Chapter 29

It had been a busy past three days with the women running around gathering everything they would need for the thanksgiving in the feudal era. Inuyasha and Shippo went and killed a turkey while Jinenji and his mother harvested Potatoes, corn, and helped Shiori and the others make something similar to stuffing. The whole castle was in an uproar as the day came that everything had to be done and set to eat. Sesshomaru and the other men really didn't get the point of this holiday but they went along and helped when told.

As the women cooked the children ran through the kitchen laughing. Then they heard yelling and there were suddenly more children running around and two fighting with others starting to join in. Kagome grabbed her daughter and youngest son, Sango grabbed her eldest daughter, Nori and Mizuki grabbed the two oldest wolf demon children and separated them.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called

"Koga!" Sango called, when suddenly the two men showed up at the doorway with the other men behind them smiling and laughing at the scene. Ayame ran in and tried to help calm and control her children while the men laughed.

"Inuyasha, if you don't get over here and control your children I will S-I-T you so hard you won't get up for a month!" She yelled as she struggled to hold onto her flailing children.

"Koga, I'll have her make something for you if you don't take your sons!" Ayame yelled at her mate as Sango struggled with her twisting and turning fifteen year old daughter.

"Miroku, Get over here and help with the other children!"

"You too Shippo!" Mizuki called. All the men jumped to what they were told and helped separate and take the children outside leaving the women trying to catch their breath as they looked around at the mess of the kitchen.

"Looks like you can use some help." Ayame smiled.

"Thanks, I think we're gonna need it." Kagome said as the women went back to working hard to finish dinner.

"What did your mother tell ya?" Koga scolded Taro.

"But dad, it's not my fault" He said.

"So you had no part in the fight, that's why they had ta hold ya all separate?" Koga asked his son as both boys looked down.

"The half breed started it." Jiro mumbled and was rewarded with a slap to the back of the head. He looked up at his father who slapped Taro in the back of the head.

"Oye, don't hit your brother." He warned his eldest son.

"But dad…. He called her a half breed!" Taro yelled at his father who looked down at his son confused.

"Haven't ya been doin that since ya could talk?" Koga was confused as to why Taro was now suddenly defending Izayoi.

"Yeah, but she ain't a half breed." Taro said making Koga smirk.

"Then why were ya all fightin?" He asked

"Hanna won a game and then Jiro started to yell at her and they were fighting and Taji started and then they all dragged me in the Izzy joined in and then we wound up in the kitchen and all." Taro said.

"Taro, shut up." He told his brother. "Dad, they started to fight with me then everyone kinda started yellin." He said turning to his father.

"Jiro, what happened to ya bein the good one?" Koga said with a smirk and sighed. "Alright, ya both stop fightin and go play nicely." Koga smiled as the two looked at each other. Jiro ran off as Koga held Taro back.

"What? I wanta go with the others." He whined making Koga smirk.

"I know. Tell me…. What's with the change? Ya have always called Izzy names and now yer defending her?"

"Well, mom told me that I had ta be nice and that when Izayoi was gonna call mom a name, that was just a little feelin of how she feels when I called her names. I didn't like it and ya know….. She ain't that bad. I mean she's still a stupid mutt, but she ain't too bad." He smiled.

"Heh. Just be sure not to steal yer brother's future mate." Koga laughed making Taro raise an eyebrow at the comment. "Never mind. Go play." Koga said and watched his son run away as he glanced at Inuyasha still talking to his daughter and son.

"Now, what ya two doin? Didn't yer mother and I have a talk with ya?" Inuyasha asked his children.

"Yeah, but the stupid wolf started pickin on Hanna and then the jerk started too and then we joined. The flea bags started it." Taji said.

"Hanna coulda taken care of herself and you know it. And don't call Taro a flea bag." She argued. Inuyasha looked at his daughter confused. She was the one calling the wolves every name there was and always arguing about them, now she is defending them.

"Why ya defending the wolves?" Inuyasha asked.

"Ayame isn't bad and since she talked ta Taro, he's been really nice. He ain't so bad once he stops bein mean. he's still a stupid mongrel, but he ain't too bad now." She said confusing Inuyasha.

"Okay? Well I want both of ya to stop fightin and arguing and go play nice." He told them. He never could fully discipline his children, his daughter he could barely scold her, the boys he could scold but the look on their faces let them get away with just that. The two siblings nodded and ran off as he watched and glanced at Koga who was starting to walk over to him.

"Seems like their recruiting reinforcements." Inuyasha laughed.

"The good ones are startin now." Koga laughed.

"Well out of their group." Inuyasha said making both men chuckle.

