Part 4: Wanting to Give In (Part 1)

Annoying Little Twit

It had been two months since Kagome had returned to the modern era, and her mood had worsened over those months. She couldn't get over her lover, and the only things she did these days were take care of her two children, clean the house, and cry. Shippo was starting to worry, for his mama wasn't eating. Suki, who was getting bigger, always wanted to be held; and when Kagome cried, she cried also.

One day, while Kagome was fixing her two children something to eat, Kagome's mother came into the kitchen, with a determined look upon her face.

"Kagome, I think you should go visit your aunt and cousin."

"Mama, I don't want to." Kagome said, not even looking at her. She was cutting up some fish for Suki and Shippo's meal.

"I don't care. I already called and told them that you were coming to see them." Kagome's mother informed her, and Kagome still didn't turn around.

"But--" Kagome started, and her mother cut her off.

"No buts. I want you out of this house for at least four hours. All you do is mope around. I know you loved him, but you're killing yourself."

"Fine Mama, I'll go. I'm bringing Shippo and Suki with me though."

"That's fine. Now you're aunt may not be there, but your cousin will be. I'm not sure if he knows you're coming or not. Don't hurt him too much, alright?"

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Kagome had loaded Suki into the stroller, and Shippo was walking besides her. Suki was wrapped up in a blanket, and she had a white bonnet on her head. This was to cover her ears and tail. There was nothing she could do about her fangs and claws. Shippo, who had been practicing his illusions, just got rid of his tail, and was wearing a pair of long jeans, sneakers, and a green shirt.

Kagome walked down the streets, getting many looks from people. She could hear some comments about her age and her children, but she ignored them, and continued towards her cousin's house.

Reaching their neighborhood, she made Shippo hold onto the stroller also, so that he wouldn't wander away. She hated going through here alone before she had gone down the well, and hadn't been back since. Last she knew, her cousin had been in a coma.

Going up to the door, she gave it a few knocks, then stepped back, The door opened, and her cousin's head came through the crack in the door.

"Kags?"

"Hello Yusuke. It's been a while."

"Yeah it has! Almost three years now, and the year before that you had been sick on and off, then you just disappeared off the face of the earth! I asked Souta where you were, and he said that you were living with your friends in a distant land. I wanted to beat him up! Since when did he become so vague? And who the hell are the runts?"

"Yusuke, I would like you to meet my children, Shippo and Suki." Kagome let Shippo walk to the shocked Yusuke, and then uncovered Suki in her stroller. Her ears were covered with a baby bonnet, and her lower body was covered with the blanket, so all you could see was her hair and face.

"C-children? B-both of them? Is that why you disappeared?! Because some lowlife got you knocked up?!"

Kagome, tears building up in her eyes, brought up a hand and smacked Yusuke, catching him off guard and knocking him back into the wall, where she smacked him again.

"Don't you ever call their father a lowlife! He was a greater man then you would ever be!" Kagome growled, making Suki start to cry. Shippo was glaring at Yusuke, and Kagome picked up Suki into her arms (making sure her tail was still covered by the blanket) and started to rock her back and forth.

"S-sorry Kags... I just... Wasn't expecting them to be yours? And what do you mean by 'was'?"

"Their father was killed while working... So I moved us back home with my mother, Grandfather, and Souta." Kagome said, sniffling.

"I'm sorry..." Yusuke said, uncomfortable. He didn't deal well with crying women. Kagome sniffled again, then gave a weak smile.

"So what has my favorite cousin been doing these past few years?"

"Uh... Not much. Skipping school, getting into fights, made a few good friends after beating the living sh-- I mean, crap out of them. Then I met my father, spent a year with him, then he starved himself to death, and I'm back here." Yusuke said, catching himself before swearing in front of his cousin. He still painfully remembered the punishments he would get from her for swearing. He didn't know if she was still the same way. He also left out the important details, being rather vague on everything.

"I see. Ever still the delinquent. Was your father nice?"

"Yeah, for being an old geezer."

"Yusuke..."

"Anyways, what are these friends that you stayed with like?"

"Well, one is a arrogant jerk, one a pervert, one a warrior woman, one an ice prince that is the half-brother to the jerk, and one a complete animal that is head over heels for me." Kagome said vaguely, and Yusuke tilted his head confused.

"Is that one their father?"

"No Yusuke, he wishes he was. But I don't like him like that."

"So who was their father?"

"A great man, Yusuke, a great man. Though the things he did, many people saw him as a bad person... I still loved him all the same. And my friends accepted him. For the most part."

"'For the most part'? What do you mean by that?"

"Well, he was well known where I was living and feared by some groups of people. The arrogant jerk didn't like him at all, and my best friend, the warrior woman, was in fearful awe of him."

"I see..."

"So Yusuke, tell me about your friends. You said you made a few?"

"Well, you remember Kuwabara, he is my friend now."

"Amazing."

"And then there's a short silent pyro, then there's my friend that many girls think is a complete fox. I also have a friend who's head is always in the clouds, one that is as warm as ice, and then Kuwabara's girlfriend. And Keiko, we're kinda dating..."

"Hmm... Well Yusuke, I better get going, I told Mama I wouldn't be long. It was nice seeing you."

"You too. Hey! Maybe sometime I can introduce you to my friends?"

"That would be great. Bye Yusuke."

"Bye Kags."

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Yusuke closed the door, and let out a sigh. His life just got more complicated. So his older cousin got pregnant, ran off with some guy, and then had two kids. He thought he had been the delinquent in the family. Now his do-good little cousin seemed to have it worse off then he did.

