AN- hey! I'm not dead! And I'm back with another edited chapter. Hope everyone isn't mad at me for getting their hopes up just to find out there's no new chapter… So please vote for this if you want to see more!

DISCLAIMER- Ah! Got out of jail and now I'm on my way home! *walks in and immediately hears the tale tell noise coming from the closet and smirks while walking to it and opening*

*sees tied up and gagged Inuyasha* let me out bitch! You'll never get away with this! (muffled through gag)

Sorry! Can't hear you! (Closes door with huge grin and turns to watch TV) man! Everything would be easier if I really DID own Inuyasha, but sadly *sigh* I don't.

Translation- I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!

NOW TO THE STORY!

Reasoning with Demons

Chapter 2- Enter Shippo

As Miroku and Kagome carried Inuyasha into the guestroom of her house Miroku couldn't help but look around in awe at it. No matter how many times he's been in that room he will ever get used to it. It is a huge room, the biggest in the house, which has a flat-screen TV with a coffee-table set in between a pair of loveseats and couch in the shape of a U. There is space enough in the room to through a small party comfortably and that didn't even include to bed area. The king sized bed with white sheets on it sat closer to the two doors one of the walls. From past experience, Miroku knows that one door leads to a bathroom with walk-in shower, bathtub/Jacuzzi, a mirror running the length of the room, and vanity with everything a male or female could need. The other door conceals a walk in closet with women's clothes of all sizes and designs on one side and men's clothes of all sizes and designs on the other.

It has always, and still does, perplexed Miroku at why someone would take one of the smallest rooms in the house that that person owns in favor to giving the biggest to random strangers that she hopes she can turn around. The people she lets stay in this room could very well be trying to kill her. A normal friend would be worried about the owner's, Kagome's, sanity and safety, but they know that she's just trying to help and that if they even think about trying to kill her then she can purify them. However, he doesn't see why the help couldn't take place in a smaller room.

When they put Inuyasha on the bed the cheek that had been slapped not once but twice brushed up against a pillow causing him to flinch in his sleep; which in turn caused Kagome to flinch lightly and a pang of guilt to run through her.

"Miroku, will you please get me a cold wet washcloth and a bucket of cold water?" Kagome asked without looking at him. Miroku nodded, even though she couldn't see, and left to get what she asked. Once he was gone, Kagome took something out of her pocket, a necklace that was made of dark purple beads with grayish white fangs spread out. She placed it around Inuyasha's neck and mumbled something that had the necklace glow lightly. After that was done, she was able to look at him and actually notice him.

He has long, flowing silver hair that goes down to the top of his butt and a pair of fuzzy triangle dog ears on top of his head. Looking further down she notices claws on his hands and vaguely remembers seeing fangs and staring into bright, sun-kissed amber eyes. This man was defiantly not from this time for he was sporting what looked to be ancient clothing that seemed to be made for fighting. They gave him plenty of room to move around in and there is even slits on the hips.

One of his ears twitched and pulled her attention to them. She bit her bottom lip gently and reached for his ears, knowing full well that he obviously doesn't like people touching them, and took one in each hand to start rubbing gentle circles at their bases. Doing this inadvertently put her breast right in his face. That shouldn't matter though right? He's asleep; well, not anymore.

Inuyasha had been drifting awake after she put the necklace around him and was almost completely pulled out of his slumber when she started touching his ears. He thought he saw the blurry vision of someone's breasts however; Miroku came back before he could completely focus. Kagome quickly pulls her hands back as Miroku walks in with the washcloth and bucket.

"Where do you want them Kagome?" Miroku asks raising a brow at her blushing face.

"Right next to me is fine Miroku, thank you." Kagome says gesturing to the spot on the bed next to her.

"No problem, Kagome." Miroku hesitates after he put down the bucket and handed her the washcloth. Kagome palmed the cloth and put it to Inuyasha's cheek. He flinched away for a second but let her put the cold thing on his cheek immediately after and pretended to still be asleep. Everyone and everything was silent for a while until Miroku felt that he had to ask what was on his mind.

"Kagome?" He practically whispered. "How was it that you were able to contact his soul when I wasn't even able to slightly sense it?"

Kagome held the cloth to Inuyasha's face and paused in dipping it in the water, the wound already healing. 'How was I able to get through to him but not Miroku? Whether he believes it or not he's the strongest monk I know so he should have been able to at least tell it was there.' Kagome thought. '…you will be his salvation…' Kikiyo's words hit Kagome like a ton of bricks hitting the wall of her brain.

