InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Delusions ❯ Chapter Thirteen ( Chapter 13 )

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

Author’s Notes: Man, things were heating up back there. (Throws water on readers).

 

 

 

 

Delusions

 

Chapter Thirteen

 

Rated - M (for suggestive adult themes, references to some violence, and coarse language)

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

 

 

 

 

Kagome laid in bed, trying to be still so as not to wake the man asleep beside her. He was laying on his side with an arm possessively thrown over her. Just thinking about their recent encounter sent delicious shivers through her and she eyed him to see if there were any signs of life. Nothing. She gave a small sigh of resignation and turned her head.

 

Morning was pushing its way onto the horizon and Kagome could see the pre-dawn light shine through her window that would soon wash away the gray shadows of her room. She cleared her mind from desirous thoughts and looked over at the alarm clock that sat on the nightstand next to the bed. 6:30am and it was nearly time for the damned thing to go off. Clenching her eyes shut she sighed again, this time in consternation. She just wanted a little longer to savor the joy and simplicity of having Inuyasha asleep by her side.

 

“Worried that your male might come back?” she heard Inuyasha’s voice ask. She looked over at him to see his eyes studying her.

 

“You ask that now?!” she choked out, incredulously. She rolled over and put her weight on her elbow to face him.

 

He blinked and shrugged, “You didn’t seem to be worried last night. Just figured I’d ask.”

 

“Right…” she paused and chewed on her bottom lip. “Are you worried?” she asked. The thought of her estranged husband hadn’t come up until now and she hadn’t thought to discuss it with Inuyasha. Now she felt a small twinge of guilt and unease wondering how he would take it.

 

A smug smile painted his face and he raised a clawed hand menacingly, “Why should I be?”

 

She grabbed a pillow and playfully smacked him with it, her unease dissipating. He raised his hands in defense, “Hey!”

 

She was thankful it didn’t seem to bother him that much. After all, what had happened last night was a testimony for her feelings for Inuyasha. She was not very comfortable speaking about Takashi with Inuyasha and hoped that he would not hold it against her. She briefly wondered how to explain divorce to the hanyo. She settled on leaving it a moot point for the time being.

 

Her sense of modesty had returned to her after last night and she clutched the sheets around her as she moved to get up, leaving Inuyasha naked on the bed. At least he didn’t seem to mind being undressed in front of others. ‘Not that he had anything to be ashamed of’ she thought. ‘Gah! Mind out of gutter!’ she berated herself.

 

She hurried over to her dresser before grabbing out some clothes and opened the door into the bathroom. Even after what had happened last night she still felt, well, uncomfortable. She did not really have time for these thoughts. There was so much to do and she wasn’t sure how to even get started, not to mention dragging her feelings into the midst of things.

 

‘What am I going to do about Amaya?’ she thought almost desperately.

 

Her thoughts had been focused on Inuyasha and she felt a twinge of apprehension when it came to how to deal with her daughter. The whole thing was so convoluted. She sighed as she dressed and went back out to her bedroom.

 

Inuyasha was tying his suikan when Kagome entered the room and he glanced up as she entered the room and closed the door behind her. ‘There’s no better time than now’ she quoted to herself, so with a deep breath, Kagome began, “Inuyasha, last night…” then she trailed off, losing her words as soon as they came to her. ‘Dammit, why is this so difficult?!’

 

He seemed to understand her hesitation, “We’ll figure it out later. Now we gotta get back and find the asshole that did that to you so I can kill him,” he touched at her neck and let his fingers linger which made Kagome blush a bit from the contact.

 

Pushing those thoughts from her she playfully shook her head affectionately, “Inuyasha…” ‘Did he really always have to jump into everything head first? Would I love him if he was anything but what he was?’ She smiled at the observation. She didn’t realize how much she had missed his brash behavior.

 

“I really need to figure out things with Amaya first,” she said getting back on track. Inuyasha’s look became unreadable. He probably hadn’t thought that far ahead. He wasn’t used to worrying about a child, then she remembered the boy she had met in the Feudal Era. But child rearing was an entirely different thing from one era to the other, at least as far as Inuyasha was concerned.

 

“You’re not bringing her back with us? She can’t stay here, Kagome, she isn’t like anyone else,” he said adamantly. Apparently, he hadn’t put any thought into it because he’d assumed she would be joining them.

 

“It’s not that simple. She’s lived her whole life here and you know how important an education is to me,” Kagome tried to explain.

 

“What’s not simple about it? She’s my kid isn’t she?” he paused for a brief second to allow his words to sink in and Kagome remained silent. “ Ok, then she’s coming.”

 

“It’s too dangerous for her there! She doesn’t understand it!” she argued. She stood defensively in front of him as if he would try to take Amaya by force, even though she knew she couldn’t really stop him if he tried to get past her.

 

“It was dangerous for you, too, but you stayed and didn’t even bat an eye at it. Plus, she’s not even human. I’ll teach her what she needs to know,” he rebutted. Kagome knew he was right, much to her chagrin, and she acceded to his logic....for now.

 

“Well, I’m not going to force her to do this. At least let her have a choice, Inuyasha, she’s not from your world. She’s a product of both.” She hoped he could see her side, too. He nodded and she left to go and wake Amaya up.

 

She walked to Amaya’s door and noticed the light on from under the closed door. ‘Is she awake?’

