AN: I'm finally updating this! Now you guys won't be mad at me anymore! This is probably my favorite story that I've written, but I'm not sure... Will you guys do me a favor and read my others and review them too? I think I've written 6 or 7... not sure. Thanks guys!
Chapter 12
"Are you sure that you want to do this, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked soothingly while gently squeezing her hand for reassurance.
"Yes, my family has a right to know," she answered calmly.
Kagome and Inuyasha were standing by the well, getting ready to visit her family and fill them in with all that had changed. It was obvious to him that she was anxious, but he said nothing. 'I have to make her as comfortable as possible. I know that her family will accept her the way that she is.' Before the couple jumped into the well, he pulled her into an encouraging embrace and flashed her a warm smile.
"Thanks, Inuyasha." With that, they jumped across a time span of 500 years.
"Mom? Souta? Jii-chan? I'm home!" Kagome yelled. She heard a door opening and her mother came into view from the hallway seconds later.
"Kagome? Is that you?" she questioned. After she noticed her daughter's physical change, she began to worry. "What happened?! Are you alright?!"
The miko flinched slightly and looked up at her mate for help. He flashed her an alleviating look that silently told her to continue.
"Mom, I'm fine. I need to talk to you about father."
"Oh, I see. Well why don't you and Inuyasha sit down in the living room and we can talk." she replied softly while a look of sadness flitted across her features.
Five minutes later the three were drinking tea and Ms. Higurashi was telling the two a story that neither had heard before.
"You see, when I was younger, about your age Kagome, I too learned about the well. As you know, this shrine has been in our family for generations. On my fifteenth birthday, I was doing as my mother had told me and was raking the leaves around the well house. Then, all of a sudden, I saw a blue light coming from inside, so I walked in. When I opened the door, I saw your father."
"Y-you mean...." Kagome sputtered.
"Yes honey, your father was a demon. An inu-youkai."
Kagome sank into the couch with the weight of this new information. 'Then how did he die?'
"Was he Souta's father too?" Kagome asked.
"No. Souta's father was human. I loved your father very much, but he couldn't stay in our time, so I met Souta's father and fell in love. When he died your father was the only one who could console me. We eventually fell in love again and it was like the old times. He put a spell on you when you were four so that you would remain human until your true power would be awoken. Then, about a year after you had been placed under the spell, he went through the well for the last and final time. I went to look for him about a week after he had left and when I got through, a villager told me that he had been killed by a man named Naraku. I didn't know what to do, so I went home and took care of you and Souta. After he died I was heartbroken and tried to forget about the feudal era and your grandfather decided to tell you stories of demons and monsters that haunted the well house so that you wouldn't find out about the pain that I went through. I never dreamed that you would figure out the secret of the well." After a minute or so, Kagome could smell salt water coming from her mother. She instantly ran to her and hugged her to stop her crying.
"Kagome, Kagome I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you earlier. It just... it hurt so much to remember..." Ms. Higurashi said while trying to contain her sobs.
"What was his name?" Kagome whispered shakily.
"Koratu."
"Mom, I'm just so glad that I know now. I love you." she whispered while embracing her mother. When she had finally calmed down, Kagome told her about what had happened with Naraku.
"So you're coming home then?" she asked happily. Kagome looked over to Inuyasha, then back at her mother and smiled.
"Not exactly."
"I hope that Inuyasha isn't being mean to Kagome." Shippou said while picking herbs with Kaede, Miroku, and Sango.
"I have a feeling that Kagome and Inuyasha will be fighting a lot less now." Kaede stated while the other two humans simply nodded.
"Why? Inuyasha will always be a jerk!" Shippou grumbled while carefully picking a flower from a bush covered with thorns.
"You'll understand someday, Shippou." Miroku chuckled as he grabbed Sango's hand. She instinctively blushed, yet made no attempt to pull away from his grip.
Ms. Higurashi's squeals of joy could be heard for miles.
"Mother! Stop! My ears are killing me!" Kagome pleaded as she tried to keep the shrill noise from reaching her ears by covering them with her hands. Inuyasha was acting almost identically.
"Ooops... sorry dear. But, I'm just so happy for you! When's the wedding?! I want my grandkids now!" she gushed. Kagome blushed a deep red and her jaw dropped.
"Mother?! Jeez!" Kagome fumed. 'Oh my gods, this is so embarrassing!' She glanced over at Inuyasha who wasn't embarrassed in the least. Surprisingly, he looked pleased. When he caught her gaze he merely smirked at her.
"We were thinking of having the ceremony done by Miroku, you know, the monk that I told you about, in Inuyasha's time. Is that alright?" Kagome asked.
"Of course honey, as long as I get to see my baby getting married, I don't care where (or when for that matter) it is."
Kagome ran up to her and hugged her quickly before pecking her on the cheek. "Thanks mom, I love you so much."
"I love you too honey. Just let me know when it will be and I'll come to see it." she said while glancing at her son-in-law to be. "Inuyasha, you'd better keep her happy."
Inuyasha pulled Kagome to him and hugged her tightly before replying, "Don't worry, I will."
"I know you will. Visit again soon you two." Kagome's mother waved as she watched the lovers walk to the well house.
