DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN INUYASHA OK! *Uses a whip on the blood sucking lawyers* NOW GET BACK YOU DEMON SPAWN!

Inuyasha, Katsue, & Kouga: "HEY!"

Aradia: "Sorry, I meant evil demon spawn."

Naraku, Kagura, & Kanna: "HEY!"

Aradia: "Alright alright, GET BACK YOU EVIL BASTARDS I ALREADY SAID I DON'T OWN THEM! AND WAIT WHEN THE HELL DID NARAKU AND HIS SPAWN GET HERE?"

Sesshoumaru: "You kidnapped them and tied them to chairs last night remember?"

Aradia: "Oh yea." *starts beating up the three demons with a steel baseball bat*

Inu crew: "Hey that looks like fun." *all grab steel baseball bats and join me in beating Naraku & his spawn*

Aradia: "WELL ON WITH THE FANFIC!"

**Scene closes with me bashing Kanna's skull in**

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Chapter Seven; Bad News and Nice Surprises

"SHIT KATSUE YOU LANDED ON MY LEG!" was the scream that woke everyone in the Higurashi house at about eight o'clock in the morning.

"WELL I DIDN'T MEAN TO!" was the shriek that had everyone hurriedly putting on clothes to go see who was making the ruckus outside.

"OWWW BITCH, DON'T TOUCH IT!" Inuyasha and Kagome were the first ones out the front door and headed for the well house, followed by Souta, grandpa, then Mrs. Higurashi.

"WELL EXCUSE ME, I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF IT WAS BROKEN! AND I AM NOT A FEMALE DOG AND YOU KNOW THAT PERFECTLY WELL!" Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other confused. They knew those voices and the same question was playing in both their minds. 'How the hell did Katsue and Kouga get here?'

"That sounded like Kouga and Katsue," said the hanyou. Kagome nodded. "But how would they have gotten here?" Souta tugged on his sister's arm and made her look down. "What is it Souta?"

"By Kouga and Katsue, do you mean your wolf and cat demon friends?" the boy asked hopefully. When his sister and hero nodded he got excited and pushed past those two to open the door to the well house. He had to take a step back as a tall girl with golden hair topped with cat ears, upon looking closer he saw that a tail was wrapped around her waist, holding a sleeping girl with similar ears and a fox tail.

"Um hello," said the girl. "I'm Katsue. Are you Souta?" She smiled when the boy nodded. "Your sister told me about you. Every time Inuyasha comes from our time you knock him over when you hug him. You don't look like a brat to me."

"SHE CALLED ME A BRAT?" Souta yelled, turning to his sister who was now hiding a nervous Inuyasha. Katsue nodded then went past the boy to her friends. To her annoyance Kagome's grandpa got in her path and pulled out some seals.

"Stay away from my family!" cried the old man before he started flinging seals at the demons. To his dismay all it did was confuse Katsue and make Rubii grumble in her sleep. Thankfully Kagome quickly stopped him and went up to her friend, concern marking her face. "Katsue how did you get here? Never mind that, is something wrong with Rubii?"

The cat demon was taken aback by the question. 'She couldn't possibly know already. No she thinks Inari is Rubii. All that blood staining her hair and tail could even confuse me at first glance.' Inuyasha shook his head. "That's not Rubii. Why is she covered in blood?" 'Of course he can smell the difference.' Katsue sighed, "It's a long story that I don't think I tell at the moment. Inuyasha could you help Kouga-kun out of the well? I landed on his leg when we hit the bottom and I think it's broken."

Inuyasha nodded stupidly, not believing that his friend had just called the wimpy wolf Kouga-kun. Then a large smirk appeared on his face as he started into the well house. 'Looks like those brats plan actually worked on those two. I guess anything's possible.' He jumped into the well, quickly landing on something that made a sickening crunching sound.

"INUYASHA YOU BASTARD GET OFF MY FUCKING LEG!" screamed Kouga. Inuyasha looked down and saw that he indeed had landed on the wolf demon's leg, which was now bent in an angle not even a demon's leg should be in. He hopped off and tried not to laugh at the weird face Kouga was making. "Sorry man, I didn't mean to land on your leg. That must be the one Katsue thinks is broken."

"YOU THINK SO? GIVE THE DOG TURD A PRIZE HE FIGURED IT OUT!"

