Chapter 10: It's time…
Last Time…
Kagome reached out and lifted the dagger. "Inuyasha…" she whispered and clutched the dagger. "I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy…" Kagome whispered and brought the blade to her wrist preparing to slice up her arm.
Present…
Kagome hesitated the blade poised over her petite wrist. A few more tears trailed down her face and she raised her hand a little to put strength behind the stab but her hand was caught by a much larger clawed hand.Kagome gasped and looked up to see Inuyasha staring at her in utter shock and horror.
"What the fuck are you doing Kagome!" Inuyasha demanded forcing her to give him the dagger which he promptly tossed across the room. Kagome stared up at Inuyasha in a daze.
"Where did you come from?" asked Kagome confused, momentarily forgetting her pain.
Inuyasha growled. "I've been standing at the damn doorway calling your name while you cried but you wouldn't answer. Were you going to kill yourself! Why the hell would you do that Kagome!" Inuyasha demanded angrily.
Kagome scooted away from him and Inuyasha stared at her in confusion. "I saw you Inuyasha…I saw you with Kikyou!" Kagome screamed tears rolling down her face again. Inuyasha stared at her with even more confusion.
"What are you talking about? I don't even like looking at that slut, why would I be with her?" asked Inuyasha.
"I saw you fucking her Inuyasha! Is that what you do all these hours you go missing! How could you do this to me!" asked Kagome pained.
Inuyasha stared at her wide eyed. "Hell no that's not what I do when I leave! I hate Kikyou, Kagome! I've never touched that piece of filth!" Inuyasha yelled in his defense.
"Don't you lie to me Inuyasha! I SAW you!" Kagome yelled. Kagome waited for a response but all she got was a confused expression. Kagome paused, angry tears pouring down her flushed face. "If you haven't been running off to Kikyou all this time what HAVE you been doing!"
Inuyasha ducked his head refusing to look at her. "I…I can't tell you Kagome…" he whispered.
"You have been cheating on me! Tell me what you've been doing Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled down at him, she was standing there in front of the distressed hanyou. Inuyasha looked up at her his mouth moving but no words coming out.
Finally Inuyasha spoke. "Kitten, how could you think I would cheat on you! We made a promise, and I love you so damn much the thought of another woman doesn't interest me!" Inuyasha yelled up at her. "Are you sure it wasn't someone who LOOKED like me!"
Kagome ducked her head. "It was you…you aren't exactly average looking Inuyasha…" Kagome said in a deadly calm voice. "I heard your voice…I SAW you fuck her…everything makes sense…you've been wearing more clothes to bed because you've lost interest in me…you had Kikyou…you leave for hours at a time and refuse to tell me where you've been…my god…I trusted you!" Inuyasha tried to interrupt but she continued. "Inuyasha…" she whispered. "Trinity told me once that there was a way to purify a mating mark off your neck…" Inuyasha stared at her with pain and sadness not sure how to react to this statement. Kagome silently stormed out of the room.
Inuyasha stood to follow her but she had disappeared into the stormy night. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled into the darkness, Inuyasha wasn't the type of guy that cries but…he felt the prickling of tears in his eyes as he ran in the rain. "Kagome! Don't do this!"
Kagome sat in the darkness against the wall of one of the buildings, she was cold and soaking wet, but she didn't care, she let the rain beat down on her relentlessly. "Inuyasha…good bye…" Kagome whispered reaching up to hover her hand over the mate mark but while she was drawing the energy into her hand she didn't expect to be interrupted.
"Throwing in the towel so soon?" Trinity's friendly voice yelled over the roar of the rain. Kagome jerked her head up to see her aunt standing there with the usual friendly smile. Kagome turned her head away sadly. Trinity's smile slipped away. "Kagome…I know why you're in pain…but…you must believe Inuyasha…" Kagome gasped and stared up at Trinity in shock.
"What! How can you defend him? I saw him do it Trinity! I WANT to believe him but… I SAW him!" Kagome yelled in despair bringing her hand up to purify the mark but was stopped by Trinity suddenly appearing in front of her, and grabbing her wrist tightly.
