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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Final Taste of Love
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"We had triplets. Triplet girls."
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"Welcome home!" Confetti burst as Kagome pushed a tiny stroller of three up the gates of the Takahashi mansion. Inside were family and friends alike: Souta, Korari, and Akira Higurashi, Izayoi, Inutaisho, Sesshomaru, Kagura, Rin, twin babies Suoh and Zen Takahashi. And along with the entire Higurashi / Takahashi bloodline were the friends: Sango, Miroku, and Ai Lin, Ayame, Kouga, and Hikari Lang, Eri, Hojo, and Kyo Asuki, Yuka, Hayabusa, Ichiro, and Kasumi Falcon and last, but definitely not least, Ayumi Saitou and her fiancé, Daichi Fujii.
Kagome blinked as she turned to her husband, who was grinning standing directly behind her. "Trust me when I say that I'm totally surprised as well."
"Sure," Kagome snorted, "Casanova's should not be trusted."
Placing a hand on the small of her back, Inuyasha guided Kagome into their home with their three daughters, for the first time in two months. They were pulled out of the incubators three weeks ago and stayed in the hospital for assurance that they were going to remain healthy.
"How are you?" Korari rushed forward, embracing her daughter. Kagome latched around her mother's neck and breathed in her scent.
"I'm great—tired, but what else do'ya expect?"
Korari and Izayoi, immediately picked up their granddaughters. "What'chu name them, Inu-onii?" Souta raised an eyebrow as he stood beside Sango, who had her arm wrapped around his shoulder. Grinning, Kagome ushered to the daughter cradled in Inuyasha's arms.
"The eldest," she introduced, "Sayuri Ayana Takahashi."
Raising an eyebrow at the name, Rin had to shove her husband to stop from laughing. Glaring at her brother-in-law, Kagome continued to introduce her three beautiful daughters to the family.
"Second," She ushered to the girl struggling in Grandma-Korari's arms, "Sayuki Kimiko Takahashi."
"Cute," Ayame noted as Inuyasha cut off Kagome, introducing his last daughter.
"And the baby of the three, Sayumi Hikaru Takahashi." And all eyes turned to the girl sleeping in Grandma-Izayoi's arms. Daichi raised an eyebrow.
"Why do they all have such—random middle names?"
Inuyasha pointed to his wife, while cradling his daughter in his other arm. His sling came off a few weeks ago and he had practiced holding his daughters enough times to know he can do it without dropping her.
"Kagome's idea," he blamed, "she said something about them growing up and hating us for giving them identical names."
Kagome glared at Inuyasha. "Excuse me? At least that way if they don't like their first names, they can use their middle names. I know I'd hate it if I had a twin and we shared pretty much identical names."
"Woman has a point," Inutaisho grinned, "never question the authority of your wife, Inuyasha."
Akira nodded solemnly. "We all realized that—it's best if you don't test it."
Sesshomaru could only nod in agreement. Inuyasha noted that Hojo, Miroku, Kouga, and Hayabusa blatantly did not chose to answer (primarily because their wives shot them rather nasty looks). Gulping, he looked at his wife who quietly chatting with his mother and her own.
"I guess I should follow the – uh... recommendation of my elders." Inuyasha cringed. Chuckling, Akira clapped his back.
"That's my man," he boomed, "listen—while you and Kagome were out of service, a heck of a lot of people called, your men and mine, requesting the presence of Mister and Missus Takahashi at blank party or blank gathering."
Inuyasha stared at Akira before Inutaisho popped in. "We said no to most of them, except one. I think you should go for this party, Inuyasha."
"What is it?"
"His name's Kaoru Ehime," Inutaisho murmured, "he runs this large empire that, literally has chains on every continent—possibly Antarctica as well!"
Inuyasha glowered at his father. "Unless Ehime is a penguin, I doubt he has a building in the Antarctica."
"Shut up, boy," Akira rolled his eyes, "listen to your father."
