Author's notes: Awww, new version (yeah, right), and revised to please the mass. As always, bad English grammar, but my cousin Steph-chan help me this time, and she didn't find so many mistakes, so, I think I'm getting better (and if I'm not getting better, please :teary eyes: don't shatter my dreams!). Anyways, this is an old fic (I think this was the first one to be posted by me )
Of Course, my dearest Inuyasha and Company do not belongs to me, the genius behind is Rumiko Takahashi and I get to my knees to honor her!
Oneshot 2:
"A Mother's Apprehension."
Inuyasha got inside Kagome's room, willing to take her to the other side of the well, no matter how much his back would hurt that night: it was too much time wasted and a couple of "sit" worth a try… but, Kagome wasn't there. He looks around and sniffed at the air. Her scent was all around him, obviously, but it was hours old. Suddenly, he heard a noise just outside, like if someone got a misstep and dropped something to the floor.
Forgetting all precaution (or a lot of curiosity), he opened the door, suddenly as well. In front of him, Mrs. Higurashi, who was picking up a few boxes, a bunch of photographs and books from the floor, shrieked out loud when she saw him.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Easy, ma'am! It's me! Take it easy!" Said Inuyasha as he tried to calm her down, waving his hands frantically in front of him. He sat on the floor when she stopped yelling. "Now I know from who Kagome learn that!" He said with caution.
From experience, he knew better than anybody, even better than Kagome herself, that it was no healthy thing scare Mrs. Higurashi. Besides, and from some weird reason, he preferred to have her as an ally… he can't explain why, but he felt it was the right and convenient thing.
"Dear Kami, Inuyasha! You don't know that you can kill a person like that?" She scolded him still a little upset. "What are you doing here? You are already here to take Kagome from her home again?… Argh! I don't know why I ask you that, if I already know the answer!"
"Feh… so, where is that daughter of yours?"
"At school, like should be, where else?" Said Mrs. Higurashi, still upset, as she gathered the photos and the books inside the boxes. Inuyasha get close to her.
"What does that place that special? She always leaves me alone to go there, and I can't see the funny in that!" He said to the air. He picked up a picture from the floor and watched it with curiosity. "Who are they?" He asked randomly. Mrs. Higurashi smiled widely, forgetting all of her bad mood.
"Do you like that picture? That's my Kagome, I think she was a couple of hours born… and that guy holding her… was her dad…" Mrs. Higurashi's face softened. She took the picture and watched it tenderly. "May I ask you a question?"
"If that makes you happy…" Inuyasha answered without paying attention, because he was thinking about how pretty baby was been Kagome. "I wonder if her puppies are gone to be that pretty". He thought.
"That will". Answered Mrs. Higurashi back at him, not happy at Inuyasha's misleading, putting the picture among the others.
"What is your question?" Ask Inuyasha landing again. Mrs. Higurashi stood up, with the boxes in her arms. Inuyasha did the same. Kagome's mother stared at him and watched deep inside his eyes, and said.
"Every time that my little child passes trough that well, maybe because you are here to drag her or maybe because of her will to go… I get very, very anxious, because I don't know what awful things she is going to face there… look, I always been too apprehensive with my little babies, mostly after…"
"After what?" Interrupt Inuyasha, a little bit uneasy. Mrs. Higurashi bit her lip.
"Back in your time, she… takes risks?"
"Feh… well… if you ask me, she yells as loud as you do, ma'am". Said Inuyasha, trying to light things up, and picking his words as wiser he could do. Mrs. Higurashi blushed a little after that remark. "Even for my poor ears!"
"And what that's supposed to do with, young man?"
"I always take care of her, I never aloud something bad happen to her, I will not forgive myself if that happen… eh… I mean… Every body takes care of her! You should not worry about her". He said sententiously.
"That's true, she always tells me that… and how ready are you to rescue her… even when there is always a Youkai trying to kidnap my little baby". Said Mr. Higurashi, with that knowing smile, that only a mother knows. Inuyasha rubbed his neck with one hand, a little bit ashamed. His face hardened a couple of seconds later.
"Yes, that's the truth… but Kagome got the entire fault when she gets on troubles: she doesn't stay where I said, and always get into the f… :gulp: way! And…"
"I can see that you worry very much because of her… Is quite obvious that you love her!" Interrupted Mrs. Higurashi smiling widely. Inuyasha got reddish, and he didn't know if feel happiness or anger.
"That's NOT truth!" He howled. "The only interest that I have on her, is that she can feel the blasted shards". Mrs. Higurashi ignored him and started to brush his hair.
"Yeah, sure" Said with a mother's tone of voice, and a little bit ironical. "She loves you very much, you know? And she cares a lot because of you… maybe that's why she always gets in the ways of everything". She said mysteriously.
"Really?" Ask almost unwilling. "Argh! I mean, I don't care!"
"I would like to ask you a favor, young man". She said motherly. "Be nice with her, she loves you and she got a crystal heart, just like her mom's, she is very sensible, you know, and… and please, be nice with you as well, try to listen to your heart, do you hear me?" Inuyasha nod without understanding a word from what she just said: he decided that from that very moment, that all the women on Higurashi's family were weird to him.
"I guess" Inuyasha said very confused. Suddenly, without get a single warning or a chance to meditate Mrs. Higurashi's words, all the boxes that were on the woman's arms, appeared, like an art of magic, in his arms. "HEY!"
"Now Young man, be something useful in this life and help me with those, follow me… by the way…" Mrs. Higurashi stopped in he spot and get close to him. "Are you eating properly?" She asked him, touching his forehead.
"Yeah, why?" Ask Inuyasha absolutely dazzled.
"You look too thin… Good Kami! Look at you, You're so pale! You're not eating well! But of course, with all that junk food that Kagome takes to your time that doesn't surprise me at all… you may need some vitamins right now" Mrs. Higurashi declared as she touched Inuyasha's forehead, neck and checked on his eyes. The hanyou would have loved to do something about it, but… literally, he got busy hands. "That's it! From today on Kagome is taking only healthy food to the Sengoku… Did you have your breakfast yet? Something warm and healthy, like a glass of milk at least? That girl is going to listen to me, For Kami's sake! You're so much pale! Do you have a headache?"
"I AM PALE! My old man was a WHITE Dog Youkai…". Complained Inuyasha confused by this maternity show. Mrs. Higurashi grabbed him by one ear and start to drag him to the kitchen, with pile of boxes and all. "HEY!" Complained the hanyou once again, in vain. "Now I explain myself a lot of things"
"Nothing! Kids these days! They don't know how to eat! Right now you could be sick, or you may need some proteins: You're going to lunch here, and you're NOT going anywhere until you finish your meal, and that's going to Like You!… And NO skipping to the past!… DEAR KAMI! When Was The Last Time You Wash Your Ears? That's Enough, You Are Taking a Good Warm Bath First!"
"BUT…!"
"BUT NOTHING! Got That?… If someone like me is not paying attention to these kids, they just can't survive on their own…!"
The End.
By
Misao-CG.
PS: I get my inspiration from my mother to write about Kagome's mother. My ma got this "mama bear's complex" and she always find my friends, and my sister's Thin, pale, starving and sick U, no matter how fat, colored and healthy they are… That is why I always find my house full of friends and people peeking inside my fridge and leaving us without supplies… I guess that is. Any comments are welcome!
