This is an extremely long chapter, I kind of went a little over board and had fun with this chapter, it has a few key important points in this chapter. the next one will play off from the families date nights and the wedding. The honeymoon night will be in Inuko's POV, then transitions back to InuYasha's POV. So enjoy things are about to get intense.


Chapter 27: Panther's part 2 (continued: first strike)

Kikyko came out of the bedroom buttoning up her shirt. Yamatoo was at the desert table looking at all the sweets, she ran her hands along his back getting his attention.

"Ah, there you are!" he said as she came around him.

"Uhh…" she blushed, he looked at her and pulled her to him.

"You liked that didn't you…" he said pressing his body against hers. She blushed and nodded.

"I uh…" she stuttered out, he smiled and touched her head.

"We will wait… I want to experience the real thing with you, but not yet…." He said to her. She blushed and nodded. She held her hands to her face nervous.

"Hmmm…. Shall we head out?" he said looking at her rosy expression. He pulled her from his body and bent forward to her, she diverted her eyes elsewhere. He smiled and touched her face. He leaned forward to her and turned her face to him; he pressed his lips to her which made her blush even more.

"Mmm…..I liked it when you were loud," he whispered to her. Kikyko held her hands to her face.

"Hahahha, don't be shy around me or nervous….." he said touching her head.

"I really really liked it a lot, it felt so good… it made me feel so…" she stuttered out mumbling in her hands, he smiled and kissed her forehead. She pulled her hands from her face and let out a deep breath again.

"Just wait until you experience the real thing…I haven't yet, and that is something I want to experience with you," he said to her. She blushed again and nodded. He patted her head and came around her, he grabbed his jacket from the chair. Kikyko let out a deep breath and reached for her Itai-bag on the floor near the sweets table. She looked herself over and adjusted her skirt, she pushed her blouse into her skirt and let out another deep breath.

"So I hear my mother, and your mother and your aunt Sango are cooking up something amazing…" he said extending his hand to her. She looked at him and pulled her bag to her shoulder. She came over to him and let out another deep breath.

"Your still nervous aren't you, well don't worry…no one will know about this," he said to her, she extended her hand to him, he pulled her to his side and grabbed his car keys from the chair. She let out another breath and looked at him.

"Hahha…..your face is all red, wow if I knew it would take only something like this to get you riled up and in heat…" he teased her.

"AH STOP THAT!" she shouted at him, she grunted and pulled herself from him. She mumbled and opened the suite doors, he chuckled at her and followed her out.


As Yamatoo started the car, Kikyko sent a message to her brother.

"Just letting Inuko know we'll be there for dinner," Kikyko chimed in the car, Yamatoo smiled and pulled out of the lot of the sky-tree.

"Huh! Oh good, the brats on her way home..." Inuko said setting up the outdoor table with Hakura and Kira. Hitoshi leaned over his shoulder and read the message, he smiled at the message.

"Hey pup, we'll be home soon don't eat all the hot dogs I know dad's making hot dogs…. I'll kill any of you demons who touch the hot dogs before I get home! Oh send a warning to Hoshiki tell him I'm cutting off his ears…. Kiss kiss!" she sent as a message. Inuko rolled his eyes at this.

"They're all gone by the way!" he sent her and laughed. Kikyko grunted in the car and puffed out her cheeks.

"Hahhahah I take it the reply wasn't good…" Yamatoo said to her, she held the phone out to him, he quickly looked at it then laughed.

"Hahahaha I'm sure they're not all gone Kikyko!" he said to her. She crossed her arms and mumbled. Yamatoo laughed at her as he left the city, he started out towards the highway leading to our homes.

"Kikyko should be home soon," Inuko laughed and said this to us. Kagome smiled, she pulled Makoto to her hip and helped Sango and Rin with the drinks. Makato was sucking on a bottle, Kagome looked at her as she held the bottle out to her. She smiled and took it from her.

"Ah good, she'll be here for her favorite…hot dogs, fries, and burgers!" I said and rolled the hot dogs on the grill. My father kept looking at the grill and how it worked.

"Yes, it smokes the meat we put on it," I said to him.

"Interesting creation of this time…hmm, and these clothes are rather constricting, these pants don't give me breathing room…" he said looking himself over. My mother looked herself over as well. She came over towards us watching as I turned the hot dogs. I shook my head and sighed deeply, this is going to be an interesting dinner that's for sure, my parents weren't accustomed to anything in this time frame. So this should play out well! I think!

"Very awkward sense of style, I never wear anything like this…." she said looking at the skirt Kagome lent her and the shirt. I chuckled at this. Kagome smiled as my mother examined the clothes, she gave her. She went over to Kagome holding the skirt in her hands, Kagome smiled at her and explained the material, and that the skirt had pockets, stuff I didn't even really care about.

Sesshomaru came over towards us, with more hot dogs and meat patties, my father looked at him and took the plate, he held it to his face and sniffed it. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at him.

"So animals are eaten like this? What ever happened to hunting and real fresh meat?" my father said lifting the cold hot dog off the plate. I rolled my eyes and continued to turn the hot dogs on the grill. Miroku chuckled, I could hear him near Sango and the boys setting up the picnic table. Hoshiki was being loud like usual, Koji and Yuki where teasing him and he was getting all huffy with them over it.

"Humans hunt but not like we do, and hunting in Japan is illegal," Sesshomaru said to our father, my mother looked at him curious.

"So you mean to tell me you eat this stuff as well Sesshomaru? We should go on an old fashion run…. let's go hunt my boy!" my father said handing me the plate, I took it from him and shook my head as he came around me to Sesshomaru.

"Besides Kikyko doesn't like dead animal carcasses anywhere near the house, she's not against hunting but because she can communicate with animals, she doesn't want to see their death or their bodies anywhere near her," I said to my father. He looked at me and crossed his arms, so did Sesshomaru.

"The girl is a half demon herself is she not, my boys my dear dear boys, whatever happened to good old fashion tradition, hunting boys…" my father said touching his forehead, he shook his head and sighed deeply. Oh dear god do not tell me this man is actually like this, he's a great lord demon who defeated so many demons before I was even born, this man is acting like this. Wow!

"I am not in the mood to hunt now father, besides when you hunt you bring back so much dead animals…" Sesshomaru said to our father. I looked at him, he kills a lot of animals wow I didn't expect that. Usually Sesshomaru only hunts one animal at a time, and never more than that.

"Why not this way we can feed everyone real fresh meat not this, stuff whatever it is…" my father said again. Sesshomaru shook his head and sighed.

"No father…" he said to our father, my dad chuckled and nodded to him.

"Fine fine…let's eat your hot dogs, and your fake meat patties then," my father said throwing his hands to the air. We all turned to him and looked at him.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHH DO YOU EVEN REALIZE WHAT YOU SAID!" I said loudly, all of us laughed at my dad's 'let's eat your hot dogs' speech, this was to hilarious. I need to have a talk to him about language and words.

"Huh what's so funny?" my mother said near Kagome, everyone was still laughing.

"Great!" I said to myself catching my breath, the boys grunted and looked peeved off. Hoshiki, Koji and Yuki came around their mothers and towards us I didn't even hear them shouting at me.

"Agh, are they done yet?" Hoshiki said near me. I looked at him, Koji and Yuki…. they looked like little wild animals waiting to be fed their meals, or they'd die of starvation. I laughed at this.

"Sit down boys they're almost done," I said to them. Kagome and Sango laughed again at their impatience.


"Ah here it is the necklace!" Michiru said in Kikyko's room, she bent down to the bed and saw it wedged between her nightstand and bed. She grabbed the box and stood up.

"Hmmmm some dark magic should work, this will slowly take over her mind and soon enough…she will turn against her own family and Roku can finally possess her, take her and have her become ours…." Michiru opened the box and held up the necklace.

"Such a dull piece of jewelry hm, no worries I'll give it a little polish," she said and held her lips together, she blew out a shard of dark magic to the necklace. The diamonds started to glisten and sparkle. She smiled and closed the box.

"I'll leave it right here," she said putting the box on her pillow, she lifted her cloak over her head and looked around her room.

"Hmmm he poisoned the flowers, I wonder why she is immune to it, is she… maybe!" Michiru said sniffing the flowers on her vanity. She held her hand to her nose and sneezed. Thing is Kikyko is immune to poison, at least we think she is now, Jinenji sent her a special remedy she took as soon as she reverted back to be her human self again. We don't even know if it works or not, she took the elixir and that was it. Hopefully it works and nothing can ever take over her mind or her being again.

"Such disgusting flowers, I hate roses…" she said an turned from the vanity.

She looked around Kikyko's room one more time then came over to her balcony glass doors, she darted out the doors and to the air. The doors closed behind her, and the room was untouched as if nothing even happened.

"Did you use the dark magic on the necklace?" Hero said to Michiru through her earpiece.

"Yes sir, I am heading back to you right now, are they heading home?" she asked him.

"Yes I see their car on the highway," he said to her.

"I'll be right there!" she said again. Hero, Nizu and Roku where standing in the middle of the road with 10 other panthers waiting for Yamatoo's car to approach. He smirked when he saw the lights.

"Hahaha, Kikyko you are so wonderful," Yamatoo said to her in the car, he held her hand to his mouth and kissed it. They were talking about some ridiculous and stupid things like usual, Yamatoo looked at her and smiled again.

"Ohhhhh so I'm wonderful all of a sudden for suggesting I'm buy a honeymoon package for my brother and Hakura…. And…." Kikyko let out a deep breath as Yamatoo slowed down the car. He looked at her then to the road.

"Panthers!" he said and hissed. Kikyko gripped her hands to the seat and looked to the figures in front of the car.

"Uhh…. Yamatoo, we need to go…" she said nervous. He locked the car doors and reached for his phone from the dashboard.

"Ah they're here!" Hero said to the panthers. Roku smiled excited. The panthers with him surrounded Yamatoo's small black car, he could hear them, he hissed dialing his father's number.

"Oh does this mean I can have her…oh please sir, let me have her!" he started to say. Hero smirked and nodded to him.

"Just wait… let's see what the boy will do!" He said to Roku. Roku huffed and crossed his arms.

"Oh Yamatoo hello… are you and Kikyko near…." Rin's cheerful voice said on the other end.

"MOTHER… I need to talk to my father right now quickly please!" he said to Rin, he looked over at Kikyko and her scared and worried expression. The panther's where shaking the car, laughing and chanting. Yamatoo wasn't able to do anything with Kikyko in the car, he'd put her in danger and that was something he wasn't going to do. He held his hand over Kikyko's relaxing her grip off the seat. She looked at him and took his hand, he clasped his hand with hers.

"Okay okay… calm down," Rin said she stood up from the table and came over to Sesshomaru.

"Its Yamatoo!" Rin said handing Sesshomaru the phone. He looked at her and took it from her, she had a look of worry on her face, she rubbed her stomach and returned to the table.

"Yamatoo…" Sesshomaru said to his son. I looked at him so did my father we were concerned, they should've been home by now, something must be wrong. Miroku came over towards us as well, I think he noticed our mood.

"PANTHERS HAVE US SURROUNDED WE ARE ON THE HIGHWAY…" he started to say then the phone clicked. Sesshomaru looked at the phone then to us.

"Everything okay Sesshomaru," Miroku said to him worried.

"No Kikyko and Yamatoo are on the highway… the panthers have them surrounded!" he said to us. We looked at eachother, then to the tables.

"EVERYONE STAY HERE NO ONE FOLLOW US!" my father shouted at everyone. Inuko looked at me concerned. He came around Hakura towards us.

"Stay here you and Hitoshi…" I said to him.

"Wait what's wrong…what is it?" Inuko said to me as my father and Sesshomaru darted to the air quickly. Miroku came towards everyone, he bent forward talking to Sango and Kagome. I saw Kagome put her hand to her mouth and gasp. He nodded to them and then came around the table. Kagome was about to stand up and come over to me when I held my hand up to her and Inuko.

