InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome Smells ❯ Kagome Smells - Epilogue ( Chapter 34 )

Kagome Smells - Epilogue

By Majicman55

 

Disclaimer: The characters from “InuYasha” are not mine; they are the intellectual property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I do not benefit financially from these writings. I just like to play with the characters.

 

 

“Kagome!”

 

“Sister?”

 

“Kagome!”

 

Three pairs of eyes regarded the girl with wonder…and more than a slight degree of suspicion.

 

“You can't be my sister! We heard her in the well, and you never came out of the well!”

 

“Indeed, young lady…whoever you are,” sputtered the old man. “My sacred sutra knocked that Kikyo character clear off the ladder and, unfortunately, she fell into my poor granddaughter, sending both of them back into the past. So you can't be her!”

 

The girl just sighed and turned to the older woman in the well house. “Mama?” For a moment, the two looked deep into each other's eyes.

 

“Ka-Kagome?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“It is you.”

 

“Sis!”

 

Sota was about to rush forward when his ji-chan blocked him with his arm. “Stay back! This is a demon sent to trick us!” The old man dragged out another sacred sutra. “I will purify it!”

 

Kagome sighed and reached out to touch the sacred sutra. Instantly the scrap of paper turned to dust. “A shame, really. Miroku said that particular sutra would do wonders for constipation.”

 

Mama Higurashi placed one hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle. The old man's jaw dropped open.

 

“You don't think we'd put a lot of dangerous sutras in grandpa's hands, do you?” Kagome took the remaining strips of paper from her grandfather, who had gone into a slight degree of shock. “We snuck into the house and replaced grandpa's sutras with these from Miroku. There was one really powerful sutra that was set to spring to his hand in the presence of Kikyo…and these others he provided out of simple kindness.” Kagome sorted through the strips. “Here's one for a bad back. Here's one for gas. I told him you'd really need that one. Oh! And here's another one for constipation! And another. And another.”

 

“Yay! Ji-chan won't hog the bathroom anymore!”

 

Mama gave Sota a stern look. “Why don't you go back into the house and put some water on for tea?”

 

“But, mom…”

 

“Go.”

 

“Awwww.”

 

Mama took one of the old man's arms. “Kagome, you take the other one and we'll get him into the house. You've got some explaining to do, young lady.”

 

“I kind of figured that.”

 

 

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Mama and Kagome entered the kitchen, a mostly-recovered ji-chan in tow, only to find Sota sitting at the table with InuYasha. Kagome smiled at the memories brought back by InuYasha's traditional garb. She remembered him, a vision in red, fighting to protect her…and she remembered him laying his robes on the ground for them to…

 

She wondered if InuYasha had picked up the spike in her scent. One glance told her he had…plus the responding spike in his scent was obvious. She shook her head. THAT particular activity was not the first priority here.

 

“Why, InuYasha,” said Mama. “It's so nice to see you, but I was under the impression that you were back there (Mama nodded in the direction of the well house) fighting Naraku.”

 

“Feh. He's taken care of.”

 

“InuYasha!”

 

The hanyou looked up to find his mate staring daggers at him. “Well, ya gotta tell `em sometime.” InuYasha smirked. “Don't you think she's got a right to know she's got three hundred and forty-two…”

 

“INUYASHA!”

 

“…puppy-eared grandchildren?”

 

Kagome sat back in her chair and sighed. The cat, or puppy, was out of the bag. She glanced at her mother. “InuYasha!”

 

Still as quick as ever, the hanyou leapt to his feet and caught Mama Higurashi before she hit the floor. He then gently set her down on the sofa while Sota dashed off for a wet washcloth. It was only a moment before Mama came around.

 

“D-Did you say three hundred and forty-two…”

 

“Oi. And that's just the kids. Then there are their kids, and their kids' kids, and their kids.”

 

Mama Higurashi looked faint again.

 

“Stop that, InuYasha,” said Kagome. “I told you I wanted to break this to Mama gradually.”

 

“Ohh-h-h.”

 

“Mama?”

 

Mama Higurashi pulled herself together and managed to get herself back into a sitting position. She patted the spot next to her, indicating that her daughter should join her. “Kagome. I don't understand.”

 

Kagome sat down. “Mama, I'm a lot older than I look.”

 

“Feh! I'll say.”

 

Kagome glared at her mate. “In-u-Ya-shaaa.”

