InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tomorrow's Journey ❯ The In-Laws ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

DISCLAIMER: I own a few things, but a sexy half demon definitely isn't one of them.
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Fussing over her orange halter-top sun dress, Kagome stood before the large wooden double doors that marked the entrance to the Tokaido mansion with Inuyasha by her side. The dress tightened around her torso and loosened out nicely at her hips, ending just above her knees. She wore a pair of silver chandelier earrings with a matching necklace and bracelet, and her shoes were silver sandals that had little heels.
Inuyasha stood there with a look as patient as he could muster, while he waited for her to stop rearranging her dress. When she put her hands down and exhaled, he took that as a sign that she was ready, and he reached his hand out to ring the doorbell.
“WAIT!” she screeched before his hand could make it. “My hair is-”
He growled. “Your hair is fine! And so is the damn dress” he said looking at her nicely done low-side ponytail and bangs.
“But-” she said, trying to fix it anyway.
“Wench, Stop it!”
“Inuyasha, I think I'm nervous about seeing your mother again.” She grumbled, looking down.
“Yeah, I kind of guessed that. I knew we shouldn't have come, now you're going to feel all uncomfortable, and embarrassed.”
“No, it's good that we came. I just... I need a minute that's all; it's been a while since I've seen her. With all of Naraku's campaigning for mayor and what-not, neither of us has seen her because of all those meetings and speeches she had to attend.” She said with a roll of her eyes, before going back to trying to fix her hair.
Inuyasha grabbed her by the wrist before she could `fix' anything else.
“So what? My mom's still going to treat you the same way she did before. You have nothing to worry about, especially your appearance." He said pulling her toward him, keeping his hands around her wrists like a vice. His eyes roamed over her form appreciatively and he smirked in a way that made her cheeks burn.
“You're a little biased, don't you think?” She asked, looking down. He let go of one of her wrist to ring the doorbell, before rapping that arm around her shoulders.
He shook his head, “No one would argue with how delicious you look.” 
She giggled nervously, “You're not getting lucky baby.” she said, trying to reach his cheek for a kiss, but even in the heels she had on, all she got was his jawbone.
“Not yet, but one of these days you're going to beg me to fu-.”  
The door cut Inuyasha off when it swung open to reveal a beautiful woman that looked not a day older than twenty-five…maybe twenty-six, but even that was a stretch.
“Aww, look at my handsome son and my beautiful future daughter!” Izayoi cooed from the doorway, looking elegant in a long sleeved, knee length, green dress that exposed half her back. “You look so beautiful Kagome, get in here so I could give you a hug!” she said, motioning for them to step through the doorway.
Kagome relaxed almost instantly from the warm and very contagious smile that Izayoi threw her way. As soon as she stepped inside, she was enveloped in Izayoi's equally warm arms.
“Oh, it's so nice to see you again, honey.” Izayoi continued.
“It's great to see you too, Izayoi.” Kagome said, finding it very difficult to stop smiling…that is of course until Izayoi stopped, and she knew something was wrong.
“Kagome, what did I tell you the last time I saw you?” she asked pointedly.
What? She didn't tell me anything! Did She? Oh crap, what did she tell me? Damn she's upset, what do I say, what do I say, what do I say!
Then she saw the playfulness in Izayoi's eyes and knew that this wasn't a real test of her memory skills.
“I told you,” she started, “to call me Izza, I don't want to hear any of this Izayoi nonsense coming from you okay? After all, we are going to be family in a couple of years.” She said and winked.
“Hehehehe” Kagome laughed awkwardly, trying to get rid of her embarrassment at Izza's prediction. Inuyasha came and put one arm around her shoulders and spun her into his chest to efficiently hide her blush.
“Stop embarrassing her mom. Besides, Kagome and I aren't going to be mates in a couple of years; we'll be mates within the year.” He corrected, smiling to himself when he practically felt Kagome's face warm about 20 degrees through the fabric of his t-shirt.
She pushed him away softly, while they continued to laugh at her.
After Inuyasha and Izza greeted each other with a hug and kiss, they, along with Kagome went into the large family room as they waited for dinner. The place was truly magnificent.
Even though Kagome had been there before, she still couldn't believe how large and beautiful it was. Everything was in pristine condition, which didn't give the place a very homey feeling. The Tokaido mansion was more like a grand museum with all the artifacts and swords that decorated the walls, than an actual home. It sure was beautiful, but Kagome much preferred Inuyasha's apartment where she could kick back and not have to worry about breaking anything that wasn't easily replaced.
