I'm glad I got that first review from Aria-wolfstar. thanx for the... encouragement. u wanted it, Aria, u got it!

I own four characters, okay? four! oh, and the song is 'Never Had A Dream Come True'. it belongs to S Club, not me!

chapter 2

1 year later...

The light of a full moon shone into Riko's room. It was the middle of the night, and she rolled onto her back in her sleep. She sighed, dreaming of the night she saw the Shikon Jewel completed...

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"What's going on?" Riko asked. "Why's the jewel glowing?"

Kagome realized what was happening. "The jewel is completed... so now somebody has to make a wish on it."

Riko gasped. "So who's gonna do it?" asked Silver.

Riko's heart raced. "Silver, you should do it," she said, her voice shaking.

"No way. What do I need it for?"

"Somethin' I might not know about. It's not like you have to scream your wish out to the world."

"Riko, trust me, I don't need it. You take it."

"Well, if neither of us need it for anything, my mom can have it."

"I don't need it, guys," Kagome spoke up, "It's okay."

"Are you sure, Mrs. Higurashi?" Silver asked.

"I'm telling you, Silver, you can just call me Kagome."

"Guys."

Kagome and Silver looked at Riko, knowing she had a good idea.

She went on, smiling. "I think I know who wants to make this wish more than anyone." She nodded her head towards her father. It was a good idea. Kagome walked over to her husband, who was sitting against a rock looking up into the night sky.

"Inuyasha," she began. Inuyasha looked at her. Kagome handed him the jewel. "You make the wish," she said softly.

Inuyasha was silent for a moment. "Are you serious?" he finally asked. His wife nodded. "Kagome, you know why I've wanted-"

"Take it," said Kagome, "I know you'll put it to good use."

Inuyasha was a little surprised. He knew Kagome trusted him with the jewel. But what if at the last minute, something posessed him to use it for the wrong reason?... He gently took the jewel from Kagome's hand, and held it in his own. He stood up, and suddenly everybody looked at him. He tried to relax, but -and I think you'll agree with me- when you're about to make a life-altering wish on a sacred jewel, it's kind of hard to relax. Then he realized, he didn't know what to wish for. He looked atKagome, then at Riko, the girl that got to call him Dad. He realized he didn't ever want to be held responsible if something were to happen to her. "Kagome," he said quietly, but so she could hear him, "I understand what I'm like when I change... and I never want it to happen again."

He took a deep breath, and, with the completed Shikon Jewel in his hands, he silently made his wish.

The jewel suddenly began to glow in Inuyasha's hand, followed shortly after by the rest of his body. Kagome, Silver, and Riko shielded their eyes until the bright glow faded away. Everybody looked at Inuyasha and gasped.

He had wished to become human.

Kagome walked up to the man that she loved. The one that she knew loved her back. "Inuyasha..." He gently kissed her on the cheek, then embraced her. Kagome put her arms around him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

Riko looked at Silver, who looked back at her, and smiled. Somewhere in her heart, she knew her father had made the right wish.

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Riko woke up when she heard her sister crying down the hall. She got up, still tired, and walked into her parents' room, where Miya and Kaori had been sleeping their whole lives... though that's not saying much, considering they were both only a year old.

Riko looked into her little sister's crib and saw -not to mention heard- she was still crying. "It's okay, Miya," Riko said sweetly, picking up the baby, "Just calm down, sis, you're okay." She did get Miya to calm down, but only a little bit. So she quietly started to sing to get her back to sleep.

I never had a dream come true

Until the day that I found you

Even though I pretend that I moved on...

The next line made Riko laugh as she sang.

You'll always be my baby

I never found the words to say

But you're the one I think about each day

And I know no matter where life takes me to

A part of me will always be with you

Riko took another look at Miya, and saw she had fallen asleep. She smiled, proud of herself. Then she kissed her little sister's forehead, and put her back in her crib. "Sweet dreams, Miya."

"Hey, Riko."

Riko jumped and turned around, only to see her father standing in the doorway. "Dad!" she said, catching her breath (a/n: my dad did that to me the other night. freaked the heck outta me), "What're you doing?"

"Felt like gettin' a little air."

"But it's twelve-thirty. Shouldn't you be asleep?"

"Yeah. Shouldn't you?"

Oh he's good, Riko thought. "I-I should," she replied, "But I heard Miya crying, and- How long have you been standing there?"

Inuyasha smiled. "Long enough to wonder who replaced my daughter with Ayumi Hamasaki."

Riko's eyes widened. She blushed and started twirling her hair. "Uhh... you- you heard that?"

Inuyasha nodded, still smiling. Riko was speechless. "Goodnight, Riko."

His daughter relaxed a little. "'Night, Dad." With that, Inuyasha got back into his bed, and Riko headed back for her room.

And that's only one night in the twins' lives.

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Kaori and Miya had been introduced to the Bone-Eater's well when they were only five, out of extreme curiosity of "what it could do." They met Sango and Miroku, their son Tai, Aunt Rin, Uncle Sesshomaru (who back then, went by 'Uncle Fluffy', because Kaori couldn't say Sesshomaru yet), their cousins Keitaro and Hoshiko, Kaede, the wolf tribe (including Ayame), and their older sister's boyfriend. They had actually seen Silver a few times before, but that had been the first time that they really met him. Riko had also stayed a quarter-demon, so there was no point in hiding something like this from her siblings.

Eventually, the twins started going to school. They made some friends, had a small crush or two, and every now and then, got into a fight (they had their father's skills).

Oh, and about the jewel... Well, actually, it stayed with Riko and her family. Ever since Inuyasha had made the wish, the Shikon Jewel would now only grant wishes to a blood relative of whoever had made the last wish (Inuyasha's being that last one).

And as for the well, nothing serious started happening until one night when Miya and Kaori were eleven years old...

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hmm... I think I'll stop there. quite a cliffhanger, huh? well, I'll keep typing, and the next chapter should be up soon.

bye!