Note: As always I own nothing but Sora and the other little dog demons who call our favorite demons Sesshomaru and Inu-yasha Daddy. As always thanks to those who reviewed and I hope that you'll take the time to review and let me know what you think. Just in case anyone got the wrong idea I don't intend to know or later ever write a Sess/Kagome fic. Kagome and Inu-yasha all the way.



Did You Say Dad?

"This is not the way I intended to spend my day off." Sora said with a frown as she faced off against Ferio with her father and uncle flaking her on either side. Holding her blade in front of her Sora prayed that they got out of this, she really didn't want not to be born.

"Hey...that's my sword!" Inu-yasha said, as his eyes happened to glance at the blade she held in her hands. "Or not." he added looking down at the blade in his hand which was identical to the one she held though hers look older.

"I kinda borrowed it." Sora said with a slight shrug as she gave him a slightly twisted grin. "When we were fighting I was forced to drop my own sword so I pulled yours out of his tentacle and took a leap at him the same time he telaported here. It got pulled it too." Sora said as she tightened her muscles as she prepared to move quickly. "Sorry."

"Well I guess this proves you're my niece, you wouldn't be able to use it otherwise." Inu-yasha said with a grin as he processed the implications. "Congratulations Sesshoumaru, you're a father."

"When this is over you will die Inu-yasha." Sesshoumaru said as he stared ahead, refusing to acknowledge his brother and daughter. "There will be time to speak later."

"Dammit!" Sora said as she watched Ferio halt, his head lifted to the sky as though it had something to tell him that was of importance. "Why couldn't he have not noticed for once. The guy's stupid after all."

'Noticed what?" Kagome asked from behind them.

"Ferio never fights at night, he's at too much of a disadvantage." Sora said with a frown. "Even though he can't manipulate time now he can still telaport himself small distances."



"Then we better not give him time to think about it." Sesshoumaru said as he stepped forward; a determined look in his eye. "Listen here you ugly piece of human waste, I'm sick of wasting my time on a weakling like you. You've probably been lying from the beginning about everything, you're probably not even a demon."

"I am too a demon, I am as much a demon as you are Sesshoumaru. I am feared by all that know me, I am the greatest demon to ever exist. I defeated your three sons and your daughter Sesshoumaru. I defeated your youngest son and eldest daughter Inu-yasha. Had the rest of your children been there I would have killed them too. Shippou, Titus and your mates would have fallen had they been there as well. Your nothing compared to me Sesshoumaru, nothing!" Ferio yelled as he charged at Sesshoumaru who having anticipated the move jumped out of the way without a worry.

"If I'd been there I would have easily killed you." Kagome yelled at the opposite side of the forest having realized Sesshoumaru angle. "'I've faced flea demons that pose more of a threat then you. You probably didn't defeat our children either, they're probably the reason you came running here, because you were to afraid of them to stay."

"I am not afraid of a bunch of pathetic quarter demons!" Ferio yelled as he changed direction to charge at her, blood in his eyes.

"A human could take you down you're so weak. You must be truly pathetic if you have to go back in time to try to kill us so that our children are never born." Sesshoumaru said with a sneer, bringing Ferio up short, unsure who he wanted to kill more. Taking advantage of this Inu-yasha and Sora attacked, Sora from the left and Inu-yasha from the right as their blades swung towards his heart Ferio grinned and in a blast of smoke disappeared in front of them. Narrowly missing collision Inu-yasha and Sora landed side by side where Ferio once stood, both swearing profusely.



"Damn, damn, double damn and hell." Sora said shoving the sword's blade into the dirt. "Now it'll be around a week before he shows himself! I can't stay here for a week; mom and dad will worry! This is not good, definitely not good."

"Why will it take a whole week?" Kagome said as she came to a stop at Inu- yasha side, Sesshoumaru close behind.

"Ferio usually takes a week to re-energize and build up his strength. He's also in a lot of trouble and he's outnumbered, he'll take the time to try and plan this out this time." Sora said in frustration. "He'll bid his time and hope I leave, as if I know how." She added with a growl that made her look so much like Fluffy it was really scary. "If I get stuck here heads are going to roll; literally!"

"Definitely your daughter." Inu-yasha said looking over at Sesshoumaru with a smirk. "So exactly how many kids do I have Sora?" he asked curiously. He and Kagome had never really talked about how many children they planned to have and he was a bit curious. Apparently they had more then two anyway.

