"Get back here." Kagome said laughing at son. Today marked her son's birthday and the anniversary of her losing a good friend. At least that's what she told everyone in her time. She told herself that she would never put that in the way of making her son happy so she chose to act like it never happened, to act like the man she grew to love didn't die several years back on this same day.
"Mom, I wanna play on the swings." The young child said as he stopped mid-stride to allow his mother to catch up. Kagome knew she couldn't keep the past a secret for to much longer though, he was always asking about his father, he was always sitting near the sacred tree claiming he could feel something pull him there and he always seemed to be drawn to the well house although Kagome forbid him from going in there.
Shiho barked as she stopped with Yasha while Kagome caught up. Her tail was wagging like crazy while she waited for Kagome to catch up to them.
"Sure Yasha, I will be over in a bit." She yelled as she watched him and Shiho run with great ease to the swing. Yasha knew he was named after his father and seemed to take pride in that.
The small seven year old ran up to his mother and hugged her before yelling, "Can we play tag?"
Shiho was at her feet barking as Yasha asked.
"Sure thing, then we will go back home for cake and ice cream."
"Forget tag, let's go home now!" Yasha said as he ran towards the sidewalk.
'Just like his father only cares about food.' Kagome thought as she started to try and keep up with the child. His doctor prescribed him with medicine saying he was ADHD due to him running around nonstop. Kagome knew the truth though; he wasn't able to run enough. He doesn't have the big fields like his father did and was told to never run as fast as he found he could run. Pretty much what looked like to everyone else was his fastest run was actually his slowest jog he could do. He couldn't get rid of the energy in this time.
Kagome was broken out of her trance when she heard a man yell, "Watch it kid." She looked up to see that Yasha just ran into a man about her age.
Kagome ran over to help her son up, "Sorry about that, he doesn't think sometime." She said.
"Oh yeah? Well maybe you need to keep him on a leash." The man snapped back at her. That wasn't the first time she heard that insult. She looked up at the man to see that he wasn't fully one race, he was part Japanese, part…something else. It was evidence once she saw that his hair was more of a blondish color.
"Look just because you don't enjoy life doesn't mean you have to take it out on my son." She said holding her sons hand. Shiho stood next to them as she began sniffing the man.
"What would you know about what my life is like?"
"I know enough that you are a different race and you have to take out your frustration on younger children." Kagome yelled at the man.
She could tell the man was taken aback by her words, "I am only half of a different race thanks very much, my mother is Japanese so that makes me Japanese by law." He said folding his arms and sticking his nose in the air. Shiho put her ears back, she knew the two weren't getting along.
"And what's the other part, Jerk?"
"No…I don't know what the other part is, I never met my father." The man told her in a whisper.
"Than don't take it out on my son." Kagome said frustrated. She started to walk away while holding her child's hand. Shiho started to bark to get Kagome to come back but she was too frustrated. "Come on Shiho."
Shiho looked up at the man than back at Kagome who was walking off with Yasha. She whimpered to get Kagome's attention. Kagome didn't notice.
"Wait" the man yelled running up to her. Shiho appeared to smile as she ran with the man.
"What now?" Kagome yelled turning around suddenly.
"You look familiar, have we met."
"No, I would remember a jerk like you." Kagome yelled at him.
"You come to this park a lot?"
"Yeah."
"That must be were then." He said as if he solved a mystery.
Kagome sighed as she walked away again noticing that Shiho was once again not following. "Shiho." She yelled pulling out the leash and putting it on the dogs color, "Come on." She yelled pulling the dog with her. Shiho finally gave in as she walked back with the two of them. Yasha was not only bewildered but silent all the way home. He wasn't about to make his mom too angry.
"Mom." He asked while they were going up the stairs to the shrine.
"Yeah?" Kagome let Shiho off the leash as she ran up the stairs ahead of them.
"Who was my dad?"
"Your dad was a special guy that died several years ago." She said. The child asked the question quite often but Kagome would try to get away from the conversation by being as vague as possible.
"Where did you guys meet? Please tell me." Yasha begged.
"We met in front of the sacred tree." She told him.
"Why wont you tell me anymore than that, all I know about him is that I am named after him. Can I at least see a picture of him?"
