Ch36 A Dream Realized
(Y/N POV - Next Day - Home)
This was the moment of truth one look in the mirror and...
Welp that's just great, a third of my hair is still snow white. At least me facial features looked like they did
before falling into the well although my skin is still pale.
Guess the jewel shards were doing more damage then I thought, if even on this day where I should be fully human.
Okay then, one final test then.
I extended my hand and focused on channeling my yoki.
A little mist around my fingertips but nothing else.
With a sigh I cancelled the flow of yoki.
Better then creating frost I suppose.
Though I was supposed I shouldn't have expect anything less than this with these accursed shards embedded in my chest. Still it is at least for one day.
Kind of hard to believe that I was turning 15 today, especially over these past two weeks. It's felt like forever since Kagome turned 15 and we were dragged to the past. But given everything that happened I suppose it makes sense in a way.
We have been through so much and nearly died so many times.
And we were going back to where it all started tomorrow for some more time looking for the shards.
I was looking forward to going back there...minus the jewel shards trying to lodge themselves into my chest.
I winced at the thought of that as I started to get ready for school. Last day before the weekend, so I was going to grab some make up work for the next few days and get a head start on it after getting home before really celebrating my birthday.
Never really have been having an enthusiasm about them, father was off on work a few times on them and couldn't get back home soon enough.
Resulting in celebrating them with the Higurashi's. Wasn't anything big but they were always nice.
Here's hoping today will be a quite day compared to everything else that we have been deal with.
And perhaps I spoke to soon as I heard the door to my bathroom open.
"Yura that better not be you again." I sighed out before turning to see a tired looking Shippō rubbing his eyes. "Nevermind. How are you feeling?"
"Better then last night." Shippō groaned out.
Shippō spent the night with me at my house.
Both me and Kagome were right in the yen with both Sōta and Shippō. The two of them dot along famously and had so much fun.
Until they ran through the kitchen floor.
Turns out kitunes get sick when exposed to linoleum long enough, who knew.
Thankfully it only affected him like a bad cold, but he was up for most of the night sadly.
"That's good to hear, and you should be thankful to hear the kitchen floor in here isn't the same one back at Kagome's home." I said, getting Shippō to breathe out a sigh of relief.
"Thank Inari! It felt nice and cool on the paws, but it was not worth it." Shippō groaned out.
"I wouldn't doubt it." I said, drapping a towel over my shoulder. "Now I suggest you get yourself ready, I'm going to take a quick shower and then we are going to have breakfast at Kagome's house."
"Okay, but is ther-" "Don't worry we are going to eat out in the shrine, it is nice morning after all and it would be a waste otherwise not to enjoy it." I said, reassuring the kit that he wouldn't have to suffer like he did last night.
"Alright." Shippō said as he closed the door.
Okay time to get ready for the day.
I was looking forward to this, mainly because for the first time I can walk on my own two feet.
Something that I was looking forward too.
And hopefully nothing exciting happened today.
After dealing with a man eating tsukumogami, a ghost of a girl, and an encounter with the Shinto Goddess of death I could use a few days without anything too crazy happening.
Sure it will all start again tomorrow, but I will take any time I could take.
Besides knowing Yura, there was a good chance that she would be stalking around the school waiting for it to end.
Hopefully somebody doesn't notice her, cause that is going to be a difficult topic to explain...
(Kagome POV - Later in the day - On the way back from school)
Try not to laugh...try not to laugh...
"Can I help you?" Y/N asked as he turned to a middle scholater whose face paled and looked like he wanted to die on the spot.
"N-No I'm sorry, I thought that you were someone else." He said while running away like he had anywhere to be here at this exact moment.
Try not to laugh...
"You have got to be kidding me...I wasn't expecting anything like this until we had gathered a lot more jewel shards." Y/N said as he realized what had happened, his expression showing horror.
I couldn't contain it anymore.
I started to chuckle getting Y/N to sigh.
"Laugh it up why don't you." He said.
"I'm sorry, I really shouldn't." I said trying to get myself under control.
Seems like that Y/N was mistaken for a girl judging the way that boy had been following us for a bit, fidgeting while looking at him, and the way he tapped on Y/N's shoulder.
