Chapter 7: Breaking News on Both Sides of the Era
Inuyasha leaped out of the well in the Feudal Era and walked off all upset. Shippou and Kilala were playing tag and they came up the hill to find Inuyasha walking away from the Bone Eaters Well. Shippou knew right away that he tempted to get Kagome back but something went terribly wrong. Kagome wasn't with him and the look the hanyou gave the little fox demon a heartache. Was this whole fight going to be everlasting? Was that promise with Inuyasha so sacred? Shippou thought if Inuyasha went back that Kagome would come back but even if she didn't with him, he thought she would come back on her own accord. Kilala licked her paw and then meowed innocently. The hanyou looked over to the disappointed demons and then he shook his head to some how tell them that Kagome wasn't going to come back ever even if he tried to get her back. The clouds had spread throughout the sky and it looked like rain to them. Inuyasha walked over to Shippou and Kilala and carried them back to Kaede's hut, where the others were waiting.
In the background, Kikyo watched them walk off, knowing her words did not work for Inuyasha. Kagome did not return and it seemed that she was out of the picture for good. She knew Kagome didn't belong in this world and neither did she but it was for the best for the hanyou. Sango, Miroku, and Lady Kaede sat around the house fire eating fresh brewed soup. Inuyasha came into the hut and settled down in a corner while the fox demon and two-tailed cat joined the gang for soup. It was noon and it already seemed like the evening because of the clouds had darkened the sky and land. No one said a word the hanyou, afraid that he might flip out or just ignore them. From what they could tell, Inuyasha had gone back beyond the well to Kagome's era and wasn't all successful. At least he got his answer even though he didn't even talk to the girl. The look on Kagome's face when the boy kneeled in front of her, showed him that what he had never done to make her smile like that. She expressed a happiness that she had never shown before and this made Inuyasha upset.
Soon the sky was covered with dark clouds, thunder began to rumble in the sky, and each sound told them that the storm was getting closer. Lightening soon came and it shot across the sky at times, unexpected times, and gave poor Shippou the jitters. Usually Shippou had Kagome to comfort him but now he only had Sango to protect him from both the thunder and Inuyasha. For the past month, they hadn't moved along in travel since that day. They figured they had given Naraku too much time to plan his counter attack so while Inuyasha was gone, they had decided to move on with out Kagome. Kilala fell asleep on Sango's lap and Shippou was just completely knocked out next to Sango. Miroku was jealous because he knew he wouldn't be allowed to snooze on Sango or next to her. An hour past and Kaede stood up and sat next to the hanyou in the corner alone. He still had the facial expression that he had when he came back an hour ago.
"Why are ye sad for?" Kaede asked.
"I went back to get Kagome but before I could get to her, she was with another" Inuyasha began to say.
"And?" said Kaede.
"The other was a guy and he asked for her hand in marriage" Inuyasha muttered.
"Marriage!" Sango heard every word and burst with anger.
Shippou and Kilala were awoken and cuddle with one another at the other end of the hut.
"I see" Miroku implied.
"You see what monk?" Inuyasha asked agitated.
"Kagome has finally showed you how she feels when she sees you and Kikyo together" Miroku said.
"She didn't even know I was there" Inuyasha shot back.
"Well even if she didn't know you were there she still showed you" Miroku crossed his arms.
"What are you getting at and what does this have to do with her getting married?" Inuyasha asked.
"Apparently it really doesn't" Miroku realized.
"Can we please focus on the real deal here...Kagome getting married to some stranger" Sango insisted.
"Do you think she really will go through it?" Shippou asked as he rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"I really don't know Shippou. She looked so happy and I don't think I can ruin that for her" Inuyasha gave a look that no one saw before...a look of calmness and an expression that could describe his feelings.
Present Day Japan:
Kagome and Sukii continued to dance till people started to leave. It was around four o'clock and everyone wasn't dancing anymore. Kagome said her goodbyes to her relatives as they left for home. Sukii was inside with Sota playing video games. Mrs. Higurashi was cleaning up with Tsuyashi's help. Gramps was sweeping up the fallen decorations and food on the patio. Buyo was hanging on the mat in front of the door. Soon enough everyone was gone besides Kagome's five high school friends: Yuki, Ayumi, Eri, and Hojo. Kagome took in a deep breath and let it out. She was stressed in the beginning then settled and then back to the stress. All these people were too much for her. Too many hand shakes, hugs, goodbye kisses, and just saying good bye tired her out. The girl put her hair behind her ear with her left hand and the ring on her finger sparkled in the sun light. The three girls eyes caught the sparkle in a flash and began to daze into its complexion. Hojo just looked at it with a big great frown on his face. Kagome was puzzled then realized why they were staring at her finger. She smiled and held out her left hand to show her friends.
