Chapter 1: Happy Mother's Day

"I'm fat," A black haired woman stated with great upset as she stared up at the ceiling. In her current state, wearing that swollen pout, it was quite difficult to ascertain if she spoke with sadness or anger. Her inu-hanyou fiancé glanced at her slowly before lifting his gaze to their bedroom ceiling too.

"Uh…You're pregnant," he pointed out, as if the swollen belly she spoke of hadn't been a definite reminder.

"InuYasha, I look like a watermelon."

"Kagome, you're seven months pregnant. Stop stressing," InuYasha told her somewhat dismissively as he looked towards the clock, suddenly realizing that it was four o' clock in the morning, "Shit! I have to get ready for work."

Kagome watched InuYasha get out of bed in a white t-shirt and blue boxers. As much as she wanted to stay and continue to complain, where he would unconditionally attempt to soothe her – in a very InuYasha sort of way…which worked, depending on the mood she found herself in – she knew that his work at the hospital was very prominent, extremely important, and knew that her wayward emotions were something she could manage while he spent his time more productively, saving lives or perhaps delivering someone else's child to the world.

"I'm working in the emergency room today," InuYasha explained as he walked towards their master bathroom. Surely, his need to rush stopped him from appreciating their new den of sorts, whereas Kagome still found herself taking it all in from time to time.

They had moved into the two story house two weeks ago. Since Kagome was pregnant with their first child, InuYasha wanted them to live in a house, instead of their cramped up apartment; apartments were for bachelors and new couples testing the ropes, he had told her, and houses were for families and the promise of building one. However adult they were though, they still hadn't unpacked all of their belongings.

Thankfully, the two rooms that they had focused on installing were their bedroom and the kitchen. "I'll go start breakfast! And get your lunch ready!" Kagome shouted as she struggled to get out of bed, her legs fighting with the sheets in her enthusiasm to cook for her fiancé.

"Alright wench! Just don't hurt yourself."

Sighing with a playful roll of her eyes, she barked back, "I won't!" Kagome grabbed her silk robe and pulled it over her t-shirt covered body.

"Well since I'm making him breakfast, I should feed us too, huh baby?"

Kagome giggles as she feels a kick.

"Sorry I woke you up. Go back to sleep."

"Ohh!" Kagome squeals in pain. A second later, the pain goes away.

"I said I was sorry" Kagome mumbles as she makes her way out the room.

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Twenty Minutes Later

"I'll see you later." InuYasha mumbled around the piece of toast in his mouth. Cupping a silver thermal mug and a red folder in his right hand and his lunch bag in his left, he was set for his day at work.

"Okay. Call me later." Kagome requested as she normally did while pulling the obliterated piece of toast out of his mouth and giving him a peck on the lips.

"Will do, love. Don't forget to take your medicine." InuYasha decreed passively, channeling the attitude and persona he wore when he was Dr. InuYasha. It was a reflex whenever they spoke of her health, especially as of late with their child on the way. Still, Kagome could faintly remember when they used to enjoy this side of him in a more playful way, and it would either make her giggle with nostalgia or mentally beg her child to arrive sooner.

Steeling herself against such temptations, Kagome nodded obediently, "Okay. And we're having dinner with your parents and the rest of the crew. For an early Mother's Day dinner."

InuYasha nodded as he watched a sheer look of sadness bloom on Kagome's face. She was always became saddened around holidays. with Mother's or Father's day the most obvious depressant: when she had been only five months old, she had been left on the steps of a firehouse. She never found out who her real parents were. She only knew their nationality and that one of them had Huntington Disease. Even though she would never admit it, her fiancé knew it ate her up inside; with his mother so enthusiastic about their child-to-be and her father unable to walk her down the aisle on their upcoming wedding day, neither parental celebration weekends put the love of his life in a good mood. As a result, he would behave much like a dog in his own right and do anything he could to make her smile.

"Hey, don't be sad. We'll find them, one day," InuYasha promised her for the umpteenth time as he placed a hand on her cheek.

Inuyasha notice her eyes slowly look away from him and to the wall, one of the symptoms of living with huntington disease.

Kagome gave him a small smile before returning his toast to him, cramming it playfully into his mouth. Her eyes finally make their way back to his face.

"Thanks Yash. Now go before you're late."

