The Third Family


Dragon Man 180- Jaken will notice that Kyo is a hanyou in this chapter. And yes, let the Jaken bashing begin.

Lightning/Wolf Demon- Pyromaniacs around bonfires are not good things. (puts out fire) Sorry! I don't want to burn down the house. Though I have to admit that I'm a bit of a pyro too... Why don't we start a fire in the fireplace this time?

LiL:.CaT:.AnImE- You weren't nagging. Don't worry.

ZeldaAlly- Your front porch rebuilt? Cool! Once we had the floors in our front foyer redone and that was where our stairs are so we had to camp out in the family room! It was fun! That means LIVE is EVIL spelled backwards. Hmmm.

love-bracelet123- Yes. Homemade dice! Yay!

Mystic Bynd- But remember, Rin hasn't really been that lucky in life. The town orphan. Killed by wolves. Well, alright she has it lucky traveling with Sesshy but when was the last time he used a dice?

lil'killer- Kyo had to be nice to Jaken for political reasons. The same reasons why she didn't go crazy at Sesshoumaru for killing her. It would make Mikoto look bad and she knows this. Kyo is a smart cookie. My room was going to be purple, but then I decided to have it pink. Red is my favorite color.

MidniteStar7- Thank you! Rin steals the show every time! She is the cutest little kid ever! Cuter than Shippo even!

Wolf of Fire- Here's the update!

Lenipez Sideshow- I've never seen McGaiver. Everyone at school is talking about him though...

DarkPirate-510- I don't want to buy it until it comes out in paperback. I end up destroying all my hard cover books. -.-; You should see my HP books. -.-;;;;;;;;;;

KG the oven mit fanatic- Ewww. I hate tofu. But I have seen the tofu turkeys. They look funny! Everyone loves Rin. (Watches as KG dances on keyboard) Hey, how am I writing this if you're on the keyboard?? O.o;

Foxstar2k2- You're so nice. Thanks!

Heart of Friendship- Well now that I'm writing this you have updated. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. -.-

Lucied's sis- I HATED the SATs. Yucky. Yucky. Yucky!!


"We'll need a widdling knife." I told Kallani, "Do you have any?" She thought for a moment and then smiled. "There should be a few in the hunting shed. I'll get one. You guys go back to the library." "Alright." I said. Rin and I walked into the castle and I took off the blanket she had been using as a coat. It was muddy because Rin had insisted on sitting down a few times.
"I guess we'll have to have another blanket brought up to the library." I said, "This one needs to be washed." But I had no clue what to do with dirty laundry so I hauled it off to the library with us. "So are you going to make all the stuff Rin, Kyo-san, and Kallani-san needs?" Rin asked. "Yes." I replied fishing out a large piece of paper from a cabinet in the library. That was followed by a bottle of ink and a brush.
Rin watched as I divided the paper into a hundred little square, then drew ladders and snakes. Finally I numbered each space. "What's that?" The girl asked. "That's going to be the playing board." I replied, "I'll show you how to used it when we get the dice and playing pieces." Rin nodded.
A few minutes later Kallani walked in, and handed me a little knife. "There you go." she said, "Now let's see this 'dice' thing of your's." I picked up the stick and cut it into a small piece. Then I peeled off the bark and cut it again so that I had a cube. Now the next thing I needed to do was put the dots on the cube. The knife would be hard to use for that. I put it down and finished the holes with my claws.
"A dice." I said handing it to Rin." "What does it do?" she asked looking at it. I took it back from her and showed both of them how to use it. "And the amount of dots on the side that is facing up is the amount of places you go on the board." I explained. Kallani nodded. "That makes sense." she said, "But how do we know where we are on the board?"
"That's where the playing pieces come in." I said, "Do you have anything that is smaller than the squares I made? Much smaller?" Rin pulled out a chip of jade about a centimeter long. "Will this do for Rin?" she asked holding it up. "Nicely." I replied, "What about you, Kallani?" Kallani picked up a tiny figurine that had been on a table. I nodded. Finally, for me, I cut off another piece of the stick.
"We've all got our markers now." I said happily, "Now to teach you the full game. It's called Snakes and Ladders..." In a few minutes I had completely explained the simple game to them and we all began to play. Rin went first, followed by Kallani, and then me.
The game was inturupted when a young maid came into the room. "Lady Kyo." she said bowing, "Lord Mikoto wishes your presence in his study. There is someone he wants you to meet." "Can you play for me, Rin?" I asked standing up, "I'm sure I'll be back in a few minutes." "Of course Kyo-san!" she said giggling as Kallani tickled her.
I followed the maid out of my library and to Mikoto's office. The door was closed so the maid knocked before opening. She bowed. "Lady Kyo is here." the maid said.Mikoto motioned for me to come in. He was sitting behind his desk. In front of him was an old woman, dressed in a traveling cloak.
She had silver hair, but not like Inuyasha's. It was silver from age. Her face was wrinkled and her hands were gnarled, but she stood tall and pround anyway. "I want you to meet Kurozena." Mikoto said gesturing at the woman, "She's the housekeeper around here and she has been for, how long?" "Seven hundred and fifty two years." the woman replied, "And I am very pround of it." She gave me a smile. It wasn't exactly a friendly one, but it was polite."
"Yes." Mikoto agreed, "Well she's been off traveling and now she's back. I've got stuff to do. I'll let you two talk and get to know each other. Okay?" "Alright." I said. He left. Kurozena's look went from one of politenss to scorn."
"Another hanyou." she said, "I want to tell you something girl. I've spent my whole life here. Your not the first hanyou to be taken in as a mate. This family has a soft spot for them. But it doesn't mean I do. I stay here and I protect this family in a sense. I don't like it when a hanyou comes into it, but each one has given the Lord a full breed demon son, so I can't complain."
I had no clue how to reply to this. "Tounge tied, are you?" Kurozena asked, "For Mikoto's sake I will treat you with respect just as I treated his mother with respect for his father's sake. But you will also treat me with respect, do you hear? Even if I am a housekeeper while you're the lady of the castle, I was born with a higher ranking than you just because I am full bred and I will always be better than you. Do you understand this?"
Once again, I had no clue how to reply to this. I nodded. "Good." She continued, "So you do not shame the family I will show you how to be an ideal Lady. It's just too bad I can't show you how to make you a pure bred." With that, Kurozena left the room. I shivered. That had to be the creepiest conversation I had ever had.