"Kagome who are you marrying?" Eri asked.
"Who cares who she's marrying! How did he get that big rock!" Yuki exclaimed.
"He must be some one special for you to except Kagome" Ayumi implied as she smiled.
"You girls are too much to handle sometimes" Kagome replied as she went inside and them following.
"I agree totally" Hojo said.
"Hey!" All three girls said at the same time.
"Ha, ha, ha girls" Kagome laughed.
"Kagome you are needed in the kitchen" Mrs. Higurashi called out.
"Okay!" Kagome shouted back and then her friends went home. "Yes mom?" the girl entered the kitchen and there her mom sat at the table.
"I see Sukii asked you and you accepted" Mrs. Higurashi folded her hands together and put them on the table in front of her.
"Yeah I did and I think it was the right decision so don't lecture me about this" Kagome sat down next to her mother.
"You what accepted what sis?" Sota came in, followed by Sukii.
"Sukii..." Kagome signed.
"Your sister and me are getting married" Sukii told Sota.
"WHAT!" Sota fell to the ground.
"It's true" Sota's sis said.
"Mom tell me this is just a prank. Kagome loves Inuyasha. Doesn't she!" Sota blurted.
"Sota Inuyasha is part of Kagome's past. She's moved on and accepted a proposal from Sukii" Tsuyashi walked in.
"So your just going to forget about Inuyasha and Feudal Japan just like that? Your dumber then you look!" with that Sota ran out of the room and went to his room.
"Sota..." Kagome said softly.
"Hell, he'll get over it" Tsuyashi said and poured herself a glass of fresh brewed green tea.
"I don't know ma...he was pretty close to Inuyasha. He was his hero after all" Mrs. Higurashi explained.
"Well he can whine and cry about me forgetting Inuyasha but that's what I going to do. See if I give a damn if he gets all depressed. He's such a baby" Kagome declared and got up to put her presents in her room.
After Kagome left the room, Sukii asked, "How close was Kagome with this Inuyasha fellow?"
"They spent every day with one another besides the fights and her coming home so that she can go to school" Mrs. Higurashi said and then held her tongue.
"Huh?" Sukii was puzzled.
"Kagome do you need help carrying your things to your room?" Mrs. Higurashi called out and ran as fast as she could out of the kitchen.
"You must not know of Kagome's adventures back five hundred years in the past. Where demons, demon exterminators, monks, priestesses, warlords, soldiers, mercenaries, and villagers lived" Sota began and then explained the whole ideal to Sukii.
Upstairs, Kagome and her mother began to fold and put away Kagome's clothes that she got for her birthday. They started out quiet but they eventually talked. Bags and bags of clothes and it seemed there wasn't going to be enough hangers for them. Yet they contained enough and it was fine. They first talked about how much fun they had at the party today, and then the conversation got into the Inuyasha issue. It's been a month since the last encounter she had with him and the last words she could remember him saying was that he loves her. She kept telling herself that she heard wrong or that she dreamt it. Other times she believed it was real, he was for real, and that the love for her was real. She loved him too but he never showed anything for her back. It was like she was loving him for nothing. A simple fantasy every girl had when they like a guy and wish they would show those feelings back at them. Sometimes a girl would be lucky and then they would last...others aren't so lucky and she was the many others that weren't lucky.
"Kagome" Mrs. Higurashi began. "Do you truly want to go through with this. You are still not healed from the heartbreak with Inuyasha. I just don't want you to feel pain again"
"I'm fine mom. I really am. Tell you the truth, I haven't felt so happy in a long...long time. I don't want to talk about Inuyasha because if we do, I'll just get all upset and I will think about it for a long time until I don't" Kagome implied.
"Okay but I'm just looking out for you" Mrs. Higurashi finished up on both putting her share of clothes and talk.
To be continued...