InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Thy Husband ❯ Even More Awkward ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Inuyasha made sure he was in the board room early to meet with the Omakis, sitting himself by his Father on the left side of the table. "So has the misses made up her mine yet?" he asked.

"Of course. Mrs. Omaki would like the bastard behind enchanted bars for several decades."

"Oh, good for her. Its not gonna happen."

"I know that, and you know that. But we mustn't keep that attitude, it is our job to present our case as best we can, and try to achieve our goals. And... you are going to do it with a smile." Inutaisho said looking at his son, he pointed to his lips and smiled casually.

Inuyasha pointed to his mouth and stuck his tongue out.


~~~ >.> ~~~


Kagome sat as she watched the water run from the two hoses into the large almost still empty pool. She ate some chips, and watched as the water rose centemeter by centemeter. It was boring, but she dealt with it anyways. The pool girl who had come from the company was measuring out a powder and two small bottles of liquid. She too waited as the pool filled up. She had tapped the main line under the back porch to make it go faster while Kagome had only thought of the house hose to add water.

"Maybe we should find somewhere else too." Kagome said bored off her ass.

The pool girl chuckled and leaned back in one of the porch chairs with her cell phone. "Just stop watching it. Its just like boiling water, the more you watch it, the slower it goes."


~~~ <.< ~~~


Kagura tapped her foot impatiently as she sat waiting inside the resturaunt. She glanced around, her red eyes scanning the other tables and swinging doors that led off to various places, the bathrooms, kitchens, upper floor. She looked at the entryway and huffed, where the hell was he? Sure he was a doctor today instead of working with his father, but that had never made him late before. She looked at her expensive, diamond ringed watch and reached for her water, looking back to the fountain in the corner and the koy fish within.

Glancing at her watch again, she decided half an hour late was too late, and she stood, leaving a ten on the table as she slipped her black jacket on. She headed towards the front of the resturaunt, growling softly in anger. This was the third time in a month that he'd been late for or missed their lunch dates. She stopped at the hostess' desk and leaned over a little.

"If Mr. Soma comes in, tell him to shove it for me, will you?"

The woman smiled awkwardly. "I'll be sure to tell him you have to tell him something." she said with a small bow.

Kagura nodded, and walked out of the door. Her nose hitched and she looked to the left. Behind her car was a sleek little silver car and out of the driver's side stood her so calling loving husband. She huffed and ignored him as she walked around her car, her heels clicking on the pavement. He called her name but she ignored him, getting her keys out to unlock her car, shaking her head.

"Kagura." Sesshomaru said again, putting his hand on her car door as she went to open it.

"Move your damn hand." she snapped, pointing her key at him warningly.

He moved her hand aside. "I was caught up at work."

"That's why you call!" she hissed.

Sesshomaru snatched her to him by the throat with one hand. He looked down at her, felling her body fall against him gently. He moved his face down to hers and growled. "Do not, raise your voice to me, bitch."

Kagura growled weakly back, the winds around them swirling suddenly. She grabbed at his jacket and slid her hands down his chest, whimpering and batting her blood red eyes. The inyoukai chuckled, and pressed her against the car, his groin right against her. Kagure gasped as his hand slid left her neck and moved down to slip inside her jacket. He grabbed her breast, and she jumped suddenly at the very obvious PDA he was showing in broad daylight.

He lowered his head to hers, kissing softly across her cheek to her ear. He spoke softly. "I'm going to walk inside the doors of my loft in one and a half hours. I want you in my bed, naked, by then. Am I understood?" he asked.

Kagura nodded obiediently and gulped as her body began to shake against him. She looked up at him and stared into his eyes. They seemed, unusual. Before she knew his eyes had closed, and he leaned down, pressing his lips against hers. Kagura nipped at his lips, and their tongues slid together for a few moments. Sesshomaru withdrew and Kagura felt him press something sharp into her palm. He drug his talon up her palm and across her first finger. Kagura gasped in pain and watched as he braught her hand up, slicing into the pad of her finger with his talon.

Sesshomaru braught her finger to his lips and sucked hard, making her gasp and grab him. When he let go Kagura took her hand back and looked around a little, they were attracting a few eyes. She gulped when she felt hardness against her lower stomach. She looked back up at him.

His eyes...

