Animegurl: Hi everyone! This is the last chapter. So that means you won't try to kill me for not updating! Last time I left you on a major cliff & Cho had to cover for me. But Cho isn't here today because she had a doctor's appointment. So anyway. Here's what you've all been waiting for! The big Finale!
Disclaimer: As I have told you before I don't own Inu Yasha. I do own Ryu & Usagi & the idea of the story. & I also do not own Rachel Proctor's song "Me & Emily"
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 & Usagi
Chapter 4
She's Starting to Wake Up
Floorboard's filled with baby toys,
And empty coke bottles and coffee cups
Least there's one good thing that he gave me
And she's stating to wake up.
It was raining pretty hard outside as Kagome drove on. She looked back in her rearview mirror just to see them sleeping soundly in the backseat. She smiled. They deserved the sleep. They had worked hard that day. They had been packing boxes full of their things. She saw her daughter Usagi. Long raven black hair, just like her own. Beautiful chocolate eyes, always full of life. Perfect pale peach skin, not a pimple in sight. She was very beautiful at the age of fifteen. Then she saw her son Ryu. Long silver hair, golden eyes. Very handsome, just like his father, at the youthful age of sixteen. Then she looked at her little one. Sleeping soundly. Dark, black, thick hair, with silver bags and ears. She had one brown eye and one golden one. She was a lot younger than the teens but they didn't seem to mind. Mika was two. Kagome thought back to when Usagi was two.
Flashback
"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 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 a good place is 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.
"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?"
End flashback
She had been so talkative and inquisitive, except when it came to strangers. Mika was different. She was quiet. She did as she was told. She always stuck to your side unless you told her otherwise. Usagi had been curious. She was only quiet when she slept.
"What are you thinking about Kagome?" Her husband asked.
"Just about how different Mika and Usagi are." She told him.
"You've been driving a while. Let me drive for a little."
"Where do you propose we stop? I'm hungry. We've been driving since six and we didn't have anything for dinner."
"I don't know. Just someplace where we can stretch our legs." She looked again at her children in the back seat. Mika had dropped her cup. There were two empty soda bottles on the floor from the two teens, and the toys that Mika had been playing with were strewn everywhere. She thought again about Usagi. Then about how her and Inu Yasha met. Then about the trials she had faced being a single mother. And about the man who had ruined her life...and the same man who, because of his wrong doings, helped her meet her soul mate.
'There's only one thing Naraku gave me that I would trade the world for...' She thought as she turned at the exit. She parked the car and saw her children stir. 'And she's waking up right now.'
Animegurl: It's all over. Sniffle Sniffle I hope you guys enjoyed the fic. And look out for my next one called "Not Just Another High School Fic." Here's a preview:
Kagome Higurashi is your average student. She used to go to Sengoku Private School. Then, because of the endless teasing, her parents transferred her to Southern Shikon Middle school. Two years passed and now she's in high school. What's this? One of her only friends from her old school is going to go to her new school? Kagome jumps for joy at the news. Then, one of her enemies is coming too. Darn. Wait. Ayame isn't coming? Crap. Huh? She is coming? Ayame, make up your darn mind. What? You were a cutter? Ayame? Based on a true life. Mine.
Animegurl: Yes. It's rated PG-13 for
A. Cussing
B. Content
Cho: Life should be rated R. --
Animegurl: Where'd you come from? 00
Cho: Your mom let me in.--
Animegurl: Oh. R&R. See ya next time!