"All of you stay here… no one follow us!" I said again, I came around everyone to the patio doors. I opened them went, in and took Tetsusaiga off the mantel and ran.

"I have a bad feeling…" Inuko said to Hitoshi.

"Oh please god….we need to help them Sango, Kikyko's out there with Yamatoo," Kagome said to her. Sango shook her head and touched Kagome on the shoulder. My mother came around the table to the boys. She sat down talking to them, so they would be distracted instead of worrying.

"We can't Kagome, we need to stay here like Miroku said and protect the children, we can't go out there… we are both pregnant and need to think of ourselves first, as much as I want to be by their sides and help them…we can't do that anymore Kagome, don't worry Kikyko is with Yamatoo, she's safe!" Sango said to her. Kagome nodded and held her hands to her face worried.

"We should go help them; somethings wrong… we have to go out there!" Hitoshi said to Inuko, Inuko shook his head to him and looked over at Kira and Hakura who were sitting at a table with the boys. They were worried themselves, but they didn't show it so that Hoshiki and the boys wouldn't be concerned themselves.

"No, we can't leave the house, we'll protect everyone if they come this way…" Inuko said to Hitoshi, he nodded to his friend and went over to the table with Kira. Inuko let out a deep breath and clenched his hands into fists.


"AAAAH!" Kikyko screamed, Yamatoo held his hand to her she hit behind them, Hero swung around a long spear in his hand and paced near Yamatoo.

"Here's the deal, we only want Kikyko nothing more…" Hero said to Yamatoo. Yamatoo held his hand to the air and his claws dripped with green poison.

"Come and try take her from me, I will rip all of you to shreds…" Yamatoo growled at the panthers. They had Kikyko and Yamatoo surrounded in a circle far from the car, they were laughing and chanting watching Hero pace near them.

"No, no you see I don't think you quiet heard me boy! You may be a powerful demon, because of your father… but you are nothing compared to 10 panthers, we… are 10 times more powerful then you will ever be! NOW HAND HER OVER…" Hero shouted; he ran at Yamatoo holding the tip of the spear to him. Yamatoo pushed Kikyko back, he turned and grabbed her then jumped to the air away from the spear before it struck him.

"DAMN!" he said catching his breath. Kikyko pulled her arms around him and let out a deep breath.

"I can help let me help you!" she said to Yamatoo, he shook his head at her. Hero then jumped to the air with Nizu and Roku.

"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" I shouted swinging Tetsusaiga right at Hero. He darted away, I swung again, and he would smirk and dart away from the sword.

"InuYasha watch out for their poison claws," Miroku said on the ground three panther's ran at him, he swung his staff around him and firmly threw it to the ground. He had grabbed his staff and Sango's poison from the house while I grabbed Tetsusaiga, the poison penetrated the ground.

"POSION DEMON SLAYING POISON, ARGH!" on of the panthers shouted, the poison filled the ground around them immobilizing them.

Miroku turned around and ran towards the other panthers who were coming at him.

"GRRRR AAARGH THE TETSUSAIGA," Hero grunted, I swung at him and he disappeared away from the sword, he reappeared a foot away from us.

"You okay?" Sesshomaru said to his son. Yamatoo nodded and landed on to the ground with Kikyko.

"Yeah.. yeah that was close," Yamatoo said, he pulled Kikyko's arms from around his neck and then jumped to the air again.

"WAIT I CAN HELP…" Kikyko shouted at us. We were holding off Hero, Nizu and the other panthers so my father would get Kikyko out of here.

"Kikyko come here," my father grabbed her and jumped out of the way of Tetsusaiga's blast.

"AAAH," Kikyko shouted, she opened her eyes and looked at my father, he was in the air with Kikyko in his arms.

"That was close, INUYASHA WATCH IT WITH TETSUSAIGA, CONTROL YOURSELF!" my father shouted at me, I turned my eyes to him and grunted.

"You InuYasha, we have business here… don't get involved!" Nizu said holding up her poison claws to us, I shifted my sword near me as she darted towards us.

"GRANDPA!" Kikyko shouted, Roku appeared behind him and struck him with a poison spear.

"AAARGGHHH SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HIM," my father shouted angrily, he dropped to the ground with Kikyko. I noticed this happen and landed back down on the ground.

"GO INUYASHA, GET FATHER AND KIKYKO AWAY FROM HERE, WE'LL HOLD THEM OFF," Sesshomaru said he then disappeared and reappeared behind three of the panthers that were darting towards Yamatoo, he held out his claws and struck them. I ran over to my father and Kikyko.

"SHIT!" my father said shifting to his knees he held a hand to his shoulder, he was bleeding bad and the poison was causing more problems to his wound, it was bubbling, and the wound was turning black. My father panted heavily, he looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"GREAT!" Miroku shouted, he was fending off some of the panther's that came at him, he managed to subdue them, and he ran towards my father and Kikyko.

"Grandpa…"Kikyko said touching her hand to his.

"I'm okay Kikyko," he said to her, he touched her worried face and smiled at her.

"Kikyko…move away from your grandfather….there's a panther coming right at you," I shouted at her, she turned her head and at this point everything happened so fast, before I could even grab Kikyko, Roku darted towards her so fast, we barely even saw him, he grabbed her and disappeared into the air with her.

"SHIT WHAT THE HELL!" I shouted.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" we heard Kikyko's scream.

"FIND HER INUYASHA, GO!" my father shouted at me, he bent forward catching his breath. Shit this is bad, this is very bad!


"Well finally I have you," Roku said landing down against a branch of a tree, he was far from us deep within the woods, he held his hand over Kikyko's face releasing a black mist of poison. Kikyko fell back limp in his arms.

"Good, this will work!" he said, he then hissed when he heard our voices, Sesshomaru and Yamatoo echo through the trees. Miroku stayed with my father, he took Yamatoo's car to get him home so Kagome could treat him.

"I picked up their scent, right here!" Sesshomaru said jumping to the branch they were on. I looked around, how is this even possible, how he can disappear so fast. I jumped to the branch and took a whiff of the air.

"Yeah, he was here alright, FIND HIM AND KILL HIM!" I shouted to Yamatoo and Sesshomaru as I jumped down from the branch. They both followed me as we ran through the trees again.

"Well Kikyko, I didn't think it would be this hard to capture you…ohhhh and I've waited so long to have you!" Roku paced around Kikyko, he brought her to a cave in the mouth of the mountain, it was hidden deep within the woods nestled near the river. We were way to far to even pick up on their scent.

"Hhhuhhh," Kikyko's voice stuttered as she slowly opened her eyes. He had her arms tied with rope at the wrist, she dangled along the wall of the cave hanging by the rope from a peg. She looked up to her hands and struggled.

"HUH LET ME GO!" she shouted trying to pull her hands down and free herself.

"Tsk tsk, don't do that…the rope will rip your hands off if you keep struggling," he said to Kikyko he paced near her looking at her.

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS…. LET ME GO! JUST LET ME GO…" Kikyko shouted at him, she bent her legs against the cave and tried to pull herself up along the wall of the cave, Roku came towards her and held his hand firmly against her wrists.

"You are not going anywhere, so stay still or the rope will cut off those pretty little hands of yours! I know you use your hands to release your spiritual powers… not this time princess, you need to save those hands of yours for later. MMm we'll have some fun first," he said looking at her, he licked his lips in temptation.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME, DON'T TOUCH ME I'LL SCREAM AND MY FATHER WILL HEAR IT, THEN THEN YOU'LL REALLY BE SORRY…" she said to him fear filled her voice. He chuckled and looked at her.

"Will he now, we are so far into the woods, hidden from anything and anyone, this cave has a great acoustic, it'll mask your voice," he said he then forcefully grabbed her by the neck.

"AAH NAAH!" she stuttered.

"Shhhhhhh, no screaming!" he said as his claws penetrated into Kikyko's neck breaking off, they released a dark poison into her neck.

"AAAAAAH!" she screamed.

"I said no screaming," he released his other hand from around her wrists and ran it down along her body to her breasts.

"Mmmm, I wonder how big these are!" he said he ripped her blouse down the buttons revealing her bra.

"NO DON'T DO THAT!" Kikyko shouted in fear. She moved her body away from him, he pulled his hand from her neck and grabbed pinned her to the wall of the cave.

"MMm… I want to taste them," he said bending in towards her, she lifted her knee and kneed him between the legs.

"ARRGH DAMN BITCH!" he shouted jumping away from her.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!" she shouted angry.

"Oh now you done it!" he held his claws to the air and came towards her again, she shifted her body away from him and struggled. He pinned her to the wall of the cave and held his claws against her stomach.

"If that demon ever decided to take you…. your virginity and impregnant you…your child will die and there after each child you conceive, you wench!" he said to her pressing his claws into her stomach, he released a dark poison into her body and she felt it, as it burned her way through her womb.

"AAAAAHHHH," Kikyko screamed.

"Shit how can we not pick up their scent like what the fuck!" I said catching my breath, we were surrounded by nothing but trees and dense forest, the river was near us and a long stretch of mountain extended near the river. It was all covered with rocks trees and caves.

"Aaargh, I shouldn't have let her out of my sight!" Yamatoo was angry his voice was husky and deep. Sesshomaru touched his shoulder and looked to the mountain.

"Separate search every part of that mountain," he said to us. I nodded and jumped to the air. Yamatoo and his father did the same.

"AAAH AAAHA GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF OF ME!" Kikyko shouted at Roku as his hand started to caress her breast.

"Mmmm, I can't do that, you see the poison that's coursing through your body right now, will eventually turn your mind black and bring you into darkness. Surrender to it Kikyko, you're going to be my wench and you will kill your entire family," he mumbled near her lips. She pulled herself away from her. He licked his lips and leaned forward to her.

She spit at him.

"Don't you dare kiss me," she said to him. He wiped his face and forcefully grabbed her neck again.

"MMmm they won't find us here in this cave because they won't hear you scream, I'm going to make love to you… mmmm yes I am, I've waited to long to coat your body with my poison," he said to her licking her lips, she cringed and shifted her body away from him.

"PLEASE… PLEASE DON'T PLEASE," Kikyko cried, his hand ran up her leg and under her skirt.

"Mmm let me see if I can make you wet!" he said touching her panties, she kneed him again in the stomach, he pulled his hand from under her skirt and flinched.

"You need to stop doing that you wench," He forcefully ripped the rope from the peg and grabbed her, he pushed her down to the ground of the cave and leaned on top of her.

"AAAH AAAH NO PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!" Kikyko screamed at him, he pressed his body against hers and started to rub himself against her skirt.

"Mmm yes, I have always wanted to hear you scream, mmmm I wonder how hard I'd have to fuck you to hear that voice!" he said spreading her legs with his knees.

"NOOOO NOOOO PLEASE…. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!" Kikyko cried again, his hand ran to her face he hunched over her and pressed his lips to hers. Tears streamed down her face as his other hand ripped her bra down the middle.

"MM MMMmm," she cried against his lips. He smirked, his hand grabbed her naked breast and squeezed it.

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" that's when I heard her scream.

"SHIT!" I said and darted high up into the air, Sesshomaru saw me do this, he and Yamatoo appeared near me quickly.

"GET YOUR DIRTY FILTHY HANDS OFF OF HER!" I shouted angry, I swung Tetsusaiga at him, he smirked and jumped away from her. Kikyko lifted herself from the ground and wrapped her arms around her breasts, she was crying hysterically. I looked over at her as Yamatoo and Sesshomaru came in behind me. Sesshomaru charged at Roku as he disappeared and reappeared far into the cave.

"AH damn I almost defiled her, jeez… this is no fun!" Roku said holding his poison claws to the air again. Yamatoo took off his jacket and draped it over Kikyko's shoulders, she pulled her arms through it and covered herself.

"YOU WILL NEVER FUCKING COME NEAR HER AGAIN," I shouted I lifted Tetsusaiga just as I was about to throw the wind scar at him, he disappears from in front of us.

"Huh what?" Sesshomaru said looking around the cave. In that instant he was gone, there was no scent of him, he just disappeared. I looked over at Kikyko and came back towards her. She held her hands to her face crying.