As the two jumped into the well, one last thing could be heard from Ms. Higurashi before she walked back to the house.
"Koratu, if only you could see your daughter now. If only you could have known her..."
Chapter 12
"Are you sure that you want to do this, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked soothingly while gently squeezing her hand for reassurance.
"Yes, my family has a right to know," she answered calmly.
Kagome and Inuyasha were standing by the well, getting ready to visit her family and fill them in with all that had changed. It was obvious to him that she was anxious, but he said nothing. 'I have to make her as comfortable as possible. I know that her family will accept her the way that she is.' Before the couple jumped into the well, he pulled her into an encouraging embrace and flashed her a warm smile.
"Thanks, Inuyasha." With that, they jumped across a time span of 500 years.
"Mom? Souta? Jii-chan? I'm home!" Kagome yelled. She heard a door opening and her mother came into view from the hallway seconds later.
"Kagome? Is that you?" she questioned. After she noticed her daughter's physical change, she began to worry. "What happened?! Are you alright?!"
The miko flinched slightly and looked up at her mate for help. He flashed her an alleviating look that silently told her to continue.
"Mom, I'm fine. I need to talk to you about father."
"Oh, I see. Well why don't you and Inuyasha sit down in the living room and we can talk." she replied softly while a look of sadness flitted across her features.
Five minutes later the three were drinking tea and Ms. Higurashi was telling the two a story that neither had heard before.
"You see, when I was younger, about your age Kagome, I too learned about the well. As you know, this shrine has been in our family for generations. On my fifteenth birthday, I was doing as my mother had told me and was raking the leaves around the well house. Then, all of a sudden, I saw a blue light coming from inside, so I walked in. When I opened the door, I saw your father."
"Y-you mean...." Kagome sputtered.
"Yes honey, your father was a demon. An inu-youkai."
Kagome sank into the couch with the weight of this new information. 'Then how did he die?'
"Was he Souta's father too?" Kagome asked.
"No. Souta's father was human. I loved your father very much, but he couldn't stay in our time, so I met Souta's father and fell in love. When he died your father was the only one who could console me. We eventually fell in love again and it was like the old times. He put a spell on you when you were four so that you would remain human until your true power would be awoken. Then, about a year after you had been placed under the spell, he went through the well for the last and final time. I went to look for him about a week after he had left and when I got through, a villager told me that he had been killed by a man named Naraku. I didn't know what to do, so I went home and took care of you and Souta. After he died I was heartbroken and tried to forget about the feudal era and your grandfather decided to tell you stories of demons and monsters that haunted the well house so that you wouldn't find out about the pain that I went through. I never dreamed that you would figure out the secret of the well." After a minute or so, Kagome could smell salt water coming from her mother. She instantly ran to her and hugged her to stop her crying.
"Kagome, Kagome I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you earlier. It just... it hurt so much to remember..." Ms. Higurashi said while trying to contain her sobs.
"What was his name?" Kagome whispered shakily.
"Koratu."
"Mom, I'm just so glad that I know now. I love you." she whispered while embracing her mother. When she had finally calmed down, Kagome told her about what had happened with Naraku.
"So you're coming home then?" she asked happily. Kagome looked over to Inuyasha, then back at her mother and smiled.
"Not exactly."
"I hope that Inuyasha isn't being mean to Kagome." Shippou said while picking herbs with Kaede, Miroku, and Sango.
"I have a feeling that Kagome and Inuyasha will be fighting a lot less now." Kaede stated while the other two humans simply nodded.
"Why? Inuyasha will always be a jerk!" Shippou grumbled while carefully picking a flower from a bush covered with thorns.
"You'll understand someday, Shippou." Miroku chuckled as he grabbed Sango's hand. She instinctively blushed, yet made no attempt to pull away from his grip.
Ms. Higurashi's squeals of joy could be heard for miles.
"Mother! Stop! My ears are killing me!" Kagome pleaded as she tried to keep the shrill noise from reaching her ears by covering them with her hands. Inuyasha was acting almost identically.
"Ooops... sorry dear. But, I'm just so happy for you! When's the wedding?! I want my grandkids now!" she gushed. Kagome blushed a deep red and her jaw dropped.
"Mother?! Jeez!" Kagome fumed. 'Oh my gods, this is so embarrassing!' She glanced over at Inuyasha who wasn't embarrassed in the least. Surprisingly, he looked pleased. When he caught her gaze he merely smirked at her.
"We were thinking of having the ceremony done by Miroku, you know, the monk that I told you about, in Inuyasha's time. Is that alright?" Kagome asked.
"Of course honey, as long as I get to see my baby getting married, I don't care where (or when for that matter) it is."
Kagome ran up to her and hugged her quickly before pecking her on the cheek. "Thanks mom, I love you so much."
"I love you too honey. Just let me know when it will be and I'll come to see it." she said while glancing at her son-in-law to be. "Inuyasha, you'd better keep her happy."
Inuyasha pulled Kagome to him and hugged her tightly before replying, "Don't worry, I will."
"I know you will. Visit again soon you two." Kagome's mother waved as she watched the lovers walk to the well house.
As the two jumped into the well, one last thing could be heard from Ms. Higurashi before she walked back to the house.
"Koratu, if only you could see your daughter now. If only you could have known her..."