A/N: a cute and funny chapter, there will be more to come.


Chapter 19

"Hitoshi your being ridiculous," Kira laughed outside. She sat on a swing outside with Hitoshi. He laughed and touched her head.

"Ohhh," Sango sighed deeply.

"Sango, honey what is it?" Miroku said to his wife. He pulled the blanket over the boys as they slept on one of the beds in the large bedroom, he came out of the room closing the glass doors behind him.

"Hakura and Kira," Sango sighed deeply watching Kira and Hitoshi outside. They were laughing and talking on the swing, hugging each other and kissing.

"Sango…. What is it?" Miroku said, he came around the couch towards her and sat down next to her.

"Miroku our girls, they move out in five days…" Sango said turning to him.

He smiled and chuckled.

"It's not funny Miroku, Hakura is getting married…. She's going to be on her own for the first time in 21 years, Kira and Hitoshi…. They've wanted to live together for so long…" Sango rambled.

"What did you expect, them to stay with us forever Sango…" he said to her. She sighed and nodded.

"Sango…Hakura is happy, she's marrying Inuko, a boy she's liked since she was a little girl. Kira as well, they're going to be just fine Sango," Miroku said to her touching her shoulder.

"You don't get it Miroku, Hakura is now a wife, she's going to take on that responsibility of being a wife….maybe even a mother one day," Sango said, she turned her eyes to Hakura as she came around them to the glass doors that separated the living area from another bedroom area. There were two queen sized beds in there, Hakura reached for her cell phone from the bedside table and jumped on to the bed. She dialed Inuko's number.

"Sango…I know you don't want to let Hakura and Kira go, but they're grown women now. They have their own lives to follow Sango," Miroku said looking over at Hakura, he turned his eyes to Sango who was still depressed.

"Oh Sango, you're going to be okay with this…. it'll be a change for the both of us, but…." Miroku said trying to figure out the right words to console his wife.

"Miroku, in five days…my girls…." She stuttered out. She pulled herself to Miroku. He hugged her and smiled.

"They're going to be just fine Sango," he said stroking her hair. Sango sighed and cried into Miroku's shirt.


"Huh?" Inuko said as his phone vibrated in his pocket. He looked over at everyone and got up.

"Excuse me," he said to everyone. Hoshiki started making kissy sounds at Inuko.

"GROW UP HOSHIKI!" Inuko shouted at him. He walked around the tents and answered the call. Everyone laughed. Kikyko smiled and watched her baby sister as she rubbed her eyes, she was sucking on a bottle.

"Oh darling your bottle is almost empty and your sleepy, let's get you in to a warm sleeping bag," their grandmother said touching the bottle in Mako's hands.

"Inuko?" Hakura said on the other end.

"Hakura… hey, is everything okay?" he asked her quickly. She laughed.

"Everything is just fine, it's so lovely here and so peaceful," she said and sighed.

"Oh? How was your day?" he said to her. He left the campground and followed the path back to the RV.

"It was fun, dad took us to a food market, it's a street here in Osaka that has outdoor shops. He tried some Takoyaki and hated it…. hahaha it was so funny," Hakura said to him. She twirled her hair and smiled.

"That sounds better than our day, Kikyko started a fire, showed us off to no end and wouldn't stop bragging about it…Hoshiki keeps teasing her and its pissing me off, and the night hasn't even ended yet," Inuko said and came towards the camper. He sat down on the ground near the camper.

Hakura laughed.

"Not funny!" Inuko said to her and sighed.

"I can't believe you, you a strong half demon couldn't even start a fire…." Hakura teased him.

"Oh, come on! Do you know how long it's been since we last went camping?" he said to her. She went quiet for a moment.

"Yes exactly one year!" she laughed again.

"Exactly one year!" he mocked her imitating her voice; he grumbled under his breath.

"Hahaha, oh Inuko you always make me laugh," she said and laughed.

"Good!" he chuckled and looked around at the trees surrounding him. Inuko was always cautious outdoors, he wasn't only protective of his family, but also very in tuned to nature. His senses where stronger than mine at night, he could pick up scents and sounds faster than I can, he was always worried and careful and extremely cautious.

"Inuko…. I wish you were here with me, I'm so in love with this place. This cabin is so beautiful," Hakura said getting up from the bed. She walked over to the large window and looked out to the blackened night.

"Oh? What's it like?" he said to her. His eyes didn't leave his surroundings.

"Well the cabin is huge, it has a huge living area, two bedrooms behind glass doors, a huge outdoor hot spring, the garden is so beautiful. There's a walkway made of stone and little Buddhist statues surround it, the trees are so gorgeous," she rambled on. Inuko listened to her and smiled.