"You're going into heat, aren't you?" she whispered, smiling when he nodded. Sesshomaru reached into his pocket and pressed something into Kagura's other hand. She watched him walk away, and lifted her hand, looking at the silver key sitting in her palm.


~~~ '^.^' ~~~


Inuyasha was happy when he walked out of the office that early evening, though he had a stack of files in hand, he was still glad to get out. He headed home in silence, not bothering to turn any music on. His mind drifted to and from his wife, and he wondered exactly what they had in their "relationship". They had sex, of course. But what else was there? They rarely actually talked, most of their time together they were fucking, kissing, sleeping, eating, bathing each other about to fuck, or watching a movie. None of which actually called for conversation.

He still didn't know Kagome, the person. He knew her body, and her cooking, but her mind. This bothered him. How was he sopposed to mate her if he didn't know her. And he certainly wasn't going to mate her out of nowhere, he knew enough about her to know that she would rip him to peices.

As he pulled into the drive way he pushed these mennacing thoughts out of his mind and gathered his things. He got out and went inside, finding no one in the kitchen and no dinner. The faint scent of garlic and smoke reached him and he went down the hall, seeing the back door open slightly. Inuyasha dropped his files and breifcase off in his home office and went outside, smiling as he saw the pool filled and lit up. The water glowed softly, warm air dancing across the surface. The hot tup over to the right bubbled rapidly, and he suddenly felt the urge to strip and jump in the water.

"You're home."

Inuyasha looked to his left to see Kagome walking over in a white sundress and Inuyasha looked over her shoulder as she hugged him to see a few covered trays on the patio table. There was a grill he didn't reconize past it by the edge of the patio. Kagome looked up and kissed his chin. "I called the pool people, and had a grill deivered. I hope you don't mind, I paid with your money."

Inuyasha looked down and smiled. "No, its fine. My money is your money now. You can buy anything you like. Speaking of buying things, we need to get you a car, don't we?"

"A car? Cars are really expensive!" she said suprised.

"So?" he asked with a shrug. "Do you think I intend to keep you cooped up all the time everyday?"

Kagome hugged him again, and kissed under his chin, her hands moved up to unbutton his shirt as she kissed down his throat. Inuyasha chuckled. "Shouldn't we eat dinner first?"

She stopped, and nodded. Then she sighed and walked away, back to the table. "Besides, no sex tonight. I need a rest." she informed with her back to him.

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow. "A rest?" he asked walked over and placing his hand on her ass as she bent over to reached for the glasses.

She stood back up and nodded. "Yes a rest, that quickie this morning left me fucking sore as hell."

"You started it!" he accused.

"Well, still." she said taking the tops off the three trays. "Like schiscibob?" she asked.

Shrimp. Bell peppers. Pork. Beef. Tuna. Baby corn. Other vegitables.

Inuyasha was falling in love with her cooking all over again.

"I love food period." he answered slyly, pulling her over to kiss him. He slipped his tongue inside her mouth and pulled her against him, groping down her back to grab her behind roughly.

Kagome giggled and squirmed. "Can't you wait untill we eat at least?" she asked, trying to keep her mouth away from his long enough to speak.

Inuyasha smirked wickedly and leaned back down to her. "I am gonna eat." he whispered back, pulling her dress up and putting his hands on her hips, rubbing back and fourth, slipping his fingertips under the edge of her panties. He nuzzled the back of her neck, her throat pulsing in his ears as he began to kiss her flesh. He slipped his right hand down into the front of her panties, making her gasp and lean back against him, the left slipping up under her dress to grasp her breast in his hand. She smiled as his fingers moved over her warm womanhood, loving the feeling of him gently stroking the outer lips of her flower.

Kagome was caught between laying down right there on the patio, and actually making him stop to share the meal she had prepared with her. There were no moans, no screams, only her soft gasps and ragged breaths, the gentle rustle of clothing as her husband slowly grinded himself onto her from behind and the quiet smack as he licked and suckled the sweet flesh of her neck and shoulder. Kagome could barely move, though she did notice when Inuyasha backed a foot or two to the thick wooden railing of the porch, bracing himself as he slowly pleasured his wife. Kagome's hands slid around to him, one grabbing his shirt near the small of his back, the other moving up to hold the back of his neck as his lips trailed along the curve of her ear.

They both began to pant as Kagome's hips unwillingly began to move in circles on him, her body filling with the need for his length to slip deep inside her so very well prepared passage. She groaned when Inuyasha quickened his touches, switching between thrusting his digits into her and rubbing her oh so sensitive nub in quick circular motions. It was then that the moaning began, the quiet, sweet slips of sound that broke their long silence, the slips of sounds that were driving Inuyasha mad.

He pulled the fabric of her bra down and wrapped his digits around the wonderful mound of soft flesh, his hips grinding harshly against her, matching the circluar movements she totured his straining length with. "I think I'm gonna get chafing of my cock." he laughed in her ear, making her giggle.

Kagome moved his hand and turned around. "We don't want that do we?" she asked in a sultry whisper, unbottoning the now taut pants that strained against his rock hard length. She jerked his slacks down, his length pushing his boxer briefs out infront of him like a tent. She smiled, and pushed them down, his cock springing forward as he groaned from releif. Kagome began pulling his shirt up and Inuyasha bent down, picking his discarded clothing up and holding it.

"Maybe we should move inside." he said smiling.

"Awww, you don't wanna have hot sex out here in the open?" she asked, walking backward, holding his manhood as though leading him.

They stepped inside and Kagome laughed, pulling him to the left.

"What the-?" Inuyasha began asking when Kagome slid the door open.

"We haven't done it in here before..." she informed with a smirk.

Inuyasha looked at the boxes, folded unused blankets, the couch he had had braught from his old apartment, and the folded ping pong table in the corner. "No duh, there's no where to do it at, there's not even any wall space."

Kagome looked at the couch and Inuyasha shook his head. "Do you know how many girls I've fucked on that thing?" he asked quietly.

Kagome paused and shrugged. She tugged his forward by his cock, him following quickly, and tilted her head. "Its about to be one more..."