That quickly changed once he got a glimpse of his face.
That or if he was just too shy.
If the later was true then I truly feel bad for laughing at him.
But if it was true, then it was a little funny.
Y/N just sighed as he waved it off as he began to walk ahead of me.
"Better for you to get it out of your system now then when it happens." Y/N said with what I could see was the corner of his mouth twitching upwards.
So it seems like he found the situation a little humorous himself.
"So I take it that you have everything for the next few days off if school?" I asked, getting Y/N to nod.
"Of course, shouldn't be too much of an issue to get through." Y/N said with a shrug.
"True, but this going back to the past and back to school, it is going to be difficult to adjust to.
" I sighed out. "But it is necessary, need to make sure nothing else like the Nikuzuki no Men happens again.
Yet are you sure that you want to head back so soon.
You have only just regained the ability to walk again and just turned 15. "
"I'm sure, besides we agreed on this days ago. That and we were dragged into the Sengoku Jidai on your 15 birthday. Although that was due to that accursed jewel." Y/N sighed out, getting me to nod with a wince. My hand trailing against were the Shikon Jewel had been inside me.
Two and a half weeks later and it was still hard to believe I had it within me the whole time. I was thankful the area where it was ripped out from me by that damned Mukade Jōrō was healing properly. Still felt phantom pains just from remembering it though.
"You got that right, except for one minor detail. I was dragged into the well, you jumped in after me." I said with a smile.
"Guess you are right, though considering the past few weeks I probably think that you would have done alright without me even there." Y/N said with a small smile.
"Perhaps." I said with a shrug as the stairway to the shrine came up. "Though I could have done without Yura being around. I would have snapped her comb the very moment I had the chance to."
"Something which I am grateful that master prevents you from doing." Yura said from behind us.
Surprising me as she had been watching us from a distance the entire time. Though I noticed she had been gone for a few minutes.
And judging by the bit of hair currently being absorbed into her hand I could guess where.
"Yura-" "I followed your limitations master, not my fault someone was idiotic to try during the day." Yura said, cutting Y/N off.
At this he only sighed as we started to climb back up the stairway.
"You know what fine, but this is the last time you get to do so at all until we comeback from the Sengoku Jidai." Y/N said, getting Yura to sigh
"Fine master, gathered enough hair to rebuild a good portion of my nest." Yura said with a pointed glare at me.
Before I could give a retort we reached the top of the stairs and a temari ball slammed into his gut.
"Sorry big brother." Sōta said as he and Shippō ran up to us.
"It's alright, just be careful where you throw this. The temari nearly fell down the stairs." Y/N said, throwing the ball to Shippō.
"We will. But Y/N can you and Kagome play with us?" Shippō asked.
"I was planning on knocking out some of my makeup work...but I suppose I can play for a few minutes. What about you two?" Y/N said as he asked me and Yura, Shippō cheering at that.
"I would have to decline master, I need to add this hair to my nest." Yura said as she walked past us and towards the well house.
"Just let me put my bag away and I will join you all soon enough." I said to them.
"Alright then, come on Y/N!" Shippō said as he started to drag him by his pant legs towards the shrine.
"Come on big brother." Sōta said as he grabbed his sleeve and the both of them began to drag him towards the shrine getting me to smile at the sight.
"The kit seems to be enjoying himself. I moreso then I have seen in this past week." Inuko said while walking up besides me.
"Seems that way, I guess Shippō just needed someone closer to his age to play with... well physically at least." I said with a smile.
"True." Inuko said as we saw Y/N set down his school bag and caught the temari before throwing it towards Sōta. "So I take it that you two are ready to head back tomorrow?"
"We are, tough given our luck I am expecting the worst given the past 2 weeks. But I can worry about it later, I'm just hoping not to run into Hiten anytime soon." I said with a grimace.
I was really hoping not to encounter her anytime soon.
"While I on the other hand am waiting for the chance to carve that thunder bitch up the next time I see her." Inuko said while drawing her claws.
"Of course you would." I sighed out as Inuko retracted them.
"And I will, but enough about that bitch. So Y/N is turning 15 today, better celebrate them while you can I suppose." Inuko said with a shrug.
"I take it that you don't?" I asked.
