A scream caused Sango snapped her eyes open. She gasped, wondering where that sound was coming from. Was someone being attack by a demon? It was dark and rain was drizzling. She found herself lying on her back behind an odd metal container. As she lifted her hand, she paused. Her hand was an infant's hand. Sango stared at her other hand and down to her body. She was now small. I'm a baby? she thought. Why was she a baby?! Where were her friends? What is this place?

Footsteps approached her as a woman loomed over her. The woman was drenched in blood. A warm smiled spread across her face and she lifted Sango into her arms. Sango tried to speak, but all came out was baby blabbering. She really wanted to help this poor woman, but how could she when she was in this body.

"It's okay, my darling, you'll be fine," she spoke.

Sango frowned. What was this language? Why could she understand it? Sango had heard it before when Kagome was reading her books and speaking it out loud. Kagome had explained to her that in her era, there were many languages and countries.

As the woman took a step, she fell onto her side. Sango gasped. She tried to call for help, but all came out was a baby's whimpered. That's it! Sango thought. She kept on whimpering until she let out a wailing sound. She could feel hot tears flown down to her face. Then she heard footsteps landing behind her. The woman lifted herself up, holding Sango up. Sango stopped crying as she whimpered a bit.

"Oh no," a male's voice spoke.

"Please, please!" the woman begged. "Take her."

"Lady, did you even take a good look at us?!" another man's voice shouted.

"Raph, enough!" the first man hissed.

The first man sounded calm and soothing, while the second one, who Sango assumed his name was Raph, was gruff and almost angry. Sango had to admit, the second voice kind of reminded her of Inuyasha.

"Miss, I'll take you to the hospital right away," the first man said.

"No! Just take my baby." The woman begged. "Please! He doesn't know she exists! Please!"

Then there was silence, except for the sound of the rain. Sango tried to turn her head, but she couldn't. The only thing she could see were their shadows behind the woman. There were two large shadows that don't look human. They seemed to have three fingers and there were something on their backs. From their silhouette, Sango noticed they had weapons on them.

"What's her name?" the first man finally asked.

"Coral," the woman answered. "Coral Yasuda."

Coral? Sango thought. Why was she calling her name in a different language? She did recognized Yasuda as a Japanese name. Although, only royalty and high ranking nobles were able to have last names.

"Leo, you can't be serious!" Raph exclaimed.

The first man Leo held Sango. His skin was rough and she swore that she could feel scales. She looked up and her eyes widened. A kappa with blue eyes and a blue masked and katanas was holding her! Sango wanted to try to cry again, but the gentleness of the blue masked kappa made her stop. He gave her a smile, stroking her short hair. His touch made her muscles relax. She felt calm around this kappa. Next to him was another kappa that was buff, carrying sais, and had bright green eyes and a red mask. Sango was sure these kappas were ninjas. However, she was sure that ninjas wore navy blue to blend in the night. Not a bright blue and red colors.

Sango glanced back at the woman. The bleeding woman smiled faintly as she collapsed onto the ground. The two gasped and the red masked kappa quickly ran over tot he woman. He placed a large finger on her neck and looked at them. He shook his head.

"She's gone," the red masked kappa, who Sango recognized as the voice of Raph sighed.

"Let's go and meet with the others," the blue masked kappa, Leo said. "Call Casey, April, and Karai and tell them what happened. I want them to meet us at the lair."

Then the two jumped on an odd looking house as they ran. Sango turned and saw Raph talking into a turtle shell. It looked like it was something to communicate with. Sango stared at the blue masked kappa. He didn't looked like the other kappas she saw. In fact, they just almost looked like regular turtles with human traits. Were they hanyos that were similar to Jinenji?

When the two kappas landed, Sango saw there were two more kappas that were similar to them. One was taller with an egg looking head with a purple masked and reddish-brown eyes, while the other had a rounder head with an orange masked and bright blue eyes. The purple one was carrying a bo staff, while the other had nunchaku's.

"A baby!" the orange kappa squealed. "Awww!"

Sango stared at the orange kappa with wide eyes. The creature spoke in Japanese! Her native language! Sango couldn't help, but let out baby giggles. Finally a language that she knew very well!

