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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Altercation

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"Blast it..." Kagome moaned, crawling out of bed, trying to keep her overactive bladder under control. As fast as a pregnant woman could run, she made it to the bathroom and before she even sat her butt down, her bladder gave in and released a truckload of urine. She glanced at the ticking clock in their private bathroom and noted it was just past two in the morning.

Blame the brat, she rubbed her stomach lovingly as her urine kept streaming into the toilet in what seemed like endless seconds. Finally, after her sac was emptied, she wiped herself clean and hauled herself up off of the toilet, grunting in the process. I'll be ten times happier when I become ten times lighter.

Washing her hands, she stared at her tanned face in the mirror. Not even a year ago her father was plotting against her and she was laced into a trickery marriage concocted by her best friend and her husband. Less than a year ago she loathed the name Takahashi Inuyasha, primarily because he was her husband...

Less than a year ago, she wouldn't be expecting a beautiful baby. Her own beautiful baby. Smiling warmly, she caressed her stomach and felt a pathetic kick. Giggling slightly, she continued to rub her tummy in an affectionate manner, telling her baby in her own gesture that she loved him or her. Whatever the child may be...

"You okay there, love?" Inuyasha's voice floated in behind her. She gasped, seeing him lean up against the bathroom door. Blushing, she waddled into his awaiting arms.

"Just... excited... and very uncontrolling of my bladder."

Inuyasha laughed, hugging her as close as possible, "Uncontrolling isn't a word."

"Shut up, Casanova." She mumbled against his bare chest, loving the way he smelt of masculine without even trying. Running his fingers through her hair, Inuyasha savoured the moment in his bathroom, 2am, with his wife. As extraterrestrial as the situation sounded, Inuyasha couldn't have it any more perfect than it already was.

His wife.

His child.

Heck, even his own bathroom!! He couldn't wait until April, when Kagome's delivery date was set for... he would be a father, run his empire with his wife by his side, follow her modelling career as Miko Takahashi instead of just Miko...

His life seemed perfect.

"Wanna go back to bed?" He murmured into her hair and felt her nod. Guiding her back towards their comfortable feather-soft bed, Inuyasha lay his wife down before crawling in beside her. Wrapping an arm around her shoulders, he rubbed his nose against her cheek.

"Can I tell you something?" He whispered as she tilted her head towards his direction.

"What?"

"I love you."

Giggling, she placed a kiss on the tip of his nose. "Not as much as I love you."

"Hard to believe," Inuyasha snorted playfully, "this feeling is incomparable."

Giving her husband the benefit of the doubt, Kagome merely caressed his cheek, staring lovingly into his eyes. Smiling, Inuyasha placed a final chaste kiss onto her lips before nuzzling his face right into the groove of her neck—where he would remain as long as he should live...

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"I hate this pregnancy business!" Kagome yelled as she launched into the bathroom, ten in the morning. Ayame and Sango couldn't help but laugh as Kagome went to excrete her bladder for the fifth time in half an hour. Inuyasha was feeling highly worried about her constant urination and was tempted to call the doctor—

"I am a doctor!" Miroku roared as Inuyasha smacked him across the head.

"For babies. My wife is obviously not a baby."

"Well she sure as hell is carrying a child! And peeing often isn't a bad thing!"

"Say's you."

"I have the PhD in medicine here!"

Inuyasha snorted, "Yeah, and I bet you want your bachelors too."

Miroku crossed his arms, "As a matter of fact I already have a bachelors—five in fact!"

Hojo snorted, "He didn't get that pun, did he?"

"Nope," Hayabusa shook his head, "absolutely not."

Kagome trudged out of the bathroom and shot daggers at her husband. "Get me pregnant again and you will liveto regret it. No more babies for seventeen years!!"

Inuyasha grinned, "Can we do the do that brings the babies?"

"So long as you have the latex!!" Sango piped in as Kagome threw a dirty look in her direction.

"Isn't that how Ai was conceived," Kagome taunted, "broken latex?"

Eri gasped, "Ai wasn't planned?!"

Sango laughed, not caring how her little "secret" was revealed. "An absolutely beautiful and perfect mistake. Yeah, the condom broke—so what?"

"Just like how Takahashi junior is the product of drunken seduction," Kouga taunted, "what a story to tell when the kid passes puberty. Insert name," Kouga had a cushion thrown at him for that statement, "your parents had you because they were drunk out of their underwear and couldn't tell left from right, up from down, and pussy from dick."

"Cut the vulgarity," Daichi glowered at Kouga, "My virgin ears!"

"Oh yeah right," Kagome teased, "You and Ayumi probably had more action than all of us combined."

"Not counting the fact Mrs. Takahashi literally only had it once." Yuka coughed as Kagome raised an eyebrow.

"You watch Inuyasha and me?"

Yuka's turn to blush as the adults laughed at her predicament. Trying to change the subject, she chose a topic of high debate and of great amusement: "So what are we naming junior?!"

