Her Life - Chapter 37 - "Love Is More Than Just A Game For Two – Part 1"
Pre-A/N – You ever have one of those moments where something is written and then you accidentally delete it like a dumbass and don't have a backup? Well… that's what happened here.
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She had witnessed many a mystical anomaly before; been involved with quite a few of them herself in fact. But the spell just cast was something entirely new. Oh, she knew of many spells that had dramatic explosions when completed but this one was completely different. The dissipating energy that had…infused…whatever had happened was overflowing with Kagome's spiritual energy. This struck a chord within Kaede because usually if one preforms or uses a premade spell of someone else's making after they had died the spell would lose most, if not all, of the original spiritual energy used to cast it is drained away. The particles floating around the old woman practically scratched harshly with Kagome's energy, as if she was actually in the room, casting the very spell herself.
"But that can't be." Kaede thought. "Kagome is dead and can't possibly do anything like this from the grave; especially of this magnitude."
Something brushed past her senses then, a thing so shocking that it froze her stone solid. Painstaking she grasp onto the feeling, trying to follow it through the confines of the grounds in order to relay the source.
But then her husband just HAD to touch her shoulder to see if she was alright. Had she really been down on the floor this entire time?
"Of course I'm fine!" Snapping at him, which she rarely did. "If you hadn't of been so meddling though I would have found out where Kagome's aura was coming from. Perhaps even answered a few suspicions of my own but nooooo…. You just had to go and touch me. Little imp…"
"I can hear all your thoughts dear. Or did you forget about that little habit…again?"
Yes, she did forget about it but that wasn't exactly the point. Since he could read her mind he should have known she was following the spell's magical energy. Now she'd never know what it might have led to. Grasping his outreached hand Kaede hauled herself up, quickly shaking his hand off before she got any more miffed at him. Truly she loved him with all her heart but sometimes…oh that man.
"My love, I believe we're about to be in for quite a shock."
Little did they know their lives would soon be changed in a very big way.
Kikyo just couldn't take it any more of these surprises. Mama calling her by Kagome's name was hard but not in the way most would usually think. Deep down a twinge of pain was flickering in her heart; one that had a sense of an old wound that didn't quite heal and hurt when you moved even the tiniest bit. "Was this how Kagome felt when she was called by my name?" She wondered sometimes." Did she feel such loneliness when Inuyasha's eyes looked upon her and saw me in her place?" And while such things did slip through her mind on such days nothing was flying through her mind now. It was almost desert like in its confines as she stared at this still unnamed stranger who kept calling her husband "Grandfather".
Of course she was smart enough to put two and two together in order to realize that the dog that had previously been begging for table scraps moments ago was now the human man before her but, why was he calling Inuyasha by that name? Was he not her beloved Kazuhiko? The child that only a handful in the family could understand? If he could do this then why hasn't he done so years ago? Some part of her kept reminding that this was, supposedly, her grandchild and that voice caused her to stop thinking and truly look at the lumbering man before her.
The eyes she recognized for they were as golden as the sun yet they were mixed with a hint of green that was lost to her. Her father's nose graced his face just as it graced her sister's and with it accompanied strong, high cheekbones and a defiant chin; remnants of the InuTaisho's DNA coming out within the family. That would possibly explain why he had such a large build but the hair was a complete mystery to her. Only minutes ago there has been a white dog and now a black and orange stripe haired male stood eating his dinner, with hair so wild he looked like he should have been donning a loincloth and jumping strait out of a Tarzan book. That hair was unrecognizable to her so what he is saying must be true. Could they actually trust him?
"Oh I am so happy to see you dear!" Gazes turned to Mama, who was hugging the newcomer like she seemingly knew him. "Get down here and give me a hug."
The man had to bend down a ways to get his arms around her. He appeared more than happy to do it though, laughing everything off as he practically bear-hugged her; squishing the air from her lungs. Whoever this was really cared for her since her lifted her to his height and snuffled her neck like a mad man.
