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"Mom, you won't mind if I go back to the Sengoku Jidai early, do you?" asked Kagome. Mrs. Higurashi shook her head and sighed.
"I suppose you want to see Yumi and Inuyasha, do you?" she said sadly.
"Yeah. What's wrong?"
"You have been rushing off to that well every time I've seen you since you were fifteen years old. You've never spent more than one continuous week here in seven years. It seems like all you ever think about is Inuyasha and Yumi."
"They're my family, Mom—"
"And so are we. You're not even MARRIED to him, Kagome! You never took the time!"
"Mom, I..." Well, it was true. They had never been properly married...but so what? A lot of the couples in the Sengoku weren't married. Like Miroku and Sango: they weren't married, and they had no problems at all. Then again, they didn't have parents in the present day who wanted them to come back to the time they were born in.
"I know you have friends and a daughter in the Sengoku Jidai, but you have Souta and me here. You spent fifteen years with us until you went gallivanting off—"
"GALLIVANTING? Mom, there was a crisis that I had to help out with, and—"
"It's over. The jewel is gone, Kagome. You have no reason to stay there."
"What about Yumi and Inuyasha?"
"Yumi's young enough; she could adjust to a life here. You have no obligation to stay with Inuyasha."
"But he promised to stay with Yumi, and I'm not about to leave her. Besides, Kaede is getting on in years and she needs our help around the village."
"There are other people there who can take care of her. What about Miroku and Sango?"
"Mom, they have their own life now. They rebuilt the demon slayers' village and have found some people whose villages were destroyed and are living there with all of them now. And Shippou and Rin are both too young; they're only fourteen. There is no one, Mom." Mrs. Higurashi was silent, fuming.
"And there are some loose ends we need to tie up about Sesshoumaru and the castle. It's all gone to ruin since six years have passed, but technically everything in it goes to Yumi, and there's bound to be something still in there, even after all the bandits have ransacked it and the weather has gotten to it and everything. So if you would just leave my family to me and I'll leave you both alone like I'm sure you want to be left." Kagome turned and stormed out of the house towards the well.
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"Kagome...I didn't expect you back so soon." Inuyasha seemed puzzled, as he rightly was. His girlfriend wiped a tear away from her eye and gave him a hug.
"I am never speaking to that woman again," she choked out, still crying. Inuyasha put his arm around her and asked in a calm voice, "What happened?"
"Oh, she started talking about how we're not married and how she wants Yumi and me to come live with her. I don't want to. I want to stay with you. I love you."
"I love you, too." Kagome wiped the last of her tears away. "Where's Yumi?" she asked.
"She's off playing with some of the village kids and Shippou."
"Good. Tomorrow we leave for the castle." The castle? Inuyasha had just wrestled Kaede out of the belief that his daughter needed to visit that damned castle. Now Kagome thought she needed to go? I guess they'd go.
"O...k...I guess that'll be fine." He was still a little puzzled, but he didn't care.
"I'll go get Yumi. I guess you'll want to tell her about it, then?" he said. Kagome shook her head. "Keep it a surprise. And there's only the four of us going."
"You, me, Yumi, and...?"
"Rin, of course. She was practically Sesshoumaru's daughter anyway."
"Oh."
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Kagome had let Inuyasha sleep outside that night, for various reasons, most of which he kept to himself. One, the one he told her, was that he was tired of sleeping indoors and needed some air. The second was that he rather missed sleeping outside. Third was that he needed to think [there is something under those ears, you know...]. He needed to think about what the next day would include. He knew there'd be tears. He knew there'd be stories. There would most likely be a long day of torture getting there, listening to Yumi say, "Are we there yet?" Maybe two.
Two days of walking. But he was going to be with his two favorite people in the whole world: his girlfriend and his daughter. Niece. Daughter. Whatever. Inuyasha leaned back against the Goshinboku tree and went to sleep.
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The sun wasn't up yet when Inuyasha opened his eyes. He grimaced as he stretched; it had been so long since he slept in a tree that his back and shoulders ached. The hanyou jumped—well; actually, he sort of...fell...—out of the tree and dusted off his haori. Shaking bark out of his ears, he began to walk out of the forest.
Kagome and Rin had packed the night before, so they all set out at dawn, having told the others the night before where they were going. (Still without telling Yumi, of course.)
"Where are we going, Mommy?" she asked drowsily from Inuyasha's shoulders.
"It's a surprise, wait till we get there."
"When will we get there?"
"Later."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No, goddammit!!"
"Sit!"
::plof::
"Bitch," Inuyasha said, with his face in the dirt. He raised his head halfway and spat out a beetle. "What was that for?"
"For talking that way around Yumi. Come on, let's go, Inuyasha."
[A/N: Whee...what is this, the third chapter? Yay. Did anyone review? Assholes ye be, then. The good news is, (I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico...sorry. Couldn't resist.) I have Kurama on lease from Yoshihiro Togashi.
KURAMA: I shall have you know I intend to talk to my agent about this.
You have an agent?
KURAMA: Indeed I do.
No you don't.
KURAMA: Yes I...::regains self-control:: I have an agent, and I'm going to have a word with him about his choices of who holds my contract.
It's a perfectly good contract, signed by a notary public and everything.
KURAMA: ...It's written in crayon on the back of a Ramen wrapper.]
