Mika: OMG I haven't written any fanfics for over a year! waterfall of tears ensues Ack! I am such a failure…

Moo: That's completely untrue. You are not a failure-

Mika: Aw. Thanks.

Moo: You're a pessimistic, schitsophrinic (which I still can't spell), insane failure.

Mika: I will take my sabre and kill you.

Moo: Ack! Never let that girl near a weapon again.

Mika: Yay for colorguard and Spanish blade sabres!

Previously:

"Let's go back to the village. Kaede might know what the youkai was and we can figure out what to do from here." Sango suggested, and everyone started heading for the village.

'Inuyasha. Mom said he was my father, and she also said he was the grouchy one in that picture. Is it really possible that...?' Mika thought.

"You comin' girl?" Inuyasha yelled back. They were already walking towards the village and she hadn't even moved.

"I'm coming. Hold your horses."

"What'd you say?"

"Nothing." Mika ran up to the group and walked along, content with what she had found out, for now.

Chapter…uh, 4!

Mika's POV

As night fell on the tiny village, Mika stared at the sun as it left the sky. She hated this night, the night of her namesake. Her brothers stared at their beautiful silver hair that was slowly turning raven, like her current form. She could feel the youkai blood becoming dormant in the way that her ears seemed to be stuffed with cotton and her nose as well.

The man before was one only of legends, and the thought of what he had done almost frightened her. He was her mother's only love, the one she spoke of so highly, even after telling Mika the "grown up" version of her travels on her twelfth birthday. According to the stories, he was gruff, mean, stubborn, and disrespectful. But Mika couldn't help thinking that he seemed depressed, and deeply disturbed by something.

Inuyasha's POV

Inuyasha sighed as his youkai blood left him on this New Moon. He knew he could do nothing for Kagome now, but he wanted to catch the kidnapper as soon as possible and rip his throat out.

He heard three other corresponding sighs to his own. Looking over, the man chuckled as Inu and Yasha pawed at their now raven colored hair. They eventually gave up, and decided that torturing their sister was a better idea. The girl swatted them away, calling them pests, and returned to staring over at the setting sun.

She was a lot like Kagome, he mused. She had her soft features and legs, but her lavender eyes, now chocolate brown, looked sadly at him. Mika seemed to be thinking to herself. He ought not to disturb her…

But that idea was becoming relatively hard. She clutched something around her neck and fingered it, then dropped her hand back down by her side.

Inuyasha thought to himself as well. It wasn't possible, was it? Yes, the well had sealed them apart after he had mated with her, and he had been with her a second time when something reopened the well for a night, but… That train of thought was pointless. It was blatantly obvious that the children were his; the others could clearly see it, why couldn't he?

His thoughts were interrupted by tapping on his shoulder.

Mika's POV

The man was hopeless, even if he was her father, which was only a possibility. It was one possibility that her mind highly doubted, but the ever consistent tugging of her heart was convinced that he was, in fact, her long lost father. He was sitting cross-legged with a sword tucked in his arms, staring at the wall across from the one he was leaning on. The others, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kaede, were watching with interest.

He finally looked up and said, thoroughly annoyed, "What?" She took that as an invitation to proceed.

"Here." She practically threw the necklace at him. "I don't really need it, at least for now anyway." He stared at it curiously. Mika thought it was best to give him the jewel; after all, he had protected it before. And he was stronger than her to begin with. She rolled her eyes and huffed, "It's not like you haven't seen it before."

Before Inuyasha could retort, Mika decided that now was a good time to ask. "Do you, um, still love my mother?"

He looked stunned. Great. Just what she needed: an unresponsive father. But, he eventually gathered himself up and cried out, "Of course I do! Why wouldn't you think that?"

"Because I've only heard one side of the story, which might I add is an extremely biased one about how noble you are. But I really want to know the truth, ok?"

Inuyasha looked stunned, yet again. Mika managed a quick sigh. "Is he always like this?" she asked his companions. They nodded, then shook their heads. And that got her nowhere.

"Mika?" she turned her head to the man she could almost be certain now was her father. He began, "There's something I have to know before we go after Kagome. Do you know who your father is?" Now was her turn to look stunned. Mika smacked her head. This man really was an idiot. But she must be patient.

So, with incredible charm and spunk, she replied, "I have an idea. Who do you think it is?" He was trying to muster up a rude retort, but she countered fast, "And it's not Kouga!"

The previously silent and tense group before them burst out laughing. Inu and Yasha, having no idea was the heck was going on but not wanting to be left out, joined in too. The five year old twins crawled into their sister's lap and Inu was even brave enough to try for her head. He managed with a hand from his big sister. Mika eventually joined in the giggle fit too, and the mirth in her eyes sent Inuyasha over the edge too.

Inuyasha's POV

It only took the twin pups two minutes to fall asleep. Their stubborn sister, however, took much longer. Inuyasha slept inside, as he did every New Moon, and he watched his newfound children carefully. He refused to let anything happen to his pups, not anything. Mika really was like him in personality, but she had acquired her mother's grace and compassion. The twins were the spitting image of him, and he couldn't wait to have them crawling all over him. He had, even if he never admitted it to anyone but Kagome, always wanted a family. Because, well, he never had one.

Mika took the plunge into blissful sleep after about an hour of watching her. Inuyasha noticed that the twins were shivering in their sister's lap, and he wrapped his fire rat haori around them in a successful effort to keep his pups warm. He smiled, perhaps he could patch up his family relations and actually be with Kagome for once. Why else would the well let them through?

Eventually, sleep took over Inuyasha too, and his eyes closed. But he could still see his daughter and sons curled up in his haori, sleeping soudly.

Mika: Good place to stop for tonight, don't you think, Moo?

Moo: You know, your writing has really improved since last year.

Mika: Thanks! (A/N: I have no idea who wrote that. I went to get some potato chips and when I got back to the computer this was there. Is the computer trying to tell me something? Ack! It's haunted! Or it could be just my dad acting like an idiot…)

Mika: And now, replies to my gracious reviewers (I love you all forever; your compliments made me pick this up again!):

Kagome13higurashi: I'm glad I made your day, but please don't hurt me!

Phoenixoffireluvsanime: I'm glad that you like it! I'm so self-conscious; I was so scared that no one would like it!

All three Sumi-chan the Great reviews: thanks Kitty, but you really don't have to try too hard. You probably forgot about this anyway.

Both Kagome M.K. reviews: I hope I'm not crazy anymore…a year kind of passed and I grew a little (at least I think so…). Thanks for your reviews, and I'm sorry this update took so long!

Kaira: Thanks, I appreciate your review. I just hope that I haven't lost any reviewers because of my absence…but now I live!

Mika: And, Fin. See you all later! Review! Review! Review! PLEASE!