"Maybe his soul just recognized mine and reacted to it. It was practically yelling at me when I got there." Kagome answered as best as she could. '…He will be lost and you are the only one that can help him…' The rest of Kikiyo's words came ringing back to her. 'He was lost on that tree… and I was the only one to bring his soul back… If that's what you meant Kikiyo, then why do I have a feeling that there's more to it than that?'

"I guess that makes sense… Is there something you're not telling me Kagome?" Miroku asked suspiciously. Kagome sighed and dipped the cloth in the water before laying it gently on Inuyasha's cheek and turning to Miroku.

"The girl that got raped in the high school her name is Kikiyo, she gave me the Shikon no Tama after telling me about it and a small prophecy." Kagome confessed. Inuyasha shot up at that with his fiery eyes blazing and baring into her.

"You have the Shikon no Tama?" Inuyasha yelled. "Kikiyo would have never given that to you!"

"Then how do you explain this?" Kagome shot back at him and pulled the jewel out of her shirt, the same fire shining in her eyes. "She gave it to me because I'm the rightful owner!"

"The hell you're the rightful owner! Kikiyo is and she would never give it to a weak, impudent wench like you!" He yelled back almost at the top of his lungs.

"Oh, so you think I'm weak do you?" He nodded. "Well, does this feel weak to you? SIT!"

As soon as the word left her mouth the necklace started to glow a dull purple and Inuyasha was pulled face first into the bed, his head directly in the cold water bucket that was placed on the bed. Before he was able to pull head out from both the water and shock Kagome had gotten up and stormed out of the room. When he was finally able to pull his head out of the water, he was greeted by Miroku's smiling face.

"Congratulations, that was the fastest I have ever seen her get mad. Even put the subduing necklace on you. You are in for a lot of pain my friend." Miroku laughed and was about to say more but Kagome walked back in.

"Ok, these are the rules. No going outside unless I'm with you and no going out of this room without me. This is your room so you may decorate as you wish and feel free to look around in here. I will not come in here without announcing myself in some way but if I do not get a response I'm coming in anyway. I wouldn't try to get out of here anyways; I'll put a barrier around the room and the house so even if you get past the first, unlikely, you won't get out the second alive." Kagome paused, taking a breath. "I'm now going to take a shower so you stay here and Miroku leave."

"What? Kagome, I'm hurt. I wouldn't even dream of peeping on you in the shower. I would never do anything to damage our relationship." Miroku said with a mildly hurt expression and a hand over his heart. Both Kagome and Inuyasha rolled their eyes.

"Yeah right." They said at the same time then turned to each other with confused expressions. "How would you know?" They said in unison again.

"I," Kagome started. "Happen to be one of his best friends and colleague for years. I know him by know, but you just met him not even five minutes ago so there's no way you could have known." She stated matter-of-factly and crossed her arms over her chest, challenging him.

Inuyasha scoffed and rolled his eyes while mimicking her posture. "I can smell it. He's not really hurt by what you said and was lying when he said he wouldn't dream of peeping on you, yet was honest when saying he wouldn't jeopardize your relationship. Put together that means that he would peep on you and either not get caught or know that getting caught wouldn't harm your relationship."

Miroku and Kagome could only stare slack jawed. He could deduce all that from just his sent?

"Wow, that's amazing Inuyasha. Well, Miroku leave and you can do whatever in here Inuyasha. Dinner will be in a little bit." And with that, Kagome pulled Miroku out and put up the barrier around the room.

'Well, at least I can get some peace and quiet now.' Inuyasha thought and put his hands behind his head while leaning against the headboard and stretching out with his eyes closed. Everything was finally quiet.

"AAHH! MIROKU YOU PERVERT! GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!" Kagome screeched.

'Well… mostly quiet.'

-x-

Inuyasha had been introduced to many things within his first night with Kagome, like his favorite food is now ramen and he can't get enough of the stuff. Another thing he was introduced to was T.V. A big black box that makes pictures move and say things! Kagome had also taught him how to make ramen after she learned that he loves it so much. Right now, Kagome is trying to get Inuyasha to get to bed.

"No more ramen Inuyasha! Now go to bed! My boss is coming over tomorrow to make sure you can stay with me instead of in a cell and that you don't present any danger to me so you have to be on your best behavior and look your best and for that you need sleep!" Kagome yelled while playing tug-a-war with a ramen cup with Inuyasha.

