"I never asked for this, Inuyasha."

His eyes crept open slowly, the voice echoed deep within his mind but sounded clear as day, as if she stood right beside him. As Inuyasha awoken from his nap, he was being awoken the same way for several night now, always her voice and those exact words. What seemed like minutes were only seconds after he finally sighed softly before getting up, grunting as he did so.

"For once I would love to sleep without interruption." He muttered to himself, glancing at the clock near his TV, it was going on 3pm and like clockwork a soft knock at his front door could be heard. He grinned lightly before making his way to the front door, the scent of his visitors gave away any surprise but it made him happy none the less.

Opening the door, his amber eyes would meet with a pair of deep brown eyes. The emotion in them were forced, an act for the moment they would share. His gaze was quickly broken by a forceful push against his legs, he peered down to a copy of his own amber eyes that was filled with honest joy. A miniature Inuyasha held onto his legs as he was practically jumping with joy.

"Hey kiddo." Inuyasha chuckled as he tussled his son's mess of silver hair

"Hi daddy!" Kai shrieked "I'm getting to stay this weekend."

"I know bud." He looked from Kai to Kagome whose eyes were glisten with admiration towards her son's excitement. Kagome noticed Inuyasha was looking her way now, he noticed her cheeks became flushed lightly before she went to slip off Kai's colorful overnight backpack; handing it to him.

"So, here is this." She adverted her eyes from him, glancing at Kai most the time "It has everything including a change of clothes and a few of his movies."

"It's not the first time he's stayed here, ya know." Inuyasha bluntly informed her, her lips formed a hard line before sighing softly.

"Sorry, I know." She rubbed the back of her neck "You know how I can be." Stifling a laugh at herself.

As they would exchange a few words to each other Kai had already ventured inside to his father's apartment to start playing with a few of his toys that were in his bin. Inuyasha and Kagome both watched him from the doorway, his innocence and genuine love for the both made this easy for them to work with each other; for Kai it was worth it. Inuyasha watched Kai when he heard Kagome speak his name, he'd look to her again.

She was holding a semi thick manila folder in his direction, there was some printed writing on it but he didn't really focus on what it read. He didn't realize she even had it to begin with, her eyes would meet his, her eyes hinted a somber haze at this point.

"Here, if you could have these signed by Sunday," she passed them off to him, watching him take it "I would really appreciate it."

He grasped the folder, tucking it under his own arm and held it in place. He knew at that point exactly what it was he was needing to sign, this explained the somber haze in her eyes. His chest tightened a bit, yet he nodded in understanding. The two of them stood there, silent, only Kai's endless conversation to himself would fill the silent void between them. After a few seconds, Kagome pulled her set of car keys from her back pocket and formed a soft smile.

"Well I better get going, I'm already running behind." She peeked past Inuyasha towards Kai "Babe I've gotta go."

Kai hustled out past Inuyasha and to Kagome, she knelt down to his level. The two would embrace.

"I'll miss you mommy." Kai sighed a little

"I'll miss you too," cupped his face with her hands "But you will have fun with daddy and I'll see you before you know it."

She kissed his forehead before letting him go back inside, she'd look at Inuyasha one more time. Her smile softened.

"Take care of him."

"You know I will." She nodded in understanding before departing back to his car. Inuyasha stood there, watching her and making sure she got to her car fine; even though it was not a far walk he liked to make sure. He himself finally ventured into his apartment, observing that his rambunctious 5-year-old son had already brought out a majority of his toy box amongst the living room.

'Awesome' he thought in amusement.

The rest of their evening would consist of Inuyasha and Kai having a good old boy's night, featuring demon superhero adventures while fueling themselves on not so healthy snacks. Inuyasha had slowly crept down the hall from his bedroom to the living room, his eyes observing his surroundings as only the hum of the TV filled the apartment.

"Dad, watch out!" Kai screeched, catching Inuyasha off guard while Kai was running towards his father. At that moment Inuyasha would grip his chest tightly, falling to the floor before Kai could reach him.

"They've got me...!" Inuyasha howled "Save me super Kai! Use your demon powers!" Kai jumped onto the couch, using his own battle cry while slashing the air with his claws towards the invisible bad guys. Kai froze in place, his face serious while holding his pose. Inuyasha peeked with one eye towards Kai, still laying on the floor. The room filled with fit of laughter before Kai jumped from the couch to his dad.

"I saved you!" he placed his hands on his hips, grinning.

"Hell yeah you did!" Inuyasha caught up in Kai's excitement, both their faces froze before grinning at one another "Let's not tell your mom I cursed, deal?"

Inuyasha stuck out his fist towards Kai, who bumped his fist to his dads.

"Deal." Followed by a fit of laughter.

As the night went on, Inuyasha and Kai settled down to a movie that Kagome sent over with Kai. It was an older samurai movie; Kai may only be five but he had a bit of an old soul in him when it came to things such as this.

