InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silver Tears and Puppy Ears ❯ Different, But Not So Different ( Chapter 11 )

Different, but not so Different.

Inu Yasha sat on the floor against Kagome's bed dreading what he had to do today. He would have to spend the entire day alone with Kagome's mother, shopping for clothes, and fancy clothes at that. He shuddered as he imagined himself in one of those tux things from the magazine Kagome forced him to look at; he would look ridiculous. The only comfort he had was that Miroku would have to wear one too.

"Inu Yasha are you ready?" Kagome called from the hallway. He looked down at the outfit she had given him, it was very tight compared to his fire rat, and while it was comfortable, it wasn't as comfortable, and he definitely didn't like the shirt, it was to tight on his arms, she had called the clothes a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, Kagome promised they would go and get him more clothes and shoes. He definitely didn't want to have to wear shoes, he liked being barefoot shoes were so uncomfortable; Kagome had allowed him to go without them only because her fathers old shoes didn't fit him.

"Inu Yasha!"

He forced himself to get off the floor and open the door and go downstairs where a very moody Kagome stood waiting.

`She is definitely pregnant' Kagome shook her head and walked closer to him, fixing the buttons on his shirt

"Honestly, took you that long, and you didn't even button the shirt" Kagome muttered. He looked down and watched her button the shirt; he didn't realize it had to be buttoned more like he didn't want it to be. He knew Kagome would start to get moody when she starting getting sick and this morning she had woken up and run out of the room and threw up, in the process knocking Shippo clear across the room. Luckily because hanyo pregnancies were short, she wouldn't be getting sick like this for a long time.

"Ok, your leaving with my mom, and I'll be out with Sango, try and be understanding with her, this weddings a big deal to her, ok?" Kagome begged

"Keh, if it's that important, fine" Inu Yasha snarled, he wasn't in a good mood about having to wear these clothes. He didn't see why he couldn't wear his fire rat. However his demeanor softened when Kagome looked as if she might cry.

"It'll be fine" He said reassuringly, `baka, baka, baka, making your pregnant mate upset, BAKA' Inu Yasha mentally berated himself. Inu Yasha was about to apologize again but Kagome was already smiling and happy again. He would have to get used to that, it used to take a lot for Kagome to have a mood swing; now every little thing would set her off.

"Ready?" Kagome asked happily

"As much as possible" he said with feigned calmness.

"MAMA, SANGO!" Kagome shouted into the kitchen, Inu Yasha clamped his ears down as she shouted, it didn't hurt, it was just loud. A few minutes passed and Kagome's mother walked into the hallway followed by Sango. Kagome's mom smiled at the two and went on another what Kagome was calling a "wedding rant". Sango tried her best not to smile or laugh as Kagome's mother went on about tuxes and rings. Kagome had to promise Shippo she would come back with candy for him to willingly stay behind two days in a row. Inu Yasha knew Kagome didn't have the heart to tell him he had to stay at the shrine because it wasn't safe for the people in her time to see him and she didn't want to ask him to hold a transformation all day. She almost broke when he started to cry but he stepped in and set Shippo straight. Kagome's emotions were to for lack of better words unstable and she couldn't handle the way Shippo was acting, he would have to talk to him about that later when Kagome couldn't hear him. Reluctantly he followed Kagome's mom down the stairs to the shrine and preceded in the opposite direction of Kagome and Sango, he gave her one last look as she disappeared from sight. He followed behind Kagome's mom ears drooped under his hat wishing he were with Kagome or at least back in his time. He was expecting this day to be as bad as a thousand sits from Kagome.

Kagome and Sango walked slowly down the street towards a store Kagome had chosen. Sango watched everything around her, she noticed a man on the corner ahead of them watching her and moved closer to Kagome. Kagome had explained earlier that carrying weapons in her time wasn't acceptable and forced the others to only bring weapons they could hide when they left her home. She instantly went to grab the handle of hiraikotsu for comfort and felt extremely anxious when she remembered that it wasn't there. Sango glared at the man as they passed him and he just smiled at her, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Sango?" Kagome said loudly and irritated for the fourth time.

"Oh sorry Kagome, I was just distracted by… everything" Sango answered, she wouldn't lose her temper with Kagome.

"Yeah, it can be overwhelming I guess" Kagome answered as she grabbed Sango's hand and dragged her into a store. Sango looked around at all the different cloths and she was guessing dresses. She knew she was supposed to wear whatever Kagome picked out because it was Kagome's wedding, she just hoped it wouldn't be that bad. In a matter of minutes Sango found herself following Kagome around carrying a handful of dresses. She found most of them very nice actually. After the 10th dress Kagome took Sango to the dressing rooms and told her to try them on. The first dress, a light purple, was long with a slit on one side up to her knee and had a halter-top and no back. Kagome thought it was amazing, but Sango felt exposed. Kagome shrugged as Sango walked back into the dressing room to try the second, a sparkly light pink strapless gown, it would have been fine except the slit was even higher than the first. The third dress, Sango refused to even try on it was black, but had slits up both sides. The fourth dress, was the one that Sango would wear, it was the same pink as the color from Sango's demon slayers uniform, boat neck top, and a sheer black lace slip over it. Sango thought they were done but soon found herself sitting with Kagome putting weird sandals on her feet. They looked more like weapons then shoes. Kagome decided on a pair of shoes with thick heels so that Sango could walk in them, and Sango actually liked them. Kagome went and paid for the shoes and dress while Sango got dressed in the sweater and jeans Kagome let her borrow for the day.

