A Second Chance
Recap:
Only ten more feet before Kasha Higurashi is gone from this world. Everybody couldn't move as his or her eyes trailed at the almost dead hanyou. Screams erupted from the crowd, the only thing they can do as they watched helplessly as the child hanyou kept on falling, her eyes closed and a peaceful smile on her child face. She is now six feet from hitting the ground before she dies.
"KASHAAA!!!"
"NOOOOOO!!!"
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Chapter 4- Our Love is for Eternity
Gasps and screams roared through the crowd. They clutched their thumping hearts in their ribcages. Their shoulders sagged and they all glared at the figure with a wailing child in his arms.
"Why weren't you there sooner!"
"She could've died shit-head!"
"If that is your daughter I am going to sue you! She almost died! You are a bad parent!" A woman screamed as she angrily pointed her finger at Inuyasha angrily.
"Yeah, well, she ain't your daughter, she's mine and how would you know this when you don't have any kids of your own? Yeah, I can smell it, you never had any kids in your life so you don' know what your talking about. Try to see your own daughter just commit suicide! Not to mention I was under a stupid spell!" Inuyasha roared at the crowd as he descended to the ground.
He glared at everyone as he tried to calm down his wailing daughter struggling in his arms. The crowd was still angry at the hanyou who was almost too late to save Kasha from killing herself.
"Why…why would she try to attempt suicide? She's no more than 6 years old! Where did she learn suicide!" the woman who called the police screamed.
"Well her mother just got shot right in the heart and died! She was the best mother out there! She took care of her two-hanyou children by herself for six years! Youkai's and hanyou children have a connection with their mother whether they are youkai and human which makes them much more closer than a typical human mother and human child!" Sango screamed as she stomped and pushed her way to stand right next to Inuyasha, Miroku, Ayame and Kouga not too far behind.
"I want my mommy! I miss her! Let me go! I want to be with mommy and not with this stupid world and all the stupid people here!" Kasha wailed loudly as huge tears leaked from her eyes.
Inuyasha grew sad because of this but he didn't show it. He knew the crowd was still upset and angry with him, he could smell it. He huffed and stormed back to the Higurashi Shrine.
"Piss off! She's all right and besides, I am the son of Lord Inutashiou and Kasha honey, he's your grandfather because he's my father and don't put great after it," Inuyasha's voice faded into the distance.
"You should be ashamed of yourself to pin all those horrible things on him and to call him a bad parent! He was separated from his kids for about 5oo years! Have you ever had your six-year-old daughter jump from Tokyo Tower before? No right. You would act the way Inuyasha did when you all pointed those things from him," Miroku defended calmly but underneath he is seething with boiling fury at the crowd.
"Get on with your life! GO!" Kouga boomed.
The crowd soon dissipated, leaving news reporters scattered around Tokyo Tower. Kouga wanted to get rid of them and their cameras so they would stop broadcasting this all over the world but Ayame grabbed his wrist and dragged him back to the shrine.
"You're going to make a mess if you stop them," Ayame tilted her head sideways so she can see her angry mate.
"Mutt-face is going to be sooo pissed off when he sees them broadcast this to the world," Kouga mumbled under his breath but Ayame heard him. She turned her head and in her line of vision were a crying Sango and Miroku who had his arm around her shoulders. She started crying; she lost a good friend and she almost lost that friends child.
Kouga sped up a little and hugged his mate's body close to his own, comforting her.
…At the shrine…
Inuyasha pushed the door open with the front of his foot as his two arms were occupied on carrying his sleeping daughter to the bedroom where Yasha is still sleeping.
He brought Kasha to his dead mate's room and lied her right next to Yasha. He tucked her in and kissed her a good night. He walked over to the window and locked it. He also found tape and even taped the window closed, three times.
He walked back to the door and took one last look at Kasha who he almost lost. One lone tear slid past his eye and down his pale cheek. He grabbed the door handle and closed the door to head downstairs where Mrs. Higurashi sat when he was inside the bedroom. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
"Inuyasha," Mrs. Higurashi ran to her son-in-law and hugged him tightly, Inuyasha hugged his mom back, sobbing in the crook of her neck.
"Come, sit," she motioned to the chair that she was occupying.
Inuyasha sat and looked at his lap, his golden eyes that use to be filled with fire and emotion has now disappeared when Kagome died.
'Kagome.'
"I assume Kasha is sleeping upstairs?" Mrs. Higurashi calmly said.
Inuyasha couldn't take it, he couldn't handle it, he couldn't understand why she was so calm when her granddaughter almost died and he was almost too late. He burst.
"How can you be so calm?" Inuyasha sobbed and he dropped to the floor, his body in a fetal position.
"I knew you would save her Inuyasha. I trust you," Mrs. Higurashi said as she crouched down in front of Inuyasha and started rubbing his back soothingly. She knew she can never relit the extinguished fire that was Inuyasha's soul. But she knew his kids would be able to relight his fire if it only a little bit.
"How can you trust me? I couldn't even save your daughter from two human men! Did I mention they were human! I could beat a thousand youkai's and Kagome would come out unscathed! But humans killed her!" Inuyasha sobbed, his youkai blood angry off as hell and depressed at the same time.
"Inuyasha," Mrs. Higurashi paused.
