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Pain Held So Deep Within
Chapter Six:
Teachings of the Past
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Chapter Six: Teachings of the Past
The ride was long and silent. Inuyasha never did know how to respond to Kagome's mother. Any mother at all, he felt uncomfortable around. I guess you could say that he was afraid of them. His own mother died protecting him. He had a right to be afraid.
The smooth pavement turned into dust and gravel. The car bounced up and own, shaking Inuyasha out of his thoughts. For the first time he noticed his surroundings. He could see mountains, with snow tops, in the distance. Closer were farming fields, much like those in the Feudal Era. The road they were traveling on was outlined with Sakura trees. The petals seemed to do a dance whenever there was a gentle breeze. The wind would capture the soft pink flowers and lift them high in the air, twirling, higher and higher. Until the breeze came to a stop and the pedals floated gracefully to the ground only to have the wind pick them back up again.
The car rolled to a stop at the end of the road. Inuyasha turned to Kagome's mother to see her unfastening her seat belt and getting out of the car. He soon after did the same having a slight problem undoing his seat belt. He couldn't press the button with his claws. He growled in frustration. He was just about to slice the annoying thing off, when his car door was opened and a voice spoke.
"Well, are you coming or not?" Kara asked.
"Um…" Inuyasha replied. Kara looked down to see the troubled look upon his face.
"Oh, silly me. You can't get out can you?" Kara chuckled. "Here." She reached over him and unbuckled him. He muttered a small thank you and stepped out of the car. His ears twitched under the hat that he still had on from shopping.
"Inuyasha, does that hat bother your ears?" Kara questioned.
"Feh." Was his only response. She laughed again.
'He tries to be so tough' she thought.
"Well, you can take it off, there is no one up here." With in a flash Inuyasha had the hat on the ground stomping and yelling curses at the hat. 'I can see why she loves you Inuyasha.'
"Stupid no good for nothing hat…" Inuyasha muttered.
"Well, we got a little ways to walk but we should get there in about thirty minutes." Kara explained. With that, she began walking towards a small trail that lead up a hill. Inuyasha stopped crushing the hat and ran up in front of her. He knelt down.
"Here, get on my back. We will get there faster." Inuyasha explained to the confused Kara. Kara smiled and gently shook her head.
"No, thank you Inuyasha." Kara replied. Inuyasha looked at her confusingly. No one had ever denied a ride from him. Well, with the exception of Kagome of course. Like mother like daughter. Kara sighed knowing that that wasn't going to be enough to convince the stubborn hanyou.
"You know, you always run around. You never take time to really take in the scenery, the smell and you never take the time to just be carefree of all your worries and troubles. Isn't that what this vacation of yours is supposed to be? Every once in a while you should just slow it down and take time to notice mother nature's beauty." Kara explained while she picked up a fallen Sakura flower and gently put it in her hair.
"Kagome once told me that." Inuyasha said in a soft tone. It did feel good every now and then to just take it all in and let the warm calm feeling wash away everything that bothered you.
"Which wise old lady do you think she got it from?" Kara jokingly asked.
"I always thought it was Kaede-baba filling her head with the nonsense." and back came his rudeness. He noticed the frown on Kara's face. "Oh, um... sorry." he murmured.
"It's quite alright Inuyasha." and with that they started their journey up the small path. After about a half an hour of none stop walking they came to a stop. Inuyasha looked at the stone that was set into the ground. He scanned the stone and found lettering that read, 'She took you away from us, and now you lay here in the soil. She will have no memories of you, while we will sit and cry wishing that we could create more. We love you Shinichi and you will forever hold a place in our heart, even though you had forgotten about us.' He was lost in thought about what the writings meant when he heard Kara speak.
"This was his favorite place to go." Kara said.
"Who? Kagome's father?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Yes. He loved it here. Sometimes he would take Kagome and I up here and we would just sit and watch the clouds go by. He was a wonderful man, a wonderful father, and a wonderful husband." Inuyasha said nothing. He decided to wait for her to go on, rather than press the subject.
