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Chapter 12: The Bad News
Kagome sat on her bed, staring at the opposite wall as she ran her fingers through the tips of her hair.
Rumiyo would've loved to untangle my hair, she thought absently. I wonder if Inuyasha got sick of this stuff? Maybe.
She turned around to stare at the wall her bed rest against. Maybe he's sick of me.maybe because I've been acting.weird.
She stepped off her bed and looked out the window, rubbing her damp hair- towel against her head, letting a few black pieces of hair fall against her cheek. Maybe he's with Kikyo. With that thought tears came to her eyes. I'm getting jealous again, aren't I? But.b-but.he said he'd protect me.whenever. And right now.I need a heck of a lot of protection from that man.
She sighed again and leaned against her windowsill, letting her unbuttoned night shirt billow a bit in the wind. It was a nice winter night. A little cold to be leaving your window open but just warm enough to do so for a few minutes.
I wonder if Tsuyume is right about this Tsuyuko youkai, she thought, remembering Tsuyume's past statements of the youkai, maybe he is my mama's boyfriend. But then why can't I feel any youki around-
Her thoughts were interrupted as her mother lightly tapped on her door.
"Kagome? It's me, honey, may I come in?"
Kagome turned from her window and stared at the door for a minute. After hearing of her mothers "boyfriend" she hadn't spoken to her mother much. Only to tell her the important stuff like that she's leaving for school, shopping, or going out somewhere. But Kagome walked over to her door and unlocked it then sat down her bed and watched as her mother stepped into the room.
"Kagome, do you know where Souta is?" was her mother's first question.
"He went to the arcade with his friends." When in reality Kagome had to force him into the store and threaten to take away his TV and all the cigarettes he hid in his drawer for future uses. The idiot had dropped them on the way to the bathroom. They had been in his boxer drawer and he just happened to take those boxers that held the stuff. Luckily big sister didn't rat him out.
"Oh.okay." Mama sat down on Kagome's desk chair and stared at her folded hands. "Kagome I-."
"Why?"
"What?"
There was an awkward silence between the two.
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"Ah.so that is what's going on." Kaede rubbed her chin for a second then stirred the pot of stew.
"Well??" Inuyasha pressed on impatiently as he stood before her.
Kaede poured herself a bowl, not even bothering to offer the frustrated hanyou a bowl himself. "Speak with her of the situation and-."
"She's not going to talk."
"And how do you know?" Kaede asked calmly.
"Because she's like that!" Inuyasha barked.
Kaede paused again and stared at the floor between the two of them. "Then speak with her father."
"And what good would that do? I'd probably end up killin' the bastard. He'll piss me off is all I can see."
"Have you ever spoken to him? Is that how you've gotten this opinion of him?"
"I don't have to talk to him! Just watchin' he tell's me how the hell he acts! The bastard probably isn't even afraid of youkai!"
"Calm yourself, Inuyasha." Kaede sighed. "Speak with Kagome on the matter. She may need to support at the time." Kaede turned her back form him and started setting up her pallet.
Inuyasha stared at her hunched back for a few minutes before standing huffily and walking out of the hut.
"He's so stubborn sometimes. Make's me glad I didn't marry Tsukimo." Kaede muttered as she drank from her bowl and got ready for bed.
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Inuyasha jumped out of the well quietly and took a deep breath. I never thought I'd be.nervous.to talk to Kagome, he thought uneasily. This is stupid! I tell her firmly to cheer up and fight back against this bastard! He thought as he jumped out the well house and jogged across the gravel yard of the shrine, deep in thought.
He looked up at her window and saw the lights on. "Her mom's in there." He whispered after taking a small whiff of their scents. "I guess I'll wait." He jumped up onto the tallest branch and glanced down at the slightly open window, Kagome's scent wafting out with her curtains.
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There was another awkward silence between mother and daughter. Kagome stared at her mother hard while her mother stared at her lap.
"He." Mama paused again. "I.I didn't.know." Was what she finally stammered out.
Kagome kept quiet, a sign for Mrs. Higurashi to continue.
"I didn't know.he wasn't your father.until he showed me Rumiyo's body in the closet. I knew he did it jut by the way he held me as I.wept. But.I knew.I knew that he was someone else when he." the last part she mumbled but Kagome knew perfectly well what she had said.
