Wolflover: Rumiko Takahashi!

Rumiko: What?

Wolflover: Can you PLEASE convince these readers that I do not own your work?

Rumiko: Ok, just sign this right here.

Wolflover: 'Reads aloud' I, wolflover do not, I repeat DO NOT own InuYasha, If you think that I do, then dream on. My imagination is not that great. 'Signs signiture agreeing that my imagination is not that great.'

Chapter 3: Baby Care

"Welcome back Kagome, how are you do..." Kaede froze at her words when she saw Naraku walk up beside Kagome.

"Kaede, I was wondering if you could help me with something." Kagome said.

"sure, what is it?" Kaede asked.

"I..I'm pregnant." Kagome said.

Kaede was silent for a minute, and looked over at Naraku.

"Aye, come this way." Kaede said.

WHile Kagome followed Kaede in the house, she looked around for InuYasha, Shippo, or Sango, but none of them were there, where were they?

SHe turned to Naraku before entering the hut.

"Come on, I need you with me." Kagome said.

Naraku followed her in.

"How long have you been pregnant?" Kaede asked.

"Um, about seven months, I never knew until I began throwing up everything I ate yesterday, and the day before that, I took a test and it said negative." Kagome explained.

"A test?" Kaede asked.

"Um, it can read if you are pregnant or not, and it said I wasn't, but then after that, everytime the jewel touched my skin, it kept glowing." Kagome continued.

"Where is the Jewel now?" Kaede asked.

Kagome pulled in her pocket and handed it to Kaede.

Kaede held the Jewel tightly for a few minutes, then walked up to Kagome and felt her stomache.

"Well, you are indeed pregnant. And, the baby is probably what triggered the Jewel." Kaede said.

"Wait, triggered?" Naraku asked, coming to Kagome's side.

"The Jewel only triggers when in the possession of a demon." Kaede explained, and Naraku finished for her.

"That would mean that the baby is a...Demon?" Naraku almost choked out the name of his race.

"Aye, but from what I can feel, I think it is only half." Kaede said.

"Half demon, like InuYasha, and Naraku?" Kagome asked.

"Aye, I hope ye don't mind if I keep ye here with me for a couple days." Kaede said.

"yes, of course. But...Wait...I mean..." Kagome was stuttering, she was happy for this baby and everything, but she remembered that she told her mom she would be ready to come back tomorrow.

"Is something troubling ye?" Kaede asked.

"Do you mind if I... Uh..."

"Kagome, you're back."

Kagome nearly jumped out of her skin when InuYasha appeared in the hut.

"Hi InuYasha." Kagome said laughing nervously.

"what are you doing back?" InuYasha asked.

Kagome slightly blushed, "I uh...I just found out that um... I'm.. Pregnant."

"Well, that's uh, great, I guess." InuYasha said.

Kagome sighed, he didn't know by who though.

"So, what were you about to say earlier?" Naraku asked.

"Oh, I just need to go home and tell my parents that I will be staying for a while." Kagome said.

"Staying for a while? Shouldn't you get a professional doctor for your baby?" InuYasha asked.

"The baby is not human InuYasha." Kaede said.

InuYasha's ears twitched, and looked down at Kagome confused.

"Naraku mated me InuYasha." Kagome said.

InuYasha looked over at Naraku.

"T-That's great, I-I guess." InuYasha said.

"InuYasha are you ok?" Kagome asked.

"Naraku, could we ah, talk for a minute?" InuYasha asked, and was out of the hut in a blink of an eye.

Naraku followed him out.

"InuYasha." Kagome called to him.

"It is alright Kagome, we need to focus on this." Kaede said.

...

"Are you crazy!" InuYasha blurted out.

"InuYasha, I want you to know that I did not want this to happen." Naraku said.

"Then why did you do it?" InuYasha asked.

"It was sort of an... Out of control... Thing...Listen, I haven't even marked her yet, so I am just as shocked as you are." Naraku said.

"If you dare think about marking her, you'd better make sure she wants it!" InuYasha said.

"I don't think she would, if she would, she would have to stay here, forever, we'd be bound forever." Naraku said.

InuYasha sighed, "I guess I need to go tell the others."

"NO, not until she is ready." Naraku said.

"Ok fine, I just want her to be happy, and if you're making her happy, then I'm happy." InuYasha said.

Naraku smiled lightly, "I'm glad you feel that way for her InuYasha."

...

"So, what do I need to do, she obviously doesn't like the food I eat." Kagome said.

"She?" Kaede asked.

Kagome laughed, "I just all of a sudden got so happy, that I thought of it as a girl."

"Ah, well, I am trying to think about what I should make, I have not seen very many people pregnant with a demon." Kaede said.

"Oh." Kagome said.

"Why don't you get some sleep, I will send InuYasha down to the well to inform your family. Do you think you can trust him with this?" Kaede asked, holding up the jewel.

"Y-yes, I think I can." Kagome said.

"You think?" Kaede asked.

"You can trust me Kagome." InuYasha said, coming back in the hut.

Kagome looked at him, "Ok, just, don't give them the basic truth, please?"

"Yeah, I'll think of something." InuYasha said, taking the jewel from Kaede and heading out the village to the well.

Kagome suddenly felt tired, she moved over to a matress Kaede had been preparing.

"I will be right back. You get some rest." Kaede said, and blew out a candle on her way out, surprisingly darkening the whole hut.

Kagome curled into the pillow.

"Are you alright Kagome?" Naraku asked, sitting beside her.

"Yeah, I just... I don't know what to feel right now. Are you happy about this Naraku?" She asked.

He sighed as he laid down next to her, allowing her to curl against him, "More than you'll ever know." He said, kissing the top of her head.

"So, what did InuYasha say?" Kagome asked.

A few moments of silence.

"He said he was happy for you." Naraku said.

Kagome lifted her head to look up at him.
"What else did he say Naraku?"

"Oh, he's just being a little protective of you, he just gave me a death lecture." Naraku said.

"He's mad isn't he?" Kagome asked.

"No, he just said that if you were happy about this then he was happy." Naraku said.

"So he wans't mad?" Kagome asked.

"No, he was just mad at me for taking you without permission." Naraku said.

"Well, it was sort of both of our faults right?" Kagome asked.

"Right." Naraku said.

"And what about..." Kagome yawned, "What about..."

Naraku kissed her. "Shh, you need to get some sleep."

Kagome sighed, and curled against him again, and let her sleep take over.

Naraku looked down at her, watching her.

Even in the dark, she looked beautiful.

For half of the day, he laid with her, keeping her warm.