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" I wonder what's going on out there," Kagome said as curiosity took over her thoughts. Kagome could hear the sounds of weapons upon each other fighting for the advantage in the battle. Using all her strength she leaped in the direction to the ledge of the old, forgotten wood well. Injuring herself in the process she swung her legs to the side to get a safer grip of the ledge and finally she jumped towards the earth below her.
"I need to work on that," Kagome whispered to herself as she swept the dirt from her skirt. Remembering the noise she heard from before, Kagome looked at her surroundings only to find Miroku and Sango lying on the dirt ground out of breath. Sango first recognizing Kagome jumped up from her comfortable position on the ground to greet her. Kagome, surprised to see Sango instead of Inuyasha, spread her arms out awaiting an embrace.
"Oh Kagome your finally back, I missed you so much," Sango announced in a weary voice wrapping her arms around her.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned, gazing over Sango's shoulder to get a better view. Before Sango could open her mouth Miroku was quick to answer.
"Well as you can see he's not here, so right now he's kind of been troubled with a quest to find something for someone,".
"Really? Who is it for and what does he have to find that's so important that he would go on his free will?" Kagome inquired. Quick to answer this time Sango answered the question simply and clearly as it could be.
"Kagome,sorry to spoil your mood but Kikyo found Inuyasha as he was hunting and she asked for a favor. That's all he would tell us. He barely even spoke to us before he left."
Kagome's face darkened at the news, but her depressed mood only lasted a few seconds as her face brightened suddenly. Sango and Miroku, seeing her change of moods looked at each other only to shrug their shoulders in unison.
"Okay, whatever. Let's just get back to Kaede's hut. I've got bad and sort of good news for everyone,"Kagome stated walking in the direction of the village.
Reaching Kaede's hut after walking a mile or two gave Kagome sometime to reminisce the interesting encounter she had met when she had arrived in the modern times that almost shocked her to death. They all got comfortable, Kagome resting her yellow bag against the walls of the miko's home, Sango polishing her boomerang while slapping Miroku at the same time, Miroku being pereverted as always and Shippo out in the fields practicing on his fox magic. Quickly starting the long discussion Kagome was going to have with her friends, she said," Can I have everyone's attention? This week may be our last together." Kagome could see the shocked and surprised faces her friends revealed as they thought over what Kagome just said.
"Kagome, what do you mean last week? You can't honestly mean that you're going to leave us for an unknown reason,"Sango complained a she stared deep into Kagome's eyes.
"Well, here'swhat happened..." Kagome said with a sigh.
FLASHBACK
Kagome felt distressed and weak after the long argument she had had with Inuyasha about her going to visit her family. Kagome was really getting sick of the fights they had, but whatever was about to happen next may change her life forever.
Strolling out from her family's shrine that held the ancient well within its walls, Kagome countinued to walk towards the door that led into her house. Gently knocking on the door of the small place she called home, Kagome drifted her body in the direction of her driveway which had something odd on it. Not that it was odd, it was just unfamiliar to her. A new car? No. Her mom couldn't afford it now. Not with the minimum wage she collected every week for her low-paying job. Who's the owner? she wondered.
Turning around as she heard the doorknob turning on the other side, she caught sight of her grandpa looking as crazy as usaulbut was silent when he let her in. Only saying hi to her grandfather Kagome removed her shoes. Placing them on the mat by the door, she called for her mother.
"Oh, honey! Come join me in the living room. We have company," her mom announced as she and her grandpa made way towards the family room.
As she thought about what her mom meant by company, she remembered the unknown car sitting on the driveway.
As she entered the living room she caught sight of a handsome young man with short dirty blond hair, blue eyes, tanned skin and he was wearing a fancy suit. He looked about her mom's age sitting beside her mom awfully close. She turned her head to the left to see, Souta,her little brother looking at the stranger proudly. Of course, she was definitely confused, but she felt something was familiar about this man that she just couldn't put her finger on. Kagome's mom made her way towards her, took hold of her hand and then led her to the stranger. Not sure of what was going on, she gazed at the mysterious man only to feel his intense gaze on her as well. Kagome blushed at this.
"Kagome I would like for you to meet your father(A/N: what I'm about to write may not be true with the original story line of inuyasha, so don't complain) Matthew Jones".
Hearing the words "father" leave her mom's mouth caused Kagome's body to freeze up for a split second. Twisting her head in the direction of the man, it hit her. The reason why he looked so familliar. All the pictures her mom had hidden in her room that her mom didn't know she had seen. This was the same man she had seen her mom hugging, holding hands with, and kissing in the photos. Kagome had never thought much of it, only thinking it was her mother's high school sweetheart or something like that.
"Hello, Kagome. You've grown so much since I last saw you", her father said as he gradually made his way over to her extending his hands to hers.
Kagome could feel the warm foreign vibe he gave off as he touched her hand. Not knowing why she reacted that way, Kagome lashed her other hand to slap his away from hers.
"Kagome!" her mom exclaimed, appalled at her daughter's actions.
Quickly turning away, Kagome raced out of her house still hearing the distant cry of her family, even the voice of the stranger. Her father.
Running behind the sacred tree kagome let herself fall on her bottom as she released her burning tears. She couldn't control them, she couldn't stop them. They didn't want to stop falling.
Where did he come from? After all these years of wondering who he was, after her mom had lied to her countless times, saying he had died after disappearing, only to reappear about 17 year later. Who does that to their child?
She hadn't realized how windy it was as she let out a sneeze.
"You should come inside, it's getting a bit cold."
Kagome drifted her head to the side to come face-to-face with her "father".
"Why do you care, its not like you were here to see me get the chickenpox when I was five," Kagome stated.
"Look I know you may not like me, but give me a chance to show you how sorry I am to both you and your mother".
As he let his hand drop in front of her indicating that she was to take it, Kagome only brushed past him giving him the message that it was going to take more than an apology for her to forgive him.
Running into the living once more, Souta greeted her with a worried expression. Kagome didn't say anything. She only extended her arms around him.
Only allowing a few tears to fall, she let go and spun to face her mother.
Her mom was looking at her sadly.
"It's okay, Mom", Kagome whispered.
Coming from behind, her father looked at her grabbing hold of her mothers shoulder.
"So before our daughter came home I was about to say something important," he said, getting back on topic.
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