"This time is different than the feudal era. In your time, there may be guns but they weren't as high-tech as the ones in this time," Mrs. Higurashi reasoned.
The door opened and four figures emerged and stood under the doorframe, unsure on what to do next.
"Come in guys, take a seat."
Sango, Miroku, Ayame and Miroku went in the room and sat down, watching Inuyasha rock back and fourth, his golden eyes dead.
"Why did she have to die? Why my Kagome," Inuyasha mumbled quietly, rocking back and fourth.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Rin-
Sango picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hel...hello?"
"Sango?"
"Yes…who is this?"
"Sango…it's me, Rin."
12:3o midnight. It was quiet throughout the Takahashi house and it was dark. Only a sliver of light shone though one door and the door belonged to Sesshomaru's study room. All of a sudden, lights throughout the house all turned on, and a pair of running feet echoed in the quiet house.
"Sesshomaru!" a running female yelled throughout the whole house.
An elegant youkai stepped out of his study room and his mate ran into him.
Rin looked up into his calm, soft golden eyes. Hey eyes started watering and she sobbed into her mate's chest. Sesshomaru became alarmed and immediately started to sooth her but she cried some more.
"Rin, what's wrong? Why the tears?" Sesshomaru asked as he hugged him trembling mate in his arms.
"She's dead and she almost died because of her death! Oh my god! She's dead, gone, forever! She's dead Sesshomaru! Dead!" Rin cried.
"Who is dead Rin? Who almost died?"
Throughout the house, all you could hear was sobs.
"Kagome! She died and her daughter…she almost died too! Good thing...good thing Inu...Yasha was there…and caught 'er!" Rin sobbed loudly.
"Kagome as in Kagome Inuyasha's mate?" Sesshomaru asked slowly.
"YES!"
A door slammed and another one. Two pairs of feet were heard, running up the shrine steps. A knock at the door. Mrs. Higurashi getting up from the couch to open the door. Two figures mumbled something to her and walked in the living room where everybody sat quietly. The male sat down beside Miroku. The female ran to Sango and Ayame and they all cried together, huddling close to each other. Mrs. Higurashi sat beside Kouga on the couch
Inuyasha's ears twitched, but he did not hear anything, he didn't hear anything except the lulling thud of his heartbeat against his rib cage. Bump bump. Bump bump.
A light padding of feet entered everybody's ears as all the occupants, except Inuyasha, stared at Shippou who stood there tiredly. He yawned and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Souta soon joined him and imitated Shippou.
"What's up guys? Why is…uh Inuyasha on the ground? And who's that?" Souta tiredly pointed at the two figures that just arrived.
"Dad? What's wrong?" Shippou smelled the tension in the air and that was the reason why he woke up. Something was wrong, terribly wrong.
"Kids, come and sit down and we'll explain everything," Miroku said.
"Sure."
Shippou stayed quiet and sat down on the ground, staring intently at his dad, trying to figure out why he is like that.
"Sooo, why is evry-"
"Kasha almost committed suicide."
"What? What?!" Souta and Shippou yelled harshly, quickly covering their mouths when the adults glared at them to shut up.
"Why?"
"Say that again?"
"Kasha almost committed suicide because…because Kagome died," Inuyasha mumbled so everyone can hear but not wake up the sleeping children. Inuyasha went back to shutting himself from everybody and everything.
"Inuyasha and Yasha were under a spell Kasha put on them before she left the shrine. There was a barrier and we couldn't get to them," Kouga replied, his eyes downcast.
"Then how did you know where to find Kasha and that Kasha was missing?" the male asked emotionless.
"The television. Sango came downstairs to get a glass of water but on the way she stepped on the remote," Miroku muttered.
"Then…it showed Kasha and Tok…yo Tower…and," Sango cried and sniffled.
"Sango barged in the room and woke me, Kouga and Ayame up. Mrs. Higurashi woke up too and we all tried to wake Inuyasha or Yasha up, but we couldn't. Kasha's spell on them was very powerful," Kouga spoke.
"Sesshomaru…maybe you can get to Inuyasha and bring him out of the state he's in?" Rin pleaded; hope filling her and everybody's eyes.
"I can't, he's too deep. He won't be coming out of his state anytime now. Only his children or his mate can, problem is, he'll only come out of it when his children are in trouble," Sesshomaru said as he looked at his younger brother.
The hope that started to fill in everybody's eyes disappeared.
"Goodnight everybody!" Rin yelled over her shoulder, waving.
Sesshomaru nodded goodbye to everyone and walked down the shrine steps, his mate right beside him.
"Bye Rin! It was nice talking to you again!" Sango yelled as she frantically waved to her friend.
"Come visit us okay!" Ayame yelled as she too waved frantically.
"Yeah! We can have a party without the guys interfering!" Rin joked as her figure entered the car and drove off.
"Y'know, I haven't felt Rin's bottom for quite some time…" Miroku sighed.
SLAP.
"Pervert!" Huffed Sango.
"Sesshomaru would've killed you if he heard that," Kouga said.
"Geez, dog demons and their over protectiveness," Miroku sighed as he went inside the Higurashi shrine, following his beloved yet angry wife.
Kouga and Ayame followed, giggling behind Miroku's back as he nursed his hand-printed cheek.
"I can hear you guys!"
