InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Being Normal ❯ Hope for the Hopeless ( Chapter 10 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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When Inuyasha walked back inside several minutes later Kagome’s mother looked up at him in surprise. “Inuyasha dear, I’d thought you had returned to your era.” He shook his head and hugged the woman. She blinked several times in surprise. “What…?” He smiled at her. Would Kagome want me to tell her? Would it be cruel? He looked down at his hand, the red band still in place, his demon blood still tingling from Kagome’s unseen eyes watching him, no it wouldn’t be cruel.
“Kagome is still here.” He said quietly. The poor woman stared at him as if he’d lost his mind. “I know dear, in our hearts.” She answered. “No, I mean she’s here, in this room, her spirit.” Tears filled her eyes as she stared at him. “How…?”
“I was in her room and I could hear her. I went to the God tree and saw her. She told me she didn’t hate being a miko and she wasn’t depressed. She doesn’t know why she did it and she is trying to find a way to come back to us.” Mrs. Higurashi’s jaw fell open and she stared into his eyes, trying to see if he was kidding. “Inuyasha, are you sure you weren’t dreaming?”
“If I wasn’t absolutely sure I wouldn’t tell you. I saw her. I held her in my arms. Some time ago the well got sealed and she couldn’t get back and I couldn’t come get her. We communicated through the God Tree that’s how she knew what to do to get back to me. This time was no different! I saw her, really saw her, I heard her, I smelled her, I still smell her on my robe, I even…” He blushed before saying, “I even kissed her head… I know it sounds like a long shot but I saw her!” Hope lightened the woman’s eyes and she smiled slightly. “I’m so relieved to hear…” Tears filled her eyes as she clutched the boy’s hand. He couldn’t fight his smile, looking down at their hands and noticing the red again. “Here, can you see this?” He held his clawed left hand up. She squinted, “what is that red?”
“Her, it’s Kagome. She is connected to me with this. It’s like string!” He said happily. The woman laughed and hugged him. “Thank you dear, I can never repay you for this.” She pulled away and looked around the room, “Kagome, Inuyasha says you are here dear, I just want you to know we all love you so very much.”
Tears filled Kagome’s eyes and ran down her cheeks as she watched the joy light her mother’s face up. “I love you too Momma.” Inuyasha’s ear twitched and he grinned as a soft sigh escaped him. “She heard you. She loves you too.” Both women looked at the boy in surprise. “Can you hear me now?” Kagome asked. He didn’t respond and she groaned, this is gonna be hard… She glanced out the window and sighed, “I need to go see Hitimo as soon as possible. I want to let him know what happened and get answers!”
“Inuyasha, son, come with me.” Mrs. Higurashi said, taking his hand and leading him up the stairs. She turned right instead of left and headed to the last room where she knocked on the closed door. “Father?” She pushed the door open and pulled Inuyasha gently into the room. The elder looked over at them, tears still streaming down his face. “Hanyou, how dare you show your face at this time.” The man growled, his rage filling Inuyasha’s nose. “Father, stop!” Mrs. Higurashi snapped. The men, and the dead girl, looked at the woman; she NEVER lost her temper. “Inuyasha did NOT cause Kagome to kill herself. In fact, you should be thanking him.” She took Inuyasha’s left hand and showed the man the same red she had seen. “Do you see the red?” Her father squinted before putting on a pair of glasses and squinting again. “I do, but it’s very faint.”
“The other end is connected to your granddaughter’s hand.” He blinked, looking between his daughter and the hanyou who was looking uncomfortable. “How is this possible?” The man growled.
Kagome glared at her grandfather and grumbled, “maybe because I love him!” White ears twitched in her direction and she froze. “Did he hear me?” She floated over and looked into his face, leaning over his head and looking at him upside down. She sat her hands on his shoulders to keep herself upright. He raised his eyes, looking through her before glancing at his shoulders. “Hi Kagome.” He whispered. She could help but giggle. “Did you hear me?” He didn’t answer and she growled. “I don’t know why Kagome is still here, I don’t know why we are connected, but we are.”
“I just told you why stupid!” She growled, chuckling slightly. He moved his clawed hand from her mother’s and set it on his shoulder, covering what he hoped was hers.
