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.

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Presenting...

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"No! Wait—never mind that no, that's quite perfect actually! Ah, exposure, I love it!!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes in utter annoyance as his photographer clicked away pictures of their model for their month's edition. They had been in the studio for a totality of 6.75 hours and Mr. Takahashi had things to do, places to be, people to talk to and a wife to please. His six month pregnant wife wasn't looking all too happy either and all he wanted to do was whisk her away and give her some ice-cream.

Or something...

"Are we quite done?" The model groaned in annoyance as her pregnant stomach plumped cutely out of her body.

"A few more shots madam."

Inuyasha growled, "No. Six hours is fucking enough. Find one that's good for the cover and print it. We – are- leaving." Passing a coat to the model, Inuyasha stormed out of the studio leaving a dumbfounded photographer and a highly amused model.

"Err—sorry for his attitude? I guess he had no sleep last night, or something."

The photographer nodded, "Yeah, I'd suppose so. After all, he is tending to his greatest line-up yet: baby stuffs. Who would've thought?"

The model grinned, "I guess he's getting into his fatherly role."

Chuckling, he nodded. "I suppose so. Now, you can run along and rest yourself. Sorry for all the pressure, but you know—it's in the line of work."

Smiling, she collected her things and speedily rushed out of the studio, sighing a breath of relief, she inhaled the addicting air of building instead of the toxic oxygen that rested in the studio. She found Inuyasha standing outside of the room, arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed.

"Casanova—relax!!"

"Let's go." He spoke roughly, "I have dinner reservations."

The model pouted. "It was your stinking idea that I do this! Stop whining and complaining now."

Inuyasha whirled onto her, "Kagome! You – are –pregnant. Standing around and taking photos after numerous hours is not a good damn thing!"

"You forget I'm Miko," She teased, flinging her hair. Inuyasha caught her by the arm, making her realize that he was, in no way shape or form joking.

"You forget that you're Mrs. Inuyasha Takahashi and pregnant at that."

Kagome wretched her arm away, "Can we just go. I'm hungry..."

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Inuyasha had booked reservations in a restaurant that Kagome couldn't even pronounce the name of. Pulling her chair out for her, Inuyasha scanned the surroundings thoroughly before taking his seat opposite of his wife. He slipped out of his coat and hung it on the backrest of his chair before picking up the menu.

"Very contemporary," Kagome grinned, looking around and taking in the alluring scenery. There were abstract paintings strewn across the oak brown walls of the restaurant as well as highly abstract sculptures hanging from the ceilings.

"Never been here before," Inuyasha confessed, "I had a reservation here last year but had to cancel it."

Kagome raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Kikyo couldn't get out of work."

Kagome closed the menu. "Speaking of her—whatever happened to her? I haven't seen her since the wedding and she wasn't at the court procession."

Inuyasha glanced at his wife, "No idea and no feelings. She has to place in my heart."

Kagome didn't say anything as she continued to scan the menu. Nothing seemed appealing to her or the baby—what she really wanted was a pasta salad...

"Casanova," Kagome murmured looking up at her husband, "you think they have pasta salad here?"

Inuyasha shook his head, "No, why?"

Kagome frowned, "I want some?"

"Then we'll get some." Inuyasha declared grinning as he flagged down a waiter. Kagome's eyes widened...

"Inu...yasha?"

"I would like to make a special request for pasta salad please," Inuyasha spoke professionally, "and if there are any problems, please bring your manager to speak to me."

The waiter, giving Inuyasha a crazy look, nodded before striding into the kitchen area. Kagome rolled her eyes, "Quit abusing your power as Mister Inuyasha Takahashi."

"Start abusing your power as Missus Kagome Takahashi."

Kagome snorted, "I'll leave the abusing to you."

Inuyasha smirked and winked at his wife before resuming scanning his menu.

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"So we have a surprise for you," Kagome clapped her hands in front of her friends exactly a week after her marvellous dinner with Inuyasha which included special pasta courtesy of the chef. "It took us months of preparation but I think it should amuse you guys—somewhat."

Kouga raised an eyebrow as he wrapped his arms around his wife's shoulders, "Good surprise or bad?"

Kagome glanced at her husband, "Depends on your take on it?"

Sango's eyes narrowed, "Kagome—are you carrying multiple brats in you?"

Kagome snorted, "You wish, carrying one brat is hard enough!!"

"How do you know it's one?" Ayumi grinned.

"Doesn't feel like two?" Kagome grinned cutely and the gang fell into collective laughter. Regaining her composure first, Eri clapped her hands. "So, what's the surprise?"

Inuyasha took a step forward with a large yellow envelope in his hand. "It's in this envelope..."

Hayabusa raised an eyebrow, "Don't tell me; it's the gender of the so-called brat?"

Kagome snorted, "No way! I told you that's a surprise... but just open it!"

Inuyasha handed the envelope to the closest person: Miroku. Instantly, the doctor tore open the envelope and shook out a large stack of colourful papers...

"Stationary, how amusing indeed." Miroku snorted as he flipped the first sheet over. Instantly, his eyes widened and his mouth flew open. Kagome and Inuyasha smirked, both watching the reaction of Lin Miroku. Miroku looked at Kagome and back down, his mouth opening and closing like a goldfish out of water. Shocked by his reaction, Hojo and Kouga snatched whatever Miroku held out of his hand and they both followed in the same reaction.

"WHAT IS IT?!" Sango demanded and Miroku handed his wife the stack of papers...

