Disclaimer: I do not own any part of InuYasha, only my own character Kakiya.

Chapter 4

"I'm back!" Kagome called out when she entered her house.

Kakiya leaned over to InuYasha, "Who is she talking to? Was the house not empty when we left?" she asked him, confused at Kagome's actions.

"She always does this, don't ask me." He told her.

Turning around, she faced the two behind her, "They are usually here by this time. Besides, it's kind of a custom here; it lets people know that you're... well, home again." She smiled.

"I see." Kakiya said, satisfied by her answer.

Kagome quickly went off and soon came back with her medical supplies again. She quickly removed the dirtied bandages and redressed the wound. It was then that they heard footsteps that got louder as they got nearer to them. Kakiya wondered who it was as she stared at the hallway. Kakiya saw that it was a little boy.

"You're back! And InuYasha's here too!" the boy said excitedly and then looked at Kakiya. "Who's that?" he then noticed her clothes and then scooted over to Kagome, whispering in her ear, "Those are your clothes right? Is she from the other side?"

Kagome nodded her head.

Souta then looked at her head, "Aw, but she doesn't have ears like InuYasha." He pouted.

"Souta, don't be rude." Kagome sternly told him when she noticed a vein popping on InuYasha's forehead. "Her name's Kakiya. I just met her myself yesterday, I believe. I brought her over here to this time, isn't that amazing?"

Kakiya smiled at Souta, making him blush ferociously. "Hello there, Souta."

He shyly looked away, "Hi..."

InuYasha smirked at his reaction and was about to comment on his shyness before he caught the evil eye of Kagome who seemed to know what he was about to say. He let out a 'humph' and started walking towards the kitchen, which earned a short giggle from Kakiya.

"Um, dinner's ready in the kitchen." Souta quietly said and ran off towards the kitchen.

Kagome's face lit up, "I guess we went out grocery shopping for nothing." She smiled at Kakiya, "Let's go eat." Kagome disappeared into the kitchen, "Hey mom! InuYasha's here today, along with another person too."

Kakiya followed Kagome into the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen, she found that she couldn't take another step into it after seeing who stood there, packing rice into small bowls. "It can't be..."

Upon hearing a forgotten voice, Mrs. Higurashi looked up towards the person that the voice belonged to, "Kakiya." She said softly, "I thought I'd never see you again." She said as tear drops rolled down her eyes.

Kakiya stayed rooted where she was, "My mother...?" she gazed at the crying lady.

Mrs. Higurashi slowly made her way towards Kakiya and wrapped her arms around her, "Yes, it's me... and I am so sorry... I shouldn't have left your side for even a moment at that well..." she whispered.

Kakiya put her good arm on her mother's back, "Do not worry over such things. That was in the past, and I am here now." she stepped away from her mother's embrace.

Wiping away her tears, Mrs. Higurashi smiled, "Yes, you're right. I'm just glad I got to see you again. I was beginning to think that you were only a dream..."

"I'm back." She said, remembering what Kagome had told her earlier.

"Now, let's have dinner." Kagome's mom said, pointing to the table. "Grandpa's not here today, he's at an antique club meeting for the week."

Kakiya quickly went to the kitchen sink and washed off her blood from her hands before she took grandpa's seat next to Souta who became really happy with the new seating arrangement. InuYasha took his regular seat and Kagome sat down, looking at her mom.

"Umm... mom, how do you know Kakiya?" asked Kagome.

"Kakiya, are you sure that's your mother?" InuYasha questioned, "You are a half breed... and you lived with my own parents on the other side of the well."

Mrs. Higurashi looked at Kakiya, "You're half demon? Now that's amazing! I adopted a half demon in a human society." She smiled at her then looked at InuYasha, "Kakiya was adopted and she fell into the well when she was much younger. I never saw her again after that day."

Kagome clapped her hands together, "That means Kakiya is my sister!"

Souta looked at Kakiya and poked at his food, 'That means she's my sister too...!' he thought happily.

"How come you didn't know she was a half demon?" InuYasha questioned, "She should have displayed some sort of strange powers."

Kakiya laughed, "I didn't know I was until your father told me. My powers didn't develop until much later."

They continued eating like that for the next half hour; happily chatting away as they ate. When they were finished, Kakiya and Kagome helped each other clear up the table while their mother washed the dishes.

"You should go set up another place to sleep in your room, Kagome." Her mother told her, "You will be staying here for another night or two, I presume."