Well, he wouldn't tell her what he thought, since he still had the mark on his face where he had hit him. Damn... She hit hard.

About 5 minutes after she had left, another knock came from the door he was leaning against. Pulling himself off the floor, he answered it, and saw his friends standing at the door.

"Come on in..." Yusuke said tiredly, and Kuwabara gave him a weird look as he walked in.

"What's your problem?"

"Nothing... Just having a weird day."

Kuwabara sat down on one of the couches, and Kurama, his other friend, took a seat on the other couch. Yusuke plopped down on the floor, and then they saw the mark on his cheek. It was a dark purple, and looked like it would be there for a while.

"Dude, what happened to you?" Kuwabara asked, and Yusuke grimaced, as he touched his cheek.

"Got my older cousin mad when I called her a whore."

"Why on earth did you do that?" Kurama asked, and he sighed.

"Because she went and got herself pregnant, ran off with some loser, and now she has two kids! She had been gone for three years; I haven't seen her since before my death. She apparently had been living with some friends in a 'distant land', according to my little cousin."

"So, apparently she came back... What did you two talk about?"

"I wouldn't know. I couldn't tell her much, and she wouldn't tell me anything! Apparently her best friend is a warrior woman, and some animal is head over heels for her, and an arrogant jerk didn't like her lover. Oh, there was a pervert living with them too."

Kurama looked distant, as he listened... This sounded so familiar... Could it be...?

"So what did the kids look like?" Kurama asked, and got a strange look from Yusuke.

"Why?"

Kurama looked away, and Yusuke grew more curious. Kuwabara was watching both of them, and no one noticed when Hiei entered the room.

"It's because of his mate."

"His... mate?" Yusuke asks, and Kurama doesn't meet their eyes.

"Yes. His mate and their two children."

Yusuke thinks for a moment, back to the conversation that he had with Kagome, and starts to see similarities between Kurama and the description of her lover.

"So you're saying that my cousin Kagome, is Kurama's mate?"

"Not... my mate. My previous body's lover." Kurama said, still not looking at them. Kuwabara then speaks up.

"How is that possible? Youko's been dead for 19 years. She got pregnant three years ago."

"I came back 19 years ago... I died over 500 years ago."

"Wait a second! How is this fuckin' possible then?!"

"Kagome told you she was living in a distant land... That was the Feudal Era, in which I originally lived. She traveled through a well on her property, called the Bone Eaters Well, to reach this Era. We met the year she started traveling, and we became lovers shortly after. That was before Kuronue's death. She made him a grave marker... I visit it often. It's still around." By this time, the others knew he was just rambling; he was immersed in the past.

"So you're saying Kagome can jump through time?"

"Yes."

"Then... Why does her oldest son look nothing like either of them...? Actually, come to think of it... her oldest son looks like you do now."

"That's because I changed my body's physical appearance to match Shippo's. Kagome adopted him after his parents were killed over the shards of the Shinkon Jewel."

"The Shinkon Jewel?" Yusuke asked, and Hiei was listening curiously.

"That's another story, one that I am not involved with. Anyway, she adopted him, then met me, we became lovers, she got pregnant two years later, and Suki came right on time... I remember Lady Kaede and Sango were the midwives. Inuyasha was so mad... He didn't like the fact that I took Kagome for myself. Neither did Kouga, as a matter of fact. Miroku, well, he was his usual self, though he did help a lot. Then a few months after this, I died. I waited until 19 years ago to come back, hoping I have reached the right time... I guess I did... Though I had no idea she was related to you." Kurama rambled, and his face was lowered. He had tears building up in his eyes, which he didn't want anyone to see – though he knew Hiei could probably smell them. Hiei had only known he had a lover when Kurama had gotten drunk one night, and started to talk about her. Hiei had visited that night, and listened to the whole thing.

"Wait wait... The older one's isn't either of yours, and his name is Shippo. The baby is both of yours, and her name is Suki. Then who the hell are all the other people?"

"Her traveling companions, while they searched for the shards. Except the wolf, Kouga."

"Did you love her?" Yusuke asked, and Kurama nodded.

"Please don't tell her I am alive just now."

"Why not?"

"The loss is still very fresh for her. For her, my death happened two months ago. For me, I lost her over 500 years ago. I have had years to mourn, she has not. Meeting me right now, like this, would either overwhelm her, or break her."

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Kurama walked back from Yusuke's house alone. Kuwabara and Hiei were still there, but he didn't want to be around them at the moment. Knowing he had reached the right time, after so many years, was a bit overwhelming.

He wished he could go to her now, but he didn't know where she lived, and he didn't want to ask Yusuke at the moment. Also, what he said was right, she would probably break, or not believe him.

Shaking his head, he walked into his house, said hello to his mother, and headed up to his room. There, he locked his door, locked his window, and changed out of his regular clothing and into more comfortable clothing. Sitting down on his bed, he thought about the first time he saw her. When they first kissed. When they first made love. When he met Shippo. When Suki was born. When he died. Drifting for almost 500 years. Being reborn. Growing up again, this time with a goal in mind. And now… She was back.

His heart ached heavily, just wanting to run to Yusuke and ask her where she is. Just so he could hold her once again. So he could see Suki and Shippo.

Tears built once more in his eyes, and this time, he didn't hold them back. He fell asleep crying that night, and never knew the plan being made behind his back.

Owari

Okay, now I am going to start working on my other story, so the next part may take longer to get out. I hope to get this done soon. I am almost done with this story, and I finally figured out how I want to finish the story. So until next time…