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"Sweetie, you drool more than my great grand baby." The old lady continued as she followed everyone out of the church beside Kagome.
Kagome just mumbled under her breath. So what if she couldn't control that? It was all his fault.
"It wouldn't happen to be that handsome young man causing you to drool would it?"
Kagome looked over at whom the lady was pointing at and twitched one of her eyes.
"G-gramps?" Kagome mentally was hurling on the ground. "Uh...that's my grandfather." 'Certainly isn't a young one either.'
"Oooh...I know he would be the cause of my drooling." The old lady said smiling a toothless smile a Gramps who was standing quite a distance away.
"Hey Kagome!" Sota said tugging on his older sister's dress. "Guess what! Guess what!"
"Hold on Sota. We have to wait for Rin and Sesshomaru to leave the church."
InuYasha came up from behind Kagome and rested his elbow on her shoulder startling her.
InuYasha smirked at her and rolled his eyes removing his elbow from her shoulder.
"Oh, it's just you."
"I'm shocked and some what hurt Kagome." InuYasha said dramatically tossing his hair and looked up at the sky. "I put on this slick tuxedo and I don't get one compliment from you." He hid his eyes as if he was crying making Kagome laugh.
" It was kinda hard to do that when there was a wedding ceremony going on." Kagome used this as an excuse to look him up and down and made sure her lips were shut tightly so no saliva would be able to exit. "You look very nice."
'Try hot, stunning, breath taking, SEXY!' Kagome mentally added.
"Boo. That's it?" InuYasha frowned. "You're no fun."
"Hey InuYasha! Can I tell you a joke? Kagome is being mean and wont let me tell her." Sota asked.
"I guess."
"Your mama's so-"
"You say anything insulting about my mother and I'll make sure you and Hitomi won't have the opportunity of having your own kids." He warned with a death stare.
Sota laughed nervously and shot his gaze towards the church doors. "Hey look! Rin and Sesshomaru! Time for bubbles!"
Rin smiled at all the relatives and friends blowing bubbled towards them as they made their way to the white limousine. Kagome blew a bubble towards them but it was rudely popped by one of InuYasha's claws.
"Hey!"
"I thought we were supposed to throw rice?" InuYasha asked confused.
"Rin likes bubbles."
"Of course she does." He sighed.
Rin skipped down the steps of the church grasping Sesshomaru's hand in hers. For his special day he didn't look too happy but InuYasha just guessed that was just his normal facial expression. Perhaps something happened when the two of them grew up to cause him to act so differently. InuYasha always knew Sesshomaru was a serious child but he did know how to laugh and smile back then. He just prayed he would act a little more joyous at the reception. As they both passed by Rin gave InuYasha and Kagome a big smile. Rin almost fell many times in her high heels. She wasn't used to wearing such shoes. She preferred her feet flat on the ground; at all times. Though luckily, Sesshomaru was always by her side yanking her back up. He told her to just wear white flats but she was stubborn and said that wasn't traditional. The limo driver chewed on his gum leaning on his limo as he waited for the bride and groom to hop in. He was completed with black sunglasses, white glues, and a hat. InuYasha took a closer look at the limo driver with a raised eyebrow. As if in slow motion the driver pulled off his glasses and flipped his hair grinning at InuYasha with a wink.
"Jakotsu?" InuYasha whispered in confusion. How on earth did that man manage to get in things like this?
"Eh?" Kagome asked blowing a bubble towards his face.
"Nothing."
Rin gave a final air kiss to everyone before literally launching herself in the limo. Sesshomaru sighed and picked up the remaining massive amount of her dress that did not make it. Why on earth did she get such a lengthy dress? He could only wonder.
Kagura watched the limo drive away with a microscopic sized smile. InuYasha placed a clawed hand on her should and patted it.
"How you feeling?" He asked.
" As if I've finally said goodbye to the past. It doesn't hurt as bad as I thought it would." She couldn't help but feel some weight leave her chest. She had come to terms that Sesshomaru wasn't hers. It was as if it was a final goodbye. The perfect way to end this chapter in her life and hopefully begin a new one if her cancer allowed her for a while longer.
