Hi everyone!
I am sooooooo super sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up!
But, as you can see by the scrollbar to your right, it's a wicked loooooong chapter!
20 pages to be precise.
And I am really hoping everyone likes it.
Also….
I just want to say thank you to everyone for the reviews so far.
And thank you everyone for not killing me yet for taking so long!
(Everyone grumbles and growls)
Oh come on! It was a lot of writing!
(Someone throws a piece of rolled up paper at my head)
Thunk!
That's not very nice!
(pouts)
Oh well, at least it wasn't cottage cheese.
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Okay, here's chapter three for you!
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Have fun!
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Chapter 3: Girls Night Out… And Other Things
It was only a day until both the weddings/matting's were to happen, and Kagome had been fighting with Inuyasha about trying to bring the girls over to her time for a girls night out. Well, she wasn't only fighting with her hanyou about this. Sesshomaru, Koga, and Miroku weren't all too happy about it either.
"Boys, I don't understand why you're all against this!" she practically yelled at all of them. The girls had agreed that since they were all to be either mated or married the next day, that they should stick with tradition and stay away from their males the night before. "It's tradition, and I highly doubt you guys want to be cooped up all night like you have been. So go out tonight and have some fun."
"The answer is no!" they all shouted at her, earning the death glares of their females in the process.
"Kagome, this is ridiculous!" Koga said almost growling. "I've never heard of this, and I highly doubt Ayame wants to be that far away from me for one whole night."
"Oh really?" she said sarcastically. Looking behind her, she gestured for the other three women to come forward. "Ladies?"
All of the men seemed to easily shrink back in fear now. The looks they were all getting could have even made any evil demon run away in fear as all four of these women gave them the look of sheer anger and possible death.
Kagome smiled in triumph, knowing that know these males would see things her way no matter what. Looking to her own fiancé, she folded her arms over her chest and gave him a smug, cocky smile all her own.
"It seems I've won," she said with a sparkle in her eyes.
Inuyasha growled and looked to his male friends and older brother, but his ears folded as he caught their gazes.
"Inuyasha, I just recovered from having two broken arms," Miroku stated looking back at Sango. "I'll be damned to give her an actually reason to re-break them."
He looked to Koga.
"I'd rather not be castrated the night before my mating, so sorry dude."
He now looked to his brother, the one male in that room whom he knew wouldn't allow this to happen. But he was dumbstruck as he looked at his brother, who was visibly sweating as he was staring at Rin. When he looked back to his brother, he put on the weakest smile he had ever seen on the lord youkai's face.
"I'm with the wolf on that one, little brother. So sorry."
Now it was his turn, he knew that if at least his friends didn't have the balls to stand up to three human women, and one wolf demon, then by god he would. But as he was about to open his mouth, Kagome pulled out her one card of cruelty she possesed.
"I'll never buy you Ramen again."
His mouth snapped shut. Now that was one thing he couldn't say anything to her about. Yeah, he knew she could be cruel and just sit him, but that was a really low blow. Lowering his head in defeat, Inuyasha muttered a few choice words as all four of the women left the hut, smiling in their victory.
"Is it just me," Shippo said, finally breaking the silence. "Or did all of you just get scared by four women?"
Everyone glared at the kit standing in the doorway, who had the cockiest smile on his face. Sesshomaru, Koga, Miroku, and Inuyasha all looked at each other, and nodded in silent agreement with each other.
"Lets get him!" they all said lunging at the kit, who gulped in response.
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"Trust me girls," Kagome said with the biggest smile ever on her face. "This will be fun, plus, we all need a little time away from our boy's. And my mom has already set everything up for us so we can just have a good time tonight."
"But Kagome, are you sure all of us can go through the well?" Ayame asked looking almost grim. "I mean, I heard only you and Inuyasha could go through it into your time."
Kagome nodded and looked to Sango, who just smiled at her. Sango turned to Ayame and pulled out a small photo of her and Kagome in front of the shrine which Mrs. Higurashi had taken a few weeks ago. Ayame examined the small, thin piece of paper, then looked up to Sango and Kagome confused.
"Since the jewel is complete, Kagome wanted to see if she could bring anyone through the well from this time to hers," Sango explained pointing to the photo again. "This is right in front of Kagome's home."
Ayame's eyes widened, then a small smile spread across her face as she looked back at the photograph. So she would be in Kagome's time for the rest of the day and night. She could hardly wait.
"So, when do we leave?" she asked.
Kagome felt herself smiling at the female wolf demon she had become such good friends with. Minus the smog in her era, which Inuyasha seemed to hate, she knew Ayame would like her time. Looking to all of her girlfriends, she started running to the well. As they all followed her, they started laughing at her eagerness, but in truth, none of them could wait to go to her time either.
As Kagome stopped in front of the well, everyone else did as well. She explained that she would only be able to bring them over one at a time, just because the well wasn't very wide and it seemed to be the only way anyone else could cross over was if they were holding onto her. When they all nodded in understanding, Kagome laughed.
