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Chapter Two: Who Doesn't Like Story Time?

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said. The hanyou opened his eyes that had just recently closed, "Yeah?" He asked lazily and looked at her. He could see Kagome looking around, "Where are the kids?"

"What do you mean, they're right... over...there..?" He said and pointed to where the kids were supposed to be at. Inuyasha slammed his fist in the ground, "Damnit! Where did they go now?"

He stood up and Kagome followed quickly. They ran to where their children were just playing tag a minute ago, hoping that they didn't venture too far.

"Inuyasha, did they go into the forest again?" She asked and looked at Inuyasha. He turned to look at her and let out an annoyed sigh, "Of course they did, I told them not to." He said in irritation at his children's behavior and rubbed his forehead.

Kagome rolled her eyes, "I guess that's true." She muttered. Inuyasha sniffed the air, "Don't worry they're close by, come on."

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Taikan and his three younger sisters cautiously entered the dark forest.

He felt the wind lightly blow his silver hair and he brushed the bangs out of his eyes.

His hair always looked a lot like Kohaku's when the demon exterminator was his age, short and in a high ponytail.

Taikan always looked up to Kohaku, but since the man was only here around for only a few days he would go back to travel again. Kohaku was still out in the world, helping others in need and, in a way, giving back what he had taken years ago… lives.

Kohaku was now a man of much bravery, honesty, and possessed the strong will to fight without fear, much like Taikan's father. He looked up to both men, who will forever be his guidance.

The strange sound echoed through the forest and reached all ears that were listening.

The girls jumped slightly and became very nervous, "I think we should go back," Said Rikku in a tiny voice. Her ponytail on the side of her hair swayed with the wind that had picked up again.

"Not yet Rikku, I wanna find out what's making that noise." Taikan said, "And besides, I'll protect you all if anything were to happen."

The girls looked at one another and seemed to agree. "Alright, but once we find out, we're leaving." Sanae said and Kaden nodded.

A few moments later and their path ended at a dying bird demon. It was practically as small as Rikku, and jeez, that girl was small!

The bird demon hissed in pain and screeched occasionally. Taikan walked closer to it as his sisters stayed back, hiding behind the oldest one, Sanae.

"H-Help." The bird demon wheezed. Judging by the voice, it sounded like a female.

Knowing this, and that the demon wasn't a threat, Taikan hurried his steps to the female bird, "Are you ok? What happened?" He asked quickly.

"I was attacked by a ...by a powerful demon." The bird had said and coughed when she stopped speaking.

"Powerful demon? Who? What did it look like?" The young boy asked. 'Who could have done this to a poor defenseless little bird demon?' He thought and clenched hid fists.

"It was a strong demon, it took on a diverse appearance when it attacked me, then altered into another as it went away." The demon tried to say in one breath.

"What? You mean this demon can change form into anything?" Taikan was confused. What kind of demon can have such power to do something so complex? He looked at the bird demon and watched her nod slowly. "It attacked my entire flock..." She coughed.

"You say this demon can change form, right? Well, what about now? What does it look like now?" He asked in a serious voice.

"I know not of its appearance now young man, but it spoke of...of killing...and slaughtering, it was horrible." She almost began to cry. Taikan nodded and furrowed his eyebrows in deep thought.

"Please, defeat this demon...and save us all..." Said the female bird demon as she closed her eyes and never opened them again. Taikan looked at her in shock, 'Save us, all...?'

"Taikan! Sanae!" Inuyasha shouted, "Where are you?" He ran with Kagome on his back.

"Rikku! Kaden!" He shouted again and followed their scents.

Inuyasha had finally spotted them and halted to a stop and set Kagome down. They looked at their daughters come running to them, "Mommy! Daddy!" Cried the girls and ran into their parents' open arms.

"What in the world were you doing out here? Didn't I tell you not to go in the forest by yourselves?" Inuyasha said sternly and looked around, "Where's your Taikan?" He asked and then looked up from the girls to see the young boy walk to him slowly.

The younger hanyou lowered his head, "Sorry Dad, we just heard something and went to check it out. It was all my idea"

His father wasn't exactly the 'lenient' type of parent and that made everyone scared now.

