Beholden to the Future! by animejunky78

Prologue

Beholden to the Future!

Disclaimer:  I do not own Inuyasha or any of it’s characters.

Prologue

A caravan of cars pulled into the driveway one at a time, in a neat orderly line.  Rin had arranged a baby shower for Kagome, and the guests were arriving right on time.  Both mothers had, of course, made it to the house before anyone else to help Rin set up the decorations and arrange the house.  Kagome was unaware of any of the festivities that had been planned; so when she came home from shopping she was surprised to see so many people in her living room.  Mrs. Higurashi led her daughter to the sofa where she was sitting in the middle of the crowd of females.  

Everyone took an opportunity to offer their present and Kagome was in tears by the end of the party.  All of her old friends from middle and high school had come, along with many of her new friends that she had met since becoming the wife of the inu-youkai lord.  The festivities continued into the evening and the party guests slowly filtered out as the sky grew darker.  

Rin and the mothers remained in the house helping Kagome to clean things and put things away.  Sesshoumaru had been away on business and would not be home until tomorrow.  Rin planned the shower for this day, precisely because of that.  She knew that he was not very fond of these ‘girly’ things, and so she waited for his trip.  Kagome was now five months pregnant with their newest child, and if things went as they did with Saisho, she would be delivering next month.  Her belly was quit large at this point, and the pregnancy had been going well.  Kagome was surprisingly energetic and felt strong.  Although by the end of the day she was always ready to collapse.  

While the women all sat around the dining room table drinking tea and talking with one another, a knock on the door stopped them all from their conversation.  Kagome looked around the table to see if anyone was expecting a visitor, and when the blank expressions were her answer she stood from the table.  She carefully walked to the door and gently opened it to see the person standing behind it.

When the door was fully opened, her mouth fell open and she stared gapping at the person before her.  A man, young in appearance, stood before her; wearing a pair of ratty jeans, a black shirt with a red leather jacket.  His feet were bare and rough.  His hair was long and flowing, like white threads on a breeze, and two pointed white ears were positioned on the top of his head.  Adorning his neck was a familiar strand of black and white beads.  A faint smile came across his face at the sight of the woman before him.  She tried to speak but no words could be produced from her mouth.  The young man chuckled softly at her stunned expression.

“Inuyasha!”  She finally eked out.