems that lady Kagome is perfect for our master" Miroku proclaimed.
"Yeah Kagome will take good care of Inuyasha, I've met her and she's the perfect mate for my big brother!" said Bunza with his chin held high and his arms crossed.
Myoga sighed. "Okay yes, from what you have told us my lord, Kagome sounds very pleasant indeed, but overall there is one thing that has me worried the most…" Myoga trailed off letting everyone else catch on.
Inuyasha growled. "Damn, Myoga you're still worried about that old hag Kaede? HA! You know she can't find us, and even if she did manage to find the demonic aura hidden under Miroku's spiritual powered barrier she could never get in this cave, that old hags powers aren't strong enough to even be considered a threat!" Inuyasha stated confidently with his chin held high.
Miroku frowned a bit at the dog god remark. "Never underestimate one with spiritual powers my lord. If I may after the wedding I would like to strengthen my barrier from each side just as a precaution, we don't want anything happening to our fair lady Kagome" said the young monk.
"Feh! Fine you can do that after you wed me and Kagome" Inuyasha grumbled. Suddenly there was a knock at the sliding door that led out into the corridor. Inuyasha's ears perked up. "Oh, ok Sango and Kirara are here with Kagome, everyone take your places!" the dog god ordered silently. With that being said Miroku quickly grabbed his staff and sat cross legged in front of the red and black shrine and in front of him were two small dishes of sake wine.
Inuyahsa sat on the front right side of Miroku, while Myoga and Bunza sat at Inuyasha's other side. "Alright, Sango, Kirara bring her in!" The dog god commanded looking towards the sliding door which opened to reveal Sango leading Kirara, who had Kagome on her back, into the room.
Kagome kept her head down as they entered the room. All she wanted to do was go home…. But none of that mattered at the moment. The miko knew if she really did want to leave she would have to go through with what the dog god wanted… for now, even if it meant becoming his wife.
Once they were close enough to the shrine, Sango helped the bride off of the large neko's back and guided her to sit in front of Miroku across from Inuyasha. When the monk caught sight of Sango fully he gave her a charming smile, but the general only rolled her eyes while she and Kirara, who turned back to her smaller size, sat on Kagome's other side.
Miroku looked at Inuyasha and Kagome and cleared his throat and began the ceremony, however Kagome could barely hear him over her thoughts, all she could do was look down and try to hold back her tears.
"Come on Kagome, get a grip, all you have to do is find a way out of here after this…. But still no matter where I go this half demon will be my husband…" the miko trailed off in her head. Kagome was so lost in thought that she almost didn't hear Miroku telling her and Inuyasha it was time to drink the sake. Kagome then let her shaking hands reach forward and took the small sake dish in her hands, Inuyasha did the same and held his drinking dish in his clawed hands. Kagome bit her lip when Miroku told them to drink the sake at the same time three times. The dog god and the miko did so and by the time they were done with their three sips each Kagome could feel her heart beating wildly against her chest. "Why am I so nervous? After I escape none of this will matter- OH NO! Right after this me and the dog god will have to have-" the miko started to think but her thoughts were then interrupted by Miroku.
"Lord Inuyasha, Lady Kagome, please trade your sake dishes and then take three sipes from them at the same time once more"
Kagome nearly choked on her own breath, she knew that this would be the last step of the ceremony…. And after that…. She'd be a married woman… The miko then placed her dish in front of the dog god, who placed his dish in front of her, once they had exchanged their sake the two then took the dishes in their hands…. And took the necessary three sips…. The ceremony was now complete…
"May the union of lord Inuyahsa and lady Kagome please you mighty bouda…" Miroku said closing the ceremony.
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After the wedding ceremony, Inuyasha guided Kagome to her new chamber… or rather "their" chamber. Inuyasha opened the sliding door and kagome nearly let out a loud gasp, the room was so beautiful. The wardrobe of silk kimonos she had seen earlier in the room she had woken up in was in the far right hand corner of the room, there was a lit torch on each rock like wall, and the bed had silk and fur covers… with red rose petals scattered upon it…
Kagome gulped. "I have to find some way out of this, I don't care if I am Inuyasha's wife, there is no way I am-" the miko's thoughts were then interrupted when her new husband picked her up bridal style, carried her towards the bed and laid her upon it before joining her. Kagome kept her eyes on Inuyasha, waiting to see what he would do next.