"Ya know, Taro said the damnedest thing when I was askin what happened." Koga said as they started to walk to the other men. "Jiro started callin Izayoi names and Taro stood up for her. Slapped Jiro's head pretty hard too." He chuckled. "I asked why and he said that since Ayame talked to him they've been gettin along and he said she ain't that bad."

"Yeah, same with mine. Taji made comments and Izzy scolded him. She said that Ayame's nice and since they stopped fightin Taro ain't mean." Inuyasha told his ex-rival.

"At least it will be quieter without those two fightin." Koga laughed.

"Yeah, for now." Inuyasha smirked as he gave a small growl. Making Koga laugh.

"Next will be a fight between Saburo and Izzy, a pre mate argument." Koga laughed as Inuyasha gave another small growl that, Koga knew, didn't mean much.

"What ya talkin bout?" Katsu asked as his friend and the wolf demon came to a stop in front of him and the other men.

"Just talking about Izzy and Saburo." Koga said.

"Yeah that'll be the fight commin up." Shippo said as all the men began to laugh as they turned their attention back to the children running around laughing and playing.

"You do all of this in your era?" Nori asked.

"Yeah. It's a lot easier in my time though. We don't have to make everything from scratch, but I like it this way better." Kagome smiled.

"This is fun." Sango told Kagome with a smile as she helped make the stuffing stuff.

"I think it's great to have everyone together too." Mizuki said.

"Yeah. I mean when was the last time everyone was together like this?" Nori asked. "The most I've seen in the past several years is visit for a little while them back off to separate places."

"The last time we were all together was when we had Taji's first birthday party." Kagome laughed.

"Now that I think about it that was the last time everyone was together." Ayame smiled.

"That was, what, nine years ago?" Nori asked.

"Yeah." Kagome said as she started to stuff the large turkey the men had gotten. Ayame finished peeling the potatoes as Mizuki started to smash them. Nori and Rin stirred the corn and string beans.

"What time is it?" Rin asked Kagome .

"I think it's almost lunch time." Kagome said as she and Sango put the turkey on a specially made spit and started to cook it. "I'm gonna start lunch for the trouble makers. Who wants to help?" She asked as she began to make sandwiches.

"I think we all will. It'll get done faster and then we won't have them running in here actin like we don't feed them." Ayame said making all the women laugh as they worked on making lunch and keeping an eye on the food for dinner.

The women were adding finishing touches to their dishes after all day in the kitchen cooking.

"Al right I think it's time for dinner." Sango said.

"I'll go tell everyone to sit-"There was a loud thud and muffled curses coming from the other side of the door, then there was a burst of laughter and a yell.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha half growled as Shippo, Koga and Katsu laughed. "Ya know you three better run when I get up." He threatened them. Tamotsu was standing with Sesshomaru and they looked at each other. Tamotsu was about to help Inuyasha up when Sesshomaru grabbed him and pulled him back just as Inuyasha got up and tore after the three that had been laughing. The women came running through the door and Kagome saw Inuyasha chasing three men.

"Inuyasha…."

"Don't ya dare, wench!" He growled at her as he ran after Shippo after he thumped Katsu on the head.

"If you don't stop I will." She told him. He knew better than to push her when she spoke like that and thumped Shippo before walking over to her and the others leaving Koga for another time.

"Why should I stop?" He asked sarcastically as he stopped in front of her.

"Because I will say 'it and the food's ready." At the mention of food all of the men looked at her happily making the women laugh.

"Yes it's all done." Mizuki giggled.

"Where are the kids?" Sango asked.

"They're having their Jaken time." Katsu smiled. After all the years they still loved to chase Jaken and torture him. The men started to call it the kid's, Jaken time and said it was just like a play time or a nap time.

"Well go get them, it's time to eat." Mizuki said. She had begun to speak up and act like the other women, not the shy little girl she had been. She had become more brave and stubborn since she had the twin girls almost two years ago. Katsumi and Juro would be two in two weeks and three weeks after that the twins would be two. It was an exciting time as each child would be a year older in a short amount of time.

Koga, Shippo, Inuyasha and Katsu left to collect the children. Once everyone was gathered then men got the food and followed the women and children to village in the outside of the gates where the whole village had been cooking various dishes that everyone would be sharing.

"It's time!" Called a young girl as she laughed and ran with the other children to join the adults in the village.

"Great! The food's here!" A boy yelled excited making Kagome smile and look at her children who were looking around, practically drooling over all the smells of food.

"Just don't go overboard. Everyone has to eat." Kagome said softly to her three children as they walked beside her. Katsumi sat in Kagome's arms looking around with a smile, her nose twitching at all the smells, and her ears swiveling back and forth on the top of her head at every sound around her.