Kagome sighed then pulled an envelope out of her pocket. She bent down to the small child. "Inuyasha, I was going to wait to show you this until after your birthday party but if you want to see it this much, I have it right here with your card." She told the child giving him the envelope.
Yasha took the envelope and looked up at his mother to make sure it was okay to open it. "So in here is the picture of my dad?" he asked as he slowly opened the letter. Kagome smiled as she watched her son open the card and watch as the picture came out. His eyes got huge as he picked it up from the ground. Yasha smiled as he looked up at his mother, "Is this really him?"
"Yes." In the picture were both Inuyasha and Kagome back before they were captured. In the background there was Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and even Kirara.
"We have the same ears! He has the coolest eyes! He is wearing the same kimono I have in my room! He… he looks like me." Shiho picked up on Yasha's excitement as she came running back barking and wagging her tail.
"No you look like him." Kagome said correcting him.
"Who are the others?"
"They were our other friends that we had. That is Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippo." She told her son pointing to each person.
"You guys used to have a cat?"
"No it was Sango's cat." She told her son.
Yasha had tears in his eyes as he looked at the picture, "When did dad die?" Shiho seemed to pause looking at Kagome as if she were wondering what Kagome would say.
"A few months before you were born." She lied to him, yeah, he died protecting his son but that was such a huge burden for Inuyasha to live with when he found that his father died to save him that she didn't want her son to have such a big burden. Shiho seemed to not like the answer as she barked repeatedly.
Yasha made a high pitched noise making Shiho stop barking and look at him.
"Now let's get set up for that party." Kagome said.
"Sure, but can I tape this picture to my wall so that I can show my Azami and Kyubi?"
"Sure." What else could she say? If anyone asks, Yasha had the same birth defects as his father that's all.
Kagome had to force a smile the whole way through the party knowing that today marked the death of her only love. She still remembered when she came home for the first time after that ordeal her mother called the cops up when she got back so many years ago to tell them that it turned out she was being held captive by someone in another country for the year and they just assumed she was dead until she escaped from the man. It wasn't lying due to it being somewhat true and it was quite easy to have the cops believe it due to them never having full proof that Kagome died. Once the report was done, Kagome never told about that lie again. She didn't want Yasha thinking that all of that was true.
Yasha showed his two friends the picture of his father. "And we look exactly the same." He said pointing to the ears. "I am not the only one with a birth defect." He said proudly.
"Wow, you guys do look the same!" Azami said staring at the picture.
The three of them ran off to play video games, something Kagome never got into but her son loved them.
She sat down waiting for Yasha's friends to leave, she was bored and she just wanted to go see Inuyasha's grave. She then felt a cold nose hit her hand. She smiled looking down at the white Samoyed that she got for her son. "Get down Shiho." She said to the dog. The dog just acted stupid and refused to listen to her.
This dog definitely helped young Yasha go through his life so far. Yasha had Shiho so well trained; he could yip in pitches not heard for normal human ears to get the dog to attack or back down. Kagome was very curious to see that and was wondering if maybe dog demons may just have a special language and maybe the dogs in her time happened to talk the same language.
She sighed, she hated making the different pitches…sometimes she would mess up and tell the dog to do the wrong thing. She had to think about it for a second before doing a high pitched yip. She frowned as the dog lay down. "Good boy." She said petting the dogs head. So she meant for it to sit but lying down was close enough.
Shiho seemed to put her nose on Kagome feet as she looked up at Kagome expectantly.
If Kagome didn't know better she would have thought the dog was trying to tell her that everything was okay. After all of the kids left Kagome grabbed her bouquet of flowers she bought and than told her son, "I am going to head out for a bit. I will be back soon."
"Where are you going to go with those flowers?" her son asked running up to her.
"I am going to visit your dad's grave sight." She told her son. She could never lie to him well except her past but that was to help him.
"Please can I come, I am old enough now."
"You are only seven." That is what he thought at least.
"But that is old."
"Why don't you bring him?" Kagome's mother said. "I am sure he would appreciate it."
"More than anything!" Yasha yelled.
"Fine, you can come but you are to never tell anyone about this and I mean anyone." Kagome told her son.
