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Chapter 42: First day back to school (The new Music Teacher) Part 1

"Ohhhh," Kikyko said walking through Hakura and Inuko's large living space. She's always been fascinated by their home and the style and design of it. The house was created by an American Japanese man who created it more of a Western style home. A large round staircase circled the entrance of the interior, which lead up to a second level, five bedrooms, bathrooms an office all filled the second level of the house. The main level had two large living spaces opened to each other and a huge kitchen, there are three other bedrooms under the staircase including an office space. The garage was a four door, large spacious, and the exterior of the house was surrounded by forest. We built the brick wall around the house, and the back-yard pool area was large and spacious.

Kikyko smiled, she ran her hand along the mantel, she looked at the pictures Inuko had all over the mantel and hanging along the wall.

"Kikyko sweetheart chocolate chips in the cookies or macadamia nuts?" Hakura said in the kitchen. Kikyko turned around to her and smiled. Kira shuffled around the kitchen and reached into some cupboards for the rest of the ingredients needed for the cookies.

Kikyko came towards the kitchen, she sat on a bar stool and smiled again.

"Why not both, the boys won't be home tonight so we can eat chocolate without them!" Kikyko chimed. Hakura smiled and tapped her hand against Kikyko's head.

"Both it is then!" Hakura chimed and laughed.

"So Kikyko, tonight is girl's night, we are going to pamper ourselves, meaning face masks, do our nails…and girl talk," Kira said to Kikyko, she placed some ingredients on the counter near her sister. Kikyko looked at her and touched a hand to her face.

"Well I've never done anything like that, pamper myself, face masks and such…I can't wear nail polish though, I start school tomorrow…" Kikyko said to the girls. Hakura smiled and then laughed.

"Yeah I forgot about that, well that's okay we're still going to have fun tonight," Hakura chimed. She tapped a container of flour over a bowl.


"AWESOME!" Hoshiki and Koji said at the same time, they tapped their hands together as they waited in line for concession. Inuko let out a deep yawn and stretched his arms over his head. Hitoshi looked at him and smiled.

Nina shifted behind the boys excited, she jumped in her spot as her eyes looked over the large panel menu's behind the counter. The employees of the movie theater were greeting customers and taking orders at the concession counter as the lines started to move. The theater was packed full of people, many adults, couples, children, teenagers. The concessions had eight lines going, all full and busy.

"Oh I want popcorn must have popcorn," Yuki said to the boys. Hoshiki nodded excited.

"Can't have salt or butter…a hotdog, yes I'll have a hotdog!" Hoshiki said to them. Koji and Yuki both looked at him.

"Bro you won't die from salt or butter, have you ever tried it?" Koji said to Hoshiki. Hoshiki rolled his eyes and nodded. Movie theater fiasco of last year. Yup!

"Remember last year…." He said to them. Koji and Yuki sighed and let out a deep groan. Last year the boys ordered popcorn with salt and butter, yup and let's just say salt on our taste buds is disgusting and tastes like shit. Hoshiki nearly died from it. He's allergic worse than Inuko is to salt.

"We're the only two without dates tonight, which kind of sucks!" Hitoshi said to Inuko. Inuko looked at him and huffed.

"Go to hell jackass I'm not sitting next to you…." Inuko said to his friend. Hitoshi laughed and shook his head.

"We could make out, so you know… looks like where on a date," Hitoshi teased him. Inuko growled he turned his eyes to his friend then punched him hard in the shoulder.

"Touch me and I'll kill your ass!" Inuko said to him. Hitoshi rubbed his arm and laughed.

"Hahahah seriously you're a jerk Inuko," Hitoshi laughed hard. Kenta and Rika where in line behind them, Reno and Hitomi as well, they were laughing and talking, Inuko turned to his friends and scowled.

"You're not going to make out at this movie, are you?" Inuko said to his friends. They all looked at him.

"Uh it's a horror movie, why would we make out at a horror movie?" Rika said to him. Kenta smirked he pulled his arms around Rika's shoulder and laughed.

"Because Inuko and Hitoshi don't have dates tonight, so he feels left out," Kenta said to Rika. Inuko growled and was about to strike Kenta over the head when Hitoshi held his hands out to his friend.

"Hahah easy there Inuko, come on just because Hakura doesn't like horror movies doesn't mean you have to be so wound up and uptight over the fact that you have no date tonight," Hitoshi said to him. Inuko folded his arms and kept his eyes on his friends.

"Hey lets go play that arcade game, we have time before the movie," Yuki said to the boys and Nina, they turned their heads to a box style arcade game Terminator, nestled in a small room in the movie theater, the room was large and had many tightly arranged game boxes filling the room, that kids could play while waiting.

"Cool!" Hoshiki chimed in, the kids looked over at their siblings as they argued and laughed with each other. The concession line they were in was going to take a while before their turn came. They were thirty people behind.

"Uh shouldn't we tell someone we're going to play a few games before the movie starts?" Nina said to the boys, Hoshiki looked at her and smirked. He shook his head and tapped a hand to her head.

"Nope! We'll be quick, come with us," he said and grabbed her hand. Nina blushed as Hoshiki pulled her to the game room, Koji and Yuki followed behind them.


"WHHHHHAAAA HAKURA!" Kikyko shouted, she lifted her head off the back of the couch and the cucumbers she had over her eyes fell to her lap, Kikyko blinked and smiled a huge smile, she pulled her arms around Hakura's neck and smooshed her green mask covered face against Hakura's.

"Argh, Kikyko you're wearing a facemask and it's all over me now, I just washed my face," Hakura huffed, she tried to pry Kikyko's arms from around her neck.

"AAAAHHHHH YOUR PREGNANT, OH MY GOD!" Kikyko shouted loudly. Hakura shook her head and sighed deeply.

