A/N
~Light~ After a week of waiting!
~Dark~ It's finally here!
~Akari~ Can you two get to the point?
~Light~ You seriously just ruined the moment.
~Akari~ And I care why?
~Light~ You'll care a lot more when I put you in the drier!
~Dark~ Will you two knock it off? You're worse than cats and dogs!
~Akari~ Technically I am half dog demon.
~Light~ In that case chew on this Puppy. *Holds out a squeaky toy*
~Akari~ Can I please kill her? *Glares at Light while flexing claws*
~Dark~ *Debates it*
~Light~ Wait you're actually considering this!?
~Dark~ Just don't make it messy.
~Light~ *Screams*
~Dark~ We don't own InuYasha, we don't make money off of this, and we DO own Akari! So enjoy! *hears screaming and wails for help* Where are my headphones at...
From neonkoi :
Yes my friend, yes they are.
From Guest :
So sorry but yes! How else will we attract such wonderful readers to our little speck in the Fanfiction world? Please do not die on us! Also, if you've read along with us, Akari is sort of the main character and she's been adopted by InuYasha and Kagome. The newest member...well that's a secret! Well it is until you start reading the story.
From shefanhow :
Thank you! It's always great to hear from a new reviewer! Also thanks for calling Akari cute!
From Drake Azure Saber :
Hehehe! Thank you! That touch of evil hilarity was provided by my evil twin Light!
From Unicorn232003 :
Thank you for the suggestion! You'll see what we thought of it in this chapter. *Insert evil laugh for suspense* As always awesome when you review! The gender to us doesn't really matter hence why we decided to let you guys decide.
From AngelQueen1325 :
As always we will!
From Princess Inume : 1
Thank you for the compliment! Hope you like this chapter as well!
To Cindy :
Here is the next chapter! Sorry about all the mistakes, thanks for pointing them out! No we're not annoyed, in fact we appreciate it! We probably won't be able to fix the mistakes very soon but we promise to get to them eventually!
InuYasha stared down at the little bundle in Kagome's arms, feeling as if nothing could go wrong as he watched his newest pup hungrily suck on Kagome's breast.
"Do you want to see?" Kagome spoke up, her attention focused on the girl poking her head through the door.
"No! I just wanted to know what all the fuss was." Akari said stubbornly as she slipped inside making Kagome roll her eyes and shift slightly, leaning more on InuYasha as she relaxed. "So what is it?" Akari asked sitting down in a position that resembled a dog as she curiously peeked over the edges of the blankets to look at the pup inside it.
"This is your new baby brother," Kagome whispered as the pup let go of her with a hiccup as he dozed off in her arms. He had short white hair that was still fluffy and soft, two adorable puppy ears with a single lock of black hair laying on his forehead making it look almost as if he had spilled ink on himself. "InuYasha, what's his name?" Kagome asked softly as she shifted a bit to allow Akari to look at her new brother more closely.
"Huh?" InuYasha asked in confusion, not having paid attention as he stared at his new son in awe. Kagome laughed before lightly kissing his cheek and smiling at his dumbstruck expression.
"His name? Remember if it was a girl I would name her, but if it was a boy you would name him." Kagome gently reminded him making him scratch his head in thought before smiling brightly.
"Masaru," InuYasha whispered as his son opened his golden eyes to look at them all and yawn. Kagome laughed as she watched the pup look around curiously before sighing and falling back to sleep.
"Victory, I love it." Kagome whispered as she leaned against InuYasha and fell asleep. InuYasha smiled before casually leaning forward and grabbing Akari, pulling the shocked girl into his lap before she could pull away from him.
"Get some sleep Pup." He commanded as he pulled another blanket off of the small stack beside them and laid it across the family of four. He made sure to calm his body and waited as Akari slowly settled back against him, falling asleep within a minute of relaxing and listening to the combined heartbeats of Kagome and himself.
"Thank you...whoever it is out there. I don't know what I've done to deserve this. But thank you." InuYasha thought before he too drifted off into a light doze.
...Two Weeks Later...
"Akari! Get back here and put your boots on!" Kagome yelled at me as I ran outside into the bitter cold air. I rolled my eyes before feeling someone pull me backwards.
"And where are you going?" InuYasha asked as he lifted me up to his eye level.
"Nowhere," I told him as I tried to escape his hold on the back of my winter jacket and shirt.
