Disclaimer: I do not own the anime " InuYasha" or any of it's characters. But I do own this story. I also own Azuko and Momo; they're mine! I forgot to add: I also own InuSasha. She is a character I created long ago. She's basically me but if I were in " InuYasha".

A/N: (glares at shield as fans through Kikyou dolls at it in anger) SORRY! Read and see what took me so long! I got other stuff, you know! And, NO ONE REVIEWED!

InuSasha: (In closet with bikini on. As she had said, it was small on her) LET ME OUT!

A/N: No way! The anime guys in the T.V saw you and are now trying to get out so they can ask you to marry them or worse! InuYasha is doing his best to drive them away! Read on peepz!

Chapter 11: Bonding and Training! Pt. 1

InuYasha sighed and stretched from his spot in Goshinbuko as he yawned with his canines showing. The sun gleamed in the sky. Birds sang and the sky was a clear blue. The wind was calm and warm. Treetops and flowers swayed quietly in the breeze. Yep. It was one of those calm days in the Feudal Era that made anyone glad that shade was around. No, the sun wasn't blazing but hot nonetheless. You were also glad for the breeze and the fact that water games were being played in the village by the children, who were messing around in the village square and having fun. InuYasha ran his fingers through his hair and groaned, unknotting a knot. He was so bored and alone. Kagome had gone home to let InuYasha wait for InuSasha in peace, Sango and Miroku were out trying to fix up Sango's old village with Shippo and Kirara and Kaede was doing her village duties, helping sick people and pregnant women. It sucked to be alone on such a day, but what could he do about that? Everyone was too busy to help him wait for InuSasha and to keep him company.

" Feh," InuYasha snorted as he leaned back in the treetop shade of Goshinbuko, " Who need 'em? Let them do whatever they want. I know Kagome will come back, she's my mate, she HAS to, and so will Sango and Miroku with Kirara and Shippo, they promised and there ARE my family. Hell, Kaede's gonna come back too, she's too weak to be alone that long… But InuSasha isn't…" He sighed,

" Damn girl, gonna be-"

" Gonna be what, Inu-Chan?" InuYasha almost fell out of the tree in fear when he heard the voice. He looked up into happy amber eyes of the one person that he knew would give him a heart attack one day.

" Inu-InuSasha!" He gasped. She was on the branch above him, leaning down with her hands behind her back. Her hair was flowing down behind her head, her long sleeves dripping down. She grinned and let him notice the sword that was on her hip. He watched the sheath gleam in the sunlight, practically telling him of her adventures.

" Miss me, Big Bro?" InuSasha said in a taunting tone.

InuYasha blinked and rubbed his eyes, scared that his eyes were playing tricks on him. But, he saw her. She was there. He reached up and pulled her close in a tight hug. InuSasha blinked in surprise. " You idiot! I was worried sick about you! What the hell have you been doing?" InuYasha asked, holding her at arms length and looking her over. " Oh, for Kami's sake! What happened to you? You look like you just fought Seeshomaru!" InuYasha saw InuSasha wince at the name. " Wait… did you fight him?" He said with a cocked eyebrow.

InuSasha looked at the ground. " I did. It was the only way to get the Roseuiga…" She said timidly. She just got there and ALREADY she was going to get a lecture.

" You idiot! You should know better than to piss off Seeshomaru! What happened anyway?" He asked as he let her sit. He put his back against the trunk and she sat in front of him, her head watching the sky.

She admired how the clouds seemed to move past the sun in a holy way and turned to InuYasha. " Well… I had a dream the night I left."

" What kind of dream?"

" It was… scary. I saw you and Kagome with a daughter and when I tried to get near you guys… The image changed… I saw… You and Kagome running, a baby in her arms… Then, I saw Momo chasing you all and then she… She killed all of you… It made me wonder if leaving was the best for your future… And everyone else's…" InuSasha felt like crying but kept it in.

" So, you thought that leaving would fix things? Moron," InuSasha looked into his eyes, " What made you think that would fix things?" He was looking away from her, the sun hitting his face so perfectly; a painter would die at this moment to be able to paint him.

