InuKago

InuKago is the het Ship between InuYasha and Kagome from the InuYasha fandom.

Canon
Inuyasha and Kagome first met when Kagome was accidentally taken from the present time to 500 years in the past in the Feudal Era, and found Inuyasha bound to a tree in a deep sleep from Kikyō‘s arrow. As she was being chased by a demon, she accidentally woke Inuyasha up and he initially thinks she is Kikyō due to their similarities but realizes Kagome is not Kikyō. She then freed him when he offered to save her if she released him and, after killing the demon, threatened to kill her if she didn’t tell him where the Shikon Jewel was. This marked the start of a strained relationship between the two, especially following an incident that caused Kagome to accidentally break and scatter the Shikon Jewel and Inuyasha had no choice but to work with her to gather the shards of the jewel.

Because Inuyasha had been in love with Kikyō and initially believed she betrayed him, he took his anger out on Kagome thinking she not only looked like Kikyō but was revealed to be her reincarnation. Eventually he realized that she was not Kikyō and slowly opened his heart as she showed him kindness and compassion. However, their friendship and eventual blossoming romance, does not stop Kagome from shouting "Sit!", (sometimes "Sit boy!" in the English dub) either to keep him from misbehaving, to get her way, by accident, or when Inuyasha hurts her feelings in some way. Their relationship is seen and discussed at length by Sango and Miroku, who talk to Inuyasha and Kagome on their respective gender sides (Sango talks to Kagome and Miroku talks to Inuyasha). Shippō also shows immense dedication to their relationship, and despite his friendly arguments with Inuyasha on the matter, encourages him to go after Kagome, if only so that she returns to all of them. This shows that it appears that everyone is aware of their strong romantic feelings for each other, from Kagome's modern day friends and family to even their own enemies such as Naraku. Overall, throughout the series it is shown from the beginning to the end that they have come a long way from being close friends to falling madly and strongly in love to the point where they become fiercely protective of each other, as shown in Fateful Night in Togenkyo Part II, where Inuyasha was willing to shield himself in order to protect Kagome from getting hurt and when Kagome fearlessly threaten Tōkajin that if Inuyasha is hurt then he would be sorry, despite being incredibly shrunken at the time.

However, their relationship sometimes becomes strained and complicated due to Inuyasha’s feelings for Kikyō. Whenever Kikyō becomes involved somehow, Inuyasha drops everything around him so that he may protect her or get an opportunity to see her. Events to which always lead to Kagome's feelings becoming deeply hurt out of jealously, even though she knows its mostly out of guilt. Kikyō has also been the source of many of Kagome and Inuyasha's fights, Kagome has sometimes even considered leaving Inuyasha as even though she is in love with him, it's too difficult for her to be with him knowing he still harbors feelings toward Kikyō. Kagome, however, has always been able to somehow learn to look past these doubts and always comes back to Inuyasha's side and their love for each other only keeps growing stronger and stronger.

Aside from Kikyō, there have been other obstacles in their relationship, such as Kōga. When they first met Kōga, he kidnapped Kagome as she has the power of sensing the jewel shards. However, he eventually develops feelings for her and claims her as "his women" and thus he also becomes Inuyasha's rival, whenever the group runs into Kōga, he and Inuyasha always get into fights, mainly about Kagome. They get into fights over protecting Kagome or wanting to gain her attention and affection, Inuyasha has never felt easy whenever Kōga is near as he believes that Kagome might actually harbor feelings for him. Kagome, however, doesn't have feelings towards Kōga always kindly rejects his feelings. Though Kōga knows full well that Inuyasha is in love with Kagome, he is oblivious to the fact that Kagome is in love with Inuyasha and does not return his feelings however during Vanished in a River of Flames, that is when Kōga finally understands Kagome's incredibly strong feelings for Inuyasha. He became surprised when he saw how worried Kagome was for Inuyasha after the explosion and also saw how happy and relieved she was when she saw that Inuyasha was alive and alright. This made Kōga finally see that Kagome's love would forever be for Inuyasha and no one else. Despite knowing that Kōga stated that he would never give up on trying to win Kagome for himself.