Kagome grinned, "We have a list of names already. I picked Muteki if it's a boy!"

"And Sakura if it's a girl," Inuyasha piped in, but received a face from Miroku.

"What a common name! Couldn't you have picked something exotic like—like... Cleopatra?!"

Inuyasha snorted, "She's Japanese, not Egyptian."

"Cultural exploitation," Miroku grinned, "besides, name her something like—oh I dunno, Suriya?"

Kagome's eyes widened. "That's actually pretty cute!!"

Miroku smirked, "That was my pick for Ai's name, but Sango beat me."

"It is cute, but Ai didn't seem like a Suriya to me," Sango admitted, "how about Sakina?"

"Nah," Kouga shook his head, "first child of those two just can't be a Sakina. Doesn't suit them—how about... err," Kouga stared at the expecting couple for long enough before snapping his fingers, "Akimi!"

"Oh boo!!" Eri shot, "Akimi Takahashi?!"

"Hey!!" Kouga defended, "It sounds freaking awesome!"

Inuyasha and Kagome exchanged looks. Glancing over at Marika, his head maid, he quietly asked her how the other kids were doing. She stated that they were fine and were in a playroom, enjoying themselves. Kagome instructed Marika to take some crackers and milk for them. Nodding, Marika went to do her duties...

And yet the adults weren't done deliberating.

"Uhm—it's our kid?" Kagome spoke up uncertainly, "Wouldn't you say we have final say?!"

"NO!!" Sango, Ayame, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi shot simultaneously. Kagome gulped.

"I mean..."

"We pick Sayuri!" Ayame finally chose as Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't that the main actress from Memoirs of a Geisha?" He inquired as Kouga nodded in agreement. Eri nodded.

"Yes it is! But it's a cute name, Sayuri Takahashi."

Kagome rolled her eyes, "No. How's Akiko?"

Inuyasha negated right away, "Hell no! How's Anzu?"

Hojo screwed his eyes, "You on crack man? How does Akane sound?"

"Sounds like an Anime slut," Eri muttered darkly, "I don't like it. What about Hatsumi?"

"Hatsumi Takahashi?!" Hayabusa wanted to laugh, "Sounds like a stripper!"

"Thanks," Eri crossed her arms, "my confidence just boosted by ten folds."

"No problem," Hayabusa gave her the thumbs up before turning to the Takahashi couple, "whatever names you chose, it has to suit you both. We're just here for inspiration—and obviously it isn't working." Hayabusa laughed seeing Inuyasha shake his head, "You've heard our input and, in the end, you have to choose."

"What name do you think, 'Busa?" Kagome inquired, placing a hand on her stomach. Hayabusa smiled warmly.

"I say Sachiko," Hayabusa stated, "because it means child of bliss and it would be that ironic bullshit that she wouldn't have been conceived during blissful times but it's because of her that you two are peaceful?" Hayabusa shrugged, "And besides, 'Yasha's great great great grandmother's name was Sachiko-Hana Takahashi—that woman was a beast I tell you."

Kagome turned to her husband, "Yeah?"

Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah, Grandmother Hana ran the empire alone after the death of grandfather, raised seven kids herself, endured the death of five of them and married the remaining two off to proper families. She died at a hundred and twelve years old and lived to see many milestones for the earth—some say that she was the epitome of bliss because even after the death of Grandfather Takahashi, her five kids and bringing an almost bankrupt business back to the top, she remained as happy as she was the day she met Grandfather." Inuyasha looked into the ceiling, "She's the reason the Takahashi's are here today."

Kagome kept staring at her husband before clapping her hands together. "It's settled!!"

Everybody looked at her.

"We won't name the kid until they're born—otherwise we start unneeded battles between us friends." Grinning cheekily, she stood up. "And now, Madam Takahashi is starving and wishes to take her best friends out to a gourmet lunch. Monsieur Casanova can remain at home and entertain his guests."

"You are not going anywhere!" Inuyasha stood up, snarling. Sango rolled her eyes.

"Come on, Inuyasha." She dragged the on for a few seconds, "She's with us. Let her have a bit of fun? We promise to bring her back home before five pm."

Inuyasha eyed all the women dangerously before finally allowing his wife to go out with them: "On the condition you take a driver of my choice and a bodyguard of my choice."

Sango rolled her eyes as Kagome crossed her arms. Miroku had to jump to his best friends defence: "He's only worried about his wife! If I was as rich and influential as him, I would've sent bodyguards and drivers to chase around Sango while she was pregnant with Ai!!"

"You'd be worried over the expense!" Sango shrilled as Kagome stood up, with much pressure. Inuyasha aided his wife in her mission to stand upright. Pulling out his cell phone, Inuyasha made a few calls before smiling at his wife.

"All set, the limo's outside."

Kagome squealing, pecking her husband on the cheek before following her friends to the outside world.

