Animegurl: Hi every one! This is my first fanfic so please don't give me
too many flames. Oh! And I'd like to introduce my partner...Cho! Say Hi!
Cho: Hi. --
Animegurl: I hope you enjoy my fanfic. I got the idea from Rachel Proctor's song "Me and Emily". -
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha... I'm married to him!
Summary: Kagome is trying to outrun her past. She takes her daughter, Usagi, and finds a little interstate town and hides there
hoping that her abusive husband won't find her. Then she meets Inu Yasha and his son. Soon after, she starts to date him and everything seems great... Until a certain someone from Kagome's past catches up with her. Will she find a way to keep her new family together? Or will they be torn apart?
"Talking" 'Thoughts' (Author's Notes)
Song
Dream Flashback
Me and Usagi
Chapter 1
A Safe Little Interstate Town
Floorboard's filled with baby toys
And empty coke bottles, and coffee cups. Driving through the rain with no radio Trying not to wake her up...
It was raining pretty hard outside as Kagome drove on. She looked back in her rearview mirror just to see her sleeping soundly in the back seat. She smiled. It had been a hard day. She thought back to the night before...
Flashback
"Shut up!" He screamed at her. She winced in pain as she felt his hand make contact with her cheek as she fell back onto the floor. She clenched her cheek as he hovered over her. She looked at him unafraid she knew what she had to do. He walked out and she watched as he fell asleep on the couch. She went over to the playpen in the corner and grabbed the slumbering two year old. Then went over to the closet and laid the suitcase on her bed. It wasn't very big but it was just big enough. She got a few things out of the drawer of her dresser and put them in the suitcase and took the diaper bag out from under the bed and put some toys in it. She sneaked into the kitchen and got a few snacks from the pantry, went into the cupboard and took out the coffee mug her father gave her for her birthday. The year that he died. She held it close, for reassurance, and the put it in the bag. She took the sippy cup from the tiny refrigerator and put it in the side pocket. She went back into the bedroom and over to the box on the nightstand, took out a few ten-dollar bills and put them in her purse. She checked to make sure she had everything and hauled it all into the tiny car. Finally, she took the child and put her in the car seat. She went back inside and grabbed the keys off the counter. She started the car and sped down the highway as fast as the speed limit would allow...
End Flashback
Kagome felt her cheek where the pain had been inflicted and looked to see another exit. She drove passed it. She was only twenty-one and had been through so much within the passed three years. Her mother and father died in a car crash when she was eighteen, she got married at nineteen, and had her baby girl at twenty. Her brother had moved in with their Gramps at the temple only last year. She hadn't seen them since. Naraku hadn't let her. (I'm so evil) Her baby had never met her uncle, and since she hadn't been to the temple since she was ten, she probably never would...
Cell phone says "Low Battery"
God, What if I break down I'm just looking for an exit with a lot of lights, A safe little interstate town...
Kagome looked at her cell phone. She could call. She reached over in the other seat and looked. It was dead. 'Well, there goes that plan'. She thought with dismay. She passed a few more exits and saw a gas station not far away. She drove into the empty parking lot and decided she may not see one for quite some time. She parked by the regular pump and went into the store to ask if they would turn it on. (You know those old run-down gas stations where you have to pay in the store and they have to turn the pump on. Yeah.) She saw a man leaning on the counter looking half asleep.
"Excuse me." She said calling his attention. "Would you please turn the pump on?"
"Of course, but...what's a girl like you driving out here so late for?" The man asked, smiling.
"I'm trying to find a hotel somewhere that my daughter and I can stay in." She told him, as he turned the gas on.
"There are a few up the road a couple miles." He said thoughtfully. She thanked him and paid for the gas.
She went back to the car and started to fill up the tank. She squeezed the handle and waited. She looked in the back window and saw her child still asleep. She smiled. 'Thank you, Kami, for this little joy in my life. Help me raise her and keep me strong.' She prayed silently. She put the pump up, waved to the man, and sped off down the highway.
For a while all she saw were the trees and the rain still falling from the sky. She saw some lights up ahead and slowed down a bit. She looked around a bit and found a place for her to eat. She looked at the clock. Twelve o'clock. She had been driving for seven hours. She turned at a light and went down a block. She thought the town looked safe enough so she decided to find someplace to stay.
Just a cheap hotel
With a single bed And cable TV Is good enough for me and Emily...
She found a hotel and went in to find out the price. She looked back at her little girl still asleep and brushed a strand of black hair from her face. "I'll be right back" She whispered and ran through the rain to the office. She walked in and found a young girl sitting at the desk. She was probably around her age and wore a little too much make-up. Her hair was in a low ponytail and she was looking through a magazine unaware of the woman in front of her.
