InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kazoku ❯ Inuroku, Meet Your Father ( Chapter 4 )

Kazoku

Chapter 4: Inuroku, Meet Your Father

DISCLAIMER: Not mine: Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and any other characters that have been in the anime/manga. They belong to the divine Takahashi Rumiko. Mine: Inuroku, Takara, Toshi, and the plot.

Author's Note: Did everyone review? Yes? No? Okay then! As long as you read it. Thanks to all of you that did review, and if you ask very, very nicely, I'll ask one of my friends to write a lemon for the previous chapter. I don't write lemons….but she does. ;)

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Sango walked into the hut and knew immediately that Miroku had beaten her to the hut. The fire had died down slightly and a bowl of stew was sitting on a shelf, waiting for her. The spoon she had been stirring with was clean and laid on the shelf next to her bowl. She turned to Inuroku, who was looking around the hut curiously.

"Are you hungry? I made some stew this morning. You may have some if you wish."

He shook his head. "I ate cereal before we left."

Sango wisely decided not to ask what `cereal' was.

Just then, Miroku poked his head out of the back room that served as a bedroom and smiled at his wife. He walked out, carrying a giggling Takara on his back.

"I saved some stew for you," he said to his wife. "Takara was hungry, she already had some." He stopped when he saw Inuroku.

"Hello. Who are you?"

Sango rolled her eyes. Miroku always insisted on being formal to any stranger, even if the stranger happened to be five years old. To her surprise the little boy walked straight up to Miroku and extended his hand formally.

"Hello, sir." Inuroku said. "My name is Higurashi Inuroku."

Miroku blinked, then grinned and shook the boy's tiny hand. "A mini Inuyasha with manners. Now I've seen everything."

Takara slid off her father's back and ran over to her new playmate.

"Hi! I'm Takara. Wanna play?"

Fast as lightning, Inuroku became an energetic five-year-old again. "Yeah!"

The two ran out of the hut. Sango yelled at them to stay in front of the little house and turned back to Miroku, grinning.

"He's so kawaii. I want a son."

"He's Inuyasha and Kagome's son, isn't he?"

"Yes, Kind of easy to tell, with those ears and eyes."

Something clicked in Miroku's mind. "Wait, Kagome's here?"

Sango rolled her eyes. "Yes, baka, Kagome's here."

"Why isn't she taking care of Inuroku?"

"Because she had to talk to Inuyasha privately."

A perverted smile spread across the houshi's face. "They must be having fun."

"HENTAI! Don't think such things. She just got back!"

"All the more reason."

Sango attempted to smack the back of Miroku's head, but he dodged. "No need to get violent, Sango!"

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Kagome and Inuyasha had just gotten dressed when a rocket of reddish-brown fur shot toward her. The blob hit her in the stomach and latched on, talking very fast in a high-pitched voice.

"KagomeKagomeKagomeyou'rebackareyoustayingwhydidyouleaveyousmel lkindafunny areyouleavingusagainImissedyousomuch!"

Kagome hugged the kitsune back and managed to gasp out, "I missed you too, Shippo."

Shippo loosened his grip on her abdomen and looked at her with puppy dog eyes.

"Don't leave us again, okay?"

Kagome melted. Damn the puppy dog eyes.

"I'm not leaving, Shippo. I'm staying right where I am."

Inuyasha injected himself into the conversation. "Damn right, you are! I'm not letting you out of my sight, woman."

Shippo looked confused. "But if you're staying right where you are, how are you going to get back to the hut?"

"It's an expression, Shippo. It means I'm staying in this time, not this exact spot."

"Yeah, baka."

"Kagome, Inuyasha's being mean to me!"

"Inuyasha, don't be mean to Shippo."

Inuyasha looked put out. "You're supposed to be on MY side!"

Kagome wisely stopped the argument before it could get any worse by pointing out that they were almost to Kaede's hut.

"Are they in there?" Inuyasha asked.

"Who's `they'?" Shippo questioned.

Kagome ignored the kitsune and answered Inuyasha. "They should be in there. I told Sango to take him back to the hut."

"Who?" Shippo was starting to get frustrated.

"Sango probably took him to her own hut, then. Here, jump on." Inuyasha bent his knees and Kagome sprang onto his back. Poor Shippo was still confused.

"Who's `him'?"

The hanyou took off without answering. Shippo latched on to Kagome's leg at the last second, wailing, "Wait for me!"

After a few minutes running, Kagome stopped Inuyasha. "There he is." Inuyasha looked towards his friend's hut and saw a little boy playing with Takara. `My son………'

The two children looked up as Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo stopped in front of them. Inuroku yelled, "Mama!" as Takara shouted, "Inu!" Inuyasha scooped up Takara in his arms and watched as Kagome hugged Inuroku. He took the time he had to take a good look at his son.

The boy had raven hair like Kagome, but that seemed to be all the resemblance he had to his mother. The ears and eyes were Inuyasha's and if he looked closely he could see tiny fangs and claws.

Takara slid out of his grasp and ran to Shippo, squeezing him tightly. "Come play with us, Shippo!"

Shippo agreed and ran over to Inuroku. "Hi! I'm Shippo. Who're you?"

Kagome answered for him. "Shippo, this is Inuroku, my son."

Shippo blinked, then beamed. "So he's sorta like my brother!" Kagome laughed but didn't contradict the kitsune. Shippo looked furtively at Inuyasha, then back to Kagome.

"Does Inuyasha know?" he asked in a rather loud whisper. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Yes, Inuyasha is Inuroku's father."

Inuroku piped u at this point, looking excitedly at Inuyasha. "Really?" He threw himself at the hanyou and hugged him around the legs. Inuyasha kneeled and hugged him back. Kagome smiled.

"Keh, of course I am." Inuyasha whispered. Kagome saw his eyes were filled with tears, but of course, he wouldn't let them fall.

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Aww! That was kinda cute. Okay, people, you know what to do! On fanfiction.net, I had more reviews for the first three chapters in Kazoku than I did for all sixteen chapters of my Harry Potter story, which has now been deleted. Either I improved my writing a whole lot or the Inuyasha readers are nicer than the Harry Potter readers. Prove me right and REVIEW!