Chapter Four.
Kagome came back through the well with yet another backpack full of her things from the future. Moving to the Feudal Era was not any easy thing. She had to think about what to bring and what to leave for when she came back to stay at home on the weekends. No more school for Kagome, no more shopping malls, traffic, or fast food. She had made her choice and she was happy with it.
"Now you know that you always have a home here, don't you?" Kagome's mother had asked her before she left.
"Yes mom, I could never forget you guys, or this place. And I'll be back before you know to see you guys. Sota, be good, and don't give mom or grandpa a hard time." Kagome had told her little brother.
"I won't. Bye sis." The little boy hugged his sister goodbye and then Kagome turned to her grandfather.
"Here's plenty of aspirin, cough syrup, and other things you'll need for colds and flues and other things like that. Remember to keep your feet warm at night and stay hydrated during the day." Her grandfather told her as he handed her a bundle and gave her one last reassuring. hug. Kagome took the bundle from him and wiped a tear from her eyes.
"Hey come on, this isn't goodbye forever or anything. I'll be back this weekend. Like I always come back only now I'm going to be gone during the week days. Oh yeah, grandpa, don't forget to transfer me from public school to home school. That way no one will get suspicious."
"I won't. I promise." The old man was near tears. His baby granddaughter was moving away now to be with her lover in the past. It was enough to make any parent cry. When Kagome thought about that touching goodbye her family had given her, she almost cried herself. Now as she climbed out of the well in the Feudal Era, hauling her backpack and bundles behind her, she wondered if maybe she were making a mistake. It's not like Inu-yasha could move to the Modern Era though and Kagome wanted to be near him. This was the only real alternative.
"Not more garbage!" Inu-yasha exclaimed when he saw Kagome lugging the heavy bags down the path.
"Well, the least you could do is give me a hand." Kagome said to him. "I'm pregnant, understand, I can't be over exerting myself. She handed off the heavy bags and parcels to the han-you and walked with him back to the hut. Miroku was still moping about when they came in. "Oh no is he still upset about Eri?" Kagome asked.
"She was my wife." Miroku moaned, feeling hurt that no one was being as understanding of his problems as they were about Kagome's. "I long for her and miss her like I've never missed anyone before in my life."
"Come on Miroku, I'll let you have a free grab." Sango said, trying to get him to feel better. He perked up almost immediately and raised his hand to grab her. "On, second thought, maybe not" She quickly smacked it back down and he went back to moping.
"So you loved and lost." Inu-yasha said to him. "Get over it. I've found that some girls are just alike. More than just alike in some cases." He was referring of course to Kagome and Kikyo. They were practically the same person after all.
"It's not that Inu-yasha. It's just that I couldn't protect her." Miroku told him. "When it came right down to it, I was unable to keep my wife, the woman I loved, safe from harm. I'm such a weak person compared to you and Kagome and Sango. My only gift, the wind tunnel, is a curse. Yes I use to fight demons and slay monsters but it's eventually going to kill me. I wanted to be further along with my life by this time than what I am. I wanted Eri and she wanted me. We could have been happy together, Inu-yasha, but I couldn't save her."
"Oh man." Inu-yasha grumbled. "That does it. Kagome…" He said. "We're leaving."
"What?" She asked him.
"Pack you stuff, we're going back to the modern world. All of us. Sango, Miroku, and even Shippo."
"Huh!" They all exclaimed. "What are you talking about?"
"It obvious from this attack today that Naraku is never going to leave us alone, no matter what we do, and it's impossible to catch him. I'm sorry to have to say this but I'm tired of killing demons. I want a normal life with you, Kagome. I love the fact that you were willing to give up your whole modern world to stay here with me. I do, but that's not right, and neither is keeping Miroku and Eri apart." He said.
"So what?" Sango asked. "You want to just give up? After everything that we've all gone through together, you want to just throw in the towel?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Look there is noting for us here in this world anymore guys. Look at us, we're living peasants when a better way of life is just waiting for us around the corner. I want my son or daughter to grow up in a safe world where there aren't any demons or monsters to be afraid of. As long as I keep Kagome here, I'm just going to be putting her in danger." Kagome couldn't believe how noble Inu-yasha was being just then. He was really willing to give up everything in his life to be with her in the way that was best for her and the baby.
