Chapter Thirty-One
Right Here, Right Now
Disclaimer: Don't own InuYasha … Hey … I got an idea! Someone can buy InuYasha off of Rumiko Takashi and give it to me for Christmas! No? Oh well … I had to try
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Everyone was bustling and running around when Takara came into the castle that morning after being gone all night. She watched a few servants scurry across the marble floors carrying large bouquets of flowers and others carrying other things. Blinking, she walked further into the room, not even noticing a certain fox demon carrying many things rushing her way.
Turning, her eyes widened and she let out a yelp just as they collided, each landing on the floor. Takara rubbed her backside painfully, looking at Shippo.
"Shippo, what's going on? What's with all the flowers?" Shippo sighed, shaking his head and getting up before offering a hand to help her up.
"How can you not remember? Kasei is getting married today and mother is going crazy looking for you since you're in the wedding party, in case you don't remember." It took her all of two seconds for her memory to kick into gear and she yelped again.
"That's right! Crap!! Sorry, Shippo! See ya!" Shippo just sighed again, picking up his parcels that were still on the floor.
Takara burst into the room where she was suppose to be getting ready for her spot in the wedding, all heads turning to her. She was going to get an earful that much she knew.
"Takara! Where were you?! You were supposed to be here an hour ago!" Kagome cut off her daughter's reply and shook her head.
"Save it for later!" With a quick snap of her fingers, Takara was undressed and flung into almost icy bathwater.
"This water is freezing!!" She exclaimed when she resurfaced and just before three different servants went to work scrubbing and prepping her.
"It would have been warm if you were on time." Takara just shivered for a response and soon, she was lifted out and dried and fluffed and then dressed and painted and crimped and rolled and curled.
Then she was thrown into the fanciest kimono she'd ever been in. She had just enough time to look at the soft pink and green with a very pretty silver Inu youkai stitched into it. Gently running her fingers over the fancy work, she smiled before having her ears yanked and brushed.
She winced but watched her mother walk around the room, inspecting everything and snapping at a few of the servants. With a sigh, Takara just closed her eyes, fatigue coming over her.
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Down a flight of stairs and down the hall, is where Sesshomaru, Kasei, Shippo, Haku, InuYasha, InuTashio and Katsu all stood in silence. It was obvious that the boy was nervous though InuTashio couldn't figure why.
"Father … "The young hanyou began, earning a smile from Sesshomaru. He just patted his son's shoulder a little.
"You'll be fine, Kasei." InuTashio nodded in agreement.
"I don't see why not. You're going to be mated to the woman you love and she is carrying your child." All heads turned to the oldest demon and he shrugged, his long silver braid moving slightly with the movement. Sesshomaru eyed him suspiciously.
"Father, I do believe that was none of your business. How did you find out, anyway?"
"Keh, the old man was probably snooping around, trying to sniff out someone for himself." Both Sesshomaru and InuTashio just ignored the older hanyou.
"I was only passing through on my way to breakfast when I caught the scent of a pregnant female, though it was different from Kagome's scent." This threw both brothers for a loop.
"Damn it, Sesshomaru! What the hell is Kagome to you?! Some kind of baby-making machine?!" Sesshomaru growled at his brother.
"Control yourself, InuYasha. This is my son's mating day and not even you will ruin it." He then turned his attention to his father. "Father, do you mean to say that you know that both Kagome and Ai are carrying?"
InuTashio just shrugged again, smirking at his sons and grandson. "I suppose you'll have to ask them yourselves. By the way, InuYasha, you may want to question your mate on the matter as well." The only male in the room that was not completely flabbergasted was Haku and Katsu and they were just plainly confused but, hey, they were adults, who could figure them out?
"Ah, I believe that we should go and take our places, the priest is ready." Shippo stated, poking his head in the room. Like the rest of them, he was decked out in formal wear, his outfit matching every else's, except Kasei who was wearing a traditional male mating kimono.
