InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Eternal Curse ❯ Epilogue: Hold Me Close To Your Heart ( Chapter 25 )

The Eternal Curse

Chapter Twenty Five:

Epilogue: Hold Me Close To Your Heart

A.N.: Last chapter peoples! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Disclaimer: Nope. Inuyasha still isn't mine.

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"Mama! You finally believe me!" Kagome cried, tears shimmering in her eyes. Queen Higurashi bit her lip.

"Kagome, my deepest apologies. Kikyou is dead, I know that, but I thought that accepting the fact that she…that she actually did something bad in life would make me grow cold towards my own daughter." A tear ran down her cheek, and Kagome wiped it away, then held Queen Higurashi's hand.

"Mama, are you sure…are you sure you want to know?"

"Tell me everything that you know about your curse. Everything that you and Inuyasha uncovered." Kagome's eyes widened in shock.

"You knew all along?"

"Yes," Koi smiled. "As reluctant as I was to let you leave the security of our home, I knew that Inuyasha would protect you with his life. I thought it was a sort of bound you two had, you would both help each other out."

"I promise to tell you everything, but first, can we go somewhere more…private, with Inuyasha of course!" she added as she pointed towards the nosy crowd that was watching their every move. Queen Higurashi sweat-dropped.

"Of course."

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" - but then I got shocked! Inuyasha didn't want me to go into the room, and was all aggressive but I didn't listen so I marched right back up to that door and twisted the knob!" Koi covered her mouth with her hand.

"You did all of this without my knowledge?" she asked. Kagome sensed the approaching storm, and quieted down.

"Queen Higurashi, if I may interject," Inuyasha said softly, catching Kagome's eyes, winking. She giggled and blushed. He could sound really intelligent if he wanted to. "This was only to benefit her, to boost her confidence level, and she is as stubborn as a cow, you can't make her budge unless she wants to." Her blush from embarrassment soon turned to one of anger. She growled at Inuyasha.

"A COW?!" she mouthed. Inuyasha just shrugged and turned back to Koi.

"Oh, yes, you are absolutely right, Inuyasha. Kagome, a cow," she giggled lightly, before her eyes traveled to Kagome's. Queen Higurashi chuckled nervously.

"Oh, please do continue!" Inuyasha cleared his throat.

"Then we found Kikyou's scrolls," he told her, skipping the part where Kagome got burned by her older sister's miko energy.

"And what did they say?"

"So got herself tangled up with some devious bastard named Naraku!" Inuyasha growled, losing his proper etiquette. Koi said nothing of his rude tongue, just told him to continue. "She was insanely jealous of Kagome, and he used her hatred for her, to manipulate her. Kikyou hated the way you treated the both of them so differently - not that I am criticizing your parenting skills - and she feared if Kagome met me, then we would be torn apart. Anyway, Naraku gave her a special arrow, and told her to shoot Kagome with it on the 24th day of May. Kikyou was so angry with Kagome, she took the arrow." He paused to take a deep breath. Kagome took up where he left off.

"Kikyou knew there was a possibility that she would die. S-She knew that, but her strong hatred for me, it obscured her vision. She practicing shooting my portraits, and she always got it perfectly. Naraku told her that it would not kill me, just make me undesirable, and he also said that if she hesitated, the spell would be tampered with. Anyway, her last entry stated that she was going out to hurt me. I was playing around outside, and she came up, yelling, then struck me through the chest with her arrow. It burned, Mama, it really burned, but I saw her fall, and I ran over to her, crying. That's how she died, in my arms."

When Kagome was finally done telling her part of the story, she looked up at her mom expectantly. Koi just sat there, frozen in shock, a few tears sliding down her cheeks, and splattering onto her hands.

"It's all my fault! If I just treated you two equally, I would have two daughters and none of them would be cursed!" Kagome wrapped her arms around her mother's shoulders, burying her face in her hair.

"Please calm down Mama, I don't like to see you when you're upset."

"Kagome…it's my fault! I should be cursed! Not my pure, sweet daughter! Then I got angry with you! Compared you to Kikyou. I was so sure that you were lying about your curse, but after seeing you today…That reminds me, why in the world did that happen?" Kagome's face turned completely red, as Inuyasha looked at her with mild interest, while Queen Higurashi looked expectant. Her ears twitched. Just then she realized Inuyasha was smelling really good. PERVERT! Why in the world am I thinking about that when I am backed up into a corner!

"I'll tell you later Mama, okay?" Koi looked at her daughter with quizzical eyes, before waving her off.

"Okay Kagome. Just be careful."

"Uh huh! I have to go and help Inuyasha pack!" Before her mom could protest, she grabbed Inuyasha's hand and tugged him out of the room, then fled with him down the hallway to his room.

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"What the heck was that all about, wench?" Inuyasha grumbled. "Why did you run from your Ma like that?" Kagome blushed, then looked around at his room. It was dirty. Candles were turned over, his clothes formed mini, colorful mountains on the floor, a pair of unworn shoes were hanging off the doorknob, and his desk with nothing but a sea of torn parchment, ink spills, and quills.

"Oi Inuyasha! You're room is a mess!" she cried, glad for the distraction. Kagome bent down, but felt Inuyasha's hands on her hips. She blushed. Before the word pervert could escape her hips, he turned her around to face him, crushing her against his chest. "What are you doing?"

"Picking up where we left off."

Just as she was about to open her mouth in protest, Inuyasha pressed his lips firmly against hers. She all but melted into a pool of butter at his feet, and she felt her legs give out under her. Inuyasha picked her up, and slammed her against the wall. As his lips danced against hers, Kagome felt that this chaste stuff was really sweet, but she wanted something more. She opened her mouth to him, and she could almost hear him grin. His licked her lips, before plunging his tongue into her mouth. Kagome's loud moan was yet against muffled by Inuyasha's demanding lips, as she felt her tongue shyly tap his, then it wrapped around his possessively.

But, as all good things must come to an end, they had to break for air.

"That was wonderful," Kagome sighed, rubbing her sweaty cheek against his. Inuyasha growled in contentment, scooping her up in his arms, holding her to him. Her furry ear twitched as if picked up the steady pounding of his heart. I love him so much! She thought. But it's been a tiring day. I wonder if I can get away will falling…zzzzzzz. Inuyasha growled at her. Silly girl!

He gently put her in his bed, and pulled up the covers. She gave a sigh of contentment, as her nose traced some of his scent. Inuyasha grinned, then walked to the window, putting his elbows on the ledge. Sunlight hit him in the face, burning his eyes, but at that moment, he didn't care.

Inuyasha may not have told Kagome how he felt about her just yet, but hey, the future never looked brighter.