Author's Note: Yes, I made Kikyo not so bitchy anymore and actually made her nice. Pft, hey I needed to use her for something in this story, huh. Please read and review! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't know own Inuyasha

Chapter Six: The Past is Beautiful

Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes to the morning light of his room and looked down to see that his wife wasn't beside him. "Kagome?" He whispered. He sat up quickly and looked around. He stood up and ran to the door, "Kagome?" He called louder and was about to open the door but then he heard her voice in the other room.

"Settle down everyone, breakfast will be ready very soon, I promise." He heard Kagome's faint and gentle voice from the other room.

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief as he leaned his back against the doorway and hung his head down, 'Man, Kagome has no idea how much I worry about her. She's gonna kill me herself with a heart attack one of theses days I swear.' He brought a clawed hand to his bare chest and sighed again deeply.

Then Inuyasha yawned and went to look for his haori and undershirt, he found them in a near corner and put them on. He walked back to the door bur then stopped, "M-My dream. Kikyo..." He said and looked back at where he slept, "Did she really come in my dream?" He asked himself. He gasped. 'The orbs! In that mountain place of the South! A-Are they really there? Can I really make a wish with them?'

Inuyasha nodded, 'Yes, I must tell the others so we can get them and make that wish.' He thought and walked out of his room.

He walked down the hall and in the other room to find Kagome cooking up a storm, "Good morning Inuyasha." She said to him as she was stirring something in a pot. Inuyasha smiled at her, "Morning."

Kagome smiled back. Kaden and Rikku ran passed Kagome, almost bumping in to her, "Watch out girls, no chasing each other in the house. I've told you that several times already." Kagome warned and went back to what she was doing.

If it were Inuyasha in Kagome's place, the children would be crying right now from all his yelling at them, then he would be sorry and give them all a hug. Inuyasha sighed; his own kids had mastered the puppy dog look from Inuyasha that he gave Kagome whenever he wanted something. Inuyasha smiled and shook his head at that.

Inuyasha remembered what he had to do and came behind Kagome, "Kagome, we need to talk. It's very important." Inuyasha said and she turned around. "Ok, what is it?" She asked, giving him her full attention.

The hanyou explained everything to her about the dream, Kikyo, and the orbs of Higan.

"Are you, serious?" Kagome asked in disbelief. "But, is Kikyo sure that that's the only way?" He nodded," Yes, she told me we have to travel to the South to get them, one hundred years have passed and now their powers can be used again. But we have to get there before someone else does. Apparently some demons know about it and since the Shikon jewel is long gone, this is the only other source of powerful magic that can be used for someone to posses all the power he desires." Inuyasha was scared now. What if someone else gets to the orbs before he did? What would they do then?

Kagome nodded, "Ok, but, what about the kids? We can't leave them alone, what if that demon comes?"

"I know. I haven't thought that far yet though, I just found out about this." Inuyasha reminded her with a hand on his forehead to rid the headache he felt coming. Kagome looked down and hugged him, "Iunuyasha, there's finally a way, thank goodness." She whispered and he hugged her back.

"EEEWWW! Mom and Dad are hugging again!"

"Ew!! again? They do that like a million times a day."

"I know, they should just give it a rest already." Taikan smiled and shook his head at his sisters' behavior.

Inuyasha and Kagome laughed as they pulled apart, "Ok, who wants breakfast?" Kagome asked and brought out a lot of the food she was making.

"We do!" The four said all together and Kagome giggled. Inuyasha smiled at his family. He never knew that anyone could be this happy. He walked over and sat with his family to eat, feeling a joy in his heart that came from the simplest of things as being with the ones you love.

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Inuyasha had finished his breakfast earlier than everyone else as usual and went outside. Inuyasha sat on a branch of a tree that was near his home, just incase Kagome needed him for something, he'd be close by.

The hanyou sighed and closed his eyes as he felt the wind blow in his silver hair. Whenever Inuyasha was sitting on his special branch of his special tree, he thought about everything.

But today, all Inuyasha could think about was his family that he could never live without. His heart truly felt most at peace when thinking of Kagome and his children. This feeling felt so right to him, this feeling that he never knew existed before he met Kagome.

