lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter three that might answer why Inuyasha hasn't marked Kagome yet.
Chapter Three
Night had fallen and the group had made camp just a couple hours ago. Kagome was absentmindedly brushing Shippo's hair, humming a song softly. "Inuyasha, perhaps you should have a talk with her." Miroku said looking up at Inuyasha.
"Bitch, how'd you manage to get a daughter?" Inuyasha asked.
"Straight to the point as usual." Sango muttered glancing over at Miroku who nodded.
Kagome smiled faintly as she tied Shippo's hair back into its regular ponytail. "My aunt abandoned her daughter at my house about five years ago." Kagome answered softly. "All she was before she left was, "Just a couple weeks. Until I can stand up on my own two feet again." Wasn't clear until afterthreemonths that she wasn't coming back."
Shippolooked at his foster mother and asked, "Are you going to abandon me?"
Kagome hugged Shippo tightly and said, "I'm not going to abandon you, Shippo, not in this lifetime or the next."
'But why do mommies abandon their babies?" Shippo asked. "Is it a human thing?"
"No, sometimes demon mommies abandon their babies." Kagome answered with a small sigh. "Sometimes, a mommy doesn't want to take care of their children so they leave them behind for somebody else to take care of."
Shippo looked at his foster mother and saw knowledge of the subject in her eyes. "Does anybody in your era help demon babies who don't have mommies or daddies?" Shippo asked looking hopeful.
Kagome nodded and said, "Yeah, some people help demon babies. My mama takes care of demon and hanyou kids sometimes."
"Why didn't you tell me this?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome smiled and said, "Easy. You're never around when we have the kids. We usually end up sending them to a human family after a few days though. But in a few months, that's gonna change. A couple babies are going to come to my house but they're not leaving."
"Why?" Sango asked.
"I'm adopting them." Kagome answered. "Two baby boys. One of them, a Forbidden Child, and the second one a little inu-hanyou."
"Don't you know its not exactly one of the best ideas to take in a Forbidden Child?" Sango asked. "They bring bad luck."
Kagome shrugged and said, "One of my best friends is a Forbidden Child. He's a little rough around the edges but I'd trust him with my life… Well, now anyway. Before, I wouldn't have even trusted him with a knife."
She laughed a little and smiled at her friends. "Lady Kagome, what did that demon want?" Miroku asked. "He was looking for somebody but you wouldn't tell him."
"He was looking for my father." Kagome murmured closing her eyes as a tear rolled down her face. "He was looking for four people actually. My father, my uncle, my cousin, and a fox demon who was called the King of Bandits."
"Why would you know anything about some "King of Bandits," bitch?" Inuyasha demanded.
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and said, "Because he happens to be an excellent friend of mine. Cruel and heartless nineteen years ago but now, you'd actually think he was human."
"you're eighteen though." Miroku said. "You said nineteen years ago."
"Yes. His human body is a year older than me." Kagome answered with a faint smile. "He died nineteen years ago. In an attempt to survive, his spirit fled to an unborn human child."
"Possession." Miroku said.
"Something like that." Kagome answered. "But in a way, he was saving the child's life as well as his own."
"But what about you father and uncle? Why does that demon have such an interest in them?"
Kagome sighed and said starting to rock Shippo, "My father was well known among demons for his ability to copy their powers. My uncle was known simply for being able to make things out of ice. When those two met, you probably would have thought that Hell opened up and spat those two out," she laughed a little bit and shook her head before continuing, "they were rivals for a while then they became good friends, almost like brothers. So when I was born, my father told mama that uncle was to be my godfather just incase something happened to the two of them. If you've met my grandfather, you can imagine what his opinion was."
"What'd he say, mama?" Shippo asked eagerly.
"He said, "Your daughter is from a long line of priests and priestesses, how do you think she'll act if she gets raised by a demon?" He made such a fuss over it that by the time he accepted it, arrangements were already official." Kagome said laughing.
"Your parents made a demon your godfather?" Miroku asked looking surprised.
