Taste Of Love

Kagome ran away from her demanding family and found herself right in the arms of Takahashi Inuyasha. Caught up in his world, it's getting hard for her to leave, for she has had her first taste of love.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Rights are reserved fully to Rumiko Takahashi. This plot too isn't as original, so to those who have attempted before I have, they have full rights to this plot too. Anything else that is mentioned that isn't a figment of my imagination, I also disclaim.

Age Brackets: Kagome – 20, Sango – 22, Miroku – 25, Inuyasha – 26

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Fate, Here I Come

Five days had passed since Kagome had been forcefully brought back to Japan and not a word had been uttered from Akira. Occasionally Korari would check in on Kagome but she would only be ignored. The only one that Kagome spoke to was her brother and her photographer, since Kagome had taken up modeling again.

FOUND: Miko Higurashi!!

Reports confirm that blossoming model Higurashi Miko was found five days ago and was immediately brought home by her father, Higurashi Akira. Housed in a location in Hong Kong for a month, it is not clear as of yet where Miko was hiding for the previous month…

Groaning, Kagome dropped the newspaper onto her bed and lay down on her pillow, curling up into a small ball. It had been five and a half days since she was taken from the Takahashi household in front of her friends and nothing had seemingly changed as of yet. Akira hadn't spoken to her yet and words from Naraku hadn't reached Kagome's ears either. A knock on her door came in the rhythm of a nursery rhyme and Kagome instantly knew it was Souta.

"Come in!" She called and indeed her younger brother had stepped inside, dressed in his pajamas.

"What's up Nee-chan?" Souta asked as he sat down beside Kagome. Kagome sat up and faced her brother, her legs crossed on her bed.

"What do you think?" Kagome groaned in frustration, "Taken away from a perfectly perfect household, save a few characters, and thrown back into my regular and much distasteful real life… I'm quite surprised I'm still alive and not hanging off of a ceiling fan or something."

"I'm glad we don't have ceiling fans in the house." Souta joked and Kagome giggled as she hugged her teddy bear, a gift given to her from her mother when she was ten years old.

Kagome had started modeling as Miko when she was thirteen years old, a bit younger than Souta's age at the moment. It was about the same time their family made it big and Kagome had stated that she didn't publicly want to be known as Higurashi Kagome. Her family was still getting renown and not a lot of people knew Higurashi Kagome to be the daughter of Akira and Korari.

Agreeing to their daughter's wishes, Akira and Korari transformed Kagome into Miko and since then Kagome had modeled.

"One question though, what I don't get…" Souta started and Kagome got comfortable on her bed before ushering her brother to continue. Taking in a deep breath of air, Souta indeed continued his question.

"You're a legal adult. Why are you letting Mother and Father rule your life?"

"Blackmail," Kagome muttered and Souta raised a brow in confusion.

"Huh?"

"I started modeling as Miko before I was a legal adult and you know how much I hate publicity and the paparazzi stalking you. So mother and father said, as soon as I turned 18, that if I was to go against their wishes, they only give me one chance before they let my identity slip."

Souta had a blank look on his face and Kagome smiled weakly at him. "They did that?!?" Souta blared, in obvious shock that his parents were capable of blackmailing their own kin. Kagome nodded in solemnity and Souta cracked his knuckles.

"If they weren't my parents…"

"Don't," Kagome shot her brother a dangerous look. Souta calmed down and Kagome touched his shoulder. Souta and she were really close and she could tell him anything. A few things she had chosen not to disclose were facts like her period dates and, especially, sleeping with Inuyasha. But at that moment in time, Kagome needed to tell Souta or else she would explode.

"Souta I need to get to a drugstore…"

Souta raised a brow. "What for?"

Gulping, Kagome looked Souta dead in the eyes.

"I need a home pregnancy test…"

-x-

Everybody had gone back to their respective homes in solemnity. Inuyasha had picked a general cover girl for his magazine, not even wanting to look at shots of Miko, afraid of bringing back memories from the month he had spent with her in his summerhouse. It was that very month where he had his very first taste of true love…his very first night of passionate sex.

Walking formally out of his office, Inuyasha remembered he had to pick Ai up from school since Miroku was at the clinic and Sango had gone back to practicing law once again. Ai had been enrolled into a private school that began in August. Dropping his briefcase onto the passenger's seat, Inuyasha turned the ignition and shifted his gears, pulling the gear back to reverse and pulled out of his parking space. Shifting his gear back to drive, Inuyasha sped out of the parking lot.

Making it to Ai's school just as the bell rang, Inuyasha stood outside of his car and watched the children run around. Noticing Ai running towards him, Inuyasha smiled and dropped to his knees, hugging the young girl.

"Uncle Inu!" Ai grinned and Inuyasha smiled again. Ai and Hikari were in the first grade and went to fulltime school while the other kids were still either in kindergarten or weren't admitted to school yet.

"What's up, Ai?"

"So much! Are you taking me home?"

Inuyasha nodded and opened the passenger's door for Ai as she climbed in. Moving his briefcase out of the way, Ai sat down while Inuyasha buckled her seatbelt.

"Alright, so what happened in your day?"

Taking in a deep breath, Ai began her story of the boy who stole her cookie and how she answered six questions right and how the teacher complimented her on her colouring skills…

-x-

Inuyasha pulled up to the Lin household to find Sango pull in at the same time as him. Miroku wasn't home as of yet. Parking his car beside Sango's, Inuyasha and Ai hopped out of Inuyasha's car and Ai ran to her mother, hugging her tightly as Inuyasha stood in front of Sango, his arms crossed.

