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Two days.
That's how long Kagome and Inuyasha waited before they left to go on their littlejourney. Inuyasha had insisted that she rest before they headed out, said he didn't want to deal with her wining once she became too tired. Though she hated waiting, wanting to get back to Aiko as soon as possible, she reluctantly admitted to herself that he was right. She really did need the rest. That night with Sango had tired her out, though not nearly as much as it had tired Sango.
Kagome was now more than ever grateful that she had passed out while she was in labor with Aiko. But she knew Sango couldn't be happier, despite her many hours of child induced pain. She's had her son, he very beautiful little son.
Miroku and Sango had a name for him already. Kohaku, after Sango's beloved little brother.
Kagome had leaned from Inuyasha that during the battle with Naraku, Kohaku had been killed. Naraku had started loosing, and decided he needed the jewel shard embedded in Kohaku's back. Taking the jewel fragment had resulted in Kohaku's immediate death.
Kagome couldn't help but feel guilty. Had she been there, she may have been able to put an end to Naraku with one of her bows, before Naraku would have had the chance to take that jewel shard back from Kohaku. True, it would mean the jewel would have never become whole, but that hadn't happened anyway with her disappearance. She was sure that Inuyasha would have understood, and would have given up on his wish to become a full fledged demon if it meant keeping Kohaku alive.
As much as Kagome hated to admit it, Inuyasha really had become a good guy. He was so much nicer than he had been when she had first met him. He didn't like to show it, but he often did when he didn't even mean to. Not in big ways, but in subtle little ways. He could somehow always manage to get under her skin, and eventually, it was just too hard to stay angry with him.
They were walking along a dirt path now, they had been for hours. In silence, a long, terrible silence that seemed too awkward to even stand a chance of breaking it. So they both kept to themselves. Kagome had a lot of time to think about things, she wasn't going to waste it.
She had finally found out about what had happened between Inuyasha and Kikyo, and it was apparently entirely innocent. Inuyasha hadn't betrayed her, and her leaving for three years had been for nothing. Going through everything she had in the last three years, all because of a stupid misunderstanding.
But the air still hadn't been cleared between them. She had no idea whether or not he would still want to be with her. She feared asking him, she would hate for him to say that he had gotten over her, but she knew she was going to have to ask him some time.
Then there Aiko, how would that effect things? Would he want to have a daughter? Would he want to stay with her just because of their daughter? True, Inuyasha didn't seem the type to be wrapped in to that sort of thing, want a child just because it was his, just to give that child a name and sacrifice anything else he would want just for that.
Meaning, staying with Kagome ONLY because of their daughter.
What should she do?
Perhaps if she were to wait to tell him about Aiko until they could sort things out between them. She could find out just what he wanted before he could decide based only because of the knowledge of their daughter. She wanted him to want to be with her, because of her, so she would wait.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha as they walked now. He looked exactly the same… only… in place of his rosary, he wore the Shikon Jewel, or most of it. There was still a piece missing. Her piece, the one she had taken with her to her time. All it would take is that one shard, and the Jewel would be complete...
"What?" Inuyasha asked, looking apprehensive as he spoke. He must not like her staring at him.
"Nothing." She answered quickly, and looked ahead of her. How embarrassing to be caught staring at him!
"Feh." Inuyasha muttered.
She couldn't believe how normal things seemed all of a sudden. The only thing that could make things seem even more normal was if she could sit him…
"Hey Inuyasha…?"
"What is it now?" He asked irritably.
Well that didn't make things any easier!
But then, she didn't expect anything less from Inuyasha.
"I was wondering if… if you still want things to work out between us." She could hardly get the words out, she felt like such an idiot.
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks, causing Kagome to come to a stop soon after. She just looked at him, waiting for an answer.
Inuyasha just stayed still for the longest time, and then hesitantly spoke. "Well, do you want to?"
Was he afraid to say yes?
After all, she was the one that had left him…
"Well… yes…" She spoke quietly, and looked down as she felt a blush come to her face. Why did she suddenly feel like a schoolgirl all over again?
When she looked up, his arms were around her, in a soft embrace. "Then yes."
Kagome smiled, she could hardly believe it, after all this time, and she could finally end up with her happily ever after…
All of a sudden, she was no longer standing, but was in Inuyasha's arm, only to be set down a second later. She looked at Inuyasha, who was staring toward where they had been. In their stead, was a giant spider demon.
"Give me the jewel!" It cried loudly.
"You want it?" Inuyasha taunted, as he drew Tetseiga. "Come and get it."
And come the demon did. It charged right at them, and Inuyasha swung Tetseiga, sending a blast of energy along the ground that cut the demon in half. It was dead.
Kagome stayed still, she wasn't used to seeing that anymore.
Inuyasha sheathed Tetseiga. "Come, let's get going."
Kagome nodded numbly. She was going to have to get used to the way things were here, all over again.
Three days of traveling and Inuyasha was getting frustrated. He still didn't know why Kagome had come back. They had done a lot of talking, and he did know a lot more about what had happened with her the last few years. Still, he didn't know what he wanted to know.
She had gotten a 'job' teaching others how to shoot a bow and arrow. Ironic, it was something she never would have know if she hadn't come here, to this time. She was still living at the shrine, and she was getting enough money to buy her own home soon.
He was glad, she had been doing quite well the past few years. As much as he hated her being gone, he hadn't wanted her to be miserable either. Well… maybe at first, when he had been bitter toward her, but later on, he knew he didn't want her to do poorly.
Right now, he was sitting by a rather large rock. He was waiting for her to finish taking a bath in a hot spring they'd stumbled upon. Or rather, he had stumbled into. Stupid wench had given him a shove while they were talking, at the end of a cliff. He then fell, hundreds of feet, into the hot spring.
It was so frustrating, to still not know why she was here. She seemed determined to keep it a secret though. What could it be, that it was such a big deal to tell him. And in his opinion, it couldn't be anything good. If it were good, she would have told him. After all, what reason would she have to hesitate giving him good news?
That meant it was bad. And he felt as though he were going to go insane if he didn't find out soon.
"Inuyasha, I can't find my clothes!" Kagome called from the spring, obviously in a huff. She probably thought he had taken them. Not a bad idea actually… he'd have to remember that the next time she stopped to take a bath.
"Calm down, I'll find 'em." He got up and started looking around. Kagome was back in the water, so as to prevent him from seeing her. Damn.
He sniffed the air. Her clothes should have her scent on them, so they would be easy enough to find. And he was right, he spotted them up in a tree. Some animal must have grabbed them, trying to find food or something. Oh well, at least he hadn't had to spend very long looking for the stupid things.
He jumped up into the tree, and picked up her clothes. Then, he saw a shimmer of light, a reflection of light… Something had fallen from her clothes down to the forest floor. It had looked like a piece of paper, apparently a piece of very shiny piece of paper. So he humped down, and picked it up.
He looked at it, it was in image, of a girl…
A Hanyou girl…
Okay you guys, I did it! I had Inuyasha find out about Aiko!
Oh, and I've forgotten over and over, so I'm going to ask if you guys want to know- what Aioko's full name, means. Let me know, if enough of you do, I'll find the definitions again, otherwise, I don't really weant to bother, so let me know.