"Can we eat yet?" Asked a child in the crowd, making everyone smile.

"You've come." Otohime smiled as she walked up to the group with her children in tow.

"Where would you like them to place the food?" Sango asked standing next to Kagome.

"Oh, over there." the dragon demon said pointing over to the side where other people could be seen placing food on a very large table. The men nodded and went over to relieve their hands of the heavy burdens. Kagome, Otohime and the others walked over to stand in front of the large amount of people from the newly made village.

"Alright. I think we can start getting in line for some food!" Otohime called over the noise of the crowd. Everyone started making their way to the food and filling their plates. Each person in the village made something and placed it on the table, there was plenty for everyone and then some, Kagome was surprised how everything had worked out so perfectly. Kagome stood in line with the others. She held Katsumi while Rin held Juro, Mizuki held Aki and Shippo held Anzu and the others took care of the older children.

"Dad, can I have that?" Taji asked starring at a large plate filled with cooked meat, practically drooling. Inuyasha chuckled at his youngest son and placing some of the meat onto a plate for him, while taking some for himself. Toshiro and Izayoi grabbed as much food as they could reach as they walked between their parents. Hanna, Haruko and Kanno walked between their parents collecting their food.

After collecting their food they all found places to sit and while everyone ate there were a few that followed Kagome and the others.

"So what are ya thankful for?" Katsu asked Nori.

"Being away from that bastard." She said.

"How about ya Inu- chan?" Katsu asked.

"Keh." Inuyasha said as he helped Izayoi and Taji cut their food. He looked over at Kagome helping Toshiro to cut his food and holding Katsumi on one leg.

"Come on Inuyasha, you have to be thankful for something." Sango said

"Like what?" Inuyasha said not looking up.

"Like what ya thank Kami for every day." Katsu said. "I thank Kami that Nori is safe and with me and that we were able to find you and meet your family." Katsu smiled as Inuyasha looked up at him.

"I thank Kami every day that I met Inuyasha and for the children we have." Kagome smiled at Inuyasha who smirked and glanced at her as he finished helping Taji. Shippo and Mizuki smiled as they held their twins close and gave them some food. Sango and Miroku smiled and looked at their own children. Their group had been truly blessed; everyone had found love and friendship. They couldn't ask for more.

After everyone had thanked Kami and ate as fast as they could all of the children ran off to play their games and have fun leaving the adults to laugh and joke and tell stories.

"So Kagome how did you and Inuyasha ever get together?" Asked a woman making Kagome glance at Inuyasha who rolled his eyes and looked over at the children.

"It's….. A long story." Kagome smiled at the young woman sitting in front of her.

"What do ya mean?" Koga said with a smirk looking between Kagome and Inuyasha. "It's very short…..she is the only one that can handle this ass." Koga smirked pointing at Inuyasha. Everyone looked at the two when Inuyasha began to growl.

"Who ya callin an ass, ya prick." Inuyasha growled out as Koga smirked making Inuyasha growl even more.

"Inuyasha. He is right, you know. Kagome is the only one you listen to." Miroku said earning a glare.

"Leave him alone." Shippo said looking at all the stunned faces looking at him for defending Inuyasha, before he continued. "He's just bein the senile old man he is." Shippo smiled and stuck his tongue out before getting ready to bolt.

"You know Inuyasha could teach the cute little girls a thing or two….." Tamotsu smiled.

"Yeah, you really don't want ta push him too far." Katsu smiled remembering the past.

"What do ya mean?" Koga asked. Inuyasha looked at his old friends and smirked.

"Ya deserved it, the both of ya." He said and looked at Nori who had started to giggle.

"Inuyasha, what did you do?" Kagome asked curious.

"Nothin." He said looking the other way making Kagome and the others turn to Katsu, Nori and Tamotsu.

"The boys decided to mess around with Inuyasha and took it too far and well Inuyasha got them back." Nori smiled.

"What did they do?" Sango asked. Nori glanced at the three men. Inuyasha was glaring at the other two while they shrunk away with smirks on their face.

"Well they pushed Inuyasha too far and Inuyasha got them back. It was actually pretty funny." Nori giggled. "They pushed Inuyasha one time and tried to make him scared and all but you know him, you really can't scare him." She smiled at Inuyasha. "Well he took them to a cave and told them that there was treasure in side and they ran in not even wondering why Inuyasha stood outside. Next thing we knew they came running out screaming and crying like little girls. They were being chased by a bear demon and Inuyasha had to save them. It was so funny!" Nori ended laughing making Tamotsu and Katsu glare at her for bringing the story up again.