 

“Come in,” Amaya’s voice called tepidly from inside the room.

 

A puzzled look crossed Kagome’s face, ‘Did I knock? How did she…’ She left the thought hanging and opened the door to find Amaya laying in bed, her golden eyes wide and staring at the ceiling.

 

Kagome felt the blood rush from her face and stood in the doorway, mortified. Amaya did not seem to be wearing her necklace that suppressed her powers and Kagome could only imagine what the girl may have heard and grimaced at the thought. “Um...Amaya?”

 

“I’m a room away and I could hear you even with the necklace on,” she said still staring at the ceiling, seeming to read her mother’s thoughts.

 

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” Kagome said and did not attempt to move forward. “I didn’t think about you...um...hearing anything. And with what happened, yesterday between your father and I...”

 

Amaya sat up, her silver hair falling over her shoulder, “Please don’t apologize. I just didn’t want to hear it is all. No kid wants to hear their parents...you know,” she explained and gestured with her hands for emphasis.

 

Kagome felt happy inside that Amaya was not upset with her for moving on from the man she knew as her father so quickly. She had feared that the girl would judge her harshly. “Right, well…”

 

She saw Amaya’s eyes leave her and drift over her shoulder. Inuyasha had come to stand behind her. “Are you ready?” he asked, gently.

 

“No, not quite,” she answered.

 

Amaya stood up from her bed. She was already dressed, but not in her school uniform. She wore an oversized red sweater and black leggings with simple black loafers. Kagome wasn’t sure if the clothing choice was practical for an excursion to the past if that’s what she had planned, but then again, she always just went in her school uniform because she had felt the most comfortable in them, not to mention she didn’t want to get blood or viscera on her good clothes.

 

“I take it you are not planning on going to school today?” Kagome asked. She could feel Inuyasha’s smugness emit from behind her. Hopefully, he didn’t let this small victory go to his head.

 

The girl shook her head. “No, I want to go with you and help. I want to learn about all of...this,” she said and raised up two clawed hands. “Plus, I figure I can come back and forth like you did.”

 

“Say what?” Kagome was dumbfounded. ‘I didn’t tell her about that yet…’

 

“Okaa-san told me last night. She told me everything when I went downstairs to get away from whatever was going on in your room last night.” She narrowed her eyes at her mom and Kagome chuckled nervously. ‘Of course, her mother would open her mouth and plant ideas in the girl’s head.’

 

“But,” Kagome tried interjecting.

 

Inuyasha placed a hand on Kagome’s shoulder. “You said to give her a choice and she made it. So, let’s go. We are wasting time sitting here arguing when we could be on the move.”

 

“I should at least call the school…”

 

“Okaa-san called already,” Amaya explained.

 

“Of course she did….We should pack some things then.”

 

“We already did that, too.”

 

“I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at this point,” Kagome sighed in resignation.

 

Inuyasha squeezed her shoulder. “Let’s go then!” He walked over to the window, opened it, and jumped out. From the ground, he looked up expectantly and waited. Amaya walked over to the window and perched on the window sill. She glanced over her shoulder at Kagome with a nervous smile while Kagome bit back a protest. Before she could say anything the girl launched herself from the opened window and sailed down to where Inuyasha was waiting. He gave a proud smile and walked over to the Bone-Eater’s Well with Amaya following behind, leaving Kagome to leave the human way; down the stairs and out of the door.

 

She entered the kitchen and found the pack on the table where her mother sat in a chair sipping tea. “I guess you know that we are going then?”

 

“I gathered as much when you called me and told me what was going on. I’m just surprised this didn’t happen sooner. I never pegged Inuyasha for the betraying type. Maybe a little pig-headed, but not one to double-cross a friend or ally.”

 

Kagome walked over and hugged her mother tightly. “Thanks, Mama,” she said simply. What more could she say?

 

“It’s what mothers do,” she responded, returning the hug with one arm to accommodate her mug.

 

Kagome straightened and moved back around the table to grab the pack that had been prepared for her. “I...I don’t know when we’ll be back,” she began.

 

Her mother only smiled, “It’s OK. I’ll be fine here and I know you both will be taken care of. It will be nice to have the house to myself for a while. Now I can bring over all of my boyfriends.”

 

“Mama!” Kagome protested.

 

“What? You’re the only one allowed to have a relationship?” her mother teased.

 

“Oi! Let’s go!” rumbled a voice in the distance.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes, “I’d better go. Love you, Mama.”

 

She shouldered the pack and headed out of the door to where Inuyasha and Amaya were waiting for her.

 

Inuyasha gestured for Amaya to lead the way and she nodded, her eyes narrowed in concentration and leaped into the well. Once she was through, Inuyasha held out his hand for Kagome and she grabbed it. He drew her close and wrapped an arm around her middle before leaping into the well after their daughter.

 

 

 

Next time on Delusions……

….Inuyasha let go of Kagome once their feet were upon the ground in the Feudal Era. They had only arrived a second after Amaya but she was not alone. Someone had been waiting on their return, or rather, Inuyasha’s.

 

The young man that she had briefly met before their departure, Sōrin, looked upon them with concern and impatience. His indigo eyes flashed once they took in both Kagome and Amaya, but he had no time for them. Shouldering his way past Amaya, he stepped in front of Inuyasha.

 

“I’ve been waiting,” he started….