Yes I know it's been a while, but I am committed to finishing this story!
I apologize if the flow of the story is not the same as the early six chapters, but I have been gone for two years, so please be patient for me to get back into the writing style.
Also, since I'm going to try and post every week, each chapter may be shorter than the earlier ones (sorry) but at least it'll be updated more frequently!
Just to clarify since this story can get complicated especially that the manga is finished (anime is going to finish soon). I want to bring the readers up to speed as to where I'm continuing off from the actual series…
In terms of the Jewel it IS completed because the shard in Kohaku was taken back, but he is still alive because part of Kikyo's remaining power kept him alive. ALSO the jewel shards in Kouga's legs are stolen too and Kouga went back to the tribe giving up the revenge to Inuyasha since he isn't as powerful anymore.
So basically it's everything up the point that Naraku was NOT killed by the Inu gang.
Enjoy!
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The History Book
Chapter Seven – Being Home
Last Time:
Before Kikyo began to take her leave, she realized there was something Kishami had misplaced. "Kishami. If Naraku's dead…then where is the Jewel?"
Kishami stopped in her tracks and replied with silence as if contemplating an answer. Her eyes strained for a few moments, as if deciding if she should tell Kikyo what happened with the Jewel or not. With a sigh Kishami decided to give her answer. "It's missing."
"I see…so you couldn't find it in Naraku's corpse?"
"No."
Kagome felt the similar feeling as she jumped back into the well to return to her era. Bright rays of blue light flashed before her eyes as she began to travel five hundred years into the future.
This jump back into the well gave her uneasiness in her heart like the time when she tried to come back to the Feudal era, but Inuyasha sealed it so she wouldn't get hurt. However, this time instead of wanting to travel through the well, she wished she didn't have to.
"Just talk to your mom. Ask her what really happened and I'm sure she'll tell you the truth. Even if she may not be your real mother, she took care of you all this time, so give her another chance."
Kagome thought about what Inuyasha said before to get her to go back home. 'I trust Inuyasha with all my heart, but to talk to her after finding the truth is just so hard,' she thought.
Unwillingly, a single tear slowly found its way down her fair skin.
Inuyasha started walking back towards Kaede's hut after dropping Kagome off at the well. His mind was filled with confusion from the event that happened only hours ago. Finding out who Kagome's real mother is, and that she wants to kill her churned his insides. A mother is supposed to be protective and loving…like his mother. How could such a sweet and innocent girl like Kagome be born from such evil?
His thoughts were interrupted when he saw Kaede's hut from behind the branches of the forest he was walking through. He knew his friends were inside sitting around the fire discussing what on Earth happened just hours ago. As he walked through the straw curtain to discuss further about what happened, he had a disturbing thought in the depths of his heart, telling him that this is just the beginning.
Kagome painfully climbed up the ladder from the bottom of well, dreading each step she took, as she got closer to her so-called family. It was so hard to take all this information in at once. Her entire life was a lie. Her goofy little brother who was always playing around was not her brother, her grandfather who always told made-up stories was not her grandfather, and her mother, who showered her with love everyday was not her mother. All their smiles were hiding this secret from her.
And now it was time to face those smiles again.
"Kagome! Welcome back home dear," Her mother Lily called out as she showed Kagome her pearly white teeth. "It's late, and everyone is still sleeping. I'm just throwing out the garbage."
Instantly Kagome's head jerked up from outside the well as she saw Lily dumping out the garbage. She had to face her at some point, and it was easier for Lily to come to her, instead of Kagome finding Lily.
"Uhm…hi," Kagome said uneasy.
Lily gave Kagome a weird look. "What's the matter dear? Did something go wrong with Inuyasha?"
Now this made Kagome even more angry. "Why does she care anyways? It's not like I'm her actual daughter. Oh, this isn't going to be easy."
Kagome quickly asked trying to control her anger, "Are you my mother?"
Lily gave Kagome a surprised look as if she had no idea what she was talking about, "What do you mean dear? Of course I'm your mother."
"No," Kagome said firmly, still trying to avoid shouting. She remembered what Inuyasha said to her before she jumped through the well. Kagome needed to calm down to give Lily a chance to explain herself. "Don't lie to me. I met Kishami over the well and she claims to be my real mother. So tell me the truth…are you my blood mother?"
Suddenly Lily's fake dumb expression faded showing that she understood Kagome's words exactly. That expression was all Kagome needed to see to figure out the truth to her own question.
Kagome felt tears forming in her eyes and forced herself to hold them back as she shakily took another breath to ask her, "Why? Why didn't you tell me?"
Lily looked down in shame. She knew that hiding this secret from Kagome would hurt her, and it pained her to see the look on her daughter's face. "Kagome…why don't we go inside and talk about it. You'll catch a cold out here. I'll make some warm tea and we can sit down and get through this together, okay?"
Kagome was too emotional to sit down with warm tea. At a time like this nothing but remembering Inuyasha's words soothed her mind. She nodded in agreement and began walking with Lily into her house. "Do Sota and jichan know?"
"They only know that you were your father's daughter from before I met him," she explained. "They don't know anything about Kishami except that she left."
"I see," Kagome mumbled. "So father lied to the rest of Lily's family except for her"
"Why don't you go and take a bath while I prepare the tea, that way you'll feel more refreshed before we talk. I'll meet you in your room after so jichan and Sota won't overhear us."
Kagome nodded as she went upstairs while Lily made the tea.
This was actually a good idea so Kagome could think for a bit before confronting Lily with more questions about her past. She not only wanted Lily to explain herself, but she also wanted to know more about why she and her father wanted to hide Kishami from her.
Kagome went into her room to grab a change of clothes before heading towards the bath. As she undressed and went to sit in the warm bath, she started thinking about her real mother, Kishami.
