Chapter 11
"Mom? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked. Her mother gave her a weak smile. Kagome saw the smile disappear after her mother looked over her shoulder and saw Inuyasha.
"Well, I was thinking about it and decided to come see how you were doing." She said, giving Kagome a huge smile. Kagome immediately knew it was fake. Kagome shook her head in disbelief.
"You've never visited me before. Why start now?" Kagome asked her suspiciously. Inuyasha laughed softly. It was a disgusted laugh. Kagome looked back at him and saw him glaring at Kagome's mother.
"So Korari you heard that I married Kagome, huh? Didn't take you long to get here." He said angrily and crossed his arms over his chest. Kagome looked at him in confusion.
"Inuyasha, what?" Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome.
"Don't you get it Kagome? She wants something. Most likely money." He said.
"But, I don't understand. You've been rich this whole time but she didn't want me to marry you." Kagome shook her head.
"True but at that time I didn't have my inheritance and I wasn't an adult." He answered. Kagome gave him a blank look.
"Kagome, you're 17. I'm 18. Technically your mom is still your guardian and she has the power to put me in jail for statutory rape."
"You mean blackmail." Kagome said flatly. Inuyasha nodded. "But Inuyasha, we're married. Doesn't that make you my guardian?"
"Technically no. We didn't get her permission. The only way that would work is if Sesshomaru had taken over guardianship and signed the marriage certificate." Inuyasha explained. Kagome scowled.
"God damn technicalities." Kagome said. Korari watched the two teens talking and stood there in silence. Kagome studied her mom. She had just sung a lullaby to Ryoichi that explained about herself and basically apologized to him for not being there for him. The whole "too hardheaded" bit. She had been brought up to be dependant on men and when her husband had died she had hardened her heart and become independent and total in her faith of God, even though He had taken her husband from her. When Kagome had gotten pregnant it had gone against everything Korari knew and believed in. She had snapped and disowned her daughter, and now she was back trying to survive by taking what she thought was hers. Kagome realized that not only had she hardened her heart, she had become greedy as well. She looked her mother square in the eye. "Mom is what Inuyasha said true? Are you really going to blackmail us into giving you money?"
Korari took a step forward and smiled at Kagome. "Actually Kagome I wouldn't call it blackmail but more of a negotiation."
"What do you mean negotiation?" Inuyasha growled stepping protectively in front of Kagome.
"I mean that I will give you guardianship over Kagome for a small allowance." Korari said. Kagome watched her over Inuyasha's shoulder and thought that she looked like a hungry shark cornering her prey. Silence reigned for a few minutes and during those minutes the wheels in Kagome's brain started turning and she had an idea. She pulled Inuyasha back slightly by his shoulder and grinned at her mother.
"Mom, do you think you could give us a minute?" Kagome asked and pulled Inuyasha out of the room and shut the door before she got an answer. A few minutes later they stepped back in the room and tried to keep from smiling. Korari had been looking around the room and Kagome was suspicious that she was looking for something of value she could take.
"All right back to the negotiation, how about-" Korari began but Inuyasha held up his hand to stop her.
"We decline. We are not negotiating anything." Inuyasha said. Korari's eyes narrowed and she sighed dramatically, pulling out her cell phone.
"Fine, if that's the way you want it." She dialed some numbers. "Ah yes. I would like to report a statuary rape. My daughter. The address is 5699, Tama Avenue. All right. Thank you." She said into the phone and closed it. She looked up at the two teens in front of her and smiled a shark's grin. Inuyasha and Kagome tried to show fear on their faces but had some trouble with it. Ten minutes later the doorbell rang and they all went downstairs. Kagome opened the door to show two police officers on the porch with Sesshomaru and Naraku walking up the steps behind them. Korari pushed past her daughter and smiled at the police officers.
"Perfect timing officers." She said sweetly and directed them inside. Inuyasha wanted to slap her for her audacity at letting the law into the house as if she owned it. Kagome chuckled.
"Yes, it is perfect timing." She said and turned to Sesshomaru and Naraku. Korari did as well and gasped. She hadn't noticed them.
"All right, who was the one who called in the report?" The older of the two officers asked. Everyone had been directed to the living room and were all sitting down. Korari raised her hand.
"I did."
"All right. What's the situation?" The officer asked her.
"My daughter," she said and pointed to Kagome, "had sex with this man," she then pointed to Inuyasha, "and as he is 18 and she is only 17 it is statutory rape." She said and nodded her head.
"I am well aware of that ma'am." The officer said. The younger of the two was looking at Inuyasha and Kagome. The older one turned to the teens.
"All right, now let's hear what you have to say." He said.
"What else do you need to hear? He raped her!" Korari exclaimed. The officer turned his head toward her.
"That's what you say and the sad truth is that quite a few parents call things in like this when they disapprove of whoever their child is dating, and true even if consented it IS rape, I still need the full story, and that includes everyone's side of it." The man explained and turned back to Inuyasha and Kagome while Korari sat fuming. He nodded to them to start.
