Title: The Depths of Your Love
Summary: Inuyasha and Kagome are faced with a life changing decision. It will test the depths of their love. 'Yet, she always came back to him when she fled. And he'd always be waiting.
Pairings: InuKag, MirSan, and a few more -
Disclaimer: Nope. I still don't own them. Hmph...
A/N: Wow! I checked my email the day after I posted the first chapter, and I saw twenty one wonderful reviews! You don't know how happy you guys made me! I wasn't planning on updating this fast, but as soon as I saw the encouraging reviews; I went and finished the chapter. So...enjoy!
Chapter Two
Pots, Pans, and Birthday Battles
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Inuyasha leaned against the bone eaters well. He sighed. It was late, or in other cases; very early. The full moon in the sky shone down on him; the only light in the distance. Around this time he'd usually be watching Kagome sleep peacefully. Her soft breathing lulling him into a light sleep.
Kagome.
His annoyance had waned and he felt more worried about the reason that she had went home.
What had he done this time?
It seemed that if he breathed the wrong way then Kagome would dash off to her own era. But he hadn't done anything this time.
Kagome.
She confused him so much. She'd yell at him. She'd smile at him. She'd stare into his eyes as if he were the world to her. And she would glare at him as if he were the scum of the earth.
Yet, she always came back to him when she fled.
And he'd always be waiting.
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Kagome slowly walked back to the shrine. It was chilly out. She shivered as she unlocked the door and quietly stepped into her house. It was dark inside. Kagome tiptoed into the kitchen. Right before she was about to open the fridge; she stepped on something.
A very loud yelp echoed throughout the house; startling Kagome. She shrieked as she fell backwards into the pots and pans rack. Clashes and bangs sounded as the pots flew onto the floor along with Kagome.
The kitchen light turned on and Kagome's mom walked into the kitchen looking a little frightened. She was visibly relieved when she saw that it was her only daughter tangled within the pile of metal.
"Kagome, what are you doing here at this hour? Is everything alright?" she asked, concern evident in her expression.
Sota groggily walked into the kitchen; rubbing his eyes. "What's goin' on?" he mumbled.
Just as Kagome was about to answer; Grandpa came running into the kitchen in his night robe. "Go away you blasted demons!" he shouted, throwing some sutras and holy water onto Kagome.
Kagome rubbed her temples. She could definitely feel a migraine coming on. "Great. Now I am bruised and wet." She mumbled, removing a sutra from her cheek. Holy water? Now that was different. "Hi, Gramps," she said; looking at her very senile grandfather.
He looked startled. "Kagome? What are you doing in all that mess? And why are you all wet?" he asked, looking very puzzled. "Did you take a bath in your clothes or something? But anyway, did you see the demon leave?"
Kagome sighed. She loved him, she really did. But sometimes she wondered. "Yea, Gramps, it left," she said in deadpan.
Her mom watched her disgruntled daughter with a slightly amused smile playing on her face. She walked over and offered a hand to help her up with a slight chuckle.
Kagome accepted the help and stood up. She gave her mother a half hearted glare. But when she thought about the situation; it really was kind of funny. The corners of her mouth tugged into a small smile.
"Okay then. Goodnight." Grandpa said walking away, mumbling about teenagers and their weird habits.
Kagome, Hitomi, and Sota all broke out into hysterical laughter. Kagome clutched her stomach and winced. "Ow, I guess I fell harder than I thought I did," she smiled.
"Oh Kagome, what are we going to do with you?" Hitomi asked, "And what were you doing?"
Kagome sighed. "Well, I already told you that I was coming home Saturday to pick up Inuyasha's presents, and well, it is Saturday," she said, glancing at the digital clock above the stove. It was exactly 1:36 in the morning.
Hitomi raised an eyebrow. Her daughter was such a mystery.
"And I came in the kitchen to get a midnight snack, and stepped on something. And I sort of fell back into the pots and pans rack." Kagome finished.
"Obviously." Hitomi smiled.
"Sis, why did you come home so early?" Sota asked.
"What? So now I'm not allowed to come home when I want?" she asked; bending down to pick up the kitchenware.
"Of course you are, darling. We were only questioning the timing of your visit." Hitomi said, helping her daughter clean up the mess.
Kagome stopped what she was doing. "Timing of my visit? You act as if I were some stranger coming to say hello," she huffed.
"Honey, you know what we meant. We are only lucky enough to be blessed with your visits about twice a month." Hitomi said; slightly less cheerful.
Kagome watched her mother and little brother look away from her gaze, both of them cleaning up. Now she felt guilty.
"Mom?" she asked slowly.
"Hmm?" she replied, all cheerfulness restored into her voice.
"I'm sorry," she said looking down.
Hitomi sighed. "No dear, don't be sorry. Yes, we all miss you around here, but we understand that you are growing up. You have responsibilities back in the past, and when have the Higurashis' ever been quitters?"
