**Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha or any of the other characters , so you can't sue me! Nyah! He and his wonderful bishie of a brother with that long white hair…er…*cough*…Getting off track there. But I DO own Amei and Kani . She is my own character, and if have another character with her name, tough luck! Unless you copy-righted the name to you I can still use it. You can NOT use her without my permission…Not like you would want to anyway. :P

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Kagome rolled over, a smile played upon her lips. She was having a pleasant dream. One with just her and Inu-Yasha in it. No other people, or interferences. The hanyou and Kagome were walking beside each other, lovingly holding hands and staring into each others eyes so deeply that nothing from the outside could break through. Not even -

"Okaachan! Waaaaake up!" A shrill voice roused Kagome from her dream. Pulling the blankets off Kagome, the voice persisted again. "Okaachan! If you don't wake up than Otouchan won't save you any breakfast!"

Kagome smiled at this, her eyes still closed. She could imagine Inu-Yasha eating all the breakfast. Wasn't anything unusual really. Waving her hand, Kagome answered, much to the joy of the one who had the shrill voice. "Coming! Coming! Mou! Don't even give me time to wake up properly."

Snapping her eyes open, Kagome slowly managed to get into a sitting position. She then turned to look down at the eager young child sitting on her knee, looking up at her with those big brown eyes. The child couldn't of been older than 4 years of age. "Ohayou, Okaachan!" The child said, not showing any sign of the "morning glooms" as Shippo liked to call them.

The child was indeed a unique one. She had the face and personality of her "Okaachan." Her hair was also the color of her mother's. Raven black, falling down her shoulders lightly. But perched top her head pretty as could be were a pair of ears unlike any other. Except maybe for a certain hanyou. These ears were what the child liked to call "puppy ears", and her mother sometimes also. They were white and fuzzy, and you would kill to touch those two ears on that child's head. Just like her father's.

"Go help Sango-chan make breakfast, while I make my bed….and yours." Kagome told the child, hoping the thought of helping her idol make breakfast would draw the child away long enough to do the simple task.

The child nodded its head quickly, and then set out to do what her mother had asked. Helping Sango-chan wouldn't be a complete bore. Sango-chan was the one the young child wanted to grow up to be just like. Making her way to where the Taiji-ya stood, she pulled on one of Sango's hands. "Ohayou, Kani-chan" Sango said to the child tugging on her hand. "Ohayou, Sango-chan. Okaachan told me to help you make breakfast." Sango smiled at the child, but shook her head. "Gomen, Kani-chan. But breakfast is all made. Why don't you go play with Kirara?" Sango said, pointing to demon pet that had just strolled in through the open doorway.

"Koneko!" Kani said, smiling and rushing off to Kirara. Sango smiled and shook her head at Kani called Kirara that. It seemed Kani hadn't got the hang of calling Kirara by her name, but Kirara was basically easier to say than Koneko. But she would let the child call Kirara what she wanted. It didn't seem to bother Kirara.

Sango looked as Inu-Yasha strolled in through the doorway, nearly tripping over Kani and Kirara. "Watch it, pup!" Inu-Yasha said in his normal manner. Having already said "ohayou" to Inu-Yasha the child glared back at the hanyou. "Mou, Otouchan" said the child simply, going back to petting Kirara gently.

***

They all sat eating in silence. For one, two members that were there usually were not, but one of them their absence was known for. But the other…"Where's Amei-chan?" Asked Kagome, concerned for her first born.

"Outside, sulking." Inu-Yasha said matter of factly as he finished his tea. "And why is that?" Kagome asked, but already had figured out the answer. "Because that damn whelp wants to be able to go out on her own! She doesn't understand she's still only a pup!" Inu-Yasha said with a snort to end it all with. Kagome felt like enormously saying "Like father, like daughter." But decided to hold it in. "Sango…Could you?" Kagome said, nodding down at the eating Kani in her lap. Sango nodded and got up and walked over to the still open door. She called out.

"Amei-chan? Come here! Your missing breafast!" Sango called out, rather loud as she didn't know how far away Amei would be. A few moments later, the first born child of Inu-Yasha and Kagome appeared right beside her. "On the roof again?" Sango said, knowing the place Amei always landed after being on the roof.

