Watashi no Musume
Chapter 3 – Chiharu
Kagome walked through the door of Kaede's hut only to be greeted by a little girl. The child nearly knocked Kagome off her feet and held onto her arm tightly jumping up and down.
"Mommy! Sango look! Mommy is here!"
Kagome stared at the girl in amazement. Why had the girl called her mommy? Sango dragged the girl away from the confused Kagome.
"Why don't you go play outside Chiharu?" Suggested Sango. The girl willingly ran outside.
Kagome stared at the child. Chiharu was it? The girl looked familiar. Kagome recognized the Chiharu's clothes. They were her own clothes when she was a little girl. An old pair of jeans, plain white T-shirt and a hat that sat neatly on her head. Just like the one Inuyasha used to wear when he visited in Kagome's time.
"Who is she?" Kagome asked. Sango handed the last bowl of stew over to Miroku and then walked over to join Kagome.
"She is the reason why I had to force Inuyasha to go get you." Kagome looked over at the hanyou. His stubborn face would no look her in the eye. "It's just like Inuyasha to hold a grudge." Thought Kagome.
"Yesterday we found her under the Goshinboku crying." Continued Sango "when Chiharu saw Inuyasha she ran at him calling him Daddy. We asked her who her mom was and she said it was you."
Everyone sat still watching the girl play. Her hair danced as she moved. Her golden eyes glowed in the light of the sun. It was amazing her mesmerizing smile that could convince anyone to do anything.
"I've never seen her before in my life." Kagome said walking over to Chiharu.
"Hi Mommy. Do you want to play with me?" Chiharu held up an old torn up doll made of straw. Kagome took the doll and tickled Chiharu's nose with the doll's hand.
"Kaede gave it to me." Chiharu said holding the doll tight. Kagome noticed a piece of the Jewel that was hanging from a string around her neck.
"Um.. Chiharu were did you get that jewel?" Chiharu held it up to the sunlight could reflect of the jewels soft surface.
"You gave it to me silly!" Chiharu bounced into Kagome's lap.
For the next hour Kagome watched the child play. It was odd for her. She could see nothing but the best qualities of herself in Chiharu. As the girl grew tired she fell asleep in Kagome's lap. "Is this what its like to be a mother?" Kagome thought to herself. The entire group sat watching as Kagome rocked Chiharu to sleep. Everyone but Inuyasha.
"Feh." Inuyasha ignored the little bits of laughter and smiling. Sometimes he glanced out the door and saw the two girls playing. How beautiful they are. He would think, but then reminded himself how much he hated Kagome.
Everyone was so happy to see them. But how could they forget that it was Kagome that left them in the first place. Had they forgotten that last five years they spent without her? Inuyasha thought about how much he suffered after Kagome ran away. Even now when he tried to bring her home she had yelled at him. Five years later and she was still mad.
a/n: OMG! It was so hard to write this chapter. I must have like wrote it like 5 different versions of it! I didn't know how to start the stupid thing. Anyway its finished now and I have to say it turned out the way I wanted it too. Thanks you people who have written a review. It's nice to know someone is reading my story. Keeps me motivated! I should get the next chapter posted within the week.
Happy Holidays!