"I don't know yet Kikyko I haven't taken the test to find out, please release your arms you're making a mess with that mask on your face," Hakura chimed again, she tapped her hands over Kikyko's arms. Kikyko giggled and laughed, she pressed her cheek against Hakura's face even more transferring her green mask onto Hakura's clean face. Hakura groaned.

"Aah aahhha ahhah oh let's go take the test now Hakura!" Kikyko chimed and giggled she rubbed her face against Hakura's and giggled again. Hakura sighed deeply and looked at her sister.

"Kikyko, want a cookie?" Kira said to Kikyko holding up the last of the chocolate chip cookies in her hand. Kikyko looked at her and smiled.

"Come on, let go of Hakura and take the cookie," Kira taunted her, she waved the cookie near her. Kikyko giggled and released her arms from around Hakura's neck. Hakura sighed and reached for her cloth off the table, she ran it along her face again.

"Good girl, what a good girl…come on, come take this cookie," Kira chimed and laughed, she stood up and waved the cookie in the air. Kikyko stood up.

"AAAH GIVE ME THE COOKIE KIRA, IT'S THE LAST ONE!" Kikyko shouted, she huffed and folded her arms, Kira came around the couch, Kikyko huffed and followed her. Hakura let out a deep sigh and stood up.

"After you are done taunting Kikyko with a cookie I'll be in the bathroom peeing on a stick," Hakura said to her sister and Kikyko, Kikyko chased Kira around the living room, both ignoring Hakura. Hakura shook her head and groaned.

"Great! The living room is going to be covered in green face mask," Hakura chimed, she folded her arms and huffed again, she shook her head and mumbled to herself as she turned away from her sister and Kikyko. She walked down the hallway to the bathroom on the first level of their house, under the round staircase.

"AAAAHHH KIRA GIVE ME THE COOKIE!" Kikyko's voice shouted. Kira shook the cookie in the air near Kikyko and just as she was about to extend her hand to Kikyko to give her the cookie, she quickly plopped it into her mouth whole.

"KIRAAAA…." Kikyko shouted. Hakura heard them from the bathroom and huffed.

"I need some real friends," she said to herself as she ripped open the box for the pregnancy test.


"AWESOME!" Hoshiki shouted as Nina challenged the boys in an arcade game, she was going hard on a Terminator box game, and Koji and Yuki where on the one next to her. Hoshiki looked at the numbers as they changed, he would laugh and cheer them on.

"Come on we can't let her win Yuki!" Koji huffed angry; he taped the buttons on the game hard. Nina giggled as her small fingers tapped the buttons. She'd turn her eyes to the boy's game box then to hers and giggle each time her numbers went up.

"Well will you look who's here, dog boy, and get this….they have a new dog girl with them," Akira said as he and his three friends approached the boys. Koji turned his head to Akira's voice. Yuki jumped down from the chair and turned to Akira.

"Hey, let's just go!" Hoshiki said to Koji and Yuki, Koji jumped down from the chair as well. Nina turned her head to the boys curious, she looked at them for a moment then to Hoshiki.

"Who are they?" she said and jumped off her chair.

"Well she talks, what's a dog girl like you doing with the dog boy…run along pups, you don't belong with humans! This is an arcade center, it's for humans only!" Neko said to Hoshiki and Nina. He waved his hand in the air then laughed.

"Kenji, Yukito check out the doggies," Neko teased them again. Kenji and Yukito laughed and waved their hands in the air for them to leave.

"Hey why are you always picking on Hoshiki, like grow up, they're allowed to be here," Koji said to the boys, he folded his arms and eyed Akira down. Akira came towards them.

"Because Hoshiki is a stupid weak dog boy, that's why!" Akira said to Koji. Nina, shifted herself behind Hoshiki, then turned and ran out of the arcade center.

"Hey seriously stop picking on Hoshiki, you'll have a bigger problem on your hands Akira!" Yuki said as well. Hoshiki growled, he came around the boys and stood in front of them.

"Ooooh what's this, Hoshiki is sizing up to us, come on dog boy run along before we turn you into dog food and embarrass you in front of all these humans," Neko said to Hoshiki, Akira laughed as Neko came around him and stood in front of Hoshiki.

"Nah, I don't think Hoshiki is man enough to take the four of us on Kenji," Yukito said to his brother. Kenji shook his head then laughed.

"Nope, he's too much of a coward boy huh!" Yukito said to Kenji, Akira laughed, he folded his arms and watched Kenji and Yukito taunt Hoshiki.

"Is there a problem here boys?" Inuko said behind them. Hoshiki turned his head to the sound of his brothers' voice. Kenta and Reno had come into the arcade with Inuko, they stood next to Inuko watching the boys carefully. Nina stood near Rika and Hitomi, she looked at the boys then to Hoshiki who stood his ground in front of the boys.

"Nope, no problem we just wanted to say hi to Hoshiki! See you in school tomorrow dog boy!" Akira said to Hoshiki, he ruffled his ears and laughed.

"HEY, cut that out!" Hoshiki shouted at him, Akira pulled his hand from Hoshiki's head and laughed. Neko shook his head, they all turned away from the boys and returned to their arcade games.

"Who were they?" Kenta bent down to the boys and asked them. Koji turned to them.

"They're from school, they're just jerks!" Koji said to the boys. Inuko looked at Hoshiki, Hoshiki kept his eyes on the boys as they challenged eachother on the arcade boxes.

"We don't belong here!" Hoshiki said in a monotone voice.

"Huh what's that Hoshiki?" Inuko said to him, he bent down to his brother and touched his arm. Hoshiki turned to his brother and looked at him.

"Let's go watch the movie!" Hoshiki said to his brother. Inuko grabbed his arms and kept him in his place.

"Talk to me Hoshiki, do those boys pick on you at school, any of you?" Inuko said to him, he looked at Yuki and Koji. Yuki shook his head.

"No they're just jerks that's all," Yuki said to the boys.

