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Family
I never expected this--
Well, how could I,
right?
But I never expected
this--
Falling in love,
Finding a family.
I never expected to
miss you
Miss you all
To wonder when Sango's
birthday is,
To know Shippou's
favorite flavors,
To think of Miroku as a
brother.
To expect a future with
a hanyou.
I wasn't prepared. But
I am so, so glad.
Keh, it's stupid.
We're not a family,
we're...
Something else.
I guess, I never really
had a family,
So I wouldn't really
know, but...
Times when I was little
and Mother would hold me...
It feels like that.
It feels like knowing
who's gonna be around
No matter what. Like
home.
Like being able to see
the future
And they're all in it,
you know?
I guess just
because... they want to be.
I don't really think
about it
All that much.
Sometimes when I'm
alone,
I think about my
father,
What he would want for
me now,
And I know the answer's
this.
It's not a family like
a mother and father and all.
But it's a family like,
Like something else.
Like the only reason
we're together,
Even though we could
all be somewhere else
Is just because this is
where we belong.
It hurts me to burden
them
With thoughts of my
young demise
At the hands of Naraku.
It hurts me to see them
hurt,
Even InuYasha, who has
had enough hurt in his life.
That's why I
continually risk my life...
I couldn't do less.
After all, they're my
family.
The thought of losing
any of them...
I lost my father. I
ought to know enough of losing.
I say I despise Naraku
for my curse, but what I mean is,
I despise for doing
this to them. My family.
I... I had a family,
already...
I'm old enough now,
strong enough
To stand on my own.
To fight on my own.
But I don't. I don't
want to.
I wasn't trained to
fight alone.
I wasn't made to live
life alone!
These people... they
took me
When I was hurt,
And no more than a
stranger
They gathered the
pieces of me together
And made me a part of--
their family!