"Come here!" I said extending my hands to her, I bent down to her. Yamatoo rubbed her back, he didn't know what to say to her, he leaned in towards her. She pushed him away.

"Just go away!" she said to him. He sighed and stood up.

"Kikyko come here, come on let's go home your mother will…"

She lifted her head to me then jumped at me. I wrapped my arms around her. Sesshomaru came around us and to his son.

"Go outside! Leave her be for now," he said to his son. Yamatoo clenched his hands together and looked at Kikyko he turned to his father and followed him outside.

"I'm sorry I couldn't fight him off…" Kikyko mumbled against my chest. I stroked her head and held her.

"Let's take you back home… and your mother will make you a nice hot bowl of Ramen to cheer you up!" I said to her. She stopped crying and rubbed her face.

"I couldn't kill him… my spiritual powers didn't work, I tried…" Kikyko stuttered out she held her hand to the jacket closing it against her body and pulled herself from me. I touched her face.

"Never use your spiritual powers to kill Kikyko, it should always be used for good…" I said to her, I looked her over her body shook, she was shivering and scared. I pulled her to me again.

"I'm sorry…. I'm so sorry baby girl I didn't get here sooner, I'm so sorry!" I said to her. She pulled her arms around me and cried again.

Sesshomaru touched Yamatoo's shoulder and looked at him.

"You couldn't have done anything different son, we were surrounded…" he said to his son.

"I should have killed him, all of them… I shouldn't have left her side," he said angry. His father looked at him and touched his head.

"Let's go home, let's rest and figure out a course of action to hunt those panthers down!" Sesshomaru said to his son Yamatoo looked at him and hissed angry.

"Yeah you do that, I'm done figuring things out!" Yamatoo hissed, he jumped to the air angry.


"TOGA, OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED!" my mother shouted as Miroku brought him in to the house. Kagome and Sango were aware of what happened, Kagome had her medicinal ingredients, herbs and medicine on a towel on the living room table.

"Here bring him over here," Kagome said as she and Sango helped him to the couch.

"Don't worry Kikyko's safe!" Miroku said to everyone. Kagome let out a deep breath. Rin came around the couch fixing the pillows so my father could lie down.

Inuko came over to his mother's side as she bent down to the couch to help my father. Hitoshi leaned over the back of the couch worried. Hoshiki had taken his sister and the boy's downstairs, they weren't aware of what was happening, Kagome made them a huge sundae dish, junk food, and lots of pop for them to be distracted with while they watched movies. Hakura and Kira had brought over a basin of hot water and towels to the table.

"Thank you, girls." Sango said to them as she dipped the clothe into the water.

"Inuko honey run to the kitchen get me a knife, heat it up against the stove," Kagome said to him. He looked at her and nodded he stood up and came around his mother and grandmother.

"Touga oh what happened?" my mother said holding his hand. He lifted his hand to her face.

"I'm okay, I didn't notice a panther behind me, and I was struck with a spear coated in poison…" he stuttered out to her.

"Here take off your shirt… we can treat this!" Kagome said to my father as Inuko returned to her with a knife. Sango placed a towel on the small round stool near Kagome and reached over to the table grabbing the grinding bowl and herbs.

"I'm okay daddy…. really! I just…want to be alone," Kikyko said as I opened her balcony door. I put her down to her feet.

"Kikyko honey you can talk to me or your mother about anything, what your feeling anything you know that…" I said to her and touched her face. She touched my hand and nodded. I turned to the doors and jumped out to her balcony, she closed her glass doors and locked them, then she pulled the curtains shut. I saw Sesshomaru looking up to me from the ground, I jumped down to him.

"I can't find Yamatoo, he was angry…" Sesshomaru said to me. I touched his shoulder.

"He'll come back, give him his space!" I said to him, that's when we heard our father's deep voice rumble in the living room. Kagome had cut into his wound, while Sango had pressed a cloth coated with medicinal ingredients against his wound. Then they wrapped it with a white cloth. Sesshomaru and I came through the patio doors.

"Kikyko's upstairs, she's okay…" I said to everyone.

"Good, they didn't hurt her, did they?" my father's voice rumbled as he shifted off the couch.

"Don't get up, you need to let the herbs do their job!" Kagome said. My father held his hand out to her.

"I'm fine!" my father said to her. He tried to stand up by my mother stopped him.

"Toga please rest, please!" my mother said to him. He sighed and looked at her.

Kagome stood up and touched her stomach, she came over towards me.

"She's okay she's not hurt!" I said to her. She sighed and pulled her arms around me. I wrapped my arms around her and held her.

"I was so worried…" she said to me. I let out a deep breath.


Kikyko opened the door to her bathroom and let out a deep sigh. She pulled her hair around her and started to brush it.

"Maybe I should go downstairs," she said to herself. She came through her room.

"Huh!" she said noticing a small wrapped box on her pillow. She sat along her bed and looked at it, she grabbed it and opened it.

There was a small note folded over the necklace in the box, Kikyko took it from the box and opened it.

Kikyko,

My princess….while I was in Kyoto I found this beautiful necklace that would suit you well. Please wear it for your brothers wedding, I hope you like it.

Yamatoo,

"Huh!" she said and picked up the box again, she smiled when she saw the diamond covered necklace.

"Wow its so beautiful," she said pulling it out of the box. Her hands touched it and examined it. She smiled and held it to her neck, she got off her bed and came over to her dresser looking at it in the mirror.

"Oh wow!" she said, she pulled it from her neck and looked at it.

"Kikyko," Yamatoo's voice said near her balcony doors. She turned her eyes to him, she put the necklace down on the bed and ran at him. He pulled his arms around her.

"I'm sorry I'm so sorry, I couldn't keep him from taking you…" he said to her. He pressed his head against hers and held her closer to him.

"I'm sorry…" she said to him. Yamatoo pulled her from him and touched her face.

"Did he hurt you, did he touch you in anyway?" Yamatoo said angry. Kikyko touched his hands and shook her head.

"I'll find him, I'm going to find that bastard," he started to say, Kikyko shook her head and pressed her lips to his.

He grabbed her and pulled her to him and kissed her hard.

"His scent is all over you…" he said to her.

"Please…don't go find him on your own," she said touching his face.

"Kikyko… please stay inside tomorrow, don't go out anywhere!" he said to her, stroking her face with his thumb.

"I have a date night with my dad and sister tomorrow night, and Hakura has nothing else to do for the wedding…everyone will be outside finishing up the stage in the morning and the flowers will be here…" she started to say he pressed his lips to hers again.

"I'll be back for your brother's wedding Saturday, please… don't leave this house!" he said to her. She looked at him as he pulled himself away from her. He looked at her and turned to the doors he slid them opened, Kikyko followed him outside to her balcony.

He looked at her and jumped to the air.

"Ohhh, please don't go after them alone!" Kikyko said to herself as Yamatoo disappeared before her eyes.

"Sis!" Hoshiki's voice said in her room, she turned to him and ran in closing her balcony doors.

"Sis, mom's making Ramen she told me to come get you!" he said looking at her. He ran his hand through his hair and looked her over.

"Hoshiki," Kikyko said bending down to him. He smiled and touched her head.

"Mom made Ramen," he said to her again.

Kikyko grabbed him and hugged him.

"Sis, are you okay?" he said to her. Kikyko rubbed his back and touched his hair.

"Hoshiki, tomorrow night you'll be out with mom and Inuko…make sure you have fun and eat lots of food," she said pulling him from her, she held her hands to his arms. He looked at her confused.

"Well yeah we always go out with mom, its like tradition…." He said to Kikyko. She smiled and touched his head.

"Let's go get some Ramen," she said and tapped his face. I was coming upstairs at this point to get the both of them, I heard them talking I leaned against the wall near Kikyko's room listening to them.

"Are you sure your okay?" Hoshiki said to her. She smiled and stood up.

"Yes Hoshiki I'm okay," she said to him, she came over to her vanity and sat down. He sat down next to her on her chair.

"I was worried about you, you didn't come home for supper and its late now," he said to her again. She smiled and waved her hand for him to turn around, he turned in the chair. Kikyko lifted her brush from the table and started to brush his hair.

"Hoshiki I want to tell you something and I want you to listen okay…" she said to him, he tilted his head to her.

"I want you to work hard and be a super powerful demon like dad, Inuko and grandpa…." She said to him. Hoshiki tilted his head to her again.

"I want to sis, but I don't think dad really wants to train me, I know we're busy with Inuko's wedding but…how do I ask dad if he'd take me out every night and train me?" Hoshiki said to her. Kikyko smiled and started to braid his hair.

"You know Hoshiki if you ask dad, he won't say no to you," she said wrapping his hair with an elastic.

"I know I just don't know if I can be a strong demon, I want too. I want to protect you and mom and little sis, but I'm scared too…I see what dad does, how strong he is…do you think I can be like that?" Hoshiki said to his sister, she smiled and put the brush down she pulled her arms around him and hugged him.

"I think you can be Hoshiki if you train really hard," she said to him. He smiled and pulled her hands from him, he turned around and kissed her on the cheek then jumped down from her chair. I saw this through her opened door and smiled.

"I'll tell mom your coming okay!" he said and opened her door.

"Huh oh dad hi!" he said noticing me near her door, I crossed my arms and looked at him.

"After Inuko's wedding wake up bright and early, we have work to do!" I said to him. He looked at me then smiled and nodded.

"Okay!" he said excited, I touched his head as he came around me.

Kikyko got up from her chair and came to the door.

"I smell Ramen," she said and smiled. I touched her head as she followed Hoshiki to through the hallway.


Tadahiro Household

"Oh I poisoned her alright," Roku said to Hero. He waved his claws near his face.

"Good, did you defile her…" Nizu asked him as she walked around the living room.

"Her damn father got to me before I could even touch her," Roku said watching Nizu as she paced around the room. She grunted and mumbled under her breath.

"Also we have a bigger problem on our hands, Touga the dog demon, the lord of all demons is alive…how is he even alive, he should be dead…" Hero said crossing his arms. He looked at Michiru and the other panther's that were with them during the attack.

"I can find out sir, the girl's father is hiring a housekeeper to maintain the house, his mate is pregnant and he doesn't want her to take on the household duties," Michiru said to him, he looked at her curious as to where this was going.

"And your point is…" Hero said to her.

"I am the housekeeper he is hiring; he called a service and they recruit housekeepers for specific locations in Tokyo," Michiru said to him. Hero looked at her then nodded.

"Interesting, find out as much as you can about that family especially Toga, he is dangerous and now that he's alive he's a bigger threat to our clan, my father doesn't know anything of what happened tonight. He's in the mountains dealing with some work-related issues," Hero said to her. Nizu came towards him and touched his arm.

Michiru nodded to him, as soon as she was about to turn to leave the room Hero stopped her.

"One minute, what about that boy…. Yamatoo! Didn't you date him in college?" Hero said to her. She turned to him.

"I did but I have changed drastically he won't recognize me right now if he saw me, my scent is different, I will mask it with human scents, perfumes," she said to him. Hero came towards her.

"What if….hmm," he said thinking. Michiru looked at him curious.

"What if you can break him and Kikyko apart, end their relationship, or put some sort of distance between them. He is always with her, what if you….do something to… I don't know, make them separate," he said to her. She smirked.

"Oh what a great idea, and I have just the thing in mind, it'll cause a rift between her family and her lover," she said to Hero, she nodded and turned leaving the room. Hero smirked as she disappeared behind the living room doors.

"I wonder what she'll do," Nizu said behind Hero. He smiled and turned to her.

"Let's go do something fun!" he said to her. She smiled as he came towards her, he picked her up in his arms and darted through the living room.

"Not fair, they're going to have sex, I wanted to do that with that girl so badly….arugh!" Roku said throwing his hands to the air, he huffed and left the room.


My parents sat at our dining room table as we ate, Kagome, Sango and Rin didn't only prepare Ramen but we still hadn't eaten any hot dogs or anything we were making outside on the barbecue, my father watched Kikyko as she shoveled food in her mouth.

