A/N: Hey everyone. Welcome to the greatest story of the century where nearly everything is in this fanfic is based of real-life events! Aren't you lucky? I do so love inspirations! Even the funny sounding baby talk it based off real circumstance!

Anyways, carry one my wayward fan…

Disclaimer: I. Do. Not. Own. Anyone. In. This. Story. Besides. The. Old. Man…Yeah.

Wasn't sure on ages, but this is how old they are for me:

Kagome is 16. She's been 15 for way too long.

Inuyasha looks about 17, but is probably over a century or something.

Miroku is 17.

Sango is 16.

Shippo looks 7-ish.

Kirara is verra verra old. Och, 'tis been 'round since the fair ancient time of that ol' priestess that made the Shikon Jewel, thus I ken she is…old.

Souta is, I'll say, 11.

Chapter One: An Itty Bitty Baby

"Take care! I'll see you when I get back in two weeks. Not a moment after," Kagome paused and glanced at Inuyasha with a scowl. " and not a moment before!" Kagome shouted as she placed her legs over the side of the well. Sitting on the edge, she waved, the elongated shadow from the setting sun waving along with her. A cheerful smile stretched out upon her face.

"Stay safe, Kagome!" Sango gave a princess wave.

"Farewell, Lady Kagome." Miroku nodded while holding his staff.

"Bye bye, Kagome!" Shippo cried out waving the entire length of his arm while jumping up and down with not quite suppressed energy.

"Feh," Inuyasha growled facing away.

She grinned at Inuyasha's immaturity and then pushed herself off the side, falling gracefully down the Bone Eater's Well. Miroku, which had noticed Inuyasha looking unseemingly irritable, decided to finally confront him. The monk sighed from the all too familiar situation, explicitly wishing that he didn't have to. Let's get this over with…

"Inuyasha, we all know you hate it when she leaves, but why stay so angry the whole time while she's gone? Cheer up, will you?" he asked with a nonchalant front. He took a few steps closer to the half demon and raised a brow while placing his free fisted right hand on his hip in a 'no nonsense' gesture.

"She leaves way the hell too often and should stay here," Inuyasha explained frustrated, his jaw tightening. A muscle in his jaw ticked as he clench his teeth together. His ear tweaked off to the side where a bird chirped off in the distance. Nothing would lighten these two weeks while Kagome was gone. Not even the rich green scenery or the wildflowers which had just begun to bloom. Normally those types of things managed somewhat, but nothing could at this moment. Maybe killing something…

"Kagome doesn't have much of a choice. She has to watch her brother while her mother and grandfather are away," he reminded him. Inuyasha snorted.

"She's our jewel detector and Naraku's getting all the shards while we sit around doing nothing! There shouldn't be any excuses; she broke the jewel and now she has to put it back together. She even promised that," he shouted back as he headed to the Sacred Tree. He couldn't believe that Kagome; running off and being useless to their main priority, the jewel shards. Inuyasha walked to the tree and then fluidly stopped.

An old man's corpse was grotesquely lying on a large root of the tree. Inuyasha quietly figured he'd stopped to rest and his heart gave or something of that degree. Automatically, Inuyasha grumbled, somewhat annoyed. He'd have to carry it to the village so some villager could bury it.

As Inuyasha began to walk forward, the body stirred.

"Eh?" the old man squeaked. Quickly Inuyasha jumped back and unleashed his Tetsusaiga with unnecessary caution. The man looked at him gingerly with a smug expression. Inuyasha felt his face heat slightly.

When Inuyasha realized there was nothin' bad about him, he immediately swung his Tetsusaiga back upon his shoulder. "What's all this about?" He spat out.

"Do ye need to know or are ye going to kill me?" the old villager asked sarcastically, obviously displeased. Inuyasha smirked and put his sword back home into its sheath to lessen the man's fears.

"You look half dead already and are probably gonna keel over sometime soon anyways…kind of pointless if you ask me. Just dulls my sword even."

