Hush Little Baby

(A/N: FEW!!!!!! –twirls around in chair- I finally posted this one BABY! Yes, yes… I'm hyped off of a good day and, in my mind, a good idea! HO! I'm good!!!!!! I mean, if I'm going 'This is gonna be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!', you gotta know I think the world of it!

Summery: Kagome and InuYasha have a baby, but Naraku steels him. Years pass and InuYasha and Kagome are forced to go head to head with their long lost son. You know they can't do that… Well then, how are they gonna pull outta this one?(The summery isn't all that good but… Meh… -shrugs-

Disclaimer: I, in no way, shape, or form, own InuYasha, but I do own InuMusuko

Prologue

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mockin'bird

Kagome sat by the Goshinboku, slowly rocking back and forth, whispering hushed lullabies to the unmoving form in her arms. Wrapped in a soft baby blue blanket, small clouds and stars decorated across the fabric, lay a young boy, no older than a month, at a stretch. Short silver hair lay in a messy clump about an already tanned face, just like his father's. Small hands, claws evident, clutched at the baby blanket as small puppy dog ears twitched atop his head. A yawn cracked his sleeping face and his eyes slowly blinked open. Kagome smiled, staring into the molten, swirling, golden depths. He reminded her so much of InuYasha… She always had a piece of him when holding her son. Their son.

And if that mockin'bird don't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring

"Now, what shall we name you," she whispered, smiling sweetly down at the little boy as he yawned again, small fangs poking out through healthy pink gums. It struck her again just how much he looked like InuYasha… She licked her lips, the ever cheerful nineteen year old gazing up at the leaves of Goshinboku, then back at her baby. "We'll have to ask your father, wont' we? I bet it won't be anything like Koga or Sesshomaru." The baby made a face and Kagome giggled. "Noooo… I guess not. No doubt you hate Koga-kun and your uncle just as much as InuYasha does… but I know he loves both of them at heart… thought I do have to admit they make it hard… Koga still calling InuYasha 'inukoro' and Sesshomaru still attempting to kill him just for the sake of it and all…" Kagome sighed. She would never understand men… Maybe her son would be able to help her with that…

And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass

A sudden chill rippled down her spine and Kagome sat up straight, clutching her baby to her. Bright brown eyes, so full of life and light and happiness a moment ago, now filled with suspicion, darted about her, her heart quickening as fear slowly seeped into her soul. "Inu... InuYasha?" she whispered, attempting to call out her mate's name, but unable to.

And if that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat

An outline appeared within the forest that surrounded the God Tree. Kagome's breath hitched in her throat, and she fought down the urge to vomit with the sudden rush of miasma. She knew who it was; she knew what it was. 'Oh no,' she thought, suppressing a shiver, her legs wobbling dangerously below her. 'Not good…'

And if that billy goat don't pull,

Mama's gonna buy you a cart and mule

Kagome's legs gave out from beneath her and her knees slammed into the dirt as she doubled over, half from a sudden sickness that felt all consuming, half to protect the delicate bundle in her arms. A hard, cold voice swirled around her, venom dripping from the words. "Ku ku ku… Little Kagome… What a pleasure it is to see you once again. So… the half-breed has taken a mate… Perfect. I used the true miko against him… why not use the second-rate reincarnation against him as well…" The bastard stressed 'true' and 'reincarnation', pushing into Kagome's insecurities. Kagome grit her teeth, her eyes clenched shut against the pain. Ripping her lips apart, she screamed InuYasha's name, but only that cruel, disgusting laughter filled her ears instead of her mate's soft, comforting voice. A loud wailing came from her arms, and Kagome relented her tight hold on the infant to coo and shush him, rocking him back and forth in her arms, whispering loving words of soft assurance. Naraku froze, his crimson eyes, sparkling against his silhouette, gazed at the babe, who cried harder as he felt the demon's gaze upon him. "Or…" he hissed in a silky smooth voice, making Kagome shiver. What was he deciding upon now? "Or… Oh, Kagome-sama… A mother so soon?" The voice mocked the worry it pretended to have. "It appears I could just… take the child."

And if that cart and mule turn over,
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover

"NO!" Kagome cried, finding her voice at last. It ripped from her throat as she stumbled to her feet, fixing her eyes intently onto Naraku. "You will NOT have him!!!!!!" she screamed again, clutching the baby closer to her breast. "INUYASHA! INUYASHA!!!! INUYA-" Her voice was cut short as what appeared to be several tendrils of darkness slammed her into a tree, the breath leaving her lungs for a moment. It appeared to be darkness, but was very, very solid and just as real.

And if that dog named Rover won't bark,
Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart

Kagome cried out again, struggling against the tendrils, her arms still clamped firmly about her baby's form. A cruel laugh echoed about her, and she felt nausea begin to consume her. 'No,' she thought desperately, fighting harder yet. Her bow and arrows were at Kaede's, and she was helpless without them…. 'No… Not him… not him… not-' Just like when she had cried out for her mate, Kagome felt tendrils interrupt her as they pushed her further against the bark of the tree, grinding her back into the bark of the Goshinboku. A single tendril traced the lines of her face, caressing her cheek in an almost loving and caring manner, and would've looked sweet, had it not appeared to be made shadows and had Kagome not jerked her head away, a snarl of 'Don't you dare touch me!' on her lips as it moved to her arms, its brethren prying her fingers from the bundle, the tendril taking it as it fell into its grasp. "NO!!!!" Kagome screamed, struggling against the tendrils. Naraku accepted her babe, looking in a sickly sweet manner down at the innocent infant, still wailing for his mother. His eyes shot back to Kagome, and flashed dangerously. She knew what he was thinking. Knew what he was mouthing, her baby's wails drowning out his words. 'You may die now.' Another tendril shot towards her and Kagome clenched her eyes shut. Dimly, in the back of her mind, she registered that this was where she had first met InuYasha. Where she had seen him with Kikyo. Where he had told her he loved her and asked her to be his mate. Where she had brought her son to for a bit of fresh air while InuYasha was destroying some of Naraku's minions off to the west. Her back scratched against the mark left by Kikyo's arrow when she had shot InuYasha to the tree, following him soon after. She was at the same position upon the tree as he had been when he had died, pitted against the woman he had once loved. A single name, out of all of the words in any language, sluggishly formed itself within Kagome's head: 'InuYasha…' The pain that wormed its way into her stomach was immense, the slowly, darkness consumed her as she fainted, her baby's wails slowly drifting to silence.

And if that Horse and Cart fall down,
Then you'll be the sweetest little baby in the town