Author: I'm back!

Audience: *throws shoe*

Author: *dodges* Hey, wrong person, baka! Do I look like an old guy with big ears to you?

Audience: ...no...

Author: I was grounded, but now I'm back and I've added a new story to cross this with!

Audience: Boo!

Author: *throws shoe, hits radio*

Radio: Boo! *crashes to the ground, voices trail off*

Author: Hime! Did you put that there to annoy me?

Hime: Maybe...

Author: *throws tap shoe*

Hime: Ow...

Author: Now, read on and see what I've added, if you dare...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kagome noticed a tiny book laying next to the spot where Luna and Sesshomaru were curled up asleep. 'Hmm... I probably shouldn't... oh, well, I guess one look wouldn't hurt.' She picked up the book and opened it to the book-marked page.

'Today, nothing much happened. We killed a couple of demons, but they weren't much to deal with. Sota killed one of them. Rin was extremely happy about it, so I think she's been training him. Piper and Edward disappeared after noon. They seem to be dating. Zakura is still trying not to look at Jacob because of her curse. Didn't we already kill Kikyo? I'll have to find out later. InuYasha has been taking my advice seriously. He just randomly picked a flower and gave it to her. Yep, probably should have warned him to check for bees first.

Moving on, Hime has spent a lot of time with Emmett lately. I think I forgot to give her that second injection of serum. Oh, well, I'll just note it here. Shirou has been having a harder time moving, so it's very uncertain how long he'll last. Maybe another week. His aura is even showing how close he is to death. I feel sorry for him. Kaori has even noticed, so it definitely won't be long.

On a lighter subject, I'm finally marrying Sesshy!!! I ran to Donau last week and set everything up. I love the flowers. Sesshy is as excited as I am, now I just need to find my maid of honor... perhaps not Zakura. She's hyper at these things, and I'd rather not wear wine on my dress. Piper's not a good choice either... she cries. What a lovely thing to put on a portrait, mascara lines. I can't use Hime, on the account of she's too young (for now), Lita is a klutz. Bree is already making my dress, can't ask her to do anything else. It's either Kagome or Sango. Maybe not Sango... I think a demon slayer at a demon's wedding would just be scary... or ironic.

So far, I have five bride's maids, two flower girls, a ring bearer, a spirit guide, a fiancé, and myself. I can finally have that wedding that I've dreamed of! I think Sesshy has picked the best man and the five escorts. Oh, I can't wait!'

'She's considering me for maid of honor? Now I feel guilty.' Kagome placed the book back gently and went back to sleep next to InuYasha.

The next day, Kagome was sitting on a rock, waiting for the rest of the group to wake up. Luna swiftly sat down beside her. "Hey, Kagome, I need a favor."

'Here it comes.'

"Can you... watch over Chiyo and Ryu for a bit?"

'Huh?'

"I have to fix a few things Alice told me about, so I need a babysitter."

"Um... sure."

"Thanks!" Luna disappeared as quickly as she appeared.

'Crap, I bet Alice saw me find out.'

"She didn't." Edward appeared behind her.

"You're very scary, you know that?"

"Hime has told me before."

"What were you saying?"

"Alice didn't see you reading the diary. Luna could tell you had been over there, but didn't quite notice the scent on the book. No one except for me and you know."

"Good. What did Alice see?"

"Three new arrivals, one of which has a little in common with vampires. She also saw it raining. Luna has to get more chairs and move it forward."

"Ah, I see."

"Don't worry, you'll be maid of honor. Just let her sort this out and she'll ask."

"Thanks, Eddie."

"Please don't call me that."

"Oh, okay. Thanks, Edward."

"You're welcome." With that, Edward went to rejoin Piper, who was braiding Kasumi's hair.

Kagome remained sitting as she watched the two half-demon pups scrabble around on the ground, giggling the entire time.

Three sets of eyes gazed from a behind a boulder. One of the people lowered himself further and whispered, "What should we do?"

"I don't know, my PDA isn't working!"

"Why don't we just talk to them, they seem nice," a third responded.

"But what if they're not," the first one asked.

"Then you turn ghost and we get the heck out of here," ths second one returned to working with the small device.

"I've been having difficultly with my powers recently, so we may not escape."

"Lovely. I'm going to wait until the fast one returns. Perhaps she's the leader." The third one readjusted her legs so that she could sit down.

"That's... actually a good idea." The others soon joined her.

A few minutes later, Luna rejoined the group. Immediately, she picked up the scent of the three travelers. Relying on signals, the group surrounded the rocks. "State your names and the reason you are here," her voice rang out against the sounds of the forest.

