Chapter Four
Sesshomaru looked incredibly grateful. "You will not forget this, I promise."
Taking the child again, he nuzzled her. "Don't worry, darling, your aunt and uncle will care for you until I am able to claim you again. You'll be safe with them. Don't give them too much fuss and I swear on my own soul that I will return for you, my darling daughter."
Kagomae's heart melted and Sesshomaru handed her the child and disappeared. Looking around for any trace of him, Inu Yasha led her to the well, taking the child as jumped down.
Looking back, over the horizon, the breeze flapped his kimono around and waved his hair. Be well, Sesshomaru and stay changed as you are. I'll do my best. He thought and jumped into the well and into Kagomae's time.
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"Kagome! Inu Yasha!" Maria and a few other groupies that Inu Yasha didn't recognize walked up. "Hey, Maria. Hey, everyone." Kagome said, waving back.
"Hey, Inu Yasha, I didn't know you knew how to hold a child." Maria said sarcastically. A few of the other girls began to flirt with him and play with his ears. Maria cleared her throat and made a cutting motion.
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you. He's Kagomae's." A couple of the girls moaned and pouted but a few still continued to play with his ears. He gave Kagome a pleading look.
"Err, Hurkarei. Keranie. That's not the best of ideas. He sort of gets bad tempered when people touch his ears." The girls appeared to understand because they stopped.
"Inu Yasha, this is Hurkarei, Keranie, Melanie, Shaunsukae, Shawn and Luka. You've already met Maria." Kagomae introduced them, even though she could tell they were all wondering about the baby.
"Yeah, nice to meet you all." Maria looked at her strangely and pulled her aside.
"What's with the kid, Kagomae? It can't be yours, whose is it?" Kagomae sighed. This wasn't going to be easy to explain.
"Long story, Maria. Really long story." Maria studied her friend for a second before shaking a finger at her and saying, "Alright, but I want details later. And how long is Woof staying for?" Inu Yasha growled. "I heard that!"
Maria turned around and made a face at him. "Deal with it, Woof."
Despite herself, Kagomae found herself smothering a laugh into a cough before Inu Yasha could pick it up.
"Kagomae!" Someone called. Kagomae turned around to see her little brother outside the shrine, on the terrace.
Sighing, she rolled her eyes. "What is it, Sota?"
"Mom says you and Inu Yasha better hurry up if you want to eat with the rest of us!" Again, she rolled her eyes. "We'll be there in a minute!" Sota ran off and Kagomae turned to Inu Yasha and friends.
"Sorry, guys. But we have to go. I'll explain later tonight, I promise. All of you come over sometime after dinner." She waved to everyone and started off, with Inu Yasha and Karmila following her.
Sometime After Dinner
Kagomae sat on the couch in the living room with Inu Yasha beside her, feeding Karmila and letting everyone digest what they had just told them.
"Wait a minute." Maria said, holding her hands up. "You mean that Woof's not-so-evil brother is married and this is his kid." Inu Yasha nodded, choosing to ignore the annoying nickname.
"And he dumped this kid on you guys because something wants to kill them all. And you guys accept." Inu Yasha mulled over the human's interesting choice of words and nodded again.
"So, I guess evil older brother isn't really evil anymore." Hurkarei said, still a little shocked. "Apparently." Luka agreed, still mulling it all over.
"Do you think it's a trick?" Shaunsukae asked. Before Inu Yasha could answer, Kagomae said, "No, I have a feeling about this. And for some reason, I have a feeling that this little girl will grow up and be the key in some past future mystery that none of us know about yet." Karmila's golden yellow eyes looked up at her, while she ate, waving her hand around, bearing the baby demon claws.
The child's Chii-type ears moved slightly and she let go of the nipple on the bottle and watched Kagomae's cat creep in. Only Inu Yasha could have heard her cat. Kagomae looked at Inu Yasha and he shrugged.
"She is half demon and obviously her mother was some type of Chii or something. She's going to grow up to be a beautiful girl." Karmila gurgled and resumed eating.
"Well, what are we going to do about her?" Keranie asked, curiously. Kagomae looked down at her and smiled.
"We keep her of course."
Seventeen Years Later In Kagomae's Time
"'Never made it as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin', tired of livin' like a blind man, sick of cyber without a sense of feelin'. And this is how you remind me, this is how you remind me of what I really am, this is how you remind me of what I really am. It's not like you to say sorry, wounds waitin' on a different story, this time I'm mistaken, 'fore handin' you a heart worth breakin'. And I've been wrong, I've been down to the bottom of every pothole, these are words in my head sayin' are you havin' fun yet?'" Macdelana and Karmila jumped around the living room, blaring a popular overseas artist. Using hairbrushes as microphones, they sung along with the singer.
Inu Yasha walked in the door, carrying two bags of groceries, and unplugged both the stereo and his daughter's electric guitar.
"I could hear every single beat two blocks away!" Inu Yasha yelled, walking to the kitchen and dropping off his bags.
"But that's only because of your ears!" Macdelana argued.
"Yeah!" Karmila agreed. Kagomae walked in, carrying the rest of the groceries and said,
"Lana, don't argue with your father. Karmila, smarten up. Inu Yasha, stop picking on them." Before any of them could say anything, she reappeared from the kitchen.
"Your father is right though. I come home to way to loud music again; your not going on the camping trip and you'll be grounded for half the summer. Even if it is you're birthdays coming up." Lana and Karmila both looked outraged.
"Mom!" Inu Yasha shook his head when she looked at him. "Daddy!"
"I agree with your mother on this. Now don't you kids have exams today?" Looking at their faces, he pointed up the stairs to their rooms.
"Get cracking' girls." Lana and Karmila pouted all the way to their rooms.
Inu Yasha sighed and put his head in his hands. "I really hated to do that." Kagomae sat down next to him and took one of his hands. "I know. I know but they do need to learn."
"Speaking of learning. I suppose it's about time that Karmila learn about his past." Kagomae nodded. "I'll put away the groceries and you can start packing for this." Kagomae kissed him and stopped just before the kitchen. "In a way, I'm sort of excited to go back. You know, see how everyone is. We haven't been able to get away since that slumber party that the girls went to three years ago."
Inu Yasha nodded. "I know. It's been too long. Guess we get to go see that crazy old swords maker and get a couple swords made up. If Sesshomaru is still alive." He added before heading upstairs and taking his Tetsusaiga out of their bedroom closet.
Walking out to the backyard, he withdrew it from its sheath. Up in Karmila and Lana's room, Karmila was watching.
"Lana!" She hissed in a low voice. Looking up from her textbook, she went over to beside her sister's position at the window.
"Look at Dad. And look at that sword he's got." Lana gasped as the memory came back to her. "That's the same sword from Mom and Dad's closet! It must be the legendary Tetsusaiga mom told us about." Karmila looked at Lana and Lana at Karmila.
"What do you think it means?" Karmila asked, watching Inu Yasha with the Tetsusaiga. Lana thought for a minute. "Well, I have a feeling that this summer isn't going to be like any ordinary summer."