InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome's Return (sequel to Kagome! Where are you!? ❯ explanations... ( Chapter 5 )

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Kagome return chapter 5

The story . . .


A few minutes later . . .

Kagome's grandfather and Kagome's mother are seated on a couch in the living.

Sesshomaru is standing off to one side, in full view of Kagome's mother and grandfather.

Kagome is standing between them.

She begins to pace.

"Kagome?" her mother asks.

Kagome sighs, "ok. Here it goes, Mother."

She begins to open her mouth, then pauses.

"Mother? Did Inu-yasha tell you anything? You didn't seem all that surprised that Sesshomaru is
with me?"

Mrs. H nods. "Yes, last week or so, he finally broke down and told me that you and
Sesshomaru." She nods to him, "vanished and he was looking for you."

She smiles, faintly, "Keade had even given him a spell for me to try. It was supposed to pull you
back to me." She sighs, "It didn't work, however."

"Oh." Kagome says, "Thank you, mother. Did he tell you what he tried?"

She thinks, ‘if he gave my mother a spell, then what about Kikyo?'

"Not really, Kagome." Mrs. H laughs softly, "I got the impression that whatever he tried, it failed
pretty spectacularly and he didn't want to talk about it."

"OK." Kagome nods. ‘I'll ask Shippo later.' She thinks. She frowns. She looks up at the top of
the stairs. She glances at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru nods, faintly. ‘She finally noticed that Shippo, Rin and Sota are using that loud noise
making machine to cover the fact that they are hiding at the top of the stairs.' He thinks. ‘Shippo
is whispering the conversation to Rin and Sota.'

"Dear?" Kagome's mother asks.

Kagome sighs. "Telling you is harder than I thought it would be, mother."

Mrs. H sighs, "I thought so." She glances at her father and at Sesshomaru. "Would it be easier if
we were alone?"

Kagome nods. "Maybe, mom. But, telling you, everything will be hard, no matter what."

Mrs. H nods. Her eyes narrow. "Then you and I will go for a walk." She stands up. "Father, keep
everyone in the house, until Kagome and I return." She says to her father.

"Why us?" Kagome begins to say, then she nods. "Ah, I see." She glances at Sesshomaru.

He raises an eyebrow. He nods, understanding that he will stay behind. "All of the noise in this
world makes it harder to hear you, should you need help."

Kagome opens her mouth, ‘Normally, I don't need protection on this side of the well. But, after
what happened at the airport, can I take the chance, now?'

"Sesshomaru, could you give me that hollow metal rod I gave you to hold?" Kagome asks.

Sesshomaru pulls out a necklace, with a small metal rod hanging from it. He passes it to her.

"You gave that to him?" Mrs. H says in surprise.

"Yes. How else could I prove to him that I trusted him?" Kagome replies.

"What is it?" Sesshomaru asks, "I've controlled my curiosity about it, ever since you asked me to
hold it."

Kagome's eyebrow raises, "oh, right now, it is a way to signal you, from far away. So, in case
something should happen, you'll hear it."

"A whistle of some type?" he asks.

"Of a type." Kagome raises it to her lips and gives the dog whistle a small blow.

"Arrggh!" Shippo yells from the top of the stairs.

Sesshomaru takes a deep breath, but otherwise doesn't react.

Kagome turns to the top of the stairs, "sorry, Shippo! If you hadn't been so close!" she calls.

"That was a dirty trick!" Shippo yells back.

"Well?" Kagome says.

"I see why you wanted me to hold that." Sesshomaru begins. "Blowing that with all your wind . .
. " he nods. "Once we've returned home, you must do that. I must see if I can still function under
that attack."

Sesshomaru pauses, "And, I, thank you for letting me hold it. IF you had been holding that all,
this time . . . that would have implied a lack of trust in me."

"I know." Kagome says as their eyes met.

Mrs. H clears her throat. "Kagome?"

Kagome sighs. Her fist curls around the dog whistle. "I'll be back shortly, Sesshomaru." She
blinks. Her eyes shift to one wall. "While I'm gone, see if you can get through the well. And, if
so, scout the area and find out what happened."

