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Chapter 19: Father?

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"Their father," He answered simply, staring Inuyasha down from behind the glasses. His eyes widened.

"You're their father?"

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Allie, who had been silently staring at Logan, shot up and rushed into his arms, tears streaming constantly down her cheeks as she clutched for dear life on his coat, like she let go, he'd leave again and never come back for good. "Logan," She screamed, clutching tighter. "Logan you're back! Why did you leave me all these years ago? Why are you back now, where have you been?" the questions streamed on and on and all he did was wrap his strong arms around her and hold her tightly, whispering words of comfort in her ear. She had finally calmed down enough to speak coherently, as she looked up at him, her brown eyes sparkling. "Where have you been? Where did you go? I guess none of that matters now that your back…" She trailed off, staring at him. Her hands came up and caressed the hard lines of his face, his lips, his glasses, everything. It was a miracle. He leaned down and gently kissed away the tears.

"Allie, you have to stop crying." He said quietly, gently as he picked her up and moved her to the bed, sitting next to her. He looked up as his gaze settled on Inuyasha and Evan, then moved to Daisy as she stared out the window, a small smile tugging at her lips.

"Daisy, what happened to my girls? Why do they need a donor? What the hell is going on? Who is he?" He asked, pointing to Inuyasha. Inuyasha huffed and turned around as Daisy turned to face her son in law. She motioned to Ruth.

"Care to explain?" She asked as Ruth stood across from Logan and reiterated everything that had gone on in the last few minutes. Logan took a deep calming breath and carefully stood up, looking down at Ruth.

"Well then what are we waiting for? They need blood." He said and went to the door. After being nudged by Inuyasha to go with him, Ruth was shaken from her stupor and led him to where the girls resided. As soon as Logan left the room, Inuyasha sank to the floor.

"Father? Father? I didn't know they had a father! This makes my job infinitely harder." He muttered to himself, rubbing his head. Allie didn't take her eyes from the floor. As she spoke she didn't move nor blink, and it was, frankly, quite unnerving, like she was stuck in a memory.

"I don't know it seemed like he's been gone forever. When I know he's only been gone maybe eleven years. The first year, it was so hard…I cried everyday and I swore I wasn't able to take care of two twins and a baby boy. I was young; I couldn't do it by myself. I thought that if he wasn't there, I'd die. I'd break and I'd let my children down. That's the last thing I ever wanted to do. Luckily, the twins' grandparents came along and we moved into the shine. They helped me with the kids, but inside...inside, I was still empty. I feel like I was just hit in the chest with a jackhammer at full speed. I was missing apart of me for so long that it felt like that was normal. I feel complete again. Like I can function how I used to." She ran her trembling hands over her face and took a deep calming breath. "I missed him so much. I suppose I thought he died after a while, doing whatever he left us for. I will never forget this day. The girls were so closed to dying…and then their father…Mom, will you go get…" She burst out in tears once more. Daisy was immediately at her side, comforting her again. Inuyasha looked up at the two.

"Why was she telling me that?" He asked softly, looking curiously at Allie while she cried relentlessly for probably what would be the third time that day.

"She sees a lot of him in you. I think he noticed it too. I think you should talk to their father, Inuyasha. You might learn something." She said and walked out of the room, going to retrieve Souta.

"What about me? Aren't I special?" Evan wined, crossing his arms.

"Shut up." Inuyasha said and sat over by Allie and rubbed her back awkwardly. Seconds passed, then minutes, then what seemed like hours and Logan and the girls hadn't come back yet. He wondered how they were doing, and what it was like growing up not knowing where their dad was, not even knowing if he was alive. His dad pissed him off a great deal of the time, but at least he knew where he was and what he was doing. By the way Mrs. Higurashi described it; it was like living with a giant whole. Maybe to Kagome and Kikyo, it was like living with a huge unknown. Souta undoubtedly didn't even know his father, but only knew him by pictures and stories that his mom and sisters told him. The twins defiantly looked more like their dad, while Souta, compared to the other two, looked like he didn't even relate, besides from the bright brown eyes. Now that he was here though, it insured that the girls would have another while to live. Just then, Logan and Ruth walked in, accompanied by two other male doctors helping support the dizzy Logan.

"Mr. Higurashi, I told you not to give that much blood." Ruth reprimanded slightly as the doctors laid him down on Kagome's bed. Allie's head shot up as she went to his side and looked at Ruth.

"He gave both girls more than enough to keep them alive." She said. He chuckled lightly.