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Kagome decided to drive with InuYasha and Kikyo to the reception. It wasn't far from the church surprisingly. InuYasha checked himself out in his mirror and shut the car off. He rested his head on the steering wheel and closed his eyes.
"Can't we take a nap instead...I've been up since eight o' clock..."
" No way! There are probably massive amount of Oden in there! I got to get my fill!" Kagome roared dashing out of the car.
"What up with her?" Kikyo asked applying more red lipstick. You could barely see her lips with her pale skin!
"It's Kagome's version of me and ramen."
"Ah...I get it."
"...Which is probably inside..." He said sniffing the air and running inside right behind Kagome.
Kikyo sighed zipping her makeup back in her purse. InuYasha cared more about ramen than he did to her.
She slammed the car door and casually walked inside the building. She had to admit; the place looked very fancy in her opinion. Turning into various more halls she finally found the whole party. There were probably a billion tables filling up the large room. Kikyo didn't think that she even knew that many people! The beautiful room had a band in the back with people already dancing instead of eating. Waitresses were zipping past her in all directions almost knocking her off her feet. She couldn't imagine the hard work it took to take so many orders. She suspected that the menu was simple for that matter.
As predicted, InuYasha and Kagome were already seated at a small table next to each other pigging out on piles of ramen and Oden.
"You know what the best part of this meal is Kagome?" InuYasha said picking up more noodles with his chopsticks.
"What's that?"
"We don't have to pay for it!" He laughed.
Kagome joined in on his laughing and held of her glass of water for cheers. "Woo!"
Kikyo sat down next to InuYasha and rested her head on his shoulder. He snaked his arm around her waist and continued eating.
"Are you not hungry Kikyo?"
"Not yet."
"Okay."
"Kagome! Hide me!" Sango said leaping under the table cover. Honestly she came out of nowhere it seemed.
"Why?" She giggled lifting the cloth.
"Because-"
"SHANGO-HIME! Where did you go!" Miroku called out.
"First Shango, and now hime too? I feel bad for you Shango. I mean Sango." InuYasha quickly corrected.
"Hey Miroku! I think I found what you're looking for!" Kagome called him over happily with a wave of her fingers.
"Really!" He squealed.
"Yep, under the table."
"Some friend you are..." Sango grumbled crossing her arms. "Time to scram." With that she quickly crawled out from under the table.
"There you are Shango-hime!" Miroku sang chasing after her.
"They've been doing that for years." InuYasha laughed. "It never gets old."
"Nope."
"InuYasha?" Izayoi called gently. She looked the most formal out of everyone. She always did; it couldn't be prevented.
"Hm?"
"I'd like you to meet you're great aunt and you're second cousins."
InuYasha looked up at the beautiful youkai who was supposedly his aunt. She was an Inu youkai like the rest of the family and had two shy twins by her side hugged her legs.
"Hello InuYasha." She greeted. "My I haven't seen you since you were a baby. You've grown up to be such a handsome young man."
"Thank you." InuYasha said with a slight blush.
"These two are my twins. I was lucky enough to be blessed with a boy and girl."
"Are they Inu youkais too?"
"They are mixed with something. And would you happen to be courting one of these lovely young ladies?" She said with a knowing smile.
:.:.:.:.:Over in KagomeLand:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
"YES! He is mine! Aren't I lucky!" Kagome said excitedly ripping InuYasha's hand from Kikyo's waist and throwing her to the ground then taking a seat on InuYasha's lap. "Perfect..."
:.:.:.:.:. Back to the real world:.:.:.
"That would be me." Kikyo waved. "She's just a friend." she said smirking at Kagome. Ugh! The nerve of her!
"Now, I'm not going to be able to stay with you the whole night to wash your face so I'll just leave these napkins right her in case you need them." The random old lady said putting a huge stack of napkins in front of Kagome and then walking away. Kagome just wanted to know where she was hiding her huge stash of napkins...
