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Reflections of the Past : Talking To Momma chapter 14
Kagome and Inuyasha lay content in each others arms as the rest of the village started to stir...the sounds of the village children laughing happily as they chased each other around, their small feet unearthing various pebbles from the earth only to grind them back in shortly after as they made a second pass over the same area.
It still amazed Kagome that she could now hear such small sounds, as her senses heightened to everything around her,this was going to take some getting used to.
"We should get going Inuyasha, I need to talk to momma today.." Kagome murmured, not really wanting to leave the warmth of his embrace...
"Yeah, but what exactly are you planning on wearing Kagome..." Inuyasha replied, a content smile upon his face, the purple markings barely visible as his gaze came to rest on what was left of her clothing.They lay in pieces covering various places of the hut's floor, having been removed hastily only a short time ago..
Kagome eased herself out of Inuyasha's embrace, standing before him as bare as the day she was born...
"Well, I suppose I could wear your haori...unless you prefer I travel like this...she giggled as she watched his gaze travel the length of her body..
There she stood before him, completly nude...She was stunning standing there in all her glory. Her raven hair now just below her knees resting casually against the taught muscles of her calves. Her eyes were black again, the pink circle within their depths, her fangs no longer rested at her bottom lip, but instead barely peaked from beneath her top lip, the claws on her hands were also shorter.
"I DON'T THINK SO... WENCH...The only one who'll be seeing you naked is ME...and hopefully very soon..Inuyasha replied, a wide grin plastered to his face.
She walked over to his haori, a slight blush tinting her cheeks at his remark and bending at the waist picked it up before reaching up to pull it around her bare shoulders then tied it securly before once again turning to look at him.
She was well defined from years of traveling with him, the muscles in her legs jumping reflexively beneath her golden skin as she walked away from him to retrieve his haori, the muscles in her back, arms and stomach equally impressive as they twitched in response to her efforts..She turned to face him then, wrapped in the red cloth of his clothing, its shade making her hair appear darker...if that was even possible, and her golden skin took on a deeper shade making her look like an exotic goddess...
Inuyasha stood quietly and walked over to her, his arms reaching to wrap themselves around her tiny waist, his lips softly pressing to her own before releasing her to pull his pants on..."You are beautiful Kagome..." He said causing her to blush...again...Would she ever get used to this new side of him?
"Your not too bad yourself..." she giggled as she reached down to pick up his white undershirt and handed it to him..."You know, we're gonna need to get a place of our own soon, I don't think we can expect the others to find new place to sleep every night..."
Keh, I know wench, but first why don't we get outta here before the others wake...I don't want to deal with Miroku this early in the morning..."
"Alright, you ready?" Kagome replied as she finished picking up her ruined clothing, eyeing them warily as she tried in vain to find a good explanation to give to her mother to explain the tattered ruins of yet another school uniform..
Inuyasha helped Kagome onto his back, planning a hasty exit to avoid all the inevitable questions that the others were sure to bury them in...hell, he didn't even know for certain what was happening and until they got some answers from Kagome's mother, the others would just have to wait...
Inuyasha stepped out of the hut into the bright sunlight, his eyes squinting as they adjusted to it's brightness...before hightailing it out of the village...
Miroku and Sango had just stepped out of the hut they slept in the night before, their eyes searching for any signs of their friends...They spotted them as they stepped out of Keade's hut...There was something VERY different about Kagome...although they niether one could seem to pinpoint it from their distance.
"I think it's time we had a talk with Lady Keade" Miroku said as his gaze turned to look at the woman he adored..."It doesn't appear that we will be getting any information out of those two for awile yet.."
" Yes I agree Miroku, lets go see if she can fill us in on what's been happening around here.." Sango replied as she turned to leave...
" Sango, my love, I am more than willing to fill yo..."
"HENTAI !" she screamed...a loud slap echoing through the village..."No wonder why Inuyasha and Kagome left so early...I don't even want to deal with you this early in the morning.." she yelled, stomping away in search of Keade..
Inuyasha and Kagome had just returned to her time and had made their way into the kitchen careful to avoid her grandfather..She didn't want him to see her before she had the chance to talk to her mother...and so far they had been successful...
"Momma? Are you home?" Kagome called, slowly making her way through the kitchen and into the living room, spotting her mother dusting the television..
" I'm here Kagome..." she said as she turned to greet her daughter...' I wasn't expecting you home so soon...OH my...Ka...gome?..."
