I do not nor will I ever-own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi does.

To InuLuna19 I updated all the 'fallow' to 'follow' sorry about that and thanks for letting me know.

I have revised some of the chapters, (Ch. 3 & 5) so if something doesn't make sense you can try looking back at those chapters.

I know it's been a little bit since I updated but this is a long chapter...

This Chapter is going to be a mix of the party Inu, Sess, Take, and Riku went to, to Koga in Wolf Territory, to Miroku stuck by himself, back to everyone else on Campus, so I hope you enjoy…

Previously:

"Because about 13 or 14 years ago him, his wife and their daughter, Rina, died and it was because someone found out they were Shadow Demons. The people who killed them were dealt with but it had been years since any of our kind had been killed because of them being found out. It caused wide spread fear and most didn't leave the Shadowlands for at least a year. So that fear of being found out and killed was back. It had sort of died out when we were accepted by Ayame and Koga's Grandfathers but the fear was back and in full force." At her explanation she received looks of horror from the faces of their new friends. "So you can see why we are a little afraid of others finding out about us."

Ch. 11- Parents

The Party

Inuyasha was staring into space not really looking at anything. Sesshomaru, seeing the blank look on his brother's face, snapped his fingers in front of his face to get his attention. Inuyasha jumped in surprise and glared at his brother. None of the guys that were at the 'stupid' party, as they dubbed it were, not particularly enjoying themselves, especially Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru was irritated that he had had no time alone with Rin in the past two days and the fact that he was unable to ask her if her roommates had told her anything that he might be interested in. What are they hiding and why did that Shun guy looked so panicked when he found out that Inuyasha and I were Inutaisho Nishimura's sons? He was racking his brain trying to remember if they had slipped up anywhere and he hadn't noticed.

Inuyasha was beyond bored. If I'm stuck going to some stupid party the least the old man could do was allow me to bring a date. That thought got him thinking of Kagome. Man is she gorgeous, he thought. He was looking around to see if there were any others close to their ages but found out that unfortunately they were the youngest ones there. Then he noticed his dad waving both him and Sesshomaru over to him.

Once they were by his side they saw the men that their father had been talking to. The taller of the two stood eye to eye with their father. He had midnight-black hair with a sprinkling of grey hair that was cut short but not too short. His body was lean and fit; his grey eyes were calm but also seemed to take in everything that surrounded him and analyze it. The shorter one was not really short just shorter than his companion. He stood maybe an inch or two shorter but still relatively tall, and like his companion he was also lean and fit. He had a head full of dark black hair and like his friend with sprinkling of grey hair. His eyes were a bronze-brown. Both were human.

"Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, I would like you to meet some old friends of mine," he said indicating the two men. "This is Rao Kokuei," the taller of the two nodded his head at them, "and Kazuo Yamauchi." The other man nodded his head but it was his name that caught their attention. Wasn't Yamauchi the same surname for that guy Shun? They both thought.

"Are you related to someone named Shun Yamauchi?" asked Sesshomaru. The other man paused for just slightly too long but he answered quickly to anyone else.

"Yes," he replied. "Shun is the son of one of my cousins. But may I ask how you know him?" Kazu was a little worried because these boys who to his knowledge had never even met his son knew his name. He sneaked a glance toward Rao. While yes his friend seemed not too terribly interested he was attuned to everything going on around them especially what Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were saying.

"Oh, we just met him today at college," answered Inuyasha. "He was visiting some childhood friends of his that are new to the campus and happened to be rooming with Sesshomaru's 'Protected'."

"Really?" asked Rao. "So what college do you boys go to, if I may ask?" Rao was starting to get a little worried; I should have looked into the possibility that Taisho would send his sons to our alma mater.

"We go to Shikon no Tama University," they replied. Rao and Kazu's fears were confirmed; they had sent Kagome and Ayame right into the line of fire.

"Naoki's son, Koga, also attends," added Inutaisho. "So does Masaru and Natsumi's daughter, Sango." It looked like he wanted to add something but was hesitating. "Who else sent their child to Shikon?" Taisho sighed knowing that Rao would have caught his hesitation; I swear if Rao was a demon we'd all be in trouble, no one can get anything out of him but he can get all he wants out of others.

