Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone else from the story. They belong to Rumiko. I'm
working on the OOCness, I really am. And I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past, I apologize to
anyone I may have upset. But on with the chapter.
~*~Mel~*~
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"Hi dear, I was going to just run to the store if you would mind-WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!"
said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Nothing mom. I'm fine." Kagome said as she pulled out a towel and put the ice cubes she had
pulled out in it wrapped it shut and put it on her face.
"Who did that to you?" her mother asked, her motherly concern over riding every other sense in
her body.
"No one mom. Its fine. I'm fine, and its just a little red spot." lied the younger Higurashi
as she sat down in a chair at the table.
"The hell its a little red spot. That is a black eye."
"I'm fine. If you need me I'll be in my room. I don't want to talk about it right now." Kagome
said running up the stairs to her room so she could start her homework.
"Well, Miroku called while you were gone. Would you at least tell him or your grandfather what
happened? Because I have to go to the store and Souta is at a friends house, and your
grandfather is in the basement. Please, just get some rest would you?" called Mrs. Higurashi
up the stairs to her only daughter.
"Sure mom!" Kagome called back as she grabbed her phone off the charger and dialed Miroku's
number as she started her Trigonometry homework.
"Mushi mushi?" asked a male voice on the other end of the phone and Kagome smiled.
"Hey Miroku."
"Ah, my beautiful Kagome. How are you tonight?" Miroku asked as he did his own Trig work.
"Fine, I'm fine. And how are you?" she asked, a blush on her cheeks as she worked harder on
her work.
"I am wonderful now that I can hear your voice. What took so long for you to get home?" he
asked.
"I had to take the bus after I got pun...Nevermind." she corrected herself as she smacked her
own forehead.
"What happened?" Miroku asked, sitting up straight from where he lay on his bed, very alert to
the tremors in her voice that would tell if she lied.
"Nothing." her voice tremored badly and he glared at the wall.
"Kagome, what, happened?" he asked, a growl filling his throat as he gripped his pencil to the
point that it snapped in half.
"I got into a little fight with Inuyasha, thats it." she said, half telling the truth.
"Thats all?" he asked, not believing her for one moment.
"Thats all." she said, hitting her thigh for lying to him.
"What actually happened Kagome? If you don't tell me the truth I'm coming over." he growled.
"He punched me." she muttered and heard him jump from his bed to crash to the floor.
"HE WHAT?!"
"He hit me. Please, relax. I'm fine." she said before realizing to late that the sound of
jingling was his car keys. "Miroku, please, don't do something stupid."
"I'm coming over. Don't you dare cover up the bruise. I want to see how badly this is." Miroku
said before hanging up and Kagome blinked.
"He's coming over...HE'S COMING OVER?!" Kagome screeched and looked into the mirror on her wall
seeing a swollen black eye where she was punched. "Kami..."
Kagome looked around her room and cleaned it up a bit, feeling pain each time she blinked. When
she heard the sound of stomping feet she knew he was running up the stairs. Opening the door
she saw that there was nothing but worry and anger etched in his face as he took in her face.
"I'll kill him..." Miroku said softly as he gently touched her cheek seeing her wince lightly.
"Its okay. I'm fine. See, fine." Kagome said softly.
"You can hardly even see your eye Kagome! You are not fine! He punched you! A man- and I use
that term loosely- punched a woman. He punched you, my girlfriend. Did you think I would let
him get away with it?!" fumed Miroku, his eyes blazing in anger.
"Miroku, please. Don't. I don't want you to get hurt." beseeched Kagome, her hand going to his
cheek, her touch very gentle.
"I can't ignore this Kagome. If he called you a jerk, yes, I could ignore it. But this I just
can not ignore. I love you too much to."
"What did you say?" Kagome asked her eyes wide.
"I said I love you."
"Oh Miroku!" Kagome cried, her eyes tearing as she hugged him, her face in his chest as his
arms went around her waist.
"Kagome..." he murmured, resting his head atop her own.
"Please, lets just...Forget about Inuyasha for now, please?"
