Hey guys! I got this idea… you guessed it, while doing the dishes, though it does connect to a movie I once watched!
Oh and this is AU too, not the feudal Japan thing, but it's AU in it's own way with hanyou's, miko's, etc…
Title: Tell me a Story
Summary: This is a story about a girl who fell in love with a ghost. Their love was so strong they were willing to do anything to stay together, even defy god.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
Genre: Romance/Humour
Aging: Kagome: 30 – Inuyasha: 32
Tell Me A Story: Meeting
After everything they've been through, after everything they've done, nothing compared to telling your children stories. It was raining heavily in Tokyo Japan and that also caused the power to go out. Takahashi Kagome, wife and mate to Takahashi Inuyasha lit candles around the house.
Their 7 kids, you heard me right, 7 kids were huddled around them, the eldest three on the sofas, the young twin boys on the carpet and the babies, in the arms of the eldest children.
Kagome smiled as she placed a candle on the table and sat down on the loveseat with her husband beside her. She winked at her hanyou children and they laughed.
"Tell us a story mommy," The eldest twin, Aki grinned.
The order of their children:
Muteki Takahashi: Black hair and golden eyes and furry white ears, stubborn attitude and his mothers' lips. He had his father's persistency and his fathers' brute strength. 11 years old.
Inume Takahashi: Silver hair, golden eyes, furry black doggy eras, Kagome's attitude and about as tall as her older brother, a few inches shorter than him though. 10 years old.
Ryujin Takahashi: Chocolate brown eyes, and soft black hair, with some shines of silver in it. He had furry white ears like his brother and father but with Kagome's caring personality. 8 years old.
Aki Takahashi: Silver hair and chocolate brown eyes with white doggy years. He was a carbon copy of Inuyasha; everything he did was exactly Inuyasha. 5 years old.
Sao Takahashi: Black hair and molten gold eyes. Sao took after his mother in every which way, unlike his twin, Aki. 5 years old.
Suriya Takahashi: Silver hair with black streaks, with golden eyes. Personality wise, she was mix of her parents. 3 years old.
Akiko Takahashi: Black hair with silver streaks. Oddly enough, Akiko got sky blue eyes unlike her family. She was still a baby, personality will develop later. 1 years old.
Seven Takahashi children and probably more to come. Kagome took her daughter, Akiko from the arms of Muteki. Muteki sighed as he placed Suriya in his lap.
"A story, eh Aki?" Kagome smiled at her son.
"Yeah, a story!" Sao chimed in.
"A story on a rainy day?" Inume raised a brow, "Can't get better."
Inuyasha chuckled. "Which story do you guys wanna hear?"
"The ghost one." Ryujin piped.
Kagome smiled, knowing how much that story meant to her. "The ghost one?"
"Yeah!" All the children agreed.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other before smiling. Kagome cleared her throat and began to speak.
"Before we start, the main characters names will be Kagome and Inuyasha and other characters will be named after people you know, since your father and I are very uncreative."
The children laughed but agreed, knowing that whenever they heard the story, it was always the same, same characters, same words, plot everything. It was their favourite story for some unknown reason.
Kagome started the story. "This is a story about a girl who fell in love with a ghost. Their love was so strong they were willing to do anything to stay together, even defy god."
16-year-old Higurashi Kagome was spending the weekend at her fathers place. Parents were divorced since she was 7; they both still loved her and her younger brother Souta with all their heart. Souta slumped in his chair as he glared at his sister. "Why do we have to visit Otou-san this weekend?" He growled, being only 11-years-old.
"Because," Kagome started as she packed her duffle bag, "his birthday is tomorrow and he wants us to meet his fiancée." Kagome said.
"Why on gods' green, yellow and purple earth did mom and dad divorce?" Souta asked as he shoved some clean underwear into his duffle bag.
"Because, they probably didn't feel that 'spark' they did back in college."
"Damn sparks and college." Souta murmured as he gave his bag to his sister who zipped it up. They both fixed their beds before grabbing their bags and going downstairs. Their mother and Jii-chan were waiting for them. Kagome ran down the steps and hugged her mom and grandfather.
"Hey, we'll see you in two days, don't worry!" Kagome said as her mother picked up her car keys.
The ride to their father's house was quiet but Kagome made the best of it by cranking up the volume of the radio. Souta passed his CD to Kagome who put it in and heard Simple and Clean by Utada Hikaru pop on.
"What are you Souta? Way into Kingdome Hearts?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Duh, anyways what's dads' fiancée's name?" Souta asked.
"Rumiko," Kagome murmured.
