--I would personally like to thank 'brokenchaos' for being the ONLY person who reviewed last chapter. This chapter is dedicated to you. I thank you, you rock my purple knee-high socks!

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Chapter 7: Dinner Time (A/N: I really wanted to put "For The Human" after that! Review and tell me if you know where that sort of came from. (The original saying was "breakfast time for the human"))

Kiyuki and Ami passed notes they had written on a napkin all night. Their mother held her hand out for the napkin, trying to confiscate it, but Ami shoved it in her mouth and grinned.

"Okay, now that's just gross." Riku said. Everyone but Kagome laughed. She just smiled and shook her head.

They had taken two cars to the restaurant, so everyone was calling a car as they walked out. In Miroku and Sango's minivan was Hideki, Daisuke, Riku, Kiyuki, and Ami. In Kagome's little car was just Rin – they decided wordlessly to let them talk, Kagome was thankful, and Sesshoumaru drove Kenji home.

The boys of the triplets sat in the back with Ami, while Kiyuki and Riku sat in the middle two seats. Kiyuki pulled out her cell phone and started to text someone. She shut it and something started to ring quietly in Ami's pocket.

They had been texting each other in the dead silent car for almost five minutes.

"What are you guys up to?" Sango asked, looking at them in the rearview mirror.

"Nothing too bad of consequence," mi replied vacantly as her fingers moved across the key pad.

"Oooooh, are you allowed to say that?" Hideki said, reading over Ami's shoulder without her knowing.

"Say what?" Sango asked as they pulled into their driveway.

"I'm only quoting what Kiyuki said.

"So Kiyuki said that?"

"Said what?" Sango asked again.

"'That d word bastard.'"

"I didn't say it in front of the kids…" Kiyuki got out of the car and walked across the street to her mother while Sango and Miroku stared at each other.

"Ami, what made Kiyuki say that?" Miroku asked quietly. No one had gotten out of the car.

"Daddy," She whispered and got out of the car, following her sister.

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InuYasha grimaced as he got out of the car. Tika was being annoying. He looked up towards the doors to the restaurant and saw Kagome. Everyone was there. Kouga and Ayame, Miroku and Sango, even Sesshoumaru and Rin. He only recognized one of the kids – His nephew. He had never seen the three kids standing in front of Sango, or the little girl standing my Kenji.

He looked at the teenager standing next to Kagome. She seemed familiar. He quickly did the math in his head. Kiyuki. He could not believe that was Kiyuki. His little five year old.

Kagome was crying when he turned back to her. He felt Tika wrap her arm around his.

He waited until the group had gone inside and then pulled out his cigarettes.

"Go get us a table," he told Tika. "I need to calm myself for a second."

After smoking two cigarettes completely, he sighed and walked into the building and looked for Tika. All throughout dinner Kagome's tearing face kept flashing through his mind like a strobe light.

He watch from a hidden table as the larger group left. Ten minutes after they did so, he and Tika left.

He was driving home when he remembered seeing Sesshoumaru. It wasn't safe to go 'home' to his old house.

They decided to just go rent a hotel.

He stood on the balcony and smoked another cigarette before going to bed. He had never really smoked before. The last time he had smoked was five years ago when his relationship with Tika was 'on the rocks' so to speak.

That was before.

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