Chapter 6

Shukai (Japanese for "meeting")

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and Aiko.

Mojobubbles: *is hyperventilating*

Kagome: What's her problem _now_?

Mojobubbles: I SAW INUYASHA AS A CHIBI!!!!!!!!!!

Kamilah: Does that answer your question?

Kagome: Yes. -_-

Mojobubbles: *runs in circles* EPISODE 6 IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!! *stops running* It was weird though. Oh well. *runs in circles some more*

Inuyasha: Just curious, but who's side are you on, mine or Sesshomaru's?

Mojobubbles: Depends. When he did that thing with the mother-spirit thing then I was on your side. But when you chop his arm off I'm gonna be on his side.

Kamilah: Sounds confusing.

Mojobubbles: It is. It's so hard to have two bishies that despise each other.

Kagome: You're very different, you know that?

Mojobubbles: Oh yeah, that reminds of something. Last night, I came up with some pretty disturbing pairings that I never wanna see. Here they are:

Sesshomaru/Inuyasha/Naraku

Kouga/Naraku

Kaede/Shippo

Kikyo/Kagome

Miroku/Kouga

And the list goes on and on.....^_^

All: o_O!!!!!

Mojobubbles: And then there's that picture I drew of Sesshomaru......

Kamilah: Oh Ra, not that.......

Mojobubbles: See, when me and my friends were saying Sesshomaru wrong (we were saying it "Shesh-a-ho-may") I noticed that it sounded an awful lot like "Shesh-a-homie". So, we made up Sesshomie, which was basically Sesshomaru acting ghetto-y. And last night, I traced a pic of Sesshomaru and added some accessories and now he looks ghetto. And what I did with Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh (it's a long story........we ended up making him act ghetto too) is I took the Eminem album cover and put a pic of Yugi over the Eminem and it looks reallllllllllly funny.

Kamilah: Well, aibou, now that you've completely wasted their time......

Mojobubbles: Yeah.........*sweatdrop* There's a special note about updates at the end of the chapter, make sure you check it out.

Review responses:

Mystic Ice: DON'T HURT ME!!!!!! *cowers* What is it about this fic that makes people use all caps?

Higurashi Kagome: Ok, breathe. Breathe. Keep breathing.......Here's the new chapter!!!!! Don't die!!!!!!!!!

BMMW: Yeah, it is the necklace thing......but it's not a rosemary Kirstie....honestly. Hey, _I'm_ the one who made him use the "flowers and bunnies" phrase!!!!!! *ahem* Uh, which flashback? Yes I know they all look alike........but I dun remember putting a flashback in that chappie......*grabs C. Yami* MINE!!!!! *cuddles C. Yami*

C. Yami: I'm da phwawo! Bow to me!!!!!!!!

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Symbol thingies:

(me popping to either annoy you or explain something)

'thoughts'

"dialogue"

*~*Flashback*~* or *~*End flashback*~* Kinda self-explanatory, right?

~~song lyrics~~ (No these are not set to songs like the other chapters, but at random times I may stick random song lyrics where I think they fit.)

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"Kagome!!!! KAGOME!!!!!!"

Sota burst in the door and frantically began to wave his arms around.

"Sota, what happened?" Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's open again!!!!!" Sota cried. "The well opened again!"

"How do you know?" Kagome's mother asked, gasping. But Kagome already knew.

"She went down in the well, didn't she? Aiko heard us talking........." When Sota nodded, Kagome slumped into a kitchen chair and sobbed.

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"Inuyasha!!!! INUYASHA!!!!"

Inuyasha looked up and sweatdropped when he saw Miroku racing down the hill to the village, waving his arms around and screaming like a crazy person.

"What is your problem?" Inuyasha asked impatiently. Miroku grabbed Inuyasha's wrist and yanked him along.

"What are you doing?" asked the now-disgruntled hanyou.

"Sango and I went to find that demon, and it was about to attack a girl, and...............just come on!!!!!!!" Miroku continued to drag Inuyasha along the path.

They finally reached the forest, and Miroku shoved Inuyasha through the trees. He took a moment to regain his balance, then looked up and saw the girl.

