Chapter 5: Chapter 5
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After her shower Kagome got dressed in a fresh change of clothing and dried and brushed her hair and then put it into a ponytail. The shower had helped, a lot. She felt much more relaxed now and although some things were still bothering her her mind was a lot clearer than it had been earlier.
After tidying up the bathroom she opened the door and made her way across the hall to her own bedroom. As she made her way into her room she hid a small smile of amusement as she noticed her mother was holding and cooing Kaiya. Clearing her throat to gain her mother's attention, she smiled as her mother looked up at her with a slightly surprised expression. "When did she wake up?" she questioned. Hoping that she hadn't been in the shower for that long.
Her mother smiled "Just a few minutes ago" she replied.
Kagome nodded and came to sit next to her mother on the bed. She watched her mother and her daughter as the two interacted with each other. After a few moments of the sitting there, she tilted her head to the side as she observed Kaiya. "When should we feed her mama?" she questioned as she turned her attention toward her mother.
Her mother's eyes widened "Oh yes that's right I forgot about that!" her mother replied, her cheeks tinted red in embarrassment. Her mother handed Kaiya over to her before getting up from the bed "Follow me Kagome, I'll show you how to prepare the formula"
Nodding, Kagome rearranged Kaiya in her hold and followed after her mother. Once down the stairs and in the kitchen she watched closely as her mother prepared the formula and the bottle. After watching her mother it seemed preparing a bottle would be rather easy. After a few moments of standing behind her mother and watching her prepare the bottle her mother told her to take a seat in the living room and she would bring the bottle in when it was ready.
"Okay" Kagome replied before doing as she was told and going into the other room, settling in on the couch she waited for her mother to come in. She was nervous and hoped that Kaiya would drink the formula. Honestly, she wished that she could breast feed her, but since she didn't seem to be producing milk, that wouldn't be an option at this time . Though I do remember hearing something about a pill of some sort that makes it so women do produce milk. She thought. Maybe I should ask mama about that later.
"Here you go"
Kagome glanced toward the door and smiled as her mother came to sit next to her. Taking the offered bottle from her mother, she sighed softly and looked down at Kaiya. Well here goes nothing she thought as she followed her mother's instructions and began to feed her daughter. She sighed in relief as Ciel began to drink the formula. She didn't seem to be rejecting it, which was a good thing.
"Well, it's good she is taking it" her mother remarked "I need to go and straighten up the kitchen, call me if you need anything" she stated.
Kagome nodded and once her mother left the room she focused back on Kaiya who seemed to be very focused on her meal. She smiled softly as she studied her daughter for another time this evening. It amazed her that such a small being could hold her interest in such a way. However to her Kaiya was one of the most perfect beings in her life.
Not only was the small girl beautiful, but so far she also had been quiet. Though she is only a few hours old Kagome thought with a small shake of her head. Her daughter had yet to cry, only making small whimpering sounds when she wanted to be held or when she wanted attention. She was also quiet for the most part, but given who her father is, her daughter being quiet really didn't surprise her that much. This is something she was very grateful for, for she can deal with quiet children better than she could with loud children.
Hearing the back door open, Kagome's heart nearly jumped into her throat. Is Inuyasha back? She mentally questioned as she looked in the direction of the backdoor. Her mind was going a mile a minute, thinking of all that might come when Inuyasha returns. Would he hate her now? Would he tell her that he didn't want her to return to the past?
She frowned as she waited for whoever came in to make their appearance. She didn't have to wait long for soon the familiar hanyou made his way into the room and looked at her with slight shock. "What are you doing down here?" he questioned his brow furrowed.
Kagome mentally rolled her eyes, but gestured down to Kaiya with her head. "Feeding her" she stated.
Inuyasha nodded and came to stand before where she was seated, after a few moments of him looking at herself and Kaiya, Inuyasha sat down on the floor and continued to stare at them, his head titled slightly to the side. "What's er' name?" he questioned
Kagome smiled softly. "Kaiya" she replied.
