A/N: Sia is not my character she is the mother of Nina and Nachie17's character. Visit Nachie's fanfiction page to read her stories about Sia and Nina. This is the only chapter Sia will show up in through the entire story. If you like her reply below I might add her again. But go tell Nachie how much you like her Nina and Sia.

(Read more about Nina in "The Decisive Battle", and more about Inuko and Kikyko in The Sealed Well and Through the Forest of InuYasha)

Enjoy!

A strange visitor: Enter Sia

Chapter 7

Father and I had spent the entire morning training. Well easy training as he called it, he said the hard stuff will come later on, I didn't mind it. It was our basic slaying village demon's, helping Miroku exorcise neighbouring villages, and hauling our rewards home. Nothing we couldn't handle.

I was determined not to let anything happen again, I wanted to feel the power of being a demon, even a half demon, but I wanted to surpass my father in strength.

We headed back through the village, back to our home. I sniffed the air, a strange and unusual yet familiar smell filled the air.

"Mom we're back," I shouted to her entering the house. I blinked and looked over at Kikyko. She shifted to her feet; a large mischievous smile touched her face. Father stood right behind me.

"INUKOOOO…" she shouted running at me from the other side of the room.

"NO, no, no no no..Kikyko…" I shouted at her waving my hands for her to stop. She jumped at me and slammed hard into me knocking me to the ground. She planted a kiss on my cheek.

"Ow" I said rubbing her head.

Father bent down and picked her up.

"You really need to stop smothering Inuko like that," he said to her tapping her on the head. He held her in his arm.

I sighed and rubbed my head, I picked myself off the floor. She felt like a brick had hit me, wow… even Kikyko is stronger than me.

"Papa, there's a strange girl in our house," Kikyko said pointing to the back door.

"Oh?" father said heading out the back door. I ran out after him.

"Well who do we have here, if it isn't the annoying brat Sia…" he said placing Kikyko down to her feet.

"InuYasha," she said, she turned and hugged him.

"AHHH WHY IS SHE HUGGING PAPA," Kikyko shouted. I came to her side and looked at this strange girl.

"It's been a while," Sia said. Mother smiled, father leaned in and hugged her too.

"Come inside everyone I'll make tea," mother said. I watched them as they stepped around us and in to the house. Kikyko and I both looked at eachother.

"My Kagome, she sure has grown… her hair is longer too, she's so adorable," Sia said looking at Kikyko. Kikyko leaned in behind me, I don't know why she was scared of her, she didn't seem like she was here to harm us.

"I know, I love her long hair, I wanted to cut it a little but InuYasha got mad at me for thinking that idea…. Hahaha," mother laughed. Sia looked to father and laughed.

"InuYasha's an ass anyway, trim her hair if you want, don't listen to that annoying dumbass," Sia said teasing father. Father scowled at her.

"Watch your tongue," he said to her.

I looked at Kikyko.

"Uhhh…. I don't know who she is, but I think she's our relative," I whispered to Kikyko. Kikyko looked at me awkwardly; she was confused I could tell, she looked like she was trying to sort out our family tree in her head.

I could hear her mumbling names under her breath and counting on her fingers.

"Uncle Sesshomaru….. Miroku, Sango…." She would say quietly to herself.

I sighed deeply, yup she's hopeless alright.

"Uhhh papa," Kikyko said pulling at father's sleeve.

He looked down at her and picked her up placing her in his lap.

"AREN'T YOU SUCH THE MOST ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL EVER," Sia shouted pinching Kikyko's cheeks. I lifted an eyebrow to her and shifted towards mother so I wouldn't get the same treatment.

"Uuhhh uhhh," Kikyko mumbled leaning in to father's arm.

"She hates you," father said taunting Sia.

"Bite me InuYasha…" Sia said, giggling over Kikyko's cuteness. I honestly didn't know what she was so excited about, Kikyko is annoying, stubborn, a brat….. and a girl.

"Papa," Kikyko said again trying to get his attention. She gently pulled at his hair.

He grabbed her hand and looked at her.

"So Sia, I hope you didn't have a long journey," Mother said to her pouring tea in to cups for us.

"No, no, it was just fine…" Sia waved her hand and leaned in taking the cup from mother.

I looked to Kikyko who had her arms crossed and cheeks puffed. She looked angry for some reason. I took a sip of my tea and ignored her mood.

"So what brings you to our neck of the woods," father asked her, sipping from his tea. Kikyko's eyes followed their conversation.