He thought of his children all the time, how they will be when they grow up, if he was raising them well, how much trouble they manage to get into daily, and things like that. 'They're growing up so fast. It seems as though it was only yesterday they were just little pups and unable to walk, but now Taikan and Sanae are almost teenagers.' He thought and felt his ears droop in sadness. Inuyasha opened his eyes,'Taikan is growing into a man faster than I tought. And...and my girls. My little girls aren't going to be little for much longer.'

Inuyasha looked down at his fist with sad eyes, 'I'm..sad. I don't want my children to grow up, at least not yet.'

The hanyou let his fist fall in his lap carelessly, knowing that he could never change anything like that and just had to accept it.

He rested his head on the tree trunk and closed his eyes again. He wondered about how they would be when they were grown up. He wondered if they would find love like he did and end up getting married. This thought made Inuyasha remember the time when Sanae was seven years old and had asked him and Kagome where babies come from.

---Flashback---

Inuyasha was gathering firewood for the soon coming of winter and walked home. Once inside he set the firewood in their proper place. He saw that the kids were playing with one another by the fire as usual while Kagome made dinner and watched over them. When the children all saw the return of their father they shouted with much delight.

"Daddy Daddy, you're finally back!" Kaden and Rikku exclaimed and ran to him, along with the other two.

Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at his daughters, "I've only been gone for ten minutes." He smiled down at them.

"We know, but it felt like forever." Sanae over exaggerated while throwing her hands in the air, which brought a chuckle out of Inuyasha. He knelt down on one knee and kissed her forehead, "Were you all good for Mommy while I was gone?"

"Oh yes, we were very good." She nodded, "To keep out of trouble we played games and dared each other who could hold their breath the longest." She answered with a silly smile and the other children nodded in agreement with her.

Inuyasha sweatdropped, "Well, uh, hope you had fun." He said and walked into the next room where Kagome was sure to be.

When he walked up behind Kagome, she noticed him and turned around to give him a kiss. Not one to ever turn down a kiss from Kagome, he gladly welcomed it with open arms.

"Mommy, Daddy?" Asked an approaching voice and they broke apart quickly, as to not 'gross out' the children, as they always seem to do. Sanae entered to find Kagome and Inuyasha standing together and smiling at her. Sanae walked up to them.

"Mom, Dad. Where do babies come from?" She asked with the most innocent face you could ever see. This thought had always come to her mind lately and was vey curious about it. I mean come on, she was a baby once, she was sure of it. And now she just wanted to know where the hell she came from, and she felt that she had a damn good right to know.

Inuyasha and Kagome paled vaguely. "Uh..uh." Inuyasha started out, 'What the hell do I say? What the hell do I say? What the hell do I say?'

Kagome interrupted him and smiled, "Well..." She turned to Inuyasha and whisprered, "Should she know about this so early in her age?" Inuyasha quickly turned to her, "Of course not! In fact, she shouldn't know about it at all, ever." He said. Kagome rolled her eyes, "I think she's old enough, and she's not going to stay a child forever you know, we have to guide her." She said and Inuyasha tried to protest when Kagome knelt down to Sanae and smiled, "I'll tell you where they come from Sanae. I think you're old enough."

Sanae nodded and waited for an answer to her question. Kagome started, "Sanae, when a man and a woman love eachother, they express it in way where-"

"STOP!" Inuyasha shouted and looked so funny at the moment in his panicky state. Kagome and Sanae looked at him with raised eyebrows. "Stop what?"Kagome asked.

"Kagome, don't say another word to her!" Inuyasha warned and tried to think of something quick, "Uh, Kagome. It's ok, I'll tell her instead." He said to try and convince her. Kagome shrugged her shoulders.

"Ow, Mom Taikan hit me again!" Kaden cried from the other room and Kagome hurriedly rushed to go see what had happened.

Inuyasha looked down at Sanae, "Ok, like your mother said. When a man and a woman love each other they..." Inuyasha started to explain to his daughter.

Moments later...

Inuyasha and Sanae walked into the other room where Kagome and the other children were.

"And that's all you need to know about where babies come from Sanae." Inuyasha said.

