Crossover Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shadows Of A Past ❯ 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Shadows of a past
By SFP

DISCLAIMER: Inu Yasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. The Dark-Hunter series belongs to Sherrilyn Kenyon.

A/N: To the wonderful AnimeHuntress, thank you. Your work on my stories is deeply appreciated. I could always say, I couldn’t have done it without you, but that just wouldn’t be true. I could do it without you . . . It just wouldn’t be as good.

CH.1

“Are you sure you want to do this dear?”

Kagome sighed heavily as she contemplated her mother’s question, and thought of how she would answer it. She and her mother had already had this conversation a million times.

“I think this is the only way mamma. I just . . .” she let her sentence trail off. How could she tell her mother that she was trying to protect them? Her mother would insist that she did not need to protect them, that her days of playing protector were over.

Gods, if she only knew the feelings that Kagome would get at times.

In addition, there was no possible way for her to explain the deep seeded pain that would lance through her entire being anytime she saw things such as the well house, or the god tree. Those places that had held comfort for her at one point in time, now held more pain than comfort. A person could go crazy living with that day in and day out.

Momma Higurashi glanced at Kagome from the corner of her eye. Contrary to what her daughter believed, she could see the pain that always seemed to linger just under the surface of her only daughters eyes. She also knew why it was there. She hated the pain her first-born child was forced to endure. Nevertheless, she also could not help wanting to be a little selfish. She did not want her baby to leave, there was already so much they had missed, and so much her poor child had missed. And why, because the fates of the world thought her their favorite plaything. Life was so unfair at times, her daughter knew of that better then most.

“Maybe you just need a little more time.”

Kagome looked at her mother in surprise, and then in sadness. Apparently, she was wrong about her mother not knowing of her feelings. ‘I should know better.’ However, just because her mother knew of one of the problems did not mean she could understand the whole extent of them all.

“Momma it’s been over two years already, and its still the same for me now as it was then. I just can’t seem to forget, trust me I‘ve tried.”

Gods had it really been that long. Her poor baby. Maybe Kagome was right and a change of settings would help her heal. In any case her daughter was a grown woman and could make her own choices. She had already been doing it for a long time now anyhow. As the good mother she tried to be, she would sit back and take her children’s choices on what to do with their own lives in stride. If they needed her, she would always be there for them.

“Alright dear, if this is what you need, then this is what it shall be. I will always love and support you in your decisions. And if you need me you know where I can be found.”

Kagome smiled at her mother. “Thanks momma, you’re the best.”

“You do have your credit cards with you, right?”

Kagome laughed a little at the question her mother had asked three times already. “Yes mamma, I have my cards and the one you gave to me incase of emergency. They’re in my pack.” She pointed to the backpack sitting between her knees.

* * *

Kagome stared out the window of the plane she was in, watching the lights from the runway fade into the distance. A nervous chill went through her. Her life would be changing drastically, but at least it would be a change of her own choosing.

If only she knew…

* * *

Kagome stepped out of the airport terminal, wanting a breath of clean, fresh air instead of recycled air, what she got was a blast of hot air. She pulled at her long-sleeved, black shirt she wore as she walked; it was already starting to stick to her in an uncomfortable sort of way. Was New Orleans always this hot? The atmosphere was very heavy, humid.

Pulling out the tourist map she had grabbed at the airport, she looked it over and then decided on a direction she should head in. After adjusting her back pack straps into a more comfortable position, she started walking.