"Are ye Inuyasha of Inuyasha's Forest?" he asked somewhat randomly. Inuyasha eyed him suspiciously. The man appeared to have been traveling from someplace far away. His clothes were full of grime and his face was covered with dust. He smelled just like dirt. He blended into his surroundings very well. Either he was stupid and didn't bathe enough or he did that on purpose for surviving. Hmm…

"I see, you've heard of me?" Inuyasha asked treading on with his large ego.

"Oh, yes of course!"

"Really…" Inuyasha said, acting like it was normal for someone to be appraising him.

"Why, yes. Ye are the egotistical half demon hunting for the jewel shards with the help of a fair, yet, unusual priestess, a demon slayer and a houshi. I've come on complaints of many villages nationwide that you've crossed through." His chafed face was wrinkled by his beaming near toothless grin. He seemed extremely cocky for being so ugly, Inuyasha thought.

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow and cracked his knuckles for intimidation. This guy was starting to bug him. Maybe this was exactly what he needed to get his mind off Kagome's foolhardy ideas of responsibility.

"Keh, so what're you gonna do about it, old man?"

"The villagers picked me for the job, because I am an old alchemist and can possibly change ye's ways with my impressive skills. You have but to prove to me if my job is necessary."

"The only changing I want is to become a full fledged demon and that's the only changing I'm takin'. My ways are fine with me so beat it or die," Inuyasha said knowing that this alche-whatever couldn't do any such changing in him being full demon or not.

The old man sighed and chose to ignore the remarks and threat. "The villagers also said that ye had somewhat of an extremely short fuse and have quite a temper. So I've come to help ye get over it," he said further explaining himself. He seemed aggravatingly disappointed.

"I don't like double standards. How 'bout we make a deal? I won't kill you if ya tell me who said this so I can kill them instead," negotiated Inuyasha in a failed attempt of revenge on whoever was trying to ruin his name.

"My, my, aren't you quite the wipper-snapper. So indeed ye do need it. So…HERE!" the old man cried out as he jumped feet into the hair while throwing a huge cloud of strange purple dust all over Inuyasha. Inuyasha coughed and searched for the insane man, not catching even a glimpse through the lavender haze.

Grinding his teeth and clenching his claws, Inuyasha scowled, "Get back here, old man!"

"Lad, ye needed this," said the man in an ominous voice that seemed to not have a source. "Everyday ye will age a year until ye are the same age as ye are now, only in human years. It'll take effect when ye throw another one of your little… tantrums, so be patient and it'll wear off without ye even seeing the effects."

"Get back here!"

"Farewell!" Then as quickly as it came, it faded.

Gradually the powdered smoky like substance began to leave and Inuyasha could see that the old man had indeed left. He couldn't even catch his scent with all the dusty leftover in the air. The dirt-scent cover-up was probably just for this purpose. It would be a lost cause in a forest to find him. Inuyasha cursed and then decided to return to the others. They were still chatting at the well when he found them.

"Weren't you all heading somewhere?" Inuyasha asked casually, interrupting their conversation.

"Nope, just waiting until you were done moping around, Inuyasha," Miroku said matter-of-factly.

"What did you say, monk?" Inuyasha asked grabbing the collar of his purple robe.

"Well, nothing, Inuyasha, honestly, I didn't say anything. No need to be violent now is there?" Miroku said while holding up his hands defensively. Sango grinned in amusement. She knew Shippo would have made a crude remark if he were here, but at the moment he was chasing Kirara to Kaede's hut.

"Feh. This is pa-thet-ic. Without Kagome, we can't do anything. I'm gonna go get her," Inuyasha growled stomping his way towards the well.

"Inuyasha, Kagome can't come back now. She has responsibilities!" Sango reminded him. She grabbed his sleeve and he merely shrugged her off. She looked offended for a minute, but the she just glowered.

"I'll do whatever the hell I want! Kagome's responsibility is finding the shards so-..." Inuyasha stopped abruptly. Abruptly he burned and his insides felt like they were bursting. He grabbed the side of the well for support.

"What happened; are you alright? You're so pale..." Sango asked, her green kimono rustling as she took a few steps closer, in case Inuyasha should collapse.

"Pshaw, I'm half demon. I'm either dead or dying. End of story. I don't get sick, and besides we have to find shards and without me and Kagome you guys won't have a chance of finding 'em. That's why we'llboth be right back."

