Keiko had just finished breast feeding her 6 month infant, Souta, and was now making dinner for the rest of the family. For dinner she was planning on making oden because Kagome seemed a little down today.
Even though Keiko always stayed home taking care of her family she showed she was capable of handling a knife like a swordsmen. The vegetables were quickly sliced then were put on the aside. Produce always appeared in her left hand. Kagame watched in awe at her mother's skills as her hands were going so fast that they were a blur.
"Mama"
"Hmm?" Keiko's hand movements begun to slow down meaning she was giving her daughter her full attention.
"Why are you cutting so much?"
"I'm planning on inviting Inuyasha and Kikyo over to thank them for always looking after you. So what did you do today Kagome?" Her attention was still fixated on the cutting board.
"Hmmm" Kagome tilted her head and put her index finger on her chin cutely.
"….."
"….."
"Mama."
"Yes?"
"Mama, I saw Kikiyo-neesan kissing Inuyasha-nii." she beamed at her mother.
"EHHH?!"
What did her daughter see? Kikiyo and Inuyasha were a known intimate couple in the village.
Keiko stopped her ministration on dinner and instead gave her daughter her full attention by going down on her level. "What exactly is it that you saw dear?"
"I saw Kikiyo-neesan give Yasha a kiss on the forehead before he left….Neesan looked sad." She started to frown.
"So Inuyasha actually left." She stated it as a fact rather than a question. Inuyasha like many of the young men in the village were sent out to find the unknown force that was annihilating the surrounding villages. Their village looked like it was the next target.
"Mama?"
"…" Other dark thoughts started to invade Keiko's head like the village's food supply was starting to decrease because of the lack of communication from other villages.
"Mama, it'll be alright!" She clenched her fists in balls and energetically nodded her head.
Here, her daughter was trying to cheer her up when the whole idea of the dinner was to cheer Kagame up. She patted her daughter on the head and then went back to making dinner.
"Kagome, is Inuyasha strong?"
"Yes, its in his name!" Inuyasha had gotten his name from a strong hanyo.
"Since Inuyasha is strong he'll surely come back."
"Yup!"
"Kagome, you want to know something else?"
"What?"
"Kikyo gave Inuyasha a blessing."
"A blessing?" She tilted her head.
"Mama"
"Hmm?"
"What's a blessing?"
"A blessing is what you give to someone that you really care about. Its usually given to someone you wish to be safe. Your feelings are felt into this kiss like you're happy they were born."
"Mama"
"Hmmm?"
"I want to give someone a blessing too!"
That day Keiko the swifty cutting mother swordsman made a mistake and cut herself with a knife for the first time in her life.
In Kagame's village it is customary to name your kid after a yokai as a name has power in it. Kagome and Kikyo are named after priestess as they resemble the name they took meaning they do have have some spiritual powers to them.