"Seems like a beautiful spot," he said to her.

"It is…I really want us to come here someday," she said to him. She sighed and closed the curtains in the room.

"Maybe we will…." He said to her. He got up from the ground and tapped the camper, he stretched his arms and headed back along the trail to the campsite.

"Kira and Hitoshi were outside, they're coming in now," Hakura smiled as her sister and Hitoshi were coming back into the cabin. Miroku smiled at them and closed he glass doors behind them locking it.

"I supposed you're going to bed soon huh, what's your schedule for tomorrow?" Inuko said to her, he saw the tents come into view. He stopped near some trees and looked over at the fire, Sota and his grandfather were poking at the fire with sticks and throwing more wood in to the fire.

"We have a big day tomorrow, I'll send you some picks, we go to Kyoto in the afternoon…" she said to him.

"Make sure they're of you as well," he said to her and chuckled.

"Good night Inuko," Hakura said to him.

"Good night Hakura," he said to her as well.

"I love you Hakura," Inuko said to her. Hakura sighed happily and smiled.

"I love you Inuko," she said again.

"Good night my love," she said, and the phone clicked.

"Night Hakura…." Inuko said and sighed. He looked at his phone then pushed it to his pocket.


"There you are," their grandfather said as Inuko returned to the campsite. He looked around for his siblings, Kikyko and Hoshiki were cuddled together in her sleeping bag sleeping next to the fire. Their grandmother was in the tent with Makoto asleep, Hitomi and Sota had their sleeping bags near the fire as well. Hitomi was asleep curled up in her sleeping bag. Inuko sat down next to the fire.

"Everything okay?" Sota asked Inuko, Inuko looked at the fire then turned his eyes to Sota.

"Yeah it was Hakura, she's having a good time on her family trip," he said to him. Sota smiled and touched his shoulder.

"I have a feeling there's something bothering you," his grandfather said to him and chuckled.

"Well no, not really…just nervous is all I mean…I get married in 5 days," Inuko said rubbing his head, he let out a deep sigh.

"Why would you be nervous Inuko, your marrying a woman you've known your entire life and childhood, why does this make you worried?" his grandfather asked him again. Sota smiled and poked the fire with a stick.

"Its not that grandpa, its something else…" Inuko said and blushed, he turned his eyes to the black sky.

"Ohhhh hooo, hahahah that," his grandfather laughed and touched Inuko's head. Inuko sighed and blushed again.

"Hahaha, well you do know you can talk to me about it if you don't want to talk to you father that is," he said to him and threw a stick to the fire. Sota chuckled and shook his head. Inuko let out a deep breath.

"I'd rather talk to you then my father, he'll be too explicate and very well… uhh okay let's just say dad doesn't hold back in conversations," Inuko said waving his hands in the air. He was remembering the time we had the sex talk; he was 11 and was starting to have an interest in girls, especially Hakura. He wasn't only mature, but he was becoming a man himself, so we needed to have the talk. He hated it and detested even coming near a girl for months after our conversation. It was so funny, even Kikyko he would tell her to sleep to one side of the room and not to come near him. It was like he was the one going through women hormones and not his mom, it was the funniest thing ever, all over talk about sex.

"Well let's talk then!" his grandfather said to him.


"Ohhhhh, baby is kicking hard tonight," Rin said rubbing her stomach. She let out a deep breath and sighed.

"Are you okay?" Sesshomaru asked her, he started to rub her shoulders.

"I'm fine, I've been feeling the baby move a lot more now that I've started my third month…she's really moving in there," Rin said and smiled.

"Do you need anything?" Sesshomaru asked her concerned. Yamatoo shook his head and laughed in the kitchen. Rin sighed deeply and shook her head.

"Yamatoo will you please tell your paranoid father that I'm fine, this entire trip he's been so paranoid and worried over the baby, she's fine and I'm fine…" Rin said to him and crossed her arms. Sesshomaru looked at her and shook his head, he got up from the table and came around her to the kitchen.

"Good luck with that," Yamatoo mumbled to himself. Sesshomaru looked at him as she reached for a glass from the cupboard.

"What? Dad honestly you can be a little paranoid when it comes to certain things," Yamatoo said to him.

"I'm not paranoid, I'm worried that's all…" Sesshomaru said to him. Rin nodded and chuckled. He went to the fridge and opened it searching for the milk.

"Hahaha, well Yamatoo I'm really surprised… your apartment is gorgeous you sure do have a great eye for design," Rin said to him standing up from the chair she touched her back and stretched.

