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DRESSES FOR INUYASHA'S PARTY

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Rin --> Instead of being blue like in the picture her dress is peach

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Sango --> Instead of being purple like in the picture her dress is pink

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Destiny --> Instead of the trim in her dress being tan it's a bright baby blue

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Kagome --> Her dress is the same as it is in picture

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Takes place next day…ENJOY!

Then From Love Until Forever…

Chapter Ten: Two Souls Together

"Mr. Tama we can not do anything with stolen files. They will considered invalid by every court we present it too." The detective's deep, shaky voice said through the speaker of Sesshoumaru's silver cell phone.

Sesshoumaru's eyes looked across the interior of the limo. Kohaku, Shippo and Kagome's mother sat on the farthest bench seat asleep. His mother sat next to him trying to calm a newly enlightened Souta. The young man was ecstatic about his sister but also clearly angry that Naraku would use Kagome's life as means to force his mother to sleep with him.

His amber eyes shot a glance at the white gold watch around his wrist…six in the morning, "Mr. Totosai, that is why the files are being anonymously delivered to your office as we speak. It will be impossible to trace where the package came from henceforth clearing the evidence of any criminal acts. Will this do?"

"I will have to pull a few strings but yes, the files can be used to bring Naraku down."

"Good, when will Naraku be arrested?" he asked, looking out the window noting they were still two hours from reaching their destination. He had the jet land at his private airstrip four hours from the mansion to protect the plane's occupants. The remainder of the way to his house was taken by limo and escorted by his personal guards.

"As soon as we receive the information, it will be reviewed. If the documents provide adequate proof of Naraku's involvement in your sister-in-law's abduction, then formal charges will be brought up and he will be taken into custody late this afternoon. From there an official investigation will take place that will determine the length of Mr. Shikon's prison career."

The corner of Sesshoumaru's lip went up…slightly, "Very well."

"Well it looks as though something has come for me, Mr. Tama. It was a pleasure speaking with you," and with that said the detective hung up.

Sesshoumaru flipped his phone closed and placed back inside the pocket of his blazer. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see his mother staring at him expectantly with an eyebrow corked. He mentally sighed and turned to address her, "It seems that my little brother gets his heart's desire for his birthday."

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Inuyasha walked down the foyer towards the front door, dressed and ready to begin his long day. Before he left work for that evening he would have to change into his tux then meet Rin and Sesshoumaru at the country club while they examined the premises for only God knows how long. Then it would be to dinner from there with Sango and Miroku. He silently wondered if Rin would hire a babysitter for Destiny or bring her along. He stopped all movement when something…rather someone latched onto his left leg, squeezing it tightly in her skinny arms.

"Happy Birthday to you, you live in a zoo, you look like a monkey and you smell like one too," the little girl sang out in between fits of giggles.

"A Monkey!?" he asked in mock surprise looking down at her beaming grin, "a monkey!?" he questioned once more, twisting so he could grab her around the waist and hoist her body over his shoulder where the tickling began.

Destiny squirmed and screamed out in laughter as her daddy's fingers gently brushed along her ribs, "Aunt Rin…told me…cookie…if sang it…you" she tried to get out in once sentence but gulps of air was a more needed necessity.

Inuyasha ceased his torture, and adjusted the child in his arms so that she sat on his arms directly in front of his chest, so he could talk to her face-to-face, "Your aunt is a bad girl."

The girl shook her head violently, "Not ah, she's funny."

A low chuckle escaped his lips; "I assume that is all that matters right?"

"Huh?" her head tilted into the side while her eyebrows came closer together.

"Never mind."

"Guess what?"

"Sesshoumaru has gone bald."

It took a moment maybe two for Destiny to register what Inuyasha said, and when she did giggles spilled from her lips, "No, silly. Aunt Rin bought me a new dress!"

Inuyasha shifted the girl's weight on his arms, "Wow, what for?"

"A partee…uh oh" Destiny's eyes expanded and her small hands shot to her mouth instantly covering it after discovering she told her aunt's secret.

"A party you say?" He asked, putting two and two together in his head.

"Party?" Destiny questioned, her shoulders shrugging up to her next, her arms extended and palms facing towards the ceiling and her eyes look up, "I don't know no-fin about a party."

"Its too late my little princess, you already spilled the beans," he responed, confused when her bright amber eyes became glass with tears, "What's wrong?"

"Mrs. Sango lady said that you wouldn't come if you knew about the party," her chin began quivering, "You will come won't you?"

