Kiss From a Rose
By Mystical Star
A Kitty-Chan Production
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Mostly because if I did, I'd have a whole lot of money and I could speak Japanese! But I only know a few words and I'm broke, therefore I can't own Inuyasha or any related characters. So there!
Author's Note: A small dictionary of the Japanese words that appear will be provided at the end of the chapter for all you folk who don't know them :)
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Chapter Four ~ Fairytale
Kagome nearly died when she and her daughter slipped into the hole in time that would take them back to Sengoku Jidai. When they landed at the bottom of the well, they heard the sounds of birds chirping and the warm sun coming down into the time traveling well, shining in their eyes.
"Kasan, where are we?" Hikari asked.
Kagome looked around the well, not seeing Hikaru, she assumed he must have climbed out, so she looked up.
"We're…back…" Kagome said. Hikari arched a brow.
"Back where?" she asked.
"Kagome!?" A familiar voice called out from above the well. Hikari's ears twitched at the sound, as did Kagome's heart.
"Inu…Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out, grabbing hold of a vine and scaling the wall of the well. Her daughter followed her example, feeling extremely confused.
Kagome reached the top of the well and tumbled out to see Inuyasha standing there, Hikaru standing next to him.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out, dashing forward and clomping onto her mate.
"K-Kagome!"
Kagome sobbed into Inuyasha's red robes, all of her memories flooding her. She cried and wailed, happy to see her mate again. Inuyasha held her tightly, stroking her hair.
"Kagome, ssh," He said, kneeling on the ground as Kagome fell with him, weak from her sobbing.
While their parents were occupied, Hikaru went over to the well and helped his sister out, and both stared at their mother like she was crazy. Hikaru, worried about her, went up to his mother and tugged on her sleeve.
"Kasan, are you okay?" He asked sheepishly. Kagome stopped her crying and looked over her arm to see her son there. She smiled.
"Everything is fine now, Hikaru," She said.
"Kasan!?" Inuyasha barked in surprise. Inuyasha's head swam. How could she have a pup if we were…oh shit…Inuyasha thought, remembering the night that they consummated their attachment.
Hikari came tromping up to her mother and hugged her. "Don't cry, Kasan," She pleaded softly. Kagome smiled and ran her fingers through her daughter's hair.
"Kagome, what's going on?!" Inuyasha yelped, horribly confused. Both of the children smelled like him and Kagome, and they both bore a resemblance to them. Inuyasha was especially startled by the little girl's appearance.
"Inuyasha, these are our children, Hikari and Hikaru," Kagome said softly, taking each child and putting them in her lap.
"But…you've only been gone three months!" Inuyasha protested.
"Three months?! Try five years!" Kagome said.
"What the hell - "
"Watch your language in front of the children," Kagome scolded, putting a finger to his lips. "Remember, the flow of time is not the same for both worlds. Days go by here, but weeks in the future,"
Inuyasha was silent. He felt horrible. How could he have left Kagome like that?
"Gomen nasai, Kagome," He sighed, wrapping his arms around his family.
"It's alright, Inuyasha. You didn't know," Kagome said, soaking up the feel of his arms around her again. She couldn't have been happier.
The twins smiled brightly at each other. They had often plagued Kagome with constant questions about their father. Hikari especially had wanted to know the origins of her out-of-the-ordinary looks. Now they knew, and now they were busting with happiness.
"Tousan!" they laughed, clomping onto their father, causing him to fall backwards. Kagome sat and watched as her mate and his pups lay on the grass, laughing. Inuyasha was radiating pride from every pore in his body.
The hanyou took his children in his arms and smelled their hair, memorizing their scent and their touch. His heart nearly burst from his happiness.
"Let's take them to the village, Inuyasha," Kagome suggested. She was anxious to see everyone again. Inuyasha nodded.
"They should see their whole family," He said, referring to Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede, and Kirara. Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha stood and hoisted Hikari up on his shoulders and Kagome took Hikaru's hand and they walked towards Kaede's village together.
Meanwhile, in the village, Sango was helping Kaede tend to some sick villagers while Kirara and Shippou watched on. Miroku was off somewhere giving out fortunes for a small price, as Sango warned him not to cheat the villagers or he'd live to regret it.
