Unexpected by Sesshomaru's Miko

Home again

Kagome stood waiting inside the delta airlines airport for her plane back to Japan. She had stayed in California with her grandmother Kaede for the last three years of her life. She completed college with a bachelor's degree as a nurse. She was finally going back home to her family and her fiancée Inuyasha. She missed Japan like crazy and being so far away with little contact didn't help at all.

Kagome's flight was ready and boarding. Her luggage was already loaded and she only carried on the plane her purse and Ipod in hand. Once she was sat and strapped in the seat the captain of the plane began his notorious speech of safety rules and regulations. Kagome already knew the speech by heart and knew she wasn't being told anything different than she had heard before; she plugged in her earphones and leaned back into the seat waiting for take off.

Kagome turned her Ipod up full blast to block out the revving of the plane engine. Being on a plane so many times you'd think that she would get over the nausea of the huge aircraft lifting from the ground. She gripped the handles and felt a warm hand she gripped by mistake. An elderly man looked at her startled; he smiled at her his crooked teeth in view and patted her hand. Kagome closed her eyes tightly from the pressure of being ascended into the atmosphere.

After a few minutes after take off, Kagome relaxed and stared out the window. The large city of Los Angeles was fading out of view soon the small islands of Hawaii were below them tiny and beautiful. Kagome resumed listening to her music and decided to take a little nap to help the time fly by.

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Back in Japan at the Higurashi Shrine, everyone was in a hurry to ready the arrival of Kagome. She would be given a room on the opposite side of the mansion from her older sister Kikyo. Kagome's mother Hiromi and brother Souta was already driving to the airport to pick her up. Kagome's father Koru was finishing the making the arrangements for a party before Kagome would get married.

Koru was very glad that his daughter would be returning home. She was the youngest from Kikyo and he spoiled her since she had come from her mother's womb. To his surprise Kagome didn't turn out selfish and cold like her sister. She was quite the opposite. Because of her giddy attitude she was fairly well liked among her friends. He very much approved of her relationship with the half demon prince Inuyasha. When Koru had first met Inuyasha, they had got along great together, many things they shared in common.

Koru smiled to himself as he rechecked his list. All of the Inuyasha's family was to attend. Certain members of friends and family were jotted down. He sat the list down on his desk and went over everything he remembered not leaving anything out. He looked at his watched and wondered when they would be returning home. He picked up the phone to make some last minute arrangements.

Kagome woke up from her supposed to be nap about an hour from Japan. Her Ipod had gone dead and she was at the torture of listening to the old man next to her snore in his sleep. Just my luck. Kagome continued to stare back out her window the sun barely just crossing over the horizon. Her heart increased in rhythm. She was quite happy to be back home. She dearly missed her father and mother. Kikyo never showed much love towards Kagome so she didn't bother really talking to her. Souta was now in high school so he spent most of his time with friends.

Shortly after waking Kagome realized she hadn't eaten anything since she had been on the plane. She summoned the flight attendant for some food and watched the last remaining part of the movie they were showing on the mini television. The plane landed before the movie ended and Kagome exited to go to the unloading area. As always the Airport was filled to capacity, Kagome had to wait almost fifteen minutes to get her belongings then she headed to the lobby of the airport.

It didn't take Kagome long to find her mother and brother near the door. Kagome gasped in surprise at her mother's appearance. Her mother Hiromi sported her hair in a short cut very short. Her mother would never lay a pair of scissors near her head. Hiromi Screamed in joy when Kagome greeted them. Her brother Souta was very happy to see her; he changed so much in the last couple of years. He looked much older than the age of 17 and he was taller than her! She didn't notice Kikyo around but she shrugged it off. Hiromi and Kagome had begun to talk about her time in the US and Souta carried her bags to the car.

Kagome was so into talking to her mother that she hadn't noticed the man in font of the car holding roses. Her mother tapped her on the arm and smiled towards him, Kagome looked and gasped running headlong into the arms of her fiancée Inuyasha.

