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A Matter of Trust
By:
TuxedoUranus89/InitialA
Disclaimer: I don�t
own InuYasha, but I wouldn�t mind that firerat� it�s
cold!!
Author�s Notes: Yay,
thank you for all the reviews!! <3 It makes me so happy, and keeps me
motivated!! Umm� I�d put something hint-like and tell
you what was going to happen here, but I can�t think of what to put. So, uh� on with the writing? Oh, an many apologies that this
took forever to get out, so many papers to do, so little sleep, and my parents came
up for the weekend, so my time is not my own� O__o

He was gone when she woke, blinking
sleep from her eyes and huddling under the warmth of the blankets. Where he�d
lain the night before was still warm, and smelled faintly of him; she moved to
that spot and breathed in his faint woodsy smell, feeling enveloped in her
mate. She dozed, smiling slightly, when the bathroom door opened, and he came
out. InuYasha chortled quietly, and sat where she once had been. �C�mon, wench,
that spot�s not good for your back.� He told her softly. �Mmm� smells like
you�� Kagome mumbled in reply, displeased at the attempt to move her. �I smell like me.� He retorted, but left
her to doze where she was happy. He�d just opened the closet to see what to
wear when the phone rang. �Put some clothes on, shameless fleabag!� Shippou
yelped, covering his eyes when the hanyou grabbed the extension on the table
outside his room. �I�ve got a towel on, moron.� InuYasha snapped before
answering.
She stretched slightly, hearing her
mate talking animatedly with someone, and grumbled at getting up; she had no
choice, however, unless she wanted to do laundry and change the sheets later.
InuYasha was getting dressed when she returned. �Your mom wants us over there
for dinner tonight.� He told her as he pulled a t-shirt over his head. Kagome
smiled when she saw what it said: �3687 Days Since I Last Gave a Shit�. �That�s
fine, but you�re not wearing that shirt, alright?� She commented, looking for a
towel to cover herself with so she could go to her clothes. He pouted at her.
�I like this shirt.� She gave him a look. �You�re forgetting it�s my mother.
Yes, you�ve sworn in front of her and Grandpa, but swearing near someone and
blatantly wearing it on your shirt are two different things. It�s not like you
have to wear your tuxedo, just not that. Is there a robe I can wear or
something?� She went to check on the back of the bathroom door when he settled
the firerat haori on her shoulders. She glanced at him, and smiled as she
shrugged her arms into the huge sleeves. �Still protecting me?�
He was tying it shut with the
hakama�s belt. �Always will.� She smiled, and stroked his cheek, her hand
barely sticking out from the large sleeves. He turned his head slightly,
nipping at her fingers playfully. She raised an eyebrow. �Come on now, if you
get started with that, we�ll never get anything done today.� He pouted at her.
�Keh, what the fuck is more important?� Stepping lightly out of his reach, she
told him, �We�re going shopping,� and went to get her clothes.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He�d seen way too many bras. And
while he was easily able to imagine her wearing them, he much preferred the
image of her without one. Saying as much, he received a dark look that sent a
chill down his spine, and wisely said nothing else. He�d since wandered into
the non-maternity section, and was idly wondering if he could get her to wear
some of these lacy numbers after the pup arrived. �No, InuYasha.� She told him
exasperatedly when he held up a practically see-through lace demi-bra and thong
set. He pouted again. �Why not?� She just gave him a look. He held up what was
clearly a leather bustier. �Ok, what about this?� Kagome sighed. �No.� The next set he held up, she
laughed. �InuYasha, I have enough old school uniforms, we don�t need to buy one
that makes me look like a slut.� He held up a pink babydoll. She considered it.
�Maybe.�
He grinned. �I�ll wear you down on
the other ones.� He said, going to put them back. �Like hell you will.� She retorted,
going to the dressing room with her selections. InuYasha was sorely
disappointed that she wouldn�t model them for him, though not for lack of
trying, and they left twenty minutes later with a bag filled with leak-proof,
nursing bras. Outside it was more humid than necessary, and Kagome almost
immediately felt the effects of the heat. He kept a protective arm around the
small of her back, remembering the last time. As it was Sunday, and his driver
had the day off, they�d walked to a nearby lingerie shop; it was still a good
block or so from his apartment building, but if she got too tired he could
always carry her. She leaned against him, already perspiring and looking weary.