"You can tell us boys you know that, if they pick on any of you, you can tell us," Reno said to the boys.

"Well how about we go watch a movie huh? It's about to start soon," Hitoshi's calm voice said to everyone, Hitoshi has this thing about him, he's calm and caring, he never worries over a situation and always knows how to diffuse a tense situation. However, push him into a corner, or make him angry Hitoshi can be your worst enemy.

"Okay!" Koji said to him. Yuki and Koji followed Hitoshi as he came around the girls and left the arcade.

"We'll be waiting for you boys, don't take too long the movie starts soon," Rika said to Kenta and Reno. They looked at her and nodded. She turned and left the arcade with Nina. Nina let out a deep sigh and took Rika's hand following her. Hitomi let out a deep sigh, Reno looked at her, he came towards her and took her hand. They both left the theater together.

"Hoshiki you know you can tell me anything, I want to know the truth do those boys pick on you, do they bully you?" Inuko said to his brother, he was worried about his brother, being in an all-human boys' school wasn't an easy decision for us. Kikyko's school was full and couldn't accommodate anymore students, because of how many demon and human students enrolled before we could get Hoshiki in, they got top priority. We had to make the decision to put him in an all-boys school with Koji and Yuki.

"No Inuko! Now can we go watch the movie please?" Hoshiki said to his brother, he shook his arms releasing his brother's grasp. Inuko looked at him and let out a deep breath.

"Alright, but if I find out those boys are picking on you, they're going to have a huge problem on their hands," Inuko said to him. Hoshiki looked at his brother, then ran a hand through his hair, he came around him and left the theater.

"That's not cool! Those boys better not do anything to Hoshiki," Kenta said to Inuko. Inuko stood up, he looked at Akira and his friends as they went hard on the arcade games.


"Well Hakura, come on already…" Kikyko chimed sitting on the bed, she huffed and folded her arms. Hakura had gone upstairs to their bedroom and was in the bathroom talking to herself.

"Yeah sis you've been in there for an hour, how long does it take for you to pee on a stick!" Kira said to her sister, she looked at Kikyko, they both laughed.

"Oh god….now way!" Hakura said looking at the two tests she had taken, there were two lines, one blue and visible the other semi-visible. She picked up the instructions sheet and looked it over.

"Oooohhhhhh Hakura, don't make me come in there," Kikyko's voice chimed at the door as she knocked on the door in an annoying pattern.

Hakura unlocked the door, she held the sticks behind her back and let out a deep breath.

"Well?" Kikyko chimed cheerfully. Hakura let out a deep breath, she came around Kikyko and towards the bed, Kira stood up and looked at her.

"Okay, so I don't know if I am or not…the instructions…" Hakura held up a paper to her sister. Kikyko came towards her and noticed the sticks hidden behind her back.

"AAAAH TELL ME I'M DYING I HAVE TO KNOW!" Kikyko chimed again and jumped in her spot.

"Calm down will yeah…let's see here," Kira said reading over the paper.

"Well do you see two blue lines or one?" Kira said to her sister. Hakura held up the tests to her sister and let out a deep breath.

"NO…WAY! There's two lines Hakura, even though the second line is semi-visible it still means…"

"I'm pregnant!" Hakura finished her sisters' sentence.

"WHHHHHATTTTT….AAAAHHHH!" Kikyko shouted, she jumped Hakura and hugged her.

"Oh god, Kikyko please release your arms," Hakura sighed deeply. Kikyko giggled excitedly and rubbed her face against Hakura again, her clean face. Hakura sighed and tapped her hands to Kikyko's arms that were woven tightly around her neck.

"You have to tell Inuko sis, oh my gosh this is great!" Kira said excited, she smiled and awkwardly hugged her sister.

"AH, BIG BROTHER DOESN'T KNOW…" Kikyko chimed, and pulled her arms from around Hakura. She leaned over the bed for her phone.

"Oh no you don't troublemaker, I'll be the one to tell him thank you very much!" Hakura said to Kikyko, Kira pulled her arms from around her sisters' neck and looked at Kikyko, Kikyko held her phone to her face and watched Hakura carefully as she folded her arms and fumed.

"Uhhh, I just was …." Kikyko stuttered out.

"Yeah I know you, you'll spoil it, I'm going to tell him okay….surprise him and our parents, so you….young lady…" Hakura said to Kikyko, she took a step forward to Kikyko. Kikyko looked at her nervous.

"….better keep your mouth shut, or else…there will be consequences!" Hakura said again, she tapped her hand to Kikyko's face intimidating her. Kikyko slowly nodded and slid over to Kira, she hid behind her.

"Good! Heheheh, oh my gosh I can't believe this," Hakura chimed excitedly. Kira looked at Kikyko. They both shook their heads and sighed heavily.


"What do you mean Kikyko lost all control, from poison….InuYasha how could you let this happen?" Kagome fumed. She folded her arms and looked at me, she was angry, I could tell. We sat outside at our patio tables discussing the mountain trip and what happened that night.

"Stop barking women, I didn't hear anything…I don't know what was wrong with me, my scenes are usually so keen, and I didn't even pick up his scent," I said to everyone at the table. My mother looked at me then turned her eyes to my father who looked frustrated.

"Kagome, somehow that panther got past us at night, none of us heard him or picked up his scent, he masked it well….he managed to use his poison claws against Kikyko's neck and that is what caused her to change…" my father said in a husky deep voice.

"So, what I'm understanding is Kikyko's mind was under the control of Roku…and her main target was InuYasha, why? Why would she attack her own father?" Sango said to my father, Miroku touched his hand to Sango's shoulder and looked at her.

"The panther for some reason wanted her pitted against her father, I still have not figured out why yet myself…but I fear it is because of Tetsusaiga, the sword reacted to Kikyko's powers…" Miroku said to her and everyone.