"Hey Kagome" he said kissing her on the cheek and handing her the flowers. "These are for you"

Kagome took the roses and kissed Inuyasha. "Thank you these are beautiful"

"You wouldn't mind driving with me would you, I can sense you are hungry and I can drive you back home" he asked.

Kagome turned to her mother who was already in the car. "Mom you wouldn't mind would you"

Hiromi waved her hand. "No you two have fun" she yelled good bye and drove off.

Inuyasha and Kagome walked back to his car and then began to drive out from the airport. Kagome held onto Inuyasha's hand as he expertly drove with the other. She had missed him so much. They had been dating since sophomore year and when she found out that she had been accepted to her dream college in California, she thought it would be the end of their relationship. But at prom during their senior year he proposed to her and promised to marry her when she had come back. She was glad that she said yes.

"So how have you been faring in America without me" he teased.

Kagome held his hand tighter. "I was miserable the first year, my grandma was going nuts about the long distance calls so I kept my head in the books and made a few friends, but I still missed you"

He stopped at a light. "Any boyfriends"

"Well if you call a little six year olds pining over me in my bathing suit and constantly calling me 'lil mami' then yeah I should say so."

Kagome laughed. She remembered laughing like this with him back then and over the phone when her grandmother had finally decided to get her a cell phone. But she was worried about their relationship though. She and Inuyasha hadn't talked much over the last year. When she would call him he would say he was busy and would call her back but he never did. Or when they would have a chance to talk his 'business' phone would rang he had to go. When she talked to her mother about it, Hiromi just said that Inuyasha was very busy helping his father with the company. So she never thought of it again.

The Tashio's were very wealthy and smart people. Touga Tashio was a very respectable man and light hearted in a way. Sesshomaru Tashio was the cold i-own-you-so-don't-back-talk-or-i-will-make-your-life-a-living-hell type of guy. Kagome had only met him once, when she had first met Inuyasha's family and she saw the back of Sesshomaru's head as he left the room. He said nothing to her and she called him a jerk. Inuyasha was the baby boy, sweet, stubborn, and overconfident. Though she thought his confidence was cute.

Inuyasha turned to her and gripped her hand tighter. "I'm sorry for not talking to you more over the last couple of months, my father promoted me and everything is so hectic"

He had been promoted? He never told her. "That's okay work is hard and you want to live up to your family's reputation"

He smiled. "Chinese...still your favorite right"

"Always" she giggled and pointed to a new Chinese place she knew had just been built.

Inuyasha and Kagome ate in the car laughing about old times and eating each other's food. Once they were done Inuyasha drove her back home, not wanting to keep her away from her family just yet. They were a block away from the shrine when his phone had begun to ring; he took it out and looked at the caller id and tensed. Kagome saw his whole expression.

"Is there something wrong" She said.

"No, just work calling" he said quickly.

.......

"Aren't you going to answer it then" Kagome noticed they were home already.

"No I can call them back later" He put the phone up and got out of the car.

Why couldn't he do that when I was talking to him over the phone? She shrugged the thought away and got out of the car as well and went up the steps with Inuyasha behind her. She knocked on the door and waited for one of the maids. The door opened and instead of a maid her father stood tall and smiling at her.

"Hi Dad" She hugged him.

"Hey sweet heart how did you like America" he led her inside the house. Inuyasha closed the door behind him.

"It was an exciting place, quite different from Japan. I liked it very much, I met a lot of friends there in California, Oh and grandma wants you to call her once you get a chance" She said.

"I will be sure to remember that darling, I'm sure you know where your room still is, why don't you go upstairs while me and Inuyasha have a little talk" Koru kissed her lightly on the cheek, before Kagome went to Inuyasha thanking him for the food and she went upstairs.

