lostmoonchild: Right, another chapter ready to go for you guys. I'm about a week ahead of my updates since I've got this chapter done a whole week (or two) before the next update. Guess that's what happens when you get three stories done and don't need to worry about what's going to happen next. Anyway, here's the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or Inuyasha or even anything else unless I say otherwise. If I owned either show, there'd be mixing between the two.

Chapter Nine

She wanted to be surprised but she found herself unable to. It wasn't surprising that her aunt's husband was behind the kidnappings and behind Naraku and Karasu's escape from Hell. After all, it was because of her aunt's choice in men that her cousin had lost her sight for quite a while.

The women in her family actually had very pathetic tastes in men. Her aunt got ditched by Yusuke's father and her own mother had gotten ditched for a while by her father. Hell, Kagome couldn't even deny that she probably could have done better when it came to her own tastes in men seeing as her own selection was a former thief before she moved on to a guy that had spent time breaking her heart into hundreds of pieces all for a damn walking corpse!

Somebody must have decided to give the women in her family a swift kick in the ass when it came to men. When was the last time any of them had chosen a halfway decent guy that had nothing to do with demons or the supernatural? Over five hundred years ago? Maybe it was a curse for her and Yusuke's ancestor falling in love with Raizen.

Yusuke looked at his cousin and smiled a bit when he caught the thoughtful look in her eyes. They could have entire conversations without saying a word to each other and he knew full well that she was wondering if their luck with men was based on something their ancestor did. Since he was a guy, he couldn't say whether or not that was the reason why the women in their family had such rotten luck with the opposite sex. "I don't know, Kags. Maybe." Yusuke answered with a grin. "It'd make sense."

Kagome raised an eyebrow as a smile threatened to make an appearance. It was just so much fun to actually talk to Yusuke simply by using their eyes. "Me included?" Her eyes asked him while her lips spread into a smile. She was actually getting a kick out of the whole "was this some kind of punishment?" thing even though he knew that she could have gone without the kids getting involved.

Laughter left his lips as he sat down, completely unaware of the questioning looks that they were getting. Clearly they didn't understand how they could talk to each other without actually speaking words aloud. "You want to be included?" Yusuke asked through his laughter.

"Nah. I'm probably just the test." Okay, so the silent conversation was over for now. He could deal with that.

"Well, you failed miserably."

Neither one knew why their jabs at each other made them feel better but it did. A sigh left Kagome's lips as she sat down and looked serious. "Okay, so Auntie Misora's new hubby is not only rich, but he's a kidnapper." Kagome said with a small frown. "You know, Urameshi, that's a new one for our family. We've got thieves, murderers, liars, whores, priests, and demons but we've never had a kidnapper in the family before. The ones that tucked tail and ran don't count anymore cause practically every single generation has had someone like that."

Yusuke nodded slightly. "Great, so we're dealing with a member of your family. How in the hell are we going to approach this one?" Inuyasha demanded.

Kagome frowned slightly as she looked around at their friends. There was anticipation in their eyes, as if they were all wondering the same thing. "The same way we do with any other bad guy." Yusuke said as soon as he caught Kagome's eyes. He could see the knowing look burning within them and could easily vocalize what his cousin had difficulty with. "We go in and beat the living hell out of them."

"Urameshi! That's your uncle you're planning on beating up." Kuwabara protested.

"Hey, that's Kagome's idea!" Yusuke protested.

"Kuwabara, blood runs thicker than water. The children are ours and not his. They don't belong to Naraku nor do they belong to Karasu." There was a calmness in her eyes that sent chills down their spines. "They are ours and there is no way that any parent would want their child to be near anybody who would cause them harm."

Nodding slightly in understanding, Kuwabara took a breath. "What's the plan?" Miroku questioned.

"This is what we're going to do…"

If he had known that it would be this cold in the Makai at night then he wouldn't have agreed that darkness would be better. While he could understand the reasoning, he still wished that it was warmer.

Shippo looked at his sister as she carried two of the kids while he carried the other two. All four toddlers were sound asleep and nestled against the older ones for warmth. He still couldn't believe that they had managed to escape without getting caught. "Hana, did Kurama teach you how to escape?" Shippo questioned softly.

Hana nodded slightly. "Don't tell Mama. She'll get upset at Kurama for teaching me." Hana told him softly.

"Where are we going to go?"

The girl was silent for a moment before answering, "I think Touya lives around here. He'll take us to Grandma's place."

"I want to go to Momma." Shippo told her.

"Touya will tell them where we are. Don't worry."

There was such confidence in her voice that Shippo wasn't a hundred percent positive how his sister could be so certain. This was a new world for him and he wasn't sure how to handle it. He didn't know what to expect and he was fairly certain that his time was much more civilized than this place. "You don't think they'll find us again, do you?" Shippo asked.

Hana shook her head. "No, I'm good at hiding. If they do find us, we'll hide in Kurama's territory. People are still scared to go there." Hana told him.

"Why?"

"Cause Kurama was terrifying before he got corrupted by humans. At least, that's what Hiei says. He says that humans tainted Kurama by showing him how to love."

He wasn't comfortable with the whole thing but Shippo knew full well that he had to trust his sister's instincts about things and her knowledge regarding the world. Nodding slightly, he quickly caught up and walked beside her in the world where blood and death filled the air.

lostmoonchild: Bye-bye chapter nine! This story is honestly the one that has the least amount of chapters that I'm working on right now. Oh well, at least it'll be going until I decide that I'm sick and tired of it and end it. What will happen next in the next instillation of "Still Waiting?" Believe me, I don't know yet but I'll probably come up with something so be sure to read and review!!