"Keh." Was all Amei said as she strolled into the hut, her walking looking very much like Inu-Yasha's. Amei's face was that of her father's. From the scowling mouth up to the golden eyes, that was the face of Inu-Yasha. No doubt about that. That child's hair was that of her mothers, yet longer. Jet black hair hanging down her back, like vines in a jungle. The girl looked very much like a human Inu-Yasha, except the ears. Instead of normal rounded human ears, Amei's came into a point, her ears looking remarkably like that of her Uncle Sesshoumaru's.

Not only had she inherited Inu-Yasha's looks, but also his personality. Tending to scowl a lot. But there was something about her that made her different from Inu-Yasha or Kagome. The fact that Amei was more Youkai than Inu-Yasha was had startled both Inu-Yasha and Kagome. But then Kaede had told the couple before she passed on, that Amei had more Youkai in her because Kagome had held the Shikon no Tama during her pregnancy, causing Amei to be more demon than Inu-Yasha, but not full Youkai.

After Amei's birth the Shikon no Tama had seemed to fade away, until at the time of Kani's birth 3 years later it was hardly more powerful than a child's play marble. But Kagome and Inu-Yasha still kept the Jewel of Four Souls hidden, incase the power should ever return to once the sacred jewel.

Sitting herself alongside Sango, Amei looked at the food placed in front of her. Answering her little sister's "Ohayou, Oneichan." with a quick "Ohayou, Ramen" before going back to quietly eating, avoiding her father's stern eyes. Kani loved the way Amei called her "Ramen" after…You gussed it! The food their father loved so much, and which they thought it wasn't to bad either.

The rest of the breakfast went along quietly, nobody looked or talked to anybody else. After breakfast, Amei helping to clear away the food, she asked Sango a question. "Where is the Hentai Baka?" she asked, asking about our favorite lecherous monk. "Oh. He had to go on a quick trip. He should be back by tonight at the latest." Sango said, wiping up some spilled tea swiftly. "Oh." Was all Amei had to say in return.

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Kagome walked through the trees, thinking to herself. She had been able to get Kani to sleep with out much effort, as Kani usually fell asleep after a full meal anyway. Inu-Yasha had agreed to watch over the child, something he only did when she was asleep. Kagome chuckled to herself. It wasn't that Inu-Yasha made a bad father, but she wished he could be a little more involved with them. Speaking of involved…

Kagome's thoughts trailed to friends she hadn't seen in what seemed like ages. Shippo-chan had left their small group, 2 days after Kani was born. Sure he was 19, and had the right to do so, but that wasn't the point. Shippo-chan had found love, and was to be wed to another Fox Youkai he had met. Kagome had been over joyed when she heard this news, but still…How could Shippo-chan be getting married?! It seemed liked only yesterday she was giving him lollipops to be happy. Time sure did fly. Now her eldest was 13, and on the verge of a independence streak. Her little Kani was still so young, but soon Kani would grow up also. Then Kagome found her thought trailing to yet another old friend…

Kouga-kun had finally given up about Kagome being his woman, after Inu-Yasha claimed her as his mate. Kagome had expected Inu-Yasha and Kouga to fight once again, but surprisingly Kouga had accept this term, and since that day he hadn't been seen again. Kagome asked Inu-Yasha why Kouga agreed so willingly, and Inu-Yasha simply said it was a canine thing, nothing for her to worry about.

Nothing for her to worry about. That phrase was familiar. From both her daughter and her husband. Whenever Amei went out into the forest all alone, Kagome was so worried. But Amei always had told her not to worry, just as Inu-Yasha did.

Even though they didn't like to admit it, and they wouldn't. Amei and Inu-Yasha were father and daughter. Kagome them realized she would have to make them realize this, or their whole family could end up like Inu-Yasha's. All dead, and the two siblings fighting.

Kagome slammed her fist into a tree. That's it! They would have to learn what it meant to be a father and daughter, even if it killed them. And knowing by the way the two acted, Kagome knew they would probably end up all dead.