InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Even Evil Has Reincarnates ❯ Goodbye For Now ( Chapter 9 )

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

DISCLAIMER-

Unfortunately, this story and the characters herein pertain to Rumiko Takahasi.

Except for a select few... those are MINE! ALL MINE!!!!!!

(Clears throat)

This story is rated M for Maturity.

Hanyou thoughts

Demon thoughts

Human thoughts

Note: Only those words that are not frequently used in fanfics will I put a translation to. I mean, come on… we know what a BAKA is…right?

Also, any and all comments are accepted. Be it negative or positive. Constructive criticism only helps and positive feedback inspires.

To those that have commented, thank you.

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Chapter 9: Goodbye for Now

The week passed by all too quickly. Kagome and InuYasha tried spending as much time as possible with her family. Granted, for them it might be a couple of months, for Kagome it would be centuries.

If, they lived that long of course.

Souta was crying uncontrollably but, understood why his sister was leaving. He knew he'd see her and his hero, one day soon.

Jii-chan was a mess. His only granddaughter was going to live in the feudal era with a demon.

After throwing a couple of 'lemon' sutras at the hanyou, he shrugged and warned him to take care of his baby. InuYasha gave him an irritated 'keh' him and mumbled something like 'crazy old geezer'.

Mrs. Higurashi was the most composed of all and reminded them she wanted a lot of grandbabies with `cute doggie-ears'.

Both InuYasha and Kagome blushed at that.

The newly mated couple sat in the kitchen with the rest of the family. They were due to leave shortly.

Everyone, except Mrs. Higurashi sat in silence, she was humming happily while preparing her tea.

Handing her daughter a cup, “Kagome dear, have you finished packing what you'll be taking with you?” Mrs. Higurashi looked over at her daughter with a genuine smile.

Trying to contain her voice, handling the cup with both hands, knowing that these were the last moments with her family for centuries, she breathed in deeply and exhaled carefully as she replied with as much as a smile she could muster, “I'm not taking much mama, I don't want to mess up the time-line with too many things from this time period.” She finished off in a whisper. Her mother simply nodded.

InuYasha sat by his mate with his ears drooped. He could feel the waves of sadness in her aura more than ever. Their mark connected them in every aspect. He could not only smell her emotions but, feel them when they were strong.

Standing up from her stool, Kagome stated, “We need to get going.” She looked over her family as everyone got up to see them off. She didn't want to delay the inevitable.

Outside, by the well-house, Kagome hugged Souta, “You take care of mama and jii-chan Souta.”

For an added gesture, she put him in a headlock and gave him a noogie. “Got it?”

He let off a sad chuckle, “Yes, onee-san.” He looked over at InuYasha, with a renewed maturity, “You take care of my onee-san, InuYasha...aniki.”

InuYasha looked over at the younger boy who always thought of him as a hero and nodded; “With everything I am....otouto.”

The little boy gave InuYasha a quick hug around the legs and ran back inside the shrine house with audible sobs.

Kagome wiped some tears off her face and stepped over to her grandfather and gave him a tiny smile, “Jii-chan... “

The old man pulled her into a hug. “No goodbyes my child, we'll see you soon enough”

Kagome pulled away from him and looked at her mother, “Mama... thank you.”

Mrs. Higurashi took her daughters hands in her own, “No... Thank you... for being the most wonderful, warm-hearted daughter a mother could ever ask for.”

Kagome grabbed onto her mother fiercely. Her mother rubbed the top of her head, “There, there, like jii-chan said, we'll see you soon enough!”

Mrs. Higurashi pulled away from her daughter and walked over to a seemingly impatient (although Mama Higurashi knew it was anxiety and nervousness).

When he looked up to meet her gaze, she smiled at him and walked up to him for a hug, “I know you'll take care of my baby... all I'll say is, be happy and cherish each other.”

He pulled from her to bow. “Mama, you are truly an amazing woman, thank you, for giving me an opportunity at happiness.”

Mrs. Higurashi laughed and patted his cheek, “That was all you two.”

He smiled at her, “Thank you, anyways.”

Kagome and InuYasha stood hand in hand and they surveyed the family one more time.

“We'll see you soon.” With that said, InuYasha carried his mate bridal style into the well-house and down the well.

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On the other side of the well...

InuYasha jumped out of the well and put down his mate.

She collapsed onto the floor, leaning into the well in uncontrollable sobs.

InuYasha sat next to her and pulled her into his lap. He let her cry. He did not try to stop it as much as he hated seeing her suffering.

Throughout the time he knew Kagome, he knew how much love she had for her family and felt each emotion that passed her heart, for they had grown to be his family and he felt it in his own heart.

