Okay before we start the story, we have many things to address:

Important - I didn't think I'd have to bring this up but it seems thanks to one reviewer I do. I'm not blaming this reviewer at all, as a matter of fact, I and everyone I told had a good laugh over this. In one of my reviews, a person made the remark of calling me a lady. Most people know where this is going. I AM A GUY!!!!!!! I never came out in any of my chapters and said that because I saw no point to just say 'ohh btw, I'm a guy.' If you would happen to check my profile, you'll see my actual first name is Robert. Okay now that is out of the way.

Inutaisho Issue - I knew this would surprise everyone but never did I imagine I'd get over 30 reviews for it. I'm so happy. Special congrats goes to explainatron (who was the first) and Fukashi who asked the question I knew would be asked. "You do know that Inutaisho is dead, right?" I knew this question would come and to be blunt, YES. I don't know how you could go through the series without not knowing it.

As to why he's in the story, you'll have to wait and see. But I'll throw some ideas at you: it could have been the wish, the grave could have been a decoy, has the group entered the land of the dead, or is there something else at work. Wait and see. HA HA HA HA HA.

Now for review responses and there's a lot of them:

moonsilver - you're actually reading my story. I feel so honored. It was my pleasure to refer you. I hope you enjoy what happens in the next few chapters.

badgerwolf - read the first note.

Silent Dark - You and only one other person I think actually answered my questions. For the answers, you'll have to wait but the answer to the second one is in this chapter.

Shadow Tsunami - don't worry unless you review says 'I think your writing sucks' then it isn't a flame. I actually like your review.

Fukashi - I was pretty sure that it was clear that Inuyasha's father's name was Inutaisho. There is actually one other spelling out there but I didn't like it so I didn't use it. As for English errors, I just finished Basic English in college and I only got a B. I have never been good at grammar so don't be too technical.

lilemmy - Inuyasha's mother? wait and see my friend, wait and see. Good luck on your finals, I'd love to take Japanese but they don't offer it at my branch campus. As for MacroEcon, you obviously didn't have the teacher I had. I was able to get an A in that class and never pay attention. Thank god I can memorize lists for tests. As for referrals, I usually don't take them off my Fav. Story/Author lists. They more often come from stories I remember reading or those I have bookmarked. I will continue to read fanfics but I will also write so don't worry. As for my finals/grades, I explain below.

ANNE (v) 79 - Congrats you are the only person to ask about Sess. Sess won't be a major character in this story but he does make appearances and is talked about (like in this chapter). As for who is the true "Lord of the Western Lands." You'll find out later.

Evil Pixi Stick Spork Goddess - that is one long name to type. :) As for your review, I think you got the facts backwards. Someone is watching Kagome. Kagome isn't watching anyone. The question is Who was watching her?

daddys little angel - you dying, well I have the cure another chapter. Not to mention your asking if Kagome will faint and you're the one that passes out.

Burnsybabe - As you can see, I'm updating before Sunday, unfortunately you won't have your answers yet. I hope to update once more before Sunday but I will continue to update over Christmas break.

Personal Note: Right now at this point I'm really on edge because my grades. I would consider my grades this semester to be good but last semester they weren't so my GPA is really tentative. I need a 3.2 to get into Computer Engineering and so far I have only one grade that I don't know. That grade is Physics. If I get a B+, I will have the GPA needed but if I don't I won't have it. I'm writing this at quarter after 11 in the morning and I'll be meeting with my teacher at 12:30. I'll be begging him for the B+. I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't get it. So life is quite hectic right now. I wish everyone else good luck in school.

Now almost time for the story but first

Disclaimer: Probably a certain someone thought I was a girl because I'm trying to say that I own IY but I just think it would be cool to own IY. Now if we're going to talk about certain preferences, I'd have to go for Sango. *gets smacked on the head with boomerang* "What'd you do that for?"

Sango: Because you just as perverted as Miroku.

Me: I am not! I don't grope you like Miroku is about to

Sango *smacks a perverted monk behind her*: now listen up readers, Spider/Robert doesn't own me, IY or anything by Rumiko Takahashi. Hell his parents even bought him the '87 Honda Accord he drives, which is happened to crack the windshield when taking the ice pick like an axe to it.

Me: Hey you weren't suppose to be telling them that. Well before she tells you anything else on with the story:

A Wish From the Heart

Chapter 8: We Must Hurry

"Ohh boy, here it goes. I just hope they take it well," Inuyasha thought to himself before turning to his friends and saying, "Everyone I'd like you to meet my father, Inutaisho."

"WHAT?!?" everyone seemed to scream as Inuyasha covered his ears.

"But you told us he was dead?" Kagome asked. "I went with you to his grave, when you got Tetsusaiga."

"Yeah, I know. Listen, I explain it all in a few days," Inuyasha told them and stared them as to say 'don't push the matter any more.'

"I think I understand where we are going," Miroku said. "We're going to your home, aren't we? To the Western Lands?"

"You're smarter than you look," Inuyasha said sarcastically.

"This is going to be cool," Kagome said happily. She then turned to Inutaisho, "It's an honor to meet you, sir."

"No, I believe the honor is mine. While Myouga was only tell me somewhat, he told me you have managed to have a good impact on my son's life." Inutaisho said. Kagome stared at the ground as she felt herself blush. Inutaisho then turned to Inuyasha, "I see you have done well with Tetsusaiga. How did you finally get it?"

"Well in a way, I have Sesshomaru to thank for that. He came trying to find it but found that he couldn't have it. Unfortunately though when I first used it, it transformed in the middle of my swing and took off his left arm." Inuyasha said hiding the whole truth.

