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'He wouldn't! He wouldn't take my babies!' Kagome convinced herself.

She then reached for the house phone to call the school.

"Good morning Edward Prepatory this is Ms. Agatha how may I assist you?" the elderly secretary asked cheerfully.

"Good morning . This is Kagome Yamamoto," Kagome said and calmed her nerves to not alarm the woman.

"Oh ! I heard that you weren't feeling well. Your husband has already called to let us know that the children will be out for a couple of days. I haven't forgotten to send their teachers notes to send work. Now get back to bed and hope to see you soon dearie. Bye bye now," Ms. Agatha said and Kagome heard a dial tone.

"Where are they?" Kagome whispered to herself and tossed the phone to the couch.

Chapter 11

Kagome decided to get dressed in case she needed to leave. She quickly went through her morning routine and walked back into the living room when the house phone rang.

Kagome quickly snatched the phone from the couch and answered it without looking at the caller id.

"Hello? Kagome speaking," Kagome said breathless.

"Mommy! It's me Lekki!" Kagome daughter's voice filled her ears.

"Lekki! Baby! Where are you guys, honey? Why didn't you wake me before you left," Kagome questioned hoping to get some answers.

"Daddy," Lekki began but Kagome heard the phone exchange hands.

"Go on and play I'll give you the phone in a minute," Bankotsu mumbled in the background.

"Yes Daddy," Kagome heard Lekki say and then there was silence.

Kagome checked her phone to be sure that the connection was still active.

"Hello?" Kagome called out again mashing the phone receiver closer to her face.

"How did it feel?" Bankotsu vaguely asked.

"Feel? How did what feel? Baby, where are you guys and when are you coming home with the kids?" Kagome asked trying to keep her turbulent emotions at ease.

"Answer my question," Bankotsu said.

"Question? I'm sorry what question? How I felt? About what? Bankotsu please, please tell me where my babies are at. Please bring them home to me," Kagome sobbed and hiccuped a bit.

"How did it feel to wake up and nobody was home? That your kids are gone, that I was gone, with no note! How did it fucking feel to think that you lost everyone you cared and loved for in an instance? That's what I want to know how did you feel? Because I feel that you are about to grow a wild hair and leave me and take my kids. I want you to know that I'm capable of it too. So if you think of moving on with that joke. My kids are staying with me. He's not going to raise my kids. So you are going to take these next few days and think about your actions. I will have one of my brothers come and stay with you just in case you want to do something stupid. Please don't be stupid," Bankotsu threatened and cleared his throat.

He motioned for Hiro and Lekki to come to him.

"Here talk to your mother and then give it to Hiro," Bankotsu ordered.

"Hey Mommy again!" Lekki laughed and made a big kissing sound on the phone.

"Hey Munchkin. What are you guys doing?" Kagome asked to see if she could get a hint.

"I'm not allowed to say because Daddy said he would give us a whoopin if we did," Lekki said and shivered.

"Okay. Are you having fun?" Kagome asked trying to change the subject.

"Yea! I got to slide down a slide! Hiro pushed me on the swings. We even fed the ducks. I haven't been to this park before. Oops! I wasn't suppose to say that!" Lekki realized and clasped her hand over her mouth.

"It's okay Lekki. Is Daddy around you? Where's Hiro," Kagome continued to question her youngest child.

"Hiro is right next to me. And Daddy is talking to some lady and holding her hand. He said we are going to go and visit her house for the night. Why can't we come home instead?" Lekki asked unknowingly divulging too much information.

"Oh what does the woman look like?" Kagome asked.

"Black hair, she's fat, and has three kids,"Lekki reported.

"Thanks baby. Put your brother on," Kagome said and waited for the siblings to switch.

"Momma?" Hiro asked.

"Yes Pumpkin," Kagome still relieved to hear both of her children's voices.

"When are we coming home? I don't want to stay with Dad. I want to come home," Hiro whispered to his mother just in case his dad was listening.

"I want you to come home as well. Just listen to your father oka-," Kagome said but was immediately cut off.

"Hello?" Kagome said into the phone but it was silence. She checked her phone and the services were turned off.

"Is he for real?" Kagome said out loud to her useless cordless phone.

She threw it and went to go get her cellphone. She turned it on and it too was without service.

"I just can't with him," Kagome said to herself and went back to the living room.

