Chapter Three.
Kagome heard a tapping on the window and turned around. She was surprised to see it was Sesshomaru standing on her window seal. Her first impulse was to scream but when she opened her mouth, nothing came out. She just stood there with a kind of undecided look on her face. Should she let him in, or tell him to get lost? But then she remembered that it was Sesshomaru who had taken her beloved Inu-yasha's body and she wanted it back if only to give her love a final goodbye. Kagome laid her baby down in the crib then walked over to the window where her old enemy waited patiently for her to open up her home to him.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked when she trust open the window.
"To see you." Sesshomaru said. His answer took Kagome's breath away. Why would he want to see her?
"I uh… You have Inu-yasha's body." She said sternly after a moment. "I want it back."
"Is that his child?" Sesshomaru asked, changing the subject for a moment.
"What?" Kagome looked back at the crib then ran to take her child up in her protective arms again. "You're here for my Hiro aren't you, well you can't have him!" She declared.
"Hiro, it's a befitting name for one of such great lineage." Sesshomaru stepped inside and walked over to where Kagome stood with her child. "I have not come for him yet." He told her. "I have come for you for you are the only one who can revive Inu-yasha."
"HUH!" Kagome didn't understand what he was saying to her. Was Inu-yasha alive?
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"Kagome's been upstairs all evening long." Shippo said sadly as the family sat down to supper.
"She just needs time to heal." Kagome's grandfather said. "Finding out that Sesshomaru had already claimed his brother's body, for what sinister purpose we don't yet know, was troubling to her. No doubt at this very moment unspeakable things are happening to Inu-yasha's mortal husk and… OUCH!" The old man cried when Kagome's mother knocked him on the head.
"Father that's enough, you're upsetting the children." She informed him. True enough, one look around the room saw the sorrowful faces of the youngsters and proud parent's to be. Miroku and Eri sat holding hands, praying that everything would be alright, while Sango sat worrying about her poor Hojo laying up in the hospital with his arm amputated. This was the first she'd been away from his side in two days.
"I'm sorry children, I did not mean to distress you." The old man apologized. He took a bite of his rice ball then thought of how Inu-yasha used to fight them over who got the last one. "It's just so tragic." He began to cry and lowered his head over his bowel. Everyone there began to cry and so they cried together as a family.
"Where's Kagome, she should be here." Eri said wiping tears from her eyes.
"I'll go get her." Sango told them with a sniffle. She got up from the dinner table and went upstairs to fetch Kagome but when she opened the door to the baby's room she was shocked to discover the room was empty. Kagome and little Hiro were gone and the only sign of the presence was the rocking chair moving back and forth in front of an open window. "Kagome?" Sango shouted out the window and looked all about for her but she and the baby were gone.
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Kagome handed Hiro to Rin as she came into the room where Inu-yasha lay in his human form on Sesshomaru's bed. He was so pail, so cold looking, and deathly still.
"He is dead." Kagome sighed with a tear.
"Not entirely. See, his soul lingers.." Sesshomaru told her. Kagome looked closer at Inu-yasha with her Miko powers and indeed she saw the spirit of life within him. His aura glowed brightly with the strength and will to go on.
"What do I do?" Kagome asked.
"Kiss him." Sesshomaru said. Kagome was a little shocked.
"In front of you, just like that?" She asked.
"It is the only way to save him. If you are his one true love then your kiss will awaken him." Sesshomaru explained and little Rin smiled at Kagome then nodded her head. Kagome looked over at Inu-yasha in his human form. Would he stay that way once he was revived or would return to being a half demon? Kagome didn't care, she wanted him back, no matter what happened. Kagome rushed over to the bedside, leaned down over Inu-yasha, and kissed him. Suddenly a burst of light filled the room and Kagome was thrown back into Sesshomaru's arm.
"Did it work me lord?" Jaken asked and ran over to check Inu-yasha's pulse. "He is alive!" The little imp cried the retreated as Inu-yasha stirred.
"INU-YASHA!" Kagome shouted and ran to him as soon as he arose.
"Kagome?" Inu-yasha asked, his hair, his face, and his ears suddenly returned to their normal state He was half demon again and he was alive. The two lovers embraced and Kagome held onto Inu-yasha as if it were all a dream and any minute now he'd been sucked away from her again. But it was no dream, it was real, and he was for real. He was alive and they were together again. Then Inu-yasha noticed Sesshomaru.
