(yeah, well, I forgot to put a disclaimer thingy on the first chapter, so
here it is now. Yeah, I don't own Inuyasha or kagome or any of the
regulars from the show or manga and stuff. But then, if I did own then, I
wouldn't be posting this up here. Here at fanfiction.net. I'd also be
making big bucks off the show. But to make a long story short, I don't own
any of the regulars. And now that I've said that, I'm not going to say it
again, cause it's just a waste of typing time.)
Chapter 2
"How - when - but.!" - Kagome could hardly believe what she was seeing. It had been just a little while ago that Inuyasha had presented the jewel shard to her. She could barely speak she was so shocked.
"I don't know. I've been here in your time mostly. I'm slightly out of touch with the past myself in case you haven't noticed." After prying the shard out of the tree, he went back through the well to the present time. He wasn't quite sure about how to tell Kagome about the shard, so first he made her the tea. Kaede had done it again, because Kagome started to fell better almost immediately. Finally he decided that it would be too difficult to "sugar-coat" the issue, so he handed her the shard outright. Needless to say, Kagome was not pleased to see it.
"But we collected the shards! We fixed the jewel! We worked so hard! Why is it shattered again?!"
"Feh. Don't ask me, it's not like I know anything."
"Does this mean that we have to collect all the shards again? But it was so hard before! I don't think that we can do it again." Kagome slumped down in her chair. "It's not fair."
"Yeah, well if we do have to get them again, this time I'm going to personally hunt down and kill whatever bastard is responsible for it," declared Inuyasha. Kagome starred at him.
"You didn't want to do that before did you?" Inuyasha, suddenly realizing exactly what he had just said, sat bolt up right in his chair.
"No, of course not!" Just as he was about to prepare himself for another of Kagome's "sit" commands, he remembered that it didn't affect him anymore. A year after they had finished the jewel shard hunt, and Inuyasha and Kagome decided that stay together, Kagome had freed him from the rosary beads. He no longer was forced to eat dirt every time Kagome became angry with him. Just then, they both heard a door slam. Through the doorway, they saw Ayane come running in, past without seeing them, and bolting upstairs. The couple exchanged a look.
Sighing Kagome said, "Alright, I'll go see what's wrong with Ayane, and you go back to Sengoku Jidai and see what's wrong with the Shikon No Tama."
"Feh. Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this. I'm not lookin' to collect them again. We did that already. Besides, I ain't got no reason to look this time. I'm happy just the way I am." He smiled at her, and she smiled back. They parted ways and Kagome headed up to her daughter's room. It used to belong to her, but after she and Inuyasha decided to be with each other, they moved into her mother's old room, and Ayane was given Kagome's old room. Kagome's mother had moved in with her brother Sota after he moved away. Kagome was left to tend to the shrine, mostly because she was gifted with miko powers and because she needed to guard over the well. Just as she was about to knock on her daughter's door, she heard quiet sobs coming from within. Biting her lip, she knocked on the door.
"Ayane? Honey? Are you alright?"
"Go away!"
"Ok, seeing as the door is closed, I'm going to pretend like I just heard you say 'Please come in' alright?" She opened the door and saw her precious daughter sitting on the floor next to her bed, tears streaming from her eyes. Kagome rushed forward.
"Ayane! What happened? Did something happen at school?" Her daughter was 15, but Kagome still pulled the girl onto her lap for comfort.
"They laughed! They all laughed!"
"Who laughed at what honey?"
"My ears! Everybody laughed at my ears! They called me a freak! None of my old friends did that!" Ayane was crying so hard now that it hurt Kagome's heart to watch.
"Well, I told you that you should probably have worn something to cover them for the first week. Don't worry though, once you explain it with the usual explanation, nobody will laugh. Did I ever tell you the first time I saw your father? He was sleeping, and his ears were so cute looking, and so."
".and so you went over and played with them. I know, you've told me. But mom, nobody thinks that they're cute. They all think that my ears are weird." Ayane had calmed down a little by now.
"Now, you know my policy about always being at school, but for this one time only, I'll let you stay home tomorrow if you want to. But just for tomorrow, got it?" Ayane turned and give her mom a huge hug.
"Really? Thank you so much!" Just then the window slid open and in popped Inuyasha.
"Well Kagome, it seems like nobody knows about how the jewel got shattered; only that it was."
"Does that mean.?"
"Uh-huh. Looks like we're going back to the past again, but look on the bright side, at least this time I won't have to drag you there because you won't leave school." Ayane just kept looking at her parents.
"Um, what are you guys talking about? What jewel? And what do you mean 'back to the past'?" Kagome and Inuyasha exchanged looks.
