Chapter Eleven

Miroku saw the familiar scene play out before two of his beloved friends and just had to chuckle. Yes, it was unusual for him to be as early as he was but the commotion and certainly loud thud a few seconds later would have woken him up. Sango stepped up behind him and smiled a little, resting her head on his shoulder. She didn't even mind the playful little grope he gave her.

"I'm glad they ended up together." She said softly. Miroku nodded, slipping an arm around his wife's waist, which was getting harder to do considering the fact that she was beginning to show.

"I'm glad, too."

A while later, everyone was seated at the table, even Roukan. The parents watched their daughters with happy little glances here and there and InuYasha was sulking in the corner, grumbling about how he'd been 'sat'.

"Just be thankful that Kagome doesn't do it nearly as often as she used to." Shippo pointed out, sipping his breakfast tea. He felt the hanyou's glare and smirked a little. InuYasha just sat there, wishing he were smaller so he could bop him one.

Kagome just smiled, setting down her cup. "So, Roukan, tell us about yourself." She was bright and cheery, absolutely ecstatic about her daughter's newfound happiness.

Roukan smiled a little bit, nodding slightly. "Well, I was raised by a kind youkai in a village, not far from here until just recently when I heard of the legendary InuYasha's return." This caught InuYasha off guard. 'Legendary'? Him?

Kagome was equally surprised. "Legendary InuYasha?" Roukan nodded a little and continued.

"He is well known across these lands as InuTashio's youngest son, the hanyou who fought against the Demon Naraku and won." Sesshomaru who had been quiet the entire time just nodded a little. He had come to realize quite a long time ago that his little brother was much stronger than he looked.

Lana had no idea who this 'Naraku' guy was but she didn't think that he was a very nice one.

"Also, I had heard what I thought to be a rumor from the Western Lands that Lord Sesshomaru had wed and his beloved had given birth to two children. At this time, most of the lands thought Lord Sesshomaru to be deceased since he was no where to be found. Though obviously, he is clearly alive."

Lady Natsume mused for a moment and nodded. All of which the boy was speaking of was true. Many did believe the great Demon Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands to, indeed, not be among the living. She had also heard of the other things the boy spoke of, including InuYasha's return. She remembered the old priestess telling her about them and smiled fondly.

Just then, he pulled out a bag and opened it, letting fall two jewel shards. Everyone in the room gasped. He then handed them over to Lana, to her complete shock.

"It is true that a single shard of the Shikon no Tama may increase one's strength times ten but, I do not wish to use them." He graciously moved a hand to move his hair behind his ear, a gesture that Sesshomaru smirked a little at, knowing full well what he was. He guessed that InuYasha and Kagome had also realized this secret. Their daughter might recognize his scent but not know exactly what it meant, considering she was a half demon.

This should be interesting, very interesting. With that, he crossed his arms and leaned against a wall, just listening quietly to the conversation around him.

InuYasha growled a little, sighing. He hated what was coming tonight, as soon as the sun started setting. Hated it but he would rather have it than not be with Kagome. Speaking of, she sighed a little, looking up at him from her book.

"InuYasha, please calm down. Yes, I do realize what tonight is but as far as we know, we're safe. Naraku is long dead so there's no need to worry about it." Looking to his beautiful wife and mate, he sighed a little more, nodding and gently laid his head in her lap. Smiling, she put down her book and softly began running her fingers over the velvety triangles of snowy white fur, knowing that it always relaxed him.

Being her father's daughter wasn't always a plus sometimes. She, too, was pacing and worrying though her worry was slightly different. She wasn't worried that some monsters or demons or whatever have you, would come and attack at her weakest time. That was the farthest thing from her mind. What was troubling her was, for one, she had her own room which meant that her two friends were now with their 'men', even though if she really thought about it, that didn't bother her too much. What really worried her was how Roukan would react to her. She had smelled his scent and recognized it as youkai and the slight haughtiness about him was defiantly a give away, too. Most demons despised hanyou's even more than they did with humans.

So … would he hate her for what she was? For what she turned into once a month on the new moon? Sighing a little, she just shook her head, going over to the window. The whole day had pretty much passed without much interest and now the sun was setting and she was gradually losing her demonic powers, becoming human. Just like her father.

Turning, she saw the door open and held her breath. Even with her rapidly failing senses, she caught Roukan's scent quickly enough.

Closing the door behind him, he looked to her with a smile and saw the fear in her eyes and could smell it coming from her. "Lana, what's wrong?" She blinked at him. "You don't notice?"

Roukan blinked in turn, frowning slightly. "That you're turning human? I don't see why that would get you so scared. Nothing will happen to you." Lana sweatdropped a little.

He chuckled, going over and gathering up his rapidly turning human girlfriend and tucking her under his chin, kissing her hair. "Just because you're turning human, doesn't mean my feelings for you will be any less."

Minkania, being fully human, never had to worry about the new moon. Actually the thought didn't even cross her mind as she laid in bed with the extremely handsome fox youkai from her parent's past. She sighed happily, feeling his gentle clawed hand run through her silken tresses.

All in all, everyone in the household began growing peaceful and the only sound that could be heard was the breeze blowing through the trees.