InuYasha let out a huff but cracked a small smile for her. With a wave over his shoulder, he booked it for the front door, moving so quickly that his fiancée nearly missed the sight of him putting on shoes before it closed behind him. Watching the spectacle that was the love of her life, Kagome couldn't help but laugh to herself to think that this was where her life had brought her. And, more importantly, that she had been so fortunate to have ended up engaged to the most wonderful person she had ever met.

"He such a good man," Kagome whispered before placing both of her hands on her stomach, "Do you hear me baby? You may not always believe it, but he really is a good guy, that dad of yours!" – as her baby shot multiple kicks at her hands in response, she couldn't help but feel a spring of joy overflow from inside her – "Looks like I woke someone up."

It was still such a surreal experience, that she had made a child with InuYasha. It was even more overwhelming at times to realize that it was growing inside of her, that she was taking care of another human being within her body! As the days passed and the delivery date drew nearer, Kagome couldn't help but wonder how she would feel when their little boy or girl finally came into the world. Would she be grateful that she would no longer need to eat and visit the washroom a hundred times a day? Would she never let her child out of her sight and nurture it beyond the realm of reason? Would she miss having him or her so close?…

Sighing before walking out the kitchen, Kagome once again attempting to focus herself. Up the stairs she went, saying, "Time to get ready for the day."

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That Afternoon

"Kagome! Why didn't you answer the door?" A brown haired woman shouted as she and two other girls marched into the living room.

Kagome looked up and stared at them slowly, "What?"

"The door? We knocked and rang the door bell, waiting for you to show up." the black haired woman of the group told her slowly.

"Oh," Kagome said simply as she sat up, "Hey girls. What's going on? Hey Ayame, did you dye your hair a darker shade of red?"

"Yes ma'am," Ayame replied proudly as she ran a hand through her dyed tresses.

Kagome giggled as she stood up, her stomach sticking out as usual.

Rin excitedly moved to rub her stomach as she stared up at Kagome. Given that she was two months pregnant herself – with Kagome's eventual niece or nephew, no less.

"Let's go to the kitchen." The girls nod as they follow Kagome out the living room and to the kitchen.

"You and InuYasha haven't finished unpacking yet?" Sango asked as they take a seat at the island.

"We're close though. We were supposed to do that last weekend, but InuYasha got called in for an emergency surgery," Kagome explained as Ayame and Rin set their Bridal magazines out before them, clearly indicating what brought them over.

"Cool. Have you and InuYasha scheduled a date for the wedding yet?" Rin questioned with gentle excitement.

"August 20th. We're going to ask Toga if we can have it on his beach."

"That'll be so romantic!" Ayame gushed. Her manicured nails folded into her palms as she rattled her fists with uncontainable glee.

"You would probably have the baby born by then," Sango concluded aloud as the magazines are tossed open with a great lack of feminine restraint.

"Apples! Apples are what I want," Kagome suddenly realized, making a beeline towards the refrigerator. She winces as she feels a shot of pain run down her spine.

The girls ignored her outburst as they continued to examine page after page of gowns, reception decorations and caterers.

"I think your colors should be red and yellow, Kagome," Rin admitted her as she flipped to the next page, scanning the images for something that suited her imagination.

"Why?" Kagome asked as she pulled out a bag of apple slices from the crisper and moved to rejoin her friends.

"Yellow is a good color – like gold – and InuYasha likes red," Rin justified herself with a kind smile.

"Hm, I was think green and red though," Kagome says as another pain shot through her back. She dropped the apples in the process, a tense hand reaching for the edge of the island to hold onto, "Oh!"

"Kagome! What's wrong?" Sango rushed into action and stood beside her friend.

Splash!

"Oh shit!" Rin squeaked as her and Ayame jumped out of their chairs.

"I'll go get her bag. Rin, start the car!" Ayame instructed with bite before dashing out of the room. Rin grabbed her keys and needed no further instruction as she ran as quickly as a demon towards her car in the driveway.

"Look at me, Kagome. In. Out. In. Out," Sango coached. Kagome saw how her sight swirled with how vicious the contraction had felt, but she followed her friends directions with great concentration. After thirty seconds, the pain subsided.

"I'm okay," Kagome told Sango with a smile.

"We're taking you to the hospital."

"But—" Kagome tried to say, but Sango was already ushering her out of the house.

