Familiar Stranger
Chap 2
"Why'd Kagome go home?" Shippo asked.
"Something came up at home and had to leave." Inuyasha explained. "We're going to go to Kaede's village to meet her when she gets back."
"What came up?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know monk! Ask her when she comes back!" Inuyasha snapped.
"Jeez, touchy, touchy today are we?"
"Kagome…" a soft voice spoke.
"D-d-dad…" Kagome said softy yet a little shaky. "W-why are you here? Why are you back? WHY NOW!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Kagome!" Her mother snapped. "Be polite to our guest!"
"Hmm…guest." her father mumbled.
"Well, what did you expect? He's been gone for so long, that he shouldn't even be welcome here!"
"KAGOME!" her mother snapped again, "That is enough! Go to your room and wait there until I tell you that you can come out!"
"Yes, mom." And with that said Kagome turned around and started heading for the stairs.
"I'm sorry; I don't know why she's acting like this! I thought she would be happy you're back." Ms. Higurashi said.
"No, she has a right to be angry. I just left without saying goodbye to her. I would be mad too."
Now Kagome was in her bedroom, sitting on her soft bed, deep in thought. 'Why is he back? Why is he here? What does he want?' Kagome asked herself. 'I wish Inuyasha was here. He could make me feel one hundred timed better than I feel right now.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by her bedroom door opening slowly.
"Kagome?" A mans voice spoke clearly. "Kagome, can I come in?"
She didn't say anything, hoping that he would just leave and never come back.
"Kagome, I know how you feel." He was now in her room, but he was still next to the now closed door.
"You don't know anything. You will never know how I feel." She spoke softly, with fresh tears rolling down her cheeks.
"We just need to talk about this. We ca-" He was interrupted by Kagome. "Why did you leave? Why are you here? What do you want?"
"Slow down. I'll answer all of your questions."
Kagome just stared at him as he walked over to her bed and sat down next to her.
"When your mother just had Souta, I wasn't having the best time with my job. Tons of stress. It was madness. So when I got home extremely late from work, I would always be in a bad mood, and I wouldn't get along with your mother like we use too. I mean we would always be fighting after you went to bed. And, one day it just too much, so I packed my bags and drove away, not planning on coming back until I was able to control my stress." Mr. Higurashi explained. "But, what I didn't realize is that I left something very important behind, you and your mother. I'm sorry Kagome, I didn't realize that you would be so hurt. I was being a complete fool. And, I want to make up for everything. I want to start over again. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
The room went silent. Kagome had had some regret now for yelling at him. She knew what stress was. She had a lot of it, just in the feudal era. Worrying about everyone.
One side of her hated him, for just being there, for breathing, for doing anything. But, the other side of her thought otherwise. They were arguing just the angel and devil sitting on your shoulders. 'Forgive him! He said he was sorry, you can't change the past, but you can change the future! Plus, he is your father!' Of course that was the angel. 'What forgive him! That good for nothing! He left you and your mother when you were five! He didn't raise you. He wasn't there to comfort you when you were being picked on at school! And he definitely just can't waltz back in here and say I'm going to take care for you now!' And that was more of a devil.
"I-I forgive you." She spoke, hesitant because she wasn't sure if she made the right choice. He had a warm grin on his face and leaned towards her for a hug. But she pulled away.
"Can I be alone now? I have a lot to think about."
"Sure. But hey, maybe we can go somewhere tomorrow to catch up on things?"
Kagome only nodded as he walked out of her room and closed the door behind him.
'Do something with him? Catch up? On what? What can I tell him about? What would he care about?' With a loud yawn, she laid down on her side and closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Thats it for this chap...i'll update soon!