 

The hanyou put up his hands, palms outward, placatingly. “Keh.”

 

Kagome turned back to her mother as Sota and her ji-chan gathered `round. “You see, after the battle was over, the well closed. I couldn't come back.”

 

“Keh. She cried for days.”

 

“It was horrible, Mama. I thought I'd never see any of you again.”

 

“Oh, Kagome.” The old man was actually weeping.

 

“Oi. But then I reminded her that she had four pups growing inside her, and they would need their mother.”

 

“I still missed you, Mama, but soon I was pretty busy.”

 

“I can imagine. I wish I could have been there to help you.”

 

“She did okay. More than okay. She's a wonderful mother.”

 

Kagome smiled at her mate's compliment. “I got it from you, Mama.”

 

Mama Higurashi put her hand on Kagome's knee. “Thank you, dear.” Mama looked thoughtful for a moment. “Don't get me wrong, Kagome, but…how can you be here? Did you find another way back beside the well?”

 

“Ummmm…no, Mama. I'm a lot older. Remember?”

 

“But how?”

 

“That was more my doing.”

 

All eyes turned to InuYasha.

 

The hanyou continued. “Youkai are practically immortal. Left alone, they live forever…although they can be killed, of course. Now, as a hanyou, I'll live almost as long as a full youkai. In fact, my brother believes my youkai blood is so strong, I might live as long as he will.”

 

“But what does this have to do with our Kagome?” asked Kagome's grandfather.

 

“Oi. Simple. She's my mate.”

 

“So I share InuYasha's lifespan.”

 

Mama's eyes got very big. “But that would mean you're…hundreds of years old.”

 

“Yes, Mama.”

 

Mama Higurashi looked a little woozy for a moment, but recovered. “But you look the same.”

 

“Yeah. That's one of the benefits.” Kagome leaned forward and whispered into her mother's ear.” Both women started giggling.

 

“What did Kagome say?” demanded Sota.

 

“Oi. She said her boobs haven't even started sagging.”

 

“InuYasha! SIT!”

 

<WHAM>

 

Mama looked at her son-in-law's prostrate form. “Didn't you ever take that necklace thing off him?”

 

A groan came from the hanyou. “No…damn it!”

 

Kagome smiled. “It comes in handy, Mama. Every wife should have one.” Cutting off InuYasha's protest, she continued, “Besides, we have a deal. I take it off him before each birth and put it back on him a week afterwards.”

 

“Keh. Even your sadistic daughter had pity for me after the first delivery with four pups.”

 

“Sometimes I think we keep having more children just so he can get that thing off his neck.”

 

“Maybe.” InuYasha pushed himself up off the floor.

 

Kagome glared at her mate and opened her mouth. Noting a wince from the hanyou, she closed her mouth, satisfied with his reaction.

 

Mama still looked a little stunned. “But three hundred and forty-two children, Kagome.”

 

“Over five hundred years, Mama. And many of them were from multiple births. I guess that's what happens when you're married to an inu-hanyou. You get litters.”

 

Poor Sota looked like he was about to bust a gut. “But you haven't told us how you defeated Naraku!” The boy picked up an umbrella and began a mock swordfight.

 

Both Kagome and InuYasha blushed crimson.

 

“Well, ahh, as to that…”

 

Kagome's ji-chan interrupted the hanyou.

 

“Yes, Kagome. This old priest would like to know how you did it. I wager it was a remarkable display of spiritual power!”

 

Kagome blushed again and leaned forward to whisper to her mother.

 

Mama Higurashi's blush matched her daughter's. “Sota, you will go to your room.”

 

“Awwwww, Mommmm.”

 

“Now!”

 

A dejected Sota finally bowed to his mother's wishes, turned and proceeded up the steps.

 

“Go ahead, Kagome.”

 

“He's hiding at the top of the steps.” At her mother's questioning look, Kagome pointed to her ear. “I have hearing like InuYasha's now, Mama.”

 

“Oi. She's right.” InuYasha turned towards the steps and called out, “Up to your room, runt!”

 

“Awwwwwwww!”

 

Both InuYasha and Kagome listened to Sota's footsteps as he padded off, followed by the sound of his door closing.

 

“'kay.”

 

 

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Mama was sitting on one end of the couch, blushing furiously, and the old man was sitting on the other end of the couch, clutching his chest while making vague choking noises.