"Yeah, it scared me Kagome, Kikyko's arrows struck Tetsusaiga and each time her arrows penetrated the sword, the blade would shiver as if it was afraid of Kikyko's powers," I said to Kagome. Kagome looked at me, and to my father.

"How is Tetsusaiga scared of Kikyko's powers? I've seen what you can do InuYasha, the sword is bound to you, how could the blade fear Kikyko's spiritual powers?" Kagome asked again. She looked worried; I touched my hand to her head.

"Yes, this is possible, Tetsusaiga is bound to InuYasha it protects him and his life, if the blade where ever to break…well you all know what happens to InuYasha….the sword was scared of Kikyko, I even saw it…it was terrified of her, even I feared Kikyko's powers….as my niece she scared me," Sesshomaru said as well.

"The only thing we can do right now is have her trained, focus on her spiritual training, so that her demonic form never unleashes itself, the priestesses that reside inside her….must be at peace with eachother and we must return Kikyo to Kikyko's body so she can keep her demonic form locked away," my father said again. My mother stood up from the table and went over to the patio doors, she went inside to check on Makoto who was asleep in her playpen and to help Rin with the lemonade.

"Train her….if Kikyo was unleashed from Kikyko's body as you say and is out to destroy Kikyko, and Midoriko is trying to contain the remaining priestesses within Kikyko. How does returning Kikyo to Kikyko's body help her….what if all these priestesses are released from her body, what happens then? I can't train her if she isn't willing to take her training seriously, the last few lessons we did, Kikyko complained, and didn't give her all to the training…I know my daughter InuYasha. This event….what happened on the trip, will cause her to have this fear, and she will not give her all to training…" Kagome said to me. I touched my hand over hers and shook my head at her.

"If I may, if those priestesses do release themselves from Kikyko's body and Midoriko remains, Kikyko will change into her true half-demon self….she will be no different than her siblings, but because she was not born as a hanyou, but born as a human, the transformation would cause her to lose all control of who she is her demonic blood will in turn kill Midoriko's spirit and Kikyko will lose all control once again. And if this does happen, she will kill and destroy anyone who stands in her way until her own demonic blood kills her," my father said again to everyone. Kagome held a hand to her mouth and let out a deep breath.

"We have to do this Kagome, you have to be hard on her, she has to break…I don't care if we have to punish her take away her phone and her things and make her understand the importance of her spiritual training, but this has to be done…we cannot let her lose control of herself like this again," I said clasping my fingers with Kagome's, she looked at me then to Miroku.

"InuYasha is right Kagome, only you and Sango can strengthen her mind and body, she must give her all to this, it will be exhausting and hard but she has to do this Kagome, you cannot go easy on her! You know where she needs to get to in her training to be able to contain her own powers, she needs to be a high priestess like you and Kaede was, a master priestess…" Miroku said to her. Sango nodded.

"I will do my part Kagome, those panthers crossed the line by pinning Kikyko against her father and using her powers for their evil deeds," Sango said as well and nodded.

"Alright then we must do this, I know she won't like it….tomorrow she starts school and she will bring home her new schedule…" Kagome said to all of us.

My mother had opened the patio doors and came out with Rin holding trays of lemonade.

"…when she brings home her schedule Kagome, we have to include her training somewhere in her schedule, I don't care if she likes it or not!" I said to her. My mother put the tray down on the table. I looked at her as she sat down next to my father and picked up a cup and placed it down near me.

"Fine then we do this!" Kagome said releasing her hand from mine, she folded her arms and nodded.

"I would like for Sesshomaru to sword train her…" my father said after he cleared his throat to get our attention.

"Uh what?" I said eyeing my father down.

"Me, why father? I thought you and InuYasha will train her…" Sesshomaru said to our father. I folded my arms and leaned forward towards my father. What's that old man up too, just last night he said he would be the one to train her, we'd do it together, now he wanted Sesshomaru to train her?

"Because InuYasha is her father and he will go easy on her, he will not be hard on her like Sesshomaru would, because she is only a niece to Sesshomaru…" my father said to the both of us. Oh I get it, because Sesshomaru doesn't have any emotional ties to Kikyko, and he will be hard on her if it comes down to it.

"Teh….bit your tongue old man, I will not go easy on her, Sesshomaru can train her if that's what you choose, but so will I…no way will my daughter be let off the hook that easily," I said to my father. He looked at me and then to Sesshomaru and a loud bullous laugh erupted from his body.

"This I have to see you and your brother working together to train a little girl who could probably kill the both of you with one flick of her hand, hahahah…I'll be there to help, but this will be interesting," my father laughed again. I growled and mumbled to myself, if my mother wasn't sitting between me and my father, I would've clobbered that old man. My mother looked at me and shook her head.

"Uh huh, you better listen to your older and wiser brother InuYasha because I will not go easy on Kikyko, as such….do not undermine my authority with her…" Sesshomaru just had to say that didn't he, I slid out my chair. Kagome put her hand to my knee and looked at me. My father looked at me then to Sesshomaru. He folded his arms and glared at us.

"Say that again jackass I dare you! Why would I listen to a conceded cold hearted bastard like you…." I said to Sesshomaru.

"Great and they're going to fight!" Sango sighed deeply, she picked up the glass off the table and held it to her mouth. Miroku smirked, he watched me as I fumed and taunted Sesshomaru. Rin held her hand to her mouth and smiled, she shook her head at us and let out this deep breath.

The jackass pissed me off, I will not go easy on Kikyko, like heck I won't…not after what she did. I'm going to make sure she is sword trained and I will be the one to do that myself if I have too.

"Because someone needs to train your spoiled, manipulative, little…"

Before he could finish saying anything more about my Kikyko I came around my mother towards him. He stood up and let out a deep heavy sigh.

"Down boys! Do not…"

Before my father could even finish his words, both Sesshomaru and I jumped to the air.