"Who was-?"
"Don't ask."
"Youko? Why don't we go make a selection over at the bar shall we?" Izayoi suggested.
"Sounds good. It was nice meeting you three." She waved.
"InuYasha?" Kikyo whispered.
"What?"
"We should go dance."
"But nobody is on the dance floor right now." He whined. "That's embarrassing."
"Come on. I bet we can get everyone on the dance floor."
"Nooo..."
"Come on, please? I'll love you forever..."
"I don't want to."
"So all those dance lessons we went to were for nothing?"
"We went once, calm down."
Kikyo pushed herself out of her seat and grabbed InuYasha's hand. "Come on, come on!"
Kagome laughed and helped push InuYasha out of his seat. He looked back and gave her a playful glare.
"Trader."
"Aw come on! It's just one dance."
"Fine..."
InuYasha followed Kikyo towards the center of the dance floor and made a request to the band. All eyes were on them in a matter of seconds. InuYasha could have sworn those people were in depth in pointless conversations just a second ago. Wasn't long before their song of choice began to play in a strong beat.
Kikyo began slowly circling around InuYasha during the instrumental part before he twirled her over towards him. Kagome rested her elbow on the table with her head balanced in the palm of her hand. If only that was her out dancing with InuYasha.
(Cry me a river By: Michael Buble)
Now you say you're lonely
You cried, the whole night through
InuYasha's and Kikyo's moves were expertly done as she rose her leg high in the air. Kikyo had planned this whole thing just so Kagome would feel the painful burn of jealously.
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I've cried a river over you
The dance partners easily swayed across the dance floor bodies closely against each other. InuYasha had to admit he was having fun. The audience cheered and some couples began to join them.
And now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well you can cry me a river
Mmm cry me a river
I cried a river over you.
"Kagome; Bankotsu. Bankotsu meet Kagome." Jakotsu introduced the two when he noticed that Kagome was sitting all by herself.
"Hi." He smiled. "Want to dance?"
"I'd love to." Kagome nodded. Now she could finally show off her new princess dress. Well it made her feel like one anyway. Jakotsu giggled to himself and continued pairing everyone up. It was unaware to Kikyo that they weren't the ones causing other people to dance. Jakotsu was actually the one doing it. Mr. Hair stylist slash limo driver slash match maker had quite the task.
You drove me
Nearly out of my head
an' While you never shed a tear babe
Remember?
I remember all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me
Rin squirmed in her seat before she burst up and practically jumped in Sesshomaru's lap.
"Sesssshhhy." She whined. "Can we please go dance? I love Michael Buble!."
Sesshomaru sighed watching all the other dancers have a ball. He stared deeply into Rin's big chocolate brown eyes before he finally caved.
"Alright. But just for a little while."
"Yay!"
With that being said, Rin and Sesshomaru now joined everyone on the dance floor and began swaying to the beat.
Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove that you do
Why don't you cry me a river
cry me a river
cause I cried a river over you
over you
Kikyo hopped up being caught by InuYasha around the waist forcefully shoving her breasts in his face. And luckily for her, Kagome saw the whole thing! InuYasha turned his head to the side and made a face putting Kikyo back on her feet.
You say you love me but you lie
Now you say you love me
Well just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river
oooh! Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you
I cried a river
now you can too
Cry me a river
Cry me a river
When the music finally ended everyone posed before clapping for themselves.
"See that wasn't so bad." Kikyo grinned passionately kissing InuYasha.
"Thank you for giving me the honors of dancing with you, Shango-Hime." Miroku thanked in a deep bow and pecked Sango's hand. "You truly are an extravagant dancer."
Sango blushed removing her hand from Miroku's grasp and bit her lip.
"You weren't too bad yourself."
"Well, well, well. Our meant to be couple Miroku and Sango were caught dancing." Sota announced casually. "And oh? What's this? We got it on tape!"
Hitomi laughed zooming the camera in on Sango's embarrassed face.
"Why are you so embarrassed? There is a ton of people here already." She giggled turning off the camera.