"Once you live past a hundred they all seem to blur together afterwards." Inuko said simply.
"Fair enough I suppose." I said, probably should have expected her to answer like that. "I'm going to put my bag away before joining them."
"Then I will see you there, last time I played was about a few weeks ago with Kaede. Or more accurately 50 years ago. " Inuko sighed out as she walked over towards the three continued to play catch with the temari.
Sometimes it was difficult to truly think about sometimes. To truly lose such a wide gap in your life while it seems like nothing has passed at all to you.
It was truly a terrifying thing to imagine.
Shaking my head from those thoughts I continued on towards my house. To place my school bag away.
That and to grab my gift to Y/N and
Tonight is the night, I was finally going to do it.
I was going to tell him and nothing was going to hold me back.
(Later that night)
Dinner was quite different then what it has been for us for the past few years with the additions of Inuko, Shippō, and Yura.
Given that both Shippō and Sōta where talking quite animatedly with each other the entire time, Inuko eating anything she could get her hands on, and Yura never left Y/N's side and even tried to press herself against him several times when told to stop.
Resulting in her getting bound in her hairs for a few minutes throughout dinner, something that I took some delight in seeing her struggle.
Other then that the dinner was enjoyable and Y/N liked the gifts Mom and Gramps gave him, the main one bing a few notebooks for him to chronicle everything going on and to add his drawings that he had made so far.
He had worked on it a bit before currently helping out mom with the dishes.
Not that he needed to, but he always did so.
That and him and mom were teaching Yura to do so as well...not sure that is a good idea given her body is made of hair it was probably not a good idea.
Though it was probably a good excuse for her to stay close to Y/N, or he was generally teaching her.
Maybe both.
I needed to make sure that she didn't interfere. And knowing her, she would if Y/N didn't order her. She would probably do so anyway.
I just needed to get her away from him for a few minutes and I know just the person to do so.
Looking for a minute I found Inuko in the living room with Sōta and Shippō, the two of them having fallen asleep on the couch together shoulder to shoulder.
So precious...no!
Now is not the time...okay maybe I need to take a photo real quick before talking to her.
One quick photo of the two before I approached Inuko, who was looking out of the window.
"Good thing we're heading back tomorrow." Inuko muttered underneath her breath.
"Why's that?" I asked, getting Inuko seeming to look nervous for a second before quickly hiding it.
"No reason, anything you need?" Inuko asked.
For a second I wondered what she was trying to hide before dismissing the thought. It was probably nothing. But if it wasn't I could worry about it later.
"Can you keep Yura away from Y/N for a few minutes?" I asked, getting Inuko to look a little confused before grinning.
"So that's what your doing, fine then." Inuko said as she got up. "Alright then let me grab that hairy bitch while you are at it."
"Just give me a minute." I said.
I will admit that I was still a little nervous about this, but I will not back down from this again.
Not anymore.
(Y/N POV - Same Time)
Come Y/N you have waited long enough, just tell her how you feel...
Currently I was helping to wash the dishes from dinner while Yura dried them and thankfully wearing gloves much to her irritation.
All the while wrestling with should I finally tell Kagome or not.
I suppose I was still pretty nervous.
After all we have known each other for years. I guess I was more afraid of being outright rejected more then anything else. Of being nothing more then a good friend or more like a brother.
It wouldn't surprise me, but I guess that is why I haven't taken any of the chances to tell her how I feel.
And there had been plenty of chances in the past week and a half alone, especially after nearly being killed by Sesshōmaru and Hiten.
Also was part of the reason for me being here besides helping to clean up the dishes besides I guess it bring something I have done to help out as I had usually done.
That and to help teach Yura, she nearly broke or scratched multiple dishes at home when we were house cleaning the other day. Two days later and we were still working on it.
I really should have tell her soon enough, the longer I don't tell the longer this fear might eat away at not confirming there. And the longer I waited, the less likely Kagome would possibly accept them.
"Y/N can you help me out for a minute?" Grandpa said as he opened up the back door to the porch, looking a little embarrassed.
"Sure, what is it?" I asked him, getting his face to flush.
"Well you see...I lost the medicine the hospital somewhere on the shrine's grounds while we were picking everything up." He said, getting me to sigh.
