Chapter 13
"Kagome, Souta said you were home." Kagome's mom knocked on her door and opened to peeked her head inside. When she looked inside she saw her sleeping and so she closed her door and said she would wake her up later, she looked so tired. She didn't notice that a little boy was under the covers with her, but she did notice the cute little wolf.
"My
gosh, no one comes to get a shikon jewel anymore!" Gramps said.
"Gee gramps, maybe because no one believes that stuff anymore.
Only we know about it because Kagome has the real Shikon Jewel, half
of it at least." Souta explained.
"Souta has a point grandpa,
not many people know about the shard." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"I
guess you're right, but no matter! It shall still live on in this
family!" Gramps said as he started to eat some sushi.
"Souta,
when did Kagome come back with that puppy?" She asked.
"She
got home about an hour before you did. That's not a puppy, it's a
wolf cub, her names Keya, she came with Kagome, and so did Inuyasha."
He replied.
"Inuyasha is here? I didn't see him, where is
he?" She asked.
"I think he's in Kagome's room, so is
Keya." He stated.
"What? I didn't see him in there?" She
said confused.
"I'll go look then, but I'm pretty sure he
wouldn't go anywhere." Souta then got up and went to check in her
room and saw a lump near Kagome in her bed and went back down stairs.
"Yeah, he's asleep in Kagome's bed."
Keya jumped on Kagome's lap defensively to protect her and Inuyasha was under the covers still sleeping. Kagome was sitting up and looked confused and tired.
"Huh?
I let Inuyasha, he's not..." Kagome was interrupted be her
mother.
"You don't let guys your age sleep with you! Who
knows what you two were doing, besides, you shouldn't sleep with
anyone unless you're married!" She yelled.
"MOM... Inuyasha
is just a little boy now. Besides, Inuyasha wouldn't do anything to
me." She exclaimed.
"What
do you mean a little boy?" She questioned.
"Inuyasha got
turned into a five year old near two months ago mom. So yeah, I've
been taking care of him because he doesn't really trust anyone
else." She rubbed Inuyasha's back and he started to wake up. She
then petted Keya. "This is Keya, I brought her home so I can find
some medicine to help her get better, she's a little sick and it's
been little over a week or so now." She extended her explanation.
Keya licked Kagome's hand then looked at the sleeping figure waking up. Inuyasha started to sit up and opened his sleepy eyes. He saw Mrs. Higurashi and hid behind Kagome. Kagome and her mother laughed a little.
"It's
okay Inuyasha, this is my mother." She said in a soothing voice.
"Yes Inuyasha, you don't need to be afraid of me, I won't
hurt you." Her mother smiled and sat on Kagome's bed.
"Keya,
go say hi to her." Kagome said.
Keya looked at Kagome then at her mother. She approached with caution until Kagome's mom let a hand out so she could smell her and to let her know that she means no harm. After Keya smelt her hand she was being petted on her head near her ear and started to lie down. Mrs. Higurashi started to scratch her belly; everyone knew that canines loved that. Keya's hind legs started to kick because of how good it felt.
Inuyasha went on the side of Kagome then sat on her lap and watched Kagome's mother with Keya. Then he felt Kagome's and his ears. He looked right above him to see her smile. She kept massaging his ears; he kept doing his little purr from his relaxation. Mrs. Higurashi laughed because his purring was loud. Then a little grumbling came from his stomach. Kagome stopped rubbing his ears.
"I
suppose you're hungry Inuyasha?" Kagome asked and he nodded.
"What about you Keya, are you hungry too?" Keya barked as if she
read her mind. "Okay, I'll guess I'll fix you guys something to
eat now then." Kagome said as she stretched her tired muscles.
"I'll make it. Just tell me what you want cooked, that way
you can wake up some more." She said happily.
"Okay, um...
any type of meat for Keya and ramen for Inuyasha." She said as she
yawned.
"What about you Kagome? You're probably hungry; Souta
said you didn't eat anything when you came home." She said.
"I
don't know what I want, um... how about 5 rice balls?" She asked.
"Okay dear, I'll make 10 and put 5 away incase you want
more." She smiled and left her room.
"Thanks mom." She said
and laid back in her bed with a confused hanyou sitting on her
stomach and not on her lap just watching her.
"Okay, I guess I'll get up, I need to take a shower and put different clothes on." She said mainly to herself. "Inuyasha, stay in here and play with Keya, I'll be right back." She told him as she went in her closet to grab some clothes and headed out her room.
Inuyasha petted Keya and looked around Kagome's room; her scent was everywhere in there. He looked on her desk and found a book thing. When he opened it he saw a picture of Kagome. He never saw anything like that before and flipped through the pages. He saw a picture of her with three other girls. He saw her with a guy kind of hugging but not really, her with her mother, her with her little brother, her with her grandfather, but he didn't see one with her and her father. He pondered a little and the then heard someone coming near so he closed the book and sat back on the bed petting Keya who was lying down. Kagome entered the room with a pair of black jeans and wore a white tank top with her hair wrapped in a towel.
"You're a little too quiet Inuyasha, what did you do?" She asked.
She knew when something happened because he always did; he would never just do what she said.
"What's
that book thing?" He pointed.
"That's a photo album, were
you looking at it?" She asked.
"Yeah, what's inside it?"
He grabbed it and brought it to her.