"This will be perfect for black mail."Sota said laughing evilly.
"Yep."
With that being said the two kids scampered off to cause more trouble for some people. Some people remained on the dance floor while others got back to their tables to finish eating. They didn't want to eat too much because they knew the cake would be too delicious to miss out on. Though once again that didn't stop Kagome and InuYasha.
"This is the best Oden ever! Not even my mom can compare. Who made the food?" Kagome asked.
"I think Sesshomaru hired a bunch of personal chefs to cater all the foods."
" So, you took dance lessons with Kikyo?"
"Correction; I took one lesson."
"You learned an awful lot for one dance."
"Kikyo planned the whole thing. She wanted to be in the spotlight if only for a couple of minutes. The dance instructor gave us moves to just that song. Any other and I would be lost."
"Simple slow dancing isn't that hard to master."
"So I assume you will be ready for prom."
Kagome frowned and played with her food. "I'm not going."
"Why?"
"I don't want to be the one who sits in the sidelines watching everyone else dance."
"Then let me take you."
"You'll be with Kikyo."
"So? Who says I can't have two dates?"
"Player." She snorted going back to her food.
"But I wont have fun if you don't go." He whined drooping his ears.
"Sure you will."
" Then it's settled. I'm not going either."
"InuYasha!" Kagome laughed. "Stop being stubborn. You're not the one without a date."
"Well, technically I never asked Kikyo to the prom. She just assumes that she is going with me."
"Well duh! You're dating!"
"Just come with us. Prom is supposed to be every girl's special night at school."
"Or the worst if they show up alone."
"You won't be alone stupid. I'll even buy you a prom dress."
"Okay, stop it right there Taisho! We are not having that argument again. You're lucky I'm even wearing this dress."
"I'd be sad if you weren't wearing it."
"My mom already has money saved up for my prom dress. It's really sweet of you to have my back all the time but I got it handled."
The tapping of glass to silverware interrupted their conversation and silenced the whole party. InuTaisho stood up with his wine glass and smiled at the bride and groom.
"Now. I know everyone is probably tired of all my speeches at every event but this is my eldest son we are talking about and I just want to say congratulations Sesshomaru. You found a lovely mate and wife to stick with you for the rest of your life. Short and sweet. A toast, to Sesshomaru and Rin."
Everyone tapped their glasses with another and took a sip. Sesshomaru nodded to his father as a small thank you.
"Can I toss my flowers now?" Rin asked excitedly like a small child. She had always pretended when she was younger and now finally she would be able to do the real thing.
"Of course." Sesshomaru urged. "It's our wedding. We can do whatever you want."
Rin stood up and walked to the center of the dance floor. "May I have all the unclaimed ladies join me on the dance floor please?"
All the girls who were single followed Rin with big smiles on their faces. The dance floor was so close to where InuYasha, Kikyo, and Kagome's table was set that Kagome just stayed put. What would the odds be of the flowers landing in her hands? Kikyo stormed out of the seat in front of all the other girls like a wild beast. Those flowers were to be hers and she'd get them even if she had to tackle someone! InuYasha almost thought she was turning into a youkai.
Rin turned around and lightly closed her eyes with a smile on her face. She had to do this perfectly. With a small leap she tossed the flowers behind her and quickly looked to see where they would land.
Seira's eyes widened at the flowers that were now in her grasp. No...she never wanted to be tossed around by a man ever again. With a slight growl she tossed it up in the air again. What was this hot potato? Kikyo was running all over the place screaming for the flowers. She was quite the show and earned a lot of laughs. The second time it got thrown up in the air it was almost caught by a widow who was tragically attacked by Kikyo before she could even touch it. Nobody knew why but the flowers once again were in the air. They could only wonder how they were all still intact. Kikyo dashed after them. Whoever tossed them must have been a youkai considering the distance. This time they landed in Jakotsu's hands who giggled like a school girl and embraced the bouquet before handing them to Kagome with a wink. What a gentleman.