Inuyasha sighed; he had not wanted a celebration. What was so great about being another year older when he hadn't felt alive for ages? He silently examined Destiny's cute, distraught expression, how could he say no to that face? He couldn't that was his problem. "Yes, for you I will."

"Yay!" Destiny squealed, wrapping her short arms around his neck and hugging him tight, "But it's supposed to be a sur-sur…" she tried to get the word out.

"Surprise?"

"Yeah, so shhhhh," she said placing a finger over her lips.

"Don't worry it will be our little secret." He replied, a happy smile wiping over his lips at the sight of her beautiful grin.

"I love you," she whispered, placing a small kiss on his cheek.

Inuyasha's heart fluttered for the first time in six years, "I love you too, Destiny."

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Everything was set. He collected all the information he could on Rin Tama. Most importantly he found out about the party she was throwing for her brother-in-law. Since he had discovered she was pregnant as well, it had taken him weeks to create a drug that place her in a comatose state but not harm the infant in her. Naraku had been displeased with the postponement of her disposal but Kouga really didn't give a fuck. All that mattered now was that his plan was ready to be set in motion. All he had to wait for was the party to begin.

Tonight, when the Tamas and half the city were celebrating, he would get rid of Sesshoumaru's chuffer and take his place. Then as Rin was getting into the limo, he would inject her with the substance he had created with the syringe in his pocket. Naraku had taught him how to do things quicker than the eye could see, so Sesshoumaru will never know anything was wrong until Rin collapsed an half and hour later.

After Rin was admitted to the hospital with her unknown illness, he would go to Naraku and collect his payment. He would right his wrong by bringing Kagome to Inuyasha, and then give Rin the antidote to his drug. His plan would work…it had too.

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Destiny spun around and around in her new dress, her arms outstretched. Soon afterwards the little girl opted to skip around the living room singing Happy Birthday, the right way, to her daddy even though he was at work.

Sango sat on the couch, shaking her head, "I don't know where she gets all that energy from…" she said to nobody in particular.

"My love, you would still have that kind of vigor if I didn't wear you out every night," Miroku responded, mentally preparing for the beating that was sure to come.

Rin doubled over in laughter the second Miroku finished his statement and Sango turned red like a cherry. She came back up for air, her hands on her stomach, "You have to admit that was funny, Sango."

But it was too late by the time Rin spoke; Sango had already climbed over the coffee table and began throwing punches at her husband. But her advantage didn't last long, when Miroku twisted and maneuvered his wife below him, leaving her very open and very vulnerable for any attack he wished to perform on her. Miroku simply smiled down at the woman he loved, wiggling his fingers; not long afterwards laughter echoed off the walls.

In between heaves of air, Sango spat out threats, and promises of all the things she would do him when he let her go. She finally manage to get her knees against his chest and with all her might, she pressed forward knocking the towering male off her. Miroku landed on the ground with a hard thud.

Sango narrowed her eyes, "You have three seconds to run."

He stared at his wife quite pleased with himself, after two seconds he jumped up, planted a smooth kiss on her lips then darting out the door in full speed, Sango giving chase.

"When is mommy coming down stairs?" Destiny asked, stopping in front of her aunt who had been amusedly watching her friends.

Rin offered her niece a warm smile, "In a little bit, she's just sad and needs some time alone."

"Sad because she can't see my daddy like everybody else?"

The older woman stared at the child before her. Big amber eyes were down cast, one hand fiddled with the lace on her gloves. "Yes…" Rin said, not knowing what else to say. It was all a matter of time now.

A voice not far down the hall caught Rin and Destiny's attention, "Sesshoumaru, I am disappointed in you."

Rin stood, she knew that voice, it was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's mother. Her head turned a bit when Destiny jumped behind her to hide from the new person approaching, "It's okay, honey. It's only your grandmother," but still the little girl refused to move.

Mrs. Tama's voice became louder, "You could have at least told me you were expecting my second grandchild."

"You know he never tells anybody more than he has too," Rin called out, knowing that the two approaching people were close enough to hear her. She was not disappointed when Mrs. Tama and Sesshoumaru entered the living room moments later.

"How could I have forgotten?" Mrs. Tama mused, immediately walking to Rin for a hug, "It has been too long my girl."

"It has, mom." Rin responded, returning the embrace.

Sesshoumaru stood at the doorway, watching Destiny as she ran to him, latching on to his leg and not once taking her eyes off his mother, "Rin it would be wise that you take Kagome dress shopping before the party starts tonight."

