lostmoonchild: Okay, computer is fixed now so I can update. As a thank you for everybody for being so patient, I'll throw two chapters into the story today. I don't own Inuyasha, YYH, or anything else unless I say otherwise.

Chapter Twenty Four

"IT'S NOT FAIR!"

The group let out a sigh as they watched the ten year old shout her opinion about the group splitting up in an attempt to find more jewel shards. "Hana, you know that it's for the best if…" Kagome started but was interrupted.

"YOU DON'T SPLIT UP IN THE MAKAI! IF YOU DO SOME DEMON WILL MAKE A MEAL OUT OF YOU IF YOU'RE NOT STRONG! ALWAYS STAY TOGETHER!" Hana screamed throwing the biggest tantrum she could.

"Let her throw a tantrum. She'll decide to mature up once she realizes she's not getting a raise out of anybody." Kagome said with a sigh.

How Kagome could ignore Hana throwing a tantrum they didn't know, but they suspected it had to come from taking care of either orphaned or abandoned demon and hanyou children. They didn't know how Kagome could possibly juggle traveling in their era, two jobs, and school along with trying to have a social life. If they didn't know any better, they would have said that Kagome would have given one of the things up but they doubted she gave up school since she usually had some homework in her bag that was half completed so chances were that she gave up on the social life.

"So who's going with who?" Miroku asked hoping he'd get to be with Sango.

"You can go with Sango, Shippo can probably go along with you guys." Kagome said noticing the hopeful look in Sango's eyes.

"What?! Why can't I go with you and Inuyasha and Hana?" Shippo asked looking confused.

"Because, you've got and important job. You have to make sure nothing happens to Sango or Miroku since you're strong for somebody you're age." Kagome said with a smile.

Shippo puffed out his chest knowing that Kagome wasn't lying. He knew that he was strong for somebody his age since Inuyasha was beginning to teach him how to fight like a demon which resulted usually in Kagome or somebody laughing. Every once in a while, they would always see Kagome holding what she called a video camera while Inuyasha was teaching him. "To show a friend who's doing a report on demons." Kagome explained.

The next day they went in separate directions, each one hoping that they'd find some jewel shards. Hana and Shippo took being separated the hardest, both wanting to stay with their sibling. Inuyasha wasn't overly thrilled about having Hana with them since he wanted some alone time. But he'd deal with having the kid around since he kind of enjoyed watching Kagome act as a mother to both children. One orphaned by demons, the other abandoned because of being half blooded. Inuyasha was truly disgusted about how somebody would take away a child's chance at being blissfully ignorant about how cruel the world could be. It was a lesson that needed to be learned but not at such a young age. Children needed to be children, not worrying about how they were going to survive another day or if they were going to be hurt by somebody or even if they would ever hear somebody who truly cared about them say "I love you."

But they had Kagome to be their mother and they had him to be their father. Sango and Miroku were their aunt and uncle while Kaede was their grandmother. As much as he hated to admit it, Inuyasha knew that Sesshomaru would be the pups uncle. Kilala would probably be like a pet to them, but Inuyasha wasn't sure. The three of them seemed to have an understanding of each other that didn't depend on words they could hear. Their relationship had an unspoken language that allowed the three of them to understand each other.

The next morning, they figured out where they were going to meet up and after what amount of time. Tearfully, Hana and Shippo hugged each other goodbye before being led away into opposite directions not knowing if they were going to see each other again before or after the agreed meeting date.

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