Chapter 7: Caught

It had been now four months and Inuyasha and Sango had not returned to Kaede's village. Kagome started to worry that something bad had happened. She thought many things. One they got ambushed by a demon and were badly hurt, two they could of got in a fight as well, or three Naraku had captured them. So many things were running through her mind. Koga was trying to asure Kagome the Inuyasha and Sango were fine. Miroku even agreed that they were the strongest members on the team, so they wouldn't go down with out a good fight. Kaede herself was worrying mostly because Sango had not sent a letter to her telling her that they were fine.

"Aaaaahhhhhh I can't take it anymore!"

Kagome shouted as she leaned on Koga's shoulder, after Kaede left the hut to talk to a woman in the village that was complaining of her child catching a cold. Miroku stured the fire which was their only light since it was night fall.

"Kagome calm down the mutt and slayer are fine, and I am sure they would protect Shippo at all cost. Don't they also have Kirara?"

"Yes." Kagome sighed.

"Its ok Kagome they probably don't want us to know where they are." Miroku said.

Koga huffed and puffed as he wrapped his arm around Kagome. Then a young man walked into the hut with a scroll in his hand.

"Um hello is Lady Kaede here? I have a letter for her."

"No but she will be back soon, but we can hold it for her." Kagome said.

"No I have to give it to Lady Kaede."

"Why?" Miroku asked.

"I was told not to give it to anyone but Lady Kaede." The young man said.

"Just give us the damn thing!" Koga shouted.

The young man backed up and started to run, but Koga snatched it out of his hand as he ran out of the door. He opened it and looked at the letter.

"Who's it from?" Kagome asked.

"It's from the mutt and Sango."

"WHAT?!" Kagome and Miroku shouted.

"So they only want Kaede to know where they are?!"

Miroku grabbed the letter.

"Sango wrote it." Miroku said.

"What does it say Miroku?"

"Dear Kaede, Inuyasha, Shippo, and I are doing fine. I am sorry that I have not wrote to you, but things are a little chaotic at this village we have made our home. We are at a village called Misiki village. It is so beautiful Kaede I wish you could see it, and on top of that Inuyasha has been helping the villagers kill the demons surrounding it. They are really greatful to us, that they gave us the second biggest hut in the village. I swear I feel like the lady of the village because of this, and lately Inuyasha has been teaching Shippo how to fight and it is so adorable. I still have alot of things to tell you, but I am running out of paper so I will send another letter soon. Take care Kaede. Love Sango."

Kagome looked at the group.

"They sound like they are really happy." She said after a while.

"Misiki village aye." Koga said.

"I think we should pay the mutt a visit."

Kagome and Miroku were silent for a minute before agreeing.

"We leave in the morning then. Let's get some sleep Kagome. Koga."

They nodded and went to sleep ready to go find their friends the next day.

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Sango and Inuyasha were taking parenthood really well. The four month old Seiya was already a hyper ball of fun. She was giggling and playing with Shippo when ever she wasn't pulling Inuyasha's ears or being fed grule by Sango. Grule was the only thing they could feed her since Sango could not produce milk. Seiya really didn't mind though. Lately Sango had not been felling well and today she decied to go see Lady Anako, while Inuyasha was out with Shippo on his training lessons. She carried Seiya and entered Lady Anako's hut.

"Hey Lady Anako can you look at me really quick."

"Why my child?"

Sango set Seiya down next to her and gave her a rock. Inuyasha said that when a pup is growing they need things to chew on, so he gave her a rock. Sure enough the rock had weared down a little each day from her chewing on it.

"I havn't been feeling well lately. I think I could be coming down with a cold."

Lady Anako looked at her. She put her hand to her forehead to see if she had a fever.

"You don't have a fever. Sango may I ask you something personal?"

"Um sure."

"Have you gone into heat this month."

Lady Anako was refering to a woman's period.

"No but I should of it starts at the begining of the month."

"Then I have found the reason you feel ill. You are simply pregnant."

Sango looked at her in shock. Then slowly she smiled.

"Thank you Lady Anako." She said standing up and picking Seiya up.

"Your welcome my child."

Sango then walked out of the hut with a big smile on her face. She headed to the forest where Inuyasha and Shippo were. She found them after a while taking a break.

"Your getting alot better Shippo soon you will be as strong as me." Inuyasha smiled.