' Damn you, InuYasha… Why do you always have to make me feel so small?' " I- I- Feh." InuSasha growled and jumped down, aggravated. She ran from Goshinbuko to leave InuYasha shocked.

" Hey! InuSasha!"

" A plus B to the second power times X is… ARGH!" Kagome groaned as she threw her math book on the desk with a bang. Math, her worst subject and, sadly, her last homework of the day. All day it was such a bother. This morning, she had to explain to the girls not once, twice, but THREE times that the thing on her neck was a tattoo that DIDN'T have to do with the man they never met. At lunch, people said she looked different and a teacher asked her if she had had sex. Kagome was both embarrassed and mad. Who did this teacher think she was? That was Kagome and InuYasha's business, not her's. When she got home, Gramps tried to attack her because he thought she was going to have a devil baby soon. Kagome wasn't even pregnant! She let out a heavy sigh and put her chin in her palm. She looked out her window and saw the sun teasing her, telling her what a nice day it was outside and tempting her to go out and play instead of doing her math. She saw Souta in the backyard, trying to kick the soccer ball like a hackey sack, only to fail. He let out a loud groan and them kicked the ball as hard as he could, sending it souring across the grounds to the fence near Goshinbuko. Kagome giggled at how impatient Souta was, and how he probably got that from hanging out with InuYasha and InuSasha too much. Kagome looked at her books and decided to do her homework later and left outside. She walked into the sunshine and shielded her eyes from the sun's glare with her hand. A cool breeze sent her skirt blowing with her hair and sleeves, long like the sleeves of InuYasha's hairo. The sun made her face and legs warm and made her feel like the day she had was only just to make her appreciate the weather more. She looked around the courtyard and saw Souta sitting at Goshinbuko's roots, a scowl on his face. Kagome laughed. It caught Souta's attention and he glared at her.

" What's so funny?" He asked.

" Nothing. You just remind me of InuYasha when he gets mad at something." She commented, sitting next to him in the tree's shade.

Souta smiled and leaned back, his hands behind his head. " I do, do I? How?"

Kagome sat back and looked at the sky. " Well… When InuYasha does something, he doesn't give that thing a rest until he does it perfectly, like when he wanted to learn the Back Lash Wave. He went to Totosai's and trained and trained until he knew how to master his power. And you do the same thing. You've been trying to get that Hackey Sack thing right for months. Now, it is time for you to train. Watch how easy it is. " With that, Kagome got up, jumped over the fence and grabbed the soccer ball. Souta watched her in wonder. Kagome tossed the ball up and caught it in the arch of her foot, tossing it again and then hitting it seven times with her ankle. Then, she tossed it up again and caught it on her heel, her leg back and her looking over her shoulder. She tossed the ball up once more before tapping it with her head, tapping it at least ten times before catching it in her hands. " See? Nothing to it."

Souta's eyes widened. " How- when did you learn to do that?" He gaped.

Kagome giggled. " When I was your age, I played soccer too. But, thanks to junior high and high school, I stopped having interest in it as I did before." She explained, spinning the ball on the tip of her finger.

Souta jumped up and hugged his sister's leg tightly. " Teach me! Teach me!" He cried.

Kagome almost fell over but laughed. " Okay, okay. Just, let me go!"

Souta laughed and jumped back. " Okay, teach me, Sensei!"

Kagome laughed. ' Here we go… Well, anything to get my mind off of math! Plus, I'm helping Souta. Great way to get exercise!' " Okay, Souta. Let's start off with something easy. Catching the ball on your foot." Kagome said, showing him.

Souta cocked an eyebrow. " Say what again?"

Kagome fell over (A/N: ANIME STYLE!) and sighed heavily. ' Kami… What have I gotten myself into?'

