Chapter 2

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Yuki stared at the girl in silence. Son...son...SON!

"You have a son?" Kagome blushed and giggled,

"In a way, yes." The boy was even more confused and continued to eye the girl before him,

"What do you mean by 'In a way'? I don't quite understand." Kagome found his reaction rather interesting and smiled,

"I thought that's what you'd say. Anyway, it's getting late. I need to go. Thank you for all your help." With that, the strange girl got up, bowed and left the room. Yuki heard her saying 'thank you' and 'goodbye' to everyone outside the room. He knew she was hiding something yet he couldn't bring himself to go after her and ask. After all, they'd just met. Maybe that's why she avoided his question. He admitted that he was a bit rude for snooping around but can you blame him? Now that he thought about it, maybe you can. Everyone did have their own secrets to hide; his family's secret just seemed to be a little bigger.

Shigure, Kyo and Tohru entered the room.

"What happened, Sohma-kun?" Tohru sat beside him and waited for an answer. Yuki shook his head,

"Nothing, she just wanted to go home and rest." It wasn't a lie; it was a guess, a hypothesis which was probably true. Shigure sighed in mild disappointment,

"She could've just stayed here and rest." Kyo, who, after hearing the whole story and meeting the girl first-hand before she left, huffed,

"Keh! You're a real pervert, you know that?" Shigure smiled with an air of fake innocence,

"Why, whatever do you mean? I merely wanted her to feel better." Kyo rolled his eyes.

"I wish she did stay, though. I can tell that's she's really nice." Commented Tohru as she stared at the bed. Yuki nodded in agreement. Shigure assumed a thinking position and thought out loud,

"Still, her speedy recovery and immunity to the Sohma curse is rather strange, don't you think?" Yuki stood up,

"Shigure-san, it's getting late, we should all go to bed." Without another word, Yuki turned his heels and walked up to his own room. Tohru watched and said,

"I wonder what they talked about..." Kyo shrugged,

"I don't really think it's any of our business. I'm gonna take the mouse's advice for once. See ya." Just like that, Tohru and Shigure were left on their own.

"Well, that wasn't very nice." Shigure pouted and followed after them with a quick good night to Tohru. The girl sat there with a crestfallen look,

"Shigure-san, that wasn't very nice either!" Scampering to her feet, she followed after them.

Yuki...

The silver-haired teen looked up at his ceiling in deep thought. Today turned out to be very unusual...and tiring. Rolling over to his side, he tried to imagine what would happen if he were to meet that girl again. Something told him he would but he didn't get his hopes up just in case. Trying to get some sleep, Yuki closed his eyes and let the sandman do his magic.

Kagome...

Kagome walked on the forest path with unbelievably light steps. She admired the scenery before her and was reminded what it was like to walk like this every day with her friends be it night or day. A wide smile spread across her face and looked up. The night sky was clear and bright. Stars adorned it as far as her sapphire eyes could see. A soft breeze brushed across her face, she closed her eyes and focused on the wind. The feeling was both missed and cherished and she was lost in it so much. Sighing, she decided that it was really time to go home, Naoki would be worried.

Kagome trudged through the forest again and went on her way. It took her 30 minutes to get to her neighbourhood. She was greeted by a child, not a year old but was walking with precise steps. He had large, brown eyes and a handsome face. He was on the verge of tears as he rushed towards her,

"Mama!" Kagome welcomed the boy with open arms,

"Ah, Naoki, did you wait long?" The boy scowled at her,

"I waited for you for 8 hours already!"

"8 hours? Surely I haven't been gone that long. You're exaggerating."

"I am not! It was late in the morning when you went out to buy your groceries, it's already night time! I counted the hours myself!" Kagome giggled at how cute he was.

"Hai, hai! Enough with the dramatics, let's go inside before we catch a cold. Come on." Kagome tickled the boy before chasing him inside their apartment. Kagome looked at their doorway, ever since the well decided to suddenly suck her out of Sengoku Jidai and away from her friends for life. She deduced that the well finally had had enough of her meddling in the past. She was married once, but it didn't last. She wouldn't let Inuyasha touch her and he got impatient. The only thing that the well allowed her to be with was this child. This was not her child but the child of Inuyasha and another village girl. This was not Kikyo's child; this child was not related to her in anyway. Naoki knew, he knew his story. Kagome cried for days as she cradled him, to hear that this young boy knew that he was a bastard son was one of the worst things that a mother—blood-related or not— should hear.

