Strange and new

Just something I came up with out of my freakish little mind. Also, thank you to the people who sent me all the nice reviews!!!

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It was alien to him. The full swell of her tummy contrasted with her narrow frame, the way she smelled caught him off guard even when he was expecting it, and her sudden mood swings scared the hell out of him.

So Inuyasha became cautious whenever he was near Kagome. He never commented on the fact that she now appeared to have swallowed a basketball whole and never questioned the strange foods she ate. She could no longer sit him, but that made no difference; she still scared him shitless when she was angry.

Neither of them was sure when the baby was conceived, but it was quite possibly the night Naraku had been defeated. They were in the woods after the battle, still coated with blood, sweat, and demon grime, but neither of them cared. All that mattered was their bodies moving in a synchronized rhythm, passions rushing through them faster than they could track them. Nothing mattered but the speed and intensity of their lovemaking, the unbelievable high of orgasm, and the sweet bliss of released tension when they laid next to one another afterwards, his strong, sturdy arms making her feel safe, even in the dark forest clearing they had chosen as their lovemaking spot.

They had made love many times after that, in many different places, but the end result was the same. They had a little one on the way, and it was one of the strangest experiences of InuYasha's life.

But despite the mood swings, the change in Kagome's scent, and the fact that she was now officially too far along to have sex, Inuyasha was happier than he had been in any other time in his life. He wouldn't have it any other way.

Inuyasha pressed his ear to Kagome's growing belly and listened to the double heartbeats of his mate and soon to be child. No, he wouldn't have it any other way.