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Two hours later

"Guys! What happened!?" InuYasha demanded as he came around a corner in the hospital, finding all of his friends and family sitting in the reception area. As soon as he had been informed that his fiancée was placed in a room, he had left his station the first moment he could and nearly bowled over a few unsuspecting patients as he charged forth to find Kagome. If his blue scrubs and high ponytail were any indication, he had been quite justly distracted.

His mother, however, did not find that excusable. "Where have you been?" Izayoi asked as she marches towards her only son.

"Surgery. As soon as I got out, a nurse told me what happened. Is Kagome okay?" InuYasha hugged his mother as he looked to his brother and father for answers.

"She's fine." InuYasha turned to his best friend, Miroku, after he swiftly answered.

"Good," InuYasha said with relief.

"She's in labor though," Koga tells him with a wolfish smile.

"What the hell! Why didn't anyone tell me!?" InuYasha yelled.

"Hey! No cussing, young man!" Izayoi scolded as she slapped her son on the back of the head.

"Mom," InuYasha whined as they finally pulled away from each other, "Is that where she's at now? She's with Midoriko?"

"Yes. But hurry!" Rin urged.

"She's right," Izayoi told her youngest son, "Demon birth is over in a flash."

InuYasha nodded before dashing out the room. As he moved away from the lot of them, he heard his mother's distinct squeal of joy as she most likely jumped into her husband's arms, "We're going to be grandparents, Inu! Oh, I can't wait!"

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With InuYasha

After being properly suited up, with one of the nurses, Abi, InuYasha was allowed to see his fiancée.

"Hey wench," InuYasha greeted her as he nearly threw himself towards her side. Though he normally called her that with a playful tone, there was an edge of seriousness hidden beneath it this time.

Kagome looked at him with teary eyes. The strain on her body was reddening her cheeks, causing her to sweat and mess up her hair. Even so, she could not have looked lovelier to him – she never had, in all their years together. All of the energy that was being taken from her, all of the force she was putting on her body to deliver their baby, Kagome's true strength was shining in that moment, and it made him fall for her all over again in that very moment.

"Where were you? I was scared," Kagome admitted, her voice strained by the entire process. His proud hanyou heart nearly broke to hear his fiancée say such a thing.

"He's here now, Kagome. That's good," her doctor, Midoriko stated, while stationed between Kagome's leg.

"I was in surgery, baby. Forgive me?" InuYasha asked as he kisses her head. Kagome shakily nodded as she looked into his eyes, her gaze bearing into him.

"Love me?" Kagome asked as she weakly reached for his hands. Without a moment's hesitation, he snatched it up in his.

"Love you. Always, Kagome," InuYasha promised, sealing his words with an ardent kiss.

"Good, because I'm ready to push and I needed something to squeeze," Kagome panted with a drained smirk on her face. InuYasha couldn't tell if he heard himself gulp or if he merely froze and wished he had, but that dainty hand of hers clutched his without restraint before he could do anything about it.

"Oh boy!"

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Fifteen Minutes Later

"Push, Kagome! Push!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Okay! I can see the head. You're doing fine!" Midoriko told her encouragingly, "Push harder, Kagome. With all of your might this time!"

"I'm tired," Kagome whispered as she fell onto the bed.

"Come on, Kagome. You can do this. One more push and we can see our baby. You can do it," InuYasha did his best to spur her onward as she gazed up at him. Her hair was sticking to her forehead and her skin was glistening; it was obvious to anyone that her body was reaching its limit.

Regardless, she sat up and inhaled before trying again.

"Auuaaaahhh!"

Kagome pushes one more time, until what felt like a huge relief flooded her body.

"Waaaaah!"

"InuYasha, would you like to cut the umbilical cord?" Midoriko asked with a smile as she handed off the crying baby to a nurse.

InuYasha nodded right after gracing Kagome's sweaty head with a well-deserved kiss, softly dropping their hands, and walking towards his child.

Small tears formed in InuYasha's eyes as he laid his eyes on his crying child, now revealed to be his son. Laying on a small table, wet and still covered in Kagome's blood, his tiny strands of silver hair are matted to his head. His fist bunch together as he shouts, as if to announce his presence to the new world.

Abi handed InuYasha a pair of scissors and he immediately cuts the cord.

"A health boy, InuYasha. Ten toes and fingers," Abi informed him with a smile.

"Midoriko," Kagome suddenly called for her doctor, panting as she tried to sit up.

"We'll be right back," Abi told InuYasha as she picked up the crying baby, ready to take him for his testing and cleaning.

