Daughter of the Legendary Half-Breed!
"Ah... ah... ah..." a little girl panted as she ran through the streets of Tokyo. "Ah!" she fell to the ground on the puddles of water. Her backpack hit her back hard. "Ah!" Kyoko said with a groan. It was raining and the little girl's friend was looking for her. "Kyoko? Kyoko! Where are you!" a girl of the age of seven was looking for Kyoko. "Kyoko!" she echoed through the pouring streets.
Kyoko panted and got up. Tsukasa gasped and raced to her friend on the water, "Kyoko! What happened?" she said as Kyoko was exhausted. "Chisa's gone. It's safe now, she was looking for you! At least she didn't find you... But now you're all wet..." Tsukasa mumbled sadly. Kyoko smiled and then she said, "Thank you, Tsukasa... I'm grateful for your help..." Kyoko had brown eyes and she had black hair, her hair was a bit long but only to her shoulders, she wore her white long sleeved shirt and she had her red skirt.
But she was all dirty and wet now and the rain only got harder when Kyoko was in the rain longer. Tsukasa was worried, "You want me to cover for you? You want me to tell the teacher an excuse? You wanna go home?" she asked her as she blinked her eyes sadly. Kyoko was still tired from all the running. "Please... Tell the teacher... I went home because of the flu..." she told her. Tsukasa put her shoulders down and then she said, "Please be careful, my friend..." she said and hugged Kyoko.
Kyoko hugged her back and then Kyoko went running home. "That secret of yours... is safe with me, Kyoko..." Tsukasa said to herself as she watched her friend hurry home through the rain, soaken wet.
I was washing the dishes as I was humming a tune silently to myself. "Ah..." I sighed, I looked out the window and thought, 'The well is gonna get wet today...' I pondered sadly. Just thinking about my family's shrine getting wet made me worry... Then I got more concerned when I heard the door open. "Huh?"
Kyoko stood at the door wet and damped. She panted and then she dropped her backpack on the floor. "Kyoko?" I asked her, and then she started to cry and run up the stairs. "Kyoko... Wait!" I ran after her up the stairs. Kyoko was crying in her bed with her clothes still on her back. I entered her room that use to be my old room, when I was just a teenager.
I looked at her and then I went in. "Go away!" Kyoko told me sobbing and rubbing her eyes. I stopped and I knew she heard me when I dashed up the stairs. Kyoko was angry and furious at her mother. I on the other hand didn't take her word and just sat down beside her.
She still cried and then I put my hand on her back. Kyoko sobbed and then she calmed down when she felt my warm touch. "What happened today? Why didn't you go to school again, Kyoko? This is the third time you've done this before..." I told her with a concerned and strict look on my face.
Kyoko sniffled and then she said, "I miss him..." I frowned and then I said, "Did Chisa try to find your secret out again?" I blinked my eyes at her and then Kyoko said, "Yes..." she whispered.
"Oh, don't listen to that Chisa-san! She's just a mean girl who probably is depressed because she's jealous..." "Of what?" Kyoko said angrily but crying at the same time, "Because I'm like this!" Kyoko revealed her true self to me. I looked at her as her eyes turned amber gold and she had dog ears and sharp claws on her head. A tail was also behind her back.
I tried to hold in my tears but they came out anyway. "Oh Kyoko!" I hugged her and Kyoko cried again, "Oh Mommy..." Kyoko sighed out as she felt very gloomy and blue.
Two hours later... "I called the school and I told them that you have the flu. Apparentally, they're still not happy with you missing school, Kyoko." I said as I entered her room. She was by her window looking down at the shed outside. She heard me and I put my head on the door side. Kyoko sighed and then she said, "Mommy... Tell me about daddy..." Kyoko looked up at me.
I looked like I was clueless and then I said, "Okay. But you've heard this story millions of times!" I smiled and chuckled. Kyoko beamed at me, "But it never gets boring!" she laughed.
I sat down beside her and then I said, "Well... Okay." I smiled and Kyoko's eyes lit up. "Well.. Let's see..." "My daddy was a strong half-demon!" she chuckled. I then looked at her, "You remember more than me..." I giggled. "But yes, that's right. He was a strong, courageous, handsome half-demon. Or half-breed like you." I told her as I touched her nose with my finger. Kyoko tittered softly.
"InuYasha is your father's name. He had two dog ears on his head, like you. Sharp demon claws like you." Kyoko liked this story or loved it more. "He also had... Uh.. Amber eyes like you and when he was a human, he had dark indigo eyes. Yet the only thing that he didn't have was a tail. That's also a strange thing! I wonder how you ended up with it, Kyoko." Kyoko's tail wagged and then she stopped it as she blushed.
