InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Long Awaited Destiny ❯ Chapter 15

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Koga awoke to a comfortable heat radiating off of another's body that was pressed against his own; it smelled of Cherry Blossoms. He couldn't hold back the content smile or the happy growl that escaped him.

Slowly he opened his eyes and saw Ayame spread out across him and on the opposite side she originally went to sleep on.

'Hm...I wonder when this happened?' he thought silently while contemplating whether he should wake her up or not.

Finally deciding to allow her to sleep, he closed his eyes as well to try and figure out why his beast is so happy with her there and if he really should mate with her now.

However he was suddenly pulled from his thoughts when a loud bang was heard from outside of the cave's entrance. Both wolves shot up in bed and rushed out of the chamber to go and see what is going on.

Once they were outside of the cave, they were greeted with a strange wolf demon and his pack of wolves.

"Ah, I see you have finally brought me my future mate Koga, as well as finally deciding to show your disgraceful face once and for all. That was very nice and diplomatic of you to bring Princess Ayame however. Now she will be able to watch me beat you senseless." the wolf leader from the south declared.

Before Ayame could put the idiot in his place, Koga grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him while he prepared to defend her and his pack.

"You will not touch Ayame. As for beating me senseless, I would like to see you try Rouge." he growled out. He did not want to loose Ayame now that he was just starting to figure out how he really felt for her. Slowly his inner beast started to take control of him.

"I am no rouge wolf, Koga. I am a leader of my pack and a minor Lord in the Southern Lands. My name is Naratomo. Ayame will be my mate and your lands will be mine as well as your pathetic excuse for a pack. I tire of sitting back watching you destroy your lands and weaken your pack even more. Really, what the hell were you thinking to pine over a human Priestess when you have our Princess Ayame here?" Naratomo growled out as he challenged Koga for the right of his throne.

Ayame could no longer be quiet after that. "What the hell makes you think I want to mate with you Naratomo? What makes you even think you could possibly defeat a strong and powerful wolf like Koga? Koga is twice the wolf leader then you will ever be! Be gone you worthless rouge before I make you cease to exist myself." she growled out to emphasize her point across to him.

Naratomo had enough; he was not about to let a female, much less his future mate, disrespect him in front of his own pack and future pack mates. He charged towards her but was instantly blocked by a red eyed growling Koga.

"No One Reprimands MY Ayame but me." his beast roared out with a bone chilling tone.

All eyes turned towards the red eyed Lord of the Eastern Lands at that comment, while Ayame merely embraced him from behind.

'I can't believe he just declared me as his! Beast or no beast I will take the declaration!' she mused happily.

Naratomo stood his ground in front of Koga and Ayame. Once he sniffed the air he found Ayame's scent really strong on Koga's front side.

"What is the meaning of this? Why is Princess Ayame's scent all over you? How dare you lower her to be nothing more than a common whore. Don't you realize that you have disgraced her now? No one, not even I, will touch her now; she is worthless and useless except for a rut perhaps." he growled as he turned his back to them while ordering his pack to retreat back to the south; their mission was over now.

Upon hearing that insult towards Ayame, Koga could no longer keep his beast in check. 'How dare that mangy wolf try to ruin my mate's reputation.'

The only warning that Naratomo had before he was slain was the menacing growl Koga emitted as he drew his claws across Naratomo's throat. He released another growl to the wolf pack; his growl told them to submit or die where they stood.

Once the wolves submitted to Koga and his pack, they joined as new pack members.

"Koga, we need to go to the Western Palace. It will take five days to get there from here. I really need to speak with Lady Kagome about some information I have figured out." Ayame whispered in his ear. She was hoping to calm him down, which in the end she did.

He spun around to face her, once he was facing her he leaned his head down to capture her lips with his own. As he was pulling back he whispered "Mine" to her. He wanted to mate with her first before they went to the Western Lands.

"Koga!" she said breathlessly as he picked her up bridal style and rushed back to his chambers. When she emerges later on she would them be called Lady of the Eastern Lands and Princess of the North.

'We will leave in two days time for the west.' he thought as he laid Ayame on the furs in his chambers. He figured that he should be able to satisfy his hunger for her in that amount of time.

