Inuyasha: Sweet Dreams and a Happy Life

Chapter 13: Young Love, part 2

"Kaliya!" Kagome screamed in fear, skidding to a halt at the river bank, eyes watching as the water rushed past her.

"Kagome-sama?" a scared voice question.

Turning around, Kagome regarded the group of ookami youkai with anger in her eyes. "You threw my daughter and her friend down that waterfall, Jakku. Tell me why I should not take my retribution if she dies?" she snarled, ignoring Inuyasha, who was trying to hold her back.

"I tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen to me. They told me that if I didn't follow them, they would kill me," Jakku replied.

Inuyasha threw back his head and howled loud and long, calling out to Koga. Maybe his rival would be able to smack some sense into Jakku's thick skull. Golden eyes burning with hatred, Inuyasha grabbed Jakku by the scruff, while Kagome rounded the others with her miko powers. They sat the wolves on the ground, and they were surrounded by a barrier. As Kagome and Inuyasha paced angrily, they quietly listened to their hushed whispers.

"You didn't tell us that she was the hanyou miko's daughter, Jakku," one of them hissed.

"I tried, but you wouldn't listen to me," Jakku replied.

"Damn you. I should have just killed you and have been done with it," another growled.

"You are all bakas. Did you not feel the purity behind the power when she pushed us all away from her when you were all eager to take advantage of her?" Jakku asked them.

Letting the conversation go on, Kagome was the first to sense Koga's presence with her miko powers. "Koga," she simply said.

Inuyasha waited until the ookami oyukai was standing in front of him before he said any thing. "Koga, I'm disappointed in you for not raising your son properly. If you had, Kaliya wouldn't be at the bottom of that waterfall because of him and his friends. My mate was going to kill them all, but I called you here so you would know what has been going on with your offspring," Inuyasha snarled. "You are pathetic. They wanted to rape my daughter last night."

Turning to his son, Koga asked, "Is this true?"

Jakku nodded. "They wanted to take advantage of her. I was posted to guard at the mouth of the cave. It was raining, and we wanted shelter. When they found out that Kaliya and her companion were there, they decided to have a little fun while we waited out the storm," he said.

"Why you little bastard," the first speaker snarled, running his hand through Jakku's gut.

Snarling savagely, Kagome lowered her barrier long enough to get that youkai outside and hold him at arms length over the churning white waters of the waterfall. She squeezed his throat. "You know what I should do? I should purify you, and the others for what you have done to my daughter. If she still lives, who will want her? Who will care for her and makes sure that this matter is dealt justice? It certainly as hell won't be you, that's for sure," she snarled at him.

Squealing, the wolf demon twisted in her grasp. Suddenly, he was thrown back on to the ground. He tried to run, but his feet wouldn't obey what his mind told them to do. It made his blood run cold in his veins at the thought that he had killed the hanyou miko's daughter, her companion and had possibly killed the local wolf tribe leader's son. Gulping, he bowed his head and cried.

Kyashii paid no attention to the spectacle occurring behind her. She kept staring out at the churning water, hoping that the emptiness she felt was not because her twin sister was dead. Memories from their childhood sprang to mind. She smiled when she remembered the first time Kaliya had touched their father's sword. Her eyes had lit up like it was Christmas time and her tiny hand had tightly gripped the hilt of the weapon, almost wanting to wield it right then and there. But, Inuyasha had walked in then, with Kagome and he had told her that Kaliya would be a strong fighter, that she had the spirit to survive. Gray eyes brimming with unshed tears, she jerked when she heard a familiar voice in her head.

'Kyashii! I need you to climb down, please. I'm hurt and so is Tenshi Suoh. He can't heal me like he did when the demon attacked me after I killed that deer,' Kaliya mind voice was quiet and it shook.

'I'm coming, Kaliya. Just hold still for a while longer. Where are you?' Kyashii asked.