Yamatoo looked at her then laughed.

"Well I am an interior designer, I actually want to buy a house in a year," he laughed again. He put the carrots down in a bowl and turned the water on them.

"Ohhh, that smells so good, what is it?" Rin said coming to the kitchen she lifted the lid of the bubbling pot and took in a deep whiff. Yamatoo looked at her and smiled.

"It's stew Rin, you know you make it all the time, unlike us who don't eat human food, we hunt like demons are supposed to do…." Sesshomaru said coming around his son with a glass of milk. Rin turned to him holding a small plate to her lips, she took a sip and looked at him.

"If you two are going to argue over stew and hunting…" Yamatoo said and laughed.

"We don't argue Yamatoo, its called I'm the women of the house and I make the rules…" Rin said, she put the plate down and tapped Yamatoo on the head, she took the cup from Sesshomaru and came around the kitchen island and to the living room.

"She sometimes scares me, I still have not figured out human women yet," Sesshomaru half whispered to his son as Rin clicked on the television.

"Father, could I talk to you about something?" Yamatoo said looking at Rin, he turned his eyes to the bubbling pot and began to stir it with the wooden spoon.

"Yes, what of?" Sesshomaru said to his son as he reached to the cupboard for a plate.

"I can't get Kikyko out of my head, she made it clear she doesn't want to be with me or have a relationship with me, and I am going to keep my distance from her…. but I can't stop thinking about her. I have this bad feeling something is going to happen, and its going to be bad for all of us, and Kikyko…will get hurt in the process," Yamatoo said to his father. Sesshomaru looked at him and put the plate down on the counter.

"Are you having visions or nightmares?" Sesshomaru asked him. There was something Sesshomaru didn't tell Yamatoo, Yamatoo's mother was able to see the future, she was able to foresee events that will happen, usually good or bad. Yamatoo had this ability, however he does not know he has it, and it hasn't fully woken within him.

"No, not nightmares…more like I'm seeing things," he said to his father. He turned the stove off and moved the pot to one side of the stove.

"Visions?" Sesshomaru said to him concerned.

"Yes, something like that...I can't explain it, its as if something is going to happen…. I can feel it and it is making me uneasy," he said and let out a deep breath. Neither of them noticed Rin leaning on the kitchen island listening to their conversation.

"Well elaborate…" Sesshomaru said to him again.

"Well…like for instance that stupid panther boy is plotting something that'll end up getting Kikyko hurt emotionally….I care about Kikyko that I feel as if I want to go on a hunt and want to find that panther," Yamatoo said to his father. He took the bowl from his father and scooped some stew into it. Just as he was about to turn to put it on the counter, Rin held her hands to her mouth and giggled.

"SESSHOMARU WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YAMATOO LIKES KIKYKO…." Rin shouted. Yamatoo looked at her and sighed deeply.

"How did you get that out of the conversation…." Yamatoo sighed deeply and put the bowl down.

"Would it have been relevant?" Sesshomaru said to her.

"YES, OH MY GOD YAMATOO HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIKED KIKYKO?" Rin shouted with glee. He sighed and shook his head.

"Great!" Yamatoo sighed as Rin giggled and tapped her hands together.

"Tell me everything Yamatoo…. does she like you as well, have you told her?" Rin threw in and touched his arm. He sighed again.

"Rin please stop interrogating Yamatoo," Sesshomaru said putting the plate full of vegetables down on the kitchen island.

"Oh, pish posh Sesshomaru, he's my stepson come on Yamatoo tell me…. I have to know," Rin beamed and came around the island she sat down on the stool.

"Great!" Yamatoo said again.


"What are you doing?" I said to Kagome, she was in bed looking through a photo album. I rubbed the towel over my head, I pulled it over my shoulders and looked at her.

"Can you believe we've been married for 20 years now?" she said to me. I pulled my hair up into a bun and went to the closet to change.

"Yeah…. we have," I said to her taking off my towel. I scrimmaged through the drawers.

She laughed and sighed. I dressed quickly and peered out the closet door at her.

She held up a polaroid picture to me. Kagome was able to travel through the well a few times a year to her world and ours, she would bring back these polaroid cameras and so much film. Sango even had one too.

"Inuko and Kikyko, look how adorable they were as kids…Inuko was 10 and Kikyko 5," she said reading the back of the picture. I came towards her and looked at it.

"Oh yeah, I remember this….it was the night we got home from Inuko's 11th birthday party, it was chaos," I said looking at it. Kikyko was beaming this big smile her hands wrapped around Inuko's arm, her hair was wrapped up in a fancy design with flowers in design and she was wearing a new kimono. He was dressed in the new kimono I got him, and he had this nervous expression on his face. I smiled and chuckled at this.

