***Author's note: Hey I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner. I'll explain in the a/n's at the bottom. That's for the reviews... I'm truly grateful for them. I'm really glad you like it. This is chapter 11!!!!
FYI: I don't own Inuyasha, never plan on it. But I do own Amaterasu, Jurou, and Chiyo.
Last time
'Killing is the only way I can survive on my own. If I don't fight for my life I will be dead.' Chiyo thought harshly.
'Not all demons are bad like my father was. He was harsh and mean. He thought that I was weak. He didn't like killing very much, though. But some demons will take care of you. I will take care of you.'
Chapter 11
'Can't you just use your powers and get out of me, Chiyo?' Amaterasu asked. Her body was still curled into ball on the cave's floor.
'Well, I kind of don't remember.' Chiyo thought.
'What do you mean you don't remember!?'
'I haven't done it in over one hundred years!' Chiyo started to panic.
'Chiyo, I want you to take a deep breath and try to remember. Could you do that?' Amaterasu asked calmly.
'I don't know! I'm scared!' Chiyo started to cry again.
'You have killed over a couple hundred people and demons and you're scared now?'
'I might be stuck in your body if I can't remember how to get out! I'm sorry Amaterasu! I can't remember!' Chiyo was very scared. She wanted what Amaterasu said. She wanted a family again.
'Jurou knows a chant that will un-possess people. It won't hurt you or anything. But since you tried to kill them and they still think you are evil, they will try to kill you. But I'll protect you,' Amaterasu promised.
'I'm sorry for causing so much trouble. I only meant to give him what he deserved.'
'I know, Chiyo. I know,' Amaterasu thought trying to comfort the young demon in her head.
'Once I killed him, all of the guards tried killing us. Remember? It's hard to stop killing once you've did it a couple of times. It's hard to fight evil.'
'I do remember. That was the day you snuck up on me and possessed me. I still don't know what you look like.' Amaterasu thought.
'My eyes were red, when I was evil. But now, when I was good and now, they're dark blue. But your eyes right now are red, because I have control.'
Amaterasu was silently taking this in. She didn't respond.
'Amaterasu?'
'Yeah?'
'You are the only other person who treated me like a daughter other than my mother.'
'Really? Wouldn't other of your kind take you in?' Amaterasu asked.
'We don't travel in a pack like you did. We only lived with our family or by ourselves.' Chiyo explained.
'I'm really sorry about your parents, and your brother and sister. I can't stand my father for doing that.' Amaterasu was disgusted. She hated her father.
Chiyo didn't want to talk about this anymore. It still pained her. She still saw the scene of her families slaughter and blood everywhere. She shook her head.
'I think we should get up and walk around. We're getting stiff.' Chiyo thought.
She got up and stretched. She started to pace around the cave behind the waterfall.
Sango and Miroku were fighting again. Inuyasha, Kagome, Jurou, and Miroku were going to go get Amaterasu and un-possess her. And Sango wanted to go.
"Sango, calm down. The stress isn't good for you or the baby," Miroku said, trying to calm her.
"The stress isn't good for us. What do you think is going to happen when you go get Amaterasu? I won't know what's happening and I'll be worried about all of you!" Sango shouted.
In the end Sango won the argument and everyone was going. Kirara was going to stay with Sango and Shippo. They were going to stay a safe distance away from cave and where Amaterasu was.Inuyasha wanted Kagome to stay with Sango and Shippo, but she told him it wasn't going to happen.
The group was headed for the cave, but if Amaterasu wasn't there, they didn't know where to start.
Jurou was worried about all the people he was transporting to the waterfall. Myoga was no where to be found.
"Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, get on Kirara. We're doing this the same way we did before."
Inuyasha quickly picked Kagome up bridal style. Kagome gasped and glared at him. He smirked back.
Inuyasha's eyes held Kagome's and her glare faltered, becoming a smile of her own.
Jurou grabbed Kirara's fur and Inuyasha's arm. They disappeared and reappeared in the middle of trees near the waterfall. Miroku got off of Kirara and Jurou grabbed his arm and then appeared in the cave.
Amaterasu backed into the cave wall. Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha all held their weapons to her. Amaterasu had fear in her eyes.
Jurou started to chant something in an unknown language. Amaterasu started to glow. Then too quickly for human eyes, they were separated. A small demon flew out of Amaterasu's body.
The small demon was a little bit bigger than Shippo. She had brown hair and it flowed to the middle of her back. It was pulled up into a ponytail. She had bangs on both sides of her face. Her eyes were dark blue. Amaterasu's eyes faded back to midnight blue.
Inuyasha started to swing Tetsusiga towards the little demon.
"Amaterasu!" she squeaked.
Amaterasu disappeared and reappeared next to the small demon. Then just before Tetsusiga hit both of them Amaterasu disappeared with the little girl.
Amaterasu reappeared behind everybody in the cave, holding Chiyo in her arms. Kagome turned around and shot an arrow at the small demon. Amaterasu disappeared again, only to reappear on the other side of the group.
