Chapter 4

Kagome heard a knock at her door, and walk to it to open it. When she did, she saw her door step showered with flowers and gift baskets. Kagome sneered annoyed. She had been getting little presents on her doorstep from Inuyasha for about a week now and even though it was cute, and she kinda liked the effort, she had to think about the well being of Yasha, before she could think about herself.

Angry and annoyed that there was no end to the madness of flowers on her door step, she grabbed a trash bag from the table she kept by the door and began shoving all of the flower into it. 'Bribes, it's all just a huge bribe to get back into my good graces long enough to slam the papers in my face' she thought as she continued to sling baskets and flowers into the trash bag.

Kagome did this every day. She woke up to get ready for work and the door bell would ring. She didn't even know how they were getting on her door step so damn early in the morning. Kagome slung the heavy load of flowers over her small shoulder and walked down the steps to place them in the nearby dumpster. When she was finished heaving the load in the trash, she turned to walk back to her home, when a shadow crossed the top of the banister right where her apartment door was. She began walking back to her stairs to get a better look when she spotted her door wide open. Taking two steps at a time, kagome sprinted up the steps and burst into her house and jumped on the guy standing in her living room.

The guy went down from being startled and Kagome just let her fist start flying. "You're not going to take him you beast! MY son," she kept swinging with all her might, the tears blurring her vision.

"KAGOME, OW! Stop! Kagome, no one is taking your son! OW, DAMN IT! Kagome stop," the voice yelled.

Kagome stopped suddenly and wiped her eyes; finally recognizing the voice. "Miroku . . . I . . . I'm sorry. You scared me," she said getting on her feet to help miroku onto his.

"Kagome-chan, are you ok? Lately, you have been on full momma grizzly mode. You won't even let Sango stay with Yasha anymore without her saying she will keep the doors locked and never open them."

Kagome smiled a bit to her friend, but then finally sat down and looked him seriously in the eye. "Why did you do it Miroku? Why? Things were perfectly fine in our lives before he came along, we were good, and safe, and together. I didn't have to look over my shoulder every five minute to make sure someone is not going to steal my baby from me. Why Miroku-sama," Kagome asked in a rush.

She was not mad, not upset at him, but just confused at how one of her best friends could sell her out without even explaining the matter to her.

Miroku sighed and grabbed Kagome's hand.

"Kagome-chan, Inuyasha is the one who fathered that child with you whether you like it or not. I hate to say it but it's true. He deserved to know that he has a son and if that is not enough of a reason why, then because you were sacrificing too much. You did it all for your son, I know, but it got to the point to were you were eating less and less to make sure Yasha had way more then what you had growing up. You never took a penny from your own hard earned money to buy you even a little candy bar. You were pretty much depriving yourself of anything and everything, and would not allow anyone to help you because the responsibility was not theirs. Well guess what, someone does share that responsibility, and like it or not Kagome, that would be the sperm donor you slept with in high school."

Kagome chuckled at how blunt miroku had been.

She knew it was the truth, whether or not she liked it, Inuyasha was the father to her son. Her world. She had to let him be. Kagome nodded and kissed Miroku on the cheek.

"Look, I'm not mad, but I'm just scared. I will give him a chance to be a father, but that is all that is happening. We tried to pick back up where we started and things ended on a bad note. So tell him to contact me sometime and we will strictly talk about Yasha."

Miroku nodded and Kagome walked out of her front door to go to work and let Miroku watch her son.

Kagome had started working all day shifts again whenever she could pick one up. She even picked up half day shifts when she saw them for the taking. Anything to earn a little more money, and that had been exactly what she was doing. She was making enough money for herself and she knew it, but like every good mother, her baby's needs and wants come first.

She made it to work and got straight to it; taking numerous tables at once, and even getting behind the bar to help the new bartender when she would get behind on her work. She heard the small girl behind the bar curse just as a glass was shattering on the ground. Kagome stopped what she was doing and ran behind the counter.

"It's ok babe, you will get the hang of it. It just takes time," Kagome said to the girl while she helped her pick up the broken glass.

The girl looked up at Kagome with tear-filled eyes. "No, you don't understand, Kouga said if I messed up again, I'm done. He's gonna fire me when he finds out."

Just then, a hot-headed wolf demon rounded the corner and started yelling. "Damn it Yumi, what is wrong this time? Is it so hard to mix a drink and pass the glass to the customer? How stupid are you," he yelled.

Kagome say Yumi's head drop and tears role down her eyes.

Kagome was pissed.

She stood up and pushed Kouga's shoulder with as much force as she could to make him stagger back. "She's not stupid, Kouga! She broke a damn glass, so fucking what? It's a glass, and it can be replaced! How the fuck do you think you can come up to people like that and talk to them like they are scum on the counter?"