"What's he doing here?" Inu-yasha demanded.
"You are in my home Inu-yasha."
"Your home?" Inu-yasha looked around and sniffed the air. It did indeed smell of his brother and two others. Rin came out from behind Sesshomaru then and handed Kagome, Hiro. "Kagome is that?" Inu-yasha began to ask.
"Inu-yasha, this is Hiro, your son." Inu-yasha looked down at the tiny little baby Kagome held and a sudden sense of pride swelled inside of him.
"My son." He said and picked the babe up in his own arms. "My son."
"Here, Inu-yasha." Sesshormaru said taking out the Tetsuseiga. "You'll need this for the next time we battle."
"You went through all this trouble so that we could battle again?" Inu-yasha asked as he got up and gave Hiro back to Kagome.
"It is our destiny. Are we not brothers, you, and I? Are we not supposed to look out for one another? Those were our father's last words to me. I have obeyed him like a good son and so have you. You have produced for this family an heir and when his time comes, he shall inherit both swords which you and I possess. First though, he must prove himself worthy." Sesshomaru told Inu-yasha. "Now go and take your family with you. Trouble my family no more for there will come a day when they will need each other." Inu-yasha put his sword in his belt and then he and Kagome left Sesshomaru's apartment.
"Oh Inu-yasha, the others are going to be so surprised to see you alive and well again." Kagome said to him as they walked together down the darkened street.
"Come on Kagome, I've only been dead two days, I doubt that anyone even noticed I was gone." Kagome got angry then and commanded him to sit which was not so pleasant for Inu-yasha now that he was standing on hard concrete.
"What was that for!?" He raised up and demanded.
"For putting us through all of that. You doubt that anyone missed you, we were all heart broken, and poor Hojo lost an arm because of you." Kagome shouted at him.
"That wasn't my fault, that was his for being a hero. I saved his life for crying out loud. I died for this whole city, they should worship me like a god!" He declared. To this Kagome had only two words for him.
"Sit boy."
The End.
Kagome heard a tapping on the window and turned around. She was surprised to see it was Sesshomaru standing on her window seal. Her first impulse was to scream but when she opened her mouth, nothing came out. She just stood there with a kind of undecided look on her face. Should she let him in, or tell him to get lost? But then she remembered that it was Sesshomaru who had taken her beloved Inu-yasha's body and she wanted it back if only to give her love a final goodbye. Kagome laid her baby down in the crib then walked over to the window where her old enemy waited patiently for her to open up her home to him.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked when she trust open the window.
"To see you." Sesshomaru said. His answer took Kagome's breath away. Why would he want to see her?
"I uh… You have Inu-yasha's body." She said sternly after a moment. "I want it back."
"Is that his child?" Sesshomaru asked, changing the subject for a moment.
"What?" Kagome looked back at the crib then ran to take her child up in her protective arms again. "You're here for my Hiro aren't you, well you can't have him!" She declared.
"Hiro, it's a befitting name for one of such great lineage." Sesshomaru stepped inside and walked over to where Kagome stood with her child. "I have not come for him yet." He told her. "I have come for you for you are the only one who can revive Inu-yasha."
"HUH!" Kagome didn't understand what he was saying to her. Was Inu-yasha alive?
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"Kagome's been upstairs all evening long." Shippo said sadly as the family sat down to supper.
"She just needs time to heal." Kagome's grandfather said. "Finding out that Sesshomaru had already claimed his brother's body, for what sinister purpose we don't yet know, was troubling to her. No doubt at this very moment unspeakable things are happening to Inu-yasha's mortal husk and… OUCH!" The old man cried when Kagome's mother knocked him on the head.
"Father that's enough, you're upsetting the children." She informed him. True enough, one look around the room saw the sorrowful faces of the youngsters and proud parent's to be. Miroku and Eri sat holding hands, praying that everything would be alright, while Sango sat worrying about her poor Hojo laying up in the hospital with his arm amputated. This was the first she'd been away from his side in two days.
