Chapter 69

"I have an idea, dear. You, Inuyasha and the children stay out in the house we built for you in the back of the shrine and stay there tomorrow. I'll take care of this.", her mother said, simply.

"How?", asked Kagome curiously.

"Easy, your future selves are in Osaka right now. I'll call them ... um... you and have you ... um... them... come over in your place. I'm sure your future self will remember this time and will agree with me."

"I agree with you now. But, do I have young children in this era?"

"Yes, you do. It will work. I promise you. Don't worry."

That night, Mrs. Higurashi called her daughter, her modern era daughter.

"Hi Mama, I was expecting your call. If I recall he comes over around 4. We'll be there.", modern Kagome said.

As planned, the Kagome and Inuyasha of the past stayed hidden as their modern selves took over for the afternoon. Their curiosity, though, did start to get the best of them. Thank goodness for Inuyasha's sharp nose.

"They're ... uh ... we're ... whatever ... here.", Inuyasha informed Kagome around 2:00.

"How many kids are with us?", Kagome asked.

"Uhhh, five. Three girls and two boys. And they all have magic spells. I can sense the magic."

"That's good. I didn't say how many children we had."

"So, we're rich in this era, huh? I wonder what we do. Not that I care, mind you. I don't need money. Just you.", Inuyasha said, as he grabbed his wife and hugged her and she giggled.

"C'mon. It's a beautiful day. Let's sit on the back porch. Kazuo is napping and the others will stay right with us.", Kagome said, as she headed to the back of the small house.

Back at the house, modern Kagome introduced her husband and kids to her father.

"Father, this is my husband, Inuyasha. And our daughter, Kimberleigh, she's 15, our daughter Gabrielle, she's 12, our son, Xander, he's 8, our daughter Isabella, she's 6 and our son Quinn, and he's 2."

Just like her past self, she didn't like having her father around and her voice showed it. He knew nothing of her past and her time travel and wouldn't believe it if he did. They group spent the afternoon talking, or should we say, her father spent the afternoon trying to ply money making secrets from Inuyasha. All her father seemed interested in was money. Everybody was glad when the afternoon was over and he finally left. His ex-wife sadly watched him go. She still loved him, but she knew he had changed and she couldn't live with that.

After her father had left, the modern family said their goodbyes and left, everyone breathing a sigh of relief that it was over and that it had worked. After the modern family left, Mrs. Higurashi went out to the house and told everyone they could come back.

The children were glad to be allowed back in their grandmother's house. Only Yasha and Kaori really understood the implications of what had happened. Trying to explain to the younger pups something that was complicated for the adults didn't make sense.

The next day, Souta and his wife visited with their son. As the afternoon came, Kagome and her mother went out and stocked up on food, clothes and all other necessities and wants. Heading home, their arms filled with bags and boxes, they didn't realize what was going on at home. After Souta left and the two women went to market, Mr. Higurashi decided to pay his ex-wife another visit to talk about arrangements with the shrine.

Coming up the shrine stairs, he witnessed a little girl with silvery-white hair and dog-ears playing around the sacred tree. She looked a lot like Isabella, only with the silver-hair.

"Isabella! Hi sweetie! Where's your grandmother?"

"Huh?", the little girl replied, looking totally confused as the man came over to her.

"Where did you get this funny wig and ears. You're too pretty to be wearing this.", he said, as he tried to take it off.

"OW OW OW! STOP IT MISTER!", the little girl cried out.

Hearing her cries, Inuyasha ran out and confronted the man, silver-hair, ears and all.

"Get away from my daughter before I break your hands!", screamed Inuyasha, as the little girl ran to him, crying and calling, "PAPA!"

'Papa?', the man thought, 'But, Isabella's father has black hair. And what's the shit with the ears?', Mr. Higurashi thought, as he questioned what he saw and his sanity.