x.FAR.cry.x: I'm so sorry it was confusing! I forgot to mention this is years later and Kagome still isn't able to get through the well! I'm sorry! It's not an alternate universe! Yes! Katanna is in the picture! You'll get to see her again after this story in the story I deleted earlier! Yep! I'm going to bring the story back! Yay! Yeah they're just friends! Poor Kiotsu! Good! You're supposed to hate Takai and Sora! It's Takai and Sora not Sara, okay?

Taijiya-Hatake: Wow! I went from awesome to Spicy! Yay! I'll try to update soon! Nemaru is a lot like Inuyasha and Yes, as sad as it is, she doesn't even know it! She never even got to see Inuyasha! Kiotsu's so lucky! Though he barely remembers himself because it has been like 14 years! Poor Kagome! I'm glad you took my opinion and changed your name from LMChick10 to Taijiya-Hatake!

shauna: I'm really glad you enjoyed my story and read the special note for the answer to your questions!

fire-tiger-c: You finally reviewed! Yay! I'm glad you liked it!

A/N: Thank you for the review but... Where's everybody? Did I lose them? Noooooooooooooo! Or am I just losing my touch? Noooooooooooooooooo! Please come back to me!

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Important Note!

One of my reviewers shauna pointed out some things I have not yet been able to explain in the story so I'm going to explain some of the things right here.

How does Nemaru hide?

She wears this necklace that Kagome gave her that hides her demon features to everyone but family. She put a spell on it but Nemaru doesn't know that. The necklace also makes sure that she can't use their demon abilities (plus Kiotsu has one too!)so for example, Kiotsu can't use his excellent sense of smell and Nemaru can't use her excellent sense of hearing. Kiotsu's demon features can be seen because he looks more human than demon.

What do they know about their father?

Pretty much nothing.

Why didn't Kagome tell them?

because everytime she or someone else mentions him, she gets real teared up and she gets so upset she's not able to tell them.

Why is Kiotsu suprised he growled? Hasn't he heard his sister growl?

He's suprised because it's never happened to him before and yes, but that was his sister. He's only heard her do that a few times when he rubbed her ears but that's pretty much more of a purring noise than a growling noise and at those times he never really thinks about it.

Where does Katanna fit in to all of this?

You will find this out later!

Disclaimer: I don't own him no matter how much I wish I did. I don't and never will. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. Whatever. Now on to the chap!

Italics means it's a dream.

'this means it's a thought'

"this means they're speaking"

Bold means it's a noise.

Chapter 11

(By the way this chapter and the last chapter are 14 years later! Kiotsu and Nemaru know nothing of Feudal Japan or Inuyasha!)

Kiotsu was in an open grassy field. He was holding a bow and arrow and he was getting ready to shoot. He aimed and shot it, hitting the middle of the target. He was filled with a sense of triumph and turned away from it running in a certain direction.

He kept running until he saw a slightly younger version of his mother, Kagome, in a red kimono with white flowers siting on a hill, looking deep in thought.

"Mommy!", he cried out.

She turned her head and smiled at him.

"Mommy!", he cried again, rushing into her arms.

"What is it, Kiotsu?", She asked, hugging him back.

"I hit the target! I hit it!", He said, smiling at her.

"That's great, Kiotsu!", she said, beaming at him.

"Mommy, could you come watch me?", he asked.

"Sure, why not?", said his mother.

"Yay!", he said, as he hopped up and grabbed her hand," Let's go mommy."

He pulled her towards the target and went over to shoot another arrow. He notched one and shot it at the target, hitting it right in the middle.

"I did it again!", he cried, looking at her,"Mommy, did you see that!"

"Yes, Kiotsu! I saw!", she said, smiling at him again.

Kiotsu suddenly caught a familiar scent on the breeze. He took another sniff and seemingly recognized it. He dropped the bow in his hand and headed to the forest on the edge of the clearing.

"Daddy!", he cried as he leaped in the arms of a man coming out of the forest. His face was blurred though.

"Hey, kid", a gruff voice, replied. Kiotsu smiled at him.

Meow!

Kiotsu sat up in bed and looked around wildly.He looked down and sighed.

He glared down at the cat on his bed and said," Tao, you scared me!"

The brown tabby cat just looked at him with green eyes and let out another "meow."

Kiotsu sighed and started to pet the 2 year old tabby cat's fur. He smiled when he heard him start to purr.

He then recalled the dream he had.

'What a strange dream', he thought,' It seemed so real as if it were a memory.'

He shook his head.

'But it couldn't have been. I've never been there before and i've most certaintly never seen my mom wear a kimono before.'

He thought back to the end of his dream.

'Who was that man? I couldn't see his face. Was that my father? I mean, I did call him "daddy". Maybe I could ask mom...'

He shook his head again.

