InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Reigns Down ❯ Here and Now ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

9 months earlier – Modern Era


“InuYasha, we have to get up. We need to get ready for the meeting,” Kagome Takahashi laughed as her lover pressed himself against her body effectively pinning her to the bed.

“Hmmm….” He was in no hurry to get off of the girl as he buried his face into her hair, inhaling her intoxicating scent. Trapping her underneath him, he braced his arms to support his weight, an inscrutable look on his face as he looked down at her.

“InuYasha?”

He graced her with a roguish grin before he slowly caressed his thumb down the brow of her eye and across her check. Her heart beat with anticipation as he teasingly traced her full lips before bringing his mouth down on hers in a deep kiss. Moaning, she closed her eyes with pleasure, but was startled when he abruptly pulled out of her arms and straddled her hips. He inwardly smirked when disappointment flirted through her eyes. Did she really think he would give up that easily? Obviously she did as she took a deep breath and tried to move. How many mornings have they gone through this same scenario? She should know better. His weight kept her still. Kagome shot a questioning look up at him and he returned a predatory one at her. Her heartbeat quickened.

Holding her gaze, he lifted her fingers to his mouth and slowly tasted each digit with licks and sucks, sending delicious shivers down her body. Releasing her hand, he leaned over her and lightly danced his claws over her sensitive flesh, teasing her nipples, bringing them to heated peaks. When she arched her back in reflex and a surrendering moan escaped her lips, he knew he had her.

Burning heat danced along her flesh and her breath came out in short pants, but she still protested weakly, “InuYasha, our meeting…”

“Fuck the meeting.” Continuing to explore her body with his warm masculine hands, he placed wet open mouthed kisses along her collarbone, his lips and tongue tasting every inch of her.

“But, InuYasha…” A well-placed nip to her neck made her breath hitch. “We’re supposed to give updates on the projects —”

“Fuck the projects.”

“You can’t say that… you’re, ahhh… you’re the boss—”

Kagome’s argument was lost in a sea of tingling sensations as InuYasha moved his lips to her breast and sensuously swirled a nipple in his mouth. Feeling Kagome tremble under his touch, he licked and nipped his way to her other breast, his mouth hot and sweet against her bare skin. “Fuck the boss.”

A glint of humour sparkled in her sex-glazed eyes as she slowly dragged herself from the fire that was consuming her. “Ah… I think I already have,” she managed to gasp out.

“Then fuck him again,” Yash replied silkily as he nudged her knees further apart and slid into her, carnal desire pulsing in his every thrust. She raked her hands down the muscles of his back, pressing him closer to her as she raised her hips up to meet his demanding movements. Thoughts of the meeting fled their minds as they succumbed to the passion.


Kagome emerged from the walk-in closet straightening her white blouse and tailored navy skirt, the matching jacket slung on the crook of her arm. She stood listening for a moment to the shower blasting in the adjoining ensuite and smiled as she imagined the naked hanyou on the other side. She was filled with a fierce sense of pride that he was hers, but she quickly shook off her daydreaming when the water suddenly turned off. Striding to the dresser, she slipped on her thin gold bangle before pulling a hairbrush hastily through her hair. She tried to tiptoe out of the room before InuYasha heard her. No such luck; not with the hanyou’s sharp hearing.

“I can hear you out there. You sure you don’t want to stay in bed a little longer?”

InuYasha’s deep teasing tone put a wide grin on Kagome’s face. She giggled out a ‘no’ before she rushed out of the bedroom, closing the door firmly behind her. Still smiling, she slipped her arms into the jacket and raked her fingers through her hair.

She glanced at the clock and sighed as she heard the blow dryer being turned on from inside the room. They were definitely going to be late for their 9:00 meeting. Shaking her head, she knew better than to rush the hanyou. In fact, she was staying exactly where she was so that InuYasha could get ready in private. If she entered their bedroom now with him still undressed, she knew exactly what would happen next. They would not only be late for their meeting, but they would not even make it in at all today. They had called in ‘sick’ too many times to count and the staff were beginning to notice. Sesshomaru had already chastised the couple for ‘their lack of control’ and ‘acting like sex-starved teenagers’ as he called it, so he wouldn’t be too pleased if they didn’t show up for work today. She blew out a frustrated breath. In the futile hopes of getting to work in a timely manner, Kagome had insisted on taking separate showers, but damn if her husband still didn’t find other pleasurable ways to detain her in the mornings. Not that she minded. No, she didn’t mind at all.

Bet Sesshomaru will have something to say about it though, Kagome thought wryly as she entered the kitchen to throw together a quick breakfast. Pushing her brother-in-law from her mind, she turned on the radio and began humming quietly to herself. As she pulled fruit and sweetbread from the cupboards, she thought back to the past few months and grinned. She still couldn’t believe how her life had drastically changed in eight short months. At the beginning of the year, she was still working in Canada for the Matsumoto Corporation, a division of the Takahashi Group, in which she was now legally a co-owner by virtue of marrying InuYasha, one of its founders.

She had returned to Japan after a five year absence to give a report to the Takahashi Group on the hanyou transformation charm she had been working on. It was with ironic shock when she discovered that the owners of the Group were none other than Sesshomaru and InuYasha. At first Kagome was elated to see the hanyou again, but that joy soon turned to despair when it was revealed that he still harboured resentment towards her for their breakup five years earlier. Trying to overcome the fact that the love of her life hated her, she threw all of her efforts into the project that Sesshomaru had demanded be completed in a short, two month period. Along with her project co-chair and best friend, Kazuki Matsumoto, and their team of scientists, Kagome worked tirelessly on the charm. It wasn’t until Kagome discovered that the solution was extinct butterfly youkai that a plan was formed for her to return to the Feudal era to acquire the missing link. Before she had gone back through the well, she and InuYasha had reunited, both confessing their true feelings for each other. It wasn’t until she returned that all misunderstandings and secrets between the couple were finally cleared up.

