lostmoonchild: Okay, somebody requested that the YYH gang make another appearance so I went with that and there is gonna be some chaos but not quite yet. Maybe slight chaos here but unfortunately that won't last long. Not sure if anybody read it since nobody left any reviews but oh well, I'll thank you guys for reading anyway. Anyway, I don't own Inuyasha or anything else unless I say otherwise.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Sango and Miroku looked surprised a couple hours later when they saw a pair of chocolate colored eyes looking at them in surprise before a grin spread across the boy's face. "Sango! Miroku! Didn't really expect to see you two out here." Yusuke said with a grin.

"Hello, Yusuke. Did you come to see Lady Kagome?" Miroku questioned.

"Yeah… more like I've got official Spirit Detective to foster mother business." Yusuke said looking unhappy as he looked around. "Except Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara vanished somewhere so I don't know where they are."

"Right here, detective." Hiei's emotionless voice said.

They spun around and saw Hiei and Kurama standing in a tree and Kuwabara sitting on the ground. "Well, Kagome-chan is at Kaede's trying to calm Hana down." Sango said with a warm smile.

"Hana? You mean she's alive? Kagome got her back?" Yusuke said suddenly sounding almost worried. "Is Hana okay? Can she walk? Is she missing any limbs? What about her mental health? Has Kagome done anything to make sure that Hana's okay mentally? What about physically? Is she eating at all?"

"Yusuke, calm down. Give them a chance to answer your questions." Kurama said trying to remain calm although it was obvious that he was just as worried.

"Hana's fine. She's crawling around right now but she's adjusting to learning how to walk again. Lady Kagome's making sure she's eating three times a day and is already trying to help Hana talk again."

"You mean she's not talking?" Hiei questioned knowing from experience that Hana not talking was a bad sign.

"She just makes noises. She says names in a broken form like if she wants to talk to Lady Sango she says "Sa-Sa" or if she wants to talk to me she'll say "Mir-Mir" and that's basically what she does whenever she wants somebody specific." Miroku said trying to ease the Spirit Detectives' fears. "We'll take you to Lady Kagome and Hana so you can see for yourselves how well she's doing."

The four boys nodded, silently showing how grateful they were. "GET OFF ME, YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Yusuke shouted when his head was suddenly attacked.

They looked at Yusuke and saw him trying to get a small demon child that looked to be around three in human years off of his head. "Is that one of Lady Kagome's children?" Miroku questioned.

"Soon will be. We found this little bundle of misery hanging around the Kakai barrier crying because his parents left him. Took him to the Reikai only to find all the people who dealt with kids busy so we figured "what the hell" and took him to Koenma who opened a portal for us all to drag him back here for Kags to take care of." Yusuke said pulling the kid off of his head, successfully making the kid cry.

"Does he have a name?" Sango asked looking interested.

"Not yet. Its always the job of the idiot taking care of the kid to name them unless of course the kid's old enough to remember who they are. Kagome's gonna name him and knowing the dumb bitch… Inuyasha! Hi! We were just talking about Kagome."

"I heard." Inuyasha said gruffly. "What are you doing here?"

"Got a kid to hand over. Little bundle of misery has to get used to being raised around humans and Kagome's the only one who isn't busy at the moment with kids." Yusuke said with a shrug.

"She's inside with the old hag." Inuyasha said with a shrug. "Apparently Hana's trying to take a nap since she threw a tantrum which resulted in her shooting off more of that 'spirit energy' than she could afford to."

The boys nodded and followed the inu-hanyou back to Kaede's hut, amazed to find Hana sound asleep on the floor with her hand in her mouth. "Yusuke!" Kagome said looking surprised as she jumped up and hugged her cousin. "I didn't know you guys were coming."

"Yeah, bundle of misery for you." Yusuke said handing the now quiet demon child over to Kagome.

Kagome shook her head and gently bounced the small child in her arms before smiling warmly. "Kaede, this is my cousin Yusuke and his friends, Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara." Kagome said pointing to each of the boys. "My favorite idiots of all time, this is Kaede, priestess of this village."

"An honor to meet you." Kurama said bowing.

Kaede bowed also and said, "Are ye friends of Kagome?"

"Often times unfortunately." Yusuke joked with a grin before looking down at Hana.

"Wake her up and die a slow and painful death." Kagome threatened as she carefully looked at the small boy as if trying to figure out what demon race he was.

"We're guessing shadow and fire." Kurama said noticing how Kagome was looking confused. "He has the build of a fire demon but the facial features are that of a shadow youkai."

