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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Legality
"GET YOUR LIPS OFF OF MY FIANCÉE!!"
All eyes turned to meet the dangerous ones of…
"Naraku?" Inuyasha whispered, stepping in front of his wife.
"He's not alone…"
Kagome's eyes widened. "Daddy?"
A fierce and determined man walked through the sand, uncaring that he just disturbed the wedding of Inuyasha Takahashi. Sesshomaru moved beside his sister-in-law as Inutaisho stood up, already ready to get to his sons before something severe and rash happened.
Kagome's eyes widened as she saw Naraku walking, monstrously, towards the altar. She was now legally married to Inuyasha and all they had to do was perform the sealing kiss, which wasn't technically needed. She said I do, he said I do and they slipped the rings onto their partner, therefore they were legally married…
Right?
"Get away from himnow, Kagome!" Akira roared as he stood behind Naraku.
Daringly, Kagome shook her head. Sesshomaru's hand went to his sister-in-law's shoulder and he kept it there as Inuyasha stood in front of her, his eyes laced with anger and destruction. If a wrong move was made… hell would break lose thanks to the Takahashi men.
"Make her." Inuyasha hissed as Naraku scowled, moving a step closer to them.
"How the hell did you find this place?" Kouga demanded as he moved towards his friends.
Naraku smirked as he glanced over his shoulder. All eyes turned towards the gate where they saw a timid looking creature stand. Inuyasha's gaze hardened.
"Kikyo…"
"She told us that you were getting married to Kagome." Akira snarled. "But you told us that you were already married to her." Smirking, Akira pulled out a piece of paper. Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes instantly flew towards the document and Kagome couldn't help but clutch onto Sesshomaru's arm…
"It pays to have money…" Akira smirked. "Fake marriage certificates—how convenient, isn't it Takahashi? You fraud to get my daughter, and for what?" The man took a menacing step towards the newly married couple. "You should have reason as to why you pretended to marry her."
Kagome gulped as she looked at her determined husband. His eyes were locked with Naraku's. Inuyasha had the look of an angered groom while Naraku looked of a disgusting pig-like crustaceous vermin. Or perhaps that would be a compliment that didn't compliment his true gang-raping nature.
Oh please Inuyasha… Kagome thought, do something…
"I do have reason." Inuyasha said in a strong and still voice. All eyes of guests turned to the newly married Takahashi son. He seemed to have relaxed as his body posture loosened. His eyes were shining and his arms were now crossed out in front of him instead of balled into fists.
"And my reason is so elite that you cannot prove me wrong no matter how much money you chose to use…" Inuyasha whispered.
Naraku frowned. "Is that so? You faked a marriage with my fiancée and now you say that you have perfectly good reason as to why you fucking did it? Tell me, Takahashi," Naraku spat Takahashi as if it were a dirty swearword, "what reason do you have—she is my fiancée and there is nothing that you can do to change that.NOTHING!!"
"Is that so?" Inuyasha sneered. "So the fact she is legally my wife written on legal documents, merely witnessed by an audience of family and peers means nothing to you? The fact that she is wearing the Takahashi wedding band and is now rightfully my wife means nothing to you?" Inuyasha took a step forward, "The fact that she is nearly two months pregnant with my child means nothing to you?"
Akira froze.
Naraku froze.
Kagome's eyes locked with Akira, who only had shock written all over his face. Miroku, Kouga, Hayabusa, Hojo and Daichi all were surrounding the Takahashi couple. Akira's gaze instantly traveled to his daughter's stomach where his grandchild was growing…
"You lie…" Naraku growled as he took a step back, his eyes widened in horror, "Kagome- she… dammit she would never sleep with a man out of marriage!!"
Kagome frowned as Miroku raised an eyebrow. He managed to comment before his friend could. "And how are you so sure?"
"She's my fiancée! If I don't know these fucking details, who else has the right to know?!"
"Her husband, perhaps?" Inutaisho spoke up, disliking how his daughter-in-law was being treated like a piece of baggage. She was carrying his grandchild and was the beloved wife of his younger son—she would be respected, no matter who is addressing her; be it her father, Naraku, Sesshomaru or God himself.
Naraku snarled, "I wasn't talking to you old man!"
"This old man has enough juice in him to kick your sorry rotten ass out of my sons gates, understood?" Inutaisho said in a deadly whisper, "Or has it eluded you that I have raised the two most successful businessmen in all of Asia."
"You have to give Akira credit though father," Inuyasha snickered, "he did raise a fine model and a rather decent actor of a son."
Inutaisho nodded in misapprehension. "My apologies dear son, I forgot the fact that his children are nothing like him, and I'm glad too." Inutaisho shot a dangerous glare towards the faltering man, "Because if my daughter-in-law was in any way like you—then you wouldn't be related to my family… I must say, Miko has done a great job raising herself and her brother."
