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What the Future Holds

Chapter 4

InuYasha sat up in a tree, watching over his family as they played in the noonday sun. It's only been a week and the twins are already at the age of three. Why are they aging so quickly? Did Father have an ancestor that aged faster than normal? Damnit, I wish that I knew!

The twins had indeed grown in body and in mind, possessing the outer appearance of  three-year-old children, but holding the mind of a grown adult. The two of them had similar features, yet their features were exact opposite. The boy, had the stern, scowling face of InuYasha with his silver ears resting on top of silver hair with black streaks in it. His eyes were golden, yet one could see the light brown of Kagome's eyes flecked in them. He stood tall and proud, believing that no harm could come to them as long as he was around. The boy was highly protective of his younger sister, and his family, and the two were hardly seen out of each other's sights. The girl, on the other hand, the gentle, trusting face of Kagome, and made one want to become friends with her immediately. Her hair nearly brushed the ground, which was the color of midnight black with silver streaks in it, and her eyes were the light brown of her mother's, yet they had the golden streaks of her father. Her silver ears rested upon her head as well. The girl was a few inches shorter than her brother, and a temper to send any full youkai run away in terror. She was fiercely protective of the people that she loved and grew up around. On top of that, all the village boys, including Shippo, thought she was the most beautiful creature to grace the Earth, and she often laughed at them for telling her that. The two were currently playing tag with Shippo, when suddenly the boy sent up a cry of a challenge.

"Shippo!" he cried, his voice holding the coolness very similar to Sesshoumaru's, "Let's have a race! To the tree where papa is sitting in! Come on!"

"No way Ryuujin!" said Shippo in annoyance, "You know as well as I do that you'll beat me! We did this yesterday and you got to the tree before I even took to steps!" InuYasha smirked as he remember the shocked look upon the kitsune's face, not believing that the little boy got to the tree before he even stepped over the line. InuYasha was impressed by his children's speed. Not even a full-blooded youkai was that fast, nor that strong. The twins possessed an unusual strength that a mind could not fathom. Even the Oracle could give them no answers on to how or why they possessed such abilities. All she told them was that it may have been due to the fact that Kagome was once a human, and that she was transformed into a hanyou during the birthing. It seemed to be the best answer for now.

InuYasha's faced turned to his beloved mate where she sat in the shade with their daughter. She looked human enough, but one could see the black ears that sat upon her head, and the yellow-brown of her eyes glinting in the sun. He heard Kagome laugh as she and her daughter played together, and InuYasha saw the long canines gleam in the sunlight. He watched as Kagome's claws skillfully braided their daughter's thick, long hair. Kagome had adjusted rather quickly to being a hanyou, testing her skills by fighting with InuYasha at night before they slept. Sometimes, they didn't sleep until the pre-dawn hours of the night (whoa damn!). They had gone back to Kagome's time to tell her family about the children and the transformation that Kagome had gone through. Her mother nearly fainted, and her grandfather went to his bedroom for the rest of the day. Her brother, Sota, on the other hand, found it thrilling that she had become a hanyou and constantly asked her questions. He did this until Ryuujin told him to, rather bluntly, shut-the-hell-up, and he did.

"Mama! Are we going to look for more jewel shards? I am getting bored sitting here all day," the girl said, as her brother and Shippo ran up to them.

"Sakura! Are you going to come and play with us?" Shippo asked as he blushed at the sight of her, grabbing his tail and stroking it as a sign of nervousness.

"I want to go look for more jewel shards, but mama and papa are so lazy!" Sakura said, pouting, "Papa! Get down from the tree and let's go!" Sakura got up from her mother's lap and jumped into the tree where her father sat. "Well? Are you going to get up or not?" InuYasha laughed and hugged his little girl to him.

"Alright," InuYasha replied, "If you behave well, then we can go visit Rin."

"Yeah! We'll go get Sango and Miroku and tell Granny Kaede that we are going to go!" Sakura cried and jumped down from the limb.

"Sakura!" shouted Kagome, "Be careful! I told you not to jump down from the limbs like that! InuYasha! Why did you let her do that?" Sakura simply laughed as she told Ryuujin and Shippo about heading out and what they had to do. The two boys ran off, doing her bidding. Sakura walked off into the forest with out saying anything. InuYasha jumped down to Kagome and put his arm around her waist.

"Are you doing alright?" he asked her softly, nuzzling her ear lovingly.

"I suppose I am," Kagome replied, sighing at the pleasure she felt, "I was hoping that mom and grandpa wouldn't take the fact of me becoming a hanyou so hard. I'm glad that Sota didn't mind so much." She said the last part in sarcasm, and rolled her eyes to the sky, causing InuYasha to burst out in laughter.

"Well," he said huskily, "Now we have more time to spend together." He caught Kagome's tender lips and kissed her deeply. His tongue delved into her mouth, stroking hers, causing her to moan in delight and passion. He pushed her lower back intimately against his hips, and began to part the fabric of the kimono she was wearing. There was a large crashing noise and suddenly a body fell to the ground next to them, and a small figure landed on top of it.

"Sakura! What on Earth is that?" Kagome asked, picking up her daughter. The two boys came back and Ryuujin and Shippo were laughing as they recognized who was lying on the ground.

"Hahaha! Sakura, you got him good this time! I wonder how long he'll take to wake up today. The other day it was four hours before he woke up when I knocked him out."

"You bashed him over the head with a club that time," Shippo said, bent double from laughing so hard, "THAT'S why he didn't wake up for a while."

"What did you hit him with, Sakura?" asked InuYasha as he shook the form of his brother, trying to wake him up.

"That's what he gets for watching us! Uncle Sesshoumaru can be such an ignoramus sometimes!" Sakura laughed happily. Sesshoumaru began to stir and sat up, shaking his head. He looked around and viciously slapped his half-brother's hand away, growling at him.

"I did not even hear her as I was hiding," Sesshoumaru muttered as he stood up.

"What were you doing watching us anyway, Uncle?" Ryuujin asked him, "Cause we knew that you were there and I told Shippo that you were there." Sesshoumaru grunted and began to walk away, but Sakura ran up to him and grabbed his tail, pulling at it. He turned his head over his shoulder and scowled at her, her brother came up next to her and stood by her in a protective gesture. The twins held the glare of their Uncle with patience, when Sesshoumaru's face melted into a smile and he turned and picked the two of them up, hugging them and burying his face into their thick manes. Kagome smiled at the tender scene she was witnessing, while InuYasha saw that Sesshoumaru was not such a stick in the mud as he thought, and Shippo wished that he could do that to Sakura.

Sesshoumaru put them down and disappeared into the forest, only a breath of wind left his scent on the air.

"Alright kids!" cried Miroku from the distance, "Let us go in search for the jewel shards!"

"And the possible destruction of Naraku!" added Sango. The children laughed and ran ahead of the group, unable to wait for the adventure that they would soon find.

To be continued…