Chapter 3

It was hard of Aiko to leave the young hanyou pup while it was easy for Kimi since she had a less emotional attachment to the child. It's been several weeks since their non-stop flight to the far west to reach their roosting nest for their burning day. The twin birds could now be seen landing on their roost which was a very large and old tree which they had altered to be able to hold them, a large nest so to speak. The twins stripped out of their clothing and waited for the sun to rise at its highest peak.

"Ya know Aiko, you should stop moping if you want we can go back to them." Kimi said in order to lift Aiko's spirit.

Aiko smiled softly. "I'm aware and I intend to after this." She turns to the sky and looks pensive as she thought of the small hanyou child that she became fond of.

"Eh...you really like that baby don't you? I don't understand how you could like the pup..." Kimi mutters in a nonchalant tone. She didn't really care about the situation. "He's not your kid or responsibility."

"It's not about that...I bonded with that child." Aiko smile softly. "It will probably be the only time I will bond with one." She sighs inwardly in sadness. Being the older sister Aiko was unable to have children of her own. Due to something happening to her.

Snorting slightly Kimi grumbled. "If ya want I can give you a couple of my eggs. You know I don't mind...never wanted kids anyways. Just got to find hot...big...bad...sexy...dangerous." Her voice drifted as she pictured her image of a potential male lover. 'Hmm a bit of muscle...some scars...and a sword and bloodthirstiness.' She licked her lips in thought.

"No, I'm not meant to have children it's how it's always been." Aiko mutters in a detached tone.

Snapping out of her stupor Kimi threw a stick at her sister. "Shut the fuck up with that pity party shit, I'm giving you my eggs whether you like it or not and you'll be the best fucking mother-hen ever." She growled and looked away towards the sky.

Aiko smiled softly and continued viewing the sky. "Enough Kimi...I'm okay with this." Her voice went soft and but her eyes was filled with sadness.

"Don't care and no you're not. If you were you'll put aside your pride and be happy with what I plan to do for you." The younger twin folded her arm and watched the sun rise ever so slowly. Her eyes twitched indicating that their burning day was getting closer and closer

"Almost time." Aiko said seriously and she stood up. "What do you plan to do once this is over? Find yourself a mate I'm sure."

"No, I don't want a mate...possibly a fuck buddy, get myself pregnant and lay a couple eggs give them to you." Kimi shrugs not really caring about having a mate not children. She abhorred children to her very core.

Aiko sighed. "Kimi, you need to have more morals than you do. Love is a beautiful thing." Her sister always the cold-hearted one with no sense of right and wrong. But you can't choose your family.

"Don't care about morals...why limit yourself? Meh I rather be carefree without too many responsibilities. I rather not love another...I love you and that's all I care about and want." Kimi turned away and curled up in fetal position. 'Never was shown love considering father always dote on her...and mother only ridicule me for not being a lady and kept comparing me to her. Grandmother was the only mother figure I had.' She thought and her skin started to become charred.

Aiko sighs what appears to be the umpteenth time and she went and cuddle up with her sister. "You can't let how mother and father acted bring you down."

"Yeah...whatever." Kimi mutters and holds onto Aiko tightly as both their bodies engulfed into a black flame and their bodies turned to ash.

Meanwhile with Inuyasha and Touga, Inuyasha was developing rather quickly which wasn't surprising since he was a half demon. "Father...where is she?"

"Aiko will be back soon son, I may not know of Phoenixes but I do know that their burning day takes a long time." Touga says softly and looks down at his son. He was somewhat surprised how quickly he has grown in a short amount of time. "You must care for her deeply." He stated.

Inuyasha nods slowly unsure of his answer. "She was nice and pretty." He looks down with uncertainty not wanting to upset his father with his answer. "Father tell me about...my real mother."

Touga stares for a moment then shifted his gaze to the distance. "Your mother Izayoi was a jewel...she taught me what love was. She was not like most women, she was brave and stood by what was right." His eyes shift to Inuyasha. "You have her facial structure."

Inuyasha nods his little head slowly. "I... don't remember her."

