Disclaimer: Like I have the talent to draw Inuyasha, praise to Takahashi-sama

Sorry for not updating in so long!! Please forgive me!! I kinda forgot about it, sorry!! But I did get a little better at writing ^_^ Ow!! Who's shoe was that?! Ah well, I deserved it. *sigh* feel free to lecture me. Flames are accepted but depressing. I've been with out internet for a while so please forgive me. I'm actually on my Aunts compy right now, I moved to NY from Ohio so I'm in Ohio right now cuz that's where all my family and important people live. For the record, I never wanted to move to NY but parents suck.

Kagome woke up the next morning and snuggled closer to Inuyasha who was yet again sitting against the wall and sleeping with Kagome in his lap who in turn had Shippo and Kohana in her lap.

"Good morning sunshine." Inuyasha mumbled pressing a kiss into her hair.

"Mmm Morning." Kagome answered rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"You have to train today." Inuyasha told her thoughtfully, "But you need a weapon."

"What about Toto-sai?" Kagome asked craning her neck to look him in the face.

"Ok, I guess you could go see him at his house-cave thing now…" Inuyasha smiled a little, "When do you want to go see him?"

"Let's go today, we have to tell the kids and Sango and Miroku first though." Kagome said making a point that they couldn't just leave like Inuyasha had done before.

"I know." He said giving her a light squeeze and kissing her hair again. Kagome giggled which woke up Shippo and Kohana.

"G'morning." Shippo yawned stretching.

"Good morning kaa-san." Kohana said sleepily and yawned cutely.

"Good morning you two," Kagome cooed smiling warmly, "me and Inuyasha are going to see Toto-sai today."

"Can we come?" Shippo asked hopefully jumping to his feet and Kohana followed suit mimicking his excited pose.

"No, you to have to stay home with Miroku and Sango." Kagome said firmly but still warmly and was pulled to her feet along with Inuyasha.

"Aww why can't we come too?" Shippo gave Kagome his best my-puppy-just-got-hit-by-a-car look in hopes that it might soften her resolve.

"Because it's dangerous." Inuyasha concluded giving Shippo the look that said and-that's-final.

"Fine." Shippo said crossing his arms and pouting, Kohana following suit.

"You two are adorable." Kagome said stooping down and hugging them both.

"You're leaving us?" Kohana asked desperately, she looked up at Kagome with fear burning in her eyes.

"No, not like that." Kagome said shaking her head and releasing them so she could look Kohana in the eye.

"We're going to visit our friend, we'll be back." Kagome said comfortingly, "We won't leave you, I promise." Kagome said then hugged her adopted children again.

"Yeah kid, we ain't going anywhere." Inuyasha said firmly, "Keh, What makes you think that I'm the kind of guy that skips out on his family?"

Kohana smiled and leapt up at him after Kagome released them to smile at Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked to Kagome for help and she just laughed and nodded. Inuyasha slowly wrapped his arms around the tiny little wolf demon girl and Kagome smiled at him approvingly.

"Now all that's left is to wake up Sango and Miroku." Kagome said to herself as she turned to wake up the sleeping duo. She gently shook Sango awake and quietly told her that they were leaving then did the same to Miroku. When she turned around she saw Inuyasha leaning against the wall and watching her. Kagome looked around and saw that he had tucked the two little kids into one sleeping bag and that they were peacefully sleeping. Kagome smiled and kissed them on the forehead before walking over to Inuyasha and smiling before following him out the door.

"Let's go Kagome, it'll take us about half the day or more to get there but we should get there today." Inuyasha said as they started running together, Kagome still couldn't match Inuyasha's speed but she was pretty fast and Inuyasha took it easy-ish so she could keep up.

--Later on at Toto-sai's--

"So old man, can you make her a sword or not!?" Inuyasha demanded rudely.

"Inuyasha! Behave yourself!" Kagome lectured him, "You should respect your elders! Toto-sai would be doing us a huge favor if he made me a sword!"