As the night went on, Inuyasha and Kai settled down to an older b-rated samurai movie that Kagome had sent over. Kai loved all things samurai and feudal era Japan. While the movie was halfway over, Inuyasha peeked over at Kai who rested against him, his eyes shut and out like a light.

Inuyasha had propped his feet up on the coffee table, taking a moment to stop watching the movie to observe his living room, which was scattered with various amount of toys and other items they used for their demon adventures. He grinned, the life of a dad was tiresome but worth it, even all the messes it came with. As he continued to observe his living room, he took notice to the manila folder on the edge of the entertainment system.

"...If you could have these signed by Sunday." He thought about the paperwork within it, he knew it was a matter of time before they'd have to further the process of their pending divorce. Even after it all, his chest would still get tight but he'd ignore it all the same.

"It can wait…" he muttered to himself before getting up from the couch, picking up the sleeping Kai and taking him to his room. Once Kai was tucked in tight, Inuyasha simply returned to turn off the TV, leaving the mess to be cleaned in the morning.

Inuyasha escaped to his room, his dog like ears twitching lightly as he listened to Kai softly snoring in the next room. While he went through the endless list of things on his mind, focusing on Kai's snoring made him think back to Kai as a newborn; Inuyasha recalled watching his newborn son sleep sweetly and soon Inuyasha followed in slumber.

Soon enough Inuyasha was fast asleep himself.

The following morning, instead of being woken up by the usual haunting voice, Inuyasha was awoken by the cheerful, well rested Kai. As Kai prepared to pounce on his sleepy father, Inuyasha snatched him mid-pounce and taking him hostage. Kai felt into a fit of giggles as he attempted to release himself from his father's grasp who was now fake snoring very loudly.

"Daddy…!" Kai dragged out the word while grunting, Inuyasha grinned through each snore. Soon enough Kai gave in with another fit of laughter as his father bear hugged him lightly.

They would continue their morning with some breakfast and Saturday morning cartoons. Between commercial breaks Kai went on and on about the things he did at school and his friends. Inuyasha enjoyed every second of it, seeing his son grow was one of the best feelings. Inuyasha went onto cleaning up after breakfast when his phone chimed from his charger port on the counter; taking a moment from the dishes he checked to see who it was.

Kagome

10:09am

Hey, just thought I'd check in on Kai. Hope you two are having fun.

I'll be there around 5 tomorrow..

Even through a text message, her tone and attitude towards him had taken a full 360; he had to remind himself though, he couldn't blame her. He glanced at Kai who was sitting on the couch with dead set gaze on his cartoon. Inuyasha smirked, snapping a picture of the oblivious Kai. Attaching the picture to his responding text to Kagome, he knew that would get a smile out of her.

Inuyasha

10:13am

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Yeah he's good, current status cartoon zombie.

We will see you tomorrow.

Setting the phone back down, Inuyasha walked over to Kai who still did not break his concentration but didn't notice his dad until he was being tossed over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Kai groaned.

"Come on buddy," he took Kai back to his room "We have places to be and people to see."

"Can we stop for ramen?" Inuyasha burst into laughter with the thought of that's my boy.

They would get themselves ready for the day, helping each other pick out what to wear and getting their set of long silver manes in control. Inuyasha went over the game plan for the day, adding in a ramen stop for the two of them as long as Kai was behaved.

They were fortunate that the day was kind to them, warm with a gentle breeze greeting them as they ventured out into the world that was Tokyo. Inuyasha lived not too far from the city so commuting wasn't terrible but he lived far enough to not have to deal with the sounds of the bustling city either. The two of them cruised through the winding paths outside of the city, Kai peered out the window at the many people out and about, Kai still telling his father about his friends and the adventures they had during recess at school.

While they ran errands and ventured from various shops around Tokyo. Even stopping at their favorite ramen shop to get their fix for lunch, the two attempted to out-eat one another; Kai being the camp by one extra ramen bowl. Inuyasha graced him with a congratulatory fist bump.

Days like this made Inuyasha feel like he made a difference again. Of course any time that Kai was happy, he felt like he could do no wrong, despite doing a lot of wrong in his own life. Not for Kai, that was his promise to Kagome at least, never do wrong by their son. Their errands ended, they were once again driving through the bustling city on the beautiful Saturday evening, the sun was peeking through the vast sea of buildings in the city. Kai had still been wide-awake, people watching from his seat, Inuyasha peeking at him from the rearview mirror every few moments.

"So are we going home now, daddy?" Kai asked not breaking his concentration.

"Well, we could go home." He shrugged, glancing at him through the rearview mirror again "Oh I thought he we could go visit grandpa and grandma."

At that moment, Kai's ears perked right up followed by a large cheesing smile on his face. He met his father's gaze through the rearview mirror. There was still plenty of day light out for them to make the one last stop before heading home for the day.