Show Me Love

by AmberEyedGirL118

For almost 3 yrs now, all Kagome and Inuyasha have ever done is fight. Until her 18th birthday when she actually gets something she's always wanted, and flips out on Her Hanyou. What will happen now once everything starts to change? For the both of them?

13. Chapter 13: A Letter & 3 Gifts

Hello everyone… I'm back!

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Sorry it took me so long.

I've been wicked busy lately and I haven't had any time to write.

The same goes for my other story too.

But here is the long, long, LONG awaited chapter 13 in Show Me Love.

Maybe now I'll actually have more time to write!

: P

Well, I hope you all enjoy it!

Me

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Chapter 13: A Letter and 3 Gifts

It had been almost an hour since Kagome had finally come home. She was now sitting in her wheelchair, next to Inuyasha, and forcing him to try the food her mother and grandfather had prepared and also bought. She was now on the cheese pizza.

"Kagome," he whined taking another glance at his Ramen which was starting to get cold. "Can I please finish my Ramen first before you start feeding me like I'm some sort of whelp again?"

"Come on, just try it," she said as she held it up under his nose. "I know you'll like this stuff."

"You said that about the last thing you shoved down my throat, and it tasted horrible."

Inuyasha eyed the nasty green cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cottage cheese, and hard boiled egg salad he had been forced to eat only moments before and shivered in disgust. (a/n: I just made it up… sounds gross enough don't you think?)

But the scent coming off of the thing Kagome had called 'pizza' smelled really good.

"Please?" she said now sticking out her bottom lip in a pout, and giving him the 'puppy dog eyes' look.

'Damn! Why does she have to give me that look?' he thought as he eyed the medium triangle of cheese and dough in her hands. That look was going to get him in a lot of trouble if he didn't resist it right now. But the problem was, he absolutely couldn't.

"Fine," he grumbled and opened his mouth wide, exposing his white straight teeth and fangs.

Souta looked on, about to laugh at how stupid Inuyasha looked at that very moment, but just smiled as he saw the pizza go to his mouth.

As Kagome placed the very tip of the triangle in his mouth, Inuyasha held his mouth open for only a second, and after quickly biting down, shut his eyes.

Kagome laughed as she saw him do this. And she found it funny as he slowly chewed what he had bitten into, knowing full well he was actually enjoying it this time. Before she had just wanted to see his reaction to her grandfather's horribly gone wrong salad that he had been making for years now. Even Kagome wouldn't eat it, and the fact that he had actually made it for her welcome home party disturbed her a little. But she had realized that Inuyasha had never had to endure that nasty mistake, so, being in a mischievous mood, told him to try it.

Even though she knew his sense of smell was telling him it was horrible, he had tried it anyways. And by about the second bite, Inuyasha had spit it out onto an empty plate, and had started scraping at his tongue with his claws as his eyes had begun to water. Everyone but her grandfather and Inuyasha had laughed at this.

Now, after feeling a little bad about what she'd done to him, Kagome decided that she'd make it up to him by giving him something that was actually good this time. And from the look on his face as he finally opened his eyes, she had been right with the pizza.

"Well?" she asked. "How does that taste? Any better?"

As Inuyasha swallowed, he reached for the piece that he had bitten into, which Kagome was still holding, and smiled at her. Taking it out of her hands, he looked at his bowl of Ramen in front of him and pushed it away, taking another bite into the pizza and began to munch on it.

Kagome's eyes widened as she stared at him.

'Did he really just do that?' she wondered.

As Inuyasha finished off the first slice he had been eating, he went for another one and started eating once again. Sure, he loved his Ramen, but this stuff was really good too. And at least it was hot.

Kagome opened the box to grab a slice for herself, and found only one left in this box. Knowing how Inuyasha was about food, she left that one there for him and wheeled herself over to the counter to grab another box. But since her mother had put the four other pizza boxes on top of the microwave, she couldn't reach them.

Thinking quickly, she looked behind her to see if anyone was watching her. Souta, her mother, and grandfather were all talking about something, and Inuyasha was eating his slice of pizza, enjoying himself. As she looked back up at the white cardboard box on the very top, she focused her mind on having it moved out just a little more. At least that way she could reach for it and pull it down into her lap.

Inuyasha stopped chewing the moment he sensed a strange energy in the room. His eyes surveyed around the table as he tried to pinpoint where it was coming from. As far as he could tell, it wasn't an evil energy he sensed. But it was powerful none the less.

As Kagome moved the box slowly, she reached for it with her fingertips. She was getting better everyday since she had realized she had this new power, and she smiled as she grabbed the box finally.

