Chapter 2: The Promise

Weeks after her father had left, Kagome spent most of her time outside with Inuyasha...she

figured it gave her something to do other than mope around. Sesshoumaru, Inuyashas

brother, often liked to join in, mainly to taunt Kagome for being so odd. This normally ended

in Inuyasha growing angry and the two of them retreating to Kagomes house, where their

favorite movie would be played until the two crashed on the couch and slept until Isayoi got

home to take Inuyasha.

Often staying outside till late in the evening, the two young children would often run around

chasing after fireflies or snowflakes, depending on season. On a particularly warm fall

evening, Inuyasha and Kagome were having races to see how many leaves each kid could

collect in their nets. Falling down in a pile of leaves, Kagome looked up at the night sky and

closed her eyes humming a song her father taught her when she was younger. Inuyasha

sighed and flopped down next to her, a plume of leaves flying up and landing on their faces.

Checking his watch, Inuyasha sat up and looked at Kagome. "Hey.. Its almost

December...what do you want for Christmas, Kagome?" He asked, staring at the young girl

who had sat up. "I dunno." she shrugged." How bout you?" She asked turning the attention

towards him. "I dunno either. Maybe ill get a trampoline. Ive always wanted one of those. Or

my mom said something about a swingset. But i asked you first. Now spill. What do you

wantt? I gotta get you Something!" He said aggrivated.

"But what i want, you cant exactly get me."she said sadly. He looked at her confused and

grinned.

"Try me" he bargained. Kagome looked at him daringly and sighed.

"A new daddy." She said, leaving the boy silent. She smiled. "See. Told you!" Kagome

mocked, poking Inuyashas side. He grinned and pushed her back into the leaves, breaking

free of the conversation.

Weeks passed still, and soon, Kagome was busy with Christmas, writing her list, finding

things for her friends, putting decorations up. Walking outside one day with a large string of

lights hanging from her neck, she went over to Inuyashas house and knocked on his door,

the sound muffled by her mittens. Isayoi, Inuyashas mother opened the door and smiled at

her warmly.

"Why hello Kagome...how are you?" She said striking up pleasant conversation.

"Im fine! Is Inuyasha here? I need help putting these lights up. Mamas sick, so i figured i'd do

it for her this year since papa isnt here." She said fiddleing with one of the bulbs hanging

loosley from her shoulder. Isayoi laughed and shook her head.

"Nooo. Im afraid hes not. He and His father went shopping for presents. But id be happy to

help you. Dont want you getting hurt, Inuyasha'd never forgive me!" She said playfully as

Kagome laughed.

"Let me just get ready. Come on in... we'll get some good soup for your mama, huh?" She

said kindly as Kagome stepped in from the cold and nodded. Isayoi(A/N sorry if her name is

spelled wrong!) left the house holding Kagomes hand and a large thermos of Chicken soup

for Kaname. ( A/N:sorry, im just making up a name... cause nobody really KNOWS her

name) Heading into the house, Kagome skipped ahead and went to her mother who was

lying on the couch. "MAMAAA! Inuyashas mommy brought you soup! Shes gonna help me

put up the lights ouside." Kagome said proudly. Kaname smiled and nodded to Isayoi.

Taking the thermos in her shaking hands, she sat up and coughed.

"Thanks alot Isayoi... I appreciate it." She said between coughs. "No problem. You look

terrible. Are you sure your okay?" She said putting another blanket over the shaking woman.

"I'll be fine. I worry more about Kagome catching it, you know?" She said weakly, running

her fingers through her daughters hair. "But with her in the house a lot, i worry shes gonna

catch whatever it is i have" Kaname said sadly. Isayoi nodded her head and scratched her

chin. "Well, if your that worried, Wed be happy to have Kagome over at our house until you

get better. We have a spare bedroom and shes more than welcome." she said cheerfully,

pouring some soup for the woman. Kaname nodded and took a sip of the steaming liquid.

"That may be a good idea... this is very good" She said referring to the soup. Inuyashas

mother nodded her thanks and smiled at Kagome.

" How would you like to finish all the decorations tonight and spent a few nights at our house

Kagome?" She aske kindly. The small child smiled widely and hopped up "Oh Mama! Can

i? PLEASE? I'll be reallllllyyy good, i swear!" She pleaded excidedly. Her mother laughed

lightly, ending in a cough and nodded.