"I see," Inutaisho said not totally believing him. "And tell me how are you and Sesshomaru doing? Are you getting along?"

"We get along ok. We still have our sibling rivalry," Inuyasha lied.

"Okay," Inutaisho said deciding not to push anymore. "You said before that Tetsusaiga has a third attack, though I remember it only having 'Kaze no Kizu' and 'Bakuryuuha.' How did it get a third attack?"

"Uh…well you see…I kind of broke it," Inuyasha said tumbling over his words.

"WHAT? You let Tetsusaiga get broken?" Inutaisho asked irately.

"Well it was broke in a fight but I had Totsusai fix it. According to Myouga when my fang was used to put it back together, it created yet another attack." Inuyasha told him. "I'll explain everything when we get home, ok?"

"I still have a question," Kagome said breaking up the father-son conversation. "If you are Inuyasha's father, why did you demand that he fight you?"

"As I said before, Inuyasha had to prove himself. If I would have found out that he hasn't improved any since being a kid then I probably wouldn't have let him enter the Western Lands. I knew he had improved though so that wasn't an issue, I wasn't to see exactly how much he has improved and I must say he has made me proud."

"uh.. Thanks." Inuyasha said in a very low voice that it could barely be heard.

"Hey Inuyasha." Miroku said speaking up. "I thought you said before that you didn't even remember what you father looked like. So how was it that you knew it was him when we got here?"

"I may forget a face, but I never forget a scent. Inu-youkai have a habit of always remembering any scent they come across."

"Well I think I'll let you go. You still have a ways until you're home. I'd say that at the earliest, you'll be there by tomorrow night, if not the day after." Inutaisho said. "I am going to go now. There will be a feast for when you arrive and I can't wait to hear about your travels for the Shikon Jewel which Myouga mentioned." With that Inutaisho wasted no time and was gone.

"Well that was interesting," Shippo said after a moment of silence.

"Let's get something to eat and then we'll set out," Inuyasha said. "It's only the middle of the day and I want to hurry."

"Why do you want to hurry?" Kagome asked.

"Because my father thinks that at the earliest we'll be there by tomorrow night. I want to get there by tomorrow morning or early day. I want to prove him wrong." Inuyasha said. "Why do you have a problem, wench?"

"Not all of us are demons and going to be able to just continue to run there," Kagome said.

"That's why I'm gonna carry you and Sango and the pervert can ride on Kirara." Inuyasha said.

"I take offense to being labeled, 'the pervert.' I have a name," Miroku said.

"Yeah but you are a pervert so until you stop being one, I'll call you a pervert," Inuyasha said. He then turned back to Kagome, "Are you satisfied now, wench?"

"Yeah," Kagome said as she thought to herself, "I should be mad at him for calling me wench but he hasn't called me it in a while so I guess I could let him go. Jeez, I'm acting like I miss him calling me a wench." Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts as Inuyasha waved a hand in front of her face, "sorry Inuyasha, did you say something?"

"Yeah, I said that I want you to make some ramen," Inuyasha said.

"Fine but you have to go get some water," Kagome told him as she handed him a container for water. He didn't care as long as he got his ramen.

*****

Inuyasha was the first done which wasn't surprising. He loved ramen plus he was in a hurry. Everyone else though took their time. There was some conversing but it was Kagome who finally spoke up to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, did you use the jewel to wish back your father? Or wasn't he dead to begin with?"

"Listen, as I told my father, I'll explain everything once we get home. That way I only have to say everything once," Inuyasha said. "Now hurry, I want to leave in a few minutes. We're not going to stop until the dusk. Then we can eat again and we're going to get up early and finish our journey. We should be there by noon tomorrow."

"One last question," Kagome said as Inuyasha groaned. "Why did you lie to your father about Sesshomaru?"

"Long ago, he was the only thing keeping us from killing each other," Inuyasha began. "He wanted us to get along and get over our nasty sibling rivalry. He had hoped that his death would bring us closer and stop our fighting but instead it got worse. I wanted him to be happy so I lied and told him that we got along. Understand?"

"Yes I do. Thank you for telling me," Kagome said

*****

Just as Inuyasha had said, they had traveled until dusk and set out early the next morning. He hadn't gotten them up at the crack of dawn but it was early enough for people to be cranky. "Can't we just rest a little more, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked from his back. Even though she wasn't actually walking, she couldn't fall asleep on his back with all the running.

"Will you quit complaining? We've been going for a few hours and you haven't quite complaining. We'll be there before you know it." Inuyasha said. There was a big hill up ahead but it was nothing to Inuyasha. He was on top within 2 seconds. When he reached the top, he stopped. Kagome felt Inuyasha sliding her off his back. He turned and waiting for Kirara to catch up.

"So you letting us take a break?" Sango asked as her, Miroku, and Shippo dismounted Kirara.

"Feh," was his replied. "You can take a break just over this hill." That was when everyone turned around and saw what was beyond the hill. Everyone gasped in surprise.


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Well that's another chapter finished. This cliffhanger wasn't as bad as the last one. Surprisingly this chapter turned out to be longer than I expected. I hope you're happy with it. Well the chapter following the next one will have all the answers so just hold on a little longer for it. Well I hate to say this but I'm still on edge and in a rush so I'm not going to put in the names of all the people that reviewed. I'll put all of you in the next chapter so don't worry. I know I want to say more but I can't remember. So join me next time for:

Chapter 9: Give a Tour