Disclaimer: I only own this story, Inuyasha the manga or anime or any of it's characters are not mine *sobs*
Author's note: Ok so, I'm not English but Dutch but I tried my best to write this as correctly as possible. If you see anything wrong don't be afraid to tell me! Let me know if you guys liked it too!
Chapter 2
The darkness was so frightening. All she could see was the jewel. Nothing was there, she was all alone.
"Make a wish Kagome. Do you wish to see Inuyasha again?" The jewel spoke.
Then, suddenly Inuyasha appeared. Was this a dream? No it couldn't be. He floated into her arms and kissed her so lovingly. He had to be real.
"I'm ready to make my wish now." Kagome said, she was sure she had made the right choice.
"I want you to disappear." She said. "Forever!"
The jewel shone brightly then cracked and disappeared. Suddenly they were floating, blue light engulfing them. Before she knew it she was at the well house again. Her mother, grandfather and brother all crying. She launched herself into her mother's awaiting arms and let the tears of joy flow freely.
Then she felt the power from the well rise again, she turned just in time to see the stunned face of Inuyasha as he disappeared. "No Inuyasha!"
"Where did Inuyasha go?" Souta asked.
"I think Kagome's job in the Fuedal Era is done, so he must have went back." Grandfather said while touching his small white beard.
"No, that's not true. Inuyasha!" Kagome swept her legs over the edge of the well when she suddenly heard a small cry. 'A…baby?'
She looked down to the bottom of the well, a small pinkish light greeted her. 'The Shikon Jewel?' She thought. 'No, it's…'
She jumped down, her feet hitting the bottom of the well with a slight thud. As she got closer the light dimmed. "Kagome dear are you alright?" Her mother asked, peaking into the well.
"Yes mom, I thought I saw something."
"What is it?" Her brother asked, now looking in the well as well.
"It's a….baby!"
The young girl now rested on her knees, sleeping peacefully. 'How?' was all she could think to herself. 'This baby was at the bottom of the well, she looks like a full demon too.'
The girl had beautiful copper colored eyes, and the most shiny light brown hair you'd ever see on a baby. But the things that stood out the most were her pointy ears, and the small blue stripe running from each eye down her cheek. 'They kinda look like tears.' Kagome thought.
The young girl opened her eyes and looked at Kagome for a second before smiling the prettiest smile Kagome had ever seen.
"I'll call you Gaia, and I'll take good care of you." Kagome closed her eyes and a single tear fell.
The child grew with a vengeance, and ate like a small pig! And yet, Kagome felt blessed. Gaia slept through the entire night, almost never cried and would smile to everybody she saw. It was a bit hard to go outside, the blue stripes not really easy to hide. But she had managed.
"Kagome dear, how are you today?" Asked her mother, who had just returned from the market.
"Yeah I'm fine, still feeling a bit dizzy."
"Maybe you had the flu or something?" Her mother asked as she walked over. Smiling at the little child now making a large fuzz over seeing her grandmother again. "Hey cutie." She said as the little girl smiled.
"Yeah I don't know. Maybe."
Kagome had a few rough days, throwing up quite frequently. She had a suspicion but wasn't ready to share it with her mother yet.
"Mom, I need to get something from the drug store, can you watch Gaia for a little while or shall I take her?"
"No dear, I would love to! You go ahead."
And there she was, on the bathroom with a pregnancy test and a VERY positive result. "Holy…" She managed to place her hand over her mouth just before the swear word came out.
'How will I tell mom?' She thought to herself. To be honest she was quite happy. She was young yes, but she would have a piece of Inuyasha with her in this world if the well stayed closed. She always wanted children, and the prospect of a baby with cute fuzzy ears was something that appealed to her greatly.
'Ok, time to face the music.'
"Mom? Can we talk for a bit?"
"Shure hun, something wrong?" Her mother looked slightly concerned. Kagome's pale face not something to be ignored. "Did you get sick again?"
"No mom, but….I kinda know why I got sick."
Her mother raised an eyebrow when Kagome revealed the small stick from behind her back.
"Oh dear! Are you alright sweetheart?" Her mother asked, clearly knowing what Kagome meant but wanting to know what she thought about the thing.
"I'm actually…very happy." Kagome said with a shy smile.
"Kagome, no matter what you do, I'll always be there for you. You're my daughter, and you're old enough to make your own decisions. So, if you're happy so am I!" Her mother hugged her and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I'm going to be a grandma again, yay!" She said.
"Thank you mom." Kagome was instantly relieved, she was sure something like this would happen but you never knew. Soon, a new baby would be here. 'A full demon and a hanyou, this is going to be interesting.'
The new baby was in a hurry, not only was she about a month early but after her water broke she nearly didn't make it into the room before she had those well-known contractions you can't ignore. And it didn't take long or a crying baby could be heard.
"She's so beautiful, you did so well dear!" Her mother proclaimed holding a small girl in her hands.
Kagome's tears of joy had never been this profound. This baby, her baby, was beautiful. "Aiyo".
Time seemed to fly by. The girl grew. Gaia was a fast learner. Speaking, walking, running and jumping before she even reached the age of one. Aiyo wasn't far behind. If you didn't know them you would have sworn they were at least 5 instead of 2,5 and 3. When they were old enough to understand, Kagome started to hide their demon features so they could be outside with other kids.
