SweetDreamer92: *prances* ooh time for some confrontation.
Warning: mild violence, child endangerment
Four
The next evening Kohaku came over for dinner, he was nervous around Kagome, normally the pups loyalty to their birth mother was fierce. However Kagura had all but destroyed their trust, by forgetting to pick them up, barely feeding them, getting drunk and sleeping it off while they were sick, the list went on. Not that they shared this with their father, they didn't want to stress out their actual parent and risk him hating them too.
Though their father could never hate them they worried as any child would. He knew his father liked Kagome and was worried he would mess up his chance at claiming his life mate. When they walked in the house Kagome found a note on the fridge saying they were on their own for dinner. Miroku had taken Sango to a hotel for her day off, Kagome smiled and shook her head.
'What a romantic pervert.'
She took the money they left and asked what the boys wanted after dinner the two went to play video games. Kagome sat on the couch with a magazine, she glanced up when her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Kagome can you come get me?" Rin sniffed
Kagome sat up.
"Rin I thought you were going to have dinner with your mom?"
"She called the school and told them to tell me she would be waiting at the park for me, but she never showed up and da...da...daddy had to go see grandpa." She burst into tears.
"Oh don't cry sweetheart, I'm coming, just wait on the playground."
She stood up and told the boys she had to go get Rin and told them to behave themselves while she was gone. Kohaku frowned as she ran out.
"Does your mom do that all the time?"
"She only does this when she thinks it will get to my dad, mind if I use the phone, he'll freak if Rin isn't home when he gets back."
"Go ahead."
..
Kagome ran down the path to the small park, normally the pink and green animals, jungle gym and general play area looked fun. Right now it looked ominous as the Sun lowered, she walked around and called Rin. She fell over when Rin jumped in her arms.
"I don't like the dark, I don't like the dark!"
She hugged her and patted her head gently.
"Hey, thar you arre."
They looked up and saw Kagura walking over her dress was a mess and her hair was partially up and partially down. Kagome stood up cradling the girl to her.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked.
"I'd tell you but I doubt you'd remember."
Kagura laughed like it the best joke of the year.
"Hay you're right, I likes people wif brains and shit."
She backed away.
"Now why don't you give me the girl and you can go home to yer boyfriend."
"No Kagome I don't want to go with her! She's bad!"
"You little brat, that's no way to treat yer mother."
"Rin, is this really your mom?"
Rin didn't say anything, she backed away, Kagura dug in her purse and pulled out a gun she clearly didn't know how to use it at the moment. Kagome swallowed as she took a shot and the bullet whizzed past her head. She screamed and ran away, Kagura slurred some curses at her and was soon running after her shooting at random. Kagome turned a corner and ran trying not to scream. Kagura was slow enough that if they could keep quiet they could lose her. She told Rin to bite on her shoulder and not make a peep, she was just lucky Rin's fangs were too dull to do any damage.
She ran until she found her way to a small grassy hill, she cursed inwardly, if she was use to the area she would have known to run the other way to get help. Her eyes widened and she went falling forward as one of the stray bullets went in her shoulder. The pair tumbled down the hill but Kagome held Rin close who sobbed over her injured shoulder. She whimpered but crawled foreward under the bridge, Rin sat in her lap and Kagome gripped her arm as blood soaked her white sleeve. She tugged Rin closer and hid to the best of her ability. Kagura seemed to have missed the fact that she watched them fall down the hill and stood at the top confused.
"Where are you you little bitch?!"
Kagome kept Rin's mouth covered when Kagura slid down the hill to look around, Kagome closed her eyes woozy from blood lost. Kagura looked around for a bit before stumbling down the sidewalk and up the steps. Kagome and Rin remained in their hiding spot until they could barely hear her heels clacking angrily as she walked away. Kagome winced as she pushed herself up, her ankle was sore and she had a bruise already forming on one of her legs from the harsh impact. A cut was on her cheek but she still smiled at Rin trying to reassure the child.
"Come on Rin...everything will be fine."
Rin sniffed and nodded.
"Thank you...for keeping me safe."
"Anytime sweetheart."
Rin beamed at her, she knew she was hurting and putting on a brave face but that calmed her anyways. Kagome sighed seeing a cop driving up, she wondered who heard the gun shots and reported it. The cop and his partner hurried over to the pair, relieved Kagome passed out and they took both of them to the hospital.
...
Sango rolled over and picked up her phone, the way they went at it you would think she would already have kids.
"Hello?"
"Hello is this Sango Tengu, guardian to Kagome Higurashi."
"Yes this is she,is something wrong?"
"Your sister is here at Seiku Hospital, she was shot."
Sango dropped the phone in panic, as she moved around to pull on her clothes she said she would be right there, they got in the car after checking out and drove off. She had Miroku call Sota while she went to her sister's room. She threw her arms around her and Kagome yelped, she backed away.
"...Sorry, I'm sorry!"
"Ow...it's OK, you just grabbed my bad shoulder."
She rubbed her head, after an IV drip was started she had woken up, but her head was throbbing from being so worked up. Rin was sound asleep on her bed curled against her side.
"What happened?...who is this little girl?"
"This is Rin she's Kohaku's young sister her mom, Mr. Taisho's ex, was suppose to pick her up for dinner and told her to wait at the park, she called me on a pay phone and said she didn't show up. Then she did, she was so drunk she flipped and chased us with a gun until we hid and stumbled off somewhere."
Sango gently hugged her then looked at Rin.