~~~ ^.^ ~~~


Sesshomaru's loft was no unknown territory to Kagura. She stepped inside and closed the door, putting her back to it as she locked it. She looked around, listening carefully, making sure Sesshomaru was not already home. No one. She was alone to prepare for the fucking of her life. Sesshomaru, like most youkai his age and level, did not go into heat every year. As he grew older, his body would slow in its physical progression, and his mating cycles would farther from each other. He hadn't gone into heat in nealy six years, she knew because their first conversation had been about the hells of mating cycles, and he had explained that he was glad his was over for a while.

But now he was in heat again, pity that he hadn't gone into heat a month before, she wouldn't mind carrying a pup by him. But she was far from fertile to her knowledge, and it was a slim chance that he would knock her up anytime soon.

The demoness walked slowly across the lush carpeted floor, looking from the dining table to the left, around to the kitchen that sat under the bedroom, past the open door to the spare bedroom, bathroom, and to the sunken living room area, where a very unused television sat. She looked at the stairs that led up to the bedroom, tracing the silver railing, and moving up to the floressenct lights high above her head.

Kagura shed her coat and tossed it onto the back of the couch in the sunken area. She looked at her wrist for the time as she walked slowly over to the stairs, noticing as she looked up that Sesshomaru needed more decoration in his "home". Having only twenty three minutes left, she stepped up the stairs and moved slowly up to the open bedroom that braught back so many memories. She adjusted the thermastat, and looked over at the bed that looked just the same as it had two years ago. In fact, the place had barely changed period.

She walked over to the edge of the completly white bed, looking down at the small pile of discarded clothing there. She bent to pick them up, smirking as she looked at the clothing he wore when he slept. For some reason, touching his clothing, standing in his bedroom, made her feel warm. She looked around, and spotted the hamper beside the bathroom, and walked over, putting them inside. She slipped into the bathroom flicking the lights on and looking around at the spotless tile and counters. The fluffy white towels were folded perfectly on a shelt beside the shower, and a single green toothbrush lay beside the sink. Kagura wondered how he kept the place so clean by himself, she knew he didn't trust strangers to come in and touch his things to clean it for him.

Her boots clicked on the tile as she walked over to the long mirror, placing her hands on the edge, staring at herself, remembering fondly the memories of three years ago, the first night she had spent with Sesshomaru. Then, she hadn't even come close to knowing they would be like this now, married, but not even living with each other.

She was naked. Leaning just like this. Staring at herself. Half dressed. Hair a mess. Body covered in the scent of a strong youkai male.

"I don't deserve you."

"It is I who are unworthy..." He had whispered against her flesh as he hugged her from behind. "Unworthy of such a wonderful soul... such a beautiful body... such soft lips..." He whispered, tilting her head to kiss him. "Such capturing eyes."

