Chapter 32
Kagome is still annoyed that her own father would barge in without even knocking on the closed. "What are you doing here anyway?" Kagome rather asks him instead. Mr. Higurashi sees how his daughter and the boy that she was with at the park are to each. "I was able to hear you from down the hallway when I came out of the elevator." Mr. Higurashi answers her calmly. "No, you were right outside when you eavesdropped on us." Inuyasha tells him instead. Kagome looks after her gasp. "Dad. Why would you do that?" She looks back at him. "Can you blame me, it's a father's duty to look after his own daughter." Mr. Higurashi crossed his arms feeling accused by the way Inuyasha spoke to him. "How could you not trust me, Dad? I'm an adult and you need to let me make my own choices. I don't need your opinion on which one I prefer to do." Kagome is just upset at this.
"Look, Kagome. I know what I did was wrong and I'm so sorry for what I had to put you through. I wouldn't done anything to go back and prevent that from happening." Mr. Higurashi tries to explain himself. Kagome immediate feels that she's been pushed into a corner, no way to get out the dangers that shadowed her. "But you didn't do a thing to make the pain go away. I was abused by him. I could never forgive him." Kagome sniffles.
Inuyasha can see how much suffering that Kagome is still going through. There's no doubt about it. "But why didn't you do anything about it?" Mr. Higurashi asks her. Kagome is confused. "Dad. I thought I told you what happened when I divorced that guy. And you of all people comforted me when I told you. How could you forget about that?" Kagome doesn't get it. She knew for sure she told her parents about the divorce. And then something crossed her mind. "Dad, where were when I was married to Koga?"
That question alone made Mr. Higurashi think about it. "Where were you, dad?" Kagome repeats the question more urgently. "I was somewhere else at the time. I had no idea that you were married when I was gone." He replies back to her. So all this time. Kagome just sits into the empty chair. 'If he wasn't there when I was married then who…' She thinks hard to her. "It must've been Naraku who imposed your father while he was gone." Inuyasha tells her. Mr. Higurashi turns to him. "Really?" He asks the boy.
Inuyasha nods to him. "Yeah. And I was able to tell by the scent that escapes the body. If there was one thing I know about imposing, the real one scent remains the same, while the other's scent isn't that's how I was able to tell." He explains to the father. "So, he's somewhere else." Mr. Higurashi speaks first. "And I can tell that he's after me as well." Inuyasha confirms it as well. "But the only question is where he is? Koga told me his experience without knowing throughout his time that his father wanted him to leave the country. As soon as he left, Naraku disguised himself as the son to get to me." Kagome tells them for what Koga told her earlier because it turned out that he was innocent.
Inuyasha really wants to get out of this place and find Naraku, but he doesn't even have the slightest idea on where to start. "Dad why?" Kagome murmurs, but he was able to hear her. But then something crossed her mind. "Inuyasha, what kind of scent does my father have?" Kagome looks at him. Inuyasha stealthily sniffs the guy. "Not to be rude, Mr. Higurashi, but your scent is that of cedar wood and that old spice deodorant." Mr. Higurashi feels embarrassed about that claim but decides to ignore it though. True about the deodorant but the other scent caught him unguarded. "And what about Naraku's scent? Were you able to tell what kind of scent he has?" Kagome asks him. Thinking back when he saved her from his clutches at the warehouse. "His scent is something sickening. More like the scent of bugs when they're killed." He describes the details.
Just hearing that gave Kagome the shivering. "At least it's not the stink bugs when they're squashed." She comments to him. "And Kagome…" Mr. Higurashi speaks to her. Kagome looks back to him. "You don't have to tell me about when I asked about Inuyasha. His brother told me." Kagome sighs in relief, for she doesn't have to hold it in anymore. "I see. So my brother told you as well." Inuyasha looks at the father. "I'm sorry for what I did. I just don't want my daughter to be pushed to a corner." He starts off. "Dad, could you excuse us for a few minutes?" Kagome asks him beggingly. Mr. Higurashi can see how personal this topic is getting. "Of course." He leaves the room and closes the door behind him.
As soon as the door closed, Inuyasha spoke, "Kagome you know you didn't have to do that." Kagome looks at him. "Inuyasha, he didn't have to right to know about your backstory." She closes her eyes. "Kagome look at me in the eye." Inuyasha said to her in demand. Kagome obeys him. Inuyasha can see so much conflict in her brown eyes. "I know how much pressure you've been into, but you have to let that go and tell him how you feel about it." He spoke wisely. Kagome just closes her eyes. "Inuyasha, you don't know about my life. We just met a few days ago and I just told you about what happened recently, but I never told you everything about my life because I'm not ready to do that. All I know is whatever your brother told my dad and I. For I rather not tell anyone else about it because it's your business and no one else's." She spoke with seriousness in her voice.
All Inuyasha does is sigh. "Look, Kagome. Even if I were to be asked about my life, I would've done it anyway. Even if he thinks differently about us. He might even think that we're a couple, but that's not that kind of relationship we have. Not even close for that matter." Kagome can tell that he has point. There are times in someone's life that person will have no choice but to explain what that person went through and see what they can do about the future. All Kagome could is agree with him.