He worried at her expression, but didn�t quicken their pace; he wanted to get
back quickly, but without another repeat of last month�s outdoors adventure.
Kagome, as heated as she was, still
found the ability to be wryly amused at the looks they were getting. To think
that just a few months ago, when asked where the father of her child was, she�d
received looks of pity, disturbance, or even anger when she�d said there was no
father. Now, she saw the approving, smiling, and blissfully sighing people
around her, taking in the fact that young love was still around in this age. She
shook her head, not quite sure how many more blows her faith in humanity could
take. �Need me to carry you?� Her mate asked worriedly, mistaking her movement.
She smiled at him reassuringly. �No, I can make it.�
Her hand drifted around his back,
and wrapped itself around his hand; had he not been carrying the bag, she would
have laced her fingers through his. He smiled, and she fingered the ring he
wore. �You know, I nearly told you that you needed a hat before we left this
morning.� She commented. �Keh. I like my way better.� He retorted. �I�ll bet
you do. I did catch myself, you know.� InuYasha squeezed her side in
reassurance. �I�ve never worn a hat since, you know? Painful in both memories
and itchiness.� She nuzzled his side. �I�m sorry�� He frowned. �Stop
apologizing, it�s nothing.� She opened her mouth to argue, but the look on his
face told her she wouldn�t win, no matter how hard she tried. He added another
tally mark to the running scoreboard in his head, giving him a total of eight
wins to her� well, he�d stopped counting sometime around the whole issue with
that Band of Seven, so he wasn�t even going to bother trying to think of a
number remotely close to how many arguments she�d won.
Kagome sighed with happiness when
they entered the lobby of the apartment building, and sighed with more
happiness when they entered the elevator. �I love modern conveniences�� She
commented. He shrugged, not wanting to think about how she could have reacted
to summer�s heat five hundred years ago in this condition. They entered their
apartment to see suitcases in the hallway. �Oi, leaving already, runt?�
InuYasha called. �In the morning; I thought it to be best to inconvenience you
in every way possible until then.� The kitsune retorted, sticking his head
around the corner. �It�s working.� The hanyou replied, knocking his fist
against Shippou�s head as he passed him. Kagome gave him a look. �I still have
to lecture you about being nice?� InuYasha gave her a look back. �He�s a grown
youkai, he can handle it.� Her look darkened, and he backed down, not wanting
to upset her more than she already was from the heat. �I�m going to lie down
for a bit� Shippou, I�d love for you and Itazura to come to Mama�s with us
later; she�d be overjoyed to finally meet you, even if you�re not two feet tall
anymore.� Shippou nodded agreeably, and InuYasha just prayed that the old man
had finally gotten over his sutra-throwing impulses; then again, he wouldn�t
mind watching someone else get the treatment for once.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
�DEMONS!�
Both Shippou and Itazura had not
been warned about Grandpa, as Kagome had forgotten and InuYasha just decided to
keep his mouth shut for once. The three demon-blooded beings in their party had
removed their rings once safely atop the shrine stairs, and apparently the twin
kitsune tails twitching fluffily behind them had alerted Grandpa of their
non-human presence. InuYasha had to bite his cheek to keep from laughing at the
looks of shock (Shippou) and outrage (Itazura) from being pelted with sutras.
Luckily, with the cooler head prevailing in Shippou, he was able to keep his
usually mischievous-yet-kind mate from attacking the old man out of spite. �Never
in my five hundred and four years have I ever�!� The red-headed vixen was
livid, but her mate dragged her away before she made too much more of a scene.