"Five counting Shippou." Sora said absentmindedly as her eyes scanned the area. "Where's everyone else? Shouldn't they be covering your back?"

"We're here Master." Jakken said coming from behind with Rin's hand firmly in his.



"Rin." Sesshoumaru said turning his gaze to the young girl who was hanging her head, perfectly aware that she was in trouble.

"Rin was just trying to help Master, is the bad monster gone." Rin asked softly looking up at him worriedly. 'Thank you for saving me." she added as she smiled up at Sora who was looking down at her in shock. "You look a lot like Master."

"Rin?" Sora said bending down on one knee so that she was nearly looking Rin in the face. "Is that you?"

"Do I know you?" Rin said moving closer so that she could get a better look at the other girl's face which looked so much like her beloved Master. "I don't remember you, are you related to my Master?"

"Master?" Sora said raising an eyebrow. "Since when have you called Father Master?"

"That's what she always calls him." Inu-yasha said with a sneer as he looked down at the young girl who received more affection from his brother then he ever had and they were kin. "Why; what does she call him in your time period?"

"You know we should probably go let Sango and Shippou know everything's okay, they're probably really worried by now." Kagome said before the situation got any worse.

"She's right. Taking the time into account and your attitudes I'd assume that you two don't get along right now and that the thought of sharing each others company probably isn't high on fun things to do unless it involved fighting." Sora said with a sigh at all the unjustice that was being heaped on her today. 'But its important that we stick together so do you think you two could possibly bare each other's company for a week?"

"Why?" Sesshoumaru said.

"Because It'll be too easy for him to pick us off if we're separated, the guy's stupid and dangerous, a lethal combination. He may not be all there upstairs but he's still dangerous and we stand a better chance of killing him if we're all together." Sora said in a reasonable tone. "Unless of course neither of you are tough enough to be able to keep yourselves under control."

"We are so." The brothers said, nearly perfectly together as they fell neatly into her well placed trap. Eighteen years with them had definitely given her an insight into how to manipulate them.



Two hours later



"I can't believe that she's his daughter." Sango said looking over at the girl who stood leaning up against a nearby tree, still and motionless.

"Yea, if it weren't for the family resemblance and the fact that she can use Inu-yasha sword I'd wonder." Kagome said as she too looked at the girl who'd remained practically silent for the last hour as she watched and waited. "She could be his double almost."

"And she's smart too, must take after her mother." Sango said with a smirk as she watched Sora watch Shippou who sat beside Inu-yasha who was trying his best to ignore the fox's jabbering.

"Watch your tongue woman." Sesshoumaru growled not liking the comment at all. It was bad enough that he had to put up with his brother but the bitch exterminator was being the real problem. He could ignore his brother easily but this woman was getting under his skin with amazing ease.

"You're right, she probably doesn't take after her mother either." Sango said with a sugary sweet smile that oozed with sarcasm. "After all, how smart can she be if she took you for a mate."

"I should cut out your tongue for that remark alone." Sesshoumaru said moving to stand directly in front of Sango, towering over her threateningly. "You'll wish that you'd never.."

"Are you two always like this in this time period?" Sora interrupted as she watched them fight with a rather startled look on her features. Stopping the two looked at her with puzzlement. The two had never gotten along; he was a demon and she was a demon exterminator. How on earth did they act in the girl's time period?

"Don't they argue a lot in your time too?" Inu-yasha asked as he looked over at her in surprise at her surprise. "They never get along, they hate each other almost as much as Fluffy hates me and the human race in general."

"They never get along?" Sora said looking really confused now. "Sure they argue a far bit but they usually get along really well. I guess it will be a while before they get to know each other well enough."

"Over her dead body." Sesshoumaru growled as he turned his back on them to walk over to where Rin and Jakken were bedding down for the night. He could think of very few things that were worse then the thought of going soft enough to take a human for a mate, if it took him forever he would find out from his daughter what had caused him to become that way and he would eliminate it immediately.



"So you're eighteen like Kagome?" Shippou asked coming up to Sora hesitantly. She was Fluffy's daughter after all and therefore not to be trusted.

"That's right Shippou." Sora said and everyone was surprised at the smile she gave the young fox demon. Since Sesshoumaru never smiled it was quite a revelation to see what it would look like on Sora's face; Sesshoumaru would look quite good. Like her father she'd appeared to not be one to show much emotion but she obviously held an affection for Shippou if her smile was anything to go on.

