a/n: I don't own anything dealing with Inuyasha. Oh, and in the next chapter Souta makes a token appearance.
Mrs. Higarashi sat on the end of Kagome's bed and was, for once, rigid as her daughter spoke of Inuyasha.
The crying girl did not mention Shesshomaru or the hanker chief she had hidden in her desk. She only said "kyo-ku," and broke into fresh sobs of anguish.
There was a darkness lying underneath Mama's words when she finally spoke. "You will not go back until he has spoken with me. He might think it beneath his pride to speak about such things to me, but touching another woman is beneath all pride. Listen, Kagome—don't go back until he's spoken with me."
"Mama—don't. I'm not ever going back!" the temper of Kagome appeared in the scream behind her words.
"Are you telling me you'll never go back when the Shikon no Tama is still in shards—when Miroku and Sango still need you? And what about your friends—don't lie and say you won't go back to help them fight Noroku."
"It's Naraku!" Kagome shouted angrily, becoming more and more disrespectful to Mama.
"Well, don't you lie to me. You'll be back to the Edo Era. But not until I talk with Inuyasha." Resolutely, Mama smacked her palm against the bed spread. It was rare to see the delicate woman so angry.
A beat passed in which nothing was said. Kagome simply cried and Mama watched her rigidly, still careful not to say too much to her daughter (nothing her daughter wouldn't understand).
The cries paused. "What will you say to him?" It was a fuming question.
Smoothing out the folds in her skirt, Mama said more calmly, "I will say what a mother must to a man that has broken her daughter's heart and deserves never to be inside her heart again."
There was a moment where Kagome's lips fought each other. But then, they crumbled into a roar. Kagome had always reminded her mother of a lion, roaring as she cried, powerful-sounding and raging at anything conspiring against her, with her fists clenched tightly some times like talon-endowed claws fighting her sadness.
Loosing her caution, Mama became mama and held Kagome in a loose hug. "He's broken such a dear heart. An undeserving heart. Don't go back until he talks with me. Don't let him break that young heart of yours anymore."
The promise in Mama Higarashi's words didn't soothe Kagome. The roaring continued.
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