She went to open the front door but it wouldn't open. She looked at the knob questioningly and tried again and pulled a bit harder. The door wasn't opening. She went to the back and the same was for the windows which were painted shut and also the back door wasn't opening.

"When did he do all of this?" Kagome thought and sat down on the couch.

She crossed her legs and began the long wait of waiting.

Riverwood Park

Bankotsu placed his phone back in his pocket after he disconnected his phone services at his house and turned off Kagome's cellphone. He watched as his son kept saying hello thinking that it would bring back the other line.

He kissed the woman on the cheek and walked back to his childern.

"Momma? Hello?" Hiro called out on the phone and pushed buttons to get it to work.

"Hand me the phone Hiro. It's time to go," Bankotsu said with no room to argue.

Hiro obeyed and grabbed his sister's hand to walk back to the car.

Bankotsu caught up to the still unknown woman and kissed her again. Hiro and Lekki were confused and upset that their dad acted like their mother didn't exist anymore.

"Hiro, Lekki here now!" Bankotsu yelled and the siblings caught up with their father.

He was standing beside his car and the woman was rubbing her stomach and smiling.

"Daddy," they said in unison.

"This is Serena, Dad's girlfriend. I'm going to be staying with her for the weekend. You two are going to be separated for the weekend. Hiro you are going to stay with Mother and Lekki you are going to come with me," Bankotsu nodded his head and the siblings were immediately separated.

The children stood there shocked for only a moment until their world were caught up in a whirlwind.

A black sedan car Hiro have only seen in his lifetime twice was his Uncle Jakotsu's car.

Hiro didn't have time to run way because his Uncle Jakotsu snatched him away from his sister's sweaty hand and a white cloth covering his face. Hiro reached out to grab his sister and heard her cry out for him. But the weird smell made it hard to do anything. The last conscious thing that Hiro remember seeing was his sister getting the white cloth placed over her face and him being thrown inside of the black interior car then darkness.

With Hiro

What seemed like days but was only hours Hiro sat straight up from his bed. His head was hurting and felt as if he was still swimming but there was no water. He felt like he had to throw up and thankfully there was a trashcan next to him and he emptied the contents of his stomach. He reached for the bottle of water but was hesitant.

Could it be poisoned or could it be okay to drink? He decided to throw it away and hunted for a bathroom.

Hiro slowly got out of bed and waited until the room stopped moving. He slowly walked across the hardwood flooring guided by the moonlight that was shining inside through the open curtain. Hiro carefully tested the door and it opened. He looked around and decided to go left towards the more light part of the house. As he walked down the long dark hallway he saw paintings he believed of relatives he never met more likely dead.

He made it to the living room and it was deserted as well. He walked to the other side of the living room and found the kitchen that was on his left as well. He looked behind him to make sure that he wasn't being watched and tipped toed to the refrigerator.

To his astonishment there was a padlock on the cabinets and the fridge. Hiro groaned because his throat was dry and he still could taste his bile in his mouth. He walked to the sink and was glad that there wasn't a lock on the knobs. He turned the cold water knob and stuck his small hand under the faucet to catch the water. He rinsed out his mouth and spit into the sink. He did that three times and the fourth he let the cool water down his throat. He turned off the water and looked for a paper towel to wipe up the water that was in the sink. He figured that if his father was mean about a wet sink more than likely his grandmother would be even meaner.

Hiro made sure to tear the paper towel from the rest precisely so he wouldn't get hit and quickly dried the sink. He went to the trash can and there was nothing inside. He decided to put the paper towel in his pocket than throw it away which would guarantee to hint that he got water from the sink.

Hiro's stomach growled and it almost scared him since the place was eerily quiet. He just patted his stomach and began the trek back to the room he was staying in.

Hiro made it back after choosing two wrong doors. One was to his grandmother's bedroom and also to the bathroom which he used. Back in his room he placed the trash can away from the bed and placed it in the closet. He laid back down in the bed and saw the red digit clock blink out 2:45 a.m.

Hiro's stomach growled again and he held himself even tighter to quiet his stomach. He turned to his left side and realized that this would be the first time in his life that he didn't sleep with his sister in the bed with him. He already missed her light snoring and her hair in his face. Comforts of being at home in a small but warm bed. He was in a huge bed that was cold and stiff. Hiro was ready for this punishment to be over.

"Why didn't Dad want me?" Hiro whispered to himself and shut his eyes to get some more rest.