"Please don't ask me to do it, please, please…" she begged in thought, but all the dog god did was put his palm to the young miko's cheek and smiled gently at her.
"Kagome, I know you're scared but you don't have to be, I would never hurt you. All I want from you is your love, and I will wait as long as it takes to get as well as do anything to get it, so with that being said, what do you need to make this place feel more like home to you? Just name it and I'll get it for you" Inuyasha promised as he stroked Kagome's cheek with his thumb gently.
Kagome couldn't hold it in anymore, before she could even mutter a word her eyes filled with tears and it wasn't long before they made their way down her cheeks, making Inuyasha's eyes widen.
"Kagome what's wrong. What did I say!?" he asked, looking and sounding very concerned, but Kagome only covered her face in both of her hands as her cries grew stronger. Without any hesitation, Inuyasha tried to pull his wife into a hug, but the miko immediately backed away from him, not out of fear, but out of anger. "Kagome please tell me what's wrong and let me help you" the dog god said gently.
Kagome's hands then balled up into fists. "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG, I WANT TO GO HOME!" the miko shouted, pulling her hands away from her face which showed the large tears running down her face. Inuyasha was so stunned at his wife's sudden outburst that he nearly fell over as she continued. "YOU JUST FORCED ME TO MARRY YOU, WITHOUT THE BLESSING FROM MY GUARDIAN I MIGHT ADD, AND JUST ACT LIKE THIS IS ALL FINE! WELL IT'S NOT!" Kagome cried as more tears slid down her cheeks. Inuyasha stared at his wife, his heart full of pain at seeing her cry. After a bit of hesitation this time, he wrapped his arms around Kagome and pulled her into a warm embrace, but when the miko tried to pull away the half demon's grip on her tightened.
"Please…" Kagome whimpered. "Let me go home"
"YOU ARE HOME!" Inuyasha snarled loudly making Kagome jump in his arms, but he only held her tighter.
"What is this? Not only is Inuyasha acting strange but his aura has changed… its the aura… of a full demon…! Kagome thought fearfully as she trembled fearfully in her husband's arms.
"You belong here with me, and I will never let you go…. NEVER!" Inuyasha said, shouting at the final word, making Kagome whimper again as she looked up to see that the dog god's face had a purple streak on each cheek, his fangs had grown longer as did his claws that were lightly digging into the flesh of her arm, his eyes were red and blue, and he was growling at her.
The miko froze in fear. "P-please mighty dog god, please don't hurt me…" Kagome begged in a voice that was barely above whisper. Once his wife's plea reached his ears, Inuyasha then stopped growling as he felt himself revert back to his half demon form. His claws and fangs went back to their normal size, the purple streaks on his cheeks disappeared, and his eyes reverted back to their beautiful golden color and as this all happened, his grip loosened on Kagome and once loose enough the miko go off of the bed and started to run towards the door, but before she could reach it Inuyahsa, grabbed her hand.
"Kagome, wait! Please, I'm sorry I-" he started but Kagome cut him off.
"DON'T! Leave me alone!" she shouted as more large tears ran down her cheeks.
"Please mate, let me explain" the dog god practically pleaded, but the miko only shook her head.
"No, you demons are all the same, you only take what you want when you want it, and don't even think about how it affects others, YOU'RE A MONSTER!" Kagome screeched. Inuyasha's eyes widened at his wife's words, he then let go of her hand and once he did the miko ran out of the room and down the corridor, leaving a stunned Inuyahsa in her wake.
Kagoem didn't know where she was running, but she knew she couldn't stop, eventually she found herself back at the hot spring room where she found her miko outfit and after changing into it she started running down the corridor again. After wandering around the maze of cave halls, kagome came upon a small broom closet. It had a small wooden bucket with a mop in it inside.
"Well it has a door so it's better than nothing" Kagome thought to herself as she entered the closet and closed the door behind. Though it was a very small closet, Kagome somehow managed to sit down and lean against one of the walls and fall into a deep sleep…."