Inuyasha wanted to swear at Akira but remembered that the man was his father-in-law. Despite the trivialities he caused in his life and his wife's, he couldn't downgrade the man in front of the entire Takahashi clan (well, friends and family). Attempting to mask the growl in the back of his throat, Inuyasha turned back to his father. "Go on?" His voice was tight and he cradled Sayuri.
"Ehime wanted you and Kagome present for an overnight banquet meeting sometime in two months—I made sure the date was compatible with you and the girls," Inutaisho admitted, "if you two hit it off, then Ehime will link us as family partners. He already enjoyed Sesshomaru's company as well as mine."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Really? The real Sesshomaru? Are you sure he didn't hire somebody to take his place because—well, face it... God himself wouldn't enjoy Sesshomaru's company."
"Ha, ha—funny, little brother." Sesshomaru muttered, dryly.
"Both of you," Inutaisho growled and Sayuri began squirming. Inuyasha lifted his daughter to his shoulder and snuggled with her. Kagura squealed—
"Who would've thought the Takahashi Inuyasha would be snuggling with his own baby girl! Not even a year ago he was-..." Kagura decided not to finish that sentence, as the glowered Inuyasha sent at her sent shivers up her spine.
"Like I was saying," Inutaisho sighed as he spotted the girls all squealing over—Sayumi and Sayuki? At least, he believed Sayuri was in Inuyasha's arms...
"Wait, that's Sayuri, right?" Inutaisho broke off his train of thought himself, engrossed in his granddaughters. Inuyasha nodded.
"Yeah, mother has Sayuki and—well, Rin is now tryna hold Sayumi." Inuyasha noted that Kagome was helping Rin snuggle with her new baby cousin. Ai and Hikari were fisting and unfisting their hands in Sayuki's direction and Izayoi refused to let go of her granddaughter.
"Get on track, man!" Akira shoved Inutaisho who shook back to what he was speaking about earlier.
"Sorry, like I was saying, Ehime wants to meet you and your wife before completing a full merger. If that works, he'll sign a one year contract with Akira and any movies he directs within that year: hit or flop." Inutaisho stated, "It's a huge deal that we can't refuse. He even insisted that if the girls were old enough and, of course with you and Kagome allowing, then they could join the festivities as well."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "My, at least then, two month old daughters are not going to a midnight banquet party."
"We'll see then—what are they doing?" Inutaisho exclaimed, seeing the girls squealing, passing and obviously ignoring Kagome. Inuyasha frowned.
"What's happening?" He roared, passing Sayuki to Souta. Kagome sighed at her husband.
"They won't let the girls down and it's feeding time?" Kagome had decided to breastfeed all three—no matter how tough it would end up being. Shoving his way through the crowd, Inuyasha managed to kidnap his daughters back after telling the women that if his wife did not feed his daughters, they would have no granddaughters/cousins/goddaughters/whatever-other-relation to squeal over.
Reluctantly, they let go of Sayumi and Sayuki.
Smiling sympathetically, Kagome trudged up the stairs with two of her girls as Inuyasha brought Sayuki up from behind.
Everybody watched them go. Eri squealed.
"They look just like Inuyasha!"
...
"No," Ayame crossed her arms, "they look like Kagome."
"Sayuki does," Korari butt in, "the other two have Inuyasha's features..."
And the everlasting battle of which girl looks like who began.
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Two Months Later...
"My brain hurts..." Kagome moaned as she heard Sayuki scream, waking up her two sisters.
"My ears hurt..."
"Shut up," Kagome shoved him, "they're sucking on my nipples all day, not yours."
"I try and help, you know! I don't necessarily lactate." Inuyasha retorted as the couple rolled out of bed at 2am, ready to feed their three daughters.