"Does she always eat like this?" my mother said holding her chop sticks to her mouth looking at Kikyko. Kagome sighed and nodded.

"She eats more than all the men in this house," Kagome sighed again. Kikyko reached over the table for some fries and another hot dog, her bowl of Ramen was full with a second helping as well. I crossed my arms and looked at her.

"Did you not eat on your date or something?" Inuko said looking at her. Hitoshi held his hot dog in the air also staring at Kikyko, his hot dog was dripping on his lap, Kira sighed and noticed this, she opened a napkin and put it on his lap. She lifted her Ramen bowl and ate from it. Hakura sighed as well and shook her head.

"I ate, I'm just hungry…" she mumbled holding her Ramen bowl to her mouth.

"She's not pregnant, is she?" my father said leaning into me. I looked at him and then Kikyko. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes to Kikyko and shook his head at her.

"LIKE HELL SHE BETTER NOT BE!" I said looking at her.

"Huh, what?" Kikyko mumbled, she shoved another hot dog in her mouth. I rolled my eyes and shook my head at her. She better not in hell be pregnant that's all I have to say in that matter.

"You better not be young lady, if your pregnant out of wedlock I'll kill you and Yamatoo," Kagome said standing up from her chair. Kikyko looked at her then to me. Sango and Miroku looked at her as well nodding agreeing with Kagome.

"Huh oh ahahhaha no I'm not pregnant we never did anything, and we won't," she said and reached across the table for another hot dog, Hoshiki and the boys looked at her

"Yeah you better not do anything with that boy, I swear I'll kill the both of you if you even think it…" Kagome hissed at her from across the table, Hoshiki and the boys looked at Kagome and shook their heads.

"Want to go kill some zombies?" Koji said to his brother and Hoshiki.

"Yeah I don't want to be here right now," they jumped down from their chairs their hands reached for their plates, they came around the table stealing food, I saw this and turned my eyes to Kagome who was still lecturing Kikyko. The boys ran to the living room and sat down on the floor.

"Oh trust me I'll kill Yamatoo myself if that ever happens before out of wedlock…" Sesshomaru said chiming in. Kikyko looked at him her mouth covered with mustard and ketchup. She picked up her Ramen bowel and shoveled all the noodles into her mouth. My father shook his head at her.

"Why is everyone freaking out, I'm just hungry!" she put the bowl down and and took another bite of her hot dog.

"Did I push a button or something?" my father said leaning back towards me.

"Oh hell yeah you did," I said to him and rolled my eyes. Kagome was now lecturing Kikyko about safe sex, I sighed and shook my head. My mother then chimed in and so did Sango. I saw Rin sigh and rub her belly, she looked to Sesshomaru and shook her head to him.

"I wouldn't mind a grandchild, that would be so wonderful," she said breaking the tension in the room. We all looked at her, Kagome stopped shouting at Kikyko and turned her head to Rin.

"WHAT MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT HAVE A CHILD NOT AT 14 THANK YOU VERY MUCH…." Kagome huffed angry. Rin held her hand to her mouth and giggled.

"I don't mean now," she said and laughed. Kagome then sat back down and crossed her arms. Sesshomaru looked at his wife and sighed at her cheerful expression.

"I really don't know why everyone is freaking out… I'm just hungry and I'm not pregnant," Kikyko mumbled again shoving fries into her mouth. We all looked at her calm demeanor and sighed. I looked at Makoto who was falling asleep in her highchair and chuckled.

"Aah, and your sister's asleep already, I'm not done with you yet young lady," Kagome said picking Makoto up from the highchair. She came around the table to the stairs. Kikyko looked at her mother and then back to everyone at the table.

"What?" she said we all laughed at her messy face.


I came into our bedroom and closed the door behind me, the entire night calmed down quickly. After we all ate the kids did the dishes, and we spent the night in our living room talking with my parents. Sesshomaru and Rin decided on taking my mother and our father out tomorrow evening after we are done what needs to be done during the day, so they can see the city. I looked over to the bed, Kagome was in bed with Makoto, she was trying to breastfeed her, but Makoto was being fussy and wasn't latching on.

"Huh something wrong?" I said shifting into the bed near her.

"Makoto won't feed anymore, she won't latch on, I can't seem to breastfeed her and she's being very fussy," Kagome said touching her mouth she rubbed her finger along her gumline to check for any teeth.

"Her teeth won't come in yet, not for a while, maybe she doesn't want to breastfeed anymore," I said to her, I got up from the bed and went to the closet.

"No, I don't think that's what it is, I thinks he's getting her teeth in…" Kagome said as Makoto fussed in her arms again, then she started shouting. Kagome got up from the bed and cradled her in her arms trying to get her to sleep.

"Kagome she's 2 and a half month's old, her teeth shouldn't come in yet, she might just be cranky," I said to her coming out of the closet, I pulled my hair from the elastic band and looked at her. Makoto wasn't having it tonight she was really fussing and not wanting anything to do with sleep or feeding. I came over to Kagome and took her from her arms.

"Here let me try!" I said and cradled Makoto in my arms, she started fussing again. Kagome sighed and went over to the closet to change, I started to sway Makoto in my arms, she held her giraffe and started babbling to it.

"Okay Mako bedtime," I said to her, she looked at me then babbled again. Kagome came out of the closet pulling her hair out of her shirt, she adjusted her shirt and came towards me, she extended her hands for Makoto.

"No, it's okay I got this," I said to her Kagome smiled then came around me to the bed, I turned to her and shifted to the bed as well, I slid in next to Kagome.

"So, I hired a housekeeper," I told Kagome as Makoto started to yawn. I swayed her in my arms watching her as she rubbed her eyes.

"Huh a housekeeper, InuYasha why would you do that?" Kagome said looking at me. She shifted the pillows behind her and huffed.

"Your pregnant and you'll be doing all the housework tomorrow and Saturday yourself, despite the fact Sango and Rin will help you and my mother, I don't want you to do anything stressful. Miroku hired one for Sango as well, she'll be at their home cleaning all day tomorrow," I said to her. Makoto started to suck her thumb and rested her head against my chest. I cradled her watching her as she slowly drifted to sleep.

"InuYasha don't you think you should've discussed this with me first before hiring a housekeeper, I mean how much are we paying her, what exactly is she supposed to help with? This is my home InuYasha and it's my job to maintain it," Kagome said in an agitated voice. I looked at Makoto as she slept.

"Yes Kagome it is your home and you are the lady of the house, but your main focus tomorrow and Saturday is preparing for the wedding not making beds, cooking food, or cleaning like you always do, consider it a day off. Besides I only hired her for two days, we'll see what happens after that," I said to her. Kagome huffed and crossed her arms.

"After that, we don't need a housekeeper. Fine if you hired her for two days then so be it, but she doesn't stay any longer," Kagome said to me, she grumbled and turned the light off on the table. I looked at her as she shifted herself under the sheets. Makoto was finally asleep I watched her as she sucked her thumb and slept against me. I shifted her into the bed next to Kagome and pulled the blanket over her. I turned the light off on my side of the table and shifted into the bed near Makoto.

"Yamatoo I hope you're okay, I haven't heard from you yet, and neither has your father… I'm worried!" Kikyko typed a message on her phone to him. Hoshiki slept in her bed next to her, he was out cold curled up hugging one of her bears. Kikyko looked at him and pulled the sheets over him.

She looked at her phone again…no reply. She put her phone down on the bedside table and sighed, she turned her light off and shifted herself under the sheets. She looked at Hoshiki and smiled, she pulled her arms around him and cuddled him.


Friday Morning… (one day before the wedding)

"Ah no no its all wrong he flowers go behind the ceremony stage," Kikyko said to the two men who were holding the flower backdrop, Hakura looked at them and crossed her arms, so did Kira.

"This is going to be a long day," Kira huffed she looked over at two other men who were setting up the wedding arch. She came over to them and shook her head telling them where it should be set up.

"Over here boys!" Hakura said walking ahead of them to the stage. Kikyko followed, the whole house was up, the women where outside setting up the chairs with the slip covers, setting up the white fabric along the ground, and dealing with all the floral. My father, Miroku and Sesshomaru where finishing the canopy drapes over the stage. I helped my mother with the tables. We had two separate sections of our yards used for the wedding, the ceremony was going to be held in Miroku's back yard because it was surrounded by flowers, and had a walkway made of stone which was perfect for the ceremony, the chairs where going to be decorated and the isle as well with twill and fabric and drapes. I was with my mother, Inuko and the boys at our house.

"No, guys hang on, the tables need to surround the stage. The stage is the dance floor, so we need a distance between the tables and the stage," Inuko said to Kenta and Reno as they lifted a table.

"Oh yeah how much of a distance?" Kenta said they moved the table near the stage. Hitomi and Rika would follow us as we adjusted the tables and prepared them and the chairs, they would drape the fabric over the tables and set up everything that was needed on the tables. The center pieces, the pictures of Inuko and Hakura, and the candles that weren't lit. The entire dance area was surrounded by hanging lights, candles on each table and spotlights. The photographer was coming tomorrow and the catering company as well.

My mother looked at me as I ran my arm over my forehead.

"InuYasha," she said to me as she adjusted the chairs around the table. I looked at her.

"I'm so proud of the man you have become," she said to me and smiled, she turned to Inuko and Hitoshi who were on the stage helping with the drapes. I watched her as she talked to Inuko as well.

"Hm!" I smirked and came towards Kenta and Reno, helping them with the rest of the tables and chairs.

Knock.

Knock.

I hadn't heard the door at this point, Hoshiki and the boys where inside practicing for their role in the wedding, Hoshiki was the ring bearer and Nina was going to be the flower girl, Koji and Yuki were to walk the isle with Hoshiki and they were to hold the gifts for Inuko and Hakura with them. Yuki was responsible for the wedding glasses that would be blessed with wine from the Buddhist temple.

"Agh I got it!" Yuki said putting down the tray he had in his hands. He came around the couch and ran to the door. He opened it.

"Huh oh hello!" he said to the housekeeper, she bowed to him.

"Is the lady of the house home?" she said at the door.

"Oh you're the housekeeper, yeah come in," Yuki said to her. She came in and nodded, Yuki closed the door behind her.

"Yeah come in we're in the living room, I'll go get my aunt," Yuki said gesturing with his hand, Michiru came in with her trolly of cleaning supplies. She looked around the house and noticed everyone was outside. Yuki ran to the patio doors and ran outside to us.

I looked to the house and noticed her, Kagome huffed and came to the doors behind Yuki. I followed her as well and came into the house as well. I closed the doors behind me.

"Well hello," Kagome said to her, the housekeeper bowed to her and smiled.

"I'm Kagome, let me show you around," she said to her calmly, I was worried Kagome was going to lose it on the housekeeper or snap at me for hiring her again. I looked at Makoto who was hanging on Kagome's chest in her baby sling, Kagome stroked her hair as she showed the housekeeper to the bedrooms in the main hallway and the cleaning supply closet, the spare bathroom, the library room, and the dining room area.

I smiled and came over to the boys.

"Upstairs we have 5 other bedrooms, the children use those rooms and our room is up there as well," Kagome said to the housekeeper as she went upstairs, the lady followed behind her looking at all the pictures on the walls, she turned her eyes to the hallway upstairs.

"This is Inuko's room, is practically empty, he's getting married and he'll be out of the house tomorrow…." Kagome said opening the door to his room. The only thing left in his room right now was the bed and a few clothes hanging in his closet, he had the third biggest room in the house, and now it will be Hoshiki's room. The twins will take the room Hoshiki was in.

She left the door opened then came around the housekeeper to Kikyko's room.

"My daughters' room, she keeps it immaculate as you can see, so this room doesn't need to be cleaned," Kagome said extending her hand into Kikyko's room. The housekeeper looked in and nodded. She followed Kagome down the hallway to Hoshiki's room.

Kagome sighed and opened his door.