"You were still an infant when she died." Touga place his hand on Inuyasha's head. He ruffled his hair and took the chance in messing with his ears.

Inuyasha grumbles and looks down blushing due to embarrassment. "I wanna see Aiko and Kimi."

"You like Kimi also huh? She is a… memorable person." Touga chuckles

Inuyasha nods and laughs. "Yeah...she's funny."

"Just don't pull her feathers son." Touga says with a small smile. He sniffs and looks around. 'Sesshomaru?' He thought. "You know you have an older brother."

Inuyasha blinked and sat down. "What's he like?"

"Sesshomaru, is a bit quiet and introverted. He can be rude and blunt." The older Inuyouki stated and looked to the trees with narrowed eyes zeroing in on eldest son. "He can be a bit...cold-hearted but I believe he means well...to a certain extent."

Inuyasha nods as he listened to Touga describe his elder brother. "Father when can I see Aiko and Kimi again?"

Sesshomaru who was watching stayed at an distance. He was evaluating the situation. 'Hm...father mated with a human.' His lips curled into a sneer then his ears twitched at the two unknown female names he heard Inuyasha say. 'Who are these females?' He wondered and disappeared into the foliage to investigate on who these females were.

Touga watched his eldest leave. Inwardly he was hoping Sesshomaru would come and at least speak to him. 'Should've known...where did I go wrong with that one' he pondered and turned to his youngest. "I do not know son, we can only wait for them to come to us." Inuyasha nods as he stood up and move to sit in Touga's lap. He started to suck his thumb and close his eyes as he succumbs to slumber.

Touga places his hand on Inuyasha's head and rubs his ears gently. He leans against the trunk of the tree behind him and closes his eyes to meditate.

Far west of their location the twins could be found rising out of their ashes and shaking the ashes off their body. Kimi coughed and burst into a flame to clean her body of debris. She sneezed and rub her nose with her left wing. "Ugh...I hate the ash part."

Aiko flapped her wings to rid herself of the ash. "As do I.." She turned to her younger sister. "Do you feel any different?"

Kimi looked down at her body and seeing nothing. "No, unless my tail feathers gotten a bit longer." She shrugs.

Aiko sighs. "My feathers feel lighter." She flapped her wings and flew upwards in a circle. Kimi nods joins her sister into the skies and bumps her playfully. Aiko giggles softly and flew around his sister in a circle

"Come on...lets go back to your puppy." Kimi mutters and started flying to the direction of the two dogs. She wouldn't admit out loud but she kind of like Inuyasha, which was weird for her. Aiko smiles and kept flying, they both flew for until it was late midnight and landed softly on the ground.

Touga looked up and he smiles softly. He was somewhat surprised that they actually came back. He wouldn't have been surprised if they didn't after all his son wasn't their responsibility. "Inuyasha...wake up, there's people here to see you."

Inuyasha rubs his eyes as he slowly woke up. His ears which was flat against his head perked up. He starts to sniff and turns his head immediately, luckily he didn't get whiplash from the action. The young hanyou's eyes widen. "Aiko-Kaa-chan! Kimi-Oba-chan!" He sprung up and ran on all fours towards Aiko. At the last minute he jumps and tackled her into a tight hug.

Kimi mutters unintelligently under his breath and looked away. She folds her arms in an attempt to keep her tough act up. "Brat."

Aiko held him tightly and looks up at her sister. "Stop." She turns her attention to the small hanyou. "My you've grown quickly haven't you?"

Touga chuckles. "It's been awhile you two."

Kimi ignores Aiko and looked away. "Puppy." She whispers. "Yeah..whatever, did you miss us?"

Inuyasha nuzzles Aiko. "I missed you both."

Aiko in turn kisses his forehead. "We missed you too."

Touga chuckled. "Your scents slightly changed but it remains the same." He pointed out and inspects the two females in front of him.

"Yeah...technically we died and was reborn." Kimi explains. "We rose up from our ashes." She shrugs and lifts her hands above her head.

Inuyasha turns to Kimi and looks at her expectedly. "Oba-chan."

"Why ya got to call me aunty huh gaki?" Kimi mutters at him.

