'Everything is going to be fine.' Miroku repeated to himself. 'Everything is going to be fine.' Muffled voices and small cries came from the interior of the hut, each voice distinct in his mind.
"You're doing fine Sango." That had to be Kagome.
"I've done nothing yet!" Sango retorted.
"Pray relax Sango." Kaede advised.
Then there was the cry. I was a cry of pain, a call for help.
"Miroku!" In a flurry of robes, Miroku jumped to his feet. Both Shippo and InuYasha looked up, a lingering question on both their lips. Before the question could be voiced, Miroku was headed to the door.
"H-hey! What the hell do you think you're doing!?" InuYasha asked, reflexively leaping up from his crouch.
"I'm going in there. She needs me."
"But Lady Kaede and Kagome said to stay out here! You can't go in!" Shippo insisted.
"I… don't care." There was another cry and Miroku squeezed his eyes shut. "I have to be there for her…" Without a moments hesitation, he threw the cloth doorway back and stepped in. The hut smelled of the earth, not a surprise. There was also the smell of sweat and the heat of exertion that made the room seem stuffy. Lying on the floor, soaked with fevered perspiration, was Sango. She looked even larger now that she was in labor, her stomach heaving up and down in time to heavy, gasping breathes. At her side, Kagome looked up.
"Miroku!"
Kaede looked up as well. "Away with ye, Houshi-sama! It's not a man's place to be present at the birth!"
"Lord Buddha will forgive me if I do this just this once." Miroku commented as he knelt down at Sango's side. She turned her head towards him, a weak smile gracing her features as she took the new addition to her surrounding.

"M-Miroku…" she whispered. Miroku held a finger to his lips to silence her and took hold of her left hand which had been previously clinging helplessly to the cloth bed made for the birth of the child. He squeezed it hard and felt and even stronger constriction on the other end. For a moment he thanked his lucky stars that he had been born a man.
"How much longer, Kagome?" Miroku asked, turning to the girl. He didn't want to meet Kaede's disapproving stare, especially now.
"Not much… the contractions are getting closer together." she replied as she wet a cloth in the bowl of water beside her. "It should be any moment now."
"Th-think Miroku… our own children…" Sango smiled again, the old spark igniting in the depths of her eyes.
"Save your strength." he told her, smiling a little himself. The thought of parenthood was unnerving and exciting at the same time. It would just be another adventure. Compared to parenthood, he thought, Naraku was nothing. Sango tensed, shifting uncomfortably. Kaede's dull eye sprung to life and she shifted from the pregnant demon hunter's side to the end of the makeshift bed.
"It's time, Sango. Push with all the strength thee has left within thee." Another cry rose in Sango's throat as she bore down, lifting herself up to help. Miroku placed a reassuring hand behind her back, comfort and courage flooding her exhausted body with one touch.
'Keep going… you can… you can… can…'
"That's it Sango!" Sango's silent pep rally was echoed by the loving soon to be father at her side.
"I-" she began. The words were choked back with another cry as she felt Kaede's hands near her bare birth canal. As silent encouragement, Miroku squeezed her hand tighter (if possible).
"Almost Sango! Almost!" Kagome said, her words running together and making no sense to Sango's stressed mind. She suddenly felt a release and fell back, tumbling into Miroku's arms.
"Sango… you did wonderfully…" Miroku whispered, brushing back her bangs. In the background Sango could faintly hear a small mewing grow to a full blown wail.
'The baby! Our baby!' Even though exhausted, Sango forced herself to open her eyes. As if answering Sango's own mental questions, Kaede said,
"A boy."
"A boy" Sango tensed up again.
"Here we go again." Kagome sighed. Sango pushed down again lifting herself again. It wasn't long until the second of the twins was born. But unlike her brother there was more of a whimper then a cry which had Kaede a little worried.
"It's a girl." Sango sat up.
"Why isn't she crying?" Sango looked at Kaede with worry in her eyes.
"Nothing is wrong with the child. She is just quite at the present moment." When Kaede said that both twins let out a loud yell stretching there lungs even further.

Sango sighed and laid back in Miroku's arms. Kagome took the cloth and wiped the white stuff off of them. Sango closed her eyes and tried to envision what the twins looked like, being only Kagome and Kaede had seen them.
"Sango. This one is the boy." Kagome handed Sango the new born. Shippo hopped on Miroku's shoulder to get a better look at the baby.
"What are you going to name him?" Sango looked at Miroku.
"I'm naming my little princess." Sango smiled. InuYasha rolled his eyes.
"Oh great. Another spoiled brat." Sango cut her eyes at InuYasha.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing." Shippo crossed his arms.
"BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING...what are you going to name him?" Miroku put a finger to his jaw. Sango carefully handed Miroku their baby as Kagome handed her the next.
"How about Hideaki? Do you like that?" The baby gurgled and fell asleep. "I'll take that as a maybe." For a moment Miroku got to stare into his son's eyes. They were a chocolate color, just like Sango's. Hideaki had a little patch of black hair, that he had inherited from Miroku. Hideaki had fallen asleep with out a moment hesitation. His sister next to him had calmed down and started to doze off as well. She too had chocolate eyes and black hair. If the twins weren't two different genders they would probably get confused for each other just about every day of there life.
"Our daughter shall be named...Koishii." Koishii and Hideaki laid side by side in two blanket brought back from the 20th century (i.e.: 1999)
"They're so perfect." Kagome lifted Hideaki and placed him on a second futon next to Sango. "Hideaki fells really light. Maybe I should bring a taped measure and scale tomorrow. And you know, take their measurement." Kagome placed Koishii next to her brother. "And now we all get sleep. Night everyone." Sango nodded and laid next to the twins. Miroku on the opposite side.
"Good night."

Sango woke up in the middle of the night to a loud cry, courtesy of Koishii. Sango had a hunch about what was bothering her daughter, even though all the women in the feudal era breast feed their kids the thought still disturbed Sango. Sango picked up Koishii and moved the top of her yukata to the side. Sango held Koishii to her chest and almost instantly she latched on.
"Calm down I know this is your first time being feed but not so hard." Sango whispered to Koishii. Hideaki opened his eyes. Staring at his sister longingly. Baby instincts kicking in Hideaki whimpered as if saying 'feed me to.'
"Not you too." Sango looked down at Koishii. It never accrued to Sango that babies could feed in their sleep. Sango sighed and gently pulled Koishii away, switching breast and feeding Hideaki. Hideaki stared at his mom, as if his eyes where stuck on her. Sango reached her free hand up and stroked Hideaki's cheek.
"You're a cute baby, yes you are." Hideaki made a face that only said one sentence. 'What you talkin' 'bout Willis?' Either that or he soiled himself. Sango smiled and placed Hideaki next to his sister.
"One day you two will grow up to be great demon slayers. Watch."

A/N: Yeah! The first chapter of the first story I ever wrote. R&R Plz