"Rumiko Higurashi?" Souta raised a brow, Kagome laughed and turned to her mom. "Hey Mama, why didn't you change your last name back to your maiden name?"
Korari shrugged. "It took too much work changing all my stuff, passports, birth certificates, drivers' license, and everything else. Staying a Higurashi isn't a big deal; I tell people it's my maiden name."
"Mom are you just lazy or did Jii-chan say something?" Souta said.
"Or maybe you still love dad." Kagome said softly. Korari sighed and kept on driving. She parked the car in front of Akira's driveway behind a beautiful Mercedes Benz. Kagome got out and her brother went to go ring the doorbell.
"Want to come in Mama?" Kagome asked her mother but she sighed and shook her head. "If he doesn't love me, I shouldn't bother."
Kagome hugged her mother and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you Monday morning mama, I love you."
"I love you too Kagome-chan, take care of you brother Kagome and make sure your father doesn't serve him anything with peanuts. I gave you the medicine incase Souta gets an allergic reaction, right?"
Kagome nodded. "Yeah and dad always has spare ones, we all know of his allergy, even Rumiko."
Korari smiled and nodded. "I'll see you Monday, ok sweetie?"
"Bye mom!" Kagome waved. Souta turned around and waved at his mother pull out of the driveway. As he turned back, he saw the door opened to reveal his tall and handsome father.
Kagome ran up the steps and lunged at him, the exact same time Souta did.
"Hey dad!" Kagome grinned as she pecked his cheek.
"Hi pumpkin!" he smiled as he kissed his daughter and his son.
"Yo dad, where's the plasma screen you talked about?" Souta said excitedly.
"In the family room sport." He said smiling.
Kagome laughed. "Souta, get your boney butt back here and take your duffle, I ain't taking it and neither is dad!"
"Leave it there! I'm watching T.V."
Kagome rolled her eyes as she picked she picked up her brothers bag. Akira laughed as he took both the bags from her hands. Kagome stretched and stared at her dad. "When's Rumiko coming?"
"Right now! You must be Kagome I presume?" A tall and very beautiful woman said as she stood at the door of the house.
"Yep! You're Rumiko?" Kagome raised a brow. The woman laughed and hugged Kagome. Kagome hugged her back and turned to her dad. "Hey dad, are you sure she fell in love with you? I mean look at you… you have gray hairs coming out of your head…"
Akira pouted. "So what? My charm and uncanny wit has seduced her."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Are you sure he didn't bribe you into marrying him Rumiko?" Kagome laughed as she asked her stepmother-to-be.
Rumiko laughed. "Positive, besides he's right, I fell in love with his uncanny wit."
"Uncanny eh?" Kagome nudged her dad who chuckled.
"How old are you Kagome?" Rumiko asked.
"Didn't the old man tell you? 16," Kagome smiled.
"He did, but I thought he was lying, your dad doesn't look a day over 30!"
Kagome snorted. "I think he used some sort of age reducing cream that mom talked him into buying."
Akira laughed even harder. "Yeah, probably it is the cream your mom forced me to buy."
Kagome lifted her bags and then realization hit her face. "Souta has to sleep with me doesn't he?" She groaned.
Her dad's house had only 3 bedrooms… if one went to himself, another went to Rumiko, than her brother and she had to share a bedroom.
"How'd you know I was staying over?" Rumiko lifted a brow.
"You have a duffle bag beside you." Kagome said dryly as she walked into the family room. Rumiko laughed as she followed her.
"Oi brat, what're you watching?" Kagome asked as she jumped onto the sofa, beside her brother.
"The Flintstones." Souta grinned.
"They're ancient! Watch the Jetsons."
"Nah, they're too futuristic. At least when I watch this, I can compare the Flintstones to Jii-chan's stories."
"I think demons and whatnot makes more sense than a bird that's your telephone." Kagome said goofily.
"Hi," Rumiko said tenderly. Souta looked at her and his eyes fell out. "Dad! You scored big… are you sure you didn't bribe her?" Souta said, raising a brow.
"What is it with you two?" Akira asked as he wrapped an arm around Rumiko's waist.
"Nee-chan said the same thing?" Souta raised a brow at his sister.
"It still amazes me that our old man scored golden." Kagome grinned cheekily.
Souta laughed. "I'm Souta,"
Rumiko shook his hand. "Pleased to meet you, how old are you Souta?"
"11," Souta said as his attention went back to the television screen. Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oi Souta, you promised me a round of air hockey at the arcade." Kagome grinned at her brother.
"Oh yeah and dad faces the winner." Souta said as he flicked off the television set.
Akira shrugged. "Might as well, we have nothing better to do. Kids, in the car."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Dad, I'm 16."