"Well, actually..." Sota started. Hitomi waved him to be silent.
"So don't you be sorry for one moment. Because I'm not." she said sternly, returning to her work.
Kagome smiled. Her mother could sure get a point across when she wanted to. Kagome yawned.
"I can clean this up since it was my fault in the first place." Kagome said. She glanced over at the corner of the kitchen. A certain affronted Buyo was staring back at her. "Or yet again, maybe a certain cat's fault. Go back to sleep, I'll do it."
"Are you sure, Kagome?" her mother asked.
"Positive." she answered.
"Well, alright," she said. "Come on, Sota."
"'Night, Sis." he called.
"Goodnight." she answered, clearing up the last of the pots and water. Kagome yawned again. She was exhausted. 'And wet' she noted with a roll of her eyes. Kagome turned the kitchen light off; walking upstairs to her room.
She changed into a pair of dry pajamas and walked over to her alarm clock. She set it for seven. Kagome slipped into her warm, soft bed and drifted off into peaceful sleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
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The morning sun rose across the horizon. Rays of oranges and pinks illuminated the morning sky. Sango fluttered her eyes open; only to squint them shut from the vivid light. She calmly stretched her arms; sitting up.
What was that smell?
Sango rubbed the sleep away from her eyes, and looked toward the direction of the smell. Her eyes widened.
To say that Sango was stunned would be the understatement of the year.
A blanket had been spread out on the ground, and on it there were dishes of misoshiru and rice. But the strangest part about it was the smiling monk sitting on top; holding a bouquet of flowers.
Miroku could cook?
Sango just stared at him. No. Way.
His smile grew wider. "Good morning, Lady Sango. Would you care to join me for breakfast on this beautiful day?"
Sango looked at him as if he had grown two heads.
Miroku stood up and slowly walked over to her; extending a hand. Sango accepted the gesture and rose; still in disbelief. "I believe that these are for you, Sango." Miroku said softly, handing her the colorful flowers. He grabbed her arm and led her over to the blanket. Miroku sat down and handed her a bowl.
Sango glanced at the rice and then up at Miroku. He had already started to eat his breakfast. She slowly picked up her chopsticks and began eating hers.
She still couldn't believe that the monk could cook.
But she had to hand it to him. It was very good. They ate in silence for a few minutes; until Sango put her bowl down.
"Okay. What did you do now?" she asked suspiciously.
"Think of this as part of my apology to you," he said, taking another bite.
"What, for last night? What suddenly made you have the urge to apologize for that time and not any of the others?" she asked.
"I am apologizing for the other times."
"Well then you had better do more than cook me breakfast if this is apologizing for all those hundreds of other times," she said.
"I'm planning on it." he grinned.
Sango narrowed her eyes. She saw his eyebrow twitch. 'There he goes again with his double meanings.' Sango sighed. She decided to change the subject.
"So, where is Shippo?" she asked; looking at her surroundings. The child was nowhere in sight.
Miroku wiped his mouth. "He's at the village with Kaede," he stated.
"And how exactly did he get there?" Sango asked.
"Um...he walked?" Miroku laughed nervously.
"No, I have a feeling that someone else walked with him to the village." Sango accused.
"What would give you that idea?" he said, not meeting her eyes.
"See, what I think is that you decided to drop him off at the village since you were going there in the first place."
"San..." he started.
"And you were heading to the village to pick up some of Kaede's cooking weren't you?" she cut him off.
"No, I..."
"So you didn't cook then. Where are the pots? And where is the fire?"
He hesitated. "Well, it was the thought that counts," he defended.
"I knew it! There was no way that you cooked this! If you really want to apologize; then do something yourself!" she huffed, picking up her Hiraikotsu. "Come on Kirara." she said, climbing onto the cat demon's back.
Miroku sighed as he watched her fly away into the sunrise. "I knew I should have kept the kid here."
Up in the sky, Sango's scowl turned into a soft smile as she smelled her freshly picked flowers.
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His ear twitched. He could hear something coming toward him.
Fast.
His eyes snapped open and he jumped up; clutching the Tesusaiga in his hand. He looked at his surroundings. Just then, a large demon ran into the clearing at the speed of light. It was large; at least sixty feet in height. The demon was a shade of dark green with blood red eyes. It had a leaner build. 'Probably why the thing moved so fast' Inuyasha noted.
It was only for a second when the demon hesitated; spotting its prey. It shrieked as it came darting toward him.
Inuyasha managed to jump out of the way. "Damn, this thing is fast," Inuyasha growled.
"But not fast enough!"
Inuyasha jumped into the air; swinging his blade at the massive demon. It easily dodged his attack. Inuyasha snarled as he charged at the demon with neck-breaking speed.
It chuckled as it stopped the Tetsusaiga with its finger.
