Yay and tomorrow is an exciting and fun day for everyone. Weeeee...


Chapter 21: That same day….

"Come on brat its 5pm if you don't shoot that arrow, we're going to leave without you," Inuko teased his sister. There was an archery field at the campsite with an instructor who was teaching how to shoot arrows to a target.

"Shut up Inuko I haven't shot an arrow since I was 5…." She said to her brother. Their grandparents stayed at the campsite with Makoto their grandmother was fixing up some supper for the kids for when they returned.

"Hey don't break her concentration she can do this," Sota said to Inuko as they watched Kikyko's hands as they shook while she held the arrow firmly against the string of the bow. Hoshiki watched his sister and held her phone to the air recording her, he smiled and kept his focus on the target and the bow and arrow in Kikyko's hands.

"Young lady your shaking, relax, don't let yourself be scared, the arrow will do all the work…" the instructor said coming around Kikyko. He watched her carefully and looked at her arm and hand positions.

"I'm not trying to break her concentration; she hasn't even shot one arrow yet…. she's been in this stance for 10 minutes," Inuko said to Sota.

"She's focusing, let her be boys she'll get it," Hitomi said crossing her arms she smiled and watched Kikyko carefully.

"I haven't done this in years, I can't fail at this…if I want to be a true miko and surpass even my own mother I have to shoot this arrow… ohhh but that target is so far away!" she said to herself. She closed her eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath.

"Kikyko…. that's not how you do it, bend your arm and keep this one straight…" her mother's voice echoed in her head.

"Like this?" Kikyko's young voice chimed. She was a young 5-year-old little girl practicing in the forest how to shoot her first arrow.

"No Kikyko like this!" her mother's voice said as she bent down to Kikyko she positioned her arms and hands correctly along the bow and arrow. Kikyko kept her eyes closed and did the same. She moved her hands and arms into a closer position to her body and kept the arrow tighter against the string.

"Now concentrate, hear nothing but the trees the birds the sounds around you…feel the arrow in your hands, listen to the sounds Kikyko. Do you see the target in front of you, release the arrow Kikyko…" Kagome's voice said near Kikyko.

"Here we go!" Kikyko said, she released her hands against the bow letting the arrow whiz through the air. Everyone watched intently as the arrow flew through the air and hit the target right where Hitomi's arrow was. In the middle. It broke Hitomi's arrow in two.

"WOW!" Hoshiki shouted.

"Woah Kikyko you broke my arrow," Hitomi said coming towards her she touched her shoulder and nodded.

"Woah, I did…." Kikyko said looking at the bow.

"Great job sis!" Inuko said to her as well.

"Wow young lady we've never had anyone ever shoot like that before, good job!" the instructor said, he took the bow from Kikyko. She smiled and let out a deep breath.

"That was so hard….it shouldn't have been that hard," she said to everyone.

"Don't worry I'm sure once you start your miko training again, it'll get easier," Inuko said to her. She smiled and turned around to everyone.

"Mom's making something special for supper," Sota said extending his arm to Kikyko, she giggled and came towards him, he pulled his arm around her shoulder.

"YEAH SUPPER LET'S GET SOME!" Hoshiki shouted walking Infront of everyone, he shut off the feed off Kikyko's phone and smiled as he attempted to post it online.

"Hmmm hmmmm hmm," Hoshiki hummed typing on Kikyko's phone.

"I'll take that thank you!" Kikyko said stealing her phone back from Hoshiki before he posted.

"HEY come on let me post it!" he shouted at her. Kikyko huffed and scowled at him.

"Hahaha give up Hoshi she told you you're not allowed to use her phone anymore," Inuko said to his brother behind them. Hitomi laughed when Kikyko pulled Sota's arm off her shoulder and chased Hoshiki.

"HA HA HA KIKYKO'S SLOW, you can't get me!" he said teasing her. He was faster than she was, and he used that to his advantage.

"STUPID PUP WHY DID MOM HAVE YOU, AAAHHH COME HERE HOSHIKI!" she shouted at him as she ran after him. Everyone laughed watching them make their way back to the campsite.


"Are you nervous?" I asked Kagome as we waited for her name to be called. She kept fidgeting with her purse on her lap and kept looking at her watch.

"No I'm fine," she said and let out a deep breath. I touched her head and smiled. Yup she's nervous alright, she always gets like this during her exams, she worries about the baby so much she becomes almost paranoid. After four kids you'd thinks she'd be calm about her pregnancies and not worry so much, she's always cautious over what she eats, how much she eats, how far along she is, how much she grows. It sometimes is funny to watch her talk to herself in front of the mirror.

"Mrs. Taisho," a nurse said to us. We looked up at her as she came towards us with a clipboard. Kagome stood up.

"Oh yes," she said. I stood up with her and followed her as she followed the nurse.

"This way please ma'am, we will do a routine checkup for you today plus the ultrasound, please come this way, we'll draw some blood." The nurse said as she extended her hand to a small lab. A doctor waited near a computer he smiled at her as she came in and sat down. I came in after her and leaned against the wall watching.