"Well I missed the little ones, I thought I'd come see them, and… well I had to visit the mountain to get a cloth of the fire rat," she said looking at me and smiling. I cringed and looked away.

"Fire rat huh? What for?" father asked her again.

"Nina," she shouted excitedly.

I looked at Kikyko again who seemed even angrier, she puffed her cheeks out more, her face looked red.

"Whose Nina," mother said.

"My little Nina, she's still a child, I think younger then Kikyko or close to her age, she's with Sesshomaru while I journeyed," she said clasping her hands together.

"PAPA," Kikyko shouted tapping her hands to his face to get his attention one more time.

He looked at her and pulled her hands down, he kissed her forehead, then reverted his eyes to Sia.

"HOW ADORABLE, I WANT TO MEET HER," mother shouted excited.

"I'll bring her next time, she'll love playing with Inuko and Kikyko," Sia said waving a hand in the air.

I slide next to mother; Kikyko was just about to snap. I could tell because she held her hands in to tight balls on her lap.

"WHO IS SHE?" Kikyko shouted angrily.

We all looked at her. Sia looked very surprised. Yup I was right she snapped.

"Kiki, what's your problem?" Father said to her.

"Who, is she…" Kikyko said again pointing to Sia. I was curious too, I don't remember seeing her before.

"Sorry kids, I forgot to tell you, Sia is your father's sister, she visited when you both were born, but she hadn't come by since," Mother said looking at each one of us.

"I don't like her," Kikyko huffed and crossed her arms.

"Kikyko that's very unladylike of you," father said to her pushing her off his lap. He set her down next to me.

"Don't worry InuYasha, it's not her fault at all, I hadn't visited in a long time…" Sia said smiling at us. Kikyko huffed again and turned away.

That afternoon Sia told us her stories about the western lands, I was intently interested, I really wanted to hear about her and her journey with Sesshomaru. If Rin was here she'd probably be enticed as I was as well. But Rin was in the village with Kaede all day.

"Wow cool, so you travelled to the Land of the dead?" I asked her, crawling over father's lap to sit near her.

"Yes it took us a whole three days to cross the treacherous lands, there were traps left by previous armies in that area…. It was very dangerous," She leaned in to me while she said this.

"I'm surprised about something Kagome," she said looking over at mother.
"Oh what's that?" Mother replied smiling.

"InuYasha has turned in to such a softy," she said patting his head. Father narrowed his eyes and glared at her.

"Who would've thought he'd have a son and a daughter," she teased father.

"Haha, I was actually surprised myself, I didn't think he would've wanted a family to begin with, I mean I've been with him for a long time now, and honestly…. It's still a little like a dream to me," Mother said closing her eyes for a moment and chuckled.

"Stupid bitch," father said to Sia.

Sia laughed and pointed at us.

"Language InuYasha," mother scoweled at him. I laughed! Haha I really hope they fight each other, I would love to see that.

I hadn't noticed that Kikyko shifted away from us and sat outside near the house. I could see her body against the side of the door.

I shifted to my feet, and walked over to the back door.

"Hey, why aren't you sitting with us?" I asked her bending down to her. She didn't look at me and looked up to the sky.

"I don't like her," she said, she didn't move her gaze.

"Sia's pretty cool… I like her," I said patting her head. She slapped my hand away.

"Yeah, well she's never come to see us, so why should I like her," Kikyko's voice was angry.

"Sis, really what's your problem calm down," I said waving my hands in the air. She stood up to her feet, dusted her kimono and shifted to the water well. I watched her as she filled a small round bucket of water.

"Hey, what are you going to do with that?" I asked pointing to the bucket.

She stood up, and walked past me.

"Kiki, don't you dare…" I hissed at her following her in to the house.

She took the bucket in her hands and came around mother; she lifted the bucket and splashed the ice cold water at Sia.

I covered my eyes and cringed. Now she'd done it!

Sia blinked and looked at Kikyko. Father and mother scowled at her.

"KIKYKO… what the hell is your problem? Give me that," father shouted at her taking the bucket from her hands forcefully.

"I don't like her," she said crossing her arms.

"I don't give a damn if you like her or not, you don't throw water at people," father hissed at her angrily.

"I don't like her," she said again balling her hands in to fists.

"InuYasha its okay, she's just a child," Sia said. I quickly grabbed a towel and brought it over to Sia. She smiled and took it from me.

"Child, she has never ever acted this way before," father said looking at Sia.

"Kikyko, apologize to Sia," mother said crossing her arms. Mother looked very angry with Kikyko.