"Since you're going nowhere you can put your boots on." He told me and proceeded to tote me back to the hut. I crossed my arms and glared at him as he pushed the door open and walked inside.
"Any luck?" Kagome asked InuYasha as he dropped me down in front of the fire and walked over to his mate.
"Yep," he said while laying a few decent sized birds down and kissing her. I stuck my tongue out at them as Masaru laughed loudly and swung his arms, lightly hitting InuYasha's chest from where the infant sat curled up against his mother's chest. "Hey to you too." InuYasha laughed as Masaru huffed with a smile on his face. I rolled my eyes before grabbing the small pair of black boots by the door and putting them on.
"And where are you going?" Kagome asked as I tugged the boot on.
"Nowhere," I repeated to her as I pulled the shoe on and grabbed the other one.
"You seem in an awful hurry to go nowhere." She teased me as I shook my head and popped my foot inside the shoe. "Make sure you're back before sunset." She told me as I stood up and went back outside, waving a hand at her as I took off towards the Goshinboku.
"Took you long enough!" Hohen said when I finally arrived a few minutes later. I ignored him as I looked around, immediately spotting Riku sitting a few feet away. "So what are you going to try today?" He asked me as stamped my feet on the ground and rubbed my arms.
"The same thing as yesterday." I told him with a smile as he groaned and fell back on his behind.
"Why don't you stop it already? For all you know it was just some fluke!" He whined at me as I pulled my jacket off and waved my arms back and forth in trying to keep warm.
"If it happened once it can happen twice." I growled at him as I picked up a small decent sized stick that didn't crumble to splinters when I gripped it. "Hey Furball!" I called out to the neko drawing his attention.
"Catch!" I yelled at him and chunked the stick at him making him hiss and transform when it hit him.
"Were you born this stupid or does it come naturally?" Hohen asked me as I got ready to fight the ticked off neko.
"I don't know where you born shy of humans or did you learn it?" I asked him as Riku charged at me. I focused my entire attention on the neko mata as we started fighting, doing better than I had the first time around.
When Riku tried to jump on me and pin me down, I laid back on the ground and kicked my feet up. This planted my foot in his underbelly and allowed me to knock him off-balance in the middle of the air as well as get in a good shot. Shooting a grin at Hohen I rolled to my feet and jumped to the side barely avoiding Riku's claws! Before the neko could swing at me again I swung out with an attack of my own. Hitting his left shoulder with a well-aimed punch that I had finally mastered thanks to Sango. Although I would never admit it. As I jumped back Riku roared at me making me grin as I looked at my smoking left glove out of the corner of my eye.
"Yeah, yeah, roar to you to fuzz ball!" I yelled at the neko mata ticking it off further. As Riku charged at me again I decided to try doing the flip I had seen InuYasha use when he had fought a demon a few days ago. I waited until Riku was right on me before jumping up and trying to flip, unfortunately I couldn't do it, but on the bright side I did manage to grad Riku's tails by accident.
"Oh no," I heard Hohen say as several curse words crossed my mind. Before I could let go or really realize what had happened Riku had jerked around at the same time as he snapped his tails sending me flying into the Goshinboku and into Hohen. We both groaned as we slid to the ground, me on top of Hohen and Hohen on top of several uncomfortable looking roots.
"Next time you want to do this," he moaned as I rolled off of him and on to the ground. "I'm leaving." He said as Riku growled at us, mostly me though, before flying up into the Goshinboku and transforming into his little self.
"I hate that fuzz ball!" I growled angrily, earning a loud hiss from above us both.
"And he to you," a new voice spoke up making me freeze before spinning around towards it. "Hello Akari, it has been a while." Setsuna said as he nodded his head at me. Hohen scrambled to his feet and practically danced over to him.
"Lord Setsuna! Is it time for my fighting lessons?" Hohen asked and I could barely make out the blur that was his tail.
"Not quite, it is actually time for your normal lessons." Setsuna told him making the boy groan loudly as I smirked and crossed my arms. "Shouldn't you be wearing something a little warmer?" He asked me as I stood still and glared at him.
"Shouldn't you be somewhere else?" I snapped back at him earning a smug look from him as Riku landed on my head for a second before leaping off and prancing towards the other demon. "Stupid cats." I muttered under my breath as Riku turned and sat down facing me.
"Now, now. Be nice puppy." Setsuna said mockingly, making me growl at him and uncross my arms to flex my claws. "I have a message for InuYasha, tell him the Lord will meet him two weeks after the snow melts." He told me before turning and walking away, leading Hohen and Riku away as I tried to figure out what the message meant and how important it was.