Kagome, however, was reading her grandfather the riot act. �Grandpa! You�d
think you�d be used to me bringing
home strange demons by now! Stop attacking everything that looks suspicious!�
The old man looked fearful by his granddaughter. �But, Kagome�� Don�t �but
Kagome� me, Grandpa, you know better by now. Go apologize, and I�d better not
see you do it again!�
As he sheepishly went to apologize,
Mrs. Higurashi�s laughter brought their attention to her. �Oh, sweetheart, I
hope for their sake your children aren�t trouble-makers.� Kagome greeted her
mother happily, with a bit of guilt for going off on her grandfather, and
InuYasha smiled nervously before being enveloped in a mom-sized hug, including
a good ear-tweaking. �It�s so good to see you, InuYasha.� Mama told him,
smiling warmly. �For everyone, I�m glad you and Kagome have found each other
again� She was such a wreck after the well closed. And� let me guess, this is
Shippou-chan that my daughter talked about?� He looked guiltily at the ground
as Mama went to introduce herself and greet the kitsune mates properly. Kagome
touched his hand, and he looked at her. She smiled soothingly, giving him a
look that clearly stated that it didn�t matter anymore. He knew it did, at
least to him, and he�d do his damndest to make it up to her somehow. Clouds had
rolled in as the afternoon wore on, and thunder growled in the air; InuYasha�s
ears twitched at the noise. �Come on, let�s get inside
before it starts to pour.�
Souta was ecstatic to see InuYasha
again; however, being nearly fifteen years old now, it was a cooler, more
sophisticated excitement. As sophisticated as a fourteen-year-old boy could be,
anyway. It took him a bit to process Shippou and Itazura, but readily accepted
them as much as he had InuYasha. Aside from a constant stream of questions
coming from her brother, and a smaller, broken stream from her mother, the
dinner, in Kagome�s opinion, went rather well; it was rather nice to be back
home for an evening, listening to the storm make itself known outside, as her
family continued their usual chatter. After she�d apologized, Grandpa looked
much less subdued than before, and between Souta pestering InuYasha with
questions about Mitsubishi, proceeded to go on about the history of the shrine
for Shippou and Itazura�s benefit. They didn�t bother to tell the old man that
they had known the founder of the shrine, and while not containing first-hand
knowledge of its history, at least had old correspondence from the shrine�s
caretakers over the years. After dinner, Souta, same as ever, wanted to beat
InuYasha, and Shippou of course, in his newest video game; they disappeared
into the living room, while Grandpa wandered off to finish closing the shrine
for the night, and Kagome and Itazura helped Mama with clean up.
�Things are going well, I take it?�
Mama asked Kagome while she washed; Kagome was drying, and Itazura had
put-away. The raven-haired woman smiled. �It�s getting better than before.�
Itazura smiled knowingly, and Mama caught it. She let that particular subject
drop; for her own sake, she had made it a policy of not knowing her children�s
sex lives unless it was brought up by them. �How about marriage, then? Have
either of you discussed it?� Kagome shook her head. �No, we haven�t. By his
terms, we already are married, but by human terms�� She drifted off. �Actually,
the demon mating rites are just as legal these days as human ones. There�s a
bit of paper to sign and everything, there just isn�t any pomp and festivities
about it.� Itazura interjected. Kagome looked at her with fascination. �Are
they really?� The red-headed kitsune nodded. �You just have to sign the license
for the humans� legal files, and then go at it like� er�
go about the demon ceremony. No fuss, and only as much effort as you want to
put into it. I�m sure Sesshou-maru could wrangle something up for you guys to
sign.�
Kagome thought about it, drying a
bowl her mother handed her. She was slightly disappointed at not having her own
wedding, but she knew her mate would just be uncomfortable with the ceremony of
it anyway. Distracted by her thoughts, she jumped at the next booming crack of
thunder, and dropped the bowl on the floor with a crash. InuYasha was in the
kitchen in an instant. �Kagome are you alri�� He
stopped mid-sentence and growled as the lights flickered and died. Souta and
Shippou�s yells of fury were heard from the next room. �I was just about to
win!!� �Oh, you were not, I was toying with you!� Mama was lighting a candle.
�Don�t move dear, we don�t want you to cut yourself on the shards.� She said.
