I know I said that I wouldn't write any of these, but I couldn't resist talking to you guys! Okay, so I know these chapters are short, but I promise that they get longer, just remeber, I learned from experiance, and from my reviewers helpful push, demonchik39, and thanks to them, they will get longer, 'kay? So, enjoy!

Chapter 2

The heavy silence hung for what seemed an eternity. Then Kagome's mother cleared her throat delicately, as if not to harm herself. She stepped forward and stopped next to Kagome's father, Toshio.

" Honey? This is your father." She said calmly as if reassuring the confused teenager. She stared, wide-eyed, at her mother, and then slowly turned to face her...father.

" Your, Toshio? My father?" Kagome managed to say. The stranger, because after all he was a stranger, I mean he's been gone for, what 10, 9 years, smiled at her response.

" Actually, my new name is Anthony Higurashi, but I guess I am Toshio. And I am your father.(sorry for the Star Wars thing, I didn't mean to.)" He stepped closer, trying to hug Kagome, but she stepped back. She looked around, but didn't see what she wanted to find.

" Where's Souta? Has he seen him?" She asked her mother, ignoring the crushed look on her dad's' face. Her mother, startled at first by Kagome's sudden question, nodded yes. She pointed towards the ceiling where his room was. Kagome got the hint, pushed by Toshio, glanced at her mother, then headed upstairs. She didn't even look back at the man's saddened face. She stopped in front of her little brother's room, preparing to knock, when she heard a muffled sound coming from her room.

" Inuyasha? He better not be here, or I'll sit him all the way back to the Feudal Era (sorry if I spelled it wrong). And I won't let him hear the end of it." Kagome grinned evilly, prepared to yell sit, when she heard another sound. It sounded like sniffling and a purr. She opened the door, and was surprised at what she saw. There was Souta, sitting with his legs hugged against his chest, crying and petting Buyo.

" Souta! What are you doing here?" Kagome wasn't mad, but Souta misunderstood.

" Sorry sis, but I didn't want to stay in my room by myself, but Buyo wanted to stay here. I'll leave, if your gonna be an insensitive doughhead." Souta sniffed and glared at his sister, who was about to laugh, but thought better of it.

" Oh, Souta. I didn't mean it that way, I was just surprised that you were here. So, why are you crying?" Kagome asked lovingly.

" I don't know. It's just that, I know he's my dad, but I don't know him, and I don't know what to do or say around him." Souta's voice was filled with desperation, and frustration that it broke Kagome's heart.

" Souta. I know how you feel. I don't know him either-"

" But he left when you were 6, how can you not remember him?" Souta asked. Kagome sighed and looked up, as if looking for an answer on her ceiling.

" Well, I guess, when he left to America, all he left was a picture of himself, and nothing more. He never wrote and never tried to reach us, so I never got to see him after that. And, it's hard, you know, to just remember someone from a picture. A picture can't talk and it can't hug you at night when your having a nightmare, so I guess I erased him out of my memory, because he didn't seem to try to stay there." Kagome looked a Souta as if asking him if he understood.

" But, don't you think that he deserves something from us?"

" Souta, I don't think he deserves anything." Kagome's voice held a hint of bitterness, and her face was shadowed with sadness, and Souta was shocked to see a tear go down her cheek.

" Kagome!" Their mom's voice reached the room, and Kagome quickly snapped out of her depression. Heading downstairs, they heard part of their conversation.

" Are you sure we should do this? Their only children and they have their whole lives here, don't you think we should let them enjoy it, here?" Her voice was low, and uncertain. " What are you guys talking about?" The question was left unanswered, and the faces of their parents were the only warning, to what was about to happen.

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