"Please, have mercy!" One of them began to cry.

"Depends, you about to give me my leg back?"

The boy backed away from the hanyou. "Please, miss, we weren't trying to harm anyone. I'm Danny and these are my friends, Sam and Tucker." Another one spoke up.

"Why are you here?"

"We don't know, we were trying to get a coat out of my closet and we ended up here."

"No, why are you HERE?" Luna pointed at the rock.

"Oh, um... well..."

"Oh, shut up." Sam stood up. "It's because we were terrified."

Luna smirked slightly. "Makes sense. We are terrifying people."

Sam smiled. "So you aren't going to kill us?"

"Of course not! We don't kill innocent hanyoukai and their friends," Luna indicated Danny as she said the species aloud.

"Hanyoukai?"

"Here, join us and I'll explain."

Sam immediately went to sit in the clearing. She was soon joined by Danny and Tucker. Luna sat on the ground and added sticks to the fire. "We are a multi-species group. I, of course, only lead half of this group. InuYasha, my half-brother-in-law, leads a quarter of them and Carlisle leads the rest."

"So, what are hanyoukai?"

"Half-breeds. Any cross between two or more species. Yash and I are hanyoukai. So is Zaku, Kasu, Sota, and my children."

"What strange names."

"I'm using their nicknames. Zaku and Kasu are actually Zakura and Kasumi."

"So Yash would be..."

"InuYasha. Speaking of the devil, where is he?"

"Hunting, I think," Zakura answered.

Luna smiled as she turned to the newcomers. "Anything else you would like to know?"

"Who is this hanyoukai that you told us about?"

"That one, of course!" Luna pointed at Danny.

"But I don't have dog ears."

Luna sighed, "It ain't about the ears, ya know. Let me explain the evolution of the hanyoukai. When everything began, winglies ruled over humans. Some, however, were sympathetic and married them. This marriage meant that no other wingly could harm the human in question. Some even bred with them, producing half-winglies, who could use magic and look human. After numerous generations, they began to modify the very genetics they had. Some valued speed, others strength, yet more wanted healers. Eventually, the youkai race began.

My grandmother was the first and she had a tribal name, as many did in her era. Dawn-step was the first canine demon, and was aptly named. All youkai that are canine, which includes wolves, foxes, and dogs, can trace their ancestry back to Dawn-step and her sisters, Snow-pelt and Mist-feather. Some traits are still carried by youkai today. Shippo has green eyes like Mist-feather had, no other youkai carried that trait. Snow-pelt had, of course, snowy silver hair. I think you can tell where that one is today.

Ghosts, however, came about as technology was created and began to replace magic. Humans discovered how to become youkai and made machines for that purpose. One person tampered with said machines and opened a portal to the afterlife, or Ghost-zone, as it is now called. Mortals died at rapid rates as winglies rushed to contain the pandemic. Soon, humans rose up with seven heroes, the dragoons, and won freedom. Then, they turned on the youkai who had helped them. Youkai lived in tiny villages from then on, alongside ghosts and half-breeds."

"How do you know so much about it?"

"Lita has a great power. She can see past events with such clarity, you'd think she lived during the time period. She traced the demonic history to the distant past. But, I haven't finished. As machines grew more complex, humans forgot the magic that they had arisen from. Brave youkai ascended onto the scene, pretending to be human. Mom never forgot, and in fact, she condemned herself so that all humans and other species could prosper. She became the 'black monster' of the legends around here and killed the newly-born moon child every 108 years. The one thing she never knew, in all 11,578 years of her life, was that she was pregnant with Zieg's child. Two days before death, in the spring town of Ulara, she gave birth to me. I have lived for 12,960 years and am still living."

"Wow, you guys have long life spans." Danny stared at the tiny hanyou.

"Not actually. We're cursed."

"That's weird."

"I guess. Oh, and hanyoukai, or hanyou for short, is a collective term, meaning any mixed-blood creature is called a hanyou."

"Hey, Luna, I found something you might be interested in," InuYasha called out as he entered the clearing.

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Author: Did ya figure it out?

Hime: Erm... no... I don't get it.

Author: I was watching cartoons on my favorite (daytime) channel, which I cannot spell the name for... Sorry, I just can't remember the spelling, but if you read, you know what has been added, and the channel. If someone can spell that, I'd thank you.

Danny: That's it?

Author: Hey, I'm poor, what did ya expect?!?

Sam: Danny, quit picking on the poor kid!

Author: *glares at Sam*

Sam: Okay, that's scary.

Author: Sayonara, everyone.