Rin pulled away form Mrs. Tama stepping closer to her husband, her eyes were wide and full of swirls of excitement and hope, "You mean?"

Sesshoumaru nodded, ready to receive the impact that was sure to come, "Kanna is taking Mrs. Higurashi and Souta to Kagome's room so as soon as their reunion has dimmed, you will actually need to take all three of them out to get formal attire."

An instant later, Rin squealed and jumped straight into his waiting arms, "Okay."

Mrs. Tama observed the young girl hugging her eldest son's leg. She had been told about Destiny not long after Rin and Sesshoumaru had retrieved Kagome from her place of exile. She would have never imagined how much this young girl looked like her parents, almost a perfect mix. There was absolutely no mistaking who her conceived the child.

The older woman slowly knelt down so that she was level with her grandchild, "That's a pretty dress you have…" she said trying to coax the child away from her security blanket who happened to be Sesshoumaru at the moment.

Destiny watched her behind honey eyes for a long time, "My aunt bought it for me," she finally said proudly and letting go of her uncle.

"You look like a princess," Mrs. Tama replied, a smile gracing her wrinkled lips when Destiny seemed to shine in response to the comment.

"It is my daddy's birthday today," Destiny said as a matter of fact, walking closer with every word.

"I know."

"Are you his mommy?" she asked, now stand face to face with her grandmother.

Mrs. Tama's smile grew, "Yes…"

Destiny studied her, "You look like him…just a little bit," she held up two fingers not far apart from each other to emphasize her point.

"Well both my brothers took after their father more than me."

Sesshoumaru snorted, "Do not attempt to compare me to that son of a…"

"Sesshoumaru!" Mrs. Tama scolded, "No matter what your father did while he lived on this earth…I will not have you disrespect his mother. She was a good woman, who loved you boys very much"

Rin muffled her laughter in Sesshoumaru's shoulder. Only Mrs. Tama would say such a thing, she silently wondered why Sesshoumaru did not inherit such a trait. No wait! His sarcasm was brutal enough as it was; he did not need Inuyasha's smart-ass qualities in addition.

"Aunt Rin said you are my grandmother."

Mrs. Tama returned her attention to Destiny, "I am."

Destiny jumped and was in the older woman's arms seconds later. Mrs. Tama laughed, it had been a long time since she had held a child in her arms, "You have another grandmother and an uncle here, would you like to meet them?" she asked.

The girl pulled away, her shocked expression overrode her previous cheery one, "Yes!" she finally yelled, her face returning to pure happiness.

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Rin looked around the empty ballroom as she fiddled with a small box in her hands, absolutely pleased with how the room turned out. Baby blue and white balloons adorned every corner, window, and entrance. The same color flowers trailed the architectural vectors of the room, and sculpted elegantly for the centerpieces of the dinning tables. There was a section for dinner, an area for dancing and a place to put all the gifts the guests had brought.

Everybody was standing around talking and waiting patiently for the birthday boy to arrive. Businessmen and women, Tama employees, family members and friends were all present. Sango and Miroku had corner Kohaku, insistently asking about what he'd been up to with his 'secret' job while Souta and Shippo stood behind the couple laughing at their friend. Sesshoumaru was discussing matters with colleagues. And the mothers of Kagome and Inuyasha were planning numerous ways to spoil their first grandchild as well as their beloved children. Everybody was happy except one lone soul who was expected to arrive within the hour…but his sadness would finally be put to rest tonight.

She shot a smile to her husband before heading towards the grand staircase that led to the second floor of the ballroom, which also led to the exit of the building. Slowly she made her way up the carpeted steps, wondering if Kagome had jumped out of her skin in anticipation and excitement. Hell, she was about to go out of her mind. Inuyasha and Kagome would finally be together, united. He would have everything that was taken from him and a daughter too.

It wasn't long before Rin found herself walking inside the room where Kagome waited for the right moment. She wasn't surprised to find her anxious friend pacing back and forth in her gorgeous gown. Her hair up, curled, and laced with diamond rhinestones and glitter. She looked like a goddess that had descended from the heavens.

"Aunt Rin!" Destiny sang out upon noticing Rin's arrival, "Mommie said she is going crazy!" she giggled out.

"I am…"Kagome cried out, twisting her white satin glove covered hands together, "When should I go in…I …"

"Here," Rin responded opening the gold box in her hands, "hand me your necklace."