'Nah. I don't want her to start crying again. I hate it when that happens. It's almost like I can smell the salt in her tears.'

Kiotsu looked at down at the necklace around his neck. Kagome had given it to him when he was very young and she had ordered him to never take it off. He had asked why but she told him it was for a good reason so he didn't question it.

The necklace was pretty simple. It was just a black cord with a oval blue pendant on it with the symbol for "hidden" on it in yellow kanji. He matched well with the blue beaded necklace with yellow stars he wore. He had tried to take the necklace of once but he was somehow unable to so he just left it alone after a while.

Nemaru also had a necklace around her neck. It looked the same except it was a red pendant with orange kanji. Which matched the red beaded necklace with orange flames she wore.

He got back down under the covers and closed his eyes, hopefully, falling back asleep.

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Kiotsu was tossing a ball back and forth between a young boy of no more that 6.

He had auburn hair pulled up into a bun with a sky blue ribbon and emerald green eyes. He had pointed ears like an elf's and small fangs where his canines should be. His was wearing a sky blue haroi with white leaves on it and a purple hakama tied with a purple bow in the front. He also had on a orange fur vest and strangely had foxfeet and a bushy tail.

They threw the ball back and forth, laughing and enjoying themselves.

Suddenly,the boy turned his head and stood there with a sort of shy, lovestruck face.

"Shippo nii-san?", Kiotsu asked him," Are you okay?"

Getting no answer, Kiotsu walked up beside him followed his eyes to what had caused this from him. His eyes were met with a girl of about 6 with dark brown hair pulled into a ponytail at the base of her neck with a navy blue ribbon, dark blue eyes, freckles sprinkled on her nose, with light skin, wearing a navy blue kimono with a sky blue under kimono and a green sash around her waist. She was picking flowers on the edge of the village and humming a song to herself.

"Why are you staring at Tsunami, again?", he asked the boy know as Shippo.

"Why do you act like this around her?", he asked.Shippo did not reply. "Hello? Anybody home?", he asked waving his hand in his face.

Shippo shook his head and turned blinking his eyes and said," What? Did you say something?"

"I said, Why do you always act like this when Tsunami's around? You look at her like Daddy does Mommy sometimes", he replied.

"Uh...", said Shippo.

"Are you in love with her like Mommy and Daddy are?",he asked him, curiously.

"Um...well...I", Shippo stammered, his cheeks getting pink.

"Does that mean yes?", he asked. Shippo's cheeks got pinker.

"Okay", he said," I guess that does mean yes."

Shippo sighed and said," Yeah, I guess you could say I like Tsunami. But, she doesn't even notice me."

"Maybe you should talk to her", he said.

"No way", said Shippo.

"Why not?", he asked, curiously.

"W-well, because! I-I can't just go up and talked to her!",said Shippo.

"Why not?", he asked, innocently.

"B-because! I just... I mean I can't...",Shippo protested.

Shippo looked as he gazed at him curiously.

Shippo sighed and said,"I'll talk to her."

"Yay, nii-san!", he said," I'll go play with my ball while you talk to her. Okay?"

"Fine", Shippo, walking towards Tsunami, nervously.

Wham!

Kiotsu sat straight up to the noise of wood slamming on the desk near his head. He looked up and saw a grey haired woman with a sharp pinched face, narrowed eyes, and a pair of eyeglasses on the end of her nose. She held a yard stick in her hand.

"I'm glad you back with us, Mr. Higurashi", the teacher said," Now would you mind staying awake for the lesson."

Kiotsu nodded and the teacher went back to the front of the room, rambling on about old japanese warlords nobody really cared about.

He looked to his right and saw Katanna a few seats away.

She mouthed,'Are you okay?'

Kiotsu nodded and mouthed,' Didn't get much sleep last night.'

'Why', she mouthed back.

'Later.'

She nodded and turned back to the lesson but his mind wandered back to the dream.

'Another one of those strange dreams', he thought,' It's just like the last one. It seemed so real but i've never met that little kid before. Why did I call him brother? I'm pretty sure I don't know him and what was up with the fox feet, tail, pointy ears, and fangs? Now, I know that can't be normal. I've been having these dreams for a week. What's going on?'

"Mr. Higurashi!"

Kiotsu was brought back to earth by the nasaly voice of his teacher.

"Yes, Ma'am?", he asked.

"Do you mind staying with us for at least five minutes?", she said.

Snickers were heard from his classmates and he said," Yes, ma'am."

The bell rang and everyone gathered their things and headed out the door.

'I've got to figure this out', thought Kiotsu before heading out of the room.

A/N: There you go! Another chap! I hope you like it!

At first, I couldn't really think of anything to type so I started a new story that wouldn't stop nagging me called A New Journey. Go check it out if you want! After, I wrote the prologue and the first chapter, I got the idea for this chapter! Neat isn't it?

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