"Mom, you won't mind if I go back to the Sengoku Jidai early, do you?" asked Kagome. Mrs. Higurashi shook her head and sighed.
"I suppose you want to see Yumi and Inuyasha, do you?" she said sadly.
"Yeah. What's wrong?"
"You have been rushing off to that well every time I've seen you since you were fifteen years old. You've never spent more than one continuous week here in seven years. It seems like all you ever think about is Inuyasha and Yumi."
"They're my family, Mom—"
"And so are we. You're not even MARRIED to him, Kagome! You never took the time!"
"Mom, I..." Well, it was true. They had never been properly married...but so what? A lot of the couples in the Sengoku weren't married. Like Miroku and Sango: they weren't married, and they had no problems at all. Then again, they didn't have parents in the present day who wanted them to come back to the time they were born in.
"I know you have friends and a daughter in the Sengoku Jidai, but you have Souta and me here. You spent fifteen years with us until you went gallivanting off—"
"GALLIVANTING? Mom, there was a crisis that I had to help out with, and—"
"It's over. The jewel is gone, Kagome. You have no reason to stay there."
"What about Yumi and Inuyasha?"
"Yumi's young enough; she could adjust to a life here. You have no obligation to stay with Inuyasha."
"But he promised to stay with Yumi, and I'm not about to leave her. Besides, Kaede is getting on in years and she needs our help around the village."
"There are other people there who can take care of her. What about Miroku and Sango?"
"Mom, they have their own life now. They rebuilt the demon slayers' village and have found some people whose villages were destroyed and are living there with all of them now. And Shippou and Rin are both too young; they're only fourteen. There is no one, Mom." Mrs. Higurashi was silent, fuming.
"And there are some loose ends we need to tie up about Sesshoumaru and the castle. It's all gone to ruin since six years have passed, but technically everything in it goes to Yumi, and there's bound to be something still in there, even after all the bandits have ransacked it and the weather has gotten to it and everything. So if you would just leave my family to me and I'll leave you both alone like I'm sure you want to be left." Kagome turned and stormed out of the house towards the well.
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"Kagome...I didn't expect you back so soon." Inuyasha seemed puzzled, as he rightly was. His girlfriend wiped a tear away from her eye and gave him a hug.
"I am never speaking to that woman again," she choked out, still crying. Inuyasha put his arm around her and asked in a calm voice, "What happened?"
"Oh, she started talking about how we're not married and how she wants Yumi and me to come live with her. I don't want to. I want to stay with you. I love you."
"I love you, too." Kagome wiped the last of her tears away. "Where's Yumi?" she asked.
"She's off playing with some of the village kids and Shippou."
"Good. Tomorrow we leave for the castle." The castle? Inuyasha had just wrestled Kaede out of the belief that his daughter needed to visit that damned castle. Now Kagome thought she needed to go? I guess they'd go.
"O...k...I guess that'll be fine." He was still a little puzzled, but he didn't care.
"I'll go get Yumi. I guess you'll want to tell her about it, then?" he said. Kagome shook her head. "Keep it a surprise. And there's only the four of us going."
"You, me, Yumi, and...?"
"Rin, of course. She was practically Sesshoumaru's daughter anyway."
"Oh."
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Kagome had let Inuyasha sleep outside that night, for various reasons, most of which he kept to himself. One, the one he told her, was that he was tired of sleeping indoors and needed some air. The second was that he rather missed sleeping outside. Third was that he needed to think [there is something under those ears, you know...]. He needed to think about what the next day would include. He knew there'd be tears. He knew there'd be stories. There would most likely be a long day of torture getting there, listening to Yumi say, "Are we there yet?" Maybe two.
Two days of walking. But he was going to be with his two favorite people in the whole world: his girlfriend and his daughter. Niece. Daughter. Whatever. Inuyasha leaned back against the Goshinboku tree and went to sleep.
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The sun wasn't up yet when Inuyasha opened his eyes. He grimaced as he stretched; it had been so long since he slept in a tree that his back and shoulders ached. The hanyou jumped—well; actually, he sort of...fell...—out of the tree and dusted off his haori. Shaking bark out of his ears, he began to walk out of the forest.
Kagome and Rin had packed the night before, so they all set out at dawn, having told the others the night before where they were going. (Still without telling Yumi, of course.)
"Where are we going, Mommy?" she asked drowsily from Inuyasha's shoulders.
"It's a surprise, wait till we get there."
"When will we get there?"
"Later."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
—Later—
"Are we there yet?"
"No, goddammit!!"
"Sit!"
::plof::
"Bitch," Inuyasha said, with his face in the dirt. He raised his head halfway and spat out a beetle. "What was that for?"
"For talking that way around Yumi. Come on, let's go, Inuyasha."
[A/N: Whee...what is this, the third chapter? Yay. Did anyone review? Assholes ye be, then. The good news is, (I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico...sorry. Couldn't resist.) I have Kurama on lease from Yoshihiro Togashi.
KURAMA: I shall have you know I intend to talk to my agent about this.
You have an agent?
KURAMA: Indeed I do.
No you don't.
KURAMA: Yes I...::regains self-control:: I have an agent, and I'm going to have a word with him about his choices of who holds my contract.
It's a perfectly good contract, signed by a notary public and everything.
KURAMA: ...It's written in crayon on the back of a Ramen wrapper.]