"Alright, I'll be out in a minute." I said, getting Grandpa to nod as he exited the door.
"Do you require any assistance master?" Yura asked, getting me to shake my head.
"Nope, it shouldn't take too long." I said, getting her to nod as I put down the sponge and gloves and began to walk towards the back door.
It shouldn't take me too long to help Grandpa, but it should give me some time to think of what to say to Kagome.
I have waited long enough, after I finish up with this and the dishes...tonight I will tell her how I truly feel.
And accept whatever happens afterwards.
I soon shook my head out as those thoughts as soon as I started to follow Grandpa to the shrine.
"So any idea where you might have lost your medicine Grandpa?" Y/N asked, getting the eldest Higurashi to shake his head.
"No idea, I just have been looking for it inside the shrine before coming to you. I believe it would be for the best if you checked around the well house and the Goshinboku, I'll check around the house and the store house." Grandpa said.
"Alright, just be careful around the store house." I said to him.
It was still damage and a small portion of a support beam fell down yesterday. The insurance company finally did the estimates and finding a carpenter who can do the required repair work to restore the store house to it's former glory has been slow going.
Wouldn't want a repeat of that to happen.
"Don't worry I will be careful, just call out if you find it." Grandpa said, getting me to nod as we parted ways to look for his medicine.
(3rd POV)
Unaware to Y/N, while his back was turned Grandpa grinned as he walked back towards the house.
Seems like everything was going as he predicted, except for one more part that needed to be corrected.
(Kagome POV - Same Time)
Alright I am ready now.
I walked into the kitchen with Inuko trailing behind me, ready to ask Y/N to come with me outside for a moment.
When I blinked in surprise to see that Y/N wasn't here.
"Mom, where's Y/N? I thought that he was helping you out?" I asked.
"He just was, your grandfather just asked him to help look for his medicine. They are currently looking around the shrine for it." Mom said, getting me to sigh.
I shouldn't have expected anything less from Gramps, shouldn't I.
At least it makes it a bit easier for me now that he is outside.
"I'll go help them out." I said as I walked towards the back door.
Yura grumbled out while mom just nodded before going back to working on the dishes. Inuko waved before going over towards Yura incase she still tried anything.
I exited the door and began to walk off towards the shrine to look for Y/N or Gramps.
Only to not have to look far as Gramps was at the front of the house with a smile on his face, and a bottle of pills in his hands.
"So I take it that you found your medicine?" I asked, getting him to chuckle.
"I never lost it in the first place." Gramps said with a grin, getting me to look at him in confusion.
"Then why did you tell Y/N that?" I asked as Gramps pulled out something from his robes that caused me to look on him in shock.
It was my gift for Y/N.
"Like father, like daughter." Gramps sighed out as he handed it to me. "Your father had a similar idea when he confessed to your mother, though he picked a better place to hide his gift. So much so I actually had to find it myself. Though he didn't have to worry about a crow trying to take it."
Yeah...it was probably a bad idea to have hide it under a bush.
"Thank you Gramps." I said, getting him shake his head.
"Honestly you should be thanking Buyo. Once that filthy pest saw him it flew off." Gramps said, getting to smile at that.
"Well I should give him some extra food before we leave tomorrow. Still thank you Gramps." I said, getting him to shake his head.
"No problem, I just hope Sōta won't have the same difficulty when it comes time." Gramps said, getting me to huff at that. "He should be over by the well house or the Goshinboku."
With that I nodded and began to walk towards that area of the shrine.
Here goes nothing.
(Y/N POV - A minute later)
Alright so it is not in the well house or around it.
There wasn't much on this side of the shrine, so there wasn't that many places where he could have misplaced his medicine.
Better check around the Goshinboku...
"Hey Y/N." Kagome called out from not that far behind me. Causing me to jump a little.
"Can you please not do that again?" I asked her as I turned to face her.
"I make no promises." Kagome said with a small smile. "Also Gramps found his medicine."
"Already, would have thought that it would have taken longer for him to do so...unless it was on his person that is." I sighed out.
"It was." Kagome said, getting me to sigh.
"Probably shouldn't have expected anything less from Grandpa sometimes." I sighed out.
Well at least this presented an opportunity.