"Okay, so who's going first?"
Ayame raised her hand as quickly as possible, and Kagome laughed again.
"Okay, grab a hold of my hand and get up here."
As Ayame took Kagome's outstretched hand and jumped up to he mouth of the well, she looked down into it and gulped. It was very dark and she couldn't see the bottom at all. But she refused to let herself back down. Koga had been teasing her earlier, saying she wouldn't have the guts to go down the well and leave his side for so long without coming back. Well, she was going to prove his ass wrong on that one.
"Are you ready?" Kagome asked looking at her.
A moment later, Ayame nodded her head. And waited for Kagome's command to jump down.
"Okay, now remember. Do not let my hand go for nothing. If you do, you'll be stuck between both times."
Now gulping back her nervousness, Ayame nodded again. And as Kagome jumped off the well, she followed suit, shutting her eyes as she felt herself falling down into the darkness of the well.
Within seconds, she opened her eyes and found herself at the bottom of the well with Kagome, who was looking up and smiling at something.
"Hi mom!" she shouted up through the well. "I have one of the girls with me. But I have to go back and get the other two."
Ayame looked up at the person Kagome was talking to, and her eyes widened in shock. There, standing over the well, was Kagome's mother smiling down at them. She looked almost exactly like her daughter, minus the fact that she was obviously a lot older, and her hair was short.
"Who do you have with you honey?" she asked smiling.
Kagome looked to Ayame and smiled as she started making her way up the well's ladder. Ayame followed, waiting to reach the top and introduce herself to the older woman. But found herself a littler shy as she looked at her.
"This is Ayame, the wolf demon I told you about," Kagome said warmly to her mother, sensing her friends nervousness. "Ayame, this is my mother, Sachi Higurashi."
Sachi (a/n: Which means the name 'Joy' in Japanese.) smiled warmly at the young wolf youkai in front of her.
"Just call me Sachi," she said in her naturally warm and gentle voice. "And thank you for coming with my daughter."
Ayame smiled at the older woman in front of her and nodded. Looking back to Kagome and smiling, she made a move to go by the other woman's side.
"Go and get the others. I think there waiting to meet your mom as well."
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After everyone had been introduced, minus Sango, who instantly jumped out of the well and hugged Kagome's mother, everyone ran into the house and started talking about what they would be doing that night. Ayame, and Rin wanted to see the rest of the town and go sight seeing. But Kagome and Sango both thought that maybe taking them to the movies and just relaxing was a better choice.
Since the last time Sango had come here, and ended up wandering off in the city, Kagome was worried about that happening again. And the thought of losing either of these women to her world was a no go in her mind.
"But we promise we won't run off!" the two women whined at her.
"That's what Sango said last time I brought her here. Then I ended up finding her in the middle of a fight with six guys in a bar," she stated pointing a finger at her best friend, who blushed shrinking back.
"But we won't do that!" they said in unison once again.
Kagome sighed, thinking that maybe bringing them both over was a bad idea now. Ever since the incident with Sango had happened, she was very nervous of anyone else she brought to her time. But she had figured that these two ladies would just want to check out the things in her house and just be satisfied there. But now she found herself trapped. And not wanting to fight, she nodded at them.
"Okay," she sighed. "But if you take off on me once, we're coming straight back here. But I need to find something else for you guys to wear."
As she turned and ran up the stairs, Sango followed her. Knowing that Kagome's clothes were far more interesting than staying downstairs, she found herself smiling as the door to her friends room came into view.
When Sango walked in, she found Kagome throwing things out of her closet in a fury. She seemed a little upset to say the least, but she wasn't going to tell everyone how she felt about this. After all, what was the worst that could happen?
'Ayame could end up killing someone who came onto her, Rin could say that her husband to be was a demon lord, Sango could get into another fight…'
"Kagome? You okay there?" she heard Sango's voice say from behind her.
Interrupted from her thoughts, Kagome faced her best friend and sighed.
"What's going to happen if those two get lost like you did? I'm going to be a wreck the entire time we're out now. And this was suppose to be a night of relaxation."
"And fun, as I heard you state earlier," Sango pointed out sitting on the bed. " Look, both of those two, just like you and me, need this tonight. And all they want to do is check everything out. Because you know the minute we all go back, those two will most likely never be able to return here. Full blown youkai men are very overprotective of their mates. So lets just go out tonight and have as much fun as possible. Plus, didn't you want to get something done tonight anyways?"
Kagome was now grinning at her friend, realizing what she had forgotten completely about.
She had been planning it for a while now, but she wanted to get a tattoo tonight. And since Inuyasha wouldn't be with her, she figured she could get it done now without him freaking out over a needle piercing her skin over and over again. Allowing herself to laugh at the thought of her hanyou watching her get it done, Sango looked at her sideways, now very confused.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"Oh nothing," she said pulling out a pair of torn jeans from underneath the pile on her floor. As she put them on, Sango hopped over to the closet and resumed looking for something to give Ayame and Rin in Kagome's place. And also to find something for herself as well.
