Ai Love

By miroku-chan78'91

Author's Notes: w00t! That last chappie was GREAT! Thanks for the positive reinforcement!

Sasuke: We feel so loved.

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Thanks to gajira-san, xd3m0nxchi1dx, Eagle.Quill, T3h L4RG0 F4NG1RL, and la-la-la-lina for their praise.

Tomboy Inu Hanyou: That would be funny, but Naraku bought that bomb specially, and he spent a lot of yen.

Sasuke: And he likes explosions.

And we really don't feel like arguing with him right now.

Sasuke: Last time we tried, Kagura hit us with her fan, so we had to run away.

Far away.

Kagomesdouble07: It will soon become less and less like a Lifetime movie.

In this chapter, the inspiration for Souta was Sasuke's little brother.

Sasuke: He's cool. He lets us borrow his Transformers.

Anyway, last time on Ai Love: Naraku had a bomb, and things went boom. Yeah.

Chapter Two … Family Matters

Tick.

Tick.

Tick…

BOOOOOOOM!

Kagome started glowing white, then light pink, then purple. The glow spread to everyone touching her, then outward, until the entire group was encompassed in the pale glow.

There was a great "pop" as the cluster of demons and humans left the Feudal Era. Colorful blurs rushed past them, but never got near, as if they were inside some sort of bubble. It felt, to Kagome, a bit like Inuyasha's Wind Scar technique. Suddenly, they had reached their destination…Kagome's time.

Kagome's hands moved of their own accord from Naraku's throat to his chest. They glowed white-hot as she unintentionally cleansed the Shikon no Tama of all the cruelty and evil it had absorbed from him. Her healing spread to Naraku's heart, purifying it.

The glow faded. Kagome looked around, confused, to find that she was in her own time.

"Oh, my, back so soon, Kagome? And you brought your friends!" Mrs. Higurashi was slightly confused as to why her daughter was already back.

"Kagome, Ai needs her bath, and she refuses to remove her bonnet! Will you help me?" Ai always wore her bonnet to hide her silvery ears.

"Oooh, can I help, Nana?" Shippou exclaimed excitedly, hugging her around the knees.

"Of course, Shippou," Kagome answered, walking into the house.

Kagome's mother stood with the rest of the group as they tried to figure out what exactly had happened. Everyone's minds were racing.

"So, you're Kagome's mother?" Sangou asked politely.

"Yes, I am!" Mrs. Higurashi said proudly. Then her face fell. "Oh dear, you must think I'm a terrible host! Everyone come inside, have a drink!"

They all followed Mrs. Higurashi to the screen door.

However, as they reached the house, they suddenly heard screaming. "Is someone being tortured?" Kagura asked, slightly shocked.

"Not exactly." Mrs. Higurashi smiled, opening the front door to find her granddaughter running around the house with only a diaper and her beloved bonnet. Kagome was chasing the little one with a bath towel wrapped around her body.

"NO, mommy! No baf for Ai!" The little girl ran to her grandmother and hugged her ankles. "Nana, mommy 'aid dat Ai hadda take baf!" Ai had tried everything she knew for getting out of taking a bath, and was abut to give up when she saw the newcomers.

"Who dat, Nana?" Ai pointed to the closest person, who, conveniently was Inuyasha.

"Oh, shi-sugarmuffins! Mom, you brought everyone inside! I'm not dressed and Ai won't take her…" Kagome trailed off as she saw Ai put both hands up towards Inuyasha, and say, in a very demanding tone, "Up! Ai up!"

"What?" was all the hanyou could manage.

Ai turned to her mother and pointed again. "Up, mommy. Up Ai. Pleez?"

"A, baby, he doesn't like having people all up in his face." Kagome tried to explain to her daughter. Inuyasha was not the kid type.

Ai looked at her mother like she was crazy. "Silly mommy. Ai no want his face, Ai want see his Ai ears!" she explained, pointing to the dog demon's fluffy ears, so famous among Higurashi women.

"Wait a second…did she just call you MOM?" Kouga asked incredulously, still confused about who, exactly, this kid was.

Ai looked at Kouga. Everyone else looked at Ai. She frowned. "Ai no call mommy 'mom'. Ai call mommy 'mommy'! Thupid hed." She then turned her attention back to Inuyasha. "Pleez? Ai want see!"

Inuyahsa looked at Kagome, shrugging. "It's okay with me."

"You win, Ai." Kagome lifted her daughter to Inuyasha.

Her little hands reached out to the dog-demon's ears. He flinched slightly once her fingers touched one.

"Don't be skeered of Ai! See, Ai have Ai ears too!" And for the first time, Ai took off her own bonnet. Once it came off, two little silver ears popped up from her tousled hair.