The two made it their way to the nursery, noting that Marika was already awake—trying to hush the three little girls. Smiling apologetically at Marika, Kagome picked up the loudest: Sayuki. Inuyasha began talking to his other girls, hoping his voice would sooth them enough to shut up. Marika snuggled Sayumi while Inuyasha whispered in Sayuri's ear.
"When's Ehime's party?" Kagome sighed, in exasperation.
"Two days," Inuyasha admitted, "Mom, Korari and Ayumi are staying with the girls. Sango and Ai are gonna come by later that night."
Kagome sighed, nodding. "I really don't wanna leave the girls. Not so early, at least."
Inuyasha smiled sadly at her. "Neither do I, Mademoiselle, but... well, we could always say no."
"That would be wrong too." Kagome muttered. "They are promising something big for the company." She sighed as she pried Sayuki off of her breast. The girl had fallen asleep and she ushered for Sayumi. Sayuri was already dozing off so Kagome would feed her last. "But I don't wanna leave the girls either?"
Inuyasha placed Sayuki in her crib. "We can leave the girls with Kouga and Miroku... they left their girls with me the day of our wedding and it was horrible." He tapped his chin, thoughtfully. "Matter of fact, they all left their kids with me. At that moment, I did not want children."
"Well," Kagome mused, "if you weren't such a horny bastard—drunk horny bastard, you wouldn't be here right now, now would you?"
Inuyasha pretended to gasp in horror. "Mademoiselle, my daughters are absolutely amazing, alright?"
"Why?" Kagome's eyes twinkled, "Because they're half Inuyasha Takahashi or half Kagome Higurashi?"
Rolling his eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world, he stated: "Duh, because they're half Inuyasha. Honestly, woman..."
Snorting, Kagome returned back to the topic at hand: "I think it's safer if we leave our mothers with the girls."
Mariko spoke up, (in an attempt to not laugh at their earlier conversation) to advise her master and mistress. "You can leave the girls with myself and your mothers. Pump some milk so we don't need to feed them formula."
Kagome looked at Marika and then to Inuyasha. "It could work..."
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Kagome twirled in a twinkling black dress that perfectly accented every curve of her body. Miroku, Kouga, Korari and Izayoi were appointed baby duty for the night: Korari and Izayoi for the feeding and Miroku and Kouga for diaper changing, cradling and putting to sleep.
It was Inuyasha's idea: revenge for Hikari and Ai.
"What time are you kids coming back?" Korari inquired as Kagome kissed Sayuki's cheek before handing her to Miroku. Inuyasha was patting Sayumi's back while winking at Sayuri, who was wrestling Kouga.
"That's my girl," he laughed as Kouga glared at his friend.
"Shaddup."
Kagome looked at her mom. "No idea—Inuyasha?"
"Probably past midnight. If we can do everything before then, then I'll come home. Can't stay away from the kids..." He admitted as Izayoi and Korari fell into a collective awwwwwwwwww. Inuyasha glared at his mother and mother-in-law before handing his daughter to Izayoi.
"We'll see you bums later," Kagome waved as Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist and guided her towards his 2009 silver Nissan GTR, parked right outside the main gate. Korari and Izayoi watched them as Kouga and Miroku kidnapped the three girls to whatever part of the mansion for a good uncles-to-nieces time.
"Funny, huh..." Korari started, "How destiny works?"
Izayoi smiled, "I know. It wasn't supposed to happen like this, was it?"
"I think it was." Korari stated firmly. "Because if it wasn't, it wouldn't have happened... everything happened for a reason."
"The entire Naraku thing was preplanned to bring those two together, wouldn't you say?" Izayoi stated as Korari grinned.
"Exactly."
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"You know," Kagome pondered, "if my babies learn words that include sex, boob, pussy and/or dick and anything of that sort before they say mama or dada... I'm ripping off your friend's balls and feeding them to Naraku."
Inuyasha snorted. "Uhm, no..." he corrected, "if my babies learn to say anything of that sort in their lifetime, those two are losing balls." With a pause and executing a left-turn out of his property, he added as an afterthought, "And are being fed to Kikyo..."
