Fairest Flowers Sooner Fade

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha nor any of the characters except Izayoi, and she is mine so you can't have her!

Chapter 1

"She's coming!" Inuyasha said. He was sitting in the same sulky state he always does when Kagome is gone. This time was different though, this time she was coming back, and she didn't plan on leaving ever again.

The only sound that was heard as Kagome rode up was the gravel crunching under her bike tires. It had been eight months since she had left, and she was drinking in the scenery around her.

Suddenly this ball of fur came shooting out of nowhere, it was Shippo, with his normal Kagome welcome.

"Kagome!" he yelled as he leapt onto the bike handlebars. Then, seeing the precious cargo that Kagome held, he sat silent. Kagome stopped her bike on the top of the hill overlooking Kaede's village. She pulled the velvety pink blanket out of the well-padded bike basket and stood there staring at the overly large moon.

"Kagome?" Shippo asked with the maturity of someone much older, "Should I go get Inuyasha?"

Kagome smiled at the change, "He knew."

Shippo then lost all control and the essence of maturity that he had just had. "WHAT?"

Kagome patiently waited for Shippo to calm down.

"Inuyasha, he knew why I was gone, I mean he is dense but not that dense, and he is a dog, he knows these kinds of things by instinct."

Kagome looked up, all she could see was a little red and green blur running full throttle towards Kaede's hut. She knew she couldn't stop him even if she wanted to. So she calmly pulled back a corner of the pink blanket that she held in her arms, revealing her precious cargo, a small black haired, black eared, baby girl. The baby started fussing once the blanket was taken away.

"Hush now," Kagome said with every ounce of motherly love that she could muster, "you being here is a gift, and I'll make sure that your dad will get at least one hundred "sit" commands, I promise. Now sleep."

Back down in Kaede's hut.

The door burst open and one very angry kitsune cub came barreling in, immediately attacking Inuyasha.

"INUYASHA . . . . . you, you, you . . . . DOG! I'm going to go get Koga" With that Shippo stomped out of the hut with the confused stares of Miroku and Sango following him.

"Inu . . Yasha," Sango said slowly, "why did Shippo come in here, beat you up, then state the obvious?"

Inuyasha was still in the curled up position he had gone into when Shippo started attacking him. The only thing he did to acknowledge Sango was to curl up even tighter and then cover his ears.

Kagome hid the bike in some bushes around the village and headed for Kaede's hut. While she walked, she started to sing a beautiful Japanese lullaby that her mother had taught her when the baby was born. Whenever Kagome passed any of the villagers they looked at her, she nodded her hello, but never stopped singing.

Soon enough, a large dust devil came careening towards her. Inwardly Kagome sighed and waited for Koga to stop.

"Kagome," Koga said breathlessly, "I just heard the worst rumor! Please tell me it . . isn't . . . . true." He then had seen the blanket in her arms and the baby. He slowly turned around and started muttering to himself.

Kagome looked into his eyes and all Koga saw was a celestial angel, he heard that having a baby did this to women but he didn't expect her to look that beautiful. The moon was shining off of her black hair, and her face was so full of the friendship she felt with this man.

"Koga," she said finally, "how could I choose anyone other than him?"

She then led a rather speechless Wolf Demon into Kaede's hut.

When Kagome stepped inside, the scene that met her eyes was not what she expected. Sango and Miroku were hovering over the still balled up Inuyasha looking confused. As soon as she stepped in though, they looked up and stared at her with even more confused looks on their faces. Inuyasha didn't move.

"KAGOME!" they cried in unison. Without their noticing it, Inuyasha stood up behind the two and at their outburst, gently but firmly placed a hand over each of their mouths. Sango struggled away first.

"This is new." Sango stated eying the pink blanket, "where did it come from?"

Kagome answered without taking her eyes off of Inuyasha, "Yes she is, and yes you can hold her."

Sango, confused as to how a blanket could have a gender, gently took the bundle from Kagome.