"Hello, Kagome right?" the doctor said taking the pad from the nurse, she touched Kagome's arm prepping her for a blood sample.

"Yes, that's right," she said looking at the nurse as she bent down to Kagome.

"The nurse will draw some blood, when was your last cycle, and when did you take your last pregnancy test," the doctor asked her. I rolled my eyes to the ceiling and ignored the questions.

"Oh well I haven't had one yet…I just gave birth two and a half months ago to a little girl," Kagome said watching as the nurse pushed a needle into her arm. She cringed a little.

"Oh so post-pregnancy, and when did you take the last test?" the doctor asked charting everything.

"Oh it's been about a week I think," Kagome said letting out a deep breath when the nurse pulled the needle from her arm.

"We'll take another test as well; the blood results should show us how far into your pregnancy you are. Are you still breastfeeding?" he asked again as the nurse took the blood sample into a room in the lab.

"Uh yes I am," Kagome said to him. Her eyes diverted to me then back to the doctor.

"Some women who are not breastfeeding cannot become fertile again for a couple months after their first pregnancy, because you are breastfeeding you have a higher fertility rate, here please…" the doctor said handing Kagome another pregnancy test. He extended it to her and pointed to the washroom in the room.

"She's definitely been fertile lately," I said in almost a half-whisper, I chuckled and smirked. The doctor turned and looked at me, Kagome blushed and stood from the chair.

"I'm sorry my husband is able to detect my fertility levels…and its annoying sometimes," Kagome said with a deep sigh, she gave me this stern look and turned to the bathroom. I chuckled as she went in.

"Oh, you're her husband, well I see…I'm sorry I assumed you were someone who was escorting her here today….I assume the children are all like you sir, half-demon?" the doctor asked looking me over, I relaxed my stature against the wall and nodded to him.

"Yes we have four children, three of our children are like me and one is human like her mother," I said to him.

"Human how is that even possible?" the doctor said confused.

"Very long story, and lots to tell about it, but….I can't go in to this, yes she is my daughter and yes Kagome is her mother," I said quickly I sighed and looked at the door as Kagome came out. She was smiling and looking at the pregnancy test.

The nurse came towards her with a bag and Kagome dropped the test into the bag, Kagome sat back down near the desk.

"Great, well let's see the test…" he said to the nurse, she held the bag near the doctor. He looked at it and wrote the results down on the chart.

"You are definitely pregnant, let's find out how far along you are, please follow the nurse into the next room we will prep you for an ultrasound," he said gesturing to the door. Kagome smiled and stood up, I opened the door holding it for her and the nurse.


We followed the nurse to a room, she guested with her hand to the room. We came in before her, she followed behind us and closed the door, I sat down in the chair near the door.

"Here we go ma'am," the nurse said tapping the bed. Kagome smiled and climbed up to the bed.

"I'm sure you've had these before," the nurse said putting on some gloves.

"Sure have," Kagome said, she pulled up her shirt and pulled down her pants a little. The doctor had come in at this point I looked at him as he came towards the nurse.

I stood up and came towards them, I hated anyone touching Kagome, especially another man. Regardless if he was a doctor or not, I didn't want him touching her, Kagome's father, he's her father that's different I didn't care, but another man. That never sits well with me.

Kagome smiled at me as the nurse squeezed the gel bottle over Kagome's stomach.

"Alright, Mrs. Taisho I'm sure you know how this works," the doctor said, the nurse stepped aside for him as he sat down on the stool. She typed something on a computer keyboard, and the doctor adjusted the monitor. He pulled the prob from the side of the monitor and looked at Kagome.

"Yes I know how this works, I'm actually a little excited," she said. The doctor smiled at her and pressed the prob against her skin. I looked at his hand as he moved the probe around her stomach. He better keep that probe on her stomach and not go any lower.

"Hmmm, definitely some activity in there," he said adjusting the monitor.

I looked at the monitor as he moved the prob along her stomach. Kagome looked at the screen intently.

"There we go!" the doctor said holding the prob in one area on her stomach.

"Ooooh," Kagome said. I looked at her and then to the screen.

"Defiantly a little one in there, you look like your about two weeks along," the doctor said. We both watched the screen; we could see a small shadow a small round little shadow. I couldn't believe it, every time we did an ultrasound I was always in awe, how our baby was being formed. It was just a small little round creature, still growing. I smiled and touched Kagome's hand. She looked at me then looked at the screen.

"Wait a minute," the doctor said looking at the screen he tapped on the keyboard. I leaned in trying to see what he's looking at, he moved the prob against Kagome's side.

"Aaah there we go, there's definitely two in there, two little shadows forming," he said the nurse smiled and charted on the clipboard.

"Wait what, hang on two?" Kagome said trying to sit up.

"No no keep still ma'am," the doctor said moving the screen closer to us.

"Two?" I said surprised. Kagome looked at me then touched her face, she looked like she was about to cry.

"Yes see here…" the doctor moved the prob so we could see better.

"There's two fully formed shadows, the eggs separate from each other, this means twins, it's a little too early to figure out gender and how these twins are growing, however…. There is two," he said pulling the prob from Kagome's body, he printed out a sonogram sheet.