Sesshomaru nodded and moved towards the door, the rest following his lead and making their way outside. Once they reached outside, they all lined up according to the plans that they learned in the many practice runs.
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The music started and the grand doors opened, followed by two of little girls from a nearby village. After the two little ones, Rin stepped out and began her walk, followed by Takara then Kagome. Once they had all reached the front, the music changed and Ai appeared in the most beautiful wedding kimono that most had ever seen and beside her, Kouga was dressed in traditional wolf tribe wedding garb.
Kouga reached over and gently patted his daughter's hand, easily smelling her nervousness. Ai looked over and smiled at him softly, some of her butterflies flying away when she saw him smile back.
Slowly she reached the front and Kouga lifted the veil from his daughter's face. Gently drawing her into his arms, he had to refrain from crying. His baby, his first born was all grown up and was being mated.
"You'll be fine. You'll be great parents." Ai's eyes widened as she looked at her father, who only chuckled, tapping his nose. Ai smiled and hugged him again before turning and taking Kasei's hand.
Ai barely heard the priest though she somehow managed to repeat after him and do everything that was required of her at the moment on near complete autopilot. All she could do was stare into Kasei's chocolate brown eyes, near tears of happiness the entire time.
"I love you." Kasei told her, his voice just below a whisper. Ai smiled and whispered,
"I love you, too."
"You may now condense with the marking process." The priest told them with a smile. Ai smiled brightly, her dark blue eyes sparkling with joy and excitement as she tilted her head back. Kasei smiled and leaned forward, bracing himself gently and baring his fangs for a minute before biting down, his silver dog ear swiveling to catch Ai's quiet and barely audible groan of passion. He gently licked the mark he had just made before stepping back and tilting his head, allowing Ai access to do the same.
Once they were both marked, everyone that was watching erupted into loud cheers and congratulations. Ai and Kasei faced everyone with fresh marks and their hands joined. Ai leaned toward him with a smile, now was the perfect time.
"You're going to be a father." She told him quietly, watching his silver head whip around and his chocolate eyes widen with the silent question. Ai's dark blue eyes sparkled and she nodded.
Kasei couldn't control himself. He pulled Ai to his chest and spun her around before setting her down and crushing his lips down upon hers in sheer joy. The kiss ended just in time because they were quickly pushed inside for the reception.
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Kasei stopped in awe, looking around the grand ballroom in which he'd only ever been in once before at the party in which his father announced that him and Ai were going to be mated. It was decorated with tons of things that resembled modern time things like balloons and streamers and other such things.
Ai tugged on his hand and smiled. Kasei quickly smiled back and they took their position at the top of the stairs. Three hard and loud taps on the floor with some kind of staff drew everyone's attention to them.
"Introducing the newly mated and future lord of the Western lands, Master Kasei and Lady Ai." The crowd erupted again with clapping and cheers as they descended the stairs and stopped in the centre of the room.
"They will now share the first dance with the Lord and Lady of the Western lands." The music started and Kasei bowed low, a smile playing on his lips and he extended his hand.
"May I have this dance, my lady?" Ai smiled back and put her hand in his, loving the feeling of his fingers wrapping around her hand.
"You may, my lord." Soon, they began moving to the music, just staring in each other's eyes, basking in the moment.
Kagome looked over from her spot with Sesshomaru and smiled. "They look so good together. I'm so glad this worked out ..." Happy tears stung Kagome's eyes and Sesshomaru sighed a little. His nose was destined to a night with tears.
However, following his mate's gaze, he looked over at his son and now daughter-in-law and a smile came to his lips. She was right, as she usually was. He had never seen his son happier and he could practically feel the love radiating off the young couple.
"We did good." He said quietly, raising a brow when Kagome stared at him. True, he didn't usually admit that his mate had been right but tonight, he was willing to make an exception.
Kagome nodded with a smile. "Yes, yes we did." She looked at the other couples and spotted Takara and Kyoto.