Kagome noticed Izza's absence when Inuyasha led her by the hand to an arm chair located right before the fireplace. Then she heard his mother's voice coming from the hall that they just came from. Apparently, she was talking to one of the chef's preparing their meal, about what they were having and when it would be served.
Inuyasha sat on the chair and pulled Kagome down to sit on him. She batted his hands off of her and tried to stand back up and make her way over to the other chair. He held on tight, and tried as noiselessly as possible to keep her still.
“Inuyasha no, not in front of your mom!” Kagome whispered urgently to him.
“Just sit down.” He half whispered, half growled to her.
“Inuyasha,” she scolded, “let me go… please” she pleaded, because they both knew that if he really wanted to, she would be seated on his lap all night. “I am going to die of embarrassment baby, please. I'll sit close.” She reasoned.
“Where?” he questioned, looking at the large space between the armchairs.
He allowed her to get up so that she could sit on the arm rest of the chair. Inuyasha still looked upset, so she draped an arm around him to give him some comfort.
“Love you” she said quietly, and rubbed his ear. He didn't show it much, but she could tell he felt better because he put his arm across her thighs. Even though that did embarrass her a little, she didn't say anything because she didn't want to upset him even more.
Izayoi then stepped inside the family room and sat on the other chair. “So what's new you guys? Kagome how is school?”
“School is great, because it's almost over”, she laughed “but everything is going pretty good, but it's a little sad. The squad and I are about to do our last cheer so, I'll miss it”
“OH, but it's so exciting, isn't it? I remember when I was on my high school cheerleading team. Our last performance was our best yet; a great way to end the school year.” She said laughing and reminiscing.
“Yes, I believe this cheer will be our best one as well.” Kagome agreed.
>>SKIP<<
Thirty minutes later, Inuyasha, Kagome, and Izza were still talking in the family room. Actually, the women were doing most of the talking and laughing. Inuyasha could barely keep up with what they were saying so he gave up after the first fifteen minutes.
“So Kagome, when is your prom?” Izza said, after laughing about something Inuyasha didn't know.
“It's in one week, and I am very excited.” Kagome said.
“Really, have you picked out a dress yet?”
“Yeah, Sango and I went shopping a while ago for dresses and accessories, and other stuff like that.” Kagome explained
“How fun, and you didn't even invite me.” Izza said, pretending to be offended, and Kagome laughed.
“Oh, well had I known you wanted to come Izza, of course you would have been invited.” Kagome said in between giggles.
“I probably wouldn't. I may have the lifespan of a demon, but I still have the taste of an old human mother. I would probably pick out nun dresses for you both.” Izza said and they both laughed.
That's right. Kagome thought, she mated InuTaisho and had Inuyasha, even though she had to be with Naraku…
“Kagome, do you remember a certain Karina Fusaka.” Izza asked after the laughing fit.
“Umm…” Kagome said in thought Karina… Karina… Karina…OH! “You mean Rin.”
“Yes, Rin.”
“Oh, I remember her, she was the girl who dated Sesshomaru. I haven't seen her in a while though; I heard her parents passed away in a car accident.”
“Yes, they did about two months ago. She's been living with us for a while now, but Rin hasn't been to school since. If it weren't for all the extra credits she has, she wouldn't even be graduating.”
“Oh, that's sad.” Kagome said thoughtfully.
“Kagome, the reason I asked you if you remembered her is because since the accident, she hasn't been quite the same. Slowly, she is reverting back to her old self but I think if she had more girlfriends like you and Sango, it would help her out a lot. She and Sesshomaru mated recently, and so they've been connected at the hip since. I think it would be very nice if she had some fun and went to prom.”
“Of course, Sango and I could talk to her. Will she be coming to dinner?”
“Yes, she and Sesshomaru will join us.”
“Okay, then I would love to meet her.” Kagome said smiling.
“That would be great, Kagome.” Izza said smiling at her.
“Ahh great, Fluffy's here? Isn't he supposed to be in Tokyo or something?” Inuyasha groaned, and Kagome was a little startled. She had forgotten that he was right there with his arm across her legs.
“He was, but he came back home for Rin when her parents passed, and he isn't leaving any time soon so Inuyasha, please don't call him that. There is no need to start a fight.” Izza said tiredly. Inuyasha just sucked his teeth. Izza ignored that, “Anyway Kagome, are you excited about college? You wanted to go to Penn State right?” she asked, and didn't miss how tense the both of them became. Inuyasha and Kagome stiffened up a bit and stayed quiet.