"If you hadn't noticed yet, wench, I'm not a weak, pathetic, useless human that needs sleep every other hour to be able to do things! So back off and give me my ramen!" Inuyasha yelled back and gave a strong tug to the cup.

"I am not weak, useless, OR pathetic AND humans don't need sleep every other hour AND DO NOT CALL ME WENCH!" Kagome screamed and gave a hard yank to the poor ramen cup in between them.

"I'll call you whatever I want wench! Now give. Me. My. RAMEN!" He gave a sharp yank on the cup and his claws accidentally punctured the cup causing the contents to fly everywhere and the girl on the other end to fall back on the ass from the sudden lack of resistance.

"That's it!" Kagome yelled and stood back up; throwing the piece of the cup she had to the floor. "I don't care anymore! Just have your damn ramen and not go to bed! See if I care!" She then stomped up the stairs to her room and slammed her door shut in a temper tantrum fashion. Inuyasha was left blinking at where she used to be.

"Keh, now I can eat my ramen in peace."

-x-

Kagome was running around like a chicken with her head cut off. She was trying to make sure everything will be fine when she left for work. That means making sure Inuyasha won't kill himself, has food, and is all around taken care of. Inuyasha was just standing in the living room watching her run around. Suddenly, Kagome just stopped in front of Inuyasha.

"There's no way I can keep you here alone. Come with me Inuyasha." Kagome said then started pulling Inuyasha by his hand and out the door. In a few minutes, they had reached her mother's house (the shrine) and Kagome just walked right in.

"Mama! I need you to do me a favor." Kagome asked the second she walked into the shrine then the kitchen, where she knew her mother would be, and leaving Inuyasha in the living room.

"What is it Kagome?" Mrs. H. asked as she wiped her hands on a towel and turned to her daughter.

"I need you to watch someone for me please? I have to go to work and I just know that I can't leave him alone. He's a new demon I'm trying to help. He loves ramen and knows how to use the TV so he shouldn't be too much trouble and just make sure he doesn't go too far if he goes outside."

"I think I can handle two boys on my own, I did have to take care of you and him at the same time." Mrs. H. smiled at Kagome's face.

"Very funny mom. He can be annoying and stubborn and egotistical and-"

"I can hear you wench!" Inuyasha yelled from where he was left in the living room.

Kagome rolled her eyes and turned back to her mother. "He's an inu hanyou so you'll have to watch out for his hearing, sight, and smell. And if you could be so kind as to teach him how to act in front of superiors you would be amazing! He has to see my boss directly after I get home. In fact, I'm even riding with him in one of his limos so I won't have time to." Kagome pleaded, raising her hands, which are clasped together like she was praying, over her slightly bowed head and closed eyes.

"Sure sweetie, I think I can do that. Just leave everything to me and be careful at work. Are you in the office again today or in the field?"

"Hopefully, the field, if there's a case that is." Kagome answered with a bright smile.

"Well, be careful."

"Of course, thank you mama! Just call me if he's any trouble and he will be punished." Kagome said with a final hug to her mother and warning glare to Inuyasha.

"Trust me, he shouldn't be too much for me to handle." Mrs. H. smiled and waved at her daughter's shrinking figure as she walked down the steps to walk to work.

"So…" Mrs. H. drawled and turned to Inuyasha. "What do you want to do? Am I safe in assuming you like the outdoors?" Inuyasha nodded shyly. "Well then, why don't you go outside and explore a bit? This is your home now."

"What if Kagome's boss won't let me stay with her?" Inuyasha asked in a hushed voice, almost scared. This is the only place he can stay and the only place even close to familiar to him. He'd be lost if he couldn't stay.

"Her boss, Mr. Takahashi, would have to deem you too dangerous for Kagome, which is highly unlikely, then you would either be put in a high security prison or be too dangerous to be kept alive." Mrs. H. answered.

'Great, so I'm basically condemned. Well, might as well enjoy the time I have.' Inuyasha thought sadly.

"Well, if you want me for anything, I'll be in a tree." And with that, he jumped away and into the God Tree. Mrs. Higurashi just smiled a bit sadly then went back into the house.

-x-

"Kagome you're late?" Sango asked a bit surprised. As not only Kagome's team-mate, but her best friend as well and has known her for years since childhood, knows that she's not one for being late to anything. Kagome put her briefcase down on her desk and dropped into her seat with a huff.