"Great, I'll go make sure they don't kill eachother!" my father slid his chair out, he let out a deep breath and started to mumble to himself. He too jumped to the air right after us as we both landed near the treehouse within the forest.

"Someone's going to get hurt!" my mother said and held the glass to her mouth. Kagome nodded then let out a sigh.

She slid out her chair at the voice of Makoto crying inside the house.

"Well we have a plan set in motion, so we have to stick to it!" Kagome said to everyone, she turned to the patio doors.

"I really need to wash that boy's mouth out with soap he swears worse than his father," my mother said again.

Sango held a hand to her mouth and laughed at this so did Rin.

"Yup we're used to InuYasha's mouth, he can run his mouth off sometimes then Kagome gets pissy and all we hear is …." Before Miroku could finish his words, Kagome returned to the table with Makoto in her arms.

"What Miroku, what was that? Is there a problem here…" Kagome chimed again. Miroku laughed and held his hands up to her.

"Calm down jeez Kagome, I was only explaining to Izayoi about the word you use to tame that crazy husband of yours," Miroku said waving his hands at Kagome as she sat back down in her chair. Makoto yawned and rubbed her hands over her face.

"Oh you mean 'sit boy' ahahha it works every…" before she could finish her words. I was knocked down to the ground. Sesshomaru and my father looked at me as my body left an imprint in the ground.

"FUCK, KAGOME!" I shouted at her near the house. We were only in the back area near the forest, how the fuck did her words get that far?

Everyone at the table laughed, I heard their voices fill the air. Shit, damn these fucking beads around my neck, and damn that stupid women and that stupid word she says. Wait until I return home, I'll show her alright! My father laughed hard at me as I pulled myself off the ground carefully.


3 hours later, Sunday evening 10PM

I rolled my shoulder and tapped my fist against my shoulder as I came back through the patio doors with my father. Sesshomaru had left with Rin, the sparing match we had was well worth it, I needed some endurance and physical training.

"Huh!" I said noticing my son sitting on the last step of the stairs that led up to the bedrooms. My father smiled at Hoshiki and came around the stairs to the bedroom where my mother was, her voice was humming behind the opened door of the bedroom that hide under the stairs.

"Hoshiki?" I said coming towards him. He was sulking and looked depressed for some reason.

"Do not tell me the movie scared the shit out of you, where's your brother, I'm so going to kick his ass for this…" I said to Hoshiki and folded my arms. I was about to shout for my oldest son when Hoshiki let out a deep sigh.

"He went home to Hakura dad, he's going to bring Kikyko home…. its 10PM we have school tomorrow," Hoshiki said to me. I looked around the living room, and the kitchen, seems Nina didn't return with him. I assumed she left with her brothers and returned home for school tomorrow.

I sat down near Hoshiki on the stairs and touched his head. He looked at me.

"What's wrong? Why are you so down?" I asked him and smiled. He let out a deep sigh and put his head down against his knees.

"Dad, do you think I could….uhhh try home schooling again?" Hoshiki asked in a quiet monotone voice. What brought this up suddenly, we tried that three years ago when he couldn't get in to Kikyko's school. He hated home schooling, he wanted to make friends and be around kids his own age, so we sent him to the all-boys school with Koji and Yuki. Why does he want to home school again?

"Why Hoshiki, what brought this up all of a sudden…" I said and rubbed his ears. He looked at me again.

"Nothing never mind…" Hoshiki said again. He sighed deeply and shifted off the stairs and too his feet. He came around the stairs and to the kitchen. I watched him as he walked through the kitchen and around the glass partition and to the front door.

"Huh! What's up with him?" I said to myself, then I heard Kikyko's voice.

"Hoshiiii… hehehe hi, how was the movie!" Kikyko's cheerful voice chimed. She came around the partition with her brother. He was telling her about the movie and what they did the entire time while at the theater. Kikyko looked at me as she came towards the stairs. I stood up and watched her as she went upstairs, Hoshiki was right behind her still talking.

"Somethings wrong…why won't Hoshiki talk to me…" I said watching them as they disappeared upstairs. I let out a deep breath and walked through my house locking all the doors.

"Yeah and we had popcorn and hotdogs with chips…" Hoshiki continued to tell her as he followed her to her room.

"Hehehe, sounds like you had fun Hoshi, you're not going to have nightmares again are you…" Kikyko turned and said this to her brother as he followed her into her room. He folded his arms and glared at her.

"The movie wasn't even that scary sis, it was so lame and cheesy…" he said and huffed. Kikyko bent down to him and smiled, she tapped her hand over his head.

"Good at least you won't wet the bed and then want to sleep with me and have nightmares all night…" she said to him again and laughed.

"HEY I DID NOT WET THE BED KIKYKO…I just had to much to drink and forgot to pee before bed that's all!" he said to her fuming. Kikyko laughed and stood up, she came around her bed to the patio doors, she opened them to let some air into her room.

Kagome was in our room in the shower with Makoto, Makoto's voice was laughing and giggling, she enjoyed showers and loved water. She would tap her hands together against the water as it sprayed down from the shower head.

Kagome hummed to herself and looked at Makoto who sat along the floor of the standing shower laughing and babbling to herself. As I came upstairs, I could hear Hoshiki and Kikyko's voice from her bedroom. I leaned against the wall near her bedroom and listened to their conversation. Hoshiki sat along his sisters' bed as she was in the closet changing. He turned his back to the closet and let out a deep sigh.

"Why don't you want to go to school anymore Hoshiki, you have to go to school…you said you wanted to be a doctor, school is important!" Kikyko said to him from her closet.

"I thought maybe I'd try home schooling again…I just don't like the all-boys school, it kind of sucks that I can't go to your school," he said to her. Kikyko ran a hand through her hair and pulled her hair out from the shirt of her pj's. She came out of the closet and towards the bed. Hoshiki turned around to her.