Kyoko rested her head on my side, "How about the gang?" she asked me. I smiled and then I said, "The gang. Well there was a little boy who was your age, named Shippo He was a cute fox boy and he was very mischievious. And there was a man and woman who didn't like each other much, but I knew they did. And there was a little cat named Kirara, and she was a cute little kitten. But when her owner, Sango, that's the woman, called her to help her fight demons, Kirara turned into a fierce kitty. Or more like a tiger, or a sabertooth tiger!" I exclaimed.
Kyoko felt relaxed and she half-closed her eyes. "Sango, was a strong ninja. She was a demon slayer and once she even tried to slay your daddy! But once she found out that a bad half-demon like your daddy named Naraku lied to her, Sango was on our side now. And not only did Sango hate him but the monk or the man, Miroku hated him as well." I explained.
Kyoko put her head up and held my shoulder. "Why did Miroku hate him, Mommy?" she asked me. I then put a finger up, "The evil man Naraku placed a curse on the monk's great grandfather's right hand. And Naraku told him that each boy of his children's children would have the curse, and yet the only way to remove the curse was to defeat Naraku."
"Why was Naraku so mean?" Kyoko questioned as she felt sleeply.
"He was after the Sacred Jewel."
"Sacred... Jewel?" Kyoko felt sleeply but fantasised. She gripped onto my arm and snuggled against it. I smiled and then I said, "Yes. The Sacred Jewel allowed demons and half-demons to gain power, even humans wanted it. Greed took over their minds... Your father was one of those demons who tried to get the jewel, but he would have to go against the priestess Kikyo to get it."
"Kik-yo? Whos... she?" she asked me.
"Kikyo was a human priestess, she was strong enough to take any demon down with a single pure arrow. Kikyo was a maiden from the heavens who loved your father. And your father loved her before he ever met me..." I said with a sigh. "Kikyo was in love with Inuyasha. Kikyo promised your father that he could have the jewel to become human... so that the sacred jewel wouldn't be wanted by demons and that InuYasha could have his only wish in life. He also wanted to be with Kikyo forever." I said and then Kyoko opened her eyes.
'Daddy...' she thought to herself. I looked at the ceiling and then said, "But... Naraku tricked Kikyo and InuYasha into thinking that they betrayed each other. Naraku took forms as each one so that Kikyo could kill InuYasha and Kikyo could die to separate them. Naraku loved Kikyo, since he was a half-demon too and he use to be the human, Onigumo, Onigumo was a cruel and clever man when he was alive... But he's dead now and Naraku took over as him as a half-demon when Onigumo gave up his body and soul to demons."
Kyoko suddenly fell asleep. "It was a glorious and happy ending when Naraku died." I sighed and then I noticed that Kyoko was sleeping. I smiled and then I set her down on her bed, I tucked her in and she went to sleep. I smiled and then I left her room, "She must be very tired... I wonder if she ran as Chisa was looking for her." I wondered.
I sighed and I noticed it was noon. I gave a huff and then I puffed back out. I went into my large master bedroom and sat on my maroon, leather bed. I fell back and touched the interior. "Ah..." I relaxed in my luxurious comfort. But then I frowned when I thought about InuYasha.
"InuYasha.. why did you leave me and never come back?" I questioned as I stared up at the ceiling. I heard the rain pounding the window outside and I thought about the well. That day... he left me... and he never came back after that. He said he was just going to go get something from the feudal era. After one hour, I got worried. I was pregnant with Kyoko that time and I was just a nineteen year old. After two days passed, I had Kyoko and I cried when InuYasha missed the whole thing. I wanted him there to hold me when I had my baby, but he wasn't there with me... Instead, I don't know what happened to him.
Days passed and he never came back. Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter passed and then years did too. I was stuck with Kyoko in the city, all alone. My brother Sota, asked me if I wanted a loan from him since he was a doctor. He was really successful and I was just a waitress at WcDonalds... "Kagome... You really must get a better job! I could take care of Kyoko while you're taking classes, since you didn't get into college!" Sota offered and as I held Kyoko in my arms, I looked at him and then I said, "No way! I'm going to survive with my daughter and if InuYasha ever comes back, I'm going over to the feudal era and stay there with him and I'm never coming back here!" I shouted as I cried. "He's coming for me and I know it!" I shouted angrily.
But he never came back. I was disappointed when I never got a yell from him nor a signal. As Kyoko was growing up, I always checked the well daily to see if he'd come out. Yet, he never did come out nor did he ever surprise me with his face. But that was four years ago and I don't do that anymore, nor can I go into the well and go to the other side... I don't know why I can't go in and he could come in and out.