"You know that hanyou that was pinned to the God Tree yesterday?" Kagome said with a sigh and rubbed her temples.

"Yeah," Sango answered and sat down in a seat in front of Kagome's desk and out her head in her hands and elbows on the desk.

"I had to fight him all night and because of that I overslept. Then I had to make sure he would be fine without me there and I ended up having to leave him with my mother." Kagome explained and rubbed her face.

"You left him with your mother!" Sango exclaimed while slamming down her hands on the desk and suddenly standing up, making Kagome jump.

"What else could I have done Sango? I couldn't risk him accidentally hurting himself on modern day technology or a knife or something or even worse… accidentally killing himself!" Kagome exclaimed in defense.

"Hello? You were fighting with him all last night, or so you say, and whipped you out enough to make you oversleep! You left someone like that with your mother!" Sango said, or yelled, shacking Kagome by her shoulders.

"Sango calm down!" Kagome pried Sango's hands off of her shoulders. "I was fighting him VERBALY! Not physically. It was emotionally draining because he's a stubborn, hardheaded, egotistical baka!" Kagome practically growled as she took her seat again. Sango blinked.

"Oh," was all she could say and sat back down as well.

"Kagome, Kagome!" A small dot hopped onto her desk.

"Myoga, what is it?" Kagome asked, allowing the dot, Myoga, a flea demon and the chief of this department only second to Mr. Takahashi, the head of the entire Demon Police, into her hand.

"Mr. Takahashi has to go on a last minute business trip and won't be back for a month. So he sent me to make sure your recent demon is ok to stay with you until he can do so himself." He informed.

"Ah man, that means I have to wait a month before he can see Inuyasha. Wait," Kagome perked up. "That means a whole month to teach him manners and how to act in his presence! Oh thank God!"

"Wait, what did you say his name was?" Myoga asked shocked. Kagome raised a brow.

"Inuyasha, why?" Kagome asked suspicious. Myoga's already beady eyes grew even wider.

"Oh, nothing Kagome, I was just wondering. I won't be able to check him out for about two weeks, for I am swamped with work. I'm certain you can survive until then seeing as you lasted the night, right?"

"Yeah, he's just stubborn, and egotistical, and hardheaded, and egotistical, and a baka, did I say egotistical yet? Oh! And you can't forget arrogant!" Kagome checked off on her fingers. Myoga chuckled lightly.

"Well, there's a case that was just sent in. A fox kit is alleged to be assaulting his adoptive human parents. I know it's not very big but at least it's something." Myoga informed and had a file brought in.

"Well, come on Sango lets go check this out."

-x-

Kagome and Sango got out of Sango's car at the address in the file. Walking up and ringing the doorbell it was answered by a woman with many cuts and bruises.

"What do you want?" She snapped.

"We are with the Demon Police and are here to investigate a possible abuse." Sango answered in a voice the demanded authority and respect. The woman looked surprised for a moment but then smiled.

"Oh, come right in. Jack! The police are here to take Shippo away!"

When she shouted there was some loud rustling and a door slam. A man showed with even worse cuts and bruises.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith, if I may ask; where did you get those wounds?" Kagome asked a bit cautiously. There was something wrong about them.

"Our monstrosity of an adoptive son, Shippo, did this to us!" Mrs. Smith answered with venom.

"Where is Shippo?" Sango asked looking around.

"He's in the dog house out back. We don't make him stay there but he insists on it." Jack answered pointing to the door he just came in.

"Sango stay here and take pictures and bandage them. I'll go see Shippo." Kagome commanded and went through the door Jack indicated and quickly found the old, beat up dog house. Walking up to it she saw a small figure back up even further into one of the corners. Kagome bent down and stuck her hand out. "It's ok Shippo, I'm not here to hurt you, I want to help you." Kagome said in a gentle, calm, motherly voice.

He was hesitant at first but Shippo slowly and cautiously walked out of the dog house, showing Kagome a beaten and battered little boy. Kagome gasped as she gently stroked his scraped and banged up face and took in his old, dirty clothes with rips in them accompanied by more scrapes and bruises, his unkempt and disheveled fiery orange hair caked with dirt, and his left arm that was twisted at an angle that had to be causing him tremendous pain. The more she looked at him the more Kagome felt bile and rage build up inside her.

"Wait here Shippo. I'm going to get your parents so I'll be right back." Kagome said softly and moved to stand but was stopped by a small clawed hand grasping her hand tightly.

