PREVOIUS CHAPTER: THE CRUEL LIFE

He nodded and yawned again. "I do know one thing though. I need to talk to Natilruh." She said.

CHAPTER 11: KAGOME'S LOST FATHER

Kagome awoke before dawn. She had had a restless night sleep. Horrible visions of sick and ill people kept her from seeking the refuge of night. Sickly children begging her for food and accusing her of keeping all the food for herself haunted her. She whipped the sweat from her forehead and crept over to the large window at the other side of her room. She pulled the curtain away from the window and gazed out. Smoke rose from some of the huts in the village as the first lights of dawn settled over the land. She saddened. Poor people I want to help them so badly, but I just don't know how. She shook her head and slowly closed the curtain. She returned to her bed and sat beside the sleeping hanyou. He moved a little and then opened his eyes. "Why are you up so early?" he questioned giving a yawn.

She shook her head. "I couldn't really sleep."

"Yeah I knew that much you kept tossing and turning all fucking night," he said rolling onto his side pulling the covers up to him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't realize I was tossing around. You should've woke me up and told me." She said looking down at him.

"Oh well don't worry about it. So, what were you dreaming about?" he asked giving more interest now.

"Just about the villagers. I kept seeing their pitiful faces. They looked sick and they really needed food. I… I just really wish there was something I could do.." she said desperately.

"There is something you can do," a voice said behind Kagome.

Kagome jumped and turned around really fast. Natilruh was standing in the doorway. "Sorry I was going to tell you I was here, but you two were in the middle of a conversation."

"Oh that's ok, you just startled us that's all," Kagome said.

"I can tell," Natilruh said smiling looking from Kagome to Inuyasha who was lying beside her.

Damn I'm still in my pajamas and he's barely dressed Kagome thought to herself as she tried not to blush. " Umm, it's not what it looks like Natilruh."

Natilruh laughed, "Aww young love. Believe me I was there once. Now Kagome I think it's time that we had that talk."

It took Kagome a moment to register what her aunt was saying then it hit her. "Ok, let my get dressed first."

Natilruh nodded. Kagome bounced off the bed and found her clothes and ran over to get dressed.

Inuyasha:

Inuyasha yawned again as Kagome ran to get dressed. He felt sorry for her. She was always plagued with bad dreams. He never really had dreams, or if he did he always forgot them. He winced when Natilruh sat on the bed by him. He was a little shocked at first how much Kagome resembled Natilruh. Of course he thought Kagome looked a lot better than Natilruh, but that was only because he knew her so well, and to him Kagome was the most beautiful creature on earth. Natilruh wasn't bad looking herself, but there was just something about her that brought Inuyasha comfort, which was the same comfort he had around Kagome. He felt he could trust this wolf demon even though he didn't know her that well. Natilruh smiled at him. "Inuyasha, I know what you and Kagome have, and I really like how you've always protected her. It brings her aunt very much pleasure, but I just want you two to be carelful ok? I'm not lecturing you because I know you both are very responsible, but I just want you guys to be careful."

Inuyasha blushed. He couldn't believe she was telling him this. She is talking about mating with Kagome. How could she talk about that? We're not gonna have pups anytime soon. WE haven't even talked about this. He didn't really know what to do, so he just nodded. "Oh and while Kagome and I are talking you can probably go down and eat if you want." She said getting up as Kagome came back from the other room.

"Well shall we be off my dear?" Natilruh said as they left.

Kagome smiled at Inuyasha as she left the room and waved good-bye. Great now what the hell am I supposed to do? They'll probably be gone all fucking day! I don't want to go downstairs Kagome's uncle will probably be down there and I fucking hate him. He grumbled as he got up. He found his clothes and in minutes he was dressed. He put his Tetsusaiga on his waist and made his way downstairs to the room with all the food. He wasn't very hungry, so he just got something to tide him over. The castle seemed empty and it didn't seem like anyone really lived here. Weird. Inuyasha thought as he found his way outdoors and into the gardens where he and Kagome had sat with Natilruh the day before. He was halfway through his meal when he caught a disturbing scent approaching. Bengku!

Kagome:

Kagome and Natilruh made their way through the forest that led out through the waterfall. It didn't take them long because Natilruh chose to go by tree. They found the spot where they had talked the previous day and sat. "Kagome I wish I had told you these things sooner, but I didn't really know how to. I want you to keep you're head while I explain these things to you, and don't get overworked ok?" Natilruh said.

I wonder what she's goin' to tell me. It must be pretty important. "Umm ok…"

"Ok well I guess I should start at the beginning. Ok here goes. When your father was still young and before our father had passed away he was supposed to mate with another of the female wolves of a neighboring pack so that we would remain allies and that our bloodlines would stay strong. However the she-wolf that my brother was supposed to marry wasn't the kindest wolf. She was a real bitch and she still is. She wanted to mate with my brother for the soul purpose of creating strong offspring and that was the only reason. Somewhere along the line however my brother met a beautiful young miko that showed him how beautiful the world could be if you looked at it the right way. They fell in love and my brother soon forgot about the she-wolf he was supposed to marry when he came of age. Time went on and soon the miko and my brother got married. Our father had of course passed away and your father was now the alpha-wolf of the tribe. When he declared that he was to mate with a human it caused some uproar through our pack, but since your father was such a great leader soon the rest of the pack settled down and accepted the fact that he was going to mate with a human whether they like it or not. There was one person that didn't like this and that was Bengku. He was furious at our brother. He felt that our brother was going against our father and putting disgrace on our family. He soon went quiet and everything seemed normal there after."

Natilruh sighed and went on. "It seemed almost normal everyday life with my brother and his human wife and it didn't seem to bother anyone except Bengku. It didn't take long for her to bear a child. A small hanyou baby girl that was soon name Kagome. Soon after you were born word spread to our neighboring pack that the pact had been broken and that my brother wouldn't be mating with the she-wolf. The neighboring pack grew uneasy and wanted to break our allegiance. Little did we know that Bengku was spending a lot of time away from our very own pack and with the neighboring one. He made a pact with the she-wolf that if her pack killed our brother that he would in turn become alpha-wolf and that she would be his mate and they would then combine their packs to form a larger stronger pack. She of course agreed to this. I was able to warn your mother what was happening and I in turn warned my brother, but he didn't listen. He told me before he left to take you and your mother away so that if he didn't return that you would be spared. I didn't want to leave his side, but I did what he asked and took the both of you away. My brother and your father was then slain by Bengku and Ganjel."

Kagome's head was spinning. How could all of this have happened? Why had it happened? How could you hate one so much to have them killed? Even your own flesh and blood? She all of a sudden had a pure hatred for Bengku. All he cared about was power. She rose to her feet. She was furious. She didn't want to spend one night in that despicable castle under someone who helped in the murder of his own brother. She had to leave. She didn't want to be anywhere near this place. She wanted to be home. "Natilruh can you do me a favor?" she asked through clenched teeth.

"What?"

"I need some time to think, and I don't want to be anywhere near Bengku right now. Can you go back and tell Inuyasha that we are leaving at once." Kagome said.

"Yes, I will, but will you be back?" her aunt's worried voice said.

"Yeah, I'll come back, I just need to leave for a while that's all."

Her aunt nodded and was off. In a matter of moments Inuyasha was by her side that they were headed to her home on the other side of the well without a word.

Ok there it is! Sorry took so long been really busy! Oh and does anyone know how to put lines on this I can't figure out how to do it!

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Inuyasha or any of the original characters of the anime/manga. However Natilruh, Sanku, Bengku, Ganjel, Benhi, and Kando are my own creations and they're all mine!