I was alone with Kagome...no backing down now.
"Hey Kagome-" "Hey Y/N-" We both said at the same time, cutting each other off.
Well this is a little awkward.
It's not like she was probably thinking the same thing...was she?
Right?
The two of us stayed silent for a few moments before Kagome decided to speak up first.
"You know what, here." She said, taking a deep breath before walking towards me. "This might not be like the music box you had made for me, but I know you will enjoy it. This is my birthday gift to you."
Kagome placed something small and by the texture of it metallic into my hands.
Looking down it was a metallic necklace, a locket more precise. One with a very intricate snowflake pattern on it.
Opening it up it revealed the same photo that I had used for Kagome's music box.
"I had mom get another copy of the photo and I had found the necklace and I thought that you would like it. So...what do you think?" Kagome asked.
"Well you are wrong about liking it, I love it." I said with a smile as I closed the locket. "Honestly I would have loved anything you would have given me."
"I know and you would do the same." Kagome said, her face going red and her gain a small teasing smirk. "Then you are going to love this."
Before I could even ask what she meant by that, Kagome quickly closed the distance.
And kissed my cheek.
My face grew red as she separated from herself from me.
"So you truly-" "Yes I like you Y/N, I have for about a year now.
Since that day when we came back from the Kururugi Shrine festival.
That was why I was so upset when Gramps thought he deleted it.
And I didn't know if you actually felt the same way, until about a week ago with the music box and Sesshōmaru.
" Kagome interjected and admitted. She looked a little embarrassed, but she looked happier as well.
Like a weight had been lifted off her chest.
And it was my turn to do so.
"I have liked you too for a long while Kagome. I just...never been able to tell you how I have felt. I was afraid you would have just seen me as a brother or a friend." I said with a sigh.
"Same, though I guess there was nothing for us to have worry about that then." Kagome sighed out beofre smiling. "Still either way we would have each other's back no matter what."
"Your right." I said with a smile of my own. "So should tell your mother and Grandpa, I'm sure they will be over the moon at this."
"Oh they will, but for now all I want to do is enjoy this moment." Kagome said before hugging me, for which I just hugged her back.
For now nothing else matters at the moment.
Not this era, not the Sengoku Jidai, not the Shikon Jewel, and especially not the accursed jewel shard stuck in my chest.
This...this is something I wish I could have realized much sooner.
I have waited for a long while, thinking that something like this was only a distant dream.
Now though it has become reality, I have no idea what to do.
But as with our experiences in the Sengoku Jidai, we shall find a way to make it through this together.
Still all that can wait for the future.
Because for now, all I want to do is enjoy this moment with Kagome.
(Inuko POV - An hour later)
"You know, I figured that you would have been more upset at this." I said to Yura.
Currently both Y/N and Kagome were under that accursed tree with a sleeping Shippō in the former's arms with the girl's grandfather looking like he was trying not to cry.
So they had finally gone and done it, about damn time.
Honestly I am happy for them. Cause unlike both myself and Kikyo...well I suppose they actually had a chance without the other one trying to stick them full of arrows in the end and string them up to a kami damned tree.
At least the girl was still working on her aim with a bow.
Though I expected the hairy bitch to at the very least look upset.
Since she couldn't out right murder the girl unless risking Y/N actually snapping her comb.
That or risking the chance of being the second tsukumogami the girl would kill this week.
Instead she looked calmer, calmer then she should have been.
"Believe me I am more annoyed then anything. Yet I have been expecting this for a while. It does not matter in the end." Yura said with a smirk.
"If you plan on trying to steal Y/N from Kagome then I doubt you have a chance. àny attempt to seduce him will end up in failure, considering how your first attempt ended up." I said with a smirk, getting Yura to growl.
I enjoyed reminding her of basically her biggest screw up ever before her expression changed to a smile.
"Hate to admit it, but you do have a point bitch. A point that I had already considered. There is no way I can steal master from the girl, she already has her claws long sunk into him before us. But that doesn't mean I am giving up on being with master." Yura said happily.
Just what was she planning?
A moment later Yura launched herself over towards Y/N and Kagome.
Shit!
(Y/N POV)
"Grandpa can you please stop crying...?" I asked while keeping a hold on Shippō while Kagome tried to snap her grandfather out of it.