"Please don't bring them here." Little Shippo pleaded softly with unshed tears in his eyes. Kagome smiled tenderly down at the tiny child that was now whimpering.

"Don't worry Shippo; I won't let them lay a finger on you." She smiled reassuringly and he hesitantly released her hand.

Kagome practically stomped back into the house and dragged them outside to where Shippo was waiting. After Sango took pictures of Shippo's wounds she glared at the Smiths and compared Shippo's claws and fists to their wounds and vice versa. Sango stood up when she was done and nodded to Kagome to confirm her suspicions. With her eyes blazing Kagome turned a glare at the Smiths.

"Your wounds were not made by Shippo, however, his were inflicted by you. You also caused yourself harm in order to make it seem as though Shippo had done it. You are both under arrest for abuse to a demon child." Kagome explained with crossed arms and a smoldering glare that, if looks could kill, would have had the Smiths cremated prematurely as Sango handcuffed them both. The look of shock and disbelief fixed on their faces were priceless as they were dragged off none too gently by a not so happy Sango.

Kagome turned back to Shippo and picked him up as best as she could with as little pain as possible.

"Thank you Miss. They were so mean to me. I don't understand. They seemed like nice people when they adopted me, why would they hurt me?" Shippo asked looking at Kagome with tearful and confused eyes. Kagome smiled a warm motherly smile at him.

"I don't know Shippo, but I do know that I'll make sure they never hurt you again." She hugged him as close to her as she could without hurting him. "How old are you Shippo?"

"I'm six. What's your name and will you be me new mommy?" He asked timidly as he pulled back slightly to look at her and started sucking him right thumb.

"Of course I'll be your new mommy Shippo! My name's Kagome but you can just call me okaa-san."

-x-

Kagome was practically skipping home the next day with an equally as ecstatic Shippo holding her hand and a grumpy Myoga tied down on her shoulder as they walked up the many stairs leading to the shrine. Kagome had won the Shippo's case yesterday and told Inuyasha and her mother of her new mother status. They had both been shocked, with good reason, but Inuyasha looked almost hurt until she said Shippo was adopted. Mrs. H. loved the news of being a grandmother and said her grandfather, who has been in the hospital from throwing out his back again, would love it as well.

After an interesting chat with Inuyasha, Kagome found out that Myoga is Inuyasha's father's old servant and was assigned as Inuyasha's caretaker in everything demon when Inuyasha was little. So she is forcing Myoga to meet Inuyasha and explain a few things. Shippo was in brand-spanking new clothes, his hair had a green bow in it, and everything was healed except for his arm which is in a splint and will be healed in about a day. He was also really excited to meet his new grandma and Kagome's 'roommate' as she called him.

When they made it into the house Shippo was instantly mauled by his grandmother into a crushing hug that involved swinging back and forth. As they got to know each other Kagome walked up to Inuyasha and showed him Myoga.

"Well, I'll be damned. Myoga, it really is you. How the hell did you live that long? You were already a wrinkled old man before I got sealed to the tree!" Inuyasha demanded with his arms crossed and glaring at the poor, shivering flea demon. "And what's about trying to avoid me? You feed Kagome bullshit about being 'swamped with work' so you wouldn't have to see me?"

Myoga tried valiantly to get away from his impending doom but, sadly, was still bound to Kagome's shoulder. "Master I meant no harm I swear! Demons are immortal unless you kill them so all I had to do was stay out of trouble to survive! And I-" he was cut off by a dry chuckle.

"I see you're still the same cowering old man you were when I first met you! By 'staying out of trouble' you mean 'run away and avoid battle at all cost'! And that's why you avoided me isn't it? Cause I recall you saying I'm 'a reckless trouble magnet just like my father'."

Myoga had a sweat drop roll down the side of his face and stayed silent. Inuyasha finally sighed and turned away.

"I guess I can't blame you, however you are to always be in touch in case there is a need for you." Inuyasha grumbled.

Myoga was released and got to know the Higurashis a bit more personally and everyone got to get to know Shippo a well. Everyone was getting along and happy; that is until Shippo got bored.

"AAAAHHHH! YOU LITTLE BRAT! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" Inuyasha yelled as Shippo bit down on his ear then ran off screaming, having the hanyou chase him around the house.

"Inuyasha! Leave him alone he's only a child!" Kagome yelled back.

"To hell with that wench!" He growled back but instantly regretted it when he could actually see Kagome's anger.

"INUYASHA SIT!"

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