"Just remember. You're father brought me through hell…and he should consider himself lucky for his death."
She can remember those words so clearly now, even though it happened when she was only five years old. "What did father do to make her do this to him?'"
The thought of her innocent loving father being the culprit to Kishami's rage shook Kagome's core. Not only was the image of her brother, jichan, and mother different, but now her father was not what he seemed to be either? Kagome started asking, "Kami what did I do wrong?"
Kagome felt better after the bath, as if it started to wash away some of the pain. When she entered her room, Lily was already sitting on her bed with a tray with two cups of hot tea.
"Here, drink the tea while it's hot," Lily said as she patted the bed beside her so Kagome would sit.
Kagome quietly sat on the bed and took a sip of her tea looking to the floor, finding it more interesting in the moment.
"I'm sure you have a lot of questions running through your mind right now. I'll explain to you everything I know before you ask."
Kagome sat in silence still staring at the floor. Lily took the silence as a sign to continue.
"I saw your father frequently at this shrine. He would usually come here on his own, staring at the shrine that hid the well, and sometimes he would bring his wife Kishami."
Kagome jerked up her head to stare at Lily in that moment, paying close attention to her words now. "So, father was married to Kishami…"
"I didn't know what their connection to the well was, but around the time they started visiting the shrine, a couple of weeks before, jichan found the seal on the well broken. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but it seems since you met Kishami over the well so there must have been a connection."
Kagome nodded in understanding. There had to be a connection if Kishami was in the Feudal era right now.
"When your father, Sasuke, came over on his own, we would talk. I wish you got to know him more if he were still alive, Kagome. He was such a unique and interesting person, like he was from a whole new world," Lily said as she stared at nothing with dreamy eyes. "One day I saw him with his wife and a new born baby. They asked me if they could see the well, and I said I couldn't open the doors to it because it was sealed."
"Let me guess, that new born baby…was me?" Kagome asked knowingly with sad eyes.
Lily stared back at Kagome with sad eyes as well. "You were their only child. That day when I told them that they couldn't go inside to see the well, Kishami gave me a cold look and walked away followed by Sasuke as he carried you. I'm not sure what happened to them, but a year later Sasuke asked me to go have dinner with him and I fell in love. He brought you into our home; we got married and had Sota. I had no idea what happened to Kishami except that they were separated."
Kagome finally understood the truth. The heavy weight on her chest began to feel lighter as Lily explained everything. The sadness and anger towards her started to disappear too. Lily was just in love with a man with a baby. She still doesn't know that Kishami is evil, or that she was even from the Feudal era.
"I understand now, but why did you and everyone else have to hide this from me? Don't I have to right to know who my real mother is?"
"I actually wanted to tell you the truth when you were older."
Kagome looked up in confusion. "Then why didn't you?"
"Your father told me not to tell you. He said that he couldn't tell me why except that he doesn't want you to ever find out who your real mother is," Lily said with a bit of strain in her voice.
"But after father died, you could have told me. I was only five. I was still young. You had plenty of time to tell me."
"Your father was murdered Kagome. The police say they don't know who did it, but after Sasuke told me to keep that secret from you, I had this terrible feeling that his ex-wife, Kishami, was the one responsible. How do you think you'd feel if I told you that your mother was the one who killed your father? So I kept the secret."
Suddenly Kagome remembered the dream she had earlier of Kishami plunging her knife into her father's chest. Her hands began to ball into a tight fist, and then it quickly relaxed when Lily spoke up again.
Tears started falling down Lily's face as she apologized. "I'm so sorry Kagome. I was hoping that you would never find out because it has been kept in the dark for so long. But also because I kept thinking how angry you'd feel if you thought she was your father's murderer. Do you think you'd ever forgive me? Or still treat me as if I were your real mother? I've had you in my arms since you were one, and you're very much like a daughter to me as any real mother."
Kagome for the first time that night smiled. "It will take some time, but I forgive you. You didn't even know who she was when you met dad. You were only keeping your last promise with him too, and I understand why you did. I don't know if I can you call you 'mom' yet though. I need time to…adjust I guess."
Lily began to smile as she brought Kagome into a warm embrace. Kagome's arms were resistant to the hug at first, but in the end gave up and wrapped her arms around her. Even though she's not her real mom, she's been a mother to her for her whole life, which is more than what Kishami had or ever will do.
Releasing the hug Lily spoke. "We should get some sleep now. We've been up almost the whole night and I'm sure you'll want some rest from your adventures at the Feudal era."
Kagome thought, "oh you have no idea…"
Lily stood up and tucked Kagome into bed. She brought her head down to place her usual kiss on the forehead, but then caught herself short as she thought maybe it was not the right time yet. She had to give Kagome her space. Lily shut of the bedroom lights and closed the door to head for her own room.
As Kagome's eyes closed shut for some needed rest, she started thinking back about her conversation with Lily.
"I can't tell her that she was right. That Kishami did kill dad. I think it would hurt her too much to know that truth. She doesn't even know that I go through so much danger in the Feudal era. I'm glad that she told me the truth thoroughly though, at least it'll also give me more information about Kishami."
Still thinking that Kishami was her real mother brought back more pain in her heart.
"Lily was right. If she had told me that Kishami, my real mother, was my father's murderer, I would get angry. Too bad I had to find out when I met the bitch."
Kagome's anguish in her heart disappeared quickly and was replaced by pure rage and hatred. All the anger she had subsided earlier for the sake of confronting Lily filled her soul again, as she directed all these emotions on Kishami. Kagome and never before wanted to hurt someone so badly…not even Naraku.
In the morning, she was going to go back to the Feudal era and open the history book that she left there. She was going to use it to help her find and destroy her blood mother.