"The prankster of the family Hoshiki, my dearest son whom I love so much, this is his room, he's so messy I swear he's going to end up lost in this room," Kagome said coming in to his room, she bent down and picked up some of his clothes on the floor. She huffed and touched Makoto's head; she was asleep in the sling.

The housekeeper looked around Hoshiki's messy room wide eyed and shook her head.

"Excuse the mess," she said and came out of his room, the housekeeper followed her again.

"This is my little one's room, as you can see it's a baby's room," Kagome said leaning against the door.

"It is a little messy I haven't had the chance to organize anything yet," Kagome said looking around the room. The housekeeper smiled.

"Well don't worry I can have these rooms cleaned in a few hours," the housekeeper said to her. Kagome nodded and came out of Makoto's room. She walked over to our room across the hall and opened the door.

"Excuse the mess in here, we woke up and didn't get the chance to clean this room either," she said coming into our master bedroom. The lady smiled and nodded.

"Is this the biggest room in the house?" the lady asked looking around.

"No Kikyko's room is the biggest ours is second biggest, please when you clean in here, don't look in the nightstand drawers okay." Kagome said to her, she giggled then turned to the door.

"Oh uh why if I may ask?" the lady asked following Kagome out of the room.

"To be honest, there's toys in there and condoms," Kagome giggled again. The lady looked at her and laughed.

"Oh I see, no problem…." She said and followed Kagome back down the hall and down the stairs.

"You may start whenever you like, as you noticed we don't have much carpeting in our home it's all hardwood floors and area rugs, everything you need is in our cleaning closet, laundry room is also down the hall to the left near the library room," Kagome said to her. She noticed me near the boys in the living room talking to them, she came towards me and smiled.

"Thank you, ma'am I shall start now, excuse me!" she said to Kagome and bowed down to her, she then disappeared to the hallway and to the spare bedrooms.

"She seems nice," I said to Kagome, she smiled at me and tapped my face.

"Hmmm don't you worry pup, once she leaves you and I will have a discussion about hiring a housekeeper without asking your wife, especially a hot one," Kagome said again tapping my face a little harder, I scowled at her and crossed my arms.

"Like I checked pictures and did interviews, I didn't even notice okay! They sent use a housekeeper what was I supposed to tell them don't send me a hot one or my wife will kill her?" I said following Kagome back to the patio doors. Hoshiki and the boys looked at us and laughed loudly.

"Yes InuYasha that's exactly what you tell an agency when you request a housekeeper," Kagome said closing the doors behind us. Great now she's huffy, and I'm not going to hear the end of it.


"Ohhh," Kikyko sighed looking at her phone, Hakura and Kira came over towards her.

"Are you okay Kikyko?" Hakura said to her, she noticed her depressed mood.

"Yamatoo hasn't replied to any of my messages and I'm worried," she said to her.

"Do not worry yourself Kikyko I'm sure he's okay, why don't you take a break for a while then come back out here and help us!" Hakura said to her. Kikyko looked at Kira and Hakura. Kira smiled at her and touched her shoulder.

"We could use some lemonade if you want to make some of your famous recipe for us," she said to her. Kikyko smiled and nodded.

"Okay! I'll be back in a bit," she said to them. Hakura smiled and watched her as she came over to the patio doors. I saw her come into the house.

"Miroku I'll be right back," I said to him. He nodded and ran his arm over his forehead, he threw a towel over his shoulder and climbed down the ladder.

"Yeah sure," he said to me, I turned to the house. I came in and closed the doors behind me, the boys were still in the living room, they were now organizing our ties and checking over our suits that were hanging on a rolling rack near the fireplace. I came over to Kikyko who was in the kitchen cutting up lemons.

"What are you doing…" I said coming around her. She looked at me and smiled, she was defiantly giving me a fake smile, she seemed depressed I could tell because she sighed as she cut the lemons again.

"Why don't you do something else and I'll make lemonade," I said to her touching my hand over hers, I took the knife from her. She looked at me and smiled, she took off her apron and put it on the counter, I watched her as she went around the stairs to the small nook, we had with the labtop on it. I leaned over and watched her as she sat down.

Something is defiantly bothering her. I turned to the kitchen cutting up the lemons again.

"Aaargh, why…" I heard Kikyko say after a few moments, I plopped the lemons into the pitcher and moved the pitcher to the tray on the other counter. I tapped my hands together and came around the partition to the stairs. I leaned in near the stairs watching her a she clicked on the computer.

"Aaahh, why am I short, did I use my money for something, no my account is right…" she huffed and tapped on her calculator, I smiled and came over to her. I leaned in behind her looking at the screen. She didn't notice me.

"Is there something you want to tell me sweetheart?" I teased her noticing she was looking at a Kyoto honeymoon destination. She dropped her calculator startled and looked at me.

"AH it's not for me…" she stuttered out. I smiled and touched her shoulder.

"I know…. it's a cute place, nice setting…great outdoor hot spring," I said scrolling through the page on the trackpad. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"I'm 3000yen short, I wanted to buy this package for Inuko and Hakura…" she huffed again. I tapped my body for my wallet, I reached into my jeans and pulled it out.

"Here!" I said to her giving her my credit card. She looked at me.

"I wanted to get this for them myself, I have to figure out how to make 3000yen by the end of today so that I can get this for them," she huffed and looked at the screen. Thing about Kikyko she doesn't like to take things people give her, she'd rather earn it, if she was short on something like money she'll work for it until she gets it… but its Friday there's no way for her to get 3000yen by end of the day today.

"Tell you what…Miroku needs some help balancing some of the paperwork for the new store that's opening in a week, why don't you pay me back the money and I'll put it on the business card, this way you would've worked for it," I said to her waving the card near her. She looked at me again and huffed.

"I suppose," she said and took and reached for the card, I moved it away and looked at her.

"I know your depressed because Yamatoo isn't home yet, I don't want you to worry, we have our date night tonight….so I want my cheerful bubbly baby girl happy… okay?" I said to her and waved the card to her. She looked at me and took it.

I kissed her head as she reached for her phone and dialed the number on the screen.

I came back around to the kitchen, Miroku and Sesshomaru where inside near the counter grabbing the tray of cups and the two pitchers.

"Hey so Kikyko's getting a package for Inuko and Hakura, a honeymoon package…" I said to the both of them. Sesshomaru picked up the tray of cups and looked at me.

"She's short 3000yen," I said. Miroku smiled and reached for his wallet, Sesshomaru did as well, I held my hand up to him.

"No I took care of it, but she wants to earn it and I told her she could help out with the paperwork this week to pay for it," I said to the both of them. Miroku smiled and looked over to her as she talked on the phone.

"I have some work she can definitely do before the store opens next week," Miroku said to me, he picked up the pitchers again.

"Thanks I appreciate that," I said. Sesshomaru looked at Kikyko as she put her phone down and clicked on the computer. She closed the screen and bent down to the printer.

After a few moments Kikyko came towards us, she had some papers in her hands that she printed, she looked at us and smiled.

"Oh Kikyko, hey I have something I need help with at the office this week, would you be willing to finalize the books for the new shop?" Miroku asked her, she looked at him and smiled.

"Sure!" she said and reached for the tray on the counter. We all watched her as she opened the patio door awkwardly while holding the tray.

"LEMONADE!" Hakura said cheerful. Everyone took a long break after everything was finally complete, we were pretty much done everything. The stage was ready the ceremony chairs, arche and walkway where ready as well. We had everything set for an amazing wedding, tomorrow the large projection screens will be set up, the videographer and photographer are arriving early in the morning and the catering team as well. All our family will arrive during the day, the girls will be at Inuko and Hakura's place getting ready, we will be at Miroku's. I think this wedding is going to be one that everyone will remember for many years, and I'm glad… my son deserves this. I looked over at him and his friends, Hakura was with him happy, laughing, I smiled at them, they are so great together.

Kikyko leaned on the side of the house with her phone in her hand, she was depressed and worried, I could tell, her eyes gave that away and her mood was sulky and unhappy. She pulled her phone to her jeans and looked over at her brother and his friends. She contemplated going to join them, instead she sighed deeply pushed her hair behind her ear and turned around, I saw her come towards the patio doors. Kagome looked at her as she did this, I pulled my arm over Kagome's shoulder we watched Kikyko as she went through the house and upstairs.

"She's so depressed, Yamatoo hasn't contacted anyone since last night," Kagome said to me. I looked at her and pulled her to me hugging her.

"We have our date night tonight; I'll cheer her up!" I said to Kagome, she looked at me and smiled.


"Oh hello," the housekeeper said to Kikyko as she came up the stairs, she had all of Hoshiki's clothes with her in a laundry hamper all folded. Kikyko looked at her and came around her.

"Oh you must be Kikyko, I'm Micha," she said to her. Kikyko looked at her and touched the door handle of her room.

"Nice to meet you!" she said to her then opened her door.

"Hmm, nice to meet you too….Kikyko! Indeed, it is…" the housekeeper said as Kikyko entered her room then closed the door behind her. She leaned against the door and sighed. Michiru came towards Kikyko's door and leaned against it.

"I wonder if she noticed the necklace," Michiru said to herself, she smirked then turned to Inuko's room.

"Oooh…" Kikyko sighed deeply, she leaned against her door and turned around, she looked at her room. She sighed and slide down along the door to the floor.

"My brother's getting married tomorrow…I hate it, my boyfriend is gone….somewhere….looking for panthers, and….I'm a weak stupid little girl," she said to herself, she held her hand to her face and started to cry.

"… I couldn't even protect myself….. against one panther, one stupid…" she mumbled to herself crying, she held her hands to her face.

"You're not stupid!" a voice said to her from her balcony doors. She rubbed her eyes and looked up to the doors. She shifted to her feet and ran at Yamatoo, he grabbed her and twirled her around hugging her tight.

"I'm sorry I left like that… I couldn't find them, any of them, it's like they've disappeared without a trace!" he said to her. She pressed her face into his shoulder crying. Michiru tilted her head to Kikyko's room when she picked up Yamatoo's scent, she put the laundry hamper down on Inuko's bed and left his room, she came over to Kikyko's door and leaned against it listening.

"Stop crying please…Kikyko stop crying!" he said rubbing her back.

"I couldn't fight him off of me, I couldn't stop him!" she mumbled. He sighed deeply and pulled his arms around her tighter.

"My brother's getting married tomorrow and…. he'll be gone…he won't be here anymore; the panthers are still out there…. they're going to retaliate I know it…" she mumbled again. Yamatoo pulled her from him and touched her face.

"Let them come, we have strength and the power to stop them Kikyko…and why are you so upset over Inuko's wedding…. he's still your brother no matter what!" he said tapping her face. She rubbed her eyes and sniffled.

"I know…I just…." She stuttered out again, Yamatoo touched her face and pulled her closer to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't protect you; I shouldn't have let you out of my sight for one minute," he said to her. She shook her head and looked at him, she leaned up to kiss him, he pressed his lips to hers and kissed her.

"I love you Kikyko! You are everything to me, even though we may have only been dating for a short while…I really do love you and I want you to know that," he said touching her face. Kikyko blushed nervous. Michiru grunted and turned away from Kikyko's door, she returned to her cleaning.

"He's never said that to me ever, yet that girl… he loves her, oh I'll show him! I'll separate them and cause a rift between her and her family," Miroku said pulling her cleaning trolly from the hallway, she turned to the stairs heading down to the main level.

Yamatoo pulled Kikyko to him.

"I won't go anywhere anymore okay, I'll be downstairs with my parents…." He said to her. She still had a rosy expression on her face, he smiled and kissed her softly again.

"Your brother's about to enter your room!" he whispered to her and tapped her face. She was still blushing; she didn't even notice Yamatoo disappear out her balcony.

"Hey Kikyko…" Inuko said opening her door. Her face was still rosy, she turned to her brother, he smiled and came towards her.

"The guys are leaving soon, they were worried about you, they wanted to see you before they left," Inuko said to his sister. She looked at him and nodded, she held a hand to her face.