"No! Don't hurt her!" Amaterasu screamed. She hugged Chiyo to her.
"Amaterasu, are you serious? She possessed you," Jurou stated.
"I know. But Chiyo only wanted to get revenge on my father. He killed her family, but failed to kill her. Then she was overcome by evil! She's only little! She didn't know how to fight back," Amaterasu yelled.
"Amaterasu, step aside and let us kill the little bitch," Inuyasha growled.
Amaterasu's eyes turned dark. So did her voice. "I won't let you," she growled back.
"Why?" Jurou asked.
"I promised her. I'm her new mother. I love her," Amaterasu said. "I'm keeping her. She didn't know what she was doing."
Amaterasu looked down at Chiyo who was cowering into her shoulder. Jurou was making a decision. He wanted a child. He didn't want a child that was a parasite demon and had killed people. He decided to help raise Chiyo with Amaterasu.
"She's good? Are you sure?" Jurou asked.
Amaterasu nodded. "She hates killing too. But she was overcome by evil and she thought that she needed to kill to survive."
Inuyasha was silent. He understood Chiyo the most. His face hardened. Kagome shot a worried glance at Inuyasha.
Jurou was thinking hard about something.
Inuyasha broke the silence. "I think we should keep her. She'll need a family now more than ever," Inuyasha stated. Then mumbled so that they almost couldn't hear him, "I know what I feels like to be abandoned."
Kagome walked over to him and touched his arm, lightly. "Inuyasha..."
He moved his arm away from her and ran out of the cave. Kagome's eyes stung a bit.
"Kagome, are you all right?" Miroku asked.
Kagome looked at Miroku. She nodded. She looked really hurt. Kagome walked out of the cave after Inuyasha. Jurou looked worriedly after Kagome. Jurou turned back to Amaterasu.
"I will help you care for her," Jurou promised.
Chiyo slowly looked at Jurou. He held his arms out to her. Chiyo smiled at Jurou. She jumped into his arms. Amaterasu smiled as Chiyo snuggled into Jurou.
'It looks like she has a mother and father again.' Amaterasu thought.
Kagome passed Sango and Shippo and Kirara. They gave her a worried look. Kagome ignored them and walked right into the trees. She stumbled, calling Inuyasha's name.
"Inuyasha!" she shouted. She stumbled again. Tears were in her eyes. "Inuyasha!" She tripped and fell to the ground, landing on her butt.
She gave up just sitting there. It was impossible to try and find Inuyasha. She whipped away the tears from her eyes. She was far away from the others. Soon, it started to rain.
She was sitting in the rain, crying. She didn't know how long she sat there when she felt warm hands pull her to a warm body. The body was also wet from the rain. The arms encircled her. Kagome snuggled her head into his neck.
"Kagome... Why did you come after me? Did you know how hard it was to find you? The rain washed your trail away," Inuyasha whispered.
"If you didn't run off in the first place I wouldn't come after you. Why did you run away?" Kagome asked.
"Because I couldn't stand to see that little girl alone as I was. I never really had a family until I met you. You tried to be my friend, but at first I pushed you away and tried to not trust you. I lied and said I couldn't stand your smell and that I didn't care for you. But, I loved you since Yura had come, Miroku and Sango and Shippo and Kirara are my family, too. Now it's growing with three more members plus Sango's and Miroku's baby. And hopefully a couple of our own," Inuyasha explained."I never want our children to go through what I did. I do want them to be strong, but not to become strong like that."
Inuyasha had finally decided that he wanted pups when he saw Amaterasu hold the trembling Chiyo.
Kagome was stuck on the 'And hopefully a couple of our own,' that Inuyasha had said to her. All she could do was stare at him in disbelief.
'Did he really just say that we will have children of our own?'
Kagome thought Inuyasha hated children, because of the way he treats Shippo. But at that moment Kagome realized that Inuyasha was only hard on Shippo because he wanted him to be strong.
'Shippo acts a lot younger than he's supposed to. Inuyasha wants him to act his age.'
She wanted to make sure he was serious. She was afraid she was letting her hopes get high.
"Inuyasha, do you really mean that?" she asked.
"What? Mean what?" he asked.
Kagome hesitated for a moment. "Mean about some of our own," Kagome mumbled quietly.
Inuyasha held Kagome closer. "Of course I meant it. I still mean it. If you want pups, I have no objections. I do want pups, Kagome. What made you think I didn't?"
"The way you treat Shippo," she stated.
Inuyasha didn't answer. He just held her close to him.
He sighed. "Kagome... I... I treat Shippo the way I do because..." he was cut off by Kagome.
"I know why, don't worry," Kagome said, snuggling into his neck again.
Inuyasha and Kagome were soaked through. Inuyasha didn't want Kagome to get a cold. "Kagome we should head back to the group, they're in the cave."
Inuyasha lifted Kagome onto his back and he ran to the cave.
*******Author's note: hey sorry it took so long to update. I had to do a lot of stuff and had a lot of things going on. Thanks for the reviews and I hope this chapter is to your liking. This story is still being continued so its not over yet. Please review!!!
