Authors Note: Oh my gosh. First of all I would like all the great people who reviewed. Thank you Torahamutaro-chan, jesswolf22, kate, Shadows party girl 96,and kagsXkoga, Thank you all for all the great reviews. It was so awesome! And since all of you were so nice to review it has encouraged me to write the next chapter faster. So here it is. I hope you like it!
Kate: I took your suggestion and named the baby after Sangos brother but I made it the middle name because I didn't want it to be confusing if Sangos brother showed up later in the story. So thanks for the suggestion.
Shadow's party girl 96: Sorry I didn't make the baby a girl. But majority rules and most reviewers wanted a boy. So I went with a boy. Also I think writing for a baby boy would be more fun. They get into more trouble. LOL
Chapter Two: Welcome to the Group!
The second I cradled the baby wolf pup in my arms. It instantly stopped crying and looked up at me in wonder with those big ice blue eyes. And getting lost in those big eyes I couldn't help but smile and sure enough the baby smiled back at me and gave me one of those cute baby giggles.
Hearing the baby's giggle the rest of the group came over to investigate what had caught my attention that I was cradling in my arms. And sure enough when they saw the baby their jaws dropped.
"Oh my god Kagome. Where did find that baby?" Asked Sango as went around to face me to inspect the newborn in my arms.
I explained to them all what happened and that I found the baby under the babies mother who had gotten killed protecting her baby.
"What are we going to do?" Asked Miroku Questioning about what to do with the newborn infant we had just found that was now orphaned.
"We do nothing that is what we do. We just put that "thing" down walk away and forget we ever saw it. The last thing we need is so miniature wolf demon tagging along slowing us down." replied InuYasha giving a huff as he crossed his arms across his chest.
At InuYasha reply all our jaws dropped. I could not believe he just said that. How could he even suggest doing that to this sweet little innocent angel in my arms! Then as my shock wore off my anger took over. I could feel my face turn red from the anger and if I was a cartoon you would see steam coming out of my ears from being so mad. I had never been this angry before in my life.
"Sango please hold the baby while I "sit" InuYasha into oblivion!" I said trying to hold back my anger as I handed Sango the baby.
"It would be my pleasure." Said Sango as she took the baby into her arms. Obviously she felt the same way I had about the baby and was glad InuYasha was going to get punished for his cruel words.
But before I could "sit" InuYasha Shippo piped up "InuYasha how could you say that. I was a orphan once too. And you guys took me in."
"That was my first mistake." Said InuYasha not noticing that he was in already hot water with me and with that remark about Shippo being a mistake made his hot water into boiling water.
Inuyasha then noticed I was giving him the death stare as I walked to him. If looks could kill he would be dead already.
"Now Kagome don't be mad." Said InuYasha as he started backing up when he saw the look on my face.
"Oh I am not mad." I replied as InuYasha let out a sigh of relief.
"I am pissed off! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! And a thousand times over sit boy!
When I got done with InuYasha he was twitching from pain in the bottom a crater that rivaled the grand canyon.
"Now I feel better." I said to no one in particular as I walked back to Sango and stood there beside her and we all stood there for a second and appreciated the moment when InuYasha finally got what he deserved.
"Kagome I don't want to be the bearer of bad news. But what are we going to do about the newest little member of the group. Now don't get me wrong. I just mean the baby is too young to drink cows or goats milk it has to breastfeed. It has to have it's mothers milk or milk of a wet nurse and no offense but I doubt that anyone is going to be a wet nurse to a wolf demon pup." replied Miroku.
"Mirokus right Kagome." said Sango giving me a defeated look. As she handed the baby pup back to me.
I just looked down at the little baby wolf pup in my arms trying to rack my brain of what to do. I knew they were right. It was I just couldn't give up on the baby pup. The pup was defenseless and depended on us. I couldn't let it down. The baby pup looked up at me with those big blue puppy dog eyes. (No pun intended.) and right then its little clawed hand reached out and grabbed my finger and held on to my finger for dear life. It was amazing how small it was and how its little hand was barely big enough to fit around just one of my fingers. I just started down at it and got lost in those eyes. Then it hit me. Those big icy blue eyes. Just then a image flashed in my head of a certain wolf demon prince who also had icy blue eyes.
"KOUGA! We could take the baby to Kougas tribe. I am sure they could care for the baby pup. I am sure they would have someone who could nurse this baby." I said with a big grin on my face happy that I found a way to save the baby pups life.
"No way! No way am I going anywhere near the mangy wolf." Said InuYasha who finally managed to crawl out of his hole.
"That's okay because you're not invited." I said as I turned and marched off to the campsite to pack my stuff to head off towards Kougas den.
When I got back to the campsite. I gently laid the baby pup who was wrapped in a warm animal fur blanket on the ground next to me as I packed all my stuff ready to make my trek to Kouga den. Just then Sango came up to me and said "Here the baby might want this when he or she gets older. It was its birth mothers she was wearing it. I thought he or she would like a little piece of its birth mother to carry around with him or her." Said Sango as she handed me a necklace with a crescent moon that was carved out of wood on it.
"Thank You Sango that was so thoughtful. I wish I would have been that considerate before I stalked off." I said as I looked down at the beautiful necklace.
"Kagome don't be so hard on yourself you were just worried about the baby." Said Sango
Just then for the first time. The baby pup started crying. And as if on cue I reached beside me and picked up the baby and cradled it as I gently swung my arms back and forth trying to calm it.