The reactions from the rest of Kagome's family were to be expected although Grandpa kept crying tears of joy and Sōta was too tired to care.
Speaking of Shippō was as well after being woken up and it was about time we head home.
"Sorry I'm just so happy to see this day become a reality." Grandpa said as his tears started to die down a little.
"Just please stop Gramps, it's embarrassing." Kagome said.
"Oh it is, for the both of you maybe." Yura said as she landed in between myself and Kagome. "I think that I should be heading back to my nest for tommorow master."
"Alright, but any reason at all?" I asked, figuring that she would have gone to have gathered some more hair for her nest.
"No reason at all, just that my nest has been repaired enough to finally sleep in after someone nearly destroyed.
Something that I would like to enjoy once again before we go looking for the jewel shards.
" She said with a glare directed at Kagome who glared at her while I just nodded at that, seeing nothing wrong with that.
Until I saw some of her hairs wrapped around my arms.
Oh no.
"But first..." Yura said with a smirk.
Before I could say anything, Yura pulled herself towards me.
And kissed me on the lips.
...
It was only for a moment, but it seemed longer as my mind seemed to struggle to process that it really happened.
She held me close to her before separating from me, her cheeks a slight crimson.
"Happy birthday and good night master." Yura said before turning to the stunned Kagome and flashed her a smirk before using her hairs to propel herself into the well house.
We all just stared in shock before Inuko broke it.
"Honestly we should have seen that coming considering how the hairy bitch usually acts." Inuko said.
Yeah...we really should have...
"Y/N..." Kagome said, too sweetly that snapped Grandpa and myself out of our shocked states. Combine that with the smile on her face, I could tell that she was pissed.
That was a never a good sign.
"Yes?" I asked, bracing myself for whatever came next.
"Make sure to keep Yura's comb away from me, because I'm going to try and break that hair manipulating harlot with or without that comb!" Kagome declared angerily as she started to march off towards well house after Yura, with Grandpa trying to hold her back.
"Inuko can you hold the comb and Shippō?" I asked my fellow hanyo.
"No problem, good luck handling the girl." Inuko said, getting me to sigh at that.
"I am going to need it." I said as handed everything to her and went to help Grandpa to stop Kagome from jumping into the well in order kill Yura with her bare hands if she has too.
And considering how angry she looked it was just possible.
I certainly wasn't expecting that...
Still right now I am going to need to calm down Kagome and it was going to take a bit.
Still despite this recent development, I couldn't have wished for anything different today.
Minus this last mess that Yura caused, it is at the very least the most interesting and the best birthday I have ever had.
(Chapter 36 end)
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Hey guys Mukuro7 here and I hoped that you all enjoyed this chapter, because it took me over half a month to get it right.
Not the best at romance to be honest, read enough but I hope that I did a good enough job.
So Y/N and Kagome have admitted their feelings for each other and things will start to bloom from their so to speak. Both are entirely new to the game of love.
The only one with any true experience and close to their age is Inuko and that didn't turn out well. So they are still figuring things given the whole schtick between two time periods.
And then there is Yura who has staked her claim while also figuring out what she wants to do. That is going to be interesting to write.
And those asking for Inuko, soon folks soon. Kikyō is still fresh on her mind as it has only been 2 and a half weeks for her. I should start with her after the next arc.
With the way of romance out of the way their is a few things to note.
First, loving Yashahime and waiting for more details to see what happens, especially since the supposed villain might be a kirin. Love those things.
Second really need keep a handle on a few ideas on stories till I made progress on what I got, recently been getting ideas to write two for Toaru series and Danmachi, the later I just discovered. Might work on them later.
Thirdly, thank you all for the support that you have given me.
Seriously nearly 400 followers, 145 readers, and 3200 votes.
I never thought that I would ever get this much support when I started support and now it seems to be growing and growing by the day.
And for that I must thank you all for getting me where I am today.
Finally for this new arc, I am flipping the script.
This next arc will be of my own making yet will feature a threat most of you will know.
I will release a short chapter on my birthday November 8th in order to show you all what Y/N and the others will be dealing with and it will not be an easy fight.
Anyway that is all for now, so until next time, ciao!?