Chapter 06 - Surprise
"Are you trying to fool me?" He stated darkly after a while of silence, but at least he loosened his grip and I was able to release myself. I took a deep breath and looked at him.
"Look, I wasn't very enthusiastic either when I found it out, but it's true, so deal with it!" I snapped at him. There was another short pause.
"You are a half-demon." He said with disgust and I frowned.
"Yeah and what about it? Does it bother you?" He didn't answer. He just stared at me for a while and then turned and left without saying anything.
I sighed and turned to Inuyasha and the others. They were in the same positions as before and the only movement around them was the blowing wind.
"Well, I guess this wasn't the best way, how to let you know about this." I scratched my head nervously and tried to ease the tension in the atmosphere. When they didn't respond, I sighed and continued.
"I'm sorry, ok? But I didn't know by myself how to deal with it, that's why I didn't tell you." I cried desperately, but there was still no answer. I couldn't stand it anymore. I was trembling and I felt the tears in my eyes.
"I'm sorry." I repeated with my head down and fled off in the direction of the well. I tried to wipe the tears in my eyes away but they just refused to stop. After a while, I gave up in these attempts and let the tears flow freely.
I reached the well and jumped in without second thought. Once inside I looked up and confirmed that I am already in my era. I could get up with just one jump, but now I didn't feel strong enough for that and I didn't want to meet anyone yet, so I leaned against the wall, slowly slid down and curled up crying.
"I can't believe it." Sango got out of the trance first.
"I wonder what's more surprising. The fact, that she is half-demon, the fact, who is her father or the fact, that she was able to hide it from us." Miroku was thinking aloud.
"Like I care!" Sango snapped at him. "We didn't support her, when she needed us the most and now I feel really bad about it."
"You're right. Let's go after her. We didn't act like a good friends just now." He responded. Sango nodded to him and turned to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha?... Huh?... Where is he?" She looked around, but he wasn't anywhere. She wanted to go to search for him, when she was stopped by a tiny voice from beside her.
"Kagome is a half-demon?" Shippo asked in disbelief. Sango knelt to him and put her hands on his shoulders.
"It doesn't matter if she is a half-demon or not. Above all, she is our friend and now she probably thinks that we abandoned her, so we must find her as soon as possible. But if she went back to her era, we need to find Inuyasha first." She said firmly, so it didn't allow any objections. Shippo nodded and then both of them focused their attention at Miroku.
"Maybe he already went after her, so we should wait for them somewhere near the well." He suggested.
"You could be right, but knowing Inuyasha, I wouldn't count on it." Sango answered with sigh. Miroku thought about it for a second and then added.
"So, what about this. We will search for them now and if we won't find them until the sunset, we will wait near the well until one of them will show up."
"Sounds like a good idea. Let's give it a try." They split up into the two groups. One consisting of Sango and Kirara, second of Miroku and Shippo, and started to search
Inuyasha watched Kagome's change with wide eyes. At first he thought, that maybe it won't be that bad. He wouldn't have to worry so much about her, but when she said those words, he was completely stunned.
"I am your daughter, from the future."
That sentence was now spinning in his head like a vortex. She said it to Sesshoumaru, his older brother. Does it mean that Kagome is actually his... niece?
'That's crazy! It must be just a dream, or more accurately a nightmare.' He thought to himself. But then Sesshoumaru left and Kagome turned to them. He knew, she was saying something to them, but he couldn't make out the words. And when she ran past him, he couldn't even move and soon she disappeared out of his senses.
He noticed, that Sango and Miroku were talking about something, but he didn't care. The only thing he knew was, that he can't stay at this place any longer. It didn't matter, where should he go, he just had to go somewhere. So, he ran off, not exactly thinking about the direction.
Even though, he didn't set the destination of his way, in the end, he found himself stand in front of the well. He knew, she went there, but he wasn't sure, if he should go after her. For now he decided that he will just stay close in case she'll return and jumped on the branch of one of the surrounding trees.
"So, any luck?" Miroku disturbed him from thinking. The sun was almost down and Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara were now gathering in front of the well.
"No, seems like we'll really have to wait until one of them will show up." Sango stated and sat on the ground. The others sat down as well and Shippo sighed.
"We don't even know if she went back to her era. What if she is still somewhere in the forests?"
"She did go through the well, I can smell it." Inuyasha jumped down and joined the conversation.
"Inuyasha! How long were you here?" Miroku asked.
"Don't know." He shrugged.
"What? Then why didn't you go for Kagome yet?" Sango yelled at him and he took a step back.
"Ok, ok, I'm going already." He answered quickly and carefully bypassed her in effort not to get hurt from her. He jumped into the well and the others were once again left behind waiting.
I sat still at the bottom of the well. I didn't cry anymore I just sat there with blank face. No tears and no other emotions. I decided that I can't stay here forever, so I checked my appearance, jumped up and went into the house.
"I am home!" I shouted into the house tiredly and sat on the sofa in the living room.