It was rare even after she moved in that he said such things to her. That had been a one time deal, opening himself to her. But she'd never forget the look in his eyes, the feel of his fingers finding and interlocking with hers as they moved together gently into the morning.

Kagome looked away from the mirror, and put her arms around herself. She couldn't do this, not after what he had done to her. Not after he had touched that filthy waitress on their wedding day. Who cares if she had been going into heat? He should have said no. He should have sent her away from him. He should have thought about his fiancee, his soon to be wife, he should have thought about Kagura.

"Look at yourself..." Kagura whispered, looking at the mirror. "Fawning over someone so disloyal. What are you doing here?" she asked quietly.

Staring at herself, she decided why she had never been able to confront him. She had never been able to speak about it at all. The honey moon in Mexico and South America had been called off, she hadn't look at her friends for weeks. She'd gained eight pounds over the next few months, and she had been determined, the day she stood up and looked at herself in the mirror, that she would no longer be sick from the event. She had promised herself she would never give into a male before, she'd never let them reach into her heart as far as Sesshomaru had.

Then she had seen him, and for some reason, accepted his invitation to Italy. They had laid together for hours, silent, kissing, and staring at each other. She had forgotten her promises, refused to reconize what he had done to her.

Kagura hung her head, and reached up, pulling her hair loose. Her hand moved to her neck, to the long, thin silver chain that hung around her neck. She pulled on both sides, and looked down as the chain lifted out of her shirt. Her red eyes scanned the silver ring hanging there, the diamonds and rubies shimmering in the light. Kagura grasped the ring in her fist, and took a breath. Why was this so hard for her? Why couldn't just let it go? Why couldn't she move on? Didn't she forgive him yet?

A soft slam woke her from her thoughts, and she whirled around to look at the open doorway, her heart racing. She hurried over to the door, taking a step back when she found herself suddenly face to face with the male of her dreams and nightmares. "Your clothing... its still on you..." he growled softly. It was obvious that he was very ready to have his way with her. He jerked his tie off, discarding it, followed closly by his button down shirt. She noticed that his jacket, shoes and socks were no where to be found.

Without warning Sesshomaru pulled her to him, crashing his mouth down on hers as his hands moved to the front of her loose silk blouse, pulling it open, buttons popping off and dissapearing. He jerked the shirt over her shoulders and ripped it off her, his hands guiding her hips to press against his front. Kagura was captivated when she looked up at him, his red rimmed eyes more capturing than anything. His hands moved up her sides, over the thin, tight shortsleve sweater she wore.

His strong mouth moved down to her neck, moving her over to the bed as his hands crept up under her back under her sweater. Kagura's head lolled to the side, holding his head to her neck as he nipped and suckled her soft flesh, her eyes falling in near defeat. Before she knew it she was begin shoved backwards, and she flopped onto the bed, Sesshomaru waisting no time as he jumped on her, moving her up to the middle of the bed and forcing her legs apart as he attacked the opposite side of her neck. He reached down to pull her skirt up, his talons ripping the botton accedently.

Something tangled in Kagura's hair, and as she pulled at it it tightened around her neck. Sesshomaru growled and grabbed the chain, breaking it and trying to pull it off himself. Reality hit Kagura like a brick, and as he untangled the chain and tossed it away, not bothering to see what it was, but he decided that whatever it was, it could be replaced.

Kagura's eyes suddenly became useable and she looked over. "No!" she yelled. "Stop! Wait!" she said, pushing on his chest.

Sesshomaru slammed his fist down on the bed and she stopped her struggling. "It-will-wait." he hissed.

"Get off of me." Kagura snapped, pushing on him.

"Kagura!" he barked, grabbing her wrists and pinning her down. "I obliged all your wishes when you were in heat, you can do me the same courtesy."

"Oh, it must have been hell." she said with a roll of her eyes. "Now get off!" she said again, forcing her leg between them and pushing him off her. She sccrried to her feet and pulled her skirt down, looking for her necklace. She spotted it by the stairs, and rushed over, Sesshomaru getting to his feet behind her, annoyed to no end that she was not still squirming beneath him.

Kagura dropped to her knees and picked up the broken chain, her ring no where to be seen. "Help me find it." she said quickly. "Help me find my ring." she said looking around the floor furiously.

"Kagura, it can wait."

"No it can't!" she snapped, getting to her feet. Something glittered beside the hamper and she walked over, bending down to pick up her ring. She untangled her chain, seeing if she could fix it.