"Inu-yasha." Kagome went to him and they embraced.
"Our child is going grow up normally with no demons chasing after it." He said to her. "I can get job, we can buy our own house, and our child can grow up in the modern world."
"But what about the jewel?" Miroku asked.
"To hell with the jewel. I don't care about becoming a full demon anymore. I only care about my family." It hadn't quite sunken in until that moment. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were his family. They were the people who mattered most to him in the whole wide world. Their happiness above all else was what drove him to do all the extraordinary things he'd always done. Now that he realized this, he was more willing than ever to leave, and never come back. "Come on guys, it's wouldn't be the same without you three there with us, and I want my child to know you all." He put his hand on Kagome's belly and she smiled.
"Oh Inu-yasha." Kagome kissed him and hugged him, and loved him so much. Sango got teary eyed and got up to hug her friends. Miroku saw this and decided he wanted to get in on the action. He got up from his spot on the floor and quickly positioned himself to where he had a clear grasp on both Kagome and Sango's bottoms." They smacked him away then he joined in the hug for real, followed by Shippo who climbed up on their shoulders and hugged their heads one by one.
"Let's go tell the villagers that we're leaving." Sango said. "We'll go today, together, and we'll only come back to pack our things." It was a good plan. They would finally see the end of this terrible ordeal one way or another. It was so wonderful. That afternoon they packed their most precious personal belongings and headed to the well. Old Keade and the villagers gave them a royal send off.
"Kagome." The priestess said. "I'm glad that ye have made this decision. Ye would be much happier in your own time than here with us."
"I know." Kagome said hugging the old woman. "I'll miss you."
"I shall miss ye too my sister." Keade said softly.
"So this is it." Sango said. "We'll only be coming back here to get a few more of our things and then we'll never see this place or these people again."
"It's kind of sad, but it's kind of exciting too." Inu-yasha stated. "I'm not going to miss my brother or any of the other creatures we've encountered, but I'll miss the old hag." He said referring to Keade.
"Inu-yasha." Keade said. "Ye have been a pain, a curse, and a blessing to me these years. I will miss ye also, and think of ye whenever I look to the forest."
"Thanks." Inu-yasha said, he didn't hug Keade, or even shake the old woman's hand. He simply smiled and walked on by. "Here we go. Everyone ready?" He asked. Sango, Shippo, Miroku, and Kagome all joined hands and climbed up on top of the old Bone Eater's Well. The villagers waved to them as they leaned forward and jumped in. They disappeared into a bright brilliant stream of light and thus it was that they were gone. From a distance, two other figures watched as the crowd dissipated. One was Sesshomaru. The other was Kikyo. They had both come to this place when they'd heard that Inu-yasha and his friends were leaving. Leaving where, they did not know, but it was plain to see from the farewells of the people of Edo that they were not coming back any time soon.
"Goodbye little brother." Sesshomaru said silently to himself.
Kagome came running into the shrine that afternoon to the great surprise and delight of her mother, brother, and grandfather.
"I'm home!" She cried as she rushed into their waiting arms.
"Kagome, what's the matter?" Her grandfather asked, seeing the tears of joy in her eyes.
"I'm home." She said again. "I'm home for good. Mom, this is Miroku, Sango, and Shippo." Kagome introduced her friends to her family. "They're going to be staying here with us until they can find homes of their own in this time."
"What?" Her mother asked. "You mean that you're all coming to this time to live here?"
"Kagome made it sound so wonderful." Sango said. "And we have Inu-yasha to thank for talking us into it."
"Yes he was quite adamant about not taking Kagome away from you all." Miroku said. Shippo rushed over to where Sota stood and the two children danced. "Speaking of which, where is Inu-yasha?" They looked around and he wasn't there. Then they heard groaning and wailing coming from the well house. They all rushed over to find Inu-yasha hauling load after load of their possessions back from the bottom of the well.
"Can someone please give me a hand with all this junk?" He asked. They laughed at him and then all joined in to make this evening a grand moving party. The young teenagers all took their things inside, Kagome's mother fixed dinner for them all, and Sota and Shippo played video games.
