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A/N: Chapter two! Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Inuyasha, if I did there would be alot more yaoi cannon to go around.

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A Hanyous Tale.

Chapter two.
By KittyMarks.

Inuyasha sighed and shook water out of his hair, little droplets went flying everywhere and Aoi giggled as some fell on his nose. The baby was dry at least, Inuyasha however was soaked to the bone, it had started pouring out of the heavens soon after Inuyasha cleared the forest lugging the cradle and baby with him. He had managed to cover Aoi with the blanket and for lack of a better word stuff the baby down the front of his shirt. The blonde had woken up and started giggling, like it was fun to be running breakneck speed through the lashings of rain with a hanyou baby wriggling in your shirt.

The sun was back out again and Inuyahsa had set Aoi down in the cradle and hung his robe out to dry. He sighed and sat down next the the cradle, Aoi looked at him with curious blue eyes before shaking his head jerkily and sticking his foot in his mouth. Inuyasha looked on in vauge horror. Babys were weird. Or at least, this one was, he was just happy that Aoi hadn't cried since leaving the clearing. His clothes were dry enough so he slipped them on and picked Aoi back up and slinging the cradle over his shoulder, he only had few miles to go to reach Akira and Taiseis house.

After another hour or so, running at a moderate pace Inuyasha saw the outline of Chimata village, the place where Akira and Taisei lived. They owned a house on the outskirts of the village and Inuyasha snuck in undetected by the other villagers. He didn't know whether they were hostile to hanyous and it was better to be safe than sorry. The house smelled like baking bread and sure enough Inuyasha found Akira in the kitchen. The brown haired woman shrieked in surpirse when she saw him at first, lurking the the corners of her kitchen half shrouded in darkness. Then she had hit him over the head with a rolling pin, hard. Aoi had started giggling again and Akira paused and blinked when she realised who he was.

"Inuyasha! Oh goodness you frightened me! How are you?" she gushed as she forced him into a chair. The hanyou grunted and shifted Aoi in his arms, Akira looked down at the baby and cooed in delight. "Oh, hes adorable! Is he yours? Oh give him here!" she murmered and she took Aoi out of Inuyashas arms and started tickling his stomach. Aoi wasn't pleased, however and started to cry and and twist in Akiras arms, reasching out for Inuyasha. Never mind that normal new-born babys weren't even supposed to be able to support their own heads, Aoi was the strangest baby he'd ever met. Akira pouted and handed Aoi back to Inuyasha, he stopped crying immediatly and snuggled against the silver haired hanyous chest, glaring balefully at Akira.

"Aww, he loves his daddy!" Akira cooed again and Inuyasha chocked on his own spit. "NO! Uh, he's not mine!" he shouted blushing furiously. Akiras brown eyes twinkled curiously and she opened her mouth to ask but Inuyasha beat her to the punch. "He was abandoned and I couldn't just, ya know, leave him there!" he muttered defensively. Akira 'Ah'ed' and nodded, she looked over at the cradle still in the corner, Inuyasha told her she could have it and she smiled happily and thanked him. Aoi fell asleep again and was snoring softly, Akira said that Inuyasha could leave him in the guest room along with the cradle seeing as Hikaru, their son already had his own little cradle.

Inuyasha padded up the stairs and into the guest room. It was small and depressingly utilitarian but it would do. He put the cradle down in a corner of the room and put Aoi in it, the baby murmered unhappily at being put down and rolled over. Inuyasha smiled a little and stuck his head out the door to yell down to Akira and tell her he was going asleep. Akira yelled back up at him to shut up and not to wake her son or he'd be sorry. Inuyasha grumbled a bit and threw himself down on the plain futon shoved against the wall. There were no sheets but he didn't really care, he was sleepy and a bed was a bed.

(For some strange reason the little line things I use for scene changes wont work. So instead I'm just going to use little bracket yokies.)