Kagome wanted to move out of the shrine as soon as possible. She feared that her son would be snatched away from her by the well. They moved not too far away nor too near. She attended the school that was just around the corner. She was also attending a part time job and her mother, grandfather and Souta were the ones who visited quite frequently. Her mother takes care of Naoki while her grandfather manages the shrine with Souta after school.

"Mama, let's go to sleep." The boy patted the space beside him. He was already dressed and clean for bed. Kagome gave him a charming smile and nodded. She washed up and lay down beside him. He snuggled close to her and she offered him more warmth than she could give,

"Did you know what happened to mama?" He shook his head.

"Do you want to know?" He nodded.

"Well, there were two children walking down a street. Their auras sparkled mysteriously around them making them look enchanting," There was a snort and Kagome giggled. She looked down at her son and poked his nose,

"Not as enchanting as you, Naoki." The story continued about how she met the children's family and how they were all different in their auras. How they were all nice and interesting. When Naoki was fast asleep, Kagome stroked his hair. She loved him with all her heart even if he wasn't hers. Kagome was the one who delivered the child for the village girl. That woman was furious that she got pregnant by a hanyou and it was a bastard child no less. The biological mother of the child almost clawed at the newborn baby but Kagome shielded him. Inuyasha was so glad that he had a son, never mind that it wasn't Kagome's and his, never mind that the real mother would do anything to kill the abomination. Kagome's aura flared when Inuyasha and the woman tried to hold the child. She didn't let them near Naoki.

The betrayal she felt when Inuyasha cheated on her, not with Kikyo, but with a mere village girl who was craving for a quick rut with a random man. Kagome's heart clenched but it did not break, not now, not when she had another thing to protect and live for...

The next morning...

Yuki...

Yuki, Tohru and Kyo were walking towards school. Yesterday seemed to have drained all their energy and they were all struggling not to fall over. None of them got a wink of sleep thanks to a certain snake who kept whining about not being able to see the strange girl first-hand.

"Ayame, that bastard...this is all his fault...*yawn*"groaned Kyo.

"Be quiet, baka neko." Yuki rubbed his eyes and continued walking. Tohru was too tired to play peacemaker so she let it slip just this once when something caught her eye,

"Ah, that's her! The girl from yesterday!" Yuki looked up immediately and saw Kagome kiss a small boy on the cheek while a middle-aged woman stood behind him, seeing her off.

"Ja ne, Naoki, mama will be back after school and work, okay? Then afterwards, we can play." The little boy grinned and nodded enthusiastically,

"See you then, mama. Take care!"

The trio stared at them, Yuki's expression softened and he walked happily towards them. Kyo and Tohru, however...one...two...three...

"'MAMA'!"

Kagome looked at them in surprise.

"Kyo! , Tohru!, Yuki! What are you doing here?" Kagome took a look at what they were wearing and her eyes widened,

"U-Uniforms . . ." Yuki blinked,

"What about the uniforms, Kagome-san?"Tohru snapped out of her daze,

"Uniforms . . . Ah! You're wearing the same one!"'What a huge coincidence...' Kagome smiled,

"Well, let's get going, we wouldn't want to be late." With a final good-bye to her son and mother, the four left. Yuki walked beside Kagome who was chatting with Tohru while Kyo was strangely silent during all of this.

"Why haven't I seen you around before? And I don't think I've ever seen your name on the bulletins." Kagome giggled,

"That's because today is my first day and I've just transferred." Tohru jumped with joy and rattled on about how they should eat lunch together and go out after school. Kagome nodded and laughed along with her. Yuki watched the pair with interest before looking at the cat that was a little ways behind.

"Hey, baka neko, what's wrong? Aren't you a little slow this morning?" There was a minute of silence before the cat spoke,

"There's something not right with that girl."

"What do you mean?"

"That boy earlier, he said she was his mother but they don't have the same scent. Also, that boy..." Kyo looked directly at Yuki,

"...is not a complete human." Yuki's eyes widened a fraction,

"Not a human?" He nodded. The rat looked at Kagome once more. She is not the mother of that child and said child is not human? What on earth is going on?

TBC...

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