Racing against time, Kagome threw herself into her work as soon as she returned with the butterfly youkai. Completing a prototype charm in time for a press release, she and Kazuki had breathed a huge sigh of relief. They had done it. They had completed what no other team had managed to accomplish: a transformation charm that would allow hanyou the ability to be disguised as humans without losing their youki abilities. The press conference to demonstrate the prototype charm was a complete success and shortly after that, The Matsumoto Corporation announced the restructuring of their departments under the new direction of Kazuki’s older brother. With the hanyou science department being reallocated to Japan, it was an easy decision to make in offering Kagome and Kazuki permanent positions at the Takahashi Group.

At the same time, Kagome and InuYasha were also planning their wedding. Hoping to be married as soon as the project was in the production stage at the beginning of the new year, the couple were thrown into a tailspin when Nori, Kagome’s mother, announced that the only reasonable date for the two to be married was in June of this year. According to the astrological calendar this was the perfect date for the couple to wed as all the proper elements aligned correctly. Kagome was surprised that her mother believed in such fallacy, but when Nori explained that was what Jii-Chan would have wanted, Kagome relented. She knew how much it would have meant to her superstitious grandfather for them to wed on a date that held such great luck and prosperity. It was a fitting tribute to the memory of him. And after Yash heard the other dates available, he readily agreed as well. After all, the next suitable date wasn’t until 18 months later and there was no way in hell that he would wait that long to make Kagome officially his.

The two of them hardly had time to breathe as they were thrown into a whirlwind of activities. In between meetings and projects, Kagome found herself looking at wedding kimonos and planning her special day. She thanked the Kami that she had the help of her mother who organized the majority of the festivities. She also relied on the help of her good friend and co-worker, Sakura, and even Souta’s girlfriend, Aimi, was happy to pitch in.

The original plan was to have the ceremony held at the Shrine in front of the Goshinboku, but the security threat in such an open space hindered the date that was set for the wedding. A proper barrier could not be set up in time and InuYasha would have had to wear his concealment charm. Kagome adamantly declared that she was going to marry InuYasha in his hanyou form and that was the only thing that mattered; she cared about was who she was marrying, not where. So they found themselves standing side by side in Sesshomaru’s bonsai garden, surrounded by family and close friends when they finally joined their lives in matrimony.

It was supposed to be a sunny day when they wed, but as always the forecast was wrong. Gray clouds swirled overhead and light raindrops fell from the sky as Kagome walked slowly down the stone path, her heart beating with anticipation. Even the light precipitation hitting the white canvas overhead couldn’t dampen her spirits as she rounded the bend and locked eyes with InuYasha. If anything, the rain added its beat to the procession as Kagome made her way towards her future husband. As she looked upon InuYasha, so handsome in his traditional black haori, her chest swelled up with pride and surreal awe that she was finally going to marry the man of her dreams. In front of their loved ones, Yash Takahashi and Kagome Higurashi exchanged vows and began the first day of the rest of their lives together; the future bright and shiny before them.


Kagome exited the kitchen with a small blue bag that held their impromptu breakfast and placed it by her handbag before walking over to the hearth that centered the living room.

Feeling nostalgic, she gently brushed her fingertips against an ivory coloured plaque anchored on the contemporary stone fireplace. She caressed the center piece lovingly as she read the inscription.


A pair of warm, strong arms encircled her waist and sighing contently, she leaned back and rested against her husband.

“I miss them,” she said.

InuYasha looked at the plaque for a moment before admitting quietly, “I do too.”

“It’s only been a few months since I went back. Does time really heal all wounds?”

InuYasha sighed. Turning his wife around to face him, he held her in his arms and rested his forehead against hers. “No,” he said, “time doesn’t heal all wounds. Hell, it doesn’t even come close. The ache never goes away.” Shrugging lightly, he continued, “You just learn to live with it.” His eyes met hers and suddenly Kagome had the feeling that he wasn’t talking about Miroku and Sango anymore.

She reached up and brushed the tendril of hair that fell across his cheek. “How come I have the feeling that we just changed the subject?”

His lips curled into half a smile. “Probably because we have.”

They stared at each other, each thinking of the time when she had begged him to let her go. Such a short time ago for Kagome, centuries for InuYasha.

“I’m sorry—”

Her words were abruptly cut off as he claimed her lips. Breaking the kiss, he whispered huskily, “Don’t be sorry. Don’t ever be sorry for that again. Understand?”

Nodding slightly, she stared up at him with a watery smile. “I love you.”

Smiling down at her, the melancholy moment was broken when he kissed the tip of her nose lightly. “Love you, too.” Reluctantly letting her go, he turned and picked up his briefcase. “Ready to go to work, Mrs. Takahashi?”

She grinned at him as she slipped her shoes on and said, “I like the sound of that.”

Giving her a smile that warmed her heart, he replied, “I do, too.”

Kagome turned back one last time to look at the plaque.

Thank you, my friends.

Turning around, she entwined her fingers in InuYasha’s and followed him out the door into the morning light.

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