Sesshoumaru had prepared to leave at first light but was detained by his ever so beautiful mate, who just so happened to pounce on him every time he tried to get up to get dressed. He knew she did not want him to leave but he also knew he had too.

"Love the longer you detain me, the longer it is going to take for me to complete my patrolling." he said with a slightly amused husky voice.

Slowly Kagome relinquished her hold on him; she didn't want him to have to leave for more then two days. "I will still see you tonight, right? I don't want to sleep without you here. What if I have another vision?"

'Vision?' he thought on her wording. 'So she has decided that it is definitely a vision of the future verses just a dream now.'

"Did you have another 'vision' last night Love?" he was concerned and worried that she might be hiding something from him. He wasn't so sure now that he should leave her now.

She looked down to her hands in her lap and sighed. "You know me too well Love! Yes, I did have another but I don't think I can go with the information that was provided."

"Why don't you tell me what you saw and together we will decide on it's importance." he said as he sat on the edge of their bed.

Reluctantly Kagome agreed to tell him. "First of all you must promise that you will not go crazy and jump to conclusions."

"I will listen to what you have to say and go from there. Now tell me what it is that you have seen Love." he said as he pulled her to his side.

She leaned into his embrace and began, "It started off like the last one did; only I could feel that you had died. While I was in mourning of your passing Captain Sephiroth came running while shouting for the pups and me to return to the palace. I didn't see his attacker until it was too late. Again I was injected with a paralyzing poison which caused the barrier around the pups to fail. Once he approached me he stated, 'I have finally managed to do the one feat I thought impossible. I have broken that wild and fiery spirit which allowed you to humiliate me time and time again. You will be mine now and forever wench.' at that comment he struck me across the face hard." she paused while still trying to shake the image and pain once again from her mind.

'I swear I will kill this bastard slowly and painfully for all this trouble he has caused my mate. But who is powerful enough to kill me?' Sesshoumaru wondered while his mate paused.

"Once I turned back to glare at him I was able to finally see his features within the light. The light finally showed me who it was. My vision was of Inuyasha." she sobbed out. "But it can't be him; he would never hurt me like that. It must have been influenced because of what we were talking about before I retired to bed last night. I refuse to believe he is the bringer of death to all I love and hold dear to my heart."

"Love, I know you don't want to hear this but it is unwise to just cross him out as a possible threat. Though I don't see how he could defeat or kill me, we must keep track of him none the less." he sighed.

No sooner had the words left his mouth did he sense her anger spiking. 'I have better leave before she keeps me here all day making up for what I have said.' he mused while sadistically smiling as he thought how much fun her torture could be.

"I can't believe you just said that. He is your brother; how could you say that about him? I would have thought you, before anyone else, would defend Inuyasha; after all it wasn't so long ago that you, yourself, were misunderstood by everyone. Think about it this way, Inuyasha has just lost Kikyo once again but this time they were mated. How do you think you would feel if you lost me?" she fumed as she untangled herself from his embrace.

She got up and went to the hot springs to try to relax. 'I know he has a point to not rule Inuyasha out but still he is my friend and I do not believe he would or could do this to me.'

She sensed when her mate entered the hot springs as well and turned to glare at him.

"What?" she finally asked.

"I will not apologize for what I said; though I am sorry for how I said it. If you would like we can continue this tonight once I return for the night. Also we need to start the preparation for the Slayer's and Monk's wedding. I need to take my leave now so I can be sure to be back in time this evening." he said as he lowered to his mate's ear.

He huskily whispered in her ear. "I love you Mate and I am more than willing to suffer your wraith tonight."

Kagome turned her head to her love and kissed him goodbye. Once he was gone she finished with her bath and got dressed. 'I wonder if Sango and Miroku would like for me to help them with their wedding plans?' she wondered as she scented the air to locate her friends.

When she located their scents she then realized that they were with Shippo and Rin. She quickly made her way out to the gardens to be with her pups and friends.

"Sango, Miroku do you know when Mama is getting up?" Shippo was heard asking the couple as Kagome entered the garden.

