Okay now, first, thank you for 2000+ views! But; I don't really know what to do right now. I kinda feel like this story is about to come to it's end on the other hand, I really don't want to stop. I love writing, and I think this is a good plot. Whatever happens, there will be At Least, I dunno, 2-3 chapters. What do you think? Should I quit? Should I carry on? Let me know your opinion, please.
Well, now in this chapter, things get interesting!
12 – Strange things are happening...
A few days went by. Inuyasha still had to 're-charge' his spiritual powers, so he couldn't keep 'real company' to Kagome. But Kagome had become almost somewhat like her normal self – she knew Inuyasha was there with her. She was active at classes, ate well, not only at home and school cafeteria, but also in the nearest McDonalds with her friends after school - just like now.
Kagome had just paid for her hamburger with a coke, joining her friends at a table. Inuyasha was sitting right beside her – on the floor next to the chair, in his dog-pose.
"You know, Kagome", said Eri, drinking her Fanta. "You have been feeling better lately, after that short break the nurse gave you..."
"Yea. Before that you used to be sick and absent from school for, like, more than two days every week! Sometimes whole week!"
'Arhh, grandpa...' Kagome growled in her head. He always made those silly excuses for her absences. Just a cold, maybe pneumonia, sepsis, insuline shock, something as crazy as diptheria... And somehow they always went through.
"Hm, well... I guess I had some problems with my immune system", Kagome said.
The girls carried on thein junk food meal, talking nonsense, laughing. Kagome took part in the coversation and even smiled every now and then. But then she turned her face towards the window, looked out, leaning her forehead against it.
'I wish you were here...' she sighed.
Inuyasha might be a flying, invisible angel, but he couldn't hear the girl's thoughts. But he could still kind of see what was in her mind. Slowly he rose from the floor through the table. He sat down on the table opposite Kagome. His ears were drooping. Even if he had his spiritual powers full now, he wouldn't be able to show up now. Not when her friends – and all the other people for that matter – could see him.
"Kagome?" Yuka pet her shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"What? Oh, yea..."
As Inuyasha had been gathering his strength for a few days, he had been starting to feel better. Maybe tomorrow he could show up for a little while.
Now Kagome seemed to be just fine. She got home from school, had a snack, and was now doing her homework. Inuyasha was sitting at the open window, wagging his legs slowly. When...
"I know you're here", the girl said. Inuyasha's eyes widened. But that was it – she didn't get up from her chair, didn't even stop writing her notebook. And so Inuyasha sighed his ears drooping, hopped out of the window and flew all the way to the roots of the Goshinboku – the place where he always transited to the Afterlife.
Inuyasha had returned to the Afterllife and was on his way to the castle. But he didn't fly – he wanted to spare every little ounce of his strength for tomorrow, so he could show up to Kagome.
He arrived at his family's room's door, but stopped in front of the door, not going in. He could hear speech coming from inside. He could tell they were his parents, but couldn't make out what they said. He knocked the door...
"It's him", a voice whispered. Inuyasha opened the door. He was prepared for something mischievous, but nothing seemed out of order.
"What are ya up to?" Inuyasha asked, came in, closed the door and sat down between his parents.
"Well uh..." Inutaisho sighed, rubbing his neck.
"You will get to know soon", Izayoi smiled, placing her hand on her son's shoulder.
"And when is 'soon'?" the boy asked. "You act like you were getting a new baby!"
Inutaisho's and Izayoi's eyes widened. They turned at each other and chuckled. Inuyasha's ears shot up.
"W-what the Hell?!" he barked. "You've GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!?" And so he ran out the room.
"Wait, Inuyasha-!" Inutaisho shouted, but the boy was gone. "He got it all wrong..."
"As I told him, he will know soon", Izayoi said. "The transit was in the evening, wasn't it?"
Inuyasha marched the corridors, not really going anywhere. Then he got to a verandah, walked for a while, when suddenly...
BAM! A ball hit his head hard.
"What the...!" Inuyasha growled. Then he saw a group of kids walking towards him, through the playground.
"Hey, Inuyasha!" one kid shouted. "Come, join the ga-!"
But Inuyasha didn't feel like playing. He threw the ball towards them, and just when he was about to turn around and get on his way, he heard a voice call:
"Inuyasha! Yo, Inuyasha!"