"Oh, I love this picture….so precious," she said as she looked through the pictures again.

"Kagome, do you miss living in my time…and the village?" I asked her, I watched her as she flipped through the album. She stopped on one page and lifted her eyes to me.

"Sometimes, I miss the simplicity, the quiet…the peacefulness of life and how things where simple. Don't get me wrong I love our home, and how we live now… I would rather my children grow up happy, so to me….it doesn't matter!" she said and smiled. She touched my face.

I smiled at her and looked at the picture again.

"Why do you miss it InuYasha?" she said to me. I put the picture down and looked at her.

"Sometimes, our world….my time was dangerous, but people there respected us, humans and demons lived peacefully together. But the stigma, the hatred of some…. that's what I don't miss. Here, I find…. there isn't much of that, and as long as my children are happy….it doesn't matter to me either!" I said to her as well. I stretched my arms and slid into the bed closer to her. She smiled at me and tapped at a picture in the album then laughed.

"Hoshiki oh my god I remember this…." I said looking at the picture. Kagome took it out of the album and laughed.

"The night he nearly set the house on fire, Kikyko's frantic expression and Inuko freaking out…. hahahaha," Kagome laughed and shook he head.

Hoshiki growing up was such a troublemaker, he was born here in Kagome's time, and we hadn't yet moved into this house, we were starting with nothing and moving into this huge unfinished home. We were four people still living in a small apartment with barely any furniture. The movers were moving our new furniture to this house, which wasn't fully completed. Hoshiki's room wasn't done, so he had to share a room with Kikyko for a while, and Hoshiki didn't like that, so he thought it would be so funny to test his mother. Kagome was stressing out over the move and the furniture and everything that came with it, and Hoshiki wanted to be a pain in the ass and help the movers move in the laundry machine.

Did I mention he hated the laundry machine? He hated the washer; it made this loud noise and it always scared him. So, when the movers moved it in, Hoshiki attempted to plug it in, but not before putting the cord in water. Get where this is going now?

Well let's just say his mother plugged it in, caused spark and the entire laundry room area, that was newly built, and it went up in flames. Kikyko panicked, Inuko tried to put the fire out and failed miserably, and everything was chaos.

I shook my head and sighed.

"He still hates the washing machine, now that we have two, he refuses to even go into that room…." I sighed and put the picture down.

"Hahahhaha, well I have to admit the room did need to be renovated, I hated that green colored wallpaper so bad and I'm kind of glad it did get the fire treatment," she laughed and shook her head.

"Yeah while almost burning down the whole house in the process," I said again and sighed. She laughed and flipped a page in the book.

"I pity the women who marries Hoshiki he'll never do laundry in his life and that poor women…." I thought about it for a moment then laughed. Kagome looked at me and crossed her arms.

"One of my sons is getting married in five days, the other one will never leave this house you hear me InuYasha, NEVER. So, don't you start with Hoshiki, he's mine and he's staying with me," she said to me. I looked at her and rubbed my head.

"HAHAHA TELL HIM THAT AND SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION GOES, he burnt down laundry room…. Don't think the house will be standing if you tell him that," I laughed hard. She huffed and hit me over the head. I looked at her and then laughed again.


Monday Morning: Day two of the kids on their camping trip...

Morning had come quickly, I hadn't even realized it until Kagome started shaking me in bed.

"InuYasha…hey, its 10am," she said and shook me again. I rolled over ignoring her.

"Your damn fault, you kept me awake all night looking through a million photo albums…." I mumbled at her. She huffed and crossed her arms. She came around the bed and looked at me.

"Fine, we have a huge box in our living room that was just dropped off by a delivery company and I can't even move it. Now get up, move the box and help me open it," she said to me. She huffed and turned around, just as she was about to leave, I grab her and pull her in to bed with me.

"INUYASHA!" she shouted.

"Who cares about a box and what's in it…stay in bed with me," I said to her pulling her close to me. I started to kiss her face.

"I have to make breakfast I'm starving, and I need to go to the market, we are out of groceries…" she said to me, I kissed her face again and down to her neck. She sighed deeply and pushed me away.

"Babe let me kiss you!" I said to her, she huffed and kept trying to push me away.

"We have no children for two more days, why do we need groceries, we don't have to feed them?" I said to her pulling her to me again.

She rolled over and looked at me.

"Listen here half demon pup, you get your lazy ass out of this bed, and help open that box so I can make breakfast with the items that are left in our fridge and you will go shopping with me….without question! Because I said so…." she said and grabbed my ear.