Akira was sitting in her kitchen and looking out at the stars when she heard the front door open and after a few seconds a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist and lips brushed against her neck. She smiled and looked back at her husband Taisei. His black hair was tousled from the wind and his green eyes were loving as he gently kissed her cheek. "Welcome back love" Akira murmered as she turned around to face him. Taisei grinned boyishly and pecked her again on the cheek. "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?" he asked teasingly, they both knew that in the tiny village of Chimata nothing interesting ever happened, they were far enough away from the forests that youkai didn't bother them but also farenough away that travellers rarely passed through.

"Well, actually. Inuyasha came back today, with an adorable little baby in tow!" she whispered and smiled when she saw her husbands eyes widen in shock, she knew he was jumping to conclusions. "Inuyasha? Baby?" her husband choked out and Akira patted his shoulder. "Its not his little one. He found Aoi-chan abandoned in the woods and decided to take him in." she explained and Taisei relaxed at the pride and happiness in Akiras voice. He glanced upstairs to where he could now hear snoring, indicating that Inuyasha was indeed in the guest room. Taisei chuckled and ran a hand through his hair before blinking sleepily.

"I'm knackered, how about we go get some sleep eh?" he suggested and Akira laughed softly at the drowsy look in her husbands eyes. "Yes, yes, you go on up I just want to finish up down here" she said and Taisei nodded before clomping up the stairs. Akira sighed and looked back up at the night sky as she cleaned the last of the kitchen, a star shot across the black and Akira closed her eyes and wished.

(Scene Break)

"Waaaaaaaaaah" a loud cry broke the sweet silence of the early morning, a babys shrill wail rang about the house and was followed by a much softer mewling sound. Akira and Inuyasha jumped out of their respective beds and went to comfort their respective charges. Hikaru was the child who had cryed first, his brown eyes were scrunched shut and his little hands were balled into fists as he exhausted his lungs. Akira hoisted her toddler up onto her hip and made soothing shusshing sounds and ran her fingers through his thick, black hair. Inuyasha was lucky that as soon as he picked up Aoi the blonde stopped crying and began snuffling sleepily. His little fox ears were moving back and forth agitatedly. However it seemed that Aoi had pulled a small chunk of wood off the cradle and was holding it in his tiny, clawed hands.

"Its okay brat. Its just Hikaru, calm the fuck down, will ya." Inuyasha muttered and then yelped when Aoi bit his hand. "Shit! Ow, what the fuck was that for-OW!" he yelled when Akira stepped into the room and whacked him on the back of the head. Hikaru was leaning his head against her shoulder and sucking his thumb. Aoi released Inuyashas hand and looked at Hikaru, Hikaru stared right back. Aoi narrowed his eyes and threw the piece of wood at the toddler. It hit Hikaru straight between the eyes and the black haired boy started to cry again. Aoi just gave a small smug gurgle and snuggled back into Inuyashas arms. "Wha?" Inuyasha mumbled poking Aoi in the stomach the baby scowled at him and bit his hand again, the silver haired hanyou wrentched his hand back and glared at Aoi who whipered a little and clutched at his robe. Then a small, whispy voice sounded in the room.

"Hika . . . Wake . . . Aoi-chan . . . Frightened" Aoi mumbled and Inuyashas mouth gaped comicly, Akira stood staring in shock at the blonde hanyou who innocently stuck his foot in his mouth and started sucking his toes. "Did he just talk?" Akira asked and Inuyasha nodded dumbly. It appeared that the fox hanyou was developing much faster than a normal infant, both mentaly and physicaly. Aoi released his foot with a 'pop' and cocked his head to the side.

"Dada? . . . Hungry." he whispered looking up at his savior and Inuyashas eyes widened, he tightened his hold on the blonde for a moment before slowly walking out of the room. "Sure kid, lets get some breakfast." he muttered his bare feet making soft thumping noises as he walked down the stairs. Akira smiled softly as she comforted her son, maybe her wish would come through after all.

Yes, I know its a tiny chapter, I'm just trying to get a few updates on all my fics, Its better that I update little bits then have ya wait forever on a long chapter.

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