"Speaking of Kikyo!" Kagome gasped, "What happened to her? I never really found out..."
Inuyasha smiled as he gained speed. "She was diagnosed with some emotional and mental problem that caused her to do that. Psychiatrists, well the report at least, said that something triggered her mental ability when I married you—that she always had a craving to get what she wanted no matter what the cost is: hence her trying to kill Ayame and drugging Miroku."
He was quiet for a moment before entering the freeway, "She's gonna be in an institute until they can help her get better and if lack thereof, she'll be in a special house."
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Not gonna lie, I kind of feel sorry for her. She did love you."
"Crazy loved." Inuyasha corrected, "There is a difference."
"Still," Kagome mumbled, "I would hate it if you left me and married some next girl—kissing here while I was in the house and what not."
Inuyasha shot her a look. "Listen," he snarled, "I didn't love Kikyo. I was just with her because of..."
He paused and Kagome finished it: "For sex?"
Inuyasha winced, "Yeah," he muttered, "for sex." Sighing, he changed his lane, "But I love you." He spoke fiercely. "I'm not gonna say anything cheesy but I've loved you for a long long time. Why do you think I'm here taking you to Ehime's party and not Kikyo? Why is it that I have three beautiful girls with you and not with Kikyo?"
Kagome was silent for a moment. "I didn't doubt you." She admitted, "I was just... speaking, hypothetically."
"Fuck your hypothetics."
"That isn't a word. It's hypothetic. And besides, the way you used it in context makes absolutely no sense."
... "Shut up."
Giggling, Kagome looked out the window and watch the scenery rush by her.
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"TAKAHASHI!" A rather broad voice roared as Inuyasha guided his wife into the banquet hall that was the appointed party location. Raising an eyebrow, Inuyasha and Kagome spotted a large, bulky and big-boned man run in their direction. He had black hair, gelled and sleeked back and a studded left ear (that was full of earrings).
"Ehime," Inuyasha greeted, automatically assuming that he was his party-host.
"How are you? Is this your wife—Miko? Oh my wife and daughter love you!"
Kagome blushed at the compliment and Inuyasha could only smile.
"Takahashi, come, come!" Ehime grinned, "Your wife can mingle with the other wives. You need to come!"
"Very energetic, ne?" Inuyasha whispered in his wife's ear as he slipped off her coat. Winking at her husband, Kagome made her way to the other women before eyeing Inuyasha walk off with Ehime...
"Takahashi!"
Turning around, Kagome saw a few familiar faces; Aiko, the woman that was raped by Naraku, and a few others. Smiling, she sat down beside Aiko, who gave her a quick hug. "How are you?" Aiko grinned, "oh god, you do not look like a mother of triplets for three months now!"
Kagome blushed, "I work out..."
In bed, she added as an afterthought. Immediately, everybody began speaking and Kagome could only smile—laugh, and enjoy herself.
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"YUKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Wincing, Inuyasha looked up from his morning papers to find Sayuri chasing Sayuki down the stairs. This daughters were six years old—and counting, and he couldn't, for the life of him, begin to wonder how he made it through six years of their lives.
At least Sayumi was the sane one.
"Catch me, Yuri!" Sayuki teased her sister as Sayuri kept on chasing her. Inuyasha looked up and saw Sayumi shaking her head from the top floor.
"What is going on here?" He roared, standing up. Kagome was out... shopping... with his only son...
When the girls were three years old, Kagome was pregnant again and gave birth to a baby boy: Muteki Daisuke Takahashi. Muteki needed new clothes which, obviously, took three women to purchase: Kagome, Sango and Ayame.
Sango had another daughter, Katie, and Ayame a son, Yuuhi.
And all the fathers were losing their noodles.
