Okay. Like I mentioned before in the last chapter, there is going to be a major time jump. Pleaaase for those who DO read my story, don't bug me about it.

Thanks.

Years came and went quickly. Riona once again retained her toned muscles and curved figure. Kagome and Inuyasha ended up having a couple of children as well. Now as we continue our tale, let us start near the middle of winter, seven years after the birth of little Mionette.

"Mom! Ranu cheated!" cried a feminine voice. Riona walked outside the hut and found the pouting Mionette and an angry Ranu.

Mionette was seven years old. Ranu was six. Mionette was tall for her age, at least four foot nine, then again, so was Ranu who was four foot ten. Mionette had snowy white hair, much like her mother's. Her eyes were bright gold, little specks of blue hidden in them. Her pale skin came from her father, though her facial structure was like her father's as well, long and pointy, though her lips and nose which came from her mother, only added to what beauty she could gain at the current time.

Ranu, however, looked much like his father. He had the snowy white hair like his, and little dog-ears sprouted from his head. He had a masculine build and dark tan skin. His eyes however, were a chocolate brown like his mother's. A ring of gold ran around his pupil. He was square jawed, like his father, and his lips were thin like his moms.

That day, as they did normally, Ranu and Mionette practiced fighting techniques which Riona and Inuyasha had taught them. Naturally they practiced on each other. Who one the most, well it was a fifty fifty chance. Mionette always complained about Ranu cheating, and sometimes he did, but not today. Today she just lost.

"Ah, now Ranu, what exactly happened." Riona smiled, she hadn't changed a bit. Except for her hair anyway…. It most likely grew about a foot so now it hung behind her knees. On this day, she sported an outfit much like the one she had worn the night at the party, though she didn't care that it was cold, it was also a brilliant silky white.

She squatted down and pulled the two youngsters onto her knees. "Well we were fighting and she jumped at me and I jumped behind her and kicked her legs out from under her and she fell and I pinned her down." Ranu's tail began to wag nervously, so did Mionette's. "Ah, my dear Mionette, Ranu didn't cheat, he won. No more complaining. You must go play."

Mionette sighed and both nodded and ran off to continue what they had been doing earlier. Riona stepped back insidet he warm hut and squatted next to Inuyasha whose eyes were blood shot as he held the small baby in his arms. A girl whom they'd named Izayoi. (AN-Inu's mom)

"Take her. pleaaase!" Inuyasha begged. Kagome had been gone for two days, her mother wanted to help her with clothes and supplies for the baby. "I never saw you holding Mionette when I needed you." Riona smirked. Inuyasha stared at her, his eyes screaming for sleep. "Alright alright!" Riona smiled and took the wailing Izayoi.

Riona began to hum a soft tune, which she remembered her mother singing to her and Shirea when they were younger, it made Izayoi calm down quickly, and Inuyasha fell asleep and was snoring rather loudly. Riona smiled, and then began to twirl a small strand of the baby's rapidly growing hair with her finger. Izayoi had jet-black hair, much like Kagome's, though her eyes were a brilliant gold with a spot or two of brown. Streaks of silver ran through Izayoi's hair, silver also outlined her black ears. Since of course Izayoi was still a baby, her face was perfectly round. She was a small baby, considering she'd been born early, but she was adorable no matter what.

Izayoi soon fell asleep in the arms of her godmother, and Riona quietly placed her next to the snoozing Inuyasha who put his arm over her. Riona stepped outside once more, and went to find the young ones. She smiled and laughed slightly when she found them laying on the ground, Mionette's head rested on Ranu's chest, his arm around her shoulders. This did bother Riona one bit, considering that the two were inseparable.

Riona left the two to nap then went to help Keade in the gardens for a couple of hours.

Mionette's eyes opened slowly to the setting sun, then she looked up to see that Ranu was still sleeping. Her lips curved upward into a smile, then she gently pulled his arm from her shoulders and sat up to yawn.

There was a rustle in the bushes. A strange smell filled her nose as she watched them curiously.

Suddenly, out of the bushes jumped a large green toad wearing strange robes and holding a long stick with two heads on it. Mionette screamed, immediately awaking Ranu who jumped up to her defense. "Who are you?" Ranu demanded, Mionette holding onto him by the shoulders.

"Who am I? Who are you?" the toad replied. "And how dare you speak to the assistant of Lord Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the westlands that way!"

Just then, Riona jumped in front of both of them hearing her daughter scream. "Jaken!" she squealed.

"Lady Riona! I have bad news." Jaken sadly looked down, the Riona squatted down in front of him. "What is it? Is something wrong with Sesshoumaru?" she asked. ".I'm afraid so." He told her. "What is it? What's wrong with him?" Riona's eyes filled with worry as she gripped Jaken's shoulders. "I believe Lord Sesshoumaru is dying."

DONNNEEE