Kagome nodded in understanding and said sarcastically, "My favorite types. Mixed bloods."

They laughed and Shippo stared quietly at the demon child that had taken an interest in chewing lightly on Kagome's hand. "Mama, he's biting." Shippo pointed out.

"He's chewing." Kagome said pulling her hand away. "Now, what's the little guy's name?"

"How should we know? Remember, Kagome, Spirit Detectives are all muscle and no brain." Yusuke said with a grin. "Its you nannies that gotta use your brains and very little strength to deal with these guys."

"You ever tried pulling two teenage demons apart?" Kagome questioned. "I swear, that's one time I'm grateful to be a miko. Shuts them both up and makes it clear to them that you're the one with the authority."

"That's cute, Kagome. What'll the Reikai say if they found out?" Kurama questioned.

"More like what'd they say if they found out about a nanny and a Spirit Detective? Not exactly one of the best combinations, right?"

From the look on Kurama's face, Kagome had managed to hit a low point. "Yeah, yeah. So what's your opinion on the kid?" Yusuke asked.

Kagome looked thoughtful and looked at him carefully, "Well, I'd say he could probably adopted by a human family but as a mother, I would be more comfortable if there were some demons around him."

"Why? We're going to lock up his memories anyway."

"Yeah, but think about it. As he gets older, he's going to wonder why he doesn't look like anybody else in his family. Sure, his parents can tell him that he was adopted but what are they going to say when he asks about his real parents?" Kagome questioned. "What'll happen if his parents come around for him and he can't remember them? How's he going to react to however many years of thinking he's human then within five minutes learning that he's a demon? No, I won't let this one have his memories locked away."

"Your choice then?"

"Yes. If I come home and find out his memory's been locked up, I'm gonna pull him out of that home and have his memories unlocked."

They were surprised to hear the determination and warning in Kagome's voice as she talked to her cousin and his friends, but were even more surprised when the demon child squirmed out of Kagome's arms and walked over to Sango. "Mama." The demon child said happily as he held onto Sango. "Mama."

Kagome smiled a little and said, "Aw, that's cute."

Sango looked surprised at the small child before asking, "Kagome-chan, what exactly IS the requirements needed to adopt a demon or hanyou child?"

"Well, um…" Kagome paused a minute as if trying to remember. "Have to be over eighteen, obviously. Good job that will meet the child's basic needs, plenty of love to spare, knowledge of how to take care of children with "special needs"… all sorts of stuff."

"Hold on a minute, Kags! The Reikai nearly had a heart attack when your mom wanted to adopt a hanyou kid that you're taking care of. How are they going to react with a demon kid living five hundred years in the past if one of your friends takes care of him?" Yusuke questioned.

"There's no law against it, is there?" Sango questioned looking at them.

"None whatsoever. Yusuke, look at the kid. He wants Sango to be his mom. I've never seen a demon kid take to a human so fast."

Yusuke sighed and said, "You have papers, right? You know the Reikai's rules about people who want to adopt."

"You're lucky I drag my work with me wherever I go." Kagome said taking a folder out of her bag. "Okay, Sango-chan, this is going to be the easy part. We just have to put down your name and what you do for a living along with some other basic information. Then I'll turn the papers in so the Reikai can check them out then they'll do a check on your family history, living and deceased relatives, and if everything goes good they're going to let you take care of the child you wish to adopt for a while to see how well you handle being a parent. But I do have to be honest with you on something."

"What?"

"Well, when the Reikai looks back through family history they sometimes find things that might worry them a little which results in them seeking the current foster mother or the birthmother's opinion, whichever one they locate first. Now, the Reikai's going to find you're from a line of demon slayers, which naturally is going to concern them." Kagome said with a sorry look.

"So, I can't adopt him?"

"I'm not saying you can't, I'm just telling you what I know is going to concern them. Now since we don't know who his birthmother is, they're going to ask me my opinion and I can tell you that I have no worries about how you're going to raise him. But there is one thing that worries me all the time when a human knowingly adopts a demon child."

"What is it?" Sango asked looking worried.

"Well, most demon children as they get older look like their youkai race and begin to look nothing like a human child. I just worry how the parent or parents is going to explain why exactly." Kagome answered. "So whenever I look at someone who wants to adopt a child of demonic blood, I can't help but worry about how they're going to explain the child's heritage."

Sango nodded in understanding and looked down at the child that was currently taking a nap in her arms. "I'll explain to him how sometimes a demon parent or parents can't take care of their child and that I wanted to adopt."

