Prologue

Author's Note: This is word emphasis

InuYasha glares down coldly at the bitch whom thought she could use him to increase her power by forcing him to sire her pup. Being the hanyou son of the previous Lord of the Western Lands, and younger half brother to the current one, there was some sense in that. He would have killed her sooner, she'd used help to beat him dammit, but she had ended up with pup. He'd had to leave her alive long to have the pup, and wean said pup. He switches his gaze to the pup in his arms, a little girl that looked so much like his mother that it hurt. Well, except fpr her ears, she had his ears, " I see you took care of the presumptuous one, InuYasha. "

" Did she name my pup or not, Sesshoumaru? " InuYasha asks him, while they couldn't stand each other, not even Sesshoumaru would have let her live, seeing as how she didn't go through with a proper dominance fight. The bitch was weak enough InuYasha would have been able to kick her ass easily, hence why she had needed help to beat him.

" No, she had not named the pup yet. " Sesshoumaru answers, he could be civil to his brother for this topic. He had lost control of his pack, which was unacceptable. The whole pack now knew that their Alpha's brother was off limits, as was his pup, " I assure you, this will not happen again. "

" I know, I also know that you did help me out when I was younger even if you never showed yourself to me. Her name is Izumi. "

" She does bear a striking resemblence to your dam. " Sesshoumaru reluctantly admits.

" Can I count on you to help me from a distance while she's this young? " InuYasha asks his older brother, barely keeping his tone even.

Sesshoumaru grunts, " For her sake, I will. Will you be able to actually provide for her? "

InuYasha snorts, " Been preparing the entire time she actually needed her dam. I have what I need for the next month, at least, stashed with Myoga. Just keep the idiots from messing with my mom's grave. "

Five Years Later:

InuYasha chuckles as he watches his pup chase butterflies, never once letting down his guard, and casually joins her when the wind shifts enough to let him scemt the priestess that protects the Sacred Jewel. Izumi looks up at her father, and he shakes his head subtly. She goes back to playing happily enough, " You've already judged me to not be a threat, haven't you? "

" We're not harming anyone, though I did have to hunt down a few fire rats to make sure my pup would be properly protected. "

" I see, why does she feel more demonic than you? "

" Because she is, her dam cheated in a dominance fight to get the blood of my father into her pups. She knew there was no way she could safely go after my older brother, so she chose me. I waited until my pup no longer needed her dam, and killed the bitch for the presumption. "

If anyone would have told InuYasha that meeting Kikyou would end up with him, and his pup sealed to a tree for fifty years he would have never believed them. He didn't even know why she sealed them, but his last act was to wrap his arms around his pup.

Chapter 1

Izumi's first sight was of her father slashing a Centipede demon tp pieces, and before he can do something stupid she glomps his leg. InuYasha looks down, " Izumi. "

" Ignore him, he's cranky when he first wakes up. " Izumi says, and then she blinks as she looks at the old lady, " Kaede-chan, is that you? "

Kaede chuckles, " Seems ye are smarter than your sire, Izumi-chan. Yes, it is me, you've been sealed for fifty years. "

Izumi climbs up her father until she reaches his shoulder, and he rolls his eyes at her, looking at her lovingly, " Must you climb up me, pup? "

" If it stops you from being an idiot, yes! "

Kaede cackles at this, and the girl whom the sacred jewel had come from looks at Kaede curiously, " Izumi-chan has always been one for calling her father out on his idiocy. "

InuYasha huffs at this even as Izumi giggles, " Pup, don't you love me anymore? "

" I love you dearly, but I am also a realist, Daddy. " Izumi deadpans, " Kaede-chan, you know Daddy won't do anything to endanger me. "

" Aye, which is why I don;t understand why Kikyou sealed ye both to the tree. Let's get back to the village. " Kaede had never believed InuYasha had attacked her sister for the jewel, mostly because having it would have put his pup in even more danger. InuYasha adored his daughter, and would never knowingly endanger her. At the same time their mere existences put them in danger as well. InuYasha never left her alone if he could help it. Her scent was strong, and he needed to be there to make sure none of the older demons went after his pup, or idiot humans. Izumi was one quarter human, and took after her paternal grandmother in looks, save for her eyes, and ears, those were her father's through and through.

" Izumi-chan, I'm Kagome. "

Izumi looks her over, some part of the pup recognizing her to be Kikyou's reincarnation. Deep in Izumi's soul her last life slept for the most part. Her last life had made sure neither father nor daughter died from the sealing though. " You woke us up, didn;t you, Kagome-san? "

InuYasha looks at his pup, she had never been that polite to Kikyou, polite, yeah, but in a way that told you it was forced politeness. With Kagome however she meant it. They make their way to the village, InuYasha taking in the changes over the last fifty years. Izumi is catching up with Kaede, as Kaede had been her only friend. Kagome was holding onto the Sacred Jewel that had been torn from her body though she does watch over the father/daughter duo as well. Kagome had precious few memories of her father, and her little brother had none, as their father had died before he was born.

