What I Want to be When I Grow up by Opal-Dreams
Chapter Two
Disclaimer: I don’t own Inuyasha or its characters. Say hello to the very talented Rumiko Takahashi who owns him and the entire cast. Hello Rumiko Takahashi. Hehehe!
By: year of the snake (at fanfiction) (aka.) crescentmoon (at mediaminer) And now Opal-Dreams on DeviantArt and Dokuga.
Chapter 2
I'm absolutely flabbergasted. Sesshoumaru just demanded I marry him, because I asked him to when I was six! I can't even remember asking! And he kissed me! Twice!
To think he wants me to stop dating!
What a controlling ego-maniac!
What a domineering old fart!
What a self-righteous dog!
What a kisser!
I should have purified him, friend of the family or no!
How dare he demand that!
I should have slapped him to the moon!
How dare he act like that!
I should have kneed him in the crotch! That would have been satisfying.
I should have just agreed with him, maybe he would have kissed me again.
What am I thinking! He was a jerk!
Somehow I find myself in my room. I flop down on my bed, face first, into my pillow.
“Kagome?” mama calls through my door. “Are you okay?”
“I can't decide.” I call back.
Mama walks in. “Want to tell me about it?”
“Sesshoumaru-san, showed up after my date...” I pause.
“...And?”
“And he kissed me and demanded that I stop dating other boys because I was going to be his bride. Claimed I asked to marry him when I was six! Yeah, right! As if!”
Mama touches my shoulder. “Kagome-chan, you did ask him to marry you. As I remember you wrote a few sentences about it for an assignment. Your teacher... Sazuki-san, freaked out about it. Called both me and Takahashi-sama in to talk about it.”
“I was six! What kind of guy holds a girl to a promise she made when she was six.”
“The kind of guy who has waited for that six year old to grow up for thirteen years. Even allowing her to date and be normal. The kind that has even allowed that girl to forget their promise so she could have a normal life.”
“Mama?”
“Kagome-chan, how do you think Sesshoumaru-san has felt all this time, watching you date other men, risking your heart to another, while he's stayed around waiting for you. He's watched over you all this time and kept you safe. He's been very patient. So how do you think he felt?” Mama got up. “I'll let you think about it.” She shut the door behind her.
I can't believe it. I suddenly fell bad for Sesshoumaru-san.
Hours later I'm falling asleep and the last thing that goes through mind is, I can't decide if I was a foolish child or not.
~POV Change~
“Kagome-san you look wonderful!” I say as I greet the bride. “I can't believe you're old enough to get married! It was thoughtful of you to invite me.”
“I thought it was only fitting. Sazuki-sensei I'd like you to meet my groom.” Kagome grabs her grooms elbow and goes up on tip-toe to whisper in his ear.
When she finishes he turns to me. “Hello Sazuki-san.” I look at the young demon. He bows slightly to me.
“Hello...”
Kagome-san giggles. “Sazuki-sensei this is Takahashi Sesshoumaru-san. The man I wrote I was going to marry in that assignment all those years ago. How many years was it Sesshoumaru-san?”
“Fifteen.”
I blink. “Fifteen years, has it really been that long?”
“Yes ma'am.”
“I want to thank you for taking care of me back then. From what mama's told me lately I was a handful.”
“You weren't that bad.” I tell the bride. “It looks like you got what you wanted.”
She smiles up at her husband. “Yes, I have... mostly.” Her smile turns into a grin. She looks amused at her husband's look, but to be honest I can't see that there has been any change. Kagome-san turns back to me, “Please enjoy the party.”
I nod. “I will.”
~POV Change~
“Inu no Taisho, this is your fault! I'm never speaking to you again!” Koemi-san says in the corridor outside the reception hall.
“You promise?” I ask.
“If it weren't their wedding day I'd kill you! Why didn't you tell me sooner!?! Waiting to tell me my son's getting married till one minute before they say 'I do.' is not nice!” She hits me in the stomach. Then she flounces towards the door to return to the party.
“I love you too sweety.” I call ironically as I rub my stomach.
She turns and glares at me. “You lost the right to call me sweety years ago.” Koemi-san leaves the corridor.
“You can come out now Inuyasha.”
“Who was that lady?” asks my little half demon who now looked 7 years old. He asks to be picked up. I lift him up.
“That was Sesshoumaru-san's mother.”
“She was pretty... and mean.”
“Yes she is.” I smile and nod. “Let's go eat.”
“I want ramen.”
“They don't have ramen here.”
“Let's go get some.”
The door shuts with a click behind us.
The End
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Originally this was going to be in three chapters, but to fit in with Riku Ryuu's Point of View Challenge rules, as I understand them, I changed it to just two.
Sesshoumaru's a demon. Exact age unknown, but he doesn't age, bodily, in this story at all. I saw him as around 25-28 bodily.
Inuyasha is a hanyou and he only ages one year in the entire story. So sadly his friend Kagome grows up and he remains a child, peter pan complex much?
I hope you all enjoyed my story! Please let me know what you think. Reviews are manna from heaven! Thank you!