"Their pictures, see? This
is me when I was 12, here's me with 3 of my friends Eri, Yuka, and
Ayumi. Here I am with Houjo though you never liked him." She
giggled. "Here's me and gramps, me and Souta, me and Buyo, and me
and mom." She half smiled.
"What about you're daddy?"
Inuyasha asked.
Kagome just closed the book. "I have no dad
Inuyasha." She showed a fake smile. Kagome didn't know that her
mother heard her on the other side of the door.
Mrs.
Higurashi then knocked on the door. "Kagome, I have your guys'
food now." She smiled, trying to hide the sadness in her face
because of what she said about her not having a father.
"Thanks
mom." She said and grabbed the plates.
She put Keya's food on the floor and started to eat. She put Inuyasha food on the desk and put him on the chair, telling him she didn't want a mess if he dropped the food. Then she sat on her bed and started to eat her rice balls slowly. She was thinking of what she said to Inuyasha about not having a father. She was brought out of her thinking when Inuyasha screeched.
"HOT HOT HOT!!!" He shouted.
Kagome put her food down and walked to the complaining Inuyasha. She took his chopsticks with his ramen on it. She swirled it into a little ball and blew on it lightly. Then she told Inuyasha to open his mouth. He was afraid it would burn his tongue again but did as told. Kagome slid the noodles in his mouth as he closed it, she removed the chopsticks and he started to chew and swallow. He then was happy.
"It
didn't burn my tongue! Yay!" He said happily.
"I guess I
have to feed you for a while." She said.
"Come on Inuyasha,
you can sit on the bed so it'll be easier to feed you." Kagome
said.
"Kay." He jumped on the bed and made Kagome's rice
balls fall and also broke the plate. He thought he was in trouble.
"Uh-oh." He said. Kagome didn't mind though.
"Oh well...
it's just one plate, and there's some more rice balls for me in
the fridge anyways." She said as she fed him. Keya and Inuyasha
were done eating so she brought their plates to the kitchen and also
quickly ate the rice balls in the fridge. When she went inside her
room she cleaned up the rice balls and the broken plate pieces.
She felt like she wanted to go for a walk around the place. She asked Keya and Inuyasha if they wanted to come also and maybe go to a place they could play at, like a park. She described the park and Inuyasha sounded thrilled.
Kagome's mom said she bought Inuyasha a silver white hat for Inuyasha, and if she can cut wholes in it just right, he could fit his ears thru them. Kagome put the hat on his head and asked where his ears were. She marked where he pointed and cut the wholes in the hat. It then fitted him perfectly now.
"Okay then, let's go to the park now." Kagome said. Inuyasha was happy that he can go play. Keya wanted to run around and get exercise.
Kagome told her mom that they were going to the park and then left out the door. She also explained a few of the rules like... never go beyond the stairs if I'm not around. When they showed that they understood the rules then went to the park.
When they got there Keya started running like crazy chasing birds and butterflies. Eventually she laid down and tried to attack a weed flower.
Inuyasha jumped into the sand and literally jumped on the slides, bridges, see-saw, and the tires. Inuyasha and Keya were having the fun of their life. Kagome just watched from a bench not to far. Then she heard voices coming near her.
"Is
that you Kagome?!" They shouted.
"Huh? Oh! Eri! Yuka! Ayumi!
Hey guys, what's up!?" She said with joy in her voice.
"We're
okay, how bout you? Yeah, is your sickness cured? We've been
worried." They all say.
"Yeah, I'm just fine." 'Gramps,
stop telling them I'm so sick!' She said with a sweat drop
behind her head.
"Mommy, what's that tunnel thing? Is
there any demons in it?" Inuyasha ran up towards Kagome and got
Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi's attention.
'Whose son is that, he's
cute... let's watch him pass us 4 and go to his mother!' The
3 girls all thought.
"It's a slide, just go in it, no ones in
there." Kagome replied as Inuyasha tugged on her jeans near her
thigh.
The girls were shocked. 'SHE'S HIS MOTHER?!!!' They scarcely thought.
Inuyasha nodded to Kagome and ran off to investigate the "slide" and went inside it.
"Kagome,
is that your son?!" Eri said.
"Did he call you mommy?!"
Yuka said.
"He's so cute!!!" Ayumi said.
"No... he's
not really my son." 'Just my boyfriend as a little 5 year old
kid!' "He calls me mommy because I act like one to him. His
story is complicated and I can't really talk about it." She said
her last sentence lowly.
"Oh, hey... what's that doggy doing
chasing that bigger dog?" Ayumi asked out.
"Huh? KEYA!"
Kagome shouted. Keya heard her shout and ran immediately next to her
and leaped in her arms.
"Oh... she's not a doggy, she's a
wolf cub." She then noticed what she just said.
"A WOLF!?!?"
The 3 shouted and even hurt Keya, Inuyasha, and Kagome's ears.
Kagome didn't really want to explain anything really. She just shouted that it was time to go. Inuyasha moaned and said bye to the 3 girls and started to run fast with his little legs. Kagome told him to wait up because he past her. He remembered that he wouldn't do that again and tried to go in a complete stop but crashed into a tree and hit his head. Kagome ran up to him and put Keya down and hugged Inuyasha as she rubbed his head. She put Inuyasha over her shoulders and Keya leaped back in her arms and sneezed.
"I guess we should go home and take care of you more now that you lost of cub energy." She teased.
Kagome waved to her friends' bye and walked home. Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi were still shocked at everything that just happened when they saw Kagome.