They started laughing.
"Hey, where'd Shippou, Souta and Mrs. Higurashi go?" Miroku asked as he glared at the two giggling wolf youkai's.
Kouga rolled his eyes. "Hmm, I wonder. It's like 1:35 in the morning, and humans are supposed to be asleep by then."
"We're humans, how come we don't feel sleepy?" Sango asked as she tapped her foot from utter boredom.
"Well, you guys are the shikon shard gatherers, knowing Inuyasha, he wouldn't have let you sleep as much as regular humans do."
"Use to be, Kouga and yeah, you're right."
"I'm going to sleep," Inuyasha muttered as he went upstairs slowly and sulkily.
"Whoa, I so did not noticed dog-boy there," Kouga, scratched his head.
"What good friends we are," Ayame sarcastically muttered as she headed upstairs to go to sleep, yawing all the way.
"Wait up!" Kouga called after her, running up the steps loudly, forgetting the sleeping occupants.
"Shhh!" Sango and Miroku cried out quietly.
Morning…
Young eyes opened and stared at angry and hurt golden eyes, which belonged to her father. Oh uh. She's in trouble. Well, who wouldn't be when you just tried to attempt suicide at a young age. She gulped.
"Morning," Kasha gulped as she saw an equal mad looking Yasha, glaring at her through his bangs.
"Why? Why did you do something so stupid! Do you have no common sense?" Inuyasha growled angrily at his daughter, his tone wanting the truth and the reason; no excuses.
"I…I...-" Kasha was speechless. Even though she was young, she didn't like to lose or be defeated by someone else. So she took the other option. Get angry. A trait she got from her father, but she doesn't know that.
"Well! If you would've protected…mommy better than that…that wouldn't had happened!" Kasha yelled, stuttering a bit.
Inuyasha's temper cooled. He knew he wouldn't get anywhere with his daughter if they just kept yelling at each other. Not to mention, Kasha's too young for his temper yet, wait till she's older.
'That temper came from me I bet.'
Inuyasha inhaled and exhaled, totally ignoring what Kasha said.
"Sweetie-"
"Don't call me that!" Kasha yelled as tears streamed down her face. Yasha took a step towards his sister when his father raised a hand for him to stop where he is. He stopped and stared at his sister, pityingly.
"…Kasha, tell me why you wanted to die at a young age?"
"Mommy's dead! I want to go where mommy goes!"
"Do you think mommy would've been happy that you died to join her?"
A pause. No sound besides Kasha's sniffles here and there. She opened her mouth.
"No."
"Exactly. Mommy would not be happy that you died."
"But-"
"Kasha, listen to me. You're not the only one who misses her. You uncle Souta does, Auntie Sango, Uncle Miroku, Auntie Ayame, Uncle Kouga, your brother Yasha and Shippou and me and whole lot of other people. You're not the only one that's sad here sweetie, we all are," Inuyasha tried to keep a straight face but lost it, he started crying slowly.
"Daddy!" Yasha cried out and lunged into his father's arms, crying. Inuyasha circled his arms around his son.
Kasha cried some more, she felt left out. She sat on the bed and cried to herself, until, she felt two big arms surround her small, quivering body.
"…daddy…" She clutched the fabric of her dad's shirt and cried, leaning against him.
"Shhh, I'm here, I'm here," Inuyasha tried to sooth his children and sooth himself at the same time.
After crying, they resumed their talk before they started.
"Okay," Inuyasha sniffed and rubbed his eyes.
Kasha went ahead, "I'm sorry papa, sorry brother. I just saw on television, on the news one day that a girl killed herself because her daddy died and her mommy beats her and stuff."
"So you thought that killing yourself was going to make you happy?"
"Yes," Kasha looked down shamefully.
"That's stupid!" Yasha cried out and crossed his arms.
"Shut up! You don't know anything!" Kasha raised her fist at him.
"Yeah! Says you!" Yasha raised his fist as well.
"You two! Stop fighting right now!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Sorry father," both twins said simultaneously.
"Alright. Kasha, never do something like that again. Understand?" Inuyasha asked his daughter firmly but softly.
"Yes."
"Oh yeah, no T.V for a month," Inuyasha added as he got up from the floor.
"What! Why not!" Kasha whined.
"Since you got this "killing yourself" idea from T.V., no more for a month."
"Hehe…"
"You too Yasha," Inuyasha shuffled a bit.
"What!"
"Then don't tease your sister."
"But-bu-"
The twins looked at each other and knew what the other was planning. They inwardly smiled. Their eyes widened and got watery. Their lips started to quiver.
"No buts," Inuyasha said but started twitching when he saw his kids start to cry.
'Aw shit.'
"Waaaah!" both hanyou's screamed as huge blobs of tears rolled down their cheeks.
Inuyasha kept on twitching and twitching.
"Please…stop…" Inuyasha said weakly.
He had to leave before he took the punishment away from them and let them go free. He yanked the door open and fled downstairs, not looking back.
The twins stopped crying and frowned.
"It didn't work," Yasha frowned and crossed his arms.
"Mommy said that daddy would break if we cry…" Kasha mumbled and followed her daddy sulkily.
"Yeah," Yasha followed, not too far behind.
Yep, Inuyasha's fatherly instincts have kicked in.
