Lovers Forever

Chapter 11

Explanation

By: Devilspet

A/N: Hey, not much to say except hi. Read, enjoy (hopefully), and review please!

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"Daddy?" Kikyo asked.

Inuyasha stopped.

"Hmm?" he answered.

"Daddy, will you tell me a bed time story?" she yawned. Inuyasha smiled. "Sure . . . what d'ya wanna hear about?" he asked. Kikyo stretched. "Uh . . . I wanna know about my name. Why'd you name me Kikyo?" she suggested. Inuyasha stiffened briefly but relaxed, not wanting his daughter to see. It's been almost nine years since he talked about this.

Inuyasha sighed and began to explain, "Well, Kikyo was my first real friend, or so I thought. I thought she trusted me, I was wrong, and I thought she loved me, and for a long time I thought I was wrong and I'm still not sure about it but none of that matters to me anymore. Okay, I guess we gotta start from the beginning. Kikyo and I were becoming friends and she was gonna use the Shikon Jewel to make me human and I was wiling to accept she claimed that I betrayed her by stealing the Shikon jewel and trying to kill her-" he was stopped by Kikyo.

"But you didn't, did you, daddy?" Kikyo asked.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Of course not, I loved her but she died that day so I could never tell her . . . see I was framed by an evil demon, Naraku, you've probably heard about him from Uncle Miroku, Aunt Sango, or Uncle Shippo. Before Kikyo died she pinned me to a tree for about fifty years, it was the tree you were climbing that I was pinned to. You mother came along from the future through the Bone Eaters Well and freed me, Grandma Kaede put this necklace on my to control me 'cause I was pretty unpredictable back then."

His daughter, once again, interrupted Inuyasha.

"What did you do?" she asked.

"I tried to kill your mother because I thought she was Kikyo and I thought Kikyo betrayed me. Did you know that your mom is the reincarnation of Kikyo? Well, anyway, I need to skip a whole bunch of stuff to finish so here we go. Let me think for a second, hmm, what was her name? Oh, yeah. Kikyo's ashes were stolen by and evil Miko, Urasue, she tried to take your mother's soul to . . . how can I make this easy? . . . Remake . . . Kikyo and it almost worked but Kagome called back her soul and Kikyo only made it away with a piece of it. We met up with Uncle Shippo, Uncle Miroku, and Aunt Sango along the way. Once I realized that I was falling for Kagome, Kikyo tried to kill her numerous times, but failed. Each time Kikyo attacked, I realized how much I really didn't love Kikyo anymore . . . and how much I cared about your mother."

Suddenly, Inuyasha blinked.

"Why am I talking about this with a nine-year-old girl?" Inuyasha asked himself.

Kikyo stared at him with absolute fascination and stars in her eyes. "No, daddy, go on . . ." she urged. Kikyo looked at his with the big, puppy dog eyes that got her anything she wanted and couldn't resist.

Inuyasha sighed in defeat. "Okay, okay . . . well, anyway, nine years ago, before you were born, Sesshomaru, your REAL uncle, kidnapped your mom to get my Tetsusagia, you know, the sword I showed you?" Inuyasha asked.

Kikyo nodded and Inuyasha continued, "Well . . . Uncle Miroku, Aunt Sango, and Uncle Shippo helped me rescue her. We were about to defeat him but Rin, you cousin, stopped us. We agreed not to fight him if he helped us defeat Naraku, which he did. We used the jewel to give Kagome eternal life and to fix Miroku's cursed hand and to fix Sango's destroyed village." Inuyasha said.

Kikyo was looking at him in awe.

"I had a very bad feeling all day that same day we finished off Naraku, but I couldn't quite realize what it was until it was too late. I went out in the woods and found Kikyo laying face down on the ground and she was bleeding from almost everywhere you could think of. She was dying. I can remember the exact words she said but they were confusing so I'll make it easier. She said that Naraku took the shard that was with in her and the jewel shard somehow was suppressing all the injuries she had and that he attacked her making them worse. She also told me that the shard was holding her soul together and that she was going to die soon because of it and she did that same day. She told me she really loved me all that time but I'm not sure I could believe her. That day was pretty much the first day in my life when I cried, not including the day when my mother died. I couldn't imagine what I would be like if it would have been you or Kagome in that position." Inuyasha felt his eyes fill with tears but he held them back.

Inuyasha sighed, happy to finally be coming to an end of this painful explanation and said, "So we named you Kikyo to let the other Kikyo's name live on with us, forever, and never be forgotten." Inuyasha finished, closed his eyes, and sighed again, this time more shakily. He opened his eyes again, which accidentally let a tear escape from his eye. He mentally cursed himself for it. Kikyo looked concerned, she hugged her daddy and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad." Inuyasha smiled sadly at her kindness. "No, it's okay, Kikyo, I really needed to talk about it, it's been almost nine years since I last did."

Kikyo pulled away and gave her father a kiss on the cheek as a good night. "Kikyo you need to get to sleep, everyone is coming over tomorrow and you don't wanna be tired, do you?" Inuyasha asked. Kikyo shook her head, lay down, closed her eyes, and went to sleep.

Kagome was waiting outside of Kikyo's room waiting for Inuyasha and listening to his story. Tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Inuyasha walked out of his daughter's room to see Kagome standing there, crying! "Kagome! What's wrong?" He asked. Kagome looked up to see Inuyasha standing in front of her. She hastily wiped away the tears. Kagome shook her head, causing tears to spill from her eyes again. She bit back a sob that had been settled in her throat for a while now, waiting to be let out. Inuyasha hugged Kagome close and she cried into his shirt. Inuyasha led her into the living room and sat her on a couch.

"What's wrong, Kagome?" he asked again.

"That . . . story . . . I had absolutely . . . no idea . . . that Kikyo . . . died like . . . that. Why- why didn't you . . . tell . . . me?" Kagome asked through her quiet sobs.

"I didn't want you to worry about me or her, I guess, and I was really, pretty much, too emotionally unstable to put in details. But I couldn't be untruthful to my own daughter, who asked for details. And I didn't exactly be untruthful to you because I told you she was dead." Inuyasha said and laughed shortly. Kagome smiled slightly, Inuyasha could always think of a way to make her happy again. "Yeah, I guess, but you coulda told me," Kagome said. Inuyasha smiled, wiped away her tears and kissed her gently. "I know . . . I just didn't know how you'd take it . . . sorry." Inuyasha apologized.

Kagome smiled fully and hugged Inuyasha tightly. "You're forgiven . . ." Kagome declared. "Come on, we need to get to bed, too . . ." Inuyasha said and ushered her to their room.

~*~To be continued~*~

Next Chapter- Reunion

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Devilspet: ONE MORE CHAPTER TO GO!!!

Kureno: *sigh* sorry for another short chapter . . . please review . . . and please be nice. . . I'm not sure how stable she is . . .