Okay it took a while but here is the next chapter.

Papa led me up a steep hill to a hut on the outskirts of town and just outside the forest. It was simple but elegant at the same time. With a thatch roof and bamboo walls that were sturdily put together it reminded me of the huts Mama built me as a child to play in. I pushed the tule matt covering the doorway aside and slipped into the hut.

Papa had put his sword beside the door and had started building a fire. I let out a yawn that I tried to stifle but failed. Papa looked up at me.

"Why don't you sit down and rest. It's been a long day for you and I'm sure you could use the sleep."

I nodded and lay down on the raised wooden platform. I faintly remember Papa covering me with his robe before sleep overcame me.

The next morning I woke up in an unfamiliar setting. I jumped up my ears pricked and my nose working overtime trying to figure it out. I relaxed when I remembered the previous days events. I closed my eyes and rubbed an exhausted hand across my face. Then a yawn attacked and I let out a yawn that made my jaws crack.

"Mornin," I heard from the door. I stretched and growled out a 'good morning' in response. Before getting up and trying to wake my happy butt up. I may be awake in theroy, but in conciously I'm never awake before noon.

"What are we gonna do today?" I asked, stiffling another yawn.

"Gonna work on the house some." I slumped my head to my chest.

"Just like at home...just without the school," I pouted.

"Feh. Your mom was always worried about school," Dad scoffed. I looked up at him. "I always told her it didn't matter but she never listened."

"I wish she could care a little less with me," I said.

"Well in your time it is necessary but when your mother was traveling back in time...I thought it was always going to be that way. I thought I would always have her...that we were always going to be together," he said, his voice going distant and his eyes getting a far off look in them.

"You really did love Mom didn't you?" He just nodded that far off look remaining in his eyes as he watched the clouds drift by. I looked away. I was ashamed of myself now. I had always been mad at my father for leaving us and not loving me enough to stay. But most importantly for not loving my mom enough to stay. Turned out I was wrong. I was VERY wrong. I was the only way my mom could ever have a piece of my father with her forever.

This time I took it away from her. I closed my eyes and fought tears again. I had felt like crying more while I had been here than ever.

"Hey, what's wrong?" my Father asked, sitting beside me and touching me on the shoulder.

"Nothing," I said, quickly wiping my eyes, "Nothing. I'm okay." I plastered on a fake smile. He took a deep breath.

"You know if you are gonna lie, don't do it around a demon who has an amazing sense of smell," he said, with a weak smile. I broke down.

"I feel horrible," I said, sobbing.

"What's wrong?" He said, I could sense his uneasiness.

"I just feel so bad for all this resentment I had pent up to you for all these years. I thought you had left because you didn't want us...and...and I spent all my life hating you for it...and you aren't like that at all. You are so much more amazing than I ever gave you credit for. You really cared for us b-but you couldn't see us. It wasn't that you didn't want to. You couldn't!" I sobbed. I found myself wrapped in my father's arms in a second.

"Oh InuNama. Yes I loved your mother with all my heart. I didn't want to let her go but she had to go back to her era. This time wan't right for her. But you. InuNama you have a choice. You are a child born of two times. You have every right to be here or there. You can choose where your mother and I...we never had that choice. I love your mother very much and I love you, too. InuNama you are my daughter. You are a child I NEVER thought I would have and I NEVER deserved," he said. I looked up at him. I felt a warmth spread through me.

"Thanks," I said, hugging him back. He jerked up in surprise. I took it that he wasn't used to it. "I needed that," I said. "Love you, Dad." He tentevily laid a had on my back.

"I love you, too, baby girl," he said.

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