Through the highs and lows, Kagome had been there for him. Even in the final battle she had risked everything to save the others and to make him happy. Inuyasha thought of her every second of the two years that she was trapped in her time. The day that she returned, he wasted no time in asking her to be his mate. And she had agreed. That moment was one of the happiest days of his life. He remembered holding her under the blossoming cherry tree and wishing that this moment would never end. He was ready to do anything it took to make her happy. It was a good thing to because the year that followed was a struggle.
First came the hard task of convincing Kagome’s family to let her remain in his time. For awhile they hated him for taking Kagome away from them. They banned him from their house any time Kagome visited for quite a while. Inuyasha could no longer remember all the nights he had held Kagome in his arms while she wept bitterly at her families disapproval. Inuyasha would never admit it out loud but her families reaction had hurt him more then he cared to admit. He always thought of Kagome’s mother as his own and though her grandfather never approved of his heritage, he had hopped the old man would at least except the fact that he made Kagome loved him and thought Inuyasha was not human he would be able to make her happy.
Still he could understand their apprehension. After all, you don’t have the ability to support her, they had all told him. They were right. Inuyasha did not have any money when they first started out. For awhile he and Kagome lived just as they did when they searched for the jewel. Moving from place to place without a permanent place to live.
Kagome never complained. In fact, she seemed completely content traveling with him across the continent, sleeping at his side by the fire, and cooking over an open flame. Her family urged her to dream bigger, but Kagome did not care. Inuyasha managed to win them over eventually after getting a job within the village, helping to collect and harvest forest plants and trap animals. He knew the forest like the back of his hand and his claws made trapping an easy task.
Occasionally, a demon would plague a neighboring village and Inuyasha would set out with Sango and Miroku to vanquish it, but Sango and Miroku rarely traveled. Only weeks after the battle of Naraku was over and Kohaku was released from his grasp, Sango and Miroku got married. Without the wind tunnel to hinder him, Miroku made quick work of obtaining the son he desired. A month and a half after the wedding Sango discovered she was pregnant and Miroku set about building a hut for them to live in. Once Inuyasha earned enough money to at least provide them for lodging for the next few months, he took a trip to Totosis’s cave and asked him to make him a diamond ring for Kagome.
Armed with the ring and some inexpensive gifts, Inuyasha ventured to Kagome’s family home a day that Kagome had left to visit Sango. He was greeted by a rather angry old man with a broom but after a few large bruises and some uncharacteristic diplomacy, he managed to convince Kagome’s grandfather and mother to let him marry their little girl. He still can remember the way she looked walking down that aisle in the snow white dress. She looked like an angel. He could hardly believe that she was his. That night he officially marked her as his mate.
His marking her had caused them some trouble at first. Ever close-minded, pure-breed demons were quick to try and attack Kagome thinking that she was a chink in his otherwise powerful nature. After three or four demons met their death in a cloud of pink light, the demons’ visits became fewer and further in between. Sesshomaru’s presents helped. After the final battle, Sesshomaru agreed to draw up a truce between them. Though they did not become the best of friends, they learned to work together occasionally. Besides, Sesshomaru seemed to have a soft spot for Kagome. Maybe it was her willingness to help him with Rin. Whatever it was, it helped them to overcome the prejudice against them and despite the odds, they managed to weather the storm and come out on top together.
He promised to build them a hut as soon as he found the suitable location. Kagome didn’t care though. He knew that she would be content to live her life with him from fire to fire if it meant they could be together. He could never rap his mind around that fact. The fact that Kagome loved him so much she was willing to give up her whole world to be with him. Her compassion and love was strong enough to purify even the darkest soul. Because of this, he wanted to make her new life with him as perfect as possible. He took his time finding the perfect place for them to build their new home. He wanted it to be somewhere where Kagome would have anything she could ever desire. After almost a full month of searching he finally found a place.
He took Kagome to the site of their new home the first day of spring. He remembered how nervous he had been as he carried her on his back through the forest to the place he had found for them. He had found the clearing by accident, a meadow a few miles from the village. Full of wild flowers, it stretched a good half a mile before stopping right on the edge of a marvelous sparkling blue lake. The ground was rich and fertile, perfect for a small garden, and the meadow would provide their future children with lots of space to run and play.
A few feet into the forest beside the meadow was an unoccupied cave with a underground hot spring that seemed to be unknown to the outside world. Nervously he had pulled back the branches of the pine try that hid their little paradise and eagerly launched into an fit of explanatory chatter. He had told her how the meadow was mere miles from the village so she could still help Kede and study her miko skills. He could still work in the trapping business and they could visit Miroku and Sango, but was far enough to allow them to live in peace. The place was perfect. The minute Inuyasha saw the look on Kagome’s face he knew he had made the right choice. Her smiling face made every ounce of effort he had put in finding the place worth it. He went right to work on building.