"HEY I ONLY CAME DOWN HERE TO GET YOU OUT OF BECAUSE YOUR GIRLFRIEND ASKED ME!" This got Kouga and Katsue blushing and both yelling, "I'M/SHE'S NOT MY/HIS GIRLFRIEND!" That remark had everyone looking at Katsue and Inuyasha looking at Kouga weirdly. Then everyone's favorite hanyou snickering, "I would have called her your mate, but I couldn't smell anything to prove that. And in that outfit she's wearing I would have seen the claiming mark." "NO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE YOU ASSHOLE!" "So you did claim her. I thought something was going on when she called you Kouga-kun." "I HAVE NOT CLAIMED HER YET SO SHUT YOUR STUPID ASS UP!" "So you intend to claim her." "NO! I MEAN YES! I MEAN OH WHEN I GET UP I'M KICKING YOUR ASS INUYASHA!" "LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY WITH THAT FUCKED UP LEG OF YOUR'S!" "OH YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT DOG TURD!" "BRING IT ON YOU STUPID WOLF WIMP!"

What followed then was the sound of so much cursing that grandpa covered Souta's ears and led him back to the house, mumbling, "I can't believe I'm going to have a demon with a cursing problem for a grandson-in-law." Katsue and Kagome sweat dropped, both thinking 'Oh boy why do they have to get into a curse out contest now?'

As if sensing the girls' embarrassment over how their men were acting in the bottom of the well, Mrs. Higurashi went up to Katsue and carefully took the sleeping child from her. She smiled when Katsue started growling protectively for a moment. "Don't worry Miss Katsue, I'm not going to hurt her. Why don't we take her to the bathroom and get her cleaned up while the boys argue. We should be done with that by the time they cool down and Inuyasha brings the other one in the house. Follow me." That said the older woman turned around and went to the house, followed by Kagome and Katsue.

Meanwhile at the bottom of the well Inuyasha listened for the women to leave while he was cursing out Kouga. When he heard the front door closing behind them he smiled then stopped talking. It took Kouga a moment to realize the half-demon had stopped yelling and was staring at him knowingly.

"Ok what the hell are you staring at me for?" asked the demon. Inuyasha's smirk became wider, "You two may not have mated but I can still tell you are very close to getting there. So what happened to make you realize that she's the one?"

Kouga sighed, figuring there was no point in trying to hide it. "Yesterday I remembered that Katsue and I had known each other before that first curse out fight we had. In fact I was there when she was born. Apparently my father and her mother were friends so well you get the idea. We hung out until she was three, then her mother died and her father took her away. I don't know how but I forgot every moment of the time I had spent with her and it didn't come back until yesterday when a friend of mine reminded me."

Inuyasha gave him a piercing look. "There's more isn't there?" Kouga nodded, "Before I remembered any of that she and I got in a fight in front of my pack. Man, that bitch is a good fighter but you could say yesterday she had an off day so I ended up pinning her. She was begging me to let her up; she even belittled herself when I asked her. Then she asked me to kill her." Inuyasha's eyes got bigger but he nodded for him to go on. The wolf demon bowed his head and spoke so low Inuyasha almost couldn't hear him, "I couldn't do it. I just couldn't and didn't know why. Then for only god knows what reason I kissed her, in front of most of my fucking pack to boot. Then she ran off, ran into her sister, had her ass kicked, and I saved her in the nick of time. I kinda realized I loved her as I watched her getting tortured for a moment before I saved her. Then I brought her back to where she was staying and my friend reminded me that I had known her before now and well you get the idea."

"I have one question," said Inuyasha. Kouga nodded and he went on. "If her sister beat her up last night why doesn't she have the injuries?" The silence that followed for a few minutes afterward gave him his answer. "I know last night was her human night, I over heard her brother and sisters talking about it with Shippo. I'm happy to see that both of you have finally realized that you love each other. Maybe now you won't fight every night and keep us all up." "Doubt it. Now, can we please get out of this well, its not really that comfortable."

"Sure," Inuyasha pulled Kouga up and let the wolf put an arm over his shoulder, "And how the hell did she get you to wear something besides the armor and loincloth?" "I could ask you the same about how Kagome got you in that shirt and shorts." "I'll shut up." "Good dog turd. And I see you have claimed Kagome. Congratulations on that and the addition." "Congratulations on what?" "You'll find out soon enough." And that led to another argument as Inuyasha brought Kouga out of the well and brought him into the house.

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About an hour later everyone was in the dinning room. Kouga had his sore, thankfully not broken, right leg propped up on a chair, Katsue opposite of him with a very pink haired Inari wearing an old pair of shorts and t-shirt of Kagome's in her lap and sitting in between a very excited Souta and a seal happy grandpa, Inuyasha still trying to figure out what the fuck Kouga meant by what he said earlier, Kagome sitting next to him and confused to why Katsue, Kouga, and Inari kept giving her those smiles that gave her the feeling they knew something she didn't, and Mrs. Higurashi was putting breakfast on everyone's plate. When she sat down the group ate in an unsettling calm. Inuyasha finally decided to break the silence. "So what happened to make the three of you come to this time?"

