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Chapter Ten: Can't go Back Now

"Let's take a break Inuyasha." Kagome said in a tiresome voice and Inuyahsa nodded, "Yeah alright. We'll all rest for about half an hour." He said and they all found a suitable camp site to stay at for the little time they'll be there.

Kagome sat on the ground, her back against the trunk of a large tree and instantly closed her eyes. She wiped sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand and sighed. Inuyasha watched this and knelt in front of her, "I'll go get you some water ok?" He offered and placed a hand on her cheek.

Kagome opened her eyes slightly and nodded, "Thank you." She replied and brought her hand over his. He smiled and slowly stood up, their hands gradually slipping away from one another.

Asoka and Taikan sat across from one another. Taikan brought out a small bag of old marbles that Kagome had brought to their time. The two boys started to play marbles on the ground as Inuyasha walked to Miroku, "Watch over them." He said and walked away quickly to go get some water where he smelt a stream near by.

Kagome sighed. She finally got a time to relax and she wasn't going to waste it. She thought about how her daughters and the others were doing. She thought about each of them and she smiled.

"Thinking of happy times Lady Kagome?" Miroku asked.

Kagome opened her eyes, "Yes."

She looked up at the sky and remembered a particularly humorous time a few years ago.

---Flashback---

Kaden walked in the kitchen area to see that her mother was cooking furiously. Apparently Kagome had forgotten that she had guests from the village coming over for dinner and so she was trying to make a big feast for them. Some of the villagers helped Kagome defeat a demon that was attacking her home since Inuyasha wasn't there, and for that she invited them over for a 'thank you' dinner.

Inuyasha had been reluctant in the beginning, saying something about not wanting stupid human villagers in his house. However, when Kagome told him about how they helped her, he gave in.

Kaden held onto her doll with both arms as she watched her mother cooking. The young girl smiled and walked out.

She came back a minute later and watched her mother cook some more. Kagome did a double take toward Kaden and smiled down at her, "Hey honey, what are you doing?"

"Nothing much."

Kagome smiled, "Do you want to help Mommy cook for our guests?"

"Sure!" And they both got to work.

"Hey Mommy?" Kaden asked after a few seconds.

"Yes?" Kagome replied.

"Since it's cold now, Is it ok for me to put my doll in the fireplace to keep warm?"

Kagome sweat dropped and made a face, "No sweetie, that would be a mistake."

"...Mommy?"

"Yes?"

"...I made a mistake."

Kagome immediately groaned and walked out of the kitchen and on the way to the fireplace that was in the living room where sure enough, the poor doll was getting burnt.

---End of flashback---

Kagome giggled. Kaden was such a cute little girl.

Miroku smiled and thought of his own past with his family. He remembered a time when Sango was pregnant with Keiko and was quite moody toward him, and anyone else who got in her way.

---Flashback---

Sango was irritated and she let the whole world know.

When she wanted something, I mean she wanted it NOW. And when it wasn't given to her, she got a little too feisty.

Miroku was cooking the meal for his beloved wife as fast as he could. Sango sighed very loudly in means to tell him to hurry up. She would have done it herself, but she was so big now that she couldn't move from her position on the ground.

"I'm sorry Sango, It'll be ready very soon, I promise." He kept saying to her.

Sango nearly growled and threw the nearest object to the back of his head. Miroku's eyes were all swirlly and she began to yell at him.

"Can't you do anything right?! How hard is it to make a simple meal for me Miroku? You're so lucky right now that I can't move or else I'd be whacking you upside your head with Hiraikotsu until my food is done!!"

Miroku recovered from his injury and rubbed the back of his head as he looked at Sango. He sighed lovingly to her, "Oh Sango, you may be angry, but all I hear is I love you I love you I love you." He said and went back to what he was doing.

Sango threw her hands up in surrender and just decided to rest until her food was done.

---End of Flashback---

Miroku always teased Sango like that and it always worked to his advantage. Except for one time when Miroku had to go to another village to exorcize it from a demon that had possessed it.

---Flashback---

Miroku grabbed his staff and was about to leave with Inuaysha until Sango had followed them in gear and ready to go.

"Sango, what are you doing?" Miroku asked her.

"What does it look like? I'm coming with you." She answered him and walked passed him but he stopped her, "Sango I don't think you should come with us. Your pregnant and could get hurt." He tried to convince her.

She was three months pregnant and everyone knew that she only wanted to come to be with Miroku, "I'll be careful, I promise."

The monk sighed, "I just can't risk that Sango. I want you to stay here."

The demon exterminator grew angry now, "Miroku, when I say that I'm going to be careful, it means that I'm going to be careful! I never get to go anywhere with you anymore. And it's not like I got this way by myself you know, you're the one who wouldn't just go to sleep!!"

Everyone face faulted. Miroku didn't know what to do now, except to let her go. However, he was with her ALL the time, just in case if anything were to happen.

---End of flashback---

Miroku smiled again. 'Ah, such wonderful memories.' He glanced at the boys and watched them play a game of marbles that he remembered Kagome taught them.

Suddenly both he and Kagome whipped their heads toward the tree as it rustled near them. "I sense a demon." Miroku said and got his staff ready. The boys stopped playing and stood up.

'Where's Inuyahsa?' Kagome wondered as she got her bow and arrows.

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Taisuke sat down cross legged on the floor of his bedchamber. He smirked and opened his deep onyx eyes. "Hinote."

A demon appeared in front of him out of thin air. A woman who looked to be sixteen years old was kneeled in front of him, bowing her head in respect of her master before her. "Yes lord?"

Hinote's long jet black hair was high in a ponytail and her ruby eyes blazed with determination and energy. Her creamy skin, soft as a feather, was scar-less and perfect. Hinote's pointed ears twitched, waiting to hear her orders.

Taisuke didn't say anything at first. He looked toward his balcony and at the blue sky. "Hinote, I have a job for you."

She did not answer back, instead she awaited for him to say more.

Taisuke looked down at her now, "I want you to fight this hanyou by the name of Inuyasha." He stated and watched her look up at him in realization.

"Master, is he the one who defeated Naraku?" She asked and gazed in his eyes. "Yes, he is, he's nearby and I want you to see what the mutt can really do." Taisuke looked back outside and watched birds fly by, "After all, we can't let a demon stronger than I to live on, now can we?"

Another demon was hidden in behind the wall near the door of the lord's bedchamber. She scowled silently, 'Why is Taisuke ordering my sister to fight the demon and not I?' She wondered and glared at the two, her ice blue eyes narrowing.

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Sanae sighed.

She walked to a much slower pace only because she sniffed her family's scent was getting stronger. That could only mean that they stopped somewhere up ahead. She didn't want the gang to know she was there yet, she grew nervous by the second of what her father would say to her once he saw her here.

Sanae groaned, 'Dad's going to be furious, maybe...maybe I should turn back…'She stopped and looked behind her, seeing the familiar trail that she had passed. She looked down it sadly; she didn't want to go back. 'What do I do?'

She instantly heard a hiss and jumped back slightly. Looking around furiously, Sanae clumsily got her bow and arrow ready to attack any demon that would come at her. She breathed more heavily when she saw a lizard demon.

It only hissed more and went into position to strike Sanae. Once it made a pounce for her, Sanae fired her arrow and screamed while closing her eyes, and waited.

When she heard nothing she opened her eyes to see the dead lizard on the ground, disintegrating before her eyes. She smirked and put her hands on her hips, "That'll teach you to mess with me you pathetic demon." She muttered and walked on with a 'tough girl' strut.