Chapter 7

Kagome looked shocked at Lizzie's comment. Placing a magic bib around Tia's neck to hide her demonic features, Kagome removed her little bonnet. Lizzie stared at the child.

"What makes you say he was a demon?", Kagome asked, regaining her composure.

"That baby. What is she? She has dog ears.", Lizzie commented.

"You can see that?", Kagome asked, shocked.

"As plain as day."

"But, I have a magic spell on her ... on the bib ... to hide her features."

"It's not working, Kagome."

'Can others see Tia's features?', Kagome thought, 'Or does Lizzie have the sight?'

Placing Tia's bonnet back on just in case (much to Tia's chagrin), Kagome asked Lizzie,

"Why do you think he was a demon? Can you see these things?"

"I have always seen strange things. My mother said I was just plain weird. Jones' house was supposed to have been razed years ago, but I still see it as if it was still there."

"I saw it too. My son was in the house talking to Jones. I was talking to Jones."

"Are you a demon?", Lizzie asked, in a whisper.

"No, I'm a sorceress. But my husband and children are demons. Well, half-demons."

"Really? Wow. I've never met anybody who admitted they were a demon or a witch or anything."

"I think you may be a witch.", Kagome said to Lizzie.

"Really? Why?"

"Because you have the sight to see us through the magic spells."

"Kagome, can you come home with me? I want to show you what I have collected on Jones. I think you'd be interested."

"Well, I need to get home right now. But give me your address and phone number and I'll stop by tomorrow."

"Great!", Lizzie exclaimed as she took out a piece of paper from her purse and wrote her name, address and phone number down, "I look forward to hearing from you Kagome."

"Thanks Lizzie. I'll call you tonight and make arrangements to come over and see what you have. Bye now.", Kagome said, as she got up and picked up Tia and the diaper bag and headed to her car. As she was putting Tia in, a pickup truck drove by and slowed down. The man in the drivers' side rolled down his window and yelled,

"Hey freak! Get the hell outta town."

Kagome stared at him and then she realized, in the passenger seat sat her maid, Jess. Not sure what had just happened, she placed a quick spell on the driver, causing him to lose his voice. As he sped away, she climbed in the truck, anxious to find out why this guy with Jess had called her a freak. And why was Jess not working?

Getting home, she walked in the door to find a very pissed off Inuyasha on the sofa.

"Uh Oh. What did I miss?"

"Your daughter."

"Huh?"

"Izayoi's here."

"Where? Where is she?"

"She left to stay at the Bridgemont."

"The hotel? Why? We have plenty of room here."

"Because of her boyfriend."

"She brought her new guy? Great! But, what's going on, Inuyasha? Why is she staying at a hotel? Don't tell me you're against her sleeping together with her new man, are you?"

"No. I'm against the guy period."

"WHY DAMMIT?"

"Because he reeks of Naraku! He's Naraku's son!"

"WHAT?"

"You heard me. He's Naraku's son."

"And you are against him for something he can't control? Geez, I didn't even know he had a son. Or a mate, for that matter."

"Neither did I. But, he did. And he's after revenge. I know it."

"How do you know this, Inuyasha? Have you become psychic all of a sudden?"

"Kagome, don't you think it's strange that Naraku's son hooks up with our daughter? He's out for revenge, dammit all."

Kagome handed Tia to her father, hoping to calm him down. Inuyasha held Tia close and patted her back as she cooed. He smiled at his youngest child.

"Why can't they stay like this, Kagome? Why do they have to grow up and become difficult?", he asked, wistfully.

"That's the nature of the beast, so to speak. They have to grow up.", Kagome said, as she sat on the couch next to her husband.

"Kagome, I didn't know parenting would be this hard."

"Regretting your actions, my love?"

"Regretting what I told Izayoi in the heat of anger."

"Izayoi knows you have a temper. She knows you don't mean what you say when you're mad. As long as you didn't challenge her."

"I know better than that. I would lose if I challenged her. She never looks away. Why do you think I have her handling my investments. When Nihon's yen went belly up and she sold everything before it did, she handled the inquiry into whether we had insider information beautifully. Can you imagine how the government would have reacted if they had found out you knew all about the money problems that was in store for Nihon because you were from the future. My reputation would have been in the toilet."

"Yes, I know.", then remembering the incident with the man in the truck, Kagome asked, "Where's Jess?"

"Oh. She quit."

"Why?"

"Because she saw Sage without her necklace."

"Ohhh. That explains it.", Kagome said, as she told Inuyasha about the 'freak' incident.

"I didn't think she's tell anybody because people wouldn't believe her. That might have been her boyfriend."

"Do we have a new maid on the way?"

"Yes, Dwayne is getting us a demon maid for the rest of the summer."

"Good."

"Did you get anywhere in her search about that freaky guy?"

"Yes. I think he's a demon."

"Then I think you should stay out of it."

"Why?

"Because, we don't know all demons from other countries. He could be a problem."

As they were talking, a brick was thrown in the window and tires were heard screeching away. Kagome had jumped from the sound, but Inuyasha took it in stride. Picking up the brick, there was a note on it.

"What does it say?", asked Kagome.

"It says, 'Get out of town, freaks!',", Inuyasha replied, reading it.