If possible, the silence after that was even worse until Inari said in a voice like she was in a trance, "My twin is dead, my brother is missing, mommy and daddy have Sango and Miroku, I decimated half the village, and now my hair is pink because they couldn't get all the blood out of it." This got a smirk out of Kouga. "And I thought it would be difficult to tell them. Seems your little sister has a way with words."

"Inari you did what?" asked Kagome. So far her brain was still on the fact that Inari and Katsue were now down one brother and sister. The child started to sob. "When Kirara came and told me what happened, I lost it. I attacked Shippo then I destroyed half the village and a lot of the men. Then Katsue and Kouga came back and she stopped me, then I fell asleep, and then I woke up when I was dropped into hot water." The child then started crying and screaming and trying to bury herself deeper into her sister's warm embrace. Soon all the women in the room were trying to calm her while the guys gave them weird looks, except grandpa who thought the child was possessed and wanted to do an exorcism on the child. That only to get yelled at by Katsue that his methods wouldn't work, only worsen how bad the girl felt and that his damn seals didn't work, which had everyone in the room laughing their asses off except grandpa, for obvious reasons. Inari finally stopped crying and was listening to Katsue as she sang soothingly, too low for even Inuyasha or Kouga to hear her. Soon the child was sound asleep again and Katsue was brushing hair out of the little girl's face absentmindedly.

Kagome tapped her friend tapped the girl on the shoulder to get her attention. When she looked at her she smiled. "If you want you could put her in the guest room while she sleeps." Katsue nodded, "Thank you Kagome-chan, I think I'll be joining her soon. It may be early in the morning but I had a exhausting evening last night and what's happened this morning was kind of draining." "Ok," said Kagome, getting up from her chair at the same time as the cat demon, "I'll show you to the guest room." So saying they left the room, leaving the others to look on after them for a moment.

Grandpa was mildly shocked, "That girl is taking it too well. If she doesn't talk to someone she'll have a nervous breakdown."

"What would you know?" growled Kouga. "She's strong, she can handle it." That earned him a whack upside the head from Kagome's mother. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" She shook her head. "If you had paid attention the poor girl was close to tears when she left the room. As soon as Kagome is out of sight she'll probably start crying her eyes out until she makes herself sick or falls asleep."

The wolf demon blushed, embarrassed he hadn't noticed. He could tell even the dog turd had noticed because of the entire snickering he was doing. 'How the hell am I gonna take care of her if I can't even tell when she's upset.'

As if reading his mind Mrs. Higurashi patted him on the shoulder. "Don't worry, men have a tendency to be a little blunt when it comes to emotions." That comment resulted in the other guys in the room immediately falling out of their chairs. She looked at them strangely for a moment then started laughing. "Sorry boys but it is true. And none of you can't really deny it now can you."

Before any of the males could speak and defend there honor Kagome returned, and not looking too happy at the moment. She sighed and said, "I'm not sure but I think she started crying after I left the room." The girl shook her head and turned to the demon men. "So what do we do?"

Her mate/fiancé shrugged. "Well as soon as Kouga can walk without help, we help with rebuilding the half of the village Inari destroyed, get Sango and Miroku, and then get back to hunting shards." He looked across the table to see a growling wolf demon, "You have an objection?"

"Yeah," growled Kouga, "I say somewhere between the getting your friends and finding more jewel shards we track down the assholes who killed Katsue's sister and probably her brother too." This had the others staring at him. Inuyasha smirked. "I thought you hated those runts? What makes you so upset now?" he asked, though he already knew the answer.

Mrs. H smiled and said, "It's because what they did to them hurt her isn't it?" He nodded, and then got pushed out of his chair by grandpa. "HEY WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" "I'm getting you off your ass to go comfort that poor girl whom you seem to be fond of," said the old man. This had everyone else laughing while Kouga pulled himself up and limped/stumbled out of the room. Kagome had Inuyasha go help the young demon up the stairs and show him to the guest room, though it took some pleading and a "sit" to make him do it. Finally Kouga was outside her door, waving Inuyasha back down the stairs before turning the doorknob. The moment the door was open a crack the strong smell of tears and… blood?… reached his nose. 'Shit she's hurt herself.'

Without another thought to the pain that was in his leg or of asking if he may enter, he through the door open and was in front of her in a heartbeat. She had been crying, pressing fisted hands against her eyes when he came in, though now he had startled her into looking up.