"I promise I wont." Yasha said nonchalantly.
"No you don't understand you need to make sure that no one ever finds out. If they do than we will be in trouble."
"I won't tell anyone." The child said more seriously now.
"Alright let's go." Kagome said grabbing her child by the hand. "You have to learn the truth some time." Kagome told whispered as she walked out of the house.
Kagome's mother watched as Kagome and Yasha left the house before whispering, "Just give it to him in increments."
Shiho was leashed to the sacred tree sleeping in the shade when she saw Kagome and Yasha come out of the house. She started to bark and wag her tail as Yasha ran to the stairs.
Yasha ran to the stairs and was prepared to go down when Kagome called him back, "We aren't going that way." She told him.
"Then which way are we going?"
"Just follow me." She told her son.
Shiho pulled more and whimpered when she saw them going towards the well house.
"Shiho be good while we are gone." Yasha yelled.
Yasha stayed next to her as Kagome opened the well house doors. "You said to never go in here." Yasha whispered.
Shiho stopped barking and started to pace then pull her leash some more.
"You are to never go in here unless if I am around." Kagome assured him.
Once at the bottom Kagome made sure the jewel that was now whole was around her neck then made him hug her as she jumped in. Yasha was waiting for the thud but it never came as they were engulfed in a strange light and softly landed on the other side. His mother had him climb out of the well using a ladder with her right behind him. Once out he let out a gasp. "Where are we? Where is the house?" Yasha asked looking around.
"We are in the same place, we went back in time" Kagome told him. "Now stay near me, you don't know this place."
"Yes mama." Yasha whispered. They then went in front of the sacred tree that Yasha came to love to sit under in his time.
Kagome stopped in front of the tree, on it was the rope with the seals that Miroku put on it in order to ensure that Inuyasha have a safe and happy travel to the afterlife. This rope was the same one that was on her tree in her time. She felt a tear escape her eye as she knelt down in front of the tree.
Yasha looked at his mother before realizing. "Is my dad buried here?" he asked.
"Yes, Your father is buried right here." Kagome whispered as she set the flowers next to a set of fresh flowers no doubt from Miroku, Sango and Shippo.
Yasha started to cry right after she told him that. This was why he always felt so close to his father when he sat near the tree, this would explain the happy feelings he would get when he touched that rope thing hanging off of the tree. "I wish I could have met him." Yasha whispered.
"I wish you could have too." Kagome said grabbing her son to hug him. He lay loose in her arms as she hugged him tighter.
"Kagome is that you?" they heard in a distance. Kagome turned around to see a few old friends coming closer to her.
"Hi guys, sorry it has been so long since I have been back." She told them.
"Don't worry about it we were just coming out to pay our respects one more time for the day." Miroku told her.
"Yasha has gotten bigger since I last saw him." Sango said bending down to the child.
Yasha quickly hid behind his mother. He had never met these people and yet they seemed to accept him. It was a rather different feeling then at school where he was constantly called dog boy and puppy. "Don't you remember these people from the picture?" Kagome asked her son as she noticed him slowly come out from behind her.
"They were your old friends?" Yasha asked.
"Yes, they were good friends with your dad and I." Kagome told him.
Yasha smiled, "I am happy to meet you guys." He said while still hanging onto his mom's leg.
They all laughed at the small child. "Kagome, I can't believe today marks the fourt…"
"It is the seven year anniversary" Kagome whispered while pointing to Yasha.
"I mean seven year anniversary of Inuyasha's death." Sango said as she put a flower down at the foot of his grave.
"I thought dad died a few months before I was born." Yasha said while tugging on his mom's pants.
Kagome paused for a few moments thinking of what to say. She didn't want him knowing his father died on the same day he was born but she now had no choice. Kagome bent down to Yasha, "Well you see." She paused for a bit before continuing. "Your father loved you a lot. I lied about him dying a few months before you were born. He died a little after you were born."
"I don't understand." Yasha whispered. "Why would dad die on the day I was born?"
Kagome looked away for a few seconds. "He loved you that's why he…" she started to cry as the memory hit her.
Sango bent down next to the child and put her hand on his shoulder. "Your father died protecting you and your mom." She said in a soothing voice.
