Chapter 2:

Uncle Sota

A cool breeze blowing over her young face was what woke Anya. At first she believed herself to just be at home in her bed, until she tool a look around and noticed that it was a room, but a room that was not her's and did not look like any room she'd seen before. "What!" Anya sat straight up and noticed she was in a strange bed with soft pink sheets and a pink and white comforter. Seeing she was somewhere other than home, Anya was worried. She looked around the room.

The walls were a light pink, there was a wooden deks not far from the bed, with lots of books set neatly in the book holding slots. There was a single window, but was slightly large, with curtains that were a slightly darker pink than the walls. Beside the strangely high bed she was in there was a nightstand with an interesting object on it, in the shape of a flower, as well as a round object that had numbers in a circle. There was a closet and another door, Anya figured was the door to another place, but where she had no idea. "Just where am I?" Anya asked herself.

"You're in my older sister's room." Anya froze at the male voice that came from the door, she'd guess led outside or somewhere else. She shied away as the man came closer, holding a yellow cup. Anya looked the man over. He had short dark hair and brown eyes, like her mother. He had a gentle smile on his face and that seemed to calm Anya a bit.

"Don't worry, you're safe here, and I promise I wont harm you...um?" The man paused hoping the girl would tell him her name. Anya thought then spoke.

"Anya. My name is Anya."

"Anya. My name is Sota. This is my family's house." he said as Anya's eyes seemed to brighten at his name. "Hm? What is it?" Sota asked the child.

"Nothing really, it's just you have the same name as my mother's brother...though she said he was younger, you look about the same age as mama..." Sota's eyes widened.

"Your mother...has a younger brother named Sota...huh...interesting, so how did you come to be at the bottom of the dry well? Anya." he asked and Anya looked at him.

"I don't really know. I was with my friend, we were catching our breath after playing a nice game of tag; Koji of course can never beat me. We went to head home, when these black ribbons shot out of the well, and wrapped around me, then they dragged me down into the well. Koji, my friend tried his best to save me, but the ribbons were too strong for him. OH! he must be worried sick!" Anya stated.

"Ah, I see...who is this Koji?" Sota asked

"My best friend. We've known each other since we were both really little. He's a young wolf demon, who can never seem to beat me a tag, though he is a demon..." Suddenly Anya coverd her mouth with a gasp. "AH! I mean he..." Sota shook his head and smiled at her.

"Don't worry, I've heard my fair share about demons over the years. My sister went and married one after all."

Anya blinked her eyes in disbelief "Your sister married a demon?"

"Well, half demon, but that never mattered to her or any member of our family. All that mattered to her was that she loved him, not just a part of him, but all of him. Human, demon, hanyou, she considered them all the same." Anya nodded. Sota looked at her and sighed "So, judging by the fact that you know of demons, and are wearing a really cute kimono...you must be from a different era, am I right?"

Anya nodded "I guess so...what era is this?" Anya asked curious to know where she'd ended up.

"This is the future Anya...um if I may...do you know of Inuyasha and Kagome?" He asked and Anya looked right at him and brightly smiled.

"I should know them...theya re my parents after all." Sota's chocolate eyes went a bit wider, though he'd kind of figured it out on his own, it was still a shock to hear.

"What is it? How do you know them?" Anya asked, a bit protective of her parents.

"Kagome is my sister and Inuyasha is the hanyou I mentioned that she married, and I guess they're still doing well in that field." Anya smiled and nodded.

"I thought you might be my mother's brother, just wasn't sure. So that means you're my uncle." Sota nodded.

"Yes, it does."

"Cool! Now I have three!" Anya stated quite happy.

"3? Does Inuyasha have brothers?"

Anya nodded. "Well, one blood brother, Sesshomaru, who is full demon." Sota nodded, he'd heard his sister and Inuyasha talk about this Sesshomaru. "There's one he considers a brother and a girl he considers a sister, mom too. I have 4 cousins too."

"Ah, I see. Must be Sango and Miroku right? your mom talked about them often, as well as Sesshomaru. Who are these cousins?"

"Akari, Akira and Ichiro. They are Sango and Miroku's children. Then there's Rin, she's Sesshomaru's charge, though we all know she's more than just a mere charge. She's really pretty and nice and likes to hang out with us younger children, while our parents are busy during the day." Sota nodded

"I see, sounds like a great family back there, huh?" Anya nodded and was handed the yellow cup. She didn't know what it was, so she was a bit hesitant. "Don't worry it's warm milk and honey." Sota said as she took a sip.

"It's good." She said drinking more.

"So, you an only child?" Sota asked. He was always interested on how his sister and Inuyasha's relationship was going. Since Kagome had left to live with Inuyasha for good 12 years ago, he wanted to know as much as he could about the two. Anya shook her head.

"Nope. I have an older brother Kyo, younger brother Yanu and younger sister Yana. They are twins. You should have seen daddy's face when he'd heard one cry, then not long after another cry from another baby. He looked like he was going to faint." Anya said drinking the last bit of her drink.

"Wow! They didn't waste any time did they? I wish i could have been there to witness that...Inuyasha near the point of fainting...must have been a...fun moment." Anya nodded. "So how old are you?"

"I'm 10. Kyo is 12 and Yanu and Yana are both 7. Oh and then there's Shippo. Mom and dad adopted him back when she was 15. e's full demon, but an awesome brother." Sota nodded. He'd heard of Shippo too, how could he have not. Kagome never went a day without talking about the feudal era. He'd been jealous that she'd been the only one to be able to pass through the well, but figured there was a reason for it to have been just her and Inuyasha.

"2 years apart for you and Kyo and 3 for the twins...like I said did not waste anytime." Sota said as he took the cup and went to the door. "Well, you should get some rest. My mom will be home tomorrow and I know she'll love to meet you." Sota said as Anya nodded looking around. "While you're here you can use your mother's old room. Suits a girl anyway." He said with a wink.

Anya snuggled back under the pink and white comforter "Thank you...goodnight uncle Sota." Sota stopped at the door. That was the first time he'd been called uncle and he liked it a lot.

"...Goodnight Anya."