"Stop this Kagome! You are the most mature 16 year old I know! You can get through this pain and listen to me!" Trinity yelled into her face. Kagome gasped, she'd never seen Trinity so angry. Trinity sighed trying to calm herself. "Look…things are not always how they appear; I know for a fact that Inuyasha hasn't been cheating on you during these times he'd left…" Trinity said softly.
Kagome paused. "How do you know?"
"because…he's been meeting with people like, your father, the lo techs, his brother, and his parents…He's been talking to all of them and he tells me his plans before he goes and does them… he isn't cheating on you and after I found out about Bankotsu showing you that scene I went to Toru and found out that Inuyasha was with him the whole time that Inuyasha was supposedly having sex with Kinky-ho." Said Trinity. "Inuyasha hasn't been cheating on you, he's been tying some loose strings before he gives you a big surprise which I am not allowed to tell you about…" said Trinity with a grin.
Kagome stared up at Trinity meekly. If what Trinity was saying was true… "What about what I saw?" Kagome whispered.
Trinity's face hardened slightly. "Kagome…I went into Miroku's memories to hear the voice that told him to kill himself…I recognized the voice Kagome…" Kagome looked at her confused wondering what this had to do with anything. "Kagome…this is classified information so I will probably get a slap on the wrist from the lo techs for telling you but…you need to know…before the process of soul-transfer began there was a priest named Onigumo who sold his soul to the Devil so that he could gain demonic powers…like shape shifting…" Trinity whispered. Kagome's eyes widened slightly as the connection dawned on her. "This demonic Onigumo called himself Naraku and terrorized the human race until he was captured and imprisoned by priests and priestesses but…he's escaped and since he was once a priest he is the only demon who knows of the legend of the jewel. He is after the jewel Kagome and he thought destroying you would be the quickest way to get it."
Kagome weakly smiled. "So…Naraku turned himself into Inuyasha and had sex with Kikyou…does that mean Kikyou and even Bankotsu knew he was an evil demon?" asked Kagome.
Trinity smirked. "Oh believe me; I'll be having a little chat with those two…now we need to get you out of the rain." Kagome smiled and stood up the two woman turned as Inuyasha rounded the corner. Kagome gave him a smile and Inuyasha ran at her taking her into his arms with demonic speed and burying his face in her hair.
"Kagome! Please don't leave me! This is a mistake!" Inuyasha yelled into her hair and Kagome stood stock still not know what to do. She reached up and hugged him causing the distressed hanyou to stiffen.
"It's okay Inuyasha, I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions. Let me tell you what happened…" As the three walked back to the room Kagome and Trinity explained everything to Inuyasha. Inuyasha was still a little confused at the end but he didn't care as long as Kagome was happy again. When they entered the room something occurred to Kagome. "Wait…why have you been coming to bed more dressed recently?" asked Kagome.
Inuyasha blushed and looked away. "Well…I started doing that because, I didn't want you to have to see me half naked when we can't have sex, didn't want to sexually frustrate you or nothin'." Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome beamed up at Inuyasha.
"So what is this surprise—." Kagome's sentence was stopped as she gasped and clutched her pregnant stomach. The other two looked at her in shock wondering what was wrong. "Oh my god…it's time!"
"hm?" Trinity checked her watch. "You're right! It's time for dinner!" she said in shock. The other two looked at her oddly and she blinked. "What?"
"NO! It's time for the baby to come! I'm going into labor!" Kagome yelled.
"We need to get you to a hospital!" Inuyasha yelled urgently.
"No we can't the closest safe hospital for delivering a priest or priestess is 45 minutes away! We cant let them see the tattoo on the mother or baby, we must deliver it from here. I happen to be good at delivering babies!" Trinity said proudly. "I need hot water and towels stat!" Trinity ordered at a disturbed hanyou. Inuyasha went running to get the things and as Trinity instructed Kagome to sit down propped up by pillows Trinity glanced out the window to see snowflakes drifting outside and a slow smile spread across her face. "The first snow of a new year…" she whispered.
A/N: Review please!