"TWO!" Kagome said almost in tears.

"Yes, ma'am two," the doctor said getting up from the stool the nurse came towards Kagome and started to rub the gel off her stomach. Kagome sat up and looked at me, I held her hand with mine.

"And your blood tests show low levels of important vitamins needed for your babies to grow, I'll give you a prenatal vitamin supplement, it won't harm the twins. Also, it's the right time for you to eat more, start controlling your diet, they need to grow more within this month," the doctor said writing on a pad.

"Congratulations," the nurse said as she picked up the cleaning pad and paper off the bed, she threw them in the bin.

"Thank you!" Kagome said looking at the nurse as she bowed to us, she excused herself from the room.

"Here you are ma'am, we'll hopefully see you in a month or two," the doctor smiled and handed us the paper. I took it from him and nodded.

He nodded to us and excused himself and left the room closing the door behind him. That entire room fell quiet, it was just me, Kagome and the sonogram of our two babies. Twins!

"What….just happened?" I said looking at her. She held the sonogram to her face and smiled.

"Twins!" she said then I saw tears stream down her face, I sat on the bed next to her and touched her face.

"I'm just as surprised as you are," I said to her. She looked at me and turned the picture around.

"Twins, I mean… how…. I know how, I mean…. We need to tell the kids," she said excited. I touched her face drying the tears from her cheeks with my thumb.

"They'll be home tomorrow, let's surprise them and your parents." I said to her. She smiled and looked at the picture again.

I leaned into her, she looked at me and pulled her arms around my neck. I kissed her.

"Twins!" she said and laughed. I pulled her to me and wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her again.


"Dad really did you not check the tires before we left?" Hakura sighed deeply leaning against the car. Hitoshi and Miroku were bent down changing the tire.

"Not my fault a nail went through the tire…" Miroku said as he tightened the nuts on the hubcap.

"Could've asked me to check the tires before we left dad…I do have experience in fixing cars," Kira said with a deep sigh, she leaned next to her sister, her arm on her shoulder. They both looked at each other and sighed.

"Come on ladies its still day out, nothing we need to worry about. There tire is fixed!" Miroku said standing up. Koji and Yuki looked at their father's handy work, Yuki bent down to the tire and inspected it.

"Miroku I'd like to get to the cabin in Kyoto before its dark, you do realize I am starving and I am eating for two," Sango said crossing her arms. Miroku looked at her and smiled.

"My lovely wife Sango, do not fret…we will be on the road in a couple of minutes." He said tapping a hand to her face. She sighed and shook her head.

"Speaking of which, when we return, I have a doctor's appointment…you know, check up on the baby!" she said, Koji looked at her and smiled.

"So cool can I come?" he said touching his mother's stomach. Sango smiled and touched her hands to his.

"We've been to these exams before, its an ultrasound and blood test," Kira said again with a sigh as her father and Hitoshi pulled the jack from the car.

"So we haven't, I want to go too!" Yuki said then he stuck his tongue out at his sisters. They both rolled their eyes.

"Okay come on now no fighting, let's hit the road…car is fixed!" Miroku said standing between the boys and Hakura and Kira.

"Yeah finally!" Kira said and moved away from the car.

"Hahaha, come on!" Hitoshi said to Kira. She smiled and followed him to his car.

"I WANT TO RIDE WITH HITOSHI!" Yuki shouted; he ran to his car.

"HEY WAIT… I CALL SHOTGUN!" Koji shouted running after his brother.

"No one calls shotgun, come on boys get in the back," Kira said holding the front door of the car opened. Hitoshi sighed and shook his head.

"This is going to be a long car ride," he said opening his door.

"Well at least I have Hakura with me, she won't complain or whine or open her mouth at all…" Sango said to her daughter as she opened the car door. Miroku chuckled and came around the car.

"MOOOOOMMMMM I'M HUNGRY!" Hakura whined. Sango sighed loudly.

Hakura laughed and opened the backseat door.

"DAD ARE WE THERE YET!" she said as she got in.

"Don't start Hakura," Miroku said from the front seat, she laughed and closed her door.


Kenta's parents' home…. evening Monday

"Nina? Nina?" Kenta shouted for his sister.

"Huh, oh big brother were you shouting for me? I was helping father with the shed," she said to him peering her head out of the side of the shed. He smiled at her and came towards the shed.

"There you are, mother was looking for you, she wanted you to help with dinner," Kenta said to her. She smiled and put her box down.

"Go ahead Nina!" her father said to her and touched her head. She smiled at him.

"I'm coming!" She said and ran out of the shed. Her brother touched her head when she ran past him and to the house.

"She's sure lively today…" Kenta's father said to him as he came into the shed to help him.

"She's a girl dad, I still haven't understood girls yet. They're either lively one minute or have a knife to your throat wanting to kill you the next…I just don't question it," Kenta said bending down to the box Nina had. He picked it up.

"HAHAHAH wow son you have a lot to learn about women!" His father laughed at him. Kenta grunted and put the box on the shelf.

"Give me a break father!" Kenta said and rolled his eyes.

