What's A Dragon to Do?

Chapter 34

(I don’t know some of the names of parts of the clothing in this chapter if anyone knows what they are really called please let me know.)

When Inuyasha was finally able to see again he turned and glared at Juria. “Did you have to do that? I just got away from you. If you had wanted me alone all you had to do was ask. Who knows I might have been crazy enough to go with you. You really didn’t have to resort to such drastic measures to get me all alone again.” With that said Inuyasha walked over to the edge of the plateau and looked around. Damn he didn’t see any landmarks that he knew. “Where in the hell are we?”

Juria smirked at Inuyasha for a bit before answering him. “We are in the land of my birth. It’s called Gwynedd. And you will never be able to return to the Western lands of Japan without my help.”

“Feh, see this proves my point, you are crazy. And as easily as you get angered I am surprised my brother keeps you around. I use to think he was smart now I am not too sure. How smart could he be if keeps crazy dragons around him. Between you, Ah Un, and not to mention your poison making mother I’m surprised he manages to keep any servant. By the way does insanity run in your family? The only sane one appears to be Niche. I suppose she must take after your father.”

It was fun to watch Inuyasha rant but he really should learn when to shut that big mouth of his. She listened as he called her crazy again then he had to go insult her mother again. What did her mother ever do to him besides cure him? It was time to teach him to hold his tongue. With a loud roar she transformed.

Inuyasha heard the roar and turned around to face Juria in her true form once again. Boy this is getting old. He couldn’t very well kill her. His beast wouldn’t like that at all. But on the other hand he couldn’t let her kill him and if the look in her eyes were any indication that was her intent. With a sigh he pulled Tetsusaiga and set about finding a way to stop her rampage and still remain alive.

Juria paused when he drew his sword. She had heard stories about the power of the sword and saw a little of the damage it could inflict herself. Well I just won’t give him the chance to use his main attacks then. With that thought in mind she let out a thundering roar and battle was on. She reared her head back and let a long stream of fire breath attack the hanyou.

Inuyasha saw the fire heading straight for him and raised his sword and arms to protect him. With the aid of his fire rat haori it shouldn’t do much damage. When the flames stopped he patted a few of the singed hairs on his head and glared at Juria. The stench the flames left on him reeked. Now he would have to take a bath. “When you get done with your temper tantrum you are so going to help me wash my clothes. Have you been drinking your mother’s potions? Your breath reeks.”

She roared again when she heard what he said. He would never learn. With a swipe of her tail she sent the hanyou flying across the plateau.

Inuyasha didn’t even see her move. The next thing he knew he was flying through the air. He managed to land on his feet and only skidded a few yards before coming to a stop. He stood up and smirked at Juria. “What, can’t you handle the truth?”

Now she had started off mad for being called crazy and pampered but he just kept up his rude comments. Didn’t he know when enough was enough? Luckily his mouth was faster than his sword. When he approached her again she opened her wings and moved them back and forth creating a wind that pushed him back and stirred up the dust around the area. When she couldn’t see the hanyou anymore she stopped her wings and let the dust die down. When she could clearly see again the hanyou wasn’t anywhere to be seen. Where did he go?

Inuyasha saw her move her wings and stuck his sword in the ground to hold his ground when he didn’t feel the winds anymore he pulled his sword from the ground and took off running to where Juria had been. He could smell her and smiled. Now she is mine. He jumped and landed behind her. He could clearly see her through all the dust now and when it settled a little more he launched himself onto her neck. With a hard blow with the hilt of his sword to her head he jumped away from her.

Juria couldn’t find him. She turned her head when she suddenly felt a sharp pain on her head. Then her world turned black.

Inuyasha landed and quickly turned so that Juria wouldn’t attack his back and to his shock he saw her change back to her humanoid form. He ran forward and caught her before she could hit the ground. Surely he didn’t hit her that hard. He gently lowered her to the ground and he checked her head. There was a small cut in her hair and it was bleeding slightly. And here I thought she was hard headed. He pulled off his haori and with a swipe of his claws he cut a piece of his inner haori off and held it to her head to stop the bleeding. When he finally got it to stop bleeding he picked her up and set her in his lap. Now he was stuck in this place until she woke up. And it had better be soon.