Moving the hangers around, she found a very interesting piece of clothing all the way in the back. It was a deep red, and seemed to cup you in all the right places and had lace everywhere. It was very skimpy for something in Kagome's style, so, upon pulling it out, she walked back out of the closet, holding the hanger on her index finger.
"What the hell is this thing?" she asked.
When Kagome looked up after fixing the clasp on her bra, she froze and turned a few shades of red that had Sango perplexed.
"Well," she prompted.
"Uh, its um," Kagome stuttered.
"Well???" she asked dragging the word out.
"It's uh…. Lingerie."
Sango's eyes widened in shock. Looking back and forth between the garment in her hands and Kagome, her face flushed. Within seconds, she dropped it on the floor and covered her eyes and began to rub them furiously.
"That's a really bad mental image right there!" she shouted at her friend who was now laughing at her. "Bad image! Go away!"
Kagome was rolling on the floor in her laughter now.
"There's one in there for you too, Sango," she said between gasps for air. "I figured it would be my wedding present to you and Miroku!"
Sango's jaw dropped, and as she ran into the closet, she screamed as she ran out. Holding the flimsy dark purple piece of cloth in her hands, she shook it in Kagome's face in a fit. Which only made Kagome laugh at her even more.
"Why, in the name of all things holy would you buy me something like this?!" she shrieked. "Miroku won't be able to keep his paws off me!"
"Well, Sango, that the point of your wedding night!" Kagome said laughing at her once again.
Sango turned red once again as she thought it over, but then a small smile spread across her face as those thought's deepened.
"Hey, Kagome," she said now swinging the small outfit around her finger. "We should go and get one for Rin and Ayame too. Just think of the look on those two male youkai's faces if they saw their mates in these get ups?"
Kagome sat there and thought about that for a moment, and smiled an evil smile at her best friend.
"Do me a favor, go in the bathroom and put it on and I'll call the girls up here and we'll ask them if they want to torture their men as badly as we're going to. What do you say?"
As her smile widened to her ears practically, Sango booked it down the hallway and shut the bathroom door behind her. Kagome found herself laughing again as she ran down the stairs and finding the girls both studying the TV in the living room. She remembered when Inuyasha had done the same thing so many years ago, now whenever he was here, he'd just turn it on and find something to watch. He mostly liked anything that had to do with fighting shows, but she caught him a few times over the years watching a soap opera. Which he always denied watching.
"Hey guys, come upstairs for a second will ya? There's something me an Sango want to show you."
Rin and Ayame both looked at the miko skeptically, but followed her up the stairs into her room after a moment. And when they both walked back in, they gasped as they looked at Sango.
She was wearing a tiny, skimpy, dark purple cloth only covering her breasts and torso. Her breasts were highly more pronounced in the outfit, along with the natural curves of her body. And despite how slutty she looked, they both had to admit, it looked amazing on her. But why on earth would she be wearing something like that?
"So," she said turning around in a circle for them. "You think Miroku will like it tomorrow night?"
Judging from the twinkle in her eyes, Rin and Ayame found themselves smiling at the young woman in front of them. Turning to Kagome, who was now awaiting there demands, Rin spoke first, and had a hint of mischief in her voice.
"Can get one in white? It's Sehssy's favorite color," she said with a smile on her face.
"Me too," Ayame said suddenly with a wide smile. "Only in Green? Koga loves it when I wear something green!"
Kagome looked to her best friend with a huge smile on her face. Turning back to the ladies, who were now glowing the thought's of their men seeing them in something this seductive on the night they married, Kagome grabbed her keys to her car, and walked to the door. And as she turned in the doorway, Kagome made the gesture for them to follow her.
"Come on ladies, we're going out to do some shopping."
Back in the Feudal Era…
After the boys had thought that Shippo had learned his lesson after they knocked him out and left him naked in the middle of the forest, they all headed back to the hut, to find Kaede returning from the village she had been visiting. When she spotted all of them, she looked for the young women who normally were very close by, but they didn't seem to be here.
"Where are ye's other companions?" she asked as Inuyasha walked past her.
He grunted as he answered her in his pissed off, and annoyed sounding voice.
"In Kagome's time until tomorrow."
She looked to the other three men, and they all growled in response. She knew that tomorrow was the wedding for both Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha and Kagome. And also that Ayame, Koga, Rin and Sesshomaru would be mating tomorrow as well. She knew exactly how stressed the girls had been. From dealing with the fight's all four of these men had been continuously getting into thanks to Shippo, and worrying about the double wedding she would be performing the next day for them.
Knowingly, she dropped the subject and went to a different one.
"Where is Shippo?"
All of the sudden, Miroku and Sesshomaru stared laughing, and nearly falling to the ground. Koga shook his head, smiling a toothy grin at the old woman. that's when she turned to Inuyasha and scowled, placing her hands on her hips.