"Do you remember Dr. Houshi?" he asked. Rao's eyes glazed over with pain then it disappeared. This is why I didn't want to bring it up, he thought. Akira Houshi was the one who pronounced his daughter, Kagome, dead 16/17 years ago. Rao had nodded his head indicating that he did remember the doctor. "His son, Miroku, attends and is in the Pre-Med program." Rao just nodded his head seeming very cool on the outside while on the inside not so much.

Seriously, ALL of them sent their children to Shikon? Why did I not think of that, he thought, oh, yeah because the girls were so happy about getting out into the real world after over a decade of constant surveillance, argh, I can't believe I didn't check. Kazu could see the wheels turning in his friend's head even though you couldn't see it on his face. Neither one of them had even thought of the possibility of their old friends' kids being at the school.

"What is it that you do, Mr. Kokuei?" asked Sesshomaru. There is something familiar about him but I just can't pin point it, he thought.

"Oh, I'm the CEO of Shadou Inc.," he responded. Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had decided the moment before to take a sip of their drinks and chocked on it when he answered. Then they looked over to the other man, who sighed but answered their unasked question.

"I'm Head of Security, mostly due to the fact I refuse to be COO because that means I have to deal with people a lot more and no matter how much Rao," he pointedly glared at the man who was smirking, "tries to get me to. I'm fine just dealing with making sure that our security is up to date and that our security branch of the company is doing well." He turned and muttered, "I'm getting a drink," and left. Rao and Inutaisho were shaking with contained laughter watching their friend's receding back. This was the first time that either of the boys had really ever seen their father act like that, teasing his friends and trying not to laugh. Their father was usually very reserved at social events like parties but at home he was more like the man that they were seeing now. As the boys pondered what was going on with their father Rao had stopped shaking with laughter and looked to where his friend had disappeared to, and sighed.

"I better go console him," he said. "Before he tells my wife and I end up on the couch tonight."

"How is Midoriko, by the way?" Taisho asked. Rao looked at his friend with an unreadable expression. I hate lying to them but what choice do I have, he thought. I trust them but I don't trust those that might over hear and I can't risk Kagome, Ayame or Souta's safety as well as all the other Shadow Demon's safety. He just sighed.

"She's doing well," he responded. "She keeps herself busy."

"Are you going to be bringing her to Daichi's birthday party in two weeks?" he asked. "I know that Naoki's going to be there along with Rio and of course both Izayoi and Sora will be there."

"Oh, yeah how is Sora?" he asked and it almost seemed like he was trying to change the subject. "I still can't believe what you guys did 22 years ago." He shook his head. "You two had a child together even though you two saw each other as siblings, just so that you wouldn't have to marry each other. Either way when your Sesshomaru was born you both were granted your freedom to chose what you wanted to do. You married Izayoi and about a year later Inuyasha was born and Sora was free to do whatever she wished."

"I'm just glad that Izayoi and Sora are best friends and raised the boys like brothers/cousins otherwise I wouldn't want to know what the relationship between your sons would be like," he laughed a deep laugh that brought others eyes toward their little group. When Inuyasha and Sesshomaru looked at their father they noticed the tip of his pointed ears were just the slightest bit pinker. They both looked at their father with wide eyes, is he blushing, no that's not possible. Their big strong father was in no way blushing. Inutaisho was an imposing figure he stood taller than both his sons at 6'4" with his long moon white hair in a high ponytail. He had purple strips that were on his cheeks, marking him as a full Dog Demon, he had a lean muscular body and didn't look a day over 30 even though he was just about in his fifties but of course most demons looked to be in their 30s for several hundred years before they really start aging.

Rao just laughed at his friend's expression but turned and walked the way his friend had earlier. The boys were still staring wide eyed at Inutaisho when he noticed them staring at him. "What?" he snapped. That brought the boys out of their daze.

"It's just that," Inuyasha started, "well we've never seen you like that with anyone before, so it's just surprising." Inutaisho looked at his sons and just sighed but then chuckled with a smile on his face.

"Rao and I have always been like that," he said. "We met in college, both of us in business classes. At first I didn't like him, I felt something wrong or I guess it's better to say something off about him. Then we met again, this time though a mutual friend, Shin Kudo, who was a Wolf Demon. Shin and his girlfriend Akemi had apparently known not only Rao but also his brother, Jiro and their friends Kazu, Tomomi and Tsubaki for years. We continually got on each other's last nerve but ended up friends in the end. Actually our relationship is sort of like yours is with Koga. Unfortunately the only ones still alive out of the ones I just talked about are Rao and Kazu." His words caught his sons' attention. "Yeah, Jiro and Tsubaki married after college but about 13 or 14 years ago both them and their daughter, Rina, died. I never did get the full story on how they died, just that it was deliberate."