"But you're still my baby Kagu-chan,"
"Don't call me that." Kagome said unenthusiastically.
"Why not? Your mom calls you that."
"That's because mom gave me that name, you used to call me Mistress Miko." Kagome said, referring to her miko origin.
"Oh yes, Akira said you were a Priestess, tell me, what is your job and specialty?" Rumiko asked. Rumiko found these kids dolls and she was instantly fond of them. She was sure they hadn't hated her as much, they both cracked jokes.
'Maybe they will accept me when I get married to their dad.' Rumiko thought gently to herself.
"I specialize in purification and I guard the Shikon no Tama." Kagome said, subconsciously holding onto the side of her body.
"So you're the priestess who holds the Shikon no Tama in her body." Rumiko said amazed. "At such a young age, you hold such a responsibility?"
Kagome laughed and shrugged. "Jii-chan and Souta help me."
"How so?" Akira asked. He knew their grandfather was a Priest but Souta?
"Souta has some hidden priest powers." Kagome said. "I have to train him, but he would specialize in purification too."
"How do you know?" Rumiko asked, quite amazed.
"I'm a miko, I can sense these things. Can we go to the arcade now?" Kagome said, not liking all the attention.
"Sure! Let's go!" Akira said as they all piled into his car.
The drive to the arcade was a few minutes, but in those few minutes, Rumiko, Kagome and Souta got to know each other.
"DAD!" Kagome grinned loudly.
"Yeah?" He said as he pulled up to the parking lot.
"I approve," She winked as she hopped out. Akira stared after his daughter and then turned to Souta. "She what?"
"I approve too!" Souta grinned as he ran after his sister. Akira turned to Rumiko who giggled. "Your kids approve of me."
Akira laughed. "I knew that!"
Rumiko rolled her eyes. "Yeah, riiiight."
"No seriously, I did."
"Right Akira, come on, let's go inside!"
The adults went inside to find Kagome and Souta burning each other in Air hockey.
"What's the score?" Akira asked.
"SHH!" The Higurashi siblings hissed as Souta managed to score.
"OOH!" Kagome shrieked as she scored on him.
"They're good," Rumiko whispered.
"That's Korari competitiveness in them, not mine." Akira sweat dropped. Finally, after their time finished, Kagome came out victor.
"Boo yeah!" She grinned.
Souta pouted. "Oh so not fair!"
Kagome pinched his cheek. "Ok then, I'll go get you drink, you verse dad and I'll go against Lady Rumiko."
Rumiko laughed as Souta inserted money. "Prepare to die dad." Souta grinned as Kagome went to the counter.
"Hi, four cokes please." She ordered. The man nodded as he got four large cups and went to fill them up with coke. Kagome tapped the counter then slapped her forehead. "I forgot my money in the car," she said to herself. She was about to go to her father to ask for money when she heard a slam. She jumped and turned around to find a very handsome man standing there with the money slapped onto the counter.
"It's on me," He smiled.
Kagome frowned as she shook her head. "No, no it's ok, I have the money."
The man smirked, the muscles on his lips vibrating, making Kagome feel so drawn to him. 'Damn he's hot!' Kagome thought.
"Please, I insist." The man said chuckling.
"No, please it's ok." Kagome said. The guy at the counter sighed. "Will somebody please just give me the money?"
The man handed the money to the cashier and Kagome silently took the drinks in a drink holder. She turned to the man and smiled. "Thank you, but it wasn't necessary."
"But I wanted to,"
"Then let me do something in return for you? Anything." Kagome asked.
"Your name," he said.
"Higurashi Kagome, yours?"
"Takahashi Inuyasha."
"You only want my name?"
"Alright, how about dinner tonight?"
Kagome gasped and looked at her father who was staring at her with such intensity, it killed.
"Dinner date?" She murmured under her breath. Inuyasha chuckled. "You said I could get anything,"
"Yes but, I just met you… I don't even know you!"
"Then tell you what, this date, we'll get to know each other. As base information, Takahashi Inuyasha, 18 years old."
Kagome smiled. "16,"
His eyes shot into the air. "16? Damn,"
"Is that bad?" Kagome said.
"No it isn't- It's good actually."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Thank you Takahashi for paying for my drinks, but I need to get back to my family now."
"Inuyasha," He said.
Kagome nodded. "Kagome."
No word were needed, they knew that they were allowed to call each other by first name. Kagome sensed a demonic aura in him. 'He's hanyou,' she thought. She turned around and gasped as she saw Inuyasha look translucent. She closed her eyes and shook her head before looking at him again, he was gone.
'Ok, that is totally and freakishly weird.' She thought as he made it back to her family.
