Chapter 9- Meeting the family
After she had gotten the chance to take a bath and get dressed Kagome got in a car with Miroku, Sango, Vetis, Verin and two other members of Sango's family. They were currently on their way to Shippo's Tokyo house. 'How many houses does he have?' Kagome couldn't help to think as she sat in silence while looking out of the window as they drove off. Suddenly a thought hit her which caused her to turn to her new friend and ask, "What about my car? I left it at Vetis…well your house."
"Don't worry about that. You can just come back with us and spend the night again so that you can continue your training." Sango answered.
"You just want her to stay at your house my love." Miroku was heard as he took a left at the red light they had just been at.
"No." Sango said as she starched out the word in an innocent voice.
"That's ok. I just have to tell my mom." Kagome answered.
"Uncle Miroku…I think you missed the house." Vetis was heard.
"OH, sorry about that…let's see." Miroku replied as she did a wild U turn in the middle of the road.
"Miroku!" both Sango and Kagome yelled.
"We're here." Miroku stated innocently.
"Oh god…what if Shippo's kids don't like me? What if they hate me?" Kagome began to ask herself out loud.
"No one could ever hate you Kagome. You're too good of a person to be hated." Sango answered her questions as she led the way into the house.
Once inside Kagome was amazed by its beauty. However her amazement was cut short when she picked up on a very family aura. 'What is he doing here?' she thought as she quickly ran over to the room where she felt all of the demon aura's hiding. Once inside Kagome was greeted by humans, demons, and hanyou's of Shippo's family and amazingly Koga's as well. But before she had the chance to look for her mother, Kagome was stopped in her tracks when she heard a voice say, "Kagome, you haven't changed one bit."
"Koga?" Kagome asked in a shaky voice. 'If he's here than…than he should be here too…hehas to be here.' She thought as she began to slowly break down.
"Kagome!" her brother called as she rushed over to her. Before anyone could stop him, Sota had Koga on the floor in on punch as he growled out, "What the hell did you do to my sister?!"
"Sota Higurashi do not use that kind of langue!" his mother was heard.
"What the hell is wrong with you pup?" Koga growled out as he struggled to stand up.
"Why did you just knock down my mate?" a voice enraged female voice was heard.
"Ayame is here to…why isn't he hear?" Kagome whispered to herself.
"I told you it would be a bad idea Koga…the part of her soul that knows she should be with Inuyasha is breaking her down." Shippo's enraged filled voice.
"Wait…you mean to tell me that my mate knew that there would be a chance of this happening?" the same girl asked.
"Wait…Ayame I can explain." Koga tried as he got up only to be thrown away from Kagome.
Both Shippo and Ayame turned around to see Sota standing next to his sister in a very protective meaner. Kagome was close to passing out and this small boy had already had enough. Before Shippo or Ayame could say anything they all heard him say, "If you come near my sister again…I will hurt you in a much more way. Come on Kagome…mom and gramps are talking with that girl you came in with."
"Sota…Sota…thanks." Kagome mumbled as she began to get a hold of herself.
"Shippo…we have to get those two back together. It's killing her." Ayame whispered as she said a death glare at her mate.
"I know…that's why I convinced my uncle to host the Christmas party were usually have at his house. It's much bigger and it will take her a long time to face him in the part." Shippo answered.
"I see…but shouldn't you tell her that that mutt is going to be there when you invite her." Koga said as she tried to get his mate to lighten up.
"No, Oka will slowly track him down once she feels safe enough to talk to him." Shippo answered.
"I hope your right…and you…you better hope that Kagome is alright because if she isn't you're in a world of trouble." Ayame growled before she went to go and check up on her youngest son.
"Ouch." Shippo replied.
"Shut up." Koga growled.
Meanwhile Kagome was seated by her mother and Sango. When Sota had told his mother why he had punched that guys she had thanked him but told him to ask the man to get away from his sister before taking such actions. Sango however turned to the boy and said, "Thank you for beating him up…I would do it myself but I need to make sure that Kagome is alright."
"It's alright…she's my sister and I don't want to she her get hurt anymore." Sota replied.
"Oka…Oka are you alright?" Shippo was heard as he approached them.
"Shippo, you should have known better." Miroku stated.
"I'm sorry…but Koga just wouldn't listen to a word I said. After he found out form Amy that she was going to meet her, he wanted his family to meet her as well." Shippo explained.
"It's alright…I'm fine now…Shippo I would really like it if you intrudoced me to everyone…I would also like to see Ayame and Koga later on." Kagome replied as she began to bottle up her feelings again.
'Oh god not again.' Her mother thought.
"Kagome, you shouldn't do that." Her grandfather stated.
"I'll be fine…really." Kagome answered before she left with Shippo.
"She's doing it again." Sota mumbled.
"I know dear, I know." His mother stated in a tried and sad filled voice.
"Doing what again?" Sango asked in a worried tone.