Black hair, amber eyes, claws, dog ears, fangs........there was only one person she could be.

"Aiko....."

White hair, amber eyes, claws, dog ears, fangs........there was only one person he could be.

"Inuyasha.......are you Inuyasha?" Aiko whispered. "Are you my father?"

He nodded. Aiko came up to him with tears in her eyes, and threw her arms around her father.

He looked down at her, startled, but reached out and hugged her back.

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There was so much Inuyasha and the others were dying to know. Where was Kagome? Was she all right? Did she know that Aiko was here? But Aiko was not exactly in a state to be interrogated. She was quiet, taking in the scenery, and if anyone tried to badger her Inuyasha would snap at them until they gave up.

It was late at night, in Kaede's hut. Sango and Miroku had gone back to their own hut, and Shippo was off helping a village that had lately been plagued with demons. (Don't worry, Shippo will be back.) Aiko was staying the night at Kaede's, and Inuyasha, as much as he disliked sleeping indoors, didn't want to leave her side for a whole night.

Inuyasha looked down at his daughter's ears, which were twitching occasionally. He smirked and flicked her right ear. Aiko stirred and swatted at him, although she was still sleeping.

Inuyasha grinned. This would be fun........although Aiko would kill him if she found about this. Inuyasha reached and flicked her left ear, and once again, Aiko swatted at him. Then he flicked her right ear again, then her left, then her right.....but he stopped when she began mumbling in her sleep.

"Go 'way," she mumbled, swatting at the air, claws extended. "Leave me 'lone."

Inuyasha realized she was dreaming, and her subconscious had incorporated the ear-flicking into her dream. (You know, how in a dream you've really got to go to the bathroom, and you wake up, and you really do have to go? That kinda thing.)

"Quit makin' fun of me......I dun have to listen to your crap......." Aiko said fiercely, waving her arms.

Inuyasha's eyes wandered from her ears to her claws to her fangs. He remembered all the taunts he had received as a kid for being a hanyou. Not that any of Aiko's classmates would know she had demon blood. But her odd appearance would easily get her mocked.

Just then, she began shouting and twisting, calling out random obscenities to her phantom attackers.

"Aiko, wake up!" Inuyasha called, alarmed. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. She finally did wake up, but not before shoving Inuyasha into the wall of the hut.

"W-what happened?" she asked, finally conscious again.

"You had a nightmare and started shouting in your sleep," Inuyasha replied crossly, rubbing his head where it had collided with the wall. But his expression softened when he saw the forlorn look on Aiko's face. Then, suddenly, she began to sob.

"It's not fair!" she cried. "I can't help the way I look!"

Inuyasha watched his daughter cry her heart out, as images flashed through his mind.

*~*Flashback*~*

A young boy, about 6 or 7, clung to his mother sobbing.

"It's not fair, Mama!" he wailed. "It's not my fault I look the way I do!"

*~*End flashback*~*

Inuyasha watched the girl, and it was at that moment that he really truly realized that this girl was his daughter. His and no one else's.

But what could he do for her? He hardly knew her. But what Inuyasha did know was that Aiko was also Kagome's daughter, and he _did_ know what would've made Kagome feel better.

Inuyasha crawled over to Aiko and pulled her into his arms. Her sobs abated slightly, and she buried her face into in his kimono. Inuyasha smiled slightly and buried his head in her jet-black hair. He inhaled, taking in her scent. He closed his eyes, and could swear it was Kagome in his arms. They smelled so alike......Not to mention Inuyasha was using his special Kagome-hug, the one he'd only give to her.

(Inuyasha: *gags*

Mojobubbles: IT'S SWEET! *bops him on the head*)

Kagome..........Kami, Inuyasha missed her so much he could scream.

Finally, Aiko pulled away and wiped the tears off her face. "I'm ok now," she whispered.

"Can you go back to sleep now?" Inuyasha whispered back. Aiko shook her head vigorously, her ears flopping. Ears........that reminded Inuyasha of something his mother used to do..... "Lay back down," he commanded, and Aiko did.

