Watashi no Musume
Chapter 5- Questions

Kagome tossed and turned half the night in her sleeping bag. Too many thoughts interrupted her sleep. When she could take it no more the miko got up and walked the long distance to the river and dipped her blistered feet into the icy water. The numbing effect seemed to settle the constant acing.

All Kagome could think about was Chiharu. At first she thought that the child had mistaken her for her real mother. But now she could see the major resemblance the child had with herself and Inuyasha.
Kagome made a mental list of comparisons.

1. she has my smile
2. my hair
3. Inuyasha's ears and eyes
4. Inuyasha love for ramen
5. Can control Inuyasha's rosary as I can
6. Strong minded like me
7. Inuyasha enthusiasm

Chiharu even somehow managed to get a piece of the Shikon Jewel. None of it fit. Had she forgotten the last several years of her life? "Am I dreaming?" she would constantly cask herself. For an hour the Miko thought over all of this carefully, but there seemed to be no logical answer. A large shadow crept up from behind unnoticed.

"You shouldn't be so far away from camp alone. Not that I care…" Inuyasha smirked. Kagome didn't say a word, splashing the water with her toes. Of course Inuyasha doesn't care! He never cares! Or doesn't care anymore at least. Kagome's mind was now even more tangled. What if he did care. Inuyasha always had a funny way of showing it.

"Inuyasha?"

"What?" Inuyasha snarled.

"Are you still mad at me?" Now it was Inuyasha's turn to be confused. The miko stared down on the rock she was sitting on playing with its pebbles.

"What are you talking about?" He disappeared behind a tree watching Kagome from a safe distance. She did not show one bit of emotion. The Miko bent over the rock to gaze at her reflection.

"Inuyasha? You still out there?" There was no answer.

"Inuyasha you still haven't answered my question." Kagome gave up when Inuyasha still refused to make a sound. Maybe he is mad.

After an hour of silence the Miko returned back to camp. It was a peaceful walk, with Inuyasha following her. Even though she couldn't see him she knew that somewhere in the trees Inuyasha was there. Walking her home. Maybe he wasn't completely mad.

It was finally morning and Kagome somehow managed to fall to sleep. Inuyasha sat motionless watching the last of the fire die down. Sango and Miroku packed up most of camp and were about ready to wake Kagome when Inuyasha insisted that they let her sleep.

"I have to go do something on my own today anyway… you guys just stay here and I'll be back by lunch." Before Sango and the Monk could say anything Inuyasha was gone.

Inuyasha sat under the Goshinboku feeling unworthy at the moment to sit in its branches. Question after question screamed out in his head. It felt like an entire crowd was jammed into his thoughts. The problem was which question should he answer first.

"Am I mad at Kagome?" The answer was harder than he thought.The hanyou thought back. "I was happy to see her at first, but once she yelled at me I just lost it. I thought she was the one still mad at me. Even if I'm not mad at her anymore what should I tell her?" These questions seemed unanswerable and began to make the Hanyou frustrated.

Inuyasha looked up at the position of the sun. It was past midday! He hurried back to camp feeling that he had made no progress in answering any of his questions.

"And were have you been?" asked the monk suspiciously. Inuyasha did not feel in the mood to be interrogated at the moment and only answered with a "Feh".

"Could at least tell us why you were so late?" Sango brought some food over to Kagome who surprisingly just woke up.

"Uh… I lost track of time." Kagome suddenly became aware of the conversation.

"Doing what exactly?"

"Why do you care?" Chiharu who became aware of the arising argument and quickly ran to Inuyasha with a flower in her hand.

"Daddy! Look at the flower I found!" Inuyasha looked down at the smiling girl. When Inuyasha didn't respond she only held it higher. Inuyasha forced himself to take the flowere afraid that if he didn't the girl would start to cry again.

"Uh….. Thanks" Kagome giggled at Inuyasha's flustered face. He clearly never had to deal with a child before.

a/n: I'm just curious since someone mentioned it. What relation do you think the child has with Inuyasha and Kagome?
It would be interesting to see what you all think since I have had this plot sitting in my head for the past month. When I first wrote the story I had no idea how they would find the child. Let alone how they are going to get the poor kid home. I just kept writing and writing. Now I have a more basic idea on what's going to happen.
I'm having a problem trying to fit some action into it. Being that Naraku is dead I'm left with the arrogant brother and the wishful thinking wolf. Or maybe Ill just make up my own villain.
Keep an eye out for the next chapter!

Again Happy Holidays!