Great Friendship Allows Great Families
By 246Nakuro
Summary: When Sango and Miroku are expecting, Kagome and Inuyasha are thrilled for them. But when Sango starts having trouble with the pregnancy the only chance to save her twins lies with her sister like friend. But with Inuyasha against it, and Sango at risk, Kagome is forced to choose between her friend and the love of her life.
Chapter 1: Things Go Wrong, FAST
Inuyasha sat holding Kagome's hand as they waited for Sango and Miroku to come back to the waiting room. Sango they hoped was pregnant, even Inuyasha was eager to see if his perverted friend would be having a child. He knew from the start that Miroku would be having one young, because he practically fucked Sango everyday of senior year in high school. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Kagome jumped up from the seat dragging Inuyasha with her as she rushed to the beaming Sango and Miroku.
"Well?" She asked with a tad bit of annoyance at not being allowed into the room with Sango when she had her blood tested and anything else that happened back there.
"We're pregnant." Sango told her with a smile.
"Yeah." Miroku added. "They say she's having twins."
"They just guessed?" Inuyasha asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Nah." Miroku laughed and Inuyasha turned to glare at him. "They took an ultra sound. Turns out she's three months pregnant and we didn't know."
Miroku beamed and Kagome laughed and congratulated them both followed by Inuyasha congratulating them. Sango sighed and asked to go home she figured that being pregnant was taking its toll she was more tired than normal. When they arrived home Sango was asleep so Miroku carried her upstairs to their room and laid her down on the bed. He was excited no doubt but he was nervous too. He didn't exactly have a great resume when it came to kids. He was voted most likely to cheat in high school, but Sango still fell for him and married him anyway.
He laughed at that thought. It was true most everyone warned her to stay away, but he guessed she just liked adventure because the more they warned her, the harder they fell into love. Even he was shocked by the revelation for today. What would he do now? He heard Inuyasha call his name and he tore himself away from Sango's angelic sleeping face and went to find out what his best friend wanted. As he walked down the steps he couldn't stop the smile that was plastered on his face.
"Hey Mir." Inuyasha greeted him and rolled his eyes. "I know you're on cloud nine right now but could you please help me with the runt?"
Miroku laughed and nodded as he walked into the kitchen to prevent Inuyasha from clobbering his adoptive son for taking forever to get the Cheetos. Miroku helped Shippo get his Cheetos then just as he was about to ask Inuyasha something, he interrupted him.
"Better hurry to your woman, she's heading for the bathroom…" Enough said, Miroku was dashing up the steps to Sango who was grateful to him for holding her hair as she vomited.
'That's the real reason we took her to the doctor in the first place. To find out why she was vomiting every day.' Inuyasha thought as he listened to her vomit. 'If I didn't have such a sensitive nose and wasn't afraid Kagome'd get mad I'd like to have my own kid someday… ah well. Such is the life of a half demon.'
Kagome was worried about Sango. Having to eat for two was hard enough. But trying to eat for three while only half of the food stayed down, must be even tougher. She shook it from her head though as another thought crossed it. She wanted kids of her own. True Shippo was her son, but she wanted her own kids. Kids that came from Inuyasha and her love. She wanted to feel what Sango was feeling, despite how long and aggravating it might be. She wanted to have Inuyasha try to get her pregnant. He was really good at wearing a condom every time, but what would it take to convince him otherwise?
Kagome didn't have much time to ponder this however as night rolled around and since it had been a long day for all of them, they headed to bed. Kagome and Inuyasha were awoken as Shippo jumped on the bed and startled them awake. Kagome tried to get him to slow down since she couldn't understand him.
"Shippo. Calm down. What's wrong?" Kagome asked him and he took a deep breath, by this time Inuyasha was wide awake.
"It's Sango." Shippo started and Inuyasha perked his ears. "There's something wrong with her."
"She's pregnant." Inuyasha sighed out laying down ready to go back to sleep.
"Yes but this is serious!" Shippo practically cried out.
"What happened Shippo?" Kagome asked him putting her hand on his shoulder to steady him.
"Miroku can't get anything to stay down for Sango. Plus I awoke to this thump and the smell of blood."
Angered at being yammered to about blood and vomiting, Inuyasha got out of the bed and stomped up to Sango and Miroku's room. He heard Kagome's cry of anger as she followed him up but when he arrived, there was no one there. He looked around and spotted a note on a nearby table. He opened it and read the quick chicken scratch Miroku did when he was truly frightened.
"Took Sango to hospital she had a seizure and I was worried. Be back as soon as I can."
Inuyasha had never felt this way before but he yanked Shippo to the car, and threw a jacket at Kagome. Then lead them both out to his car where he started it up and headed to the nearest hospital. Kagome asked Inuyasha what was wrong but he simply handed her the note, not in the mood to talk. Once Kagome read it however he thought it struck more with her than it had with him.
