Inseperable

This is an idea I have had for a while now. It might take a few chapters to get into so bear with me. And please review, I’ll take any recommendations.

I don’t own Inuyasha unfortunately.
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~~~Inseparable~~~

~Chapter 1: The Accident~

“Daddy… can we please go get some ice cream? I ate all my dinner… and you promised.” The little girl pleaded, tugging on her daddy’s shirt.

Mr. Higurashi smiled down at her. Even if she hadn’t finished her dinner he still would have taken her. He enjoyed spoiling daddy’s little girl; and that she definitely was.

She wore everything she could of his, hats, glasses, shirts, and she tried her hardest to be just like him. How could he not give something so sweet and cute whatever she wanted? “Well… I don’t know… it’s getting awfully late.”

“But daddy... please?” She whined, lower lip stuck out in a pout.

He couldn’t help but laugh. She just looked so cute. “Oh, now how could I say no to that? But what are we going to tell your mother?”

Kagome grinned and threw her arms around her daddy’s waist. “We can bring some back!”

He snatched his hat off her head and placed it on his. “Hey!”

“What? I don’t see your name on this hat. Do you? Don’t you have your own hats that your mother gave you?” He asked playfully.

“But those are girly hats!” She wined. “I don’t like girly clothes. They aren’t nice. You know that! That’s why I wear yours!”

“Yes, but girls are supposed to wear girly things. You’re supposed to be my little princess.” He said slipping on her leather jacket that looked just like his.

She scrunched her face up and stuck out her tongue. “Am not.”

“You’re right, but you are my baby girl. Now go tell your mother we’re leaving so we can actually leave.” He said pushing her toward the kitchen.

Kagome ran into the kitchen and almost into her mother’s belly. “I was beginning to wonder what you were both up to. Are you going to get your ice cream?” Her mother asked with a smile on her face.

She shook her head yes rapidly in excitement. “Mmhhmm. Daddy told me to come tell you that we are going. Do you want any ice cream mommy? Do you think Sota would like any?”

Mrs. Higurashi laughed; Sota wasn’t even born yet. “No, I wouldn’t like some, but thank you anyway sweetheart. And I will let you know when Sota is ready to eat some ice cream. You can’t very well do it through me. Now don’t keep your father waiting.”

“I love you mommy.” She said wrapping her arms around her neck and giving her a huge hug.

“I love you too, sweetie. Now be a good girl and take care of daddy. He needs a big strong girl like you to watch over him.” She kissed her cheek and pushed her off.

Kagome looked up at her mom with wide eyes. “You really think I’m strong?”

A frown touched Mrs. Higurashi’s lips for just a split second, but she quickly covered it up with a huge smile. “More than you’ll ever now sweetie. Now go get you and your daddy some ice cream. Watch out and make sure you don’t eat it too fast. Remember the headaches it gives you if you eat it too fast.”

“Brain freeze! I’ll be careful mommy! Love you!” She said as she bounded out of the room.

~*~

The ride to the ice cream shop was really uneventful. It was just a five-year-old girl singing to her dad’s favorite songs, bouncing around in the car. A father’s joy in life, but still an uneventful drive.

When they got there she jumped out of the car and ran for the door, and already waiting in line by the time her dad got out of the car. He just shook his head. That girl sure did love ice cream.

When he walked up the cashier looked up at him questioningly. The girl had just made an outrageous order and she wanted to know if it was all right to give it to her. “She says she wants a banana split with jelly beans, sprinkles, Reeses pieces, Nerds, heath bar, pineapple, strawberries, hot fudge, caramel, walnuts, caramelized pecans, whipped cream, extra cherries with vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream.”

Mr. Higurashi looked down at Kagome and arched his brow in amusement. “That’s it tonight? No extra chocolate, strawberry, and caramel topping?”

She squealed in delight. “I almost forgot! Thanks daddy!”

The lady looked at the man in disbelief. “Are you really going to let her have all that sugar this late?”

Mr. Higurashi smiled down to Kagome and then back up to the lady. “Could you say no to these beautiful eyes?”

The lady looked down at the bouncing child and smiled. She did have the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. “No, no I don’t think I could. One banana split coming right up.”

