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Bundle of Joy
"But…" Mizuko protested, looking into Kagome's eyes, "If Stepmommy dies, won't Daddy die too?"
Kagome felt her mind blank out.
"I can't live without you!"
Little Kagome dropped her teddy bear. "Mama?"
Her mother looked up at her from her father's dead body, face streaked with tears. "You're father…is dead…"
Kagome looked up at her mother, not quite fathoming the situation.
"I just…I don't know how I'm gonna go on without him…" her mother continued and sobbed deeply into his sweater, "How am I supposed to live without you?!"
"Mommy?" Mizuko asked.
Kagome realized she was crying again and tried to wipe away tears. "I guess…Daddy will die too…"
Mizuko looked forlorn until an idea crossed her mind. "But then Mommy can save Daddy right? Mommy can bring Daddy back to life."
Kagome looked at Mizuko incredulously.
"They do it on TV all the time," Mizuko lit up, "Mommy can save Daddy."
Kagome shook her head, "There's no way that Mommy can save Daddy. O-only Stepmommy can do that…"
"But Stepmommy is gone so only Mommy can save Daddy," Mizuko pouted, "Only Mommy."
Kagome was beginning to find it difficult to reason with Mizuko.
"But Daddy loves Mommy too," Mizuko declared.
Kagome felt herself start to cry all over again.
…
Inuyasha sat in the forest, taking his frustration out on the ground. He was angry and depressed and… There were so many emotions running through him from now and his childhood.
"Kikyo's dead…" He threw a pebble, "It's not fair…" He threw another pebble, "I j-just…I just can't…it's not fair!"
Kikyo's sad smile floated through his mind. "I just miss you so much," he sighed. His ears perked up at a sudden crunching noise. He whirled towards the sound and saw a man with tangled hair and eyeshadow looking up at him. His eyes widened. "You're the...the..."
He smirked up at him, "I guess I was discovered."
Inuyasha felt this rush of rage surge through him. "Y-you...you...!"
He laughed, "Cat got your tongue?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, "You killed her!"
He burst into a chesire grin, "About that, it seems you guys remind me of very unpleasant people so I've decided to rid myself of all you. Wouldn't want unpleasant memories lying around, would we?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened, "W-what are you saying?!"
"Careful, dogs don't belong in trees," the murderer cackled as Inuyasha lost his balance on his branch.
Inuyasha fell off and tried to grab onto the branch with his right arm. Please, please, please! I c-can't die now, not now! A picture of Mizuko and Kagome smiling up at him formed. Please!
…
Kagome held Mizuko tight to her chest. Today was just too much. Why does everyone trust me to save him? Why does everyone think I have a chance with him?! The one he loves is... he loves Kikyo, he's said it time and time again!
"But…I thought Daddy weally, weally liked Mommy?"
"Because if even a baby can see then maybe you two are truly blind,"
Kagome winced at the memory. Mizuko wasn't seeing anything, she was just projecting her television-based stereotypes onto us.
"And I know you'll make him happy."
"I'll make him happy? How?" Kagome tried not to scream, "How could I ever make him as happy as you did?!"
Mizuko looked up at her mom, worried, "Mommy?" Kagome looked down into Mizuko's wide cobalt eyes.
"But then Mommy can save Daddy right? Mommy can bring Daddy back to life."
"Only Mommy can save Daddy. Only Mommy."
Kagome sighed, "I don't know what everyone is talking about! He doesn't love me, he loves..."
Mizuko cocked her to the side. Is Mommy talking bout Daddy again?
"That is why she is marriage material."
Kagome swallowed hard.
"Daddy really, really likes stepmommy"
Kagome shook her head. "No, no he doesn't! He-"
"But he loves Stepmommy, see?"
"Exactly," Kagome whispered, remembering her own voice.
"I said it before and I still mean it, I love you Kikyo, you,"
Kagome clenched her teeth.
"like I said before, I love you Kikyo with all my heart."
She shut her eyes tightly.
"You love her after all,"
"Enough," she whispered harshly.
"I don't want her to leave me,"
"Enough!" she cried.
"I love her so much,"
"Just make it stop!" she was breathing heavily now.
"Kikyo, my Kikyo"
"I know, I know!" Kagome seemed to ignore Mizuko's worried pleas.
"For the only person that matters..."
"No more..." she started to weep, "No more!"
"Daddy loves her"
"I know! J-just stop!" Kagome cried.
"If Stepmommy dies, won't Daddy die too?"
"JUST SHUT U-"
"MOMMY!" The sound of Mizuko's sobs snapped Kagome out of it. Mizuko looked up at her mother with tear filled eyes, "Mommy, you're scaring me."
Kagome's eyes widened and then her expression softened. "Sorry, it's just... I'm better now."
Mizuko looked away from her mother's face. "It's Daddy, isn't it?"
"Huh?" Kagome was taken aback.
Mizuko looked up at Kagome with an empathetic expression. "He's giving you the bad hurt again."
"W-what?" Kagome stuttered.
Kagome sighed, "But Stepmommy doesn't know that. Right now, she won't even let Daddy explain. And that makes Daddy hurt right here." Kagome pointed at her heart.
"Is it a really bad hurt?" Mizuko inquired.
Kagome gulped, "Yeah, it hurts Daddy a lot."
"Is it because he wuvs her?" Mizuko wondered, looking at her feet. Instead of an answer she heard soft sniffling. Mizuko looked up to find Kagome crying. "Mommy?"
Kagome tried fruitlessly to wipe her tears away. "I'm fine…"
"Why are you crying, Mommy?" Mizuko asked, worried.
Kagome sobbed softly, "I don't know…"
Mizuko swallowed, not sure whether to ask her next question. "Um…does Mommy ever get that bad hurting right here?" Mizuko mimed Kagome's gesture earlier of pointing at her heart.
Kagome blinked tears away. "Yeah, sometimes."
Mizuko was really scared to ask her next question but she fought back her trepidation. "Is…is it because of Daddy?"
"I never said that he-" Kagome tried to deny it.
Mizuko's gaze went downcast, "Mommy, you don't need to."
"Mizuko since when have you-"
Mizuko looked up and managed a fake smile, "Because Mommy loves Daddy right?"
"Yeah, Daddy likes Mommy and Mommy likes Daddy."
"I miss you, Inuyasha. I really do."
"I love you,"
Kagome's eyes widened, she gulped and nodded. "I do, I love him so much."
"When Daddy's not happy neither is Mommy, right?" Mizuko asked.
Kagome nodded.
"Mommy?" Mizuko asked.
"Yes?" Kagome answered.
"Tell him," Mizuko declared as the wind blared through the open window.
Kagome's eyes widened, "What? Wait, Mizuko, lemme close the window first. I forgot there was gonna be a storm today." Kagome placed Mizuko onto her bed and went to go close the window.
Kagome reached up to shut the window and her heart stopped. He smirked as the rain poured and lightning flashed. She stood frozen. Mizuko whimpered when the thunder roared.
Was there too many flashbacks? Sorry about that...well um...a double update!