"'…to keep them alive.' I gave them a lot so their recovery should speed up considerably." He said quietly, his voice a thread of sound, his eyes closed.

"How would you…" Ruth was interrupted by Tulip bursting in.

"Great news! The extra blood given and the magnitude of the power level is speeding their recovery! It's amazing. There are already muscle and tissues forming back together." She shouted, laughing. Logan let out a smirk.

"Told you." He said quietly. Inuyasha walked over and handed him a fruit cup.

"Here, it'll help with your energy level." He said, averting his gaze. "Where are they now?" He asked Tulip.

"They're in surgery now, probably, realigning bones and what not." She said happily. "By the time this is all over, they should be back to their old selves, after a bit of physical therapy that is." Tulip said happily, looking over at Inuyasha. He sighed heavily and ran a nervous hand through his hair. He looked back at Evan.

"You wanna play cards again?" He asked, as Evan nodded and Mr. Higurashi stood up.

"Can I play?" He asked gently, looking at Inuyasha. He stared at him for a little while, and then smiled.

"Be my guest." He said as they all sat down and Inuyasha shuffled the cards, looking at the other two men in the circle. Mrs. Higurashi stepped out of the room to go look stand outside of the girls' surgery room. "What do you want to play?" he said rather absently as he heard the soft click of the door shutting.

"Speed?" Evan suggested, drawing circles on the white tiles of the floor. Logan shook his head.

"Speed requires two people. We have three. We could play Egyptian Rat Screw." He suggested quietly. Inuyasha shook his head.

"You as well as I do that it would quickly turn into a two player game." Inuyasha said.

"Why?" Evan asked, insulted.

"We have better reflexes." Logan supplied as Evan sulked.

"Oh, we can play a three way war." Evan said. Inuyasha looked over at Logan as Logan nodded.

"That could work." Inuyasha said and dealt the cards.

Seconds passed, then minutes, then hours…so many hours. The game was entertaining enough, but it couldn't put to rest the nagging voice in his head that wondered every moment where, and how Kagome was doing. She was pale the last time he saw her, and even though she was strong and had a stronger will, she still looked small and fragile in the hospital bed, like if her hugged her too tightly, she'd break. He groaned under his breath, the wait killing him as he won Evan's cards, but returned to frowning once Logan gained his cards. Probably for the hundredth time today, he glanced at the door, seeing no one coming in and hearing no one wheeling in teenaged girls.

"You're looking distressed, Inuyasha." Logan observed as he stole Evan's King. "You should stop thinking about it. The time will pass much quicker." He said nonchalantly. Inuyasha could've sworn that everything he said not related to his wife or children sounded like he was talking about the weather. It pissed him off a bit, but he refused to indulge in his feelings. He was determined to outdo the older man, though in matters of Kagome, he held no threat whatsoever. Maybe it was the fact that he was her father… The door opened. Inuyasha immediately turned seeing a human man in his early twenties in a pair of beige kakis, a dark blue polo shirt and a brown jacket with a clipboard in his hand. He had short brown hair, his bangs only long enough to cover his forehead. He had brown eyes and a fairly mellow voice and as far as Inuyasha could tell, was shorter than him.

"Mr. Higurashi! Alas I have found you! What are you doing…"The newcomer finally recognized the other men in the room, "Here...What's going on?" He asked, clearly confused.

"Ah, Hojo. You've found me at last, hm?" He asked, again winning the other boys' cards.

"Mr. Higurashi? What are you doing here with these people? Why are you here in a hospital room with a half breed and a human?" Inuyasha turned around at the 'half breed' comment, glowering at the man. Hojo's eyes widened in recognition of him. "Oh my!" He gasped, "You're not just any half breed! You're Inuyasha Tashio from Hardcore Dogs! AH! My sister and I love you guys! Aren't you going out with Kagome Higurashi?" He exclaimed then saw Evan. "And you're Kikyo Higurashi's new boy toy! Oh my," He looked back at Logan who was now in front of him, rubbing his pounding temples. "What are you doing with them? And I always wondered why those twins looked like you and have your last name. It isn't common…" He mused. Logan, Inuyasha, and even Evan stared on at the rambling man, not seeing an end. He rambled on for a while longer than finally ended with the brilliant comment of, "I'm so confused." Logan sighed.

"For intelligence personnel, Hojo," Logan sighed again, "You are defiantly not very bright."

"I know sir. My mom always said--" Inuyasha cut him off.