Of course Kagome didn’t eat the whole thing by herself; she had a little help. Where else would she get such an idea for a sundae?

After a few laughs and giggles about her friends in preschool and mommy’s vanishing belly, they finally left. “Don’t forget to buckle yourself in.”

“Daddy?”

“Yes sweetheart?”

“Would you be mad if I sleep on the way home?”

He laughed; this was another night of carrying her up the stairs to her bed. She was the only child he knew that could take in that much sugar and still want to go to bed. “Of course not. I love you.”

“I love you too daddy.”

~*~

That was the last conversation they ever had. The car was brought to a sudden halt when it was t-boned in the driver’s side door.

Kagome screamed as her body was jarred, her head bouncing off her car seat. She could hear the metal crushing beneath the impact of the car and the tires squealing. It was all happening so slowly. She saw the car’s lights, but there wasn’t enough time to scream. She could see the metal of the car caving in, seeing it crush her father, hear his screams muffled in with the sounds of the car being torn apart. The whole time, all she could do was watch, until the car came to a rest. But then again, she didn’t want to look. She knew he was strapped in his seatbelt beside her, blood flowing out his mouth, and his body torn from the seatbelt holding him in position.

Kagome shook him with all her might, tried wiping off the blood from his mouth, and cried. “Daddy! Daddy! Wake up! You’re hurt! Daddy, wake up!”

When she got no response, she knew she had to go get help. She unbuckled herself and ran out of the car. “HELP! HELP ME!!!! MY DADDY’S HURT!”

A younger man slowly got out of the other car, holding his head, and walked over to Kagome. “Help is on the way little girl. I’ve already called for an ambulance. I’m so sorry.”

He wasn’t coming fast enough, so she ran over to him and started tugging on his shirt. “But he won’t wake up! And he got blood in his mouth!”

The man’s already paled face drained some more color at the realization that his recklessness had most likely caused the death of this young girl’s father before her very own eyes. The girl couldn’t be more than five. “I am so sorry.”

When the ambulance arrived they had to pry her from her father; she refused to let him go. They said he died, and when she asked them what that was, she was told he went to sleep and he was never going to wake up. “But I have to stay! What if he wakes?”

The paramedic came over to Kagome and sat down beside her in a separate ambulance. “Hi, my name is Kaede. What is yours?”

“My name is Kagome and I just turned five.”

“Now Kagome, do you know your home telephone number so that we may call your mommy and tell her to meet us at the hospital?”

Kagome frowned in disappointment. Her daddy was always trying to get her to remember their stupid number. “No.” Then she remembered her wallet, just like her daddy’s. “I got that in my wallet, in the car.”

Hesitant to let the young girl back in the car again, she opted to go retrieve the purse herself. “I’ll be right back okay? Stay here.”

As the paramedic went to get her wallet, she watched the policemen handcuff the man in the other car, and put him in the cop car. She just couldn’t figure out why. When the paramedic returned with her wallet, and a pale face, she just had to ask. “Why are they taking that man away like that?”

Kaede hung her head and sat down beside Kagome. This child hadn’t any idea what was going on . . . she just couldn’t see, and she had to tell her. She wasn’t looking forward to it. “He is the reason that your daddy won’t wake up. He had too much alcohol to drink and shouldn’t have been driving.” When she said nothing, she continued. “Do you know why your daddy won’t wake up?” Kagome shook her head no. “Well you know how you said he was hurt? Well, if a person’s body gets hurt enough it makes their heart stop. Do you know where your heart is?” Kagome placed her hand over her chest and nodded. “Well when it stops, it is called dying; the person is no longer alive, and they stay like that forever, never coming back.”


Kagome’s eyes welled up with tears at the sudden realization that she was never going to get to see her daddy again. “I WANT MY DADDY!” She jumped up and out of the ambulance and ran. Ran from everything and everyone. The only person she wanted wasn’t here. Crying, running, she paid no attention to the people shouting her name, just ran. When her legs finally began to burn, she had to find a place to sleep. Not only was it dark, but also she was hurt, scared, and lost. She found herself a nearby tree and climbed up it. Curling up in a ball in the fork of the humongous tree she cried herself to sleep.

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