'Oh yeah, I forgot I was masking my scent. No wonder why Shippo didn't sense me!' she thought happily.

"Sweetie I am here. Sorry everyone, I didn't mean to be so long. By the way Sango, Miroku I was wondering if the two of you would like some help with your wedding ceremony? It is suppose to be in a few more days you know." Kagome said as a mischievous glint sparkled in her eyes. 'Three days to be exact!' she cheered silently.

Sango jumped up at that comment. "Oh no, I forgot that it was so soon. Miroku, I haven't even gotten the shiro-maku or uchikake made yet."

Kagome couldn't help but to laugh at her sister's antics. "Sango don't worry about the kimonos; Sesshoumaru and I have already commissioned them to be made for you. Consider it as a gift from me to you."

"Oh Kagome, I can't accept those kimonos. They will be too much; I can't possible be able to wear them much less afford them." Sango rambled on.

"Don't worry about it and you will accept them or I will just have to forcefully put it on you, your choice! this is the least that I can do for you, especially after everything you and Miroku have done for me since we traveled together. Besides it is what sisters do for one another."

"Lady Kagome, we accept your's and Lord Sesshoumaru's generous offer. As for your additional help to the rest of the wedding plans, it is very much appreciated." Miroku responded after his initial shock wore off.

'I can't believe I forgot that the wedding to my beloved is so soon; I am loosing it.' he thought quietly.

"Don't feel left out Miroku, we are having a montsuki kimono, haori, and hakama pants all made up for you as well! We can't have you staying in your monk robes on your special day now can we!" she laughed out.

"Can we help you with the wedding as well Miroku? Rin and I would love to be able to help Sango and you prepare for your special day!" Shippo chanted happily.

"Why of course you and Rin can help us! The more the merrier I always say." cheered Miroku.

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< u>Author Notes

For those who don't know and don't like to look things up here is a lil info about Japanese traditional Wedding Clothing:

Japanese Groom's Wedding Kimono
The traditional Japanese wedding kimono worn by men is a combination of a montsuki kimono and a short haori overcoat with pleated hakama pants.

Montsuki kimono are used for ceremonies and special occasions which bears the family crest on both the front and back of the kimono. The kimono is full length and is tucked into the hakama pants. A matching haori overcoat is then worn over the kimono to complete the attire. The traditional color of the kimono is black with white crests, however today they are available from beautiful shades of purple to exquisite earth tones.

Japanese Bride's Wedding Kimono

The traditional white japanese wedding kimono is called shiro-maku. Shiro meaning white and maku meaning pure. The wedding kimono actually consists of two different kimono. The white wedding kimono is worn for the wedding ceremony and an elaborate rich patterned silk brocade kimono called uchikake is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception.

The bright and colorful uchikake kimono originated in the Edo era and originally only worn by court nobles. The kimono is made of silk and silk brocade. Rich in fine embroidered patterns, the uchikake is embellised with scenes of flowers, cranes, pines, flower carts or nature motifs. While red is the most popular color for the uchikake kimono, there are many different colors available from a stunning imperial purple to sea green. The bridal kimono is sometimes handed down in the family or made into futon bedding later in life.

In a traditional Japanese wedding, the brides hair is also styled in the traditional hair style called bunkin-takashimada and adorned with beautiful gold combs and accessories called kanzashi. A white wedding hood called tsuno kakushi is meant to hide two front golden "tsuno" or horns during the wedding ceremony to symbolize obedience.

Like American weddings, there are traditional wedding accessories that are worn for tradition and are said to bring good luck. The bride carries a small purse style sack called hakoseko and a small encased sword called kaiken. Lastly, a fan is worn in the obi belt for tradition holds that the gradual widening of the open fan implies happiness and thus brings a happy future. JapaneseWeddingFavors.com carries a wonderful selection of Japanese wedding favors, wedding presentation ideas and information on Japanese wedding and Japanese wedding traditions.

All of this is complement of:

http://www.japanesekimono.com/wedding_kimono.htm
and
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Again please feel free to R&R and just a quick shout out (sorry I haven't been doing this) thanks to everyone for their words of encouragement and for continuing to read my fanfics!! Hope to continue to keep you happy and in suspense.