Juria awoke to a headache. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that it was night. And she was sitting up. She turned her head and saw Inuyasha sitting behind her. “What happened?”

“What do you mean what happened? You went crazy again and I had to knock some sense into you. You’re lucky that I was afraid that your head would damage Tetsusaiga or I would have hit you a hell of a lot harder. I hope our children won’t have a temper like your. Every little thing sets you off. You’re worse than I am and that’s saying something.”

“Well if your mouth wouldn’t constantly irk me then we wouldn’t have this problem. You need to learn when to keep your mouth shut. I mean is it really necessary to call everyone names all the time. And what do you mean our children. I wouldn’t mate you if you were the last male in the world.” Juria tried to get of Inuyasha’s lap but he just held her tighter.

“Oh yes you would. And you talk about my mouth. At least I don’t lie.”

Juria squirmed some more in the hopes of getting free. “Well I don’t either.”

“What are you talking about? You just lied when you said you wouldn’t mate me and we both know you would. Remember that I am an Inu and we have a marvelous sense of smell.” Inuyasha held her tighter as her bid for freedom got fiercer. “Now stop all that moving or you’re going to be mated before you say another word.”

She stilled at his words. Surely he wouldn’t dare. As she settled down she felt the rigidness of him behind her. On second thought maybe he would. After feeling his member against her back she felt her body heating up even more. Great that’s all I need.

Inuyasha took a deep breath as she settled down and had to fight back the groan as her scent wafted to him. Like he wasn’t hard enough to begin with he could feel his member swelling even more. “Did you have to do that?”

Juria didn’t know what he was talking about. “I didn’t do anything this time. I am just sitting still like you told me too.”

“Like you don’t know what I am talking about. How could you not know?” Surely a demoness couldn’t be that innocent.

Juria huffed and crossed her arms. “And I am telling you that I didn’t do anything. I am getting tired and I would like to go home now. So let me up.”

Inuyasha smirked at her but was glad that she couldn’t see his face or she would have been fighting to get free once again. “I don’t think so. Besides it’s not too bad here. I think it’s the perfect place to mate you.”

Did he never listen to anything? “Let me say it again and this time I will go slowly so that you can understand me. I… said… that…. I… wouldn’t… mate… you.”

************Begin Lemon****************

He had to laugh he just couldn’t help it. “Now let me tell you. Juria before we leave this place you will be my mate in every sense of the word.” With that said he turned her head so that it was facing him and he leaned down and captured her mouth with his. As her body tensed up he applied more pressure till she opened her mouth and he moved his tongue into her waiting mouth. He caressed her tongue with his trying to get it to join in the fun. It didn’t take long before she was kissing him back. He drew away slightly and then ran his mouth down her jaw and neck. When he came to the spot where her neck and shoulder met he sucked on her neck and nipped her slightly with his fangs.

As she moaned Inuyasha moved slowly down the edge of her kimono. Using his claws he reached down and sliced her obi in half. When the pieces fell away he freed one of his hands and used it to part her kimono. He glanced down at her body and saw the breast binding that she wore. He would have to ask Kagome to get her some of the garments like she and Sango wore. They would look wonderful on her. He used his claws again and gently sliced through the breast binding freeing her mounds to his sight. And what a wonderful sight they were. They were bigger than they appeared. The bindings did a good job of hiding that fact. He left her loin cloth alone for now. He ran his hand over her nipple and held her to him as she jumped. He pulled and lightly pinched her nipples till they were hardened to stiff peaks. By then she was moaning and arching into his hands. It was time to move on.

He raised himself to his knees and holding Juria with one arm spread his haori out on the ground with the other. At least she chose a place with lots of grass. It would be a good cushion for them. Once his haori was spread out he removed Juria’s kimono and placed it with his haori. At least it was better than the plain ground. When everything was just so he laid Juria on the clothing and laid down beside of her.

