Title: Like his mother
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: K
Characters: Inuyasha and his thoughts about Kaede Kagome, Inu-taichi,Kikyo, and Izayoi l
Genre: Introspective
Word count 286
Summary: This drabble was inspired by the late Bachan's treatment of this relationship in Hero in the 21st Century
I Corinthians 13 4-7 (NIV)
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
When Inuyasha looked at Kaede, he saw his mother.
From the moment he was subdued, Kaede treated him different than any human other than his mother. She gave him first hot meal since his mother died. She offered him a place to stay. She entrusted him with search for jewel and Kagome when he told her that he would steal it and use it for selfish purposes. She forgave him for her sister's death even though at the time she thought he had killed her sister. She was always there to listen to him and offered advice without being personally critical.. She made him remember his feelings for her sister so that he could face Kikyou with love and not hate. She would never betray him or control him with violence. She never called him stupid or treated him as less than human.
Their meetings to discuss "Our Kikyou" were always special to him since it was the bond that they shared. He could not ease her sorrow for her sister, but he hoped that what they shared somehow made her life more bearable.
It was through Kaede that he had been bound to Kagome. She nurtured this relationship inspite of the conflict between Inuyasha and Kagome and the pain that it caused Kikyou.
Inuyasha would never forget his mother, but Kaede helped fill that empty space in his heart that had existed since his mother died.