Kagome looked at her curiously but did as her friend instructed. She removed the necklace Inuyasha had given to her for Christmas their senior year of high school. The small pink orb danced on the chain as she handed the trinket to her sister.

Rin took out the stiff foam in the bottom half of the box, and then she grasped the chain from Kagome's hands and fastened it onto the spongy block using the slits made to hold necklaces. She then replaced the foam into the correct half of the box, adjusted the charm so that it rested perfectly then closed the lid. She motioned for Destiny to come closer and knelt down so that she was eye level with her niece.

"After Inuyasha opens all his presents, I want you to give this to him," her cinnamon eyes rose to Kagome whose own blue eyes shone bright with unshed tears, "that will be your cue, Kag."

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Inuyasha adjusted the tie to his tux just as he entered the dark perceptibly large room. There was a very dim light at the top of stairs that led down further into the dark room. Assuming this was the way he was supposed to go, he descended the steps, shaky his head at the clear cliché of his 'surprise' party.

"Come on, Rin. Do you have to make it so obvious?" he called out into the blackness.

"What? Obvious!? You little turd, just wait till I…" he heard Rin's heated words up until they became muffled and incoherent causing a deep chuckle in him.

A second later the lights came on, stinging his sensitive eyes.

"SURPRISE!," two-hundred and fifty people plus called out simultaneously.

The force of their yell propelled Inuyasha back a few steps just as he recovered from his momentary blindness. He looked around, astonished by the number of people in the room. He recognized almost every face staring at him with pleasant smiles. He focused on the people standing in front of the crowd. He grinned from ear to ear at the sight of Sesshoumaru holding Rin against him, his hand still pressed tightly upon her mouth. He nodded to his mother, Sango and Miroku but he was taken back at the sight of Kohaku, Shippo, Kagome's mother and her brother. He would have never guessed Rin would invite them as well.

"Thank you," he said, knowing his cheeks were tainted almost as pink as they had been yesterday when Rin hit him in the face with that balloon. He stepped forward, prepared to greet each person in the room before the end of the night, however a movement below him halted his advance. Inuyasha looked down to see his precious Destiny, dressed in a beautiful white dress staring up at him with her matching golden eyes.

"Alas, there is my princess," he charmed, bending down to pull her up in his arms.

"Happy Birthday!" she chimed, hugging him around his neck, "I get to give you a present."

"Really?" his dark brows rose, "What is it?"

Destiny opened her mouth to answer his question then quickly clamped it shut, "I can't tell you," she said, trying to keep her mouth closed as she spoke.

Inuyasha laughed at her antics, "Well can I open it?"

"Nope!" she responded, giggling when he made stuck out his lips, "It is very special…that means it has to be the…very…last…one," in between the three last words she tapped his nose with her tiny finger.

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Kagome stood behind a banister on the second floor; she peeked around the large round pillar and looked out into the lavish room below. She had suffered through dinner, conversations and almost two hundred gifts. She wanted him now…she needed him. They had been apart for far too long, her heart sped with the velocity of the Concord. It was only a matter of seconds…moments…instants…He had just opened his last gift from friends, now it was their daughter's turn to give him her present.

Pride can stand a thousand trials

The strong will never fall

But watching stars without you

My soul cried

"My turn." Destiny practically jumped forward handing Inuyasha a small gold box.

He examined the container for a long moment, before looking up into the faces of his family and friends. He stared at them for a second, it almost seemed as if some of them were holding their breaths. But he was probably imagining things.

His attention returned to the gift Destiny had handed to him. From the top part of his eyes, he could she her little body bouncing as if she were standing on a jackhammer. Shaking his head in amusement, he slowly lifted the top off the box.

Heaving heart is full of pain

Oh, oh the aching

Time stopped. His blood ceased pumping through his veins, his brain waves instantly became muffled with an umbrella of massive swirls of confusion, pain, shock, everything imaginable. It was…in the box…it was…the necklace he had given to her.

He head snapped up, immediately locking eyes with his older brother who gave him a nodded. He died, he couldn't feel his hands, his feet, his body was completely stiff and numb. What… Is she… where… his scattered and chaotic mind failed for form a single thought.

'Cos I'm Kissing you, oh

I'm kissing you, oh

"It belongs to my mommie!" Destiny's voice managed to break through the chain reaction his entire being was surrendering too.