"We don't care what your mother said, Hobo."

"Hojo."

"Whatever." Inuyasha waved it off. He didn't like this guy. Logan put his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder and shook his head, as if telling him 'Let it go'.

"Hojo, the two twins are my daughters, Kikyo and Kagome. I had to leave them, my wife, and my son for the job a long time ago. They were injured recently in a fight, and I escaped the company for a while to check if my girls are ok. I would really appreciate it if you didn't tell them where I was. Do I make myself clear?" Logan explained slowly, in that infuriating neutral voice, looking at Hojo in the eye.

"Of course, Mr. Higurashi, I won't tell a soul! I can't believe you're related to Kagome…" He gave day dreamy sigh, "She's so pretty." Inuyasha growled low in his throat, making it very clear to say away from her. He looked at him, a look almost questioning if he made the sound. Logan's large hand clasped on Inuyasha's shoulder again, holding him back from ripping out the other man's throat. Yep, he defiantly didn't like is Hobo guy.

"Well since we're all stuck in this room until I the girls get back, why don't you take a seat and wait a while." Logan suggested calmly, finally letting go of Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Yes sir! Shall I--"

"And please stop talking." Inuyasha said as he walked back to where the cards were. He plopped down with his legs crossed Indian-style, his elbow on his knee, and his cheek in his palm, grumbling incoherently about bumbling idiotic assistants.

"What's his problem?" Hojo whispered, nodding his head at Inuyasha.

"He's been through a lot these past few days I imagine." Logan said, glancing at the said boy.

"Yea, but that doesn't mean he has to act like a girl about it."

"I can hear you…" Inuyasha growled out and turned to look at him. "I would like to see you live my life for the past few days. You'd probably be crying right now." He glared and turned back.

"Inuyasha, why don't you get some sleep?" Logan said, coming up behind him. "You've got bags under your eyes." Inuyasha ran a hand over his face and got up and crawled into Kagome's bed.

"I am pretty tired…" He said and yawned. Logan smiled and sat down with Hojo and Evan. A while later, a scream echoed throughout the room.

"DADDY!!!" A little boy screamed and Logan jumped up, seeing a little boy less than half his height with brown hair and bright brown eyes in the door way. He stared at the little boy and wondered who in the hell it was. The boy dashed from the door to him in record speed, jumping into his arms. Immediately when the boy entered his arms, he recognized him as his only son, Souta.

"Souta!" He exclaimed clutching the boy tightly to him swirling him around in a circle. "My god how I've missed you!" he stopped twirling and took a knee, dragging the little boy away from him and taking him by the arms, taking a look at him. He was the spitting image of his mother, but had his good looks and his nose. His bright brown eyes glowing at him and Logan ripped off his sunglasses to get a full view of his son. His son. He smiled and hugged him again. It was forever since he got to remember that he a father after all. The word felt so good to him, and filled him with warmth as nothing else could. He didn't even want to think about the word 'daughter', or better yet, 'daughters'. He smiled widely again, it was great to be back.

Though a part ate at him at how long he's been gone, missing all of his young son's life. He looked at the beds where Kagome and Kikyo once lay. He had the urge to sigh. He'd missed the most important part of his daughter's lives too. Pulling the boy away, he kissed his forehead lightly. "Souta." He said lovingly, his eyes roaming over his son's face as Souta did the same to his father. He'd remember the day he'd name the boy. He now saw that it fit and was glad at the way he faired without a father. From what he had heard, however, Kagome had been father enough in his absence. He had newspaper clippings with Kagome and Souta and his whole family. He hadn't been totally out of the loop. His children were stars, after all.

Souta looked at his father as unexpected tears welled up out of nowhere as joy bubbled out of him. He rubbed his eyes as the tears came down quickly. Souta looked at the concerned look on his father's face. "Daddy…" He began, sniffling, "Dad, I barely remember you from when I was a baby. I can't believe your back! Kagome used to tell me stories of you and…and…" He sniffled and threw himself into his father's arms once again, crying. Logan patted his son's back and picked him up, holding him. He had the urge to laugh knowing he would have to do this two more times. Oh well, he could handle it again, and he do anything to feel his daughters in his arms again. He hadn't even had a chance to look at them since he'd gotten there.