"Are you questioning my ability to raise my children?!" Akira roared, taking a step forward. That was a hit to his ego and that was the worse thing a man could possibly do to a man. Especially the fact that Inuyasha had publicly burned Akira regarding his movie added to the fact that Akira hated the Takahashi's.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. "He isn't questioning it. He just commented it."
"What's the difference?"
"A question includes a question mark at the end of the statement," Kagome, smartly, inputted causing her husband and brother-in-law to chuckle.
"I can take you to court for fraud and the kidnapping of my daughter!" Akira spoke in a deadly whisper. That snapped Inuyasha back to the situation at hand.
"Take me to court? Sir, let me explain kidnapping to you." Inuyasha took a step towards them, "Kidnapping is the act of taking somebody against their will. Need I remind you, Kagome willingly came with me that day… I didn't kidnap her."
Akira snarled. "The fake marriage?!"
Kagome shrugged. "We were already married from before but we just wanted a ceremony since Izayoi thought it'd be appropriate, seeing as I am now the youngest daughter of the Takahashi family."
Fast thinking, Inuyasha commended his wife inwardly.
"But Inuyasha clearly said earlier that he committed fraud earlier!" Naraku roared and Kagome shook her head.
"You misheard him! He said he had reason to take me out of my own home—he never said anything about faking marriage papers." Kagome just twisted Inuyasha's earlier words. He had, in fact, innately declared fraud but Naraku and Akira had no physical proof that he said anything of that sort.
Naraku was blanked. Hisfiancée, the woman he was supposed to get married toincrease and better his name in media had married off his worse business "enemy" (more like his competition for who sells the most stocks and earns the profit). That was a hit to his pride in more ways than one…
"What I'm interested in is why Kikyo went to you with the fact that we were having a wedding ceremony," Sesshomaru spoke up, "and how she figured out the location of the ceremony…"
All eyes turned to the lone girl standing by the gate.
Kouga coughed: "Stalker"
Cough. Cough.
Sneeze.
Cough.
"Stop the delayed coughing, please." Inuyasha waved his hand in annoyance as Hayabusa snickered while Miroku blushed in embarrassment. He was the one giving the delayed coughs.
Well it was dramatic—till a certain point. Miroku thought as Kouga grinned over at him. They were having a dramatically good time confronting Akira Higurashi and Naraku Onigumo about why they were crashing the Takahashi wedding.
"Well the man does have a point," Hojo stated, "how did Kikyo find out the location of the ceremony? And what did she have to gain from telling you guys…"
"We have no right to tell you," Akira barked, "the reason as to why Miss. Hiromi came to us will remain strictly confidential and nobody will make us speak without legal representation. There are now lawyers present here so--…"
"Uh, do you forget that my wife is a well known and well respected lawyer in her firm?" Miroku raised an eyebrow. "Because she can be our legal representative. Where's yours?"
Burn. Kagome could've laughed.
Naraku and Akira were dumbstruck as Kikyo flung forward, unable to contain herself.
"You BITCH!!"
Kagome blinked. "Me?"
"Yes you!" Kikyo stomped up towards the altar. "If you hadn't magically shown up that damned day Inuyasha and I could've been happily fucking married! But nooooo, you had to be all 'Oh Inuyasha, you're a rich snob!!' Ugh!" Kikyo growled. "You know that pushed him to his limits and he would try anything to make you change your opinion about him!"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "I never met the guy before then pretty much—how am I supposed to know what he was going to respond with to my statement."
Kikyo shrugged. "I don't know. Magical Miko powers perhaps?"
"Uh--…" Kagome blinked again. "Just because I am titled Miko, it does not mean I have magical priestess 16th century powers…"
"Who knows! How else did you make him," Kikyo pointed a finger at Inuyasha, "fall in love with you?! You… a baby that he never met before in his life compared to me! A woman he's known for—so damn fucking long!!"
"Profanity!" Miroku said sternly, "There are children present you—naked model person!"
"Uhm…" Inuyasha coughed. "I think he means whore…"
"Dude," Miroku rolled his eyes, "I was trying to cut the obscene language here. I mean there are virgin ears present!"
Daichi coughed. "I think—our children have anything but virgin ears… I mean they spend their days at Inuyasha's house and evenings at yours—I'm surprised they don't have Porn-X under their little cribs or whatevers…"
"We're talking about why my daughter is here married to Takahashi Inuyasha—not why your kids haven't entered their hormonal perverted stages in life, thank you very much." Akira stated snootily.
"Dude, it's just some comic relief," Miroku rolled his eyes, "it breaks the tension for a moment in time which the protagonists of this story contemplate the various actions that they can take before the drama unfolds once again."