"So like murder?" asked Inuyasha. They had started walking toward the office to get away from the crowds. Once inside their father continued.

"Exactly like murder," Taisho sighed but continued. "Unfortunately that wasn't the first time Rao had to deal with a murder."

"What?" both yelled.

"Yeah, 16/17 years ago Rao's only child was killed in a kidnapping gone wrong, she had only been four at the time. If she were still alive she would be your age Inuyasha. Her death threw us all for a loop and just about destroyed Midoriko, Rao's wife, who's also an old college friend. From what we could understand the person who had kidnapped her did so as a revenge for some presumed slight that Rao or his company did to the man. Either way when she died I think none of the mothers let any of you kids out of their sights for a good year after that. Izayoi even got one of my demons to come with her if she ever went out with you." He gave a sad laugh.

"You said there were others that passed?" Sesshomaru asked, knowing the topic not to be a pleasant one was still better than him think about a four-year-old's death so many years ago.

"Right, then there was Tomomi she married Kazu but apparently had problems having a child and if she did get pregnant she always miscarried, until 11 years ago she finally carried the baby to term but there were complications and she died and the child had been a still-born."

"What about Shin and Akemi, was it?" asked Sesshomaru. He saw his father's eyes cloud but he explained.

"Shin and Akemi, both Wolf Demons, got married while we were still in college but 15 years ago they died in some horrible accident leaving their five-year-old daughter, Ayame, to live with her grandfather. Of course about five years later both of them had passed away as well."

"Whoa, wait," said Inuyasha. "Do you mean Ayame, as in Koga's fiancé, Ayame?" His father nodded his head.

"How did you kids know about her being Koga's fiancé?" he asked puzzled, knowing that Koga had not talked about Ayame since the boys had started to hang out together.

"Oh, well yesterday we met Rin and Sango's new roommates and one of them is named Ayame and he decided to be her 'Protector'," said Inuyasha. "I think he's doing this as a way to make amends by protecting this Ayame when he couldn't for the other." Inutaisho nodded his head understanding that logic.

"I wish him luck," he said as he walked to the office door to leave. "Now lets go back in the fray." The boys just rolled their eyes at their father but followed him nonetheless.

Wolf Territory

Koga was walking into his father's study followed by Ginta and Hakkaku; Isamu had stayed outside. When he walked into the study his father looked up. Naoki Ookami could tell his son was livid. Koga mostly took after his father in looks with the same dark hair and the same type of build but his striking blue eyes he got from his mother, while Naoki's were a dark brown.

"Okay, old man, I'm here so what the hell do you want?" Koga demanded. Naoki just sighed. He knew that Koga had inherited his grandfather's hot temper but sometimes it was hard to deal with. When his father had still been alive not too long after Koga had been born he had known what to do with his grandson's temper. Despite his temper Naoki was proud of his son. When his father had passed away some years ago he became the Wolf King, but also around the same time the previous Lord of the North had passed and had appointed Naoki as his successor. Surprisingly just before the Lord of the North passed so did the Lords of the South and West; the Lord of the West had appointed Inutaisho as his successor while the Lord of the South appointed Takeda Hayashi, from the royal Fox Demon line and also Takeshi's father. The only remaining old Lord was the Lord of the East but he was getting up there in age, he was turning 2088 in just two weeks.

"There are problems that have been happening, since you left, with the Forbidden Border," Naoki told his son.

"What kind of problems?" Koga asked.

"Some of the wolves on patrol in that area have been attacked by persons unknown and badly injured," he sighed. "Unfortunately none of the wolves that were attacked remember any kind of detail. There's never been a problem before but your Grandfather had warned all of us to stay the hell away from that part of the Eastern border, but he never really told anyone why and if he did they're keeping their mouths shut."

Koga listened as his father explained the problem but his mind kept drifting off to thoughts of Ayame. She's different, that's for sure, he thought. Naoki caught his son's far off look and turned questioning eyes toward Ginta and Hakkaku, who just shrugged their shoulders.

"Is there something on your mind son?" he asked. At his question Koga was brought out of his daze and looked back at his father who was looking at him with expectant eyes. Koga just sighed, knowing there was no way around it.

"Nothing much," he replied. "I just got a 'Protected' at school and I was just thinking about her." This shocked Naoki because Koga had said that he would never have a 'Protected'.

