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Truth

Properly introducing her mate to her mother and grandfather proves an interesting experience for Kagome. The miko-kami is still wearing her bloodied feudal clothing with Dokuseiga threaded through her obi and her Sacred Longbow slung across her back; Inutaisho is even more magnificent in his pristine traditional garments, spiked armour and his mokomoko in its proper place hanging down his back. Her mother is wide-eyed but very accepting; her grandfather on the other hand takes one look at the regal inu daiyoukai, gibbers something incomprehensible and faints dead away.

Past

Upon reawakening her grandpa reveals that he recognised the Dog General from the depictions of him included in the Shrine's records: The Higurashi Shrine is so named because, despite it being so near the eastern coast of Japan, it was built on a holy site where the infamous Dog General's wandering spirit had supposedly been laid to rest. Hence the shrine's name; Higurashi meant 'sunset'.

History

The shrine had originally been commissioned and built to the specifications of a Kagura dancer a few years before the end of the Sengoku era, and the priest who she had appointed to run it after she retired had taken the name of the shrine as his own. Kagome suspected said 'dancer' to have been Kagura the Wind Witch, who had evidently made good on her threat to construct a shrine in Kagome's honour. It made her wonder what exactly was contained in the Shrine's inner sanctuary.

Marriage

Upon properly recovering from his shock and learning that Inutaisho sincerely wishes to marry Kagome as soon as possible, the young kami's grandfather leaps into action, dashing out of the house so he can set up all that is required for a traditional Shinto wedding ceremony. Kagome knows her marriage cannot be officially sanctioned –being a youkai from the distant past her mate lacks the necessary legal paperwork– but it is enough for her. Then her mother suggests they register the inuyoukai as a 'foreign' spouse and Kagome realises legality may be possible after all.

So here it is, the beginning of the long-awaited sequel to Fangs of the Father. I've much less of definite events to follow on this one, so it won't update as quickly. I will endeavour to keep all my readers entertained though, so watch this space!