Sesshomaru nods. "Of course." He looks at Mrs. H, "correct me if I'm wrong, madam, but, Inu-
yasha has not been seen since he delivered Rin and Shippo."

"That's correct." She replies.

Sesshomaru nods. "He may not like Shippo, but, he would have returned to check on him by
now, if possible. So, something must have happened to him that prevents him from returning to
the well."

Kagome takes a deep breath. "That's what I'm afraid of, Sesshomaru. Naraku attacking the
village is the most likely reason."

Sesshomaru nods. "I will make it through the well, and return, Miko Higurashi Kagome."

Kagome and her mother leave the house.

Sesshomaru leaves for the well house.


Sesshomaru enters the well house. ‘Power. But, it feels unstable, somehow.' He grimaces, ‘I
wish I knew more about temporal spells. Kagome has been impressed by my knowledge, but, my
knowledge is so limited.'

"You were carrying that thing all this time?" Shippo asks as he enters the well house. "My ears
are still ringing."

"Yes." Sesshomaru replies, without diverting his attention from the well. "I expect to be
addressed properly, Kitsune."

"I am sorry, your worshipfulness." Shippo says in a sarcastic tone.

"Your relationship with your mother, Shippo, gives you some leeway in addressing this
Sesshomaru. However, I, also, have a relationship with your mother. Do you wish to make her
unhappy, which she will be, should we fight?"

"No." Shippo growls. "So?"

Sesshomaru growls.

"So, Sesshomaru, sir, now what?"

"Better, Shippo, son of Kagome." Sesshomaru replies. "How much do you know of this well?"

Shippo moves up and stands next to Sesshomaru. "Not much. Kagome's tried to bring me
through on many occasions. She even had Inu-yasha try a couple of times." He finishes with a
suppressed glee in his voice.

"I assume Inu-yasha had to be convinced by Kagome via the necklace?" Sesshomaru asks.

"Yes." Shippo's glee is obvious.

"And?"

"Nothing." Shippo replies, his glee gone. "It never worked. And the one time it did, I was
unconscious, so . . . "

"Kagome has never tried to examine it? Or the Village Miko, Keade?"

"No. Kagome was always afraid that if we tried something, it might cause the well to stop."

Sesshomaru nods. "I do sense some instability in it, so I won't try anything powerful."

Sesshomaru steps on the top of the well.

"Sesshomaru?" Shippo asks his voice full of emotion.

He spins, looks at Shippo.

"Do you love her?" Shippo whispers.

A pause.

Sesshomaru looks into Shippo eyes. "Of course."

"And what about me?" Shippo whispers.

"My feelings are strong enough, Shippo, that under certain circumstances, you might become my
adopted son, as well as hers."

"A fate worse than death." Shippo grins at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru's eyebrow rises. "It could be."

Shippo purses his lips, ‘I expected him to attack me for that one. Ok. Let's try this.'

"Inu-yasha?"

A pause . . .

"That remains to be seen, Shippo. But, This Sesshomaru, lord of the western lands, will not
attack first." Sesshomaru replies. "And, Shippo, son of Kagome, this Sesshomaru would
appreciate it, if you would cease trying to provoke me. Unlike my brother, I will not give in to
infantile fighting."

A long pause . . .

"Until I can talk to Kagome and get her side of the story." Shippo says.

"Acceptable."

Sesshomaru jumps down the well . . .


Let's go to Kagome and her mother now . . . (yes, I'm evil)


They are sitting on a nearby park bench. The park bench is semi-private, being surrounded by
several trees. (At night, it's a favorite make-out bench, due to that fact . . . )

"Well, Kagome?" her mother starts.

Kagome leans over and hugs her mother, tightly. "Mom . . . " she whispers.

Her mother wraps her arms around her daughter, "What happened?" she whispers.

"A lot . . . " Kagome whispers, "I don't know where to start . . . "

"It'll be ok." Kagome's mother whispers.

"Sesshomaru and I." Kagome begins. "We . . . we were alone. Just the two of us, for two
months."