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Kagome awakened from a very uncomfortable slumber. Her limbs and back ached from sleeping right side up against a hard cave wall, so much so that for a moment when she rose up to stretch them she feared they might be broken.
"I wonder how long I was asleep" the miko wondered as she stretched her limbs while exiting the broom closet. "Well at least Inuyasha hasn't found me yet" Kagome thought to herself.
"I must keep moving to find a way out. I know I can do it" she said to herself as she began to run down the corridor again.
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Meanwhile in the master bed chamber, Inuyasha was sitting on the large bed with his hands in his hair. He hadn't been able to get a wink of sleep that night for the fact that he couldn't decide whether or not to go after Kagome and even more so he was still shaken up by what she had called him, that word seemed to echo in his ears ever since he heard it that previous night… monster…. monster…. MONSTER!
The dog god sighed. "She had every right to call me that, I lost control of my full demon… What am I gonna do? Kagome won't even come near me now let alone touch me how can I-" Inuyasha was saying to himself wbut was then cut off when the sliding door of the room opened.
"Hey brother, I wanted to-" Bunza started as he walked into the room but stopped when he saw how miserable Inuyasha looked. "Wow, was it that bad in your marriage bed last night?" the linx child asked, raising an eyebrow. This made Inuyasha's head shoot up and turn as red as his kimono.
"W-what how do you even- I mean-" the dog god stuttered but then sighed as he ran a clawed hand through his bangs. "Bunza, me and Kagome didn't do anything like that last night… we got into a fight and I turned into a full demon" Inuyasha explained.
Bunza's eyes widened. "Wait, you what?! That only happens when your life is badly threatened and there's no other way to save yourself!" the little linx exclaimed.
"I know, I'm not sure how, but when it happened I felt like I lost my patience, because Kagome kept saying she wanted to go home and leave me, but I felt myself return to normal when…. She begged me not to hurt her, after that she called me a monster and ran out of the room" said the dog god in a brokenhearted way.
Bunza sighed, walked over to his brother and sat on the bed next to him. "Inuyahsa, I'm gonna be honest here, if you want this woman to love you, you may have to consider how she feels about all this. I mean you did kidnap her from home and marked her without permission…" Bunza trailed off biting his bottom lip. Inuyahsa said nothing for a moment but then he sighed.
"I know… I… know what I did was wrong, but if I had asked Kagome to marry me do you honestly think she would say yes to a half demon?" asked the dog god sadly.
"Well your mother said yes to your father" said the linx child.
"That's because my father saved her village and promised to protect it forever, not to mention he was a full strong demon and not an abomination… like me" Inuyasha stated.
Bunza frowned. "You are not an abomination Inuyasha, just because some rotten humans think that about half demons, doesn't mean it's true!" the linx child shouted angrily.
Inuyasha then looked at his brother with a sad smile. "Thanks for that Bunza" he said as he got up from the bed and began to walk towards the door.
"Where are you going brother?" asked the linx child.
Inuyasha looked back at him. "Im' gonna go hang out with my kind for a bit…. If you see Kagome then…. Tell her I'm sorry" the dog god requested, but Bunza shook his head.
"Brother that's something you'll have to do yourself" he stated.
Inuyasha looked down. "I know…" he said sadly as he left the room closing the sliding door in his wake.
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Kagome's knees were aching for running so much, her bare feet had forming blisters on them, and she was hungry, very hungry and running for the past few hours only made her hunger grow. She stopped running after she fully acknowledged her ailments, and put her hand on the cave-like wall to catch her breath. After a few moments the miko looked up to see she was in some kind of steam vent like area where thick steam came from large cracks in the ground. Kagome then walked up to a small steam vent and held both of her hands to the warm steam. "Oh that's so nice…" she trailed off and decided to sit in front of the steam vent for a while, so she sat down on her knees in front of it and held her hands in front of it close to the steam but not close enough to get them damp. The heat was so nice that Kagome hadn't noticed that nearly seven minutes went by or that her hair was a little bit damp because of the steam vent behind her. That's when the miko heard children laughing from around the corner of the steam vent area. Curious Kagome stood up, dusted off her miko kimono and walked over to the corner, peeking behind it and gasped, she saw young children, six of them, three boys and three girls playing…. And they were all half demons!