He reached out and began stroking the tips of her ears. She was about to protest, and tell him that no one except her mom could touch her ears, but she was suddenly so sleepy. Then Inuyasha moved his fingers further down, so that he was stroking behind her ears. Aiko felt her eyelids droop, as her dad began stroking her hair.

No one looked through the window that night. No one saw the hanyou with his daughter, nor did anyone see the lone tear slip down his face.

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(Wow that was so fluffy it was almost sickening......even more fluff up ahead!)

Aiko blinked against the bright sunlight streaming into the hut. Kaede was standing outside, looking down the road. Inuyasha was right behind her, in the doorway.

"Da-Inuyasha, what's happening?" Aiko asked, slightly embarrassed because she didn't know what to call him.

"Nothing, Aiko. Just relax," Inuyasha replied, a little sharper than he meant. Aiko propped herself up on her elbows, slightly hurt. Then her delicate ears picked up a sound. It was a woman's voice, and they sounded quite hysterical. Judging by the way her father stiffened, Inuyasha had heard it too, and knew who it was.

Just then, Sango came to the hut, her arm around the woman who had been shouting.

"AIKO!" she screamed, then launched herself through the doorway and on top of Aiko. She didn't notice that she had shoved Inuyasha against the wall, nor did she notice the shocked expression on his face.

"Mom, I'm fine!" Aiko said, pushing a hysterical Kagome off her.

"You shouldn't have come!" Kagome said, holding her daughter's shoulders. "It's dangerous, and there are demons-"

"Like me?"

Kagome froze and slowly got to her feet, and then turned to face Inuyasha, who was leaning against the wall, his arms folded. Aiko got up and snuck out.

"Nine years, Kagome. It's been nine years."

"I-Inuyasha......I'm sorry," Kagome stuttered.

"I thought you said you loved me," Inuyasha snapped.

"Inuyasha, the well re-sealed itself!!!! I couldn't get through!" Kagome shouted, nearly crying. She took his hand and stared straight into Inuyasha's amber eyes. "I would never, ever, ever hurt you like that."

He still didn't say anything. Kagome brushed a strand of his white hair away from his face.

"Inuyasha," she whispered, swallowing the huge lump in her throat.

He stared at her, his amber eyes wide, as he tried to call to her, but his voice didn't seem to be working. All Inuyasha could do was reach out and bury his head in Kagome's hair, breathing in her familiar scent.

It was her. /His/ Kagome.

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That night, Aiko stayed at Sango and Miroku's hut. (Oh yeah.....I forgot to mention they're married.....so there'll be some San/Mir)

"Are you alright?" Miroku asked, that night, while he and Aiko sat outside the hut. (And Miroku is not near as perverted as he is in the series, k?) Aiko shrugged.

"It's just kinda.....weird," she said. Miroku nodded in understanding.

"And then, Inuyasha, my dad, is kinda confusing."

"How so?"

"Well, last night, I had this, nightmare, and he was really nice about it. Then, today, he acted like he hardly knows me." Miroku nodded again. "And, also," added Aiko, "I remember the last time I was here, and Inuyasha, like, saved me from a demon. I just kinda wonder.......does he really love me?"

"Of course he does," Sango said, joining them on the ground. "He just hides his emotions." Aiko nodded, staring off at the sunset.

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Preview of chapter 7: Sesshomaru-ga Takuramu-masu (it means "Sesshomaru Plots") (Now isn't that cool? LOL)

"Interesting......it seems my little brother's daughter is stronger than I thought....."

"You are not angry, milord?" Jaken asked anxiously.

"Why would I be angry?" Sesshomaru replied, an amused tone in his voice. "I find it interesting that this girl, this Aiko, has my strength.......and poisonous claws," he added, flexing his fingers. "Jaken, get me my lunar chart for this month," he said suddenly. Jaken did, a puzzled expression on his face. Sesshomaru smiled.

"Excellent."

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Mojobubbles: Whoa! What could he be up to!?

Kamilah: *rolls eyes* Stop acting like an announcer.

Mojobubbles: I would comment on the Inuyasha/Sesshomaru battle, which I recorded, but I haven't gotten to watch it yet, cuz as soon as I go in to watch it, my dad cuts off some random circuits and one of them was the TV that I always watch IY on. T_T