"Take care," Inuyasha called as he saw the women exit his mansion. Sighing, he turned around and collapsed onto the sofa.

"I hate this pregnancy thing," He muttered as Kouga sucker punched him.

"There was once-upon a time where you hated everything but sexual intercourse."

Inuyasha snorted, "I still enjoy sexual intercourse," pausing dramatically, he grinned up at his friends, "so long as its intercourse between the legs of my wife."

"And not a woman who flaunts her—vaginal tissue?" Miroku raised an eyebrow as Hayabusa smacked his head.

Inuyasha shot up, sitting with his back straight and his eyes wide, "I did tell you guys that we saw Kikyo at the press conference, right?"

Miroku frowned, "No."

All the men crowded around Inuyasha who screwed his eyes, "She... just kinda appeared, you know?"

"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.

"Damn," Hojo whistled, "still pining over lost love?"

Inuyasha frowned, "Something like that?"

"Why would she be wearing baggy clothes though?" Daichi raised an eyebrow as all the men nodded in agreement. "She's a porn-star... shouldn't she be wearing miniscule clothing?"

"Makes sense," Hayabusa turned to Inuyasha, "think she has a secret or something going down?"

"She could have unlimited amounts of hickey's," Miroku shrugged as Kouga shoved him.

"Shut up, seriously!"

"I am being serious!" Miroku defended, "What if she's Naraku's new pussy-toy?"

"He's in jail," Hojo put in as Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"She probably has some new boyfriend whose madass abusive," Inuyasha shrugged, "she's psycho like that, she'd do anything, from what I've learnt, to get the man she wants."

Kouga's eyes widened. "Anything?... Inuyasha..."

The business man turned to his friend, "What?"

"Anything... she probably has tabs of what we're doing right now—and that your six month pregnant wife is gone out."

Eyes widening in realization, Inuyasha shot up. "FUCK! Get the damn car!!" He roared as he ran towards the main door. Miroku ran the opposite side to head to the underground garage. All other men were scurrying out, getting their shoes on and calling their women to get a hold of where they were.

"Ayame's not picking up!" Kouga exclaimed, panicked.

"Neither is Eri," Hojo whispered as Hayabusa gulped.

"Nor is Yuka."

"What about Ayumi?" Inuyasha turned to Daichi who shook his head.

Snarling, he ripped through the door, Bullshit.

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"Yum," Kagome grinned as they entered Miura, a quaint Sushi shop, "Sushi..."

"I'm about ready to drool," Ayame smirked, stepping out of the limo after her best friend.

"I amdrooling." Eri snorted as she stepped out of the limo. All of the girls piled into the restaurant in a large lump, their voices talking in animated chatter. The restaurant was quite empty which was even better for the six women.

"Sushiiiii!!" Sango chanted. Pulling out her phone to let her husband know where they arrive, she frowned.

"No bars?"

"Sorry," the waitress bowed apologetically, "this store has no satellite signals—cellular devices do not work here."

"It's fine," Ayame waved her hand, "we're just here for a bite of sushi—and I want a veggie one!"

Kagome snorted, "Ew?"

"Salmon!!" Eri squealed as Ayumi and Yuka nodded in agreement.

Sitting down at a small table, the girls immediately began chatting once again as the waitress collected a pen and pad, ready to take their orders.

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"Wacdonalds?"

"Shut up Daichi," Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "my wife doesn't eat Wacdonalds!"

"Actually..." Miroku paused as Inuyasha took a sudden left turn, "she loves it."

"Nobody asked you, Lin." Inuyasha muttered darkly, "Where could they have gone?!"

"Burger King?"

"Daichi!!!" Hayabusa snarled, "They do not eat fast food!"

"Try calling Sango," Inuyasha directed as Miroku nodded, pulling out his phone.

Ring.

Ring...

"Hello?"

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"Shit, my wallet's in the limo—gimme a sec," Sango informed as she slid out of her seat and began walking towards the limousine parked a few feet away from the restaurant. After she exited the store and made it to the limo, her phone vibrated in her back pocket. Frowning, she pulled it out.

"Hello?"

"Where are you guys?!" Her husband's voice sounded, in a worried tone.

Sango smiled, "Miura, why?"

"Sango! Be careful!!"

Frowning, Sango was about to open the limo door (the driver had gone for a smoke) but stopped right away. "What happened? Miroku?"

"Sango, come back to the mansion right now!"

"Miro--..." Gasping, Sango dropped her phone, her right arm shooting in pain. Turning around, her eyes widened seeing Kikyo point a revolver at her, emotion seething with hate.

"Kik--..."

The five other women ran out of the restaurant along with the waitress and the chef. "SANGO!" Kagome screamed as she wanted to run to her friend but her other friends as well as her stomach prevented her from doing so.

"Don't move," Kikyo whispered, pointing the gun at Kagome, "or you're next."

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