The oldest looking child was a girl who looked about eleven. She had short turquoise hair in a short high ponytail, light olive green eyes, pointed ears, was barefooted and wore a yellowish tunic and purple shell necklace.
The next oldest child or rather children were identical twin boys who looked about ten. They both had green and orange hair, but one of the twins was a bit taller than the other and had more green hair than orange, while the slightly shorter twin had more orange hair than green. Both of the twin boys wore blue tunics, had pointy ears, were bare footed, and had light orange eyes.
The next oldest looking child, who looked about eight, was a half goat demon since it was plain to see he had a pair of goat horns on the sides of his head, he had lavender colored hair, very tan skin, wore a grey tunic and was bare footed.
One of the youngest looking children was a pale girl, who looked about seven or eight, had olive green hair with bangs in pigtails, she had light green eyes, wore a green tunic, was barefooted, and had small orange horns on the top of her head.
Finally the youngest of the six children was a girl who looked about four or five, and was a half fish demon with fin like ears, purple hair in a messy bun, had playful blue eyes, was barefooted, and wore a pink tunic.
Kagome was speechless as she watched the children playing and laughing. "Half demon children… they're… so cute… why are they here though? I don't sense any full demons or humans close by" Kagome thought to herself as she couldn't help but smile at the happy children, they very much reminded her of the children back at her village… her home… The miko's smile slowly faded when her village came into mind, however as she turned to walk away, Kagome heard a familiar voice come into ear shot, laughing with the children who got more excited from the sound of it. Kagome's eyes widened when she turned back around to see who was now with the children; Inuyasha. The dog god opened his arms to the six children, who were all yelling his name and tackled him rather than just hugging him.
"Whoa, whoa there guys can I get up at least?" Inuyasha asked laughing as he picked up the purple haired girl and tossed her up in the air and catched her in his arms a few times, making her giggle.
"Hm, let's think about that…" the twin boy with more green hair than orange trailed off pretending to think and after a moment he looked to his twin brother, who had more orange hair than green, and answered for him.
"Nope, not a chance" the other twin stated.
Inuyasha then stared at the twins who were holding his left side down on the ground. "Oh gosh I'm so scared" he mocked playfully as he ruffled the two boy's hair, making them laugh.
"If you introduce us to our new sister we'll let you go, deal?" asked the girl with olive green pigtails and was holding down Inuyasha's right side with the turquoise haired girl and the lavender haired boy, who nodded.
"Yeah, please Inuyasha can we meet Kagome?" he asked.
The dog god then turned to the lavender haired boy and gently placed his hand on his head and softly ruffled his hair. "I'm sorry Shion, maybe later" he proclaimed, making the turquoise haired girl next to the lavender haired boy frown.
"But Inuyasha, you promised to introduce us to Kagome today!" she exclaimed while straightening her high ponytail.
Inuyasha sighed. "I know Asagi, and I'm sorry about that, it's just that now is not a good time," he said.
"Why not big brother?" the purple haired girl with fin ears asked curiously.
The dog god smiled at the youngest child in the group softly as he sat up and put her in his lap. "Well Ai, it's… it's nothing for you guys to worry about, how about this we just-" Inuyasha started but was cut off when Miroku entered the room.
"Inuyasha my lord, Totosai has requested your presence, it's urgent" stated the monk.
Inuyasha sighed and then looked at the children on the ground with him. "I'm sorry guys, I promise we'll hang out later" he said in a sad voice as he stood up only to have Ai grab on to his left leg and cling to it.
"Don't leave big brother!" she whined giving the dog god a pouty face.
The dog god chuckled as he picked up the little girl and rested her on his shoulder. "I promise Ai, I'll come right back after I'm done talking with Totosai and then all of us can hang out until we drop, sound good?" he asked.
Ai smiled at this. "Okay, you promise?" the little girl questioned.
Inuyasha smiled as he took Ai off of his shoulder and set her down on her feet so she was standing next to the turquoise haired girl Asagi. "I promise, now you kids behave, alright? I'll be back" he smiled as he patted Ai on the head and then left the cave room with Miroku.