Kikyo screamed on the top of her lungs and forcefully ripped the bouquet out of Kagome's grasp. "No! These are mine!"
"Alright Kikyo." Kagome laughed. "You can have them." 'Even though you aren't single...' she mentally added
Kikyo's makeup was running down her face after all the running around and frustration. She excused herself and said she would be in the bathroom.
"Alright, that was weird. It went from Seira, to Jakotsu, to you, to Kikyo."
"Kikyo never even caught it. The flowers don't rightfully belong to her. Plus she isn't single. I don't know why she wanted those flowers so bad." Kagome grumbled.
"Kagome-chan! Kagome-chan! I got the flowers for you!" Sota said excitedly offering the flowers. Clearly he had stolen them from Kikyo while she was in the bathroom.
"But they belong to Kikyo."
"No they don't. That's why everyone was laughing. Seira didn't want them, Jakotsu's a man, so that means they're yours!"
"That's not really tradition but..."
"You know you want them." He teased. "Well I'll just leave them here."
While that discussion was going on a chair had already been placed for Rin to sit upon with Sesshomaru standing in front of her. This would be the garter toss. Miroku found this part of every wedding most entertaining. Well the honeymoon would be but nobody got to go with the bride and groom.
"Use your teeth!" Someone cheered with a whistle making people chuckle. This was Sesshomaru they were talking about. You could only get him to do so many crazy things in public.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes lifting up countless layers of Rin's dress but not so much that anyone would see her knees. He ran his clawed hand up her right thigh making her blush before he grabbed one of the garters. (An/: In tradition, brides wear two garters. The other one gets taken off on the wedding night in private. Just in case some of you didn't know.) Once the garter was off her leg he stood up and rolled her dress back down. Even if he didn't use his teeth, Rin still managed to blush. Sesshomaru tossed the garter high up in the air. Pulling out his glowing whip Sesshomaru smacked it over to the single men. He had to make it a wedding people would never forget after all. So why not bring out a weapon?
The garter spun and spun into the air as if it were in slow motion before it got caught and whirled around one of InuYasha's Inu ears. Kagome laughed pulling out her camera and took a picture.
"What is this? Ring toss?" He joked. "Hey, it's still up for grabs. My hands didn't touch it." he said holding his hands up.
Miroku was the first to get the garter and hollered out in victory.
"Now which one of you lovely ladies want me to slip this up your leg?"
". . ." Complete silence. So silent you could hear crickets.
"Aw come on!" Miroku said stomping off.
"Cake time!" Rin squealed completely jumping to a new topic. "Come on Sesshy!" She encouraged making her way to the large cake. Sesshomaru was handed a golden dagger to cut the cake along with Rin. He handed it to her and placed his right hand over her right hand. Together them both cut the first piece. Kagome made sure to get a picture of that. Sesshomaru and Rin both took a turn at feeding each other and then cut the parents a piece. Kagome and InuYasha were able to get one bite of cake swallowed under they groaned in pain, complaining of a stomach ache.
"Kagome..." InuYasha groaned planting his head on the table. "Do you want the rest of my cake..."
Kagome shook her head and whimpered. "We should have listened and not pigged out so much."
"Yes...but it was so delicious."
"It really was."
Kikyo came out of the bathroom with reapplied makeup. She was a little bummed that she missed out on cutting the cake but she wasn't going to come out all natural.
Sota finished two pieces of cakes and notice Kikyo walking by. With a sly extend of his leg he was able to trip her face first into a piece of cake.
"Man...Kikyo. I never knew you liked cake so much." He said shaking his head.
"You little brat!" She growled running back to the bathroom.
After cake, everyone excluding Kikyo took pictures. Kagome and InuYasha got a lot of pictures taken of the two of them. Kagome was glad Kikyo wasn't with them.
Rin would never forget this day. It was a day to remember forever. Everything turned out perfect and she couldn't be any more happier. Now the only thing she had to wait for was her honeymoon. She still didn't know where they were headed! Everything is better when it's a surprise isn't it?
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