He looked over and saw Juria staring at him with questioning eyes. He smiled at her and leaned down and kissed her once again. Hoping to calm her nerves some. He broke the kiss and leaned over her to take her left nipple into his mouth. As she jumped he rolled so that he was resting on top of her to hold her still. He switched between globes as her moans increased in volume. As she got louder he moved down her body spreading kisses and licking at her silky skin along the way.

As his mouth moved down to her stomach his hands caressed down her sides and to her outer thighs. He moved slowly down her body so as to not scare her so bad. When he rested in-between her thighs he looked up to find her staring at him with want in her eyes. He smirked at her and moved his right arm up to lay across her stomach to hold her still for what he was about to do. Using his claws he cut the ties on her loincloth and raised her up a little to remove it from her body. Once that was out of the way he bent down and using his free hand parted her folds. He brought his tongue out and licked over her clit and tightened his arm across her stomach to keep her still. He nudged her leg with his head and smirked against her when she spread her legs further apart for him.

He brought his tongue over her clit again as her reward and then let his breath caress her. Using his thumb he rubbed her clit alternating between fast and slow strokes. As his thumb rubbed her clit he moved his mouth to her opening and lapped at the sweet nectar that was coming out. He placed the tip of his tongue at her opening and slowly moved it as far as he could into her. Her nectar was coating his tongue and sliding down his throat. Inuyasha groaned as her taste got sweeter. The more she moaned the sweeter the taste. He looked up to watch her as he moved his tongue around inside of her. As he moved his tongue to the right Juria thrust her hips up tighter to him mouth. He moved his tongue to that spot again and again she cried out. He kept hitting that special place and soon Juria was squirming around as much as she could. Her breath was coming in pants now and he could feel her muscles clenching around his tongue. He watched as she clenched her hand in her kimono and shredded it with her claws as she tossed her head from side to side.

Juria looked down and saw Inuyasha watching her as he pleasured her body. At least he could do something right with that mouth of his. She screamed as he hit that spot inside of her again with his tongue. The shudders racked her body as he continued to assault her with that mouth of his. How long could he keep it up? She felt like she was unraveling from her very core. As he brought his tongue out of her and brought it across her clit again she jerked and screamed his name as her first orgasm hit her.

As Juria screamed his name he moved his tongue over her opening to catch every bit of her fluid as he could. When he licked all that he wanted to he stood up and removed his clothing and then lay back down beside Juria. He lent down and kissed her until they broke apart gasping for air.

Inuyasha sat up on his knees and gently helped Juria to hers. When she was beside him he turned her so that her back was to him. He moved her hair away from the right side of her neck and gently pushed her down till she was on her hands and knees in front of him. When she was positioned where he wanted her he moved till his erection was at her entrance before he leaned over her body and kissed Juria’s neck. He moved his mouth till he was at her ear and he took the lobe in his mouth and nipped it gently. He removed his mouth to whisper in her ear. “I’m sorry.” With a quick movement he pushed his member into her till he was buried to the hilt. Once he broke through her barrier he stilled and growled lowly at her to comfort her. In between growls he would lay kisses down her back and ran a comforting hand around her body. When he felt her relax around him he slowly pulled almost all the way out of her before moving forward again.

As he moved in and out of Juria he felt her moving back to meet his thrust. He sped his movements up and grabbed her hips to guide her to his movements. Inuyasha could feel her walls clenching around him and with quicker and deeper strokes of his member he brought her to another orgasm. As he continued to move he released one of his hands and bent over Juria’s back. He found her clit and rubbed it as he pulled out of her almost all the way and paused for a second before shoving it back in.

Juria turned as Inuyasha slowed his movements and she turned and growled at him. “Harder.”

Inuyasha felt like laughing at her order but he complied with her wishes and moved his hips so that he penetrated her harder. The harder he moved the louder she got. Her moans were music to his ears. As he felt her beginning to contract around him again he sped his movements up again. He was determined to join her in bliss this time. With a growl he moved as fast as he could and when her orgasm hit he leaned down and bit her where her shoulder and neck met. As he tasted her blood his release hit and with one last push his seed filled her womb. As his member pumped the last of his seed from him he withdrew from Juria and quickly pulled her up and placed her mouth on his neck.