"Two months? It's only been one!"

"The cube which was shifting us from world to world, could alter time as well, mother."

"Ah." Mrs. h breathes. "And the two of you?"

A pause.

"Talking about this was sooo easy to plan." Kagome whispers. "But, now, when I have to . . . "
Her voice trails off.

Her mother hugs her tighter. "Kagome. Remember when I mentioned that spell that Inu-yasha
gave me?"

Kagome nods, rubbing her head against her mother's stomach, as she lays there.

"I was never able to pull you back, but, I could feel you." Mrs. H says, "And I could feel your
emotions, somewhat. So, please, tell me what happened. I know something did."

"Ok . . . " Kagome whispers. "We were together, Sesshomaru and I. We were having adventure
after adventure, mother. In that two months, the two of us, had more than a year's worth of
adventures with Inu-yasha."

"A bond formed between you two." Mrs. h states.

Kagome nods.

"I could tell that much. He was watching you as often as he could. Looking at him, I felt . . . that
if you weren't there, he'd kill us, without remorse. But, you, your presence controls him."

"He probably would." Kagome says in a dry voice. "He'd probably sacrifice you over the well,
trying to get it to open, so he could go home." She sighs, "but . . . "

"But?"

"Everything is sooo . . . uncertain, mother." Kagome whispers. "Sesshomaru and I have a bond.
A strong bond, as strong as my feelings for Inu-yasha."

Her mother takes a deep breath. "And?"

"Sesshomaru has saved my life many times, mother. I've saved his, too. Inu-yasha has saved my
life many times, and I've saved his, as well." Kagome shivers as she tenses up.

A pause . . .

‘I must be positive.' Kagome's mother thinks.

"What can I do to help you?" Mrs. H asks.

Kagome relaxes. "I don't know, mother. When we were planning this, Sesshomaru and I always
assumed that we'd met Inu-yasha first. So, when I got home, I could tell you what happened, and
ask for your blessing. Now. I don't know."

Mrs. h sighs, "You've never liked to hurt anyone, have you?"

"No." Kagome whispers, "And I'm going to hurt Inu-yasha, no matter what. But, if I break the
bond between Sesshomaru and I . . . "

"How strong is the bond between you and Sesshomaru?"

A pause as Kagome considers her mother's question . . .

"If it wasn't for the implants, I'd be pregnant." Kagome buries her face in her mother's lap.

"I see . . . " Mrs. h hisses. "That often?"

"Yes." Kagome nods. "We've been so busy the last couple of days that we haven't done it, but,
Shippo still smelled it." Her face is beet red.

"Hmmm." Mrs. H breathes, "A fine mess, my daughter."

"Before, I never could understand how Inu-yasha could care about Kikyo and I, but, now."
Kagome whispers.

A pause . . .

"What, exactly, were you planning on? What was I to bless?" Kagome's mother asks.


A pause.

"IF Inu-yasha agreed . . . " Kagome begins, speaking slowly, she is obviously choosing her words
with care. "The three of us . . . " A pause. "Mom?"

"Go on."

"You know how, in the past, men could have two wives."

A pause . . .

"Say it, Kagome." Mrs. H orders. "I want to hear this."

"If Inu-yasha agreed, the three of us, would try to form some sort of triangular relationship."

"What type?"

"Sesshomaru has already agreed to let Inu-yasha marry me. All Sesshomaru want's is for me to
be his concubine."

"Inu-yasha is supposed to agree to this?"

Silence . . .


"If he doesn't, then . . . " Kagome whispers. "I don't know. No."

Her voice strengthens, and she continues, "I know what will happen, mom. One of them will kill
the other. And I will not love the man that killed a man that I love. So, One of them will die, the
other will lose me. And I'll have two broken hearts."

Kagome's mother lifts Kagome off her lap and hugs her, tightly. After a long tight hug, she
releases Kagome.

She holds Kagome's head up, so she can look her daughter in the eyes.

Kagome is crying. Tears are flowing down her cheeks.

Kagome's mother is crying. Tears are flowing down her cheeks.