Everyone stared. Miroku's left eye began to twitch. Drool began collecting at the corner of his mouth. Someone had figured out Ai was no immaculate conception. Sangou, who knew her boyfriend well enough to practically read his thoughts, smacked him upside the head.

"Owwww! Sangou-chaaaan!"he whined, rubbing the sore spot. Ai giggled, pointing at the monk.

"Hahaha! Funny man!" she laughed. Then she turned to Kagome. "Mommy, he a baka." She nodded matter-og-factly.

Miroku drew himself up huffily. "Kagome, your daughter has no manners." he said haughtily. Then he turned on his heel and stalked off to go sulk somewhere. Sangou snorted.

Just then, Souta walked in. "Hi, everyone! Hi, Inuyasha!" He tugged on the hanyou's sleeve. "Wanna see my new Transformers?"

"Um…what's a Trans-whatsit?"

Souta's eyes popped. "You've never heard of…oh yeah, I forgot where you're from. C'mon, I'll show you! They're awesome!" He yanked Inuyasha upstairs.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Rin, finally entering the conversation. "Why don't you have dog ears like them?"

"Because I'm not a disgusting hanyou," Sesshomaru tried to explain. Jaken hmmphed, crossed his arms, and nodded, casting a glare in the direction Inuyasha had left.

SLAP! Once again, silence descended over the room. Kagome had slapped the youkai lord. His eyes glowed bloody red, as his hands went to her shoulders.

"You insolent mortal…how dare you slap me!" Sesshomaru glared, the slap-mark standing out on his cheek like a mutated salmon. Kagome shivered as his eyes practically burned holes in her face. Suddenly, Ai ran up and…kicked Sesshomaru in the shin.

"PRETTY LADY NO HURT AI MOMMY!" she shrieked.

Sesshomaru froze. Rin started to giggle. Jaken sputtered. Kagome, trying not to laugh uncontrollably, knelt down and asked, "Honey? What 'pretty lady' are you talking about?"

"Da tall pretty lady wiv the snow hair!" Ai exclaimed, pointing to Sesshomaru.

Kagura burst out laughing, and even Kanna and Kohaku shared a giggle.

Kagome sighed. "Oh, baby. Your uncle isn't a –oops!" She covered her mouth. "Fu- oh, fluffy bunnies!" she growled.

Ai's eyes grew to the size of teacups. "Auntie?" A hungry, rather EVIL grin appeared on her face. More A-brain math: Sesshomaru equals new auntie equals one more person to buy her stuff.

"NEW Auntie! Buy Ai stuff!" Ai exclaimed, pulling on Sesshomaru's kimono.

"Gah! What the – get off!" Sesshomaru protested childishly, flailing his manicured hands at the air. Jaken rushed over and tugged on the girl's shoulder. "Leave Lord Sesshomaru alone!"

Ai turned slowly…and then she saw Jaken. She sat down hard and began flat-out bawling.

"WAAAAAH! MOMMY! SKEERY FWOGGY GOING TO EAT AI! KILL DA SKEERY FWOGGY!" she wailed. Jaken looked wide-eyed and dazed, to say the least.

Suddenly, Inuyasha and Miroku burst in. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" the hanyou roared, one hand on the hilt of the Tetsuseiga.

"Is something wrong?" Miroku asked, worried.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious," Sangou muttered, rolling her eyes.

Inuyasha stomped on the servant's head, making him squeak like a rubber ducky. "Stupid Jaken-imp-thingy." he growled.

Naraku, making his presence known for the first time since his near-choking-by-schoolgirl, knelt down next to Ai. "Awww, honey, don't cry. See, look!" He covered his face in what was, unmistakably, a game of peek-a-boo. "Where's Naraku? There he is!"

Ai stared for a moment, then giggled. She poked the former evil mastermind's nose. "Heeheehee! Ai think you funny!" She snuggled into his arm in a kawaii hug.

The room went silent as the grave.

After a while, Sangou said quietly, "We've been doing that a lot today, haven't we…"

Kagura stumbled over to Naraku, in a mild state of shock. "Boss? …You feelin' okay today?"

Hearing this, Ai put her little hand up to his forehead, in what was clearly meant to be a motherly gesture. Satisfied with her diagnosis, she stated, "No fever here."

Kagura now looked completely confused. Ai repeated the gesture with the wind sorceress. "Not here neither!" she said happily.

Now there were no words to describe Kagura's expression. The ever-silent Kanna shuffled up behind her sister, and quietly and matter-of-factly said, "You got 0wnz3d."

End chapter two.

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