Kagome opened the door to her room and she smiled. Everything was in the same place where she had left it. Her room was decorated in soft brown and pink, a big fluffy chair sat next to the wall and her whole collection of cd's were stack neatly together. She sat and lay down on her soft bed staring up at the ceiling. She glanced at a small picture on her small table. The frame was decorated with pink lace and beads.

Her and her best friend Sango took the picture when they were in middle school. Her only friend she ever stayed close to throughout the years. Sango was coming to her wedding with her boyfriend Miroku, who in fact was the school nerd turned Perverted Hottie, as Sango likes to label.

Kagome suddenly felt tired. She had a huge week ahead of her so she would have to get as much rest as she could. She was to me married in two months; her heart was pounding by the second. She was going to marry her first and only love, she smiled at the thought. How can it get any better than this? She curled up underneath her covers and within minutes she was unconscious to the world.

Inuyasha sat cross legged in Koru's office. He was calmly sitting down while Koru was pacing the floor rubbing his hands in nervousness and anger. For the fourth time Inuyasha sighed deeply interrupting the silent air.

Koru slammed his hand on his desk. "I told you not to see her until the party, why are you here?"

Inuyasha glared at him. "It's her first day back home I had to see her."

"No!" Koru stood rigid. "That was not part of the discussion, you do want to marry her am I correct?"

Inuyasha hesitated. "Yes"

Koru sat down frustrated. "I'm sorry Inuyasha...I just..."

Inuyasha stood. "I understand Koru but I can't just stay away I have to make this up to her" He said with determination on his face.

"Okay, tell your father I will be calling him this afternoon" Inuyasha nodded and left. Koru ran his hands over his face realizing these next two weeks is going to be a pain in the ass

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The next morning Kagome had woken up, it was almost dawn now. She hadn't expected to be asleep that long; she still had friends to call to tell that she had finally returned home. She opened up her phone and scrolled down to Sango's name. Kagome sat and waited patiently for a pick up.

"Hey Kags you're here already?" Sango said happily on the phone.

"Yeah I suppose to call yesterday but I fell asleep. I was hoping to catch you before you go to work" Kagome yawned and went to her suit case.

"Yeah I get off early this week, we still on for tomorrow I know this store that has some great dresses for the party" Sango was fixing her a cup of coffee.

"Sure just tell me the time" Kagome heard a loud thud. "What was that?"

Sango giggled. "Miroku walked into the wall, I told him to stop all that late night partying but he doesn't listen to me anyways"

Kagome laughed. "Maybe you should put him on a lease"

"He'll only bite through it" she joked

Kagome laughed. "Look I have to get ready for today so I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Sure, later!"

"Bye"

Kagome hung up and pick out her clothes for the day. She took a hot soothing shower and dressed before she went downstairs. Her mother was in the kitchen cooking and her father was sitting in a leather chair sipping on his coffee.

"Good morning" Kagome said making her a cup of coffee.

"Oh didn't think you would wake up so early dear" Hitomi made Kagome a plate and passed it to her.

"I was pretty tired from the ride back, where's Souta?" Kagome asked.

Koru put down his paper. "He's with Shippo at the mall"

She nodded as she ate her food. Shippo was Souta's best friend since birth. Those two were joined at the hip, wrecking everything they could touch although Shippo was a bit more innocent than Souta. Kagome was still eating her food until she realized that she hadn't seen her older sister yesterday.

"Where's Kikyo" She said not actually caring.

Hiromi's utensil made a clink on her plate and Koru had stopped all movement. They were looking at each other then turned their gaze at the confused Kagome.

"What's the matter" She said washing her dish.

Hiromi was the first to speak. "Oh nothing dear, Kikyo is out of town right now, I think she would be returning tomorrow or sometime next week."

Kagome narrowed her eyes at her mother. She knew when Hiromi was lying; her mother had a habit of twirling her hair between her fingers when she talked and she avoided eye contact. But Kagome didn't say anything as she just finished her dish and leaned against the sink.

"Oh...okay" she shrugged. "So what's on the agenda today?"