Chapter 7; Life without You

A/N: I do hope that you like the last chapter, even though it was a sad one. Anyways, this chapter takes place five years after Kagome seals up the well. Hope you enjoy. Oh, I also added a little 'twist' to this chapter, I know I liked it XD

Disclaimer: I own none of the InuYasha characters.

Kagome rushed back to the Higurashi home, getting her four children ready for school while her own mother made their lunches and made sure their school things were ready to go.

"Kaiso, go brush your teeth, Kinrai, stop teasing Sekimi, Linsa, go brush your hair. Kinrai! I told you to stop teasing you sister!" Kagome ordered, smiling a bit to herself even as her eyes saddened.

The world she lived in had changed so much after the five years since she'd sealed up the well and left that part of her life behind her. The world had become a more accepting place, becoming more and more accepting of different people and races. Eventually, people had started to realize that half-demons were real and more and more of the ones that had been hiding for centuries, came out and found the world to be a better place.

Of course she had gone on many dates with other men, half-demon and human alike, but she was still unable to forget about the one man she would never stop loving. Five years ago she'd been tossed aside by him, her heart broken, with no words to reassure her.

A few tears escaped her eyes but were quickly wiped away. She turned to face the only things she had of him. His fire rat robe, and a picture of the two of them. She didn't notice her children crowded around the bottom of the stairs, whispering to each other about their mother.

"Mama looks so sad," Sekimi whispered.

"You see that picture there?" Kaiso said, looking over at his siblings and seeing them nod continued. "I was told that it was a picture of mom and our dad."

"Really?" Sekimi, Linsa, and Kinrai asked.

"Well, if he is our daddy, why isn't he here with us and mommy?" Linsa asked, her small mouth turning down into a pouting frown.

"Kaiso, Kinrai, Sekimi, Linsa, I hope you're all dressed and ready to go." Kagome called out, making her children jump. They waited a moment then pretended to go down the stairs and into the room where Kagome was ready for them.

Kagome smiled, knowing full well that her children were checking up on her. Her eyes turned sad and thoughtful as she looked over her children. Kinrai, his unruly silver hair stood out against his black dog ears that had silver tips. He was the one who always looked out for his other siblings. Sekimi, the shyest one, mainly because she was different looking than her siblings. She had one hazel eyes and one gold eye, her ears were mismatched too, one silver one black against her brown hair. Kaiso and Linsa were the ones who looked alike the most, they both had black hair, golden hazel eyes, silver ears and they would have been completely identical if not for Linsa's black tipped ears.

Linsa and Kaiso were also the most adventurous of the four, much like their father. They all looked so much like their father, it was hard not to remember him. Kagome sighed and smiled again.

"Alright, grandma is going to drive you to school and she has your lunches. Make sure that you play nice with the other children and with each other." Kagome said firmly, she didn't exactly want a phone call from the school telling her children were being little monsters.

"Yes mom." They all said in unison.

Kagome let out a little laugh as she walked with her children out the door and down the long set of stairs that led from the shrine down to the main street where Kagome's mom was waiting in her car.

He saw her though his sunglasses, still the same as when she'd left. Then, he noticed the children. He looked form them to their mother. They had black hair, silver hair, brown hair, golden eyes and hazel eyes. He wondered, could they possibly be his.

His gaze returned back to the woman in question. He'd practically gone through hell and back just so he could get where he was today. Even though it had only been five years, He'd quickly grown adept to living in her time. It was only because of Sesshomaru had taught him how to survive in this time and era.

Years ago, before he'd been sealed to the tree, He'd noticed that his brother would disappear somewhere for months at a time. He'd always wondered where Sesshomaru was disappearing to. It turns out that before he'd been sealed to the god tree, Sesshomaru had discovered the Bone-Eaters well. Sesshomaru had managed to successfully create his own business and create a separate life here in Kagome's time without any of them knowing it.

"So, are you ever going to talk to her?" Kouga asked, silently coming up to his friend. Kouga peered at his friend, trying to ascertain what he was thinking about. Suddenly, a hand snaked out of the shadows and snatched the cigarette that had been casually sitting at the side of Kouga's moth. He jumped but smiled as Sesshomaru came up to him.

