Roar of the Dragon: I'm really sorry I missed my promised update on the 8th, I had to do shopping for Mother's day and then my dad kicked me off the computer the next day. Anyway, Kimiko may seem a little mature for her age, but that's because her youkai blood accelerates her body and mind to the point that she's not totally helpless without Kagome.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding Japanese customs or language usage.

Review Responses: Wow, you people really like this story don't you?

Katsuri & Kagome lover 2009: Glad you like all the romance and fluff, here's the next chapter.

inufreak831: Glad you like the story, but don't try hunting me down, you'll have to deal with mama dragon and little brother dragon to get to me.

Mimi-chan14: I'm not going to do a lemon of how Kilala got pregnant. And I like the way Kilala sounds more that Kirara.

Shippogrl: yes, I try to have some nice sweet stuff in my story, I'm not in to blood and gore.

Icedragon012990: You want me to rush the ending and potentially spoil it? You must be crazy!

WolfKeeper989 & MVT: glad you enjoy the story, I'm writing as fast as I can.

IYWriterGirl: Yes, I had lots of fun writing that part; besides, don't all the fan girls love Sesshy's tail? ()

chrisy12: Yes, family moments are important, and more are in this chapter.

Lynn-Minmay: I wouldn't want my dragon tail chomped either, and here's the next chapter!

Dumber then a Moogle ass: Shippo is currently crashing on my couch with Kimiko since they both stayed up late eating your chocolate. Sango's baby will be born in the next chapter, # 18! As for all the girls being pregnant, Rin and Kaede aren't, though Rin might be in a few years. ()

OsuwariTetsusaiga: I also think that chapter was one of my best, but I think the best ones are any with Kimiko in them!

Story Weaver1: Kilala's mate won't be appearing, she just went into heat and (content edited out due to rating), so it was just a one-time thing, not a mating. Kimiko will eventually be calling Sesshy Uncle Fluffy, but I'm not sure when Sesshy and Rin will be back in the story, probably around chapter 19.

AN: the following symbols indicate the enclosed type of action/speech

::Thoughts::

"Speech"

)Inu-youkai language(

SOUND EFFECT

= time passes

change of view

The day after Shippo's birthday, Kagome took her family to her era to introduce Kimiko to her relatives. Kimiko was about as big as Shippo, and her black hair hung to her shoulders. As the family walked towards the well, Kagome and Inuyasha held their daughter's arms and swung her back and forth between them so her body was parallel to the ground. Kimiko squealed with delight as she was swung through the air, bringing smiles to her family and the villagers they passed working in the fields.

Once at the well, Kagome made sure Shippo was secure in her backpack before holding Kimiko tightly in her arms and jumping down the well followed by Inuyasha. After reaching her time and letting Shippo out of her back pack Kagome set Kimiko down and opened the well house door. Kimiko was wide eyed at the sights and sounds of her mother's time and clung to Kagome's leg. Kagome led the way to her family's house, wondering if anyone was home right now. She didn't smell anything cooking, but she definitely caught Souta's scent from his upstairs bedroom. ::Souta needs to clean his room, it stinks!:: she thought as they reached the door.

Kagome opened the door and called, "Oka-san, Jii-chan, Souta?" "Onii-chan!" yelled Souta as he ran down the stairs from his room. Souta skidded to a stop in surprise when he caught sight of Kimiko peeking around from behind Kagome's leg. Souta walked over in front of Kagome and bent down to stare at Kimiko, who cringed and kept Kagome's miko pants between her and Souta. Mrs. Higurashi walked into the living room with a basket of freshly laundered clothes she planned to fold and saw everyone standing by the door. "Oh! Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo, I didn't expect you to visit so soon after the new moon! Is something wrong?" she said.

Kagome shook her head and said, "No, but I thought you would like to meet your grand daughter," before gently prodding Kimiko into view. "This is Kimiko. Kimiko, meet your grandma and Uncle Souta." Mrs. Higurashi set down her basket of clothes and gently moved Souta away from Kimiko. "Give her some space, dear. Neither of you were comfortable when I wanted to show you off to my friends at first." said Mrs. Higurashi as she kneeled down and gently extended her hand to Kimiko. Kimiko leaned foreword slightly and sniffed her grandma before smiling and coming out from behind her mother to let her grandmother pick her up and adore her. "She's so cute! Especially these kawaii ears!" exclaimed the excited Grandmother. Kagome's grandpa came downstairs at this point and tried to make Kimiko laugh by making a silly face for her. Instead, he almost got himself clawed by Inuyasha when his face only succeeded in scaring Kimiko into wailing. Mrs. Higurashi made her father go to his room and sat down with Kimiko on the couch before she started singing, "Hush little baby, don't say a word," to her granddaughter. Kimiko quieted down and listened, her little ears twitching as she listened to the song.

Souta carefully walked towards his mom and Kimiko. Kimiko warily watched him from her seat in Mrs. Higurashi's lap. She sniffed Souta and grinned before jumping onto her uncle and knocking the boy to the ground with a hug before darting back to her mother. Inuyasha let out a quick series of barks and growls that caused Kimiko's ears to drop sadly. Kimiko ran back to Souta and bowed down in front of him before helping him sit up. Kimiko then quietly walked back to Mrs. Higurashi and sat back in her lap.

