Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Inu-yasha. He belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. :Grin.: If he did belong to me...Heh, heh, heh. Well, let me just say, that things would be a lot different.

Me: Sniffling. Kagome took the subduing necklace back from me. She's not very happy with me for taking it off.

Kagome: Fricken writer! You just had to take of the necklace didn't you? You're lucky I have any ramen left at all!

Inu-yasha: Walks in with a big lump on his head, the subduing necklace around his neck, and a pouty look on his face.

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Life Death

Chapter Two

Kagome walks hesitantly over to the sleeping area, sits down, and waits for Inu-yasha to join her. "Wife, you do know that we don't have to do this, right? It doesn't matter. I know that you are afraid, and I don't want that." Kagome looks at him as if she doesn't believe him and coldly stares at him, waiting for him to come over to her. He sighs at her expression, walks over to the sleeping area, and sits down softly beside her. "Kagome, I know that you don't want me, I can smell it. You're afraid of me and you don't need to be. I will not consummate this marriage until you're ready, until you really want me, and aren't doing it just because you think it is your duty. You may wear whatever you want, any color you want, with one exception, you are never to wear this outfit, or this color outside of our unit again." He tugs gently on the red fabric that barely covers anything, and leaves little to the imagination. "Do you understand me, my mate"

Kagome nods, her emotions expressed clearly on her face, shock, disbelief, confusion, something akin to love, a hint of admiration, and a lot of the emotion Inu-yasha didn't want, fear. "Kagome, understand, right? I don't want you to be afraid of me. You don't need to be. I won't hurt you." Kagome stares at him with something akin to shock on her face. Shock and disbelief.

"I rather you not lie to me, even to comfort me, my husband. I am clairvoyant and I know that you will hurt me, even if you don't mean to. I could rather you just consummated this marriage, besides, it is the law. You may do whatever you want, I will not struggle." Inu-yasha looks at her sadly and puts his arms gently around her. She stiffens slightly, but then with force of will, she makes her body relax again. "Kagome…" She looks startled at his use of her name and shakes her head slowly. "Don't call me that, don't call me by my name. Call me wife, call me bitch, call me anything, but don't call me Kagome. It's too informal." "Alright, Mate, but I don't care what the stupid laws say. I will wait until you are ready before I consummate this marriage, and that is that. You have my word." She just says one word and curls in a little ball and falls asleep. "Fine." Inu-yasha looks at her sadly before pulling her into his arms, lying down next to her, and going to sleep himself.

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Inu-yasha wakes up, yawns, stretches, and looks around for Kagome, only to find that she is no longer in the room. "Kagome?" He looks confused for a moment, but quickly gets out of bed and follows his nose in order to find her. He ends up following it to the cooking area and looks at her softly as he watches her make something to eat with the food that had been delivered that morning. He watches her for a few moments before breaking the silence. "Ohayo, Mate." Kagome jumps and almost drops the things in her hands at what she considered his sudden appearance. "Eeep! Don't sneak up on me like that Finch! You almost made me drop the food!"

Inu-yasha just smirks in answer and sits down on a counter. Kagome turns around in order to get something and when she turns back around, notices him sitting on the counter, she gets pretty angry to say the least. "Off, now, Husband. You may not sit there. I don't care if I am supposed to be submissive to you or not, you will NOT sit on the counter in this unit." She has fire in her eyes at she glares at him. He smirks, jumps off the counter, walks behind her, and wraps his arms around her tenderly. She stiffens noticeably and doesn't do anything as the emotions fade from here eyes and she stops responding to anything.

He looks at her sadly, his arms still wrapped around her, and carries her over to the sitting area. He sits down gently with her in his arms and tries not to startle her as he waits for her to come out of her self-enforced daze. 'Kagome, why do you block out everything anytime I touch you? Are you that afraid of me?' He looks down at her as he feels her move and watches as life and emotions finally start to show in her eyes again. She looks at him like a startled doe and he reluctantly unwraps his arms from her. She scrambles away and goes back to what she had been doing in the kitchen before Inu-yasha had interrupted.

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Me: Hello. I was going to put a lemon in this chapter, in fact in the original version, I did have a lemon in this chapter, but I changed my mind. Writing a lemon into this chapter would have been too hard. I had a difficult enough time writing this chapter over again after the first one got erased. Sorry if it seems a bit short.

Inu-yasha: Stupid writer! He growls. You're making me seem too soft! I'm not soft and I DON'T care for that wench!

Kagome: You say that you don't care for me, Inu-yasha? She glares at him with tears in her eyes and he gulps nervously in reply. I've told you not to call me wench Inu-yasha. She glares at him again and says one word over and over again until she runs out of breath. Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit…" She takes a breath. Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit…

Me: Winces in sympathy. Poor Inu-yasha. That's got to hurt. Turns towards readers. Please RR! I love you forever if you do! Grin.