"Um... Excuse me?" Kagome said. She looked up and smiled.
"Hello. Welcome to the Shikon Hotel. How may I help you?" The woman said. (I know. Very creative! Remember first fanfic!) Kagome smiled.
"I'd like a room and I was curios at how much it costs?"
"It costs Thirty-five dollars a night. Depending on exactly which room you want." She paused. "If you want a double bed then it's forty-five, if you want digital cable added than it's fifty-five, and if you want both it's sixty-five." She waited for a reply. (I have no idea how much a real hotel costs. It's very small so take that in consideration too.)
"I would just like a single bed please and I don't need digital, but thanks for the offer."
"Okay. May I have your name please?"
"Kagome Higurashi." She said using her maiden name.
"Alright. Here's your key and it's the third door on the right. And if you need anything just ask for Sango." She smiled.
Kagome went back to the car to get her wallet and her suitcase. She peeked in to make sure her baby was still sleeping and quietly opened the door to get the diaper bag. She went back inside and took Sango's directions. She opened the door and put the bags on the bed. She went back to the car to get her little moon. She opened the door and accidentally woke her up.
"Mommy, where are we?" She smiled at her.
"We're staying at a hotel for a little while, sweetheart." The child nodded and looked around, taking in her new surroundings.
"Can you stay awake for a little while longer so I can put you in our bed?" She nodded again and Kagome unbuckled her. They entered the hotel and Kagome went up to the desk.
"Excuse me, Sango, You wouldn't happen to have a playpen or a crib would you?" Kagome asked the woman.
"Yes we do. I'll go get one for this cute little girl." She said smiling at the child in the woman's arms. "We have one in case of people traveling with small children." She pulled out a folded playpen and helped Kagome carry it to her room. "What's your name?" Sango cooed.
"Can you say Usagi?" Kagome answered for her. The child just shied away from the strange woman. Once they reached the room, Sango helped Kagome set it up. "Well, there we go. Thanks for your help, Sango."
"No problem." She said laughing. She walked out of the room as Kagome got out Usagi's blanket. She put her in Pajama's and laid her in the playpen to fall back asleep. Kagome put everything where she wanted it then got herself ready for bed. She looked over at her sleeping moon.
"Goodnight my little moon." She said and turned off the light
Kagome awoke the next morning to light streaming in from the window. She looked at the clock on the nightstand and saw it was nearly seven. She got up and checked on the little girl still sleeping in the playpen. She stirred a little and woke up. The child blinked a little and took in her surroundings.
"Mommy?" The soft voice whispered.
"Good morning, baby." Kagome said and picked her up. "Ready to get dressed?"
"Where we goin'?" We're going to get you dressed," She said and put her on the bed. "And go ask miss Sango where's a good place for breakfast." She began dressing the child and fixing her hair. Kagome dressed herself, while her daughter played with her toys in the playpen.
"Come on, Sweetie. Let's go find some breakfast." She locked the door and went to the office to find Sango. She went to the desk and found a man there, reading a newspaper. She put Usagi down and held her hand since she was getting heavy.
"Hello, I'm looking for Sango?" She asked him. He looked up from his paper and acknowledged the woman standing there. He had a serious look in his eyes. He was kind of tall and had jet-black hair held in a small ponytail in the back of his head. He looked straight into her chocolate eyes and took her hand.
"May I have the honor of knowing such a pretty woman's name?" He asked. She looked into his violet eyes.
"Kagome." She told him unsure of his intentions.
"Kagome...Will you bare my child?" She started to laugh thinking it was just a joke, but stopped when his eyes told her otherwise.
"Mommy, What does he mean when he says 'Bear'?" A little voice spoke up. The man looked down at the little girl.
"Did you just say...'Mommy'?" He asked. She nodded. He laughed nervously. "Uh...this is kinda awkward." Suddenly out of nowhere a giant boomerang hit the man in the head.
"Miroku...What are you doing to Kagome?" A voice asked slowly.
"Nothing, Sango" He said nervously.
"I'm watching you." The girl said walking away from the man. "Kagome that's Miroku, the perverted co-owner of this hotel." She told her.
"Mommy, What's 'perverted' mean?" Usagi asked in her innocent voice.
"You don't need to know that word yet, sweetie." Kagome told her
daughter.
"Well what's a 'co-owner'?"
"It's a person who owns a business with someone." Sango told her. The
little girl starred at Sango with her bright brown eyes. "Are you hungry, Usagi?"
