Kagome stepped out the door of her house. SHe swallowed the lump that formed in her throat as she turned around and looked InuYasha straight in the eyes. "Please, don't hurt either of them. And remember everything I told you."

"I'm not a child," he scowled.

"I know, I know," she turned around and started towards the car where her mom was already waiting. She had that mothers instinct kicking in, but she ignored it. InuYasha wasn't a child, and he had Sota to help him. And grandpa was there if there just happened to be an emergency. Grandpa couldn't be trusted to watch the two boys alone, and InuYasha was there, so they couldn't just call a babysitter. That person would see InuYasha, and how would they ever explain that?

InuYasha watched as both mothers drove away in the car. He turned around and looked at Sota. The baby, Dev, was sleeping in Kagome's room upstairs. "Well, what now?"

Sota smiled, "Now we have fun. No one to watch us!"

"I am watching you," InuYasha said.

"But your cool! See, no uncool person to watch us! We're going to have fun! Wanna play some video games?" Sota smiled a little kid evil smile.

"But your mom said you had to do that homework first," InuYasha remembered.

"I'll do it, and she won't know that I played first," Sota ran over to the T.V. and turned on the PS2 game system he had. "We're going to play SSX!" He took out a CD from his box that held all his G rated games.

"How do you play?" InuYasha sat down. He had been interested for a while on how to play a video game, but had never asked to try. Now was his chance to play!

"Well, first I will choose a track, then we both choose a snow boarder. I can also put in codes for the people to do funny things, like the walkman code," Sota started to load the game.

"Walkman?" InuYasha took a hold of the purple controller. He looked at it and read on the back: "Kagome's controllor" He smiled slightly.

"Well, it makes them walk in the snow instead of snowboard. They look really funny trying to do the tricks...now, pick a person," he looked at the screen as he watched InuYasha push the scan button to pick the person named Hiro.

"Wow! Good pick. I will choose Mack. Now, we will go to the Japanese course, so that we know what they are saying!" He smiled as the game started to load.

They played a couple times. InuYasha getting really mad that he kept loosing. He finally lost his temper and yelled, "This is stupid!"

He relized his mistake real quick when he heard Dev start to scream upstairs. He shut his eyes in an attemp to fix his mistake and shut the baby up. No such luck, "Maybe he will just go back to sleep."

"Nope, he won't. You have to go up there and hold him. Maybe he needs a change," Sota smiled at how confused InuYasha looked. "I'll help you."

The two boys paused their video game and ran up the stairs to Kagome's room. InuYasha opened the door and came in to see the crying baby Dev throwing a little fit in his crib. "What do I do?" he practically yelled to Sota.

"Your not dense! Pick him up gently and rock him softly!" Sota yelled back.

InuYasha picked up Dev an while cradling his head, he started to rock him. It didn't work. For one, InuYasha wasn't holding Dev right, he wasn't laying down, and InuYasha seemed to hold him as if the baby was a plague.

"Hold him the way you did the other day!" Sota yelled.

InuYasha put Dev onto his back and pulled him close to his body. He sat down on Kagome's bed and started to rock. Sota couldn't help but think of a crazy person trying to rock themselfs sane. "Slowly."

InuYasha changed his pace and rocked smoothly back and forth. It worked. Dev stopped crying and looked up into InuYasha's yelled eyes. InuYasha sighed, then thought of something. He looked at Sota, "How did you know about the other day?"

Sota smiled, "I...uh, sort of, uh, read Kagome's diary."

InuYasha scowled. "She doesn't like it when people read that. I know..."

"You read it?" Sota asked.

InuYasha didn't get a chance to answer as Dev started to cry again. "What did I do?!" InuYasha asked.

"He either needs a bottle, a diaper change, or to cry himself back to sleep," Sota said.

"Let's try the bottle," InuYasha carried the crying baby down the stairs to the kitchen. Sota followed close behind.

"Do you know how to make a bottle?" Sota asked as he watched InuYasha use his foot to open the fridge.