"Kagome." Mrs. H's voice breaks. She repeats herself, "Kagome. All I've ever wanted is for you
to be happy." She licks her lips, "I'll agree to anything that makes you happy."

Kagome hugs her mother, tightly, tears flowing.

Mrs. h hugs Kagome tightly. She whispers, "You will forgive me, if I'm more comfortable
around Inu-yasha."

"Of course." Kagome says in relief. "Sesshomaru is a lot to get used to." She sighs, "I'm not
totally comfortable with everything he does, but, I'm not totally comfortable with everything that
Inu-yasha does, so that's nothing new."

They hug for a minute.

Kagome's mother clears her throat as she releases Kagome. "Kagome." She stops, pauses, then
starts again, "Kagome, my dear, I do have more experience with men than you do."

"You don't think it work, do you?" Kagome whispers, interrupting her mother.

A pause . . .

"At best, it will work, for a short time, only." Mrs. H whispers. "Then, at best, the two of them
will go off on a, call it ‘hunting expedition'. And there will be a horrible accident."

"Stop." Kagome calls out as she hugs her mother again, tightly. "I don't want to think about
that."

Kagome's mother hugs her daughter. "What do you want to think about?"

Kagome sighs, "I just want everyone to live happily ever after."

Mrs. H sighs, "I know. That's all I want as well."


"Will you help me?" Kagome whispers.

A pause, as her mother stares into space, thinking.

She whispers, "As much as I can, my dear."

"Thank you."

"But, I must tell you, that if given a choice, I will prefer you and Inu-yasha to be together."

Kagome releases her mother, from the hug. She looks her mother in the eyes, and nods. "I
understand. You're used to Inu-yasha." She brushes the tears from her eyes, "But, I think, that
when you and Sesshomaru get to know each other, you'll change your mind."

Mrs. H slowly nods, "Perhaps. He has been more polite than I ever thought that he would be. He
has even been complimentary toward me, which is more than I can say for Inu-yasha. Still . . . "
she shakes her head. "For you, my dear, I will give him a chance."

Kagome gets off the bench and bows to her mother, "Thank you, mother."

Mrs. h pats the bench beside her, "Sit."

They both smile at each other, as Kagome sits down.

"Now, onto other matters." Mrs. h begins, a brighter tone, "Shippo. What made you change your
mind?"

Kagome takes a deep breath. "That's something that I'd been thinking about, pretty much, ever
since I've met him." Kagome shacks her head. "I probably would have. No. I would have made
the same choice no matter what happened between Sesshomaru and myself."

Kagome holds up her hand, her fingers are held apart, just barely. "I came this close to doing it
the first night I breast feed him after his normal nightmare, mother." She sighs, "But, I could see
Inu-yasha's reaction and held off."

"I see." Mrs. H mummers.

"Then, as Sesshomaru and I were getting to know each other, I began to think about my feelings
for Inu-yasha, Shippo, Sango, even Miroku." Kagome says, in a slow deliberate tone. "And, I
decided that just waiting and watching, and hoping that in the end, everything will turn out
perfectly, like I had been doing, wasn't right."

"Go ahead." Kagome's mother whispers, prodding her daughter.

"Shippo wants and needs someone, mother. And, every time it was necessary to make that
decision, about him, I'd chickened out. I would find an excuse and avoid the problem and delay
it." Kagome pauses. "He deserves better than that, mother." She says in a hard tone. "Either I'm
his mother, or I'm not. The maybe I am, the maybe I am not, just wasn't right for him."

"And you decided to be his mother."

Kagome nods.

"Have you thought about Inu-yasha and how he'll react to this?"

Kagome licks her lips and nods. "I have."

"And?"

"I am Shippo's mother. And that is a fact. Inu-yasha, and for that matter, Sesshomaru as well,
will have to understand that, and accept that fact." Her mouth twists into a semi-smile, "I really
don't think that Sesshomaru has thought that one through all the way yet, mother."

"Hmmm? And why's that?"

"That means that Shippo becomes his adopted son."

"Ah. I see. And he's never mentioned it?"