"I suppose you are questioning what the words mean on his tomb?" she asked. Inuyasha slightly nodded avoiding her gaze. Kara gently ran her fingers over the engraving in the cold slate of stone. "It was Kagome's six birthday..."
FLASHBACK
"Kagome! It's time to open your presents!" called a young woman about the age of 25. She stood next to a tall slim man with chocolate orbs and shaggy black hair. They were standing in the back yard of the old shrine. Children's laughter could be heard miles away. There were balloons, confetti, streamers of all colors, and games of all sorts. There on the table was a mound of presents all for one little girl. Kagome Higurashi.
A little girl came running followed by a string of other munchkins. They all gathered around the table as the little girl began ripping open her presents. After she tore through most of them, she reached for the last one. It was a small box wrapped in light blue paper with a white ribbon tied around it with care. The wrapping baby was so pretty that the girl did not want to mess it up. So she unwrapped it cautiously so as to not harm the paper. Once the box was out of its wrapping, she slowly opened the box to reveal a gold heart shaped locket. The young girl gasped at the sight of it and looked up to her father who smiled warmly at her.
"Even though I might not always be here physically, I will always be with you mentally my little angel. Through this golden locket, we will always be with one another, no matter the distance that is in between us." exclaimed the man.
"Thank you Daddy! I love it!" Kagome flew her arms around her fathers waist in a great big bear hug. Shinichi smiled at his daughter and gently picked her up and stood her on the tables bench. He reached into the box and pulled it out. He unclasped it and gently put it around the young girls neck, hooking it so it would stay upon her neck. Kagome gently ran her fingers along the heart locket and smiled.
END FLASHBACK
Inuyasha unconsciously ran his rough fingers along the golden heart shaped locket that Kagome had given him. (A/N: Think back to the second Inuyasha movie...)
"A couple months later Shinichi and I had a fight. He was starting to spend more and more time at his work, and coming home later and later. I began to have suspicions that he wasn't being faithful. So, one night I confronted him. He denied all of my accusations and he left. I later found out that he got drunk and went home with another woman. When he came back he had guilt written all across his face. I apologized for my accusations, just wanting the fight to be over. But a couple weeks later we got a phone call. The woman that he had slept with that night when he left was pregnant. Shinichi said that wasn't in his right mind when he slept with her. I believed him, but Shinichi wanted that baby to have a father. So he packed up his bags. I pleaded for him to stay. I told him that if he didn't want to stay for me, than for Kagome. But he had made up his mind. He left in his car and never came back. A couple hours later, I got another phone call. This time it was the police. They said that Shinichi had gotten into and accident. They said that he didn't make it. I was so devastated. I thought that the woman who he had slept with needed to know, since the father of her baby was dead. So I called her up. We sobbed together on the phone. Me for my loss, and her for her baby. She told me that she was going to give the baby up for adoption. I didn't have the heart to let Shinichi's baby go to some other family. So I adopted the baby when he was born. The mother named him, Souta, and out of respect, I kept the name. So Kagome and Souta are actually half siblings. I never heard from the woman again. She just vanished." Kara explained.
Inuyasha sat in shock. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Why hadn't Kagome ever told him?
"I'm sorry about your tragic loss." Inuyasha said.
"It's in the past. Something you need to learn Inuyasha, is how to put things behind you. You have a family now, no matter if you did or didn't in your past. You have one now. And that is all that matters. Cherish it Inuyasha, because you never know when it will all be taken away from you." Kara explained. She noticed the painful expression upon his face when she mentioned the word family.
"What is it that puts all that sorrow in your heart Inuyasha? Why does your heart ache whenever the word family, or father, or mother is said?" Kara questioned.