"Well I suppose that I'll have to go to Kagome's school tomorrow and instead of taking her out, I'll have to enroll Sango and Miroku as her cousins."
"Huh?" Miroku asked. "I'm a bit too old for school." He said.
"None sense, youngsters like you should be in school, and don't give me any lip while you're under my roof. As long as you stay here, you'll attend school, and be grateful for the opportunity. I've got a friend down town who can print some identification up for you all too. He owes me a favor for healing his sick wife when she was ailing and no Doctor could find a cure for her disease."
"Is your magic as powerful as all that?" Miroku asked Kagome's grandfather.
"I've been in this business a long time my boy and there are quite a few things that I can teach you about being a man of faith." Kagome just stared and sighed.
"O well." She said. "At least I'm home now and we're all together." She looked over at Inu-yasha who was wolfing down noodles and acting like a total pig. "Yep. The more things change, the more they stay the same." She smiled. They all went to bed that night at about the same hour. Miroku slept in the shrine, Sango on the couch, and Shippo camped out with Sota. Kagome and Inu-yasha lay in her room with the door closed and the sheets pulled up over them. "It's great to be home." She said to him.
"Yeah, I'm glad that we're all finally free of Naraku." He said. "We can put all that nasty business behind us now and focus on having our baby." They kissed, cuddling up close together, and fondling each other playfully. "You want to try for twins?" Inu-yasha asked Kagome.
"It doesn't work that way." She told him. "But we could give it a shot, who knows what that hot demon blood of yours can do." They made love for the third time, for the first time, for the millionth time. Kagome felt Inu-yasha's strong arms around her and she knew that she was safe. Nothing would hurt her ever again with these arms protecting her. This was heaven. Who could have asked for more than to be with their one true love forever and ever? They gave themselves to each other in the truest form that any two people could give themselves to one another. To hold her lover tight and feel his love for her in the purest form that love can take between two people. They savored each other, each touch, each kiss, and every movement of the other's body. (What else can I say?)
AN: Sorry for the shortness of this chapter folks. This was all that I could come up with. You'll see how much better it is in chapter five.
Kagome came back through the well with yet another backpack full of her things from the future. Moving to the Feudal Era was not any easy thing. She had to think about what to bring and what to leave for when she came back to stay at home on the weekends. No more school for Kagome, no more shopping malls, traffic, or fast food. She had made her choice and she was happy with it.
"Now you know that you always have a home here, don't you?" Kagome's mother had asked her before she left.
"Yes mom, I could never forget you guys, or this place. And I'll be back before you know to see you guys. Sota, be good, and don't give mom or grandpa a hard time." Kagome had told her little brother.
"I won't. Bye sis." The little boy hugged his sister goodbye and then Kagome turned to her grandfather.
"Here's plenty of aspirin, cough syrup, and other things you'll need for colds and flues and other things like that. Remember to keep your feet warm at night and stay hydrated during the day." Her grandfather told her as he handed her a bundle and gave her one last reassuring. hug. Kagome took the bundle from him and wiped a tear from her eyes.
"Hey come on, this isn't goodbye forever or anything. I'll be back this weekend. Like I always come back only now I'm going to be gone during the week days. Oh yeah, grandpa, don't forget to transfer me from public school to home school. That way no one will get suspicious."
"I won't. I promise." The old man was near tears. His baby granddaughter was moving away now to be with her lover in the past. It was enough to make any parent cry. When Kagome thought about that touching goodbye her family had given her, she almost cried herself. Now as she climbed out of the well in the Feudal Era, hauling her backpack and bundles behind her, she wondered if maybe she were making a mistake. It's not like Inu-yasha could move to the Modern Era though and Kagome wanted to be near him. This was the only real alternative.
"Not more garbage!" Inu-yasha exclaimed when he saw Kagome lugging the heavy bags down the path.
"Well, the least you could do is give me a hand." Kagome said to him. "I'm pregnant, understand, I can't be over exerting myself. She handed off the heavy bags and parcels to the han-you and walked with him back to the hut. Miroku was still moping about when they came in. "Oh no is he still upset about Eri?" Kagome asked.
