I know I know, it took a long time. But think about it, would you rather kill me now and never know what the ending is, or wait until I'm done with my story and then kill me? I'll leave that up to you, so for now, just be happy that I haven't quit on my story. That just shows how much I love you guys!

Chapter 19

Inuyasha's eyes fluttered, vulnerable to the bright light of the early evening. The sun was at it's peak, almost crossing over to the late evening. He grunted and moved a little to block the sun's rays, bumping against an object laying next to him. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a red and orange furball curled up next to him. Moving as gently as he could, he turned his body to face the little creature, making him fall agaisnt Inuyasha's legs, ontop his lap. He reached down, and picked up the child. He carried Shippo over to the bed mat Kagome usually slept in. Laying Shippo down he wiped away the hair covering his face. Gazing down at Shippo, Inuyasha realized that he cared for the little twerp more than he let on.

"Maybe he just makes me so sick that my head confuses annoyance with care. Maybe..."

He shook his head, a light smile on his face and walked out of the hut. Kirara jumped down from the sky and transformed back into her cute minature form, leaping into the hut before Inuyasha could close the bamboo curtain. He looked in after her and smiled a wider smile at the sight of her curling up against the still sleeping Shippo. Now he felt a little better on having left him in there, he had company now. He looked around for his two traveling companions. He saw the village alive with activity hurrying to finish their chores before the sunlight lapsed into darkness.

"Inuyasha!" He saw Lady Kaede waving her hand up ahead, trying to catch his attention, but in the large crowd, all he saw was her hand. Instead he followed her voice, her hand bobing up in different places each time he saw it. He found her next to a hut in the outskirts of the bustling crowd, waiting for him patiently. Next to her was the pair he was searching for before Lady Kaede had called him.

"Inuyasha, where's Shippo?" Sango asked. Inuyasha noticed that she had turned into the new mother figure for Shippo, seeing that Kagome was gone, only for a few days though, thought Inuyasha.

"He's inside with Kirara, sleeping." Inuyasha answered, reassuring Sango that he was safe. " So, what did you want me here for?"

"Inuyasha, we just wanted to speak to you about Lady Kagome." Kaede had a very serious face on, one that indicated that she was not about to allow Inuyasha to run of as if he didn't care. Sango's ears perked up, and Mirouku's hand went back to it's original position, by his side, not Sango's. This must be serious then.' Inuyasha thought, praying that he wouldn't start cracking up.

"Well? What is it?" Inuyasha wanted this to go as fast as possible, he already had plans of his own with Kagome, and he wasn't about to blow them off for some stupid discussion.

" Inuyasha, why don't we go inside, alright? Come on, just for a little while, don't worry, you can see Kagome after this we promise." Mirouku put his hand on Inuyasha's back and roughly pushed him into the hut. Inuyasha was slightly blushing at his discovered secret, but he quickly got over it as he fell into a seat positioned for him to fall into.

" What are you guys up to?" Inuyasha looked around the hut, which being apart from the village, was in poor condition and smelly. Cringing his nose he stared at the group sitting in front of him, staring back. "Are you guys gonna tell me what all this is about?"

" Inuyasha we know that you want to go see Kagome, so that is why we decided to talk to you. Me, Lady Kaede and Sango have talked about the situation involving Kagome." He sounded so matter-of-factly that Inuyasha found himself getting irritated.

"And what were you guys talking behind my back for? Don't you think I should know about what's going to happen with Kagome? I should be invovled in anything that has to do with Kagome!" Inuyasha huffed about making his face turn red hot.

"Inuyasha, that is why we have come to a descision. Kagome's problems are in her own time, not here, and in her time is where her life is. We can't make descisions for her, she's old enough to know what she wants and what she wants might not include us, no matter how much it hurts, we can't stop her from living her life in her era." Sango's eyes showed how difficult it was for her to say those things, but her voice held a firm determination, one which Inuyasha knew was tearing her apart.

" What are you guys saying? That we should let her leave? That we should let her forget about us? You guys act as if you guys want her to leave! And you guys call yourselves her friends." Inuyasha humphed and stood up. Sango however stood up as well, slowly, and placed herself in front of Inuyasha. Her eyes were on fire, and her heart was going twice it's normal rate. She glared at him, never dropping her gaze. And then her hand shot straight up, striking Inuyasha with fierce power, power that would bring down even the mightiest of demons. Her pose never faltered, her eyes never losing their fire, and her hand back at her side, as if nothing had happened.