"Kagome, really its okay… please don't discipline her because of her actions," Sia said rubbing the towel over her hair.

"No, she comes in to our house and…. And… I don't like her," Kikyko said. She took a step back from us.

"I'm going to give you one more chance to apologize Kikyko," mother said again lifting her sleeves. I came over to mother.

"Mom she's just upset, please don't get mad at her," I said pulling at mother's arm.

"Sit down boy, she needs to respect people that come in to our house, she can't get her way all the time," mother said to me again. I sighed and sat down again.

"Kagome, InuYasha really…" Sia said intervening.

Kikyko balled her hands and rubbed them against her kimono.

"So, you're not going to apologize," father antagonised her again. Kikyko shook her head.

"No," Kikyko mumbled.

Mother picked her up and slapped her behind. Kikyko fell to the floor, her eyes filled with tears.

"MM…mmmm…." She mumbled. Great she was going to cry, great! Kikyko ran out the back door and sat near the well.

I sighed deeply.

Sia sighed and pulled the towel to her shoulders.

Father asked Sia to spend the night before she left in the morning, he was even going to escort her to the outskirts of the village to ensure she made it off well. I sat near the back door and watched Kikyko near the water well. She hadn't moved from her spot since this afternoon. I sighed again.

"Leave her be Inuko, she'll come inside when its dark out, she hates the dark," father said to me.

"He's so adorable to be so worried about her," Sia said to mother as she helped her prepare the bed sheets.

"Yeah, he's overprotective of her maybe a little more than InuYasha," mother replied, placing Kikyko's favorite bear on her side of the sheets.

"Sia, I'm going to visit Sango for a little while, I need to get some new recipe's and Sango is amazing when it comes to food," mother said clasping her hands together.

Sia peered over to me and Kikyko.

"Oooh, I see… well sure why not," she said. Mother and Sia stood up and left.

Father leaned against the door looking out to Kikyko. I jumped in my spot a little; I hadn't even heard him behind me.

"Kikyko, come inside." Father shouted to her.

She shook her head and didn't move.

"It's getting dark out," he said to her again. She didn't even look up.

"Okay, your loss I'm going to make your favorite stew, I guess Inuko and I will have to eat it all by ourselves," he said turning around. Kikyko lifted her head off her knees and wiped her eyes.

She shifted to her feet and slowly wandered to the door. I sat next to father and watched him throw ingredients in to a pot. Kikyko leaned in against the door and sniffed the smell.

"You could join us if you want," father said trying to lure her inside.

I heard her feet shift closer to us. She leaned in behind us on her toes, to see the stew.

"Kiki, you do know why I was upset with you earlier, right?" father said to her. She didn't say anything. I looked over at her from the corner of my eye.

"Do you like her more then me papa?" Kikyko said, we both turned around a looked at her.

"Why would you say that?" father said to her. He tapped his hands together.

"Do you like her, more than me?" she asked again. Her hand pushed her hair behind her ear.

"Kiki, is that what this is about? Are you jealous of her?" father said reaching a hand out to Kikyko. She stepped away, and looked to the floor.

"Kikyko, I don't like her more then you… I could never," father said reaching for her. She moved away from us.

"Yes you do, you like her more…" she said.

"Come here," father grabbed her and pulled her in to his arms. "You and Inuko are more special to me than anyone," he said to her.

"Please apologize to Sia, okay!" father said to Kikyko pulling her closer to him.

"You're my special little girl Kikyko, no one will ever take your place…" he said to her and kissed her forehead. I smiled and turned to the stew stirring it.

"I hate the sun," Kikyko yawned and cuddled her bear. She waited next to me as I washed up.

"You hate everything," I said to her flicking water at her.

"Hey…" she shouted hitting me with her bear. I laughed and dodged her bear.

Kikyko looked over at the house, Sia and mom, and father were in deep conversation. I somewhat made out what they were talking about.

"She's leaving today," I told Kikyko. She looked at me and passed her bear to me.

"Hold my bear," she said. I took it from her as she washed her hands and face. She grabbed a towel and dried up, then stuck her hands out to me. I looked at the bear then at her.

"Gimme my bear," she said.

"No," I snickered and held her bear up running away from her.

"INUKO GIMME MY BEAR," she shouted chasing after me.

"Nu uh, nope," I said shifting the bear behind my back. I didn't try to run to fast for her, she had small legs and she would trip over them if she wasn't careful.

"Gimme," she shouted again.