"DEBUTING TAKAHASHI MIKO KAGOME?!" Sango shrieked as she saw Kagome's photo on the top sheet with large gold writing blazed across the top. The picture was of Kagome holding a small child, along with her stomach poking out. They both stood in front of a rather mechanical stroller, grinning in front of an autumn background.

"Not letting my wife's talents go to waste," Inuyasha smirked, "we've been preparing my baby line for some time and needed a model. Who better than my pregnant wife?"

"Smart," Miroku smirked, "wish I could exploit Sango as such."

"He ain't exploiting her, dumbass," Sango shot, "he's utilizing his wife's beauty and talents and producing excellence with it—something you're incapable of doing."

"Dry." Daichi snickered.

"Kagome and I have a press conference to attend to tomorrow and the day after..." Inuyasha took a dramatic pause... "I booked us a chartered bus that's taking us to my summer place for a week and bringing us back... think of it as a vacation. I already spoke to all of your managers and booked you all off for the week."

Yuka choked on air, "No way!"

Kagome grinned, "Way. They say country air is good for the baby."

"I LOVE YOU!" Sango squealed as she launched at Inuyasha, as she was incapable of launching at Kagome. Inuyasha, awkwardly, pat Sango's head before shoving her off of him.

"Your husband might think things."

Sango snorted, "Let him. Man still pinches ass cheeks."

Miroku held his hands up in defence, "I thought they were baby cheeks—you know, on the face."

"Oh yeah," Sango rolled her eyes, "because a grown woman's ass totally looks like a baby's face."

"She got you there, man." Kouga snickered.

"Fuck off."

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Kagome was sitting a bit far off behind Inuyasha as he stood at a podium, speaking into the mics and answering the questions of the many reporters that crowded before him. Her arms were crossed and resting neatly on top of her plump tummy. She glanced at a few reporters staring at her before they started snapping crazy pictures.

"So you did not falsely wed Miss. Higuarshi?"

Inuyasha's eyes flashed, "No."

"But our reports say here..."

"If you believe the reports, than why are you questioning me."

"Is it true you're having sextuplets?"

Inuyasha twitched, "If I was, would I bring my wife to a fucking press conference?"

"Are you still having a secret affair with Miss. Hiromi?"

Inuyasha's eyes widened. "What the fuck?! No!!"

"But our rep--"

"If you fucking want to believe your reports, stop questioning me. All I can say is that I am faithful to my wife."

"Is Naraku jailed?"

"Fourteen years." Inuyasha confirmed.

"When is the delivery date?"

"April."

Kagome signed, the questions they were asking were not only random but all over the place. She wanted to go home and spend some quality time with her husband. Gulping, she twiddled her thumbs, tuning out her surroundings. She wanted to—for quite some time, tell Inuyasha she loved him... sure they were married as a mutual agreement because she was pregnant but somewhere along the lines, she had fallen truly in love...

Her taste of love...

"Boy or girl?"

Inuyasha smiled, "Unknown. It's supposed to be a surprise."

A collective aww shot out through the room before the parade of questions began again. Kagome wanted nothing to do but get up to Inuyasha and tell him that she wanted to go home...

And stay home.

She couldn't wait for their trip to the summer home. It would be a flash of memories once again, the places where she and Inuyasha went together; his mystic tree house that had a magical prince and princess, the horses on which Inuyasha and Kagome raced mercilessly... and the same horses that was used as a device to drown Kagome.

Good times. Kagome missed them terribly.

"So your wife is now the new cover girl for your magazine?"

Inuyasha shook his head, "Only for the baby product line. I refuse to let her model after the birth of our child. It was only for these few months and she has stopped."

Kagome smiled, he was so cute!!

"How can you marry a woman when you were going steady with another—that's cheating, Inuyasha."

Everybody shut up and followed the sound of the voice. Kagome stood up, her eyes wide and Inuyasha bore a cold look across his face.

"Kikyo..."

"Answer me," Kikyo spoke, wearing loose jeans and an overly big black t-shirt. "How could you? That's cheating—you were making out with her while we were still dating."

"And you were making out with sales associates while you were still dating me." Inuyasha countered.

"At least I didn't get married to them."

"It would have been better if you did."

Kikyo took another step forward, "I loved you! Why did you leave me—I even tried getting you back... telling Naraku your whereabouts... why? Why did you leave me for an insolent child?!"

Inuyasha's eyes glazed over as he stared coldly at his ex-girlfriend. "Because... she has something you'll never have."

Kikyo frowned. "What?"

"Innocence and dignity..."

Kikyo scowled, "I'll get you back! You can't use me and dump me!"

"Guess what," Inuyasha whispered, "I did."

Tears streamed down Kikyo's eyes as she turned and tore out of the room. Stepping away from the podium, Inuyasha called everything to a halt and said he needed to take his fatigued wife him. His blood was boiling with anger as he knew that showdown with Kikyo would make the tabloids scream something.

"What was that?" Kagome whispered as Inuyasha led her out of the room, flashes of cameras blinding them.

"No idea."

"Think she'll be coming back?"

Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder, "Truthfully?"

"Please."

He gulped. "I think she will."

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Somewhat delayed. My apologies... finished first semester of university. This chapter is rather... weird but I needed to bring Kikyo back... I realized she disappeared somewhere throughout the story. So Naraku is gone, I just want to settle Kikyo and this story is just about complete.

Estimation? 4-5 chapters. Yay! I promise next chapter won't be so delayed!