" Never say that again, because your no angel yourself." Her voice barely above a whisper, deadly and intensely passionate, she stared down the stunned Inuyasha. All Inuyasha could do was stare at the furious girl before him, his hand rubbing his stinging cheek, and his other hand pressed against the wall behind him, his only support from falling to his knees in pain and shock. Mirouku came up behind Sango and placed his hand on her shoulder, shaking her a bit. She broke her gaze from Inuyasha's and gave Mirouku a quick glance. She sat back down and bent her head, shoulders shaking with every quacky breath. Lady Keade sat herself beside Sango and whispered some kind words in her ear, giving Sango the reassurance that everything was ok.

" Inuyasha, I'm sorry that I struck you." Her head came up, hair falling down her cheeks, and she looked at Inuyasha, still pressed against the wall of the hut. Spiderwebs hung loosely around him, and the sunlight crept in through the boards covering the windows. Why they were covered was anybody's guess. The hut had been there since before Kaede, but it was said that a lone traveler had once occupied the hut, never leaving it, until one day the villagers found him dead of old age. They never bothered to tear it down, believing that it would bring them bad fortune. Sango thought that the little light coming in here was giving the hut a spooky look, and giving Inuyasha an even spookier look. His face was in total disbelief and his hair hung down beside his face, giving him a droopy look. Now Sango felt bad, even though he deserved it.

" Inuyasha." She continued in her explanation. "I am sorry about what I did, but I'm not sorry for why I did it. You didn't have any right for saying that we were bad friends, because your not perfect either." Her eyes flashed dangerously for a second, but then they went back to her normal caring and forgiving eyes. " You aren't the only one that wishes she would stay, but we can't do more than wish. We can't pressure her into staying here with us, this is not where she belongs. She has her own family and friends in her era, and we would be selfish to take her away from that. Inuyasha, I know that she made me promise never to tell you this, but you must know. One night I found her crying outside near the hotsprings. She told me that she was failing a class, and that her mother was falling ill and that her brother was having problems at school as well and that her friends were begining to drift away from her. She was torn between going home and staying here to help us out. She was completely lost, so I told her to go home and fix everything she can, and then come back after she felt sure about leaving her family again. Then she said your name, and how she didn't want you to get mad. She didn't want to make you mad, so she stayed, and she was miserable the next day."

" I wouldn't have gotten mad if she left for a couple of days." Inuyasha interrupted.

" Your not listening to me! She was having problems back home and you would've just given her a couple of days?! Inuyasha you can not keep her from going home! Thanks to your couple of days, she failed that class, and her mother almost got worse, had it not been for Souta, and Souta almost got beat up by some people on the street! Kagome doesn't live here, she lives there, where her family needs her. You only need her to help you find the jewel shards, and to have someone to yell at without them abandoning you! And now your scared because you might lose her! Because she might leave you and you can't do anything about it! This is her choice not yours, so don't tell her what to do, because it's not your life, it's hers!" Breathing heavily, she calmed herself down and sighed.

After a few moments, Mirouku spoke up. " Inuyasha, what Sango said is true, whether you want to agree or not, it's true. You can't see yourself losing her, that is why you want to tell her that she should stay with you. I completely understand that, but have you ever thought that she might want to go? This is her chance to get to know her father. Don't you think that she would want to take it? She knows that whatever she decides will affect her life forever, and that she might lose us, but she'll gain a father, something we can't compete with." Mirouku turned and sat down on the other side of Sango. Now, it was Lady Kaede's turn, and Inuyasha was not looking forward to it.

Kagome's hand covered her chest and her breathing became uneven and rigid. Surely she had heard worng, but the words echoing through her head were sneering at her, telling her that she had heard right. she wavered abit, and fell heavily into her seat, having stood up from the shock.

"Kagome are you alright?" Toshio's urgent voice came from beside her and she saw that he had come to her side in worry. She nodded and took a single deep breath.

"T-Toshio? What happened to that baby?" She turned her face to look at him. He bent down next to her and took her hand in his.

