I don't own Inuyasha the only character I own here is Katsuye (Kat-su-yee), cause I made her up! :) No copyright-ing intended.

To be honest, this isn't really Kagome's or Inuyasha's story. It's Katsuye's, I hope you all love this as much as I loved writing it! ;)

Chapter 1- An end to a perfect Moment

Outside a small village stood a well that stood innocently in the sun surrounded by glittering snow, but it had a dark but wonderful secret that had kept two star crossed lovers together.

But we all know that story. Just beyond the well is a forest called 'The forest of Inuyasha' and just beyond that were our story really begins is a small village by a river that is as ordinary as it gets. The snow made it look like something out of a fairy tale or out of a postcard.

One small hut slightly way from the rest of the village was no different than any other hut in the village, the only difference was the family inside.

A young woman sat outside the door on a mat warped up warm against the cold with a broken Kimono in her arms that she was fixing. She had long wavy raven black hair with pale skin and lovely brown eyes that went deep into her soul. She paused in her work to look up and smiled adoringly at the two most precious things in her life.

One was a man that wore red pants with a white shirt on as well as a black and white rosary that kept his spirit bound. He had golden eyes and lightly tanned skin with long silver hair and dog ears poking out of the silver locks that were twitching in an effort to catch every sound, he was running around after the woman's second joy, a small girl.

She had tanned skin and a pair of black dog ears like her dad and long hair like his but hers was midnight black with a few silver locks in it making her look slightly like a zebra. She was squealing as she tried to outrun her dad, who was chasing her. They were both bare foot and the girl often shouted that her feet were cold but refused to wear shoes.

The woman laughed and her husband and mate looked up at her and smiled before pouncing on his daughter.

She squealed and tried to get away and only succeeded when her mother came to rescue her.

"Inuyasha, go easy on her she's only four" she held her daughter in her arms, the child's brown-gold eyes sparkling in happiness.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes "Katsuye is tougher than you think, Kagome" he said and got up to wrap his arms around the two people he loved the most. "Aren't you darling?"

Katsuye laughed "Yes! I am! One day I will be as strong as daddy! Won't I Mummy?"

Kagome kissed her four year old on the nose "Yes, you will be. Strong and smart and beautiful…" she leaned up and kissed her husband on the lips as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

Katsuye hated the lack of attention on her and jumped out of her parents grasp to run and pick up a small stick she ran at a tree and shouted in a cute impression of her dad "Die stupid demon!" she hit the tree and the stick she held snapped.

Kagome and Inuyasha laughed at her expression for a second before Katsuye started to cry.

Kagome was at once at her side "What's wrong darling? Are you hurt?"

Katsuye shook her head and wiped her eyes a little roughly as if to show them that she wasn't as little or weak as she seemed, it was so Inuyasha that Kagome smiled even though her daughter was crying.

"My Tetsusaiga broke!" she wailed and threw the stick on the floor in a small tantrum. "Can't kill a demon without a sword!"

Inuyasha came over and pulled her into his lap. "You don't need a sword to kill some punny demon"

The small girl looked up at him in wonder "You don't?"

He shook his head and said simply "Nope, you can use your claws and fangs"

Katsuye looked at her hands then smiled and jumped at the small tree again shouting "No demon can defeat Inuyasha's daughter! Cause Daddy is the strongest, powerfulest, wonderfulest half demon ever on the planet!"

Kagome laughed and Inuyasha squeezed her shoulders "Hey, the girl is right"

Kagome rolled her eyes "You are so full of yourself, you know that?"

Inuyasha gently took his ripped fire rat robe out of her hands then pinned her down on the ground gently. "I know that, you know that. And I know you love it"

Kagome smirked up at him sexily and kissed him back when his lips slowly caressed hers.

"Wind blades!" a small voice shouted and the two adults looked up to see their daughter perform her first demonic attack. "Mummy, Daddy did you see that? I win the fight! I am Daddy's best daughter, wins a fight against Naraku!"

Kagome shivered at the name but cuddled her excited daughter close to her and cooed "Yes, I saw you, you're amazing! Wonderful! The greatest half demon girl in the world! And never let anyone tell you differently"

Inuyasha smiled but his thoughts were somewhere less pleasant. Naraku still stalked the land and jewel fragments still littered the land while people suffered and other irritating incarnations and demons joined his service. Inuyasha and his family hadn't heard from him since Katsuye had been conceived and it was nearly five years since he had seen or smelt him.

He knew that Naraku wasn't dead but couldn't find any proof and couldn't find him, nor would he want to go looking for trouble as his life and family was here in Kaede's village.

He was happiest right now with his family in his arms, safe against him where he could always protect them…

Everything precious to me is in my arms right now. He thought tightening his grip on the two girls that he wouldn't trade anything in the universe for. The family settled down to go to bed. Katsuye sleeping in between her parents, Inuyasha had his arms around the two girls and Kagome snuggled in closer to them both with her arms tightly holding their daughter.

Her husband was warm and she pressed herself closer to keep herself from shivering.

Inuyasha pulled the blankets up around them and then his fire robe kimono on top when he saw his wife shiver.

She smiled at him with eternal love shining in her eyes before kissing him and drifting off to sleep. Katsuye wriggled around a little and then fell asleep hugging her mother, pressing her head into her chest to hear her mother's heart.

Inuyasha smiled down at the two angels that fate allowed him to have in his life, one his beautiful pure and wonderful mate who had done the impossible for him; loved him for being a hanyou, a disgusting half breed that was made to be unloved. She had loved him anyway and proved that by becoming his lover.

He nuzzled her hair and breathed her scent of a thousand flowers and sweet spring air, she leaned closer in her sleep and Katsuye was in danger of being crushed so he loosened his arms on her ever so slightly.

Katsuye was a little unexpected, he thought back with a smile. They were all waiting for Kagome to come back but when she missed the day she was supposed to come back entirely he went to find her, slightly angry with her.

But he was anything but when she came back from the doctors and told him she was pregnant with his pup, their Katsuye. He had never been so happy, he was going to be a father, someone up there loved him to allow such a wonderful thing to happen to him.

He closed his burning gold eyes and smiled, and for that single moment everything was perfect…

Then that moment ended.

I enjoyed writing this begining part, most likely because it is one of the happiest scenes in this story. :) R&R.