"I'm still confused as to why Kagome-sama's a hanyou but the explanation can wait until after you find me a suitable fang for her sword." Toto-sai said looking at Kagome and sitting down to poke at the fire in his "house."

"So you'll do it!" Kagome asked excitedly bending down near Toto-sai and grinned at the old man hopefully.

"Yes, but you'll need to find me a fang to make it from." Toto-sai said closing his eyes and sipping from the tea cup that he'd picked up soon after sitting down.

"Thank you Toto-sai!" Kagome squealed hugging the old man who was caught off guard and quite shocked.

"C'mon Kagome, we need to go find you a fang…" Inuyasha said then added, "And get you some different clothes, your's won't last long."

"Ok." Kagome said happily and stood up trotting over to Inuyasha so they could leave.

"Thanks old man." Inuyasha said gruffly before grabbing Kagome's waist and running off. Toto-sai watched their retreating forms and shook his head, love was strange.

--With Kagome and Inuyasha--

Kagome giggled and kissed Inuyasha on the cheek happily. Inuyasha stopped and leaned down, kissing Kagome full on the lips. Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck and pulled him closer. Inuyasha growled possessively and squeezed her closer, eventually they had to break apart for air and they were both panting lightly and Kagome's face was flushed a light pink color.

"We should g-get to work on finding the fang for my-my sword." Kagome said half heartedly, she wanted to stay there all day but she knew that she needed to put her and her families future safety first.

"Right, and we need to get you new clothes." Inuyasha said shaking his head to clear his thoughts and then nodding. Inuyasha jumped up and started leaping from branch to branch on the trees, dodging branches that he'd normally just plow through, for Kagome's sake. Soon they reached a village with a bustling market place.

"This'll be perfect to find me some… suitable clothes." Kagome said thinking for a moment then scurrying off, Inuyasha close behind.

"What about this one?" Kagome asked pointing to a red short sleeve Chinese style dress with simple gold décor a thigh high slit on either side and tight black pants underneath that would come down to about mid calf, maybe lower, on display in a window.

"Sure, it's reasonably priced and wouldn't get in the way during battle." Inuyasha said nodding in approval. Kagome smiled and thanked him before running into the store.

"Hello, welcome to the shop, how may I help you?" A young girl who could have been no older than Shippo dressed in the usual commoners clothes and a bandana on her head greeted her. Some of her light brown hair spilled out of the bun that was hidden beneath the bandana and into her soft blue eyes.

"Umm, I was wondering if I might by the dress that's in the window…" Kagome said smiling nervously at the little girl.

"Ok, let me go get Mommy to help you." The little girl said scurrying off to find her Mother. Kagome sighed in relief then began browsing through the rest of the stores merchandise. She heard the bell on the front door tinkle after a few seconds and turned to see Inuyasha walking towards her.

"Inuyasha!" She said happily running up to him and hugging him, "The little girl who met me at the door said that she'll get her mother so I can get the dress!"

"That's great." Inuyasha said smiling fondly at his Kagome and wrapping her up in his arms. As soon as he released her Kagome went back to looking through the little trinkets that the shop offered besides clothes.

"Hello, My name is Hana, I'll be helping you with your purchases today." A woman said approaching them and bowing slightly.

"Oh, I'm Kagome, and this is my dear friend Inuyasha." Kagome said bowing in return to the other woman.

"Are you two related?" Hana asked looking between the two with a clueless and curious expression gracing her features.

"Keh, no stupid." Inuyasha answered crossing his arms and looking the other way. Kagome scowled at him before turning back to the other woman and smiling apologetically.

"Sorry, about him, he has a foul disposition," Kagome apologized rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, "He's like this to everyone."

Hana smiled then motioned for Kagome to follow her, Kagome smiled and followed her and Inuyasha followed Kagome.