As she pulled it down, she felt someone's eyes burning holes in the back of her head. So, looking behind her, she found her hanyou, glaring at her furiously.

"Why didn't you just ask me to get it for you instead of straining yourself?" he growled at her.

Kagome rolled her eyes as she opened the box and pulled a slice out for herself. When she put it in her mouth and began chewing, she answered him dully with her mouth full. Knowing full well Inuyasha would hate it.

"Because I'm not that helpless."

"Kago-"

"No fighting you too!" Mrs. Higurashi said sending them both a warning glare. "Today is a good day… and I don't want to see either of you getting to each other's throats today of all days. Understand?"

Inuyasha gave Kagome a peeved look, saying 'You'll get it later for that,' with his eyes. Kagome rolled her own eyes at him as he turned around and finished off his slice in one huge amount; making him slightly cough as he swallowed.

Kagome wheeled herself back over to the table next to him. Keeping the box in her lap as she ate her pizza, Inuyasha finally managed to get the large amount of food down his throat in what looked like one huge, painful swallow. Lifting up the cover to the box still on the table with one of his claws, Inuyasha saw that there was one slice left in there for him.

Looking to Kagome, who was still working on the slice she had taken out of her box, he wondered why she hadn't just taken this one for herself. But he felt that there was no need to ask her now. All that would do was most likely get him yelled at again by her mother. So, taking the last slice out of the box, Inuyasha picked up the empty piece of cardboard and moved it to the trash can within an arms reach. But unfortunately, his hand slipped, and the box fell to the ground.

'Damn!' he thought as he tried to pick it up, but could not reach.

So, stretching his arm as best he could, since he really didn't feel like standing up, Inuyasha tried to reach for the box.

Unfortunately, the chair gave away and tipped over, sending him to the ground.

Crash!

Kagome looked over at where her hanyou now laid on the floor. His right arm was stretched out in front of him touching a pizza box, and his legs were trapped under his now fallen chair. And on his shirt… was his other slice of pizza, sticking to his shoulder. A laugh erupted from her throat as she covered her mouth, praying her food didn't decide to pop out of her mouth. Inuyasha was growling in an instant. And so, jumping up, he crushed the box in his hands as he shoved it into the trash can. Still hearing Kagome's laughter, he turned to her, giving her a deathly glare.

"What's so funny?" he hissed at her.

"Oh nothing…," she said giving him a coy smile. "I just love the new addition to your wardrobe is all."

Now everyone was laughing, even her mother. Inuyasha tipped his head to the side as he raised an eyebrow at her. He had no idea what he was talking about in the least. So, looking himself over in the front, he found nothing.

"What are you talking about?" he asked sounding even more confused.

Kagome swirled her finger in a downwards circle then, signaling him to turn around. Raising his eyebrow once more, he did as she asked. He could tell that everyone was about to laugh again from the vibrations he could feel coming out of them, and he softly growled to himself.

"Okay," she said sobering up from anther good laugh. She had taken her camera out and had to ready to go. Slowly bringing it up to eye, she quickly snapped two shots of him.

His head turned to look at her in horror. And as she took the last picture, he realized that he could smell his slice of pizza somewhere on himself. As quickly as he could, he reached over his shoulder, feeling a soft, light, disgusting squish as he grabbed it. Pulling it off his shoulder, he cringed as he felt the grease soaking into his shirt and skin.

'Gross…'

Looking at his now ruined slice of pizza with half of the cheese missing, he threw it into the trash. And as he pulled off his shirt, he walked upstairs into Kagome's room. Upon finding a black tank top, he ran back down the stairs and found Kagome in front of him in her wheelchair, giving him an evil grin as she held up her camera.

"One word: Blackmail," she said as she shoved the camera down the front of her shirt and wheeled herself back into the kitchen.

Inuyasha blushed and growled at her. She knew that of all places to hide something, that was the one place he wouldn't be able to go. The thought of her sitting him for even trying to grab that camera was pure suicide. So he realized, he had lost this battle with her, and gave up.

'She is so going to get later now,' he thought to himself as he re-entered the kitchen. After picking up his chair and sitting back down in it, he opened the box that was still in Kagome's lap, ad swiftly took a slice out as she was not paying attention to him.

When Kagome had felt the lid shut suddenly, she looked over at her hanyou, who was now eating a slice of pizza once more. Glaring at him, she decided to play a little trick on him to get him back.

Using her mind, she willed his hand to drop the slice, right in his lap. When it fell, making a sickeningly gross slapping sound as it hit his crotch, Kagome laughed at him once more.