Kagome went upstairs with the two following her. She decided to let Kakiya sleep in her bed with her and have InuYasha sleep wherever, like he usually does. He decided to sleep out on her roof this night and left the two girls in peace in Kagome's room.

"Tomorrow, let's go shopping. And then after that, I want to show you this world." Then she suddenly realized something, "But you probably already know it, since you lived here once."

"That was a long time ago." Kakiya whispered back, "I'd be happy to go with you tomorrow."

"Good." Kagome whispered, feeling her eyes droop, "Good night."

"Good night." Kakiya told her.

She watched as Kagome quickly fell asleep. Kakiya slowly left her bed and lifted the covers back up to Kagome's neck. She then walked towards the opened window and looked up at the starry, moonless sky. Hearing rustles below him; InuYasha looked down at Kagome's window to see Kakiya standing there. She turned around and faced him, stretching out her good arm.

"You want to come up here?"

She nodded and InuYasha grasped her arm and pulled her up towards him. Kakiya laid down beside him and looked up at the dark sky.

"So are you happy?" he asked her.

"What?"

"That you've met your mother again."

Sighing, Kakiya sat up and looked at him, "I am happy. But she's not my real mother."

"At least you've seen her again."

She giggled, "You know what's funny? I'm a lot older than her now."

He let out a short laugh, "That's true."

After a moment of silence, Kakiya spoke up, "What do you plan on doing after the Shikon Jewel is restored and when this 'Naraku' character is dead?"

"I'm going to use the Shikon Jewel to turn myself into a full, fledged demon."

Kakiya laughed, "I wonder if that will be the case when you do get the jewel." She sadly looked at him, "Being a full demon isn't as fun as you'd think it'd be."

"How would you know?"

She sighed, "I just know these things." Kakiya looked into his golden eyes, 'It is also one of the reasons why I must leave you again.' She thought as she clenched her hands, "You like Kagome, don't you?" she asked him, trying to change the mood.

"What?" he spluttered, not prepared for such a question like that.

"I asked you if you liked Kagome or not."

"Well..."

She laughed, "I thought you did."

"I never said anything like that!" he said, his face flushed with a pale red.

Pointing to his face, she grinned, "It's written all over your face."

"No, it's not!" InuYasha turned his face away.

'He's so embarrassed.' Kakiya grinned evilly then gently blew on his ear, almost sending him over the roof.

InuYasha covered his ears with his hands, "Stop doing that!" he yelled at her.

"Alright, I'll stop. Now quiet down before the person in question wakes up."

He reluctantly sat down beside her again, "And what does that have anything to do with me wanting to become a demon?"

"If you become a demon, you'd most likely lose your conscious and start killing everything in sight." She said, turning serious, "You would kill Kagome and your other friends, and other innocent people." She sighed, "It's just not a good thing when you were not born a full demon and posses such a power; it can overwhelm you."

"You act like you know what it would be like to be a full demon."

She laughed, "I could always turn you into a demon, or Kagome into a half breed if you asked me too." She whispered.

His ears perked up, "What?" he asked, even though he clearly heard what she had said.

Kakiya suddenly stood up and walked towards the edge, where the window was, "Nothing, I was only talking to myself." She smiled.

Knowing that she won't say anything else, he got up and walked towards her, "You need help getting back right?"

"Sorry for the trouble." She said as he gently picked her up and jumped towards Kagome's window. He placed her on the floor and hopped up on the window ledge again. "Good night, InuYasha." She said as she slowly climbed into bed beside Kagome.

He nodded and jumped off, returning to the roof. Kakiya soon drifted off into a deep sleep while InuYasha sat on the roof, thinking about that Kakiya had said to herself before letting sleep take over. When the sun rose the next day, the light bathed Kagome's room, lighting up the whole place. Kakiya awoke and saw InuYasha's back. She looked around the room and saw Kagome busily picking out a new set of clothes for her with InuYasha sitting on the bed watching her.

She heard InuYasha sigh when Kagome showed him her pick, "All these clothes look so tight and uncomfortable. How you can put up with wearing it amazes me."

"It's not like you're wearing them!" she snapped.

Kakiya giggled and sat up.

"You're awake! Good morning." Kagome said cheerily.

InuYasha turned around to look at her, but before he could say anything she put a finger to her mouth, "Next time." She mouthed.

"InuYasha, could you leave the room? I need to get Kakiya changed."

He silently obeyed and left the room to go wait downstairs. Kagome got Kakiya to put on another plain tank top and gave her a pair of black cropped yoga pants that went up to her knees.