"Oh, look, Sesshomaru. Takara and that sweet young man Kyoto. My, how he's grown … "Sesshomaru followed his mate's gaze again and nearly groaned. More money. He knew that those two were going to cost him even more money.
Catching his mate's light frown, he couldn't help but chuckle and he pressed a light kiss to her forehead.
"Alright, Kagome, you win. I won't think of anything concerning money or anything tonight. I'll just enjoy the night, with you, with our children and future grandchildren."
Kagome grinned happily. "I'm so glad that we see eye to eye now."
Sesshomaru raised a brow at her expression. "If I'm not mistaken, you, my love, are much shorter than I." He had to bite back at hearty laugh at her expression.
"That's not what I meant and you know it." Now he did laugh.
"My mate, I know not of what you are speaking of." Kagome stuck her tongue out at him but couldn't fight off the grin, letting on that she was quite aware that he was joking.
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Kagome laughed, showing off whatever moves she still remembered from various school dances back in her time. She heard various shouts and hollers as she moved around the dance floor with her daughters and new daughter-in-law.
"Kagome-sama, where did you learn those moves?" Ai asked, obviously shouting over the loud music. Kagome shook her head, taking Ai's hands again.
"It's just Kagome or even mom now, Ai!" Ai laughed and nodded, moving in time with her new mother-in-law. Takara shoved the women aside and grinned.
"That is SO not dancing! I'll show you want dancing really is!" The music changed and there was a spot light on her. Slowly she began moving and all the guys, demon and human alike stopped and stared, some were even beginning to drool. She hiked her kimono up and kicked her shoes off, showing her shapely legs, winking and grinning as she spun and moved around.
Soon, nearly every male in the room was hollering and drooling and shoving each other to get a better look at the Lord's smoking sexy daughter. Sesshomaru turned to Kagome, an eyebrow rose.
"Hey, don't look at me! I didn't teach her that! She must have learned it at school!" Sesshomaru watched his daughter for a bit more.
"It's a good thing she doesn't still go to that 'school' of yours." Kagome sweat dropped a little.
"She is still just a teenager you know." Sesshomaru only frowned slightly and sighed a relieved sigh when the dance was over. He wasn't sure how much longer any of the males could hold out against his daughter's obvious sex appeal. It didn't help that she would be in heat soon, either.
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A/N: Alrighty … I'm super sorry for this super delayed update!! I finally have regular computer access but I do have to find another job so yeah, at least I'll be updating sooner . I know this is a rather short chapter but I was kind of running out of things to write.
I based this chapter on what I know about Western weddings so if you haven't already figured that out then you'll know by the time you read this.
Kasei and Ai are going to be going on their honeymoon! Whoo! I know I still haven't revealed much about Haku or even why InuTashio is back from the dead. I also realize that Tensaiga probably couldn't have resurrected InuTashio since him being dead for such a long time and all but hey, there are some major holes in the info about the sword and I figured that if Sounga (if you haven't seen the 4th InuYasha movie then you'll probably have no idea what I'm talking about) can revive Takimaru then I don't see why Tensaiga couldn't revive InuTashio. It is the sword of Heaven after all.
Alrighty!! Replies and Thank yous! If I have already replied to you in a previous chapter, well, I don't know, just live with my memory gap :P
Wandering Hitokiri – That image is both scary and absolutely hilarious!! Kagome is pretty scary when she's hormonal xD
shikonprincess15 – Yeah, I love it when mr Fluffy is all soft and sweet! I try to at least keep him away from the sickenly soft and stuff.
Twilight-Writer23 – You do have a point but hey, they were just kids and frogs are pretty tricky!
Umi no Kaiso – The way I see it, as long as his little girl is happy then he'll be okay with it. Soon as he makes her cry though … well … it won't be pretty
SakuraAngel746 – Awe … just almost? Haha … well I'm glad you're enjoying it so far!
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