"Please tell me ye didn't leave him in the woods naked again?" she asked sighing.
That's when Inuyasha burst out laughing at the old woman, and even Koga followed suit shortly. She shook her head at all of them, knowing they should be ashamed of themselves. But, she knew in her heart, that the kit had it coming for a while now. His mouth had become such a problem with all four of these males in question, that she was surprised that this hadn't happened again a lot sooner.
"Ye are all so childish," she murmured to herself as she started the fire to prepare dinner.
All of the men walked outside, leaving Kaede alone until dinner was ready, and they all found themselves instantly sad.
They missed their women.
Badly.
Miroku found himself missing Sango's temper and slaps to the face. He had figured out after years of knowing her it was her way to play his little game. And she joyfully did it now, just not as hard as she use to. He missed her smile and her voice already, wishing he could hear it one more time today.
Koga found himself missing Ayame's beautiful, green eyes. And how they seemed to melt and blend with the sun as it set. He missed her smile too, and her tiny delicate fangs as they poked out just barely touching her bottom lip.
Sesshomaru missed his Rin. Just plain and simple. He missed her smile, and her laugh, even the way she would scold him about his language and grumpy attitude. He missed her scent too. And he found he was about to go insane without her near him.
Inuyasha found himself in the same league as his brother, only much deeper and lonelier. Kagome had been his lifeline for so many years now, that being away from her was torture. Sure, she always use to go home to her time, for weeks at a time as soon as she had started another form of school she called 'collage'. But she had only left maybe for a few hours a day since they had come together this way. And even though he was the only other person who could go through the well without Kagome's help, he felt the tug in the back of his mind telling him to stay.
Looking at the others, he decided that tonight, they would have some fun he knew their girls would possibly kill them for if they ever found out. As the slow, evil smile spread across his lips, Inuyasha started walking back into the hut, and started shuffling threw all of the things Kagome had started bringing over when she turned 21 five years ago.
What he found made him smile even more. Since tonight was his human night, he could fully enjoy these amazing things.
Alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.
When it had been Kagome's birthday a few months ago, Sango and Miroku had asked if she could bring some of this stuff over to celebrate. It had taken a little convincing, but eventually she caved in and asked her mom to pick it up for her a day before her birthday. When she had come back the day before her birthday, she had asked him if he could help her bring it over, because surprisingly, Mrs. Higurashi had bought a lot.
It had taken about four trips, but they had managed to bring everything over.
Looking over the labels of the bottles, he found one that made him laugh.
Smirnoff 100 Proof Vodka.
Sango had been drinking this stuff like water that night. And she ended up being all lovey dovey with everyone, especially Miroku. She had cuddled and kissed the monk repeatedly on the cheek and acted like a little girl with a crush. Miroku was just as gone as she was, so Inuyasha had to play safety hanyou with the two, just to make sure nothing bad happened. To this day, Sango still had no idea what she had done, and it was funny as hell.
Miroku only remembered bits and pieces, but nothing all that detailed, so Sango's secret was safe, for now.
Kagome had surprisingly drank the most, having two bottles of vodka, and some spiced rum called 'Captain Morgan'. But she ended up getting sick, and Inuyasha took care of her the entire night.
Even though her speech had been slurred, and she was beyond her right state of mind, she had told him a lot of things she had been feeling.
And then she told him she loved him for the very first time.
To be honest, he had been very surprised. But he then figured she was drunk and beyond anything remotely sane, and then she told him why she loved him, and why it hurt her so much to stay silent about her feelings.
He wanted to tell her the same, but because of Kikyo, he felt he would be betraying her. So, after Kagome had passed out and stopped throwing up, he stayed awake all night long and watched over her.
Those memories were some of his best before they had defeated Naraku, and now everything was going beyond well for all of them.
Since Koga's entire tribe had died in the battle, him and Ayame had decided to stick close by to the group, and eventually start a new pack. He realized that him and the wolf had a lot in common as well. Besides fighting all the time, they both cared deeply about their women, and wanted to make sure they were always happy. Koga had even stood up for him a few times, which had saved his ass from being sat by Kagome.
Yeah, the wolf was cool now. It only took eleven years to figure that out.
And for Koga to stop hitting on Kagome.
Finally running back outside, he found his male friends and brother sitting under the Sacred Tree, all mopping. He sat down between Miroku and Koga and sighed. He had to admit, this was hard. Without all of the women being around to yell and scream at them for petty things, it was boring as hell for all of them.
"I miss my Sango's temper already," Miroku sighed.
Inuyasha laughed.
"You seriously love the way she beats the shit out of you huh?" he asked.
Miroku thought about that for a moment, then nodded and smiled at him.
"It's how I know she love's me. Tell me, don't you miss Kagome and her stubborn attitude as well my friend?"
Now Inuyasha had to really think about that for a moment. True, he missed her just in general. Her smile, her laugh, her eyes of liquid chocolate, and even her scent. But her attitude, the abuse, and the sittings?
