Disclaimer: Takahashi Rumiko owns all characters, including Inu-kun

Chapter 10- Visiting the Future Part II

When Ayumi finally awoke, her mother and father were talking with Kagome and Inuyasha amicably. She could hear their conversations, but the words were mindless ramblings that made no sense to her fuzzy mind.

"Oh! Shippou was so darling then!"

"The little brat was annoying sometimes, but he was ok. Say, how are Sango and Miroku? If I'm correct, he hasn't proposed to her yet."

"You're right! He hasn't! When does he?"

"Propose? Soon, that's all I know."

Her mind begged to understand and to awaken to the meaning of these messages, but it seemed impossible. Let's see… the first speaker was okaasan, the second was otoosan and the third was Kagome before Otoosan responded to her question. But… who are Shippou, Sango and Miroku? Ohhh, my head!

Ayumi groaned and shifted on the couch. She heard the murmurs seem to buzz a little bit louder and become more excited. Her dark, dizzied gaze revealed to her a head of flaming red hair and a pair of evergreen-colored eyes.

"Mama? What… happened?" she asked groggily, sitting up with her mother's help. Her brain was still fuzzy, and her more recent memories were coming back in bits and pieces.

"Okaasan… did you come through the well a long time ago or something?" the book-prone teen asked cautiously. Ayame glanced back at her husband worriedly. Kagome and Inuyasha were beginning to understand what was happening, and they braced themselves.

"No, Ayumi. We lived back then. Your father and I… are demons. Wolf demons."

She groaned again, begging them in her mind to tell her that this was a nightmare. Her ears caught a giggle, and she quickly identified it as coming from Kagome. She looked at her questioningly.

"What? What's so funny?" she asked. Kagome's giggle turned into a full-blown laugh.

"What do you mean 'what's so funny'? It's comical! Your reaction would've sent anyone nutty, probably! But, I mean, just a little over a week ago you woke up to find that one of your best friends was a haninu; I would have figured that it would've prepared you somewhat! You were ok with it when you found out that I was a hanyou, so why'd you freak when you discovered you were a youkai, huh?" she asked, her laughter barely subsiding enough for her to speak at all. Ayumi looked insulted.

"Why do you think I freaked?! I've always thought I was a human through and through, Kagome!" At this, her laughter came even harder, but she managed to stop long enough to explain her reactions.

"Ayumi, I always thought that I was a normal girl, except for the fact that I lived on a old Shrine, but then on my fifteenth birthday my world came crashing down around my ears, so to speak. I was pulled through the old, sealed-up well by a humongous, half-human-looking centipede, discovered that I had magic powers and had the famous Shikon no Tama that I myself had never believed in inside my body, and learned that I was the reincarnation of an amazing priestess that lived 500 years before I was even born. Not to mention not long after that I started falling for her annoying, rude, violent, short-tempered and ramen-crazed ex-half-undead-boyfriend. Now, how can a person's life get more crazy? Oh, yeah, a year later, when I'm thinking about adopting a kitsune by the name of Shippou and have become like a sister to a monk and youkai exterminator, I find out that I'm a hanyou, too. C'mon, Ayumi, your reaction seemed comical to me. I kinda got worked up to learning about my heritage; you had to learn yours all at once. I guess I can understand, but that doesn't keep me from laughing!"

Kagome's summary of their adventures was interesting. While she and Inuyasha got into a tickle-fight over her name-calling, Ayumi looked back and forth between her parents.

"So… why do I look like a normal girl, huh?" she asked, her eyes studying her father's raven hair and cerulean eyes, and her mother's own scarlet tresses and emerald eyes. Truthfully, in coloring, she looked nothing like them. Her hair was a plain, dark brown, and her eyes were a deep cocoa color. She really didn't have any of their features. Ayame smiled and shoved back the sleeve over her daughter's right wrist, revealing a small, ancient bracelet of red beads and two small fangs.

"This is what hides your true appearance, Ayumi. A magic bracelet. Kagome gave it to us for you when you were born," she said softly. Kagome looked up from where she had pinned Inuyasha to the floor.