They had been holding onto one another for a few moments until a tiny orange fuzz flew straight into Kagome.

“KAGOME! You're back!!!!”

Kagome wiped some of her tears and grabbed Shippo, gave him a hug and smile. “Hey Shippo. Did you miss us?”

The kitsune sucked his teeth and glared at InuYasha, who glared right back, “I missed YOU not DOG BREATH!”

Giving off a mini-version of a growl, he pointed an accusing finger at the hanyou, “WHAT HE DO TO MAKE YOU CRY?”

“Oi! WHO YOU CALLING DOG BREATH?! AND I DID NOT MAKE HER CRY!”

InuYasha was about to bop the kitsune on the head but Shippo started sniffing at InuYasha's neck.

He pulled back with eyes as wide as saucers and tears behind his eyes.

“Kagome...?”

Kagome was slightly panicked. She expected them to be shocked but was Shippo upset?

“Yes Shippo?” She said hesitantly.

He looked up at her and InuYasha with a hopeful look. “Does this... will this....?”

“Spill it runt!” InuYasha bellowed at the kitsune.

“InuYasha! Let him talk!” She emphasized with a jab in his ribs.

Shippo was shuffling his feet and looking at them with hopeful eyes, “Now that you two are... um…mated... will you guys be my okaa-san and otou-san? Can we be a family?”

InuYasha responded before Kagome could, “Keh! Whad'ya think runt?”

The kitsune looked up at InuYasha a little defeated and was about to walk away but, InuYasha grabbed him by the tail and pulled him up to his face, “Yeah runt, we'll be your okaa and otou.”

Kagome looked at both her boys with a smile full of love and pride.

InuYasha felt it and gave her a smirk.

Shippo started jumping around in joy.

That's how Miroku and Sango found them.

“Kagome!” Sango ran up to meet her best friend.

“Hey Sango!” They gave each other a hug.

Miroku closed in on them, “Welcome back Kagome-sama.” He looked over at InuYasha that had a smile on his face and a Shippo that was yelling “yay”.

“What's gotten into those two?” Sango asked.

“Well...” Kagome started blushing “meandInuYashaarenowmatesandofficiallyadoptedShippo”

“Huh? Mind slowing it down Kagome-sama, we didn't quite catch that...” Miroku stated with a knowing grin.

InuYasha jumped in and bopped the monk.

“SHE SAID, lech…” He bopped him with every word he said, “That she and I are now mates and Shippo is officially ours. Any problem with that?” He made a show of cracking his knuckles to the now pale monk.

Sango stood still for a second before jumping and hugging both InuYasha and Kagome at the same time. “This is fantastic!”

She started dragging Kagome off.

“Oi! Where you taking my mate?!”

Sango looked back at the confused and angry hanyou. “I'm going to get details, you're on monk detail!” She yelled back, leaving a flushing hanyou and smirking monk behind.

InuYasha shook his head, “That bitch is getting just as lecherous as you bouzo.”

Miroku looked dreamy-eyed, “One can only wish my dear friend…”

Miroku looked at InuYasha with a gleam in his eye, “So… are you going to give me any details?”

With a twitching eyebrow, “Not unless you wanna keep your head bouzo.”

Miroku saw the mark on InuYasha's neck and could not help it, “Beloved huh?”

The monk saw black.

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At the Hot-spring...

The girls sat in silence for a couple of moments. Sango couldn't stop grinning at Kagome with a knowing look, while Kagome was blushing and keeping only her nose and eyes out of the water.

'She's been hanging around Miroku too long'

Sango cleared her throat, “So....”

No answer.

“Kagome?!” She giggled. “I want to know everything!”

No answer.

'Alright, let's bring out the dirty ways' Sango started getting teary-eyed.

“Kagome, I thought we were best friends... sisters... you don't trust me?” Sango allowed one tear to fall.

Kagome couldn't help it. She started laughing.

Sango was taken aback. Kagome was laughing at her while she cried?

`She's been hanging around InuYasha too long…'

Seeing the shock on Sango's face, “Sango, that's my trick...” She chuckled, “Alright I'll tell you... what do you want to know?”

“Can I see your mark?

Kagome nodded and tilted her head to show her friend. Sango smiled.

“Savior.”

“Our mark is our deepest feeling for one another...” Kagome explained.

“Yes that's what I've heard. So meaningful. So real.”

Kagome beamed at her friend, “Yeah it is.”

Her best friend gave her a smile and then a frown, “Does... did it hurt?”

Kagome was trying to decipher if she meant the mark or the sex.

Realizing why Sango would be interested in knowing if the mark hurt or not, “Like hells. The first couple of minutes I felt like I would be torn.”

