Chapter 13
The stinky aroma drags itself into Kagome's bedroom. It seeps through the crevices of the door's gap. As it draws closer, the scent hit her nose hard. She groans as she tries to turn to the other side of her bed. But the smell managed to get her fully awake this time. "Uhh. What's that smell?" Kagome covered her nose, hoping she can get rid of it out of her room. "Kagome. How are you feeling?" Ai walks in. "Mom, what's that smell?" Kagome asks her the question instead of answering it. "Oh that's your father making the family medicine." Ai replies calmly. Just hearing that made Kagome go into the bathroom and hurl into the toilet. "I knew it. Dad had to bring in the big guns." Kagome moans as she gets out of the bathroom. "I know it smells horrible, but it's the only way to get rid of your illness." Ai places her hand onto her daughter's shoulder. "Why didn't he do in the very beginning?" Kagome looks up to her. "You know how your father is. He wants to see if any of the regular medicine we get at the drug store. And if it all fail, he does his own."
Kagome sits back down onto her bed. "Dad would have to the extremes to pull something like anytime we're sick. Why can't he just do the regular routine?" Ai smiles sadly. "Your father doesn't want to let anyone know about his little trick. He thinks that all of his ailments are top of the line." Kagome just nods. Knowing him, Hige always had something that can cure all of illnesses. "Alright, Kagome. Your medicine is ready." Hige comes to the door with a mug in his hand. Kagome can tell right away that the stench is coming from the mug. "Really, dad?" Kagome is suspicious at this.
"Ai told me what's going on. And the first thing we have to do is get you better. Now stop being so stubborn and drink." Hige tells her in a gentle seriousness in his voice. Kagome reluctantly takes the mug, plug her nose with her free hand and chugs down the mug. Hige never saw this coming. Normally, he knew that he'd catch her dumping that stuff into the toilet, and she'd lie to him that she drank it all. But he knows better. The first thing about that medicine is that it would leave a horrible smell of breath in the mouth for a few hours. And as such, Kagome didn't have that. "Let me smell your breath." Hige comes to her after he takes the mug. Kagome opens her mouth and exhales out. "Yep. You should be resting a bit more for the medicine to work." As such he leaves the room.
As such, the medicine kicks in its sleepiness to Kagome, which she snuggles back in her bed and goes back to sleep. Hige couldn't help but smile at the scene. He leaves the room and heads into the kitchen. Luckily the stink wore off after being washed by Ai. Even the pot that was used to make it in the first place wasn't that big. Just a medium size pot. "Let me." Ai gestures her hand out so she can wash the mug too. "So tell me Ai." Hige sits at the sofa. Ai dries off her damped hands and joins him. "What is it?" She asks him.
"How much do you know about the man who confronted Koga when he came here?" Hige asks her as calmly as possible. Ai can tell right away that he's getting into his overprotectiveness of their daughter. "I don't know him personally. I told you earlier that Sango told me that Kagome resembled someone he used to know." Ai answers so far. "And what is his name?" Hige asks again after taking in the new information he's getting so far. "I believe his name was Inuyasha." Ai holds her chin, trying to remember the appearances as well.
"And what did he look like?" Hige asks her a few seconds later. Ai still holds her chin. "Well, he's quite tall. A bit taller than Kagome. He has long silver hair down to the bottom of his back. Shocking enough, he had white akita ears instead of human one." Ai gives the details as much as she could. Hige nods. "And what about his personality?" He asks her curious this time. "He's not much of a social person. But he doesn't mind a few people. Maybe one to three is his limit. He's shy at first, but he shows respect to them. He was very nice to me, knowing I'm the mother. But when it came to protecting Kagome, he can be a bit aggressive. Doing everything he can to keep her safe according to Sango." Ai explains to her husband.
Hige would never expect someone like Inuyasha would do something like that. From confronting Koga to checking up on Kagome. 'What was I thinking?' He holds his head. "Is something wrong, dear?" Ai leans forward due to his posture. "Ai, I made a mistake." He tells her. "And what mistake is that?" Hige looks at her. "For me to pick her a husband. She deserves someone better." Ai sighs. "Then why did you do it?" She asks him. Hige shows her ruefully expression. "I lost it in a bet against my boss." That's when Ai stands up. "How could do that to Kagome? She wasn't even old enough to get married. She was 16 when she was forced into it. What were you thinking?" She silently yells at him, not wake up their daughter. Hige knew for sure that he's going into much deeper waters than he thought. He's dead meat. And as such, he has to do the unthinkable. A harsh conversation with his boss.
"Hige when we get home, you are to go to your boss and tell him about what happened. Did you do it?" Ai places her hands on her hips. Judging the look gives her the silent answer. "And that's exactly what you're going to do and I'm going with you." She glares at him. If there is one thing that Hige was warned by her parents is that whenever Ai gets that angry. Let her be that way and let her go with it. And that's what he's going to do when they get home.