"I'm sorry children, I did not mean to distress you." The old man apologized. He took a bite of his rice ball then thought of how Inu-yasha used to fight them over who got the last one. "It's just so tragic." He began to cry and lowered his head over his bowel. Everyone there began to cry and so they cried together as a family.
"Where's Kagome, she should be here." Eri said wiping tears from her eyes.
"I'll go get her." Sango told them with a sniffle. She got up from the dinner table and went upstairs to fetch Kagome but when she opened the door to the baby's room she was shocked to discover the room was empty. Kagome and little Hiro were gone and the only sign of the presence was the rocking chair moving back and forth in front of an open window. "Kagome?" Sango shouted out the window and looked all about for her but she and the baby were gone.
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Kagome handed Hiro to Rin as she came into the room where Inu-yasha lay in his human form on Sesshomaru's bed. He was so pail, so cold looking, and deathly still.
"He is dead." Kagome sighed with a tear.
"Not entirely. See, his soul lingers.." Sesshomaru told her. Kagome looked closer at Inu-yasha with her Miko powers and indeed she saw the spirit of life within him. His aura glowed brightly with the strength and will to go on.
"What do I do?" Kagome asked.
"Kiss him." Sesshomaru said. Kagome was a little shocked.
"In front of you, just like that?" She asked.
"It is the only way to save him. If you are his one true love then your kiss will awaken him." Sesshomaru explained and little Rin smiled at Kagome then nodded her head. Kagome looked over at Inu-yasha in his human form. Would he stay that way once he was revived or would return to being a half demon? Kagome didn't care, she wanted him back, no matter what happened. Kagome rushed over to the bedside, leaned down over Inu-yasha, and kissed him. Suddenly a burst of light filled the room and Kagome was thrown back into Sesshomaru's arm.
"Did it work me lord?" Jaken asked and ran over to check Inu-yasha's pulse. "He is alive!" The little imp cried the retreated as Inu-yasha stirred.
"INU-YASHA!" Kagome shouted and ran to him as soon as he arose.
"Kagome?" Inu-yasha asked, his hair, his face, and his ears suddenly returned to their normal state He was half demon again and he was alive. The two lovers embraced and Kagome held onto Inu-yasha as if it were all a dream and any minute now he'd been sucked away from her again. But it was no dream, it was real, and he was for real. He was alive and they were together again. Then Inu-yasha noticed Sesshomaru.
"What's he doing here?" Inu-yasha demanded.
"You are in my home Inu-yasha."
"Your home?" Inu-yasha looked around and sniffed the air. It did indeed smell of his brother and two others. Rin came out from behind Sesshomaru then and handed Kagome, Hiro. "Kagome is that?" Inu-yasha began to ask.
"Inu-yasha, this is Hiro, your son." Inu-yasha looked down at the tiny little baby Kagome held and a sudden sense of pride swelled inside of him.
"My son." He said and picked the babe up in his own arms. "My son."
"Here, Inu-yasha." Sesshormaru said taking out the Tetsuseiga. "You'll need this for the next time we battle."
"You went through all this trouble so that we could battle again?" Inu-yasha asked as he got up and gave Hiro back to Kagome.
"It is our destiny. Are we not brothers, you, and I? Are we not supposed to look out for one another? Those were our father's last words to me. I have obeyed him like a good son and so have you. You have produced for this family an heir and when his time comes, he shall inherit both swords which you and I possess. First though, he must prove himself worthy." Sesshomaru told Inu-yasha. "Now go and take your family with you. Trouble my family no more for there will come a day when they will need each other." Inu-yasha put his sword in his belt and then he and Kagome left Sesshomaru's apartment.
"Oh Inu-yasha, the others are going to be so surprised to see you alive and well again." Kagome said to him as they walked together down the darkened street.
"Come on Kagome, I've only been dead two days, I doubt that anyone even noticed I was gone." Kagome got angry then and commanded him to sit which was not so pleasant for Inu-yasha now that he was standing on hard concrete.
"What was that for!?" He raised up and demanded.
"For putting us through all of that. You doubt that anyone missed you, we were all heart broken, and poor Hojo lost an arm because of you." Kagome shouted at him.
"That wasn't my fault, that was his for being a hero. I saved his life for crying out loud. I died for this whole city, they should worship me like a god!" He declared. To this Kagome had only two words for him.
"Sit boy."
The End.