"Does this have to do with those boys at the carnival, those three boys who approached you? Did you know them?" Kikyko asked sitting on her bed. He nodded and let out a deep sigh. So that's what this was about, were some boys picking on him at school or something?

"Yeah, I don't like Kenji, Yukito, Neko and Akira…they're not so nice to me at school," Hoshiki said straight out to Kikyko.

"Why didn't you tell me, or Inuko? Do they pick on you Hoshiki are they bullies to you?" Kikyko asked him concerned, she slid over to him and touched his head again.

"Sometimes sis, but I don't confront them, I don't let it get to me…because I don't want a fight to break out, but they're not so nice to me mostly, maybe because I'm the only demon in the entire school…" Hoshiki said to her. I let out a deep breath.

"That's why…I'm so sorry Hoshiki I wish I could get you into Kikyko's school…why didn't you tell me about this," I said to myself as I heard them continue talking. I slide away from the wall and passed Kikyko's room to our room. Kagome had Makoto wrapped in a towel and she was on the bed with a towel over her head as well.

"AAH!" Makoto shouted rubbing the towel over her head and face. I sat on the bed and pulled the towel off her head.

"Are you trying to dry your hair?" I said to her, she smiled this big smile and nodded. She extended her hands out to the towel. I smiled and handed it back to her, she threw it over her head and laughed again.

"Hmm hmmm hmm…" Kagome hummed to herself as she went over to the dresser to dress herself.

"Kagome, I think we should home school Hoshiki again!" I said to her watching her as she dropped the towel from around her naked body. She slipped on her bra and panties and turned to me.

"Huh why? Did he say something…does he not like the school he's in or something?" Kagome said reaching over to the bed for her robe.

"He was telling Kikyko he doesn't like the school and some of the kids there pick on him, so he wanted to try home schooling again," I said to her. Kagome sat on the bed and picked up Makoto, she pulled the towel from around her body and held her to her body. Makoto still had the towel over her head and was laughing while her small hands rubbed the towel over her ears.

"Yeah, apparently some boys pick on him…he asked me downstairs, so I thought I'd bring it up!" I said again. Kagome stood up from the bed and went over to the closet to dress Makoto.

"The new term just started InuYasha he will have to wait it out and finish this term first, I can home school him in April if he wants too then, but right now we can't….the school won't allow us to pull him out in the middle of the school year," Kagome's voice said from the closet. I let out a deep breath and sighed, I figured that much, I was worried for Hoshiki. I don't know what happens in that school and I don't want Hoshiki hurt because of it.

"If he's being bullied, maybe we should talk to the school about that and see what comes from it, Hoshiki needs to stand up to anyone who picks on him, or else they'll answer to me and I won't be so nice to those boys…" Kagome said coming towards the bed. I looked at Makoto as she sucked on her toy, her red romper was cute and had the word puppy on it, giraffe hung from her hand as her hands awkwardly clutched the toy in her mouth.

"I know, I'll talk to him about it tomorrow when I drive them to school," I said to her. I held my hands out to Makoto, she giggled and mumbled through the toy between her lips and threw herself at me. Kagome huffed when she did that. I took her from Kagome and sat her on my lap.

"No one better pick on my boy or else there is going to be a huge problem!" Kagome said as she slid into bed. I looked at her and chuckled. Damn right on that part, Kagome wouldn't stand for it and neither will I. Knowing Kagome she'd probably bend those boys over her knee and teach them a good lesson. Heck if she doesn't I will.

"No Hoshi fighting doesn't solve anything, use your words and stand up to them…show them you're not scared of them Hoshi," Kikyko's voice said from her room. I tried to listen to them talk, but Kagome was talking to me in bed as well and Makoto was babbling to her giraffe, I could barely keep up with Kikyko and Hoshiki's conversation.

"I know sis, I do stand up to them sometimes…and sometimes I just walk away, but I really hate it when they pick on me…" Hoshiki said to her as she pulled the sheets back.

"Hoshi you need to be brave and stronger than them, don't let them pick on you, tell a teacher or someone if they do Hoshi….or I'll come over and just beat them up!" Kikyko said to him. Hoshiki looked at her and then laughed.

"That would be scary to see a girl in an all-boys school," Hoshiki said again. Kikyko looked at him and picked up her pillow she hit him with it.

"HEY!" he shouted at her.

"Get to bed, in your own room…we have school tomorrow and need to be up by 6AM dummy," Kikyko said to him. He huffed and growled at her, he jumped off her bed.

"STUPID!" Hoshiki said to his sister. He then came around the bed as she crawled under the sheets, he watched her for a moment the let out a deep sigh.

"Sis…" Hoshiki said to her. She looked at him and adjusted the sheets around her. He came over to her and leaned forward, he kissed her on the cheek and then turned around facing her door.

"Good night!" he said to her and ran out of her room to his, his door closed behind him.

"Huh!" Kikyko said and touched her cheek. He's usually never affectionate to Kikyko, but when he is, he's nothing more than a sweet little boy who loves his sister unconditionally. Even though he never shows it.


"Hakura I'm home…" Inuko said closing the door behind him, he locked their large door and took off his jacket. Just as he was about to throw his jacket to the chair in the hallway Hakura jumps at him. He dropped his jacket to the floor and pulled his arms around Hakura's waist.

"Woah hey….hi!" he said to her. She giggled and grabbed him by the collar of his dress shirt, she pulled him through the hallway.

"Uh huh what is with you all of a sudden…did you miss me that much or something?" Inuko said to her, she giggled and started to kiss his neck, she unbuttoned his shirt and pulled him up the stairs.

"Uh huh…" he said to her, her grabbed her hands from his shirt, and picked her up, he threw her over his shoulder.

"WOAH INUKO…" she shouted at him, he laughed and ran up the stairs with her.

"Mmmmm…naughty boy," Hakura giggled as he entered their room. He closed the door behind them and threw her to the bed.