"We were little kids." Tamotsu said in their defense.

"Yeah. We coulda saved ourselves. And we couldn't help but mess with little Inu- chan. He was so cute." Katsu smirked as Inuyasha growled at him. Kagome rolled her eyes and went to look in on the youngest children.

"Believe it or not you can scare Inuyasha." Koga smirked as Inuyasha's growling turned to him. Inuyasha's old friends looked between the two, confused.

"Inuyasha? Scared?" Katsu and Tamotsu laughed at the same time.

"Like that would ever happen." Tamotsu said.

"We tried everything and there is no way to scare this dog." Katsu laughed.

"Have you tried using friends and family?" Sesshomaru said as he walked over to join them.

"What do ya mean?" Katsu asked the dog demon as Sesshomaru and Koga looked at Inuyasha. Sesshomaru still held his cold mask across his face as he stared at his brother and Koga looked slightly sad as he looked at Inuyasha, and Shippo looked upset as he looked at his father. Inuyasha and Shippo looked at them and turned to glance at Kagome and then to Izayoi as she ran over to her mother.

"Feh!" Inuyasha said as he turned his head away and watched the other children run around. Koga looked at him then at the old friends in front of them.

"It's the way to scare the hell out of him." Koga said.

"What?" Nori asked and watched Inuyasha walk over to help Kagome with the youngest children of the group. Shippo glanced at everyone before he decided to talk.

"There is one way to scare dad. And it has been used too many times now." Shippo looked at Sango and Miroku who knew what had gone on, even Koga didn't know of all the things that had gone on.

"Naraku used all of us against him at one time or another." Miroku said "Well he just nearly killed all of us, well he and several other people used Kagome against him."

"What do you mean?" Nori asked

"Naraku used several methods and tried to kill us, and almost succeeded a few times. He used Kagome to try to get to Inuyasha more times than I can count. And other enemies came forward and used her against him." Miroku explained.

"She fought it with everything she had but we could all see it…. He was scared out of his mind." Sango said

"Yeah but ya didn't see when the twins were born." Shippo said making every one look at him.

"What do you mean?" Tamotsu asked.

"Shippo, I think ya should let them tell it." Koga said remembering that Inuyasha told him not to say anything.

"I'll only say it if you three promise not to say a word about it." Shippo said and looked at the three old friends of his father. Each one nodded and looked at him intrigued. "The twins were born at four months, and it wasn't a very good labor. I know what I heard and smelled. Sango and Rin were in there." He said and looked at Sango as she sighed.

"Shiro was born no problem then Izzy was born with her cord wrapped around her neck, basically dead. After Kaede and I get her breathing and crying Kagome had passed out and stopped breathing. It took a lot to bring her back." Sango explained.

"Dad and I sat outside… He knew what was going on and he was so afraid. You shoulda seen him." Shippo said and looked over at Inuyasha as he bent to talk to Izayoi.

"Anything that involves Kagome in danger scares the hell out of him." Koga said before Kagome and Inuyasha came back over to them.

"I think the kids are ready for desert." Kagome smiled as she and the other women around went to put out the sweets.

"Have a nice chat?" Inuyasha scoffed as he looked at the group.

"Yeah, we did." Katsu smirked.

Suddenly there were happy screams and cheers from children as they ran to get to the sweets first. The men smiled and walked over to where the women were carrying the stuff the kids wanted.

"Alright! One at a time!" Sango called as the children looked at each other and then tried to get a head of everyone else. Kagome and the others sighed and smiled at how active they all were.

"I hope they wear themselves out before we have to go to bed." Kagome giggled next to Inuyasha. They all set the sweets down and the tables were bombarded by the children as they nearly knocked Kagome over. Inuyasha caught her and helped get out of the middle of the crazed children.

"Wow, they really like their sweets." Katsu laughed. The adults watched and waited for the children to stop their rampage before they grabbed their own sweets. The adults went back to their seats and started to talk again just before there was a scream. Inuyasha and the other looked at each other before taking off running leaving Rin, Mizuki and Otohime to watch the children.

"It came from over here." Shippo said as they ran to the far back of the village into the trees. As they neared the back they could see running around and yelling and screaming. Toshiro ran towards them as fast as he could.