...
"Let's go home." A boy said reaching out to someone in front of him as I stood behind him, clutching his tunic as someone similar to him crossed their arms.
"I really can't," A girl said in a teary voice as the other boy looked at her.
"Why not?" The second boy asked as yelling could be heard followed by a loud explosion.
"I've decided I have to go back to where I belong. It's for the good of everyone." The girl said as I looked around the boy to look at her, her face was fuzzy but her bright gold hair stood out against her dark skin.
"Don't be sad Akari," she said kneeling down in front of me and gently cupping my face as the yelling got closer. "All this is my fault, go. Run and be safe." She said as I tried to grab her only to have her slip through my fingers.
"You belong with us," one of the boys said angrily.
"Yeah! On the island, now come on!" The second said trying to grab her only to have her step back out of reach.
"I was never supposed to exist. I don't belong in your picture," the girl said as I felt myself crying.
"Go! Get her out of here!" The girl screamed angrily at us as she pushed me back hard enough to make me fall.
"They're over there!" "Grab them!" I heard voices yell as I was lifted up into one of the boys arms and they began running.
"Take her to the island and don't come back!" I heard the girl yell over her shoulder as faceless men ran at her with various weapons raised. As we rounded a bend I saw her red eyes turn and meet mine and for a split second her face was crystal clear and I could see her smile as a hoe swung down on her. "Good bye," I saw her mouth say but couldn't hear it as a scream ripped its way from my throat.
...
"Akari! Wake up!" Kagome yelled as she shook my shoulders and snapped me awake. Panicked I looked around with wide eyes, not really seeing anything except darkness for a few seconds. "Shhhh, it's alright. It's alright, I promise." I heard Kagome whisper over and over as I latched onto her and buried myself against her side. I didn't realize how bad the dream had been until I felt Kagome calmly running her hand through my hair, making my body stop shaking slowly.
"It's alright, nothing bad will happen." I heard Kagome whisper over and over as I let her hold me, letting myself relax slowly. I didn't even notice when I fell back asleep, the sound of her heartbeat and simply her presence relaxing me more than anything else ever had.
...
"Is she okay?" InuYasha whispered as Kagome adjusted herself better and pulled the small girl into her lap. She frowned as something caught her eye before gently pulling Akari's hands away from her shirt to look at one of her palms.
"InuYasha," Kagome whispered, her voice laced with worry and causing said man to rush to her side, their son still in his arms. "Look," she said holding out the girl's palm to show the deep bloody cuts on them.
"Whatever she was dreaming about must have been horrible if she managed to hurt herself." InuYasha whispered before gently taking the girl's palm and licking away the blood, speeding up the healing. Akari's only response was to move closer against Kagome, mumbling something that only InuYasha understood.
"What did she say?" Kagome asked when she saw the blush on her mate's face.
"I could be wrong but," InuYasha hesitated, adjusting his son in his arms before looking at Kagome. "I think she just called you mother." He told her making Kagome blink in surprise before she too blushed with a smile.
"I'm not sure what to say to that." Kagome said with a soft laugh before leaning down and lightly kissing Akari's forehead. "Now if only she'd be like this when she's awake instead of just in bad situations." Kagome laughed as InuYasha rolled his eyes before putting his son back in his little basket beside their bed.
"Come on," he said pulling Akari out of her arms and carrying her to their bed. "Might as well sleep together now." He said as Kagome smiled and gave him a kiss before pulling back their blankets enough for both he and Akari to lay down. Satisfied with Akari being between them, Kagome pulled the blankets over all three of them before getting back up for her son.
"Hold on a sec," she said and carefully pulled her son into her arms. "It's to cold to let him sleep alone." She told InuYasha when he raised a brow at her in inquiry. Now satisfied she adjusted herself as well as her son and allowed sleep to overcome her. InuYasha stayed up and watched Akari turn and curl up against Kagome with a happy sigh a few minutes later.
"We have a strong pack," his demon side spoke up earning agreement from InuYasha before something occurred to him.
"What were you dreaming about?" He whispered to a sleeping Akari, only causing her ears to twitch in his direction. "What was so horrible that you screamed and hurt yourself in your sleep?" He asked softly before reaching over and gently rubbing the base of her ears making a soft rumble come from her. InuYasha smirked before gently pulling all three of them closer to him and letting himself doze off for the night.