"Reno just told us he asked for Hitomi's hand in marriage, yet you and Rika have been dating for three years now….no move son? Is there a reason you haven't chosen to marry Rika yet?" His father asked him. He ran his arm over his forehead.

"Rika is wonderful dad, she really is…I just don't feel ready yet!" Kenta said to his father.

"I would've expected my oldest to be the first to marry…but my second son choose to, ironic I see it!" his father said touching his son's shoulder.

"Its not that father…I do love Rika, I really do but I'm not sure if I want to get married yet!" he said again and turned to another shelf. He held his hands to his hips and examined the shelf before him.

"What is stopping you son, I am not trying to put pressure on you to marry. But you are 21 and I would love for you to experience everything in your life…have a good happy life like I do." His father said to him again. He looked at his son as he looked over the boxes on the shelves.

"Dad, Rika does want to get married…we've talked about it. I told her after medical school, she wasn't too happy about that…she also wants a child, which I'm not ready for yet either." Kenta said again. He kept his eyes on the boxes.

"Huh is that so? Medical school is 4 years son, if Rika wants to marry before then…then why wait!" his father said again.

"Dad, I got accepted to the university last week. I haven't told anyone yet but you just now…Rika doesn't even know; the medical university is in Osaka. That means I'd have to move; I don't know if Rika would move with me." He said turning to his father. His father smiled and touched his shoulder.

"I knew you were accepted…the university called me when the realized the name on the application was my son. Listen son…our life here, in this time….is easy, simple, we are lucky to be here. I want my sons to have this life, please son talk to Rika…go to university get your degree and marry the girl." His father said to him. He tapped his sons face and laughed then he came around him leaving the shed.

"Aaaggh," Kenta said and crossed his arms. He sighed deeply then ran a hand through his hair, he turned around looking at the boxes in the shed again.

"Damn…" Kenta said with a deep sigh again.

"Reno big brother are you and Hitomi going to get married soon?" Nina said standing on a chair in the kitchen.

"Hahaha you look so funny on that chair wearing that big pink apron, it makes you look like pink popcorn," Reno teased his sister. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"Well… are you?" Nina said again.

"No we want to wait a year," Reno said to his sister from the living room, he was organizing the bookshelf by the tv.

"Hehehe does Inuko know? He's going to be super excited for you…" Nina said again as she dug her hands into a bowl to mix the flower and ingredients. Her mother smiled at her as she did this.

"Inuko does know, that's because Kenta our other older and dumb brother told him…." Reno said reaching to the top of the bookshelf.

Nina giggled on the chair.

"Reno… I'm glad your getting married, you and Hitomi have been together for three years…I'm happy for the both of you son…" his mother said from the kitchen. He turned and looked at her then smiled.

"Thanks mom," Reno said. He looked over to his baby brother who was sitting in a baby swing sucking on a toy.

"Aaggh, No no Daichi you can't suck on that…" Reno said coming to his baby brother's swing.

"MMMMM," Daichi mumbled as Reno tried to take the toy away from his brother.

"Nina sweetheart please go upstairs and get your baby brother a different toy, he's going to chew that one until its raw and the pieces will break," her mother said to Nina. She giggled and jumped down from the chair. Her hands where covered in flower, she reached to the sink on her tip toes. Her mother opened the water as she washed her hands.

"Okay mom, I'll get him the toy that has water in it…" she said taking off her apron. Reno laughed at her as she passed him to the stairs.

"Don't trip on those stairs pipsqueak," he said to her. She huffed and scowled at him.

"Reno really stop picking on your sister," his father said sliding open the patio door. He closed it behind him entering the room. He came towards his baby boy who was still sucking on a toy.

"Stupid Reno!" Nina said at the top of the stairs.

"Hmm hmm hmm," she hummed to herself, she skipped down the hallway and to her room. Her baby brother left some of his toys in her room when she was playing with him the night before. She opened her door.

"Huh!" she said noticing a small wrapped gift on her bed.

"It's not my birthday, did mamma put this here?" she said coming around her bed. She looked at the small gift then poked at it. She lifted it to her face and smelt it.

"Oh it smells so nice," Nina said. She smiled and opened it. There was a little card on top of a black box.

"Huh what's this…I wonder who gave me this!" Nina said opening the small envelope.

Nina,

Hi…I'm so nervous. Uh I got you a little something. You looked really pretty at the engagement party, I thought maybe you might like this. I hope you like it! It costed me my allowance. Anyway, wear it this week for my brothers wedding, this way…I'll know you like it!

Hoshiki,

Nina read the card and her face blushed.

"Hoshiki…. got me a gift?" she said to herself. She opened the box.

"Huh OH WOW!" she beamed and pulled the necklace out of the box.

"Wow Hoshiki this is so lovely," she smiled. Her eyes examined the heart shaped pendant hanging off the silver chain.

She blushed again and read the card.

"He…. likes me," she said again to herself.

"NINA…HONEY DINNERS READY!" her mother shouted from the stairs.

"Ooohhh," Nina blushed again and looked at the pendant.