"What took you so long Kagome?" Akira asked.
"Run in with the devil," She murmured.
"What happened sweetie?" Rumiko asked as she touched Kagome's arm.
"I didn't have any money, I was going to ask daddy for some, but that boy, Inuyasha, appeared and paid for the drinks. I told him I would return his favour and he wanted my name. I gave it to him and now I got myself a dinner date."
Rumiko grinned. "He's kinda cute, don't you think."
Kagome laughed. "Yeah, but he's 18."
"So what, I'm like a billion years younger than your dad." Rumiko smiled.
"Rumiko," Akira said sternly, "Kagome you will not go with him."
"I don't know," Kagome said softly, "I probably won't anyways!"
Oh how wrong she was…
Later that day, right before 6pm, Kagome decided to go out for a little walk; she usually did by herself when the sun started to set. She wore casual jeans that flared to her ankles, comfortable white running shoes and a baby pink sweater. She pumped her feet a few times before leaving.
"I'll be back in a few minutes! Just going for a walk." She said as she left.
"BE CAREFUL!" Rumiko called to her.
"I WILL!" Kagome called back as she started walking. She made it to the main street and sighed as she stared up at the sky. Ok so she met this guy, an inu-hanyou guy, who turned translucent. Kagome felt an extraterrestrial aura from him and it freaked her out. She ran her fingers through her silky black mane and she sighed again. "This is way too weird," She murmured.
"Isn't it?" came a melodic yet very sexy voice from behind her. Kagome gasped as she turned around to find Inuyasha Takahashi standing before her.
"Inuyasha," She squeaked.
"I said I wanted a dinner date," He shrugged.
"But how did you- when did you- I didn't hear any- how'd you get here?" Kagome asked.
"I…" Inuyasha trailed off. 'If she's the one, I'll tell her.'
"I ran," He answered dumbly. Kagome raised a brow. "Ran?"
"Yeah, ran." Inuyasha scoffed.
"Ok fine, don't have your period." Kagome murmured as she turned around again.
"So can I have my date?"
Kagome frowned. "My father expects me back home,"
"Call him." Inuyasha said handing his cell phone to Kagome. Kagome looked at him and then the phone. She shook her head. "No, I can't…"
"You owe me remember,"
"You insisted!" Kagome whined.
"A miko backing down on a promise, how disgraceful."
Kagome shot him a glare. "Excuse me, how'd you know I'm a miko?"
"Exactly how you knew I was a hanyou."
Kagome sighed in defeat as she took his cell phone and called her father.
"Hello, daddy?"
"Yeah… wait- how did you call me?"
"Uh, Inuyasha is here and well… I'm going out to dinner with him."
"Kagome," Akira said rather darkly.
"I'll be ok daddy, I am a strong miko after all."
Akira sighed. "I don't want you going out Kagome,"
"Father," Kagome said loosely. She didn't sense a dark aura in Inuyasha so she assumed it was safe.
"Fine, but be back before 9." Akira said rather strongly.
"I will daddy, bye."
"Be careful honey."
"I will." And she hung up. She handed the phone back to Inuyasha and he pocketed it.
"You're good right?" He asked.
Kagome gulped and nodded. "Yeah,"
Inuyasha chuckled. "Don't worry, I won't rape you."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "I know that, where are we going?"
"It's a surprise."
"I HAVE TO GO PEE!" Suriya said doing a little dance. Kagome and Inuyasha laughed as they watched their daughter dance around with her hands clutched in front of her.
"Alright then, you go pee sweetie, Muteki take a candle with you and go with your sister." Kagome said. Muteki groaned. "Why me?"
"Because your father is going to get snacks and I have to feed Akiko."
"I will?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes you will, now shoo!" Kagome said.
"LET'S GO MUTEKI-NII-CHAN!" Suriya shrieked as Muteki grabbed a candle and ran after his sister.
"I'll help you Otou-san," Inume said as she followed her father.
The twin boys sat on the sofa with Ryujin, their elder brother beside them.
"Like the story so far guys?" Kagome asked.
"Yes, how come it never changes mommy?" Sao asked. "Whenever you tell stories, you usually change it around."
Kagome laughed as she nestled her daughter by her breast. "Because, this story is very special to me."
Damn, I wanted to make this a one-shot but I figured it would be to long. So it's just a short story, a few chapters long, probably three…
If you noticed, I named all of my OC characters as their babies, Muteki, Inume, Ryujin, Aki, Sao, Suriya and Akiko. The only two I haven't mentioned are Megumi and Megami from Business over Family, I thought if I did name them, it'd be to many kids…
Stay tuned!
Lub,
Sakura