"Quit being so cocky, Inuyasha. Jeez, you're worse than Kagome at her time of the month," Sango said planting fists on her hips, face scrunched up in a scowl. Inuyasha visibly paled, then blushed, refusing to admit that he'd heard that.

"Sango, don't be angry with Inuyasha. He's not done sulking over his loss," Miroku advised. Sango smirked while Inuyasha glared.

"What loss?" Inuyasha asked in the blunt and dense way of his. The pain was receding and all he felt was a little light-headed.

"Kagome," Miroku said, knowing what was in for him when it finally lit the bulb in the half demon's head. When Inuyasha didn't seem to be getting it, Miroku continued, "I'm saying that you miss Kagome so much you want her back. The shard is just an excuse," Miroku finally said. He braced himself in case he needed to run.

"What--I…? No way do I…wait get back here!" Inuyasha stammered, when seeing Miroku just beginning to run out of there. He was just about to followed when his body pulsed. Stopping short he grunted grabbing his chest with one hand. He grimaced.

"Inuyasha." Miroku could tell something was wrong.

What's this feeling? I feel like I'm collapsing…

Then as Sango and Miroku watched, their friend seemed to disappear, leaving his clothes and sword behind.

"Inuyasha!" Sango called out. She ran over to where his remains were, as did Miroku, and noticed something moving beneath his garb. Miroku, using his staff, lifted the clothing to discover a naked baby, newborn, Inuyasha, with only his beads around his neck. Cute yet tiny white dog ears stuck out of his small fully haired head.

"Abit-abit-abit-aba," Inuyasha said gibbered angrily.

"I-Inuyasha, is that you?" Miroku asked picking him up. Inuyasha put on a playful smile and then started pulling on the crystal blue rosary beads around Miroku's right hand and shoved them in his mouth. The monk's eyes went wide.

"Well, what do you think we should do with him?" Sango asked as she leaned over, crouched, next to Miroku.

"What else can we do?" Miroku asked standing. He nodded over to Sango as he walked to the well and gracefully dropped Inuyasha in along with his Tetsusaiga.

"Miroku, you forgot his clothes!"

"Too late, they can't travel through the well without Inuyasha; I guess Kagome is going to have to manage." He clapped his hands as if to dust them off in a job done well. He looked to Sango and grinned.

"Hey, let's get back and see what Kaede is cooking for dinner."

"Let's!" Miroku agreed as they headed back to the hut…

CHANGE IN POV

"I can't believe I have to clean up this mess all by myself," Kagome grunted, picking up trash throughout the kitchen and living room assertively. Her mom must have been in a hurry to catch the plane to her sister's and Grandpa must have been too, she reminded herself. But that Souta could've been here to help, that was after all, who she came back to watch and since he himself said he would.

FLASHBACK

Kagome comes inside calling out Souta's name, knowing full-well he's supposed to be there.

Then she sees a note taped to the refrigerator:

Hey Sis,

Yesterday Mom let me sleep over at Ryo's house so I'll be back by the time you arrive from the feudal era. Mom said that there's plenty of food and she left you a credit card just in case of an emergency. Oh, yeah, don't worry; I'll help you out with the house! I'll definitely be home by then!

Souta

Kagome held the note and then slowly averted her eyes. The house was a complete MESS! She growled, crumbling up the note, throwing it to the floor. He lies! He won't be back!

END OF FLASHBACK

He wasn't back yet and she knew she'd be right. She'd been cleaning for nearly an hour now and still Souta hadn't shown up. Sad thing was that she left Inuyasha late to begin with, with Inuyasha being so stubborn and all…

Kagome, whilst cleaning inside the house, never noticed her little brother slam a car door just outside and yell a quick goodbye to his friend. As he hopped into puddles, whimsically daydreaming about having his own house one day to do whatever he wanted to do in it, he noticed a wailing noise. It almost sounded like a baby was crying.

