InuYasha sat with Miroku in the guest room that was temporarally the monks. "And then her friend accused her of being pregnant again," InuYasha explained.

"Well, have you done anything with her?" the monk teased.

"Don't be stupid. We're just friends," InuYasha glared at the monk, but being human, his glare really held no malice in it.

"It was a jest, InuYasha. We both know Kagome isn't pregnant. I don't think she would want another baby after Dev," Sango said from the door.

Both males looked at her. They hadn't noticed she was there. "What do you mean?" InuYasha asked quietly.

Sango shut the door and walked in to sit on the chair for the small desk that occupied the room. "She was raped. She got a child from it. If I had been raped I probably would fear ever being with a guy. We all know she loves Dev a lot, but I know a part of her doesn't. The part that remembers what Ashi did to her every time she looks into Dev's eyes. She might never want another child again..." she didn't get to finish her comment.

A scream tore through the hall. InuYasha immediatly stood up and ran out of the room to rush into Kagome's. "Kagome," he said as he held her down and tried to wake her.

"My baby! He killed him!" she screamed as she woke up. Her eyes fell onto the hanyou holding her down. "InuYasha?" she wispered.

He nodded, "It's ok now. It was just a dream."

She broke down and started to cry. She pulled herself to InuYasha, her body language asking to be held. And he did just that. His arms encircled her and held her close. He didn't want to ask what the dream was about, he didn't have to. She started talking anyway, "It was horrible InuYasha. He killed him."

"Who?" he asked in a small wisper.

"Ashi. He killed my baby," she cried harder.

"Dev is fine," InuYasha told her.

'No, it wasn't Dev who he killed,' her mind told her. The baby hadn't looked like Dev. The baby was too small to be Dev. The child in the dream was still a toddler, but Dev was going to school. 'Why did I have such a weird dream?' she asked herself. "Your right, I'm being silly."

"It's not silly to dream," InuYasha told her. He hugged her a little tighter. "It was just a dream though."

"I know. My dream was too different not to be," she wispered.

He didn't question her about what she ment. He let her be held, until he felt her asleep once again. He layed her down gently. Pulled the covers over her and left the room.

In the hall Sango and Miroku looked at him questionly. "She had a nightmare."

"What did she mean by 'My dream was too different'? What could that mean?" Sango asked the hanyou turned human.

He shook his head. "Maybe just the fact that most people know when they're dreaming."

The other two nodded at his logic.

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Kagome woke to the sun coming over the city the next morning. She stretched slightly and relized she was alone. "InuYasha?" she asked. No answer. She sat up quickly and looked around her room. The room was empty of any other person.

She stood up and changed her clothes quickly. Then she proceeded to run down the stairs and into the livingroom. She paused when she saw the tv on. Her hand slipped against the wall as she peaked into the room.

There was the person she was looking for. InuYasha lay sprawled on the couch, his hair alread white and dog ears already returned. She sighed in relief. 'He didn't go back without me.' She didn't know why she was scared of him leaving all of a sudden, but she was. 'He had no reason to leave though.' she told herself.

Another dream had tormented her sleep. A dream of InuYasha leaving and never coming back. But why would she dream such a horrible dream? Why would she even think that he would leave? He had no reason to leave.

He shifted slightly, bringing her out of her thoughts. He opened his eyes, and immediatly smelled her there. "Kagome?" He asked as he sat up and saw her.

She didn't look at him. She kept her face to the floor, her eyes traced the outline of the carpet. "Hi." she said in a wisper.

"What's wrong?" he asked. He stood up and came over to her. She still didn't say anything. "Kagome?"

"I thought you had left me alone," she said.

"I fell asleep watching one of those movie things," InuYasha said.

She turned her head up and looked at him. Then a smile broke out on her face, "So, you didn't do it on purpose?"

He shook his head. "Did you have another bad dream?"

She nodded. Then again looked at the floor. 'Why am I having bad dreams?'

He grabbed her arm and started her towards the stairs again. She looked at him with a quizical face. 'What's he doing?' He didn't look at her though and kept leading her towards her room. When he reached it, he pulled her inside. Then forced her onto the bed.

"InuYasha?"

"You look really tired. Go back to sleep," he commanded her.

She did still feel sleepy. "Ok, thanks." and with that she layed down. But she couldn't sleep. She didn't even want to close her eyes.

"What's wrong?" InuYasha asked. He had sat down across the room on the floor to play with her deck of cards.

"I can't fall back to sleep."

"Why?"

"I don't know," she felt horrible. 'Why am I getting depressed over dreams?' she asked herself.

"You afraid of having another nightmare?" InuYasha asked.

"No. I just feel really sad," she couldn't explain it. 'What's happening to me?!'

The hanyou stood up and walked over to the bed. Then he layed down next to her and pulled her into a hug, "I'll stay here then."

"Thank you, InuYasha," she started to drift off into slumber land.

He too fell asleep again.