As her fangs bit into his neck he felt himself go rigid and released again. Well that had never happened before. When she removed her fangs from his neck and had cleaned up the area around her mark he pulled her down to their clothing and held her in his arms as they drifted off to sleep.

****************end Lemon******************

Inuyasha awoke shortly before dawn and smiled at his new mate. It was better this time around. Sure he would miss Kikyo but she had died a long time ago. He was just sorry for all the trouble he had put Kagome through because of her. Now that Kikyo was dead hopefully for the last time he could finally move on with his life. And he had a new mate to make that journey with him.

He woke Juria as the sun starting making an appearance.

Juria awoke to the sun shining down on her and someone’s arms around her waist. She turned her head and saw Inuyasha behind her with a silly smirk on his face. “What could you find so amusing at this time of day?”

Inuyasha laughed and placed a small kiss on his mark. “I was just watching my beautiful mate awaken.”

She blushed when she heard his words. “Well as much as I would love to continue to lay here in your arms I am in need of a warm bath.”

Inuyasha sat up and grabbed his clothing and started to dress. “Well in that case you had better take us back to Japan. I don’t smell a hot spring around here.” He handed his fire rat haori to Juria and smirked when she gave him a weird look. “What you shredded your kimono last night so you have to wear this.”

Juria looked down at her kimono and found it was indeed in pieces. She took the offered haori and put it on. Without her underclothing she felt totally bare. She did use a piece of her kimono as an obi to hold the haori closed. When she was dressed she turned to find Inuyasha watching her. “Are you ready?”

Inuyasha nodded his head and Juria took his hand in hers and in a blink they were gone.

Inuyasha and Juria landed in front of the palace. He looked around and saw the palace and groaned. “Couldn’t you have at least taken us to a hot spring before we came back to the palace?”

“Well since my clothing is here I thought this would be the best place to come. Do you have any idea how cold the drafts get while traveling like that. And thanks to you I don’t have anything on under your haori.” Juria turned to enter the palace but was stopped by the sight of the Western Lord and Lady and their friends. She could feel her face heating as she recalled what she had just said.

Inuyasha looked past Juria and with a fierce look dared anyone to say a word. As Kagome and Sesshoumaru came closer he knew he couldn’t get lucky enough for them to actually listen to him for once. With a sigh he pulled Juria closer to his side and waited to hear what they would say.

After hearing Juria’s comment there was positively no way that Kagome was going to leave without saying something. Especially after what Sesshoumaru had told her Inuyasha said about their mating. Turnabout is fair play. She turned loose of Sesshoumaru’s hand and walked right up to Juria and pulled her into a hug. “Welcome to the family sis. And since were family I won’t say a thing about your attire or lack thereof. Now we must surely get you to a hot spring. Wearing Inuyasha’s haori must be a horrid experience. Why I don’t know the last time he bathed or for that matter even washed that garment.” With that said she took Juria’s hand and led her into the palace making sure she was followed by Sango and Masumi.

Juria heard Kagome’s comment and couldn’t wait to get out of the haori. Well from now on he will take regular baths and I will personally make sure his clothing is washed. And if he didn’t like that idea he would not be welcome in her bed again.

Kagome led the dragon to her personal spring and once inside spoke to the servant waiting there. “We need clothing for the new princess of the west.” She watched as the maid left and then turned to see Juria already in the spring. She disrobed and joined her.

Sango and Masumi looked at each other then at Kagome and Juria and decided to join them. They had a new sister to get to know. And no better time than the present. A few minutes later they joined them in the spring.

Kagome turned to the side of the spring and grabbed her soap and handed it to Juria. “I’ll wash your hair. You get to wash everything else though.” She waited till Juria wet her hair then added her shampoo to it. When she was done she handed some to Masumi. “Sango, could you please show Masumi how to use this.”

So while Kagome washed and conditioned Juria’s hair Sango was doing the same for Masumi. After the shampoo and conditioner were done they all leaned back against the edge of the hot spring as Juria continued to wash the rest of her body. Ok washed wasn’t the right word. It seemed like the dragon was determined to scrub her body raw. “What are you doing Juria?”