Though unnoticed, Inuyasha looked at Logan and Souta look at each other as if no one else existed. So that's what it was like to have children. The look of love in Logan's eyes was almost unbearable, as was Souta's. He pondered on if that was how his dad felt. Now thinking about it, Logan and InuTashio were a lot alike. They were both intimidating as hell; Logan had twin girls and a little boy, while InuTashio had near twins boys, and a little girl. Inuyasha wondered if one day if he had kids if that's how it would be. He saw Logan look at him. "Ah, Inuyasha, you're awake." He said, smiling. Souta looked up and beamed at him.

"Inuyasha!" He yelled as Logan let him down and he ran to Inuyasha, jumping in his now outstretched arms.

"Hey buddy how ya doing?" He said tiredly, hugging Souta to him. He let Souta go and set him on the bed.

"What's wrong? Are you tired? Where are Kagome and Kikyo?" He asked.

"Who's the kid?" Hojo's voice ruined the moment and Inuyasha growled.

"This 'kid'," Logan answered, his voice turning from warm and passionate to cold and soft as he turned to Hojo. "Is my son, Souta." He said, putting the glasses back on.

"Geez, Mr. Higurashi! How many kids do you have? Wait; is this the 'Souta' from all the movies?" He asked as Souta looked out from the bed, glaring at him. He looked back at Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, I don't like this guy." He pouted. Inuyasha patted the young boy's head, ruffling his hair.

"Neither do I, Souta, neither do I…" He said, snarling a bit. Logan let out a very controlled sigh.

"I have three children. I have Kagome and Kikyo, and then Souta." He said calmly. As Hojo opened his mouth to speak as Tulip bust through the door, smiling widely at everyone in the room. Mrs. Higurashi and come in right after, smiling widely at Logan.

"Well the girls are out of surgery and fortunately for you, Mr. Higurashi, wide awake. Both are a bit confused, and Kagome's a bit grouchy. We'll be bringing up food soon." She said and slid from the room.

Logan's heart beat loudly in his chest. What if they didn't like him? He'd been gone so long, all he knew of his own daughters of what the tabloids said of them. He loved them anyway, but he was still strangely nervous, which was extremely unlike him. He was cool under fire and always kept a level head. Even while being captured and tortured he was never nervous, never scared. Yet, under threat of meeting his own daughters, he was terrified and felt his palms sweat. His breath quickened as he felt Inuyasha's hand on his shoulder. "There's no reason to be nervous. They're fine. And I know Kagome will love you." He nodded slowly. He warmed inside as he thought of the word 'daughters'. He had kids again after all this time. And they were his kids, and he loved them, and that's all he had to know. He was their father, no matter what they thought of them. With that thought he straightened his spine and waited for his daughters to arrive.

Soon after, two stretchers were wheeled in with Kagome and Kikyo on them. Kikyo was rambling off something random, and Kagome was shouting at the man wheeling her in. after arriving in the room, the nurses inserted into their beds and they both closed their eyes. His breath caught in his throat as he looked at them. They were beautiful, just like they were when they were children. Just now they were mature and when they opened their eyes, he couldn't breathe. They looked exactly like him, and he was immediately humbled by the mere sight of them. He hadn't even talked to them. He was frozen to the spot while Souta's hand slipped into his. Inuyasha had gone over and chatted lightly to Kagome, rubbing her hand as Souta tugged him toward her bed. He stood behind Inuyasha.

"Kagome, someone's here to see you." Inuyasha said, stroking her hand.

"Who? Ayame? Sango?" She asked, confusion plain in her eyes. Logan smiled and thanked god for the dark glasses as he held back sudden tears. Her voice was like his, soft and raspy but feminine all the same. "Damn that surgery sucked…" she growled out. Yes, she was indeed grouchy.

"Not particularly. You haven't seen him in a long time." He said and let go of her hand as Logan approached and Kagome stared at Inuyasha.

"Him…?" She asked and looked up at Logan. She froze at the same time he did and the room seemed to chill, like no one but Logan and Kagome existed or noticed the chill. Her breath came in shallow gasps as did his and he took off his glasses, searching his daughter's eyes, face, scars. He collapsed to his knees, staring at her. "D…"She whispered, tears in her eyes. "Daddy…"She whispered lightly, her hand reaching out to touch his face. His hand covered hers. "DADDY!" She yelled and wrapped her arms around him, as he did the same to her. His daughter, her father; what an eye opening experience.

"Kagome…"He whispered. "How's my little fire cracker?" Kagome choked up and sobbed a bit as he called her by her childhood nickname.

"I'm fine. Dad," He pulled her from him and looked at her. "No one has called me Fire Cracker since you left." She smiled, tears running from her eyes and from his.