"AHHHHHH," Kikyko shouted. She cowered behind her brother. Inuko sighed deeply and shook his head.

"Come on its just a snake, why are you scared of it. Its not even close to us, its just passing through." Inuko said tilting his head to his sister.

"Kill it right now!" she said pointing to the snake.

"Hahahaha Kikyko honey it's a harmless garden snake, there's lots of them around here they won't harm us…" Hitomi said watching as the snake slither past the trees.

"There's more of them…. I want to leave," she said clinging onto her brother's shirt. Inuko sighed again and shook his head.

"Unbelievable!" he said and got up. He picked up a stick and walked over towards the trees.

"HAHAHAH COME ON SIS ITS HARMLESS," Hoshiki laughed at her. He held his hand to his stomach he couldn't stop laughing at his sisters terrified expression.

"Shut up you stupid pup!" she said to him. She held her hands to her face in fear as Inuko bent down to the snake.

"DON'T LET IT BITE YOU!" she said to her brother.

"You have got to be kidding me, KIKYKO IT'S A GARDEN SNAKE THEY DON'T BITE," he shouted at his sister as he picked it up. He held it in his hands.

"EEEEEEEHHHHHHKKKK!" she screamed again.

"For the love of god, there I let it go in the trees…. Happy now!" Inuko said tapping his hands together as he came back to the campsite.

Their grandparents watched the entire scenario unfold and couldn't contain themselves any longer they burst out laughing.

"Why is everyone laughing its not funny, snakes are dangerous," Kikyko huffed. Inuko rolled his eyes and sat down next to her again.

Sota shook his head and laughed as well.

"NOT FUNNY STOP LAUGHING," Kikyko said and huffed again.


"It's 8pm and your going to be already, we just had ice cream and dessert and pizza and well you ordered so much food..." I said in the bathroom. I watched her as she unbuttoned her shirt. I leaned against the door looking at her.

"I was hungry, and I wanted to celebrate," she said, and hummed to herself. She picked up her brush and started to brush her hair.

"….and your going to bed early?" I asked her again.

I looked at her body as her breasts and skin showed through her opened blouse. I smiled and pulled my arms around her.

"Ooh, hehe... no I'm not going to bed early, I want to take a bath… and well relax, maybe we could watch a movie," she said touching my arms I kissed her head.

"A bath huh… well how about I get the bath ready for you?" I said to her. She half turned and looked at me.

"Uh what? Your going to get a bath ready for me?" she said a little surprised.

"What hey come on your looking at me as if your surprised…" I said to her and pulled my arms from around her body.

"Uh… well you've never done that before," she said turning around. She leaned against the sink and looked at me.

"Well my queen… you go do what you want for about 20 so minutes… and don't come up here until I tell you," I said and touched her face. She blushed and looked at me.

"Uhh… okay," she said. I leaned forward and kissed her. She smiled and ran her hands up my chest.

"Uh uh none of that, little devil… now go," I said to her. She pulled her hands from me and pouted.

"Fine!" she said and crossed her arms. I looked at her tight butt as she turned to the bathroom door. She was wearing only her underwear and a bra under her shirt. She huffed and buttoned up her shirt again. I slapped her butt as she opened the door.

"Hey cut that out… stupid dog, you better make me a good bath… or else," she huffed and crossed her arms leaving the bathroom. I chuckled at her as she left.


Kyoto shopping center, 8:30pm….

"If you like it Yamatoo… then buy it!" Sesshomaru said to his son as he held a small crystal and diamond woven princess necklace in his hand looking at it.

"Huh.. who would I buy it for father?" he said letting the necklace sit against the black board. The man behind the counter pulled the board back into the glass showcase.

Sesshomaru looked at his son as he came around him.

"Well I thought maybe you'd buy it for Kikyko…" he said to his son as Yamatoo looked at some other jewelry.

"Why what for…. she made herself clear father, I won't come near her! I'll keep my distance…" he said to his father again.

"I know you don't really want that Yamatoo…" his father said diverting his eyes to some necklaces.

"I thought you were here to get Rin an anniversary gift, isn't it your anniversary in a month?" he asked his father. He walked around the counters pretending to look at jewelry.

"It is… and yes I have found something already." Sesshomaru said to his son.

"Huh then why are we here if you've already got her something?" Yamatoo said coming towards his son.

"Rin wanted me to buy whatever you liked…" he said truthfully to his son. Yamatoo touched his head and sighed.

"You have got to be kidding me, she's really going to go through with this… father please, tell her not to get involved… I've made my decision, Kikyko clearly told me we were nothing more then cousins and that she doesn't see me in any other way, that is it!" Yamatoo said and sighed deeply. He walked around his father and out of the store.

"Sir, excuse me sir… the gift for your wife. It's wrapped!" a man behind the counter said to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru diverted his gaze back to the man.

"Thank you, and may I get this as well…" he said to the man and tapped on the glass with his claw to the necklace Yamatoo was looking at.

"Oh yes sir, the princess diamond necklace. The word 'princess' is incrusted with 10karat diamonds and woven in silver, a perfect design for your wife as well…" the man said pulling it out of the case.