"Kagome showed me three times before she left," InuYasha looked at Dev then looked at the bottle already to put in the microwave. The fridge door hit his side as he tried to figure out how he was going to hold the baby and get the bottle out. 'I could ask for Sota's help. No! I'm going to do this.' he thought. He carefully slid Dev onto one arm. Using his body to keep Dev from slipping off his arm, he reached into the icebox and pulled out the bottle. He kept all of Kagome's instructions in his head as he opened the microwave and placed the babies food into it. Setting it for the right time and pushing start, he waited impatiently for it to ding. Dev hadn't stopped crying, and InuYasha's head was starting to ache. His ears couldn't handle this loud torture for too long.

"DING" The microwave told him the bottle was done. He smiled and pulled out the plastic container. 'Now to check if it's too hot,' he turned his arm a little, the one holding Dev, so that he could shake come of the milk onto it. It didn't feel hot, it felt real cold infact. 'That can't be right.'

"Sota, come here," InuYasha handed him the bottle. "Test this."

Sota turned his right hand over and dropped some milk onto his wrist. "Feels just right." He handed the bottle back.

InuYasha was confused but didn't question it. He went into the livinroom with the screaming child. Sitting on the couch he positioned Dev so he could feed him. "Now, eat this and shut up." He told the baby. Dev stopped crying once the bottle touched his lips. "Thank every god known to any being!" InuYasha sighed. He sat there for the longest time holding the bottle up.

He hadn't known how long he sat there. Sota didn't either, because once Dev had stopped crying, he had started another video game. InuYasha watched and questioned things about the game. But soon enough he heard Dev start to cry again. "Now what?"

"You have to burp him, or he'll cry for days," Sota said.

InuYasha now had a lump in his throat. This was one of the things he had been dreading. He knew his strength, and he knew how fragile babies were. Especially human babies. He pulled Dev into an upright position and placed the babies head onto his shoulders. 'Please let me do this right!' he thought. He started to pat the baby's back. Dev burped almost immediatly. InuYasha sighed in relief, then remembered something else. Kagome had told him that when he burped Dev he should have a blanket or a towel over his shoulder. Babies tend to spit up when they burp. InuYasha could have screamed from all the anger and frustration he felt right then, but instead all he did was slightly growl.

This caused Sota to turn around and see what was wrong, and Dev to start crying again. Sota couldn't help but giggle. InuYasha's Firerat kimono was slopped with baby spitup. InuYasha stood up and layed the baby onto the floor. Dev had spitup on himself as well. "Now I have to clean this...it stinks!" InuYasha tried to keep his temper. Dev had stopped crying and was starting to fall back to sleep. InuYasha went down the hall after telling Sota to watch Dev. He grabbed a baby blanket from the closet and went back to the livingroom. He put the blanket down on the floor and went to the sleeping Dev.

'Remember what Kagome said about changing his clothes, and this time, remember all of it!' he repremended himself. Carefully he changed Dev out of the stinky clothes and wrapped him in the blanket to keep him warm. Then cringing from the smell coming off of himself, he went into Kagome's room to change into the clothes that she had once bought him for him to go around in her world. They weren't comfortable, the black T-shirt that said "I'm lost, take me home with you" and the khaki pants. Good thing he didn't have to wear the tennis shoes she bought. Sure the pants and shirt were baggy, but they weren't his kimono. He placed the red firerat kimono in the laundryroom. He would have to remember to tell Kagome that it needed to be washed.

He walked back to the livingroom and saw Sota rotting his mind with his video games and Dev sleeping peacefully on the floor. "Nothing more can happen." he thought.

Boy was he wrong. Maybe he had jinxed himself, or fate just wasn't on his side, either way when he sat down to rest, AvDevjyp decided it was time to make some noise again. InuYasha covered his doggy ears and growled again. If he was still a young kid he would have whinned, but he decided that growling would do better. He pulled his hands off his head and picked Dev up. "The only thing you can cry about now is that diaper of yours."