"Oh….uh okay!" Kikyko said to her brother. Inuko crossed his arms and kept his eyes on his sister.

"Are you okay?" he asked her, she touched her face and nodded, she wasn't aware of much that was going on, she was in a daze after what Yamatoo said to her.

"Yeah… I'm fine, Yamatoo was just here, he was looking for the panthers and didn't find them…" Kikyko said to her brother her face was still flush.

He smiled and came towards her, "yeah I know he told us," he touched her head and pulled her to him.

"Even though I will be moved out tomorrow and with Hakura in our home, you are still my sister….you are still important to me," he said stroking her hair. She leaned against her brother and said nothing.

"You can come see us anytime Kikyko," he said to her again, she didn't seem to comprehend what her brother was saying, Yamatoo telling her he loved her made her mind go blank, she didn't know how to react to that or anything anyone was saying to her.

"So are you going to come downstairs or are you going to stay up here all rosy faced and out of it!" Inuko said to her, he chuckled and pulled her from him.

"Huh oh sorry!" she said looking at her brother.

He smiled and tapped her face.

"Come on we are going out with mom in an hour," Inuko reminded her of her date tonight as well. I had planned something fun for Makoto and Kikyko as well.

"Ah yeah I totally forgot!" she said and huffed. Inuko laughed at her expression, he held his arm around her as they left her room. They came downstairs laughing, Michiru noticed them near the stairs, she moved around the stairs to the spare bedrooms.

"Hero are you there?" she said over her earpiece.

"I'm here Michiru," he replied to her.

"I have an idea, I'll set it into place tomorrow after the wedding of that boy her brother, this will cause a huge rift between that girl and her family, and the boy will break up with her," Michiru said to Hero.

"No not yet Michiru, we need to move in tomorrow night, the boy will attempt to mate with his wife, he won't be able to when she falls ill. We make our move then, try to remain employed with them after tomorrow, then implement your plan. The girl will be dead by tomorrow so her family will be grieving her death, that would be the perfect time for your plan," Hero said to her. She looked around the spare room and tapped her earpiece.

"Will do sir!" she said to him. She came towards the window in the spare room and unlocked it, so that she could sneak in, or any of the panthers at any given time. She smirked then returned to her work.


"About time brat, we were leaving…" Kenta said to Kikyko downstairs. She smiled at them as she came down the stairs, Inuko behind her.

"Well you're all going to be here tomorrow so you can leave now…" Kikyko teased him. Reno smiled and pulled his arm around her neck.

"AAAH HEY!" she shouted at him.

"See Kikyko, we won't see you for a couple of hours tomorrow….so tell us," Reno said to her pulling her over to Kenta and the girls. Kikyko huffed and grumbled. We laughed at them as they picked on her and teased her in the living room.

"So To-k—y-o…. is the city?" my father said to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru sighed and nodded.

"Yeah and I'll be showing you around to some pretty cool places I think you'll like grandpa, and uhhh Izayoi?" Yamatoo said to her, she smiled and then held her hand to her mouth and laughed.

"Izayoi is just fine darling," she said to him. He looked at her and nodded.

"Yay so exciting there's this adorable shop we have to hit," Rin said to my mother, I smiled in the kitchen watching them talk. Despite the fact Sesshomaru and I have different mothers, he didn't seem to mind my mother, he respected her because my father chose to be with her. He didn't seem to detest her or seem bothered by her presence, I think because our father was happy….I think he realized this and is accepting of our father and my mother's relationship.

"Have a great time on your date night with the girls tonight," Kagome said to me. I smiled at her and touched Makoto's head. I'm glad she took a nap because now she'll be up and her bubbly loud self, so we can have some fun tonight.

"…And you enjoy the restaurant with the boys," I said to Kagome. She smiled as Makoto started to wake up in the baby sling. Kagome pulled the sling from around her. Miroku and Sango came towards us with an empty tray and glasses, Sango put them in the sink and looked at Makoto as Kagome pulled her from the sling.

"I have something planned for my ladies tonight, can't say what…but…." Miroku said to Hakura and Kira as they came towards us in the kitchen. He smiled at them and their excited expressions.

"Really like what?" Kira chimed excited.

"Oh dear god, monster truck drag racing, pizza and drinks, and the sumo wrestling show…" Sango said and sighed. Hakura and Kira looked to eachother and tapped their hands together.

"YES!" they both said. Inuko and Hitoshi shook their heads and sighed.

"Really huh…" Hitoshi said to them. Kira looked at him and nodded.

"Uhhh hang on one second here, since when do you two women, especially girrly girl Hakura like macho men stuff, like drag racing and sumo wrestling?" Inuko interjected, he pointed to Hakura and eyed her. She crossed her arms and turned to him.

"He shouldn't have said that!" Hitomi said coming towards them. Rika chuckled and held her hand to her mouth trying not to laugh. Kikyko looked at her brother and Hakura and shook her head, she sighed and touched her hand to her forehead.

"Yeah I know he's dead, honeymoon's definitely over," Kenta said to Kikyko she nodded and sighed again. Yamatoo came towards us and crossed his arms, he listened carefully to Inuko and Hakura, he seemed curious and cautious at the same time. I saw him standing away from everyone near his father and Rin just watching the entire scene play out like a movie.

"For your information, Inuko drag racing and sumo wrestling is actually pretty fun," Hakura said to him eyeing him down.

"HAHAHAHAHAH girrly girl Hakura, you…. Hahaha you worry about your appearance, how your dressed, how your hair is done every morning and freak out over anything disgusting or creepy crawly…. And yet you are going to a drag race? Big monster trucks, and big fat sweaty men fighting…last time I invited you to an event you got all huffy and made a big deal over it…." Inuko gestured with his hands, we all stepped back away from them. Yeah now he did it, guess the weddings off!

Kira looked at Inuko and eyed him down too.

"I happen to love things that are disgusting, and big monster trucks," Kira said to him. Inuko looked at her and then to Hakura.

"Yeah, you I can totally see you liking that, but this one…" He said waving his hand to Hakura. She tapped her fingers against the counter and kept her eyes on Inuko, she didn't even flinch from her spot.

"I think I'm going out with Hoshiki tonight; she looks like she's about to kill him…" Kagome leaned in towards us and said this. We all nodded and sighed. He can't keep his mouth shut can he.

Hoshiki, Koji and Yuki where on the bar stools looking at their siblings. They had big smiles and seemed anxious like they were waiting for Hakura to snap.

"Do you want to get married tomorrow Inuko, because you see…. I can easily cancel the wedding and you can sleep with yourself on your honeymoon," Hakura threw the honeymoon under the bus. Inuko looked at her and smiled he rubbed her head.

"Oooooo," the boys said hearing this. Inuko turned his eyes to them then back to Hakura.

"Ouch!" Rika said she tapped her fist to Hitomi, they both laughed at Inuko's stupidity.

"Heheheheehh you and monster trucks I really am surprised, wow what next WWF on tv… oh wait we should go to the macho man world competition show coming up soon, we will sit in the front row where all the sweaty men are," He said throwing in another blow. She crossed her arms again and kept her eyes on him.

"Yeah your mad, hahahah are you going out with your dad tonight or not…" he teased her again. She puffed out her cheeks, she looked like she was about to yell at him or open one of the drawers and pull out a knife and threaten him with it. I looked to Kikyko and the boys they looked as if they were waiting and anxious for Hakura to yell at him.

"She's about to snap!" Hitoshi said watching Hakura carefully.

"I'll deal with you later pup, much much later!" she said to him calmly and tapped a hand to his face. Uh what just happened, I thought for sure she was about to yell at him, oh man Hakura come on you let him off easy.

"What Hakura come on…we really wanted to see Inuko get his ass kicked or killed!" Kenta said watching Hakura as she came around her sister and parents to the living room. My parents watched the entire show in the kitchen, they looked confused and concerned.

"The weddings not cancelled is it?" my mother said to Hakura as she came towards them. My mother seemed worried and confused as to what just happened, she thought for sure they're little spat was going to cause their relationship to end. My mother doesn't really understand Inuko and Hakura's relationship yet, I think she will with time.

Hakura smiled and shook her head at my mother. My mother let out a deep breath of relief that the wedding wasn't cancelled. Hakura laughed and picked up her purse from the couch.

"Boy you really need to learn to keep your mouth shut…" my father all out said bluntly. We all looked at him and then burst out laughing. Runs in the family! I laughed hard at this!


Date Night….

After everyone disappeared for the night, and the housekeeper left a little after everyone, I set up the living room with some games and activities for Kikyko and Makoto, something I think they'll both enjoy. Kikyko came around the kitchen island with an opened pizza box in her hand and two glasses.

"Uh what's this?" she said putting the box down on the table and the glasses, Makoto was on the floor on a pillow, she had her hands on the table and her mouth sucking the edge of the table, her eyes were following us and watching the table as I set up the chess board. She turned her eyes to me and her sister as Kikyko came around her.

"Chess?" Kikyko said lifting up her sleeves, she sat down on the floor on a pillow. I opened the large bottle of pop and poured some into the glasses.

I sat down on a pillow as well.

"I thought maybe Japan's undefeated chess champion would like to play the world's best chess god…for a price…." I said to her, I picked up a huge bag of twizzlers, candy and small wrapped bonbons and dumped them on the other part of the pizza box. She looked at them. Kikyko was Japan's undefeated chess champion for 5 years running, Inuko held the title for three years until he lost to a foreign boy who competed in the chess tournament in the B class boy's division against him. Inuko wasn't as competitive as Kikyko was, he actually didn't care that he lost, Kikyko on the other hand is still 5 years running and no one has beat her time or record as of yet.

"You the world's best chess god?" Kikyko said pointing to me. She looked at the candy then back to me. I nodded and crossed my arms.

"Oh you are so on, oh mighty chess god!" she said waving her hands at me. I smiled and nodded. She set up the timer and looked at the board fixing the pieces around. She picked up the white and the black.

"Call it!" she said to me holding them in her hands. I smiled and tapped the black one. She opened her hand and put the black piece on the board.

"World's best chess god.. yeah, we'll see about that," she said tapping the timer. I laughed and moved a piece starting the game, I tapped the timer. She looked at me and shook her head.


"Wow," Kagome said as she slid into a booth. Hoshiki adjusted his bowtie and shifted in next to his mother with a smug look on his face.

"Wow boys this is totally far out, a pizza parlor!" Kagome said, the boys had planned a night of pizza, junk food, ice cream and shopping for their new siblings which Kagome was dying to do when she had the chance too.

"Yup we have a whole night planned," Inuko said taking the menu from a waitress as she came around on rollerskates.

"Look at you all dressed up with your bow tie and hair up in a bun," Kagome said looking at Hoshiki, he smiled at her and nodded.

"I wanted to dress up!" he said to her, Kagome pulled her arm around him and smiled.

"Ohhh boys this is so great, I love this shop my parents used to always bring us here when we were younger, although it wasn't this retro," Kagome said looking around the place. They had neon lights, dancing girls with glow in the dark colored paint all over their clothes and bodies in one area of the restaurant dancing to some music. People would dance with them and spray paint everywhere, waitresses where on rollerblades, and the round drink area had so many different types of drinks and pizza to pick from.

"Mmm hmm and we have something cool coming…" Hoshiki said to his mother, he nodded and looked at the menu.

"Something cool, oh like what?" Kagome said surprised.

A waitress came around the table with a tray and three cosmic drinks, they were colored drinks with swirls of glitter and sparkle mixed into the frozen cold drinks, it made the entire glass look like the night sky.

"TOTALLY FAR OUT!" Kagome said looking at the glass as pieces of ice and frozen mochi swirled in the cup, on the glass where pieces of cut out candy in shapes of moons and stars. She smiled and held up her phone taking a picture of the glass. She snapped a few different angles of the glass and the pieces on the top.

"Yup!" Inuko said and smiled, he slid a glass over to him. Hoshiki sat on his knees and looked at his glass.

"Woah there's things in it," he said picking up a spoon he dipped the long spoon into the cup and broke one of the mochi, it had a gel in it that changed the color of the liquid to a light purple.

