A Senju returns 1 thru 3

psychoticKisshu

Disclaimer: I own nothing, you hear? Nothing except my imagination.

General Note: I was attacked. This is the result.

Chapter 1 as the dust settles

(after final battle)

Kikyo smiled at Kagome who returned it joyfully. Finally, after too long, they were done! Kagome grinned at Kikyo, but the smile faded as she took in the frozen expression on Kikyo's face. She turned around, and paled as well.

Well, now she knew why InuYasha and Kouga weren't fighting with Sesshoumaru on the sidelines goading them on.

They had been chibified.

She was absolutely horrified. Each. And. Every. Person. On. The. Field. Had. Been. Chibified.

Gods save her.

She immediately blamed Naraku.

…until she found him near a chibi'd Kagura and Kanna - who seemed to be the same, thank Kami.

She looked over at Kikyo, and found her gaze focused there before it transferred to the jewel in Kagome's hand.

"This is your fault, isn't it, Midoriko?" Kikyo groused.

Kagome whimpered to herself as this drew the gaze of all the chibis, who started to gravitate towards Kikyo and herself.

"I need an aspirin." Kagome whimpered to herself as she found herself surrounded by chibis trying to climb into her arms.

Kikyo snickered.

Kagome glared.

Chapter 2 um, a little help here, please?

Kaede stared in bemused wonder at the group in front of her.

Kikyo sat in the corner, snickering into her sleeve, while Kanna slept peacefully in her lap.

Kagome sat next to her, a visible cloud of gloom surrounding her.

Sango and Kohaku sat near her, warily eyeing everyone else.

InuYasha and Kouga were in the middle of the room, fighting with each other while on the sidelines, cheering them on, was Sesshoumaru and Kagura.

Naraku sat sulking in a corner by himself, while in the opposite corner, Miroku sat sulking and glaring at Naraku.

And Shippou…Shippou was in Kagome's lap, eyes wide in fascination at everything going on around him.

Kaede sighed, and rubbed her temples. She was getting too old for this.

She looked back at the two girls, who were now looking at her calmly and anxiously respectively.

"I do not know what to tell ye. I can sense that a powerful magic was worked, but there is not a way to undo it, save for time itself. The children seem to be drawn to ye, Kagome, so it would be best for ye to take care of them."

"Be aware, Kagome. You are a miko, and you're powers are still untrained and that needs to be remedied. You must be trained, and Kaede has obligations to the village, so I will train you, and I will follow you, whatever you decide to do," Kikyo said softly, subtly reminding Kagome of the bond between them and Kikyo's decision to follow.

Kagome sighed softly and ran her hand through Shippou's hair. "I know. I am Shippou's mother, I cannot abandon him. Sesshoumaru and InuYasha adopted me, now I am their older sister, and Lady of the Western Lands. They need me, and I will not abandon them. Kouga…(sigh) Kouga is the last of his pack and saw me as part of his pack, so he will follow me. Sango and Kohaku have no home, no family to go back to, they are also known as the last of the demon slayer clan, and would not be safe on their own. They know the legend of the jewel, have been told that before the jewel was in Kikyo's protection, they were its protectors. With nothing left for them to go back to, they will look to me, they will make my protection their duty. Miroku…has nothing, and there are demons…and humans that would like to kill him. He will follow me, knowing that as an adult, as a priestess, he will be safe, he will get training. Kagura, Kanna, Naraku…they are too well known, too hated. When it gets out that they are now children…they will be killed without mercy. My conscience will not allow me to abandon these little ones, they are not safe here, but raising them in Tokyo, even on the shrine, is not a viable option."

Kaede nodded, but said nothing.

Kikyo looked at her reincarnation, slightly concerned. "So what will happen?"

"I will leave the children here, while I go talk to my mother. We have relatives that live far away, in the country, that I can go to. Kikyo, Kaede, I need to know how the Bone-Eater's Well works from this side, I need you to find a way for me to take people with me through the well. While I'm home, I'll also search for any information on the well that my grandfather may have." With that statement, Kagome put Shippou on the ground and striding towards the door after grabbing her backpack.

"Kagome-sama!" three voices called simultaneously, drawing all the chibi's attention. "You're not leaving us, are you?" Sango asked plaintively, all the children looking at the young woman attentively.

"I have to leave for a little while, minna. But I promise that I will be back shortly. I am not leaving you here permanently. Children, while I'm gone, you are to listen to Kaede and Kikyo, am I understood?" Kagome asked gently.

Everyone nodded, albeit sullenly.

Chapter 3 coming home

"Okāsan(1), I'm home!" Kagome called cheerily as she slipped in the house, dropping her bag by the stairs as she headed towards the kitchen, where she could smell her mother cooking.

Kun-Loon (2) smiled as her daughter came into the kitchen, excitedly chattering about all that had happened and how she was now playing mother/older sister to the inu-tachi and a few strays…

"Okāsan?" Kagome queried.

Kun-Loon stared at her daughter. "Repeat that last part, please, musume(3)."

Kagome blinked, "The battle is over and the Shikon purified?"

"Next part, dear."

"OH! My friends were chibi'd?"

"Yes, please."

"Okay, so we got the jewel pieces and were fighting when Kikyo and I launched our arrows at the same time and purified Naraku, and made sure he was dead by checking Miroku's hand for the wind tunnel. I smiled at Kikyo, but she was staring in horrified fascination at something behind me, so I turned and saw that my friends had been turned into children, then I saw that Naraku, Kagura and Kanna were also there, but the effect of the spell had also hit them. Strangely, the spell didn't effect Kikyo, myself, Shippou, Kohaku, or Kanna. I gathered everyone together and we went back to the village to see if Kaede knew anything that could help us. She said that the spell was one-way and that they would all have to grow up again and since the children only really listened to me, I was nominated to take care of them," Kagome sighed, then smiled softly, "but even if I hadn't been, I would have taken care of them anyways."

Kun-Loon smiled fondly at her daughter. Kenji (4) would be so proud of his daughter were he still alive. "So what are your plans now, musume?"

Kagome sighed. "First and foremost, find a way to bring them here, the past isn't safe for any of them, not in their current state. They are all well known for one reason or another, and there are people who would love nothing more than to get their hands on the children for their own purposes."

"So, Kikyo and Kaede are searching for a way to get them through on their side, and I'll go through ojisan's scrolls to see if they contain a method to get them here. Which leads to the next problem: they are children. This is a shrine. You managed to raise the two of us here very well, but this is not a suitable environment for these children, especially since the majority of them have demonic blood within them, which will clash with the barriers that I've managed to raise here, which brings us to the third problem: this is Tokyo; a human city. They are not human, and have attributes that prove this. I cannot possibly risk raising them here, if the government was to find them…I don't want to go there."

"So, basically, that's everything in a nutshell. Any suggestions, okāsan?" Kagome asked hopefully.

Kun-Loon frowned thoughtfully as she stood back up and turned to the stove, mulling over the situation her daughter had presented her. "Why don't you go take a bath and change, musume? Give me some time to think this over."

"Arigato(5), okāsan!"

1. Mother

2. Kagome's moms' name

3. daughter

4. Does anyone know what his name is?

5. Thank you