Kirara, who was sitting near the door, chirped and her ears twitched, hearing a sound that was familiar.
"Kirara?" Shippou asked. "What did you hear?"
Sango looked away from the sick man she was tending to and regarded her little neko youkai.
"Is something wrong, Kirara?" She asked, putting a wet rag on her patient's forehead.
Kaede also looked at the door as Shippou peeked out of the doorframe.
"KAGOME!!!" He squealed with delight, dashing from the house.
"Kagome-chan!?" Sango gasped. She and Kaede abandoned their work and followed after Shippou, who was scrambling down the dirt road towards Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Kagome!!" Shippou began to cry, his tears creating a stream of water that flowed behind him.
"Shippou-chan!" Kagome called out, kneeling on the ground to catch the little kitsune as he plowed into her chest and rubbed his face into her robes.
"Kagome! I missed you!" He began to cry quite loudly.
"Kagome-chan, it's so good to have you back!" Sango said, giving her friend a hug.
The young mother began to cry in unison with Shippou, her heart overflowing with joy.
Shippou's bawling reached the ears of the lecherous monk, who was nearby. Miroku immediately abandoned his fortune-telling and to where the cries were coming from, afraid of danger. When he happened upon the seen, his fears were eased, but he did not stop running. He too was happy to see Kagome.
"Kagome-sama!" He called out, waving as he came down the hill.
"Miroku-sama!" Kagome called out. Her heart felt as though it was going to burst from all of her happiness.
Her children were slightly alarmed by all of the new people surrounding them. Hikaru scurried behind his father's legs and peeked out from around Inuyasha's robes, watching his mother. Hikari, stuck on her father's shoulders, shifted nervously. Inuyasha smiled, amused at their shyness.
Miroku and Kaede caught sight of the two young children and exchanged confused looks.
"Inuyasha, who - " Miroku began to ask, pointing to Hikari.
"It's obvious isn't it, Bouzu? They're my pups!" Inuyasha scoughed.
"Pups?!" The miko and monk gasped in surprise. Sango looked up and saw Inuyasha with the two children.
"Kagome-chan?!" She gave her friend a look that demanded explanations. Kagome laughed.
"Five years have passed in my time since Inuyasha sent me there." She said.
"Five years?!" Shippou squeaked.
"Hai, Shippou-chan," Kagome said, stroking his hair.
"I suppose this means that you have consummated the act, eh, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked slyly.
"BOUZU! If my pups weren't right here, I'd maul you!" Inuyasha yelled, shaking his fist.
"At least he shows restraint in front of the children," Kagome laughed nervously.
"Otherwise Houshi-sama would be in more trouble than he could handle," Sango added.
Kagome noticed Hikaru hiding behind his father's leg and smiled. "Hikaru, come here," She giggled. The little boy looked around nervously as if he thought his mother could be talking to someone else. Knowing that he was the only Hikaru around, he shyly came out from behind his father's leg and toddled over to Kagome and clomped onto her arm and held it tightly.
"This is Hikaru," She said. "She is Hikari," Kagome added, pointing to her daughter, who still sat on her father's shoulders.
Shippou looked at the little boy with curiosity. "Does this mean I'm a big brother?" The kit asked.
"Sort of," Kagome said.
Sango smiled. "And you can call me Aunt Sango," she said, ruffling Hikaru's hair. Hikaru giggled.
"And he," Kagome said, pointing to Miroku, "Is your Uncle Miroku,"
Miroku beamed with his new title.
"And Kaede, I was hoping that you'd be a grandmother to them," Kagome said, looking at her predesessor's sister. Kaede laughed.
"Of course, Kagome-chan," She said.
"We are all family, Kagome-chan," Sango said, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
Kagome smiled widely as tears of happiness ran down her cheeks.
"Arigatou, minna-san," she said
Inuyasha looked upon his mate and smiled. He was so happy to have her back and near him again. Once more, he was elated to find out that he had pups. But something poked at him from the back of his mind.
Naraku was still out there.
To be continued…
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Japanese Words
Gomen nasai – I'm really sorry
Tousan – Dad
Bouzu - priest
Arigatou – Thank you
Minna-san - Everybody