InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Go Home Kagome ❯ Waking Revelations ( Chapter 10 )

Ten: Waking Revelations

 

 

1998:

 

Kagome lay across her bed with her face buried in her pillow. Her bed was warm, soft and much too comfortable to leave. Her biggest compliant about the Feudal Era, beside Naraku trying to kill them every other week, was sleeping on the hard ground.

 

Was there something I was supposed to do today? Nahh it's Saturday and I am sleeping in. Her assumption was based on the fact her alarm clock was silent. She only neglected to set the alarm on the weekend. She nestled deeper under her covers seeking to return to a pleasant dream before it escaped her.

 

The early morning tranquility was ruined by a light tapping on her bedroom door. Souta's voice came from the other side. “Kagome, mom sent me to tell you breakfast is in ten minutes.”

 

Kagome groaned. “I'm not hungry but thanks.”

 

“Okay but I warned you.” He replied than she heard his footsteps as he clunked down the stairs to the kitchen.

 

Ugh. It's too early for food… Was her last coherent thought before she gave into to sleep.

 

Thirty minutes later she was jolted awake by a loud banging on her door. “Higurashi Kagome! Wake up! You will be late for your exam if you don't get your rear out of that bed this instant.”

 

It was her mother.

 

Exam? What exam? She sat straight up in bed. Oh no! I have a makeup exam this morning! Kagome glanced at her alarm clock wondering why it hadn't gone off. She clearly remembered setting it. The space where the clock belonged was empty.

 

Her belly filled with dread as she leaned over and saw the clock in pieces on the floor beside Inuyasha who appeared to be very displeased with the wakeup call. She noticed a big scuff on the wall where the clock had no doubt been thrown against it in the first seconds of ringing.

 

Inuyasha? What is he doing here? And my freaking clock. Damn it! That was the reason I told him he couldn't stay here anymore.

 

Her mother chose that opportune moment to burst through the unlocked door. Kagome hadn't locked it because when she went to bed the night before, she'd been alone.

 

Her mother Higurashi Ayumi stood in the doorway surveying the situation. Her under aged daughter sat on her unmade bed in only a thin over sized t-shirt and her underwear. Beside the bed lounging on the floor as though he owned the place and Kagome, sat that wretched Inu-hanyou. He had the audacity to look annoyed and wore a small smirk on his lips. She felt the anger wash over her starting at the roots of her hair flowing down into her neck and shoulders.

 

Ayumi strode into her daughter's bedroom. Inuyasha stood and started to bow his head in respect. She raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face. His head turn with the force of her blow.

 

“I don't know why you are here. I've fed you and given you my daughter to fight in your war. All I've asked is that you respect this family and me when you are in this house. You've betrayed that.”

 

She spoke to her daughter without turning her head. “Kagome get dressed in the bathroom or you will be late.”

 

Kagome grabbed her school uniform and was grateful for the chance to flee the room. She'd never seen her mother this angry.

 

Inuyasha held his ground and hung his head as he watched Ayumi from the coroner of his eye. He did nothing as she was within her rights.

 

“We had a bargain remember? No sneaking in here. You've broken your word so I will break mine. Kagome stays here. You will fight without her for a month, maybe more. Then you will see how important my rules are.”

 

He cast his eyes downward. “As you wish Higurashi-sama.”

 

“Kagome is a…honorable girl. See to it that she STAYS that way.”

 

Inuyasha gave a small bow and started toward the open window. Ayumi ground her teeth as she wondered if anyone in this house had a clue what that did to her heating bills. She walked beside him and shut the window before he could climb out of it.

 

Ayumi turned and pointed out the bedroom door. “Use the front door from now on. And I mean it.”

 

He turned quickly, picked up his red outer kimono wrap and dashed downstairs and out the front door. She knew he'd taken her seriously when he left with out raiding her pantry for Ramen noodles.

 

 

Ayumi sighed as she sat on Kagome's bed. What am I going to do with them? She's only seventeen and he is so…intensely physical. He sits up here like some kind of guard dog.

 

She rushes home from school everyday that she is here to attend school, just to see him. Her friends call but they stopped coming over. And she has no dates. No normal boys to compare Inuyasha against. Has she considered that she has no future with him? What if my grandchildren have fangs and dog ears?! How would we deal with that? Worse he has no means of support. Kagome cannot live in the past with this man. I can't allow it. I've got to find a way to keep her here with us, where she belongs.

 

Her hand reached into her jeans pocket searching for her secret trusty pack of cigarettes. Damn. I forgot I quit again.

 

Ayumi ran her hands through her short hair as she wished vehemently her husband was still alive and here with her.

 

 

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Feb 2004:

 

Kagome awoke to the sound of her tiny TV. She turned over and saw Ian with his glasses perched on his nose, sitting up in bed beside her surfing through the channels. Even though she had not seen him in a year and a half, it was odd to wake and find someone other than Inuyasha in her room.

 

She sat up and remembered she was naked. Kagome blushed and pulled the bed sheets around herself toga style. Ian stayed focused on the TV and didn't say anything when she had to climb over him to get out of bed. She padded barefoot to her closet in search of the Strawberry Shortcake robe Boog had given her last Christmas. It was silly and pink but better than sitting around in the nude. She found it, struggled to put it on under her sheet then tied it. Kagome turned to Ian to see what his reaction would be to the ridiculous pink terry cloth bathrobe.