Juria looked up to find three pairs of eyes on her. “I’m trying to get all that dirt off me. It’s hard to tell what was in that haori if it has been that long since he washed it. How could he not keep it clean? And he had the nerve to mate with me. Who knows how long it’s been since he actually bathed. And from what I gathered he was having relations with that dead miko. What if he didn’t bathe after their encounters? That means that I basically have her germs and not to mention whatever else on me. Oh gross.” With that thought all three girls got up to help the poor dragon out. And thanking every Kami around that it wasn’t them. “Wait till I get my claws on Inuyasha.”

Once they managed to get the dragon satisfactory cleaned they got out of the hot spring and got dressed.

As Kagome was finished she opened her link to her mate. “Sesshoumaru if you’re around Inuyasha please inform him that it would be in his best interest to get to a hot spring quickly before Juria finds him.”

Sesshoumaru stopped his conversation with his brother when his mate voice caught his attention. “May I inquire as to why?”

Kagome sighed. “It’s a long story but just trust me. I don’t care if you have to throw him in one yourself see that it gets done.”

Sesshoumaru smirked at his mates words. This was going to be fun and Kagome wouldn’t get mad at him for doing it.

Inuyasha watched as his brother stopped in mid speech and then he smirked. He just knew that smirk was going to be something bad for him. He turned and started to head out of the room when his brother caught him.

Sesshoumaru stopped Inuyasha from leaving. “Where do you think you’re going?”

“Feh, I just got mated where do you think I am going?” With that said Inuyasha once again tried to get away.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Your mate seems to be quiet angry with you for some reason and I have orders to throw you into a hot spring and see that you get bathed.” He picked the hanyou up by the collar and headed out of the room. He found the nearest hot spring and tossed the hanyou in. Luckily it was one for guest so it wouldn’t be used any time soon. “Now bathe.” With that said he stalked from the room.

Inuyasha glared at his brother as he watched him walk out of the room. What was wrong with everyone? He had just bathed yesterday. Ok it had been two days. He had managed a quick bath after his hunt. Between Juria and his brother trying to destroy the palace he just didn’t have the time to. Not to mention that since he came to the palace he bathed every day since the hot springs here were nice and readily available. Hell he had even had his clothing washed just about every day. The way Sesshoumaru acted you would have thought that it had been weeks since he last bathed. Besides Kagome would kill him if he didn’t bathe regularly. He undid his clothing and threw it on the floor of the hot spring. Oh well at least he got to enjoy another bath then he would seek answers.


Juria had just gotten dressed and had headed out the door to find her mate when Kagome stopped her.

Kagome watched as servants assisted Masumi and Juria to get dressed. She had the perfect plan to distract Juria from killing her mate. “Sesshoumaru.” She waited till he answered her before continuing. “I am going to take the girls to Keade’s village for the afternoon. That should distract Juria from her anger and by the time she sees Inuyasha again she should be calmed down. Can you please inform their mates for me?”

Sesshoumaru shook his head. Well between the slayer, wolf and dragon his mate would be safe so he gave his consent. “I will do as you ask.”

Kagome thanked him and promised to be back by dark. She turned to the girls and smiled. “We’re going on a trip. It’s been ages since we have seen Kaede and I want to make a quick trip home. So let’s get ready to go. Don’t worry Sesshoumaru is going to inform your mates and he said that you three were going to be my body guards for the day. Say Juria I don’t suppose you could transport us there could you?”

Juria couldn’t very well tell her Lady no so with a sigh she nodded her head. “We have to do so from outside.”

The group walked down to the front of the palace and Juria placed them to where she could touch all three then they were off. When they landed they were at the well.

Kagome looked over to Juria and laughed. “Boy, your good. You three wait right here. I will be back in a moment.” Kagome turned to the well and jumped in. She emerged in her time and ran to her house. “Mom, I’m home.” She found her mother sitting in the living room watching Souta playing a video game.

Sakimi turned and smiled as Kagome walked into the room. She stood up and hugged her daughter. “What brings you back so early?”