"WOOOOAHHHH," he said excited.

"Nice touch boys!" Kagome said taking a sip of the drink, she smiled then giggled.

"So good!" she said and took another sip, Inuko smiled and took a sip as well. Hoshiki was too interested in what was happening in the glass to even try it. He would shake the glass a little just to see it swirl.

"So cool!" he said then took a sip himself. He swirled his straw watching the drink change colors.


Sango and the boys had planned a night of hardcore video gaming and junk food as well, she had a surprise for everyone and had an ultrasound done without anyone knowing. She wanted to wait for the right time to tell us her news, she thought tonight with the boys would be a perfect time to spring the news. She had set up a game for the boys, clues throughout the house, that lead to an ultrasound sonogram and papers of the results of their new sister or brother. After their gaming session Sango was going to start the game with them, and record it live then post it online Instagram for all of us to see. Miroku's going to freak out or die, hahahah either would be hilarious to see his reaction of the video. I'm anxious myself as well.

The boys set up their massive entertainment system in the basement and their projection screen, Sango was on the phone ordering two monster pizzas, which are fully loaded if I might add with everything, and the boys favorite KFC family pack.

"Zombies or multiplayer gaming?" Koji said holding up two games in his hands.

"No multiplayer you know how mom was last time, she swore at a German player and made him cry, and is hardcore competitive and dangerous with a weapon," Yuki whispered to his brother.

He looked at the games then back to his mother who was still on the phone. Yuki returned to the tv and turned on the surround sound.

"Multiplayer it is!" Koji said opening the box of the game. Yuki looked at him and rolled his eyes.

"Not my fault if we get banned from every network and team because out mother can't control herself in a game, she's not fighting demons for gods sake," Yuki said taking the disc from his brother, he sighed and pushed the game into the Playstation.

"I ordered pizza and KFC boys, so…what game are we playing," Sango said coming around the couch to the boys. Yuki jumped on to his gaming chair and swung around in it.

"This one!" Koji said holding up Call of Duty game, Sango looked at him and the game and smiled.

"Let's play boys!" she said and reached for a controller off the table. Yuki rolled his eyes and sighed.


"What the hell…." I said looking at the board. No wonder she's the undefeated champion, she's kicking my ass, in this house its always Inuko and Kikyko who go head to head in chess, when I play its usually for fun, tonight Kikyko was on a mission to destroy me. I looked at her as she held her finger against a piece.

"I will take all your twizzlers for your queen," she said to me. I looked at my queen and the piece she was holding, I imagined where she would move her piece on the board, and I cringed… yeah, she's totally going to kick my ass. I sighed and shook my head.

"If you move that piece you check mate me!" I said to her. She smiled and nodded extending her hand.

"Twizzlers!" I said to her handing her my two pieces. She took one and twirled it in her hand then put it in her mouth, she looked at me and shook her piece on the board. She then moved the piece and took my queen, she put her piece down and tapped the timer.

"CHECK MATE, OH MIGHTY CHESS GOD!" she said and stood up, she started twirling around and dancing this stupid dance.

"Ah ahha ha ha, ooo o yeah!" she said mocking me. I crossed my arms and shook my head.

"Yeah I let you win," I said to her, I shifted myself away from the table. Makoto looked at us and laughed, she threw herself to the floor and laughed again.

"Let me win, ha yeah right, oh might chess god…." She said and fake bowed down to me. I rolled my eyes and pushed all the pieces off the board into a box. Then I bent down under the table and picked up another box.

She stopped her ridiculous dancing and looked at the box. I put it on the table and tapped my claws over it. Makoto rolled herself on the floor to her stomach, she awkwardly tried to figure out how to sit up, I helped her and sat her on the pillow. She picked up her giraffe and looked at the box as well.

"…and what is that?" Kikyko said sitting down again. I picked up a piece of pizza and held it over my mouth, I let the cheese slide off the pizza and to my mouth, Kikyko looked at me and shook her head.

"Since you're such a genius, why don't you figure it out?" I said to her chewing the cheese. The box was a large rectangular treasure chest type of box with a lock on it, it was something Kagome's grandfather used that held special artifacts in it. Kagome wanted her daughters to have this box because inside it held something special, that Kagome made especially for Kikyko and Makoto. Kagome had bought Kikyko and Makoto sister necklaces, that where heart shaped lockets. She wrote notes for each one of them and made a special little photo album for them to share and use for pictures of each other together as time goes by. This time I included a special little note for Kikyko and Makoto in the box as well, when Makoto is older, she can read them and fully understand them herself as well. Kikyko knocked on the box and lifted it off the table.

"Seriously it has a lock," she said examining the box, I shoved the pizza into my mouth and looked at her. She rolled her eyes.

"You eat like this always so what's your problem?" I mumbled to her and lifted the whip cream can to my mouth, I shook it and pressed the nozzle with my claw and held it over my mouth.

"Gross dad!" Kikyko said watching me eat messy, heck what's she grossed out over she does this always, I was mocking her and her eating habits.

She extended her hand to me; I turned my eyes to her and put the can down.

"So, where's the key?" she said to me waving her hand at me.

"How the heck should I know where the key is, that thing belongs to your mother, don't ask me what she did with the key… maybe she left clues for you somewhere around the house," I gave her a hint, I knew where the key was it was in the kitchen in the empty cookie jar on the counter. She huffed and grunted, she tried to pry the lock off the box.

I held the can to my mouth again and watched her.

"Aaghhh like come one, what clues?" Kikyko huffed she shook the box; no sound came from it. I pointed to the fireplace mantel starting the game.

"The mantel is the key on the mantel?" she said standing up, she put the box down on the table and went over to the mantel, she moved pictures around, until she found a folded paper.

"AAARGGH, this is just a paper and no key," she huffed. She opened the paper.

"Let the game begin!" I said to her and shook the can again. Makoto looked at me then to her sister, she held her hands to me and whined.

"AHHH!" she said waving her hands.

"Huh you want to try some whip cream, huh…. well okay, I guess it won't hurt," I said and bent the can down to her, she opened her mouth like I did. I shook the can and squeezed the nozzle, she giggled when the whip cream filled her mouth. She held her hands to her mouth and started to suck on the cream.

"Hm, okay then!" I said and shook the can again. Kikyko crossed her arms and looked at me.

"Its clues, you want the key, figure it out genius…" I said to her again. She huffed and read the paper.


"YEAH!" Hakura and Kira both said as they made their way to the monster truck arena, this year there were drivers and trucks from all over the year competing, Miroku smiled and twirled his keys as they approached the gate.

"Ladies welcome is this your first time here?" a man said at the gate Miroku handed him the tickets, the man checked them over and ripped them.

"Ohhhh yeah!" Kira said to the man. He looked at them and smiled.

"Here's a pamphlet this year we have the 'rock' here its one of our biggest and most massive monster truck to enter this year, the driver is Shinobu Houji from Osaka Japan," the man said pointing to the pamphlet Hakura leaned in to Kira and read it.

"AWESOME!" they both said at the same time. The man looked at Miorku as the girls walked past the booth.

"I take it they're twins, and they always talk together at the same time," he said to Miroku.

"You have no idea!" he said to the man, Miroku smiled and passed him following the girls.

"WOAH," both the girls said as they entered the arena, the entire stadium was filling up with so many people, Miroku pulled his arms around his girls and nodded.

"Our seat is over there near the game we see everything," he said pulling them through the crowd that started to form.

"DAD THIS IS SO AWESOME!" Kira chimed in glee, he smiled and touched her head.

"Thought you'd like it, wasn't sure if Hakura would like this or if it was her thing," Miroku said to Hakura, she looked at him and smiled.

"I honestly don't mind this stuff, Inuko loves it, I guess I want to see what he likes about it and try it out…. So far, I'm liking the hype," she said as Miroku took them through the benches to their reserved seating.

"Hakura becoming one of the guys… interesting!" Miroku teased her, she crossed her arms and huffed at her father, Kira held her hand to her mouth and laughed.

"Once she can scarf down an entire pizza and two bottles of pop then I'll call her one of the guys," Kira teased her sister.

"You are so on, if you can do that then I can too, you watch and see…. Pizza is so on!" Hakura said holding out her hand to her sister. Kira looked at her and held her hand out, they tapped their hands together.

"Okay not my fault if you get sick on the night before your wedding," Kira said and sat down, Miroku sat between them, he laughed at his daughters' squabble.

"Ooooh you think I'm going to get sick huh, miss I'm a tough tom boy girlly girl….something," Hakura said trying to think of a comeback, Kira looked at her straight faced then laughed.

"See that right there, you can't even think of a comeback, Inuko's right you're too much of a girrly girl!" Kira said again and rolled her eyes. Hakura crossed her arms and huffed.

Miroku turned his eyes to the both of them and just listened to their squabble, he smiled then shook his head.

"Dad we're going for pizza next right?" Hakura said to her father, he nodded.

"Yes we are Hakura!" he said to her and read the pamphlet.

"You are so on Kira, I challenge you to scarf down an entire pizza and two bottles of pop in one go, without getting sick," Hakura said to her sister. Kira looked at her.

"You do realize you won't make it past the first slice," Kira said to her and nodded.

"Take the challenge Kira!" Hakura said again and leaned over her father, he held the pamphlet up over her daughter and listened.

"Fine challenge accepted princess, if you get sick and chuck at any point while eating an entire extra-large pizza then I win and get crowned pizza queen," Kira said to her. Hakura held her fist to her sister.

"You are so on!" she said to her, Kira tapped her fist to her sister. Hakura sat back upright as the event started.

"I'm so recording this and posting it live so your husband can see you tap out Hakura after 1 slice," Miroku said to the girls. They both looked at him and shook their heads.

"DAD!" they both said at the same time.


"MOVE, aargh what the hell is this, LIKE COME ON, do I need to show you idiots how to take down bad guys," Sango said going hard on the game, the boys looked at her then to the screen.

"Mom you just swore at three players and now your taking out people on OUR TEAM, MOM!" Yuki said trying to maneuver his player away from his mother's wrath.

"Yeah our team sucks we need a new team with players who know how to actually play, LIKE COME ON I'VE SLAYED DEMONS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HOW COULD A BUNCH OF PLAYERS NOT KNOW HOW TO USE WEAPONS, it's a freaking sword," Sango shouted at the screen. Koji slid away from his mother on the couch and tapped on his controller.

"Mom this game doesn't have demons in it, and you're not a demon slayer in this game you use swords and guns," Koji said to her reminding her to tone it down a notch.

"Yeah mom tone it down a notch," Yuki said to her as he adjusted his headset over his head. They could hear the other players; Sango adjusted her head piece and moved the microphone closer to her mouth.

"Damn a woman is playing boys, like where the hell is this lady from?" a player said through the head piece. Sango heard this.

"Japan boys, and I'd suggest you tone it down a notch and learn to use a freaking sword," Sango said to them. Yuki and Koji looked at her nervous and then back to the screen.

"We are so getting banned," Koji said to his brother, Yuki nodded and focused on the game.

"Sword what does a women know about swords, I bet she's an old hag sitting at home with a bunch of little boys playing a game…run along old hag, why don't you go fold some laundry," one of the players said to her.

"Ooooh you shouldn't have said that," Koji said to the boys over his head headpiece.

"Old hag huh, I'll show you whose an old hag!" Sango said peeved off, she went hard and all out with her character.

"Yup you really shouldn't have said that, FYI my mom is a demon slayer….and you just got your butt handed to you on a plate….OOOOHHH HOW DOES THAT FEEL BAM, YOU JUST GOT SCHOOLED!" Yuki said jumping in his chair. Sango took out three bad guys and one of the boy's characters.

"WHAT THE HELL, RETREAT BOYS… FALL BACK!" one of the boys said over their headpieces, the game paused for a moment so everyone can reload and set up new teams. Sango smiled and put the controller down.

"AWESOME MOM!" Koji said putting his controller down himself.

"Yeah!" Yuki shouted; he waved his arms around in his seat.