I was depressed through the years and as I was alone, I grew empty and out of the question. Depression took over me and I still had a spot where I had hope, that he would come back and say something like, 'Hey Kagome.' Or... 'What are you still standing there for? Come with me!' Or I would hope, 'I'm back. It's been a long time huh?' And then I would respond with a cry and say Sit Boy because since he deserted me for so long.
Then I would have a good laugh and InuYasha would understand why I did that. Then he would stay again with me.. Taking care of Kyoko for me and I would too with him. I always wanted him to come back, since he was never in Kyoko's life all of these years. Kyoko doesn't even know him but on my desk, there was a picture of all of us in it. Myoga, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and InuYasha, including me were all in it.
We looked really happy and as InuYasha was irritated, Shippo and Myoga the flea smiled for the camera and Miroku invaded Sango's tush. While I put two fingers up as peace and I had my hand on InuYasha's shoulder. It was a happy picture and the only memory when I had gone back to my own time. After that, I never went back. That was my last time there and my only memory of the happy days.
After that, Inuyasha would come over to my era and he would be waiting there for me at my window while I was at school. When I reached eighteen, he asked me my only dream. "Would you marry me, Kagome?" he asked me when I got home from school. At first, I blushed and then I took his hand. I started to tear too, as I was glad and happy at the same time.
"I love you.. InuYasha... Yes... I want to marry you..." I told him and I went into the feudal era with him to get married with him. Kaede was the one who united us and she asked, "Do you, Inuyashah... take this woman to be your awfully wedded wife?" she asked. That was my dream as I loved InuYasha throughout the years. "Yes I do." InuYasha answered. "Do you, Kagome, take this man to be your awfully wedded husband?" Kaede smiled at me and she winked.
I was nervous but I managed to say out, "Yes! I do!" I said happy. "Then I prounounce, you two, husband and wife. You may kiss now." Kaede said with a grin. I looked into Inuyasha's eyes and then I kissed him with a wonderful kiss. InuYasha dreamily peered into my eyes, "I love you... Kagome." he told me and I smiled. "I do too."
After a year of happiness, I always stayed in my house. My mother was glad that I had my man, but she was disappointed that I dropped out of high school and gave up my dreams to go to college and be successful in life. I was always doing something else as I was in the feudal era. InuYasha and I would wander throughout the forest and hang out by ourselves. Giggling and playing around...
When I was nineteen, I was pregnant and InuYasha nearly fainted when he heard the news. But when he woke up, he looked around for me as Kaede was tending to his knockout. "What happened?" he sat up in the hut as I was smiling at him. "I'm pregnant..." I said cheerfully. InuYasha went to comfort me that night, he was really sweet as we were in my bed and I was sitting right next to him.
He rubbed my stomach and he put his head on my shoulder. I blushed and then I gave up to his kind feelings for me. "We're going to have a baby, InuYasha... A miracle... And you're gonna be its daddy!" I chuckled, "He or she will probably have dog ears on top of their head just like you..." I smiled. "I hope it's a boy..." "I hope it's a girl..." I suggested and then he chuckled, "It doesn't really matter..." InuYasha softened up.
I gazed at him and then I said, "You're such a cute and kind boy, you know? No wonder Kikyo adored you, you're really soft on the inside!" I brightened up and then he sighed, "Shut up.." I looked back to my front and then I looked at my stomach. "I'm exhausted..." I told him and then I put my head on his shoulder as I gently fell asleep.
"I love you... Kagome..." he whispered and I silently was asleep on him.
That was seven years ago and now I'm just a twenty-six year old woman with a daughter all by myself taking care of her alone. With no father. That bothered me a bit but it was just fine if we could just survive by having a lot of money. Being a housekeeper didn't make a lot of effort but I worked hard in every house, sometimes I got bonuses from old ladies who were filthy rich. They gave me a hundred dollars more if I did a good job.
At seven o' clock, I looked up at the stairs to see if Kyoko was awake so we could eat dinner. But she wasn't, I heard something thump but it was just rain that poured on the roof that was causing the trouble. Upstairs, Kyoko woke up to the sound of rain thundering outside. She had a frown on her face and looked out the window. She sighed and then she glared down at the shrine well shed.
"I'm gonna find you daddy... I'm gonna bring you and mommy back together again! Even if I have to do something extreme, I'm going to find you!" she said as I then heard her and shouted, "Kyoko! Dinner time!" I called her down. Kyoko glanced out of the window one more time and then she shouted back, "Coming!" she then raced downstairs to eat. While the shed outside was lighting a glow of hope.