He walked back to Kagome's room, where the changing station was. When he reached it, he placed Dev on the table and grabbed all the things he would need. Clean diaper, Powder, and Wipes. Then he unfolded the baby blanket and got ready for this new experiance. He had seen Kagome do it many times now, but she had never alowed him to. He was, after all, InuYasha, and this was her baby. Now he had no choice. He opened the wet diaper, rolled it up, and threw it out. He then went turned back to Dev, just in time to move. Baby boys, like Dev, have a little problem, when diapers come off they seem to go more. He dodged the spray in time, making Dev laugh and baby talk. Then sighing, he started to go through the proceedure of wiping clean, powdering, and placing the new diaper on, being mindful of the pin still holding onto the babies bellybutton. He sighed again when he was finished, and wrapped Dev back up into the blanket. 'Kagome forgot to mention that he goes even when the diaper is off.' he thought bitterly. He picked up the now tired baby again.

'No more kids! I can't stand them!' he thought. 'Was I like this? How did my mom do this? How does Kagome or Mrs. Higurashi do this?'

He went down the stairs and placed the baby back down on the floor. He pulled some pillows off the couch and made a make-shift crib around Dev. Sota went back to his video game. InuYasha looked at Sota, and thought, 'If I'm having no fun, then he's not going to either.'

"Kid, time to do that homework," InuYasha sat on the now pillow-less couch. The bottom cushions being just enough for him to wonder if he could take a nap now.

"What!? But, why?" Sota asked as he paused his game and turned around. He made cute little eyes for InuYasha and a pouting lip. "I don't wanna." He whinned.

"I don't care," InuYasha said.

"Fine, but I'll need help on it," Sota stood up and went up the stairs to get his backpack.

"Help?" InuYasha asked himself. He looked at Dev. If he could take care of the child from hell, at least that's what he thought of Dev now, then he could help with homework.

Sota came back and sat on the couch. He placed the bookbag on the floor right infront of him. He glanced at Dev on the floor a couple of feet away from them, 'I really shouldn't do this to him, but he wants me to do my homework.' He looked at InuYasha and pulled out his binder. "I have to make a chart on the animal kingdoms for my science class."

"Animal kingdoms?" InuYasha asked. "Are demons in there?"

"No...we're not suppose to believe in demons. That's religion," Sota smiled.

"Not believe in them? What ever, ok, how do I help you with this? You know what your doing," InuYasha sat back on the couch.

Sota opened his dark green binder. "I need help identifying them. And you will need to check it."

"Fine, I'll check it when you finish," InuYasha closed his eyes.

Sota shrugged and started to write on the worksheet. 'Maybe I should just be nice to the poor guy...nah! He wanted me to do this homework.' He looked at the sleeping InuYasha, "I need help."

Sota's voice brought him back to the world of light. He growled again slightly, then said, "What with?"

"This." Sota pointed to a picture of algea, "What kingdom does this belong to? I can't remember."

"Uh, it's that green stuff that lives on water," InuYasha said in a moron kind of way.

"Yeah, it's called Green Algea. What kingdom does it belong to?"

"Your the one that goes to school, you tell me," InuYasha said. Then layed back again.

"I don't know! That's why I asked for help!" Sota said a little too loud.

"Sshhh!! Don't wake him again," InuYasha pointed to Dev.

Sota smiled sheepishly. "Sorry."

"Look, I get the point, you don't want to do this homework. Why don't you just go take a nap, so I can?" InuYasha asked.

"I stopped taking naps a long time ago InuYasha," Sota said as he started to put his homework back into his backpack. "Oh, and by the way, nice shirt." Sota giggled.

"Shut up, and take a nap," InuYasha said in a threatening tone.

"Fine..." Sota walked into his room and grabbed his pillow and his blanket. He walked back into the livingroom and made a bed on the livingroom floor. "This is so babyish," he grumbled.

"This is life, get used to it," InuYasha grumbled back.

Sota shrugged and waited to see that InuYasha was back to sleep. He turned down the volume on the T.V. and started to play his game again.

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InuYasha woke up and looked at the clock. Kagome had said that they would be home around eleven. It was nine-thirty. He looked at Sota, who was still playing the video game. "Hey, kid, time for bed."

"What?" Sota jumped at InuYasha's voice. He didn't know he had woken up. "Why?"

