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"...Blazing in the Night Sky."- Chapter Five: Memories of the Mind

"Mother," Kagome heard as she felt something pull at her pant leg. Looking down from her place at the counter where she was busily rolling out dough for a pizza, she spotted Hidama who held something cupped in both hands. "What is it, sweetie," She asked, bending down on one knee to look at him. Smiling faintly, he held out his hands and opened them slightly to allow her to see the soaked little blue and black butterfly within his grasp.
"Oh, sweetheart, that's beautiful," She said, smiling also as she carefully transferred the butterfly from his hands to a small tea plate. Noticing he was frowning slightly, she set the plate down on the counter and turned back, grabbing his hands in both of hers. "Don't worry, I won't let it get hurt, it just needs to dry a little before we let it go." He smiled then and wrapped his arms around her neck.
Sighing contently, she hugged him tightly to herself and carried him out into the living room where Inuyasha lay, napping, on the couch. Even though loud thunder from the rain storm that had begun sometime that morning still rumbled overhead and her daughter, Anata, squealed delightedly from whatever game she and her adopted son, Shippo, played, as well as Sango and Miroku's soft murmurs of conversation, he seemed unbothered by it and snored faintly.
Looking at her as she walked in, Sango held out her arms in a silent offer to take the child away from her so she could finish cooking dinner. Giving her a grateful look, Kagome kissed Hidama's forehead before transferring him into her hold. "Almost done yet," Miroku asked hopefully before she turned to go back into the kitchen. Glaring at him, both Sango and Kagome shook their heads before Kagome let them there, going back to the dough on the counter she' been rolling out.
Glancing over at the butterfly, who still fluttered helplessly on the white tea plate, she wondered slightly where Hidama had gotten the small critter in the first place. 'So odd…' Dismissing the problem, she finished making the pizza and shoved it into the oven, setting the timer before going back into the living room.
Five-o-five, was the time as she looked at the grandfather clock that they had pt in the dining room after they'd gotten married. Running her fingers over the cherry colored wood fondly, she made her way to the couch, stepping over the small toys that littered the floor, and sat down beside her husband. "Inuyasha, move over, you big couch potato," She said, laughing. Groaning, he rolled onto his side, facing the back of the couch, and bent his knees to give her more room at the end of the couch.
Laughing along with Sango and Miroku, Kagome lifted her son onto his lap as he once again came over to tug at an article of clothing. "So, Shippo, did you have fun on your vacation," Kagome asked, finally getting a chance to truly talk to her adopted son. Flashing her a sunny smile in which everyone had guessed he'd learned from her, he nodded, "Yes, I did indeed." "Pick up anyone special," She then asked, grinning. Flushing slightly, he looked down at the floor on which he sat in front of the coffee table, one leg bent beneath him and the other laying across the floor, and Anata sitting comfortably in his lap with a stuffed animal in hold.
Smirking, Inuyasha sat up beside her as her turned on his other side to face the room, supporting the side of his head against a hand as it leaned on his elbow, crossing on leg over the other as he did. "Yea, Shippo, pick up anyone special?" Growling, Shippo snapped back, "It's none of your business!"
At that, everyone laughed, except for Hidama, who sat smiling faintly in Kagome's lap. She used to think something was wrong about that, shouldn't little kids his age be able to laugh more often? But now, she paid no attention to it, she'd gotten used to his strange little habit and ignored, as well as acknowledged, the fact that e had more stranger habits then other children did.
Maybe it was because he'd been created the night she'd been marked as a mate, maybe it was because he was a first born son, or the second born child. Whatever it was, she didn't know though, and was content to leave it as a growing experience because it didn't matter what was wrong with him, if anything at all, she loved him just as much anyway.
Glancing down at him, she smiled when she saw he was looking up at her as well, ignoring the bickering that had started between her adopted son and husband. 'Hidama…' Slipping into a sort of trance, she stared deeply into her son's violet eyes as her mind began to wander. 'Hidama,' She said his name once again in her mind, the smile on her lips slowly fading.
"Mother," Hidama's voice said in her head, an older, more mature voice that she was used to by now. "Yes," she asked softly, a little confused at what was going on, but not afraid, this had happened a few other times in Hidama's life span.
When he was first born was the first time it ever happened. She was staring into her offspring's violet eyes for the very first time and he had smiled, very faintly, but he had smiled. Wasn't that supposed to be odd, she had wondered. Then the smile had disappeared and she had heard a faint cry in her head, "Mother! " Before the infant had started wailing and things had gone bad.
The bleeding from giving birth had started flowing again, internal bleeding was still going and for a little while, they feared she would not make it. Inuyasha had been there, of course, and had been just as afraid as her. But as she watched them take her child away, she refused to give into whatever her body might throw at her. 'I've lived through Naraku twice, marriage, my first child, my beautiful little girl, and now my second, my beautiful little boy, it can't be over now! I won't let this be over!'
So in the end, she had made it, exhausted and feeling weaker then ever before, she had made it and they had brought her back her beautiful new son after a little while and allowed her daughter, Anata, and Shippo to come in from the waiting room. And she had been happy, her whole family together, complete, she was happy.
It happened a few other times after that, mostly before somewhat serious, or terribly serious, incidents would occur. She didn't think it weird though, she wasn't afraid either, this was her child, and she would love him no matter what. She didn't want him mixed up in the magics still mixed within the world, she didn't want to think he would someday be mixed up in some sort of war, but that probably couldn't be helped anyway. Inuyasha already was, after all.
Smelling something burning made Kagome snap back into the real world and for a moment as she still gazed down at Hidama, he looked faintly disappointed. Ruffling his hair, she handed him to Inuyasha, who had been too caught up in the squabble between him and his adopted son to notice what she had been going through. But as she dashed into the kitchen to rescue the pizza, she could feel both Sango and Miroku's eyes on her back.

Later that evening, as Kagome escorted Sango to the front door to leave and Inuyasha did the same to the back door with Miroku, Sango grabbed her by the shoulders and said softly, "Kagome, I know there's something wrong, Inuyasha does too! We saw it tonight. What's going on between you and Hidama?!" Snapping her attention toward Sango in shock, she asked in return in a quavering voice, "Inuyasha saw?"

"Yes, Kagome! And he has every right to know what's happening, he's your husband for gods sake!"

Sighing, Kagome lowered her head and answered back, "Alright, alright, I'll…I'll talk to him tonight…" Nodding, Sango wrapped her arms around her friend awkwardly. "Don't worry, Kagome, things will be fine." Smiling faintly, Kagome returned the embrace before watching Sango disappear into the darkness beyond the door, the still pouring rain hiding any trace of her.
Turning, she saw that Shippo had already left with the kids to bed, leaving both her and Inuyasha, who stood staring intently at her from his place where he leaned against he back door, alone. 'How could I have gotten so secretive with him?!,' Her mind screamed at her accusingly. Taking a deep breath, she finally said, softly, "I have something to tell you."

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Hey everyone, miss me? LOL alright, so I managed to spit out another chapter while on vacation, and trust me, this was a tuffy! You better love me! XD Anyway, will try and spit out another very soon. Thank you thank you for all your support!! Review please!!