Gaia was easy, a bit of foundation, cut her nails and style her hair in such a way that her ears weren't noticed. But Aiyo was a lot harder. Her hanyou ears not easy to hide. But with a bit of creativity her hair was able to cover her ears perfectly. With all the cutting of nails, hair and make-up it took Kagome at least an hour each morning. But it was worth the smiles of her girls as they ran around the playground. They had to be careful not to be too fast, or jump to high. But they managed pretty well. She was proud of her girls.
Before she knew it, 3 years had passed. She had graduated from High School and had been accepted in a very good university. And yet….it wasn't what she wanted. She wanted to be with her mate again, Inuyasha. 'Would he love our daughter just as much as she did? Would he accept Gaia? Even if she is a full demon? Could Kaede explain what Gaia was, and where she came from?'
Kagome kicked the side of the well. "Why don't you work? Do you like to mess with people's lives? Do you like torturing me?" She shouted into the well.
"Kagome dear, are you by the well again?" Her mother asked while entering the well house.
"Yeah mom, I'm ok. Just venting some steam." Kagome said while turning around. She leaned on the side of the well when suddenly she felt a breeze through her hair. 'Wait? How's that…?'
She slowly turned around and saw the sky inside the well. "Mom…"
'Is this a dream? No! It's really open!' As realization dawned on her turned to her mother.
"It's okay honey. You need to go." She told her.
"Mom….I love you."
"I love you too dear, but you need to hurry." Kagome hugged her mother maybe for the last time.
"Gaia! Aiyo! Get into the well house quick!" Kagome screamed for her girls. And before she even finished her sentence the girls were already by her side. 'Got to love that demon speed.'
"What's wrong mom?" Gaia asked while sniffing the air. She could tell something was different, but the well was too high for her to look in.
"Why do I smell forest mommy?" Aiyo asked just as curious. Gaia decided to jump on the well's edge only to lose her footing and falling in.
"Gaia!" Kagome yelled as she picked up Aiyo and jumped after her.
The familiar blue light engulfing the 3 of them as they traveled through time. It wasn't long before their feet hit the bottom of the well, yet instead of an old wooden roof they were greeted with a bright blue sky.
"Mom, where are we?" Aiyo asked.
"We're home sweetie." Kagome responded with a bright smile.
"The Fuedal Era mom?" Gaia asked, and Kagome nodded her answer.
"Stay here girls, I need to see if it's save." She said before starting the climb up the well's wall. But before she even reached the top a hand reached in. A hand very familiar to her. She reached up and their hand joined as it hoisted her up.
"Inuyasha."
"Kagome." Their eyes met as he pulled her into a hug. "You idiot, what have you been doing all this time?"
"Lady Kagome! It's been a while!" Kagome looked up at her friends. Miroku, Sango, Shippou. All still there, 3 years was a long time, but they were still here. And now she was home.
"Mom is it ok to come out now?" Gaia yelled up from the well.
Shock clear on all faces, especially Inuyasha. "Wait…Mom?" He said.
"Euhm, yeah." Kagome said to him with a shy smile. "Come on up you two. Everything is save. I want you to meet some new people!"
And with that Aiyo jumped up and out of the well, and landed right next to her mother. She bounced up and down with glee at her new surroundings. Gaia was next to jump out, but she landed on the edge of the well. Gaia was always a bit more apprehensive of new people.
The girls both looked at Inuyasha with curiosity, smelling the air around him.
"Hey, you smell like me." Aiyo said with a mild bit of irritation. "And mommy too."
It's then that Kagome reached for Aiyo's hair. Aiyo looked at her, curious of what she was doing, but let Kagome remove the pins keeping her hair over her ears.
"Mom?"
"It's ok sweetie, were among friends here." Kagome responded, trying to sound as reassuring as possible, even though her own nerves were killing her. And right then Aiyo's hair fell and her small ears were released of their hairy prison.
Inuyasha came down to eye level with the young girl.
"Euhm, hi." He said.
Aiyo checked him out bottom to top, until her eyes rested on his small white triangular ears.
"Your ears are just like mine." She said while wiggling her ears a bit.
"Aiyo, I would like you to meet Inuyasha. He's a hanyou too, and he's your dad." With that Aiyo gasped and smiled.
Throwing herself around Inuyasha's neck. Inuyasha's surprised face soon changed as he closed his eyes and hugged her back. He seemed truly happy.
Gaia stayed back, but had already whipped her face clean and pulled her hair back. She never licked to hide, and since Aiyo didn't need to, she shouldn't either.
Aiyo released Inuyasha and immediately turned to Gaia.
"Look Gaia it's daddy!" The older girl just nodded and smiled slightly.
'Doing her best Sesshomaru impression again.' Kagome sighed.
Inuyasha's eyes widened slightly as he spotted the blue stripes on Gaia's face, he must have noticed she's full demon. He looked at Kagome with a puzzled look.
"I'll explain later." She simply said.
He nodded, sure his mate would tell him when the time was right.
"Would you like to meet our friend Aiyo?" He asked while he raised back to his feet.
"Yeah!" She said while grabbing his hand and practically dragging him to were Miroku, Sango and Shippou stood. Kagome noticed 2 young girls peaking from behind Sango's legs.
'They have children too.' She smiled at the thought. She was home, and nothing could change her great mood!