I returned to the library to see Rin running around happily why Kallani hopelessly tried to calm her down. "I'm back Rin!" I said closing the door. "Kyo-san!" the girl exclaimed running over to me. "Rin's bored." she said, "Rin and Kallani-san have played your game three times! I want something else to do now!" "I can't think of anything." Kallani admitted, "We drew pictures, but that didn't last that long." "Rin and Kallani-san ran out of paper." Rin explained.
I laughed and sat down on the couch. Someone had gotten rid of the blue blanket and replaced it with a light green one. "Why don't I read you those stories you were looking at the pictures for?" I suggested. "Yeah!" Rin exclaimed jumping onto my lap with the book. I covered her up with the new blanket and began to read...

Around an hour later I noticed that Rin had fallen asleep under the blanket and on my lap. I smiled and closed the book quietly. "You have a wonderful reading voice." Kallani commented, "I've read that book hundreds of times, but you seemed to make the story brand new!" "Thanks." I said smiling, "What do you think I should do? I don't want to wake Rin up, but I've got to get up. It has to be time for dinner by now."
"It is." she replied, "Why don't you have Taoa watch Rin? I'm sure you can get her off of you without waking her up." Taoa had been sitting in the library all day. I was surprised that Rin hadn't noticed her. Then again she was quite small. I tried and indeed I did get Rin off me without waking her. Taoa walked over and jumped onto the couch. She curled up next to Rin. I smiled at the scene. Was this what it was like to be a mother?


Kagome: How cute! I loved the end!

Inuyasha: I don't like Kurozena. She's messed up.

Miroku: I was under the idea that most demons didn't like hanyous.

Inuyasha: It's true.

Sango: Then how is Kurozena messed up?

Inuyasha: I don't know. She just is.

Shippo: I wish I could have heard some of the stories Kyo read Rin.

Inuyasha: That's right! When are we getting back into the story?

Clear Waters: I don't know.

Inuyasha: You don't know??

Clear Waters: When I feel like bringing you back.

Inuyasha: Damnit!

Sango: I hope that's soon.

Clear Waters: It might be. It depends on where I bring the story. I've got a lot of ideas and I can't use them all. :( R&R everyone!