Chapter 10
The wall at the end slid back and to the side and there in the center of that secret room was Mrs. Higurashi. She was sitting there like a nervous sobbing wreck. When she saw Kagome she wailed even harder. Kagome rushed up to her mother. "No, stay away Kagome, stay away from this murderess!" Kagome stood shocked. "W-what?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome, unlike the other two, he was not confused at Kagome's surprise. He realized that even though she said she believed that it was her mother, she deep down didn't believe it. He walked up and put his hand on her shoulder.
"W-why did you do it mother? Souta was your son!" tears were streaming down Kagome's soft flawless face. Mrs. Higurashi put her hands up to her face, "I didn't mean to! It was an accident. No, no excuses, it was entirely my fault. I went upstairs to go take a shower and after that I took my medicine which always leaves me groggy and my eyes fuzzy. I know I wasn't supposed to until when I was in bed but I couldn't help it my urge was on again. So when I came downstairs he was leaning over and I could only see his black shirt. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that Souta was a robber. So I- so I," her sobs started to get louder and she wailed, "I killed by darling baby boy! I killed Souta!" she broke down into sobs.
Kagome was distressed, but she realized that she had to stay strong. The darkness and the raging storm instantly evaporated into thin air. Her eyes softened as she went up to her mother and hugged her. "Oh mother, it was an accident. Souta wouldn't want you to be distressed and ruin your life like this." "Isn't that what Inuyasha told Kagome all along which she was ignoring?" Miroku whispered to Sango resulting in a big bonk on his head. Sango sighed, "sometimes you can be the biggest idiot I have ever met."
Kagome sighed, "It's ok mom, no one is going to blame you." Her mother stopped sniffling a little. "R-really? Do you mean it?" "Of course you are not to blame, it was all an accident. But mother…" "yes Kagome?" "You must promise me to stop taking drugs, it was the drugs that caused you to kill Souta, so to honor his memory please stop." "Of course Kagome I promise you and Souta that I won't even touch drugs." "Thank you mom." With that she helped her mother up and they went home. With Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango following.
After she got her mother to bed, and Miroku and Sango went home Kagome turned to Inuyasha, "thank you, Inuyasha. Thank you for being there for me. And I," Kagome blushed and started to fidget, "Inuyasha, I… I love you!" Inuyasha stared at her for a second. "I loved you ever since the first day I met you when you actually treated me like a person, not some perfect snobby doll. I…" she never got to finish because just then she was pulled into the arms of Inuyasha. "I love you too Kagome, and if you'll allow it, I want to be your boyfriend." As an answer Kagome reached up and kissed Inuyasha on the cheek. When she pulled away, Inuyasha pulled her back and gave her a full passionate kiss on the lips.
The next day at school everyone was surprised to see another big change in Kagome. She seemed more relaxed, her eyes reminded many of the feeling of being cozy in a chair next to the fire. She didn't wear pink like before, nor did she wear black, she now wore light blue and purple and silver, laughing easily with Miroku and Sango, hand in hand with Inuyasha. When she heard someone whisper, "She doesn't look like a doll anymore," she beamed and said, "Of course I don't look like a doll." Then her tone changed, "and if you ever compare me with a doll again I swear I will whoop your butt all the way to Jupiter and back." Then she turned back to her friends smiling and laughing as if nothing happened. Every weekend she would visit her brother Souta's grave where she would place flowers everytime Inuyasha joined her, and occasionally Sango and Miroku would too. Two months after Kagome's makeup with her mother, her father came back and he remarried Mrs. Higurashi.
Ten years later
Kagome was staring at herself in the mirror, Sango was beside her, both were in a beautiful white dress. They smiled at each other, "Ready?" Sango asked, "Ready. Let's go." When they stepped outside they came face to face with their fathers and took their arms. Butterflies were fluttering in Kagome's stomach, but her face radiated with a kind of beauty that nothing in the world could match. 'Souta, I hope you're watching and are smiling down at me from where you are.' Then the door opened and Kagome could see the one she was too marry.
Sango beamed and looked at Miroku, the man of his dreams. It took a while for Sango to agree to Miroku's begging but she eventually said yes, and boy was she glad she did. 'This is the best decision of my life.'
Miroku nudged the half demon next to him. Inuyasha looked up and spotted Kagome, he instantly straightened up. His heart was beating a million miles a second. 'Kagome, she's beautiful.'
Kagome blushed under Inuyasha's gaze. In just a few seconds she would be his wife. The first person to talk to her like a real person would be her husband, the one that she would spend her whole life with. She was ready for it. Ready for the happiness that was soon to come.