"Yes, ma'am." She answered politely.
"Well, let's get you some food." Sango smiled. "You can stay here. For all we know you could molest the poor thing!" Sango told him.
"Mommy, What's a-"
"You don't need to know." They went off and got some donuts from a near by café. Usagi got some milk while Sango and Kagome grabbed some coffee. (I hate coffee. It smells nice, but it's bitter! Yuck! Of course that's just my opinion. )
"So...what brings you here, Kagome?" Sango asked her.
"Just trying to forget my past." She answered.
"Lot's of people like that here... Me and Miroku, the police chief and the kindergarten teacher, quite a few of the firefighters..." She trailed off. Kagome only paid attention to the one person though.
"They have a kindergarten?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, and an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, and there's a college just outside the town." Kagome brightened up. "My baby brother's in the middle school. It's his first year. And I'm in my first year of college. I would have gone sooner if my dad hadn't died..." Sango stopped. Kagome changed the subject.
"They have a pre-school. Don't they?"
"They're building it right now. It should be done by August." Sango paused. "I bet you were thinking about enrolling this cutie. Weren't you?"
"That's part of the reason we're here." She said sadly. Sango could tell that she had accidentally brought up bad memories.
"I'm sorry. I must have brought something bad up."
"Don't worry. I had just brought up the subject with my husband and he kind of over-reacted. We fight a lot, but he doesn't want a divorce. So we decided to separate for a while." She said. They laughed and talked some more until Sango had to go back to the hotel.
"Hey, Usagi, do you want to stay in this town?"
"Yeah. I like it here. Every one's nice. Even that man who asked you to 'bear' his child." Kagome held back a nervous laugh. "Mommy, did he want you to help him buy a baby bear?"
So that was they're daily routine. Get some coffee and doughnuts with Sango, drop Usagi off at her day care, and then Kagome would go to work at the fast food restaurant right down the street. It was simple. It was plain. It was...what Kagome wanted her whole life. A simple routine...Then School started.
Animegurl: I hope you liked it; it only took me ... two and a half hours to type it.
Cho: That's amazing. --
Animegurl: You're mean! Sticks out tongue & makes a mean face
Cho: You should be talking! --
Animegurl: Anyway! I'm not sure how long it will be but we'll find out!
Cho: See you next Chapter. --
Cho: Hi. --
Animegurl: I hope you enjoy my fanfic. I got the idea from Rachel Proctor's song "Me and Emily". -
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha... I'm married to him!
Summary: Kagome is trying to outrun her past. She takes her daughter, Usagi, and finds a little interstate town and hides there
hoping that her abusive husband won't find her. Then she meets Inu Yasha and his son. Soon after, she starts to date him and everything seems great... Until a certain someone from Kagome's past catches up with her. Will she find a way to keep her new family together? Or will they be torn apart?
"Talking" 'Thoughts' (Author's Notes)
Song
Dream Flashback
Me and Usagi
Chapter 1
A Safe Little Interstate Town
Floorboard's filled with baby toys
And empty coke bottles, and coffee cups. Driving through the rain with no radio Trying not to wake her up...
It was raining pretty hard outside as Kagome drove on. She looked back in her rearview mirror just to see her sleeping soundly in the back seat. She smiled. It had been a hard day. She thought back to the night before...
Flashback
"Shut up!" He screamed at her. She winced in pain as she felt his hand make contact with her cheek as she fell back onto the floor. She clenched her cheek as he hovered over her. She looked at him unafraid she knew what she had to do. He walked out and she watched as he fell asleep on the couch. She went over to the playpen in the corner and grabbed the slumbering two year old. Then went over to the closet and laid the suitcase on her bed. It wasn't very big but it was just big enough. She got a few things out of the drawer of her dresser and put them in the suitcase and took the diaper bag out from under the bed and put some toys in it. She sneaked into the kitchen and got a few snacks from the pantry, went into the cupboard and took out the coffee mug her father gave her for her birthday. The year that he died. She held it close, for reassurance, and the put it in the bag. She took the sippy cup from the tiny refrigerator and put it in the side pocket. She went back into the bedroom and over to the box on the nightstand, took out a few ten-dollar bills and put them in her purse. She checked to make sure she had everything and hauled it all into the tiny car. Finally, she took the child and put her in the car seat. She went back inside and grabbed the keys off the counter. She started the car and sped down the highway as fast as the speed limit would allow...
