A/N: I really like cliffies! Well, my writers block is ebbing thanks to you fantabulous reviewers. I'm getting almost as excited as BlueMouse! Oh. And I want to say that if it seems like any of the Inu characters are acting OOC, it's been about 17-18 years since we last saw them. (And for me that would be when Naraku killed Kikyo.)

BlueMouse: Chibi . . . I miss the funny.

Kara: What?! There wasn't enough funny in the last chapter?! Jeez.

Me: It's alright Kara, I appreciate the hard work you do as my muse. (gives her a pat on the back)

Kara: Why thank you Chibi. I'm glad SOMEBODY- (is cut off by a kick from BlueMouse) HEY!

BlueMouse: (innocently) WHAT? The sign on your back says, "kick me."

Kara: What?! (pulls off the sticky note)

Me: (is sniggering)

Kara: I get no respect.

BlueMouse: And we don't get the InuYasha characters. That's right. We don't even own Kaira's foster parents. So please don't send lawyers after us or we will be forced to take "defensive action."

Chapter 4: Into the past

So now Kaira had figured out that she was the daughter of a hanyou. She had been freaking out about it, checking her teeth for any signs of fangs, filing her nails down to the quick, up until yesterday. It was 1:18 in the morning and Kaira was laying awake in bed. The three weeks were up and her father was supposed to come. 'Well, there's still a possibility that my dad's NOT InuYasha. Right?' she thought almost desperately. I can neither confirm nor deny the fact that InuYasha is our father. 'You're no help.' Was Kaira's last thought before falling asleep.

000

InuYasha had been waiting for Kaira to fall asleep. 'Finally.' he thought. He snuck into her room through her window. He didn't want to be seen by 'Hobo' and Eri cause he didn't have a hat on. He waited another hour, until the clock on Kaira's bedside table flashed 2:20. Then he scribbled a note on a piece of paper that she had lying around explaining that he didn't want to wake anyone but couldn't come at any other time. It was a lie, but it would probably have been acceptable. He picked up Kaira, blanket and all, and carried her to the Higurashi shrine. Kicking in the door to the well house, he jumped into the well and a blue light surrounded both the hanyou and the girl before they disappeared down the well.

000

Kaira opened her eyes to a room that was not her own. "What the-" she said sitting up quickly. She looked around but saw no-one. 'Was I . . . kidnapped?' No clue. I was asleep too. 'Once again, you're no help.'

Kaira threw off her blanket which, oddly enough, was the one she was sleeping with when she closed her eyes. She stood up and walked over to the door. She cautiously opened the door and found herself in an old fashioned village. 'W-what's going on?' she wondered. 'T-this isn't Tokyo.' You're stuttering again. 'Well I'm scared okay!' she snapped at the voice. She ventured out and found no-one around. She saw a forest nearby. 'Is that a park?' she wondered. Highly unlikely but I feel pulled to it. So Kaira, for once, complied with the voice's urging and headed over to the forest. 'It seems a bit odd how I'm not meeting anyone.' she wondered.

"Hirikotsu!" she heard a voice yell in the distance. Along with it she could hear an inhuman screech. She spun towards the noise with wide eyes. 'That sounded bad.' I agree. Run. So Kaira ran, in no general direction until she came to a clearing with a well in it. 'What would a well be doing here?' she wondered. She walked towards it and looked in. It was dry. 'What's down there?' she thought. She was about to jump in until she heard a crashing sound of trees behind her. She spun around and was frozen in fear. An enormous snake that was bloody and had cuts all over its body had appeared. It looked down at her feeling her presence.

"Well, well, what have we here? A weak little hanyou? You will make a fine snack to replenish my energy after my breakfast was rudely interrupted." It hissed before lunging at her with its mouth wide open. Kaira vocal chords didn't seem to be working so she threw her arms over her head and closed her eyes as she prepared for the worst.

"KAIRA!"

000

InuYasha had left Kaira in Kaede's hut. The old woman had gone to do a house call for a sick child in the village. He had smelled a demon nearby and had gone to slay it. Miroku had gone to tell all the villagers to stay inside. Sango had joined with Kirara and Shippo was speeding along next to InuYasha. The kit had grown a lot since he had first joined the group. No longer the little bundle of fur, he had grown taller, had lost his baby fat, and was toned with muscles. His 'Kitsune Bi' was now a force to be reckoned with. "Let's slay this demon InuYasha!" Shippo said excitedly. His voice had changed too. It was now deeper than it used to be. It was slightly higher than Koga's but was definitely lower than InuYasha's.

InuYasha nodded. 'He may have grown but he still acts like a little kid.' he thought fondly. Over time he had come to see the kit as his son. In some ways Shippo was Kaira's adopted older brother. They went into the InuYasha forest and found a snake demon attacking some villagers who had come out to gather herbs. "IRON REAVER!" InuYasha shouted. The snake dodged but still got a nasty cut to the side. IT turned around and hissed at them. "Who are you that you would interrupt my meal?"

"None of your fucking business!" InuYasha growled at the snake demon.

"HIRIKOTSU!" Sango shouted as she hurled the bone boomerang at the snake. It got a terrible cut down the entire length of its body and retreated with an inhuman screech. Just then, Miroku burst into the scene. He was panting hard and his robes were dirty and torn in a few places. His hair had grown longer and he still kept it in a ponytail in the back, but now he had two long strands of hair framing his face handsomely.

"InuYasha!" he panted. "I s-saw Kaira walking t-towards the forest."

InuYasha's eyes widened with fear for his daughter. He raised his head and sniffed the air. He could smell her scent in the direction of the bone-eater's well, and the snake demon's scent was moving swiftly towards it. "Damn." he muttered and ran off.

When he got near the clearing he could smell fear from Kaira and could hear what the snake was saying. "Well, well, what have we here? A weak little hanyou? You will make a fine snack to replenish my energy after my breakfast was rudely interrupted." He burst into the clearing just as the snake demon lunged and Kaira closed her eyes with her arms above her head.

"KAIRA!" he shouted as he raced the snake towards his daughter.

End Chapter 4