Chapter 1

"Otou-san,", Yashaichi said to his father, who was swinging in the hammock in the backyard on this cool spring day.

"Yes, Yasha?", Inuyasha queried, looking at his oldest son, with one eye opened and one closed.

"You need a vacation, Otou-san. Especially after this last acquisition. Taking over Sony was a huge project and you could use the rest."

"A vacation? Demons don't need vacations."

"Well, what about Okaa-san? I'm sure she could use a vacation."

"That I can agree with. I'll talk to her about it tonight.", Inuyasha said as his 3-year-old son, Josh, toddled out to him from his nanny, Liza. Liza was a bird youkai who helped Kagome out with the children. Kagome was a hands on mother, but with so many pups, (122 at last count), a little help was always welcomed.

Most of the pups were self-reliant, but a couple still needed their parents. As of the spring of 2006, 116 of the pups were over the demon age of 13 and didn't need as much supervision, including the younger group, sons Ian and Dakota, and daughter Sage. In human years, Ian was 21, Dakota was 18 and Sage was 15. The last six still counted their age in human years. Daughter Kellen was 12, son Shane was 11, daughter Sierra was 9, daughter Juliet was 6, son Josh was 3 and newborn daughter Tia was 2 months.

After Maria, the youkai maid, served dinner, Inuyasha and Kagome retired to the living room. Kagome placed Tia in her bassinette, the fussy baby finally losing the fight to stay awake and now sleeping peacefully. Kagome sat next to Inuyasha as Maria brought out flavored coffees to the two. Yasha had retired to his home with Yuki, his wife, and their daughter Emily.

"Yasha had an idea today, Koshii,", Inuyasha started to bring up the subject, "He felt we needed a vacation."

"I can't leave Tia. I'm nursing her.", Kagome protested.

"I didn't intend to leave Tia or any of the younger pups. I figure we would let them decide who wanted to go and who didn't."

"Ok. Well, where do you want to go?"

"I dunno,", Inuyasha shrugged, "To the coast?"

"You hate the salty air."

"I know, but you love it and so do the pups."

"You are so self-sacrificing, my dear."

"Ain't I a peach?"

"No, but your still sweet."

"I'll call About Travel in the morning and see what they can do for us."

"MAMA!"

"You do that. In the meantime, I better see why Josh is still awake."

"He probably wants a drink of water."

"Yea. I'll be back.", Kagome said, as she kissed Inuyasha.

"MAMA!"

"I'M COMING SWEETHEART!"

Inuyasha just smiled as his wife hustled up the stairs to his youngest son. Getting up, he peeked into his daughter's bassinette. She was snuggled up to a little kitty doll that Kagome's mother had sent as a gift. He thought back to Yasha's idea. Yes, he did need a vacation.