"My god." Kagome gasped out and seemed to deflate in the passenger's side. "Poor Sango. Poor Miroku."
"They might be fine." Inuyasha replied gruffly. "Strike that. I know their fine."
He hated smelling Kagome's tears and would do anything to make them stop. But as they arrived at the hospital, Kagome had asked where Sango was, ran to her room, past Miroku and over to Sango. All before Inuyasha could move to open the front door. As Inuyasha headed up after Kagome, he spotted Miroku and went to sit down next to his friend. He had never seen his friend in such distress. He had his head in his hands and was shaking but what showed Inuyasha he felt like he was dying was that he was crying in public.
Miroku cried but never in public. "Mir? You ok?" Inuyasha asked the standard question knowing the answer was no before Miroku nodded. "What happened?"
"Sango…" Miroku started then started crying again, Inuyasha didn't rush him. "We've lost the babies."
That was the end of the matter, he didn't say anything else and Inuyasha felt his heart plummet to his stomach. Miroku was as close to a brother he had and they knew EVERYTHING about each other. The good and the bad. At that point Inuyasha shed a few tears himself.
"But they might be able to save her if they get the babies out of her but their way too young for them to survive outside the womb, and Sango won't listen to me when I tell her…"
Miroku was interrupted by a yelling woman in the room and Inuyasha knew right away it was Kagome. "SHE SAID NO AND THAT MEANS NO DAMN IT!" She was also cursing, never a good sign.
She only cursed when she was mad, like REALLY, REALLY mad. Inuyasha heard crying in the room and a doctor retreated away from the room. Probably a good idea for right now. No one could convince Kagome to do anything at this point. They needed to give her time to think and clear her head. Meanwhile Kagome hugged Sango who was crying on her shirt. Kagome felt a few tears on her cheeks as well but couldn't tell if they were because she was as sad as Sango was or if it was the fuck brained doctor she was crying angry tears at. Sango looked into Kagome's eyes and she tried her best to smile.
"They say they have to abort the babies and I'll be all better, but Kagome I want them. I want them more than I thought possible! And the only possible way to save them is to…" Sango sobbed again harder than last time.
"Is to what Sango?" Kagome asked.
If there was a way to save her friend who she thought of as a sister's babies she'd do it, whatever it was. "To have them transferred to another woman whose body could take the pregnancy. They say if it was one baby they could make it possible for me to birth it, but with two there's no way."
"I could do it." Kagome told Sango who nodded no.
"Inuyasha would never go for it, Miroku told me. You know they know each other as well as we do." Sango looked lost and hopeless.
"Well if I phrased it right he might go for it." Kagome told Sango trying to give her hope.
"You really think so?"
"I know so." A nurse came in and Kagome looked at her. "Can you ask the doctor if we can have a week to think about it?"
The nurse nodded and left the room, only to return a few moments later and nod yes at them. "But she must have them aborted or transferred by the end of the week at 4pm. No later."
Both Sango and Kagome nodded grimly and Kagome put her coat over Sango and walked out of the room, to pay and talk to their husbands. Inuyasha and Miroku stood up in shock as they made their way towards the door.
"Kagome-" Inuyasha started but Kagome interrupted him before he even had time to think.
"You and I will talk later." With that she turned back to the door. "And you two will ride together. God knows you two need some quality guy bonding time."
With that she left and was gone, out towards Inuyasha's car since she had a key for it. Before Miroku could say a word either way Inuyasha's car was driving out of the parking lot and back home. Sango was crying in the car and Kagome found it hard not to hug her to her and wipe the tears away. Once they got home, Kagome allowed Sango to do as she wanted which was to go up to Miroku and her room and cry her eyes out. As the guys arrived home Inuyasha told Miroku where to find Sango based on the smell on her tears then he went looking for Kagome. She called out from the kitchen letting him know where she was.
"There's a chance we can save both Sango and her babies." Kagome leapt right into it. "It involves transferring the babies over to a woman who can handle the pregnancy and I…"
"No." Inuyasha told her an answer that was a flat out order.
"I haven't finished!"
"You're going to say you want to be the woman they transfer them to right? No."
"You know how much they mean to her!"
"Yes and the answer's no."
"I know they'd both appreciate it..."
"No. The answer's no Kagome. That's final!"
"What if I do it anyway?" Kagome whispered but Inuyasha heard it.
"This is my house, if I say the answer's no. The answers no."
Kagome glared as Inuyasha walked into their room and closed the door. She wanted to growl to throw something at him just to him curse in pain. She wanted to hurt him… She would hurt him. Right down to the core. He wanted a fight. Fine. She'd give the half dog demon with a superiority complex a fight worth fighting for.