'We're located just at the base of the falls. You'll see us as soon as you get to the bottom of the cliff. Please hurry, Kyashii,' Kaliya urged.

Without a second thought for her own safety, Kyashii started climbing down. Her quick hands found sturdy grips in the rock face. The spray of the water stung her eyes as she descended, but she ignored it, blinking furiously to clear her vision. Finally, she reached the bottom and searched frantically for her twin. There she was, over by a cave nearly hidden by the rushing water of the water fall. Running to her sister's side, she hugged her before becoming all business.

Kaliya had sustained broken ribs and her legs were badly broken. Tenshi Suoh, on the other hand, was worse. He was losing blood, fast, from a cut on his arm. He had a broken arm and a broken leg, but what worried Kyashii the most was that he was hardly breathing at all. She did what she could for Tenshi Suoh's cut on his arm and managed to slow the bleeding and wrapped her twin's ribs. She also quickly set their broken limbs and tied them to sturdy branches.

"Okay. I have to bring you both up there at the same time. Kaliya, I want you to hold on to Tenshi Suoh, and hold on tight. Try to keep him still if he wakes up. This is going to be very tricky," Kyashii told her and tied them both to her. Very carefully, she slung them over her back and made sure that the rope kept them secure at her waist. Taking a deep breath, she started to climb back up the cliff face, hoping and praying to Kami that they wouldn't fall to their deaths. Climbing slowly, but steadily, she gained ground on the edge. All ready, her breathing was labored from the strain, but she kept on going.

Kagome was the first one to notice that her other daughter was missing as she was tending to Jakku's wound. "Kyashii, where are you?" she called out. She got no answer, except for the roaring sound of the rushing water as it hurtled over the edge of the cliff face. Then there came a sudden sound, a strained roar. Looking over the edge of the cliff, Kagome noticed a dog that was some what larger than a fawn. Tied to its back were Kaliya and a male inu hanyou. Gray eyes peered at Kagome before recognition dawned in those orbs. Gently, Kyashii woofed at her mother before resuming her climb to the top of the cliff.

Scrambling over the cliff's edge, Kyashii collapsed out of exhaustion. She watched out of half closed eyes as Inuyasha and Kagome cut her burden loose before changing back to her humanoid form. "I've done all that I can for them down there. They need to go back to the future in order to get proper attention for their injuries," she panted and passed out.

"Shimatta," Inuyasha swore as he picked up Kyashii and cradled her while his mate did more to try and heal the injuries that Kaliya and Tenshi Suoh had sustained. Glancing up, he noticed that the ookami youkai of the small group that had been responsible for throwing Kaliya and her friend down the cliff were staring in amazement. They hadn't expected them to survive the fall, yet here they were, injured, but still alive. "Koga, take them away from here. Take them far away, and if they hurt my daughters again, I will not hesitate to kill them."

Nodding, Koga led the small group away from the waterfall, his eyes blazing in anger. His son and his friends would reap the severe punishment that was heading their way.

Kaliya groaned from her position on the ground. Golden eyes cracking open, she stared into Tenshi Suoh's beautiful deep blue sapphire eyes as they stared back at her. She smiled softly at him and clasped his hand tightly in hers. "I love you," she whispered to him.

"As do I," he responded and they both drifted off again under the watchful eyes of Kagome and Inuyasha.

A week and a half later, Tenshi Suoh and Kaliya were fully recovered. Their youkai blood helped them heal much faster than normal and they were back in the past before they knew it.

"We should go see your family, Tenshi," Kaliya said one night as they lay in bed. He told her the first time she called him 'Tenshi' that he didn't mind, so she had continued to use his shorter name.

"Kaliya, I am an outcast. They would not want to see me for as long as I live," Tenshi said. "They are all youkai, royal black dog youkai. They were ashamed that one of theirs would mate with a human, so when I was born, I was considered an outcast and sent away. My father was a human, but he couldn't care for me, so he gave me away to another family who had no children and cared deeply for me. That family raised me until I was ready to go out into the world on my own. Since then, I have not seen another hanyou in my life."

