Do not own Inuyasha.
Insight
The ladies of the party reentered the house after visiting the nearby hot spring. Satori offered to let the group spend the night. Miroku dragged Inuyasha behind him, now that it was their turn. Lord Sesshomaru remained, only saying that he would wait and bathe alone. Sango and Jaken set up the futons around the room, Kagome brushed Shippos and Rins hair, humming a soothing tune as she work.
"How did the Shikon no tama return?" Satori inquired.
Kagomes brush stopped for a moment before resuming.
"It is a complicated story. But the short of it, Kagome was born with the jewel inside her." Sango replied.
"Interesting. Your mother posses spiritual powers?" Satori questioned, eyebrow raised.
"I'm not sure. My grandfather doesn't have any, but my father may have." Kagome answered, putting away the brush.
"May have? He is ..?" the woman asked.
"He passed away when I was a very little girl, younger than Rin. It was a carriage accident." the gentle reply.
"I apologize, I did not mean to bring up an old hurt." Satori stated.
"It's alright. My upset is not so much that he's gone. I've had time to mourn, heal, and be thankful for the time I did have with him. I am saddened most for my brother, he was just a babe when our father died. He never got the chance to know him. He only knows what our father looks like because our mother has a drawing of him." Kagome explained.
"I understand." Satori said.
"Are you married Lady Satori?" Rin asked.
"Married? What is this?" she inquired.
"Marriage is a ceremony that binds two people together through vows of eternal love, support in both good and bad times, and faithfulness of body." Kagome answered.
"Demons have something similar." Satori stated.
"Mated." Lord Sesshomaru said.
"Yes." Satori said.
"Does the woman still nag the man till his ears bleed and he's constantly looking forward to his death, just to escape from the endlessness of her voice?" Inuyasha asked, walking into the hut.
"You speak as if that is the only benefit to the female. We also get to see the male grovel at our feet when he does something wrong." Satori stated, a devious quality to her tone.
"You should come visit us in Edo sometime. I could ask Lady Kaede to make you a bunch of subjugation necklesses. Then you won't ever have to get mated and still have the benefit of having men grovel at your feet." Kagome said, a wicked smirk on her face.