"You think?!" Shippo said jumping up and down.

Sango walked over.

"Hey you two."

"Hey hun what are you doing out here?" Inuyasha asked.

Sango put Seiya on the ground as Shippo started to play peek-a-boo with her.

"I just finished talking to Lady Anako. I hadn't been feeling well."

"Oh are you alright? Are you coming down with anything? What did she say?" Inuyasha asked worried.

"She thinks I am pregnant." Sango smiled.

Inuyasha looked at her shock then hugged her.

"Shippo did you hear that." Inuyasha said getting excited.

"What?"

"Your mom is going to have a pup."

Shippo looked at Sango and cheered. Sango smiled as she stood up and Inuyasha picked up Shippo and Seiya. They headed back to their hut with smiles on their faces.

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When they got back to the hut they went inside. Sango made lunch and they sat and ate their lunch talking.

"So mom do you know what the baby will be?"

"Not till it is born."

"I wonder if the baby will look like dad?"

"Well Seiya looks like him and she is not even his daughter."

"She does look like me other than one extra feature. Her tail."

Inuyasha was right they had discovered around the second month that Seiya had a small tail.

"Well I bet the pup will look like you Inuyasha." Sango smiled.

Just then Setsuna popped her head in.

"Um Sango some people are here to see you."

"What who?"

Just then Kagome, Koga, and Miroku walked into the hut.

"So this is where you've been mutt." Koga said rudly.

"Koga don't start." Kagome warned.

Miroku was silent. It looked like he had already noticed Seiya.

"May we come in Sango? We would like to talk." Kagome asked.

Sango reluctantly let them in despise Inuyasha's glares not to let them.

"Sango we came here to apologize to you two for how we have behaved lately, right Miroku?"

Miroku remaind silent his eyes still focused on Seiya. Then Kagome and Koga looked at what he was staring at.

"WHAT?! YOU GUYS HAD A PUP?!" Kagome shouted.

"Its not their birth born pup it came from someone else." Koga said.

Inuyasha nodded and picked Seiya up.

"Her father died and her mother couldn't keep her or she would have been killed so we took her in." Sango said.

Miroku sighed with relief.

"Well like Kagome was saying Sango. Kagome and I are really sorry what we have done to you two. It was uncalled for and we know it is too late to do anything about it, but we would still like to be your friends." Miroku said.

Kagome nodded. Seiya reached up and grabbed Inuyasha's ear. She started tugging on it and giggling. Shippo tried to get her attention with his top, but she was glued to Inuyasha's ears. Koga looked at Sango, and shook his head.

"Well hello Shippo." Kagome greeted.

"Hi." He said cheerfully then he frowned.

"What Shippo?"

"I can't think of you as a mom anymore, because Sango is my new mom."

Kagome froze. She gave a weak smile. She really had done the wrong thing now she lost Shippo, but she was glad that he at least had some new parents.

"So do you guys except out apologies?" Kagome finally asked.

Inuyasha and Sango looked at each other then nodded.

"Fine Kagome. Even though we shouldn't." Sango said.

Kagome smiled along with Miroku.

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Later that night, after they had ate dinner, Sango told Miroku that he could sleep in Shippo's room that night and Kagome and Koga could have the guest room. They sat around the fire before bed. Koga was still giving Sango glances. He couldn't stop. She smelled different to him and he couldn't put his finger on it. It smelled like at pup, but he didn't know if it was Seiya's scent on her. He looked at Inuyasha and Sango as he had his arm around her as they talked to Miroku and Kagome. Then it hit him.

"Hey slayer you wouldn't happened to be carrying a pup would you?" Koga asked.

Kagome and Miroku looked at Koga then Sango. Sango looked away as well as Inuyasha.

"YOUR GOING TO HAVE A BABY SANGO?!" Miroku and Kagome shouted.

Sango slowly nodded.

"So that is the scent I smelled on you." Koga smirked.

"You two must be mad?!" Miroku said.

"Hey we can have a pup if we want to monk!"

"But Inuyasha what if Naraku catches wif of this?"

Inuyasha and Sango froze. They never thought about what would happen if Naraku had found out.

"I will protect her with my life." Inuyasha said after a while.

Sango smiled then kissed Inuyasha on the cheek. Miroku frowned. This really ment that Sango was no longer his and it upset him badly, but he had to except the mistake he had made.