Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha. Never have. Never will. Get over it.

A.N. Alright then. Guess its time for another chapter to be added. I've kept you waiting long enough I guess. My muse ran off somewhere, but luckily I found it.


Noon the next day came all too soon for Kagome and Amiriya Higurashi. She held her daughter against her hip waiting for Inuyasha Takahashi. Her new employer. She'd heard stories about the Takahashi family. Some good. Some bad. But she knew she could trust the youngest brother of the family. When he pulled up in front of her, he helped her put the few bags of things they had in the trunk. He'd brought a car seat for Kagome's daughter, and the young woman buckled her in.

Once that was done, the two adults got into the car, and Inuyasha drove back towards his home. Kagome didn't speak as the car moved along. Her head was bowed in silence. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Her dreadful ex-husband. She would never be able to stand losing her precious daughter. If anything happened to her... Kagome would go crazy with the depression and immense sorrow she would feel being away from her. A few times she would turn her head and look at the child. She smiled to herself knowing that for a time, they would be safe from his clutches.

Soon enough, Inuyasha pulled into the driveway of his house. He grabbed Kagome's things while Kagome herself took her daughter holding the child on her hip. She followed Inuyasha to the door, which opened almost immediately.

"Welcome home Inuyasha!" came a male voice from just inside.

"Hey Miroku," Inuyasha replied stepping inside. "Where's Sango?"

"With the kids somewhere. I think they're out back," the black haired man said with a shrug. Kagome took a few moments to look him over.

"Right. Go get them will ya?"

Miroku nodded and walked off calling out for Sango. His calls silenced as he went outside to look for her and the two children Kagome would be taking care of while she was here. She followed Inuyasha inside and into the living room. Inuyasha set her bags down carefully and directed her to a comfortable couch where she and her daughter could wait.

Kagome sat down and leaned back. She turned her daughter on her lap so the child could face her.

"Mommy? Who is he?" Amiriya asked her mother.

"That Ami, is the guy who hired me. His name is Inuyasha Takahashi. Do you like him?"

"He seems nice. But I dunno momma. He seems kind of weird."

Kagome laughed. "Everyone seems weird to you."

Ami laughed at her mother's comment and shrugged her small shoulders. "I guess so," she said grinning.

"So she speaks!" Inuyasha said heartily as he came back into the room. Ami looked at him and smiled.

"Shh! No ones supposed to know!" the child said laughingly.

"Oh. So sorry," Inuyasha replied grinning at her. He turned to face Kagome. "Kagome Higurashi. I'd like you to meet Miroku Houshi and Sango Taijya."

"It's nice to meet you," Kagome said smiling.

"You as well," the dark haired woman replied.

In turn Miroku smiled and nodded. "Very nice indeed," he said grinning and looking her over.

Sango hit Miroku over the head and rolled her eyes. She stepped aside and revealed to young boys.

"These are my nephews. Souta is six, and Shippo is five."

"It is nice to meet you both," Kagome said looking at him. "Forgive me. I never introduced my daughter. This is Amiriya. You may call her by her nickname, Ami."

"Hello," Ami said cheerfully as she turned in her mother's lap to look at them. She held up her right hand and extended three fingers. "I am three years old."

"How cute!" Sango said as she moved to take the small girl in her arms. "You're just so adorable!"

Ami laughed and hugged Sango. "Momma I like her!" she said looking at Kagome whom smiled.

Kagome rose and took Ami from Sango and held the child on her hip. "I'm glad you do. Is she weird like Inuyasha?"

"Nope! But Miroku is," she said with a grin.

"And how can you tell that?"

"I dunno. I just can." Ami turned her head and looked at Miroku. "See! He's looking at you all weird like!"

Kagome only laughed at her daughter's statement. She looked down at Ami as the child yawned. The young girl clung to her mother, her head resting on her mother's breast. Kagome smiled and laid a hand against her head.

"She's just tired from all of the excitement," Kagome said with a shrug, replying to the looks she was getting. Slowly she rose so as not to wake her now sleeping child.

"You can put her down in your room. Come on." Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's bags and headed down a hallway, Kagome following. He led her to a room near his and took her stuff inside and set them on the floor. He'd already made up the bed for them, so Kagome only had to set her down. She did it gently so as not to disturb her. She returned to the first room with Inuyasha. The two little boys had run off somewhere to play.

"Hey Kagome," Sango said when she entered the room. "I was wondering. How exactly did you end up like that. I don't mean to be nosy or anything, but it seems strange. You were married to a well known guy, but what happened?"

Kagome sighed. "If you all really want to know, then I'll tell you the whole story." Kagome sat down on the couch and leaned back into the cushions. Once she was comfortable enough, she began the story of how she and her daughter had ended up on the streets.


Well I hope you like the chapter. So please review! I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can.