"This isn't a movie man—this is real life." Hayabusa patted Miroku's shoulder who laughed in appreciation.
"So? The world isyour stage! Live! Act! Go goofy!"
"Ok back to the dramatic tension—you married my fiancée!!" Naraku roared.
"I think we established that half an hour ago Onigumo." Kagome muttered. "I married Inuyasha. Want me to say it once more? I marriedInuyasha. Sunk in yet?"
"Not yet," Naraku's eyes twinkled disgustingly, "why not tell me here—face to face, lip to lip perhaps?"
"Ew," Inutaisho muttered, "Naraku cooties. I'd rather my daughter-in-law remain clean and untainted by your disease-ridden lips Naraku. I heardOnigumo is bad for pregnant women."
"No, a dose of Onigumo might do that Takahashi brat some good," Naraku shot a glare at Kagome's womb.
"Shooting bad looks at my stomach won't change the situation Onigumo." Kagome spoke up. The audience giggled slightly at the comical turn of the situation.
"Can we please get back to why I came here?" Akira rubbed his temples. "I can be getting an expensive Russian massage right now…"
"Then why the hell are you here?!" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Honestly, what have you got to lose with this alliance? Fine, I insulted your directorial skills where I have no expertise in the area but you don't need to hold a grudge against me for that. Face it, that film was a flop either way so I made a smart move from withdrawing from the project."
Akira watched Inuyasha as the man continued his speech.
"My family is the most influential in all of Asia and we make the most profit out there. Our stocks have the highest value and we keep climbing the corporate ladder. We have connections to every country, in any compass direction owned by any race and our friends also have high connections out in the world. Merging with us increases your profitability one hundred times better than if you let Miko marry Naraku." Inuyasha glanced at the buffoon standing beside his father-in-law. "Besides—babies that I make with Kagome would like a million times better than a baby Naraku would make with her…"
Kagome cracked up laughing as Akira, faintly, smiled. But it was instantly lost.
"You still questioned the legality of a binding of a man and a woman, meaning you and my daughter!" Akira spoke calmly. "Kagome says that you two were married previously and are holding the ceremony today but my research and Inuyasha's earlier statement proves that you two faked that marriage. For what purpose, I don't know but I am going to take you to court for the false declaration of information and the abduction of my daughter from my own home."
"And what else?" Kagome raised an eyebrow. "The inhumane living conditions you put me through? Emotional distress? Mental pain affliction? The forcing me to do something in which I had no passion for? For me running away from home to find a place where I was truly happy? Face it father," Kagome scoffed, "we have more against you…"
It tore Kagome's world to speak to her father like that but she had no other choice. He was being a cruel and difficult man and Kagome was, for real this time, married to Inuyasha (and pregnant with his child).
Akira's eyes flickered to her. "I am giving you a month time before I take you to court. Concoct whatever story your business minded heads can come up with but I will see you in court, a month from today, and I will receive an answer as to why my daughter ran away from home, slept with Takahashi, faked a marriage with him then married him for real… and whatever else has been done that I cannot fathom right now."
"Fine," Inuyasha shrugged, "a month it is. And within that month I want to find outwhy Kikyo told you about our marriage ceremony and how she discovered the location of it, deal?"
Akira nodded. "Deal. Anyways, business-like attitude out of the way, are you two performing the sealing kiss or not?"
Kagome coughed. "Daddy!" She hissed. Akira snickered.
"What? At the end of the day I am still your father, am I not?"
Naraku had a dangerous look in his eyes. "We're here to inflict fear and loathing into them, not watch them kiss and get married!"
"We're working on breaking them up, are we not? Let them have their fun you buffoon!" Akira hissed in his ear before turning back to his daughter.
"So? Kiss…"
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha and shrugged before they shared a sloppy kiss. A faint clutter of applause rung out before Inutaisho sighed, relaxing his shoulders.
"Go back home and… rest up… today was just too weird."
Kagome nodded as she watched her father and Naraku retreat. Weird it was…
"Oi," Inuyasha poked his wife, "you didn't answer me, honeymoon where?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow, glancing at her husband. "Do you really want to know my answer?"
"Of course! I have to book tickets to whatever country you chose Mademoiselle."
"You don't have to book tickets anywhere," Kagome had a mysterious twinkle in her eyes.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Everybody was watching the interaction between husband and wife. Kikyo, Naraku and Akira had already left the wedding procession…
Kagome nodded.
"And where might that be?"
"Your summerhouse,Casanova."
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Happy new year! Sorry for the delayed chapter—and the weirdness of the chapter too… lol, so many things happening I couldn't keep up. Anyways, this story is closing up, sad to say—an odd 7 chapters or some left? Just a few things I need to cover…
Anyways, tell me what you thought kay? I haven't written anything in so long that I have turned rusty… sadly…