"Thanks Inuyasha," Sango said softly. She was still in pain from the incident five days prior in the summerhouse. No contact from Kagome had been made, only tabloids screaming the return of Miko. Sango and Miroku sensed an aura of discontent from Inuyasha every the subject of Miko popped up.

"Can I ask you something?" Inuyasha asked and Sango nodded, noting that this was a first since the last week after Kagome left. Ushering Inuyasha to come inside, Sango unlocked the door and Ai ran inside, heading straight for her room.

"Get something to eat while I change." Sango instructed and Inuyasha nodded. He practically knew their house like his very own and indeed he went to the fridge and took out an apple. Running it under the water for longer than intended, Inuyasha rang the apple of excess water and returned to the living room to find Sango wearing denim shorts and a yellow t-shirt.

"What's wrong?" Sango asked Inuyasha and he was silent for a few moments before speaking.

"Have you had any contact from Kagome?" He asked and Sango shook her head.

"Nothing. I've tried calling but the calls don't go through. The only way I can keep track of her is from the media."

"Do you know if she married Naraku yet?" Inuyasha asked with distaste and Sango shook her head.

"She didn't. It's too big of news to not get processed in the papers. Plus her family is big on weddings and one in five days just doesn't meet their forte."

Nodding once again Inuyasha remained silent for a combined ten minutes. Using that time, Sango dusted off the living room a bit as Inuyasha stared off into space, formulating a plan in the back of his head.

"Do her parents know that Naraku gang raped his last wife?" Inuyasha asked suddenly and Sango shrugged.

"Don't know. Even if they did, I don't think they care…"

Frowning at Sango's answer, Inuyasha stared at the blank television screen before abruptly standing up.

"How long does it take to process legal documents?" He asked his lawyer friend.

"Depends on the documents, why?" Sango's interest was piqued.

"I want to bring Kagome back," Inuyasha said softly and Sango's eyes softened.

"Inuyasha… I don't think that's possible. When Kagome left I saw sadness in her eyes when she looked at you. You were talking to her about something that really made her sad and with her parents there it doubled the blow. I know her; she wouldn't have left unless she knew that if she stayed, a certain situation would be made worse…"

"Dammit," Inuyasha cursed, "I know what I'm gonna do. You think I would've proposed to Kikyo if Kagome meant nothing? I know you saw it, you're her best friend. I know you saw something between her and me. You think I'm gonna stand idly by and watch her marry that fucking two cent bastard?" Inuyasha had a growing anger coming on and Sango sensed it.

"I know how you feel but trust me, it was just a summer thing…" Sango's voice sounded fake, even to her. If anything, she would want Kagome to marry Inuyasha than Naraku any day, no matter how much Inuyasha hurt Kagome it was better than marrying a gang raping baboon.

Anger spiked in Inuyasha as he growled ferociously. "Summer thing? You know as well as me that what Kagome and I had was not a summer thing!"

Sango knew it was true. The way Inuyasha and Kagome acted around each other, it seemed deeper than any summer fling could ever be. Looking back at her friend, Sango had a serious look on her face.

"What legal documents do you need?"

Gulping loudly, Inuyasha looked seriously at Sango. "Fake marriage certificates…"

-x-

Souta had used the excuse of going out to buy something for his latest film to pick up a home pregnancy test for his sister. Stuffing the box in his back pocket, Souta ran upstairs to find his sister laying on her bed with tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong Kagome?" Souta asked in a worried tone as he rushed to his sister.

"Mother just told me that the Onigumo's are coming in a week to discuss my engagement, full and final with no way out."

With a deadpan look on his face, Souta handed Kagome the pregnancy test box and she took it with a thankful look on her face.

"I'm not going to ask for details," Souta said determined, "but if it's positive, I want know to whom."

Nodding, Kagome entered the bathroom, getting ready to find out if her suspicions were true…

Am I pregnant?

-x-

"Fake marriage certificates?" Sango asked and Inuyasha nodded.

"Yeah. If anything, I don't want her really marrying Naraku, ust get away with fake marrying me. When all of the formalities end in a few months she can leave if she wants with news she divorced me. Nobody will know except her, me and the lawyer that issues the documents."

"Meaning me," Sango stated and Inuyasha nodded.

"If you can process it maybe we can save her?"

"Coming from a guy who thought he had been lied to?" Sango was rather amused.

"Yeah well, I just thought that…"

"She did what she had to do." Sango filled in and Inuyasha nodded.

"I can get you the documents in a week and a half." Sango declared. "Give or take a few days."

Nodding and giving a sigh of relief, Inuyasha nodded and thanked Sango. "Call me if you need anything." He stated and Sango nodded.

"All I'm gonna need is your signature. I can forge Kagome's pretty well so you have that covered."

Hugging Sango like a friend, Inuyasha left the house leaving Sango to bask in her own thoughts.

He must really have something for her if he's willing to forge marriage certificates… Sango thought quietly to herself.

-x-

Sitting on the toilet seat with the pregnancy test resting on the counter, Kagome heaved a heavy sigh as she thought of the last few days. Her period was late by a few days and that had instantly gotten her worried since she had sex with Inuyasha a week ago.

Glancing at the long stick silently taunting her, Kagome's heart beat raced rapidly as she clenched her hands on her lap, silently praying that the report would be negative and she could simply erase Inuyasha from her life.

How is that possible if I think I love him…

Glancing at a hanging clock in her bathroom, Kagome saw that the twenty minute waiting time was up and stood up with a hardcore expression on her face.

"Fate," She whispered as she picked up the pregnancy test, "here I come…"

-x-

I'm back from vacation.