InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silver-Haired Beauty ❯ We Do? ( Chapter 20 )

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"Welcome everyone, and thank you very much for joining us." Raising his glass to the room, Sesshomaru gave them all a bright smile. Turning to his bride, his gaze turned more intimate. "We would both like to thank you for coming."

Everyone raised their glasses and cheered the happy couple. A tinkling sound quieted the room as Inuyasha stood. "I'd like to give a toast." As she laid a hand over the still flat hollow beneath her breasts, Kagome prayed silently as he spoke. "To Kuroi. Thanks to you, I not only have a sister for real, but now I have a brother as well."

'Oh my God,' she thought as she raised her glass to the toast. 'He actually made that sound sweet.' Kagome rewarded him with a kiss on the cheek where he gave her a cocky grin as if to say the kiss had been his goal all along.

Lord Yamatsu stood and raised his glass as well, "To both of my sons, I wish you well in your future endeavors." as the polite clapping started, he added, "Now get done with them so I can get some grandkids." Good natured laughter and a few thumbs up in Inuyasha's direction had the hanyou flashing his signature smirk while Kagome hung her head to hide her red face.

Before he sat down though, Yamatsu made another announcement. "As you know, in two weeks Inuyasha and Kagome will be joined together as well. However, two weeks following that, I would like you all to come to another wedding." Startled and curious murmurs arose around the room. "Calm down, calm down. The lucky couple will be myself and the future Lady Shinaki."

Stunned silence quickly broke into chorus of congratulations. Laughing at the lull, Yamatsu smiled down at his gray-haired future bride. "Well, I always wanted a large family and Shinaki and I have known each other for about four hundred years or so. When you think about it, we're long overdue."

Lady Shinaki stood up beside him and held out a familiar small bottle. Thousand year white peach elixir. With a secretive smile, she proceeded to drink it before the assembled guests. Braced for the pulse they remembered, Kagome, Inuyasha and Kuroi could only gape when it didn't come.

Instead, the gray hair darkened to a silky black while the aged skin smoothed to a pale but distinct blue. The smile she flashed was dazzling, just as she had become. "I know you're all a bit undone, but I haven't used this elixir since my husband died two hundred and seventy years ago." Lacing her hand with her future husband's, she looked at him tenderly, "But I think the time is appropriate now."

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha wore twin expressions of complete disbelief. Seeing it, Kuroi and Kagome shared a laugh between themselves.

As the party wound down, the newlyweds were soon left with only Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Lord Yamatsu and the future Lady Shinaki for company. Together, the group shared a companionable atmosphere as the evening descended. Kagome watched with curiosity as Kuroi continuously snuck glances at the deepening sky outside.

'What's wrong with her?' Tapping Inuyasha's arm, she pointed to get his attention. Spotting his new sister's obvious agitation, he went over to where she had tried to hide herself in a corner of the room.

"Oi sis. What the hell are you doing hiding on your wedding day?" he crouched down to get a better look at her face. She didn't look too well.

"Inu, it's the new moon. I'm not sure I should stay…" Tear bright eyes looked at him and then flickered over to where his brother stood chatting with Miroku. "What if he doesn't like it?"

"Gods, you are a baka. First of all, it's your wedding night, so I think he'll notice if you run off. Secondly, the fucking man turns into a giant three tailed dog, what do you have to worry about?" Taking her by the hand, he pulled her into the center of the room. When she started to resist, he wrapped his arms around her and whispered as he held her close to him, "Look sis. We'll do this together just like we've done before. So don't be scared, okay?" He pulled back as she nodded, but held onto her hands.

"Sesshomaru!" bright yellow eyes turned and frowned at the pair in the middle of the room. Inuyasha looked back levelly. "Sesshomaru, don't you say one word until it's over. Just trust us." His eyes slid to Kagome, "You too woman."

Turning back to face his shivering little sister, Inuyasha cupped her face. "Ready?" With a last fearful glance at her new husband, she took a deep breath, focused on Inuyasha and nodded. He took her hands in his again and watched her as they waited in silence.

Behind them, the night fell complete and the change began.

For everyone there, the transformation of the hanyou to his human state was nothing new. It was the bride's change of form that caught their attention.

Beneath her veil, the cascade of inky black hair lightened until it was as bright as polished silver while the hands clutching tightly to Inuyasha's suddenly became tipped with small but razor sharp claws. When she gasped at the emergence of a full thick tail of the same mirror bright shade, tiny fangs could be seen inside of her mouth. Collapsing against her brother, Kuroi looked up at her husband with uncertainty in her crimson eyes. Pointed tips appeared on her ears as they elongated a bit, but stayed on the sides of her face. The most dramatic change was when her skin paled even further to a shade that was almost milk white.

When Inuyasha's change finished, hers did as well. Pulling her up back onto her feet, Inuyasha walked with her towards his brother. "Kuroi, this is my pretty boy brother Sesshomaru. Also known as the Aristocratic Assassin. Sesshomaru, I'd like you to meet Kuroi Hana. The Black Flower with the silver petals." passing her hand off to her husband, Inuyasha gave her a quick peck on the cheek and went over to Kagome.

Still unwilling to look up from the floor, Kuroi tried to shrink further into her wedding dress to hide herself. Gentle fingers pulled her chin up, forcing her to look into Sesshomaru's face. The smile he gave her before he kissed her made her dizzy with relief, and he murmured against her mouth words she would remember for the rest of their lives together.

"You are still beautiful to me little flower. No matter how you bloom."

THE END