Inu Yasha sat and waited as Kagome's mom waltzed around the store deciding what he would wear. He had decided a long time into Kagome's mom's talking, that the best way to do this was to just wear whatever Kagome's mom picked. He was mildly surprised when Kagome's mom would bring over a few things and have him pick the one he liked out of all of them. At the end he ended up with a very simple black tux with a plain white shirt underneath. The shoes, while they looked cool with the tux once he had it on, were very uncomfortable compared to being barefoot, but he agreed to this and lied telling Kagome's mom they were fine. Next he found himself in another store with a lot of jewelry in it.

"Ok, so you need to give Kagome a ring-" Kagome's mom went to explain for the millionth time.

"I know" he interrupted and went to find something he thought would be good. He wanted to pick out the ring himself, this he knew actually mattered. The tux thing he'd wear once, but this ring… she'd have to wear everyday for the rest of her life. He walked from display to display, not seeing anything that he felt deserved to be on her finger. Kagome's mom watched as the boy wandered the store, she found a chair in the corner and waited for him to need her. At one point a woman being one of the displays offered to help, and for a minute Inu Yasha considering telling her off, but he did some help.

"Actually… yeah." Inu Yasha muttered.

"What is it your looking for?" She asked.

"A ring"

"What kind?"

"For my ma-fiancé, I need two rings actually, no three"

"I see, what do you have in mind?"

Inu Yasha thought back for a moment at the way Kagome reacted to jewelry in the magazine he had conveniently left on the table as she walked in to have breakfast this morning. She didn't like the color of gold; she liked the ones that were white gold or platinum. She liked the pink or clear diamonds but all the others she didn't. She didn't like the ones that were completely round, the liked the oval and square ones. He got the impression she liked the ones with more detail that weren't plain He remembered one that had a large slightly raised heart shaped light pink diamond in the middle and very small clear and dark blue diamond chips in a spiral pattern going all around the band of the ring and set in platinum. Kagome had looked at it for a long time before turning the page. He knew the magazine was from this store, so he had torn out the pages Kagome had looked at a lot, so he took it out of his back pocket and showed it to the woman. Kagome's mom saw Inu Yasha take the paper from his back pocket and show it to them woman and the woman walked away. She stood up and walked up to Inu Yasha to see what it was he had picked, she looked down and saw the ring that Kagome had noticed this morning in the magazine and could tell by her daughters reaction she liked it the most. She glanced down at the price, and it was expensive, but not to expensive where she couldn't afford it. She silently thanked her husband in heaven for leaving the shrine and everything else to them. The woman returned a moment later with a dark blue box, and opened it to show to Inu Yasha.

"Yes, that one"

Then the woman took out some simple bands, he picked out two simple white gold bands. He looked over at Kagome's mom to make sure he picked out something good. She nodded and went with the woman to pay for the rings.

Inu Yasha and Kagome's mom arrived at the shrine before Kagome and Sango returned, so Kagome's mom grabbed Miroku and Souta and dragged them suit shopping, leaving Inu Yasha alone with Shippo. The little kit was very unhappy at being left at the shrine all day while everyone else was allowed to go out. If it were up to him, he'd tell the kit flat out that it wasn't safe, but Kagome told him to let her explain when she got back later. So he settled for the second option, distracting him. Shippo had been playing the game with Souta before Kagome's mom made him go with her, so he played the game with him. He wasn't sure how long he played the game when he finally heard Kagome's voice as she walked up the stairs to the shrine with Sango. Sango went upstairs to put the dress in her room and Kagome went to relieve Inu Yasha of Shippo duty. It was getting really difficult to keep the kit from wandering off the shrine.

"So what did you do today Shippo?" Kagome asked.

"Playing the game with Souta and then Inu Yasha." He answered

"Is that all?" She questioned

"Yep" Shippo answered sadly.

"Kagome, why can't I leave the shrine, but everyone else is allowed?" Shippo asked. Kagome cringed at his question. She couldn't expect this to last forever him just accepting he had to stay.

"Its not safe, its not as easy as putting you in a hat and no one will notice." Kagome said.

"You mean my tail" Shippo said as he pulled on it. Kagome nodded.

"I can transform and make myself look like a human" Shippo suggested

"How long can you hold a transformation Shippo?"

"Umm, I'm not sure."

