Tom's Pov
Kagome was more inquisitive than usual, asking about my past. She had always been full of questions but most of them had more to do with magic and English than my personal life, the sole exception being that one time she inquired about my love life.
"So did or does Tom-san not curious about his real parents?" She asks out loud while washing pots in the river.
Sango says something, most likely wondering if Kagome had asked her something. Her friend is a little ways up river washing clothes. Kagome blushes and assures the woman she is just talking to herself.
'Tom-san?' She asks internally and I chastise her.
"You should really be paying attention. You are not so skilled yet that you can just talk to me all the time. Look. You are going to lose another spoon," I point out.
Kagome quickly snatches up the wooden ladle that had started to float away.
Despite my warnings, she continues to ask, this time in her mind, 'Tom-san never talks about family. I know you have no parents but do not you want to find out who they were or why they give you up?'
"I did find out. My mother died shortly after my birth. My father was a worthless man who also died. I am the only one left by now I'm sure of both bloodlines."
'I'm sorry...'
I can see her eyes shine. "Now now. Don't you shed any tears. I did fine on my own don't you think? Besides the whole getting stuck in my diary fiasco."
"I can cry if I want to cry," she says out loud, drawing the attention of Sango again.
The women finish cleaning and prepare camp for the night. Kagome leaves me behind in her bag as she goes off alone to bathe. She always loved to be clean but I swear she has been extra concerned about her hygiene recently.
It is a few weeks later that she finally tells me that she has been asking Kikyo for advice on her training every couple nights. Why so secretive Kagome hm?