"Thanks…" Sesshomaru said looking at the entrance of the store. Yamatoo leaned against the side of the store waiting for his father.

"Yamatoo…" Sesshomaru said to his son as he left the store. He closed the small black bag together and touched his sons' shoulder.

"I'm sorry… your right, I will have a talk with Rin. Let us head back to your apartment!" Sesshomaru said to his son. Yamatoo sighed and nodded to him. Rin stayed at the apartment to take a nap; she was exhausted. They spent the entire day shopping then went out for dinner… and then Rin came home to nap.

"Father! After Inuko's wedding I will be returning to Kyoto," Yamatoo said walking with his father through the shopping center.

"Huh, why? You said you were staying the summer until your college started up again," Sesshomaru said looking at him.

"It's easier that way! I won't have to see Kikyko and…this way…. I won't have to think about her," he said to his father he nodded as they left the shopping center.

"Hmm," Sesshomaru said as they approached their car.

The entire car ride they didn't converse. Yamatoo kept looking through his phone and saying nothing.

"Yamatoo," his father said to him as he signaled near a stop light.

"Yes?" Yamatoo said to him. He turned his phone screen off and looked at his father.

"If you choose to return to Kyoto, here to your apartment…then so be it, it is your decision, but I think what Rin is doing…" he started to say. Yamatoo sighed and shook his head.

"… father its only going to make things worse, it won't be real. If she sends a necklace to Kikyko from me, then it won't be from me, it'll be from Rin. It won't have any meaning, Kikyko may or may not like it… and if she did like it then what? She'd instantly fall in love with me, no I wouldn't want that father!" Yamatoo said to him. Sesshomaru looked at his son then back to the light as it changed. He turned towards the apartment.

"Rin cares for you Yamatoo, she sees you as a son and treats you as such, she cares about your feelings…when you came home after the party that night and told me that Kikyko did not care for you or return your feelings, Rin heard that. It broke her heart to hear it! Rin loves Kikyko very much and she does care for you just the same, she is doing this out of the goodness of her heart… because she is that type of person…" Sesshomaru started to say.

"….no father, regardless if Rin is doing this because she cares about me or not, she is not my mother. She has no right to do this, and I will not go along with it!" Yamatoo said frustrated as his father parked into the stale of the apartment complex. Yamatoo opened the door and got out before his father turned off the engine.

Sesshomaru shook his head and turned the car off.


"InuYasha come on can I see now?" Kagome said as I held my hands over her eyes and led her to the bedroom.

"Not yet!" I said and opened the bedroom door. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"No peeking, keep them closed!" I said coming around her. I waved my hand in front of her face.

"I'm not peeking," she said standing in the bedroom.

"Okay just one second…" I said and picked up the flowers.

"Okay open…" I said to her. She blinked her eyes and looked at me.

"Huh! How did you get…flowers?" she said looking at the roses I had in my hands.

"I have a secret, can't tell you…" I said and smiled. She took them from me and smelt them.

"They're so lovely…" she said and smelt them again. I took her by the hand and led her to the bathroom.

"What…is all this?" she said looking at our large basin tube. I lined the bathroom floor with flower peddles and the tube was filled with rose peddles and warm water. There were scented candles around the tub and the window ledge.

"Wow…" she said as she bent down to the flower peddles. I followed her.

"This is all out, wow…Inu ohh I didn't expect this." She turned to me and touched my face. I took a rose from the flowers and smelt it; I ran it along her face.

"Well my queen, an aroma therapy bath to your liking," I said to her and kissed her. She blushed and touched her face.

"Ohhh…. this is so sweet, you do this all the time InuYasha, every time I'm pregnant you're always doing something to help me…honey, you don't have to do this…." She said pulling her arm around my neck.

"I do have to Kagome, twins this time… you'll be tired even more and, in more pain, you stress out so much when your pregnant and are always worried over everything, I have to take care of you. You sometimes forget to take care of yourself," I said to her. She smiled and kissed me.

"I'm the luckiest women alive," she said to me and sighed happily she turned to the tub and put her hand in the water.

"Damn right!" I said to her and chuckled. She put the roses down on the wicker cabinet and started to unbutton her shirt.

"Want to join me?" she said turning around. She looked at me as she unbuttoned her shirt. She let it fall to the ground. I looked at her and smiled.

"Mmmm maybe, what do I get for all this…this wasn't easy you know, I worked hard…" I started to say. She grabbed me and pulled me to her and kissed me hard on the lips.

"Maybe something fun…I'll let you squeeze my butt," she said to me in a whisper and unclipped her bra, she pulled it around her and let it fall to the floor, she kissed me again then down my neck as her hands pulled my shirt up.

"MMMmm you mean like this…" I said to her. I pulled her by the waist to me I cupped her butt and pulled her to my body.

"Mmmmmhmmmm," she giggled, I helped her take my shirt off.


"Rin?" Sesshomaru said to her in the spare bedroom of Yamatoo's apartment.

"Oh Sesshomaru your back, I didn't hear you both come in…how was the shopping center?" Rin said brushing her hair. She sat along the bed and looked at Sesshomaru as he came around the bed to her. He sat down near her and touched her face.