"What's wrong, Kagome?" Midoriko questioned with an edge of concern as she turned to Kagome.

"I still feel weird. I feel…the urge to push again," Kagome explained as InuYasha walked towards her side.

Midoriko raised a brow, before looking in between Kagome's legs again. Her eyes widened as she spotted a second head of silver hair.

"What is it?" Kagome asked breathlessly.

"Kagome, push again," Midoriko demanded of her quickly. "Kara! Get more blankets!"

"Yes, doctor!"

"What!?" Kagome and InuYasha shouted in shock.

"Kagome! You have to push!" Midoriko stated, focused on bringing their second child into the world.

Kagome glared at her fiancé with her remaining might before pushing again.

Midoriko told Kagome to push four more silver-headed times that day.

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Three hours later

"That's all of them?" Sesshomaru asked incredulously with a raised brow.

Izayoi, Inu No Taisho, and the rest of the gang continued to stare at the babies, through the glass window, in shock.

"Yup, all six of them," InuYasha stated meekly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Well damn," Koga whispered.

"I know," InuYasha agreed wholeheartedly.

"Where's Kagome?" Rin asked as one of the babies started to cry.

"Sleeping," InuYasha stated, as if he was grateful she was finally being given the chance to rest.

"Kagome is probably going to want her tubes tied after this," Ayame thought aloud as she looks at her boyfriend.

"I'll tell them for her," Inuyahsa reassured them all with a look of exhaustion as a nurse entered the room with one of his aforementioned children. Gratefully, he picked up the crying baby.

"How many girls and boys were there?" Izayoi asked with beaming joy.

"Two girls and four boys."

Koga let out a low whistle before turning away from the window.

"Have you two given them names?" Inu No Taisho asked, his hand resting almost naturally on his wife's waist.

"Yes. Kagome was determined to name them before going to sleep," InuYasha explained as if her decision was to be expected. As the group shared a light bout of laughter, he cleared his throat and began to explain.

"The oldest girl name is Inume and her sister name is Inya. The oldest boy is InuYasha Jr., Yasha for short. The second boy is Inu No Taishi II, Taisho for short. The third boy is Itsuki. And the last boy is Isamu. We haven't picked their middle names through," InuYasha states in one breath.

"Who came first?" Sango asked.

"Yasha, Taisho, Inume, Itsuki, Isamu, then Inya," InuYasha reiterated as he ran a hand down his face.

Inu No Taisho looked at his son and grimaced a bit; his youngest son had surely wandered down a path that was leading him into hell. One baby is busy enough, but five more… Why, he knew Izayoi would have had the adoring patience for half a dozen children, but the older inu youkai could not help but shudder at the thought of six pups being his responsibility, at that age!

He could already see the tired look on InuYasha's face, and knew that the only way to assist his son at the moment was to give him as much of the chance to rest as his future daughter-in-law. "Alright, I think it's time we leave, everyone," Inu No Taisho's booming voice decreed.

Everyone agreed in an instant; they all said their goodbyes and congratulations before taking their leave.

"When we come back, I'm going to play with them all day long," Rin told – or perhaps, warned – InuYasha with a pout.

"Alright Rin," InuYasha said with a light chuckle.

InuYasha watched his family walk down the hallway, before turning around to taking a nap in the doctor's lounge.

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Later That Night

"Hey," Kagome whimpered as InuYasha watched three of the nurses bring in their babies. All of them are sleep in their bassinet that the hospital provided for them.

"Hey," InuYasha greeted her softly as he came to stand once again at her side, "You're supposed to be sleeping."

"I'm well rested," Kagome tells him as she stares at him, "And even if I'm not, you can't expect me to stay asleep when I have six babies to say hello to."

InuYasha couldn't help but laugh as he gave her a peck on the lips, before kneeling more comfortably at her side, "I'm going to call someone to get your medicine. Then I'm going to order five more cribs. Kagome, how could you do this to me?"

Kagome giggles as she runs a hand through his hair.

"I'm sorry. It's not my fault someone has super sperm," Kagome pointed out, "If anything, I should be asking you that; I'm the one that had to push them all out of me."

"Keh. I'm still trying to figure out how that's possible. Well we know it is, but just wow," InuYasha said with amazement still in his tone.

"Just be happy, Yash. This is a miracle. A good miracle," Kagome affirmed.

"I'm happy. You have no idea how excited I am," InuYasha replied with an ironically boyish grin on his face.