There before her stood the girl she had raised as her daughter, dressed in Inuyasha's haori, looking every bit the demon she was when she had found her in the well all those years ago..Inuyasha standing beside her. "Well, it seems I have some explaining to do...but first Kagome, there is something you should see...follow me sweety.."
Kagome and Inuyasha followed Kagome's 'mother' upsairs and into her bedroom.They waited patiently by the door watching as she took a set of keys out of the top drawer of her dresser before walking over and pulling a small metal box out from under her bed...then sat on the beds edge looking at the two expectantly...
" Have a seat you two...I wanna tell you about your past before Souta and grandpa get back.."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha before grabbing his hand and leading him to sit on the floor in front of her mother..
"It seems you already have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to tell you Kagome...I would have told you earlier, but I thought it better to wait...I suppose I hoped that this day would never come, but deep down I knew it would..especially once you started traveling through the well. Please don't be angry with me Kagome, I only wanted to keep you as my daughter for as long as possible...selfish, yes...but I couldn't help it...Your my little girl...Tears clouded her eyes then, the thought of losing her little girl tearing her apart inside.
Kagome got up then and walked over to stand in front of her 'mother'...then quietly kneeled before her so she could look into her down cast eyes...
" Momma, I'm not angry...surprised...yes...but not angry...please tell me how all this happened...How is it that you found me?"
A small smile crept to her mothers face as she looked lovingly into the black orbs that watched her intently..."Your eyes are as beautiful today as they were the day I found you Kagome...I went out for a walk. I had just found out that I was pregnant with Souta... I was trying to figure out a way to surprise your father with that information...I was scared and happy all at the same time...
But after awile I could here a child crying... at first I told myself that it was just my imagination playing games with my mind, but I followed the sounds anyway...It came from the wellhouse and when I entered the crying stopped. It took me awile to find you...but there you were in the bottom of the well staring up at me with your dark brown eyes...I jumped into the well and sat quietly by the side talking to you softly because I didn't want to frighten you..You had something tied to your waist, but I couldn't make out what it was. Eventually you came over and sat in my lap...it was like you accepted me, like I had passed some unwritten test,and I decided in that instant that I would care for you.
I picked up the object that was tied to your waist, and once I had it untied I realized it was a crown of some sort...But your little hands took it from me and I watched as you put it on your head. I was speechless after that...you changed right before my eyes, your eyes were black and pink, and you had claws and fangs...I knew from the stories that grandpa told me growing up that you must be a demon of some kind, but that didn't matter to me...I now had a little girl to add to my growing family...
I took the crown from your head and hid it in the house then I took you in to meet grandpa and your father and had to beg to keep you, but they eventually allowed it once they were satisfied that you were not a missing child, at least not from our time...I eventually showed grandpa and your father the crown, and we decided that we would keep it hidden away until you were old enough to know the truth..."
And with that she opened the box that she still held in her hands..." This is your's Kagome...this is what you arrived with..."
She pulled a small golden crown from the box and placed it gently in Kagome's waiting hands...as soon as it touched her warm skin it began pulsing, and they all watched as it grew in size...It was beautiful, and familier...it felt like a part of her had finally found it's way home...
" Put it on dear, lets see how it looks..." Kagome's mother said...relieved that her daughter wasn't mad...
Kagome looked at Inuyasha then, and with a small sigh she reached up and placed the crown atop her raven black hair...and no sooner than it made contact her world faded around her...as nothingness crept in...the only sounds were her mother and Inuyasha's panic stricken voices screaming her name...
500 years in the past...
A young girl lay peacefully sleeping lost in dreams of fairy tails and demons...her shoulder length black hair fanning across the pillow she lay upon...Her guardian was walking through the long hallways intent on waking her from her nap...But it was not to be as her shrill scream echoed down the hallways, stirring in him a panic that he had long become familier with...causing him to run the rest of the way to her room...sword drawn...He came upon her then, her eyes wide and unfocused, the scent of fear heavy in the air..."Everything was so black...She's scared...it was all so black..."
" Did you hear anything?' her guardian asked as he held her shaken form next to him..
" Soureikan...her name was Soureikan.." the small girl replied before once again falling asleep...
The man continued to hold the sleeping child against him, well aware that she never seemed to age. This intrigued him, as she had been with him now for 3 years, and yet she never changed...Something was happening here, and he was determined to find out what exactly it was...Starting first thing in the morning...