InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Rox's Livejournal Drabbles ❯ I've Been Kissed by a Rose on a Grave ( Chapter 27 )

Title: I've Been Kissed by a Rose on a Grave
Author: Roxotaku
Genre: Drama
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Characters: InuYasha/Kagome

 

InuYasha lounged by the cook pit, head in hand as he watched his wife from under his bushy bangs. She bustled about their modest house, cleaning up after dinner.  Kagome had been asking curious questions of him as late, but when he asked her to explain she just smiled and told him to wait and see.

 

“We have plans tomorrow,” Kagome said. “So we need to be ready to travel in the morning, I will pack tonight.”

 

“You're not telling me where we are going, are you.” InuYasha said.

 

“I'll tell you in the morning,” Kagome replied.

 

The next morning InuYasha woke alone, wondering where Kagome had got to. Quickly he got dressed, and nearly bumped into her at the door. He stared at what she held carefully in her hands.

 

“Red roses?” InuYasha said. “What do we need those for?”

 

“There is a good reason for them, InuYasha,” Kagome said. “Drink your tea and have a rice ball before we go.”

 

After wolfing down his breakfast, InuYasha grabbed their travel bag and they left. Kagome wanted to make haste. So she climbed on his back and they were off, the roses brushing against his head as he bounded away, and she whispered directions in his ear.

 

When Kagome told InuYasha to slow down, he vaguely remembered being here before, long ago. The shrine was old with a barely tended graveyard.

 

“Stop here,” Kagome said, and dismounted.

 

InuYasha followed her as she made her way slowly through the graveyard, peering at the names on the grave markers.  Finally she stopped and gave him a solemn smile, holding out the roses to him.

 

“Time to honor her,” Kagome said.

 

InuYasha took the roses, and they gently kissed his face like a mother's touch as he laid them down, on Izayoi's grave.