"She was my wife." Miroku moaned, feeling hurt that no one was being as understanding of his problems as they were about Kagome's. "I long for her and miss her like I've never missed anyone before in my life."
"Come on Miroku, I'll let you have a free grab." Sango said, trying to get him to feel better. He perked up almost immediately and raised his hand to grab her. "On, second thought, maybe not" She quickly smacked it back down and he went back to moping.
"So you loved and lost." Inu-yasha said to him. "Get over it. I've found that some girls are just alike. More than just alike in some cases." He was referring of course to Kagome and Kikyo. They were practically the same person after all.
"It's not that Inu-yasha. It's just that I couldn't protect her." Miroku told him. "When it came right down to it, I was unable to keep my wife, the woman I loved, safe from harm. I'm such a weak person compared to you and Kagome and Sango. My only gift, the wind tunnel, is a curse. Yes I use to fight demons and slay monsters but it's eventually going to kill me. I wanted to be further along with my life by this time than what I am. I wanted Eri and she wanted me. We could have been happy together, Inu-yasha, but I couldn't save her."
"Oh man." Inu-yasha grumbled. "That does it. Kagome…" He said. "We're leaving."
"What?" She asked him.
"Pack you stuff, we're going back to the modern world. All of us. Sango, Miroku, and even Shippo."
"Huh!" They all exclaimed. "What are you talking about?"
"It obvious from this attack today that Naraku is never going to leave us alone, no matter what we do, and it's impossible to catch him. I'm sorry to have to say this but I'm tired of killing demons. I want a normal life with you, Kagome. I love the fact that you were willing to give up your whole modern world to stay here with me. I do, but that's not right, and neither is keeping Miroku and Eri apart." He said.
"So what?" Sango asked. "You want to just give up? After everything that we've all gone through together, you want to just throw in the towel?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Look there is noting for us here in this world anymore guys. Look at us, we're living peasants when a better way of life is just waiting for us around the corner. I want my son or daughter to grow up in a safe world where there aren't any demons or monsters to be afraid of. As long as I keep Kagome here, I'm just going to be putting her in danger." Kagome couldn't believe how noble Inu-yasha was being just then. He was really willing to give up everything in his life to be with her in the way that was best for her and the baby.
"Inu-yasha." Kagome went to him and they embraced.
"Our child is going grow up normally with no demons chasing after it." He said to her. "I can get job, we can buy our own house, and our child can grow up in the modern world."
"But what about the jewel?" Miroku asked.
"To hell with the jewel. I don't care about becoming a full demon anymore. I only care about my family." It hadn't quite sunken in until that moment. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were his family. They were the people who mattered most to him in the whole wide world. Their happiness above all else was what drove him to do all the extraordinary things he'd always done. Now that he realized this, he was more willing than ever to leave, and never come back. "Come on guys, it's wouldn't be the same without you three there with us, and I want my child to know you all." He put his hand on Kagome's belly and she smiled.
"Oh Inu-yasha." Kagome kissed him and hugged him, and loved him so much. Sango got teary eyed and got up to hug her friends. Miroku saw this and decided he wanted to get in on the action. He got up from his spot on the floor and quickly positioned himself to where he had a clear grasp on both Kagome and Sango's bottoms." They smacked him away then he joined in the hug for real, followed by Shippo who climbed up on their shoulders and hugged their heads one by one.
"Let's go tell the villagers that we're leaving." Sango said. "We'll go today, together, and we'll only come back to pack our things." It was a good plan. They would finally see the end of this terrible ordeal one way or another. It was so wonderful. That afternoon they packed their most precious personal belongings and headed to the well. Old Keade and the villagers gave them a royal send off.
"Kagome." The priestess said. "I'm glad that ye have made this decision. Ye would be much happier in your own time than here with us."
"I know." Kagome said hugging the old woman. "I'll miss you."
"I shall miss ye too my sister." Keade said softly.
"So this is it." Sango said. "We'll only be coming back here to get a few more of our things and then we'll never see this place or these people again."
"It's kind of sad, but it's kind of exciting too." Inu-yasha stated. "I'm not going to miss my brother or any of the other creatures we've encountered, but I'll miss the old hag." He said referring to Keade.