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"Up, up, up! You lazy sack of shit!" a screeching high pitch sound came into his room followed by a cow bell ringing.

Hiro immediately jumped out of bed with his heart pounding and his mind a bit muddy because he was disoriented.

"It's 7:15! I can't believe you overslept! No discipline none! Get out here so you can eat your breakfast and we can get to your chores!" his grandmother yelled at him.

The headache Hiro thought he got rid of came back with a vengeance.

Hiro tucked in his school shirt and ran his fingers through his hair to look somewhat presentable. Hiro then quickly left the bedroom and made it to the kitchen in record time.

Hiro saw only his grandmother muttering to herself at the stove stirring something.

Hiro cleared his throat and announced he was in the kitchen so he wouldn't get yelled at.

"Grandmother, good morning," Hiro said politely and stood next to a chair he hoped wasn't hers or his dead grandfather's.

His grandmother with steel colored gray hair and a humped back turned to him. Her piercing blue eyes and ghostly white wrinkled skin with a slightly bent nose almost made Hiro cringed away but he tried to show no emotion.

"May I sit down and dine with you," Hiro asked remembering stories his mother told him about her encounters with her rude mother-in-law.

"Eat on the floor. You have to earn your way to the table boy! I heard what you have been doing to my poor baby boy! I'm so glad that he is getting rid of that vile woman he called a wife! That stupid bitch filled my son's head with lies and got herself pregnant with you! Bankotsu should have never left home and fall for the pretty little girl with brown eyes and a short skirt. Then you disrespect him by getting in trouble at school! Disobeying him by going to that party you wasn't suppose to go to?! You are just like that stupid whore!" his grandmother yelled and raised a wooden spoon at him.

Hiro held back his tears and his tongue from what the old woman was saying about him and his mother.

"What! You have nothing to say?! Huh boy? You want to hit me? Eat your porridge and get outside to tend to my garden," his grandmother said and threw down the plastic bowl to the ground.

Hiro looked at the bowl and left without touching it.

'I'm not a pet and I will not eat off the ground. I can't wait until I get to leave this place,' Hiro thought as he stomped his way to the backyard.

When he stepped outside it was a nightmare in the backyard. It was a mid-size space that was overrun by weeds, vines, and other unknown plants. It smelt like dog poop and bugs were everywhere. Crawling, flying, or just plain ol' dead.

Hiro wiped his face and felt the sun warming up the earth rapidly. Spring was on it's way and there wasn't a tree in sight. Hiro turned to go back inside to get his shoes but the door was locked. He banged on the window but the old woman only pulled back the curtain and stuck her middle finger up at him.

"You will not disrespect me in my house! You want to act like a beast then live like one!" and she closed it back.

Hiro was confused. He looked back and went to sit on a rusty white yard chair.

'Luke's grandmother is nothing like that old crow. I guess I could clean some since I'm going to be out here,'Hiro thought to himself and began to scope out the untamed backyard.

With Lekki

Lekki was sitting at the kitchen table with two other children that were older than her, Serenity and Selina, and one younger one,Seleste. They were loud and rambunctious. She couldn't believe that her father wasn't yelling at them to stop talking. One even was sitting in his lap.

"Papa, who's she? Is she our new playmate?" Selina asked Bankotsu in his lap.

"She's your sister, Lekkenya but Lekki for short," Bankotsu said and kissed the girl on her cheek.

"I have another sister? Why doesn't she talk? Does she know how too? You don't love her more than us right, Daddy," Selina said and hugged her father.

"Of course not Seleste. I love you more. I just wanted you and your sisters to know your other sister," Bankotsu said and didn't mention Hiro.

Lekki looked away and wiped a tear from her cheek. She never hated a person and wasn't sure if the feeling she was having was hate necessarily. But if she had to compare for her detest of brussel sprouts then she detested her father.

"Daddy can I show you a drawing I did? It's a picture of our whole family minus Linus over there," Serenity said that could be the same age as Lekki.

Lekki raised her eyebrow and rolled her eyes.

The woman that Lekki found out to be her Dad's girlfriend, Serena, was a horrible cook. Not like Lucy's dad but almost there. Lekki realized why her dad didn't leave her mother. She was a good cook, a great mom, a nice person who didn't complain, and was a lot of fun to be around.

"Banky can you call someone to bring us some dinner. I don't want to cook," Serena said in a whiny voice.