Once night falls, and Izumi is snuggled up with Kaede InuYasha looks at Kagome, " What gives? "

Kagome sighs, " I envy Izumi just a little bit, that's all. "

InuYasha blinks, and then the dots connect, " Oh, you lost your father, didn't you? "

" Yeah, I did, at least I remember him though. He died before my little brother was even born. "

In a sift tone InuYasha explains the circumstances of his pup's birth, and surprisingly Kagome agrees with his actions, " If a person or demon can't get any action by being themselves, and have to take their pleasure from someone else then they deserve what they get. At least she has you. "

InuYasha blinks, " Feel strongly about that, huh? "

" In my time there's consentual violence while getting physical, and then there's rape. " Kagome says flatly.

" All right, fill me in on the major things, as I really do not want to open mouth and insert foot too often. " InuYasha says.

Kagome sighs, " Okay, first, while the word bitch does not have necessarily bad connotations for you, in my time it does. Generally in reference to women, when called a bitch, it's being said they are acting in a malicious, unpleasant way, and being particulatly selfish as well. Next would be wench. In my time that word can be used to refer to the fact that a female is particularly loose with her attentions. "

" Good to know. I may not always catch myself in time to stop myself from referring to you as a wench, but I will remember the connotations for bitch. I really do not want to be on the receiving end of righteous feminine fury. " InuYasha says.

This comment causes Kaede to chuckle, " One of my favorite memories is when you inadvertantly angered that female cat demon when she was in heat. "

Kagome outright laughs at this, " Do tell, Kaede-ba-san. "

InuYasha huffs, " To be fair she was downwind of me, otherwise I would have never made that comment. "

" Aye, InuYasha was generally choosy with his words when his nose told him it was not the best time to anger a female. His mother raised him after all. " Kaede says.

InuYasha shudders, his mother had been terrifying when on her period, and someone made the mistake of insukting him in front of her, " Huh, that means he'll actually be a little more considerate of females once a month. " Kagome muses, " Don't, I have a little brother, InuYasha, and the only male he has in his life is our grandpa, our mother's father. "

" Yeah, I generally try to be considerate, and I am really hoping I am not going to have to be the one to give that talk to my pup. " InuYasha shudders, he did not want to even think about his pup growing up, going into heat, mating.

Kagome and Kaede both laugh at the look on his face, " Mom tells me all the time that my father feared the day I got old enough to notice boys. "

InuYasha groans, " I love Izumi dearly, but why couldn;t I have a son? "

" Right, and then have to wrry about him making you a grandfather once he hits puberty, huh? " Kagome asks.

InuYasha blinks at this bland statement, " I would be doomed either way, wouldn;t I? "

" Aye, but Izumi loves you enough that only someone that could actually survive an interrogation with ye wihtout losing control of their bowels or bladder would be worthy enough of her. "

InuYasha perks up at that, " No imagining what you'll do to future boy or girlfriends of your daughter just yet. " Kagome says.

InuYasha looks startled at the mere thought his pup might actually prefer her own gender, and then at Kagome, " That's accepted in your time? "

" More so than now at any rate. There are plenty of people that like both genders, their own, their opposite, or none at all. Would it really matter to you if she was happy? " Kagome asks him.

InuYasha looks at his pup, " No, it wouldn't. As long as she was happy, I wouldn;t care, though they would have to be worthy of her. "

" Of course. " the females say together, and he huffs at them. He only wanted the best for his pup, was that so wrong?

" I'll be outside, amkiing sure none of the lower leveled scum get close to the jewel, or my pup. " InuYasha says, " I'll be close enough that Izumi will still be able to smell me, and I'll make sure to stay where she can as well. "

" Thank ye, InuYasha. I have made my opinion of ye known to the villagers, and they know as long as Izumi is within the village ye will not allow harm to come to it. " Kaede says.

Charon Castle, Pluto:

Queen Aurista looks through one of her time mirrors as she observes the reincarnated hime sleep while snuggled up with the aged Kaede. This InuYasha was more mature, the maturity forced on him by having to raise his pup. Sure, it had only been for five years, but that was long enough to make a marked change in his personality. Oh, he was still the same gruff half dog demon, but having a daughter that depended on him for her safety forced him to fight smarter, not be as reckless either. He'd still be just as protective of Kagome, and his pup actually liked Kagome, she hadn't liked Kikyou, which was why this InuYasha had remained acquaintances with her, and not fallen for her in this dimension.

Redirecting Princess Serenity's soul had been the best decision she had ever made, and now she could sit back, amd watch the chaos unfold. Especially since her presence might just make destroying Naraku that much easier. Aurista had also taken the time to actually ensure that if she woke up explosively that none of her senshi would be able to track her.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, or Sailor Moon.