"How pissed do you think her father will be when he hears what happened?"
She thought about Sesshomaru.
"Beyond pissed off and past seeing red."
...
Sota hung up and let Kohaku use the phone again, he dialed and his father picked up.
"The meeting is over, I'm coming."
"No, dad their at the hospital."
Sesshomaru swallowed.
"Say again..."
"...Kagura attacked Kagome."
...
Sesshomaru hadn't wanted to go to the demon realm but there was a new set of treaties between the new lords and ladies of the Southern lands and Eastern Lands. His signature had to be on the papers with his father's. Even Inuyasha had to come and sign it, they hadn't been on good terms most of their childhood but they got along well now, in fact Inuyasha was his top general and his wife Kikyou was the castle's head healer and mid-wife. He was annoyed when he heard Rin had been left alone but relaxed knowing Kagome had went to get her. He had snapped and thrown Jaken across the room and through the wall after the second call.
Kagura was so lucky she pulled this shit in the human realm, if she had been in the demon realm he could have snapped her neck and made an example out of her. His beast's tantrum was giving him a migraine but he ignored it, he had to see that Rin and Kagome were safe.
...
Sango had stepped out of the room to get a coffee from the cafeteria to calm her nerves, Sesshomaru walked into Kagome's room and wrapped his arms around her and his daughter. Rin rubbed her eyes but woke up feeling her father was close. Kagome blushed but stayed in place, he swallowed his words were lost to him.
Sango peeked in the room and cocked her head at the display of affection she got a look at the side of his face.
"So that's her 'gorgeous friend' ...at least she knows he's not married anymore."
...
Sesshomaru followed them in his car to get Kohaku, Kagome would have to stay the night but could be released tomorrow. Kohaku hugged his sister and she nuzzled his cheek. Sesshomaru thanked them for taking care of his son and drove home, when his children were taken care of and put to bed his thoughts were filled with Kagome.
...
The next morning, Kagome woke up and sat up with a start, there were several, different sized and different colored 'get well soon' teddy bears all over her room. With balloons, roses and chocolates waiting by the larger ones. She blinked then smiled and reached for her cellphone to call Sesshomaru.
"Hey, think you sent me enough?"
He scoffed.
"There's more at your house."
"You know a thank you card would have sufficed."
"You put your life on the line to protect my child, that isn't even close to enough."
She pushed her hair out of her eyes and thanked him, she let him go and waited for the nurse to make her way in the room to check her vitals.
..
There really was more waiting for her at home, Sango teased her the whole ride over.
"At first I was concerned that your crush turned out to be a father of two and your teacher, but then all this showed up and I decided he couldn't be all that bad if he cares so much."
"Does it help that I had good grades before hand?"
"Well of course, but it's a little taboo."
"Sango my love, it's kinky, nothing wrong with that, besides they aren't sleeping together, and she isn't pregnant."
She punched her husband and giggled.
"Besides we aren't dating."
"Yet." she mumbled.
"You're being awfully accepting."
"Mother didn't raise an idiot sweetie, I can forbid all I want, and you'll see him if you want to no matter what I say and that will only drive a wedge between us. I just don't want to see you get hurt."
"Don't worry, he might not even like me, he's a good person and could have just been lonely."
"Maybe, but the heart knows what the brain ignores."
She smiled and picked up one of the cupcakes he'd sent and handed it to her.
"How about we bond over chocolate? We can pretend this is just a bad soap opera."
Sango giggled and took the pastry.
"I don't know, it's been pretty gripping so far."
They burst into a fit of laughter.
...
Within the week, even though the details hadn't been shared several stories were going around school about why Kagome got shot. The most popular one included her as a gang member who was used as a decoy during a run in with the mafia. Karan was fond of this one as well even though she knew the truth.
"So, are you guys going out now?"
"No."
"Oh why not?"
"We just aren't."
"But don't you like him?"
"Well yeah..."
"So?"
"We're just friends."
"Kagome, that only works with people in your own age group, he's an older man with kids that have taken a shine to you, he likes women, you have better curves than my older sister, it's a match made in chocolate."
Kagome blushed.
"Besides before you know it, we'll have a week of Fall break, and I bet he could use some company."
"Oh can it, I'm going to the library."
Karan winked at her.
"To read!"
"Yeah OK!"
She sighed and went to her destination she looked at her normal table and smiled seeing Sesshomaru working on some paperwork.
"Hi Sesshomaru." she said quietly.
He smiled at her.
"Kagome, how's the shoulder?"
"Doing better, is Rin OK?"
"Fine, just keeps asking about you."
"How's Kohaku? Did he pass his math test OK?"
"After tutoring with you, passed with flying colors."
She smiled and sat next to him, his beast urged him to grab her hand, he did and set his pencil down.
"Kagome I've been meaning to ask you something."
"Yes?"
"Perhaps some time over the little break we have coming up, would you and your family like to go to the amusement park with us?"
She smiled, Miroku and Sango both had two days off that week and Sota would love to hang out with Rin and Kohaku without having to study.
"That sounds fun, I'll ask Miroku and Sango."
He nodded and let go of her hand before the librarian came snooping around the table, so far he hadn't had any run ins with Kagura, the cops kept an eye out for her since as far as the humans were concerned she was an unfit, and crazy, mother. He liked it that way.
End Chapter
SweetDreamer92: Yes the drama was quick but more is coming, and of course more cute scenes with Kagome and the kids.