Yup, he missed those traits of hers too.
Just not the sittings as much as the rest.
"Yeah," he sighed reclining against the back of the tree. "I miss her like crazy. And even though she use to leave all the time, it hurts even more than usual. I guess I'm just a little nervous she'll chicken out tomorrow, that's all."
"Oh please," Koga scoffed at him. "Kagome's always wanted to be with you. Do you seriously think she'll skip her own wedding and mating? I highly doubt it."
Inuyasha glared at the wolf. There were times even this guys attitude bugged him.
"So," he said in a calm voice. "You're not a little scared about tomorrow either?"
"Hell no."
"And why's that?"
"Because Ayame wouldn't do that to me. And the only thing I'm worried about is if I'll be able to protect her well enough."
Now everyone was silent, and all thinking the same thing.
"I wish they had stayed," Sesshomaru sighed. "Rin's the only person who keeps me sane around you three."
"Don't forget my son, Ses," Inuyasha mumbled with a hint of a laugh.
Now everyone was laughing, thinking about what they had done to Shippo only a few hours ago. Knowing the Kit, he was either still passed out and naked in the woods, or he was planning his counter attack on all of them right now. Which was fine either way for all four of them. It was after all, four against one.
"He's going to be so pissed," Koga choked out as he continued laughing.
"About what?" Miroku added still laughing as well. "About being stripped down and left in the woods? Or by the fact that Sesshomaru dumped him in a pile of poison ivy this time?"
Now Sesshomaru had fallen to lay on the ground, laughing harder than all of them.
"The little bastard deserved it," he practically squeaked. "He called me Uncle Fluffy again!"
Inuyasha shook his head at his older brother. A long time ago, he never thought he'd see the day where Sesshomaru would laugh whole heartedly. Never mind laughing so hard he could no longer sit up straight.
Sitting back against the tree, he closed his eyes and let his mind wander. Drowning out the laughs of everyone around him, Inuyasha smiled as an image of Kagome's face appeared in his mind.
'Kagome,' he thought. 'I wonder what you're doing right now?'
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"Are you seriously going to do it?" Rin asked Kagome as they entered the tattoo parlor.
Kagome smiled and set her bags down near the counter. They had been shopping for almost three hours, and it was now four o'clock in the afternoon. Rin and Ayame had been a lot better than Sango had been her first time coming to her era. They never left her side unless they had gone into a dressing room to try something on.
Rin had found a set of pajama's she liked. They were orange and white with small puppies on them, and she had found her little outfit she wanted to wear tomorrow night as well.
Ayame hadn't found anything that really sparked her interest, minus her outfit for Koga. The one thing that had really interested her was a leather corset and mini skirt she found in Hot Topic. Kagome had been in complete awe as her friend had stepped out of the dressing room in the outfit, along with knee high stiletto heels, and a spiked dog collar. Ayame had twirled around in front of the mirror for nearly a minute before giving Kagome the puppy dog eyes.
Kagome had laughed at her, but bought the outfit none the less.
Sango, had she been from this era, was a shopaholic. She had found two pairs of jeans, three tube tops, some thongs (to torture Miroku with of course), and even a new pair of sandals.
Kagome didn't bother getting anything for herself other than a new sweater she had found. She figured she had too many clothes as it was, and she knew her hanyou would most likely complain about her leaving to do her laundry all of the time.
"Yes," she said smiling. "I am going to do this."
"It's too bad we don't have one of those little cards as well," Sango sighed, pointing at Kagome's driver's license. "I wouldn't mind getting something in memory of Kohaku."
"Isn't that what your first born's name is going to be anyways?"
Sango stared at Ayame dully.
"Yeah, but I still want to do something in his memory other than that."
Kagome felt her smile wash away as she looked at her best friend's face. Since Sango had lost her brother, Miroku was the only thing that helped her through the pain. And now that she was far away from him, it must be weighing on her mind.
"Miss," a deep male voice said. "Have you decided on what you want done?"
Kagome's attention went to the voice who was talking to her. And her jaw nearly hit the ground as she recognized the man standing in front of her.
"H- Hojo?!"
The man looked at her, now also recognizing her. He looked so different now. His hair was about to his shoulders and dyed a dark blue. His lip was pierced and so was his eyebrows, and even from what it looked like, his tongue. His arms were covered in heavily detailed tattoo's of dragons and other various things, but no matter what, it was still the same Hojo she had gone to high school with so many years ago.
"Kagome?!" he said now jumping over the counter and hugging her. "Holy shit! I didn't even recognize you! How have you been?"
Kagome smiled as she hugged him back.
"I'm doing great," she said pulling away from him. "I'm actually getting married tomorrow."
"Really?" he said still smiling. "That's awesome, congratulations! I just recently got married myself."
Now she was back to being shocked.
"To who? I mean, I didn't even know you were with anyone. What's her name?"
