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Summary: Inuyasha Takahashi believed he had it made: A wife, money, power, prestige and looks. But one event will turn his life around forever leading to the discovery of his son and finding something that you just can't put a price on: Love. Inu/Kag Mir/San AU R&R

AU- everyone is just a regular human, no powers, no special abilities.

Rating M – language and strong adult themes

" " = talking

' ' = thinking

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Author's Notes:

I know that there isn't any Kagome / Inuyasha interaction yet, but stay with me. A good story always has a good setting, and thus I had to establish a couple of things first. I can personally guarantee that the next chapter has what you all want!

Thank you!

-Mekon

Last Time: Last Time:

They all said goodbye to their new friends, deciding upon a play date for Shiro and Kin right before. All three left with their new treasures and walked back to the car.

About five minutes into the walk Shiro spoke.

"Mommy?" Shiro asked. Kagome 'hmmed' in response.

"Why don't I have a daddy?" Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. Sango didn't know what to say.

It was truly game over.

Ch6: Wishing Into the Sky

Kagome looked down into the worried face of her son. Even though she knew that this day would come, she had no idea how to tell Shiro. Sango fidgeted a bit as she knew that this talk would become very personal between the two.

"Shiro, why don't you and your mommy talk at the restaurant okay? Now isn't a good time." Sango soothed, hoping to be able to escape.

"But I wanna know now!" Shiro said, with a slightly raised voice. Kagome knew that she had to do something quick or else Shiro would have a tantrum right on the sidewalk.

"I'll tell you when we get back. Okay honey? Then I'll get you some ice cream" Kagome answered her son with hopes that it would hold him at bay long enough for her to think.

Upon the words ice cream, Shiro momentarily forgot about the immediate question and began talking about which flavors and toppings he wanted. Quickly making their way to the car, Kagome heaved a sigh of relief as she ushered her son into the already, "parked-out", automobile.

She drove deliberately slow, just to give her some time to think.

'How will I do this? …...I don't want him to think that I'm not his mother.' Kagome thought. The very idea that Shiro wouldn't recognize her as his mother, tore her heart apart.

Finally arriving at the restaurant, which took a good time longer to get back, Sango immediately bolted into the restaurant and occupied herself in her office. There were a few people still eating, but there were not enough people to the point where she would be needed for service.

Kagome and Shiro walked through the doors and Shiro's mother told him to wait in the office. Shiro nodded as he strolled down to his mother's room and entered.

Once Kagome had heard the door click shut, she rushed over to Miroku.

"Miroku I need some strawberry ice cream, with caramel drizzle on top right now." Kagome ordered as she practically danced in place with anxiety.

"May I ask what for?" Miroku inquired with a raised brow.

"I'll tell you later! Just get me some!" Kagome hissed as she began to panic. Sooner or later, she would have to get some ice cream herself.

Miroku, not wanting to incur to wrath of Kagome at the moment, hastily retrieved the dairy desert and handed it to her. She breathed deep breaths as she prepared to talk to her son.

Miroku watched as his friend attempted to calm herself as she walked into her office. He was confused. Why was she so nervous?

'I better go and ask Sango' he thought.

Quietly walking past Kagome's office door, he lightly tapped on Sango's.

"Yes?" a famine voice asked from the other side.

"It's me" Miroku whispered. Movement could be heard on the other side of the heavy wooden door and footsteps approached.

The door creaked open as Sango ushered him to come inside.

"So was our plan a success?" Miroku asked as he reclined against the wall.

"Oh it worked alright, but other things have come up." Sango said as she rubbed her forehead.

"such as?" Miroku persisted.

"Well...Shiro kind of asked why he doesn't have a father." Sango answered. Miroku was so surprised. Of all the things that could of happened, this was one of the last he was expecting.

"How did it happen?" Miroku questioned , "Surely there was some sort of cause." So Sango began telling the long story of finding Kin and returning him to his PARENTS. She went through finding him to where she picked out her prize.

"So that is why Kagome looked so nervous and anxious. She was trying to come up with an answer for Shiro." Miroku finished. Sango nodded.

"We can only hope that he takes it well." Sango added.

Kagome opened the door to her office to find Shiro sitting on the floor looking confused as he was focused on his drawing.

"What did you draw Shiro?" Kagome asked as she noticed her son with a crayon in his hand.

"I want to draw our family." Shiro said, "See? I drew mommy, Auntie Sango, Uncle Miroku...but I don't know what daddy looks like..." Shiro frowned as he kept staring at the blank spot on his paper. Kagome blinked slowly as to dissipate the already forming tears.

"Honey come here." Kagome motioned as she sat down in her chair. Shiro came over and Kagome placed him in his lap with his ice cream. Shiro began to happily lap away at the delicious desert.

"Honey...you know that I will always be your mommy right? And that I will always love you?" Kagome asked her son. She absentmindedly brushed his hair as she asked this question to Shiro.

"Of course! You are my mommy!" Shiro chirped as he looked up into his mother's sad eyes "What's wrong mommy?"

Kagome wiped her eyes before continuing to speak. "Shiro...when you were a baby...I adopted you... and took you in as my own..."

Shiro was confused. "What do you mean mommy?" Kagome shifted uncomfortably as she continued to try to tell her son about how he came to her.

"It means that even though you weren't born from me...I took you in and you became my son." Kagome told him. Shiro's mind tried to process this. He tried to put two and two together but it just wasn't working.

"So if you adopted me...What happened then to my old mommy? Why would she give me away?" Shiro asked. Kagome had tears in her eyes now. I was just becoming too painful for her.

"I...don't know..." Kagome responded as her voice would not hold for much longer. Shiro felt lost and sad. Did his old mommy give him away because she didn't love him? He didn't know and he didn't have the heart to ask.

"Does this mean that I don't have a daddy then?" Shiro asked with worry.

"You do have a daddy...he is just lost and far away..." Kagome answered, "but I will always be there for you Shiro, to love and support you."

"Will daddy come back?" Shiro asked as he had stopped eating his ice cream.

"One day maybe Shiro...one day..." his mother responded. Kagome kissed the top of his head and put him down. She stood up, straightened out her clothes and ruffled her son's hair before beginning to walk out the door. Shiro understood now. Kagome had taken him in and loved him even though he was not hers. Even though he did not know who his daddy and old mommy were, he smiled as he knew that he would always have a mommy who loved him at least.

"Remember that I will always love you Shiro." Kagome said as she stood in the doorway.

"I love you too mommy." Kagome's son answered as he began to finish his ice cream. His mother closed the door as she walked out, and Shiro was left there to contemplate what he had just learned. Kagome, on the other side of the door, sighed. She lamented the fact that she had not told the entire story to her son yet, but she promised herself that one day she would. One day when he was old enough, she would tell him. Inside of her office, her son stared out of the window into the clear blue sky and thought to himself...

'Daddy, I wish you would come back soon'

It's so hard to write this sad stuff. But at least now...Shiro understands the basic picture of how he came to where he is now.

Next chapter! Look forward to it! Because after here it just gets even more dramatic...

Stay Tuned!

Thank you for reading and please review!

-Mekon