"No." Kagome sighs, "I can see why, though. Shippo will be with me, most, if not, all the time,
so Sesshomaru would only be responsible for him half the time, maybe."

"And you think that Sesshomaru might avoid his responsibilities?"

Kagome shrugs. "He has told me that in the past, he has avoided similar responsibilities, but, I
know that he's taken care of Rin for a while now. So, I think he's understands his responsibility,
now." Her lips twist into a smile. "I just don't think that he likes it."

Mrs. H's lips form a tight smile. ‘Some men don't.' She thinks.

"You should have mentioned this to Sesshomaru, however." Mrs. H says.

Kagome sighs, "I know. I can make an excuse that we were too busy trying to stay alive. But,
that's all it is an excuse. I should have brought it up, and I should have talked to him about
Shippo." She sighs.


Kagome's mother hugs her, "you'll find, my dear, that plans are wonderful things, but, they don't
always work."

Kagome sighs, and slumps into her mother's grasp. "I know. Or. I think I know that, mom."

"You know that your grandfather will never approve of this."

"He'll never approve of Inu-yasha." Kagome replies, instantly.

"He might have. I have been working on him." Mrs. H replies. "But this plan? Never."

Kagome sighs. She nods.

"What about your other friends? Sango and Miroku? Have you thought about their reaction?"

"Some." Kagome pauses, "Miroku will approve. Although, I'll have to decline his attempt to
include himself into my plan."

Mrs. H giggles. "I can see that."

"Sango . . . " Kagome sighs, heavily. "I don't know. I don't think she'll like it, but, I also don't
think it'll really affect our relationship."

A pause. Kagome asks, "do you want me to tell you about our adventures?"

"Not right now." Kagome's mother replies. "I'd let to get back before the kids destroy the house.
And, I think that getting you and Sesshomaru on the other side of the well and helping Inu-yasha,
is more important."

Kagome hugs her mother. "Thank you, Mom."

"I will want to know, sooner or later, my dear."

"I will, mom, as soon as I could." Kagome releases her mother and stands up. "Shall we go
back?"

Mrs. H stands up.

As they begin to walk home, Mrs. H says in a low voice, "You know, Kagome, with Inu-yasha, I
felt that I could tweak his ears, instantly. But, not with Sesshomaru."

"Yes. I know, mom." Kagome smiles, "although his ears are sensitive."


"But, with Sesshomaru . . . " Kagome's mother begins to say, then she whispers, "Is his tail, and
that is his tail, right? As soft as it looks?"

Kagome whispers, "softer, mom. I've been sleeping in it for most of the last two months."

Mrs. H's eyebrow raises, and she gives a soft whistle.

Kagome blushes, deeply.

"My little girl is grown up."

Back at the house . . .


"Sesshomaru and Shippo are in the well house, mother. I can feel them." Kagome says as she and
she mother reach the top of the stairs.

"I don't hear anything from the house, so, let's go there." Her mother replies.

Kagome opens the well house door and they both enter.

Sesshomaru and Shippo, both of whom are standing on the top of the well turn to look at them.

"Any luck?" Kagome asks.

"No." Sesshomaru growls.

Shippo jumps into Kagome's arms.

"I've tried several different ways, but, nothing." Sesshomaru replies. "I was about to try another
way, but, I didn't think you'd appreciate it."

"What were you thinking about?"

"Shippo and Rin were unconscious when they went through the well." Sesshomaru begins. "Am I
correct, in assuming that every time you attempted to bring Shippo through the well, he was
conscious?"

"You were going to knock Shippo unconscious?" Kagome asks/growls.

"No. Explaining that, after the fact, would be difficult. I wanted to ask you for permission."

Kagome blinks. "No." She states in a no-nonsense tone.

"That might be the way to get through the well." Sesshomaru replies.

Kagome shakes her head. "No. There is something else, which you don't know Sesshomaru."

"Huh?" "What?" "Please explain?" the other three people in the well house say at the same time.

"There is something else that can go through the well." Kagome replies. "I never considered it,
but now, I wonder."