"Old hag, ha… who are they calling old hag?" Sango said and nodded, that's when the doorbell rang, she got up to get the delivery.

"Coax and reload, hahaha while mom is getting the food lets set up a new team," Koji said to Yuki he looked at him and nodded.

"We are so winning this game tonight!" Yuki said and laughed.


"What type of clue is that, 'look in a closet' we have like 15 closes in this house," Kikyko said and huffed she turned to me and looked at me, I held Makoto in my arm and was following her around the house while she was finding clues.

"If you flip the paper over genius it would tell you which closet..." I said to her ruffling her hair, she hissed at me and huffed. She flipped the paper over.

"Oh the linen closet, I knew that!" she said and walked down the hallway and past the stairs. She opened the linen closet; the next clue was posted right on the door.

"Ahhh there's nothing but towels and linen in here," she huffed and touched her hips. I tapped on the door.

"Huh hahaha oh!" she giggled and pulled the paper from the door.

"You love eating this treat it's your absolute favorite," the paper said. Kikyko lifted her eyes to me then to the paper.

"The fridge?" she said to me. I looked at Makoto and ignored her.

"The fridge, right? I like food," she said again to me, I ignored her and walked away from her talking to Makoto.

"Hey not fair…" she said and followed me, I came around the partition and to the kitchen. I leaned against the counter and put Makoto on the counter. I watched as Kikyko opened the fridge, she started looking through the fridge, lifting bottles and containers to see if there was anything attached to them. Twenty minutes in, five clues and she still hasn't found the key yet, I wonder how long it will take her before she notices the cookie jar on the counter next to Makoto.

I came around the counter and behind Makoto. I leaned in behind Makoto and took her hands.

"Kiki, Kiki…." I said in a pathetic high-pitched squeaky child voice. Kikyko turned from the fridge and looked at Makoto. Makoto was laughing while I moved her hands around.

"AHAHAH AHAHHA!" Makoto laughed. Kikyko narrowed her eyes at me.

"I can talk hi Kiki," I said in a child's voice, I waved Mako's hand at her.

Kikyko looked at her sister and me who was hiding behind her sister.

"Kiki Kiki look what's next to me, daddy put me on the counter next to a jar…" I said in a child voice again I moved Makoto's hands to the cookie jar. Makoto laughed and giggled loudly as I did this. Kikyko huffed and came over to her sister.

"I knew that…" Kikyko said to her sister, she looked at me and then opened the lid on the jar. I let go of Makoto's hands and stood up, Makoto threw her hands to the air and laughed hard.

"AHHHH!" she shouted as Kikyko shook the jar upside down. A key fell out.

"Ha, I knew it was in here the whole time," she said picking it up.

"Yeah sure you did!" I looked at her, I picked up Makoto from the counter and followed Kikyko back to the living room.

She sat down on the pillow again and fiddle with the lock, I put Makoto on my lap and watched as Kikyko finally got the box opened.

"Ah ha!" she said opening the lid.


"Hahahhah," Kagome laughed with the boys at the joke Inuko was telling them, they were in the mall at an ice cream shop getting some desert before baby shopping.

"Inuko oh my love you are so wonderful!" Kagome said touching his face. He smiled and looked at her.

"I'm going to miss you… not seeing you every day," she said swirling her spoon into the sundae, she put the spoon to her mouth and smiled at him.

"Me too mom, but I'll be across the highway you can come see me anytime…." He said to his mother. Kagome smiled and touched his face. Hoshiki smiled and ate from his sundae.

"Oh it won't be the same Inuko, I know you and Hakura are going to have a wonderful life together," Kagome chimed and smiled. He looked at his mother and smiled, Hoshiki hummed to himself enjoying the sundae, he then shivered and laughed.

"Hahha so cold!" he said holding the bowl to his mouth he licked it.

"Ah Hoshi don't do that, I'm sure the ice cream shop doesn't want your germs all over their dishes," Kagome said trying to take the bowl from him. He slid away from her and finished licking the bowl.

"You and your sister, you both do this!" Kagome said to him again. He huffed and smiled putting the bowl down.

"Mom, you don't get it… ice cream is the best thing ever…you have to lick the bowl to get every last drop," Hoshiki said reaching for a napkin. Kagome sighed and shook her head.

"So my boys where to next, what's in store for round three!" Kagome said tapping the table. Inuko smiled and looked at Hoshiki he smiled and nodded.

"Mom, since I'm moving in to Inuko's room… my rooms going to be empty and the baby's will need a room, so we are going shopping…" Hoshiki said and laughed. Kagome sighed and shook her head.

"Great! Here we go, these twins are going to have so much clothes I won't know what to do with it all," she said touching her head. Inuko laughed at his mother's anguish.

"So what's the big deal mom?" Inuko said laughing. He put a napkin in his bowl and slid it to the middle of the table.

"Do you know how fast you half demons grow, there's no point in buying baby clothes, I should buy rompers and pass them down to Rin and Sango when your siblings grow out of them," Kagome sighed again and rubbed her stomach. Hoshiki put his hands over his mother's stomach.

"Ahhh I can't feel anything," he said with a huff. Kagome laughed.

"Sweetheart I'm only 2 weeks pregnant you won't feel the babies for a really long time," she said to him. Inuko shook his head and laughed.

"So will Hakura have a baby first before mom does?" Hoshiki said rolling his eyes to the ceiling, Inkuo nearly choked on his drink, he put his cup down.

"What?" Inuko coughed.

"Hakura's pregnant INUKO WHAT... SINCE WHEN?" Kagome said tapping the table she leaned forward towards him.

"SHE'S NOT PREGNANT we haven't even slept with each other yet," Inuko said loudly. Hoshiki smirked and then smiled this big mischievous smile.

"You better not be hiding anything boy, tell me is she pregnant really, I want to know… OOoohhhhh Inuko please give me a grandchild," Kagome tapped the table and chimed excitedly. Inuko cringed and looked at his mother with fear in his eyes.

"No way is she pregnant, mom like seriously we haven't even you know had… s-e-x yet," he said the last part in almost a whisper so Hoshiki didn't hear. Kagome put her hands over Hoshiki's ears and pulled him to her side.

"Well hurry up god Inuko! The wedding is tomorrow, consummate the marriage and give me a grandchild already," she said again to him. Inuko slid his chair out nervous and slowly shook his head at his mother.

"Hey not fair why's mom excited over what, I want to hear!" Hoshiki said trying to pry his mother's hands from his ears. She was joyful with glee and excitement, Inuko crossed his arms nervous.

"MOM like seriously, you and aunt Sango…. Hakura didn't hear the end of it from her mother either," Inuko threw his hands to the air and rolled his eyes. Kagome giggled and smiled.

"Yes Inuko because its important, listen son you have to give me and Sango a grandchild, lots of them okay… college can be done too, you can do both be a father and go to school!" Kagome said smiling she pulled her hands from Hoshiki's ears and held them to her face smiling, she was thinking about grandchildren already and they haven't even got married yet.

"Oh my god my mothers lost all sense of reality," Inuko said to himself, he sighed deeply and slid his chair out.

"We should go baby shopping for our SIBLINGS, and not the baby I don't have yet," Inuko said standing up. Hoshiki slid off his chair and looked at his mother's rosy expression.

"MOOOOMM, we're leaving without you!" Hoshiki said to her. She looked over to him and Inuko and smiled.

"GRANDBABIES…. OOOOOHHH!" she chimed standing up. Inuko threw his hands to the air again and grunted.

"Jeez mother!" he said as they left the shop.


"Yamatoo are you okay my boy?" my father asked noticing Yamatoo's distracted disposition, they sat at a small outdoor café table, Rin and my mother where ordering late and food, from the shop near the café.

"Huh… oh sorry," he said noticing his grandfather was talking to him.

"I was just thinking that's all," he said to him again. Sesshomaru looked at him then to his father.

"Care to share?" Sesshomaru said to his son.

"The panthers are going to strike, and I can feel it, somethings going to happen…something big, I don't know when, but I have a feeling it will be soon… I just fear Kikyko's going to get hurt and I won't be able to protect her again. I mean I failed to do so and that panther took her," Yamatoo said leaning back in to his chair.

"Let them come, you have me now and I will stop them whatever it takes. Sesshomaru do you know if Totosai is still around, have you or InuYasha heard from him or seen him? He has So'unga and I must obtain it from him, and you Sesshomaru must take Tenseiga to him, same with InuYasha and Tetsusaiga…." My father said this to him and grunted.

"Ah! Totosai I hear he is deep within the mountains he lives somewhere in a small temple, probably one he swindled humans into thinking he was a lord and took it," Sesshomaru crossed his arms and shook his head in disappointment.

"We however have not seen him in years," Sesshomaru said again.

"Ah! Well we must seek him and have your swords reforged and made stronger, Yamatoo yours too!" my father said nodding, he watched Izayoi and Rin as they ordered drinks and treats.

"Uhhh I don't use a sword grandfather, I trained for many years with father but I never obtained a sword for myself…I never felt the need to use one," Yamatoo said and stretched his arms, he yawned and rested stretched in his chair.

"Wait what, he doesn't have a sword…HOW DOES HE NOT HAVE A SWORD, the grandson of the great dog general doesn't have a sword… you have one and your brother. Wait do not tell me Inuko doesn't have one either!" My father said throwing his hands in the air. Sesshomaru shook his head and let out a deep breath.

"The reason why I have the sword you gave me father is because you left it for me and the same for InuYasha, Yamatoo didn't ever find the need to have one, we can just ask Totosai to make him one, and yes Inuko has a sword!" Sesshomaru said to him. That's when Rin and Izayoi came back to the table.

They sat down and put a plate on the table. Sesshomaru, Yamatoo and my father looked at the plate full of cookies, scones and mochi.

"Izayoi is trying new things," Rin said smiling. Izayoi reached for a mochi to try it.

"So Yamatoo tell me something!" Rin said taking a sip of her late, Yamatoo stretched again and looked at her, he stretched his arms along the table and let out a yawn.

"Yeah…" he said and sighed deeply.

"So you and Kikyko, how serious is it?" Rin said to him. Sesshomaru looked at her and shook his head.

"What… Rin seriously!" he said to her. My father looked at Yamatoo then back to Rin.

"Oh, yeah its serious…" he said and yawned again.

Rin giggled and was about to reach for a cookie when Yamatoo let out a deep sigh.

"I was hoping to ask her to marry me…." He said and yawned again. Rin coughed nearly choking on the cookie, my mother almost spit out her late.

"Uh what? Hang on one minute here… this is where I object to this, she's 14," Sesshomaru said to his sleepy son. He was dozing off in his chair.

"HANG ON WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASK HER TO MARRY YOU?" Rin said across the table, Yamatoo yawned again not comprehending what is going on around him.

"Uhhh does InuYasha know about this?" my father said to everyone at the table.

"Huh wait… what?" Yamatoo said realizing everyone was talking to him.

"You said you wanted to ask Kikyko to marry you…." Rin said again and leaned over to him.

"AH WAIT NO.. I mean in a couple of years gosh, I'm so tired I don't know what I'm saying…" Yamatoo said frantic. Rin let out a deep breath and sat down.

"OOoh I would've loved to see InuYasha's beautiful young lady walk down the aisle," my mother said and tapped her hands together. Everyone looked at her.

"I'm not asking Kikyko marry me anytime soon, gosh I don't even know what I was saying," Yamatoo said and shifted in his seat.

Rin crossed her arms and held a hand to her face thinking.

"Hmm, I mean you could ask her to marry you and wait to get married!" she said thinking. Sesshomaru looked at her with this surprised yet shocked look on his face.

"HE IS NOT MARRYING HIS 14 YEAR OLD COUSIN!" he shouted at her. My mother held her hand to her mouth and laughed.

"Oh pish posh Sesshomaru….an engagement is not marriage," Rin said to him. Yamatoo rolled his eyes at the conversation about to unfold into an argument at the table and yawned.

"Great!" he said and leaning back into his chair.