"Then why did you keep him around?" Kagome asked calmly, grabbing a pillow and sitting Indian style on her bed, hugging the pillow.
Mama looked up at her daughter, tears already forming at the corners of her eyes and threatening to spill out. "I.he.threatened Souta's life. I had to.comply." She said finally, staring back down at her lap. "Souta is my baby as are you. I would rather die then see any of your get hurt."
"But.you have." Kagome whispered, almost inaudibly.
Mama sucked in a sharp breath but didn't lift her head. Her shoulders dropped. "I guess.you're right. But.that man used to love me.and anytime he wanted I was willing. But he isn't the man I used to love.nor is he my husband. He is.my boyfriend, though." She said, wiping her eyes with her hand delicately.
Kagome turned her head away. As much as she wished to comfort her mother she couldn't at the moment. I hurt too much to even stare at the woman who had become a weeping mess.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome. I'm so sorry." She apologized as she walked over to Kagome and hugged her. "If I'd've known he'd hurt you.I would've.I would've." she broke down crying.
Kagome sat stiff. "But.Rumiyo was killed.and you stood back and let him. You let him hurt me, Souta, and even yourself. How, Mama? How?"
Mrs. Higurashi was quiet for a minute, probably contemplating the question. She pulled back from her daughter, gave her a kiss on the cheek and stood, wiping her cheeks on her apron as she turned to leave.
"Why don't you answer me, Mama! What's so important that you can't even tell me!" Kagome lost her hold on her coolness and shouted.
Mama stopped and looked over her shoulder at her daughter. "Kagome.I'm pregnant." And with that she walked out of her oldest child's room, closing the door behind herself.
Kagome stared after her mother, leaning forward form the anticipation for an answer. She sighed and fell forward, onto the floor. "Great! Another youkai to deal with!"
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Inuyasha's nose twitched. Her mother was gone so he started to move toward Kagome's window. He hopped off the branch he sat perched on and landed on her windowsill only to be almost knocked out as a chair came hurtling through the open window.
"That whore! That bitch! How dare she just smile! With a youkai none the less!" Kagome's voice pierced through the air.
Inuyasha rubbed his ear for a second to rid it of the ringing, and then he cautiously peeked into her room once more. She was sitting in a very un- orderly fashion against the wall next to her bed, objects askew around her room, and the scent of despair engulfing the room.
"Kagome?" he cautious called over to her.
Kagome's face, which was currently buried in her arms didn't lift up.
"Damn it, Kagome! Look at me!" he yelled, temper short.
"Go away." Was all Kagome said. She sniffed and buried her head deeper.
"Oh gods." Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he hopped into the room and walked toward her. He flopped down in front of her Indian style and pushed his hands up his wide sleeves.
"You want a lamp in your face?" she threatened, her hand reached out to a pink colored lamp next to her. "'Cause if you don't leave then you'll get a face full of it."
"Like you would, Kagome." He responded, not the least bit intimidated by her threat.
She lifted her head finally, showing him her tear streaked face and catching him off guard. She grabbed the lamp and stood on one knee, raising the lamp above her head. She got ready to bring it down on his head but he grabbed her wrists before she made impact.
"If you do that you'll have to clean up my blood." He said with a smirk.
"Th-then s-so be it." She said through sobs as she dropped the lamp a little too close for comfort behind Inuyasha.
Inuyasha watched as she fell forward, her body thumping against his chest. He smoothly released her wrists and slid his hands behind her back, embracing her while she sobbed into the shoulder of his haori.
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"Arigatou, Inuyasha. If it wasn't for you I." Kagome's paused as she sobbed once again onto his shoulder. "I would've done something horrible."
"Like bashin' my head in?" he offered.
Kagome sniffed with a watery smile. "And I'd be cleaning up the evidence before the police even notice." She joked.
The atmosphere quickly changed from tense to loose and the tow sat in each others embrace for a long while.
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Was that a stupid ending? I didn't know if I should put more to the chapter so.y'know.I ended it!!
So.I hope I get MORE REVIEWS!! Remember, Reviews make the world go round, kay??
