Disclaimer: Ok yeah, I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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TO THE READERS: I don't feel like doing homework right now… So I'll procrastinate and post chapter two.

-Japanime625

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CHAPTER TWO: Welcome Home

"What was that?" Sota looked towards the well house. Man… snap out of it Sota. Kagome's never coming back... Why can't I just forget about it? Sota sighed. He was 19 years old now. He had only been 7 the last time he saw Kagome. ((A/N: ok just for the sake of Sota not being over 20 I made him kindda young when Kagome left.)) Then there was a scratching noise coming from the well house again.

What's going on? Am I losing it? :sigh: May as well check it out.

Sota walked towards the well… he hadn't even gone in there since Kagome left. As he got closer he heard voices, one of them sounded like InuYasha and another sounded like... a child? He opened up the door slightly and what he saw shocked him so much that he couldn't even move.

"Daddy...!" Noriko whined. This strange person was scary there was no telling what he would do.

"Well, well... If it isn't Sota!" InuYasha proclaimed. "You've sure grown up, last time I saw you, you were only up to my waist!" he held his hand up at his waist.

"I-In-Inu... Yasha? Is that really you..?" Sota smiled when he saw his childhood hero. "Wh-where's Kagome? Is she with you?"

"Right here, Sota." Kagome said as she walked out from behind InuYasha, still carrying Kotaro who was trying to hide in his mother's arms from Sota. His little dog ears flattened against his head in fear and held on tightly to his mother's shirt. "Mama...!" he whined.

"Shhh… Kotaro it's ok, he won't hurt you."

"M-mama?" Sota yelled. "Kagome! You're a... a... mom?"

"Heh... a lot can happen in twelve years, Sota..." Kagome said as she leaned on InuYasha's shoulder and he put an arm around her waist. Then two little heads looked out from behind his leg each having little dog ears and eyes filled with fear and curiosity.

"THREE? " Sota was shocked. "You have three? Wow..." who'da thunk it? I'm not surprised that InuYasha's the father but... three? Wow...

"Dad..." Shirrow said, "Who- who's that?"

"This," InuYasha said as he motioned towards Sota, "is your uncle, Sota."

Shirrow stared at Sota not saying a word.

"Well, go on! Say hello" InuYasha ordered.

"H-hi"

"Hey there... so um what are their names?"

"Well, this is our 11-year old son, Shirrow, our 7-year old, Noriko, and this adorable little guy is our 2-year old, Kotaro." Kagome told him.

"Heh... Mom's gonna love this... having three grandchildren... all with little dog ears... well come on, let's go inside."

Sota then lead them all into the Higarashi home where Mrs. Higarashi was drinking tea in the eating...room... ((A/N: umm yeah tea room whatever...)) with Grandpa. ((A/N: we'll say he's like 84-ish)) Mrs. Higarashi looked up from her tea and saw her daughter standing in the doorway.

"Kagome?" Kagome's mom was shocked to see her after all these years she could hardly believe her eyes. "Is that really you?"

"Yup, it's me mom... and InuYasha and I have something to-"

Kagome was cut short of completing her sentence. Her mother jumped up from her place at the table, spilling her tea. Her eyes filled to the brim with tears as she rushed to her long-lost daughter and held her tightly in a hug. Over the twelve years her face had wrinkled with worry over the thought that Kagome may have died. She never noticed the three tiny half-demons huddled around InuYasha's baggy pants.

"Kagome… I… I've been so worried about you… You just up and left all those years ago… I… I didn't know what to do… I thought you would never come back home…"

"It doesn't matter anymore, Mom… I'm here now…"

"I told you not to leave… I TOLD you that you COULDN'T leave for a year… and then you go and disappear for twelve..."

Kagome's eyes also began to fill with tears, only hers were filled with ones of guilt. "Mom… I'm so sorry… I… we… it was only supposed to be for a year… but then…"

Her mother gently pushed away and wiped the stray tears from her daughter's face. "Let's not talk about this now. I see that you've brought InuYasha along with you…"

Kagome wiped the remnants of her tears away. "Yes… and… There's something we need to tell you…"

"What? What is it?"

"Well..." Kagome looked at InuYasha for support on this. He sighed and decided to take over.

"Twelve years ago, we finished collecting the jewel shards and I told Kagome that I loved her and she loved me back so then well umm... we kindda... well..." InuYasha couldn't seem to find the right words to tell her that they had three pups, and/or children, and started to nervously scratch the back of his head.

"What InuYasha's trying to say is that we... sorta... had children..."

"Three of them actually..." InuYasha added.

Kagome's mom stared blankly at InuYasha and Kagome. "You... had three children?"

They nodded.

"Did you bring them with?"

They nodded again.

"May I see them?"