"Leo, please tell me Raph didn't stole someone's baby." the purple one said.

"Hey, I didn't do anything!" Raph snapped.

Leo sighed. "Raph and I heard the baby crying and found her and her mother. The mother looked like she was stabbed and was dying. She only asked us to take her daughter."

"I already called Casey and the others," Raph pointed out. "They should be here in an hour or two."

"Poor little guy," the orange kappa sniffed. "What's his name?"

"She's a girl, idiot!" Raph growled. "and her name is Yasuda Coral."

"We should head inside," the purple kappa said. "Babies get could easily."

The purple kappa lifted an opening as they jumped down, revealing a dark tunnel. Sango squirmed by an awful stench that smelled like human waste. She whimpered a bit, but Leo gently rocked her causing her to calm down. Sango quickly learned that the four kappas were brothers and the purple and orange masked kappas were called Donnie and Mikey. She had to admit, these names were very odd.

When Sango saw light, she gasped. She never saw anything like it. There were strange objects that she never saw before. One of them was a box with glass that Inuyasha told her, Miroku, and Shippo before and it had moving pictures. Then they took her into a room with strange equipment, while Leo told the others to get some blankets. Sango wasn't sure how to describe it other than being strange and something that Kagome would bring. Leo handed her over to Donnie as he set her gently on a table. He unwrapped her from her bundle and opened part of her clothing. He put an odd-looking necklace in his ears and pressed something metal and cold on her chest. Donnie nodded as he removed her wet baby clothes.

"It looks like she is only a day old," Donnie said. "I don't think the woman went to the hospital. Coral still has her umbilical cord."

"We got blankets, dudes and small dudette!" Mikey called.

"Thanks, Mikey," Leo smiled.

Leo wrapped a blanket around her and held her in his arms. Sango tried to thank him, but only a soft coo came out of her tiny mouth. Then in the corner of her eyes, Sango turned to an empty glass tube that showed her reflection. She was small with her same brown hair and eyes. She looked like a baby version of herself. Eyes widened, Sango gasped. She remembered what happened. She died when she fought that demon to protect everyone and her only wish was to get another chance at life. Was this the wish that was granted? Of all places, why this modern era? That meant Sango was over 500 years in the future. If this is the era that Kagome lived, does that mean everyone was dead? What happened to Kagome? Did she lived or did she died? Did she stayed in her the past? Was this really Kagome's era or another universe?

"So what are we going to do with Coral?" Raph asked. "Put her in foster care?"

"Too risky," Donnie replied. "I read that the system isn't good. There are good people, but the chances for Coral to be in a bad home could likely happen. Also there is a chance that whoever her father is, he could have custody over her and do the same to her mother."

"Can we keep her, Leo?" Mikey begged. "Please! She's not scared of mutants!"

"Mikey, she's a baby," Donnie pointed out.

Mutants? So that's what they are. Sango thought. She wasn't sure what a mutant was and never heard of that term before, but she knew she'll know eventually.

"Let me think about it, Mikey," Leo said. "When Casey, April, and Karai get back, we'll know for sure. For now, we need baby supplies."

"Already called Mr. O'Neil," Donnie held up the shell object.

It didn't took long for them to get the supplies as well as Donnie fixing her up by carefully removing her umbilical cord. When the milk was ready, Leo took her to the area with the box with glass and sat down in front of it while the others went somewhere. Leo held an odd-looking bottle as he fed her with it. Leo used a device to control the box as moving pictures appeared. Sango stared at it with awed. She didn't know what was happening, but it looked like as if it was a book that came to life. Sango glanced at Leo who was concentrating on feeding her. He stared at the strange box a couple of times, but his eyes were still on her. When she was finished with her bottle, Sango yawned. She was sleepy, but at the same time she didn't want to go to sleep.

"You are a cutie aren't you?" Leo cooed.

Sango held up her chubby hands, grabbing Leo's mask tails. She kept on pulling and pulling until his mask fell off. Despite what he and the others looked like and from what Sango could tell, they protect people. She knew that if they were living at her era, they would've been highly respected and probably received tons of marriage proposals.

"Aren't you a strong one," Leo pressed his snout against her nose.

