InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Can Do That to Ya, Kid ❯ 15 ( Chapter 16 )

Back… With fifteen. Please don't lynch me for being so late. I hate writer's block… gr.

~Kei

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"Okay," said a exceptionally angry Kagome, "talk."

"Well," InuYasha replied. "What is it you need to know?"

"Everything."

"Okeey."

Crap. What do I tell her? I know it's not like she'll leave or anything, will she? Chikuso!

"Um, Kagome, simply put, even though Sesshoumaru doesn't like me, I'm still the heir to the Western lands. As second oldest son, if Sesshoumaru dies or reaches the age of 100 without producing an heir, I become the Great Lord of the Western Lands." InuYasha hoped she was okay with being a princess. Most girls would be, but Kagome was different. She didn't like having ultimate control over peoples' lives. She hated reprimanding her cat for Kami's sake. How was she going to handle things like court once InuYasha killed Sesshoumaru? Or sooner. Sesshoumaru would be 100 in a year.

"Wait, I thought that Sesshoumaru kicked you out?"

"Um, yeah. He did. Out of our castle, not out of the family. Brothers can't do that. Only fathers. He wishes he could."

"So, what? Is life just gonna continue like before? You and me, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo traveling and fighting?" Kagome calmed down and looked into InuYasha's eyes.

"No, Kag. I'm sorry."

"Nani?! Why?"

"Because, Kagome. Sesshoumaru will be turning one hundred in a little less than a year. We'll still hunt for jewel shards, but we'll have to be more careful from now on. Now that I'm mated, everybody will want a swing at us. And Sesshoumaru will probably try to kill you."

"Why?"

"Because, once I am Great Lord, if I reach a hundred and I have no heirs, then control is surrendered back to the eldest. I can't have heirs without a life mate. And no, I couldn't just pick up some whore or concubine and have her bear my sons and daughters. It has to be my life mate."

"Me, right?" Kagome looked a little worried for a second.

"Yeah, you. Inu Youkai are funny. We only mate with one person our entire lives. We don't become attracted to random girls because of looks. There is one person out there for each of us. Literally, you think of everyone else as revolting. I could never even imagine myself kissing Kikyo. It felt odd when she kissed me. I didn't like it. Even though I denied it, I knew that we weren't life mates.

Even after our mates die, we can never love another. Never. We often don't live much longer after that. The loneliness kills." InuYasha began to look sad. Depressed by the thought of Kagome leaving him for any reason.

Kagome noticed this and sat in his lap, curling her arms around his neck. "Inu-chan. You'll never have to worry about that. I'm not going anywhere. And neither are you." She leaned forward tilting her head. InuYasha got the message and kissed her. His kisses were expertly done. Slow and sweet, like he could kiss all day and not miss a beat. (Hey, that rhymed!) The feel of his soft lips on hers sent lines of fire racing through her veins.

~*~*~*~*~ With Grandpa, Miroku, and Sota!

"So," jii-chan began, "what sort of things do you deal with in your day to day profession as an houshi, Miroku-sama?"

"Just Miroku, please. Well, I often use my spiritual powers in order to place spells and wards on demons, or to protect villages or houses. More often than not, I'm fighting some demon along side of Kagome, InuYasha, and my beautiful Sango."

"Kagome fights? She never told us that. I thought she just found the jewel shards and let you guys battle the demons."

"Oh, no. Kagome is a rather active participant in quite a few of our demon encounters. She's rather gifted with archery, but it took her a month or two to master it."

"My granddaughter is an archer fighting demons on a normal basis?!"

"Hai."

"Is she ever in any real danger?"

"She's been injured just as much as the rest of us, except InuYasha. He normally takes the most hits. Although, with InuYasha around, I'd say she's rarely in the position of possible death. Only…three or four times that I recall. But demons do enjoy kidnapping her." Miroku chuckled. He had no idea that he had probably just shortened jii-chan's life expectancy by a few years.

"Jii-chan?" said Sota a they sat in a living room playing cards.

"Hai?"

"Are you mad at Kagome?"

"Why would I be mad?"

"She's marrying a hanyou."

"Oh, that."

"Yeah, that."

"Well, I was at first. But I realized that I knew InuYasha and I know that he'll take care of my little girl. He's not evil. I can live with it. Especially if it means more trips to the past. I love this era!"

Sota giggled. "Yeah. I know. Living history, huh?"

"Yup."

Just then, a servant came in. "Excuse me, sirs, diner is served in the main dining room."

"Thank you. We will be down," jii-chan said. The servant bowed and left.

DINER~~~~

At the diner table were seated Higurashi-san, jii-chan, Sota, Sango, Miroku, and Kouga. The head of the table and the two seats next to it were empty as the guests waited for the others.