"Fire Cracker, Kagome? It's very befitting." Inuyasha said, smiling. Kagome ignored him and looked straight at her dad.

"Daddy, I swear, I look just like you." She whispered, smiling.

"Actually, you look more like me now than you did when you were little. Don't tell Kiky, but I think you look more like me than she does." He winked. Kagome laughed a carefree, child's laugh.

"But we're twins." She laughed. He shrugged.

"You still look more like me." He said and kissed her forehead and her nose. Kagome smiled and he sobered. "You grew up to be a beautiful young Fire Cracker, Kagome." He said softly. She smiled.

"You haven't aged to bad yourself, dad. Not bad for an old man." She laughed as did he and they embraced again.

"Kiky, Fire Cracker? What the heck?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome looked at him, laugher and joy bubbling in her eyes. She wiped her eyes as did Logan.

"When we were little and we got along, I was Fire Cracker, and she was Kiky." Kagome explained as Inuyasha took a seat on her bed and Souta sat beside him, closer to his sister. He looked at Souta.

"What was yours?" He asked as Souta's eyes sobered.

"He didn't stay long enough to give me one…"Souta said as Logan's hand caught in his hair, ruffling it.

"Don't worry, sport, we'll find one. Promise." He winked and Souta laughed.

"Remember that time before Souta was born and we ambushed Kikyo and mom with the water hose?" Kagome laughed. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"You plotted against her even back then?" He asked.

"Yea. I didn't have a little brother to torment so I used my twin." Kagome smiled. Logan stood up and put Souta in his lap as he sat where his son did.

"So how has life gone for you, Fire Cracker?" Kagome sobered.

"Not too great. Mom has been way different since you left…She's mean now. She favored Kikyo from me and we grew up hating each other instead of like sisters. She had mom and I had Souta. I'm sure you're aware of our different genres, and dress. I missed you a lot Daddy, and I felt that I had to be a father figure/mother/sister to Souta. I don't know, but I feel so glad that you're back." She rubbed her eye. "Though, I hate to have you see me like this."

"It was stupid what you did, baby. You know that." He whispered, wiping hair from her face.

"I know Daddy. It's what growing up with years of hatred and names and pain between us. One bad insult set off everything." She looked away. He gently grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.

"Learn from your mistakes Fire Cracker." He said and she nodded. He kissed her forehead as a voiced piped up from the other side of the room.

"Hey! You! Big guy getting friendly with Kagome! Who are you?" He heard, what must have been Kikyo's, voice yell at him. He fit his sunglasses on and looked at his son in his lap. Souta hopped off, grabbing his father's hand and hauled him across the room. Shoving Evan out of the way, Souta stood over his weary, glass-eyed, confused sister. "Kikyo…Sis, we have someone from our past here to visit." He said calmly and pushed their father to Kikyo. He looked down on his daughter's face again, and noticed the differences. No matter who called them twins, there was a different aura, a different look, everything. He smiled as he felt the familiar rush of tears. He didn't take his shades off and stared down at Kikyo.

She looked up at him and shook her head. Good God, what did those crazy hospital people give her? It must have been some pretty powerful shit, because she swore she was seeing her father. But no, it couldn't have been. He'd been gone ever since Souta was born. But suddenly a thought, or a memory, accrued to her. She vaguely remembered Kagome screaming out the word, 'daddy'. But…it couldn't have been. "Take off your glasses." She whispered hoarsely, straining to see his face. As soon as the glasses were off, she broke down. "Daddy…Oh god…daddy is it you…?" She said as she felt warm tears running down her face. What was she crying for? This wasn't her father! Her father was dead! So why did this stranger look so much like her and Kagome? And was his aura so familiar…?

"Yes, Kiki. It's me. I'm back." He whispered and dropped into a chair, conveniently placed there, probably by his son, as he dragged his second twin into his arms, hugging her tightly. Kikyo froze. It was her father after all! She wasn't crazy! She knew! She remembered the way his arms felt around her when she was little! It was a sensation she'd never forget, no matter the fame or the money, not even the men, this man was her father. Kikyo cried out, wrapping her arms around her father, clutching him to her. Kagome glanced over and smiled as her and Kikyo thought in union:

'Nothing like a father's love.'

Kikyo clutched her father tighter, feeling her warm tears run down her cheeks quicker and hotter. Her father pulled her from him, looking at her. "Kiki. Oh my how you've grown! How are you? I can't believe I see you…" He said, smiling, and wiped Kikyo's tears.