His clouded eyes focused on the child standing at his feet. Her mommie… He felt like gasping for air since he lungs refused to expand and contract. Destiny smiled at him with a grin that could light up the world for a lifetime. Then she was gone, out of his range of sight…he could hear her footsteps race up the stairs. Gasp and hushed whispers filled the room, bouncing off every object and echoing into his ears but his eyes would not leave the spot where…Dest…her daughter… Oh God he was going to die.

Touch me deep, pure and true

Gift to me forever

'Cos I'm kissing you, oh

I'm kissing you, oh

Slowly, painfully, agonizingly he turned his head in the direction that the girl had went his amber orbs taking in each step as they climbed the towering blocks. The universe exploded, it had too have because he felt it strike through his body, his soul like lightning when his gaze lifted higher, taking in the curves of a white and blue dress and still higher his heart constricted melting away the years of grief, pain, and depression like the changes of the season from the bleak winter to the brilliant days of spring.

"Kagome…" her name rolled out of his dry mouth…she was here, it was her…Kagome…Kagome is alive…alive…within his reach.

His once beating heart stuck to his throat; jolting back to life with every step she took down the stairs. Her eyes were spilling with tears, her beautiful ocean blue eyes he'd thought he never seen again. Hesitantly he took a stride forward, unbearably afraid that his teasing vision of Kagome would fade if he tried to get too close. No…No, she was real, coming closer and closer, her hand locked with Destiny's.

Their souls cried out in harmony as the distance between then narrowed with every passing second. Then she was in front of him, not even a foot away. He was scared, still fearing she would vanish at any given moment. But he had too; he had to know if his mind truly betrayed him or if the fates had finally deemed him worthy of happiness.

Cautiously he reached out, he heard her breath catch, her eyes searching his desperately. His shaking fingers stroked the side of her face…her skin was silk to his touch, he had forgotten the feeling…is this what divine ecstasy felt like? He had her back…she was here…Kagome…Kagome…"Kagome!," he choked out, wrapping his arms around her waist, crushing her body to him, lifting her off the ground and spinning - fast and hard - never wanting to stop. He felt her tears soak his shoulder, her fingers fisted in his hair, her embrace just as tight, as fierce, just as strong as his own.

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

He stopped, and reluctantly placed her back on her feet but refusing to ever let go again, "You're here…your really here," his hand brushed her cheeks.

"Yes," she cried, "I'm here," she finished in a whisper, a pure, true smile curving her moist lips.

An overwhelming, hungry desire wash through his existence, Inuyasha crushed his lips against his wife's, pulling her even forcefully against him. Her arms went entirely around his neck as she waste no time…time had been lost, but she would make up for it…opening for him. Their burning lips molted together, their tongues rejoiced at the reunion…Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

'Cos I'm, oh I'm kissing you

I'm Kissing you, oh, ohhhh

He pulled away, almost whimpering at the lost of her warmth against his lips. She stepped back, and it took all his strength not to panic. Kagome knelt down and gathered her waiting daughter in her arms then rose to face her husband again. His pupils darted between them, while his brain was feverishly at work.

"Inuyasha, this…" Kagome sniffled back a fresh new wave of tears, "Destiny is your daughter…our daughter"

"Yay!" Destiny raised her arms, "I can call him daddy now," she yelled, earning a wet smile and laughter from her mother, and the others in the crowd.

Placing his palm against the small curve of the girl…his little girl's cheek, his amber eyes sparkling with unshed tears, he whispered, "mine," his hand moved to Kagome's cheek, "mine…"

"Always and Forever, Inuyasha…" she held Destiny closer as Inuyasha gathered both of them into a deep, strong hug.

Kagome…Destiny…his wife, his daughter…his family

A loud, deadly pop of a gunshot destroyed the silence, the happiness, the joy of the room. Inuyasha instantly raised his head, both hands moving over the back of Kagome and Destiny's head. Sheer terror weakened his knees as scattered people raced out the nearest exits, their screams and cries scorching his ears. He frantically glanced around, so many people were running, he could not see if anybody had been shot. He stopped for a second to pull away from Kagome and Destiny and checked them over for injuries.

There were none, but he could not shake the sickening dread that crept over his spine. His mother's scream caught his attention. He looked in her direction, feeling Kagome painfully gasps and Destiny's tears in his hair as she buried her face from the same site.

A petite female laid unconscious in Sesshoumaru's arms, her blood quickly pooling on the floor beneath them, his brother's tux splatter with the same substance. The color red stained the front of her peach dress…

Oh God…

Rin

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