"Hey, where's everybody?" Kasha asked out loud.
"I 'uwo," Inuyasha talked while his mouth was full of eggs and rice.
"Inuyasha, don't talk with your mouth full," Mrs. Higurashi said and smiled as she washed the dishes.
Inuyasha nodded, fully intent on savoring the food.
"Food!" Yasha pushed past Kasha and eagerly started eating from the plate that has been set for him.
"Hey!"
"Sworry!"
"You too Yasha."
"Everybody went back home and Souta and Shippou went to a friend's house," Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Oh okay," Kasha sat down beside her brother and started eating from the plate before her.
The sun was setting, creating a mix of purple, red, orange and yellow, blended together, a beautiful scenery to gaze at.
'Kagome always loved to watch the sunset.'
Inuyasha sighed as he gazed at his surroundings. He sat on the rooftop of his townhouse, his kids at Miroku's place, playing with his children. Shippou called him an hour ago that he'll be sleeping over at a friend's house with Souta.
The wind blew Inuyasha's hair to the side, the sun reflected off of Inuyasha's golden irises and accented his features. His dog-ears atop his head twitched. He heard birds flying to their nests and feeding their chicks, chipmunks scurrying about and the wind blowing breezily.
Inuyasha just sat in a pair of pajama pants and he was shirtless. He saw the same young females past his house that didn't even live near here to check him out. He would just glare at them and they would giggle. He even got to the point were the females were so aggravating he fingered them. He smirked when he saw them drive off with a flick of their hair.
Kagome is and always will be the only one for him. Kagome. Kagome. Kagome. Kagome. Kagome, what a sexy name. He grinned and lay down, using his arms to support his head. Yep, with his looks plus Kagome's looks, they made beautiful children with great personalities.
"Hey, dog-boy!"
Inuyasha's eyebrow ticked. Wow, what a great way to ruin the movement.
"Whaddya want ya old fart?"
"Is that how you great an old friend?" Totosai greeted as he jumped on his flying companion to land right beside Inuyasha.
"Who said you were a friend?" Inuyasha closed his eyes and snorted.
"Ah, still the same Inuyasha I knew all those years ago. How's it going? Well, I don't want to know about you, but Kagome. Is she fairing well with you as her mate? Are you two still fighting?"
"We don't fight any more."
"Oh really? That's good I guess, well is Kago-" Totosai was interrupted by the look in Inuyasha's eyes when he opened them to stare at Totosai.
The fire he saw within the temperamental hanyou was gone and all it lay in its depths was utter sadness.
"Kagome's dead."
"What? How?" Totosai's' big eyes were bigger than usual.
He really cared deeply for the girl. He thought of her as his own granddaughter and she was gone.
"Two human men killed her when we were going on a date. Human men. I can't believe I couldn't protect her. I protected her from Naraku, evil youkai's in the Feudal Era and I couldn't protect her from two human men!" Inuyasha screamed as he closed his eyes painfully.
"Inuyasha, it's not your fault. In our time, there may be guns but they weren't as high-tech as the ones in this time."
'Whoa! Deju vu!' Inuyasha thought but shook his head when he was off topic.
Inuyasha wanted to end the topic and so he did.
"Whaddya want ya old fart?"
"Is that how you great an old friend?"
"Haven't we been through this before?" Inuyasha asked, his patient wearing thin.
"I just want to meet your children!" Totosai smiled a toothy grin and his flying companion the bull-cow, mooed in agreement.
"They're out."
"Where?"
"Somewhere."
"Where's somewhere?"
"Goddamnit, you stupid prune! Shut up and leave me the hell alone!" Inuyasha screamed, eyes clenched shut and he pulled on his hair, looking mentally ill.
"Stupid prune? Kids these days, never gives us elders the respect we deserve," Totosai shook his head, ashamed of how people treat elders these days.
"I never gave you respect back then, what makes you think I'll start respecting you now?" Inuyasha sneered and lay on his side, his back facing Totosai and the bull cow demon.
"Hmph."
A long pause was between the old friends.
"So…can I meet your children?" Totosai leaned his body across the hanyou's laying body and peered into Inuyasha's closed, twitching eyes.
Inuyasha breathed in deep and…
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The moon was out and stars were looking down upon the soon to be sleeping city of Tokyo. wait, cities don't sleep, never mind then.
"Daddy?" Kasha looked up at her tall father.
"Yeah?" Inuyasha looked down at his daughter.
"Can you teach me how to use…uhh…the thing…?" Kasha had a confused face on as she tried to remember what to call the big, shiny thing Yasha had when she first met her daddy.
"What thing?" Inuyasha too was confused and tried to think what his daughter was talking about.
"You know daddy! The thing! It's shiny and big and…and…very shiny and pretty!" Kasha exclaimed and threw her hands up in the air in exaggeration.
"What's Kasha talking about daddy?" Yasha asked as he licked on his strawberry lollipop. He slipped a hand in his daddy's bigger hand.
"Uhh…?" came Inuyasha's not so smart reply.
"Mommy said you were stupid. She said you had short-term memory, whatever that is, but I think you're smart," Kasha started to ponder about what short-term memory means, scrunching her face slightly. She slipped her small hand in her daddy's hand and continued with her pondering.