He looked puzzled for a moment before sighing softly and scratching his head. "I talked to Sesshoumaru, told em not to come near you or the pup." he stated hesitantly, not waiting for her answer he continued speaking. "I also told Sango and Miroku what was goin on. We all think you should stay here" he stated. Seeing her begin to protest he held up his hand to stop her and continued "Not forever. Jus' till she is old enough to be out and to travel with us, then you can both come back. Now that Naraku isn't here, it won't be that bad to take a break for a few months."
Kagome frowned and nodded. Well that answered the question about what she was going to do. Even if she didn't agree with it all, she knew that while she may be able to argue against Inuyasha she couldn't argue against Inuyasha combined with Sango and Miroku. "Okay" she replied with a light sigh. "What did Sesshoumaru say?" she questioned.
Inuyasha huffed and growled softly, the noise made Kaiya stiffen in her hold. "Nothin' he was just bein an ass like usual. Actin' like he didn't know what I was talking about"
Kagome frowned at that, but it did make her earlier thought seem to be true. Sesshoumaru had no clue about that night, so it may be that he had no memory of it at all. Well, that's good. We don't really see him much so when I do go back, I'm sure he will forgot about what Inuyasha had said she thought as she turned her attention back toward Kaiya.
"Hey Inuyasha.." she started, without looking up to him to make sure he was paying attention, she continued speaking. "Don't confront Sesshoumaru about Kaiya again. I think it would be better if he didn't know." I don't want to have Kaiya ever have to encounter her own father, nor sense his feelings of dislike She thought. She knew it may be mean, but right now, her daughter was the only one in her mind. She didn't want her to be hurt.
Sesshoumaru frowned as he watched the well that rested in the middle of the clearing. His mind had been on his younger half brothers words since the hanyou had left him that day many moons ago. It bothered him more than he thought it would have. He didn't like it, so he had come to investigate. Yet he couldn't scent out his brother's miko any further than the well, her scent ended there.
It had baffled him for his first few visits to the clearing since he couldn't go into the village and ask where the miko was. He watched and listened. After watching the well for a few weeks, his brother had come through the well and started toward the village and then a few weeks later, he came back to the well and jumped into and disappeared.
While it was surprising it wasn't the first time he had seen such a thing. For his father had done it a lot in the past. However, even if it was tempting, he didn't give in and jump into the well too. For such an act would be foolish for one such as himself, which left him with only one thing to do. That was to continue watching and waiting.
Waiting gave him a lot of time to himself, something he rarely got. So he took this time to think, the biggest thing on his mind was his younger brother's words. How he had caused the female miko pain and something about a pup.
He had not attacked the miko for a long, long time. So he still had no clue what he could have done that would have caused her harm. Nor did he understand what his brother meant from pup. He knew what it meant, yet he had not rutted with a female in a good amount of time, so there was no way he could have a pup.
Even if he did it wouldn't be with the hanyou's miko. For even if he had rutted with her at some time, he knew even if it was in the haze of mating season, he would not have allowed the female to get pregnant. That was something he was always careful to control and it was something he had controlled perfectly.
However even with these thoughts in mind. The pup idea bothered him, which was why he was staying here. He only had to see the pup once to determine whether or not it was his. If it was..he would take care of it when it happened. Leaning against one of the nearby trees, he continued to direct his attention toward the well. Hoping that the miko and the 'pup' would come in soon so he could clear his mind and get back to his lands.
Kagome hummed softly as she continued to pack her bag along with Kaiya's diaper bag. She felt so nervous and excited right now that she could hardly hold it in. Today was the day that she and Kaiya would be going back to the past with Inuyasha and she couldn't wait. She would finally be able to see her friends in the past and it would also be their first time seeing Kaiya.
She thought that this was the best time to go and Inuyasha seemed to agree with her. Though she was sure he was just anxious to continue on their journey to gather the jewel shards. Kagome had found another worry with the thought of the mission, what if she was no longer able to sense jewel shards? She had voiced this worry to her mother and to Inuyasha and they had both replied with the same thing. That was that since she had been able to sense the jewel before Kaiya was born but while she was still pregnant with her, than that meant that she should still be able to sense them.