Overall, despite the arguments and obstacles in their relationship, ranging from overbearing jealously to just pure stubbornness on both parts, Inuyasha and Kagome's feelings for one another are strong and pure as it shows they both care a great deal for each other. The bond the two of them share also shows that they would go to great lengths to protect each other or help in any way they can as they could not bare seeing the other so devastated, hurt or unhappy to the point of tears, especially since Kagome is the first person Inuyasha has ever shed tears for, something he never did for Kikyō. As time goes on, Inuyasha and Kagome are shown to learn to over come anything either it being arguments or rivals and are shown to becoming more closer to each other than ever before. This shows that the two of them are able to over come just about anything and along the way, the stronger their love becomes.

During "InuYasha: The Final Act", it's a big step in Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship. At the start of the series their relationship is still the same from where the show left off with Inuyasha in love with Kagome, but yet at the same time he is still in love with Kikyō. However, after Kikyō died for the final time, just when Kagome finally made peace with her jealously for her, Inuyasha was finally able to move and finally, but slowly realized that Kagome is and always has been his one and only true love. The two even almost shared a kiss with each other, but were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Kagome's family. During the final battle within the Shikon Jewel, Inuyasha finally realized that he and Kagome were destined for each other as he claims Kagome was born for him and himself for her.

Eventually once Inuyasha and Kagome were finally reunited within the Jewel the two of them finally shared the long-awaited kiss with each other. With Inuyasha by her side Kagome wished away the Shikon Jewel's existence forever. Due to this the Bone Eater's well stopped working and they were separated for three years. Soon, Kagome is eighteen years old and was able to return to the feudal era as it was thanks to her strong desire to see Inuyasha again that the well finally connected once again. After returning and being reunited together, Kagome and Inuyasha soon got married, and now Kagome is adapting to her new, permanent life in the Feudal Era as Inuyasha's beloved wife.

In Hanyō no Yashahime, it is revealed Inuyasha and Kagome have a daughter named Moroha, who was born over four years after Kagome returned to the Feudal Era and married Inuyasha. During her pregnancy with her daughter, Kagome learns the demon lord Kirinmaru plans to kill her unborn child and newborn nieces (Sesshomaru’s twin daughters) due to a prophecy from the Shikon Jewel, in which a being that is neither human nor demon would kill him. Because of this, Inuyasha and Kagome send Moroha away to safety shortly after she was born, before Sesshomaru sealed them at the border of the Afterlife inside Black Pearl to protect them from Kirinmaru.

During their time in the border of the Afterlife, they attempted to return to the real world to no avail and constantly worried about Moroha being left alone. 14 years passed when they finally reunited with Moroha. Upon returning to the real world and Kirinmaru’s defeat, Inuyasha and Kagome returned to their village to live with their daughter as a family.

Children
Moroha

Moroha is Inuyasha and Kagome’s daughter and only child. She was born years after Kagome returned to the Feudal Era after being separated from Inuyasha for three years. However, shortly after Moroha’s birth, Inuyasha and Kagome gave her to Hachiemon to take her to someplace in order to protect her from being killed by Kirinmaru. As a result, Moroha grew up knowing very little about her parents. Despite their little time with her, Inuyasha and Kagome loved their daughter dearly and were saddened to be separated from her.

Once the family reunited, they became a very close family; Kagome doting on her daughter and was determined to ensure Moroha’s debt was paid off. Inuyasha helped Moroha slay demons to help her pay off her debt, and Moroha enjoyed doing this with her father.

Fanon
InuKago is by far the most popular ship in the Inuyasha fandom. Many fans loved the slow burn this ship had over the course of the series, along with the tsundere nature of it. However, this ship does have its controversies regarding the age gap between Kagome and Inuyasha, since Inuyasha is around 200 years old, where Kagome was 15 when they started harboring feelings for each other. Fans who disliked this part of the ship, either aged down Inuyasha, or made Kagome older in fanfics. Another important thing to mention was the many ship wars this ship started. Inuyasha fans typically argued if Kikyo or Kagome would have been a better option for Inuyasha.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Kagome/InuYasha tag on FanFiction.net
 * Kagome/InuYasha tag on FanFiction.net

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