"That day, the day she came back…she locked herself in her room for a whole month…she never came out. She wouldn't eat." Ms. Higurashi began to explain. "It wasn't until she had gotten so weak that she was force to lower her barrier."
"I broke the door down and than we had to check her into a hospital." Sota stated.
"Oh, my god." Sango whispered as she turned to see her friend laughing and smiling.
"But when she woke up she ignored all of our questions and just began to act like her usual self. It wasn't until she came home the first day of school crying when we realized what she had done." Ms. Higurashi stated.
"When her friend Yuka asked her about him she broke down and came home. She hasn't been the same since she sealed the well." Sota added.
"Sota can I speak with you?" Miroku asked as he turned to leave the rest to talk. 'This boy…he is filled with bitterness and anger.' He thought.
Meanwhile, Kagome had just met most of Shippo's son's and daughter's. Just as Shippo was about to introduce her to his grandchildren the door was suddenly opened and a girl's voice was heard say, "I'm so sorry I'm late Otu…but my friend quiet and my stupid boss won't give me a break."
The moment she heard the girls voice Kagome knew who it was. She didn't have to turn around to face the girl. But with a large smile planted on her face, Kagome turned around and said, "Actually your friend was forced to quiet because of her hospital rounds."
"Kagome? Oh my god Kagome! What are you doing here?" Eri asked as she quickly ran over to her friend and pulled her into a very strong bear hug.
"Kagome…you know my youngest daughter?" Shippo was heard.
"Yeah, she's my best friend…wait…she's also my grandchild?" Kagome answered as she turned to face her son.
"Wait…you're my grandmother?" Eri asked in a confused voice.
"Oh, yeah…well you see it's the truth." Kagome answered.
"So…the fox kit you told me about was really my father?" Eri asked as she began to remember the funny stories Kagome had told her of her adventure in the past.
"Kagome?" Shippo growled.
"Don't take that tone with me…I need someone to talk to and Eri was the only one I trusted. Come on Eri I want you to meet my family." Kagome hissed before she pulled the girl away from her father.
'Great…just great…now Otu is going to kick my ass if he finds out that I upset Oka.' Shippo thought as he went to go look for Koga and Ayame to tell them that Kagome wanted to talk to them before she left.
"Kagome…are you alright?" Eri asked in a worried voice.
"Just fine…come on…I want you to meet my mom and my grandfather." Kagome answered.
Once they reached the four of them Kagome was surprised to see that the two were surrounded by small children laughing while Sango couldn't help but smile at the site. However what she didn't understand was that Sota and Miroku were missing. After putting that thought aside Kagome hugged all of her great, great grandchildren before she made room. Once she was sure that her gramps and her mother could see Eri, Kagome turned to them and said, "This is Emeri…the youngest of my grandchildren."
"It is a pleasure to meet you." Ms. Higurashi stated as she stood up to shake her hand.
"I am glad to see that you are still in school." Was all her gramps had to say.
"Thank you…I'm just glad I got a chance to finally meet the missing part of our family." Eri replied.
"Kagome…Kagome can you play with us?" the little fox demons asked as they held on to her.
"Alright…I'm going to count to twenty…we're going to play hid and seek." Kagome answered a she placed the two girls that she had been holding down. Once they were on the ground Kagome turned her back and started counting which caused all of the small children to run and hid. 'I feel…I feel happy again…but why…why do I feel like if something is missing?' Kagome asked herself as she continued to count.
Once the game had began, Kagome had used her miko powers to pin point all of the kids she was playing with. After making sure that she would take her time so that she would catch them by surprise Kagome spent the day playing with her family while trying to ignore the empty feeling in her heart. 'I want a family…I went to love…but…Inuyasha…could he really…is he really alive?' Kagome thought sadly as she laughed alongside the second child that she had caught. She would never forget the day when Shippo told her that he was still alive but she had no idea if he meant that they had found his reincarnation or if Inuyasha had really killed Kikiyo only to live alone for five hundred years bother he met her again.
'I just don't know.' She thought sadly.
"Kagome! Kids! Hurry up it's time for dinner!" both Lilly and Ms. Higurashi were heard.
"Come on…the last one there is a rotten egg." Kagome teased as she began to run at a slow peace.
"You're going to lose if you don't hurry up." One of the seven year olds stated before he took off at full speed.
After eating dinner with her family, Kagome pulled Koga and Ayame said to talk to them. After saying that she was sorry for the why she had broken down so easily, Kagome asked them to give her some time before was comfortable with them again. It may have hurt the two but Kagome knew that she had to this of them. In her heart, somewhere in her heart she knew that is wasn't right for her to be near Koga without Inuyasha. She had never been left alone with Koga and Ayame unless it was so that Inuyasha could go and fight without having to worry about her.
"We completely understand, just give us a call if you ever need anything." Ayame stated as she handed her their number and privet phone line.
"Thanks…I'm glad." Kagome mumbled as she turned to leave. "I'm sorry that I wasn't strong enough to be able to face you guys." She whispered before she ran off to go back with her family.