Knock Knock!

"InuYasha, I have Babies R Us on the phone," one of the receptionist, Yura, said as she peeks into the room. "Congratulations, Kagome."

"Thank you," Kagome smiles as best as she can in recognition of her sentiment.

"I'll be back," InuYasha whispered, "Get some more sleep."

Kagome nodded with a noticeable lack of strength as she watched her fiancé get up and walk towards Yura.

Kagome rolled onto her back and closed her eyes, that smile still present as she drifted off once again. At least, for ten minutes or so, until one of her bundles of joy lets out a loud shriek.

Kagome's eyes immediately snap open and she looks in the direction of her kids.

"You're going to make me get up, huh?" Kagome states playfully as she throws the covers off her legs.

She shakily gets up and walks towards the hospital bassinet.

"What's the matter, baby? Huh? Are you hungry? What's the matter?" Kagome asked softly as she hovered over the bassinet in the room, which her second child, Taisho, is crying in. She picked him up carefully, when she noticed Inume frowning at her, perhaps wanting her mother's attention for herself. For the time being, all Kagome could do was offer her a gentle pat on the head and a smile as she tended to her crying son.

"What's the matter?" Kagome asked again as she shuffled towards the bed. She cautiously maneuvered into a sitting position on her bed, making use of the control panel to her right that allowed for her elevated her mattress into a makeshift chair. She looked down at her crying son and watched as his pale face began to slowly turn red. His head of silver hair with black puppy dog ears on top were so enchanting, so different from his father pure silver features. She couldn't help but appreciate that perhaps his ears were black because of her own mane of hair; it was endearing and amazing to see her human genetics come together with InuYasha's to create such a beautiful form of life.

"Shh, baby. Shh," Kagome cooed as she rocked Taisho gently in her arms. Taisho fussed for only a little while longer before he ceased his crying, seeming to be listening intently to the voice above him. Kagome giggled as she noticed his actions, "Someone just wanted attention, yes?"

Kagome continues to rock her son as she looks out the window. It was still dark and there was stars in the sky.

She glances at the clock sitting on the table next to her. It read 1:15 a.m.

"Good morning, baby," Kagome whispered as she pulled back the blanket holding her son in order to peek at her son's face. Gold eyes stared back at her. Kagome smiled lovingly as she kissed the top of his head. "Look little boy, you can't keep crying early in the morning. You got to man up," Kagome jokily tells him.

Taisho lets out a little yawn, showing off his pink gums.

Kagome giggles as she pulls the covers up to his neck. She kisses his head before leaning back.

Taisho begins to close his eyes, but when Kagome's body twitches, it wakes him up.

"Sorry," Kagome apologizes with a small smile.

Taisho continues to stare at her.

"I said I was sorry. Kami, you're like your father," Kagome giggles as she runs a hand down his chubby cheek.

"I promise, I'll be the best mother I can be to you and your brothers and sisters."

"I know you'll be," InuYasha said as he surprised her with his return and walked into the room, sitting next to her on the bed. Taisho looked up at the ceiling as his father wrapped his arms around his mother.

The scene she found herself in was utterly endearing, and yet something deep within her nagged at Kagome, forcing her to blurt out the question, "Really?"

"Yes," InuYasha stated without question as he leaned his head against hers, "I know you'll work day and night to do your best for our kids, Kagome."

"Thank you Yashie," Kagome acknowledged his praise him with a smile.

"Anytime Kagome."

Achoo!

"Bless you," Kagome says with a giggle. The cute sound startled her as she looked down at her son. Taisho gazed up at her, looking just as shocked as she was by the noise.

InuYasha chuckled, before turning around to find the time: it was a quarter past one in the morning. Immediately, he kissed Kagome's cheek, causing her to look at him with a surprise look. With a weak yet grateful smile, he said, "Happy Mother's Day."

Kagome smiled at him in return before looking down at their baby, "A very happy mother's day indeed."

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Happy Mother's Day, everyone!

Hoped everyone liked the story!^-^.

Thank you, Hanzatsu-Hime, for your amazing beta reading abilities. ^-^.

And thank you, MadamScorpio, for helping me with the summary. Love both of you! ^-^

Check out my other stories, 'If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right', 'A Moment Too Late', 'Secretary to Wife', 'The Mob Life', 'First Love', and my one shots.

This isn't a one-shot... meaning I will update this story! Yay! Lol.

Until next time folks,

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