Inuyasha flew backwards and landed on his feet. He wasn't fazed.
"Wind scar!" he shouted; charging again. He managed to slice its arm. The demon screeched as it clutched its bleeding arm. The demon had been having fun before.
But now it was angry.
The demon came after Inuyasha spitting bolts of electricity from its mouth; producing large craters in the ground.
"Just wonderful."
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Kagome walked through Inuyasha's forest. It was a warm sunny day. Kagome laughed cheerfully as she skipped a rock into a small, clear pond. The calm water formed ripples, forming and riding to the edges.
Kagome sighed. It was such a peaceful day. No shard hunting. No demons. And no bickering with Inuyasha.
She gazed at her reflection in the crystal water.
Her warm chocolate brown eyes were replaced with startling bright yellow ones. Kagome screamed as faint laughter rang throughout the forest.
Kagome was suddenly back in her own time.
Her eyes widened in horror as she realized that she was out in the middle of the Tokyo highway.
And a bus was coming right towards her. It honked its horn trying to warn her. But she was frozen to the spot.
BEEP! BEEP!
Kagome sat straight up in her bed; panting.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Kagome glanced at her alarm clock warily and shut it off. She wiped the perspiration from her face and plopped back down. She sighed. "What a great way to start the day," she mumbled crossly.
"I might as well get up."
She stood up and grabbed a set of clothes; walking into the bathroom. She undressed and stepped into the shower. When she turned the knob; freezing cold water cascaded from the shower head.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!" she yelped stumbling out of the shower.
Kagome scowled. She could feel her migraine returning.
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The gigantic demon spat a bolt right at Inuyasha.
It missed him by a millisecond.
'This demon isn't so tough. Sure he's fast. But not tough.' Inuyasha thought smugly. He stopped in his tracks and waited for it to throw another bolt at him.
And it did.
"Backlash Wave!" he shouted; swinging his sword. The demon's eyes widened as hundreds of whirlwinds combined with his energy bolts; coming straight at it. It howled in pain as it was cut up into millions of tiny pieces.
Inuyasha smirked.
"Inuyasha!" Sango called. She was hovering on Kirara right above him. "Are you alright?"
"Just fantastic!" he answered sarcastically.
Kirara landed a few feet away from him. Sango hopped off of her back. She smiled, "Always getting into fights. Inuyasha, we leave you alone for a few hours and now look what happens," she said; glimpsing at the dead carcass.
He chuckled. "By the way, where's the monk?"
Sango's expression became annoyed. "He should be here soon," she said as she walked away toward the direction of the village.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
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Kagome sat at the kitchen table; grumpily pushing her food back and forth. Her family exchanged glances. They had learned to never; absolutely never mess with a cross Kagome.
Unfortunately, Inuyasha had yet to learn that lesson. To learn it and remember it.
"So, Kagome, when are you picking up the cake?" her mother asked.
Kagome glanced up at her mom. "I have to leave in..." she started, looking at the clock.
"Now!" Kagome shrieked jumping up to her feet. "Bye guys! See you later!" she said as she sprinted out the door.
Kagome hopped onto her bicycle and headed into town.
Kagome skidded to a stop in front of 'Tokyo's Best' bakery. She hopped off of her bike and walked into the shop. A bell rang when she opened the door. Kagome groaned. There were about twenty or so people in front of her.
A good forty minutes later, Kagome walked out of the bakery; a large white box clutched in her hands. She walked over to her bike and placed the box inside of the basket. Kagome slowly started pedaling her way back to the shrine.
Kagome walked into her house. She was in no better of a mood than when she woke up. She noticed that all of her presents for Inuyasha were all bagged and sitting on the kitchen counter.
She walked over to the counter. There was a note from her mother.
Kagome,
I bagged all of the presents, and you'll notice that there are a few extra. We wouldn't forget to get our favorite demon his birthday presents. I cooked a little something for you guys to eat. And if you don't feel like eating that; then I ordered a few pizzas. I had to run out to the mall with Sota. A certain grandfather's birthday is coming up as well, so don't forget. Alright honey, I'll see you soon.
Love,
Mom
Kagome smiled.She made a mental note to come back Tuesday for Gramps' birthday.Kagome sighed; gazing at the many heavy looking bags sitting patiently on the counter.
Kagome lugged the many bags out to the well house; trying not to trip over anything. She didn't exactly have a perfect range of vision at the moment.
"Here it goes," she said; jumping into the well.
A beam of light illuminated out of the top of the well, and Kagome was gone.
She failed to notice the presence lingering in the shadows.
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And that is the end of this chapter. I hope that you liked it. I had to do some research on this one. I don't know about you, but I had absolutely no idea what people ate for breakfast in Japan. Apparently miso soup and rice is like toast and jelly over there. And now I'll thank all of my reviewers for making me so happy.
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