Kagome took a quick glance at Inuyasha and saw his clenched jaws and fists. Seeing her hanyou in distress, she threw away all thoughts of how embarrassed she's going to feel later on, and slipped onto his lap. “Shhhh…” she whispered quietly in his ears to soothe him and she felt him slowly ease up. She rubbed his back up and down slowly, to further comfort him.
Despite Izza's confusion, she couldn't help but smile. Kagome was perfect for her son and anyone with eyes could tell. Their love was so obvious and left no room for second guessing. Kind of reminded her of her mate…
Kagome knew what was wrong with Inuyasha. Every time they had to discuss Kagome's college plans, Inuyasha would get like this. It all started the day Kagome entered high school, and she realized she wanted to go to Penn State University. She kept the perfect GPA and all her hard work paid off when she read the acceptance letter from the college of her dreams. Then she realized that something changed since that day she fell in love with Penn State. She fell in love with something else; with Inuyasha.
She and Inuyasha had a long discussion about it. She wanted to go so bad; he couldn't go because he had to be there for his mother who had Naraku to worry about. Sesshomaru would be too busy with being the leading lawyer of Tokaido Co. to look after her. He pleaded for her not to go, and when she saw a tear in Inuyasha's eye, she relented and said she would stay, but then she started crying.
Inuyasha didn't realize how much he was asking for, until he heard her say she would stay, and he heard her cry. That definitely didn't make him feel better to see her tears, so he told her she should follow her dreams and go for it. He really didn't want her to go, but he didn't want even more for her to resent him for the rest of her life for missing out on such a great opportunity. Still, she promised she wouldn't feel that way because she loved him so much and would rather be with him anyway. He took her word for it, but he still resented himself for making her have to choose.
“Umm, I got accepted to UCLA.” Kagome said trying to smile.
“Oh, so I take it you didn't get accepted to Penn State then. I know how much you wanted to go, I'm sorry” Izza said, becoming more and more curious as she saw Inuyasha's hold on Kagome tighten.
“It's not your fault baby.” Kagome whispered before kissing his ear. “It's not… I did get accepted,” she said louder, “but I turned it down so that I could stay here with my family”.
Kagome… Inuyasha thought.
She was trying to make it seem like it wasn't his fault at all, even though he knew better. He knew he was at the root of why she wasn't going to Penn. Izza seemed to know it too, her eyes said as much, but she didn't voice it.
“Well, UCLA is a great school, congratulations.” Izza said.
“Thank you.” Kagome said with a smile, and it froze on her face when she felt Inuyasha's tongue lick her neck. She was in complete mortification because she knew Izza couldn't have missed it. The same smile was stuck on her face, and she just tried to get off Inuyasha's lap before she fainted from all the blood rushing to her face.
“I love you.” Inuyasha whispered to her, and he held fast to her waist. She turned to face him and stared into his deep and very sincere golden eyes. “Just, stay.”
“Stay with him, Kagome” Izza said with a slight smile before taking a sip out of her cup of tea.
“I will” Kagome said, still staring into his eyes. Of course I will…
“Dinner is served”, said the voice of an elderly man dressed in a black and white butler suit, and they all made their way to the dining room.
The three sat at the large dining room table with their food set out in front of them, while they waited for Rin and Sesshomaru to join them. Both Kagome and Izza had scolded Inuyasha about three times so far for sneaking a bite out of his Teriyaki chicken. Ten minutes later, both Sesshomaru and Rin came down, and Inuyasha scrunched his nose.
“Was it so important that you have sex right now?” Inuyasha said aloud. Kagome gasped quietly and blushed, before glaring at him. Izza just laughed. “Being late isn't really your style, Fluffy.”
“Don't be jealous, little brother. We're fashionably late, but you wouldn't know anything about that. Hello Kagome, nice to see you again.” Sesshomaru greeted.
“Good to see you too Sesshomaru. How are you?” Kagome asked.
“I am well thank you.” Sesshomaru said as he pulled out a seat for Rin, next to his. “This is my mate Rin; she went to your school. Rin you remember the baka and this is Kagome”
Rin smiled. “Long time no see Inuyasha. You doing okay?”
“I'm good. I would ask you the same but you must be miserable, being mated to Fluffy and all.” Inuyasha said.
“Okay, now let's eat. I am starved.” Izza said with a smile to cut through the quickly approaching argument.
“I remember you, Kagome; you're the captain of the cheerleading team, right?”
“Yeah, and I remember you too. You were great in the school plays.”