"Well, Ayane, you see, there's something that we haven't ever told you. You see, there's something very special about that well that we don't like you playing near. I think that it may finally time to tell you exactly just how and when your father and I met."
Chapter 2
"How - when - but.!" - Kagome could hardly believe what she was seeing. It had been just a little while ago that Inuyasha had presented the jewel shard to her. She could barely speak she was so shocked.
"I don't know. I've been here in your time mostly. I'm slightly out of touch with the past myself in case you haven't noticed." After prying the shard out of the tree, he went back through the well to the present time. He wasn't quite sure about how to tell Kagome about the shard, so first he made her the tea. Kaede had done it again, because Kagome started to fell better almost immediately. Finally he decided that it would be too difficult to "sugar-coat" the issue, so he handed her the shard outright. Needless to say, Kagome was not pleased to see it.
"But we collected the shards! We fixed the jewel! We worked so hard! Why is it shattered again?!"
"Feh. Don't ask me, it's not like I know anything."
"Does this mean that we have to collect all the shards again? But it was so hard before! I don't think that we can do it again." Kagome slumped down in her chair. "It's not fair."
"Yeah, well if we do have to get them again, this time I'm going to personally hunt down and kill whatever bastard is responsible for it," declared Inuyasha. Kagome starred at him.
"You didn't want to do that before did you?" Inuyasha, suddenly realizing exactly what he had just said, sat bolt up right in his chair.
"No, of course not!" Just as he was about to prepare himself for another of Kagome's "sit" commands, he remembered that it didn't affect him anymore. A year after they had finished the jewel shard hunt, and Inuyasha and Kagome decided that stay together, Kagome had freed him from the rosary beads. He no longer was forced to eat dirt every time Kagome became angry with him. Just then, they both heard a door slam. Through the doorway, they saw Ayane come running in, past without seeing them, and bolting upstairs. The couple exchanged a look.
Sighing Kagome said, "Alright, I'll go see what's wrong with Ayane, and you go back to Sengoku Jidai and see what's wrong with the Shikon No Tama."
"Feh. Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this. I'm not lookin' to collect them again. We did that already. Besides, I ain't got no reason to look this time. I'm happy just the way I am." He smiled at her, and she smiled back. They parted ways and Kagome headed up to her daughter's room. It used to belong to her, but after she and Inuyasha decided to be with each other, they moved into her mother's old room, and Ayane was given Kagome's old room. Kagome's mother had moved in with her brother Sota after he moved away. Kagome was left to tend to the shrine, mostly because she was gifted with miko powers and because she needed to guard over the well. Just as she was about to knock on her daughter's door, she heard quiet sobs coming from within. Biting her lip, she knocked on the door.
"Ayane? Honey? Are you alright?"
"Go away!"
"Ok, seeing as the door is closed, I'm going to pretend like I just heard you say 'Please come in' alright?" She opened the door and saw her precious daughter sitting on the floor next to her bed, tears streaming from her eyes. Kagome rushed forward.
"Ayane! What happened? Did something happen at school?" Her daughter was 15, but Kagome still pulled the girl onto her lap for comfort.
"They laughed! They all laughed!"
"Who laughed at what honey?"
"My ears! Everybody laughed at my ears! They called me a freak! None of my old friends did that!" Ayane was crying so hard now that it hurt Kagome's heart to watch.
"Well, I told you that you should probably have worn something to cover them for the first week. Don't worry though, once you explain it with the usual explanation, nobody will laugh. Did I ever tell you the first time I saw your father? He was sleeping, and his ears were so cute looking, and so."
".and so you went over and played with them. I know, you've told me. But mom, nobody thinks that they're cute. They all think that my ears are weird." Ayane had calmed down a little by now.
"Now, you know my policy about always being at school, but for this one time only, I'll let you stay home tomorrow if you want to. But just for tomorrow, got it?" Ayane turned and give her mom a huge hug.
"Really? Thank you so much!" Just then the window slid open and in popped Inuyasha.
"Well Kagome, it seems like nobody knows about how the jewel got shattered; only that it was."
"Does that mean.?"
"Uh-huh. Looks like we're going back to the past again, but look on the bright side, at least this time I won't have to drag you there because you won't leave school." Ayane just kept looking at her parents.
"Um, what are you guys talking about? What jewel? And what do you mean 'back to the past'?" Kagome and Inuyasha exchanged looks.
"Well, Ayane, you see, there's something that we haven't ever told you. You see, there's something very special about that well that we don't like you playing near. I think that it may finally time to tell you exactly just how and when your father and I met."