"You're mom said you were to go to sleep at nine. It's past. Time for bed," InuYasha yawned and stood up. He stretched momentarily. Then glanced at Dev. The baby was sleeping, but had been sleeping for a while now. He would wake soon, and InuYasha was going to be ready this time.

Sota groaned and started to take all his bedthings back up the stairs. Then he stopped half way up the stairs, "But my mom isn't here."

InuYasha looked at the boy. "You need your mom to place in the bed?"

"No, but...you wouldn't understand," Sota said as he started up the stairs again.

InuYasha shook his head. And again looked at the baby. Dev slowly opened his eyes, as if on cue, and started to cry. "I am good." InuYasha said as he picked him up. He started again to the kitchen, put the bottle in the microwave, and without waiting right there for the bottle to finish it's heating, he went up the stairs. "We're doing this a little different this time," he told the little human.

He changed Dev's diapers, mindful this time of the babies reaction to air. Went and grabbed a towel for his shoulder, and some baby clothes. Then he went back to the finished bottle. He pulled it out, and remembered how it felt against his arm. He shook the bottle to cause the few drops he needed. "Perfect," he said as he went up the stairs to Kagome's room.

Once there he sat on her bed and started to feed Dev the bottle. He was glad that he had done so well this time. Dev was a happy baby now, and soon would be a sleeping baby. Kagome had told InuYasha to talk to Dev, because even though he was a baby he liked to be talked to. But what could he say to a baby? "You know Dev, you eat a lot. you like to sleep, and your crying can get annoying. I'm wondering what Kagome sees in you." he talked to the baby, wondering if the human could understand him. Dev looked up with his brown eyes into the yellow eyes of his caregiver. He smiled, even with the bottle in the way, InuYasha could see the smile. InuYasha smiled too. "Well, maybe I see what she sees in you. You can't help being helpless." He stopped then and thought about his words. Maybe he was just confusing himself. AvDevjyp finished his bottle and InuYasha once again burped him, this time with a towel over his shoulder. After the baby spitted up some of his food he cleaned Dev up and put him in baby PJ's.

"Bed now, finally," InuYasha said. He went over to the corner of the room after placing Dev into his crib. He was about to close his eyes, when he heard Sota come running down the hall. He watched the door open and Sota, with a blanket in his hands, look wildly around the room for him.

"InuYasha!" he ran to the hanyou and hugged him. InuYasha was taken aback by this.

"Hey, hey, what's going on?" InuYasha pried the boy off of him.

"I...I..." he didn't say anything more as he looked into InuYasha's eyes. Then he looked away and to the floor. Tears started to form in his eyes.

"Woah, don't cry. You can't cry," InuYasha said.

"Why?! I want my mommy!" Sota started to cry. "I'm scared!"

InuYasha didn't know what to do. This wasn't told to him. Then he remembered what his mom used to do when ever he cried. He tentivly started to pull Sota into a hug. The boy grabbed on tight and started to cry into InuYasha's shoulder. 'Siblings are so alike...well, at least in this case.' He had to remember he had a brother too. But Sesshomaru and InuYasha were nothing alike. "Ok, ok, no more being scared."

"I can't help it. What if a demon comes while your in here and gets me?" Sota asked into InuYasha's clothes.

InuYasha slowly picked the boy up and walked over to Kagome's bed, "Sleep here. That way nothing can get you."

Sota looked up at him. "Really?"

InuYasha rolled his eyes, then nodded. "No demons can get you here." Sota smiled and cuddled up with his blanket. He closed his eyes and started to go to sleep.

"Well, if he's going to have the bed," InuYasha thought. Then he looked over at Dev. The baby hadn't fallen asleep, he was up playing with his hands and feet. "I guess we all should be comfortable." He went over and picked up Dev. Then went over to the bed. Sota opened his eyes, sat up as InuYasha climbed over.

Sota smiled as InuYasha layed down, Dev on the inside against the wall so he wouldn't fall off the bed, InuYasha in the middle, and Sota on the end. Sota looked at InuYasha with a questioning glance. InuYasha answered, "Now nothing can get either of you. And I can sleep on a bed." Sota smiled and snuggled into InuYasha. All three of them falling asleep.