Inuyasha then let go of Miroku, much to the monk's relief, he had been turning blue from lack of oxygen. Inuyasha walked forward to Kagome, and instead of looking her in the eye, he stared at the floor. Kagome gently pushed his chin up so that she could see him in the eye. The moment their eyes met, Kagome leaped on him in the biggest hug she could muster. At first surprised, Inuyasha then returned the embrace equally. Just when he was starting to enjoy this hug, Kagome stepped back almost as forcefully. With a serious look on her face she then said, "Oswari!"

As his face hit the floor Inuyasha knew that this would not be the only time he would be "sat" this time.

"Why didn't you come and get me? Oswari! I thought at least you would come for her birth even though when Ileft I didn't know I was pregnant. Oswari! I just went home feeling a little sick and you didn't even have the decency to tell me? Oswari! THEN my mother wouldn't let me come back! Oswari! You had me worried sick, I thought that the only explanation for you not coming was that you were DEAD! Oswari! I was bed ridden so I couldn't come and see if you were okay! Oswari! Oh and by the way, her name is Izayoi after your mother just in case you were wondering. Oswari! And to top it off. . ."

Just then Inuyasha had grabbed her ankle from the crater he had created. This stopped her long enough for him to recover and pull himself up. "THAT HURT" he roared, then in a softer voice continued, "I missed you too."

Then before Kagome knew what was going on, she was being held tightly in a pair of arms that she never wanted to leave. For the first time since Izayoi's birth she felt safe and secure. Nothing could tear her away from her beloved hanyou.

"WAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAH." A scream pierced through the couple's sanctuary. Sango stood there with a screaming child in front of her.

"Take it!" Sango demanded, in what seemed more like an order than a request.

Kagome sighed and turned from Inuyasha to take the infant, but being the half demon that he is, Inuyasha beat her to it. Immediately the baby stopped screaming. For the first time Inuyasha saw her blue eyes, just as blue as her mother's. Then he noticed the two small black ears on the top of her head, he smiled, she hadn't gotten those from her mother.

"That is the first time he has smiled in eight months." Miroku said with an unusual amount of seriousness, "Neither has he fought anyone, he even ignored Shippo who was always on his case about going to get you." By the end of this speech Miroku was near enough to Sango to put his hand on her butt.

WHACK! Miroku falls over as Sango joins in the conversation.

"He hasn't eaten or talked for the past month, except for this morning when he calmly told us that you were coming back." She says in a serious tone.

"I'm glad you are back and apparently you are going to tell us what is going on. . ." Sango tensed up as she felt Miroku behind her. "So please start explaining."

Just then Shippo jumped up onto his shoulder and whispered something into his ear, "Oh yes," Miroku started, "about this love child of yours. . ."

"Can you guys leave us alone for a while? We need to talk."

"Sure!" Miroku said with enthusiasm, "go ahead talk about love, lust, lots of . . ." WHACK! Sango hit Miroku with her weapon. "We are going now." And with that they left the hut.

Kagome turned to Inuyasha, only to find he was gone. She then looked down to see him gently placing his daughter on her belly and lying beside her. He looked so sweet that Kagome couldn't find the power to tear herself away from the scene to yell at him.

"She is beautiful," he said with pride, "just like her mother is beautiful." With that Kagome melted right down to the floor snuggling up with him.

"Its hard for you isn't it." She said, "You know, to show me any emotion?"

Inuyasha then sat up, wrapped his arms around her and said to her, "I love you, I always have and always will, just because I can't tell you everyday doesn't mean that I don't." With that he gave Kagome one of the sweetest kisses that she had ever experienced.

THUD. They both looked up to see Koga passed out on the floor.

Kagome started giggling, remembering just now that Koga was still there.

"HA! That just proves that I won." The smirk on Inuyasha's face was that of a true winner. He then pulled Kagome into another kiss.

Kagome pulled away and moved over to the sleeping baby, then looking up to see the poor Wolf Demon sprawled out on the floor, she giggled again. Inuyasha took this as an okay to take Koga out.

"What are you doing?" Kagome asked as the hanyou picked the demon up and threw him over his shoulder.

"Uh, just moving him, he looks a bit uncomfortable."

"Where are you moving him to?"

"The Bone-Eaters Well, why do you care?"

Inside Kagome silently apologized. "Inuyasha . . . Sit."

That's the end of chapter one, feel free to comment and review, the next chapters are even better!