-MM
Next chapter:
Chapter 13: Purification of the Mind
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Chapter 12: The Bad News
Kagome sat on her bed, staring at the opposite wall as she ran her fingers through the tips of her hair.
Rumiyo would've loved to untangle my hair, she thought absently. I wonder if Inuyasha got sick of this stuff? Maybe.
She turned around to stare at the wall her bed rest against. Maybe he's sick of me.maybe because I've been acting.weird.
She stepped off her bed and looked out the window, rubbing her damp hair- towel against her head, letting a few black pieces of hair fall against her cheek. Maybe he's with Kikyo. With that thought tears came to her eyes. I'm getting jealous again, aren't I? But.b-but.he said he'd protect me.whenever. And right now.I need a heck of a lot of protection from that man.
She sighed again and leaned against her windowsill, letting her unbuttoned night shirt billow a bit in the wind. It was a nice winter night. A little cold to be leaving your window open but just warm enough to do so for a few minutes.
I wonder if Tsuyume is right about this Tsuyuko youkai, she thought, remembering Tsuyume's past statements of the youkai, maybe he is my mama's boyfriend. But then why can't I feel any youki around-
Her thoughts were interrupted as her mother lightly tapped on her door.
"Kagome? It's me, honey, may I come in?"
Kagome turned from her window and stared at the door for a minute. After hearing of her mothers "boyfriend" she hadn't spoken to her mother much. Only to tell her the important stuff like that she's leaving for school, shopping, or going out somewhere. But Kagome walked over to her door and unlocked it then sat down her bed and watched as her mother stepped into the room.
"Kagome, do you know where Souta is?" was her mother's first question.
"He went to the arcade with his friends." When in reality Kagome had to force him into the store and threaten to take away his TV and all the cigarettes he hid in his drawer for future uses. The idiot had dropped them on the way to the bathroom. They had been in his boxer drawer and he just happened to take those boxers that held the stuff. Luckily big sister didn't rat him out.
"Oh.okay." Mama sat down on Kagome's desk chair and stared at her folded hands. "Kagome I-."
"Why?"
"What?"
There was an awkward silence between the two.
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"Ah.so that is what's going on." Kaede rubbed her chin for a second then stirred the pot of stew.
"Well??" Inuyasha pressed on impatiently as he stood before her.
Kaede poured herself a bowl, not even bothering to offer the frustrated hanyou a bowl himself. "Speak with her of the situation and-."
"She's not going to talk."
"And how do you know?" Kaede asked calmly.
"Because she's like that!" Inuyasha barked.
Kaede paused again and stared at the floor between the two of them. "Then speak with her father."
"And what good would that do? I'd probably end up killin' the bastard. He'll piss me off is all I can see."
"Have you ever spoken to him? Is that how you've gotten this opinion of him?"
"I don't have to talk to him! Just watchin' he tell's me how the hell he acts! The bastard probably isn't even afraid of youkai!"
"Calm yourself, Inuyasha." Kaede sighed. "Speak with Kagome on the matter. She may need to support at the time." Kaede turned her back form him and started setting up her pallet.
Inuyasha stared at her hunched back for a few minutes before standing huffily and walking out of the hut.
"He's so stubborn sometimes. Make's me glad I didn't marry Tsukimo." Kaede muttered as she drank from her bowl and got ready for bed.
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Inuyasha jumped out of the well quietly and took a deep breath. I never thought I'd be.nervous.to talk to Kagome, he thought uneasily. This is stupid! I tell her firmly to cheer up and fight back against this bastard! He thought as he jumped out the well house and jogged across the gravel yard of the shrine, deep in thought.
He looked up at her window and saw the lights on. "Her mom's in there." He whispered after taking a small whiff of their scents. "I guess I'll wait." He jumped up onto the tallest branch and glanced down at the slightly open window, Kagome's scent wafting out with her curtains.
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There was another awkward silence between mother and daughter. Kagome stared at her mother hard while her mother stared at her lap.
"He." Mama paused again. "I.I didn't.know." Was what she finally stammered out.
Kagome kept quiet, a sign for Mrs. Higurashi to continue.
"I didn't know.he wasn't your father.until he showed me Rumiyo's body in the closet. I knew he did it jut by the way he held me as I.wept. But.I knew.I knew that he was someone else when he." the last part she mumbled but Kagome knew perfectly well what she had said.