 

Ian had his back to her and was pulling on his shirt. He was already in his jeans. He must've starting dressing while I was looking for the robe.

 

He looked up at her and Kagome smiled. She was desperate to show him that she was comfortable with their new situation as lovers. He had yet to speak to her since the actual deed and now she was starting to feel odd. She stood in silence as he stuffed his wallet in his back pocket and began searching for his keys.

 

Was he going out for breakfast? “I can make us some cold cereal?” she offered.

 

He shook his head. “Nah, I'll just grab a biscuit from WacDonalds.”

 

“Okay…” She ran a brush through her hair as he sat on the bed pulling on his socks and shoes.

 

Maybe this was how established couples behaved after spending the night together. Just like any other day…except he hasn't even kissed me.

 

Is there some kind of morning after etiquette that I don't know about?

 

His keys jingled as he moved towards her bedroom door. It was so early Boog and Nicky were still asleep and wouldn't see him leave. Kagome's heart beat slower in her chest.

 

“Ian…?”

 

Wordlessly he turned to face her.

 

“Was I not…good?” She'd meant to keep an even tone but it came out as a whisper.

 

His tips tightened in an odd expression she didn't understand then he put on the fake smile she'd seen him use on his professors. “Babe!” he said calling her a name he'd never used before. “It was your first time. Don't be so down on yourself.”

 

Kagome's eyes grew wide as he leaned forward and chucked her under chin. “Tell ya what. Why don't you hit the showers and I'll call you later. We'll catch up then. Okay?”

 

Kagome heard herself say the word. “Okay.” Then she watched him exit her room, go to the front door and leave. He left the apartment and never bothered calling.

 

 

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One week earlier Feb 2004:

 

Kagome trudged on the Stair Master beside Boog. Sweat poured down her face and her thighs were burning with excruciating pain. This damn machine is harder than the quest for the Shikon no Tama!

 

She turned and watched Boog, the queen of stair machines, moving effortlessly on the machine beside her.

 

Screw this! Kagome punched the off button, stepped down and began to towel off. Boog finished soon after her and they walked down to the women's locker room. They changed and headed into Kagome's favorite part of the gym, the hot tub. Not only did it feel like heaven. It reminded her of Sango.

 

After a few minutes of silence Kagome made a confession.

 

“I've decided to go through with it.”

 

Boog was surprised but excited. “Really! So you really like Ian then?”

 

She smiled. “Yeah I think so.”

 

Boog closed her eyes as she slid deeper into the warm water. “That's great. But remember this… when you are in a relationship sex is only a bonus. It shouldn't be the foundation.”

 

Kagome considered this and nodded.

 

“Be careful girl, cause if he hurts you I'm gonna have to use his own pickaxe on him and bury him in that archeological dig of his when I'm done. Future generations will unearth him and dub him Man with Axe in Skull.

 

Kagome raised her eyebrows at this. One week later her heart was destroyed and Ian's car was covered in eggs because hind sight, as always, is twenty-twenty.

 

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2005:

 

Kagome's leg itched and she bent her knee and reached down to scratch it. Her pillow moved with her and hugged her tightly to his chest. Her eyes flew open and she saw she was firmly ensconced in Inuyasha's bare arms. His hair lay over her shoulders and his face was pressed in to the back of her neck. He was laid out behind her sleeping like a normal person. She smiled. I don't think I've ever seen him actually stretch out to sleep. He's always curled up or in some impossibly awkward inhuman position. She was surprised her movement hadn't waked him. He slept like a cat which when she thought about it was ironic. Then everything struck home.

 

In the name of all that is holy what have I done?

 

Baka Kagome! Idiot, idiot, idiot!

 

He could be married to Kikyo by now?! We didn't even talk. There were no hellos or so how have you been? Gotten married recently?

 

Well I guess he isn't mad at me for leaving. Maybe we'll just ride this out and see where it goes. He is incredibly loyal even when it causes him pain. Surely this means something to him?

 

 

Inuyasha lay awake listening to Kagome think. He couldn't actually hear her thoughts but could almost hear the buzz in her head.

 

Here it comes. Just when everything is perfect she's gonna get upset and screw it up.

 

Last night she'd taken him as he was. She asked no questions and willingly stepped into his arms. I was such an idiot. She did tell me she like me as I am, stupid pride.

 

This morning was perfect. Waking with her in his arms felt right. She was where she belonged, where he could watch over her, protect her and touch her when the mood struck him. But now it was daytime and there would be questions. And questions always meant Kagome expected him to have the answers.

 

He kept his eyes closed. It was easier to let her think he was still asleep.

 

 

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Notes:

 

Yes Kagome's mom is OCC when compared to the anime. Here my goal was to portray her as a real mom. Inuyasha's a tough guy he can take it. So before you get mad consider this; if you were a single Mother would you let Inuyasha carry off your fifteen year old girl?

 

Of course not. Ayumi knows Kagome has to find the Shikon no Tama shards but this doesn't mean she should sacrifice her future. Okay I'm done with my soap box. Thanks!