Kagome squeaked in surprise as she as suddenly lifted up, and set down away
from the mess she�d made; her mate moved past her and started picking up the
larger pieces, throwing them into the trash can. Mama got a broom and the
dustpan. �Sorry, Mama�� Kagome apologized as she helped InuYasha finish
cleaning. �It�s not a problem, dear, we have plenty more.�
After the dishes were through, Mama
braved the storm to rescue Grandpa out in the shrine. InuYasha had disappeared
somewhere after helping with cleanup, and the others wondered how they�d ever
catch the taxis back downtown in this downpour. Another hour passed, with
Shippou teaching Souta some foreign card game that involved a lot of swearing,
until finally the storm began to grumble its way out of the city. Kagome took a
flashlight and went to find her mate. She found him dozing on her old bed, and
smiled. By the content look on his face, it still smelled like her after the
few weeks she�d vacated it. �Enjoying yourself?� She
asked, careful not to shine the light on his face. �Always did here� Remember
that time I caught those pigeons for you?� He asked, sitting up. She blinked,
and smiled at the memory. �And the carp from my neighbor�s pond� And you wanted
me to cook them for you! I still can�t believe you; you slept for like two
hours, after being mauled around like that, before you were bouncing all over
Tokyo.� He gave her a lop-sided grin. ��Course. Hanyou stamina and all.� She shivered at the other
possibilities his stamina gave them, and his grin widened. �Besides� it�s all
you in here. Well, you and a little of the pup now, but it�s still� It�s�
calming.� He got up and nuzzled the top of her head, breathing in her scent. �Let�s
go home.�
Unfortunately, the blackout was
city-wide, which meant that the elevators were down. Kagome braced herself to
take as many stairs as possible to get to her mate�s top-floor apartment when
she was suddenly swept off her achy feet and taken back outside. �InuYasha,
what�� The rest of her question was lost to a scream as she felt the very
familiar sensation of leaving her stomach on the ground. �It�s faster, and easier this way.� He grunted, bounding up to a
streetlamp and using it as a springboard to a building�s roof across the
street. �Also, it�s dark for once, in this blasted bright city, so it�s not
like we�ll be seen.� She hit his chest feebly, clutching his shirt with
white-knuckled fingers. �Warn me next time!� He kissed her forehead. �Warning.� He took off again, to the top of a shed, and to
the next-highest roof. She wondered how many buildings they�d have to scale before
getting to level with his roof, but quickly forgot as she felt him pick up
speed and leap out and up across the street. She hid her face, terrified, but
let out a breath she didn�t know she was holding when they touched down on the
other side. �Keh, scared?�
She glared up at him. �I�m out of
practice, and it�s different being in front, and with
someone else�s life to take care of!� While he could see her facial expression
just fine, his own were hard to distinguish. �I�m not going to let you fall, I
happen to be a professional at this. And even if I did miss-step, you should
know better than to think I�d just fall haphazardly and endanger you and the
pup.� She didn�t get the chance to reply, only sucked in a breath when he
bounded up another rooftop. Her mothering instincts were kicked into high gear,
but she did have to admit to herself that she did miss this, the swooping
sensation each time his powerful legs kicked off the ground and they flew like
birds to their next landing spot. She did miss being on his back as he did
this, however, being able to feel his muscles bunching, stretching, and
relaxing underneath her, his silky hair all around her. Three buildings, and
one heart-stopping second when she thought they�d miss later, they met the two
kitsune at the door on the roof. Shippou grinned at Kagome�s pale face. �Scary?
You should have come up with us, just an easy flight, straight up.�
She glared. �Either way, I was
fully prepared to take the stairs�� Her mate�s finger pressing to her lips
silenced her. �No, and you had more fun with me anyway. Don�t lie, I can smell
the adrenaline.� He carried his pouting mate through the rooftop door, and
downstairs to his apartment. He could tell the lack of air conditioning
already, though it would take her a few more hours to begin to notice the
difference; especially once the sun rose in the morning. He watched her change
for bed, raising an eyebrow at the light nightgown she wore. She raised one of
her own in reply. �I�m tired, and I want to talk to you about something.� She
told him, climbing under the blankets with him.
He waited while she found the right
words. �I don�t know if you overheard or not� Itazura told me about how demon
mating rituals are just as legal as human ones.� He nodded, curious as to why
she would bring this up. �Yeah, happened a while ago.
Why?� He could smell her blush. �Well� would you� ah� would you want to get
one? Make it official, I mean? We don�t have to do the human ceremony,
I know how uncomfortable you�d be about it� I mean, Mama would be disappointed,
and Grandpa would throw a fit, but if it�s legal the way we are, I don�t see
why�� She started a bit when he cupped her cheek. �It�s just a piece of paper,
Kagome. But, if you want it, we can do it.� He told her, kissing her lightly.
She smiled against his lips; even so, he could smell a slight sadness to her.