"My parents were young when they had me." Kagome answered. "Mama was probably about sixteen when she gave birth to me."
"You're kidding!" Inuyasha said looking surprised. "I didn't think that your mother was so young!"
"Makes you wonder what people in my era do." Kagome answered with a grin.
"So where'd your dad and uncle go?" Inuyasha asked.
A tear rolled down Kagome's face and she said, "They went to the Makai one day and never came back. Mama asked about where they went, but nobody's heard from either of them."
"They just vanished?"
"Apparently." Kagome murmured.
"Why did the demon want to know about your cousin?" Miroku asked.
"My cousin, Yusuke, runs off every once and a while to take care of some business." Kagome answered. "Practically a crime to be a hanyou in my era. Worse when you look human enough to stay among humans."
They didn't say anything since Kagome had started humming a song to make Shippo fall asleep. "So all that demon wanted from you was information?" Inuyasha asked.
"Among other things." Kagome answered calmly. "It's a pain in the butt, being considered a hanyou because of a grandparent, but its even more of a pain in the butt being unmarked. Especially when you managed to inherit your father's ability to copy attacks, which I am NOT proving since I have a child in my arms."
They shrugged and watched Kagome carefully wrapped Shippo in a blanket she had brought back from her era for Shippo. "Bitch, a word." Inuyasha said jumping down from the tree branch he was sitting in.
Kagome got up and climbed on Inuyasha's back. "We'll be right back." Kagome said to the monk and demon slayer.
She held tightly onto Inuyasha's haori and giggled a little when Inuyasha lightly squeezed her butt once they were out of sight of the camp. "Don't take much to get you smiling, does it?" Inuyasha asked putting Kagome down and lightly licking her neck.
"Mmm, Inuyasha." Kagome moaned starting to become aroused when she felt Inuyasha's manhood against her leg. "Inuyasha, we have to talk."
"About what?" Inuyasha asked running his hands along Kagome's body.
"Inuyasha, stop for a minute and listen." Kagome said pulling away. "Inuyasha, that demon wanted to kill me earlier. He wanted to rape me since I wasn't marked."
Inuyasha sighed and said, "Kagome, I wanted to wait until AFTER Naraku was defeated before marking you."
"What if we don't defeat him, Inuyasha?" Kagome murmured hugging Inuyasha.
Inuyasha hugged Kagome tightly to him and said, "We'll defeat him. But I don't want no demon wanting to get you so I guess we're just going to have to get married."
"You're going to mark me?"
"Obviously." Inuyasha said with a smirk.
Kagome smiled and gently kissed Inuyasha. "Hmm, might have to wait a while. At least, until I break the news to my family that we're going to be married."
"Hell, we've already mated. All that's left is the marking." Inuyasha said before pushing his tongue into Kagome's mouth.
A moan escaped Kagome's mouth as Inuyasha lowered her to the ground. "Not now, please?" Kagome murmured between kisses. "Inuyasha, please?"
Inuyasha nodded and said, "You owe me."
"Believe me, I'll give you a very nice reward later." Kagome said with a smile. "Now lets get back to camp."
Inuyasha grinned and nodded, getting up before picking his future mate up. "Just remember, you ARE going to pay me back for not screwing you tonight." Inuyasha said with a grin.
Kagome smiled innocently and said, "Don't worry, you'll get a nice reward."
"I'd better or else." Inuyasha said letting the threat go empty.
"Don't worry." Kagome answered brushing Inuyasha's hair to the side and kissing his neck.
Inuyasha grinned and held onto the young miko as he ran back to camp. "Now go to sleep." Inuyasha said sitting next to Kagome.
Kagome closed her eyes and waited for a little while before opening her eyes and looking at the now sleeping hanyou. "I love you." Kagome murmured softly. "I always have and I always will."
Smiling softly, Kagome closed her eyes and held onto Shippo before falling sound asleep.
lost moonchild: chapter three, everybody! Hope this answered a question or two about why Inuyasha hasn't marked Kagome. Read and review, flames accepted as always!