Disclaimer: I do not, under any circumstances, own InuYasha. If I did, do you think I'd be using him for a silly fic? I don't think so…

A/N: Okaaaay, first and new ficcy. Hope you like, and please no flames, since it is my first. Cut me some slack. Alrighty then here we go.

Living Life

Prologue: It's a Boy

The rain thundered down on the windows from outside. Every now and then, the lights would flicker for a moment from the storm, but then it would settle back down to the bright, on going glow.

Well, what else would you expect if you came down to the hospital a little before midnight in the middle of a thunderstorm?

Exactly what Inuyasha had in mind…

After fidgeting in the chair he had been offered for a while, he stood up and began pacing. It was nervous for a husband to wait around while his wife was giving birth to their soon-to-be boy/girl.

He couldn't even comprehend at the events that had just happened not too long ago. They were both already in bed for quite a while, until he heard Kagome get up and go to the bathroom. When she emerged, the look on her face was a mix between joy and slight pain.

"Inuyasha…my water just broke,"

She felt a little uncomfortable telling him this news at 11:30 PM, but she couldn't just demand they leave for the hospital with no explanation. He shouldn't have been too surprised by this declaration either, considering she had been having her contractions for some time before.

When they arrived at the hospital, Kagome had become a little bit paler and slightly wobbly on her feet. After consulting with the doctors, they instructed Kagome to do her breathing.

"Inhale through the nose whilst keeping your shoulders relaxed, and then exhale through the mouth as you release all the tension in your body,"

As she breathed, Kagome gripped Inuyasha's hand tightly as he squeezed comfortingly right back, not caring that she was probably cutting off his circulation.

"Are you okay?"

"Just a little nervous,"

"Don't worry, you're going to be fine and do great. I'll be right here waiting for you,"

Kagome nodded as the doctors came and ushered her into the delivery room. Inuyasha gave her one more reassuring handclasp before she was whisked away and out of sight.

Now he was waiting for what seemed like an eternity for his passage into the room to see Kagome. He started wringing his hands, and when he stood still for at leastfive seconds, he would scuff his shoes together and then continue pacing.

It seemed to be getting on the nerves of the elderly man in the nearby chair.

"Keep acting like that kid and you'll separate your hands from your wrists. I really don't want to see decapitated hands on the floor, you know."

"Keep talking like that and it won't be my hands on the floor."

"Is that a threat?" the old man glared.

"Maybe," Inuyasha glared right back.

The old man scoffed and turned away, muttering something that only a hanyou's ears could pick up, "...lousy youth these days…"

Inuyasha ignored this comment and kept up his pacing. No situation would ever turn his attitude around.

Kagome was still on the bed, continuing her breathing as the doctors had instructed her. While they set up the equipment and necessary tools for this birth, many unpleasant thoughts reeled through her mind.

'This is never going to work. I can't do this. I can't. What made me think I could have a child. I can't do it,'

Through all the worries, Inuyasha's words still floated around in her brain, comforting her.

'Don't worry, you're going to be fine and do great. I'll be right here waiting for you,'

With those words swimming around, she knew she couldn't back down…not that she really could in this situation. She hadn't even realized one of the doctors speaking to her.

"Okay, everything is set, so here's what we're going to do. When I give you the okay, start pushing, alright?"

Kagome nodded weakly.

"Okay then ready? On the count of three. One…"

She sucked in her breath.

"Two…"

Kagome squeezed her eyes shut.

"Three…"

She pictured Inuyasha's face when he saw their new child…

"Push!"

Kagome had probably not experienced anything as painful as this. Her contractions just went overboard and she knew the baby was making its way out of her womb. After a short pause, her contractions started up again, and the baby made its way through her cervix.

"You're doing great, just keep going,"

Kagome could barely hear her over the roar in her ears. It was painful to try and put any brain power at all into what the doctor just said. Instead, she continued pushing.

Now here came the "ring of fire".

Her body stretched for the baby's head to emerge from the uterus, which caused Kagome to cry out loudly. She gripped the sheets on her bed in a fist as the doctor continued the process.

"We've got a head! You're doing great, dear,"

Once the shoulders emerged, the rest of the body came out smoothly. Kagome released all her tension she had pent up when a tiny wailing filled the room.

After the placenta was expelled from her body and the umbilical cord was cut, the doctor handed the baby to Kagome.

"It's a boy," she said smiling.

Kagome couldn't help smile herself, even though the experience she just went through was taking its toll on her. She could careless. Staring into that pudgy, round little face made Kagome realize this was all worth it.

She held the baby with such care, it was like holding an angel.

After a brief period of time, in which the doctor said the baby was bonding with Kagome, she allowed the father to come in.

Inuyasha pretty much barreled into the room, eyes scanning for his wife. When they locked on Kagome, the smile that blossomed on his face was enough to make her all warm inside. It was that smile that made her know that her decision to spend the rest of her life with him was the right choice.

"It's a boy," she proclaimed happily.

"Oh my god….this is incredible," he said as he walked to the side of her bed. He squeezed her hand and rubbed his thumb along the curves in his palm. "I knew you could do it. Are you feeling okay?"

"Tired."

"No wonder. Rest as much as you want."

The doctor turned back to the couple. "What's his name?"

Kagome looked to Inuyasha. Although they had been planning this, neither of them thought the names they chose were good enough for the bundle of joy Kagome had in her arms. "You name him," she said at last.

"Ok…well…let's name him Taro. It's simple and I like it,"

"I like it too."

"Taro it is," the doctor answered as she wrote it down on a clipboard. "Ok Dad, you can see them again in a little bit, but right now Mom needs to rest for a little bit,"

A smile quirked Inuyasha's lips at being called "dad", and sent his hand through her hair, ruffling it with his claws. Then, with one last look at Taro, he left.

"I'll take him, "the doctor said, "and I'll give him back to you when you wake up,"

"Ok..." Kagome said, wanting nothing more than to rest.

The doctor had barely left the room before Kagome laid her head on the pillows. Her last thought before she drifted off was, 'I have got to tell Sango…"

To Be Continued...

A/N: Alrighty, a little long for a prologue but it had to be done. Well, now that that's over with, please review with kindness, or else. dun dun duuun.