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Rise Of The Shikon Miko	By : golden_eyes_hypnotize Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 2628 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the characters herein. I make no money by this writing. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people is all in your head.

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Chapter 6

After that day he first brought her hot chocolate and an orange, she couldn’t get rid of Inuyasha if she tried. But she didn’t. She liked that he needed her and she needed him right back. Part of her recognized his physical similarities to her fantasy prince and though she tried, she just didn’t feel for him that way which was really for the best because her new friend really was a big puppy. He’d failed out of college more times than he could count and had never really been in an adult relationship, though she couldn’t see why. He seemed to think it was because of his being hanyou, but to her that just seemed like an excuse.

They had known each other a year when Kagome got sick of hearing Inuyasha complain about how much better his half brother was at everything and how he’d never be successful like him. She knew Inuyasha not-so-secretly wanted to be a nurse in the ER so she went behind his back to his father and applied to community college for him. When he got his acceptance letter, he threw a fit, tearing it up and yelling that there was no way he was going to get kicked out of yet another school.

“That’s the spirit!” Kagome interrupted his rant.

Struck dumb, he turned to his best friend with his jaw slack.

“There is no way you’re getting kicked out of another school ‘cause I’m going to help you!” she clarified cheerfully.

Kagome was patient and persistent. When Inuyasha was too tired from work to read his assignments, she would come over and read them to him. She typed up his notes for him to make them easier for him to study. She made flash cards for him and quizzed him on the material for his tests. With her help, his grades stayed respectable and his confidence grew. And when it was finally time to transfer to a four year college to finish his BSN he cried with Kagome when the acceptance letter came in the mail. Two more years of cuddling study sessions on the couch eating pizza and losing sleep over clinicals and he finally graduated from college. Kagome cried as he received his degree in front of the graduating class. Due to the nursing shortage and his good grades, he had a written job offer for the ER before he was even done with school and it came with a generous sign-on bonus that he used to pay his dad back a good chunk of the tuition he had paid for. Toga couldn’t have been prouder of his youngest son.

This past May, a friend from her hometown came to visit. She tried to get Inuyasha to come over to meet her, but he said he was busy, which Kagome, of course, saw for what it was: fear of rejection. It was true, she’d seen some people treat him differently, but they were just idiots who didn’t deserve to know how great he was anyway. He was his father’s son and very powerful even by demon standards and he was the most loyal person she had ever met. Besides, she just couldn’t resist trying to hook up the two lonely hanyou.

Because of how some people treated them, they both were defensive and slow to trust, but they also valued when someone real came along. Neither one did much dating. Kagome was sure they’d make a great match, though. She had a feeling they just had to meet and they’d see it, too. Shiori was quiet and reserved which would certainly have a calming effect on her brash Inuyasha and he could help her let loose and have fun.

Since he was proving stubborn, Kagome did the only thing she could do: she called Toga and invited herself over without telling Inuyasha. She came downstairs to the game room, dragging a shy Shiori behind her. Inuyasha started to bluster something about not having any privacy but all words halted as he got his first glance at the girl behind his friend. It was like something out of one of her romance novels: their eyes met and, as if compelled, they slowly approached each other, never losing eye contact. Kagome said she was going upstairs to get some drinks, but neither of them heard her. Instead, she sprinted off to Toga’s study to tell him the good news.

They had a whirlwind courtship despite the fact that Shiori lived so far away, and were mated in August. They decided to have a marriage ceremony as well to honor their human mothers. There had been a bit of a fight over whether Kagome would be the maid of honor or best man, but in the end they settled for a compromise. Kagome, wearing a dress in Inuyasha’s color, red, carried the rings and united her friends’ hands as she sang a traditional blessing during the ceremony. She performed the toast for the reception as the best man would. She even sang Nora Jones’ “Come Away With Me” for the couple’s first dance. It was the best day of her life, knowing she had helped her friends find such happiness. She barely felt her sadness at all.

……………….

“Curse?” The brothers asked simultaneously, glancing at each other before returning their attention to their sire.

“Really, boys, don’t you use your senses at all? I can sort of understand in Inuyasha’s case, even though you’ve spent practically every moment of the last 6 years with the girl, but Sesshoumaru?”

Annoyed at the implication he addressed the charge, “Though I have spent less than five minutes in her presence, I could tell the miko was bound. I could not ascertain the cause of such in the time I was near her, however. This is no game, Father. You will tell this Sesshoumaru what you know.”

“Yeah! Why the hell is this the first time I’ve heard about this?” Inuyasha piped in.

Leaning back in his chair, their father addressed his sons’ concerns, “Kagome carries a powerful curse. When you first introduced her to us, Inuyasha, I sensed the presence of the binding on her power and aura. You may remember I invited a priestess to dinner the next time you had Kagome over...” At his son’s nod, he continued, “I invited her here to evaluate the binding. I wanted to know if it posed a threat to you or the girl. All she could ascertain was that it was very powerful dark magic that could only be performed by cursing someone nearly constantly over many years. She had no idea what kind of dark priest or priestess would be allowed so close to a girl who grew up in a shrine.”

Gasping, Inuyasha shouted, “I know who the bastard is! It’s her deviant sadist of a father!”

As Inuyasha relayed as much as he could recall about what his best friend had opened up about over the years they’d known each other, two sets of golden eyes swirled with crimson. One over the thought of the despicable things someone had done to a girl he considered family and the other finding a new home for his freshly discarded rage. Inuyasha knew without a doubt that he’d just ensured the death of that monster, for there was no way any male in his family would not be committed to hunting down and destroying the one who had brought so much pain to his own child. Hell, he’d probably have his hands full keeping his mate from wanting part of the action. They spent the rest of the night brainstorming ways to track their prey while keeping Kagome occupied.

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