"For now, thats it. No longer than a few hours, do you understand? Thats it Kagome."
"Thank you. And Miroku, I can't say the words you want to hear right now, but I promise, I will
be able to say them soon." Kagome said into Miroku's chest and he smiled.
"I understand. Now, your mother is home and said something about dinner being done in a few
minutes. Oden I think she said?" Miroku asked and was then holding a bouncing girl.
"ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN!!" Kagome said bouncing on the ballsof her feet
and Miroku smacked himself in the forehead.
"Forgot about that...But she said I could stay for dinner...Now will you snap out of it?"
"Its useless Miroku, she won't be out of it for a while yet. Last time I made oden she was like
this for three hours afterwards." Mrs. Higurashi said behind them.
"Oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden!" Kagome continued and the
other two looked at her with a dry look.
"Shall we get her downstairs?" Miroku asked.
"No need. Let go of her and watch this." Mrs. Higurashi paused waiting for Miroku to do as she
said before continuing. "Kagome,"
"oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden..." the younger Higurashi
woman said still bouncing.
"Oden is on the table in the kitchen." said her mother and watched as Kagome ran down the stairs
at break neck speed. "See, there. When we get down there she'll already be eatting her bowl
of it."
"That sounds like myself with pokey. And Shippo with chocolate." Miroku said as they walked
down the stairs for dinner.
"Oh really?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Miroku, you've known me since you were a child, why don't you just call me something other than
ma'am?"
"Like?"
"Like, Ayaka, or Mom."
"Okay...mom." Miroku said smiling, happy that he could call her mom.
"Alright, now lets get some oden before Kagome eats it all, Kami knows she'll try." Ayaka said
as they went into the kitchen.
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And thats all I'm going to put up for now. If you want chapter six then I must ask you to
review. It didn't quiet go where I wanted it to, but its good enough. Thank you for reading.
And again, don't worry about Inuyasha, he'll be back to his lovable self, as soon as Miroku and
Sango start up a...Nevermind. *^_~*
~*~Mel~*~
working on the OOCness, I really am. And I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past, I apologize to
anyone I may have upset. But on with the chapter.
~*~Mel~*~
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"Hi dear, I was going to just run to the store if you would mind-WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!"
said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Nothing mom. I'm fine." Kagome said as she pulled out a towel and put the ice cubes she had
pulled out in it wrapped it shut and put it on her face.
"Who did that to you?" her mother asked, her motherly concern over riding every other sense in
her body.
"No one mom. Its fine. I'm fine, and its just a little red spot." lied the younger Higurashi
as she sat down in a chair at the table.
"The hell its a little red spot. That is a black eye."
"I'm fine. If you need me I'll be in my room. I don't want to talk about it right now." Kagome
said running up the stairs to her room so she could start her homework.
"Well, Miroku called while you were gone. Would you at least tell him or your grandfather what
happened? Because I have to go to the store and Souta is at a friends house, and your
grandfather is in the basement. Please, just get some rest would you?" called Mrs. Higurashi
up the stairs to her only daughter.
"Sure mom!" Kagome called back as she grabbed her phone off the charger and dialed Miroku's
number as she started her Trigonometry homework.
"Mushi mushi?" asked a male voice on the other end of the phone and Kagome smiled.
"Hey Miroku."
"Ah, my beautiful Kagome. How are you tonight?" Miroku asked as he did his own Trig work.
"Fine, I'm fine. And how are you?" she asked, a blush on her cheeks as she worked harder on
her work.
"I am wonderful now that I can hear your voice. What took so long for you to get home?" he
asked.
"I had to take the bus after I got pun...Nevermind." she corrected herself as she smacked her
own forehead.
"What happened?" Miroku asked, sitting up straight from where he lay on his bed, very alert to
the tremors in her voice that would tell if she lied.
"Nothing." her voice tremored badly and he glared at the wall.
"Kagome, what, happened?" he asked, a growl filling his throat as he gripped his pencil to the
point that it snapped in half.