"Uh thanks," Inuyasha said but knew his daughter wasn't listening to him anymore.
Inuyasha's mind started to wander off as he watched cars and trucks pass by.
'Wonder what's it like to drive those things? Kagome has one in the room thingy…what was it called? Umm…a carnage? Nope. Grabag? Nu-uh. Garage? Yeah, that's it! Garage! She has one of those moving cars in that garage of hers.'
Inuyasha heard yelling and shouting and forced his mind back to the present.
Kasha and Yasha were fighting. Yelling at each other, insulting, spitting etc.
"Go away! This is my lollipop!" Yasha yelled, hiding his lollipop protectively from his sister's grabbing hands.
"Well, I want it!" Kasha managed to snatch the lollipop sneakily from Yasha but Yasha's hands covered her hands, tugging the lollipop towards him and Kasha started tugging the candy towards her and a game of tug-a-war began.
"Let go!" both children yelled at the same time.
"Hey! Break it up!" Inuyasha demanded.
The children froze and stared at their father.
"Kasha, let go of the lollipop," Inuyasha demanded softly and her hands fell limply to her sides.
Yasha's hands were still clasped around the candy as he stared at his father, unsure on what to do next.
Inuyasha sent Kasha a look and she understood, but she didn't want to do it.
"I'm…sorry," Kasha apologized awkwardly
"It's okay," Yasha went back to liking his lollipop, forgiving his sister automatically.
Kasha replied, "Keh!" and she crossed her arms stubbornly, trying to regain some of her pride.
Inuyasha sweat dropped. Wow, at a young age Kasha has a lot of pride in her.
'He he he. Kasha got most of her personality from me and Yasha got his personality from Kagome.'
"Daddy, can we go home now?" Yasha mumbled as he yawned and blinked his eyes. Another yawn came from Kasha's mouth as her head started to bob up and down from drowsiness.
"Yeah," Inuyasha whispered as he crouched to pick up his children and placed them in his arms, humming a tune he caught from Kagome so long ago, lulling his pups asleep.
A dark figure emerged from the forest, looking weary but excited at the same time. The figure's back was leaning on a tree heavily; staring intently at the building stationed on the concrete ground a few feet from the figure. The figure watched as the building soon became void of any light. It was time. The figure smiled a wide grin and headed towards the building.
The figure walked to the porch and checked to see if the door was locked. It wasn't. The figure's smile widened and grasped the doorknob, twisted it and lightly pushed the door opened. The door creaked slightly and the figure winced and stood still.
The figure entered the building and tip toed upstairs, towards a random room, grinning all the way.
Mrs. Higurashi woke up as the sun shone through her curtains and into her eyes. She yawned and got ready to go downstairs and prepare breakfast. She got up from bed, slipped her slippers on and headed outside her room.
Mrs. Higurashi had a ritual ever since her daughter died. Every morning after she woke up, she would go to Kagome's room and she would look through photo albums of her daughter and her life before she died. Then after reminiscing in the past, she would pray (if no one was there).
Mrs. Higurashi headed towards her deceased daughter's room, silent tears slowly making her way down her face. She stood in front of the door, hesitating slightly before opening the door. As she opened the door, her eyes scanned the room and widened at one particular spot.
Mrs. Higurashi screamed a blood-curdling scream that shook the entire household.
RIIIIIIIING RIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.
A hanyou grunted and grumbled when his acute hearing picked up the sound of the phone. He rolled and used the pillow to cover his head and smother out the shrill noise. It stopped. He sighed and closed his eyes, going back to sleep.
The bright glowing orb that he despised right now, shone brightly in his eyes, nearly blinding him. Inuyasha grunted some more and tried to roll over to escape the sun and get back to his dream of ramen. The bed shifted when someone jumped on it. He groaned some more, he knew he would never get back to sleep now.
"What?" Inuyasha mumbled gruffly.
"Phone," Yasha held the phone to his daddy ears as the pillow was covering them.
"Who is it?" Inuyasha slowly got up, removing the pillow from his head and sat cross-legged on the bed as the phone was shoved in his face. Kasha left her place at opening the curtains to wake her daddy up and joined them on the bed.
"Granny," Yasha said.
"Oh," Inuyasha grabbed the phone from his son's hands and held it up to his right ear.
"Hello?"
The children's ears all pricked up when they heard their mommy's name and soon grew interested as they saw the expression on their daddy's face. Kasha and Yasha started talking guessing at what they were talking about, ignoring their daddy and granny on the phone.
Inuyasha's grasp on the phone loosened till it dropped with a silent plop on the bed. He quickly grabbed his two bickering pups and ran out the door, running towards the Higurashi Shrine.
As Inuyasha jumped the final step of the Higurashi steps, he never ceased his running towards the home itself. Once he and his pups were inside the house he jumped up the flight of stairs leading upstairs and kicked his dead mate's door (since both his hands were occupied in carrying his kids).
Inuyasha's eyes widened, so did his kids as they saw the sight that lay before them.
"Oh my god," Inuyasha whispered, as he dropped his kids on the floor who didn't budge from their spot.
"It can't be," muttered Kasha as she put a trembling hand upon her mouth as tears started to flow down her cheeks.
"We're dreaming," Yasha, whispered hoarse fully as he looked upon the body of their breathing, alive mother.