Kagome returned her hug and pulled her mother into the kitchen where it was a bit quieter. She reached into her Kimono and pulled out a little satchel. She opened the satchel and pulled out a couple of coins. “Sesshoumaru gave me this told me to do with it as I wished and I was wondering if you would take it in place of letting me use your credit card for the day?”

Sakimi gaped at her daughter. “Kagome do you have any idea what that money is worth today. It’s too much.”

Kagome laughed and placed the coins in her mother’s hands. “Well I just need your credit card to buy a few things for the children and my friends. Masumi and Juria which by the way are Miroku and Inuyasha’s mates. They need underclothing. You can pay off whatever I charge today and then put the rest aside for Souta's college fund. Then you will still have some left over for emergencies.”

Sakimi shook her head. She found her purse and handed Kagome the card.

Kagome took the card and hugged her mom. “Thanks mom, by the way do you know where the body measuring tape went. I have to get the girls sizes.” She waited as her mom dug through a drawer then took the measuring tape from her and grabbed a notebook from the kitchen counter. “Be back in a few.” With that said she ran from the house and back to the well. When she returned to the past she stood in the bottom of the well and sighed. She wanted to jump out but was afraid of how that would turn out so she started to climb out. She started slightly when her body started to rise in the air on its own.

Juria saw the well activate but when Kagome didn’t appear at the top of the well a few seconds later she turned to the well and decided to help her out of it.

Kagome came to rest right in front of her three friends and laughed. “Thanks Juria that was so much fun.” She unraveled the measuring tape in her hand and placed the notebook in Sango’s hands. “Here hold these for a second.” Before she continued she used her powers and made sure no one was about. It’s all clear. “Ok, Masumi will you please undress.”

Surely Kagome was crazy. Why would she undress in the middle of the forest? She backed away from the woman.

Sango knew what Kagome was going to do because she had done the same to her. “It’s ok Masumi trust me. She’s just going to measure you.”

“Measure me, for what purpose?”

Kagome giggled and smiled at Masumi and Juria. “I am going to go buy you all some new clothing that’s all. And I will have to redo your measurements also Sango. Your breast and hips look a bit bigger than they were before.”

Sango looked down at her body and sighed it was true. Since becoming a demon her body had filled out a bit more. “Like your one to talk. But I am not going to complain since I know what you’re doing.”

“Well I’m glad you do because the rest of us don’t.” Juria crossed her arms across her chest and glared at the strange women.

Kagome sighed and turned to hand Sango the tape measure. She undid her kimono and showed Juria and Masumi her underclothing. “I am going to buy you both some panties and bras. But to do so I need your body measurements.”

Juria and Masumi both saw the items that Kagome was pointing to then quickly undressed. Those items looked a lot better than what they were wearing.

Kagome retied her kimono and started measuring all the women. She didn’t need to tell them she was planning on buying a few other things too. Once all the measurements were complete she turned and with a quick word to the girls she jumped in. Now all she had to do was change clothes and go shopping.

She ran back to her house and up to her room she ransacked her closet and pulled out different outfits but none wanted to fit her tail. What was she suppose to do now. She put her kimono back on and found her mother. “Mom, I can’t go out looking like this.”

Sakimi smiled and took the notebook from her daughter. “I will go for you then.” She looked down at the paper and saw all the names but Kagome's’. She took her daughters hand and pulled her to her room. “Now let me get your measurements and then I can go.” She measured Kagome and added her name to the paper. “Don’t worry I think I can manage to get what you want. I will be back in a few hours. Till then spend some quality time with your brother and grandfather.”

“Ok mom but take into account that Sango and Masumi are pregnant like me and I am not sure about Juria.” Kagome handed her mom back her card and went to the living room.

Sakimi nodded and took the credit card back from Kagome and placed it in her purse and with a smile turned and left. For once she could spend money without worry and she was bound to enjoy herself. Besides she now had new grandchildren to buy things for. Not to mention her three new daughters. As she heard Kagome talk she knew that Kagome considered them her sisters.

