(Yay! I finally finished the chapter! It took me a while to try and figure out how this would all play out in the end so yeah~~~ I hope you all like it! :D )

~Chapter 7~

Kagome smiled as she had the three children follow her into the living room. "Sasuke! I'm back!" She sat down on the couch and let Rin sit in her lap. She watched as Inuyasha and Shippo sat down next to her on the couch.

"NEE-CHAAAAANN!" Sasuke yelled as he ran down the stairs and down the hall. Kagome had just enough time to stand up and set Rin on the couch before being tackled by an energetic four year old. "I missed you nee-chan!"Sasuke looked over Kagome's shoulder and saw three people his age sitting on the couch. "Who are you?" He wiggled his way out of Kagome's arms and walked over to the three new people on the couch.

Rin was the first to move, only to hide behind Inuyasha. Inuyahsa glared at the kid standing infront of him. "Whaddya do that for!? Why'd you go and scare Rin-chan?!" He hopped off of the couch and stood before the shorter boy. "Why huh?"

Sasuke looked up at the taller boy. "You look like nee-chan..." He smiled a little and held out a hand. "I'm Uchiha Sasuke."

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "Higurashi Inuyasha. The one you scared is my imouto, Rin-chan, and the other one with no soul," Shippo yelled in protest (I do too have a soul!) "is Shippo. We are Kagome-nee's siblings."

"Boys, please play nice. I need to make lunch and I'm going to have Rin-chan help me. Why don't you go play outside for a little until lunch is ready?" Kagome watched with a smile as the boys all smiled at the thought of going outside.

Sasuke took charge and smiled. "We can go play in the garden! Aniki can play with us!" Sasuke grabbed Itachi's hand and dragged him outside with Inuyasha and Shippo following after them.

Rin's eyes widened a little at the mention of a garden. She looked up at Kagome, her eyes asking for her. Kagome smiled and picked Rin up. "Yes you can go play in the garden. But before you pick any flowers, you might want to ask Itachi if its alright, okay?" She looked at Rin, who nodded a little and held onto Kagome's shirt a little as she was taken outside. She smiled as she watched Rin's eyes widen at the sight of so many flowers. She let Rin down and watched as the toddler started to wander around, through the flowers. "If you guys need me, I will be making lunch!" She smiled as she headed back into the house.

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Sasuke, Inuyasha and Shippo started a game of ninja hide-and-seek. The object of the game was to stay hidden away from the grown-ups, and throw toy ninja stars and kunai at the person who found you. So far, Inuyasha had been captured by the 'enemy' and it was up to Shippo and Sasuke to rescue their fallen comrade.

Shippo looked at Sasuke and nodded, pointing to the side. "Remember what you did to Kagome when she first started to watch you?"

"How do you know about that?" Sasuke tilted his head a little, his eyebrows drawn together.

"Kagome-nee-chan told us about it a few weeks ago." Shippo shrugged a little. "I can distract him if you can get Inuyasha away from him." He watched as Sasuke nodded. Shippo smiled and took off after having Sasuke run off in the opposite direction. "HEY ITACHI!" Shippo yelled as he darted out of a bush and down the bridge to hide in another bush. Shippo snickered a little.

Itachi walked over to the bush and knelt down. "Shippo, I know that you are here." He parted the bush after setting Inuyasha on the ground. His eyes widened as he pitched forward into the pond, in much the same fasion that Kagome had. He made a pretty good impression of a fountain as well when he resurfaced with flowers stuck to his hair.

Shippo, Sasuke and Inuyasha all rolled on the ground, laughing their asses off at the sight of Itachi. Itachi rolled his eyes and climbed out of the pond. "Clever children..." A high pitch cry was heard from somewhere in the gardens and Itachi's eyes widened. "Rin!"

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Rin had wandered into the garden, looking at all of the different flowers, entranced by their colors. She was so caught up in all of the colors she soon lost her way. "A-aniki?" She mumbled as she started looking around, trying to find her way back to the house. "Where am I?" Her eyes started to water as she tried to push her way through a few branches, only to be tossed back by the limbs and into the dirt.