"All right, well first off, officer, I am Kagome's husband." Inuyasha said and wrapped his arm around Kagome. "And second off, I haven't had sex with her for at least two years and at the time she was 15 and I was 16. I actually saw her for the first time since then last week." Inuyasha explained. The officer quirked an eyebrow and then turned to Kagome to get her side of the story. She nodded.
"Inuyasha is my husband and what he says is true. The last time we had sex was two years ago and then I found out I was pregnant. My mom," Kagome nodded towards Korari, "flipped out and forbid me to see him. After I had my son she disowned me and left me on the street to fend for myself. I moved in with my friend, Naraku, and after those two years went back to school last week, where I saw Inuyasha. We got married just yesterday and I moved into the house." Kagome pointed to Naraku when she mentioned him. The officer nodded slowly and turned back to Korari.
"Well apparently your claim is false as they haven't done anything against the law at the moment." He said. Korari shook her head.
"No, they're lying!" She said. Inuyasha stood up and glared at her. He pointed to Naraku and Sesshomaru.
"We have two witnesses that can vouch for our alibi. Give it up, Korari. Your scheme to blackmail us isn't going to work." He said. The officer watched the two in silence. He then saw Kagome staring at her mother in anger and disgust.
"You know, if there's proof that this woman did abandon her daughter, then she could be put in jail for it." He said. Kagome's head snapped toward him and she looked at him in shock. Naraku stood up.
"I've been taking care of Kagome for close to two years after I found her in the streets." Naraku said. He changed it around a little just to make sure no other possible charges could be brought up. The officer looked up at him.
"I see. Is this true?" He asked and turned to Kagome for confirmation. She nodded.
"Yes it is. Inuyasha can even agree to the abandonment because my mom pulled me out of school before my pregnancy showed and I didn't go back." Kagome said. The officer nodded and turned to Korari. He stood up and pulled out a set of handcuffs.
"Ma'am we have reason to believe that you have abandoned your child. As of right now you are under arrest and anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and if you don't have one the court will provide one for you." The officer said and beckoned to his partner to take her out to the car. The officer turned around to face everyone.
"Is there anyone else we can question about this situation?" He asked. Kagome nodded.
"My brother and grandfather can vouch that she disowned me and left me in the streets." She said and gave him the address. He thanked them and apologized for the inconvenience and left the house.
"Only a sick person would abandon their daughter in the street with a baby no less." He mumbled to himself as he left. Inuyasha heard him and snorted, agreeing completely. As soon as they left Kagome turned to her husband, brother-in-law and friend. She grinned at them.
"Thanks guys for helping us out." She said and suddenly there was laughter from the kitchen and Ryoichi came running out of the room with Myoga chasing him. He stopped when he saw Naraku.
"Fruit loop!" He said pointing at him. "Naku's a fruit loop!" He said happily and giggled. Naraku raised an eyebrow and turned to Kagome. She was blushing and Inuyasha was silently laughing.
"Kagome?" Naraku asked expectantly. She bit her lip and looked at him guiltily.
"It's a long story." She said. Naraku tapped his foot.
"So shorten it." She sighed.
"Ok. So basically Inuyasha called you a fruit loop in front of Ryo and then he started singing it and now you're nickname is fruit loop." Kagome said. Inuyasha fell on the floor laughing out loud now, with his hands around his stomach.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said angrily and kicked him in his butt. He yelped and sat up looking at her angrily. Ryoichi giggled.
"Hee, Mommy kicked Daddy in his donkey!" Ryoichi said and everybody looked at him in shock. Kagome turned to Naraku and he looked at her sheepishly.
"You were watching porn again weren't you?" She asked him. He laughed weakly.
"Hey it's not my fault he asked what the woman meant when she said 'slap my ass'. I was just telling him what you tell him an ass is, though he actually saw her ass being slapped so he knew where it was on the body." Naraku explained. Inuyasha was laughing again. Sesshomaru's shoulders were even shaking a little. Kagome growled and smacked him.
"God what you did is worse than Inuyasha calling you a fruit loop. So now we're even." Kagome said. Naraku sighed and nodded, knowing that she was right. He had watched porn on PayPerView with a two year old. He wouldn't be surprised if Kagome hated him. She walked over to her son and picked him up and looked him in the eyes.
"Ryo promise Mommy you will never say that again." Kagome told him in a commanding voice. He blinked up at her and nodded.
"Ok, Mommy." He said and smiled at her.
"Thank you, sweetie." She said and put him down and pushed him back in the direction of Myoga.
Naraku thought it would be smart if he left quickly before Kagome could really get into it with him while Ryoichi wasn't in the room. Inuyasha was still on the floor laughing and Sesshomaru watched him shaking his head. Before anyone could move, yell, or laugh again the doorbell rang. Kagura came running down the stairs screaming "He's here, he's here!" and everyone looked at her in a "Who the hell is here?" way as she went racing to the door. She opened it to show a boy around Kagome and Inuyasha's age. He had pinkish colored hair and violet eyes. Kagome thought he was adorable. Kagura turned around to face everyone, pulling the boy inside.
"Everyone, this is my brother, Hakudoshi." She said. He bowed slightly to them.
"Hi." He said in a smooth tone that made the hair on the back of Inuyasha's neck stand up. He immediately hated the boy and knew that there was something weird about him.
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