Inuyasha looked down, wondering why he had dropped his slice? Pulling it off of himself, he groaned as he saw a slight amount of grease soaked into his pants. There was no way he was going to go back up and change, so grabbing a napkin off of the table, he placed it over his lap and inspected his food. It still looked the same, and it still had all of the cheese on top. Giving Kagome a look, he placed the food back into his mouth once more and started to chew again.

Kagome smiled, feeling better now after her little prank. As she finished off her slice, she grabbed one more and handed the box to Inuyasha. He looked at her with a slight amount of confusion, but figured she most likely knew he would be eating more than she would be.

"Thanks," he said as he set it on the table.

"It's nothing… you eat more than I do on a daily basis anyways," she said smiling at him.

When Inuyasha got to the last slice in the box he shut it and threw it into the trash. He was surprised that he still wasn't full, and even though he had eaten a lot already, he could still eat even more.

That's when Mrs. Higurashi came into the kitchen with a very large three layer chocolate cake. And the smell of it made Inuyasha's mouth literally water. Even though this object, whatever it may be smelled very sweet, he was willing to give this a try as well.

"Oh mom!" Kagome said excitedly. "You didn't have to do this. The party was enough."

"Well," she said smiling as she set it on the table before them. "I didn't."

Just as Kagome was about to ask her mother what she was talking about, she handed her daughter a large, thick, white envelope. At first, Kagome was confused, so she looked to her mother for an answer, whom only smiled at her.

"Open it sweetheart."

Kagome scanned the front of the envelope carefully, an wondering who this could be from. And that's when her heart stopped.

Adam K. Talbot

Her father.

For a moment, she stared at the letter in shock. The last time her father had sent her anything was last year for her birthday, and she had thought he would only send her another one on her next. Since before he had been imprisoned, Adam Talbot had been a very rich man. He had owned his own company and everything in between. The reason he had asked her mother to move to America in the first place was because of his business. And he had promise her everything. But she had stayed due to Kagome's grandmother passing away so suddenly, and that had been how their lives had played out afterwards

Her father had fought for years to find away out of his sentence. But from what the American courts told them all, was that he was indeed the one who had committed the murders of all of those people. It had been very hard on all of them. But the promise of him getting out in a few more years, and now he would be coming to live with them since his life was over in New York, was all that mattered to Kagome.

She could never have imagined a different life without her hanyou. And if she had indeed grown up in America, she never would have met and found her true love, or the others. So, she could wait a while longer to meet the man who was in fact her father.

Feeling as though she had wasted enough time daydreaming, Kagome opened the letter and pulled it out. And her tears fell the instant she started to read.

Dear Kagome,

Hello, my little princess. Your mother told me what had happened in the Feudal Era. I was so worried about you, and scared you wouldn't make it out alive. But then I thought, 'That wouldn't be my Kagome then. She's the strongest teenager I know.' So after your mother called me back about a week or so later, I just felt relieved for your safety. If I could be there with you and everyone else, I would be. Being trapped in this cage day in and day out can wear on the soul. But the thought of seeing you, your mother, and everyone else someday, keeps me strong.

Which is why I decided to send you not one, but three gifts for your birthday this year.

I had the chocolate cake your mother has most likely just placed on the table before you from the most expensive bakery in New York. Your mother had told me before that you love chocolate, like most teenage girls seem to, so I took the liberty of sending you your own, personal, triple layer, fudge, cake. And if I am correct, it's fifteen pounds.

Kagome's eyes widened as she glanced at the cake once more, but suddenly went back to reading.

I also took the liberty of paying all of your hospital bills. I felt you had no need to be burdened with those so close to your graduation day. So no worries, sweetheart….

"What?!" Mrs. Higurashi nearly shrieked. "All of them?!"

(a/n: Add it up… it's A LOT: P)

… Yes Norma… I did in fact pay all of them off.

Kagome's grandfather chuckled lightly.

"I think he knows you too well my dear," he said as she fumed visibly.

Kagome could have worn her father had been smiling when he wrote that part.

But anyways, my last gift is a very special one. Your mother and I fought on the phone for about an hour when I had brought this idea up with her, but I finally managed to get her to give in, or at least meet a compromise….

Kagome looked at her mother as she paused from reading further, and found that indeed her mother did not look all too thrilled, but it was funny all the same.

… I am going to be having your own two story apartment built behind the well house, right at the edge of the woods, so you can go to the Feudal Era anytime you wish, and so that you can also stay close to home. Instead of moving away from everyone when you feel the need to be independent …

Kagome dropped the letter. In pure shock. As her jaw hung open and her eyes pealed wide, she stared at her mother and everyone else around the room, including Inuyasha. Her mother smiled as she rolled her eyes.

