Chapter 6 Reunited

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Inuyasha carried his son, Souta, still asleep, away from the battle sight. He couldn't find his wife, his daughter, his brother, Rin, or the young woman Gallaya. He made camp and when morning came it found both him and his son with a huge appetite. Inuyasha took his son to a stream and they caught fish.

They both gobbled it down as fast as they could. When they were done and Inuyasha was ready to leave his son asked, "Hey, dad, where's mamma and sis?"

Inuyasha ruffled the boys white hair and dog ears, "I don't know. We're going to look for her."

"Like a game?"

"Yeah like a game. You want to ride on my back?"

"Yay!"

Inuyasha helped the boy up. He was worried about Kagome and his daughter, but didn't want to worry Souta. He followed the weak smell of his wife and the others through the trees, his son talking the whole way.

Before he entered the village where the trail had led him, Inuyasha pulled a cap over both his and his sons head. Villagers had become more violent to demons as of late (Not that they weren't violent before).

They strode into the village, getting many stares for their white hair. Inuyasha carried his son on his hip. No one hid their stares and it was starting to unnerve him.

"Daddy? Why are they looking at us?"

"Shh." Inuyasha shushed his son.

He walked up to a nearby man, "Excuse me, but did two woman and two girls come through this village?" he asked.

"Y- Yes." The man said, telling him through much stuttering where to find them.

Inuyasha frowned at the man before walking on. When he came to the house he told the guards at the gate why he was there. They let him inside It was a nice house with many rooms and was apparently owned by a wealthy man.

A woman led him inside. She brought him down the hall and knocked on the wood to the side of the paper door. "You have a guest." She said before leaving him there.

"Just a minute." He heard a voice call. Someone ran to the door and opened it.

It took a second for Kagome to register that it was Inuyasha. When she did she jumped on him, laughing, kissing him, hugging him, and pulling his ears affectionately. He engulfed her in his arms. His son then hugged her.

"Hey sweetly, mommy missed you." She told him, kneeling.

A little girl ran to the door, "Daddy!" she cried, hugging his legs. He picked her up and twirled her in his arms. The girl's dark, dog like tail was wagging.

"How's daddy's princess?" he said as they brushed their noses together.

"Good."

When he sat her down, her brother pulled her hair. She screamed and punched him on his head. The boy stuck his tongue out at her.

Gallaya watched this as she brushed Rin's hair. Gallaya wished that she would one day she would have a husband that would hug her and gently tease her. She wanted children that they could raise together. She wanted a family.

"Gallaya?" Kagome said, shaking her out of her day dream.

"Hm?" she looked up.

"I want you to properly meet my husband and son." Gallaya stood along with Rin. "This is Inuyasha, my husband." Gallaya and Rin both nodded at him. "And this is Souta, my son." Souta smiled. "Inuyasha, this is Gallaya and Rin." Inuyasha nodded.

"You're that little brat of a girl that Sesshomaru took under his wing, aren't you?" He asked.

"Inuyasha." Kagome elbowed him.

"Yes. I remember you, Inuyasha. Sesshomaru never liked you."

Inuyasha folded his arms, "Feh, it's not like I care what he thinks."

Gallaya had to work not to grin at his immature tactics.

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They went out the next day, ready to leave the village. Inuyasha had agreed, under the constant prodding of Kagome, to help point Gallaya and Rin in the direction of Sesshomaru.

They neared the edge of the village when they saw a large ruckus of some type going on near the forest.

"Kill him!" the people shouted. "Stab him!"

Gallaya rushed to the group and pushed her way through. The people were standing around a large hill of cloth. It took only a moment for her to realize that it was not cloth, it was lord Sesshomaru!

He was leaning up against a tree, his hair strewn madly. Blood stained his clothes and sweat dripped from his face. He was breathing hard, and his eyes seemed hazed over with white. His armor was cracked and there was blood in the corner of his mouth. He clutched his wounded arm.

Gallaya thought that even ill and wounded, he looked beautiful.

"Kill him!" the people shouted and a couple of men stepped forward with pitchforks in their hands. They looked ready to strike.

"NO!" Gallaya screamed as she rushed forward.

What does she think she is doing? Sesshomaru thought. As Gallaya stood in front of him with her arms thrown out to the side.

"Get out of the way you stupid wench!" one of the men said, striking her across her face, causing her to fall to the ground.

Whispers broke out across the cloud. "He will kill us all if we let him live!" the other man spat.

Gallaya crawled over the beaten demon and put her arms around his shoulders, pulling his head to her breast. Sesshomaru's nose was filled with her intoxicating smell.

Stop! Control your mind! Don't let your instincts rule, rule them! Sesshomaru looked into her face. He was surprised to see that pure determination filling her huge and gorgeous blue eyes. She stared the men down.

"He will not hurt you. He is wounded." She told them.

"So, we will not give him time to heal." One woman cried.

Gallaya did not bat an eye, "This demon saved my life. I am telling you, he will not harm you." She turned her steely gaze back to the two men, "Drop your weapons and leave him be."

Sesshomaru felt an awe that he could not deny rise up in him. She used the same command as when she had told the demons to leave her village. She had no fear and was not going to back down.

One of the other woman from the village, one with a small child tugging at her skirt said, "I don't see why we can't let them be."

"He can't stay here." Someone else said.

"He wont." Gallaya assured them, "I will take him with me and tend to his wound on the other side of the river. Away from your village.

Sesshomaru watched Gallaya's determined eyes, her hair blew in the wind. He watched her, and then his world turned black.

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