"Nuh uh sorry," I said again pulling the bear over my head. She jumped reaching for it, I moved it behind me.

"Aaaaahhh…" she jumped up and down. "Not fair," she said again.

I shifted my feet in to the house, she watched my moves and followed me. I kept looking at her and hide the bear behind my back.

"INUKO… GIVE ME MY BEAR," she shouted again.

"Hahah, nope," I said and ran around mom, dad and Sia.

"Hey you two brats give it a rest," father said stealing the bear from me.

"Hey…. We were playing," I said and crossed my arms.

Kikyko half ran to father and stuck out her hands.

"Can I have bear back please," she said. Father moved bear over his head. Kikyko huffed and puffed out her cheeks.

"So… remember what we talked about last night?" father said to her. Kikyko sighed deeply and dropped her arms to her sides.

"I'm sorry," she said to Sia.

"There that wasn't so bad," father said to her handing bear back to her.

Kikyko took it and hugged it.

"You are such an adorable girl, I wasn't mad at you at all… so no worries," Sia said to Kikyko. Kikyko looked at her and shifted her feet tome.

"You're stupid," she said and hit me with bear again.

"Hey," I said to her rubbing my arm.

Mother looked at us and shook her head.

"I'm sad you have to leave today Sia," mother said to her wrapping a cloth over some herbs in a container.

"Nah, I'll come back and visit and bring Nina with me," she said. She took the wrapped box from mom and attached it to her side.

"Well I'll go with you to the outskirts of the village," father said standing to his feet. Sia did the same.

"Have a safe trip," Mom said to her. Sia smiled and nodded.

"I'll be outside," she said to father.

"Kikyko," father said and turned to her.

"Why don't you come with me?" he told her. She blinked and looked at him.

"Me?" she said. "Why?" she asked dragging her bear against the floor.

"Well why not? You can ride on my back," father said to her.

"Okay," Kikyko smiled. She looked at me and hit me with bear again.

"Ow hey… cut that out," I said to her taking her bear from her hands. I threw it to the floor.

"Hey," she shouted at me. Father picked up bear and dusted it off.

"Leave your bear here, and let's go." He said to her.

She placed bear carefully against the wall.

Father reached his hand out to her. She took and he pulled her to his back.

"Be careful you two," mother said waving at them. Kikyko giggled and waved back, she looked at me and stuck her tongue out.

"Crazy girl," I said to her.

They both left the house.

"AAAAARRRGGGHHHH…. Dad wait take me with you, mother's smothering me…" I shouted after them.

"Hahhaha… mommy's smothering Inuko," Kikyko laughed hugging father.

"Awe you brought the cutie," Sia said looking at them.

"Hello sweet little girl," Sia said reaching her hand to her. Kikyko shook her hand.

"Yeah I thought she'd like to go for a run," father said wrapping his arms tightly around Kikyko's legs.

"Hang on," he said to her.

"Run?" Kikyko said.

"Yup…." Father said, Kikyko wrapped her short arms around father.

"I'm up for it," Sia said.

"Ready," Sia said.

"SET," father added.

"GOOOO…" They both shouted running and jumping in to the air.

"AAHAHHHHH," Kikyko shouted, and then laughed.

"Faster, faster," Kikyko shouted.

"Hahah, don't worry I won't let Sia win," father said to her.

"Hey idiot keep up," Sia shouted running past father.

"Hey I've got a kid on my back," he said. He jumped in to the air.

"Papa don't let her win," Kikyko shouted.

"Haha, you got it," father said to her. He jumped to the air and passed Sia.

"HEY NOT FAIR," Sia shouted trying to keep up.

Father slide against the soil near the outskirts of the village, at the entrance to the forest.

"HAAHA, WE WIN," Kikyko shouted and giggled clapping her hands together.

Sia caught up to them catching her breath.

"Yeah you sure did," she said to Kikyko.

"Well I was glad to see you," father said to Sia. She gave him a hug and smiled.

"Me too, and Kagome as well…" Sia said turning towards the forest.

"Bye little Kikyko," she waved at her.

Kikyko waved back.

"Say bye to Inuko for me okay," she told Kikyko.

"Okay," she replied.

"Okay I'm off," Sia smiled and jumped to the air.

"BE CAREFUL ON YOUR WAY BACK," father shouted to her.

"Well Kiki, now what?" father asked her, she slide off his back.

"Let's walk home, I want to pick flowers," she said.

"Sure," father replied pulling his arms through his sleeves.