Chapter 3
by: prisket .
disclaimer: don't own it, just my words that torture the characters that aren't mine
a/n: hope u enjoy
The early afternoon sun blazed in the clear blue skies. Kagome lay out on her lawn chair,
basking in the sun, wearing her pink flowered bikini and rose colored glasses. The
sounds of neighborhood children floated through the air along with music and the t.v.
news. She sighed as she closed her eyes and soaked up the sun. She was tired of it all.
She was tired from hearing about the war every waking hour. She was tired of the
protesters and all the crazy people flooding the roads and super markets. She was tired
from getting yelled at by people that knew her, all because Inuyasha was serving in the
army and fighting in this war. It sickened her to see the soldiers that came home
wounded and people hated them. It wasn't their choice. No, they had no choice, so why
be angry at them. She was tired just thinking about it. Especially about Inuyasha. She
wracked her brain over him every day and night. Worrying, whether he was dead or
alive, which in turn brought up nasty images of him lying some where bleeding to death,
either that or being tortured.
She sat up and covered her face. She didn't want to think about it, after everything that
happened to her she knew, she believed, that he wouldn't die, because in every dark
tunnel there's a light at the end. She was sure of it, things were going to turn out for the
good. It was the only thing that comforted her.
"Kagome!"
Kagome turned around and wiped the dampening tears away from her eyes as she saw
Rin running up to her with Sango.
"Kagome! The mail is here!"
The lively little girl jumped up and down as she reached Kagome's side. She took the
mail from the little girls fingers and thumbed through it, until she found it. Her heart
seemed to leap out of her chest when she saw the plentiful amount of stamps and
wrecked envelope. She took her glasses off and looked up at Sango, who in turn had a
wide smile on her face,
"And here you were worried."
It felt as if a weight was lifted off of her shoulders as she ran into the house, the screen
door slamming loudly shut after her, leaving the two females outside. Kagome sat down
at the faux wood table and opened up the letter with shaking fingers.
Sango felt a pull on her jeans, and she looked down at Rin,
"Is Kagome ok?"
Sango smiled, picked up Rin and spun around. The little girl giggled profusely, even after
Sango sat down on the grass with her.
"Of course she's ok. Just give her a little privacy before we go in there and ask her about
it, right?"
She poked the little girl and in turn got another giggle out of her and a returning poke.
Kagome heard the two laughing outside, but it seemed so distant. Tears silently fell onto
the paper that was clasped in her hands. Her heart felt like it had melted and her mind
was foggy as she re-read the words on the paper. The only thing that drew her out of her
reverie was Sango's hand on her shoulder.
"Kagome, are you alright? Did something bad happen?"
Kagome smiled wistfully,
"No. Nothing bad at all."
Sango withdrew her hand and sat down across from Kagome,
"Then why are you crying?"
Kagome lifted her hand up to her face and brushed away the tears,
"I didn't even realize I was. It's just...this letter. Inuyasha has never said such things to
me before."
Sango snatched the letter out of her hands and started to read it. Instantly her hand went
to her
mouth as her eyes reach each word. Rin came bursting through the door,
"I need to go to the bathroom."
Kagome laughed as the little girl flew past them, she then looked back at Sango, who
had a
shocked look on her face,
"I wish Miroku would write to me like that. Not that I'm complaining, he says a fair good
deal of sweet things, but nothing like this."
Kagome grabbed the letter from her hands and waved it in the air,
"Inuyasha has never said anything like this to me before! I was always lucky to even
GET a letter from him in the first place."
Sango laughed,
"Well, I guess he really misses you."
A blush ran across Kagome's face,
"I guess so. I kind of like it. The only time he would ever say such things to me was to
get me to do things, hence why I married him. I knew he had it in him, but to be this
passionate. I don't know, I guess you are right, seeing as how crazy it is out there, I
shouldn't be shocked. But still, for some reason I am."
"Kagome..."
She turned her face to her friends,
"Kagome...don't even think about it! Just be happy that he's writing such beautiful words
to you!"
Kagome laughed,
"Fine, I won't worry about it, I'll just accept it. And enjoy it. Well, I know for sure that
when he gets home I have to do something extra special for him."
Rin came running back into the room and Kagome grabbed her, placing the little girl on
top of her lap she tickled her and Rin went into a fit of giggles.
"What did Uncle Inuyasha write, Kagome?"
Kagome smiled,
"Very, very sweet things that made me very happy."
Rin giggled,
"That's good. Sesshoumaru says that Uncle is a bastard, does that mean he is sweet?"
Both women looked at her in shock and then started an uproar of laughter, to which the
little girl looked strangely at the two of them. Kagome looked down at her and calmed
down her laughed,
"No, that's not really the meaning of it. It's not a word that children should say, it's more
for grown ups, ok, Rin?"
Rin nodded but still had a confused look on her face,
"What does it mean?"
Both women looked at each other for an answer, then they heard the door slam shut and
laughter, Sango quickly took this opportunity to change the subject,
"It looks like Kohaku and Shippou are back from messing around with the other kids."
Kagome let Rin get off her lap,
"Go on and go play with them outside, ok?"
Rin nodded and ran into the other room, her previous question forgotten on a whim.
They heard voices and the front door slammed again.
Kagome sighed and ran her hands through her hair,
"I swear, she asks me something else about Inuyasha from Sesshoumaru's wide
vocabulary and I'll scream. That man never takes time off when tearing Inuyasha apart."
Sango shrugged,
"That's just the way he is. No matter how horrible and arrogant."
Kagome shook her head,
"If only he can see that Inuyasha isn't the person he makes him out to be. I don't care if
he's only his half brother and that's the root of the problem, Sesshoumaru should just get
over it. I mean, if he took Rin in then that means he has a heart."
"He doesn't have a heart to Inuyasha though, Kagome. And I don't think that will
change, no matter what. I think the fact that there is half of Inuyasha's blood that isn't the
same as Sesshoumaru's will always make them dislike each other."
Kagome let out a slight laugh,
"Well, for sharing the other half they sure aren't anything a like,"
She picked up the letter and looked at it,
"I'd like to see Sesshoumaru write something this beautiful. For someone as cold as him,
I don't think he would have it in him."
a/n: okie...so this chap, a lil short...I can't write that much lately due to school starting and rushing myself to get my sesshoumaru costume done...I have little less than a month left! I'm goin even more crazier than when I first started workin on it...note to the wise, don't cosplay as Fluffy...if you do, don't be a perfectionist then...I'm a fool for hand stitching the red - it's so damn difficult . okie...sorry...my anger is getting the better of me...oh yah...that and I have my job and community service to do...so I'm gonna get really really busy, sorry ahead of time if there's a long delay ;;