" InuSasha! Dammit, girl! Where are you!" InuYasha called, looking around the dark forest. He had followed her scent here, but she had cut him off at the river, so, her scent was gone but he knew she was here somewhere. He was starting to get worried. Plus, if he didn't find her soon, he was going to get hungry, and she was the only one who knew how to cook like Kagome did. " InuSasha! Chibi! Chibi-Chan! Don't make me call you, ' Puppy Wuppy'!" He cried, almost laughing at the name their mother gave her once when InuSasha came home, socked to the bone, because she was playing in the rain. A rustle of leaves was heard, followed by low cursing. InuYasha continued to walk on, his feet sinking into the earth of the forest, him pushing back the branches of trees that were too low. The sun was shining through the treetops, but some trees seemed to block out the suns warmth. His eyes were lowered in a frown, but were still holding a playful matter. He left the forest's protection and saw her jump out of a tree and land in a clearing, her back to him. The sun beamed on her and InuYasha froze. She looked to him. InuYasha gasped. When did Chibi, his little baby sibling Chibi, get to look so mature? Her eyes seemed to hold some great wisdom that they never held before and she seemed to look so unfamiliar to InuYasha. She looked as if she had been gone for years, to come back a powerful woman that had seen all pain and suffering, to become stronger because of it. She looked like such an adult, that InuYasha began to think of another woman that was like InuSasha was now.

" Mother…" He whispered.

InuSasha gave him a look. " What are you talking about? Why are you staring at me like that?" She questioned.

InuYasha walked up to her and looked at her with a deep emotion. " You look… you look like Mother…" He whispered.

InuSasha looked herself over. " What do you mean?" She asked, seeing the emotion in InuYasha's eyes.

" I don't understand it but… you look so much more mature, so grown up… you look so mature, like you've seen everything that can make a person tough inside… Like you are tough inside… Like Mother…" He said, looking at his feet.

InuSasha looked at the ground. " I know how… Because, I have seen it all… I may not have had my heart broken, but I've been through so much…I guess... Fighting Seeshomaru the way I did… It was all I needed to get the way I am but I'm not like Mother. Not by a long shot…She had been through way more than me…" InuSasha said sadly.

" That may be true, but, when I look at you, I see her. You are like her reincarnation or something." InuYasha said.

InuSasha looked to the sky and let out a smile. " I wish…"

InuYasha smiled and looked to her sword. " Do you know how to use it?" He asked.

She looked at him. " Not really…"

" All right. I'll train you."

" Really?" She asked excitedly.

" Yep. Do you know how to make it transform?"

" Uh… Well… No."

InuYasha groaned. " What have I gotten myself into?"

" Good, Souta. Just a few more times and you got it." Kagome smiled. Souta almost had it. And no one was hurt, except a squirrel, a few windows, a pigeon that was eating some seeds on the ground, a few windows on the neighbor's side, and their mother's flower garden. And, Kagome didn't know exactly how, but a few birds flying above them. Souta was covered in sweat and looked tired, but he won't say he was. He wanted to finish this now, not later. He was determined to get as good as Kagome, better even. Kagome saw this and sighed, scratching her head in silent worry. She didn't want Souta to over exert himself. Souta let out a yell and looked ready to give up. He sighed and sat on the ground, his head in his knees. Kagome sat next to him and patted his back affectionately. " It's okay, Souta-Kun…"

" No, its not… I'll never be able to do it…" He mumbled.

Kagome sighed and put the ball in front of his foot. " Just, try one more time. For me?" She smiled.

Souta looked at Kagome and sighed. He never seemed to be able to say no to her. He got up and, expecting not to catch the ball, he threw it behind him. He did the whole routine without knowing it. When he was done, he was shocked and Kagome was on her feet, cheering. " Way to go, Souta-Sama!" She yelled.

Souta smiled and did it again and again. " Look, Nee-Chan! I'm doing it!"

" I see!" Kagome laughed.

Souta stopped and ran to Kagome, hugging her legs tight. " Thank you so much, Nee-Chan! I love you!" After that, Souta grabbed his ball and ran inside to show their mother. Kagome stood there, smiling. There really was no greater feeling than being told those words. Suddenly, a glass shattered in the house and Mrs. Higurashi's aggravated scream filled the air. Kagome giggled and ran inside to do damage control.

A/N: Nothing really interesting, I know. But, I wanted to update and give my characters a little down time before Momo shows up with Kikyou. Ooops! I gave it away! Oh, well. Gives you something to review ten times for, doesn't it? (Listens to InuYasha and InuSasha argueing) STOP IT YOU TWO! OSUWARI!

Both: GAH!

A/N: Ja Ne!

Love,

Kagome4455