"We will go see your family. They will realize what they have done," Kaliya said and fell asleep snuggled up against him.

That morning, after having discussed the matter with her parents, Kaliya packed a few things, mostly fine haoris and hakamas. She dressed in a black kimono with medium blue flowers on it. It wasn't anything fancy, but it was fancy enough to show that she came from a respected background.

Tenshi dressed in the traditional robes that Inuyasha had gotten for him. Even though the elder hanyou thought that it was payment for having saved his daughter from the attacking demon, he knew that the love blossoming between Kaliya and himself would still be enough. Slinging his traveling pack over his shoulder, he joined Kaliya and her family.

"They won't be so easy to convince about this, you know," he said, referring to the reason why they were going to see his parents, or, rather, his mother, and to confront her mate.

"They don't know much, do they? I want them to know what they missed out on without having you in their life. I want them to know that if they hear your name that they should bow in respect, the respect that you need, that you deserve," Kaliya told him. "We all agree on this and this is what we are going to do, even if I have to go back to the future and get one of the weapons there and threaten them with it. I won't take no for an answer."

With that said out loud, everyone grabbed their individual packs, and headed towards the north. Sango, Miroku, their children, Kohaku and Kirara were with them as well. They were leaving the village in capable hands that had been trained for this sort of thing. Slowly, weeks went by, until, one day, they were stopped by two royal black dog guards.

"Who are you, and for what reason do you come this way?" one of them asked, bristling in defense.

Stepping forward, Tenshi spoke to them. "My name is Tenshi Suoh. I have come to see my mother, and I will not take no for an answer. You may accompany us if you must," he told them. He knew that they had been told about him, when their eyes widened in surprise.

"Who are your companions?" the other asked, clenching his weapon tightly, his voice coming out strained to the breaking point of fear.

"They are the ones who killed Naraku, and their children. The females are Kaliya and Kyashii, twin daughters of the hanyou miko, Kagome, and the hanyou, Inuyasha, and their adopted son, Shippou. These boys are Dane and Lauyr, sons of the taijiya, Sango, and the monk, Miroku,"

"They may pass," a guard said, backing away from the most powerful group in the Feudal Era. He was mostly scared of Kagome. He was told that being near a miko would mean death from purification. He was also told that it was a painful way to go. "We will accompany you to the city."

The city of the northern black dog tribe was beautiful. A castle stood in the middle of a field of brightly colored wild flowers. Servants strode in and out of the one storey building, all dressed in blood red kimonos. Most of the stopped when they recognized one or two of the group, but they all stopped to stare at Tenshi as he strode past. They were whispering about him and about Kagome and her friends when the hanyou miko suddenly turned around and snarled at them. They scurried back, suddenly afraid for their lives. Content, she turned back and hooked an arm around Inuyasha's waist as they were led to the castle entrance.

"Milord, the outcast son of your wife has returned with the ones who killed Naraku," one of the guards who had led them there said, bowing out of respect for the higher rank youkai.

"I told that runt not to return to my lands," a handsome male youkai with midnight black hair swept back out of his face snarled. His green eyes flashed angrily as he stood up and advanced threateningly, ignoring his mate as she pleaded with him to leave her son alone. Her pale eyes flicked back and forth wildly, blindly, as she grasped her mate's hand, but it slipped out of her hand, leaving her wit tears silently running down her cheeks.

"Leave him alone, you bastard!" Kaliya shouted out, throwing herself in front of Tenshi's mother's mate, claws flashing through the air as she did her best to protect the one she loved so much. "If you hurt him, you will have to go through me. But, then, you'll have to face my family, and I don't think that you'll want to go up against miko powers."

Malkee pulled up short. This half breed wasn't afraid to put her life on the line for this bastard creature? Then again, she was also a bastard half breed, and unworthy of such a high position that she had been born into from what her parents had done in the past. "Get out of my way, wench," he growled, slapping her so hard that she flew across the room.