 

Kagome had done her best to soft-pedal the story, but there was no good way to tip toe around the fact that she and InuYasha had engaged in a sex contest with Kikyo and Naraku. At least she hadn't had to describe the contest in graphic detail…although InuYasha's crude interjections concerning her sexual prowess (however complimentary) hadn't helped.

 

It didn't look like said hanyou wouldn be peeling himself off the floor anytime soon.

 

Mama Higurashi was first to speak. “So you and InuYasha defeated Kikyo and Naraku with your superior sexual abilities?” The poor woman was blushing almost as furiously as her daughter had earlier.

 

“Not quite.”

 

“Kagome?”

 

“Kikyo and I actually worked together.” Kagome paused. “You see, when we fell back through the well that last time, Kikyo was able to use her power to keep us in the time stream so we could talk. It was then that we came up with our plan. All the…sex…was part of it, and I had to give up the final shard as part of the plan.”

 

“In order to complete the jewel.”

 

“Yes. Kikyo's part of the plan was to convince Naraku that she had recovered the final shard from me and that completing the Shikon no Tama, combined with building up his power with all that sex, would allow her to give him what he…ah…needed.”

 

Kagome's ji-chan had finally gotten his breath back. “And what was that, Kagome?”

 

“Grandpa?”

 

“What did he need, Kagome?” asked the old man.

 

“Feh! He needed balls!”

 

“InuYasha! SIT!”

 

<WHAM>

 

“…had just…ohhh…gotten up, too,” whimpered the poor hanyou.

 

Kagome turned back to her mother and grandfather. “No matter how crudely InuYasha put it, that is correct. Kikyo had given Naraku a male…ah…appendage, but not what goes with it.”

 

“Without balls, the bastard couldn't get off!”

 

“SIT!”

 

<WHAM>

 

“Oh dear,” said Mama Higurashi, who wasn't sure she wanted to hear the rest of the story…but curiosity finally won out. “So what did you and Kikyo do?”

 

“The first I knew about it was when Kagome shot a sacred arrow up Naraku's ass.” InuYasha took one look at Kagome and dove for the floor before she could sit him. He stuck his tongue out at her.

 

“SIT!”

 

<wham>

 

“OWWWW! I pit my thung!”

 

“That sealed his power within him long enough for Kikyo and I to act. I rushed to Kikyo and, together, we used our powers to bring the final shards together and complete the Shikon no Tama. It was then up to me to make a wish that would purify it forever…or at least render it harmless.” Kagome reached inside her blouse and, taking hold of a simple gold necklace, withdrew the jewel from her bodice.

 

Her ji-chan gasped at the sight of it. “Kagome! It's black! You did not purify it!” The old man cowered from the gem.

 

“Relax, grandpa. It's perfectly safe. The jewel is not black. It is blue. So blue that it appears black. Of course, you need the strongest light source to see that it is blue.”

 

“Kagome?” The old man looked closely at the jewel. “What, exactly, did you wish?”

 

“I wished for Kikyo to live happily with Naraku, alone within the jewel, forever.” Kagome smiled. “Of course this freed Midoriko and all the others from the jewel, since Kikyo and Naraku would be there, alone.”

 

“But the bastard still didn't get any balls.”

 

Kagome leaned forward and opened her mouth to say “sit,” but then sat back. “What InuYasha says is correct. Instead of Midoriko being locked in an eternal struggle within the jewel, Kikyo and Naraku are eternally locked within their own…struggle.”

 

“Feh! Struggle. Right.” The hanyou was snorting. The bastard is doomed to get Kikyo off for eternity…but he'll never get off!”

 

There was a twin set of pulses from the jewel Kagome was holding and somehow, almost impossibly, it seemed to get a little darker. The first pulse caused everyone in the room to feel slightly horny, yet satisfied, all at the same time. The second pulse caused everyone to feel, well, frustrated.

 

“There they go again.” You can thank the kamis that what you feel is the barest hint of what's really happening within the jewel.

 

“Kagome!” exclaimed Mama Higurashi. “You don't mean…”

 

“At least Kikyo's happy, which is all InuYasha really wanted for her.”

 

“Oi, and that little blue ball is gonna be getting bluer, forever.”

 

 

 

 

A/N: Poor Naraku…doomed to spend eternity “servicing” Kikyo, never to find his own release. And that little ball of a Shikon no Tama just keeps getting bluer.

 

Poor, poor Naraku.

 

Time to move on to a new story.

 

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