Kagome sat around watching her brother play his game but got bored rather quickly. She looked at the clock and saw that it was almost lunch time so she got up and made her way to the kitchen. Her grandfather would return shortly from the shrine gift shop and decided to make him and Souta lunch. When it was done she set the table and called for Souta Her grandfather entered the house as Souta left the living room. They both joined her for lunch then they volunteered to do the dishes. She thanked them both and returned to the living room and fell asleep on the couch.

Sakimi had been to so many different stores that she was wondering how she would manage to get everything up the shrine steps. She sat her bags down and then looked up to find Souta coming down the steps. “Where are you going Souta?”

“Nowhere, Kagome fell asleep on the couch so I couldn’t play my game so I was playing around the shrine when I saw you and thought you might need some help.”

“Thank you Souta that was very nice of you.” Sakimi handed the boy some of the bags and they made their way up the steps. When they both made it to the top they stopped to rest before journeying to the house. Sakimi put the packages on Kagome's bed then went to wake her daughter to make sure she didn’t forget something.

“Kagome I’m home. It’s time to get up.” Sakimi smiled down at her daughter as her eyes opened eyes and smiled at her.

“How did the shopping go?” Kagome sat up and looked around for the bags but didn’t find any.

“The items are in your room. Come on I want to know what you think of the stuff I bought.” Sakimi led the way to Kagome's room and when there moved a few bags and sat on her daughters bed as her daughter gaped at all the bags littering her room.

“Mom, I think you went a little overboard.” Kagome didn’t know where to begin.

“Nonsense, you gave me more than enough money to cover this. Besides it’s been a long time since I got to buy things for children and they are my grandchildren. Not to mention my new daughters.” She grabbed the closest bag to her and pulled out the contents. “I think it would be easier on you if we divided the items up here and then you wouldn’t have to do it later.”

Kagome nodded her head and reached for a bag and pulled out the contents and immediately wanted to put them back.

Sakimi laughed at the look on her daughters face as she pulled the nightgowns from the bag beside her. “What, I was a newlywed once upon a time. And considering you’re mated and pregnant those teddies shouldn’t shock you that much. I bought a couple for each of you. There are different colors and designs so just look at the size and put them in the appropriate piles.”

Many blushes later they had all the clothing sorted and her mother had even bought everyone their own backpack to store the items in. Masumi had black, Sango had pink and Juria had blue. Shippou had a small green one and Rin had a small orange one with flowers on it. She had even bought Kagome a new one. It was red. Kagome didn’t know how she was going to carry everything. “It’s a good thing that I don’t have far to walk.” With her mom and Souta's help she had all the bags in the well and she hugged them both and promised to come back soon to visit. After her goodbyes were said she jumped in the well.

Juria helped Kagome from the well again and watched as she turned to look back into the well.

Kagome turned to Masumi and Juria. “The bags are in the well could someone get them?”

Juria nodded and brought the bags out of the well and placed them by Kagome.

“Thank you Juria.” She handed each lady their own bag and she grabbed her and the kids. “Well let’s go visit Kaede and then we can head back to the palace. I am starving.”

They all followed Kagome to the nearby village. Juria and Masumi were a little shocked at the warm greetings they received from the villagers. Most human villagers would ignore them or try to kill them not greet them so nicely. They stopped before a small hut on the outskirts of the village.

Kagome motioned for her friends to follow her and entered the hut. When the mat fell down behind them all she saw Kaede stirring a pot of stew. “Hi Kaede.”

Kaede looked up and smiled when she saw Kagome and Sango standing in her hut once again. “It does my heart good to see ye all. And you have brought guest. So how goes thee quest?”

Kagome knelt across from Kaede and smiled at her. “We have had a slight detour on that. A lot has happened and I thought you would like to hear the news.”

Kaede squinted her eye and glanced at the females surrounding her. She had felt their power when they were close to the village but since two of the powers seemed familiar she didn't bother to go meet them. Now as she studied them more closely she couldn't stop her gasp from escaping. “You have indeed been busy. So ye chose the brother and not the hanyou. That was very wise of ye. Ye would have killed him before too long should you have mated him.”