Tears started to over flow Rin's eyes, trailing down her pudgy and smudged cheeks, tiny sobs escaping her. "I want nee-chan!" She started to wail and curled up into a ball, hugging her knees. "Wh-where is n-nee-chan?!"

"Rin!" Itachi yelled as he searched through the gardens to find the missing girl. He found her quickly in a set of wild rose bushes, ones that liked to tease and torment those who got too close. 'She must have tried to get through them to be that scrached up...' He hopped over the bushes and knelt beside the distraught girl. "Rin, it's okay. I've got you." He picked her up and jumped over the bushes and headed back to where the other three children were waiting. He rubbed her back a little and started to send everyone inside to go wash up for lunch.

Sasuke smiled and showed Shippo and Inuyasha where his room was so they could get washed up for lunch, faces all smudged from their game. Shippo sighed softly as he washed his face. "I wonder how Rin got lost..."

Itachi took Rin into the house, still sopping wet, and carried her to the bathroom, setting her on the counter. He opened up the medicine cabinet and took out the first aid kit. "Rin, I'm going to clean up the scratches on your face, okay?" Itachi held up a cotton ball that had a little rubbing alcohol on it to show Rin what he would use.

Rin's eyes widened as she watched the man in front of her, unsure of what to do. She looked down, slid a thumb into her mouth and shrugged a little. She flinched a little as she felt a slight stinging on her cheek and closed her eyes tightly, wanting it to stop. After a few seconds, the stinging stopped and she felt something being stuck to her cheek. She opened her eyes and looked up at the man who held up a hand with what she thought was a sticker. She reached out to grab it and leaned forward a little too much, sliding off of the counter with an "Eeppp!" She closed her eyes, expecting to hit the floor and slowly opened them, to see that she had been caught by Itachi. "Th-thank you..." She mumbled softly.

Itachi's eyes softened a little and he smiled a little, setting Rin on the floor. "You're welcome. Now go ahead and find Kagome." He shooed Rin away and looked at the floor of the bathroom, noticing the puddle he had created while taking care of Kagome's little sister. He sighed softly and put the kit away, splashing slightly. He pulled off his shirt and tossed it aside, into the hamper next to the door. He ran a hand through his hair, water dripping down the back of his neck as he ruffled his hair. "I should be able to wash upo before lunch..." He spoke softly into the air.

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Kagome smiled as the four children came walking in for lunch, all cleaned up. She saw the band-aide on Rin's cheek and she knelt beside the little girl. "Are you okay, Rin-chan?" She watched as Rin nodded, thumb still lodged in the little girl's mouth. "What... Happened?" Kagome tilted her head a little as she poked Rin on the cheek.

Rin blushed a little and looked down at her Shomu. "I got lost in the garden and a bush attacked me..." She pulled her thumb out of her mouth and looked up. "Tachi helped me get out of there and fixed my boo-boo."

Kagome smiled as she picked the three year old up and sat her in a chair. "Well, I am glad that he helped you. I'm going to go find him so that he can join us for lunch. I will be right back." She smiled and walked out of the dining room.

Shippo and Inuyasha look at Sasuke. "So... Gome-chan has been watching you for the past five weeks when she wasn't watching us?"

Sasuke nodded and smiled. "She stayed here a few weeks in a row when my mother and father would work late into the night and early morning." He sniffled a little. "I wonder what nee-chan made us for lunch?"

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Kagome headed upstairs,intending to see if Itachi would join the rest of them for lunch. She reached his door and knocked softly, not expecting what would great her. She watched as the door slid open and opened her mouth, only to shut it with wide eyes and a blush staining her cheeks.

"Can I help you?"

(Heh~ A little cliffy for now~ :D Just gives people a chance to think of what they want to see~ Also, if anyone has a suggestion, feel free to PM me! I don't bite!

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