Inuyashasitboy20: This is chapter 3 of "Promise Ring". This chapter takes
place a few months after Kagome returns home. She comes across a familiar
tree on the way to school...
Disclaimer: Kagome is not one of my own characters she is one of Ms. Takahashi's.
Chapter 3: Carvings
It's been three months since I left the Sengoku Jidai. When I returned home that day, Souta ran to me and saw me crying.
(Flashback Mode [Three Months Ago])
"Hey mom!! Nessan's (nessan means sister) home!" Souta cried out as he ran to me with a bag of chips in is hands. "Hey Kagome! Long time no--" He stopped when he looked into my eyes.
Sure enough, tears were rolling down them. "Kagome, what's wrong?" Souta sounded worried. I fell to my knees and hugged him. "He's gone, Souta!" "Who's gone?" he asked confused.
"Inuyasha!!" I cried and hugged him tighter. My mother's voice rang into the hallway, "Kagome!! Are you okay?!" Mom ran into the hall and saw me embracing Souta and crying. "What is it, Kagome?" She ran to me and placed her hand on my back.
"It's Inuyasha..." Souta started saying, "he's...dead..."
Mom gasped. She stood and covered her hand over her mouth. "Really?" she mouthed between her fingers. Then she looked down at me and rubbed my back. "Oh, Honey..." she said, sounding like she was going to cry more than me. "Mom..." I jumped up into her shoulders and sobbed my heart out while I was twitching. She took me upstairs to rest, and I cried all night long.
(End Flashback Mode)
I flashed back to reality. He's gone; I've gotten over it...somewhat. I started walking again and something stopped me in my tracks. I looked up to see what had made me stop. And then I saw it.
Inuyasha's tree. His grave. I had never noticed it there before. Almost right in front of my house. I stared at its bare branches and then stepped closer to touch it. I rubbed my hand across its smooth bark, until I hit an indent in the bark. It felt more like a carving.
So I replaced my hand back to my side and looked at the carving in the ancient tree. It had Inuyasha's name engraved in it. I looked at it more carefully and smiled softly, thinking that it was probably Miroku who would go through the work of carving Inuyasha's name into the tree. 'Thank you, guys...' I put my hand up to my mouth and then placed it to Inuyasha's carved Romanji name. As I looked around the tree further, I noticed other carvings in the tree...
"Here lies Inuyasha, the inu-hanyou. He risked his life for his fiancé, and died in the process, killed by a demon." I read to myself quietly, the words that were written.
Also engraved was:
"The taijiya, Sango."
"The hoshi, Miroku."
"The kitsune-youkai, Shippou."
"The neko-youkai, Kirara."
And last but not least, "The miko, Higurashi Kagome."
"We all are dear friends of the hanyou, and we hope that he will rest in peace eternally."
Tears formed as I smiled at the carvings. When I looked up once again at the leafless branches, little white snowflakes fell from the sky. My friends had remembered to include me in their tribute to Inuyasha. I took some steps back from the tree, and then headed further to the school.
'I wonder how many of my friends read the tree and were completely confused,' I thought. "I should do something to pay a tribute to those three..." I should carve their names in the tree as a grave marker, so then it would be easier to pay a tribute to my friends, and not have people think I'm strange for bringing flowers to a random public tree. I ran back up the many steps to my house, and toward the Sacred God Tree.
I shuffled through my bag and pulled out a very small pocketknife. I stood in front of the tree and held my knife up to the dark, hard, bark. I etched Inuyasha's name into the tree first, and then moved next to his name and scratched Sango-chan's name into the hard surface. Next to hers was Miroku-sama's name, and then even Kikyou's name. I put Rin's name into the tree, as well. Finally, I carved in Kaede-sama's name. I wasn't sure if Kouga-kun, Sesshoumaru, or Shippou-chan were dead, seeing as they were demons and could live a long time.
I brought my knife down from the tree, satisfied. I lowered the blade into the plastic casing and placed it back in my brown leather bag, with my books. I looked at my watch and gasped.
"10:30?! Oh crap! I'm gonna be late!!!" I picked up my slow pace and ran back down the steps, onto the sidewalk, and to school.
But even though I was in such a hurry, I never forgot of how blessed I was to have friends in the Sengoku Jidai like I did. I was happy that I was able to make sort of a grave for them, and I could honor them everyday now. I reached my school grounds and sighed. "Okay, finals, here I come!!"
Inuyashasitboy20: And that, my friends, is chapter 3. It's not as long as I would have hoped, but it's good enough for me!