"Daddy." She tested the name on her lips. It had been a while, but it still had meaning. "Daddy, I can't believe you're here! I've been…well, not to fine, seeing how this all turned out…but besides that I've been fine. What about you?" she asked closely, looking at her father closely.

"I've been surviving. I couldn't help but wonder about all of you. I swear, if someone didn't know I was your father, they'd swear I was a stalker. I have newspaper clippings of you and your sister and brother everywhere." He smiled, but it died slightly as he let her go, but not out of touching distance. "I heard life between you and sister hasn't been going well. Is that true?" He asked quietly, smoothing hair from her face. She looked away slightly, frowning. He said nothing, waiting for her answer. After a little while, it came, guilt laced.

"No, it hasn't. And a large part of it is my fault. I don't know. Ever since this getting into the music business, we all fell apart without you, Dad. Mom tried busying herself with our careers, Kagome drew away from the rest of us, focusing on her music I guess, I drew into myself, now I know why Kagome starting calling me selfish and conceited… and Souta…poor Souta didn't know what do to. Mom didn't seem to want any reminder of you, Souta didn't know enough about you to remember, and Kagome took him under her wing and shared her memories…our memories. We've become one big…"

"Dysfunctional," Kagome growled out

"Separated," Souta added bitterly.

"Angry," their mother added quietly.

"…family. That's been our lives." Kikyo said, staring up into her father's eyes.

"The first step of conquering these problems is admitting them. Kiki, I came here, because I heard of a huge fight between the Higurashi twins. I wasn't pleased with the history between you two, but I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. But even though it did, I'm glad you two survived." He looked over to Kagome and her gaze shifted to the floor. She was listening, good. "I came back to offer any assistance I could, not only to be here for your recovery. Most of all, I missed being here."

"We missed you too, Daddy." Kagome said, her gaze lifting to her father's. Tulip walked in, noting the family reunion.

"Sorry I have to interrupt, but I wanted to give the diagnosis before they fell asleep. Oh! And there's food!" She said happily and stood in between the beds as a large meal was delivered to the girls. "So I hope you girls thank your father, because he contributed greatly to you being alive right now. Because of the lack of energy in your bodies, you needed a serious blood transfusion. But the catch was the blood had to be from a family member with a power level higher than 3000."

"Why higher than 3000?" Kagome asked. She'd obviously missed something while she was out.

"Because that's your power level." She sighed. "Ruth! Please get in here and explain the power level thing!" A second later, Ruth walked in, explained, and walked out. Kagome and Kikyo shaped their mouth in an 'O'.

"So by the stroke of luck, he came in and he used a considerable amount of his own blood to give to both of you." she said, nodding at Logan.

"Thank you Daddy." They both said with full mouths. Inuyasha stood up and stretched.

"Well, I'll be going. I'll see you later though Kagome." He kissed the top of her head lightly and cringed when he heard the low growl in the room. No one heard it, but he knew it belonged to Logan. When Inuyasha got up and went for the door, the long-forgotten Hojo sat in his place beside Kagome, introducing himself. Inuyasha growled low and shot a look at Logan, who was also glaring daggers at Hojo. The man was defiantly a mystery. He offered a hand to Mr. Higurashi. "It was nice meeting you, Mr. Higurashi. I'll see you soon." He said and nodded. The older man took his hand and shook it firmly.

"Indeed. Good-bye Inuyasha." He let go of his hand, and Inuyasha left the room, the last sound the soft click of the door.

The drive home was uneventful, though thoughts of Kagome and her father did roam in his head. How would the family react now that Mr. Higurashi was back in the picture? How would Kagome's and Kikyo's relationship change; if any? How did Inuyasha's plans with Kagome work out with a huge roadblock by the name of 'father' blocking his way? Wait, what plans with Kagome? There weren't any plans! He sighed, figuring in the solitude of his car, there'd been no one to lie to, so why bother? He liked Kagome, he knew, it wasn't that hard to figure out. Hopefully if he played his cards right, he'd not only win a game of cards against Logan, but have Kagome too. Maybe the man actually started to like Inuyasha. That would be a start; a big start. He decided not to think about it too long, thinking always got him into trouble, not that he thought before he reacted anyway. It was a loose, loose situation, but what did he care? As long as he got what he wanted and collateral damage was low, there was no problem.