“Thanks.” She smiled, and the five of them began eating.
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Dinner was running smoothly, or as smoothly as it could get when you have Inuyasha and Sesshomaru in the same room. Inuyasha took the opportunity to mock Sesshomaru whenever he could, and Sesshomaru then insulted Inuyasha so cleverly that it irritated the hanyou. Rin and Kagome sat and laughed at their antics while discussing lightly. Izza just acted as the mediator by calming the demons down whenever they got too heated.
Dinner was coming to a close. While the help cleared the table, Izza had everyone join in the family room. The night seemed to be a success. Everyone, with the exception of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, were getting along, the food had been great, and there was a lot of catching up being done.
Then it came. The sounds of warning that guards should be up and senses should be alert. First was the very specific sound of Naraku's car lock being activated, then the back doors being open swiftly with a key, then slamming shut, and lastly the clicking of some very expensive short heeled Italian men's shoes as it neared the family room where everyone was gathered.
“Rin, take Kagome upstairs to our room. The both of you stay up there until I call you down.” Sesshomaru ordered Rin quickly. She gave him a nervous nod and turned to Kagome, who turned to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha looked at her and he nodded. He kissed her on the cheek before whispering in her ear “go”.
Rin took her hand and they hurried out of the family room and to the main entrance hallway where the grand staircase was, right in the center of the hall. They ran up to the first landing which had a wide hallway that led straight down, then ended with another hallway perpendicular to it. That floor had four bedrooms on it, two offices, and two out of bedroom bathrooms.
Next to the staircase that Kagome and Rin were on, were staircases on each side that led up to the second and last landing, not including the attic. It was also where Rin's bedroom was. That floor had three bedrooms, one out of bedroom bathroom, a room that was used as a living room, and an office. They finally reached the bedroom, and as soon as they entered, Rin locked the door behind them.
Kagome stood next to her as she tried to catch her breath from running up all those steps. Taking in her last struggling breath, she looked around the LARGE room. It was huge and covered in beige carpeting. The bed was an unbelievable size. Kagome wasn't sure there was a name for it but it looked to be about the size of three King beds. It had four posts on each end that connected at the top to make a rectangle.
Kagome could see that the bed could be a canopy, but the curtains were drawn back. In front of the bed was an entertainment set that held a big flat screen Television, and all sorts of entertainment appliances. On each side of that was a door and Kagome assumed that one was the bathroom and the other was a closet.
The most beautiful part was the floor to ceiling window that gave a view of the backyard and woods. Because of the minimal lights, Kagome could see the stars in the night sky. She was reminded of Inuyasha's painting, and how much he would love to paint something like this. He probably knew about it too, but was too proud to ever ask Sesshomaru permission to paint in his room. Next to the window was a large fish tank inserted into the wall with all kinds of colorful fish and smaller animals inside. The night sky could be seen through the tank and it looked extremely beautiful.
She heard Rin giggle beside her and she blushed when she realized how much she must have been staring.
“You know, you could catch flies with your mouth wide open like that.” She said, and Kagome smiled.
“This room is huge Rin. You could like- live in here if you wanted to.” Kagome said looking around again.
“Yeah, and I did for about a week, right after my parents died.” Rin replied with a shrug.
“Hey,” Kagome said, and Rin looked at her. “I'm really sorry about what happened to you, but you're going to be just fine. I don't know much about Sesshomaru, but I do know that he's really strong, and that if that man loves someone, then I pray for the unlucky soul that hurts them.”
Rin laughed, “Yeah, that's Sesshy. Despite his shroud and `I'm better than you' attitude to most people, he really is a sweetheart.” Rin said walking over to the bed, where she climbed the three short steps and crawled to make room on the bed for Kagome to sit.
“Wow, a sweetheart huh? That isn't the word most people use when describing Sesshomaru Tokaido, or any Tokaido for that matter.” Kagome said climbing on and sitting up against the headboard next to Rin.
“I know that's true. Does Inuyasha have that sweet side to him too?”
“Yeah he does, although he tries desperately hard to hide it.” Kagome said laughing. “What do you think they're talking about down there?”'
“Well, according to what Sess tells me about Naraku and how Sess acts, I would say that Naraku is talking about some business stuff to make conversation but Sesshy is keeping it short and simple and adding little rude comments. What do you think Inuyasha is saying?”
“Well If I know Inuyasha, he is probably cursing at Naraku because he's talking about me and my mother.”
“What, why would he do that?”