Seeing everyone but Shippo look at him with surprise, Inuyasha sighed and explained, "I told her she shouldn't jump on people like that at to apologize to Souta. I used Inu-youkai language since she can't understand human language very well. All newborn youkai and hanyou can understand the language of their youkai race so their parents can instruct them right after they are born. I'll teach you the Inu-youkai language this afternoon Kagome, since I know that's what you're about to ask me!" Inuyasha smirked at Kagome's surprised face at his statement.

Kagome growled lightly at her mate's remark. "Just for that, I'm not giving you any Ramen," she said. The look on Inuyasha's face was priceless. His expression went from smug to shocked to anger to fear to begging. His ears drooped down and his eyes got big and wet. "That's not going to work koibito," said Kagome. Unnoticed by anyone, Kimiko had gotten out of Mrs. Higurashi's lap and walked into the kitchen. The little hanyou walked up to the refrigerator and tried to figure out how to open it. She finally gave up and turned towards the cupboards. As she walked over to them, a familiar scent reached her nose. )RAMEN!!!( she exclaimed before tearing open the cupboard. Inuyasha and Kagome heard the sound of the cupboard door banging open and ran into the kitchen. There they found their daughter's bottom, complete with her short fluffy black tail waiving back and forth rapidly, sticking out of the cupboard where Mrs. Higurashi stored the Ramen. Inuyasha grabbed Kimiko's legs and pulled her out of the cupboard to hold her upside down in mid air.

Kimiko's black hair and white forelock hung straight down as she turned innocent eyes up to look at her father. Her hands clutched several packages of Ramen noodles to her chest and another pack was dangling from her mouth held up only by the grip her teeth had on the edge of the plastic packaging. Kimiko's tail was still wagging rapidly and she looked extremely cute. Kagome reached over and pulled the Ramen package from her daughter's mouth and placed it on the counter before saying, "Kimiko, you shouldn't go tearing into other people's things in their houses. Besides, you can't eat raw ramen! You're not ready to eat whole ramen anyway. Now give me the Ramen packets!" Kimiko's eyes narrowed and she shook her head. "Ramen Mine!!!!" yelled Kimiko, which surprised everyone.

"Well Inuyasha, she is definitley Kagome and your daughter!" said Shippo in the shocked silence that followed Kimiko's outburst. "The first words out of her mouth are your favorite food!" Kagome snapped out of her daze and grabbed Kimiko out of her mate's arms to give her daughter a hug as she squealed, "She said her first words!" while Kimiko struggled to get to the noodles in the cupboard. Inuyasha deftly relieved his daughter of her noodle packets while Mrs. Higurashi had Shippo help her cook them. Kagome placed Kimiko in Souta's old high chair at the table and sang nursery rymes to her. When the noodles were done, Kagome started feeding Kimiko small spoons of ramen as she tried to teach Kimiko more simple words. "Come on darling, say mama! Ma-ma." said Kagome as she held the spoon with ramen on it out of Kimiko's reach. Kimiko frowned slightly and her ears twitched as she listend to her mother. "Mmmmmmmm aaaaaaaaaaa mmmmmmmm aaaaaaaaa. Mmmaaammmaaa. Mama!" exclaimed Kimiko. Kagome grinned and fed Kimiko the noodles. "Now who am I?" she asked Kimiko as she prepared another bite of ramen. "Mama!" chirped Kimiko before the spoon was in her mouth and she swallowed the noodles. "Now say dada. Da-da," said Kagome. "Mama." "No, dada." "Ddddd aaaaaa ddddd aaaa. Dddddaaaaadddddaaaa. Dada dada dada dada dada!" chanted Kimiko. Inuyasha spun around from his tickling of Shippo and stared. "Did she just call me dada?" he asked. "Yes, she is a very smart girl, yes you are my little precious!" said Kagome as she took Kimiko out of the high chair and hugged her. "How about Shippo?" asked the kistsune as he jumped onto the table. "Come on Kimiko, say Sssshhhiiippooo?" "Shi ppo. Shippo?" said Kimiko with a smile. Shippo grinned and POOFED into his pink balloon form which Kimiko greeted with delighted squeals and clapping."

"Shippo, the three of us have some presents for you!" said Mrs. Higurashi. Shippo POOFED back to his normal form and looked at her. Mrs. Higurashi brought out three brightly wrapped packages. shippo opened the one from Souta first and found a baseball bat, glove, and baseballs. After Kagome explained the basic idea to Shippo, he promised to play a game of catch with his uncle later. Mrs. Higurashi's gift was a Swiss Army Knife and a sweater knitted from fire rat yarn Inuyasha had brought her. The Sweater had a flaming blue fox head on it. Shippo tried it on and found it fit perfectley. He was amazed at the pocket knife, opening each of the different implements and asking what they did. Shippo then leaped into Mrs. Higurashi's arms and hugged her before saying, "Thank you grandmother." Mrs. Higurashi smiled and hugged Shippo back. Last of all was Jii-chan's present. It was a claw that he claimed came from a water kappa and would purify any unclean water. Shippo didn't have the heart to tell Jii-chan that the claw was as magical as horse droppings.

Shippo spent the rest of the day playing catch and video games with Souta and Inuyasha after Inuyasha finished teaching Kagome the basics of the Inu-youkai language. The females of the family watched cartoons since Kimiko wouldn't easily understand the modern day children's shows. Kimiko especially liked Bugs Bunny and managed to mimic his "What's up Doc?" line perfectley. Kimiko then took a nap in her grandmother's lap while Kagome and her mom discussed child care and problembs Kagome might have.