"I did what?" she asked. Her prey managed to escape to the couch beside her friend while she was distracted. Kouga laughed.

"Not you, Kagome, the other Kagome. Why don't we call you… Kags? We need something to distinguish the two of you!" he laughed. "This is why we trained you from a tiny child to put your bracelet on the minute you woke up. It's also the reason why we never allowed you to have a mirror in your room!"

Kagome was hyper now. Her small tussle with Inuyasha had upped her adrenaline. It was slightly comical, because now she was bouncing up-and-down on her toes, waiting impatiently for the two to finish their explanations.

"Yadda yadda yadda! C'mon, let's GO! I wanna teach Inu how to roller blade!" she said excitedly. Inuyasha didn't understand the concept of 'roll-er blayd', but he knew that Kagome was acting on a sugar-high without the sugar. Kouga laughed.

"Are you sure that's such a good idea Kags? He might… how do you teens put it? Freak?"

She shrugged carelessly. She had to do something to make this day fun, didn't she? Besides, nothing, not even one of her mate's tantrums, could be as bad as a fight with a youkai over Shikon Jewel shards, and she didn't have to worry about that anymore. Besides, it's not like he'd hurt her or anything.

"EEYAII!"

For the fifth time in less-than-so-many minutes, Inuyasha's butt met the concrete. Lucky for her, at least he looked normal. Kouga had lent him a pair of black cargo pants and a red sleeveless t-shirt, and he had given both of them a bracelet like Ayumi's. Kagome had taken his hair back into a loose braid so it would be away from his face. She said that he'd look weird if he just left it to hang. (A/N: For those of you who watch Beyblade, think about Zeo's hair.) Her own hair was pulled into a ponytail, and she had borrowed a pair of denim shorts and red sleeveless mock-turtle-neck shirt from Ayumi. Her red and black inline skates, though, were ones she'd given to her friend for safekeeping.

"C'mon, Inuyasha, skating isn't that hard!" she said, giggling lightly as she helped him up once again. He growled at her.

"Yeah, maybe for you, Kagome!" he shot, steadying himself against her. "I'm used to having my feet on solid ground, remember?"

Ayame and Kouga decided to race each other around the park on a sudden whim. They took off, their blades moving swiftly over the sidewalks. Ayumi laughed as her mother pulled ahead, and Kagome joined not too long after. Inuyasha merely gave the couple a smirk, and a comment somewhere along the lines of "Kouga's getting beat by a girl, the dumb fleabag," but Kagome could tell he was actually growing fond of the man. Well, maybe not fond, but at least he wasn't trying to kill him for giving her a glance.

"Ok, let's get back to it, Inuyasha. I'm not going to let you take those skates off until I know you can blade just as good as the next person," she told him, suddenly pulling away. Surprisingly, though, he didn't lose his balance that time. For a moment he was slightly off-balance, but he calmed himself, collected his thoughts and began again. And, for the first six or seven feet, he did pretty well. Except the comrades that had decided to race, found the finish line. Unfortunately, this time it wasn't his butt that met the concrete. Kagome looked at him with retrained laughter.

"And I didn't even say 'it' this time!"

With that, the laughter was released.

Kagome brushed her hair, staring at her reflection in the fogged mirror. Inuyasha came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing a soft kiss to her neck. He looked into her eyes by way of the mirror, staring into her dark chocolate depths lovingly. He set his chin on her shoulder, the soft terrycloth of her bathrobe caressing his skin as she leaned her head against his.

"Inuyasha… let's go home."

AN: And after an insufferably long absence, I have RETURNED! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Okay, yeah, so you're probably ignoring this update and thinking "Hmm... Did I read this before? Was there something different about this story?" since it's been so long since I updated, but I hope you haven't completely forgotten me! FF still kinda hates me, at least the document manager does, so I'll try and start getting these up every couple or three days again. Until then, be patient with me! I'm a busy busy highschooler, even if I'm not working anymore!

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