"Hehehehe, my my what a strong man….I love it!" she giggled, he crawled over the bed to her.

"What is with you?" he said to her, she giggled and pulled her arms around his neck she pulled him to the bed.

"I just want you that's all…" she said to him and giggled. He smiled and pushed her down along the bed.

"Mmmmm….good!" he said and kissed her.


Monday Morning 6AM

I yawned and stretched my arms. School day, the kids had a few months off school, it didn't seem like it, it actually went by so fast. I knocked on Hoshiki's door. His door was slightly opened.

"I'm coming dad, just getting ready," he said to me from his room. I turned to Kikyko's room, her door was opened, and she was in her closet.

"Uh Kikyko…" I said at her door, she came out and adjusted the red ribbon tie along her neck.

"I like the new uniform its actually cute," Kikyko said twirling around. I smiled at her, the brown skirt was long past her knees, the white and brown sailor style top was long sleeve, v-line neck, with a red ribbon under the collar and the top was tucked into her skirt. Good at least nothing is showing.

"I'll be downstairs, both you and your brother hurry don't be late," I said to her, she turned to me and smiled. She twirled again in front of her long-standing mirror and looked herself over. I left her room and let out a deep breath. Where did this time go! It went by so fast; it was great having my children at home for a few months. My son got married, and my baby girl is now three months old. In another two weeks she'll be nearing four months.

"Seriously, where did this time go…" I said to myself as I came down the stairs. Makoto was in Kagome's arms, while she was in the kitchen preparing bento boxes for Kikyko and Hoshiki.

"No mama," Makoto said to Kagome, she would rub her eyes and press her head against her mother's shoulder.

"Good morning!" I said to Kagome coming around the island towards her. Kagome looked at me and smiled, I extended my hands for Makoto, she lifted her head off her mothers' shoulder and looked at me. She extended her hands to me.

"Please take her, she's been fussy and cranky since she woke up, and she won't eat anything…" Kagome said as I took Makoto from her. My parents where in the room down the hallway, I could hear them talking, they were awake as well. I smiled and tapped Makoto on the back.

"Huh, oh? Makoto why won't you eat…is it because of your teeth?" I said to her, I touched her mouth and looked at her four teeth, they finally came through.

"No…papa!" Makoto said again, she pressed her head against my chest. Kagome waved a bowl at me with a spoon in it. I took it from her. Kagome always pureed some food for the kids when they teethed, peas, and carrots, rice, she had made some for Makoto to try as well.

"I need to finish these boxes for the kids, oh gosh I slept in and didn't get a chance to ….aaargh!" Kagome mumbled to herself, I laughed at this and came around the island. I came towards the couch and sat down.

"Okay Mako, you have to eat…" I said and held the bowl in my hands, Makoto looked at the bowl as I swirled the spoon in the home-made baby food Kagome made for her. I lifted the spoon to her mouth. She looked at me and shook her head.

"No papa, ECKY!" she said, then held her hands to her mouth. I scowled at her.

"Makoto you have to eat, your teeth came through now, so you have to learn to use them…come on try it, I'm sure it's really good," I said to her. Makoto shook her head; she kept her hands over her mouth.

"Morning mom," Kikyko said coming down the stairs, Hoshiki was behind her, he held his book bag in his hand as he adjusted his red tie at the same time.

"Look at the both of you in your school uniforms, wow you both look great! Oooohhh so cute," Kagome said to the kids, she lifted her cell phone and quickly snapped a pick of both of them. Kikyko giggled and twirled.

"I like the new brown and white uniform, its actually cute," Kikyko said again. Hoshiki's uniform was still the same, navy blue dress jacket, pants, and a white shirt with a red tie. The pants where long for the winter season, and he wore black shoes with them as well.

"No…" Makoto said again. I sighed deeply and shook my head at her. I looked over to my parents as they came through the hallway.

"Good morning," my father said to us. Kikyko giggled and twirled showing off her school uniform.

"Oh how cute you both look," my mother beamed, she came towards Kikyko and hugged her.

"Huh, what's wrong sis?" Hoshiki said to Makoto, he came towards me and bent forward and looked at his sister. He touched her head and smiled.

"Breakfast is good Mako, you should eat it…mom makes great breakfast," Hoshiki said to her. Makoto looked at him then turned her eyes to Kikyko, she shook her head. My mother looked over at Makoto, Kikyko pulled herself from her grandmothers embrace.

"Huh! What's wrong with Makoto?" Kikyko said in the kitchen, she grabbed her bento box and wrapped it in the cloth. Hoshiki turned to his sister.

"She doesn't seem to want to eat anything," I said standing up with Makoto in my arms. Hoshiki followed me back to the kitchen.

"Huh! Why is she sick or something?" my father said concerned, he came towards me and touched his hand to Makoto's forehead. She wasn't warm that's for sure, maybe she's just cranky.

Hoshiki held his wrapped bento box to the air and was just about to tie it to his book back when Makoto shouted and extended her hands for it.

"AHHHH," she shouted.

"Huh? Sis you can't have my bento box, mom made it for me for school…" Hoshiki said to his sister. She waved her hands and shouted again.

"AAAHHHH…" she shouted. I extended my hand to Hoshiki. He looked at me and untied the clothe around his box, he handed the box to me. Kikyko and Kagome watched as I held the box up to Makoto. She smiled and sniffed the box.

"She wants solid food," my mother said, she smiled and came around Kagome she reached for a plate from the cupboard. Kagome looked at the empty bento box that used to belong to Inuko, she had pulled it from the cupboard to make a third box incase we wanted something for later at work. She loaded it with rice and some vegetables. My mother looked at her as she did that.

"AAAH," Makoto shouted looking at Hoshiki's box, she extended her hands for it again.

"No Makoto Hoshiki needs this for school," I said and moved the box away from her. She looked at me and her eyes looked at me with these sad puppy eyes. I caved I bloody caved. I sighed deeply. Kagome handed me the bento she just finished making for Makoto.