Sesshomaru walked over and too it from her, her jaw dropped and she followed his hand as he set both ring and chain ontop of the hamper, wrapping his other arm around her waist slowly. "They will wait... please..." he begged in her ear. He kissed her neck, pulling her hair away, his hands moving up the front of her sweater again.

"Wait..." Kagura moaned quietly. "Sesshomaru, stop..." she said.

But he didn't stop, his hand reached her breasts and she gasped softly, his talons teasing her nipple through the soft material of her bra. Sesshomaru ground against her, pulling her backwards, back towards the bed.

"No." Kagura said again as he turned her around to face him. He put her finger on her lips, staring into her eyes before he lowered his head to suckle her neck. "No!" she yelled, putting her hands against his chest and shoving.

Sesshomaru stepped back and growled. "Damnit woman what is your problem?!" he barked quickly.

Kagura stepped back and picked up her necklace and ring, putting her back to him. "We need to talk." she said calmly.

"We can talk, later." he growled.

"Put it on ice!" Kagura yelled, turning to face him. "We talk or I leave." she said finally.

Sesshomaru tried not to growl too loud, he ran a hand of talons into his hair. "What?" he asked.

Kagura leaned on the doorframe of the bathroom and held her necklace to her chest. "Why did you do it? On our wedding day... Why did you..."

"This is about Yuri?" Sesshomaru asked bluntly.

Kagura nodded. "I gave myself to you whenever you wanted me... whether I did or not. I would have, if you had wanted, in my wedding dress if you wished. Why did you touch that... that bitch?" she asked, looking away from him.

It was obvious that Sesshomaru did not like this topic, he turned around, looking down at himself untill he lowered some, and he looked back at her, folding his arms. "Haven't we been over this already? There's no need to bring this up Kagura."

"There is!" she snapped. "We haven't been over this. I refused to talk about it. You may have been over it, but I haven't. I have to know. Why? On our wedding day!"

Sesshomaru looked away and sighed. "I don't have an answer Kagura. I can't tell you why. I've apoligized, and apoligized. What will it take for you to put this in the past? Why can't you just... just be my wife?"

Kagura laughed. "Your wife? Ha. That's one you haven't called me in a while. You and I both know we could never have such a relationship. All you want is sex, and all I want is the sex, and title of being yours. We don't want to be husband and wife, Sesshomaru, all we want is to keep up appearences."

Her dark red eyes lolled to him, his golden ones completly cleared of all red that had previously been. "How do you what I want?" he asked.

"What do you want? Other than to make your Father and god forsaken Mother proud? You want arm candy, Sesshomaru. Not love." she said, looking away from him, across the room and down to the wall above the front door. "I want love. I want children, and a house in the country. I may not look it, but I want that perfect movie family. I want the children that greet me when I come home and I want to make dinner for my husband, who kisses my cheek when he comes home from work. I want romance, candles and perfume." she said sadly. "Let's face it, you can't give that to me." she added quietly. "You're not a family man. You're a buisnessman."

Kagura bent down and picked up her blouse. "This 'relationship'... will only tear me apart more. I want a divorce. I've held this burden too long." she said finally, looking at her wedding ring and setting it back down on the hamper.

Sesshomaru looked at the ring and then away quickly, he shook his head and looked back at her. "No, you're making decisions on impulse."

"I'm not... Sesshomaru all we've ever had was sex!" she expclaimed, her red eyes moving back to him. "We took vacations, and we had sex, constantly. We stayed home, and had sex. Everything we did was somehow related to where and when we were going to have sex."

"Is that all you remember?!" he shouted back. "Sex?!" he added. "Do you no recal the nights I invited you over and we had dinner, and talked for hours. What about when we took Rin to Europe? We were like a family!" he shouted. "Do you remember none of our lasting conversations, when we stayed up untill sunrise, whispering to each other... I poured my soul out to you on more than one occasion. I loved you..." he said quietly. "And damn me, I still love you... I always will. But if you want a divorce... then I will grant your wish. Now get the hell out of the range of my senses."

Kagura didn't need to be told more than once, she put her blouse back on as she moved to the stairs. And she picked up her coat as she left, going to slam the door behind her as she went. Of course, the lever at the top of the door prevented that, and she got only a click when it finally shut.


Sesshomaru laid on his bed for a long time after she left, the need to mate burning within his body, but the one he wanted had walked out the door. And he knew no other female would feel as right as Kagura would. His Father didn't expect him back to work for the week, maybe if he just laid there he would sleep for days. That would be nice, to just sleep, to not have to think about how badly he had just been dumped.

