InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stay With Me ❯ I Miss You So... ( Chapter 12 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! The Frustration! All the Characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Thank her for the wonderful characters I have terribly used.

Chapter Twelve

Two weeks passed very quickly for Kagome. Sesshomaru was having a meeting with all the officers of his company. Her job was to make it into a very large dinner party for all their spouses and family while they talked business. She had been running all over the place for the last week so that she would have the mansion ready for tomorrow. Now all that was left was to tuck Takeru into bed. After that the night was hers.

She listened as Takeru splashed happily in the tub. His happiness was contagious. It never mattered how she was feeling, once Takeru smiled everything else seemed so much brighter.

Kagome leaned down once again and picked up a sock from the wood floor of her sons bedroom. He was usually very helpful when it came to cleaning his room. Most of the time he cleaned up his own messes, but aparently his teacher had given him some chocolate before he left school. He had been bouncing off the walls all afternoon. Literally. Sesshomaru had been cold as ice when he found his office scared by tiny claws all over the walls, bookshelves, and his huge mahogony desk. She cringed even now as she thought of the look he had given Takeru. Thankfully it hadn't fazed the young hanyou. He had just hugged his uncle with a very quick apology before running down the stairs to destroy the kitchen also.

Kagome headed for the bathroom. The water slipping through the drain was her cue to get in there and help Takeru. Steam hit her as soon as she opened the cracked door. Water was all over the tile floor and walls. The runt had a tendency to shake off all the water instead of using a towel. Small handprints covered the glass above the sink. Takeru sat in the middle of the floor trying to pull the t-shirt over his head. His ears picked up her footsteps and his struggling stopped as he waited for her to reach him.

Carefully tugging on the open arms she succeeded in getting his head through the opening without hurting his sensitive ears. She picked up the towels at his feet as he finished getting into his pajamas. After dumping them in the hamper she turned on the exhaust fan.

"Momma? Will you tell me more about my Papa? Please?"

That one sentence was enough to make everything else completely flee from her mind.

"Sure handsome. Hop into bed first."

Takeru obediently climbed into the huge bed and snuggled under the red comforter. Kagome finished cleaning up the messy bathroom before heading to where her son patiently waited. She climbed up with him, laying on top of the covers and snuggling up with him.

"What do you want to know about him?" Her voice was quiet.

"What was he like? Did he like games? Or chocolate? What did he sound like? Did he have lotsa friends?"

Kagome relaxed slightly. Those were pretty easy. She could answer those.

"He was tall like Uncle Sesshomaru...but nicer. He loved games. Especially checkers. He didn't like chocolate very much. He would rather eat Ramen than chocolate. What did he sound like? His voice was deep and scratchy. He always sounded like he had just woken up. He had some friends. Not lots, but the ones he had were all he ever needed."

Her body had relaxed as she spoke. The words came easier than she would have thought. Somehow, holding their son in her arms, she felt almost like Inuyasha was there with her. Silly, but comforting.

"What were his friends names?"

"Well you know that teacher that pulled you off of Mr. Nagasaki? That was one of your Papas friends. His name is Kouga. Your Papa fought with him all the time. But they were really good friends anyway."

"REALLY????"

"Uh huh. You know Sango and Miroku?" At her sons nod she continued.

"They were your Papas friends too. We all loved your Papa very much."

Kagome blinked away the tears that were threatening to fall. No matter how long it had been, she could still remember that horrible day. She could remember the weeks after the crash. Those horrible weeks that still made her shudder.

She looked down to find Takeru sound asleep. His ears lay softly against his head. Small fingers with tiny claws clenched her shirt. His head was cuddled against her chest. Kagome pulled away gently, tucking him in before heading to her own room across the hall.

It didn't take her long to run a bath and slide into the hot water. All the tense muscles eased. Her eyes slid closed. She let the sound of water lapping the sides of the tub dissapear around her. Memories of years ago flashed through her mind.

She could still hear his voice. Still feel his smile against her cheek.

His strong arms still haunted her. She still woke in the night, turning to realise that his arms hadn't held her in years and never would hold her again.

Her heart still beat and called for him. There were days that felt incomplete. Felt as if they ended unfinished simply because she couldn't see his amber eyes.

Kagome wiped away a stray tear from her cheek.

People had told her that the pain would ease in time. They had said that time heals all wounds.

Tender words of hope for the future had been handed to her.

They had hugged her.

They had told her that one day his memory would be nothing more than fond days to look on and smile.

They had lied.


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