"Ah, man. That's prolly Sis whining about me being 'late'," Souta said dreading the annoying complaints that he just knewwere heading his way. As he climbed the steps up the side door of the house, he noticed that the whining noises were coming from behind him. "I guess there…not coming from Kagome…"

Playfully he jumped down from the top stair to the grassy ground, splashing in a large puddle and closed the distance of the shrine door rapidly at a carefree run. Opening the shrine's door up through it's usual squeaks and groans, the cry grew much louder. He stepped inside, safe from the cold refreshing rain. "A…cat? Buyo!"

"Mama, mama, mama!" He heard a little baby's voice crying out. He peered over the well, his eyes opening wide. That couldn't possibly be…

"I-Inuyasha?"

"MAMA!" Inuyasha-baby, looking about six months old, yelled at Souta. Then he let out a small sneeze.

'Mama' panicked for a second…how did THAT happen? Why is he a kid? Does he seriously think I'm his mom? Souta, grimacing, jumped down the well. He landed, hard, and pain shot up his legs, but quickly began to dissipate. Inuyasha cried harder, now realizing that this person wasn't his mother. It probably didn't help that this rather large person had nearly landed on top of him, either.

"Shush, Inuyasha. Let me help you get out of here…Sis will know what to do!" Souta tried to reassure him. It didn't really work, but the crying seemed to quiet down. Souta quickly took off his green sweater and with it, tied Inuyasha onto his back. Then he grabbed Tetsusaiga and jammed it next to Inuyasha, where it wouldn't fall and break. Slowly he climbed back up, wondering all the way how Kagome seemed to manage.

Souta finally reached the surface and ran to the house. He quickly opened the door to see Kagome vacuuming the carpet.

"Where were you?" Kagome asked loudly. Too loud. The baby began crying some more. "Eee! Where'd you get a baby from! Is it yours? Souta, are you not telling me something?" She turned the loud humming machine off quickly and stomped his way.

"N-no! I found him in the well. Kagome I think it's Inuyasha!" He said while carefully untying the sweater around this neck and chest. He caught the baby and held him out to Kagome with some difficulty.

"Kagamama!" Baby Inuyasha yelled out, a smile enveloped his face. Kagome's face twisted in confusion and uneasiness, her face ashened.

"H-he almost said my name, didn't he?" She grabbed him and cradled him for a minute. Inuyasha grabbed her hair and started chewing on it.

"I think so. Kagome, what are we going to do?.! Inuyasha is a baby now," Souta panicked, pointing out the obvious.

"We have to get baby stuff, like diapers and toys. Baby formula too," she said after a pause of panic. Souta scowled.

"But it's nearly eight and dark and we don't have a car and it's pouring rain outside and-- besides, I can't watch him by myself!" Souta exclaimed.

"Fine, you don't have to. I'll take him with me and you're coming too," she announced. Inuyasha's eyes appeared heavy and he seemed to be dozing off. Kagome couldn't remember a cuter thing, his semi-long silver hair, for a baby anyway, was there. The only difference was that he had a baby body. His entire head seemed the exact same. Even the necklace around his neck was still on somehow.

"Kagome, there's still a problem. How can we do that with a baby. A naked baby. We can't just bring him out in the rain naked," Souta pointed out. He was right, she knew. Then she had a brilliant idea.

Kagome grinned.

"Souta, do you think that Mom still has baby clothes from when we were little?"

"Hmm, if so, something might…might fit him!"

"Right and then we can use our bikes and ride to the nearest super market."

"Then we can use the emergency money to buy Inuyasha some food and stuff," he said strategizing. Kagome nodded.

Gently placed the nearly sleeping Inuyasha on the couch, she ran up to the attic. There were lots of boxes and things full of junk up here. Maybe one still had some clothes. She started opening up boxes full of books, ancient scrolls, Dad's clothes, pictures that Kagome reminded herself to look through later, and old dishes and toys. She sighed. This was taking too long.

And that's when she saw it…

It was labeled Kids' Clothes, obviously meaning what it said. She opened the box and at first was stunned to see such teeny clothes once again, though there weren't many. She looked through and spotted some eight month boy clothes. There was also a baseball cap and rain jacket, booties, and a blue and pink checkered blanket. She quickly grabbed them all and went back downstairs.

"Did you find anything, Sis?" Souta asked.

