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Last Chapter

She smiled sweetly at him before she gave him a hug. He smiled back and held her close. He made sure none of his blood stained her.

Then she whispered, "I'm so glad you're alright, father"

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Inuyasha let go of her embrace. His eyes were locked on hers. He was trying to find something that showed she was being delusional or maybe the fever had gotten to her head. But he only found that sparkle in her eye that made him smile. Hoshiko giggled for only a second but it felt like time had stopped and her smiling face would never go away. Or that's what he hoped.

"Wait…what did you call me?" he asked. The small girl was nestled in between his red kimono and his silver hair. She then looked up.

A blush appeared on her face for she knew that her birth wouldn't come for another 3 years. 'Now what am I suppose to tell him?' her thoughts were flying everywhere.

"Inuyasha, your wound opened! We better go back to the village." stated Kagome before rushing to remove Hoshiko from his arms.

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When they reached Kaede's hut, Inuyasha had taken off half of his kimono so that Kaede could clean it. Bandages were around his arm and every time he moved it, Kagome would glare at him. Hoshiko had lost most of her strength when she reached the hut. Her sleeping body was resting against Inuyasha's back.

'Why did she call me that?' he looked down at Hoshiko. She wore a smile on her face which was always there when Inuyasha was near. 'Hmm…'

"She looks so peaceful" said Miroku. Inuyasha looked up and nodded. "What happened at the river? Tell us, Inuyasha."

He looked down for a second, he didn't want to look at Miroku in the eyes. "She-" he stopped. "She-what?" Kagome said. "She- has the jewel. She held it in her hands. And- she called me- father." After that, everyone was quiet. All eyes were on the sleeping girl.

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Yellow, orange and purple lights had gathered around the clouds. A cold gust of wind passed through her hair which gave her a chill.

'The sun must be setting' Hoshiko thought. She collected a small bouquet of flowers that had been hand picked from the hill behind her house. Daisies were her favorites. It always felt like a paradise when she sat on that hill and watched the sunset. Her father never accompanied her so it was shocking to see him walking up the hill towards her.

"Look father! I picked these for you!" her smile extended from one ear to the other as she gazed up at him. His expression never changed. Hoshiko stared deep into his eyes wanting to find his warm, loving gaze. Yet she never found it.

She stood up to face him. Her face was puzzled. 'Why is he acting like this?'

"Is there something wrong?" she begged him for an answer but he stayed quiet. Never moving or letting her out of his sight. All of a sudden, his eyes changed color to a bright red. His fangs grew and so did his claws. She gasped in horror and took a hold of his arm. "Father! Snap out of it! It's me, Hoshiko!" she yelled, desperately wanting him to change back. But instead, he raised his arm and slapped her hard on her face. She tumbled half-way down the hill, then got up and started to run to her house.

She could hear his breathing getting heavier. His footsteps coming closer until she threw open the door to find her mother lying face-first in a pool of blood. Slashes could be seen on her pale cheeks, her eyes had turned a baby blue pigment, and her right hand held something small and white. It seemed she used her last breath to grab onto a daisy that Hoshiko had brought her the last night. Tears swelled up in her eyes.

Before another tear fell onto the ground, she felt something grab her tight.

As Inuyasha raised his hand, she could see how his claw was stained with blood already. A smirk suddenly formed on his face and he let his hand fly towards her chest.

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Hoshiko screamed.

"What's wrong with you?" Inuyasha yelled.

Hoshiko was sweating. She panted heavily as she looked around the room. It was Kaede's hut. 'Then… that must have been a nightmare?' she asked herself. "Uh, I-I had a bad d-dream" she kept panting until she let her tongue hang from the side of her mouth after collapsing onto the straw bed.

Relieved that nothing like that could ever happen, Hoshiko took one last glance around the room. It was now empty. Not even Kaede had stayed behind. "Where is everybody?" she asked Inuyasha. "Feh, they left."

She nodded to show him she understood then decided that she had enough rest for one day. As she tried to position herself up-right, her stomach started to tightened up. 'Crap!' she thought. 'Why won't it heal?' her frustration was clearly written on her face.

"You shouldn't struggle so much."

"Eh?"

"You'll make it worse." Inuyasha said.

She giggled a bit. "What?" he seemed confused. "And you are the one who should be telling me this?" replied Hoshiko with a grin. "As I recall, I wasn't the one fighting a youkai when my arm was obviously injured." He gave her a look, like he didn't want anyone to remind him. Her grin never faded.

"Why did you call me that? At the river bank?" he thought that if he didn't ask right now, he'd lose his chance.

Hoshiko tried to evade the question, "Did you notice that Kagome and I have the same hair-do?" Her fake smile wasn't fooling anyone. "Answer my question" he replied.

She gave a heavy sigh. "You mean, why I called you "father", right? Well, that's because…" her head hung down as if what she was saying was shameful, "I'm not from here, not this time period. I come from the future. About 15 years into the future." Hearing that Inuyasha hadn't said anything or even breathed, she continued, "I used the Shikon No Tama to travel through the well in the forest so I could find you. I didn't lie when I called you that, I-I am…your daughter."

By now, Inuyasha was so stunned that not even Kagome's "sit" would make him change that weird expression on his face. His left eye twitched a bit while his nails were consistently striking the floor boards. "You ok?" she asked. Seeing he wouldn't move she decided to tap him on the shoulder. But this only made him fall to his side with a loud "thump!"

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Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo had arrived at the hot springs at last.

"This will be great!" said Kagome and Sango nodded in approval. "You better not spy on us, pervert!" yelled Sango at the poor monk. "I would never!" his eyes said differently yet they ignored it and went to their side of the hot springs. An enormous rock formation emerged from within the middle of the water which let the girls have their privacy while Miroku and Shippo took a nice soak on the other side.

"How are you girls doing? enjoying the water?" screamed Miroku from the other side of the rock to show them he wasn't doing anything mischievous. "Yes, the water is amazing!" yelled Kagome in return.

"Hey Kagome! Don't you think it's odd that Hoshiko called Inuyasha her father?" Sango said. Kagome gave her a serious look, "What if she is?"

"Then who would the mother be?" asked Sango, she didn't want to worry her but Kagome might be asking herself the same question. Did Inuyasha really hide a daughter from them? Did he even know he had a daughter? Or was Hoshiko just being delusional?

'It must be Inuyasha's and Kikyou's daughter' thought Kagome, it seemed quite obvious to her that Kikyou must have had a child before dying. But how could he keep such a secret from her? Anger rose in her at the thought of it. She yelled out, "He's going to pay for that!"

"Who is?" asked Miroku, he shamelessly climbed the rock and was now looking upon the girls. They both shrieked. Immediately, Sango threw her shoe at Miroku and got a exact hit on his forehead. Miroku fell off the rock onto the water below him and Shippo. The poor kitsune screamed as Miroku fell on him.

Splash!

Both Miroku and Shippo were floating in the water, completely unconscious.

"Serves him right for spying on us! Humph!" said Sango.