"So what is she like?" Naoki asked he wanted to know about this girl who had caught his son's attention.

"She's…" he started. "Amazing. She's gorgeous. She has dark red hair and hazel eyes and her body is amazing. She's petite but has the body of a runner, and just, she's so different. She's the first girl ever that has seemed not to like me on the spot, she just doesn't fit any mold of any of the other girls that I've been around before, well besides Sango, but she doesn't count, I've never, nor will I ever date her." Naoki was listening to his son, who had had several girlfriends but nothing with anything behind it besides sex, and was happy that it seemed that his son was growing up a little bit. He's always blamed himself for Ayame's death, he thought, I think he's finally starting to forgive himself.

"So what's her name?" he asked and when he asked Koga twitched and hesitated, which made Naoki raise his eyebrows, expecting an answer.

"Ayame," his answer surprised Naoki. "Her name is Ayame Higurashi. She's my age. She has a sister the same age yet they look nothing alike, her sister's name is Kagome." Another name risen from the dead, Naoki thought. "And they have a little brother named Souta and he looks a lot like Kagome but again like with Kagome looks nothing like Ayame, he's eleven." Naoki's head was reeling. Two girls with names the same as two that are dead, he thought, and they're the same age as the ones they share names with would be if they had lived, something's not right.

"You seem to really like this girl, but Koga…"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to marry a female Wolf Demon even if it takes another hundred years for her to be born," Koga said not looking his father in the eye. Naoki knew how hard it was on his son to know that he had to wait to have pups because of tradition but this was one tradition that they had to up-hold, otherwise the others would not respect her, as much and she had to be able to gain their respect. Naoki sighed knowing the long wait that his son might have.

"You said she has a sister," Koga nodded his head, "so does she have a 'Protector' yet?" Naoki asked Koga chuckled at his father's question earning him a questioning glance.

"Yeah, she does," he replied.

"So who is it to make you laugh?"

"Inuyasha." His answer made his father stop and a moment later he burst out laughing. "Yeah and actually, we both kinda pissed off our girls…"

"What did you two do?" asked Ginta; at that point Koga and Naoki had forgotten that Ginta and Hakkaku were in the room.

"It's mostly Sesshomaru's fault," started Koga. "He had offered up Riku and Takeshi for the girls 'Protectors' because they didn't want to get stuck with possessive 'Protectors'…"

"Which both you and Inuyasha are," interrupted Hakkaku. Koga just shot a glare at him and continued.

"Either way, Sesshomaru was acting so damn cocky that they would chose Riku and Takeshi over us that he bet us 1,000 bucks each if they chose us, and well when they did we…well…kinda…demanded the cash right then and they were none to happy with us." At this point his father had been holding in his laughter because he could only guess what Sesshomaru's thinking was when he made that bet. I bet he just bet them and was expecting them to demand their winnings as soon as they won, Naoki just shook his head at that thought. In some ways Sesshomaru is too smart for his own good.

"So there's a problem at the Forbidden border, hmm," Koga said out loud. "I guess I'll patrol it tonight and see if I see anything out of the ordinary." Koga stood up to leave and so did Ginta and Hakkaku, but Koga turned to them and said, "Alone." Three pairs of eyes looked at him in shock.

"But Koga," started Ginta.

"No," he interrupted. "If I'm by myself I'm more likely to see what is really going on. I'll be fine." Koga was the strongest of all the wolves and if anyone was going to be okay it was him, but his father and friends still worried as he left. As soon as Naoki knew his son was gone he turned to Ginta and Hakkaku and asked one simple question.

"What do you two know about these new girls?"

"Nothing sir, honest. We only ever saw them once when we went to get Koga," replied Hakkaku. Naoki looked at the two wolves to see if they were telling the truth, when he noticed they were he just sighed. I need to contact the other Lords, especially Daichi because it's with our borders, he thought to himself, see if anything out of the ordinary has been going on in their territories. And maybe see if I can find out anything about these Higurashi sisters…

Miroku's Dad's Clinic

Miroku was bordered stiff. Why did the old man make me come here? Miroku thought. He was practically alone at the small clinic that his father had started for those that didn't have the money to go to his huge hospital but still needed expert care and often times emergency care as well. Miroku really did respect his father and what he had done but still, why couldn't the old man find someone else? Then he heard a crash come from the records room. When he went over to the open door he looked inside and saw his father's elderly nurse Kaede, rubbing her backside and there were files lying all around her.