"Inu-yasha." Keade said. "Ye have been a pain, a curse, and a blessing to me these years. I will miss ye also, and think of ye whenever I look to the forest."
"Thanks." Inu-yasha said, he didn't hug Keade, or even shake the old woman's hand. He simply smiled and walked on by. "Here we go. Everyone ready?" He asked. Sango, Shippo, Miroku, and Kagome all joined hands and climbed up on top of the old Bone Eater's Well. The villagers waved to them as they leaned forward and jumped in. They disappeared into a bright brilliant stream of light and thus it was that they were gone. From a distance, two other figures watched as the crowd dissipated. One was Sesshomaru. The other was Kikyo. They had both come to this place when they'd heard that Inu-yasha and his friends were leaving. Leaving where, they did not know, but it was plain to see from the farewells of the people of Edo that they were not coming back any time soon.
"Goodbye little brother." Sesshomaru said silently to himself.
Kagome came running into the shrine that afternoon to the great surprise and delight of her mother, brother, and grandfather.
"I'm home!" She cried as she rushed into their waiting arms.
"Kagome, what's the matter?" Her grandfather asked, seeing the tears of joy in her eyes.
"I'm home." She said again. "I'm home for good. Mom, this is Miroku, Sango, and Shippo." Kagome introduced her friends to her family. "They're going to be staying here with us until they can find homes of their own in this time."
"What?" Her mother asked. "You mean that you're all coming to this time to live here?"
"Kagome made it sound so wonderful." Sango said. "And we have Inu-yasha to thank for talking us into it."
"Yes he was quite adamant about not taking Kagome away from you all." Miroku said. Shippo rushed over to where Sota stood and the two children danced. "Speaking of which, where is Inu-yasha?" They looked around and he wasn't there. Then they heard groaning and wailing coming from the well house. They all rushed over to find Inu-yasha hauling load after load of their possessions back from the bottom of the well.
"Can someone please give me a hand with all this junk?" He asked. They laughed at him and then all joined in to make this evening a grand moving party. The young teenagers all took their things inside, Kagome's mother fixed dinner for them all, and Sota and Shippo played video games.
"Well I suppose that I'll have to go to Kagome's school tomorrow and instead of taking her out, I'll have to enroll Sango and Miroku as her cousins."
"Huh?" Miroku asked. "I'm a bit too old for school." He said.
"None sense, youngsters like you should be in school, and don't give me any lip while you're under my roof. As long as you stay here, you'll attend school, and be grateful for the opportunity. I've got a friend down town who can print some identification up for you all too. He owes me a favor for healing his sick wife when she was ailing and no Doctor could find a cure for her disease."
"Is your magic as powerful as all that?" Miroku asked Kagome's grandfather.
"I've been in this business a long time my boy and there are quite a few things that I can teach you about being a man of faith." Kagome just stared and sighed.
"O well." She said. "At least I'm home now and we're all together." She looked over at Inu-yasha who was wolfing down noodles and acting like a total pig. "Yep. The more things change, the more they stay the same." She smiled. They all went to bed that night at about the same hour. Miroku slept in the shrine, Sango on the couch, and Shippo camped out with Sota. Kagome and Inu-yasha lay in her room with the door closed and the sheets pulled up over them. "It's great to be home." She said to him.
"Yeah, I'm glad that we're all finally free of Naraku." He said. "We can put all that nasty business behind us now and focus on having our baby." They kissed, cuddling up close together, and fondling each other playfully. "You want to try for twins?" Inu-yasha asked Kagome.
"It doesn't work that way." She told him. "But we could give it a shot, who knows what that hot demon blood of yours can do." They made love for the third time, for the first time, for the millionth time. Kagome felt Inu-yasha's strong arms around her and she knew that she was safe. Nothing would hurt her ever again with these arms protecting her. This was heaven. Who could have asked for more than to be with their one true love forever and ever? They gave themselves to each other in the truest form that any two people could give themselves to one another. To hold her lover tight and feel his love for her in the purest form that love can take between two people. They savored each other, each touch, each kiss, and every movement of the other's body. (What else can I say?)
AN: Sorry for the shortness of this chapter folks. This was all that I could come up with. You'll see how much better it is in chapter five.