" Dad! Mom! They need help!" He screamed and turned to run back to help the others. The adults could see the demons and hanyou children jumping and snarling as the attacked protecting the human and much younger children. Hanna, Haruko and Kanno could be seen fending off the attackers who slipped through the hanyou and demons. There was a large man who stepped out from the cover of the trees who stopped and looked around. He spotted the nearest Hanyou and attacked, it just so happened the nearest one was Izayoi. She stood next to Toshiro as they fought. Toshiro had grabbed a bow and was shooting arrows at the attackers while Izayoi jumped and slashed with a sword she took from a fallen soldier. The large man swung his sword at Izayoi's back. She didn't have a chance to turn and block or even get out of the way. In an instant Inuyasha was behind her blocking the man with his Tetsaiga.

"Who dares stop me from riding this earth of abominations?" The man asked as Inuyasha snarled and growled. His ears laid flat to his skull as he replied.

"It ain't yer business! Go back to the whole ya crawled out of!" Inuyasha snarled. Izayoi was behind him still fighting off others who came, but was now joined by the other adults.

"Miroku get the kids out of here." Sango said as she through her Hirikotsu at another bunch as they ran at them. Miroku nodded and moved off to get the children away. She looked around and saw the hanyou and demon children still fighting alongside the adults. She saw Shippo dispatching one man after another as he sliced his claws though them easily and moved to the next man. Koga and Ayame fought with their children, all were kicking, punching, using claws to slice one way then another and Taro, Akio and Akia had taken swords like Izayoi had and were fighting all those who came close.

"I will kill you for that, half breed!" Roared the large man as Inuyasha dodged the stick and attacked effectively cutting off the man's left arm. The arm fell to the ground with a dull thud as the man attacked fiercer than before. They went back and forth, swinging and thrusting, slashing and cutting. Bringing their sword down and trying to kill their opponent with as much force as possible.

"Heh! I'd like at see ya try, big oaf." Inuyasha said as he dodged another attack but was hit in the back by a random man. He gritted his teeth as the sword cut deep into his back as he heard Kagome scream his name. He turned to kill the man but found him on the ground and Izayoi dislodging her sword from his chest.

"Sorry daddy." She said with a smirk before running to the right slightly to help Taji fight of three men. The scene was hectic, arrows flying everywhere from Kagome, and Toshiro. Koga, Ayame and most of their children fought with fists, claws and kicks. Inuyasha and the rest sliced swords through any body part that was close and slide through chests, necks, and heads as them made their way around the battle field.

Inuyasha swung his sword high above his head once he was back far enough and whipped out most of the remaining men as he brought it down and used the wind scar. The large man was caught in the front of the blast and went down with a loud thud as the men left standing took off running.

"What was that about?" Ayame asked as she and the others came to Inuyasha's side.

"Dai and the others are making sure we don't forget about them." Katsu said as he looked up at Inuyasha who was staring at the place they had run off to.

"We should follow em." Koga said making everyone nod.

"In the morning. None are in tracking or fighting fit. Let us rest." Tamotsu said. The others nodded as Kagome and Inuyasha bent to look at their three children and Koga and Ayame looked their six over, and Sango went back to the village to make sure everyone was alright.

"Daddy are ya okay?" Izayoi asked Inuyasha as he bent down.

"Yeah, dad I saw that guy. That was a really hard hit." Taji said. Kagome looked at Inuyasha. She could tell it was a discomfort but he wasn't in pain, she would be able to tell. Not that he wouldn't try to hide it, but she knew him well enough.

"I'll be fine. You three get hurt?" He said brushing his children's concerns to the side.

"No. I'm okay." Toshiro said.

"I got a few cuts." Taji said with a smirk.

"Yeah, nothing that we can't fix." Izayoi smiled at her father. Inuyasha stood and waited for Koga and Ayame to finish.

"Yer pups okay?" Koga asked as he walked up to Inuyasha and the others.

"Yeah, nothing their blood can't fix." Inuyasha told him.

"What about your's?" Kagome asked.

"Scrapes, cuts and bumps. Nothing that won't be gone in less than an hour." Ayame told her "Come on." She called to the children as the adults started to go back to the village.

"I would like to thank Kami that everyone's safe." Katsu said with a chuckle.

"I'm surprised yer still here, with the way you fight." Inuyasha smirked at his friend.

"Hey, I've heard of yer fights. So you can't talk." Katsu shot back.

"Inuyasha!" Sango's voice reached Inuyasha's ears as she and Miroku met up with them. "We talk to the kids, they all said there were a few men that were sitting by the trees and walked into the forest just before the attack." Sango told them.

"It's Dai. He's trying to make us never forget him." Koga said as Inuyasha growled. "Tomorrow, Inuyasha. I'll take em down with ya." he said softly.

"Yeah." Inuyasha said as they went back to the village to talk with everyone that would be defending the village, this was a mission for Inuyasha and his group, not for everyone.