"He was going to give you a loft in New York, but I told him he wouldn't know the meaning of celibacy if he did that," she said with a slight giggle to her voice.

"Ugh, mom you're gross!" Souta said as he covered his ears harshly. "You're too old to talk like that!"

" I beg your pardon young man?" she nearly shouted at him.

Inuyasha started laughing, but held his tongue as Mrs. Higurashi looked his way with an equally scary glare.

"Do you have something to say, Inuyasha?"

Clamping his hand over his mouth, he shook his head.

Kagome had been oblivious to all of the comedy around her at that moment as she realized what her father was doing for her.

He was going to build her, her very own apartment. Right here, at the shrine.

Since her mother had told her father about all of the travels she had done to the Feudal Era for three years now, her father must have known she was never going to be able to live very far from the well. So, maybe this is what he had meant about compromise.

But this was far beyond her imagination.

'Daddy…'

Inuyasha could smell her tears of rain as they fell into her lap. He knew she wasn't sad, or at least not unhappy for that matter by the slight smile on her face. But he couldn't help but wrap his arm around her shoulder and gently take the letter out of her lap and set it on the table. He pulled her close, allowing her to cry into his tank top. Even though he hated it more than anything when she did so, he could understand at this moment that all she needed was a moment to let her emotions out. And whatever an 'apartment' was, it truly must have made her happy.

Kagome looked at the letter, only to realize she was only half way finished with it. Snaking her way only slightly out of Inuyasha's embrace, she picked it up and continued to read from it.

I know that since I have been imprisoned, it has been very hard on both you, and your mother. And even though I am so many miles away, I want to be a good father to you. True, it may be what I'm doing is spoiling you a little bit. But I do believe in fact, that you have deserved it. As your mother already knows, my lawyer, Mr. Justin Towner, will be arriving in a few short days along with a contractor to start building. He already has a few designs planned out for you to choose from, and if you want, you can change a few things as well.

I am sorry I cannot be there for you, sweetheart. But as you know, fate is not too kind to this old man of yours. But we only have a few more years to go. And I will wait for the day I can finally meet you, and at least hold you for the first time in my arms.

You are my treasure I have never seen other than in photo's. And when that day comes for us to meet, I will finally be truly happy.

Until then, be the happy, strong, and proud young lady I know you are. I love you. And happy belated birthday.

Love Always,

Daddy

P.S.- This is for you, Inuyasha. Thank you for saving my baby. I don't know how I'll ever repay you for this. Thank you once more. Goodbye.

Inuyasha's eyes widened. Someone he had never even met had thanked him for something. He didn't know how to react at first, and ended up saying nothing in the end. This man that was Kagome's father seemed beyond kind and generous… just like his daughter.

Now he could see the unfairness that was being dealt to the family he had become to belong to over the years, and he was angry. If he had ever found the other man whom had been a father to Kagome, the man who had hurt her so greatly, he would surly kill him now.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said with a smile on her tear streaked face. "It looks like my father likes you."

Inuyasha snapped instantly out of his thought's and looked to her. She was so beautiful and strong. Even compared to him. He smiled and nodded as he gently rubbed the tears from her face with his knuckles, making her blush at the sudden, gentle contact from him. It was taking all of his will power to not lean in and kiss her right then and there. Even though they were in her time and nowhere near Naraku, he couldn't chance doing anything with her right now. Not unless it was something he would normally do with her.

And because when a demon, be it full or hanyou, found their lifetime partner, their scent would meld into the person they loved so desperately. And carry their scent until they were mated.

With Naraku still around and roaming freely, he couldn't chance that happening.

So, reluctantly pulling himself away from her, he sat back straight in his chair, with his arm still around her.

Kagome knew how he was feeling, just by the look of torn angst in his eyes. He wanted to kiss her, but he had a very good reason not to. Her heart felt torn from the moment they could have shared. But just as her father had said in his letter.

Waiting, would be well worth all of their hardships. Because then, everything would be fine.

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Well, there you go everyone.

That's Chapter 13, and I plan on making the next chapter REALLY funny.

So be ready for it.

Again, I'm very sorry this took so long to put up.

But I will make sure to put the next one up as soon as possible.

Until then,

Toodles,

Me

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P.S.- If you are also following my other story, '9 Months'. Listen carefully. I am almost finished with it. It's a very hard chapter to write, and I just don't want it to be all over the place. : P… So, now that that is out. I'm off to work on the next chapter.

Bye bye!