"Well, what was so mysterious and interesting that you heard and brought you here?" Inuyasha asked and noticed Rikku was trying to jump up to reach him. Inuyasha picked her up and set her on his shoulders. Rikku wrapped her tiny arms around his neck softly and looked at her brother.

Taikan decided to tell his father later of what he had heard, "Turns out it was just a demon that was already dead when we got here." He said and looked down. Well, it was partly true...

"Well fine, just don't do it again." Said Inuyasha and motioned for Taikan to walk home with the rest of them.

Inuyasha saw that Kaden ran right next to him and smiled up at him. Inuyasha smiled back and held her hand. Kagome walked next to Kaden and Sanae was on the other side of her with Taikan.

The walk home was uneventful, which was expected, and the sun was setting on the hills and now aloud darkness to paint the sky.

Everyone walked in the hut and Inuyasha set Rikku down. All the children had yawned and rubbed their eyes.

Inuyasha smirked knowingly and crossed his arms over his chest, "Alright everyone, it's almost nighttime." He said and listened to his children groan.

"Time for bed." He said and heard the kids groan again.

"But daddy, we're not tired!" Rikku said and jumped up and down. Kagome giggled at her daughter's actions and couldn't help but smile.

Inuyasha watched his daughter jump up and down, when she jumped in the air again; he caught her and brought her eye level to himself, "I don't care. Bed. Now." He said firmly and kissed her forehead. Rikku giggled and Inuyasha set her back down.

Sanae looked at Kaden, "Race ya to bed!" She said and before you knew it, the two girls ran to their room and laughed as they jumped on their futons.

"I won!"

"No I won!"

They laughed some more as everyone else went in the room.

The girls slept on one side of the room as Taikan slept on the other. Taikan didn't go to his futon yet, because now he saw that Kaden was distracted and looked somewhere else. 'Now's my chance.' He thought deviously.

Suddenly, he pounced on her and began to tickle her. "Taikan! No! Stop please!" She begged and couldn't stop laughing.

Sanae and Rikku laughed as their parents smiled. Taikan finally stopped and let her go.

"Story, story, story! Tell us a story Daddy!" Pleaded Sanae as her brother and sisters sat together on the girls' futons. Inuyasha and Kagome sat in front of them and smiled as they looked at each other and back at the kids again.

"Ok, which one should I tell?" He said to himself and placed a hand under his chin in deep thought.

Sanae raised her hand, "Oh oh! Tell the one about how you single handedly defeated the mangy wolf from taking Mom away from you, Dad!" Sanae said and heard her siblings gasp and say "Please?" all at once.

"Perfect story Sanae!" Inuyasha said and smirked as Kagome rolled her eyes.

Inuyasha unnecessarily cleared his throat and made a dramatic pause before beginning the story, "Once upon a time, Mommy and myself were traveling with uncle Miroku and aunt Sango to search for jewel shards when suddenly a wimpy, stupid, arrogant wolf came along, trying to take her away." Inuyasha began and watched, as his children's eyes grow wide with silent interest.

Ten minutes later, Inuyasha was getting to the end of his fairytale, "And so, Mommy jumped into my arms and spat at the stupid wolf who was running away to his stupid caves with his tail between his stupid legs. Mommy and I got married, and here you all are. The end." He said and grinned stupidly.

"Yay!" The girls clapped and laughed. Taikan laughed and smiled, knowing that more than half of that story wasn't true, judging by his mother's look on her face.

"Ok, that's the end of the story and you know what that means." Inuyasha said. His children groaned again, knowing what their father was going to say already.

"That's right! Daddy's sick of lookin' at ya, so go to bed." Was his answer to his children's groans.

The kids pouted, but did as they were told. After hugging, kissing, and saying goodnight to their parents, the kids went to bed.

Once the children were snuggled in their blankets, the girls said 'goodnight' to each other.

"Goodnight Sanae."

"Goodnight Rikku."

"Goodnight Kaden."

"Goodnight Rikku."

"Goodnight Sanae."

"Goodnight Kaden."

"Goodnight R-"

"Shut up! Stop saying goodnight and just go to sleep already!" Shouted their now irritated brother.

The girls giggled and whispered at the same time, "Goodnight Taikan."

Taikan growled and buried his head under his covers. Once his face was hidden from his sisters' view, he smiled, 'Goodnight my sisters.'