Sango cringed and turned green. Kagome quickly clarified, “But, then it's unbelievable...” She sighed and had a love-struck look in her eyes.

“How unbelievable?” Sango smirked.

“Like Miroku not grabbing another bottom ever again unbelievable.”

Sango's eyes wanted to come out of her head and gulped. “Oh ... Kami.”

Kagome had the smuggest look on her face, “Exactly.”

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When the girls arrived back to Kaede's hut, Shippo was coloring next to Kirara eating some pocky, InuYasha was against the opposite wall with his arms crossed glaring at a very unconscious Miroku.

Almost afraid to ask, Kagome looked over at her mate, “InuYasha, what did Miroku do now?”

“Keh.”

Kagome looked at Sango with a frustrated sigh and rolled her eyes, “Because 'KEH' explains it all.”

Kaede looked up from where she was mixing herbs and smiled, “I hear congratulations are in order for ye two child.”

Kagome blushed and looked over at a puffed out hanyou. `Cocky aren't we?'

“Yes Kaede-baba, we're mates now.”

The old miko shook her head and mumbled, “About time.”

They looked incredulously at her, “Huh?”

“Ye both kept dancing in circles but never meeting in the middle.” She laughed but, it wasn't mocking it was happy.

InuYasha had to know, even though he tried convincing himself he didn't care what the `old hag' though. “This is ok with you hag?”

He tried to sound gruff but, when he found her scent of nothing but pure happiness for them, he just had to confirm.

“Aye, that is correct InuYasha. Ye finally get a chance at happiness. Should I not be happy?”

“Keh.” He blushed.

“I thought so.” She continued mixing her herbs.

They were all seated around the hut and Kagome started on dinner.

Miroku was starting to come to and was groaning.

Sango looked at the fire for a couple of moments and then looked over at the happy looking miko, “Kagome, when will you be purifying the jewel?”

Sensing InuYasha's discomfort at the question, she looked over at her mate then at Kaede, “We should speak to-tonight Kaede, so that we may prepare me for the purification.”

Kaede looked at the group, “I believe one or two days at the latest… we don't want trouble brewing because of that jewel once again…”

InuYasha didn't know why but, he had a bad feeling sink into his heart when the jewel was mentioned.

'I need to calm down;it's only the purification NOT the wish. Why do I sense this isn't going to go right?'

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After dinner, Kaede explained to Kagome that she would need to hold a purification ceremony on herself before she attempted to purify the jewel. She also explained that barriers would need to be set in place so nothing evil would make its way through.

They all chatted for a while, played some cards and finally everyone settled in for the night.

All but InuYasha.

He was sitting in the same spot as before with the exception that his mate was laying in his lap.

He had not stopped worrying about their earlier conversation. His instinct was yelling at him but, what exactly was it yelling?

Wanting to leave the confines of the hut but not leave his miko behind, he gently lifted her bridal style. She snuggled further into his chest.

He couldn't help but smile a little and feel the warmth she brought onto him. Careful as to not wake her, he made his way to the Goshinboku and leaped up into his usual branch.

Kagome stirred. “Unh, Inu-Yasha?”

He swept the bangs out of her face, “I'm here Koi.”

Struggling to sit up a little, she yawned and stretched. She took in her surroundings, “It's such a beautiful night.”

“Yes, it really is.”

When Kagome looked over to smile at him, she noticed that he had been looking at her when he said that and it only made her smile widen. She eyed the subjugation beads around his neck, touched them and concentrated.

InuYasha looked at her confused and when she opened her eyes she gave him a mischievous smile, “SIT”

He flinched on impulse. Nothing happened.

She giggled, “You don't need those anymore. I know you'll never hurt me… but, you still won't be able to take them off.”

He `Keh'd' but gave her a loving smile all the same.

She leaned back and kissed him softly before laying against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her. “I love you InuYasha.”

“You say that a lot wench, trying to remind yourself?” He said jokingly with a chuckle and nuzzling her neck.

She giggled, “Maybe... or just maybe, I don't get tired of saying it. It's what's in my heart.”

He whimpered and nibbled her neck where her mark was.

He couldn't bring himself to say it; unless of course she was unconscious or fatally wounded.

The fear of rejection was still penetrated in his heart. Although he knew she meant every word.

Yes, he would call her Koi but, simply could not compose those three words for her. Those three words filled him with such happiness everytime they left her mouth. They were also three words he was deathly afraid of. He wanted to make her feel the same with those words.

“I don't get tired of hearing it Koi.” He kissed the top of her head.

“Yeah, Yeah” She said waving her hand and yawning, “I know, you love me too.”

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