"OWE OWE OWE, JEEZ KAGOME what the hell!" I said to her. She let go of my ear and sat up. I sat up and rubbed my ear.

"Jeez you're that hungry!" I said to her as she slid out of bed.

"YES, NOW COME DOWNSTAIRS!" she shouted leaving the room.

"Damn women is scary when she's pregnant and hungry, jeez…." I said and got out of bed.


"Canoeing?" Kikyko said looking at the long raft. They were preparing it to take out to the waters.

"What if we fall out of it…" Kikyko said bending forward towards the raft. Inuko laughed and touched her head.

"Then you drown, and no one will save you, and Makoto will be the new lady of the house…." Inuko teased her. She scowled and huffed, she punched him hard in the arm and came around him.

"Stupid moron!" she said to him, she came towards her grandfather, as he was adjusting the life jackets.

"Oh you won't fall out Kikyko this lifejacket will keep you floating if you fall out, besides this is the safest way to travel across the waters," her grandfather said to her. Kikyko watched him as he adjusted the straps on the jackets.

"Hahaha, Kikyko's going to fall into the water and drown and I'm just going to laugh," Hoshiki teased and laughed hard. Kikyko grunted and turned to her brother who was standing behind her holding some rope in his hands.

"Come here!" she said to him. He looked at her and shook his head.

"Nope!" he said throwing the rope to the canoe. Inuko sighed and shook his head.

"Come here right now!" Kikyko said to Hoshiki. He shook his head and ran away from her, Kikyko ran after him.

"I'M GOING TO DROWN YOU HOSHIKI," she shouted chasing him.

"Soo maybe we should rethink this and not take those two with us," Inuko said to everyone. Sota laughed and shook his head.

"They're so cute when they squabble, come to think of it, you and Kikyko have had some pretty interesting squabbles," their grandmother said bouncing Makoto on her lap. Inuko turned and looked at her. She laughed and hugged Makoto.

"Yeah well if she wasn't so stupid, we wouldn't get into squabbles," Inuko said and rolled his eyes. Everyone laughed at him, Kikyko and Hoshiki who had a stick in his hand chasing his sister with it.


"Uhhh dad, Rin is really scaring me… what the hell is she doing?" Yamatoo said leaning in towards his father. Sesshomaru watched Rin as she giggled and started talking to herself.

"You had to go off and tell her your feelings towards Kikyko didn't you!" Sesshomaru said to his son.

"She scares me, it was either tell her or she beat it out of me!" Yamatoo said nervous.

"OHHHH YAMATOO, you leave Kikyko to me, I am a match maker when it comes to love," Rin said tapping her face, she smiled and blushed.

"Match maker like hell you are! Who have you matched up recently?" Sesshomaru taunted her, Yamatoo looked at his father and shook his head.

"Don't do it dad, I really don't want to die…." he said to his father.

"Have you forgotten my dear dear husband, Nina and Hoshiki…." She said and nodded. Uhh what, since when did she play matchmaker to Nina and Hoshiki?

"Uhh what?" Sesshomaru said to her. He and Yamatoo didn't move from their spot in the kitchen.

"You heard me, I sent each one of them a gift from each other, they won't receive it until their home from their trips…but they'll think its from eachother and fall inlove….. aaah!" she said and smiled.

"The runt of my brother's litter? Uh he hates girls and Nina is a wolf demon, son of the wolf general, who is the brother of that Koga, InuYasha hates Koga…." He said to her. Rin smiled and turned to Sesshomaru she came towards them, Sesshomaru and Yamtoo took a step back away from her.

"This I know, don't worry InuYasha won't refuse, they do like eachother and I will make sure they fall in love…" she said and nodded sure of herself. Like hell no way he's only 10, and she's a wolf demon. I mean no I won't object to it but her father sure as hell will.

"Uh isn't Kenta's father Nina's father as well?" Yamatoo said to me he kept his eyes to Rin who was prancing around the kitchen making breakfast, Sesshomaru and Yamatoo would move each time she came around them.

"Yes he is. She is his third child to his wife and the second youngest, but he is also the eldest brother of Koga…" Sesshomaru said to him.

"Soooo….we need to keep Rin away from wolves!" Yamatoo said to his father. Sesshomaru sighed deeply as Rin came around him to the fridge.

"AAAHEHEHHE, OH THIS IS GREAT! First Kikyko and Yamatoo yes that's a first… I must work hard to get them together," she said to herself and nodded.

"I'm moving far away…" Yamatoo said watching his stepmother in the kitchen.