InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ JOURNEY ❯ Chapter 21 ( Chapter 21 )

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Chapter 21

 

Kagome sat on the tailgate of her truck, crying and clinging to Kirei. She didn't even hear him as Sesshomaru walked up. He put his hand on her arm. Kagome looked up at him, and jerked her arm away from him.

 

“What do you want?” she asked angrily as she looked at the ground.

 

“Kagome, I'm sorry about your grandfather,” he said, trying to comfort her.

 

“I don't want your sympathy,” she said as she wiped the dirt from Kirei's face and continued to inspect Kirei for cuts.

 

“Is she ok?”

 

“I don't know. I think so, but I'm going to take her to the hospital anyway.” Kagome said hostilely as she shoved past him and marched back to her booth.

 

“I'm coming with you,” he said.

 

“I don't care what you do,” Kagome replied angrily.

 

“Souta,” she said as she approached everyone. “I am going to take Kirei to the hospital to be checked out.”

 

Souta put his arm around her and said, “I'll take care of everything here. I'll be there as soon as I can.” He kissed her on the forehead while he looked at Sesshomaru hostilely. “Do you want Nathan to go with you?” he asked as he looked accusingly at Sesshomaru.

 

“No. You are both needed here. I'll be alright,” she said as she turned to leave. Lakota whined as she walked past. “No, stay,” she commanded.

 

Kagome climbed into her truck and closed the door. She turned the key in the ignition as Sesshomaru climbed in beside her. She held Kirei against her and looked straight ahead, saying nothing as they drove to the hospital in Lodge Grass. She wasn't sure what he was doing there, but his sudden appearance, she knew, was about to turn her carefully organized life upside down.

 

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Kagome handed her daughter to one of the nurses as they walked in the door. The ambulance carrying her grandfather had arrived only minutes before. Kagome explained what had happened to the doctors, fearing that the weight of the horse had hurt Kirei inside. The doctors took Kirei into one of the examination rooms and left Kagome and Sesshomaru alone in the lobby.

 

Kagome thumbed through magazines in the lobby, trying to avoid conversation. She was a bundle of emotions just waiting to explode. She was lonely. She was confused. She was sad. She was angry, and most of all she was worried.

 

“When was she born?” Sesshomaru asked, trying to make conversation.

 

“May 1st, last year. She turned one yesterday.” Kagome said bluntly, not looking at him. Kagome got up and told the nurse that she was going outside for some fresh air. Then she walked out the doors. Sesshomaru followed her.

 

“Why didn't you tell me, Kagome?” he asked as he grabbed her hand, forcing her to stop.

 

“Why didn't I tell you?” Kagome laughed angrily as she jerked her hand free. “I wrote you as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I wrote you when she was born. I sent you a card last Christmas and told you how much she had grown.” Kagome was quickly losing her composure and beginning to visibly tremble. “I even came to see you at Christmas, but instead of letting you see your daughter, I got the honor of meeting that fucking whore that answered your door in next to nothing,” she yelled at him. “Where have you been? I needed you,” she cried as she turned away, placing her face in her hands.

 

”Kagome,” he whispered as he reached out to stroke her hair, “I'm sorry…”

 

Kagome slapped his hand away when he touched her hair. “Don't. Just don't!”

 

“Kagome, I never got any of your letters. There wasn't anything from you in my mail. I didn't even know you were looking for me until Christmas. I swear it's the truth. And the girl who answered the door at my house is Inu's girlfriend, Kikyo.” Then he added with a grin that made Kagome smile, “And yes, she is a whore.”

 

Kagome snorted, “It figures.”

 

“What's her name?”

 

“Kirei Arashi,” she replied flatly.

 

“It's a good name.”

 

“Why are you here, Sesshomaru?”

 

“I'm visiting my parents. They live in Busby, on the Cheyenne Reservation.”

 

“Oh,” Kagome said, seeming distant and obviously disappointed.

 

“Does your husband know that Kirei is mine?”

 

“Husband?” Kagome looked at him curiously. Then it dawned on her what he meant. “Oh, you mean Souta.” She paused briefly before answering. “Yes, he knows...he's known from the beginning.”

 

“Where are you living? I would like to come see her.”

 

“We live on a ranch south of Heart Butte,” she said.

 

 

Just about then, one of the doctors came outside. Kagome turned to him, expecting to hear bad news.

 

“She's fine,” the doctor said as Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. “She's a little bruised though. I thought she might have some internal injuries, but we didn't find any. She's very lucky. If your grandfather had not taken the blows for her, she wouldn't have made it.”

 

Nathan and Souta arrived just as Kagome was walking out the doors with Kirei, who was fast asleep in her arms. Sesshomaru touched Kirei's hair gently, before Kagome put her in the truck. Kagome turned to Sesshomaru. “Thank you for coming with me.” she said. “We are going home after we pack up everything. You are welcome to come visit her, if you want.” Sesshomaru noticed that Nathan grit his teeth at the invitation, but apparently Kagome didn't notice. Sesshomaru told himself that he would have to be careful. He was certain that her husband and his friend were not too happy about his sudden appearance. Nonetheless, it was obvious that Kirei was his daughter. One had only to look at her to see the resemblance. And whether they liked it or not, he intended to be part of her life.

 

Kagome was silent all the way home. Everyone was upset about the death of their grandfather, but aside from that, Nathan was unsettled by Sesshomaru's sudden appearance. It made him angry that he had the gall to show up after nearly two years. Kagome meant the world to Nathan. Kagome was his best friend. He was her confidant. He had been there for her from the very beginning. As far as he was concerned, Sesshomaru should leave and never show his face again; and if he had the balls to show up at the ranch, Nathan planned to tell him that.

 

 

TBC...

 

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