"Do you have a mate already too?" Shippou asked curiously, his instincts telling him he could trust this girl. It was strange but it was if some part of him knew her as a friend and ally even though they'd never met before today.

"No, I don't have a mate yet." Sora said with a slightly less happy smile, as though the fact was not a happy subject for her. "I probably won't for a while, men are too afraid of the males in my family to try."

"Big surprise." Inu-yasha said with a large grin.

"I'm older then you in the future right?" Shippou said having done the math and being more curious about his future self then her marital status.

"That's right, you're about fifteen years older then me." Sora said with a grin at the delight this news caused the little fox demon. He had always been the youngest in the group and he was glad to know that it wouldn't always be that way.

"Do I have a mate?" Shippou asked curiously not sure whether he liked the idea or not. It wouldn't be so bad if his mate was like Kagome or Sango but he'd rather be human then marry someone like Kikyo.

"Not yet." Sora said with a smile. "Though you're in high demand with the ladies thanks to your high status as a warrior."





"Which just goes to show you how stupid females in your time are." Inu- yasha inserted with a roll of his eyes at the horrors that would apparently come with age. A world like the one she'd described wasn't his idea of a great place to live.

"Hey!" Shippou said moving to attack him with his little claws out to take a swing at Inu-yasha. "You'll pay for that comment dog demon."

"Shippou!" Sora said grabbing him before he could leap at Inu-yasha who would undoubtably knock some sense into him literally. "You know your dad will. never mind."

"Dad?" Kagome said picking up on the term. "Did you say dad?"

"I thought you said that Sesshomaru was your father?" Sango said suspiciously.

"He is, Inu-yasha is Shippou's..never mind." Sora said realizing that she'd said too much already. Going back in time really sucked." She said with a disgruntled look as her eyes darkened as she planned the payback she was going to deal Ferio for putting her in this situation.

"Care to explain that remark." Inu-yasha said quietly, too quietly.

"Not really, No." Sora said with a grin. "So who wants to take the first watch? Fath. I mean Sesshoumaru and I can do it since we don't need to sleep."

"I'll take the first watch, you two can work out the rest." Inu-yasha said with a gleam that said he was far from distracted. "You referred to Shippou as my son."

"I did?" Sora asked innocently as she stared at him cutely which was really weird given her resemblance to Sesshoumaru and the fact that he'd probably never looked cute, much less innocent a day in his life. "You must have misunderstood me."

"Like hell I did." Inu-yasha muttered angrily but decided to let the comment pass for the time being. He had a feeling he didn't really want to hear the answer to his question anyway. All his instincts were telling him that this future of his wasn't going to be the one he'd envisioned, when he'd bothered to think about it at all.



"So am I married in your time?" Rin asked curiously as she smiled innocently from her bedding. Usually she slept with her Master but he'd said that she'd sleep on her own tonight and she wasn't looking forward to it. If talking would allow her to stay up longer then she was all for it.

"Yes." Sora said carefully as her mind thought about the questions that would follow. She definitely couldn't tell Rin anything about the guy she was marrying but she didn't see any harm in confirming it.

"She is? Who?" Sesshoumaru demanded momentarily forgetting that he wasn't interested. He had allowed his possession to marry? Why would he have done such a thing?

"Like I said before, I'm not telling any of you anything important. That includes the identities of spouses, children and enemies. You might disagree but if you take Ferio out of the picture my life in the future is good and I'' not risking screwing it up to appease anyone's curiosity." Sora said firmly. "Now I'm going to get some sleep, Uncle Inu-yasha, wake me up in a few hours and I'll take over for you."

"Sounds good to me." Kagome said quickly before anyone could argue with the girl's statement; which was quite correct. "It's been a long day and I for one could use some sleep. Besides, my life in the future seems pretty good and I don't need either of you two screwing it up." she added with a smirk.

"Feh." Inu-yasha said but with a roll of his eyes he moved away from the fire to stand on top of a large rock so that he'd have a better view of the ground and surrounding area. Following his lead the tired group bedded down for the night with questions of what lay ahead running through their minds.



Well that's it for now. Thanks again to all who reviewed before and I hope you'll review again and let me know what you thought of it. As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the story. Any information on Sesshomaru's and Inu-yasha childhoods would also be appreciated as well. I have the just but I'd hate to make any big errors.