"I was born of a cursed life. My demon father was mated to my half brothers mother. But when she died, he was left alone to grieve. Then he met my human mother. They fell in love. But their love was forbidden. Humans and demons were enemies, not lovers. But their love for one another was too strong to break. My mother became pregnant with me. The day my mother gave birth to me was the day she died. Prince Tokenouwa (A/N: Was that his name? I can't remember... Its in the third movie...) killed her out of jealousy. He wanted to marry her, but when he heard the news that she was taken by a demon, he was outraged. And killed her, then waited for my father to come, so he could kill him as well. Well, my father came like he had expected, but what he did not know, was that my father had to possession of the sword known as Tensaiga. It is a sword which brings those back from the dead, as long as their soul has not yet crossed over. When he came, he revived her. Then Tokenouwa came and fought my father to the death. My father fought him off and killed him, but at the price of his own life. Before he died, he told me mother what my name would be and told her to run. She did as she was told. We came to a nearby village where we lived. But I was an outcast. I was hated by both humans and demons. The only thing that protected me from being killed was my mother. She protected me, and then she got sick. She died when I was only four. I was left alone to fend for myself. Mostthe time I was on the run, running for my life. Everyone and everything wanted me dead. Then I met..." Inuyasha stopped. He didn't want to get into that. He was still surprised that he had just opened up to Kara like he did.
"You have had a very devastating life Inuyasha. I'm shocked at how well you've grown up." Kara explained. She felt the silver haired hanyou tense when he was going to mention that girl, Kikyo, so she decided not to press the matter. Inuyasha let out a breath thanking the gods that she didn't ask what he was going to say.
"You are very strong Inuyasha, physically as well as emotionally. But it's time you put down your barriers. You have family now. You have people who love you all around. Souta, me, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and especially Kagome. Open up to them, like you opened up to me Inuyasha. Let them see what you are feeling. Don't hide your feelings anymore." Kara explained. Inuyasha stayed silent as he thought about her words. "Well, I suppose it is time to go." she said. She got up and began walking back down the path that they had come up from. "Are you coming Inuyasha?" she asked when she noticed that he was not following her. Inuyasha stood up. A strange smell hit his nose. Then he noticed an even stranger aura. (A/N: I don't think that Inuyasha can actually sense auras but in this story I say he can!) He decided that he was going to check it out.
"You go on ahead. I think I'm going to stay here for a couple more minutes." Inuyasha said. He noticed the confused expression that played across Kara's face and gave her a small reassuring smile that he would be fine.
"Alright Inuyasha." she said. And with that she walked down the path in her own deep thought.
About ten minutes later she heard footsteps rushing towards her. She turned around and found Inuyasha coming to a slow pace, which matched her own.
"Hello again Inuyasha!" she said with cheer ringing in her voice.
"Hi... Um... Can I ask you a favor?" he asked.
"Why sure Inuyasha!"
"Can we come back here two days from now? But with Kagome?" he asked. Confusion struck Kara once again.
"I don't see why not. But may I ask why?" she questioned.
"Someone I met before I left the tomb wishes to speak with the both of you." he replied.
END OF CHAPTER!
Authors Note: hahahahaha! I'm so evil! teeheehee! So my TRIVIA QUESTION IS: WHO WANTS TO SPEAK WITH KAGOME AND HER MOTHER? If you can guess the correct answer I will give you a sneak peak into the NEXT CHAPTER! lol! haha I'm so evil! Soo... This chapter annoyed me.. cause it wasn't as long as I hoped it would have been.. and it just annoyed me to write it... Cause everything after this will begin to fall into place.. and this was kind of like the key chapter that I needed... I just wanted to get it done and OVER with.. so the rest should come pretty easy for me until AFTER the club chapter.. I've got everything planned out up till that chapter! So.. please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW AND REVIEW SOME MORE! And if any of you have any stories you would like me to read tell me and I'll be more than happy to read and review as well! So... if you want that Sneak Peak... REVIEW AND GUESS!
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