"No, he died before I was born." Yasha said as tears came to his eyes. "Mom told me so."
"No hun." Kagome said through her tears. "I didn't want to tell you but he died making sure we were safe, he died the night you were born." She said wiping the tears from her eyes.
Yasha hugged his mother not wanting to see her cry.
Kagome smiled as she hugged her child. Sango positioned her flower that she brought with her on Inuyasha's grave before saying. "So today's your birthday right?"
"Yes." Yasha said.
"I think it is time that you get to see something that your father left behind for you." She whispered to the child trying to make him feel better.
"No I don't think he is old enough." Kagome butted in.
"None sense by his age demon slayer children already have a weapon." Sango said smiling.
"What did he leave behind? I want to have something my dad held." Yasha said walking over to Sango.
Sango looked over at Kagome expectantly until Kagome finally gave in. "Fine he can have it now."
Sango smiled as she held out her hand to the small child. "You know you look just like your father." She said walking with the child back to the village.
"I know! I saw a picture of him today!" The kid beamed.
Kagome followed closely behind them with Miroku. "She is really good with children." Kagome said
"Yeah, well she has eight of them" Miroku whispered.
"I wish Yasha could have a chance to have a sibling." Kagome whispered.
"Who knows maybe you will find another man that is close to Inuyasha's personality."
"I don't think I could handle two Inuyasha's. Yasha has enough personality for that."
Miroku laughed. They finally entered the village. Miroku and Sango both decided to live in Kaede's hut. The only problem that occurred when they first did that was that one hut was made for any priestess that is in the village. So Kagome had to promise to come back every once in a while to help them with any problems the village might be having. She wasn't fully trained but it was simple thing such as healing someone or killing a demon which Sango and Miroku would help her with anyways.
They all walked into the hut as Sango opened a small trap door to reveal an old friend of Inuyashas. The one thing that helped him protect his true friends. "Would you like to give it to him?" Sango asked as she handed the object to Kagome.
Kagome sighed as she took it. She hadn't seen it since she found it in Inuyasha's hand when they went back to find him in the burnt up castle. "This Yasha was your father's favorite object. This is something you have to promise you will never ruin, that you will cherish this. Got it?"
"Yes, I promise." Yasha said excitedly.
Kagome paused before saying, "Yasha this was your father's sword, it is called the tetsuiga. It can slay a thousand demons in one swing." She told her son.
"There is no such thing as demons." Yasha said laughing.
Kagome chuckled at how naïve her child was. "Yasha, yes there is."
"Prove it then." Yasha said with his arms crossed.
Kagome sighed. "Yasha that is what you are. Well you are a quarter demon."
"No I am not." Yasha said in disbelief.
"Yes you are, you are a quarter dog demon. That's why you have those ears, the excellent senses and why you can run so fast. You don't have ADHD nor a birth defect like the doctor said, you are part demon."
Yasha got up. "That's impossible, demons aren't real. They are fake." He yelled as he ran out of the hut. This wasn't happening, all he wanted to do was see where his father was buried, and he didn't want to find out that his mother kept so much about his father a secret. His father died the same day he was born, his father was a demon which he thought wasn't real, his father was pretty much a lie to him. He didn't know one thing about his father.
Everyone was silent as the child ran out. "Is that how you acted when you found out about demons?" Sango asked.
"NO, I didn't think he would act like this." Kagome whispered almost in a panicked tone.
"Give him some time; I am sure he will come around." Miroku told her.
"I hope you are right." Kagome said. "I have to find him though; he doesn't know anything about this place." She ran out of the hut.
Sango started to go with her before Miroku grabbed her arm. "Let her go alone. Besides we need to cook dinner before the kids get back. We better make extra for Kagome and her son."
Sango agreed as she went back to get the ingredients to make the food.
Kagome found her son in a special tree that Inuyasha and she would always sit in. The tree that Inuyasha would go up in to think when something went wrong for him or if he just wanted time to himself. Kagome watched as her son watched the sun set sitting in the same slouching position that Inuyasha would sit in as he laid in that tree.
"Isn't it beautiful up there?" Kagome asked.
