A/N: so started this right after I posted the last one and I hope you guys like it. This is my longest chapter so far so yay, hopefully more turn out like this one did in length.

Chapter 5: A Walk To The Park

Kagome POV:

"She's a what!" Grandpa yelled in surprise. He looked up at me with a mix of shock and confusion on his face.

"She's a half demon." InuYasha stated again. He looked over at me and nodded. He pulled the bandanna off of Natsuki and I pulled mine off. Sota's face light up when he saw my ears.

"Cool sis can I touch 'em?" I nodded and he reached up to pet my ears. He smiled and looked to InuYasha. "Hey Yash, how long are you guys staying here?"

"Kagome wants to make an appointment to get a family photo done and its up to her when we go back." Sota looked back at me with an expectant look on his face.

"Until the kids want to go back and see Miroku and Sango's kids again."

"Yes! That mean we can be a family for a while again."

"Well then, InuYasha, for starters now you can call me 'mom' since you and Kagome made me a grandmother and I will make you guys an appointment with the photographer that took our family photo when Sota was five."

"Thanks mom." I said looking over at InuYasha.

"Anytime sweetheart. Now, tell me, what have you been doing for three years?"

"I'll go make some tea, why don't you move this reunion to the lounge." Grandpa said before walking off. We migrated to the lounge and I was currently telling my mom and Sota about how I had become a priestess and was Kaede's apprentice.

"So, how is it being a mother Kagome?"

"Well I have to give you points there, its hard." She nodded as grandpa handed us each a cup of tea.

"Kagome and InuYasha, I put a few ice cubes in your tea to make sure it wasn't too hot for you."

"Thanks grandpa. Does anyone else have any other questions for me?"

"Yes, how did you become a half demon when you were just human last time we saw you?" Grandpa asked the one question I didn't have the answer for.

"Honestly I don't know. It happened about a month before I had the kids and even Kaede didn't know what was going on. InuYasha's mother stayed human after she had him."

"What if its because you had three and she had one." I looked up at my grandpa then back down at Takumi.

"Maybe."

"Well it also could've been because my father brought her back with Tenseiga after I was born." I looked to InuYasha with sympathy as he talked. He didn't talk about his parents very often and when he did it was usually a very short comment. 'Maybe three years here did him some good' I thought to myself as he continued. "Or maybe I'm just unique."

"Hey sis does that mean if you have another kid it could be a full demon?"

"I honestly don't know. Why, do you want a full demon niece or nephew?"

"Kinda." As Sota talked with InuYasha mom walked out of the room, I assumed she went to call the photographer.

"Hey sis, do you think you could meet some of my friends from school?"

"I don't see why not, how come?"

"Well," he paused as if he was nervous or contemplating how to phrase his sentence. "They really wanted to meet you since the beginning of the year."

"So what's wrong with that?"

"You're kinda in that." He motioned to my kimono. "And you have those." He then pointed to my ears

"Sota we're going to get new clothes from here for the pictures but until then it just looks like I'm helping grandpa as a shrine keeper and as for my ears what do you think the bandanna is for?" He looked up from his cup and smiled.

"So I can call them to come over then?" He got excited and jumped up when I nodded. He ran off to his room, grabbing the landline phone as he went. Now it was just me and InuYasha left in the room as the kids had gone out to play with Buyo. We were both sitting on the floor in front of the couch in a semi-squat position and he put his arm around me. I leaned into his side as he spoke.

"Do you really trust your brother's friends around you and the kids?"

"Well I don't really trust anyone that's not family around the kids but I trust Sota to bring only good friends around."

"Okay, but I'm still gonna be on guard. I ain't lettin' nothing hurt you." I smiled and took his hand.

"Why so protective all of the sudden?" He looked up and blushed slightly.

"No reason," his response came a little too quickly. I pulled away from him and laid down on the floor, looking up at the ceiling. He whimpered a little before moving to hover over me. "Do you know where it is?" He asked suddenly happy.

"Do I know where what is?" I was confused because he was talking as if I'd know what he meant right away.

"The mark, your mark." He paused for a second before continuing. "The demon mates mark." He made his statement proud but I was still confused. No one ever told me about a demons mate mark, not even Myoga or Totosai. I shook my head and a smirk came over his face. "Well then we get to find it." He leaned down and kissed my neck, below my ear. When he pulled back up he asked. "Where should we start?" I smiled shyly and looked out the door, where the kids were now playing with the hose.

"When they go to sleep you can try and find it but not before then."