"Oh hello Kouga," she said, failing at hiding the crack in her voice, "What is it that you want?"

"Shut up and let me see your hands," he growled. Before she could object he grabbed her wrists and forced her hands open. On each were four little, bleeding, crescent moon shaped cuts in her palms. He growled at seeing this. "Stupid cat," he muttered, though his words lacked their usual bite. He sat down beside her on the bed opposite of the half-kitsune child and started licking the she-demon's hands free of blood. His action sent an excited shiver down her spine.

'What on earth has gotten into him lately, not that I really mind.' she thought as she pulled her hands away him, then just blankly stared down at the floor. It scared the hell out of her when Kouga wrapped his arms around her slim waist and pulled the confused girl into his lap. "What the hell do you think you are doing Kouga?"

"I think I'm trying to make you feel better. Is it working Sue-chan?" he whispered in her ear, once again making her shiver. He smirked when she practically melted in his arms when he started nuzzling her neck. Then the purring started.

'What is it about her purring that's making me so damn hypnotic?' thought the wolf demon as he kept nuzzling and kissing her neck, the vibrations and noises coming from her throat making him drowsy.

Katsue noticed this and smirked, followed by a rather loud yawn. "Seriously Kou-kun," she purred lazily, "I was tired and intended to cry myself to sleep, but falling into the land of dreams would be more pleasant with you on one side and my sister on the other." To emphasize what she was saying, she managed to bring him down on the bed beside her, the eight-year-old on the other. Kouga smiled at her. "Whatever you want, I'm not gonna argue."

"That's a new one."

"Oh shut up and go to sleep if you're tired."

Without another word Katsue grabbed for the blanket at the foot of the bed, pulled it over the three of them, wrapped her arms around her little sister and pulled the child's closer to her, and then snuggled deeper into the warm demon behind her, neither noticing she had wrapped her tail around both of them. 'I think I could go to bed like this more often,' they both thought, then as Kouga drifted off to sleep Katsue continued the thought before nodding off. 'Though instead of my sister in my arms it would be my own child. Until I have one this will do just fine.'

None of them noticed that two pairs of eyes, one golden and the other brown, were looking in through a crack in the door. The hanyou and miko smiled at each other before going back to their own room to get ready to leave again. Inuyasha went downstairs to get his fire rat kimono and pants from mom when he finally noticed something different about his mate's scent. He turned back to look at their room, where Kagome was now packing clothes. 'It can't be can it?' he thought as he walked back to the bedroom. He looked in to see her on the floor, half under the bed, muttering obscenities about not being able to find a flashlight. The sight brought a smile to his lips as he took in a deep whiff of her scent.

'I can't believe it. My nose didn't lie.' His smile got even bigger as he got closer to her. She was getting up as he wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled her neck. "I love you so much Kagome."

"I love you too Inu-chan. What did you?" He smirked at what she said. The dog hanyou brought his hand to her stomach and said, "Actually, it's more like what did we do. And the answer is right here." To show what he meant he applied slight pressure to her stomach. She got the idea very quickly.

"Are you saying we're gonna be…" "Yes I am. Kouga kinda told me earlier but I didn't get it until about a minute ago." Kagome turned around in his arms to see if he was telling the truth. When her eyes met his she knew he was. She threw her arms around his neck started to cry tears of joy. Inuyasha rubbed her back gently as the girl started kissing him all over his face. The smile on his lips seemed as though it would never fade. 'Yes, lets be happy now. We'll be scared shitless about what will happen tomorrow.'

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A/N: Haha, I am finally done with this chapter. I thought of continuing the chapter but decided to save it for chapter eight. When ever I get five more reviews or next week Katsue will be going home.

Katsue: *slightly scared* "NO! I AM NOT GOING HOME! AM NOT AM NOT AM NOT!"

Aradia: "I AM THE AUTHORESS AND I SHALL DO AS I WILL SO HA!"

Kouga & Katsue: "Bitch."

Aradia: "And proud of it."

Inuyasha: "I don't think that was a compliment."

Kagome: "Ya think?"

Aradia: "Well I don't care, I am basically a psychotic demon bitch when I'm mad so why disagree? Anyway hope you enjoyed the chapter. R&R, SAVE MY EGO!"

Inu crew: "NO DON'T IT DOESN'T NEED TO GET ANY BIGGER!"

Aradia: "SHUT UP BEFORE I PAIR YOU ALL WITH THE PEOPLE YOU HATE THE MOST!"

**The scene closes in eerie silence.**