"Ms. Kaede, are you okay?" he asked. She nodded her head and mumbled something about being too old. "Why don't you go take a break and I'll clean this all up and put it up, okay?" She looked at him and nodded. She got up and walked to the door and then turned around and said, "Thank you Miroku," and then left. Miroku just shook his head and started to pick up the files when the name on one of the files caught his eye. Kokuei, K.? He opened it up and looked it over and what he saw almost made him throw up. There were pictures of a girl that was maybe about 4 that had a gunshot wounds in her abdomen. He could tell she was demon because of the marks on her cheeks but still with the amount of blood-loss and the fact she was so little the bullets probably killed her. He turned to the next page to see a death certificate and her full name was, wait Kagome? It's just a coincidence, he told himself, then he heard the door open and there stood his father.

"What are you doing Miroku?" asked his father. Miroku didn't actually look too much like his dad. His father told him he took after his mother's family. The violet eyes, his build and his dark hair all came from his mother. His father had lighter brown hair with brown eyes and was shorter and stocker while Miroku was tall and lean. His father always said that he got the demon's good looks.

"Nothing," he said quickly and then closed the file and finished up quickly and then passed his father. His father closed the door behind him and followed his son.

"What was that file you were looking at?" he asked.

"The name was Kokuei, K.," he replied. His father looked at him sharply. "What was I not allowed to see it or something?"

"Or something," his father replied. "The girl that that file belongs to died 16/17 years ago and her parents are very high up there in the way of society and don't want others to get their hands on that file." Miroku looked at his father confused. "Was it because she was a demon?" he asked. As he started to ask Akira shook his head, "But I saw the blue marks on her cheeks that indicate a demon…"

"The people who kidnapped her drew those on to get her past security, she was human," interrupted his father. Damn, I knew I should have moved that file to my safe but people would actually go looking there not so much in the old archives, but then again that's were I keep their real files when I have them, Akira thought. Akira was still the main doctor for Rao's family as he had earned their respect when he had agreed to pronounce Kagome 'dead', so he had medical files on them but they usually stayed in the Shadowlands. I'm just so glad that I had Inurao's number when Miroku started to show his abilities.

When Miroku had started displaying his demonic abilities it had terrified Akira so he contacted the only demon he completely trusted, Inurao. He had told Rao of what was happening; that Miroku was faster, stronger and able to heal faster and not to mention his wind tunnel. Rao had known what it was and had asked about not only his ancestry but also his late wife, Suzuki's, family. He didn't know much about his wife's history but there had been no demons on his side so it had to have come from Suzuki. Rao had told him that there was nothing to worry about but Akira became increasingly more worried as the wind tunnel became more consistent so Rao gave him the beads that wrap around Miroku's right hand. The beads sort of work like the concealment jewels. The jewels work so well because they absorb demonic energy, but in Miroku's case he didn't need to completely hide his demon side so the beads were created to only work on his wind ability and that it would center on that part of his demonic side. Then when he releases the wind tunnel the demonic energy that was collected goes immediately back into his hand.

Miroku had noticed his dad didn't elaborate and that he was staring off into space, so to get his attention he said as a joke, "Oh, by the way I got a girl pregnant…" that got his attention.

"You WHAT?!" he yelled. Miroku was just bent in half laughing at his father's red face. Miroku got his lecherous tendencies from his father but his dad was surprisingly strict about Miroku dating.

"I was joking," he said as he caught his breath. "You seemed out of it and I wanted to see your reaction." That earned him a glare from his father but Akira remembered pulling the same trick on his father several times when he had been younger so in the end he just had to laugh.

"So," he started after he stopped laughing, "how are you and Sango doing?" Akira knew that his son was in love with the beautiful Demon Slayer but didn't really comprehend what that meant. I guess that's my fault, he thought to himself. After his mother died I never really dated seriously or had a woman in my life I had truly cared about so he really doesn't know how to be in love.

"We're doing fine," Miroku replied. "She got some new roommates and one of them was seriously knowledgeable about Demon Ancestry."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah she explained why I have this when it seems that no one else has ever had this power. She called me a Returner." At that term Akira almost chocked. He had only ever heard that term one other time and that was when Rao had explained what was going on with Miroku and what that made him.

"Really, what are the girls' names?" he asked hesitantly hoping his guess was wrong.

