Ai Love
By miroku-chan78'91
Author's Notes: Holy mother of English muffins! I was so late with this chappie! Well, it's all Sasuke's fault, anyway.
Sasuke: WHAT! Okay, so I couldn't type it up in time. SORRY! whines and bitches about not getting enough time on the computer
Review answers, again!
Thanks to gajira-san, T3h L4RG0 F4NG1RL, la-la-la-lina, Kira-Anime-Obsessed and demon-chick247 for their ego boosts.
Ze last time on Ai Love: Everyone is at Kagome's house, Ai is cute, Sess was accused of being female, and Naraku is kawaii. Oh, and Kanna apparently speaks l33t.
Chapter Three … L33T Kanna
After the group went quiet for what must have been the fifth time that day, (A/N: Haven't been keeping track. Count all the awkward silences and you get a cookie! ) Souta was the first to collapse in hysterics. Kagome snorted. Our friends from the Feudal Era just stood there, wondering why everyone was cracking up.
Souta went over to the mirror girl. "Hey, you're pretty cool – for a girl, I mean," he hastily amended. "Wanna hang out in my room? You can come too!" he smiled at Kohaku.
Kanna grinned. "Okay." She tugged of the shy Kohaku's sleeve. "C'mon!" The three of them headed up to Souta's LAIR, as he insisted it be called.
As they left, Kagome called behind them, "Hey, Kanna, where'd you learn to speak l33t?"
The smaller demon smirked. "I'm just special, that's all."
"Yeah, special in the head," Kagura muttered.
Kagome's mother entered, her always-cheery smile on her face. "Dinner is served!" she announced. They all practically stampeded into the kitchen.
Ai dashed as best she could over to the table. "Nana made STUSHI!" she squealed.
Ayame raised an eyebrow. "'Stushi'?" she queried.
Kagome sweatdropped. "She means sushi."
Meanwhile, Ai had reached one chubby hand into the display dish and grabbed a large piece of salmon roll, stuffing it into her mouth. "AI! Manners!" Kagome scolded her daughter.
"Sowwy, Mommy." Ai picked up her chopsticks and stabbed another piece, cramming that in too. She swallowed, than beamed. "Nana makes best stushi!" She hugged her grandmother.
Kagome walked over to her daughter. "High chair time!" she said cheerfully, picking up Ai and spinning her around. Ai giggled the whole time…up until the point where Kagome had the sushi in her chopsticks, ready to feed her.
"NO! Ai want Ai's new pretty Auntie to feed Ai!" the little one exclaimed, smiling at Sesshomaru.
A vein in Sesshomaru's forehead popped. Kagura elbowed him in the ribs. "Yeah, pretty auntie, go feed your niece." she smirked.
He elbowed her right back. "Shut up." But he walked over to the chair, and began giving Ai the sushi.
"Oooooh, Lord Sesshomaru, can I eat with you?" Rin asked, going to stand next to him.
Everyone dug into the delicious meal. Naraku stood by the counter and chatted with Mrs. Higurashi. "Your daughter is a very spunky girl, Higurashi-san," he complimented.
She blushed and giggled a little. "You can call me Kaori."
Kagura watched this little scene play out, a horrified and slightly embarrassed expression on her delicate face. When she had seen enough, she tiptoed behind Kagome, and whispered, "My boss is hitting on your mother. I'm officially disturbed." She pointed to the two lovebirds.
"Oh, god. That's embarrassing." Kagome muttered, unsure about the idea of Naraku and her mom.
"Sesshomaru, do you want some help with those two?" Kouga asked, trying to get himself in Kagome's good graces by helping with her daughter.
"No! New pretty Auntie no need thupid hed help!" Ai exclaimed hotly, glaring at the wolf demon.
"He didn't ask you," Hakkaku huffed.
"Well, thupid hed is a 'arrogant asshole bastard jerk'!" Ai spat at Kouga, then turned to her bishounen uncle with a big innocent smile. "Dat's what Ai's mommy calls Ai's Daddy after she sees him."
Everyone stared – some at Ai, some at Kagome. Then they all turned and stared at Inuyasha.
"Wow, Kagome, you must really hate this guy!" Inuyasha observed. "…Why is everybody looking at me like that?"
"Are you that dense?" Souta asked, looking incredulously at the hanyou. "Geez, everyone else figured it out when she took off her bonnet. The "Ai-ears" kinda gave it away…"
"…gives what away?"
"God, Kags, you really like you men oblivious, don't you?" Souta teased his sister.
Ai, feeling left out of the conversation, started in. "Mommy, Ai want take Ai's new pretty Auntie to Doe Doe's house."
"Ai, Hojo's probably asleep now, it's way past everyone's bedtime. And your new pretty auntie's real name is Sesshomaru. Can you say Sesshomaru?"
"Soma…no…Thess…no…" Ai's expression was priceless.
"You can call me…Fluffy." Sesshomaru said, resignedly. Kagura would never let him live that one down…
Ai's face lit up. "Shesessafluffy?"
"What's my name, Ai?" Souta asked, know the answer.
"Auntie 'Outa!" Ai exclaimed, reaching for her uncle.
Everyone laughed at that. "Aww, that's so cute," Ginta said, playfully punching his shoulder.
After dinner, Sangou and the other girls slept in Kagome's room –except for Ayame and Kagura, who had to stay in Mrs. Higurashi's room, as it was too crowded. The guys were banished to the living room, while Kohaku got a sleeping bag in Souta's Lair.
The next morning
The whole house woke up to the sound of Ai screaming.
"MOMMY! The fwoggy's eating Ai! Make him stop!"