And to think, he had been under the impression and he and Kagura had a chance.


~~~ y.y ~~~


Inuyasha suprised Kagome with a brand new 2006 Impalla, and she had squealed her heart out as she planted herself in the drivers seat. In fact she had been so excited, and she had pulled her husband into the back seat, and quickly got ontop of him. They spent most of the day out in the day, and Inuyasha gave Kagome an extra driving lesson as they drove back to the city. Miroku was just as excited, and paid for dinner before Kagome decided to visit her Mother and Brother.

They knocked on the door together, and Sota opened the door yawning. He was about to speak when Kagome put her finger to her lips. "Shh, I wanna suprise Mama."

He stepped to the side and Kagome pulled her shoes off before going in, Inuyasha followed example. He stayed in the hall while Kagome crept into the kitchen. A few seconds later they heard a yell, "Oh Kagome! Don't you ever sneak up on me like that!" was followed by a few pops.

Sota laughed, and led Inuyasha into the living room.

"So, how's your new house?" he asked, handing Inuyasha a soda as they sat down.

"Its nice, actually. Kagome stays home all day so everything is already unpacked."

Sota nodded. He hadn't really talked to Inuyasha much, other than at the dinner and when they came to pick up some of Kagome's things. He fiddled with his bottle and shrugged. "I'm out of topics."

Inuyasha chuckled. "Have you figured out which college you want to attend?"

Sota shook his head and bowed it a little. "Oh, I'm not going to college. Someone has to stay here and look after Mom. And I can't do that and keep up a career at the same time. She's getting old, soon enough she won't be able to do much on her own. Plus she pretends that her arthritus doesn't bother her. Since Kagome is out of the house, its up to me to take care of her."

Inuyasha sipped his drink, and looked towards the kitchen where he heard the two women talking quietly. It was awkward, sitting with his younger brother in law. Sota turned the TV back on, and Inuyasha tried his best to not voice his opinion on pointless, fixed gameshows.

"So..." Sota said after a while. "How's living with my sister."

"Pretty damn good." Inuyasha mumbled before thinking, smirking. He looked at Sota, who's mind was obviously wandering to the thing Inuyasha really did not want to discuss with his younger brother in law. "I mean... its nice." he said quickly, smiling of embarressment.

Sota stared at him, and smiled a little. "Thats gross." he said with a small shake of his head.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Inuyasha defended.

"Suuurrreee...."

"Ugh, you know what. You're too young for us to have any conversation on this topic." he said in an end of conversation voice.

"I didn't even bring it up! You did!" Sota said pointing at him accusingly.
"You were thinking it!"

"Not untill you said something. Which is gross by the way, thinking about my sister-"

"Okay, this is where I draw the line you can't cross untill you're twenty."

"Twenty?! I have a girlfriend you know." Sota said crossing his arms.

Inuyasha turned his head slowly. "And? I had girlfriends when I was your age too..."

"Well, I'm not completly clueless..." sota said much quieter.

Inuyasha looked away. "Okay, still, this is where I draw the line that you can't cross with ME... untill your twenty, or untill your ready to hear about me and your sister."

"Thirty four it is." Sota said quickly, dropping the topic before it went there.

They both looked up as the Mother and daughter walked in. Kagome smiled. "You two getting along?" she asked.

"Inuyasha said living with you is pretty damn good." Sota said quickly.

"Sota!" Kagome and their mother chimmed.

"I was just quoting!" the teenage boy said defensivly.

Hina walked around to sit down at the end of the small table and Kagome sat down beside her husband, folding her arms. "Inuyasha, you can't say stuff like that around my brother, he's a nine foot, walking voice capible parrot."

"Who says I can walk?" Sota mumbled. "Maybe I'll just sit here the rest of my life, and you'll have to move back in to care for me..."

"I don't think so." Inuyasha said putting his arm around her. "She's mine now, buddy."

"I had her first!" Sota exclaimed. "I think being her brother for sixteen and a half years counts and something."

Without thinking father than his pants Inuyasha chuckled. "I think being the one who gives her lots of s-" Kagome slapped his chest and shut him up. "Ahemm... stuff, and supports her, should count as something."

Sota looked a little confused, he arched an eyebrow, and rolled his eyes.

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other, and tried not to smile.

"Sorry" Inuyasha whispered.

"You're gonna be." Kagome said back quietly.


