Still miserable and waiting to see what happens with the bastard. Only time will tell I guess. Anyways, I felt a huge need to do work, and since my homework is looking really daunting, I'm writing.-Akihana

Oh yes, and thank you for all the moral support and advice. It has only been a day since it happened, but I am doing a little better and I plan on making a full recovery.

Chapter 13

Soft cheeping broke through the dawn stillness, but the birds' singing did nothing to disperse the shrouds of mists weaving around the trees. Gentle yellowish light tinted the sky as it held to the last whispers of the darkness of night. Dawn broke over the veiled mountain peaks and gave true light to the slumbering world. In turn, the young woman shuffled and resettled underneath the blankets, drawn close against the night's lingering chill.

Her lover, sleeping beside her, responded to her subtle movement by wrapping himself fully around her soft body, bathing and surrounding her with his body and warmth. One might say that they were a perfect match, and watching them sleep peacefully few would disagree.

However, the songs of early rising birds got the better of Kagome and she opened her eyes sleepily, blinking away the film that had developed over her eyes during the night. She turned ad looked down at her mate and now husband. He adjusted to her movement and cuddled into her naked lap, making her blush as thoughts of their activities over the course of their honeymoon came to her.

She stroked his hair, rubbing his soft ears and gently scratching his scalp. She assumed he enjoyed her petting because he was part dog youkai, although Inuyasha had emphatically denied it and temporarily stopped their lovemaking to pout. However, true to his puppy nature, he came back to her practically begging before she gave out and the normal routine re-asserted itself.

Some people claimed that lustfully going after your partner constantly was a sin of some sort, but after spending several days under Inuyasha's constant attention, she simply pitied the poor people who didn't know what they were missing. It was as if they were calling something as wonderful as chocolate a sin. If they had a problem leave more chocolate for the rest of the chocolate lovers.

Kagome sighed. Normally she had few problems with people of different beliefs, but the crazy minister who had all but condemned her to eternal purgatory yesterday. She hadn't told Inuyasha because he would have thrown a fit, but sometimes she wondered where the love had gone for the guy. He had screamed at her for nothing. She had walked around the hotel, and Inuyasha had his arm around her shoulder.

"There's polite and discreet, and then there's just plain rude and stupid." She said aloud.

She glanced worriedly at Inuyasha, but he hadn't responded to her voice.

Kagome decided to put the man off her mind and snuggled closer to her mate. He made her so happy, that she was sure she had never been quite so happy. Even when her family had tentatively walked up to her after the ceremony and asked for her forgiveness, she hadn't been quite this happy.

Her face softened as she recalled the event. Seeing as she was getting married, and the traditional day and night of separation from her mate had made her edgy and nervous. The sight of him, only moments before pledging to be her husband, made her so obliviously happy that she hadn't noticed the presence of her family at the wedding.

She had missed her mother during the plans for the wedding. The winter had been spent in frantic busywork preparing for the upcoming wedding in the spring. The first buds were unfurling their petals, fighting against the lingering snow that frosted the delicate branches. Kagome glanced outside and a soft smile graced her face at the sight of the soft petals opening to the new light.

She hadn't forgiven her family right away, of course. It had made her heart soar to see them at her wedding, supporting her, but forgiveness for breaking her trust would take longer. Somehow she knew that it would all be alright in the end though.

She closed her eyes and smiled in gladness when she felt her mate reach up and cup her cheek. He pulled his face up to rest by her neck. He had told her that it was comforting to smell himself on her. The place this was strongest was the mark in her neck area. He had taken to laying half on top of her and breathing in the scent. Not that she minded him sleeping on her.

Kagome continued reminiscing, and blushed. In his sleep Inuyasha was cupping her bare bottom. It seemed he remained quite virile even in slumber. She blushed darker when she remembered that there was another place she smelled even stronger of him than her neck, but he had said she probably didn't want him to be pressing his nose there all the time.

At the time the comment had been extremely embarrassing and she had cut off the connection to her mate accidentally, in an effort to preserve her pride. Cutting off the connection had driven him into such a frenzy that he had felt the need to mate almost incessantly until he could feel her again, which was after about two times. Not that he stopped after two times.

Kagome giggled when Inuyasha began licking her neck. She pushed him by his shoulders so that he was on his back, now awake. His eyes shone with an emotion that couldn't simply be described as happiness. His eyes glowed, and his face was so wonderfully soft and fulfilled. She knew that they would probably have their little fights and then the making up. She smiled at him. One thing he couldn't stand was having her mad at him.

Right now, as he looked so beautiful, for lack of a better word, she understood his need to have her happy with him. She would do anything to keep this expression on his face.

Kagome leaned down and kissed him, feeling him run his fingers through her hair.

Not that she knew this would be happily ever after, there was still most of their story to be written. She felt him roll her over so that he was on top of her.

She wouldn't miss it for the world.

The End. (for now)

There may be an epilogue. I may just screw the 'the end' later and keep writing it. But right now I have school, and friend issues, and more than friend feelings for the bastard friend who I am trying to let go…

(The next huge paragraph is me apologizing for something and ranting about a world religion. If you aren't interested, skip to the next paragraph)

By the way, I apologize if anyone reading found my rant at the "minister" insulting. I am a former Christian, current agnostic (I don't think it's possible to know what's going on in our world) It is safe to say that I bear a grudge against Christianity. If you are Christian and practice love everyone as yourself and you are proud of your affiliation with the church, then I wish the best for you. I am simply mad at all the imposters and people who are assholes but still claim to be Christian. My personal favorite is people who are assholes while claiming to be doing Christian work. That has completely turned me away from the religion. If anyone feels like having a "Christianity is the way the world runs" argument with me, feel free to email me at I will be more than happy to show you stuff that will make even a die hard Jesus fan doubt the truth of Christianity.

Sorry if someone is horribly offended now. That's just my view on things.

Anyways, feel free to review, or flame, or do whatever you want to do. It's your life, so go out and do what you need to do with it. This is Akihana, signing out for now.