End Flashback
Kagome felt her cheek where the pain had been inflicted and looked to see another exit. She drove passed it. She was only twenty-one and had been through so much within the passed three years. Her mother and father died in a car crash when she was eighteen, she got married at nineteen, and had her baby girl at twenty. Her brother had moved in with their Gramps at the temple only last year. She hadn't seen them since. Naraku hadn't let her. (I'm so evil) Her baby had never met her uncle, and since she hadn't been to the temple since she was ten, she probably never would...
Cell phone says "Low Battery"
God, What if I break down I'm just looking for an exit with a lot of lights, A safe little interstate town...
Kagome looked at her cell phone. She could call. She reached over in the other seat and looked. It was dead. 'Well, there goes that plan'. She thought with dismay. She passed a few more exits and saw a gas station not far away. She drove into the empty parking lot and decided she may not see one for quite some time. She parked by the regular pump and went into the store to ask if they would turn it on. (You know those old run-down gas stations where you have to pay in the store and they have to turn the pump on. Yeah.) She saw a man leaning on the counter looking half asleep.
"Excuse me." She said calling his attention. "Would you please turn the pump on?"
"Of course, but...what's a girl like you driving out here so late for?" The man asked, smiling.
"I'm trying to find a hotel somewhere that my daughter and I can stay in." She told him, as he turned the gas on.
"There are a few up the road a couple miles." He said thoughtfully. She thanked him and paid for the gas.
She went back to the car and started to fill up the tank. She squeezed the handle and waited. She looked in the back window and saw her child still asleep. She smiled. 'Thank you, Kami, for this little joy in my life. Help me raise her and keep me strong.' She prayed silently. She put the pump up, waved to the man, and sped off down the highway.
For a while all she saw were the trees and the rain still falling from the sky. She saw some lights up ahead and slowed down a bit. She looked around a bit and found a place for her to eat. She looked at the clock. Twelve o'clock. She had been driving for seven hours. She turned at a light and went down a block. She thought the town looked safe enough so she decided to find someplace to stay.
Just a cheap hotel
With a single bed And cable TV Is good enough for me and Emily...
She found a hotel and went in to find out the price. She looked back at her little girl still asleep and brushed a strand of black hair from her face. "I'll be right back" She whispered and ran through the rain to the office. She walked in and found a young girl sitting at the desk. She was probably around her age and wore a little too much make-up. Her hair was in a low ponytail and she was looking through a magazine unaware of the woman in front of her.
"Um... Excuse me?" Kagome said. She looked up and smiled.
"Hello. Welcome to the Shikon Hotel. How may I help you?" The woman said. (I know. Very creative! Remember first fanfic!) Kagome smiled.
"I'd like a room and I was curios at how much it costs?"
"It costs Thirty-five dollars a night. Depending on exactly which room you want." She paused. "If you want a double bed then it's forty-five, if you want digital cable added than it's fifty-five, and if you want both it's sixty-five." She waited for a reply. (I have no idea how much a real hotel costs. It's very small so take that in consideration too.)
"I would just like a single bed please and I don't need digital, but thanks for the offer."
"Okay. May I have your name please?"
"Kagome Higurashi." She said using her maiden name.
"Alright. Here's your key and it's the third door on the right. And if you need anything just ask for Sango." She smiled.
Kagome went back to the car to get her wallet and her suitcase. She peeked in to make sure her baby was still sleeping and quietly opened the door to get the diaper bag. She went back inside and took Sango's directions. She opened the door and put the bags on the bed. She went back to the car to get her little moon. She opened the door and accidentally woke her up.
"Mommy, where are we?" She smiled at her.
"We're staying at a hotel for a little while, sweetheart." The child nodded and looked around, taking in her new surroundings.
"Can you stay awake for a little while longer so I can put you in our bed?" She nodded again and Kagome unbuckled her. They entered the hotel and Kagome went up to the desk.
"Excuse me, Sango, You wouldn't happen to have a playpen or a crib would you?" Kagome asked the woman.
"Yes we do. I'll go get one for this cute little girl." She said smiling at the child in the woman's arms. "We have one in case of people traveling with small children." She pulled out a folded playpen and helped Kagome carry it to her room. "What's your name?" Sango cooed.
"Can you say Usagi?" Kagome answered for her. The child just shied away from the strange woman. Once they reached the room, Sango helped Kagome set it up. "Well, there we go. Thanks for your help, Sango."
"No problem." She said laughing. She walked out of the room as Kagome got out Usagi's blanket. She put her in Pajama's and laid her in the playpen to fall back asleep. Kagome put everything where she wanted it then got herself ready for bed. She looked over at her sleeping moon.