Rin was the first on the scene, leaning over Ai's crib to see if she was okay. Kagome and Naraku came running, with Kaori hot on their heels. Slowly, the other denizens of the house made their way up, yawning.
When Ai opened her eyes and say, not only her much larger family, but Jaken, Kouga and Inuyasha, she started bawling even louder.
"Skeery fwoggy an' thupid hed an' no name are skeering Ai!" She reached out for her mother.
"Baby, it's okay, I'm here. No one will scare you when mommy's here." Kagome cuddled her daughter, and gestured to Sesshomaru. "See, look! Even Uncle Fluffy's here!" Ai grinned. Sesshomaru winced at his new, horrific nickname.
"Mommy, what no name's name?" inquired Ai, changing the topic.
"Who's no name?" Kagome asked.
"The one with Ai ears," She pointed to the youkai in question.
Kagome hesitated. "Oh, um…That's one of mommy's friends, like Hojo is." She said quickly.
"Ai like Dodo," the child said cheerfully. "Ai call no name…Ai-man." She nodded decisively, climbing out of her mother's arms and toddling over to Inuyasha. "Ai name you Ai-man, OK?"
"Why Ai-man?" he asked, looking vaguely embarrassed.
"Duh! You have ears like Ai does!" She beamed up at the hanyou. "Mommy says Ai's daddy had Ai ears, and Boe Boe has Ai ears, and the puppa at 'gool has Ai ears!" (A/N: A "puppa", in Ai-language, means a dog or puppy.)
"Gool?" Sangou queried, a little confused by Ai-lish.
"She means school, it's where you…Oh, sugarmuffins! I've got school today!" Kagome raced into the bathroom for a shower, with Ai right behind her.
After their shower, she hurried to get changed, and got Ai ready for daycare. Naraku stopped her. "Kagome, I can watch Ai for you. I mean, after all, it's not like we can go home…"
"What do you mean?" Kouga asked suspiciously.
"I doubt all of you can go back. After all, the bomb went off. Bit I can't talk now, I have school and I'm LATE!" Kagome ended the sentence with a shriek of realization.
"Mommy, Ai want stay with Nara-'tan!" Ai squealed, latching on to his arm.
"Fine with me." Kagome said hurriedly, searching for a hairbrush.
"Hi, Kagome. Can I walk you to school?" a new voice asked.
Ai's face lit up as she ran to the door. "Hi, Dodo! 'Ippou's here!"
In the doorway was a new face for everyone from the Feudal Era. Hojo knelt down to pick up Ai. "Wow! You've gotten taller since last night, haven't you!" he laughed.
Then he noticed Shippou. "Hey, buddy! Come give me a hug!" Shippou grinned happily, and jumped down from his perch on Miroku's head to hug his pseudo-uncle.
"Who the hell are you?" Kouga sneered, sensing competition.
"Dodo, no need talk to thupid hed." Ai stuck her little tongue out at the wolf.
"Kouga is NOT stupid!" Ayame cried furiously, glomping his arm.
"Kagome, is this my competition you've been telling me about?" Hojo asked teasingly. "At least she likes me." He indicated the little girl in his arms. "Ah, well. Kagome, we've got a test today, so let's hurry!" He carefully set Ai down, and picked up his schoolbag.
When Hojo thought they were out of earshot, he spoke quietly to Kagome. "Wow, Kags! Wait 'till the girls find out I met the "silver-haired god" that is our dear Ai's father. AND that you've got a harem of guys staying at your house," he grinned. Kagome punched him playfully on the arm.
Hojo accepted that Kagome didn't share his feelings when she came back home pregnant. She told them about the well, Inuyasha, and the quest for the Shikon no Tama. He felt sorry for her. Hojo knew she wished Kikyou had never come back to life.
It royally pissed him off when Kagome would come back from the past, crying. She was his best friend, and he couldn't stand seeing her like that. But he would always be there to make sure she was okay, and cheer her up at times like those.
Kagome realized that Inuyasha's delicate ears might have picked up her friend's words. "Hojo, be quiet!" she hissed, elbowing him.
"He can't hear me. If I wanted him to hear, I would have yelled it!" Hojo teased. "Do you want him to know? 'Cause I could tell him you love him, if you're too chicken…"
"Shut up!" Kagome gave him a noogie, laughing.
Inuyasha could not believe his gorgeous silver ears. 'I-I'm Ai's dad! Wait – she still loves me?'
Kouga was absolutely furious. 'What does that modern brat know about MY Kagome's feelings!'
Sangou and Shippou saw the light go off over Inuyasha's head. "FINALLY, he gets it!" the hunter whispered. The kitsune smirked.
Ai made her way over to Naraku for a hug; and on the way, kicked Kouga hard on the shin.
At Kagome's School
"Hojo, Is he as HOT as Kagome says he is?" Eri asked, excited that "THE Inuyasha" was finally in the 21st century.
"Put it this way: if you three were there, we'd have to mop up the floor from all your drool." Hojo laughed at the three gossips. They frowned at the insult, then beamed at his good news.
"Kags, we TOTALLY need to meet him!" Yuka pleaded with her friend. "Today we have…to…study! Yeah! Hey all, study buddies at Kagome's place today!" she called to the other pals
"No way! Everyone else is here, too, and you don't want to meet Miroku." Kagome tried to convince her friends.
"Un-un-uh! Kags, we won't take no for an answer," Ayumi exclaimed decisively.
Before Kagome could protest further, the bell rang, and they all ran off to class. The three girls begged and pleaded all day, and finally Kagome had to give in. She agreed to let them come over and "study".
All through lunch, all the three gossips could talk about was the "GOD" they were finally going to meet.
But they never got the chance…
That afternoon
End chapter 3.
You've just been…CLIFFED!