Disclaimer: I own Ashi, his mother, and the idea behind his jewel thingy. Hoshi and Shi-chan, they belong to Clear Shadow so I cant claim either of them. I also don't own the idea behind Inyuasha and all that stuff you recognize. They belong to their creator Rumiko Takahashi not me, oh well I can at least claim Ashi….I guess…. *bows*

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            Looking back at Hoshi, Ashi headed back to bed. Shi-Chan was curled up with her back to him. Ashi rolled his eyes and climbed in next to her. He had just gotten settled when Shi-Chan rolled over and prodded him;

            "Ashi-Sama?"

            "What?" She sat up and leaned over her brother and looked into his face.

            "Did you and Hoshi-sama become friends again?" Ashi propped himself on his elbows and faced Hoshi who sat on her knees tiny hands folded in her lap, looking at Ashi expectantly.

            "Er ya I guess," she smiled broadly.

            "Good I'm glad; I didn't like you guys not talking to each other."

            "Whatever," Ashi said trying to mask his grin he yawned and laid back down.

            "Nighty night Ashi-sama," Hoshi said hugging her older brother and planting a kiss on his cheek. Ashi rolled his eyes and twitched

            "Yeah night," he said and stared at the ceiling.

            "Ashi-sama?" Ashi put his hands behind his head and rolled his eyes

            "What?"

            "Can I ask you a question?"

            "Go to sleep Hoshi," he replied

            "Please Ashi?"

            "All right what!?"

            "If you got mad at Hoshi-sama, and you two aren't fighting anymore-"

            "Hoshi if your going where I think you're goin with this-" Hoshi continued as if she hadn't heard him

            "-does that mean that maybe you'll make up with Shippo and daddy?" Ashi crossed his arms across his chest in a huff "Ashi-sama?"

            "Not a chance in hell,"

            "Ashi what if they miss us?"

            "I'm supposed to care?"

            "You should,"

            "Where's that etched in stone?" Hoshi sat up and looked at Ashi in shock "go back if you miss them so much, I frankly don't care!"

            "Ashi-sama, you should be ashamed, daddy was very sad when you left!"

            "Yeah he was sad alright; saw his chance at another full demon in his family slip away right through the window,"

            "It wasn't like that and you know it!"

            "Wasn't like that? Hoshi he was collecting fragments of the Shikon jewel! I aint an idiot, I know he wanted to turn me into a full demon!" he paused and felt his ears give an angry twitch "and I aint gonna be apart of it,"

"Ashi he's our daddy!"

"He stopped bein my dad the day he stole my mother's jewel from me." Ashi rolled over and turned his back to his sister. Hoshi looked upset for a minute or two before also laying back down.

            "You'll see Ashi-sama you'll see the truth." She said before closing her eyes. Ashi heard the words even though he had tried to block them from his hearing. Was Hoshi turning against him too? Was she on their father's side now? Ashi sighed and closed his eyes he didn't care anymore.

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                        *A/N: This be a Flash Back*

            "Ashi I know losing your mother was hard, but you still have you brother, Hoshi, and I, we are still here for you son,"

            "Dad, your not gonna leave me too? Are you?"

            "Never, I'll always be with here for my children," Kitarou picked up his young son and hugged him tight, "just like your mother will always be with us;" Ashi opened his eyes and looked around; he had been a dream, just a stupid dream. Ashi's ears gave a nervous twitch, sure his father had acted all nice, but Ashi could still remember what had happened a few weeks later. Shippo and Ashi had been play fighting, taking turns being the one to die and fall down the steep hill to his "death", When Kitarou had called his youngest son to him. "Ashi, son maybe you should let me hold onto your jewel, until the Crescent Moon, which is still a ways away. You are still young and we wouldn't want it to become lost when you are playing, would we?" Ashi shook his head hurriedly

            "No,"

            "All right then,"

            "Ok Dad," Ashi remember saying as he took the jewel which at the time felt so large and powerful in the 7 year olds hand. After looking at the jewel for a moment he placed it in his father's hand; (A/N: end Flash Back) that was the last time Ashi ever saw the jewel again; the jewel which his mother had given him, the jewel that would make him permanently human. Every month, Ashi waited for the jewel to be returned to him and every month Kitarou made some excuse for not giving his son the jewel. As months turned into years, Ashi began to realize the facts……His father wasn't ever planning on giving him his jewel back. Ashi really hadn't planned on using the jewel to become human; he'd have rather stayed a half demon at that point. Once a month was all the human Ashi could handle becoming. But Ashi began to peace together the evidence he had and began to figure out that possibly his father was planning on finding a way to turn Ashi into a full demon. When Ashi had been younger, before his mother had died, that would have been his greatest wish, to be just like his father and brother. But when his mother had been slain by a demon; Ashi saw what being a full demon truly meant. His mother's dying wish had been that her only son, use the jewel to become human. Ashi didn't want to be human but he didn't want to be a demon, he wanted to stay a half breed, but knowing that his father had the only thing that could fore fill his mothers only wish and knowing that possibly his father would betray him and turn him into a full demon Ashi did the only thing he could think to do; he ran away. He didn't get very far, a month later; Hoshi found him and every time he thought he had lost her she'd show up. So many times that Ashi just gave up trying to lose her and just let her follow him. Staring at the ceiling Ashi closed his eyes then opened them again, he hated remembering stuff like that; all it did was remind the boy how much he hated his family. Well Shippo and their father, no matter how much he tried he couldn't hate Hoshi. Maybe it was because she hadn't betrayed him, or maybe it was because she stuck by him no matter how nasty he was to her.

            "Ashi-sama, s'cold" Ashi rolled his eyes and gave Hoshi his blanket, he wasn't planning on sleeping tonight; he didn't need anymore dreams to come to him.

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