His big house came into view as he sighed, not really wanting to play the twenty questions game his brother always played whenever he walked in the door. Maybe he could sneak in and then go quietly up to his room…He barked a laugh. Yea right, like a house of demons would allow that! He parked into the garage and went up to the front door, letting himself in. His dreams of going up to his room in peace were quickly dashed by Sesshomaru confronting him in the hallway, and the thump of his little sister, Shiori, bounding down the stairs to greet him. He held back a sigh. No doubt she had some smart ass remark or questions of her own.

"Inuyasha, where have you been?" His brother asked him, so the game begun.

"Duh, stupid! He's been at the hospital with his girlfriend." Shiori snickered as Inuyasha snarled weakly at her. There was the smart ass comment. Did he know his family or what? She ran away and he heard her run into the living room and onto his father's lap, disturbing their parents' movie. Inuyasha shut the door and took off his jacket, yawning.

"Anything new happen with our poor Kagome?" Sesshomaru asked rather casually. Inuyasha popped into the kitchen and grabbed a soda, handing one to his hovering brother as they walked into the living room where the whole family was.

He nodded, opening the pop, taking a long drink and Sesshomaru and Inuyasha took a seat on another coach, side by side.

"I hope it wasn't anything bad." Shiori said, sitting in between her two older brothers. She casually reached up and snagged Inuyasha's soda, taking a sip.

"Well, Kagome and Kikyo had this weird seizure thing because they didn't have energy to help heal themselves; they'd pretty much been starving the past two days. Since their power level's 3000, they had to have a family member who was more than that to help them out in a blood transfer. If they didn't get it, they would be stuck in a coma or die." He said, futilely trying to recover his soda from his sister. She after downing half it, she let him have it back.

"Oh dear," His mother gasped, "Was their mother able to help?" He shook his head.

"Neither their mom or grandmother could help. They were both way to low." He said, looking in the soda container, than taking a drink.

"So what happened?" his father asked, eyebrow raised.

"I met their father today." The whole room went quite till Sesshomaru shifted, turning his full attention to Inuyasha.

"Did I hear you right? Last time I checked, Kagome and Kikyo don't have a father. I've done research on both of them--" He was interrupted by Inuyasha growling and almost crushing his can, which still had soda in it.

"You did research on them? Why?" He asked, staring at his brother in disbelief. Sesshomaru shrugged.

"This was before we met them, I needed to know as much about our rivaling band as possible. I didn't deem it important to bring up after we met." He said coolly.

"You didn't, deem it important?" Inuyasha bit out, glaring. Their father cleared his throat.

"Inuyasha, let Sesshomaru finish then finish with the story, please." He said and Inuyasha sighed, pushing a hand through his hair and his brother nodded.

"As I was saying," He continued, sounding very matter-of-fact, "They have no father. There have been no records of him even being there. I found information from when they were little, and Mrs. Higurashi was always a single mother." He finished, giving Inuyasha a look that said 'Dare defy me'. Inuyasha suddenly felt smug and sat back, staring at his brother.

"There wouldn't be. Truth be told, he left before Kagome and Kikyo even became famous. He left the day after Souta was born and left Kagome's mom to take care of a new born boy, and a set of twins." He said.

"That's horrible!" His mother gasped. His gaze strayed to her as she pursed her lips. "Why would he ever do something like that? Didn't he love his children or his wife, at all? I can't believe he would just walk out like that!" She growled out as InuTashio patted her shoulder. Inuyasha shook his head.

"No, no, it wasn't like that at all. He had to leave; it wasn't like he wanted to. You could tell, because when Souta came by because his dad was there, the man just stood there staring at Souta. When he was talking to me, his voice was really cold and soft. He was like Sesshomaru." He spared a glance at his brother, "But, when he saw his kids, he burst into tears three times. He missed them. It was really awkward being there. I even saw Kikyo crying. I swear every woman in the room was crying. He was frozen when he saw Kikyo and Kagome wheeled in. But all that aside, he was pretty cool." He finished, satisfied with the surprised look on their faces.

"What was his name? I always thought the Higurashi name sounded familiar." His father asked his gaze hardening.

"Logan; Logan Higurashi." He said, surprised slightly as his father's eyes widened and a smile broke out on his face.

"Logan, eh? Good ol' Logan's back then. I knew I knew them. But just to make certain, mind if I go to the hospital with you next time?" He asked, smiling. Inuyasha nodded and stood up, stretching.

"If there aren't any more questions, I'm going to bed. There's been way too much drama then need be." He said and yawned.