"Here your very own box Makoto, silly of me to forget to make you one… here are you!" Kagome said to her. I looked at the box and took it from her. Makoto smiled this huge smiled and shouted.

"AAAHHHHH!" she chimed. Yup she wanted solid food. Just as I was about to come around the couch again and sit Makoto down in her highchair Inuko come through the door and to the kitchen.

"Good morning everyone," he said to us, he twirled his keys on his finger.

"UUUUKOOOOO…" Makoto shouted, her hands were filled with rice, she shoved the rice into her mouth and mumbled. Inuko looked over at his rice covered sister and laughed.

"Well someone's happy to see me!" he said and came around the counter towards his sister. We all laughed when Inuko bent forward and kissed Makoto on the face. She laughed and held her rice covered hands up to Inuko.


I pulled the car over to the curb that separated Kikyko's school from Hosiki's and turned the key off. I wanted to make sure to talk to Hoshiki before he had his chance to escape from the car.

"Thanks dad, I have harp lessons tonight, so I'll be at practice," Kikyko reminded me as she opened the car door, I turned and looked at her.

"Hey, work hard okay…call me when your done and I'll come get you, we should be done from the office by 5 tonight," I said to her. She smiled and nodded, she ruffled Inuko's hair before she left and giggled.

"Hey….brat!" Inuko shouted at her, she closed the door and laughed, we watched her as she ran towards her school. I locked the car doors before Hoshiki could get out.

"Huh dad?" Hoshiki said to as his hand pulled at the doors handle. Inuko looked at me and then to Hoshiki.

"Dad he will be late…" Inuko said to me. I turned and looked at Hoshiki.

"I know those boys at school pick on you, I overheard you talking to Kikyko about it last night…" I said to Hoshiki quickly. He looked at me and let out a deep exasperated sigh.

"Can I go now please?" Hoshiki said to me. I shook my head.

"I want you to tell me everything Hoshiki you don't need to be afraid to tell me anything, if those boys pick on you from now on stand up to them, face them like a man…use your words, don't fight them but be brave and stand up to them," I said to him. Hoshiki looked at me and nodded.

"Fine dad, can I go now please?" he said to me reaching for the doors handle again, I tapped the button unlocking the doors. Hoshiki looked at me again then opened the door.

"Bye dad, bye Inuko!" he said to us quickly and jumped out of the car. We watched him as Koji and Yuki waited near the fence for Hoshiki, he ran towards them and joined them. Miroku had dropped the boys off early, my father and Sesshomaru where with him, they are probably at the office by now. We have a very important board meeting for the stores opening tomorrow and we wanted Inuko and my father there for it. Inuko turned his head to me and looked at me.

"Huh…he never told me about the boys picking on him," Inuko said to me as I started the car. I pulled away from the curb and drove down the street to the office.

"I know he told Kikyko everything last night, he wanted to try home schooling again…" I said to Inuko. He looked at me and let out a deep sigh.

"If those boys hurt him, I swear…" Inuko said and let out a gruff. I smiled and touched his head.

"You'll do nothing, Hoshiki needs to learn to stand up to anyone who bully's him and not take any aggression from anyone, he's a man now…he needs to act like one," I said to Inuko. Inuko let out a deep sigh and shook his head.

"So…." I said after a few moments, I stopped at a red light and tapped my fingers against the steering wheel.

"Is Hakura pregnant yet?" I said to Inuko bluntly. Inuko looked at me coldly and grumbled.

"NOT YOU TOO DAD LIKE COME ON, it doesn't work that fast…" he shouted at me, I laughed and signaled to the right as the light changed.

"Actually with us…it does," I laughed and said this to him. He looked at me and then let out a deep breath.

"I DON'T KNOW OKAY, jeez mother has been on me since our honeymoon, why does she want grandchildren so badly god…." Inuko mumbled to himself. I laughed hard at this.


Tokyo Elementary & Highschool: Kikyko's Japanese Language class 8AM

Kikyko made her way through her Japanese language class and to her seat in the back. The students were talking loudly and laughing, the teacher had not arrived yet, so the students took the time to talk to eachother about their semester break. Kikyko sat down and opened her book bag, she pulled her books from her bag and hung her bag along the peg on the side of the desk.

"Hi Kikyko," a young black-haired classmate said to Kikyko she turned around in her seat and smiled at her. Some of the students near her pulled their desks closer to Kikyko.

"Hey Kikyko," one of the boys said to her, the other students near her also said the same.

"Uhhh hello," Kikyko said surprised. No one in her classes ever talk to her, they never converse or even say hi, this surprised her.

"Uh," Kikyko said again.

"Toby!" One of the boys said to her, he ran his hand through his brown hair and smiled.

"I know who all of you are, we have the same classes," she said to them. She opened her notebook.

"We never go the chance to say hi to you… no offence, your brother and his friend's kind of scare us," the girl with long black hair said to her. Kikyko lifted her eyes to the girl.

"You're all scared of my brother and the guys, why…. they're harmless," Kikyko said to everyone near her.

"Yeah they're intimidating, your always with them, we didn't know if it was okay to actually say hi to you or if we'd get beat up for doing so," one of the boys near her to the left said this. Kikyko looked at them then held her hand to her mouth and laughed.

"My brother is an airhead but he's harmless, Kenta and Reno…not so much, and Hitoshi, well he's just Hitoshi…." Kikyko laughed again. The black-haired girl gave Kikyko a smile and introduced herself.

"Naoki, and if you want, we can walk together to Mr. Yoji's math class after this class," she said to Kikyko, Kikyko looked at her and smiled.

"Okay!" she chimed. The students then moved their desks back as the teacher entered the classroom.

"Settle down everyone, let's beginning the class…" their teacher said as he took his place at his desk.