The crashing of Souta and Hikaru barreling into the house to "save" everyone from the explosion didn't even phase the pair. It wasn't until Hikaru's uncomfortable coughing that the man was swayed to acknowledge the other people in the room. Another awkward cough along with a quick nod down and a towel being held out gave all the answers to the stranger as to why he felt such an awful draft.
Let's just say the towel made it to its destination after gently setting Mama down. Bowing, the stranger silently asking forgiveness for such an inappropriate act. "Excuse me while I change."
Minutes later, once everyone had been reseated, a bowl of soup had been given to the mysterious man who took up a spot along the wall. His appearance seemingly calming and normal to the regular occupants of the home, but not to the guests. He took a sip of soup,
"Are you alright Grandmother?" The care in his eyes was genuine but she couldn't help but resist trusting him.
"Hey, you leave her out of this and pay attention to me. Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha sat back in his seat; grasping his utensils harshly in attempts to rain in at least part of his anger. There were too many secrets being incredibly well kept and not enough clues to help uncover the innumerable answers that were surely out there.
"I hope that calling you Grandfather would provide some sort of clue."
"You know what the hell I mean."
"Very well," He downed the rest of his soup. "As I am sure you're all assuming I am indeed the son of your beloved Kazuhiko. As for my name, here I mostly go by 'darling'." He smirked at that, flashing his eyes at Mama playfully, simply in pure jest mind you. He loved to jest with her.
"Well you are a darling!" She kissed his cheek. "Always helping me around the house like a good boy." Not even a second later, much to his dislike, he felt a loving pat on top of his head. Just like the pat she gave him in his dog form while performing a trick for her amusement. It annoyed him to no end.
"Any reason as to why you're being so secretive?"
Shaking off Mama's hand, the man turned to answer Cornelius but was stopped when another voice interrupted the mix.
"We keep no secrets in this house."
"Ah, Souta, ye may not keep secrets within your home but perhaps there are a few hidden away within the shrine hmm? Perhaps swept under a long forgotten tapestry?"
"You will not question my son, Uncle."
Gasps let themselves loose from all the guests while those who lived at the shrine simply greeted yet another new occupant to the room. The group of four were all understandably shocked of course, but there were two definitive differences; the first being Kikyo's hyperventilating and the second being Inuyasha's fury.
"Where..."
For standing before them,
"...the FUCK..."
Was none other than,
"...have you been...?"
Was their beloved son,
"Kazuhiko."
A/N Total Words – 1,431
Well, we come to another bump in the road. Besides the fact that I accidentally deleted the completed version of this chapter I've also been dealing with my own personal demons, those being depression and school. School I can deal with but since Christmas time it finally set in that my dad was truly gone and the season just brought on the depression and it spun from there. I've held a lot back on my end, feeling and thought wise, because I've had to stand up and be the rock and stability for mom. While I still wrote it just wasn't as fast as I would have liked. There should actually be more to this chapter, so for this particular chapter title, there will also be a "Part 2".
Now! To clear up a bit of confusion let me go over some things with you –
#1 – Hikaru and Hitoshi are Kagome's adopted sons (explained in future chapter). Under the eyes of the law however, they are Souta's legally adopted children because the system didn't feel with Kagome's health issues that she would make a good mother. This is why they call Souta "Father" and Kagome "Mother"
#2 – Kazuhiko is one of Inuyasha's and Kikyo's children, however, he has the form of a full dog demon BUT in like a golden retriever size. To read his backstory please see Chapter #38
#3 – The stranger in this chapter (aka the white dog) is Kazuhiko's son – which makes Inuyasha his grandfather – his name will be revealed in the next chapter and ooooohhhh…. Will it be a doozy… you guys won't see it coming… not from a mile away.
QUESTION – Would you guys like to read a side story about how Cornelius and Kaede came to be?
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH ME!
Love ~ Daphne