Chapter 2

Aiko looked up and down at the demon nervously. She had never taken on a demon before especially not on her own anyway. She flexed her claws and stood her ground. The ogre demon grinned smugly at the young half demon in front of it.

"I never liked a small breakfast but you will have to do" it drooled and pulled a huge wooden club covered in spikes from behind its back. Aiko realised she didn't have any of her weapons with her and gulped. She thought about running but what would that make her look like. She was going to make parents proud and face the demon.

"I'm no light breakfast and you will never know cus you won't ever eat me" she said nervously but tried to remain focused. The demon grabbed its club and made a swing at Aiko. She narrowly jumped out of them way and grinned.

"That the best you got" she smirked and jumped out of the way again. She jumped into the air and clawed the ogre's head. It roared out in pain and made another swing at Aiko but she back flipped out of the way.

"If I can do that again hopefully he will run away" she thought to herself growing more confident and jumped out of the way of another attack. The ogre demon was getting very annoyed now and was lashing out harder. Aiko leapt into the air for one final attack but she came down the to earth with a crash. She cried out in pain and looked over at her arm as blood poured from the wound.

Inuyasha and Kagome were sound asleep in their room. They morning air blew in through the door and Inuyasha wearily turned over in his sleep and buried his nose in Kagome's hair. He breathed in her scent and smiled happily. Then he caught a different scent. One that made him shoot up in bed quickly with wide eyes. Kagome who felt him move quickly and woke up too and sat up rubbing her eyes.

"Inuyasha what is it?" she asked wearily and put her hand on his arm.

"It Aiko. She's in trouble" he said as he jumped out bed. Kagome followed quickly after him and grabbed her bow and arrows and ran after her husband out the door. She jumped on his back and Inuyasha ran in the direction of where Aiko's scent was coming from.

"I can't believe she went out training without me" he said with worry and a slight bit of anger in his voice.

"Aiko please be safe" Kagome said worridly looking around her.

They reached the top of a hill and saw Aiko in the ogre's hand wincing in pain as blood poured from her wound. Kagome jumped of Inuyasha's back as he ran at the demon.

Aiko was feeling dizzy form all the blood she was loosing. She looked at the ogre and then she heard a familiar voice coming running towards her.

"IORN REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inuyasha cried and cut the ogre's arm of that was holding Aiko. He grabbed her in his arms and landed away from the demon.

"Now Kagome!!" Inuyasha shouted. Kagome already had her arrow arched and released it along with a bundle of spiritual power and the ogre vanished in purple dust. Kagome ran to Inuyasha who was still holding a half unconscious Aiko in arms.

"Aiko, come on Aiko stay awake" Inuyasha pleaded as she drifted in and out of consciousness.

"Dad?" she asked and grabbed her arm in pain. Inuyasha put her down and let her stand up. Kagome hugged her daughter while Inuyasha stood with his bangs covering his eyes.

"Dad. I'm sorry" Aiko said teary.

"Aiko go home and get that wound tended to" he said without looking at her.

"Dad?".

"Do as your told Aiko!" he shouted and turned to the forest. Kagome put her arm around Aiko who shaking from her tears and lead her back to their home. She took her inside and sat her down by the burnt out fire and grabbed her first aid kit. Aiko sat staring at the ashes with teary eyes as Kagome cleaned and bandaged her arm. She didn't' even flinch when Kagome put the disinfectant, that she hated, onto the open wound. Kagome gave her a hug and rubbed her back.

"Its ok Aiko. Your safe now" she said soothingly but it was little comfort to her. Inuyasha soon came into the hut, carrying a large pile of fire wood and dumped it by the door. Aiko looked up at him with teary eyes but his eyes were covered by his bangs.

"Dad….I'm sorry" she whimpered.

"How could you Aiko. I have told you a million times before to never go training on your own especially if you have no weapons with you. What were you thinking?" he shouted but not as loud as before.

"I just wanted to make you proud" she cried.

"Oh and by getting yourself killed would make me proud would it?" he shouted shaking.

Aiko looked up at him with sorry eyes and ran out of the hut. Inuyasha stood with his back to the door staring at the spot she was sitting at.

She kept running even though her tears blurred her vision she kept running. She heard Haru's voice as she ran through the village but she didn't stop. She kept running. She ran through the forest until she stopped at clearing where she fell to her knees and cried. She sat with her back turned to the village and pulled her knees up to her chest and sobbed her eyes out. She rested her head on her arms and sat there for what felt like hours. Suddenly she heard footsteps beside her and she slowly looked up to see Inuyasha sitting beside her. He was staring out at the waterfall then looked over at her with sorry eyes.

"Aiko I'm sorry for shouting at you" he sighed.

"Its ok. I deserved it" she sniffed.

"No you didn't. I was way out of line. I shouldn't have but I was just so..". Aiko looked at him through her bangs and tears.

"…scared".

"I was too dad but I wanted to be brave like you and mom and make you proud".

"We aren't always brave Aiko. When your mother was pregnant with you, we were attacked by a demon. She was very badly injured and almost lost you because she wouldn't leave me when I was captured. She was brave but that bravery was because she was scared. it's the same with me. I'm only brave cus I have you and Kagome to protect and I'm always scared I'm going to lose you both" he explained.

"You won't loose me dad. Ever" she smiled sadly.

"Someday i will and i am dreading that day but i guess that is life" he said staring up at the clear blue sky.

"Dad" Aiko said softly.

"I'm sorry Aiko" he said softly and pulled her into a hug. Aiko hugged him back and cried happily into his shoulder.

High in the mountains a cave glowed a dark blue then went back to normal. A female demon lay on the ground with a sword through her stomach. The feathers in her hair had fallen out into the pool of blood she was loosing. Kagura stared in horror at the young half demon in front of her.

"Naricoatsu…how could you?" she said weakly.

"I don't need you anymore mother" he replied.

"Your just like your disgusting father" she snapped.

"Really?. I'd love to have met him. Shame that Inuyasha and Kagome killed him. Well its time to avenge his death" he smirked as his red eyes stared out into the distance. Kagura pulled the sword out of her and threw it at her son, the result of when Naraku raped her before his demise. The sword clipped his shoulder and he turned and faced her again.

"Bad move Kagura" he snarled and picked up the sword again and walked to his half dead mother clutching the sword aggressively.

Ok theres that chapter. Naricoatsu is pronounced as it is spelt just i case you were a bit confused at his name. Anyway please review. I would like at least 5 cus i only got 3 for the first which i was a bit upset about. Where are all my pregnant pause readers??

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