The sleeping figure opened her eyes, blinking rapidly as she adjusted to the bright light shining in her alive, brown fiery eyes. She tilted her head so she can see her mother crying on her computer chair, Yasha and Kasha sitting on the ground, crying like no tomorrow and Inuyasha, standing there frozen, not daring to mover.
"Hey guys," Kagome whispered as she slowly got up, everybody's eyes following her every movements.
"Come to mommy," Kagome smiled her million-dollar smile and spread her arms wide, waiting for a hug.
The first one to react was Yasha then Kasha.
"Mommy!" the twins screamed as they both jumped in their mother's arms, nuzzling and sniffing is she really was here with them.
"I'm here my babies, I'm not going anywhere no more. Shhh…I'm here," Kagome cooed softly in there ears.
"Are you alive mommy?" Yasha asked quietly as he hugged his mommy tighter.
"We're not dreaming right?" Kasha sniffled as she embraced her mommy tighter than ever.
"I'm here, this is for real," Kagome said as she looked up and made eye contact with her love. Inuyasha.
Kasha and Yasha looked up at their mother's face and got the message. They silently slipped out of her grasp and Mrs. Higurashi tugged the two hanyou's out the door, so the couple can have some alone time. Mrs. Higurashi looked back at her daughter who was staring at Inuyasha intently. She shut the door behind her.
There was a long pause between the two lovers. Not one sound was made, even Kagome's breathing slowed.
Kagome was the first one to break the silence, "Inuyasha."
Inuyasha shook his head clutched his head tightly as he sank to the floor, shaking his head.
"No, you're not real. This is a dream. Only a dream. Just a dream," Inuyasha chanted, his eyes becoming a dull golden colour, not focused on anything.
Kagome became worried as she carefully jumped out of bed, not wanting to surprise him. Once she reached him, she kneeled and hugged him to her chest tightly.
"Inuyasha, it's me, Kagome. You're not dreaming. I'm alive. Please, snap out of it, you're scaring me," Kagome begged as she started crying, combing Inuyasha's hair with her fingers.
Inuyasha's body was trembling but he lifted his arms and wrapped them around Kagome and hugged her tightly, never wanting to let go.
"How?" Inuyasha whispered as looked up and made eye contact with Kagome's smiling, tearful eyes.
"I'll tell you once everyone is here so I don't have to explain like 20 times," Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha immediatly pressed his lips against Kagome's. So soft, oh how he missed this. Kagome kissed back.
Inuyasha smiled in the kiss, he sat up straighter and his friends and family choose that time to enter and ruin his moment. Their moment.
"Oh my god Kago- Uhh…are we interrupting?" Sango asked awkwardly as she opened the door wide enough for everyone to see.
Inuyasha removed his mouth from his woman and clicked his tongue and glared at all the adults and kids, "Yes. Yes you are!"
"Uhh...we'll leave now."
"Eww! Mommy and daddy are kissing!"
"Daddy's gonna get girl cooties!"
"We don't have cooties!"
"Yeah, what Kasha said! Boys have cooties!"
"Nu-uh! We don't have cooties! Only girls have cooties! Right Yasha? Right Shippou? Right Uncle Souta?"
"Yeah!" all three boys agreed.
"Inuyasha, you getting frisky with Kagome already?"
"Pervert!"
"Moron!"
"Miroku's just deprived from sex, so- Ow, ow! Don't hit me!"
"You dolt! There are children in our premises!" Ayame screeched.
"I will not tolerate your choice of words. It is tainting my neice and nefews and my mate."
"You already tainted Rin you sly dog- OWW! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!"
"CHILDREN!" everybody yelled.
Sesshomaru actually blushed and Rin just giggled.
"Anyways, you guys want to know how I lived or what?" Kagome cocked an eyebrow of hers.
"Yeah!" all kids scream out as they launched themselves in Kagome's lap. Inuyasha pouted. Now he can't snuggle with her no more.
"Story time" Miroku squeaked out, trying to sound like a kid.
Kouga snorted, "Don't do that. You sound constipated."
"Miroku don't comment," Sango glared at her husband.
"Yes dear."
Mrs. Higurashi and Souta giggled while Shippou snorted.
"You know how I…erm…" Kagome started.
"Mated with the oh fabulous and sexy me?" Inuyasha grinned.
"Yeah that," Kagome rolled her eyes, "Well, I had some of Inuyasha's demon blood within me. With his blood and my miko powers, I healed, but it was slow process because of how little I have of the demon blood. Not to mention, just before the bullet was shot, my powers knew I was in danger and placed a barrier around me. When the bullet made contact with my body, it slowed down and didn't kill me, just paralyzed my heart and my whole body."
"I don't get it," all kids whispered.
"Kagomeeee! How I missed you!" Sango jumped from her position on the floor and hugged Kagome very tightly. Soon, everyone joined the group hug.
"Miroku keep your hands were I can see them!" Inuyasha snarled.
"What? I missed Kagome's and Rin's round bottom!" Miroku tried to defend himself.
Everybody kicked Miroku out of the group hug. Sesshomaru tried to claw at him but he was held back by Inuyasha.
"I feel left out!" Miroku whined.
"How'd you guys defeat Naraku?" Kagome's voice came within the hugging bodies.