~~~ <.< ~~~


The next few days Kagome wanted to drive everywhere, for any reason. Tuesday she actually make two trips to Tokyo and back, just to bring Inuyasha lunch and to go see Miroku.

Inuyasha didn't mind, he let her drive, and just sat back and watched her. Of course, half the time he still wanted to jump on her, driving or not.

It wasn't untill the week after that that Inuyasha realized something was wrong with his brother. The usually witty, snappy, high and mighty being was quiet, and said far too little, even for being Sesshomaru. Monday, he overheard Sesshomaru and their father in the conference room after a meeting, speaking quietly. He went up to the door, and stayed as quiet as possible.

"No, I'm still in heat. Kagura leaving has made it worse. I can't even have Rin over right now. The only thing keeping me from mounting my secretary is the fact she's horribly boring, and too old for me."

"You seem to be handling yourself well. I can barely tell. Your eyes aren't red or anything."

"They haven't been, since the fight."

There was a pause. Inuyasha was tempted to look inside, but he knew he'd get caught.

Inutaisho continued. "Is it possible, she was just talking from the top of her thoughts?"

"No, she meant it."

"Are you draw up the paperwork?"

Inuyasha listened to another pause, and he heard Sesshomaru sigh. "I need her.."

"I know, but does she?"

Inuyasha's eyebrows furred together, what the hell was going on? He thought Sesshomaru and Kagura were going strong again.

"You say you love her." Inutaisho said, clearing his throat. "How does she really feel? Do you know?"

Sesshomaru sighed. "She wants romance... a house in the country... children.. all that... crap."

"It isn't to her." Inutaisho said quickly. "Its normal for a female to want those things. But you also have to ask yourself. What do you want?"

"Well of course I want pups. Our own home is a given. I may not be romantic constantly, but she can't deny there have been some times... that I've put effort into romance before... We want the same thing, I don't understand what is wrong with her."

"You don't want the same thing, Sesshomaru. Think about it. Kagura wants what she never had growing up. To be part of a family, to have a nice house, to have someone that loves her, and would raise a family with her. You just want them because that's the normal thing to want, get married, have a family, support them. Is that not how you see it?" their father asked.

Sesshomaru didn't answer. Inuyasha leaned closer to the door.

"I suppose, yes..."

"You see? She knows that. You have to make her see that you don't want that just because that's what is supposed to happen. You have to make her see that you want that with her so you can be with her and make her happy."

"I do want to make her happy." Sesshomaru said quickly.

"She doesn't know that. Sesshomaru, she can't read minds, she doesn't know what your thinking. Unless you tell her, she won't know."

"How do I tell her? She won't return my calls, she keeps her answering machines on. Kanna wouldn't even open the door when I went by their apartment. I can't get in contact with her."

"That, dear son, is what you have to figure out."

Inuyasha leaned closer, and without warning, before he new it, something hit his back, the door flew open and he fell forward, landing on his face in the floor infront of his Father and brother. He smiled a little, trying to look as thought he hadn't been eavesdropping.