She snuggled down next to him. �Besides, it�s not like I can fit into a wedding
kimono now anyway�� His ears pricked at this. So� she does want a real
wedding� I think�

((The pigeons-carp thing, for those who don�t read the manga, (since I�m not sure it�s in the anime�?) was from
chapter 392. (it�s like a pointless in-Kagome�s-time
filler chapter XD) I read through that today and was like �AWW, HE�S SO
FREAKING ADORABLE.� Because he�s so dog-like and clueless in that chapter, and
I want to hug him and take him home with me. XD (and he had a pigeon his head
for like, three pages <3) I apologize about this draggy
chapter, I�m seriously promising a much better chapter next time. The big
problem is (aside from I found a translation of all the manga
thus far and have been reading that and it�s hard to differentiate from
immature-kill-first-questions-later InuYasha and my more mature InuYasha� I�m
almost done though, I�m at 410!!!)� I ran out of notes. Things stopped after
the party, and my notes didn�t pick up again until what�s happening next
chapter. So I was going on pure �let�s see how much space I can fill up to take
up time in a weekend before the fun things start happening� instinct and that�s
the biggest reason why it took like, a week to write this thing. That and all
my papers, but those are out of the way, and if fate likes me for once, I can
get a lot of chapter 13 done tomorrow, and hopefully get it out by Wednesday or
so. GOMENASAI!!!!!!! Reviewer replies, gooooo!
Xagzan ~
Hmmm� I�m not telling! =D Glad my first major citrusy piece went over well!
Ygfi ~ Oh
tell me about it, it�s mid-terms that�ll get me next. XP I�m thinking I can top
it off at a nice fifteen chapters, and then possibly do some one-shots or mini-stories
set in this same timeline� maybe. =D I might go to twenty, or maybe stop
somewhere in the middle. It all depends on how dramatic things start to get�
*evil laugh*
InuYoukai ~ My apologies if you�ve been looking and lacking. T_T I had
every intention of trying to get this done earlier this week, but my life wasn�t
having it.
Unistar411 ~ Yes, she did
get to see him. I couldn�t bear leaving that damn ring on him anymore, it�s hard thinking about a scene and having to remember
which form he�s in. All that fun nonsense will be coming next chapter, it
should be� interesting. =D
LadyCash ~ I
think I�m having a little too much fun with the Kagome-on-superhormones.
At least that�s what my boyfriend keeps telling me �Can you give the guy a
break??� =3 But it�s so much fun!! I hope things get better for you, I can kind
of relate with an extra amount of hormones myself� sudden urges to cry over
things like the movie Casper is a little overwhelming� (but
the end, with the mom, and the sadness!!!)
Megumu192 ~ I�m a bit of a
history buff myself, so it was both educational and geeky-fun to find something
to bring into the story like that. <3 Stressful this week was, but hopefully
things get better.
FluffyLady ~
Now see, I don�t understand the Sess/Kag pairing. (or, for that matter,
the Sess/Sango pairing?!) I�ve read a few, and they don�t
do much for me. Maybe I still see Sesshy as being too cold. (and
how I have a thing for both Sess/Rin and Sess/Kagura�) I�m glad you�re
enjoying this though!! And Naraku�s death� follows
how he dies in the manga. ;) So however that was resolved�
is how it ended. I don�t want to make up some random battle memory, especially
since I�m only on chapter 410 of the manga, so maybe
it will be explained later, or most likely it won�t be. It�s easier that way. (and possibly lazy, but I�m not focusing much more than on
the vaguely hinted facts that Kikyou�s gone and there
isn�t a Shikon no Tama anymore)
Caitypeach22 ~ Aww! *blushes* Thank you, I don�t think I�ve ever received a
digital standing ovation!! I�m glad you�re enjoying this,
I hope you enjoy the rest of it as well!
CatLover260 ~ Shippou�s
just fun to use for quirky comments, so I�ll be sad to let him leave for a
while next chapter, but if you hadn�t noticed, continuously repeating names is
a thing I don�t like to use. Pronouns are your friends. XD So it�ll be easier
on my mind, but I�ll miss the bouncy, quirkiness that Shippou and Ita throw into the story. And I am
trying to let them be mushy, but still have the fighting going on too. Because
I really don�t think that if they became mates, InuYasha and Kagome would
suddenly stop fighting. XD They�re both too stubborn for that.
Thank you so much everyone for reviewing, and I hope to get the next
chapter out very, very soon!!!! See you next time!!<3))
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