Was It The Right Choice?

Chapter 1, Explanations

"Talking."

'Persons thoughts.'

(A/N-Author notes)

"Wait…" A female voice murmured just above a whisper; her tone was hesitant. She turned her head away from his hypnotizing eyes, "Is this right?" The tall man she addressed put his hand under her chin and with a gentle pull; she was once again looking at him.

"Yes…" His eyes searched the pair in front of him. "It is tradition. Do you trust me?" The owner of the voice looked to be about a foot taller than his female partner. He had long, shimmery silver hair, piercing golden eyes and pale skin. She was one of the few who got to see him like this, markings and all. He would not push the matter unless she accepted his proposition, she understood this.

"Sesshomaru, I trust you as I always have" The female spoke quietly, his demon ears would hear her, just as he heard her heart rate pick up as he bent down and claimed her lips. She didn't argue. She put her hands on his bare chest and gave a small push. He pulled away, it cut the kiss shorter then what he wanted but he knew it was more important to listen to her.

"Kagome…" His baritone voice gave her goose bumps on her exposed skin. Kagome smiled at him. She had made her choice.

"I love you"

"As do I."

Three short weeks later

Kagome was pacing around her girly room in a fret. The object of her dilemma was held in her hand. 'She's going to kill me! I can't keep this charade up forever...' She let out a frustrated sigh. 'Does Sesshomaru already know? He has to know.' She paused, suddenly annoyed.

"And he didn't tell me!" Kagome exclaimed loudly. She heard footsteps and then a light knock on her door before it opened to show her mother, Suzu. Kagome had already yanked her hands out of sight.

"What was the noise about?" Suzu questioned suspiciously. Kagome ran her free hand through her tangled hair, it was too early in the day to feel this stressed.

"I was just thinking about school stuff." The lie came smoothly as her mother placed some clean clothes on top of the dresser.

"Alright dear, I'm sure you'll do fine this year. You're a bright girl." Kagome's mom had always been proud of her eldest. When Suzu got to the door, she reminded Kagome to eat breakfast. The second the door clicked shut; Kagome chucked the positive pregnancy test in her trash bin. She needed to clear her head. She grabbed things to bring to the bathroom for a quick shower.

Kagome couldn't help but think about Sesshomaru. Yes, she loved him. Yes, she trusted him. Yes, she agreed to this but the situation reminded her of a girl once in her school that had a baby at seventeen, the same age as Kagome. Her name was Karu and she had to leave school to tend to her child because the baby's father abandoned her. They were both seventeen, they both now hated each other. Could this early decision harm the relationship between her and Sesshomaru? 'I need to talk to him.'

Once she was out of the shower, she couldn't find any more excuses to not confront Sesshomaru about her worries.

"Guess I should go over to Sesshomaru's house." Kagome went down the stairs dressed in modest denim shorts and a bubble gum pink tang top. It was supposed to be hot today, it was summer after all. She was put her hair in a ponytail on her to the door.

"Hold it right there young lady! Go eat your breakfast before you leave!" She was caught be her mother. Damn.

"Alright but I'm going out after."

"Where?" Suzu came into view with her hands on her hips. "You better not be going to see that Tashio boy, Sesshomaru." She warned as she followed Kagome into the kitchen. Kagome readied herself a bowl of cereal.

"Okay Mom." That was a lie. Kagome led her mom to believe she and Sesshomaru split up because of 'differences'. Truth was, Kagome staged the whole thing because her mom didn't approve of Sesshomaru and always made things difficult. Suzu would do everything to prevent the two from seeing each other; she was close to pulling Kagome out of school last year. It lead to many arguments between them, it upset Kagome so Sesshomaru gave her the idea. It was hard at first to sneak around but after doing it for a year and a half, well; things became easier. Kagome had her close friends that would cover for her from time to time. Kagome had never been happier than she had with Sesshomaru. Sure, they were young but something just clicked.

She finished her cereal was soon out in the fresh summer air. She decided to walk to longer route to Sesshomaru's house; she wasn't in a rush to do this. She hadn't gone far, maybe eight minutes into her walk when she had been spotted by a friend.

"Kagome!" The owner of the voice had his semi-long black hair in its usual high ponytail, not many guys still did that. He wore dark tan cargo pants and a black t-shit.

"Hey Kouga, are you enjoying the weather?" Kagome politely asked. "Oh, hello to you to Ayame." Kagome greeted the female with fiery orange red hair had was in two pigtails. Kouga practically growled in annoyance at the mention of Ayame. Ayame was in a tan colored shirt that didn't hide her black bra.

"I was having a good day until Ayame here began following me." Kouga said dejectedly. Ayame momentarily looked hurt but then she smiled.

"Guess what Kagome! Our parents decided to stick to tradition and have put Kouga and me in an arranged marriage!" Ayame squealed. Kagome smiled, Ayame had always had a thing for Kouga.

"Really? That's great! Did you set the date?"

"There is no date! I don't want to marry her!" Kouga's outburst made some pedestrians walking by give him strange looks.

"Kouga… It's for the best." Ayame scolded as she threw her arms around him.

"Ayame! Get off of me!" Kouga fought to remove Ayame's arms.

"InuYasha is going to harass you about this until you finally say 'I do'!" Kagome teased.

"I'll beat his ass the day of the wedding if I have to, stupid mutt." Kouga said menacingly. He had successfully removed Ayame and moved to sit on an unoccupied bench, his two friends followed suit. "Where's Sesshomaru anyway? You're usually with him."

"I'm actually going to his house right now so I'll be sure to tell InuYasha about this engagement."

"Speak of the devil." Ayame said when she caught Sesshomaru's scent.

"He's here?" Both Kouga and Kagome responded. Ayame's response was to point at the approaching figure cutting through the light traffic of people. Kagome met his eyes and she blushed lightly.

"I guess I'll get going now." Kouga suggested as he pulled Ayame off the bench and began to walk away.

"I'll see you later!" Kagome called to them as she too left the bench. Sesshomaru now stood in front of Kagome, he took her hand and began to lead her away from the commotion of the street.

A/N-Chapter re-edited 11/30/10 I cut a lot out. o.o