"Kagome, you're back, that's great." Mum said cheerfully, but then she paused. "What happened to you? You look horrible." She sat next to me and embraced me.
"It's nothing, I'll be fine, don't worry." I sighed.
"You don't look like that." She looked at me firmly. "I know, how to cheer you up. The day after you left, your father came here and left you a message." I shot her a glare. Is this supposed to cheer me up? No way. Especially after what happened today.
"What's wrong Kagome, you said you're getting along well, so I thought it's ok, to call him that way." She looked at me and I sighed.
"Sorry, but I just don't feel like calling him 'father' or 'dad' or anything of this sort. It's weird." I explained. She was quiet and I knew, she was thinking about something.
"So, how do you want me to call him in front of you?" She asked after a while.
"Sesshoumaru will be fine." I suggested. Now that everyone knows the truth, it doesn't matter if someone will overhear us using this name.
"Sesshoumaru? I remember, that's how you called him when you met him here, right? But still, such a strange name, no wonder he didn't want to say it to anyone." I chuckled, mum takes everything so lightly.
"Maybe, but it suits him well." I stated.
"When did you two meet anyway? You seem to know a lot about him." She asked.
"Long story. Didn't you say he left me some kind of message?" I changed the topic.
"You're right. He said that he has a surprise for you and that you should go to his house right after you'll return." She said excitedly. "That reminds me." She added with thoughtful expression. "I was surprised that you already told him about your traveling into the past."
"I didn't have to say it to him, he already knew that." I stated and then quickly continued to avoid her potential questions. "I'm going to change my clothes and visit him, see you later." I rushed to my room and closed the door. I sighed, I really should be more careful about what am I saying.
I took a quick shower, got dressed in clean clothes and took off in the direction of Sesshoumaru's house. Just what kind of surprise could he mean? And why did he want me to come right after my return?
I stood in front of his house and wanted to knock at the door, but Jaken was faster and opened the door, before I could even touch it. I went inside and followed him further into the house.
"Kagome, good you are here already, I was waiting for you." Sesshoumaru greeted me with a smile.
"Don't talk so friendly to me, you just tried to kill me!" I snapped at him.
"As I expected." His expression didn't change at all.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I thought you will be angry at me. I remember what happened, though a long time passed from then, so it didn't come to my mind immediately. But I must admit that I was really taken aback by your statement. And the worst thing about it was, that I knew you were telling the truth."
"Really? You didn't look like that you believed me."
"At that time, I wouldn't be able to admit it to anyone, even to myself. I always despised humans and half-demons and on that day you told me, that my own daughter will be a half-demon. Not very promising vision for someone with such conviction."
"You deserved it." I said firmly and folded my arms.
"Probably." He smiled and I rolled my eyes.
"Sesshoumaru, did you invite someone else other than me?" A new voice called from the other room.
"Who is it?" I asked with interest.
"You'll see." He winked at me and led me to that room. There was a guy with gingery hair approaching the door. He opened his mouth to say something to Sesshoumaru, but then his look fell on me and his eyes widened.
"Kagome!" He shouted happily and hugged me.
"Who...? I tried to ask who is he, but the words didn't come out. He pulled away from me, so we could look at each other from face to face.
"Don't you recognize me?" He asked and I thought about it. His features were somehow familiar and his smell too. It took me only two or three seconds before I got it.
"Shippo! Is that really you?" I asked in amazement.
"Yeah." He scratched his head. "I grew up a little from the last time we saw each other." I threw my arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder.
"I thought you didn't want to see me again, when you found out who I really am." He stroked my hair and I tightened my grip around him.
"I am sorry we let you think so, but we would never leave you, we were just shocked. After you left we searched for you and for Inuyasha until the sunset. Then we found Inuyasha near the well and Sango forced him to go after you. She was really scary." Shippo smiled at the memory.
"Thanks Shippo." I smiled at him. He really made me feel better. "But why did you search for Inuyasha too? He was with you, wasn't he?"
"He sneaked away only a while after you ran away, though nobody noticed him leaving. And because we deduced, that you probably returned to your era, we had to find him, because he was the only one who could pick you up." He explained.
"That jerk, always causing trouble." I said thoughtlessly and both Shippo and Sesshoumaru laughed at my comment.
We spent the rest of the day talking. Shippo told me about his adventures and we all talked about many other things, though, they both very skillfully avoided to talk about any events which didn't happen yet and where I could play some part. It didn't bother me, it was probably better if I didn't know what's going to happen to me, so I didn't think about it.
It was already dark outside, when we heard a loud crash noise from the entrance. We looked at each other knowingly and left the room heading towards it's source.
I don't know what kind of impression did you get from this chapter, but I must admit that I was quite depressed when I was writing it. Especially the first part, where I almost cried with Kagome. And in the part about Inuyasha's thoughts my hands started to shake all of a sudden and I had to stop and go to sleep. Well, it probably wasn't the best idea to write something like this at 1 am while listening to sad music. In any case, I hope you liked it and I will try to do the next chapter more cheerful :).