Inuyasha's ears went back. "Cause...you are..aren't you?" His eyes watered and looked like he was hurt.

Kimi right eye twitched and she stared at Inuyasha for a moment. His eyes were similar to her own when she would stare at her parents longingly. "Keh...yeah I guess whatever." She turned her back. Inuyasha smiles and jumps on Kimi's back and nuzzles her. Kimi was struggling to pull Inuyasha off of her and ended up jumping and flying into the sky. Inuyasha held on tightly and he laughs childishly as he was flying on Kimi's back.

Inuyasha giggled. "Kimi look at that!" He pointed at a shooting star.

Kimi turned her eyes towards the shooting star and grunted at it. She hated those balls of space dust. "Yeah...it's nothing but a meteor, a rock...parents make up a lie and say 'wish upon a star and your wish will be granted.'" She grunts and gently lands and place Inuyasha down. She walked away on her talons and sat down
to preen her feathers.

Aiko smiled softly. "I knew she would warm up to him eventually." She whispered to Touga and giggled.

Touga laughs and inclines his head. "He has been asking about you both for a while now."

Aiko smile went brighter. "I missed the little guy."

Touga hums at that. "Yes, I'm sure you did. You both had imprinted on each other. If you wish, I do not mind you caring for him."

Aiko looked up and smiled. "Well I'm not sure you are aware but the eldest sister isn't able to have children." She sighed. "Kimi has promised me her eggs but I don't wish for that." She smiled. "She will want children one day but she is still young minded."

"From the looks of it, I doubt your sister would actually want children." Touga looks up and blinks. "Hopefully she won't drop Inuyasha."

Aiko sighed and went to Inuyasha. "Did you enjoy flying with her?"

Inuyasha looked at Kimi in confusion and frowned. "Yeah but kaa-chan... what's wrong with Kimi? Is she alright?"

"Oh okay...she's not mad at me is she?" He asked softly

She shook her head. "No sweetie." She kissed his forehead. "You've gotten so big you're not a baby anymore."

"Okay...yeah I'm a man now." Inuyasha puffed up his chest and made a serious face.

Aiko giggled. "Yes you are, now let me see what you can do with those claws little man." She got in a fighting stance with a smile on her face.

Inuyasha face turned paper white and shook his head vigorously. "N-no! I don't want to! You'll get hurt!"

Aiko picked him up. "You won't hurt me little one, but if you're sure." She kissed his forehead. He nods his head and held onto Aiko. He nuzzles her lovingly. She sniffs. "Whoo...you need a bath." She picked him up. "Come on little one."

Inuyasha shook his head. "No." Then jumped off of Aiko and started running quickly.

Aiko flew after him with little effort and caught him. "Yes you are young man." She took him to the lake and started to bathe him. Inuyasha grumbled through the whole bath and pouted. "Young one you don't want to smell do you?" She stared to tickle him. He burst out into laughter and splashed about in the water. "Now let's go get dinner okay?' At his nod she changes forms with Inuyasha on her back. She tones down her fire making sure it wouldn't harm him and goes off to find dinner.

-Touga and Kimi-

Touga walks to the younger sister. "Tell it like it is I see."

"Keh." Kimi mutters and looks up at Touga. "Yeah...the kid doesn't need to be taught unnecessary fairy tales that aren't true, not in this world...it's better if he isn't coddled."

"Would you rather your kid believes in fairy tales and happy-ever-after? There's no such things...in this world you either live...or die." Kimi turns her head away. "I'm sure you understand after all you almost died at the claws of a worm."

He raises an elegant brow and stares at Kimi for a long moment. He took in what she said and actually came to an understanding that the woman in front of him was heavily emotionally scared. He sighs inwardly "Yes, what you say is true, but he is still a child Kimi let him at least cling to what innocence he has before the world wraps its clutches around him. However, you are wrong also there is still good, the world isn't so cruel as you perceive Kimi."

Kimi ignores him for a moment. "Yeah well...maybe I'm just a morbid person."

Touga looks at her. "You cared for me when I was dying. You're not completely morbid as you say or you would have left me for dead." He leaned against the tree.

