Chapter 11

"Hello Family!"

Bridget, being the only one in the kitchen at the time, walked strait into the counter as her father popped in out of nowhere. She slowly took in the image of her father who was a little scuffed up and still in the clothes she last saw him in. Instead of being on a bed, still as the dead, he was standing in front of her, looking as healthy as an ox and smiling extravagantly.

"Daddy?" she whispered hopefully. She knew it wasn't a trick again because the familiar scent and his very semblance confirmed it. She rushed forwards and threw herself in his arms, not holding back the tears as her father knelt down and showered her face with kissed.

"You were dead!" she cried, clinging to his neck as he rocked her back and forth trying to shush her, "I was so scared you were gone forever! When Harry said you were dead and the book was gone I—I..."

"Shhh, it's fine baby, I'm here," Inuyasha murmured. Even though he had been dead for the last few days and didn't remember anything that happened in that whole time frame, he still missed his children dearly.

"Dad!"

Alaina, hearing her sister's outburst, came to kitchen only to see her father alive and well. She ran forward as well, giving Inuyasha just enough time to stand, lifting her nine year old sister on his hip before she hit his side in a massive hug.

"Oh my god..." she mumbled into his shirt, feeling him leave a kiss on the top of her head, "that son of a bitch did it...I can't believe you're back..."

"Inuyasha...?"

Inuyasha looked up to see his brother standing in the doorway appearing as poised as ever except for the uncharacteristic look of utter confusion marking his features. It would probably be the only time such a look crossed that face.

"Give me freaking hug you dick!" Inuyasha growled at his dumbstruck brother. When his brother made no move to hug him Inuyasha scowled.

"Fine, then—"

"You fucking prat!" The four occupants of the room jumped as Harry appeared in the kitchen, breaking up the happy reunion.

"Oh, so you've found me, huh?" Inuyasha said pleasantly, gently lowering Bridget to the ground and holding her in front of him incase Harry tried something.

"Yeah," Harry said shortly, "I figured after having me chase you through Italy, Scandinavia, and Greenland you might have tried your own home."

Inuyasha grinned cheekily at him and Harry glowered.

"What's your problem?" Bridget asked, "Aren't you happy he's alive? You succeeded in reviving him didn't you?"

"Yes," Harry ground out through clenched teeth, "And I soon regretted it."

"What did he do?" Alaina asked, knowing her father well enough. Harry flushed.

"He-he-" he didn't exactly want to spread it around. However, Inuyasha had other ideas.

"Yeah, come on Harry...what did I do?" he goaded with a grin.

Harry swallowed.

"Hemhhsmer," he mumbled inaudibly.

"I what?" Inuyasha asked lightly.

"He kissed me," Harry said louder, glaring at the inu. Sesshomaru was the first to break the silence with a loud, undignified snort, which turned into a full blown laugh. Alaina rolled her eyes; she should have known.

"Dad!" Bridget said angrily, trying not to muster an angry look on her face. Inuyasha patted her on the head.

"S-sorry hunny, I know he's yours."

"W-what?" Harry sputtered angrily, "I am not hers!"

"Keep telling yourself that, hunny-buns," Bridget imposed dryly. Alaina giggled at the age-old argument.

"Right...so give me the 411 on this Beast guy," Inuyasha stated.

"He's a creation of Voldemort and Naraku and has left much of Europe in ruins; he neither sleeps nor eats. Humans, both magic and non-magic, are fighting to stop him but cannot seem to leave a dent in his trail. The only one who has managed to inflict any damage would be this idiot," Sesshomaru explained while gesturing to Harry. Inuyasha raised his eyebrows in Harry's direction.

"Hey, I was fucked up because you were dead asshole."

"So what? I died and the first thing you can think of is to jump into things head first?"

"I was trying to handle things your way."

Inuyasha glared at him for a moment before shrugging, "Fair enough."

Harry sighed, "Now we have to get the book away from them and figure out how we're going to beat him properly."

"Speaking of which," Inuyasha said, "don't you have a book to return?"

"Oh crap..." Harry muttered, before shadow-walking back to the Higurashi well.

Bridget hugged her father again; making sure it was really him.

"You know what dad? I believe you about those pirate stories now!"

"About time," Inuyasha growled playfully, ruffling her hair. The grin died off his face as an all too familiar scent reached his nose.

"Did you guys...?" he trailed, lifting his nose to the air.

