By the time that Chika was four Kagome and InuYasha were expecting another little one. InuYasha casually mentioned that the scent told him that the little one was another girl.
"Let's name her Izayoi," Kagome had emphatically insisted. InuYasha had had no complaints.
As the days grew sooner, Chika bounced about. She was anxious. Not only the wait to meet her little sister was unbearable, but she desperately wanted her mother to play with her again.
Sadly, this pregnancy was not so kind on Kagome as the first one. She was often ill, and Kaede had confined her to bed to rest. If she needed to get up, InuYasha often needed to carry her. It had everyone worried- especially her husband.
Finally the day came though, that father and child were barred from their house. Kaede and Rin set to work.
InuYasha felt tortured. He could smell the pain in his beloved, and her agonizing cries tore at his heart. He wanted nothing more than to barge in and hold her, but he knew that that would be unforgivable.
Only he heard their hearts stop, but there was nothing he could do.