She squawks at him in agitation and looks away. "Yeah so...I only helped ya cause Aiko would've nagged about not helping you." She looks down at the grass beneath her. Her eyes hurt from trying to not get emotional and cry. "Didn't think you'd want to go out being killed by a worm...and I guess I saw you as an idol...when I was younger."

Touga looked at her in a different light and crossed his arms. " Really now, care to share?" he starts to chuckle.

"No, I ain't telling you shit you'll laugh at me!" She hopped on her talons and changes back to human form. "Ya laughing at me now."

Touga stops and gives her his full attention. "Only a little. I won't laugh I promise."

Kimi mutters obscenities under her breath. "Stupid dog." She folds her arms. "If you must know...when I was younger Aiko was born first. She had her feathers immediately but I didn't. My feathers didn't come in until I was a teenager. Our parents...doted on her and I was always compared to her. 'Why can't you be like Aiko?' 'Why must you be such a delinquent?' 'You're such a bad egg.' It keeps going from there." She sighs and takes a breath. "I was bullied, ridiculed and pretty much was an outcast." Her eyes landed is his. "My only escape was listening to the stories of you conquering the West from grandmother who was my mother figure."

Touga nodded slowly and understood. "Well...if you haven't noticed, your feathers have become quit larger than your sisters. You have a strong heart. I am an old dog I can tell these things. I imagine Aiko was by your side she seems to dote on you and love you very much."

"Yeah well... that's not the only thing that gotten big." She mutters mentioning her breasts that seem to gotten a tad bigger. "She feels guilty for my treatment...and I do love her."

"Have you ever thought about what Aiko may have experienced behind your back? I'm sure everything your parents did to Aiko wasn't what it seems." Touga calmly says to her.

Kimi looked down and thought about it for a while. She grew silent and reflected on the past. 'Was I so caught up in my...frustration and anger that I didn't see what Aiko may have gone through?' She wondered and sat down.

"Judging by your silence I believe you haven't maybe you should speak with her Kimi." He says in a fatherly tone, a tone that Kimi was unfamiliar with. Touga points in the sky at Aiko who was flying with Inuyasha on her back and a deer in her talons. She lands and Kimi stares at her for a while. Aiko lands and had Touga prepare the meat for them while she greeted her sister.

"Kimi is everything okay?" she says softly looking into Kimi's eyes.

Kimi walked away and prompted Aiko to follow her. They walked several meters away and she stood in front of her. "Tell me...did mom and dad ever...say anything when I wasn't around?" She said unsure of how to word her question.

Aiko furrows her brows in confusion. "What do you mean Kimi?"

"You know what I mean...when I wasn't there did mom and dad say anything to you?" Kimi repeats again

Aiko rubbed her shoulder. She knew eventually this conversation was coming. "N-no they never said anything." She had a small tear as she remembered her own dark childhood

"Don't you dare lie to me...tell me Aiko." Kimi persisted.

"No, Kimi you don't understand t-they never said things." She had another tear but she wiped it quickly not wanting her sister to see her as weak. "F-father did things...perverse things while mother...was very physically abusive..." She muttered and she tried shaking her head to keep all the terrible memories out of her mind. Aiko fell to her knees as she went into her human form and she just broke down in tears remembering all the terrible and painful memories. The abuse she went through to keep Kimi safe caused many scars and a lot of damage to her physique.

Kimi's eyes became feral and she seethed in unadulterated anger. Her body engulfed in flames and she took off towards home. Hours of flight didn't put a dent in Kimi's energy reserves. She bypassed the guards of her kind's sacred lands and to her and Aiko's old nest which was in a cave as all the phoenixes lived in. In her anger she burned everything of value until her parents showed their faces.

"Kimi what are you doing!?" Their father yelled at her as he flapped his wings.

"Kimi why are you acting this way!?" Her mother squawked. "Why couldn't you just stay away!?"