Yasha jumped at the voice and looked down to see his mother before looking back at the sunset. "It is. Why didn't you tell me about any of this?" he asked still watching the sunset.
"You were small and I was afraid to tell you. I was afraid on how you would take it." Kagome said.
"Did I take it the way you wanted?" he asked quite angrily.
"I am sorry for not telling you sooner. Now come down." Kagome pleaded with the child.
"I should have known this. I was so different than everyone else. How could I have been so blind as to not realize it sooner?" he said angrily smashing his fist into the tree.
"It isn't your fault. It was my choice not to tell you till now. I was going to wait until you were older. Don't worry about it now just come down." Kagome told him.
"Fine." Yasha said as he jumped down next to her.
"Thank you Yasha." Kagome said hugging her child. "It will all make sense in time." She whispered to him. "Now let's go back so that I can show you the Tetsuiga. You ran out so fast that I wasn't able to have you really be able to look at it."
"Alright mom. Can you tell me about dad's personality? This time give me his personality and not what you want me to know."
"Well he had a jealous personality; he was very rude at first and didn't trust me for the longest either. He went through a rough childhood, almost like what you are going through except here everyone knew he was half demon and because of that no human nor demon would accept him."
"Was dad really like that?"
Kagome laughed. "He risked his life to save us. He was always willing to do a little extra if it meant that no one would get hurt or die. He had really good morals and wouldn't hurt anyone for no reason."
Yasha smiled as he thought of how his father would give his life for others. "Mom, how did dad die? What did he save us from?"
Kagome sighed. "I will tell you more about that when you are older." She said.
"But."
"No, I have told you so much already today. I think all of this was enough for one day." Kagome told her son.
"Fine." Yasha said walking by his mom as they went back to the hut.
"Now don't run off again. This era is very dangerous and you being quarter demon and a young child you will be a huge target to others." She told her son.
"Alright." Yasha said.
They made it back to the village that Miroku and Sango were at. "We are back." Kagome announced.
"Glad to see you both made it back." Sango said while preparing dinner.
"We had a little talk out there and everything is better now."
"That's good to hear." Miroku said.
"So where are all of your children?"
"They are out playing in the woods. I don't know what they do out there but it gets interesting. One time I went out there and they ambushed me." Miroku said laughing. "Three of them are in training to become monks and the rest demon slayers."
"Actually let me go get them, I bet Yasha gets bored sitting around listening to adults talk." Sango said heading outside. She stood right out side of the door.
"Cover your ears." Miroku whispered.
Before Kagome could respond Sango yelled, "Kids." The yells was so high and so loud it made Yasha fold his ears back and Kagome put her hand up to cover her ears.
A few seconds later they heard eight voices outside. Sango came in with them all. "Going to introduce yourself?" she asked the scared child
"This is Yasha guys." Kagome said scooting her child forward.
Yasha tried to back into his mother but was forced forward again by Kagome. "You have funny ears." One of the middle children.
Sango smacked him on the back of the head. "You will not make fun of him like that. He is no different than you guys. He has feelings too. Don't you remember our talk about demons and half demons?"
"Yes mama." They all said in unison.
"Good now you guys will be friends with him and don't make fun of him no matter how different he may look."
"Yes mama." They all said in unison.
"No go out and play with him." Sango yelled as the eight children filed outside with Yasha following. Once they were out Sango turned to Kagome, "So how late are you staying this time?"
"Only tonight, Yasha has school and I have work in two days and I got Yasha a new dog."
"Why did you say he died seven years ago, it has been twice that?"
"Nothing, it is just what I tell everyone in my time."
"Doesn't Yasha know he is fourteen?"
"He thinks he is seven."
"How did you do that?"
"Let's just change the subject." She whispered looking away.
I love when I have breaks from school! Anyways, another chapter done! Nothing new going on. I got a Wii for Christmas so I have been playing that a lot, in fact my wrist hurts moving from Wii sports, Mariokart and Guitar Hero. Haha, Although I had to buy the games.
Anyways please review this chapter and tell me what you thought!!! I couldn't wait any longer for Yasha to go through the well and there are some surprises that will catch you off guard later, mwahaha!
Just please review for me! I love knowing what my readers think of my story!