Which made sense to her. However, she would find out whether or not she really could when she got back to the past and when they began on their mission. Shaking her head to clear her wandering thoughts, she looked down at both bags and began to check off the objects inside to make sure she had everything. One of the few good things that had come with being a mother was that she had become a lot more organized with everything she owned and with packing.
After checking over everything in each bag and being satisfied that she had not forgotten anything she closed the bags and turned around. A wide smile came to her face as she looked down at the small being who was looking back up at her curiously. Sitting down on the floor beside her daughter, she watched as her daughter huffed and went back to her 'toys'.
Kaiya had grown a lot over the past five months, her hair was now longer and slightly curly. Something she figured she had gotten from herself and her mother's side of the family. Her hair had also lightened in color from the light black it had been, it was now a dark silver. Almost the same as Sesshoumaru's and she had a feeling that it would only get lighter as she got older. Her hair wasn't the only thing that had changed, her eye color also matched her father's. Becoming a very beautiful shade of gold. Her skin however had remained a healthy olive tone.
At five months, she was still a rather chunky baby but that was fine with her for she was sure that she would slender out more when she got bigger. Along with her appearance changing, her daughter's personality had also come out more and she thought that she had been blessed to have such a daughter, even if she was a surprising arrival.
For Kaiya had been a quiet baby ever since she had been born. She had hardly cried unless when it was needed and even then it wasn't loud and was only for a short period of time. She also liked to study anything and everything that she could. She also developed a habit that Kagome found rather interesting. When she came in contact with anyone or anything new, instead of crying or trying to get away from it like most babies her age. She glared at it, as though she was trying to frighten it away, while it was amusing for her she often had to explain to others that Kaiya did not hate them and that she was just trying to be 'tough'.
Kagome sighed at that thought, hiding Kaiya's hanyou ears in her time had been easier than she had thought . Because thankfully in her time, hats or caps with 'ears' on top were in style. So they could just disguise it as that. Because her ears were sensitive they could not just cover it with a bandana or hard hat, which is why she was thankful that they could use the soft caps to put on her to go out in public or when visitors or company came to the shrine.
Kagome stiffened as the door to her room opened, looking in the direction of the door she smiled as Inuyasha came in. He had been a wonderful uncle to Kaiya, though the two did bump heads every once in awhile, he seemed fine with her being the daughter of his brother. It was something Kagome appreciated greatly. Because that meant that while Kaiya would not have her father in her life, at least she would have a loving uncle.
Inuyasha nodded in greeting towards her. "Are you and the brat ready?" he questioned.
Kagome hid a smile of amusement and nodded. "Yeah, I'm already all packed and Kaiya is ready too" she replied.
Inuyasha nodded "I'll take the bags, you take the brat and we will go" he stated.
Nodding, Kagome got up from her seated position and picked up Kaiya who pouted at her in response, obviously not pleased with having her play time interrupted. Chuckling, Kagome bent back down to get her daughter's favorite toy before handing it to her daughter.
After rearranging Kaiya and the toy in her hold, Kagome looked back toward Inuyasha and nodded. "Okay Inuyasha, we are ready" she stated.
Inuyasha nodded and grabbed both bags before leaving the room. Kagome sighed deeply and followed after him. Her nervous feelings began to build up again with each step she took toward the well house and toward another era. Once they came to the well, Kagome watched as Inuyasha jumped inside and as the familiar blue light flashed signaling that he had been taken to the other era.
Kagome took in a deep breath as she glanced in the dark well. Feeling a small hand pat her arm she looked toward Kaiya and smiled as the small girl looked at her curiously. "It's alright honey" Kagome stated, though she didn't know if the statement was more toward herself or her daughter. "Well let's get this over with" she whispered as she held Kaiya tighter to her body and jumped over into the well.
She sighed in relief as the familiar blue light washed over both herself and Kaiya. Feudal era here we come. She thought as she once more tightened her hold on Kaiya.