Now his smile was even wider. Jumping back over the counter, he picked up a wallet from the top shelf and opened it up, handing it to her.
Kagome's eyes widened as she stared at the woman in the photo before her. She was absolutely beautiful.
Her hair was the color of blood, and went to her waist in long, full, curly locks. Her face was the color and complexion of a porcelain doll, and her body was slightly full and very curvy in all the right places. Her eyes, now those were truly stunning, they were the color of emeralds, and sparkled as she smiled at you shyly from her pose. She was wearing a pair of torn, black jeans, and a black tank top along with a dog collar. She also had a lot of tattoo's covering most of her arms and even one on the side of her neck, but it was too small a picture to make it out.
"Her name is Alyssa. She's originally from America, but she moved here when she was five with her father. I met her three years ago when I opened this place up."
"Wait a minute," She said handing the wallet back to him. "You own this place?"
He laughed a little at this one.
"Yup," he said still laughing. "Bet you never saw that one coming huh?"
Kagome's eyes widened, but then she got an idea.
"Hey Hojo," she said now looking over at Sango. "My friend over here wants to get a tattoo as well, but she doesn't have an I.D. Anyway you could help her out? She's the same age as me."
Hojo looked over a Sango, who was no at full attention.
"Well, it's against company policy," he said thinking it over. "But what the hell, as long as it's not something too big, I'll do it."
Sango started jumping up in the air in happiness. And Kagome started laughing at her friend, knowing that Miroku was going to possibly kill her when they returned tomorrow.
"So, do you ladies both know what you want?" he asked now smiling at them.
"Yes," Kagome said looking back at Sango. "I believe we both do."
Two hours later….
"But are you sure Hojo?" she said trying to hand him the money again. "I mean, I feel kinda bad not paying."
He smiled and shoved the money back into her hand.
"It's okay Kag's. Think of it as my wedding present to you and your friend. Besides, you were both the most interesting people I've tattooed in a long time. So we're even."
Kagome sighed and shoved the money back into her wallet, now forcing it to close. She really hated it that he was still such a sweet guy, but at least she had an extra three hundred bucks now. Giving Hojo a hug goodbye, she told him she'd call him sometime whenever she was back in town and that they should meet up. He liked that idea, and told her she would have to meet his wife. She agreed and told him he would have to meet Inuyasha, she just had a feeling they would get along.
"Okay, but next time I'm paying."
He laughed.
"You bet your ass you are. And remember to tell your friend to wash that tattoo gently in about another hour, then put the A&D ointment on. She seems a little forgetful."
Kagome laughed nervously. Sango was far from forgetful. She just had no clue about how things worked in this time.
"I will," she said nervously. "I'll see you around Hojo, take care, and thank you."
"You too Kag's and have a good night."
As Hojo walked back into the store, Kagome ran over to her girlfriends and smiled. Ayame seemed to be a little pale, along with Rin as they all piled into the car, but other than that they seemed fine.
"So," Kagome said turning the car on. "Are you happy now?"
Sango beamed as she looked back at her bandage on her right shoulder. It was still a little sore, but she felt very hyper and happy about this pain. At first, the little gun Hojo had been using on her had scared her, but after a while, she felt very relaxed and content. The design she had picked out was very detailed and beautiful, so it took a while longer than Kagome's had.
"Yes!" she said still smiling like a fool. "I love it!"
Kagome laughed as they came to a red light and stopped the car.
"Well good," she said as the car started moving again. "I'm glad I'm not the only one who scarred my body for life today."
They all laughed as they finally pulled up to the shrine, and as they got out Ayame and Rin both shook their heads at the two other women.
"You know Inuyasha's going to smell the ink right?" Ayame said as she pulled her bags out of the trunk. "He may only be a half demon, but I can even smell that stuff. It's very faint, but noticeably different from your scent."
Kagome shrugged.
"Oh well," she said making her way up the stairs. "He'll have to deal with it."
Rin shook her head at her.
"Sesshomaru would have most likely killed me had I done that."
They all laughed at her now, and she had the look of pure confusion written all over her face.
"Did I miss something?" she asked.
"Yup," they all said in unison.
As the girls made there way up the stairs, they all had one thought in there minds.
What are the guys doing tonight?
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Well, the boys were having their own fun now that the sun had gone down.
Inuyasha was in his human form, and drinking a bottle of Southern Comfort. Which he had reserved for himself earlier that day when he had shown the guys what he wanted to do that night. He was just starting to feel a little dizzy and funny, now that the bottle was mostly finished. Miroku had decided not to drink anything all too heavy, for fear of not remembering anything like the last time he had had alcohol from Kagome's time. And Koga and Sesshomaru had decided to take the hardest stuff they could find, knowing that because of there demon blood, they could handle anything.
They were all laughing and having a great time, knowing that if any of their women had been here to see this, they would have most likely killed them. Taking on another conversation altogether, Inuyasha blinked his eyes as he stared at the fire.