"Snooping is rude, brother." he heard Sango's voice above him.


~~~ >.> ~~~


Kagome pranced around the kitchen, getting ready for her little get together, glad no one was around to witness her cheesey dancing. She had barely seen her friends since she got married, so she invited Kagura, Miroku, and Sango to hang out for a while, Sota inviting himself and deciding to tag along with Miroku since he had nothing better to do.

She was putting cookies on a plate when the doorbell rang. She turned her dance music off and rushed into the hall, opening the door and smiling. Sota walked past and began looking around. "This place rocks." he said going from the kitchen to the living room.

Miroku gave Kagome a hug and handed her a fancy bottle of ginger ale. She looked at him questionably. "I would have given you champaine... but seeing as your too young..."

"Oh, whatever. Sota, what are you doing?!" Kagome asked going into the living room where Sota had already firmly claimed the remote and was putting his feet up.

"Relaxing." he said smiling.

She walked over and scooted his feet off the table, popping the top of his head. "Why don't you stop, and come help me with the food?"

"There's food too?!" he asked egarly.


Sango arrived next, and Kagome was suprised when she introduced the handsome young man behind her as her younger brother.

He was as tall as Sota, with a short pony tail hanging behind him, and the same deep, dark brown eyes as Sango. Wearing black jeans and just as black t-shirt with a weird circle design on the chest in red. He extended a hand and he smiled as they bowed to each other.

"Wow," Kagome said looking Kohaku up and down. "When you said little brother, for some reason I thought you meant... little."

"No." Sango said proudly, patting his back. "Kohaku's a senior in high school. Isn't he handsome?" she said stroking a few of his bangs back.

"Um, I don't think I should comment on that. Well, um, come inside." she said closing the door behind them. "I guess its a good thing Sota came, come, I'll introduce you to my younger brother."

Kohaku and Sota followed Kagome into the living room when Sota was sitting infront of the couch behind the coffee table, drawing and nodding his head to the music on the TV. "Sota, get up." Kagome said, and Sota started standing without looking up from his paper. He looked at Sango and Kohaku.

"Sota, you remember Sango, Inuyasha's sister. This is her younger brother, Kohaku." Kagome intoduced.

Sota and Kohaku shook hands and it all started from there. After Kagome went to go get drinks she could barely keep up with their conversation. The topic bounced from school, to music, to girls, to movies, back to school, then bike racing. She left them to be teenagers and she and Sango joined Miroku in the kitchen. Kagome tried not to smile at Miroku's sudden change of mood, going from excited and chirpy to calm and mellow as soon as he saw Sango walk in in her little black dress, this one thankfuly longer than most she had.

"Cookies?" Kagome asked, putting the plate on the table.

"Oh, no, I can't have any sweets right now." Sango said, putting a hand on her stomach.

"Why?" Miroku asked, looking up and down her perfect figure. It wasn't hard to see when she wore such tight clothing.

"I'm gaining weight, and Kono doesn't like it."

"Well Kono's a dumbass." Miroku said with a snort.

Sango sat down opposite him and crossed her legs. "He's my husband, I'd apriciate it if you didn't insult him while he was not present."

"Okay you two." Kagome said. "I don't want you guys arguing the whole time. Kagura should be here soon, and she's not feel well."

Sango laughed. "Not feeling well? She should see Sesshomaru." she said rolling her eyes. "He's pathetic, I've never seen him so down over a woman. So left him right at the begining of his heat cycle too... So he's horny, and heartched."

Kagome sat down at the head of the table and looked at her. "Something happened with her and Sesshomaru? She didn't tell me."

"Well I don't know all the details..." Sango said with a little shrug. "But from what heard, from what Inuyasha heard, and from what Father told me..." Sango began talking very quickly. "Kagura and Sesshomaru had a lunch date and Sesshomaru didn't show in time. when she went outside he was there and he forced her against the car to you know, bump and grind, he gave her a key to his loft, and told her when to be there. When Kagura got there Sesshomaru wasn't there so she wondered around for a few minutes and got to thinking about their wedding day and why he had cheated on her. When he got there he got her onto the bed before she could protest and broke her neckace, which actually had her wedding ring on it.

"Kagura made him stop to go get it and they got into another agument, Kagura told him that he could never make her happy basically, and that she wanted a divorce. The Sesshomaru got angry and said that they had more than sex in their relationship. He braught Rin into it, so I know he was pissed... And he told her to get out."

Sango finished by putting her head in her palms on the table, smiling a little. "I listen to everything." she said at a mornal talking speed.

"Obviously." Miroku said with a chuckle. "And who's Rin?" he asked before Kagome could.

"Sesshomaru's adopted daughter." Sango said quietly. "She's Kohaku's ex, so lets not go there..."

Kagome pouted. "But why would Kagura say that? She loves Sesshomaru."

Sango shrugged. "All I know is what I just said."

"I'm so out of the female circle when this conversation comes up later, aren't I?" Miroku asked smiling.

Kagme nodded. "Probably. Although," she said to Sango. "he's actually not to bad when it comes to advice on men."

"Are you gay?" Sango asked.

"No!" Miroku said quickly. "I like pussy, I don't do the whole Hershey Highway thing..."

Sango eyed him, and laughed. "Whatever..."

"I'm not gay!"

"Okay okay okay! Back off." Sango said as she and Kagome laughed a little.

"Kagome, Kagome tell her I am not gay." Miroku said.

Kagome looked away, scratching behind her ear.

"Kagome!" Miroku yelled, suprised. "With all the girls you've seen me with!"

"Good cover?" Kagome said quietly. Miroku crossed his arms and shook his head. She laughed. "I'm just kidding." she looked at Sango. "Don't call him gay... he's not out of the closet yet."

Miroku's jaw dropped.