"Did we what?" Alaina asked, stepping back from her father, knowing not to get in the way when he smelled something.

"Yes they did," Sesshomaru answered his unfinished question, having smelt it as well.

"What did we do?" Alaina asked as Bridget looked at the two brother's confusedly.

"Then how did...?"

"Kouga."

"Oh," Inuyasha said, quieting for a moment. Alaina opened her mouth to ask one more time what the hell they were talking about, but her father dashed out of the house before she could make a sound.

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"Wow...so this is where he lives?" Kagome asked Kouga as the two of them arrived at the impressive house, clean-cut and inviting. It was certainly bigger than what Kagome was used to and the neighborhood was just as tasteful, "I guess he'd done well for himself."

Kouga nodded, "Yeah, I guess considering..."

He stopped talking as a very familiar scent reached his nose, one that was coming strongly from the house. He began sniffing the air, his eyes growing wide.

"Considering what? What's wrong? Do you smell something?" Kagome asked, not missing the twitch on his nose that she'd seen on Inuyasha's many times before when something was smelt.

"He's...no way..."

Kouga took a step forward towards the door, almost in a daze.

"'No way' what? Kouga tell me what the hell is going on!" Kagome said angrily, cursing her human senses. Kouga spared her a look.

"He's alive. I can smell him."

"Alive? You can't mean—"

The front door opened with a bang, and an inu hanyou jumped to their spot in one leap. Kagome had no time to react as Inuyasha pulled her to his body. He wasted no time in capturing her lips in a searing kiss, grasping the back of her hair with one hand and cupping her face with the other. She put up no fight, having furtively wanted this for years. Instead she kissed him back with just as much vigor, clutching the sleeves of his shoulders tightly as his arms slipped around her waist.

"O...k..." Kouga said slowly, stepping back from the couple. He had expected somewhat of a teary reunion between the two, maybe even some yelling—but not for them to start necking. Then again, in the last couple of centuries he'd known Inuyasha, he had learned to expect the unexpected from him.

After a few moments, Inuyasha and Kagome slowly pulled apart, each drinking in the other's appearance, noting the changes and similarities since they last saw each other.

"Hey," Inuyasha murmured quietly. Kagome blushed as his brilliant ocher eyes caught her own; she relished in the deepness of his voice, sounding far older than she remembered.

"Hey..." she whispered back. They needed no more words—forgiveness was a silent message; the break up, the harsh words, the last five years...all had been forgotten. They both slowly leaned in for another kiss.

"Oh I see how it is," Harry said, just appearing next to Kouga in a swirl of smoke and looking quite cross. Inuyasha and Kagome pulled away from each other slightly flushed, "You kiss me and then run off to her? Fucking ass..."

Kouga blinked, staring at the slightly shorter man.

"He kissed you?"

"I think we should get inside so you can meet everyone," Inuyasha said to Kagome, keeping one arm around her waist. She nodded in agreement; very excited to see how everyone had changed over the years.

"The only person she can meet is Sesshomaru," Harry said, "Shippo and everyone else left to deal with shit. I don't know where they are, they're just not here."

"Well then tell them to get their asses over here. We need to figure out what we're doing about this whole...situation."

"Fine," Harry groused, "I be the freaking messenger boy!"

A swirl of smoke and he was gone.

"Is he mad?" Kagome asked worriedly. Inuyasha grinned and shook his head.

"Nah, he just hasn't gotten laid in a while."

Kagome giggled and leaned into his side.

"We have a lot to catch up on."

"Yes we do," Inuyasha grinned smiling down at her. He couldn't understand why simply her presence made him so happy. He had spent years slowly erasing her from his life, blocking out the pain in his heart, and just one look at her and those walls shattered as if they were made of glass.

"You kissed him?" Kouga asked, staring at Inuyasha as if he were insane. Inuyasha gave him a slow, lazy grin before leading Kagome into the house. Kouga shook his head sadly and followed them inside. He was beginning to share Sesshomaru's sentiments on that man's sanity.

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Yes, this is now officially Inu/Kag. Some may be happy, some may be upset, and some may want Inuyasha to kiss Harry again. You're going to see in later chapters that Harry and Inuyasha like to pretend to be mad at each other a lot—do not be alarmed, they aren't really angry; they just want excuses to yell and swear.

Short chapter, I know, the next will be longer and more fun!

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