How is he able to touch me? Why does it not hurt? I don’t understand what happened, could it be the string? Is that all it took? Kagome thought as she looked at his hand. “CAN YOU HEAR ME?!” She shouted in his face. He didn’t react and she frowned at him. “Now how did you hear me a few minutes ago but not now?” No response and she rolled her eyes. She settled back down on the floor and glared at his back. “Open your ears!” She shouted. She huffed in anger and glared at the boy, “why can you only hear me at the weirdest times! Do you have selective hearing?!” He chuckled and muttered over his shoulder, “if you speak up I hear you.” She scoffed in outrage and growled, “I have been yelling at you for at least five minutes!” He shrugged one shoulder and answered, “sorry, I haven’t heard anything.” She glared harder, “leave it to you to have selective hearing.”
“Me? You just talk too quietly!” He shouted spinning to stare at thin air. Kagome felt a sharp tug on her hand and looked down, the red was fading slightly. She glanced up in panic at Inuyasha who was also looking down at his finger. “Stop being angry Kagome.” He whispered, sounding terrified. “Okay.” She whispered, her own worry filling her. “There, I heard that, see?” She nodded and then replied out loud remembering he couldn’t actually see her, “okay.”
“Inuyasha?” He turned back as the elder said his name. “Are you really talking to Kagome?” The hanyou nodded and blinked before turning back to the wall, “Kagome tell me to sit.”
“Why?”
“Don’t get silent on me now, just say it.” She rolled her eyes growing frustrated with his inability to hear her again. “Sit boy.” She grumbled. His face grew surprised as the necklace pulled him to the ground. “Yep, she’s defiantly here.” Her mother and Inuyasha said in unison. “Why didn’t I just do that to start with?” She muttered darkly as she touched his shoulder. He pulled himself up and grinned at the mother and father behind him. “Told you.” He said with a smirk. “Mrs. Higurashi, I’m going back to my time tomorrow to talk to Miroku and Keade and see what they say about all this, Kagome told me earlier she has been talking to someone as well.” The woman nodded, both turning their eyes to the man as he stood and bowed to the hanyou. “Demon, thank you.” Inuyasha’s face turned red and he rubbed the back of his head, “Uh, listen, I didn’t really…” He trailed off and watched the man bow again. “You cannot imagine what it feels like to lose your grandchild.” He took Mrs. Higurashi’s hand, “to know that your daughter is going through such a hard time. You have given us hope and for that we are eternally in your debt.” He bowed once more and Inuyasha blushed darker.
Tears filled Kagome’s eyes and she hugged them both as well as she could. They both tensed and looked at each other, wide eyed. “Cold mist feeling touch you?” Inuyasha asked. They both nodded and he smirked, “you get used to it when she’s around.” Their eyes grew wider. “Kagome?” Her mother asked quietly. He nodded and she began to sob. “No Momma I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”
“It’s okay Kagome.” He muttered. She looked over at him, moving to stand by his side. “She’s crying Inuyasha.”
“She’s happy you are still here.” He said looking in the direction he felt the mist. “Thank you for this Inuyasha.” She whispered. He chuckled, “thank you for not moving on. Is it bad I’m happy you are still here?” She smiled, “no I think it’s sweet.” He made a soft sound but didn’t comment. She took his hand in hers noticing the string darken and become more visible to her.
He felt the mist on his hand and glanced down, smiling softly when he noticed the red on his pinky darkening and the soft very light line that had to be the string that was connecting him to Kagome began to appear. “We should go to bed Inuyasha, we both have a lot to do tomorrow.” She said quietly, hoping he would hear. He nodded and said, “Yeah, Mrs. Higurashi, we are going to go to bed.”
“Tell them I said goodnight!” Kagome shouted, tugging on his sleeve even though it was pointless since the material didn’t move. “Kagome said to tell you both goodnight.” They both echoed his wish and thanked him once more before he left the room. He walked slowly so the fragile mist on his hand wouldn’t disappear.
“You better come back to me tomorrow, I can’t cross over without you.” She said quietly. “Like I’d leave you alone.” He replied as he opened her door. “Is it going to bother you if we sleep in here?” He asked, looking down as the cold moved under his arm. “No.” She answered uneasily. The hanyou must have heard her unease even though she tried to hide it. “The couch then?” He turned without her answer and walked downstairs.
He laid down and settled into the old couch. “Do you sleep?” He asked. “No, not really. I’ve passed out once but I think it was an accident that happened. Hitimo seemed surprised when I mentioned it.”
“Keep talking about him and I may get jealous.” He mumbled, already dozing off. She giggled and he turned towards to sound. “I’ll be back before dark. Be here. I will be able to tell if you aren’t, my demon blood can sense you watching.”
“Okay, just go to sleep Inuyasha.”
“Night Kagome.”
“Night Inuyasha.” His breathing evened out before she could even finish the statement and she smiled happy to see his face looked peaceful tonight.