"My daughter told me you liked our window display, you're in luck, we have it in stock." Hana smiled entering a large fitting room, Kagome shut the door before Inuyasha could follow them inside and he pouted for a while before sitting next to the door with his back against the wall.

"You're an inu hanyou, right?" Hana asked as Kagome stripped down to her underwear.

"Yes, me and Inuyasha both." Kagome said as she pulled her shirt over her head momentarily muffling her voice. Kagome saw Hana smile sadly and tilted her head to the side curiously.

"My little girl's an inu hanyou too." Hana said quietly looking miserably at the at the red and gold fabric in her hands.

"Oh…." Kagome said not knowing what she should say, when she was younger she hadn't had to experience what normal hanyou children did because of her ring but she'd heard some of what Inuyasha went through and knew how cruel people could be.

"Is there anything that I should know?" Hana asked smiling once more as she moved towards Kagome so she could do the fitting.

"I-I don't know… I kinda had something to suppress my demonic powers." Kagome said regretfully and moved a bit so Hana could reach her other side to make sure it fit properly.

"Really? How did you manage that?" Hana asked looking up at her unspoken questions running through her eyes.

"I didn't have a choice, my parents died and my grandma forced me to wear it. I came from a miko family so I was the worst kind of disgrace to them." Kagome said holding back tears, she wouldn't cry, Inuyasha would smell them and could probably already smell that she was upset, "but that thing is gone now."

"Kagome you ok?" Inuyasha asked knocking on the door. Kagome giggled and shook her head.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" Kagome yelled through the door, she heard Inuyasha "keh" then lean back against the wall with a dull fwump.

"Umm, Kagome-sama, d-do you think you could take my daughter with you? The villagers have been getting more and more violent with her lately and I-I don't want her to get hurt." Hana was practically begging her and it broke Kagome's heart, she knew that Hana wanted to keep her daughter who she loved dearly but also wanted her to be safe. Kagome smiled softly at her.

"I'm sure Inuyasha wouldn't mind." Kagome said and just moments after she finished the sound of glass shattering and Inuyasha yelling profanities shattered the peaceful atmosphere. In about two seconds flat Inuyasha was in the dressing room tossing both girls over his shoulders.

"Fire." Was the only explanation given to them as they were rushed to safety by Inuyasha.

"My daughter!!" was the first thing Hana said when everything registered to her, the shop was on fire and somewhere inside there was a little girl who was no more than five years old trapped inside.

"Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled rushing back into the burning building.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled taking a step towards the shop only to have her arm grabbed and wrenched backwards painfully sending her flying into the waiting arms of a large man who smelled strongly of alcohol and sweat.

"Where d' you think yous goin' perty li'l bitch?" the man asked smiling cruelly at her breathing alcohol laden breath onto her face and into her sensitive nose. Kagome whimpered then tried to look back over to the burning shop but the man grabbed her chin with bruising force.

"Look at me bitch." The man snarled spitting on her face while he talked. Kagome thought of her options and kneed the man in the crotch and rushing towards the blazing building.

"Fucking… bitch!" The man wheezed grabbing his abused crotch and falling to his knees in pain.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed racing towards the building. She stopped dead in her tracks when she smelled blood and turned around to face the bleeding person. Hana was doubled over on the ground holding her stomach in pain, red liquid seeping between her fingers.

"Hana-san!" Kagome yelled changing her course and heading for the frail human woman.

"K-Kagome-S-sama," Hana choked reaching a bloody hand out to her, "save-save my baby!"

Hana fell onto her side and Kagome made it just in time to catch her before she hit the ground.

"Hana-san! Hana-san, what happened!?" Kagome yelled, she didn't have to ask but she was in a state of panic just like many of the villagers, in the panic someone had shoved a knife into Hana's gut. Hana smiled at Kagome and coughed, blood trickled down the corner of her mouth.

"P-Please, take my baby with you." Hana said shakily before closing her eyes and going limp in Kagome's arms.