"Goodnight my little moon." She said and turned off the light
Kagome awoke the next morning to light streaming in from the window. She looked at the clock on the nightstand and saw it was nearly seven. She got up and checked on the little girl still sleeping in the playpen. She stirred a little and woke up. The child blinked a little and took in her surroundings.
"Mommy?" The soft voice whispered.
"Good morning, baby." Kagome said and picked her up. "Ready to get dressed?"
"Where we goin'?" We're going to get you dressed," She said and put her on the bed. "And go ask miss Sango where's a good place for breakfast." She began dressing the child and fixing her hair. Kagome dressed herself, while her daughter played with her toys in the playpen.
"Come on, Sweetie. Let's go find some breakfast." She locked the door and went to the office to find Sango. She went to the desk and found a man there, reading a newspaper. She put Usagi down and held her hand since she was getting heavy.
"Hello, I'm looking for Sango?" She asked him. He looked up from his paper and acknowledged the woman standing there. He had a serious look in his eyes. He was kind of tall and had jet-black hair held in a small ponytail in the back of his head. He looked straight into her chocolate eyes and took her hand.
"May I have the honor of knowing such a pretty woman's name?" He asked. She looked into his violet eyes.
"Kagome." She told him unsure of his intentions.
"Kagome...Will you bare my child?" She started to laugh thinking it was just a joke, but stopped when his eyes told her otherwise.
"Mommy, What does he mean when he says 'Bear'?" A little voice spoke up. The man looked down at the little girl.
"Did you just say...'Mommy'?" He asked. She nodded. He laughed nervously. "Uh...this is kinda awkward." Suddenly out of nowhere a giant boomerang hit the man in the head.
"Miroku...What are you doing to Kagome?" A voice asked slowly.
"Nothing, Sango" He said nervously.
"I'm watching you." The girl said walking away from the man. "Kagome that's Miroku, the perverted co-owner of this hotel." She told her.
"Mommy, What's 'perverted' mean?" Usagi asked in her innocent voice.
"You don't need to know that word yet, sweetie." Kagome told her
daughter.
"Well what's a 'co-owner'?"
"It's a person who owns a business with someone." Sango told her. The
little girl starred at Sango with her bright brown eyes. "Are you hungry, Usagi?"
"Yes, ma'am." She answered politely.
"Well, let's get you some food." Sango smiled. "You can stay here. For all we know you could molest the poor thing!" Sango told him.
"Mommy, What's a-"
"You don't need to know." They went off and got some donuts from a near by café. Usagi got some milk while Sango and Kagome grabbed some coffee. (I hate coffee. It smells nice, but it's bitter! Yuck! Of course that's just my opinion. )
"So...what brings you here, Kagome?" Sango asked her.
"Just trying to forget my past." She answered.
"Lot's of people like that here... Me and Miroku, the police chief and the kindergarten teacher, quite a few of the firefighters..." She trailed off. Kagome only paid attention to the one person though.
"They have a kindergarten?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, and an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, and there's a college just outside the town." Kagome brightened up. "My baby brother's in the middle school. It's his first year. And I'm in my first year of college. I would have gone sooner if my dad hadn't died..." Sango stopped. Kagome changed the subject.
"They have a pre-school. Don't they?"
"They're building it right now. It should be done by August." Sango paused. "I bet you were thinking about enrolling this cutie. Weren't you?"
"That's part of the reason we're here." She said sadly. Sango could tell that she had accidentally brought up bad memories.
"I'm sorry. I must have brought something bad up."
"Don't worry. I had just brought up the subject with my husband and he kind of over-reacted. We fight a lot, but he doesn't want a divorce. So we decided to separate for a while." She said. They laughed and talked some more until Sango had to go back to the hotel.
"Hey, Usagi, do you want to stay in this town?"
"Yeah. I like it here. Every one's nice. Even that man who asked you to 'bear' his child." Kagome held back a nervous laugh. "Mommy, did he want you to help him buy a baby bear?"
So that was they're daily routine. Get some coffee and doughnuts with Sango, drop Usagi off at her day care, and then Kagome would go to work at the fast food restaurant right down the street. It was simple. It was plain. It was...what Kagome wanted her whole life. A simple routine...Then School started.
Animegurl: I hope you liked it; it only took me ... two and a half hours to type it.
Cho: That's amazing. --
Animegurl: You're mean! Sticks out tongue & makes a mean face
Cho: You should be talking! --
Animegurl: Anyway! I'm not sure how long it will be but we'll find out!
Cho: See you next Chapter. --