I lost my editor. Sorry about the mistakes.
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CHAPTER 23; ; 1987 point 1. Inuyasha has all this guilt about Kikyou.
The group left the manor house three days after Sesshomaru, Rin and Jakin had left. Shippo was quiet and uninterested in his games and crayons. Angel cried and Pagan kept frowning and mumbling in German. Kagome, Sango and Miroku packed up all of the things that the sisters had brought in a small wagon they had traded for. Everyone was helping except for Inuyasha. The temperamental hanyou was no where to be found.
The group was dragging everything out side when the sisters offered to look for Inuyasha. "We'll find him."
"I can't believe that Inuyasha would run off while we were packing." Kagome sat down on the steps, her small hands smoothing her skirt over her legs. "He kept talking about looking for shards. What could he be doing?"
The sound of Angel's scream sounded from above their heads. The winged hanyou landed next to Miroku and fell sobbing into her arms. The monk couldn't make sense out her jumbled words. Pagan crashed into a bush.
"Everybody, You are not going to believe this. We were flying around when we heard Inuyasha yelling at someone. Angel flew ahead of me and crashed into this…thing. It was ugly, white, long bug-like thing. They had pointed faces and spider arms and were carrying these white balls of lights."
Everyone froze. Both Sango and Miroku looked at Kagome. Shippo hoped into her arms and hugged the sad miko. Kagome's eyes grow wet. To have Inuyasha leave her for Kikyou after the months they had spent at the manor house and the way that he had held her was very painful. The modern girl rested her head on top of the fox cub's head and closed her eyes.
The sister's were too focused on the soul gathers to notice everyone's reaction. "Angel freaked out and flew back here. Should we go after Inuyasha?"
"No, don't worry." Her whole body was stiff and her lips didn't move when she spoke. Kagome looked at the ground. She didn't want to face Inuyasha right now.
The sisters finally noticed everyone behavior. Kagome looked like she was going to cry. Shippo was hugging her. Sango looked worried and kept brushing back her hair. Kirara's tails were whipping about and the neko's eyes were narrowed. Miroku was frowning and his hands were clenched. "What's wrong? Hey, guys? Kagome are you going to cry?"
"Nothing. Lets start walking back to Keade's village. Inuyasha will catch up with us." The modern girl placed Shippo in her bike's basket and started to ride. The sister's grabbed the ropes attached to their wagon. Sango walked beside the sister and explained about the soul gathers and what they meant.
"They belong to the zombie miko and Inuyasha ditched us to go hang out with the woman who has tried to kill him twice."
"Yes," The demon slayer glanced up at Kagome. The modern girl had been quietly riding her bike for the past 20 minuets. Miroku had tried to tease Kagome out of her sadness but had giving up. All of his flirting and advice had been met with silence. "He dose it all the time and then is shocked by Kagome's anger. He can be so dense some times."
"Angel, this boy needs to see a doc. His head is not on right." Pagan glanced over at her sisters. The younger sister's silence was a sure sign that she was planing something. Things were not going as planed. Very little progress had been made. Everything Inuyasha and Kagome got close or started to talk about their relationship something had gone wrong. This Kikyou was upsetting their plans. That could no longer be over looked. 'maybe if we pored green paint over her? It would true her green and make her ugly. Hhhmmm? It could work.'
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The love crew had waited until they arrived at Keade's village before they started plotting and planing. They were sitting in the sister's hut and eating lunch.
"We could try hypnotizing Inuyasha to forget about Kikyou or one of those suggestion taps?" Pagan told the group.
"What's that?" Shippo listen carefully as the older hanyou explained. Angel walked to the door of their hut and looked out at the village. The group had gone looking for shards and Naraku. Wanting time to think up a plan, the sisters clamed to be ill and Shippo offered to stay behind to care for them.
"Nephew, you have been with Kagome and Inuyasha from the beginning and know a lot about them. You have seen how Inuyasha acts around Kagome and how he is when evil Kikyou shows up. What do you think we should do? Besides smack some scents into Inuyasha and kill evil Kikyou."
The fox cub rubbed his red head and thought for several moments. "Dad gets real weird when Kikyou shows up." Shippo loved calling Inuyasha his father. "Kikyou…" At Angel's glare he started over again. "Evil Kikyou hasn't shown up for a long time and dad hasn't said anything about her. I thought that maybe he didn't like her anymore but... Mmmhhhhh…I'll ask him if he still likes Kikyou. A son can ask his dad anything, right?"
"Of course." Both sisters answered at once and nodded their head.
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Shippo paced back and forth as he waited for his father to finish eating. Inuyasha kept glaring at Kagome. The young miko ignored him. She finished eating and told everyone that she was going home for a few days.
The inu-hanyou growled and Kagome packed her bag and left with saying a word to him. Both Miroku and Sango stared at him. The slayer had tried talking to her say-sister but the young miko refused to speak about what had upset her. Kagome had promised to bring everyone back something, glared at Inuyasha and left.
'A son can ask his dad anything, right?' That question kept replaying itself in Shippo's young mind. Inuyasha had said that he was his father and was calling the fox cub son but…did that mean that a son could question his father. Shippo wasn't sure but his Aunt Angel and Pagan had told him that it was true. Inuyasha tossed away his empty bowl and glared at the group.
