Oh my gosh! 66 hits! And I only have like, 6 reviews! And they are written by the same people! Come on guys!
"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered. It's him! I can't be like this! I have two kids now! Remember the pain Kagome. Remember what he did to you!
"Mom? Mom!" Yuki tried to get his mother's attention.
"Oh. Are you guys alright? I swear, I leave you guys home without me for a few minutes and you-,"
"Mom why didn't you ever tell us about this place! Sango told us we were half-demons! Isn't that cool!" Kagome was surprised at her son's excitement.
"Uh, yes. Now we are going back to the shrine so I can bash uncle Sota's head in."
"Kagome, it's storming outside! Wait it out with us. We can catch up on what's been happening in your time." Sango really just wanted Inuyasha and Kagome to make up. But if she learn more about Rei and Yuki, she wasn't about to complain.
"Please mom?"
"Ya mom, please?"
"It's not like I have a choice, now do I?" Kagome smiled. Maybe this is for the best. It might be good for them to learn about the place I called home for so long.
They all sat in the hut around the fire pit in the center accept Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha sat by the door while Kagome sat behind her children.
"Now, do you two go to this 'school' place too?"
"Yeah. Last year I was voted 'most likely to be valedictorian'" Rei replied to Miroku's question.
"What does 'valedictorian' mean?" Sango asked.
"The student with the top grades and behavior out of the graduating class." Kagome answered.
"So this is good?" Sango asked.
"It's the best! It means Rei is the top student out of her fellow students, almost 200 other people!" Kagome loved talking about her children's accomplishments. Especially in school. Since Kagome had almost dropped out, it felt good that her children exceeded where she almost failed.
"Well then we are very proud of you Rei!"
"Keh." Yuki let out accidentally. He didn't really want to draw attention to himself.
"Oh, and Yuki is a fantastic athlete! He is captain of the soccer team, football, (do they play that in Japan? Oh well, in my story they do!) And is the top martial artist in the district. Oh, he fences too." Rei was proud of her brother's accomplishments.
"And I kick ass at every sport too." Yuki smiled proudly.
"Yuki, language!" Kagome scolded.
"Sorry." He muttered.
"Well, we are proud of you too. It seems as if you excel greatly at this school place. Kagome, were you an ath-o-let or scholar too?" Miroku beamed. These children were like his niece and nephew.
"Um, no. I almost dropped out of school." Kagome replied grimly.
"Oh."
"How's the old man and kid? And that lady too." Inuyasha said. It was the first thing he said since they went inside.
"Gramps died not long after I came back. Mom is fine, and Sota will be graduating from college soon. He's at home right now, taking care of the shrine."
"Keh. I could do it. He didn't have to travel so far just to mow the lawn." Yuki complained.
"Yeah, like we are going to let you near the lawn mower again. Last time, the well house almost burned down because you caused and explosion!"
"Bookworm!" Yuki retorted.
"Jock!"
"Unable to keep a boy friend!"
Tears began to well up behind Rei's eyes. She got up and ran outside of the hut into the cold rain.
"Rei? Rei! Excuse me, Yuki- we are going to have a serious talk later!" Kagome ran after her daughter.
She found Rei under the sacred tree sobbing.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it Rei. Please, don't cry over this. You deserve better than him. Chojiro is a jerk." Kagome held her in a tight and very wet embrace.
"I loved him mom! Then he just goes and kisses another girl! I thought he loved me? That's what he told me! Why would he tell me if it wasn't true?"
"I don't know. I don't have all the answers sweetheart."
"Okay, then try and answer this: why did you keep this from us? All my life I thought I was a freak! Now, I know that's not true! Why?"
Rei pulled away.
"I didn't want to hurt anymore! He killed me on the inside! I couldn't let the same happen to you and Yuki. I wanted to protect you from this! This place is dangerous. He was dangerous. I wasn't going to let my babies be hurt by him! Not like he did to me."
"You could have at least told us we were hanyous!" Rei shouted and jumped high into the tree, away from her mother.
"Rei! Come down here! You'll get hurt! Please come down!" Kagome found that her pleas wouldn't work. She ran to the hut. "She won't get down from the tree. I tried, but she won't listen to me."
"I'll get her." Inuyasha rose and ran out the door past Kagome.
"Oh crap." Yuki leaned against the wall, not to far from his father.
"What did you do?" Sango questioned.
"Brought up something I shouldn't have. Rei broke up with her boyfriend, Chojiro, after she found him kissing another girl."
"That's terrible." Miroku said.
"Yeah, and the worst part? She loved the guy. He even told her he felt the same way. Then after a year of dating, he cheats! She's really broken hearted. Now she's out there crying all because I got caught up in our little fight."
Just then, Kagome ran into the hut.
"She won't get down from the tree. I tried, but she won't listen to me."
"I'll get her." Inuyasha rose and ran out the door past Kagome.
Okay, when I finally post this there will probably be more hits and reveiws, but I'm too lazy to check R&R!