"Oh, I will find it." I nodded at his determination.

"Well in the mean time why don't we go shopping. I seem to recall that I got myself a debit card for emergencies when I started junior high. It should have a lot on it now since I never used it." He leaned down once more and kissed my cheek before rolling off of me and standing up. I stood up and called back into the house. "We're running out to the shops. We'll be back later." I grabbed two baseball caps, a bonnet, and two bandannas before walking out the door. I handed InuYasha and Takumi the caps, put the bonnet on Natsuki, and gave Sumiko a bandanna while I put one on myself. We made our way to the bank so I could take out some money. I was right when I said that there was a lot of money in the account. I had ¥427,600 just from interest. I took out ¥21,500 from the bank for shopping and another hundred for food.

We got a few strange looks from some people as we walked around in kimonos but most people just thought we were coming from a traditional restaurant.

We got the girls some sun dresses and jeans with graphic tees. InuYasha and Sumiko picked out some jeans and polos for Takumi. I also managed to get InuYasha into a polo and a pair of jeans. By the time we were done shopping Natsuki was exhausted and nearly asleep in InuYasha's arms. Sumiko was walking a few feet in front of us and Takumi was sitting on my shoulders playing with my necklace. As we were walking by a park with a lake beside it Sumiko stopped and looked up at me.

"Mom can we play in the lake?"

"Sure sweetie, just be careful." She nodded and ran over to the lake side, taking off her shoes before walking in. InuYasha and I sat down on a bench near the water and the park. Natsuki took Takumi into the park and they began playing with some of the other kids at the park. I was talking to InuYasha when I heard someone calling my name. When I looked up I saw Yuka, Ayumi, and Eri walking up to me and InuYasha.

"So I see you hooked up with that bad boy from junior high Kagome." Eri said.

"Yeah and what's with the hats?" Yuka asked.

"He's not a 'bad boy' he's my–" I paused not really knowing what InuYasha was to me. 'Was he my boyfriend, lover, or husband?" I thought to myself before InuYasha answered for me.

"I'm her fiancé." I looked over to him as he looked ahead at my friends. Then Natsuki and Takumi came running over with a plastic ball.

"Mommy can Taku and I go play with Sumi in the lake?"

"Yeah just be careful honey." She smiled up at me and turned around.

"Hey Kerri, thanks for letting us play ball with you!" She yelled back to a little girl with blonde hair before throwing the ball in her hands back to the little girl and running over to her sister.

"Who was that?" Ayumi asked with a surprised look on her face.

"That was my youngest daughter Natsuki and her brother Takumi. They're older sister Sumiko is playing in the lake."

"You have three kids already and you're not even married yet?!" The three girls chimed in unison.

"Well yeah, they're InuYasha's kids too." I turned around and Sumiko was watching us while Natsuki splashed Takumi.

"How long are you guys gonna be in town?" Ayumi asked looking in the same direction I was.

"Dunno," InuYasha answered. "Depends on when they wanna get back to their friends."

"So what have you three been doing for three years?" I asked trying to change the subject.

"We just got out of high school and we all got accepted into university." Yuka replied. "What have you been doing for that long? Why haven't we seen you?"

"I moved out of the country shortly after junior high with InuYasha and then had the kids. They kept me busy."

"You should've stayed here. We could've helped you with the kids." Ayumi said, trying to be helpful.

"My friend Sango helped out a lot. She had two girls around the same time I had mine and she just had her first son." Shortly after i finished my statement I heard a big splash and turned around to see Natsuki tackle Takumi to the ground by the edge of the lake. She had him pinned by her legs and she was about to drop a glob of mud on his face. I stood up and yelled over to her. "Natsuki, don't make me get Miroku." Once she heard his name she dropped the mud right next to Takumi's face, causing some of it to splash up and hit him. She jumped to her feet and took three steps away from her brother.

"Please don't call Uncle Miroku."

"What's the big deal with this Miroku guy?" Eri asked.

"And who is he?" Yuka added.

"Miroku is their uncle and he will put them on baby detail if they're being bad. They don't like the diapers."

"You know, we never really learned anything about InuYasha, Kagome. I think its about time you start sharing things with your friends." Eri stated

"Yeah and we wanna know about these Sango and Miroku people. Sango sounds really nice and Miroku sounds...interesting."

A/N: okay, kinda a weird spot to end off a chapter but I had to find a way to stop this one so I could start the next before I leave for LLA in five days. Anyways, tell me if you liked it and what you guys think I can do to improve. Thanks for reading.