Kouga was shocked at the girl's outburst but then snapped back to reality. "This has nothing to do with you Higurashi, so step off it," he shouted.

"No, this girl is new. She is learning. This shit doesn't come overnight, Kouga! So why don't you get off your lazy ass and teach her nicely, you dumb shit?"

Kouga was livid, and so was Kagome.

"Shut the hell up Higurashi and go back to waiting the tables like a good, little cocktail waitress and earn that well needed money for your mutt pup."

Kagome hailed off and punched Kouga in the face, but to Kagome, it felt so damn good to punch him for saying that. She just didn't' stop until someone pulled her back. But that was not a complete disappointment.

When she was being pulled back, she started kicking and landed a nice one in his face... hearing the pop that indicated a broken nose. When she was finally calm, the mystery guy let her loose and she adjusted her clothes and brushed the hair out of her face before she spoke.

"Say whatever the fuck you want to say about me, but bring my son into the problem, and you will see exactly how momma grizzly I can be," she said, with as much venom in her voice as she could get, making her voice sound pure deadly and dangerous.

She turned to walk away and was blocked by a familiar heartbreak. But at that moment, she didn't give a shit. That mother fucker had called her baby a mutt. She was pissed at the moment. Breathing hard from the massive rush she just had from kicking a full demon man's ass, she spoke. "Move the fuck out of my way... now."

Inuyasha stepped to the side without hesitation and watched her grab her things from the counter and storm out of the bar. Kouga got off the floor and looked at the door that was now swinging shut.

"Damn, she can sure pack a punch, and a kick," he said to Inuyasha in shock. Inuyasha lifted his shades to reveal his latest black eye that he had recently earned from Kagome a week ago. It was still purple.

"Welcome to my world dude," Inuyasha said, and turned and walked out as well.

There went his talk with Kagome. After seeing what she had just done to Kouga, he sure as hell was not going to be the next one she crosses today. so he just went home, and decided to try again another time. (A/N: yes Kouga is a jerk right here is this part, but there is reason for this).

Kagome arrived at home still heated, but now just a little bit worried if she had a job or not anymore. She had really put the beat down on Kouga today, and she knew that it was going to take that nose at least a week to heal completely and longer if it needed to be adjusted so it could heal right. 'Who fucking cares if it heals right or not. That jerk fucking deserved it' she thought as she walked up the steps of her apartment.

When she opened the door, she was overwhelmed by the toys all over the floor. Now she understood why Sango always looked flushed when she got home from work. She was running around trying to get the toys picked up. 'Holy shit' she thought.

She got a stern face on.

Of course she loved her son, and very rarely she had to scold him, but now was a time she did. And Miroku as well for letting him trash her house like that. "Yasha Higurashi, get your butt in here right this minute," Kagome said.

Yasha came running out of his room with his ears flattened and an innocent little boy look on his face. "Yes mommy? Yasa bad boy," he asked.

Kagome looked at him sternly, "Young man, do we leave the toys all over the floor," she asked with a motherly voice.

The young child shook his head.

"Ok, well, go get your tub and get them picked up right this instant mister," she spoke calm but stern, "and you Roku, you get your but down there with him and help him pick them up."

Miroku did as he was told and help the child pick up his toys. When they were finished, Kagome had just gotten finished making dinner; homemade ramen. Not that stuff out of a package. She began serving the bowls up to the boys and Kagome took a small portion for herself.

"What are you doing home so early today, Kagome-chan?"

Kagome began to chuckle to herself. She looked to see if Yasha was still mesmerized by the TV.

"I kicked my boss's ass for calling Yasha a m-u-t-t," she spelled out knowing that if he did hear her, he wouldn't be able to know what the word meant.

Miroku burst out laughing, and spilled a little bit of his ramen on his pant. "Ow! Hot! Hot! Ow," he jumped and then chuckled some more.

"What is so funny about my son being called that horrible word," she asked not humored at all.

Miroku put his hands up in innocence. "I'm not laughing at that Kagome-chan. If you ask me, I think the jerk got what was coming to him. But it's funny because I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that little falling out. You little, fragile Kagome, whooping a full demons ass. I bet you hurt his ego worse then you hurt him," he stated.

And surprisingly, she was ok with that because if she hurt his ego, then that meant, the man would now think before he opened his trap.

Kagome smiled wickedly at herself.

She felt good. She felt strong, and she felt confident.

Nothing was going to hurt her son or her if she could help it. At that moment, she became a new her. She was still the same mother she had always been, but this time, she would stop at nothing to protect her son. And with that, she was feeling a lot better about her talk with Inuyasha about Yasha.

She was sure they could agree on something for him to see his son.

But there was one thing . . . she knew for damn sure that her and Inuyasha were strictly going to be involved with each other where it concerned Yasha. And it was going to go no further then that . . . was it?