"Yep, here, put them on him," she said. She handed him the clothes and then went to her room. She quickly got dressed in a pair of jeans and a plain white woolen hoodie and then grabbed her rain coat. When she got back she saw that Souta was having a tough time and had only just put on his pants.

"I'm sorry, Kagome. He just kept squirming and it was hard!" he said trying to excuse himself for being so slow.

"It's alright, why don't you go and get dressed and grab the umbrellas. I'll finish up here."

"Thanks," he said. As he scrambled upstairs, Kagome looked at the cranky, sleepy Inuyasha infant.

"Inuyasha, what happened to you?" She asked. She didn't expect an answer, and none came. He just watched the girl changing him. She picked him up and put his coat and booties on. By the time Souta came back fully dressed and with the umbrellas, Kagome had strapped him underneath her coat and zipped it up and over him snug as a bug. After that they were outside jumping onto their bikes and peddling away in the stormy rain.

…When they got to the market, it was almost 8:30pm. They locked their bikes and went on in.

"Souta, we only have a half hour until the store closes so we're splitting up. You go get a few packages of diapers and some cute baby toys. I'll get the formula and what ever else I might need, okay?" He nodded and ran off like a soldier on a mission. Kagome turned to the nearest employee who wasn't facing her. She tapped his shoulder: "Excuse me?"

"Yes, miss?" he said turning around. His short brown hair, his brown eyes, his tall figure; no way!

"H-Hojo? I haven't seen you since the end of the school year!" Kagome said. That hadn't been too long, but she hadn't even been there the last day, err, month, so she it had been for her.

"Kagome, how have you been? Oh, who is that in your coat? I-is it y-yours?" Hojo stammered.

Kagome, almost forgetting looked down and blushed. Even though he was sleeping, Inuyasha lips were in a circle and it was obvious he wanted to suckle something. Her eyes swiftly met the curious Hojo.

"N-no he's like my, umm, cousin. I have to watch him and my brother for a while until my mom and grandpa come back."

"Where'd they go and what does your 'like cousin' have to do with them?" Hojo asked grinning at the cute little boy.

"Well, you see, my aunt is going to have open heart surgery and my mom is there to comfort her on her recovery. Grandpa went with her, but won't be back any sooner. He has to go to some shrine thing he's always wanted to go to," Kagome explained. She wanted to kick herself. One of the many rules of sitting was to never let anyone know you are alone. "Uh, but my other 'like' cousin is coming to stay with us and he's older and going to help us out! Maybe sometime this week!"

"What do you mean by 'like cousin' anyways?" Hojo asked, fed up with Kagome's mistaking in words.

"Well, we're not cousins by blood. They are foster children," she lied, blushing.

"What a great lady, and with a bad heart too."

"Um, yeah. Well, I really need to do some shopping for him. We're really unprepared."

"I see, well what did you need?"

"Can you show me where the baby formula, bottles and baby food are?" She asked. He nodded and they went off.

CHANGE IN POV

Souta ran up to the diapers as soon as he found some toys. (There were so many types! )There was heavy duty diapers and different sizes and ones made for old people…he was lost in confusion. He saw 8 mo. Sizes so he grabbed a small package of those. Then he went on and snatched ones for 12 mo., 18 mo., and 24 mo.. He didn't know what 'mo.' stood for and what they meant, but hoped that one of them would fit Inuyasha. Then, just as he was leaving, he spotted Kagome and her boyfriend.

He walked slowly behind her, unnoticed.

…

"Kagome, if you have some time, would you like to get a bite to eat with me?"

"I'd like that, but I might not have any free time. I have to watch Souta and, well, him for awhile."

"Alright then…Ooh, you only have ten minutes before the store closes, let's hurry and find your brother!"

"Thanks…Hojo," Kagome said.

"Hey, Sis, I'm right here!"

"Perfect timing, let's get a move on it!"

"Okay," Souta agreed as Kagome grabbed his arm and ran to the nearest cash register. Hojo, being so kind, helped her and said goodbye as she grabbed all the groceries and hooked them all to their bikes. Then, quickly as possible, they all went back home.

THE END OF THE CHAPTER

A/N: I hope that version is better written. I rewrote it (again).

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