"Fine...but only till i get better, we dont want you to burden them any more than you are" She

said sweetly.

"Oh its no trouble. I'll help with the decorations and then we'll be leaving." She said standing

up and Hugging the sick mother lightly. "Thanks Isayoi." Kagomes mother said gratefully.

Nodding, the two went off to work decorating the house.

Around 7:00 the house was decorated satisfactorily and the two left Kaname to her healing

with a rather large amount of soup and some medicine. Kagome got settled in to her

temporary room and came downstairs with the rest of the family to watch a movie. Inutashio,

Inuyashas father smiled at the girl and moved closer to his wife, making room for her to sit

down. Leaning over to his wife, he sighed ans whispered "Maybe i was wrong about that

girl... theres nothing really wrong about her, huh?" He said sympathetically. Isayoi looked at

her husband affectionatly and smiled "Since when did you get so soft?" she said surprised his

eyes thinned and he sighed "Im not soft. Im just saying." He said his usual gruff self. She

smiled ans glanced over at the kids. Sesshoumaru was watching the movie avidly and

Inuyasha and Kagome were in an engaging game of crazy eights. after the movie had

finished, the three children were sound asleep on the couch and Inutashio was snoring lightly.

Isayoi smiled lightly and woke her husband and Sesshoumaru up as she chartered the other

two off to bed.

Almost a week passed by and Kagomes mother still had yet to recover. Due to the

strange affects of her illness, Isayoi had convinced her to be taken to the hospital. Kagome,

being worried, had begged to go with them, unfortunately, she would have to wait outside

with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, who was babysitting the two. Kagome sat on the chair

swinging her feet nervously. Inuyasha looked at her and sighed.

"Kagome...it'll be fine." He said softly.She looked up at him and squinted.

"How do you know?" Kagome asked, looking back and forth between the two brothers.

Both shrugged almost simultaneously and sighed.

"I dont. But I... WE...promise things will be okay...right Sesshoumaru?" He said

persuasively. His older brother growled and crossed his arms. Looking at the weeping girl he

sighed stubbornly and patted her head.

"We promise." he said reluctantly. Kagome nodded and leaned back on the chair, kicking

the air vigeroulsy as the minutes ticked by.

About three hours later, after seeing many nurses go in and out with IVs and strange

machines, the Doctor, an elderly woman named Dr. Kaede, had come out with an exhausted

look on her face that mingled with the expression of dismay and worry. "Kagome?" She said

looking around for the child. Piping up from a light sleep, the small girl raised her hand

"Yes?" She said looking at the doctor. Her eyes thinned and she kneeled down to meet her

gaze. "We have a mix of news. The bad news i'll give first." She said stroking her hair.

Kagomes eyes watered but she quickly disregarded them to listen.

"Your mother is very sick...she has a tumor in her throat called sarcoma. Its a form of

cancer..." She said sadly, making Kagomes eyes fill up with tears once more.

"The good news is... that most cases of the cancer is cureable...but were not to sure on this

one." She added, digging the wound deeper. Getting up, The doctor left the room and

Kagome followed her, followed by Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. Walking into the room, her

mother was hooked up to many tubes and machines. Sitting on the chair and taking her

mothers cold hand, she looked up at the brothers with tear soaked cheeks and red eyes.

"You promised everything would be alright!" She cried, turning back to her mother

Sorry the first couple of chapters are so sad... but they have to be that way. That

way, the story can get muuuchhh better. I recently had a question about weather in

this story, demons and humans lived together and got along or if they were in a

feudal japan type thing. The Answer is this: I didnt want to make things

complicated with the whole well jumping thing, so i made this a world where

demons and humans co-encide and live together in peace. Sure where are the

occasional brawl, but for the most part, humans are accepting of demons and

half demons of the like, and since for the most part, they all look the same, nobody

really gives a darn.

Im also sorry for the length of the chapters, but the length is dependant of the

events. So sometimes, there will be uuber long chapters or insanely short ones.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Anyways, hope you liked this chapter, you saw a little soft side of Inutashio(who,

yes, is still alive... i dunno if i wanna kill him off...yett...Oo) which is unusual, and

saw how kind Lady Isayoi can be (again, if i spelled this wrong,im sorry). If anyone

knows Mrs. Higurashis name... please tell me... ill change it in the following

chapter with a definition as to why i did.

Ok, thats about it.


Chapter 3 up soon!

Till then,

JA NE!