“Well, my mother had me when she was only eighteen, and she left my little brother with my grandfather in Japan when my father died four years ago. Times were really bad, and we couldn't afford living there so we came here for a better life. It's been almost five years since then, but my brother and grandfather are coming to live with us in two weeks, since we're stable now. Anyway, Naraku finds it pathetic. I guess he thinks that my family and I are too low in social status to be with `his family' and it's bad for his image when he becomes mayor.”
“Wow, he is such an ass.” Rin said.
“Yes, he is” Kagome agreed.
“So, has Inuyasha told you about their real father?”
“Yeah,” Kagome said, “I know all about it. It's really sad; Izza doesn't deserve any of that.” 
Rin nodded. “Well, at least she gets to see him once a month.”
“Yeah, but Naraku only allows it for forty minutes. Could you imagine that? Seeing Sesshomaru only once a month for forty minutes just so you won't die, and it isn't like they could break the bond either because the chance of death is crazy high. If they weren't mates, Naraku wouldn't allow Izza to see InuTaisho at all. If that were me and Inuyasha, I couldn't bear it.”
“Izza is a really strong woman though, and she doesn't let it get to her. She focuses on being a great mother for Sess and Inuyasha.”
“That is strong. How can someone be so naturally terrible to people though?” Kagome asked, shaking her head.
“Actually, he wasn't that way with me at first because my parent's are- were doctors, so he was kind to me most of the time, but I could tell by the look in his eyes, that he wasn't really like that.”
“Oh, then you're lucky. Naraku was mean to me right from the start, and every time we meet, he has to insult my family. Anyway, enough about him, let's talk about something else, something happy, like the prom. Have you thought about going?”
“Not really, I haven't thought about school for a long time now.” Rin said.
“Yes, but this isn't school, this is prom, the best part of graduating. Do you know my friend, Sango?”
“Yeah, she's on the cheerleading team with you, isn't she?”
“Yes her, she's great and the three of us could have a lot of fun at prom together. We could all ride in the same limo together and get our nails and hair done together. It would be so much fun.” Kagome said beaming, and Rin laughed at her.
 “That does sound like fun, but isn't prom in like less than a week. I still have to buy a dress and get a ticket, and I'm still moving into the mansion and trying to sell my old house so I won't have much time.”
“I'm in charge of the prom committee, Rin and I could get you a last minute ticket. Plus, Sango and I could go shopping with you whenever you want. What do you say? I promise that even if the prom is lame, getting ready for it will be twice the fun.” Kagome said and Rin smiled.
“Okay, I'll go. It does sound exciting. The real hard part though is going to be getting Sesshy to come with me.”
“If you can convince him to let you call him Sesshy all the time, then I'm sure getting him to go to prom will be a piece of cake.” Kagome said giggling.
“Not exactly, he hates it when I call him Sesshy, but I still do it.”
“Nice, Inuyasha hates when I call him puppy sometimes, but I still do it too.” Kagome said, and the girls bumped fists, laughing.
“You know, it's a little strange that I'm mated to Sesshomaru, and you to Inuyasha, but we never really spoke.”
“Yeah, it is weird, but I'm not mated to Inuyasha.”
“Oh.” Rin said and kept quiet for a little while. “Do you not want to be mated because he is part youkai?” She asked curiously.
“No, no of course not! I don't care what he is.” Kagome said, a little appalled by the thought.
“That's a relief; I was about to start thinking that you were a bitch.” Rin said and Kagome laughed.
“Nope, definitely not a bitch. I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life with Inuyasha, but I don't think I'm ready for sex, yet.” She admitted, timidly.
“Wow, so you and Inuyasha have never… you know?” Rin asked and Kagome blushed.
“Umm no, technically no.” Kagome said looking away.
“Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be nosey and embarrass you.” Rin apologized.
“It's not your fault.” She said, feeling foolish. “I should just wear a shirt that reads `I embarrass easy' so that everybody knows ahead of time, but I don't understand how is it that I am able to get in front of crowds and act like an idiot, but I can't talk about things like sex. I'm eighteen for cryin' out loud.” Kagome giggled.
“Well, I'm the exact opposite; I can talk about sex but not go in front of crowds.” Rin laughed.
“That's okay. How about I teach you, and you'll teach me.” Kagome said.
“Deal.” Rin said and they shook hands and burst out laughing.
“You, know. I think this is going to be the start of a beautiful relationship.”
“Here, here.” Rin agreed, and they continued to laugh.
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Ughh I'm not very happy with this one, I'm probably going to revise it pretty soon. Anyway R/R PLEASE!