She came in the loud dining room and sat on his lap. She kissed him on the lips and then on the nose. Bankotsu then leaned in and motorboat her small breasts. Lekki was confused because he never did that with her mom and was glad he didn't too.

"Daddy, when will I go home back to Mommy?" Lekki asked quietly.

Bankotsu stopped looking at Serena and seemed to remember that his other daughter from his marriage was there. He cleared his throat and pinched Serena on her butt.

"You are home for the time being. You might need to start looking at Serena as your mother now and not your real mother. You will like it here. I'm about to go and go check on your other sibling," Bankotsu said and got up from the dining room table.

"Can I come! I want to see-," Lekki began to say but Bankotsu snatched her up.

"Shut up and no because I'm going to work afterwards. Stay here with your sisters and don't mention your sibling at all," Bankotsu said and looked dead in Lekki's blue eyes.

Lekki shook her head while tears ran down her cheek. He put her down and walked away from her. He kissed everyone bye but Lekki.

"Be good, I'll be back later on tonight," Bankotsu said and left followed by Serena to walk him to the car.

Lekki wiped her eyes and saw the door closed. As soon as the door closed she turned around and all of the sisters scowled at her.

"Why does he love her more than us Mom? She gets to go to a private school while we have to go to public school! I bet she has her own room! How many sisters do you have?" Selina asked who was the oldest one.

"I don-I only have an older sister. Her name is Lucy," Lekki thought quickly on her feet. She wasn't lying because she thought Lucy as her sister.

"Good because if you said you had a brother it would of made our mother very upset. We don't like our Mommy sad," Serenity said and crossed her arms.

"Lekki go do the laundry while we go play dress up," Serena said when she came back inside. She then led her daughters to the back.

"But I'm only five," Lekki said and sunk to her knees.

"Hiro, I wish you were here with me," Lekki thought to herself and brought her knees to her chest.

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"Lekki, Lekki, Lekki! Where are you! We were only playing! We're not going to cut all of your hair just the top. We hate how you have straight hair like Daddy and ours is curly and brown. You should share your hair!" Serenity yelled in the dark backyard.

Lekki was trying to calm her breathing and make sure that no one heard her. She then heard the backyard door open. She was hiding in the darkest shadow she could find at such a short notice.

It started okay with the laundry and she was by herself. Then those girls were complaining how they wanted black straight hair like Lekki and their father. Their mother suggested to make Lekki's hair like theirs. They pulled on her hair and tried to put makeup on Lekki's face. Lekki drew the line when Serenity brought in scissors because she thought it would be a good idea to cut Lekki's hair off and they make a wig out of her hair.

Lekki pushed one of the sisters down and ran away. She heard Serena yell at her for not playing nice and will tell Bankotsu when he came back home. Lekki ran away to hide from them all. Her beating heart and paranoia kept her tears at bay. Once outside she was more on high alert because animals lived outside and she still wasn't sure where she was in the first place.

One hour later

Lekki was balled up in her own little ball to keep warm. The sisters stopped looking for her and it was getting really cold outside. She rocked back and forward to keep warm and listened for her father to pull up in the driveway. When she thought he really was just going to leave her there, she heard a car stop at the house she was imprisoned at. She walked to the backyard gate and heard the girls go and greet Bankotsu.

She wiggled the wooden plank and walked through and waited in the shadows for her chance to talk to her father. She just hoped he would believe her.

"Daddy!" the girls said and jumped into his arms.

"My girls. Where is Lekki?" Bankotsu asked and looked around for his other daughter.

"I haven't seen her all day. That girl is so disrespectful and thinks she is so high and mighty. I told her to do the laundry and she told me no! And walked away. Then the girls were trying to be nice and play dress up with her. She did and complained how ugly their beautiful brown curly hair is. That they should cut it. She ran around with scissors and look, cut Serenity's hair in the back and on the side saying it was fake," Serena said and picked up Serenity who had tears running down her cheeks.

"Is that true girls?" Bankotsu asked and all of them shook their head yes.

Lekki gasped and backed away even more in the shadow.

"Lekki! Get your ass out her now!" Bankotsu yelled into the night.

Lekki jumped and walked from her spot she was hiding in. Tears were no longer contained and she walked to Bankotsu crying hysterical.

"Did you hear what your mom Serena said that you did?" Bankotsu asked while he was taking his belt off.