"Who said you could steal my smokes?" Sesshomaru said, frowning at Kouga, clearly displeased.

"Well I'm out and I have no more money to get more," Kouga pouted. Sesshomaru looked down at Kouga, rolling his eyes, but ignoring the pout.

"One of these days, you're just going to give in to that." Kouga said persistently.

"Well, you know that if you stop spending all your money on sex toys, you might have some money left to buy your own smokes." Sesshomaru pointed out, making Kouga pout more.

"Aw, but Sesshy, you know you love it when I use them on you." Kouga teased, pleased to see a faint blush spread upon the great demon lord's cheeks.

"Shut up! Both of you shut up!" He said. If he didn't get Kouga and Sesshomaru to shut up, she was bound to hear them and run.

"What crawled up your butt and died?" Kouga mumbled. Sesshomaru sent a look towards the young wolf demon, shutting him up immediately.

"Inuyasha, why must you always be like this?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I'm like this because I love her, I went through hell and back to get where I am now and I don't want her to run from me anymore than she already has." Inuyasha said. "Now, either you shut up on your own or I'll be forced to shut you both up myself."

Kagome smiled and waved to her children as they were driven off to school. Yesterday they'd practically begged and pleaded her not to send them to school while today, today they were happier than clams to go.

She sighed and tied her black hair up in a ponytail as she headed up the long set of stairs leading up to the shrine so she could get ready for her daytime job. As she passed the well hut, she paused for a moment, feeling as if she were being watched. Then, just as suddenly as it occurred, it stopped almost as if the person watching her knew that she'd sensed them.

Kagome shrugged it off as nothing and continued her way towards the Higurashi house-hold. Then, she had the feeling again, but it was different this time, it was almost a familiar feeling. She stopped in her tracks, and slowly turned to wards the source of the feeling; The Well Hut.

She slowly walked over to it, standing in front of the doors before she flung the doors open. She sighed a bit, but didn't let her guard down for a moment. She'd been a GHOSTWALKER for a small period of time and had been trained in every fighting style, she was also the best sniper sharp shooter in the nation. Along with that, they'd gotten a high-ranking priestess to work with her on her own priestess powers. A lot had happened in five years, she remembered this one man, and he'd reminded her of Inuyasha.

He'd been her best friend when she was there, he had silver hair, but he'd always had dark glasses and some kind of hat on. Though she could never really remember his name, she knew that he would have still been her friend if she was still with that. She was still loyal to the GHOSTWALKERS since she'd been one of them and had the symbol tattooed on the small of her back. He'd been captured, sacrificing himself for their team, she'd never seen him after that and she would occasionally find herself wondering if he were alive or not and if he managed to escape.

She sighed again and closed the doors of the hut, turning around to head back to the house. Suddenly, a large group of demons leapt out of the well, the doors crashing behind them as they all headed towards Kagome.

Inuyasha went to leap to the shrine, but a calm hand on his shoulder stopped him. He turned to see Sesshomaru, his gaze focused upon the scene up at the shrine.

"Just watch," was all he said, nodding towards the battle unfolding before their eyes.

Inuyasha solemnly did as he was told and watched in shock as Kagome destroyed every demon with a single shock of her own powers.

"I knew they'd trained us good, but I didn't know she'd been trained that well," Inuyasha said, traveling back to the days when He'd also been in the GHOSTWALKERS. She'd viewed him as her friend then, not knowing who he really was. The day that he'd been captured, he'd seen the look of horror and desperation on her face. He'd told her to get back to the rest of the team and that he'd find someway to escape.

He eventually did escape, but not before they'd done some damage to him. They'd taken knives and scalpels to him, cutting away strips of his skin, cutting him almost into pieces, as they made sure to cut in places where there wouldn't be the threat of his demise.

"Damn, that's one helluva woman." Kouga said, bringing Inuyasha out of his thoughts.

"You've definitely got that right." Inuyasha said.

A/N: I hope you all liked it and I hope that you liked the little 'twist' I added to the story and No, I'm not encouraging ANYONE to start smoking, it's bad for you and you could die, and I know that for a fact, I've had many family members pass away from lung cancer…