A butler walked into the main dining room and announced, "Excuse me, mistresses and sirs, will you please all rise?" Everyone stood. The butler continued. "May I present Lord InuYasha, prince of the Western Lands and his future Lady, Kagome? And Shippo." Said family entered the room. InuYasha holding Kagome's hand and Shippo walking proudly in front of them. Everyone had dressed for dinner, as was requested, but those three looked spectacular. Kagome wore a red and white, layered kimono embroidered with the symbol of the Inutai clan on the obi. InuYasha wore a black hakama and harori embroidered with gold lining and the Inutai symbol on the cuffs. Shippo wore an out fit much similar to InuYasha's. The three took their seats and everyone else sat down. The meal began.

At the end of diner, InuYasha and Kagome stood up. Holding hands.

"Thank you," InuYasha began. "My friends," he gestured to Sango and Miroku, "and my future family." He gestured to the Higurashis. "Thank you for coming to my, our, home to witness our oaths. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce our adopted son, Shippo." Shippo stood. Higurashi-san gasped. "InuYasha and I have decided to adopt him, as I have always treated him like my own son and InuYasha has always viewed him as his. We thought we may as well go ahead and make it official."

InuYasha picked up Shippo and took him over to the stage. "I, InuYasha, son of Inutaisho of the Inutai clan, heir to the Western lands, claim you Shippo, orphaned Kitsune, as my adopted son and second heir." Kagome walked over to the pair. InuYasha had told her what to say.

"I, Kagome Higurashi, miko, future mate to Lord InuYasha, heir to the Western lands, claim you, Shippo, orphaned Kitsune as my adopted son."

They turned to face everyone else. "May our friends and family bear witness. Shippo is to be considered as one of the Inutai clan. No one shall deny him that title, or anything that that title comes with. He is my son," InuYasha finished the ceremony by handing Shippo to his future mate. Kagome smiled apologetically to Shippo. Then, InuYasha bit him at the nape of his neck, just hard enough to draw blood. Then, Kagome used one of the daggers she always carried around to prick her finger and rub her blood in the wound. InuYasha bit is own finger and rubbed his blood in Shippo's wound. "It is done."

InuYasha: Kate, are you nuts?

Me: Possibly, why?

I: I have a son the day before I am mated? That doesn't make any kind of sense! Why couldn't the mating or marrying or whatever been in this chapter and we adopt Shippo in the next? It would make more sense.

M: Who cares what you think? I just wanted to have the adoption ceremony out of the way. Anyway, it was nighttime and I wanted to write about dinner and the entrance anyway. I needed more for that bit of the story!

I: Keh!

M: Wait a minute!

I: Nani?

M: Why am I explaining myself to you anyway? I owe you no explanation, Inu-chan. I'M the author. You have to do what I say anyway.

I: Face it, Kate. I pretty much rule your life. I know what goes on in your head. I AM one of the voices in here.

M: Ursai! No one wants to know what I think.

I: How very true. I know that when you're at school, you think about me and read fanfiction about me, you sketch me. When you get home, you write and read fanfiction about me, you draw and watch videos of me, you listen to the soundtrack from that tell eh viz shun show they made of me. At midnight every school night ('cept Sunday) you watch the tell eh viz shun. I hear you squeal when "Inuyasha" comes on. I heard you talk to Gai about being pissed when it was taken off for a few months. I saw what you typed at Sam, about raiding the Adult Swim head quarters and kicking ass until they put me back on. Ha! You even DREAM about me when you're asleep.

M: InuYasha so help me Kami, if you take it upon yourself to describe even my most innocent of dreams I will write a fanfiction with a Kouga/Kagome InuYasha/Sesshoumaru pairing list!

I: Oh, come on!

M: Come on nothing! You should know that I'm deadly serious. You are, after all, in my head.

I: Yup. You're serious. I hate having to be in those fics. I can't stand seeing Kagome with that wolf boy. And me with my brother? Gross! Though you'd be surprised how many of those there are out there.

M: Nope, I wouldn't be. See 'em all the time.

I: Yeah, I nearly forgot. You're into that sort of thing.

M: You are such an ass. You know very well that I'm not.

I: Okay yeah, I do. But still.

M: One more negative word from you, Yasha-chan, and you will be in so much trouble you'll be BEGGING me to kill you off in my next chapter.

I: Fine, fine. ::mumbling:: Bitch.

M: What was that?

I: I was simply saying to myself that I should behave more appropriately for such a talented authoress such as yourself.

M: Thought so.

I: ::voice full of sarcastic venom:: I love you Kate.

M: You see, you add sarcasm to your voice to build your macho man persona, but you know that in my head, I can MAKE you love me. So here's the question. You want me to force you or would you like to love me on your own?

I: Feh! You're so annoying woman!

M: I'll take that as a "Yes, Kate, you're right. I do love you on my own."

I: Keh!

M: ::Chuckle::