"Why is it crying?" asked Sango with worry lacing her voice.
"Well when my brother was a baby my mother said that if a baby cries it usually wants one of the three things. The baby wants comfort or it's hungry or…." I trailed off not wanting to finish the sentence.
"Or what?" asked Sango. I just answered by looking down at the baby's fur made diaper.
"Oh no no no. You're the one with the younger brother. You do it." Said Sango waving her hands in front of her signaling that there was no way she was changing a diaper.
"Hey you had a younger brother too!" I replied
"Yeah but I am a fighter. I don't have motherly insistent like you do." replied Sango
"You can fight demons but you can't change one little diaper." I said looking at her in disbelief.
"Hey we all have our weaknesses. And that is mine." Said Sango
"Don't say it too loud Sango because we are all doomed if Naraku finds out that the way to beat us is to wave a dirty diaper in our faces." I joked at her.
"Ha Ha really funny Kagome now go on and change the baby. I have been curious to find out if the baby pup is a boy or girl." Said Sango.
I was thinking to myself if I could remember how my mother taught me on how to change my brothers diaper. It didn't seem to hard just replace a dirty diaper with a clean one. But there was a problem the baby was wearing a fur diaper and I didn't exactly carry a disposable diaper around with me at all times just in case I ran into a orphaned baby. I guess we are going to have to do this old school I thought as a idea hit me. I could use my extra green handkerchief that I carried around with me. And use that as a makeshift diaper for now. So I asked Sango to get it from my bag.
She came back with the handkerchief in hand and sat down next to me as I held my breath and peeled back the fur diaper to see what kind of dirty little surprise the baby would have in store for us. And just as I peeled back the diaper a stream of pee came right at me and Sango and we ducked just in time. It was like a miniature old faithful. And at that I put the fur diaper back in place until the baby was done peeing.
"Well the baby is defiantly a boy!" I said as I let out a giggle.
"What makes you think that? You put the diaper back so fast we didn't even get a chance to look." asked Sango giving me a weird look.
"Sango you don't exactly know much about baby boys do you?" I said as I let out a little laugh.
With that Sango just gave me a weird look. And with that I just said " Baby girls don't exactly pee up." I explained.
After a couple of seconds passed. I checked to see if he was done and he sure was and true to my word the baby pup sure was a little boy complete with little boy parts to prove it. I just thank god the fur made diaper was wet and not dirty so I balled up the fur diaper and put it in a small plastic sack I had in my bag and put it in my bag and replaced that diaper with one of my extra green handkerchief that worked pretty good as a temporary diaper.
As soon as the diaper was changed the little baby boy stopped crying and started up and me and Sango and started cooing. It was the cutest site I ever saw.
"Well since he is going to be with us for a week until we reach Kougas cave we should name him we can't just keep calling him the baby." Said Sango.
But just then something about what Sango said hit me like a ton of bricks.
"Sango I think we have bigger problems then that. It will take a week just to make it to Kougas cave. The baby cannot survive that long without breast milk." I said
Great just when we have one problem solved another one pops up. Great I thought sarcastically.
"What are we going to do?" Asked Sango clearly concerned as I was.
Then a idea popped into my head. We are only a 30 minute walk away from the well and in my time there is a thing called formula. Formula is like a breast milk substitute for mothers who can't or don't want to breastfeed. It is simple you just get a bottle put water in it and then powdered formula and shake and there you go. You got milk for a baby.
"Sango if everyone can wait a couple of days and let me go back to my time. I can get something that the baby can drink. I just need to go back to my time to get it." I said.
"Of course we can wait for you and the baby to get back. Before we head out to Kouga den. But let us just sleep here tonight since it is already dark and head to the well in the morning." Suggested Sango.
"Sure." I said cheerfully.
Just then we saw Mirouku, Shippo and InuYasha walk back to the campsite and sat across the fire from us and InuYasha started cutting up the well done cooked boar that was roasting over the fire.
"I don't care if I am not invited. I am still going to come with the rest of you. I can't leave you all unprotected." Said InuYasha not even looking up from the boar.
We were all kind of surprised by his sudden concern of us. But then again InuYasha was always good about hiding his feelings.
"Well what should we name this cute little boy?" asked Sango trying to change the subject and the tension in the air.
"Well I was thinking if it is alright with everyone else. I would like his first name to be Kudo and his middle name to be Kohaku. In honor of Sangos brother. That is if it alright with Sango." I said as I looked over at her.
And I was surprised that she had tears of joy in her eyes.
"Of course its alright. That is one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me." Sango chocked out and then in a blink of the eye she gave me a big hug and thanked me for naming the baby's middle name after her brother that she loved so dearly and still did even though she was still under Narakus spell.
"So its settled then. Welcome to the group! Kudo Kohaku."
Please Vote on what happens next in review! I was thinking in the next chapter that I am going to have Kagome go back home and while at the store with the baby getting some supplies do you think I should A have Kagome friends see her there and think the baby is hers or B Hojo sees her there and think the baby is here's or C someone else sees her there and thinks the baby is hers. You decide. Please vote on what you want to happen next in the review.
Authors Note: Well whatcha think? I hope I didn't disappoint anyone by making the baby a boy. Majority rules and I think baby boys are more fun they get into more trouble. LOL Anyways what do think I should do next.