"Using Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and Sesshomaru's Tokijin and Tensaiga," Miroku answered.
"That's it?"
"Kagura and Kanna weakened him before we got there, they were our allies."
"And?"
"That's it!" everyone muffled out.
"Not much action is there?"
"We caught Naraku on his night of becoming human, so it was pretty easy," Ayame said.
"I see."
"Whose hand is on my ass!"
"Holy Shit! I thought you were Ayame!"
"I need to get my ass cleansed!" Inuyasha whined out.
"Guess Inuyasha's ass is very feminine, not all muscular like a guy's ass," Miroku commented.
"CHILDREN!"
"Okay okay!"
"Everybody, it's getting really hot and I think we killed the children," Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Shit!" everyone yelled and broke the hug and saw that the kids were unharmed.
"Oh! You guys say bad word!" the kids all giggled.
"Say, how does demons and stuff roam this world?" Inuyasha asked.
"When I gave birth, the human doctor started screaming yelling "DEMON! CALL A MONK!" then out of the blue, people with cameras and camcorders started taking pictures of Kasha, Yasha and I. i was all over the newspaper and everyone like avoided me. Luckily, some demons noticed that the twins had the trade marks of Lord Inutashiou, courtesy of Inuyasha and blah blah blah, demons started showing themselves, thinking they still owe loyalty to the great lord demon of the western land and here we are now.
"I see..."
At the beach…
The family was at the beach. The sun setting, creating a beautiful array of colours. Kasha, Yasha and Shippou were making sand castles, their laughter filling the air, not paying attention to anything outside the sand castles. Ah, life was perfect.
Inuyasha closed his eyes and buried his nose in Kagome's hair.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered softly.
"Mhmm…" Inuyasha scooted closer to Kagome.
"Why?" Kagome whispered so softly; he thought he didn't hear her talk.
"Why what?" Inuyasha lifted his head to look directly at her eyes, but she avoided them. Inuyasha now knew what she meant.
"I didn't want to. I was forced," Inuyasha was acutely aware that their children were paying attention to them now.
"Forced to mating with me?" Kagome shuffled out of Inuyasha's grasp.
"No! Never! It was just…" Inuyasha stopped talking.
"Can't think of anything to say?" Kagome got up and started to walk away, but Inuyasha grabbed her wrist before she got to far.
"Hear me out!"
"Whenever I do I end up getting hurt! Let me go!" Kagome tried to wriggle out of the hanyou's grasp.
Kasha and Yasha were about to rush to their mommy, but Shippou caught them and restrained them.
"No! Just listen to me! I was going to say goodbye! Goodbye to Kikyo! I chose you!" Inuyasha screamed out.
"Then why didn't you mark me as your mate huh?" Kagome retaliated.
"I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen!" Inuyasha was getting really frustrated that she was rebelling and being stubborn, as always.
"I'm sure!" Kagome stopped and reluctantly sat down. Inuyasha sighed and let go of her wrist.
"I smelt Kikyo around the area," Inuyasha heard Kagome snort, "And I knew, I had to say goodbye because I chose you. So I left and followed her scent and her soul stealers. Her eyes were looking downward and my instincts told me to run and never come back. But I had to say goodbye, and I started talking about how I never really did love her, that I chose you kind of stuff and when I finished she finally talked."
Kagome wasn't looking at anyone. "What did she say?"
"She said that it was a pity I never got to say goodbye to you," Inuyasha saw they all had confused expressions on their faces.
"So you were planning on leaving Kagome you jerk!" Shippou snarled as he hugged his siblings closer.
"No. It was too late; I should've followed my instincts. When I made eye contact with her, I was placed under a strong miko spell. I had no control what so ever on my body. Everything my body did, I saw. I saw how I hurt you. I saw how I made you cry. I saw how you left me. When you left, the ground started shaking. Hell was opening, trying to suck Kikyo and I in it. I wasn't going to fight; I lost you, what's the point? Just before I was sucked in Hell, Naraku came and started taunting me. Saying how I was weak to fall for a stupid spell like that. Then he started taunting you, how you fell for a stupid half-breed like me. I got pi-mad. I wanted to release all my pent up anger and he was the perfect target. It took major strength to pull myself out of that hellhole and just when I was about to attack, Kikyo screamed and Naraku just disappeared. Kikyo went to hell alone," Inuyasha was quiet after his speech.
It was quiet between the family. Kagome started crying, alarming everyone.
"Kagome?"
"Mom!" all three siblings cried out.
"No! No! I'm fine! These are happy tears! Oh my gosh! I can't believe I'm saying this but, THANK YOU NARAKU!" Kagome scream as loud as she can and jumped on Inuyasha, hugging very tightly.
Kagome knew he wasn't lying. When she found them, something was up. She couldn't see it physically, but her miko powers picked it up. She ignored them and ran away.
Kagome jumped off Inuyasha and started crying again.
"These are angry and sad tears! Kasha! I taught you better than that! Do not use your miko powers against family or friends! And my baby, how can you try to commit suicide! You're so young!" Kagome cried as huge blobs of tears fell showed in her clenched eyes.
Kasha started crying and then Yasha started crying.
"I'm sorry mommy! I was sad! And I saw it on T.V. and-"
"Kasha you are grounded from the T.V. for a month," Kagome said strictly, looking in her daughter's eyes.