"Kagome and Ayame Higurashi." Miroku was not paying attention to his father, which might be a good thing because he didn't see his father's panicked look.

"Do they have 'Protectors', yet?"

"Yeah, Kagome has Inuyasha," this made Akira's heart skip but it was the next part that really made it stop, "and Ayame has Koga." Akira's eyes grew huge and he mentally started to panic. Oh, this is just perfect, he thought. Rao's daughter is being 'Protected' by Taisho's younger son. Ayame is being 'Protected' by her fiancé and all of them think both are dead. All we need now is if Rina was alive and she was being 'Protected' by one of the others. This is all just perfect, he thought sarcastically.

On Campus

All of the others that were back on campus were in heated discussion. Shun, Ayame and Kagome were trying to figure out a way for their names not to be mentioned to the other's parents, Sango was enjoying watching them, Shippo was asleep, Souta and Ai were playing with Kirara and Rin was rubbing her head to try and alleviate her headache. Suddenly all the shadows came alive and all the demons that were in the room stopped mid sentence and looked a little panicked. Rin and Sango were looking around trying to figure out what was happening when they saw what looked like a person rising out of one of the shadows and then another one. The first one looked very imposing, with his long midnight black hair up in a high ponytail, impressive silver eyes, blue slashes on his cheeks, that looked a lot like the ones on Kagome and Souta's cheeks, he was also very tall like 6'4" and lean. The other was a little less imposing but it was very minuscule; he had long pitch black hair, not as long as his friend but still long enough to pull into a high ponytail as well. His eyes were a golden-bronze and he had a black wolf tail. He was maybe an inch or two shorter than the other man he also had a lean build. When Rin and Sango looked toward their new friends they noticed the look of absolute panic on their faces and they found out why when Ai and Souta yelled, "Dad!" and launched themselves into the respective man's arms.

Souta ran and hugged the bigger of the two while Ai ran to the other. Rin and Sango's jaws hit the floors when the younger two yelled out and turned to look at the older ones again and they were pointedly looking somewhere else. When the men let go of the younger ones they noticed that none of them had their concealments on and there were two humans, one of which was a demon slayer. They lifted questioning eyes toward first Shun then to Ayame and Kagome.

"Kagome," said the first man. "Why don't any of you have your concealments on?" he asked in a deadly calm voice. Kagome knew that voice because she had inherited it from him. She just sighed and then went on to explain.

"Hi, Daddy," she said as she walked to him and gave him a hard hug which he returned. "These are our new roommates, Rin Murayama," she said as she pointed to the girl, "and Sango Karyuudo." At Sango's name both of the men's heads whipped toward the girl who was trying her best not to flinch under their gazes.

"So," said Sango in a strangled voice. "Who are you two?" Kagome sighed and introduced them.

"Sango, Rin, this is my father Inurao Kokuei," she said as she pointed to the one with the marks, "and his right-hand man and Shun and Ai's dad, Kazuo Yamauchi." Both inclined their heads toward the girls before they turned onto the others.

"Explain," said Rao as he pointed to the human girls and the others unconcealed state. Kagome and Ayame just sighed.

"We had our reasons," started Kagome.

"I'm sure," Rao retorted crossing his arms over his chest.

"We trust them," was all Kagome said. At her words Rao remembered what he had told them before they had left.

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXx

The girls were packing getting ready for moving into their on campus apartment when Rao called them to his study. Once they were there he turned toward them.

"You girls getting excited?" he asked of them both. Their answer was a resounding "yes". He chuckled then looked at them with serious eyes and the girls were worried. "You girls know that you are going to be alone on the campus," they nodded their heads, "its' not the same as when my generation went. There were five of us and we had Shin and Akemi on our side then your mother, as of right now you two don't have that." Rao paused and looked at the girls remembering when Kagome was born and when she 'died' when Ayame came to them to the girls learning and growing and Kagome bringing home an orphaned Fox Demon. He was so proud of his girls and just wished that Shin and Akemi were here to see how Ayame had turned out.

