Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

As Kagome climbed out of the well, she was met by Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kilala.

"Where's Inuyasha?" she asked as she stepped over the edge of the well, and noticed he was missing.

"We were going to his house when we heard you in the well." said Shippo.

"Let's go then." said Kagome. As they approached the old shrine, which Inuyasha had claimed as his home, they heard what sounded like someone crying.

"Is that a baby?" asked Miroku. When they slide the door open, they were met by Inuyasha holding a crying baby out to them.

"Inuyasha! What the-" Sango started.

"I don't know, but I can't get it to shut up!" yelled Inuyasha still holding it out. Kagome quickly took the baby from the half-demon and started to rock it in her arms. As she did, she saw that in seemed to be trying to suck on air.

"Inuyasha, do you have any baby bottles?" asked Kagome.

"What bottles?" asked Inuyasha.

"Give me something for it to suck on!" demanded Kagome. The group searched frantically for something to silence the baby. Then, when they didn't seem to be able to find anything, Kagome remembered something her mother had done, and stuck her finger in the baby's mouth. The baby silenced immediately as it nibbled on Kagome's finger.

"Will this do?" asked Shippo walking from around Inuyasha's house carrying half of what looked like an arrow.

"No Shippo, something soft." said Kagome. Then Inuyasha stepped out of his house carrying a pacifier. "That'll do. Where'd you get it?" said Kagome as she took it from him.

"It was with him when I found him, I thought it was just a weird ring." he answered. Kagome wiped the pacifier off on her shirt before placing it in the baby's mouth.

"Where'd you find him?" asked Miroku as he and the others approached.

"It was in here when I woke up this morning." said Inuyasha as he stepped back into his home, followed by the rest of them. "He was quiet then, though."

"Have you named him?" asked Sango as she stepped next to Kagome to get a better look at the baby.

"No. It's not mine. I was about to take him to Kaede." said Inuyasha as he sat down on the floor.

"I'll call him Niya then." said Kagome as she sat down next to Inuyasha.

"Isn't he cute." said Sango standing over Kagome. Miroku kneeled down next to her and rubbed the baby's stomach with his index finger.

"Yeah." said the monk as he stood and sat down across from them, he had sensed something within the baby, but couldn't place it. He decided to wait until he could confirm what it was. Shippo hopped onto Kagome's shoulder to see.

"Hey! What's so interesting about a stinkin' bag of droppings?" asked Inuyasha angrily. Before Kagome could scorn him, she smelled it too.

"Peeyuuuu!" said Shippo jumping off Kagome's shoulder and holding his nose. Kagome looked to them for support but no one seemed to want to help.

"Let's go to the river then." said Kagome.

As they walked toward the nearby river, they all desperately tried to cover their noses from the stink.

After Kagome and Sango, 'cleaned' Niya, they sat down by the river.

"Is it safe to breath now?" asked Shippo, who'd been holding his breath for some time now.

"Yes, and thanks for the help guys." said Kagome sarcastically.

"Your welcome." they all said at once. Kagome sighed; this must be the era before sarcasm.

"We should try to find Niya a better home." said Sango. They all agreed. But where?

Then Miroku realized what he had sensed.

"Kagome! Put the baby down quick!" he yelled. They all stared at him in shock at the sudden outburst. But before anyone could react the baby suddenly opened its eyes. They were blood red as the baby spoke in a demonic voice.

"You'll do!" it said, as a blinding light shot from its eyes and into Kagome's. Kagome felt herself shrinking until she blacked out. The baby was now a full grown demon and only Kagome's clothes were left.

"Age stealing demon!" said Miroku as they all stood to their feet. Inuyasha drew his Tetsusaiga and slashed at the demon, but it flew out of the way. Before any of them could try to attack again, the demon disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Dang it! Where'd it go!" said Inuyasha.

"It's gone." said Miroku.

"What happened to Kagome?" asked Shippo. Inuyasha stepped over to the pile of clothes and noticed that they seemed to move. He slowly lifted the collar of her shirt.

"Hello." said something from underneath, causing Inuyasha to jump back in shock.

"What is it?" asked Shippo as he approached. When he lifted the collar to look, he quickly slung it back down, and spun around; blushing a deep red. Then, a three-year-old Kagome crawled out the other end of the clothes.

Sango gasped and quickly ran to cover Kagome, since her clothes didn't seem to fit anymore. She tied Kagome's red scarf around the infant's waste and placed her shirt over her.

"What did that thing do?" she asked looking to Miroku. Just before Miroku could answer, the young Kagome spotted Kilala walking toward her.

"Kitty!" she said happily reaching for the cat. As Kagome petted Kilala (who seemed to enjoy the attention) Miroku explained.

"An age stealing demon steals a person's age and diminishes their memory. They are extremely rare." he told them.

"How do we change her back?" asked Sango.

"Well, there only two known ways; convince the demon to give back what it took, or use the Diamond of Restoration." said Miroku. Then Sango realized that Inuyasha had disappeared. When she looked over, she spotted him sitting down next to Kagome.

"Doggy Man!" said Kagome happily when she saw him. Kilala meowed in disappointment when Kagome stopped petting her, but when she reached to feel Inuyasha's dog ears; he leaned away, causing the child to fall.

"Inuyasha!" said Sango angrily when she saw what he had done.

"What? It's not like she can hurt me; Miroku said she wouldn't remember me, so she obviously doesn't know about the necklace." he said evilly. As Kagome got to her feet again, Sango had realized that he was right, and thought of a solution.

"Inuyasha, either she pets you, or I'll make sure she knows how to use that word." she said with an evil smile. Inuyasha had already hated that Kagome could subdue him as a teenager, and didn't even want to imagine what it would feel like for a three-year-old to do it.

As Kagome scratched his dog ears, she laughed while Inuyasha's eyes twitched and watered as he desperately tried not to purr. After several straight minutes of petting, Inuyasha gave in and purred.

"So where is the Diamond of Restoration?" Sango asked Miroku. His eyes widened in surprise.

"That part I didn't hear." said Miroku with a dumb founded smile. Just before Sango smacked him for that, Kagome spoke up.

"This is fun!" Kagome said happily. Inuyasha (although he would never admit this to the others) actually started to enjoy it. He relaxed as she continued to scratch his ears. When she finally stopped Inuyasha looked up to see why. She was standing beside him with her hands behind her back and had on a wide smile. Then she 'grabbed' his nose off his face. "I got your nose." she said waving her hand in front of him.

Inuyasha saw his nose (her thumb) between her fingers and started to panic.

"Give it back!" he demanded. Kagome started to run away as Inuyasha stood up to give chase. "Give it back dang it!" he shouted at her.

"You have to catch me first!" Kagome called back to him as she ran up the road with Inuyasha right on her heels.