"This will have to do for now."

The two went downstairs and met up with InuYasha, who was already wearing his cap. They left the house and followed Kagome towards a nearby clothing store. InuYasha patiently waited outside while the two girls went in. Kagome picked out a pair of long white jeans, a brown belt, and a pastel blue floral tank top. Kakiya changed into those clothes after Kagome paid for them. They left the store and Kagome hurried them through the town to an amusement park.

"InuYasha, I don't think even you've ever been here before." She said happily, "And remember, don't attack anything." Kagome told him when she saw him reaching for his sword when a clown came up to them.

The clown gave Kakiya a light green balloon, which she thanked in return. InuYasha took the balloon string and tied it on her wrist. She looked at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"That way, we won't lose you again."

Kakiya laughed, "But if I'm always following behind you, you wouldn't see me anyway."

Kagome looked at the balloon, "Well, at least you won't lose balloon." She giggled.

For the rest of the day, the three of them went on several different rides. At first InuYasha refused to go on another one after his first, but then gave in to Kagome's pleading and went on more with her. Kakiya looked up at the Ferris wheel ride, noticing that it was a two person ride and grinned as she thought up of a mischievous plan. They walked towards it and she looked at the person loading people onto the ride. There wasn't much of a line.

"Let's go on that one." She said, pointing to the ride. She took InuYasha's and Kagome's arm and dragged them towards the door of the passenger car. "These two want to go on." Kakiya said to the person running the ride.

"Of course. Watch your step." The man said.

Kakiya pushed the two inside while the man closed the door behind them and started the ride. She grinned happily at the angry InuYasha and watched as he rose higher and higher.

"Thanks for doing that." She smiled to the man.

The man laughed, "Don't worry about that. I have to do that a lot."

Kakiya left the guy in peace to do his work and went over to a nearby bench and sat upon it. She fingered the string attached to the balloon and smiled to herself, wondering what InuYasha and Kagome were up to at this moment. Although she knew InuYasha wouldn't do anything because of his pride.

Up on the ride InuYasha was angrily staring down at the green balloon floating near Kakiya. "I can't believe the nerve of that woman." He thought.

Kagome laughed, "Oh give it a rest InuYasha."

He sighed and sat down, facing Kagome, "You're right." He studied her, 'Being the human she is, she won't be able to live as long as I would... and if what Kakiya said was true...'

Kagome noticed him staring at her, "What?"

He quickly looked away, "I was just thinking."

"About...?"

InuYasha looked up at her again and held her gaze, "What would you think of becoming a half demon?"

She laughed it off, "Don't be silly. There's no way that I could do that even if I wanted to."

"But what if there was a way that you could?" he said seriously, "Would you do that?"

Kagome thought for a moment, "Hmm, I don't think I'll tell you my answer. It'll be a secret." She smiled, 'But if there was a way that that could happen, without the use of the Shikon Jewel, I would love to.' She thought looking at InuYasha, 'Then maybe I could stay with him for a longer time.'

Down below, Kakiya sat on the bench, gazing up at the evening sky, 'The day's gone by so quickly.' She thought.

Kakiya decided that she didn't want the balloon anymore and worked on trying to untie it from her wrist. She managed to do just that and was now holding the balloon. Kakiya saw a little boy, who sat on the opposite bench from her and was waiting for his mother to return with his ice cream, looking at her green balloon.

"Would you like to have it?" she called out to him.

His face lit up and nodded excitedly. Kakiya got up from her seat and walked up to him. She knelt down in front of him and gently took his hand. She tied the balloon around his wrist, just how InuYasha did to her before.

"Thank you!" he chirped.

Kakiya stood up, "You're welcome."

His mother returned and also thanked her for the balloon before ushering her child away to the exit. He handed him his ice cream, which he happily ate away at. Behind her, InuYasha and Kagome finally got of the ride and were now headed towards her. She walked back to them and greeted them.

"Did you have fun?" she grinned.

InuYasha didn't say anything; only let out a large 'humph' and turned away. They decided to head home now, as it was getting darker. When they arrived to Kagome's home, they quickly ate the dinner her mom prepared for them and went upstairs to go to bed.

Kagome fell asleep quickly as usual, but tonight Kakiya decided to leave InuYasha to his thoughts this night. 'I'll be back to full power when the sun rises again. Then maybe InuYasha and I can have our match like I promised before.' Kakiya thought happily before she drifted off to sleep.

XXX

Adieu.