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Sango sat in her room with Kagome talking and telling her dream to her. "But the baby wasn't Dev."

"I don't get it. If the baby wasn't Dev, then who was he?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. I knew he wasn't Dev, but he was my baby," Kagome felt even more confused now that she was telling someone.

"Well, maybe it was a look into the future," Sango helped.

"But then that means that if I have another boy, he'll die," Kagome looked forlorn after that relization.

"I didn't mean...I ment that maybe it ment that you were going to have another boy, not that..." Sango didn't know how to change her mistake.

"I understand," Kagome said. But now she was starting to get depressed again. 'Over a dream!' she yelled at herself.

"What was the other dream you were talking about?" Sango changed the subject.

"I was standing in one of the temples here. Purifying the grounds, like the good priestess I am. When I felt a feeling on my heart. I ran as quick as I could to the well house, but I couldn't get through the well. And I knew that InuYasha wasn't with me in this time, but in your time. And I knew that he was hurting. Something was wrong over in that time, and I had to hurry. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get through. I had the jewel shards, but I couldn't get through," Kagome looked at Sango for another explanation.

"Maybe, this one just ment that InuYasha wasn't sleeping next to you. It could be your body telling you that you were alone for the night," Sango liked her idea. It was perfect and it wouldn't upset the miko.

Kagome liked it. It made sense and put Kagome more at ease. "Thanks Sango."

"Your welcome Kagome. Now, let's see what your mom made for lunch," and with that said both ladies walked out and down the stairs to pester Mrs. Higurashi for food.

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They walked through the fuedal times with a slightly lazy pace. They weren't in a hurry to find a demon, or the shards this time.

"Mom, when do I get to help?" Dev asked Kagome.

Kagome looked down at her son, "As soon as someone needs help. But this isn't going to be fun and games. This is serious work. And dangerous." She was having doubts about her judgment on when she should have let her son come to the dangerous past. But she had no choice. She wanted to please InuYasha, and to have her son with her too. To do that, she taught Dev how to shoot arrows from a bow she had. And now Dev could help Kagome with pleasing InuYasha and finding the hanyou's precious shards. 'We wouldn't even be here if you didn't break the jewel in the first place,' her mind reminded her. 'So many years ago.'

"I can't wait to show everyone how good I am," Dev smirked in a very Ashi way.

Kagome shuddered slightly, but ignore her son's behavior. 'He's becoming him.'

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"Hello?" Mrs. Higurashi answered the telephone.

"Mrs. Higurashi? It's Takashido. I have some bad news and some good news," Takashido sounded rushed.

"What is it?" Now the mother was concerned.

"Well, the bad news first, Ashi is trying for complete custody. And the good news, I have a friend I know who knows of Ashi's rape personally. She wants to help us," Takashido said.

Mrs. Higurashi could hear a woman in the background. "Ok, on Monday, let's meet then."

"Good, see you at lunch time," and with that said he hung up.

Mrs. Higurashi could feel her heart lighten. Even with the bad news, the good news over powered it.

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Thanks To: dark-coyote, homsar: a song from the 60s, VraiValea21, bran.chan, Foxterr, INUGIRL, Fey Wind, gigi-chan, DevilWench, KagomeWannabe, Cutiepie99, NamelessMoonshine, and Raye-Rei

Rin: Kill me!? If you do that I won't be able to up-date then no one will be able to find out what happens.

skye_bluu-kitsune: Have you ever not wanted to do something? Then blamed it on your parents or someone else? I do all the time. Kagome just didn't want to go, so she said her mom said she couldn't. She is her own person, but still respects her mom, not that her mom said she couldn't go. Am I confusing yet?

kAyo: No spoilers. Sorry. I can't tell you what's going to happen, but I do leave hints along the way. ^_^

simply-keri: My mom now knows I like plushies! ^_^ And she says she might make an InuYasha one for me. She already makes my t-shirts and pants with my fav. anime characters on them. The disclaimers are on all the tags! LOL

Serena63083: I'm sorry about the different lengths, but I don't really know how much I will write when I write. I just write it out, then translate it. What ever it happens to be when I'm done translating, is what it is. Sorry.

The Deity Of Fun Dinner: I love time jumps, especially when nothing interesting is happening. If things are the same for a number of years, then so be it. I don't like writing the same thing over and over again.

LC WOLF: That's an imagination you have. I don't want to give too much away, but unfortunatly, that wasn't Kouga. Kouga does come in later, and there is a small conflict with him, but nothing big. And don't worry about what's going to happen to Ashi. I've had many people tell me how I should kill him, and I've already wrote the last two chapters of the story. I'm just now filling in the middle of the story. ^_^ And thank you for the compliment on my writing. I'm learning new words as I write this story, and I'm enjoying it.

Nega Knight: No, I have nothing against Americans. My dad is American and so is most of the people who married my family in America. It was just something to write. Don't be paranoid. I'm paranoid about my herritage too, and my name doesn't help!