"Well until you can show us how long that is, you cant leave the shrine. It's too dangerous. I know it's cruel, but it's different here."

Shippo pulled out a leaf and transformed himself into a boy that appeared to be Souta's age. He had given himself shoulder length black hair. She noticed his eyes were shaped and colored just like Inu Yasha's when he was human, but the shape of his face was very much like hers the build of his body identical to the way Kagome imagined Inu Yasha as a young child.

"How's this Kagome?" Shippo asked.

"Its very good Shippo" Kagome answered and smiled.

"Now lets find out how long you can hold it" She added

`I wonder if he realizes that he made himself look like mine and Inu Yasha's child, or it was just him using features he had seen on the people around him'

Inu Yasha fought the urge to react when he walked back into the den to see a transformed Shippo sitting next to Kagome. He looked like…no… he… yes he did. He looked like a child that he and Kagome could have had. He looked at Kagome, and she was clearly thinking the same thing about the form Shippo had chosen. Sango had already come back, and was shocked by the scene in front of her. She felt like she had gone forward in time and that was the child Kagome was currently carrying. One look from Kagome and Inu Yasha told her to not say anything.

"Sango do you like my human form?" Shippo asked excited.

"Of course Shippo" Sango answered. She had to admit; he had made himself good looking. She plopped down on the couch next to Shippo.

"So where's Miroku?" she questioned

"With Souta and my mom, suit shopping" Kagome answered. Kagome noticed that the game was paused, and wondered if any of them new that it could be played one player. She set it up for Shippo and he started playing the game from the beginning, she received very grateful smiles from Sango and Inu Yasha for doing it.

"I'm gonna go get some rest" Kagome told them; she was starting to not feel well again, and preferred to not get sick in front of Sango or Shippo. Especially after sending Shippo flying into the wall this morning she didn't want a repeat of that. As soon as she got to her feet Inu Yasha was standing beside her. He glanced at Shippo as they left the room he was secretly hoping to himself that Shippo would prove that he could indeed hold that form for a very long time. He wanted to actually ask Kagome to marry him, and if they couldn't be alone at the shrine, he would take her back to his time to ask her. He placed his hand over the box in his pocket as he followed Kagome upstairs, Kagome's mom had told him to hide it in her room so Kagome wouldn't find it before he asked her. He would hold onto the other rings until later. Inu Yasha remembered the other day when Kagome came home from shopping with her mom, and asking for the foot massage so as soon as her feet left the ground and she was sitting on the bed. Inu Yasha sat down and lifted one of her feet into his lap. She smiled and leaned back onto her bed as he rubbed her feet. As soon as he finished her foot massage he stood up and leaned over her to kiss her. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him down onto her. He could smell her arousal about half way through the massage, and would not deny her. He slid his arms under her back and hugged her tightly. He wouldn't risk the child by having sex with her; he had heard that a hanyo pregnancy was very risky. He just hoped that she would settle for what he would give her. He trailed kissed down her neck while he unbuttoned her pants; he lifted her shirt off of her stomach and kissed her stomach inhaling her scent as he slid her pants off of her legs. He continued down and kissed and nipped down below her belly button she gasped as he slid his tongue into her. She fought to hold in her moans as he continued to lick her; he slowly slid out his tongue and teased her clit with his tongue as he gently slid in one finger applying pressure to that spot. Her hips buckled and a small moan escaped her lips as he pressed harder against her. She grasped the sheets as heat spread through her body. Inu Yasha looked up at her, a small glistening sweat was covering her body. He smiled and slipped his tongue back into her she let another small moan slip as he pushed his tongue into her. Inu Yasha felt her tighten and spasm as she came. Her entire body relaxed and she seemed to melt into the bed. Inu Yasha moved back up and slid next to her and pulled her against him kissing her softly, he could hear her heart still racing and her breath was slowly returning to normal. She opened her eyes and smiled at him as he pulled out of the kiss. She rested her head in the nook of his shoulder and he pulled the blanket up to cover them.

"I love you Inu Yasha" she whispered sleepily.

"I love you too Kagome" he whispered back as he stroked her face tucking a stray hair back behind her ear. Her eyes closed and he stayed and laid there with her while she slept.

"Wow Shippo, it's been over 4 hours" Sango said as she glanced at the time. He smiled at her and tugged on his human looking hair.

"Can I ask you something Sango?"

"Of course Shippo"

"Do you think that Kagome would let me use the jewel to make a wish"?

"For your parents, Shippo…-"

"No, no, to stay like this"

"You mean human, but why?"

"To stay with Kagome"

"You know Kagome loves you as you are Shippo"

"Yeah I know, but I can't hold this form forever, and I would rather give up my youki then have to be alone"

"But, Kagome is not human, she is hanyo, and you would be human"

"Yeah, but I'm very different as a fox youkai, as a human half of her is like me"

Sango nodded in understanding, what would happen if Shippo wished to be human? Would the jewel disappear?