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Kagome stiffled a yawn as she walked up the steps to the shrine. Her mother right behind her also trying not to yawn. Kagome couldn't wait to get into the house and see that InuYasha didn't hurt her baby. Mrs. Higurashi had that also in mind. They both were scared that they would walk into the house, see it destroyed and the kids a mess, or hurt.

They looked at the outside of the house. The livingroom light was on, Kagome's bedroom light was on, and everything seemed to be fine. But they were still on the outside of the house.

Both women walked through the front door after unlocking it. 'At least he remembered to lock it,' Kagome thought. They walked into the livingroom. No one was there, and only a lamp was on. Kagome looked up, as if she could see through the roof. But she couldn't so she knew she had to walk up the stairs and look in her room, where the other light was on.

She walked upstairs and down the hall. She made it to her bedroom door. Then got scared of opening it. What if she didn't like what she saw? She shook her head. InuYasha could be reliable. She sighed and swallowed the lump in her throat, then turned the door handle.

Kagome walked into her room and looked right at InuYasha. Smiling, she went over to her desk and silently took out her camera. She snapped the picture, without any flash. The scene before her was so cute. InuYasha was sleeping on her bed, in one arm, against the wall comfortably was Dev, also sleeping, in the other arm, Sota, who was holding his blanket for security.

Mrs. Higurashi walked into Kagome's room too. She smiled at the scene. "Did you take a picture?" she wispered.

Kagome nodded. "It was too cute not too."

Mrs. Higurashi sighed and said, "I hate to wake them, but you need your bed, and I don't want Sota to fall off."

"I'll do it," Kagome said. She walked over and leaning over gently picked up Dev. She knew just how to do it so he didn't wake up. Placing her baby in the crib, she walked back over to her bed. "InuYasha."

InuYasha opened his eyes slowly and looked over at Kagome. Then he looked at where Dev was. It took a second to register, then he sat up and looked closer. No Dev. Then he looked at Kagome, "He was right here..."

"It's ok. I moved him," Kagome laughed.

InuYasha relaxed and said, "Don't do that."

"Get off my bed and help us move Sota into his room, so I can sleep." Kagome said.

InuYasha stood up and picked the boy up. He walked past both women and straight into Sota's room. He put the child in his bed and put the covers over him. Then turned around. "Wait!" He stopped and looked at Sota, who was awake now. "Wait, what if..."

"Your mom's home," InuYasha said as he left the room and Mrs. Higurashi walked into it. He stood outside the door, against the wall and listened.

Mrs. Higurashi tucked her little boy in. "What happened while I was gone?"

"I like it when InuYasha babysits, and he knows just how to take care of Dev." Sota yawned. "Night mom."

"Good-night hun," Mrs. Higurashi kissed her sons forhead, stood up, turned on his nightlight, and walked out of the room. She turned around and came face to face with InuYasha and Kagome.

Kagome smiled and asked, "Is he still afraid of monsters?"

Mrs. Higurashi nodded. InuYasha said, "He wants me to babysit again?" He had a look of horror on his face.

Both girls laughed. "It couldn't have been too hard," Kagome said. "I have been taking care of him all my life."

"And I took care of both of them," Mrs. Higurashi said.

InuYasha stood dazed. Then Mrs. Higurashi had to ask, "Oh, did Sota so his homework?"

InuYasha didn't know what to say. He knew homework was important in this time, but he now knew it was hard too. Both females stood waiting for his answer. Kagome had a look of: "Of he didn't your getting the spell 'sit' a dozen times." He groaned and wanted to go back to sleep.

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Thanks To:Hopeless-wishes-broken-dreams, Cutiepie99, Foxterr, simply-keri, Zeroenna88, & KagomeWannabe

Well, I think that it's time to see what happens in trial. And what will happen to Dev. I need more Reviews, I have done a count, and it seems as if my chapters reviews are getting smaller and smaller each chapter. Maybe it's just that I'm up-dating too fast. Should I up-date slower?

Disclaimer: It's too late for this! I own nothing of InuYasha, but I own Dev and my own diseases! THERE! HAPPY, SUEING PEOPLE!?