"Question…" Shiori asked. "How's Souta doing?"

"Make that two." Sesshomaru asked. "Why'd he come back? Is he staying? As much as I care about Kagome and dislike Kikyo, I'd hate for either of them to go through a separation with their father…again."

"Souta's doing fine, Shiori, he looked happier than a kid in a candy store today." He reassured, ruffling his little sister's hair. "From what he's told us, he's been keeping up with their careers and fights. He knew them as much as the tabloids did. He came back because he heard about the fight and was wondering if they were alive. He didn't mention whether or not he was staying, they stayed away from that." Inuyasha said and left. He wandered up to his room and took a shower, then headed off for bed.

Inuyasha lay in bed wondering what could possibly go on for the next few months, and how Kagome would react when she found out he went to her school. More importantly, how their father's knew each other. The constant swirl of thoughts rattled in his head till he was too tired to continue. He rolled over on one side and smiled Kagome's bright smile appeared in his mind and took him off to dreamland.

Logan sat in a chair in between the two beds where his daughters lay. His wife stood behind him, hands on his shoulders as all consuming silence overwhelmed the family. Souta had been taken away shortly after Inuyasha left, at fear of missing his bed time, and he had forced Hojo and Evan to leave. He was as alright as he was going to get with Inuyasha crowding over her. But Hojo, he wasn't even her age and he was flirting! That shit was defiantly out. He sighed lightly. With becoming a father of teenage girls, fatherly instincts and the need to protect them sometimes overgrew common sense. It didn't help that his daughters had most of the male population drooling over them. He had a few comrades who he had overheard talking about screwing them…needless to say the beast was ready to be unleashed. But damn it, he did not want boys around his babies! He had just become a father! He didn't need to be reminded that his girls were…desired. He wanted no boys crowding them…Inuyasha was ok, but as long as he kept his hands to himself. Needless to say, despite his calm outside, his insides were not nearly as orderly.

He took a deep breath and looked at his current situation. Not only would he have to go home with Allie, he would have to explain why he's been gone in detail to her. That was going to take a while, not counting the time of "catching up". That was the fun part. He suppressed a groan as he thought about the last time he got laid…but that wasn't important. Allie had somehow convinced him to have a "stern word" with the girls, now that he was here. He thought that them getting yelled at by her and Daisy had been enough, but apparently not. He took another deep breath and sighed as he took the sunglasses off, rubbing his tired eyes. "Girls?" He asked as both girls pepped to attention.

"Yes?" They both said in unison. They looked over the beds and shot each other a guilty look.

"You know what you did was wrong, right?" He asked calmly, his hand running a path over his forehead then down the side of his face.

"Yea…" they muttered, sighing.

"Have you learned your lesson Kikyo and Kagome?" He asked. Kagome scoffed.

"I have. Make music not war." She said, a hint of censure in her voice, as if cursing the past.

"Good answer. Kikyo?" He glanced at her expectedly. Kikyo nodded.

"I have too, Daddy. Nothing is worth having to go through this." She said, regret in her voice. He put the sun glasses back on.

"Also a good answer," He looked at the girls then glanced back at Allie. "I think it's safe to say they learned their lesson." He said. Kagome and Kikyo looked at each other, surprise clear on their faces. That was it? A few questions and they were off the hook. Their mother looked ticked for a second, and then sighed.

"Well I guess so if that's all you had for them." she said and picked up her coat. "Girls, we're going. We'll see you tomorrow and get some rest. There's a long road ahead for the both of you." she went by each bed and planted a kiss on each of their foreheads, as did Logan, before walking out of the room.

As the light turned out, Kagome looked over at her twin and was surprised to find her looking back at her. "Kikyo?" Kagome asked a bit timidly, but still keeping eye contact.

"Kagome?" Her sister said equally as timid. "Kagome, I think there's more than one road of recovery that we have to go on." Kikyo said thoughtfully. Kagome nodded, but figured Kikyo couldn't see it in the dark.

"Yea, I agree. And I think one of those we can start on without our bodies or powers." Kagome said the tears apparent in her eyes.

"Kagome?" Kikyo asked she heard the tears in her voice.

"Yea?"

"I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too."

It was like they were kids again, and they were apologizing. Things would be alright after all, at least Kagome hoped. With the return of their dad, things were either going to go one way or the other. But being on the right foot with her sister was a promising start.

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Ah! That was sweet! Just to let you know, my new motto is 'Make Music, Not War.' So I hoped you liked it.

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