" Your mother decided that she was going to have it, against my parents wishes. My paernts never really liked your mother, seeing her as a road block to my blossoming career as an architect, and me rejecting an offer to work with one of the biggest companies in Japan, only made matters worse. Even though my parents disapproved, I supported her in her descision, and she had the baby. We still hadn't even given the young child a name, before my parents came and demanded to take the child to America, saying that they would raise it better than we would. Rumiko, even knowing that the way the baby came to be was a horrible memory, she was determined to love the baby nonetheless with all her heart. She said the baby had nothing to do with that day, and that it wasn't his fault that she was raped. But my parents thought that America would be the best place to raise the child, away from the still recovering mother."

"So you guys agreed?" Kagome broke in. She still was shocked about her having an older sister or brother, but she wanted to know everything.

" Well, we didn't say no, but we really didn't say yes. They said that they would just keep him until we were economically okay and had steady lives."

" It was a boy?" Kagome asked excitedly.

"Yes, and he was the most adorable little boy you could ever imagine. His eyes were a deep green, with black edges running around the outside outlining the green. And his face was as pale as the moon, but so smooth and soft. His hair jet black and curly, he was just the most precious thing, so small and delicate, yet strenghth that even surprised me. He was just a sight. I grew attached the moment I held him for the first time in my arms. But after they took him, I felt so miserable, that I promised Rumiko that the day we saw him again would be sooner than she thought."

"So, then you went to go get him?" Kagome asked slowly, trying to figure out the rest in her head.

"Well, not at first. See, after my parents took the baby, we stayed in contact for 10 years, but then after we had you, I think your mother was 28, yes she was, they stopped writing all of a sudden. At first I thought it was just a problem with the mail, and then I couldn't get through to them by phone. I started to worry, but having you in the picture sort of made me forget for a bit. You were just darling. The most beautiful baby ever. You had such curious little eyes that everything that happened, you were the first to want to know about it. You always wanted to be invovled in everything, and you seemed to always get into a little trouble with that little friend of yours what was her name? Ray? Yeah, and she always made you cry. You used to come to me, crying your heart out and then after a couple of minutes you'd go back to be that laughing cheerful little girl." He smiled at her and she smiled back remembering those wonderful moments when she used to sit in his lap and cry until she was laughing again. She felt that they were to short and soon her eyes filled with tears.

" Yeah, I remember when she took my doll, and broke it. I went blubbering to you about how mean she was and that I wished she was far away. You told me that my doll was broken but that I'd always hold her dear in my heart. I actually fell for that trick, and then you went and bought me a new more prettier doll, and I went to go show it to Ray. After that we didn't talk. But that doll always made me smile, even if I felt horrible. I guess it was because it was a special gift from you, and that it was very dear to me because you said that that was the way it was supposed to be." She smiled a wide smile and her eyes glistening she laughed. A true and genuine laugh.

Replies!(yay)

Red Skyies- Holy shiters? Ummm...okay...ummm...dude. Anywayz, thanks for the review, I know, it was heartbreaking. I was just depressed when i wrote it, but more happy stuff now, promise!

Inu-babe666-ohhh yeaahh! I love that you love it and love me too, so I love you too, even more! and more wierd twists coming up! love ya!

AlixMM-Angsty was it? Well that was what I was heading for so thanks for saying that! I thought I was overdramatizing it(wow long word) but now I now that it was just angsty! well, guess your gonna have to keep reading, 'cause those pesky endings can be very shocking...

Demonchik39-Omigod! I'm not a total and complete loser! Score one for the crybabies! I didn't even expect this! It's wierd 'cause I was just writing not really paying attention, and somehow it came to be all of that depressing stuff, and then I got depressed.Yeah, it caught lots of people off guard, me included. So you love heartwrenching stories that make you sad? Really? Me too! We're just like sisters that were seperated at birth by some freak accident invovling a scary doctor and a butt ugly nurse! Hey, you can't steal that from me, but since we're sisters seperated at birth by some- well you know tha story! Lots of love!

PiperandPhoebe-You had to move too? So did I! But that was like 3 years ago, I had to move states. I went from nice weather and awesome beaches, too freaky weather and nothing but oceans of sand! Guess where I am. so I feel your pain::sob:: It's okay, I'm here for ya!::sniff::I love you!

Valese-Noo! Kagome is not the result of the rape, it was another baby, dork! But I love you anyways! But, maybe he did fell differently about her after that, hmmm...Yes another point for the crybabies! Love ya dork!