Musume

Chapter Four

Aisa had stayed quiet long enough and she didn't care much for this girl's attitude. In Aisa's mind, Kagome thought she was better than her father. Well, if this girl didn't start being the friend she was supposed to be, Aisa would make sure she would leave her father alone. Before Kagome knew it, Aisa was standing right in front of her, practically growling.

"Look Kagome, just because you are jealous, doesn't give you the right to insult my father. He claims to be your companion, yet you treat him like any human would treat a hanyou." Aisa growled out.

"I am not jealous. And I would never treat InuYasha inhumanly." Kagome shouted back.

"Yes, you are, and you just did, liar." Aisa shouted back.

"I am not a liar!" Kagome snarled.

"You could have fooled me!" Aisa scoffed, knowing she was getting the better of this pathetic human. She returned to her parents side and sat in between them. She couldn't help but smirk to herself as she sensed Kagome's mood darken.

'I should be the one sitting there with InuYasha." Kagome muttered before turning away.

"Aisa and I will be leaving with you and your friends in the morning InuYasha. Once I had Aisa, the villagers were never that friendly towards me afterwards. They only tolerated me because I was the village healer and advisor." Sanchi spoke up.

"I wonder why." Kagome muttered to herself. InuYasha and Aisa glared at her, indicating that they had heard her.

"Kagome, you're not making things any easier." Sango hissed beside her.

The school girl had the decency to blush in embarrassment and looked away. She wondered how in the world Aisa had heard her unless. And why was she acting this way. InuYasha wasn't dating the old woman.. InuYasha, Aisa and Sanchi stood up and headed for the door.

"Aisa, we should head back to our hut; the stew should be ready. InuYasha, you are more than welcome to join Aisa and myself." Sanchi stated as she walked to the door. InuYasha smiled and got up.

"Where are you going InuYasha?" Kagome asked, almost demanding.

"Where do you think! You want me to take responsibility; that's what I'm going to do. Start to get to know my daughter over the evening meal. Besides, with the mood you're in, you wouldn't be very good company." InuYasha snapped. With that he whirled around and ran to catch up with Aisa and Sanchi before Kagome could say anything else.

"Well, the young maiden definitely has his eyes." Miroku replied, almost lustfully.

"Shut up monk.." Sango growled, smacking Miroku over the head.

"Just stating the obvious my dear Sango." Miroku replied smoothly, inching towards the demon slayer.

"Don't even think about it houshi!" Sango growled, glaring meaningfully at him. He got the message and sat down in his spot again. He didn't need to be unconscious twice in one morning.

Aisa was in the garden before the sun had even poked it's face above the horizon, picking and washing fruit and vegetables for the journey. Just as she was putting the last of the garden's produce in the bag, InuYasha came around the corner, just as Sanchi came out of the hut with breakfast.

"Good morning Sanchi, Aisa." InuYasha greeted.

"Good morning father." Aisa answered, dropping her bag by the door.

"Good morning InuYasha. Have you had breakfast yet?" Sanchi asked

"Morning. No I haven't." InuYasha answered.

"I had a feeling that you would be up as early as us, so I made a little extra. Would you care to join us?" Sanchi asked. At his nod, she put down the large bowl and went inside to get three smaller bowls. InuYasha and Aisa stared at each other before they both spoke at the same time. Aisa giggled and spoke up when the silver haired young man hesitated.

"Father, what is it like being a hanyou? I know that humans don't like us." Aisa asked seriously.

"It's not easy. Even demons hate us for what we are. So I'm going to teach you how to fight so you will be able to defend yourself. On the way back to my home village, I want to test you to see how much of a hanyou you are." InuYasha answered.

"Alright father." Aisa answered.

"Where were you InuYasha! You missed breakfast." Kagome practically demanded.

"I went to get Aisa and Sanchi, and I had breakfast with them." InuYasha snapped. "If you three are ready, let's go." Aisa scowled at Kagome as she passed by the school girl. This human sure had an attitude about her!

After about an hour of walking, Sanchi started to tire. Seeing this, Aisa simply stepped in front of her mother and knelt down, indicating for the elderly woman to get on her back. InuYasha took Sanchi's pack as the woman climbed on Aisa' s back. They traveled for a few hours before they stopped in a secluded spot for a rest and lunch. As Aisa set her mother down gently, she found everyone looking at her.

"What!" Aisa huffed, a little annoyed at everyone accept her father staring at her.

"It's just that you've carried your mother for two hours and you don't seem to be tired all." Kagome replied.

"So, I'm a strong girl, what's the problem with that!?" Aisa replied, wondering what Kagome was getting at.

"Look, I was just..." Kagome started before Sanchi cut her off.

"Aisa, I think it's time you showed them." Sanchi instructed, stopping the impending argument. Aisa looked over at her father, who nodded.

"It's alright Aisa. They don't care who you are." InuYasha replied simply. Aisa sighed and undid her kerchief.

As she pulled the garment away, her long hair fell into position. Her black ears popped up as the two broad, white stripes of hair fell into place. The others could see that Aisa definitely had InuYasha's golden eyes; definitely the young man's daughter. The girl waited for the insults to start, but none came; which surprised Aisa a bit. She was used to humans putting her down. Before Aisa could blink, Miroku was in front of her, clasping her hands in his.

"My dear Aisa, you are so beautiful. Would you bare my children?" Miroku asked, gazing lustfully into her eyes. Before any one could blink, the hanyou girl clenched her fist and snapped it forward; hitting the monk square in the jaw. He stumbled back a few feet before collapsing unconscious; with the help of Sango's fist.

"Aisa, as the idiot just said...in his perverted, ecchi way,we don't care if you're hanyou. Just look around you. We're kind of a mis-matched group." Sango patiently explained, glaring down at the monk.

"I don't know why you would want to travel together. Human, youkais and hanyous don't get along very well with each other." Aisa stated.

"Why don't we get our meal ready, and we can tell you our story while we eat it." Kagome replied.

Aisa and Sanchi brought out the fruit, dried meat and rice cakes Sanchi had packed, while Kagome added her ningen food.

After about an hour of talking and consuming their meal, the two newcomers to the group understood the strange arrangement with this group. Aisa looked over at her father with a new respect; he had been through an awful lot over the years. She had much to learn from him. Aisa just hoped she could get her mother to her father's village so the elderly woman could be happy for whatever time she had left in her life.