"A piece of fruit?" His daughter asked as if it sounded foreign to her.
"It was called the passion fruit" Sango spoke gathering bowls up "You cant find them any more"
"Whoever bit it would become obedient to the second person who bit into it" Miroku added,
"Kagome said it should have been called the forbidden fruit instead" Rin spoke, "It was my fault I think."
"Your father said it wasn't meant for her, but the bastard still ate it after her" Inuyasha huffed,
"Father" She called,
"Hn"
"Why did you have the fruit?"
Damn, he could not lie to her, he could ignore her, but that would just make it worst "I was seeking a mate at the time."
After a moment the doormat moved, and she poked her pretty face out "So, it wasn't for mother?"
"No"
"So, you didn't actually seek her out?"
He looked at her, was that hurt on her face?
"No"
She held his eyes for a moment then ducked back in the hut "So, what happened?"
"I was hungry," Rin said,
"Your dad had met up with us that night, by accident I'm sure" Miroku spoke then coughed, he was in his late 30s now.
"Anyway, Lady Kagome was putting us to bed, and I asked for something to eat, Jaken had yelled that there were snacks in the saddle bag, Lady Kagome ended up with the fruit, but by the time she got to me I had fallen asleep."
Kagome's daughter nodded, waiting for more. But it was her father voice this time, and oh happy it made her.
"Your mother bit into the fruit."
"Yeah and your dad freaked out, well not on the outside but I could tell" Inuyasha huffed,
"I asked her if it was bitter, it should have been bitter to humans" Sesshomaru added, ignoring his brother,
"What did she say?" His daughter asked, sitting in the hut, she could hear her dad with easy from that spot.
"No, she asked if it should have been" Sesshomaru had his arm folded remembering it,
"Your dad then put out his hand, and Kagome gave him the fruit then the jerk bit into it" Inuyasha huffed, Miroku laughed "Inuyasha was the angry one" He laughed more, which made her smile,
"I was angry for her" Inuyasha huffed "Bastard knew what he was doing, Kagome wasn't a test subject for you sick fetish you know!" He yelled,
"Stop your barking Inuyasha" Sesshomaru bit back,
"Uncle do not anger him."
"Still makes me mad." He huffed in Kagome's defense.
"But Inuyasha, if that had not had happened your niece would not be here today" Sango noted,
"It may have started with the fruit, but it was long worn off when- Inuyasha stopped, no, that was his brothers part to tell, not him "It's getting late."
Everyone nodded and hugged her before bowing to Sesshomaru and leaving. Once they were gone, she came out "Can we go to the well?"
"It is late."
"Not for me."
He inhaled "Very well."
They walked in silence, and before long the well came into view, she stopped, he stopped.
"Shes on the other side?"
"Hn"
"So she could be standing in the same spot as me?"
"It is possible."
The night wind blew her hair, she let it down, and he watched as she walked closer to the well, her black hair swaying, it was much longer than Kagome's had been.
"Did you use her?"
He closed his eyes,
"Did you hurt her?"
"It was not my intention to use her; I merely tested the fruit out."
"What happened."
"She obeyed"
"I don't want short answers father" She meant business now, he knew.
"It was simple enough, a bow here and use of my proper title there."
She looked back at him, man his daughter was beautiful, and he wondered for a moment, was it because of him or her mother. Right now standing under the moonlight with her hair down and a scowl on her face, she looked just like her mother and yet, Kagome's face was fading from his memory.
"So then, what happened," She asked softer,
"Inuyasha"
She rose an eyebrow like he did so many times and now she looked like him.
"Inuyasha?"
"I let the half-breed get the best of me, riling him up gave me great pleasure."
"So you did use her."
He closed his eyes again "Seraphina" He warned,
"No! I have waited 16 years; I want to know!" She yelled at him, and in the background, he heard the thunder roll.