"I got into a little fight with Inuyasha, thats it." she said, half telling the truth.
"Thats all?" he asked, not believing her for one moment.
"Thats all." she said, hitting her thigh for lying to him.
"What actually happened Kagome? If you don't tell me the truth I'm coming over." he growled.
"He punched me." she muttered and heard him jump from his bed to crash to the floor.
"HE WHAT?!"
"He hit me. Please, relax. I'm fine." she said before realizing to late that the sound of
jingling was his car keys. "Miroku, please, don't do something stupid."
"I'm coming over. Don't you dare cover up the bruise. I want to see how badly this is." Miroku
said before hanging up and Kagome blinked.
"He's coming over...HE'S COMING OVER?!" Kagome screeched and looked into the mirror on her wall
seeing a swollen black eye where she was punched. "Kami..."
Kagome looked around her room and cleaned it up a bit, feeling pain each time she blinked. When
she heard the sound of stomping feet she knew he was running up the stairs. Opening the door
she saw that there was nothing but worry and anger etched in his face as he took in her face.
"I'll kill him..." Miroku said softly as he gently touched her cheek seeing her wince lightly.
"Its okay. I'm fine. See, fine." Kagome said softly.
"You can hardly even see your eye Kagome! You are not fine! He punched you! A man- and I use
that term loosely- punched a woman. He punched you, my girlfriend. Did you think I would let
him get away with it?!" fumed Miroku, his eyes blazing in anger.
"Miroku, please. Don't. I don't want you to get hurt." beseeched Kagome, her hand going to his
cheek, her touch very gentle.
"I can't ignore this Kagome. If he called you a jerk, yes, I could ignore it. But this I just
can not ignore. I love you too much to."
"What did you say?" Kagome asked her eyes wide.
"I said I love you."
"Oh Miroku!" Kagome cried, her eyes tearing as she hugged him, her face in his chest as his
arms went around her waist.
"Kagome..." he murmured, resting his head atop her own.
"Please, lets just...Forget about Inuyasha for now, please?"
"For now, thats it. No longer than a few hours, do you understand? Thats it Kagome."
"Thank you. And Miroku, I can't say the words you want to hear right now, but I promise, I will
be able to say them soon." Kagome said into Miroku's chest and he smiled.
"I understand. Now, your mother is home and said something about dinner being done in a few
minutes. Oden I think she said?" Miroku asked and was then holding a bouncing girl.
"ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN ODEN!!" Kagome said bouncing on the ballsof her feet
and Miroku smacked himself in the forehead.
"Forgot about that...But she said I could stay for dinner...Now will you snap out of it?"
"Its useless Miroku, she won't be out of it for a while yet. Last time I made oden she was like
this for three hours afterwards." Mrs. Higurashi said behind them.
"Oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden!" Kagome continued and the
other two looked at her with a dry look.
"Shall we get her downstairs?" Miroku asked.
"No need. Let go of her and watch this." Mrs. Higurashi paused waiting for Miroku to do as she
said before continuing. "Kagome,"
"oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden oden..." the younger Higurashi
woman said still bouncing.
"Oden is on the table in the kitchen." said her mother and watched as Kagome ran down the stairs
at break neck speed. "See, there. When we get down there she'll already be eatting her bowl
of it."
"That sounds like myself with pokey. And Shippo with chocolate." Miroku said as they walked
down the stairs for dinner.
"Oh really?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Miroku, you've known me since you were a child, why don't you just call me something other than
ma'am?"
"Like?"
"Like, Ayaka, or Mom."
"Okay...mom." Miroku said smiling, happy that he could call her mom.
"Alright, now lets get some oden before Kagome eats it all, Kami knows she'll try." Ayaka said
as they went into the kitchen.
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And thats all I'm going to put up for now. If you want chapter six then I must ask you to
review. It didn't quiet go where I wanted it to, but its good enough. Thank you for reading.
And again, don't worry about Inuyasha, he'll be back to his lovable self, as soon as Miroku and
Sango start up a...Nevermind. *^_~*
~*~Mel~*~