And so Inuyasha saw Zaki. He was standing in the middle of the group. He walked to Inuyasha, and the game carried on.
"Come", Zaki said. "I can see you need someone to talk to."
The boys walked for a while, all quiet. When suddenly Zaki stopped.
"Look, pal, tell me what you have in your mind."
"It's something Disgusting", the dog boy snorted. "I maybe don't even want to talk about it!"
"Aw, c'mon!" Zaki poked his friend's side with his elbow. "I'm listening!"
"Well then..." Inuyasha sat down. "Sit down."
After a little moment silence Inuyasha sighed.
"My parents are getting a baby."
"They... WHAT?"
Silence. Nobody said a thing. Until Zaki said:
"You've got to be kidding me."
"No I'm not. My mom and dad told me"
"Are you sure? Absolutely certain?"
"Well, not Absolutely, but... I could tell it from their words."
Again, silence.
"You must have misjudged them", Zaki said.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.
"People can't have babies here at the Afterlife."
"..." Inuyasha stared at his friend. "But then... What were they trying to say?"
"Go back to them and ask."
And so Inuyasha got on his way back to his family's room. He had only one question in his mind: what the hell is going on?
Inuyasha got to their room. Only Izayoi was there.
"Oh, hi, honey!" she smiled as the boy stepped in and closed the door. "Are you feeling a bit better now?"
"Maybe", Inuyasha mumbled and sat opposite his mother on his dog pose. "Just tell me what is going on."
"I'm sorry but I am not the right person to do it", Izayoi shook her head. "You must wait for your father to come. He can answer you."
"Why are things so difficult in here?" Inuyasha sighed, starting to scratching his hear with his foot. "But I'm sure you can answer one other question I have: are you having a baby?"
"Heh, no, honey!" Izayoi giggled. "It seems you didn't know that we can't have -"
"Babies in here. Yea, my friend just told me. Now, will dad come soon?"
"Maybe a bit later. Do you have anything to do until then?"
"Sure, I'll be going to Kagome soon."
And so he did. And he was just in time – Kagome was packing her backpack, she had to be going to the Feudal era. Inuyasha sat on her window, and the girl was talking, had been even before Inuyasha arrived.
"Mama, I'm leaving!" Kagome shouted as she ran out of the house, through the yard, to the well, and jumped down.
"You know, Inuyasha, I would really appreciate you to carry me up the well on your back", Kagome said as she started climbing the ladder up. Both Inuyasha and Kagome sighed.
They got to the village. People were working at the fields, and what do you know, a woman was hanging the laundry on a clothesline in front of Kaede's hut. That was Sango, with a baby on her back.
"Sango-chan!" Kagome shouted out and jogged to her.
"Oh, It's you, Kagome-chan!" Sango smiled. They hugged each other.
"How have things been in here?" Kagome asked.
"Well, very... different now since... since Inuyasha is dead", Sango sighed.."Have you seen him lately?"
"Now he's been gone for a while... But he told me he is watching over me. I'm sure he's right here with us."
Inuyasha smiled and rolled his eyes.
Again, Kagome's visit in the Feudal era was pretty short. She did have a cup of tea with Sango, Shippo and Kaede, but as Miroku was hunting, she couldn't see him before she had to leave.
It was late when he got back to the Higurashi's house yard.
"I'm back!" Kagome cheered as she got in. She could hear her mother greet from the kitchen. First, the girl went to her room to put her backpack beside her bed. Inuyasha looked at this behind her back.
Kagome had some chocolate cereal for bedtime snack. She hugged her mother and got to sleep. For a little while Inuyasha sat at her bed end, trying to massage her ankle, but his hand went through.
After Kagome fell asleep, Inuyasha returned to the Afterlife.
Inuyasha was on his way to the castle in the Afterlife. He walked slowly through the dark woods... When he caught two familiar scents. He could recognize one of them, but wasn't sure about the other one. Inuyasha sniffed as he walked forwards.
He got to the castle in about ten minutes. Candles lit the verandahs. Inuyasha stepped in and got on his way to his family's room. The two scents got stronger and stronger by every step.
Finally he stood at his family's room's door and knocked. He opened the door... And saw something he would have expected the least.
"... You...?!"
Quess who it is?