"But daddy already grounded me!" Kasha whined.
"You should've thought of the consequences. And, in the one month, you cannot use your miko powers understand?"
"Yes mommy," Kasha sniffled.
"Group hug!" Yasha yelled out as he hugged his mommy, along with Shippou and Inuyasha.
Four years later…
"Inuyasha!"
"What!"
"I want bubble tea! Go get me some!"
"Where do you think I can get bubble tea!"
"Are you saying you don't love me! Yasha stop bugging Kasha! Hikari! Stop pulling your brother's hair!"
"He took my Barbie doll!" Hikari whined as she let go of her brother's hair.
Hikari looks exactly like her mother. Except her eyes is the same colour of her father's. She is four years old. Her personality is like her mother.
"She's lying!" Hikari's older brother, Takito whined as he rubbed his poor abused scalp.
He's the exact replica of his father, except he has black streaks down his long silver mane. His personality is like his father. He is five years old.
Loud, thundering footsteps echoed in the chaotic house as two hanyou twins barged in the living room.
"Mom! Yasha will not leave me alone!" Kasha yelled. She has not changed a bit. Though she has grown and her personality is stronger than ever.
"I will when you give me back my ipod!" Yasha snarled. Yasha looks the same, except he too has grown and so has his personality.
"I told you! I don't have it!"
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!"
"Give it back you jerk!" Hikari snarled as she tackled her brother to the ground.
"I don't have it!" Takito snarled as he fought back.
"MOM!" all kids yell.
"INUYASHAAAAAA!"
"What?" Inuyasha stomped down the stairs with two babies on each of his shoulders.
"We need to find another house! This one's getting to small! Deal with your children!" Kagome whined as she placed a hand on her enlarged stomach.
"Geez! Do I have to do everything myself! Hey! You're all grounded!" Inuyasha declared as he stomped back up the stairs.
"What!"
"I'm only four!"
"This is child abuse!"
"What is wrong with you? You can't ground me! I'm already grounded! So hah!" Yasha cackled.
"You're grounded longer then!" Inuyasha voice yelled upstairs where the two babies started to cry.
"CRAP! KAGOMEEEEE!"
"I'm a pregnant woman!" Kagome reasoned.
She smiled happily. With six children and one on the way, life can't be more hectic. She, Inuyasha and their children Shippou 19, Kasha 11, Yasha 11, Takito 5, Hikari 4, Akira 1, Sanyo 5 months and an unborn pup on the way. The family has been living in the town house since Inuyasha and Kagome got back together. She can't wait till their children get married and have children. Kagome started laughing.
"Come here!" Kagome opened her arms wide and all her kids (not including the babies) all rushed in their mom's embrace, watching out for the unborn pup.
"Have I told you I love you guys?"
"Yeah!" her children all yell out excitedly.
"We love you too mommy!" they each gave their mom a wet kiss on the cheek.
Kagome in return gave them a wet kiss on the cheek. Everybody heard Akira and Sanyo cry while Inuyasha tried his hardest not to curse while calming them down.
Kagome's eyes furrowed, "INUYASHAAA! I WANT MY BUBLE TEA!"
"I'M BUSY! Crap! Not again!"
"Akira puked on dad," Kasha giggled and soon everyone began to giggle, except their mom.
"Happily ever after…" Kagome smiled for a few minutes before getting frustrated that she doesn't have her bubble tea yet. The children started backing up slowly. Kagome wanting bubble tea while she's pregnant is not a good sign.
"Takito! Make sure the enemy has not captured the babies yet!" Kagome ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" Takito raced upstairs. "All clear sergeant!"
The rest of the children giggled insanely. They knew what was coming next. Kasha and Yasha loved this game ever since they were little. Now their younger siblings love this game. The enemy would always be their dad or the ice cream parlour.
"INUYASHA! SIT YOU DUMB DOG! SIT SIT SIT!" a crash was heard upstairs and a pained moan.
"Dad didn't get mom her bubble tea right?" a deep voice spoke up. Shippou came out of the bathroom, buttoning his pants. the smell of poop reached his siblings and they all gagged.
"WHAT THE FRICK IS THAT SMELL!" Inuyasha yelled upstairs. Shippou just shrugged.
He has a girlfriend. Shiori, the half bat demon that gave Inuyasha's sword red Tetsusaiga. The couple both go to the same college with Souta. Shippo shares an apartment with Souta and is visiting his family.
"I want water now," Kagome got up and hobbled to the kitchen.
The neighbours' looked at the Takahashi household, no longer called Higurashi and smiled widely. Kagome is now happy and joyous and the town house is triple the times chaotic from before. Ah, life is good.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome thought, 'Our love is for eternity...'
The end…
"Time heals all wounds. Time will heal your heart. It first begins by forgiving the one who hurt you…"- me
My first finished story! Yay! I had fun writing this! Thanks for those who read my story and thanks for the people who reviewed. I want to wish all you guys a happy new year! 2oo8 BABY!
Oh! i was going to put that sesshomaru would use tensaiga on Kagome's body, but her body vanished when they reached her graveyard and then Inuyasha and his kids would go on a rampage, then they would find that kagome was sleeping peacefully on her bed but it would take to long so yah...