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story, besides Kagome's child.
Disclaimer: Kagome is not one of my own characters she is one of Ms. Takahashi's.
Chapter 3: Carvings
It's been three months since I left the Sengoku Jidai. When I returned home that day, Souta ran to me and saw me crying.
(Flashback Mode [Three Months Ago])
"Hey mom!! Nessan's (nessan means sister) home!" Souta cried out as he ran to me with a bag of chips in is hands. "Hey Kagome! Long time no--" He stopped when he looked into my eyes.
Sure enough, tears were rolling down them. "Kagome, what's wrong?" Souta sounded worried. I fell to my knees and hugged him. "He's gone, Souta!" "Who's gone?" he asked confused.
"Inuyasha!!" I cried and hugged him tighter. My mother's voice rang into the hallway, "Kagome!! Are you okay?!" Mom ran into the hall and saw me embracing Souta and crying. "What is it, Kagome?" She ran to me and placed her hand on my back.
"It's Inuyasha..." Souta started saying, "he's...dead..."
Mom gasped. She stood and covered her hand over her mouth. "Really?" she mouthed between her fingers. Then she looked down at me and rubbed my back. "Oh, Honey..." she said, sounding like she was going to cry more than me. "Mom..." I jumped up into her shoulders and sobbed my heart out while I was twitching. She took me upstairs to rest, and I cried all night long.
(End Flashback Mode)
I flashed back to reality. He's gone; I've gotten over it...somewhat. I started walking again and something stopped me in my tracks. I looked up to see what had made me stop. And then I saw it.
Inuyasha's tree. His grave. I had never noticed it there before. Almost right in front of my house. I stared at its bare branches and then stepped closer to touch it. I rubbed my hand across its smooth bark, until I hit an indent in the bark. It felt more like a carving.
So I replaced my hand back to my side and looked at the carving in the ancient tree. It had Inuyasha's name engraved in it. I looked at it more carefully and smiled softly, thinking that it was probably Miroku who would go through the work of carving Inuyasha's name into the tree. 'Thank you, guys...' I put my hand up to my mouth and then placed it to Inuyasha's carved Romanji name. As I looked around the tree further, I noticed other carvings in the tree...
"Here lies Inuyasha, the inu-hanyou. He risked his life for his fiancé, and died in the process, killed by a demon." I read to myself quietly, the words that were written.
Also engraved was:
"The taijiya, Sango."
"The hoshi, Miroku."
"The kitsune-youkai, Shippou."
"The neko-youkai, Kirara."
And last but not least, "The miko, Higurashi Kagome."
"We all are dear friends of the hanyou, and we hope that he will rest in peace eternally."
Tears formed as I smiled at the carvings. When I looked up once again at the leafless branches, little white snowflakes fell from the sky. My friends had remembered to include me in their tribute to Inuyasha. I took some steps back from the tree, and then headed further to the school.
'I wonder how many of my friends read the tree and were completely confused,' I thought. "I should do something to pay a tribute to those three..." I should carve their names in the tree as a grave marker, so then it would be easier to pay a tribute to my friends, and not have people think I'm strange for bringing flowers to a random public tree. I ran back up the many steps to my house, and toward the Sacred God Tree.
I shuffled through my bag and pulled out a very small pocketknife. I stood in front of the tree and held my knife up to the dark, hard, bark. I etched Inuyasha's name into the tree first, and then moved next to his name and scratched Sango-chan's name into the hard surface. Next to hers was Miroku-sama's name, and then even Kikyou's name. I put Rin's name into the tree, as well. Finally, I carved in Kaede-sama's name. I wasn't sure if Kouga-kun, Sesshoumaru, or Shippou-chan were dead, seeing as they were demons and could live a long time.
I brought my knife down from the tree, satisfied. I lowered the blade into the plastic casing and placed it back in my brown leather bag, with my books. I looked at my watch and gasped.
"10:30?! Oh crap! I'm gonna be late!!!" I picked up my slow pace and ran back down the steps, onto the sidewalk, and to school.
But even though I was in such a hurry, I never forgot of how blessed I was to have friends in the Sengoku Jidai like I did. I was happy that I was able to make sort of a grave for them, and I could honor them everyday now. I reached my school grounds and sighed. "Okay, finals, here I come!!"
Inuyashasitboy20: And that, my friends, is chapter 3. It's not as long as I would have hoped, but it's good enough for me!
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story, besides Kagome's child.