Sanae looked up at him with a confused expression, "But what's the machine for?"

Inuyasha sweatdropped and looked at Kagome. She glared at him, knowing he lied to their daughter about where babies came from and told her something rediculous.

"Uh, I'll tell you that when you're older. Now go play." He said smiling nervously, and Sanae did just that.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said dangerously. Inuyasha knew that tone of voice, he was in trouble.

---End of flashback---

Inuyasha sighed. Yes, he lied to his daughter. But what was he supose to do?! He didn't want her and her other siblings to know about that stuff, not at all!

He shook his head of the thought and instead thought of the time when his son first learned how to walk.

---Flashback---

Taikan was a brave little Inuyasha at one year old and had the attitude to prove it.

He crawled on the green grass to Kagome and she picked him up and hugged him to herself, "You're such a cutie, just like your Daddy." She said and looked at Inuyasha across from her. He blushed and smiled back at her. "Ok Inuyasha, scoot back a little further so I can let Taikan try and walk to you." She said with kindness and Inuyasha nodded.

Inuyasha was on his knees, facing Kagome and his son. Kagome placed Taikan with his back to her and slowly brought him up to stand up on the ground. She held his arms out for support and he knew right away that he was going to try and walk again. He had failed the first two times, but his little brain convinced himself that he could do it today.

"Ok Taikan, walk to Daddy. You can do it." Kagome encouraged and stood on her feet, but bent down so she could still hold Taikan's arms up.

Taikan smirked with much confidence and took a shaky first step. Kagome little by little was letting go of his arms. She followed each step he took and Inuyasha couldn't help but smile at the scene in front of him.

Taikan just looked too adorable with his eyes narrowed and mouth frowning in concentration. Kagome had now let go of his arms when he was half way to Inuyasha. A couple of steps later, he fell. Kagome gasped and went to help him, but before she could reach him, the baby hanyou quickly sat back up and shook his head at her, letting her know that he wanted to do this on his own and without any help. Kagome smiled and stayed where she was, watching him stand back up.

Taikan slowly looked down at his feet and carefully put one foot in front of the other. And before he knew it, the little boy was in Inuyasha 's arms.

Kagome jumped up and cheered with happiness," Taikan you did it!" She exclaimed and hugged them both.

---End of flashback---

Inuyash smiled at that thought. In a way, he wished he could do it all over again. Just for all to happen one more time before they grew up and went out into the world to fend for themselves.

Suddenly, Inuyasha heard a faint explosion type of noise coming from the village they lived nearby. And soon enough, Inuyasha saw black smoke slowly rise from the tops of the trees where the village was behind and he jumped down the tree. "What the hell?" He murmured and brought his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga. Well, he would have. If it was there. Inuyasha looked down and saw that his sword was gone. "Damnit!"

Kagome was in the middle of telling the kids a story when Inuyasha rushed inside. Kagome whirled her head around to look at him, "Inuyasha, what's wrong-" She was going to say more but he walked right past her and into their room,

"Why the hell did I just leave Tetsusaiga here like this? " Inuyasha asked himself. Apparently he left his sword somewhere else other than on his waist, and that made him super pissed. He had vowed long ago to protect his family and now look at him, he's even unprepared to do that!

Kagome came into their room and stood just in the doorway, "Inuyasha what in the world is going on?"

Inuyasha did not answer her for the first few moments. "Damn it all, I'd be half way there by now if I just had my sword with me." He muttered and picked it up from where it was against the wall. He put his sword in its proper place and almost bumped into Kagome. He held her shoulders gently as to not crash in to her, "Inuyasha, what's going on?" She asked him in concern.

"Something's attacking the village, stay here and protect the kids." He said and gave her a quick kiss. "But Inuyasha-" She said but he walked past her again and on his way out the door. Kagome followed him until she reached the door and he was already outside, "Inuyasha, wait!"

"Don't worry Kagome, I'll be right back!" He called to her and she watched him run to the village until she couldn't see him anymore.

"I know Inuyasha." Kagome whisprered and brought her hand over her beating heart. She was scared and she started to shake with fright, "But why does my heart tell me that you're not?"