Kagome smiled and said, "Well, we can get this paperwork out of the way before the pain in the butt part starts."

"You're going to help me, right?" Sango asked taking one of Kagome's pens.

"I'm going to do everything I can." Kagome answered.

Shippo watched quietly for a minute before saying, "Mama, did you have to do that with me when you adopted me?"

Kagome smiled and said, "Yeah. But it was more of a pain."
"Why?"

Yusuke grinned and said, "Because, you're here and Kagome lives five hundred years from now. They couldn't figure out if Kagome was going to live here or if you were going to be living with her."

"We worked it out, sweetie, don't worry."

Hana moving quickly caught their attention and they saw her quietly get up and crawl over to Hiei and Kurama. "Uncas…" She murmured nestling between them and falling asleep again.

"Um… Kagome-chan? What's his name?" Sango questioned.

Kagome looked at the small demon child and smiled a little. "I'll let you name him." Kagome said with a smile.

"Kohaku." Sango said after a few minutes.

"Okay. That'll work." Kagome said waiting until Sango had written down everything the Reikai would need to determine if she'd be eligible to adopt the small demon.

"Yusuke, can you put this on Koenma's desk?" Kagome questioned.

"Yeah…"

"Thanks."

"So is Kohaku going to stay here or is he going back?" Sango asked quietly.

"Mama can probably watch him. Its important to get him used to being around humans."

Sango looked at the sleeping child in her arms for a minute before nodding. "Your mother won't mind?" Sango asked.

"She loves having kids around the house. Gives her a reason to make homemade cookies." Yusuke said with a grin. "Which, by the way, are the best."

The guys stayed around for a few hours visiting until Yusuke announced it was time for them to go home. Hana made several attempts to make them stay but when Kagome suggested that Hana stay with the guys for a while, Hana smiled and held onto Hiei tightly. "See you when I come home, baby girl." Kagome said hugging the small girl tightly.

"Ka-ka." Hana said hugging her cousin tightly before wanting to be put down so she could give everybody a hug goodbye.

"You guys be careful." Yusuke said hugging his cousin tightly before taking the papers and Kohaku in his free arm.

"We will be. Don't get yourself killed." Kagome answered.

"As always, I won't."

"I mean it, Yusuke. If you leave me to deal with insanity alone, I'm going to hunt your soul down and beat you up."

Yusuke laughed and gave everybody a farewell before the left, a portal opening outside the hut. "So now all that's left is to wait." Sango said looking hopeful.

"Yeah. All that's left is to wait."

The next day Kagome went home and came back a few days later with a depressed look on her face. "Sango-chan, can I talk to you a minute?" Kagome questioned.

Sango nodded slightly, dread filling her heart. Had she been rejected as a possible foster parent for Kohaku? Kagome promised to do everything in her power to help but what if that wasn't enough? "Kagome, what's wrong?" Sango questioned. "Did I meet the qualifications or whatever it was to be a foster mother for Kohaku?"

"Yeah, you did. But… Oh, Sango-chan, I'm sorry. One of the girls who watches the kids when I'm not around, she went insane and started killing the kids. Kohaku wasn't with my mother that day, Ji-chan had come down with the flu and she didn't want Kohaku to get sick so he was taken to the Reikai just until Ji-chan got better." Kagome said, silent tears rolling down her face. "I swear, Sango-chan, they did everything they could but…"

Sango fell to her knees and started crying. "Did he suffer?" Sango questioned between sobs.

"No. I was told that it was quick for him. I'm so sorry. He was supposed to come back with me, you know. So you could take care of him for a while. But…"

"I can try again later, right? When I'm ready?"

Kagome nodded and said softly, "Your name is on file and if at any time you're ready to try adoption again, I can bring you some pictures of kids along with their folders."

Sango nodded and looked at Kagome. She could see that Kagome was hurting just as much, if not more. Then again, Kagome probably lost most of her kids and gave everything she had into making sure that the kids were growing up knowing love. "Thank you for telling me, Kagome-chan." Sango said wiping her tears. "I'm not sure though, that I'll want to try again in the near future."

"I understand. Losing a child is hard." Kagome answered softly. "We'll get through this, okay? If you want to talk, I'm always going to listen to you."

Nodding slightly, Sango grabbed Kagome's hand and they went back to Kaede's hut to break the news to the group about what happened.

lostmoonchild: Okay, there's chapter nineteen. Read and review and I'll update next week since I've already got the next chapter written and ready to be posted.