"We already know that," said Kagome. She was his strong one. The one who was always there for anyone and every one. She was his heir as the next leader of the Shadow Demons (Shadow demons don't rely on gender for succession because there wasn't always a boy born so it goes by birth order and Kagome was born before Souta) and he knew that she would be one of the great ones. She had abilities that hadn't been seen since the time of Inudaiki and even more than that and even though she was his strong one he still worried. Rao then turned his gaze to Ayame who was rolling her eyes. Even though they shared no blood she was still his daughter since the day that her grandfather had sent her to them. Ayame had grown and much like Kagome had abilities that others of their kind didn't have. Her wind magic gave her an upper hand when she went up against those bigger and stronger than her, making her a formidable opponent. The other Shadow Demons thought him crazy allowing both to go to college outside but they needed to be able to interact with others that weren't Shadow Demons. But he did see their worry; they had no help on the outside and they knew they couldn't send any of the soldiers without the girls finding out.

"Yes, you do," he said. "But I don't want it to stay that way." Both girls looked at each other then back at him with a confused expression. "You both are probably thinking 'has he gone crazy' but I assure you I have not. I want you two to try and find someone you trust, whether they are human or demon is your choice, but find someone you trust with our secrets. Please?" The girls looked at each other then back at him with a small smile on their faces.

"Of course," they responded together.

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXx

Rao just sighed knowing that the girls had him there. At Kagome's words both Rin and Sango looked at their new friends and felt themselves fill up with pride that these powerful girls trusted them with such an important secret. Rao looked back toward Kazu who had been standing off to the side along with Shun and Ai. He just shook his head and had a smile on his face. Rao just sighed then looked back at the girls and just smiled at them and they knew that he was okay with it now.

"So why are you and Uncle Kazu here?" asked Ayame. The question reminded them of why they had come in the first place.

"There are some students you two need to avoid," Rao said. The girls looked at each other uneasily then asked, "Which ones?"

"The Nishimura brothers, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. Your previous fiancé, Ayame, Koga is another person to avoid. Then there is a Pre-Med student Miroku Houshi, you don't really have to avoid him but just be cautious. I would have added Sango but well…" he said as he waved a hand at all of them. He then looked at all their faces and noticed that none of them would meet his eyes. "Kagome, Ayame? What aren't you telling me?" Both girls looked at each other then look back at him and sighed.

"Well…" started Kagome. "That's gonna be kinda hard…"

"Why?" Rao asked skeptically.

"Well," said Ayame. "Inuyashaiskindakagomesprotectorandkogaisminesoitsgonnabekindadifficultand…" Ayame was speaking so fast her words blended together so Rao slowed her down and told her to start over.

"Inuyasha is kinda Kagome's 'Protector' and Koga is mine, so it's gonna be kinda difficult and also Sesshomaru is Rin's 'Protector' and Miroku is Sango's as well…" As she was talking she was looking at Rao to try and gage his reaction. She wasn't as good at reading his expression as Kagome or Midoriko but even she could tell he was right on the edge.

"WHAT?!" both Rao and Kazu yelled looking at all the girls. The girls were looking at the two with a sheepish look.

"Both of you don't need 'Protectors'," Rao started in, "you two are powerful demons…"

"And no one can ever know that," Kagome interrupted. "For one both Ayame and I are supposed to be 'DEAD' and for another thing we aren't allowed to let the whole entire damn school know that I'm a Shadow Demon and that we even exist. The only one who could go around as a demon is Ayame but do you want her to be yanked back to the Wolf Territory where the bastard that killed her grandfather and tried to kidnap her is? He's a traitor but we can't tell Naoki because then we would have to explain to him why and how we know that." She finished with a huff. Rao looked at his daughter then at the others and knew that she was right, but something about this whole situation was making him uneasy. Suddenly one of the girls screamed and was pointing to a Shadow imp that was coming up.

"W…Wh…what is that thing?" asked Rin.

"That's a Shadow imp, and yeah they look really weird," supplied Shun. The little imp was all black with a small beak like mouth with no nose but a hole where it would be. He had three fingers on his short arms. He wore some old looking clothes.

"Mo Thiarna (My Lord)," the little imp said as he bowed to Inurao.

"Cad é, Kunio (What is it, Kunio)?" asked Rao. The imp, Kunio, bobbed his head and continued. "Is cosúil go bhfuil fadhb leis an Mac Tíre na Teorann. Creidim go raibh ionsaigh an óg Mac Tíre Prionsa i Mac Tíre Críoch agus tá sé Gortaítear. Níl a fhios againn cad atá le déanamh, mo Thiarna (There appears to be a problem with the Wolf Border. I believe the young Wolf Prince was attacked in Wolf Territory and is hurt. We do not know what to do, my Lord)."

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxX

Cliffhanger...

Please Review Thanks! And I will try and get the next one up as quickly as possible