"Yamatoo has expressed to me that what you are planning to do…to bring him and Kikyko together….it upsets him," he said to her. Rin put her brush down on the bedside table.

"Why would it upset him, I care about him Sesshomaru, he is your son and…I want to be a mother to him, try to be a mother to him…I would like to try to help him with whatever I can," she said to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru leaned forward and kissed Rin on the forehead.

"Rin…do you remember four years ago the girl Yamatoo dated when he first started college?" Sesshomaru asked her. Rin nodded.

"She didn't even like him, she hurt his feelings and used him…" Rin said and touched her hand to Sesshomaru's. He clasped his hands with Rins.

"Well what you didn't know is that Yamatoo loved her, he invested everything in to his relationship with that human girl…she did not even accept him, she pretended to care for him and used him to show off to her friends and get the grades she needed, after she passed all her exams for the first year, she broke up with him…in front of the entire school. Yamatoo was heartbroken, this crushed him…therefore he never came to see us, or cared to see anyone," Sesshomaru said to Rin. Rin turned her head away and pressed her lips together.

"Kikyko is different Sesshomaru, her heart is pure and kind," Rin said to him.

"Her heart may be pure Rin…but if she does not love him at her own will, then you can not make her love him," he touched Rin's face. She turned to him.

"Sesshomaru, Yamatoo is 23 it breaks my heart to see him so…unhappy, he never smiles, he always keeps to himself, he never interacts with anyone…when he's with Kikyko, when he see's her…I see how he looks at her. How he is around her," Rin said to him. Sesshomaru sighed and kissed Rin.

"Please Rin…allow Kikyko to find her own feelings for him, weather she does or doesn't…it is not for us to decide or to intervein," Sesshomaru said to her again. She sighed deeply and nodded.

Yamatoo sighed in his room. He leaned against his door hearing the entire conversation in the next room.

"I do care about Kikyko….so much that, I can't be around her! I'm sorry," he said to himself. He sighed and locked his door. He stepped away from the door to his closet and took off his shirt.

"I can't be around her," he said and tossed his shirt to the hamper.


"This is such a nice resort," Hakura said looking outside to the stars, she was with her sister in the hot springs. Miroku and Sango were in the cabin sitting near the fire embracing eachother. Koji and Yuki found a TV in one of the rooms with a gaming console attached to it, they were playing it hard in the bedroom.

"What not fair…" Koji shouted from the room. Sango sighed and said nothing to this.

"This is going to be a long night," Miroku said to her. She nodded and leaned against his arm.

"Hakura…" Kira said to her sister, she leaned over the ledge next to her.

"Yes?" Hakura said and looked at her sister.

"Are you ready to be a wife, to live with Inuko in your own home… I'm nervous, I'm not sure if I'm ready to live with Hitoshi!" Kira said to her.

"Huh hahahaha, why Kira you two have been together forever…. Yes, I am ready. I love Inuko and I am ready to take on this next part of my life…with him," Hakura said to her sister.

"It's not that Hakura, we are not married yet, I don't know if this is right or not, I mean you and Inuko are engaged and haven't lived together yet, you haven't even slept in the same room together… well except that night you two snuck out to the guest house." Kira said and sighed deeply.

"We didn't do it if that's what your trying to get at, but I do understand what your feelings… Kira, when you live with someone…especially someone like Hitoshi you get to know them better, and know more about them. I know Inuko and I haven't lived together or done anything together yet, but we know eachother, well enough to take this on together…." Hakura said touching her sister's hand. Kira smiled and clasped her hand with her sisters.

"Sooo…. You and Inuko never… you know did it together?" Kira probed her sister.

"Huh, Kira noooo…why would you ask that," Hakura blushed and touched her face. Kira laughed.

"Wow you two have so much restraint, I never thought he'd be able to control himself for this long….hahahah," Kira laughed holding her hand to her mouth.

"Stop it, gosh we are waiting okay!" Hakura said and turned her face from her sister.

"Hey come on I told you the first time me and Hitoshi did it…seriously tell me, have you two you know…even attempted too, even in the guest house. Come on you can tell me," Kira said to her sister. Hakura blushed and turned completely away from her sister.

"KIRA STOP! NO, WE NEVER DID ANYTHING…" Hakura said to her getting out of the water. Kira laughed and walked her way through the water to the stairs of the hot springs.

"Come on I'm your sister you can tell me…not even you know 'played with each other' or anything?" Kira probed her. Hakura huffed and held her hands to her face in embarrassment.

"SERIOUSLY STOP IT…" she shouted at her sister. Kira laughed and got out of the water and followed her sister to the spare bedroom that separated them from the living area.

"Come on tell me something juicy," Kira taunted her sister as they took the towels off their bodies.

"KIRRRAAA...STOP IT!" Hakura shouted at her throwing her towel at her sister. Kira laughed hard.


Yamatoo sat on his bed with the TV turned on and looked at his cell phone.

He sighed deeply then turned his eyes to the TV in his room. He clicked his phone's screen on.

