Chapter 13:

Inuyasha raced after Kagome, trying to find her. "Kagome!" He called to her, but he heard no answer. "Kagome!" he called again. But there was still no answer.

Then Inuyasha picked up her scent. If was hard to follow, but he did it, and he found her sitting under a tree, crying.

"Kagome…" He said as he knelt beside her, not daring to touch her for fear of doing something wrong. He didn't want to hurt Kagome anymore than he realized that he had already.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome cried as she looked at him. They looked into each other's eyes, completely lost in each other's eyes.

"Kagome. I'm sorry I did that." Inuyasha said as he reached an arm around her and pulled her close to him. "I'm just very protective of Sunny. That's all. I don't care about her more than I care about you. It's just… I had always been protective of Sunny and her sisters, and Sunny was always the more adventurous one, and I had been so use to being overprotective of her, that I guess it got out of control." Inuyasha could remember when Sunny's parents died, and they left a letter for him, being a close family friend and having known the girls for so long, asking him to take care of Sunny and her sisters.

Flashback…

Inuyasha had walked into the village where Sunny and her family lived. It was a very friendly village of demons. He was welcome there unlike he was anywhere else. He walked into the hut where Sunny and her family lived to check on Sunny's parents. They had been sick for a long time. Inuyasha was the one taking care of them.

He knelt beside them. He could tell that today was the day that they would die. He could just sense it.

"Inuyasha?" A woman asked. She looked very sick and pale. She grabbed his hand. "Inuyasha." She said as she handed him a letter. "When I die, open this. Please, do this as a last favor for me."

Then Inuyasha watched as the woman's eyes shut, never to open again.

He looked down at the envelope she had handed him a few moments ago. Inside was a letter.

Inuyasha,

Please do me this favor. You know my five daughters. They are still
fairly young. Please take care of them and watch over them for me.
I know you will keep them safe.

Mitoki

Inuyasha looked at the woman. "Don't worry." He said softly. "I'll take care of them." He said.

End of Flashback…

Inuyasha kept thinking about all those times Inuyasha had been taking care of Sunny and her sisters. Sunny had always been wondering off, getting into some sort of trouble or danger. She was definitely the rebel of her family.

Flashback…

Inuyasha was running through the woods. "Sunny!" He called.

Sunny had run off into the woods again. She liked to wonder through the woods, finding new trails to follow, picking flowers, and fighting. She loved to fight. Not as much as he sister Flara, but she loved it all the same.

"Sunny!" Inuyasha called again. Then he heard something. He took off in a mad dash, hoping to find Sunny.

"Inuwasha?" Sunny asked. She was the smallest of the girls. She looked so cute. Her hair was blonde, golden, and pulled up into two small ponytails. Her eyes were all glassy looking as she looked up at Inuyasha, her hands filled with a few flowers.

"Sunny." Inuyasha said sternly. "What did I say about wondering through the woods?"

"Not to go without you?" Sunny asked. She looked to be only about five or six years old.

"That's right." Inuyasha said, still sounding stern. "So why did you come without me?"

"I wanted to get these fwowers for you." She said as she lifted the flowers for Inuyasha to take.

Inuyasha had to smile at that. It looked so cute. He took the flowers from her.

"Do they smell nice?" Sunny asked.

"Yeah." Inuyasha said as he smiled at her. Then he picked her up and put her on his back. "Now let's get back to the village."

"O tay." Sunny said as she held onto Inuyasha and they headed back to the village.

End of Flashback...

Memories of Sunny's childhood ran through Inuyasha's mind. He didn't know why though. But he shook all those thoughts from his head and looked down at Kagome.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he looked down at her. She was in his arms, looking up at him with watery looking eyes.

"What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

AN- I luv cliffies. Don't you? LOL. Well, plz R&R. Thanx! TTFN!