Giggling, Sango let go of his mask and reached out for him as her small hands touched his face. Leo chuckled and pulled away. Then he held out a finger and Sango grasped it, tightly as she could. Sango stared into his eyes, hoping to convey that she wanted to stay here. Leo's eyes softened as he kissed her forehead.

"Guys, we're here!" a woman's voice called.

"Woah, did Raph stole someone's kid?!" man's voice spoke.

"I didn't stole anyone's kid!" Raph shouted.

Leo stood up and Sango saw two humans walking over to them. They looked strange and foreign to her. One was a woman with orange hair and blue eyes, while the other was a man with dark hair with dark eyes. He was wearing odd-looking blue clothes.

"Hey, April! Where's Karai?" Mikey walked out of a room.

"She'll be here soon," April said.

"Casey, what did you and the police find out?" Donnie asked.

"The lady you guys found is the wife of a CEO," Casey explained. "She was reported missing for nine months and Yasuda was their main suspect cause there was so many reports of abuse. Now Mrs. Yasuda was found and they did an autopsy that she was stabbed over a hundred times and found out that she was pregnant. They're trying to find the baby now. The police thinks that Yasuda might've disposed of the baby, but of course he didn't, cause she's right here."

"Anything else?" Leo questioned.

"Yasuda used to be a part of the Foot Clan," another woman spoke.

Everyone turned to the entrance of the lair as a Japanese woman with short hair walked in. Sango's eyes widened. She knew what the Foot Clan was. They were a ninja clan she had tp protect in one of her missions when she was just starting out. From what she knew they greatly dislike the Hamato Clan. She even helped the Hamato Clan before too. They were a lot nicer than the Foot. From what this woman looked, Sango knew she was part of the Foot Clan and she assumed that this woman was probably Karai.

"I kicked him out after we defeated Shredder," Karai continued. "I had no idea he was still living here. Hopefully, he'll stay in jail."

"Considering the fact that he committed first degree murder, he will," Casey said.

Everyone was silence as they all tried to gather all the information that was just said. Even though Sango didn't understood some of the terms, but from what she was told, the woman, her new mother went through a lot just to keep her safe. She wished she gotten a chance to know her a bit longer.

"So did Raph thought took someone's baby?" Karai asked.

"For the last time, I didn't stole anyone's baby!" Raph shouted. "Why do you guys think that?!"

"Well, there was the time you found Spike in the sewers," Mikey said. "Then you thought Chompy was an orphan and Tokka almost destroyed the world, so there was that."

Donnie sighed. "Raph, it's not our fault for thinking that. You're most likely be the one who'll take orphans like taking free pizza!"

"So, what are you going to do with the baby?" Karai put a hand on Raph's shoulder before he could beat someone up.

"Yeah, bro, are we going to keep her?" Mikey jumped excitedly.

"We do have extra rooms," Donnie mentioned. "I can make a crib for her. I can make a birth certificate and everything. We can put down that Karai has custody over her
"orphan" niece, so it won't draw suspicion."

"I don't mind helping as long as I don't change a single dipper!" Raph said.

Leo laughed. "Of course she's staying guys!"

"Booyakasha!" Mikey cheered. "Congrats bro, you're a father!"

Sango smiled and realized that she was still holding Leo's finger. She held it tighter, drawing his attention to her. Smiling, Leo pecked her forehead. Sango never knew that they'll be fine with her staying with them. She thought they'll sent her away. Even though everything happened so fast, but she didn't mind having a turtle as a father.

"Sango," Leo said.

"Sango?" Casey asked. "What does that mean?"

"Coral," Leo said. "Mrs. Yasuda named her Coral in English. Might as well, just name her Sango, then. Besides, calling her Sango in Japanese seems fitting to her than calling her by her English name."

The others muttered to themselves of how it does fit her. Sango wanted to tell her new father that it does fit her because that was her actual name. Ever since she was reborn here, they only called her Coral, but now her new father was calling her by her original name. Sango giggled and sniffed a bit. She felt like she was going to cry. She thought she'll lost her old name forever. Sango yawned. She didn't realized how tired she was. When she closed her eyes, Leo held her close.

"Welcome to the family, Hamato Sango," Leo said.