"Kikyko… hear me out please, I've been keeping this in for a long time, and I know…. you've already expressed your feelings towards me. I just…have to say this and I need you to know how I feel. I have chosen to attend your brothers wedding this Saturday, but afterwards I will return here to Kyoto. I'm sorry, I have chosen to do this for my own self-reasons….my feelings for you run deep. No, not because you are my cousin… nothing like that, its because I have falling in love with you. I want to keep my distance from you…so that I don't see you anymore. Maybe these feelings will go away if I do this. I hope you can understand this, please be happy in your life…I hope you find the happiness you truly desire.-Yamatoo" He looked at it and sighed. He then clicked the send button and put his phone down on the bedside table.

"I have to do this…." He said and rested his arm over his face, he let out a deep sigh and rested his head against the bed frame.

"Aaah Hoshiki changed the pass code on my phone again, that stupid mange little ….aarugh," Kikyko mumbled to herself seeing the little message envelope on her screen.

"Hahaha, here let me see it …. I'm sure I can get into it," Inuko waved his hand to his sister. It was just the two of them still awake sitting near the campfire while everyone was asleep in the tents.

Kikyko sighed and passed the phone over to her brother. She rested her chin on her knees and looked at the fire.

"You're not sleepy?" Inuko said to her as he clicked on her phone.

"No, I'm not tired yet….I'm scared a snake will crawl into my tent when I'm asleep," she mumbled to her brother. He looked at her and laughed.

"Your sleeping with Hoshiki in the same tent as him, I don't think a snake will make it in there without him noticing," Inuko said as he tried another code on her phone.

"Yeah well I'm going to smother that mange little monster in his sleep..." Kikyko said and huffed.

"Huh there I think I got it," Inuko said smiling he taped on the message on Kikyko screen. Kikyko looked at him then looked at the fire.

"Is it from mom and dad?" she asked and let out a deep sigh.

"Huh…uhh no!" Inuko said to her reading the message.

"I don't know…..if you want to read it," Inuko said to his sister. She sat up and looked at him.

"Give it!" she said waving her hand for the phone. Inuko held it to him and shook his head.

"No don't worry about it it's not important, maybe you should get to bed," he said to her.

"Then why did you say that if its not important, Inuko give it to me let me read it," she said waving her hand.

"Sis…I don't want you to be upset over this message, so don't worry about it," Inuko said holding the phone away from her.

Kikyko stood up and extended her hand to her brother.

"Give it Inuko!" she said to him sternly. He sighed and handed her phone to her. Kikyko huffed and grunted she sat down again and started to read the message.

Inuko looked at her worried.

"Oh…." She said upset. She clicked the screen of her phone off. And looked at the fire.

"You okay?" Inuko asked her and touched her shoulder.

"I'm going to sleep…." She said shrugging his hand off her shoulder.

"Hey…wait, you know you can talk to me," Inuko said to her. Kikyko shuffled her feet against the soil and contemplated on getting up.

"Kikyko?" Inuko said looking at his sisters upset mood. She sighed and rested her chin against her knees.

"I thought… you know maybe if I could be kind and use my own powers to help Hero that he would…. change, and maybe…want to be human and be with me. I guess I was just a stupid little girl to think this can be possible for me…he's in love with a panther girl, and I know this…. he doesn't care for me. But…. Yamatoo does, and…. I don't care for Yamatoo in that way," Kikyko stuttered her words. She touched her face and turned away from her brother.

"You're not stupid Kikyko to have these feelings…" Inuko said to her.

"No, but I do feel like it…" she said and didn't turn to her brother.

"Kikyko…you're my sister and I love you very much, I care about your feelings. Hero…doesn't love you, he doesn't care for you, he's hurt you more times then once….and he went behind your back and is with someone else. Kiki…Hero is a panther, they're dangerous…" Inuko started to say. He touched her back.

"I know Inuko…you don't have to tell me," she said to him in almost a whisper.

"….and I know…that his father is planning to strike us, to hurt our mother….and I won't let him do that," Kikyko said again.

"It's not going to happen Kikyko mother is well protected…I won't let it happen," Inuko rubbed his sisters back. He slid closer to her and hugged her.

"Inuko…." Kikyko said to him.

"What is it sis?" Inuko said resting his head against hers.

"I can't…be with Yamatoo, if I fall in love with him…if we were…ever to…I can't bare children with him…" Kikyko said her voice cracked.

"Hey stop crying, please don't cry…" Inuko turned her to him.

"Does he know this Kikyko? Maybe… maybe you should talk to Yamatoo, do you…like him?" Inuko said trying to comfort her. She rubbed her face and nodded.

"I feel different around Yamatoo, he makes me laugh and he is so polite and kind…he respects my feelings and…." Kikyko started to ramble. Inuko smiled and touched her face.

"Kikyko…talk to him. I know I was never accepting of Yamatoo and didn't like him near you…but I didn't realize he truly had these deep feelings for you, talk to him Kikyko…. you'll regret it if you don't. You never know Kikyko…" Inuko tapped her face, he leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

She leaned into her brother and rested her head against him. He hugged her and smiled.

"I'll talk to him…."