"Then why did you keep him around?" Kagome asked calmly, grabbing a pillow and sitting Indian style on her bed, hugging the pillow.
Mama looked up at her daughter, tears already forming at the corners of her eyes and threatening to spill out. "I.he.threatened Souta's life. I had to.comply." She said finally, staring back down at her lap. "Souta is my baby as are you. I would rather die then see any of your get hurt."
"But.you have." Kagome whispered, almost inaudibly.
Mama sucked in a sharp breath but didn't lift her head. Her shoulders dropped. "I guess.you're right. But.that man used to love me.and anytime he wanted I was willing. But he isn't the man I used to love.nor is he my husband. He is.my boyfriend, though." She said, wiping her eyes with her hand delicately.
Kagome turned her head away. As much as she wished to comfort her mother she couldn't at the moment. I hurt too much to even stare at the woman who had become a weeping mess.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome. I'm so sorry." She apologized as she walked over to Kagome and hugged her. "If I'd've known he'd hurt you.I would've.I would've." she broke down crying.
Kagome sat stiff. "But.Rumiyo was killed.and you stood back and let him. You let him hurt me, Souta, and even yourself. How, Mama? How?"
Mrs. Higurashi was quiet for a minute, probably contemplating the question. She pulled back from her daughter, gave her a kiss on the cheek and stood, wiping her cheeks on her apron as she turned to leave.
"Why don't you answer me, Mama! What's so important that you can't even tell me!" Kagome lost her hold on her coolness and shouted.
Mama stopped and looked over her shoulder at her daughter. "Kagome.I'm pregnant." And with that she walked out of her oldest child's room, closing the door behind herself.
Kagome stared after her mother, leaning forward form the anticipation for an answer. She sighed and fell forward, onto the floor. "Great! Another youkai to deal with!"
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Inuyasha's nose twitched. Her mother was gone so he started to move toward Kagome's window. He hopped off the branch he sat perched on and landed on her windowsill only to be almost knocked out as a chair came hurtling through the open window.
"That whore! That bitch! How dare she just smile! With a youkai none the less!" Kagome's voice pierced through the air.
Inuyasha rubbed his ear for a second to rid it of the ringing, and then he cautiously peeked into her room once more. She was sitting in a very un- orderly fashion against the wall next to her bed, objects askew around her room, and the scent of despair engulfing the room.
"Kagome?" he cautious called over to her.
Kagome's face, which was currently buried in her arms didn't lift up.
"Damn it, Kagome! Look at me!" he yelled, temper short.
"Go away." Was all Kagome said. She sniffed and buried her head deeper.
"Oh gods." Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he hopped into the room and walked toward her. He flopped down in front of her Indian style and pushed his hands up his wide sleeves.
"You want a lamp in your face?" she threatened, her hand reached out to a pink colored lamp next to her. "'Cause if you don't leave then you'll get a face full of it."
"Like you would, Kagome." He responded, not the least bit intimidated by her threat.
She lifted her head finally, showing him her tear streaked face and catching him off guard. She grabbed the lamp and stood on one knee, raising the lamp above her head. She got ready to bring it down on his head but he grabbed her wrists before she made impact.
"If you do that you'll have to clean up my blood." He said with a smirk.
"Th-then s-so be it." She said through sobs as she dropped the lamp a little too close for comfort behind Inuyasha.
Inuyasha watched as she fell forward, her body thumping against his chest. He smoothly released her wrists and slid his hands behind her back, embracing her while she sobbed into the shoulder of his haori.
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"Arigatou, Inuyasha. If it wasn't for you I." Kagome's paused as she sobbed once again onto his shoulder. "I would've done something horrible."
"Like bashin' my head in?" he offered.
Kagome sniffed with a watery smile. "And I'd be cleaning up the evidence before the police even notice." She joked.
The atmosphere quickly changed from tense to loose and the tow sat in each others embrace for a long while.
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Was that a stupid ending? I didn't know if I should put more to the chapter so.y'know.I ended it!!
So.I hope I get MORE REVIEWS!! Remember, Reviews make the world go round, kay??
-MM
Next chapter:
Chapter 13: Purification of the Mind