They nodded a third time and InuYasha stepped to the side to reveal three little half demons, each with little dog ears.

"Oh my..." Mrs. Higarashi said, "They're adorable..." She walked over to them to see them up close.

She looked at Shirrow first. He had clothes similar to his father's only the top part was a dark blue and the pants were black. His hair was greyish silver and his dog ears were like his father's with black tips. His eyes were the same golden color as his father's.

Then she looked at Noriko. She wore a pale yellow top with a faded-green skirt. Her hair was as black as night and was tied back into a long pig-tail, similar to what Kikyo's hair was like. ((A/N: damn you, vile woman!)) Her dog ears were black with silver tips and her eyes were golden with specks of light blue.

Then lastly she looked at little Kotaro. He wore the same outfit as his father's except his was a darker red. His hair was silver that faded into black at the bottom and his dog ears were the same as his brother's: silver with black tips. His eyes were also golden.

"So you married him then?" Grandpa asked.

"Well... not exactly married... he just kindda asked if I wanted to be his mate..." Kagome said with a blush.

InuYasha was also blushing while Noriko asked "Married? What's that, Mommy?"

"I'll explain it later, sweetie."

"Ok..."

"Sota? Do you think you could entertain these three for a little bit? InuYasha and I need to talk with mom."

"Huh? Oh yeah sure Kagome… Anything I should know about these guys?"

"No, but Shirrow be good ok? Don't give your uncle any trouble." Kagome ordered.

"Ok, ok... I promise I'll be good..."

"Alright have fun you guys." InuYasha handed Kotaro to Sota who held him in his arms and lead Noriko and Shirrow upstairs where they could play.

"Kagome," Mrs. Higarashi said. "I was thinking... now that you've finally come back, will you be staying here?"

"Mom... we can't stay here... not with the kids being part demon. I don't want them growing up to be different from everyone else."

InuYasha looked at Kagome's mom. "What she's trying to say is that they'd be accepted more in the feudal era than they would here. But don't worry we'll come and visit as much as we can."

"I'm not saying you have to stay here forever... I just thought that you could stay here for a little while so we can catch up on things."

"Kagome," Grandpa said. "Staying for a little while won't hurt. You'd only be here for about a week at most. Then you can go back to the feudal era and come and visit whenever you need supplies… besides, we've missed you so much these twelve years… "

"Well... I guess we could stay for a week... what do you think, InuYasha?" Kagome asked the half-demon.

"Feh... don't matter to me any…" he replied then muttered "as long as I'm with you." ((A/N: awwwwww))

"Aww, how cute!" a voice said.

InuYasha looked in the direction the voice came from and saw Shirrow, Noriko, Kotaro, and Sota all looking at them from the doorway.

"I thought we told you guys to go play somewhere..." InuYasha said.

"We did." Shirrow said. "We played follow the leader, I was the leader and they followed me here!"

":sweatdrop: Alright then how about you lead them away from here and back upstairs then?" Kagome said.

":sigh: Ok mom... come on guys"

"I wan stay wit mama!" Kotaro whined.

"But you have to follow me 'cause I'm the leader!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"MOM! He's being a baby and... well… he is a baby... well it sounded better before I said it..."

"Don't worry Shirrow, he can stay here with us." Kagome said with a smile.

"Shirrow! I want to play! Come on! Stop talking and walk somewhere!" Noriko complained.

"Ok! Ok! Fine!"

"So anywho... where were we?" InuYasha said as he turned back to everyone else.

"I don't remember anymore..." Kagome said "do you remember mom?"

"To tell you the truth with all the confusion I've forgotten myself…" ((A/N hahaha… yeah whose line is it anyway!))

"Mama funny!"

"Hey umm... can we eat?" InuYasha asked.

"We just ate 2 hours ago! Don't tell me you're hungry again!" Kagome scolded.

"Heh heh well I..." InuYasha started nervously scratching the back of his head.

"Don't worry, I'll go make everyone some ramen." Mrs. Higarashi said. Some things never change… ((A/N god it would help if I knew her name...))

"Ramen?"

Everyone turned to see Shirrow and Noriko back in the doorway. They've only had ramen a few times since Kagome was saving them only for a special treat and didn't have very left many back in the feudal era.

"Can we have some mom? Please?" Shirrow begged.

"We haven't had any ramen in a real long time!"

"I wan wamen!"

"You know I wouldn't mind some myself..."

"A cup of ramen does sound good at the moment..."

"Alright I'll make some ramen for everyone, It'll be ready in a little bit." Mrs. Higarashi said and walked into the kitchen to make some. ((A/N mmmm ramen… Hey I got an idea: Let's take a poll. Which ramen flavor is best? Chicken, Beef, or Shrimp? ...I'll post it in a chapter at some point.))