"Brother, are you okay?" Sesshomaru asked slightly concerned.
Inuyasha nodded his head. Even though it was quite a task for him at that very moment. He looked over at his brother, who was now drinking 151 Proof. He shuddered at even the thought of drinking that stuff, especially on his human night. The stuff he had right now was making him loopy enough, no need to push it.
Koga all of the sudden fell backwards, out cold. Sesshomaru smirked as he watched the younger youkai male in front of him.
"I knew he couldn't beat me," he muttered to himself as he went to take another drink, but it was sorely interrupted by someone screaming at them.
"Hey Assholes! Thanks a lot!"
"Shippo…," Inuyasha started, that is until he got a good look at his son, whom was now covered in calamine lotion. He busted out laughing as his human eyes also noticed the silver duck tape around his claws. Knowing Kaede would be the only person to help Shippo out like this to keep him from scratching himself.
Shippo fumed as he stared at his father and uncle. This was definitely not cool.
"Fuck my language, mom's gonna kill you when she finds out tomorrow!"
Inuyasha stopped laughing in an instant, and now glared at Shippo. But before he could say anything, Sesshomaru decided to shed some light on the whole situation.
"You'll be fine by tomorrow morning as long as you get some sleep," he said taking a bored sip from his bottle.
"Bull shit."
"No, you will be," he said again. "Poison ivy is nothing. I landed in it about four hundred years ago. It sucked, but by the next morning when I woke up it was gone. So stop complaining."
Shippo stood there in silence as his attention went to Miroku and Koga. He could smell the alcohol as clear as the rain, and he could tell how drunk his father was just by looking at him. Now he smiled, as the thought of screwing with at least one of there heads tonight would be decent payback for this.
"Don't even think about it, nephew," Sesshomaru said in a voice of warning. "Unlike everyone else, I'm still sober. Alcohol has no real effect on me."
"Then why are you drinking it?"
Sesshomaru shrugged.
"Tastes good I guess."
Shippo smacked himself in the forehead. But all too late he realized that he was covered in the calamine lotion, so his hand pealed away from his forehead, exposing the irritated flesh.
He growled as the itching sensation retuned and he went to scratch at it with his claws, only to find he couldn't. Now too pissed off to argue with anyone, he turned around and walked away from the group.
As Shippo left the clearing, Inuyasha put his bottle down and went after him, knowing this was mostly his fault. He staggered as he saw his son now sitting below the Sacred Tree, itching his back against it in a furry. Inuyasha now felt really bad. Sobering up as quickly as possible, he walked over to Shippo and sat down next to him crossing his legs as he went.
"Hey," he said with a slight slur to his speech.
"What do you want dad?" Shippo sighed as the itching began it's way up to his shoulders. "I think I've been punished enough for one day."
Inuyasha looked down into his human hands, feeling really bad.
"I'm sorry," he said quietly.
Shippo stopped rubbing himself against the tree for only a moment. But started scratching again when Inuyasha began speaking again.
"I mean you're my son. I shouldn't treat you like that."
"Eh, it's okay. As long as Uncle Fluffy wasn't lying about it being gone tomorrow morning. I was being a smartass anyways. So I guess we're even huh?"
Inuyasha laughed at his son's interesting nickname for his uncle.
"You do know Sesshomaru absolutely hates it when you call him that right?"
Shippo gave him a very toothy grin as he continued to scratch himself against the tree.
"Why do you think I call him that?" he said simply.
Inuyasha shook his head. If he hadn't been such a jerk when Shippo was still young, then maybe he would have a little more respect for his family. Considering the fact that they barely ever got along, he was always making some smartass remark to everyone other than Kagome and the other women, and he constantly drove Sesshomaru up the wall, then maybe things would have turned out differently for the kit.
Shippo noticed the far off look in his father's now amethyst eyes. It felt so strange whenever it was the new moon now. Since they no longer had to hide Inuyasha from Naraku, he was so much more relaxed when he was in this form. It almost seemed out of place, but then again, everything had in fact changed.
Even though he was still irritated about what everyone had done to him earlier, he found himself smiling. Thinking about how now him, his mother, and Inuyasha could now be a real family. It had been very hard on him when he lost his real father, and even though he had Kagome as his mother for many years, he still didn't have a father. Until about four years ago when Inuyasha said he would be his father from now on, and in truth, it was the happiest day of his life.
He now thought of the future in a different way. He could now see everything working out the way it should have had his real father not been murdered so long ago. He saw his mother, Kagome, one day having some actual children of her own, giving him some brothers and sisters. And he saw his father, Inuyasha, most likely driving him crazy until the day he found a mate of his own to share his life with.
"Hey dad?" he asked now coming back to reality. "Do you think you and mom are going to have kids?"
Now Inuyasha smiled.
"Well, I want to. I know that. Why are you asking?"
"Because," he said now smiling as he ignored the next itch to his back. "I'd really like to have a little brother or sister. I think it would be interesting."