"If she wants to go home…I don't care. Stop glaring at me." The inu-hanyou crossed his arms. "It's not my fault."
"Inuyasha, women are delicate creatures and should be treated with care and understanding. They need reassurance and a gentle touch." The monk's eager hand caressed Sango's firm bottom.
"Henti!" Sango struck the monk with all here might. The angry slayer stormed out of the hut. The Darwin sisters stuck their noises in the air and followed their say-sister outside. Shippo watched his aunt's storm off and wish that he could follow them.
'If I want Kagome to be my mom them I have to be strong.' He stuck his little chin out and walked over to Inuyasha.
"You want to yell at me too, pup." Shippo shook his head and sat next to his new father. Neither one said anything for a long time. Finally the son spoke up. "Why did Kagome get mad and leave, dad?"
"Kagome is a baka." Inuyasha crossed his hands behind his head. He couldn't tell his son the truth. Kikyou had appeared near the manor house and that he had run off to see what the dead miko was up to. Kagome's words raced through his mind. 'I'm not a two timing henti.' He was tried of being yelled at. 'First Kikyou and then Kagome.'
Shippo saw the anger flash across his father's face and frowned. Maybe a son couldn't ask his father about his personal life? Inuyasha patted Shippo on top of his head and closed his eyes. "I'm taking a nap, pup. You should take one too."
The inu-hanyou didn't sleep, no he kept thinking about what had happened when he caught up with Kikyou. She had…
… … …FLASH ……BACK …… …
The clay miko was surrounded by her soul gathers and was staring at the sky. "Kikyou?"
"Inuyasha." Her cold eyes looked right through him. "I had heard rumors about a hanyou living near this village. Do you live here now?"
First Kagura had heard about the sick kid and now Kikyou. Didn't the villagers have anything better to do then spread tales? Humans could be so nosey sometimes. "Feh, Kagome was looking after a sick kid. She's very maternal."
Kikyou's eyes narrowed. "I didn't think that it was you, Inuyasha. The rumors said that the hanyou had a…he has a son."
"Feh, They must have heard Shippo calling me dad. Gossiping bastards." Inuyasha was socked by her reaction. The clay miko gasped and stepped away from him. "What's wrong?"
Jealous rage filled Kikyou's mind and ruled her words. "You have a CHILD…A SON. You BASTARD…You mated that slu…"
Inuyasha grabbed the angry miko and shook her. "STOP IT! I didn't mate with anyone. Shippo is a fox demon and an orphan. He needs someone to look after him. He needs a dad."
The pissed Inu-hanyou released Kikyou and walked away from her. 'She was jealous. Kikyou still cares about me. After everything that has happened, she still cares. This is my fault. I'm sorry Kikyou. I AM a bastard. I don't…'
"I never thought of you as a…father type."
Inuyasha froze. Kikyou had wanted him to become human so that they could marry and yet…she had never thought of him as being a father. 'Was she even going to let me touch her after we were married? I'm not good enough to be the father of her children?'
"It must be difficult to care for a child on your own." The miko was looking off into the distance. Her soul gathers were hovering close to her side.
Inuyasha was too angry to think about her behavior. "Feh…Kagome helps. She's like his mom. Tells him stories and cooks. She's a good cook, most of the time. Makes sure that everyone eats and looks after us. Banding me up after a fight. Bringing us medicine. Kagome is very maternal."
'Everything a wife does for her husband and child.' Kikyou was angry. "The demon is blessed to have her to care for him. I doubt that someone as immature as you would be able to raise a child on your own."
He wanted to show the miko that someone did considered him to be a perfect father. "Kagome says that I'm a wonderful father."
Kikyou was tried of having her reincarnation taking her place. Tried of always being on the outside. First, being a miko had set her apart from the villagers and now as a restless soul she was set apart from the living. Set apart from a life that she had wanted. A life that her reincarnation was living. A life that she would never have.
"Kagome is a fool and a disgrace as a miko. Caring for a filthy demon as if it was her own child. Kagome is a bitch!"
"SHUT UP! DON'T CALL HER THAT! She's not a fool or a disgrace or a bitch. She is loving and kind. Kagome doesn't see Shippo as a filthy demon…or me as a filthy hanyou." His hands clenched and his golden eyes narrowed. "I'm tried of this. Tried of paying for your death, Tried of feeling guilty, tried of being tore between the two of you. You want to see me in pain because of what happened and you won. I hope that hurting me makes you happy."
…… …End ……FLASH …… BACK… … …
After saying that he had left. Inuyasha had returned to the manor house to find it empty. After worrying that something might have happened to everyone and sniffing out where they had gone, Inuyasha was pissed. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Kagome's silent treatment, Sango's glares or the sisters whispered insults. He had ignored everyone as they traveled home. Inuyasha had offered to carry Kagome's backpack but…the unusually happy girl had been silent and withdrawn.
"She'll forgive me. Kagome always forgives me." He went out side to sit by the well and wait for her to return. "Kagome will come back to me. Please come back."