"What?" all three ask.

"Mother. Shippo and Rin were covered in blood right?"

Her mother nods.

"And neither one really had any major cuts on them?" Kagome asks. "I know that I didn't cure
any."

"Not really. Shippo had a few, but they were minor scratches."

"So the blood was mainly Inu-yasha's?"

Her mother nods. "I'd assume so. He did have some cuts on his clothes, and he was covered in
blood."

"Blood?" Sesshomaru asks.

"Mother." Kagome replies, "What did I give you as an emergency way to contact Inu-yasha?"

"A piece of cloth with your blood on it." Her mother replies in a slow voice. "The smell of your
blood would go through the well . . . "

"Blood, Sesshomaru. I'm sure that is the way through the well."

Sesshomaru's eye narrow, and take on a distance look as he things. "Wells use water. Blood is
related to water." He nods. "I can see it."

"So, if I put on clothes covered in your blood, Kagome, I can go through the well?" Shippo asks.

Kagome nods. "I think so."

"Did you just think of this?" Kagome's mother asks.

Kagome shrugs. "Some. I'd always wondered about why my blood went through the well. But,
when Shippo and Rin went through the well, covered in blood. That's when I really started to
think about it. And since Sesshomaru can't get through, by himself." She nods in his direction.
"That is what's left."

"Then let's go." Sesshomaru growls. "I'll cut you myself."

"In a few minutes, Sesshomaru." Kagome replies.

"Why?" Sesshomaru growls.

"There is something else that I need to do." Kagome says in a determined voice.

"Explain." Sesshomaru demands.

Kagome's eyebrow rises. "Follow me." She looks at her mother and Shippo. "Both of you as
well."

Kagome leaves the well house. Everyone follows her. She hands Shippo to her mother. She
walks to the God Tree.

She stops arms length away from the tree. She turns to looks at Sesshomaru. "There are two
things that are constant in my journeys, Sesshomaru. The well and this." She reaches out and
touches the tree.

"The God Tree . . . " Sesshomaru's eyes widen. "You mean?"

"I've got questions." Kagome presses against the tree. "And I want answers!?" she screams.

She glows and vanishes in a flash of light.

Sesshomaru's grabs empty air.

"What happened?" Shippo asked.

Sesshomaru growls, "During our journey, we decided that a deity was testing us. The journey,
perhaps even the jewel, and even more was his fault."

"The God Tree?" Shippo asks.

"My assumption was Susano-O, the god that my family is descended from." Sesshomaru growls.
"But. She's right. The God Tree makes sense."

The next chapter: The God Tree.


"I want some answers!" Kagome yells as she stands on a featureless plain. "I am not a pawn!"

A voice coming from everywhere, or maybe nowhere, states. "If you were a pawn in my plan,
you won't deserve an answer." A pause. "But, you are not a pawn."

Kagome shivers. ‘Now I will get some answers. Answers about the well, the jewel, and why
me?'



Authors' note: I had a reviewer ask about the ages of Sota, Rin, and Shippo. I'm not going to get
exact on their ages. Sota is probably the oldest of the three. Rin's life before Sesshomaru was
very hard and dangerous, so, she's had the worst life of the three. (Yes, Shippo lost his family,
but Rin lost hers and was alone for an unknown length of time.)

Shippo is probably the youngest in age, but, given his upbringing, he is more mature than a
human child of the same age . . . I know that there are episodes that imply that Shippo is very
old. Personally I find the idea that what, a 100-year childhood, to be wrong. Emotional Maturity
is based on experience. (Yes, a bodies physical maturity matters, but, I've known ten/twelve
years olds that I trust as adults, and there are forty some things that are very immature, and
untrustworthy.) And if Shippo is say 50ish, and he is still immature . . . then something is very
wrong with him and his upbringing. (Also, I've read various Kitsune legends. And Kitsune ages,
etc., depended on the legend. In one legend, they age/mature as humans. In another, they are
immortal. And yet another legend, they age 5 to 10 longer than humans. It all depends on the
story.)



Thank you for reading
jeff shelton