Lekki was breathing quick ragged breaths and shook her head yes.

"But it's not true! They are lying! I want to go home! I hate it here! I wish I wasn't your kid! Why can't I be Mr. Inuyasha's kid? I hate you! I want my Mommy! I want my Mommy!" Lekki yelled and squatted down to continued to cry.

Bankotsu picked her up and hugged her tightly.

"Serena put the kids in the car we have reservations at Piccalo's," Bankostu said and carried Lekki to the other side of the car.

Lekki was still crying and shaking from the rough day and her outburst. She was certain that Bankotsu was going to punish her for sure. But what surprised her was he was gentle and nice to her.

" Shut the fuck up now and stop acting like a big fucking baby. You messing up a good thing. Serena was kind enough to let you and me stay here for the weekend. I know you want your mother but you are just going to have to deal with it. I'm your father and if you ever yell at me and embarrass me I'll really hit you. Now get your face together. What is that shit on your face. Why are you so dirty?" Bankotsu asked and handed her a handkerchief.

Bankotsu came back and handed her some new clothes. She went to the backside of the house and quickly changed into some black pants, a white shirt with multi-color polka dots, and kept her Mary Jane shoes on. She back and saw that everyone was in the car and they were waiting on her. She got in the cramp car and rode in silence as everyone else talked loudly around her.

'I don't think I will be able to survive anymore days with this crazy family,'Lekki thought to herself and wiped her tears again.

Three Days later

Kagome was past done staying inside of the house. It felt that she was suffocating in the space she called her house. There was only one visit which was from Mukotsu who only stayed for about 15 minutes to take out the trash and check to make sure that she didn't try to break out.

Kagome was pacing back and forth and then heard the distinguishable sound of the house phone ringing again.

"Hello?" Kagome said a bit hoarse from not using her voice in sometime.

"Kagome it's me Bankotsu. I'm coming home with the kids. Mukotsu reported that he felt you learned your lesson. So as a reward we are coming home. The kids miss you and you wouldn't believe who I found and brought back with me," Bankotsu said and paused so Kagome could gather her thoughts.

"I'm not sure who it could be. Who was it?" Kagome asked as politely she could muster.

"Inuyasha's ex-wife Kikyo. I saw her thumbing her way to town and I recognized her. Get this she thought she saw you at the restaurant she owned. She told me that you and Inuyasha were carrying on about some bullshit that you two were married and that your were expecting another baby with him. I told her that you was happily married to me and I would be more than happy to bring her back to where she belong," Bankotsu said and smirked.

"Oh that's nice," Kagome said and felt her heart drop some.

She had to tell Inuyasha. She was glad she was able to get Inuyasha to pay Mukotsu off.

Kagome listened some more and jumped up from the couch and started to clean up some. She heard the secret knock Inuyasha made up and let him in through the back door.

"Hey Kagome," Inuyasha said and kissed her on the cheek and then the lips.

Kagome savored it as long as she could and pulled back a bit happier and lighter on her feet. She almost forgot but then immediately remembered.

"No one has seen Bankotsu but Mutkotsu saw Hiro at his mother's house cleaning up her backyard. He thinks that's all he's been doing and isn't allowed to go back inside," Inuyasha said and placed the bag of groceries on the counter.

"Well I just got off the phone with Bankotsu and he is coming back with the kids! But he's bringing an extra person," Kagome said and took a deep breath.

"Who then?" Inuyasha asked.

"Kikyo is coming back to town and now knows we were lying. He saw her thumbing her way back here I guess and he supposedly remembered her. Can this get any more messed up," Kagome asked not expecting a response.

"I hope not. I'll work on the door and you get back into your depressed character. Oh and my mom wants you guys over again for her Annual Spring Backyard BBQ," Inuyasha said and laid an invitation down.

Kagome opened and but saw no date or time.

"When is it?" Kagome asked holding the invitation to Inuyasha's face.

"When you know that asshole is going to be gone for a long time," Inuyasha said and kissed Kagome again on the lips.

She pushed him away and blushed hard.

"I love you Kagome,"Inuyasha whispered but Kagome heard him.

She wanted to say it back but heard the front door jiggle open and her name being called out.

"Kagome."

A/N: I know it's been really crazy! And these updates are super slow! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know in a review! Thank you for your continued support of all of my writings!

I should have more updates from my other stories soon as well!

Thank you again!

M

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