Kagome, who was still hiding, couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. "I thought Inuyasha was just another selfish lying demon… but he's so kind and gentle with those children and they may be half demon's as well but.. It's so hard to hate them when they're…. When they're so sweet and adorable…" she trailed off in thought, not realizing that she was sticking her head out too far from behind the enterice to the steam vent area, and once the six children turned around they gasped.
"Wait she wouldn't be…" the olive green haired girl trailed off putting her fingers to her lips.
"She's gotta be…" Asagi answered trailing off as well.
"She's definitely" the twins finished.
Kagome's eyes then widened when she realized they were indeed looking at and talking about her. "Um… hi?" she greeted shyly.
"SISTER!" the six children shouted excitedly as they ran up to Kagome and hugged her waist.
The Miko was unsure of what to do for a moment, but then she sighed and patted some of the children on the head.
"I can't believe it, you're even more pretty than brother inuyasha said you'd be!" Ai exclaimed, jumping onto Kagome's back which surprised the young miko.
Asagi frowned. "Ai!" she scolded before sighing and looking up at Kagome. "I'm sorry sister Kagome, Ai here loves meeting new people" she said nervously looking at the half fish girl.
Kagome then carefully took Ai off of her back and into her arms, to which Ai giggled and wrapped her arms around the miko, who could help but smile and hold the little girl closer. "Um… I'm sorry… but who…" Kagome trailed off, making Asagi's eyes widen.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I'm Asagi," she said straightening her turquoise ponytail before continuing. "This is Moegi" Asagi stated pointing to the girl who had olive green pigtails and was waving to the miko.
"Hello Kagome," said Moegi sweetly, making Kagome smile at her and wave back as Asagi introduced the other children.
"These are the twins, the one with more green hair is Roku and the one with more orange hair is Dai" stated the turquoise haired girl ushering to the twins.
"Hey" said Roku, giving Kagome a flirtatious smile and wink.
"Do you have a little sister as cute as you by any chance?" asked Dai, earning an elbow in the side from his twin brother. "What?!" he asked, rubbing his side.
"Shut up, that's what!" Roku gritted.
"Sorry, I'm just asking because I mean who wouldn't want someone as cute as Kagome as their mate. You said it yourself, that Inuyasha was lucky to be marrying her!" Dai exclaimed.
The boy's words made Kagome blush.
"Well Dai is right, you really are pretty big sister…" The lavender haired boy trailed off shyly while blushing.
Kagome turned to the boy. "Oh… um well thank you" she said, that's when she noticed the lavender haired boy was staring deeply into her eyes with wonder. "Um… is there something wrong little one?" asked the miko.
The boy blushed again and looked down. "My name is Shion, sister Kagome, I'm sorry for staring at you, it's just... Your eyes are so sparkly and pretty" Shion tried off.
Kagome blinked. "Oh…. thank you" she said, knowing her face was most likely as red as a tomato by now.
"Big sister, will you play with us since big brother Inuyasha is busy?" asked Ai sweetly.
Kagome's eyes worded a bit. "Um… well-" the miko started but was cut off by all six children.
"Pleeeease?" they all begged with big puppy eyes that made Kagome's heart melt.
"Well, I suppose it would be fun… alright" she said, making all the children cheer.
"Cool, come on Kagome, we'll play in our garden" stated Roku, grabbing the miko's left hand while her right held onto Ai, and started pulling her along with him.
"Yeah the gardens our favorite place to hang out" Dai agreed as he too pulled on Kagome's left hand so she would follow him as well as his brother and as the two boys pulled the miko along with them, Shion and Moegi pushed Kagome's back to get her to move faster, all while Asagi lead the way.
As they went on Kagome (much to her surprise) began to wonder how Inuyasha was doing, and for some odd reason it bothered her that she didn't know...
Okay I thought I'd make this a little longer than normal chapters at least I believe it was longer but anyway sorry it took me so long but with this whole COVID-19 scary stuff going on I haven't been able to focus as well as I normally do anyway let me just say pray, pray that this will be over soon and someone finds a cure for this virus, MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL! :)