"And you most likely want to see me go crazy too? Or am I wrong about that?"
Shippo burst out laughing, and found himself not caring any longer about the itching sensation all over his back and face. This is why he loved his second father. He was overly blunt and honest at the wrong times. But it always managed to make him laugh. Inuyasha just stared at him like he had five heads, and shrugged.
"Well," he said stretching his back. "You should get to bed soon if you want to be fully healed by the wedding tomorrow. An I highly doubt your mother will be happy knowing what we did to you as a punishment today."
Shippo smirked at that. He knew Kagome would most likely kill Inuyasha right as the vows started to happen if she figured out what had happened to him. But he figured that his parents deserved a wedding with no distractions. And since that and the mating only happened once, he refused to be the one that ruined it for them.
As he stood up, Shippo held out his hand that wasn't covered in poison ivy to Inuyasha.
"Well dad, from the looks of things you're about to pass out. So we both might as well head back to the village. Uncle Seshsy will most likely bring the others back soon because they're too drunk to walk."
Inuyasha smiled as he took his son's outstretched hand in his, and pulled himself up to a standing position.
As they started to walk back to the village, Shippo put his arm around his waist and pulled his left arm over his shoulders. He was still pretty out of it due to the amount of alcohol he had drank, so he did appreciate the help.
He still found it quite amazing how things had changed over the past few months. And he truly couldn't get enough of it. He now had a real family. Kagome was his, and would be forever. His brother had started to finally feel real emotions, and everything else was just getting better as time went on.
And even though right now he was relying on his son's strength to help him to walk, he felt like the strongest man in the world.
He had a life. A real, hopeful, love filled life now.
And it was because of that, he truly felt blessed.
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Kagome slowly walked around her friends as quietly as she possibly could. Everyone had fallen asleep in the living room after they had watched about four movies and had eaten enough junk food to last an eternity. It was almost midnight now, and she was very tired from the days events.
As she tiptoed up the stairs to her room, she looked back at her companions fast asleep on the floor. Rin was wearing the PJ's she had bought for her earlier that day, and was snuggled up next to Buyo, which almost made her laugh. If Sesshomaru had known she was snuggled up next to a cat of all things, he most likely would have had a hissy fit about it. Sango was sprawled out on the couch, wearing one of Kagome's long black nightshirts. Her left arm was over her eyes, and her left leg was hanging off the couch as she snored loudly. Which only seemed to happen when she was here. And Ayame was curled up practically in a ball in the recliner. She was also wearing one of Kagome's nightshirts, but this one was a dark green with a wolf picture on the front. It was something she wished she had her camera for, but decided against waking her friends up for something so silly.
As she yawned again from her tiredness, Kagome found herself trying to drag her body up the rest of the stairs and into her room. But she knew before she went to sleep, she would have to check on her tattoo one more time.
Turning the light on in the bathroom, Kagome turned around and lifted the back of her shirt up, exposing her sore and slightly swollen flesh to the light.
And there it was. Inuyasha's name, right on the small of her back in Old English.
She smiled as she looked at the red letters outlined in black. Even though they were puffy and shiny due to the A&D ointment from earlier, it was absolutely beautiful to her. Hojo had at first been against her getting it done, but had changed his tune when she had noticed the name 'Alyssa' on his left hand. He really had done a great job on it, and even though he hadn't allowed her to pay for it, she still tipped him. He just hadn't known she snuck the $40 in his pocket.
As she looked at her tattoo, she decided it looked fine and would be okay for the night, and hopefully Inuyasha wouldn't be all too mad at her tomorrow when he found it. Walking out of the bathroom, she shut off the light's and went to her door and opened it.
At that moment, her bed never looked more inviting.
As she dragged her bare feet across the floor to the bed, she stripped down to her bra and underwear. It was really warm in her room due to the heat outside, and since Inuyasha was most likely asleep by now in his time, she had nothing to worry about.
Pulling back her sheets, she practically fell into the warm softness of her bed's many layers. It was so warm and comforting, but in truth, no wear near as comforting as her hanyou's arms. She really wished she was with him right now. Tonight was his human night, and ever since they had known each other, she had never missed one night of him as a human. Now she almost regretted being in her time.
As she yawned once more, her eyes grew heavy and she began to fall asleep. She still couldn't believe she was getting married tomorrow, and even as she thought about it, she still thought she was dreaming. But when she finally drifted off to sleep, she was smiling.
Because you can't be dreaming and only now falling asleep.
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Wow, well there it is!
I hope everyone enjoyed it.
Well, now I really need to work on 'Show Me Love's next chapter.
I have a bad feeling a lot of people want to kill me.
(looks to the left and right)
(Very loud growls of anger coming from all directions)
Gulp!
Heh heh heh.
Does 'I'm sorry' work in this situation?
(Someone throws cottage cheese)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Smack!
EWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Sighs)
Okay, until next time.
Toodles,
Me
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