Glaring at them darkly she jumped at her 'father'. Her wingspan bigger than his. She snapped her beak at him peaking his most vulnerable parts. The two went through a wild fight that could be similar to how Eagles would fight one another, feathers was going everywhere not that she care. She only cared about hurting and killing.. Kimi breaks her father's ulna in both wings rendering them useless. "You...raped my sister. I'll kill you by taking your flame as my own!" She declared an act which was forbidden and traitorous to Phoenixes. Her mother squawks and tried to get Kimi of her mate. Which Kimi in turn used her wing to backhand her mother. "I'll deal with you later you flaming chicken." Her eyes go to her father and she begins the dark act.

A loud 'pop' was heard and Kimi turns to see that Aiko had used what she dubbed as 'Flaming.' Where a phoenix will use their flame to teleport at long distances. "Kimi...that's enough, they aren't worth it." She spat coldly and she walked past her mother and to her sister and pulled her off her soon to be dead father. "It's not worth it. This is why we left."

"No! it's fucking worth it." Kimi mutters darkly and a malicious smirk formed on her beak. She dug her talons into her father's back and slowly his flame wrapped around her leg and absorbed into hers. She didn't notice how her flame was turning black which was a cursed flame for Phoenixes.

Their father screamed in gut retching agony, which was heard throughout the cave, systems as he was losing his fire and feathers. He was slowly becoming weaker by the second. Their mother screamed "Please! S-stop! Don't kill him please!" She cried. "Please Kimiko!" She uttered Kimi's full name in hopes her daughter whom she wronged would stop.

Aiko pulsed her energy pushing all three of them away. She went to her sister and picked her up "We are leaving now. They will get their own it is not our job to punish them for what they've done. Think of what Grandmother would say Kimi." She says trying to convince Kimi, who was shaking with anger then looks to her sorry excuses for parents. "You both don't deserve love; with everything you've done. You were going to punish Kimi for how she acted when she was young and I protected her in the way I was only able to at the time. Because of you we are both badly damaged. I can't have children of my own because of the years of rape father, and mother let's not forget the scars you marked me with so no one would ever even want me as their mate." She squawked coldly. "And the verbal abuse toward Kimi keeps her from realizing that love is possible and not everyone is the same as you heartless souls." She flapped her wings blowing them both away. "Sister let's leave! I don't wish to be here anymore."

Kimi growled and took off. She burned random things as she flew away. "Should've just let me take his flame... wouldn't mind being cursed."

Aiko flew after her and grabbed her forcefully and looked at her. "I would have cared." She said coldly but there was a caring look to her eyes. "I'm not losing my sister because of someone as filthy as them."

Tears pricked her eyes and she stops flying and hugs Aiko tightly. "I-I'm sorry... I'm sorry. I love you."

Aiko blinked and took in a deep breath and hugged her sister and she had tears fall but she didn't cry or sob. "I love you too." She hugged her tightly. "Kimi no matter what happens we will always have each other."

"I-I'm sorry." Kimi repeated and kissed Aiko's cheek. "Together forever no matter how long, from now until the end of time. We'll be together and you can be sure that forever and a day, that's how long we'll stay together and forever more. Always gone that extra mile, depended on you all the while, even in the good and bad times you will see, from now until our journey's end you. Know that you can always count on me." She sung softly

Aiko smiled. "No Matter, where our destiny leads, I'll be there for you. Always come through and that you can believe." She whispered and kissed her sister's forehead. "Come on, let's get out of here."

Kimi wiped her eyes with her wing and nods. "Yes...y-you was a better mom than she was. Inuyasha is lucky." She whispered and flew back to their destination.

Aiko smiled. "You know Inuyasha loves you too." She hugged her sister and flew with her with a smile. "And you can be an amazing mother as well." She whispered

Kimi shook her head at that. 'I can't imagine myself being a mother. I don't want to possibly become like her. I'll stand by my decision Aiko; you may not like it but I'm doing this for you.' She thought

A/N: BIG SHOUT TO THE POKEMON CO. FOR THE AMAZING SONG 'TOGETHER FOREVER' LOL. THOUGH HONESTLY THAT SONG MADE ME CRY AT THE END OF 'GOODBYE BUTTERFREE'