"SHE STOLDED MY BARBIE DOLLIE!" Sayuri pointed an accusatory finger at her sister. Inuyasha twitched, glancing at Sayuki.
"Yuki?"
Blinking innocently up at her father, Sayuki smiled. "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss?"
"Give bake Yuri's doll."
"But I like it!"
"So I'll get you one."
"I like this one!"
Looking up at Sayumi, Inuyasha noted that his daughter was laughing. That one's like Kagome...
"It's your sisters. You have your own." Inuyasha sighed, obviously tired.
"But..."
"No buts. Give your sister back her doll."
Pouting, Sayuki shoved the doll back to Sayuri. Squealing, the little girl raced up the stairs to continue playing with the third sister. Sayuki stood there, arms crossed.
"Sweetheart," Inuyasha put Sayuki in his lap, "that's Yuri's doll—you don't take it. If you want, I can get you one exactly like it... but taking without asking permission is wrong."
"I know but—Sayuri wasn't letting me share! You said to always share!"
Inuyasha wanted to hit himself with a rock. Fatherhood was too tiring. He couldn't do father-to-daughter talks. At least Kagome was there to talk to them about when they begin bleeding from between the legs...
Oh LORD...
"If Yuri doesn't do the right thing, doesn't mean you don't have to either..."
Nodding, Sayuki kissed Inuyasha's cheek, her black hair cut short to a tiny bob. She looked more like her mother, but acted most like Inuyasha. Sayumi had dark hair, like Inuyasha, blue eyes, like Kagome, and a mixture of personalities (although she acted more like Kagome when Inuyasha was in trouble). Sayuki looked like a mini female-Inuyasha.
Jumping off of his lap, she ran up the stairs to play with her sisters...
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"Finally," Kagome groaned as she fell onto the sofa in their giant mansion, "the four are asleep. Why did we want kids?"
"We didn't," Inuyasha straddled his wife, running his hands over her body, "they just happen to pop out of your belly."
Kagome grinned as Inuyasha squeezed a breast. "They're still precious."
"Of course," Inuyasha leaned forward, "they are the four Takahashi brats."
Arching her back, Kagome planted her lips onto her husband's, feeling him with every fibre in her body. Inuyasha's hands slid up her shirt and just as he was about to unclasp her bra...
"MOMMY!"
Shoving Inuyasha off in a heartbeat, Kagome shot up and was immediately running up the stairs. Inuyasha was close behind...
"MUTEKI?" Kagome roared, running into her son's room. Her three year old sat on the bed, sobbing. Picking him up, Kagome cradled him.
"Baby, what happened? Did you hurt yourself?" Kagome asked, trying to find any bruises or cuts on her son's body. Inuyasha dropped to his knees and held Muteki's hand. His son had his eyes, his mother's hair and features that matched his uncle Sesshomaru...
"Solider," Inuyasha referred to his son by the pet name that he gave him since birth, "what happened?"
"I had a bad dweam," Muteki sniffled as Kagome kissed his cheek, "it was so baadddd!"
"It was just a dream," Kagome whispered in his ear, "do you want to sleep with mommy and daddy tonight?"
Feeling her son nod, Kagome stood up with Muteki clasped around her neck. Smirking at Inuyasha in a I-calmed-down-your-prodigy-I-win look, she waltzed to their room with Muteki in her arms. Within five minutes, she had him lying down and he fell back to sleep. Just as she was about to crawl in beside him, she felt her husband whirl he around.
"I love you," he whispered before kissing her. She complied and gave him a quaint kiss back before pushing him off.
"Go to bed," She teased as she snuggled in beside Muteki. Chuckling, Inuyasha walked to the other side of the bed and got in, sandwiching Muteki in between.
All was quiet...
"Casanova?"
Inuyasha peeked open an eye to find his wife staring at him over Muteki's head. "Oui, Mademoiselle?"
Kagome's eyes twinkled.
"Je t'aime aussi."
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Not done. One more chapter remaining.