There was a collective silence as every one took in what had just happened. Then all hell broke loose.

Kagome unsheathed Midoriko's sword and fought off the guards while her friends did the same thing. Tenshi threw himself in front of the youkai lord, his sword, Hayabusa, flashing out of its sheathe as he countered the attacks that were relentlessly thrown at him. Fed up with this kind of treatment, he unleashed Hayabusa's ultimate attack. "Hinotama!" he shouted. Basketball sized fireballs flew through the air, connecting with Malkee and throwing him backwards, and leaving him slightly singed. "Leave her alone!"

Stunned from the impact with the wall, Malkee shook his head and launched himself at the half breed. He was angry, and he intended to rip Tenshi Suoh limb from limb, and then kill him ever so slowly. His claws whistled through the air as he sought to sink them in flesh. He grinned when he managed to slice through clothes and flesh alike, drawing blood with a couple of swings.

Starting to become dizzy from the slow loss of blood from the wounds that had been inflicted, Tenshi retaliated angrily. Discarding Hayabusa, he swung his claws, sinking them in Malkee's shoulder. Savagely snarling, Tenshi sunk his teeth in his opponents' neck, thoroughly enjoying the slick, coppery taste of blood as it flowed into his mouth. Throwing his head back, he howled, bloodied teeth flashing out from a blood stained mouth. He was letting his demon side take over, and he didn't care in the least. All he wanted to do was protect the one his human side loved, the one his demon side wanted as a mate and to bear his children. This would be enough to prove to Malkee that he could do it, that he could protect her and that he wasn't as worthless as his mother's mate obviously thought he was.

Groggily, Kaliya sat up from where she had been slumped against the wall. With one look, she could tell that tenshi was very close to letting his demon side take over and to let it wreck havoc on any one or anything. "Stop!" she shouted, getting to her feet unsteadily. "This is for nothing. Malkee is quite obviously racist, hating the ones that he doesn't understand. It doesn't mean that we have to fight him for absolutely nothing at all."

"I agree with you," Lady Amaya said quietly. With care, she stood up, and, using her hearing, she stood beside Kaliya. "This little fighter speaks the truth. There shall be no fights in this house between Malkee and my son, or his companions. It shall be instant death if you do the exact opposite of what I have told you. Now, I want to be with my son and his friends in peace."

Once every one had left, Tenshi hugged his mother, greeting her warmly. "Mother, this is Kaliya, the one I love. These are her parents, Inuyasha and Kagome, and her twin sister, Kyashii. Their companions are Shippou, a fox demon, Sango, a taijiya, Miroku, a monk, their children, Dane and Lauyr, and Kirara, the nekomata," he said.

"It is a pleasure to meet you all. I'm glad that my son found others who love him as much as I do," Amaya said, a smile gracing her face. She reached forward and touched Kagome's face. "And you, little hanyou miko, I thank you for befriending my son when there was no one in the world for him."

"I only did what I could. It was all I could do for the one who protected my daughter. I'm glad that they have found love, like I had when I was their age, and fighting Naraku, and his minions," Kagome replied with a smile of her own as she patted Amaya's hand. "But, now, onto other things. We came here not only to see you, but to ask you a question."

"What would that be, child?" Amaya asked.

"We would like you to come live with us, so you could be near your son, without having to deal with Malkee each and every time you would like to visit him," Kagome said.

Sama—lord/lady

Ookami—wolf

Youkai—demon

Jakku—Jack, or supposed to mean Jack

Miko—priestess

Hanyou—half demon

Baka—idiot

Tenshi—angel

Suoh—dragon

Inu—dog

Shimatta—damn it

Haori—shirt

Hakama—pants

Taijiya—demon slayer

Hayabusa—falcon

Hinotama—fireball

Amaya—

Nekomata—two-tailed cat demon