"Hana-san!!" Kagome shrieked shaking the body in her arms, "Hana-san!!!"

"Mommy?" a small voice asked from only feet behind her. Kagome turned around and saw Hana's daughter standing there clutching to Inuyasha's pant leg, "Mommy?!"

The little girl ran towards her mother but Inuyasha caught her and turned them away covering her eyes with his hand to try to shield her from the truth.

"Mommy!! Mommy!!!" The little girl screeched fighting Inuyasha the best she could, "M-Mommy!!"

"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered horrified at the cruelty in the small town. Kagome looked around and soon she spotted someone with blood on their hands staring at them in terror. Kagome went rigid with dread and disgust, the person holding the knife was a young boy, ten or eleven maybe. They met Kagome's eyes and Kagome silently asked him why, he shook his head and ran, not towards a house or towards them, towards the forest. He was running away from what he did and everyone knew it but would do nothing about it.

"Mommy!" The little girl sobbed again, arousing the attention of one of the villagers.

"It's still alive!" A woman shrieked pointing at the sad, scared little girl.

"Inuyasha, I think we should go." Kagome whispered standing up with Hana's body in her arms. Inuyasha growled but nodded. One of the villagers came at them with a wood cutting axe and Inuyasha grabbed Kagome leaping out of the way and back the way they came.

"Back to Kaede's?" Kagome asked unsteadily.

"Uh huh." Inuyasha answered nodding his head and looking down at the sobbing little girl.

After a few hours of Inuyasha running at full speed they were there. He set Kagome on her feet and carried the now sleeping Hanyou girl to the hut.

"Eh? Another one?" Miroku asked when Inuyasha came in carrying the small sleeping child.

"Not the time Miroku." Inuyasha growled setting the girl down in Kagome's sleeping spot. Shippo and Kohana looked up from their game and smiled before frowning and walking over to the girl.

"What happened to her Inuyasha?" Shippo asked looking up at said silver hair hanyou.

"If she wants to tell you she can." Inuyasha said trying to respect the girls privacy.

"I smell blood." Kohana said grabbing Shippo's sleeve.

"Yeah, me too!" Shippo said before running outside.

"Shippo, ah damn it." Inuyasha chased the little Kitsune demon outside and nearly tripped on him when he stopped dead in his tracks.

"Hey, What's going on?" Shippo asked when he saw Kagome covered in blood and Hana lying on one of the stretchers next to Kaede's house. Kagome shook her head and Sango soon came outside carrying Kohana.

"What's going on?" Sango asked handing Kohana to Inuyasha as she passed him, "Kagome, are you alright?"

Kagome nodded and looked down at Hana's lifeless form.

"C'mon, lets go take a bath, we'll be back later Inuyasha." Sango said ushering Kagome towards the nearby hot spring.

"Wait, lets take the kids with us," Kagome said turning around and scooping up Shippo and taking Kohana from Inuyasha, "We'll just be a little while." Kagome said kissing Inuyasha on the cheek before handing Shippo off to Sango and disappearing into Kaede's hut.

"Welcome back, Lady Kagome." Miroku greeted her smiling. Kagome smiled and thanked him before stooping down and brushing the bangs out of the little girls face.

"Hey, there," Kagome cooed when she opened her eyes and looked up at her, "do you want to go take a bath with us?"

The girl nodded and Kagome picked her up.

"This is Kohana, she's my adopted daughter." Kagome said introducing the little girls to each other. Kohana smiled at her and the little girl just stared at her timidly.

"I'm Kohana what's your name?" Kohana said knowing that Kagome wanted her to try to make friends with the other girl.

"I'm Ai." The little girl said looking away from them and down at the floor.

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Sorry for the late update, I moved and I don't have internet in New York yet so it takes even longer to update. My sincerest apologies. I moved there from Ohio so I'm trying my best to adjust and keep writing. I also lost half the story when my Laptop shut off and so I had to rewrite it when I thought it was already.