She turned her eye on Juria and smiled as the dragon youkai stiffened up as to await an assault. “And ye dragon have mated Inuyasha. Ye have a long and tedious road ahead of ye. He will not make your life an easy one.”

Then she glanced at the wolf youkai that seemed to be hiding behind everyone else. “Come forward wolf and let me study ye.” She waited till the girl had moved beside Kagome then glanced at her. “Ye are perfect for the monk. With ye he will learn to be faithful.” At last she glanced at Sango. “Sango ye to have mated a Inu, but I have no knowledge of him. He must be powerful if I can still feel his youki surround you.”

Sango laughed and ran to hug the old lady. “His name is Kitaro and he is Lord Sesshoumaru's head general.”

“He would need to be strong to take ye on girl. I knew at one time that ye heart was set on the monk but ye would have killed him when he strayed. But with yonder wolf he will remain faithful. Ye being a demon slayer ye were too strong for the monk. I can see that ye mate will be able to handle ye just fine. Now lunch is done so ye all can sit down and join an old lady of a meal.” She got up and went to collect her bowls then dished out a serving for all the girls. “Now eat up ye all need nourishment for ye babes.”

Juria looked at the old lady like she was crazy. “What babe. I'm not pregnant. I just mated last night.”

“Mated and pupped. I know what I speak girl.” Kaede just smiled as the dragon seemed to wilt in front of her.

Juria didn't know what to think about the old lady in front of her. She could tell that she was a miko but could miko's really tell just by looking at her that she was pregnant. Besides Lady Kagome she had never met another miko. And most of what she did know about them was that they purified demons. Now this one was telling her that she was pupped. Wait till she got her hands on her mate. He was in sooo much trouble.

Kagome smiled when she heard about Juria being pregnant. “Kaede let me introduce Juria mate to Inuyasha and Masumi mate to Miroku.”

Kaede nodded her head to the women as Kagome introduced them to her. Kagome's pack had grew in number and strength. The wolf and dragon were very strong. “With thee new members in ye group ye quest should go easier.”

“We are just waiting for Sesshoumaru to get word from the other Lords about rogue youkai. Then we will go and see if they have the shards we need. Being mated to Sesshoumaru should help a lot.” Kagome finished her meal and waited for the others to get done.

When everyone was done eating Kagome collected the bowls and handed them to Sango to wash. “I'm going to take Juria with me and Masumi can go with you.”

Sango nodded and motioned for Masumi to follow her and then she left.

Kagome nodded to Juria then walked over to the other side of the hut and picked up a woven basket. “Kaede, Juria and I will go and pick some of the plants that you are low on from the forest.” With that said she and Juria left the hut.

Kagome walked deep into the forest collecting different flowers leaves that she had seen that Kaede was low on.

Juria followed Kagome into the forest and when her basket started to get full she took it from her. “Let me carry that. I'm not as pregnant as you are.”

Kagome handed her the basket and just smiled at her.

Juria still hadn't figured out Kagome. She seemed entirely too happy most of the time. And she didn't act like most nobles that she knew. Then she spotted a weed that Kagome left untouched and stopped to look a little closer at it. “Kagome you should pick some of these for the miko. Mother uses it to easy aches in the body.”

Kagome looked at the plant. It didn't look like any that Kaede had told her about but Juria had to know what she was talking about so she grabbed some and added them to her collection. “You will have to tell Kaede how to prepare the tea or what ever it is used as. I have never seen her use that one.”

Juria nodded and then just followed Kagome around. It didn't take long before the basket couldn't hold anymore so they returned to the village. After Juria explained how to make the salve from the plants she had picked out the ladies left the village.

Kagome turned to Juria. “If you don't mind I would really like to return to the palace now.”

Once again Juria transported the women to the palace and was thankful when they arrived. All this shifting items and people were tiresome. She could use a nap. She turned to leave the group but was stopped by Kagome.

“Where do you think you’re going? We all are going to my rooms so that you can try on your clothing.” With that said Kagome turned to walk into the palace.

Everyone sighed and followed after her. The sooner they got this over with the sooner they could take a nap.