After Tomorrow
Chapter 9: Soul Mates, Part 2
Kagome woke up the next morning in extreme pain. She tried to sit up but failed reach her goal, instead, her reward was a thump back onto the mat next to her mate and Inuyasha woke up to the sound of it.
"K…Kagome?" Inuyasha sat up and turned to her looking down at her.
She smiled up at him, but behind that smile was pain. "Good morning."
"You ok?" Inuyasha asked putting a hand behind her head.
"In pain…" Kagome whimpered to him. "I can't sit up…"
Inuyasha sighed as he picked her up and set her in his lap. "Kagome, I'm not going to let you go anywhere outside this hut without me or Sora."
"But…" Kagome said about to argue but winced in pain as her back muscles tensed up, causing her deep wounds to hurt.
"No buts…" Inuyasha said as he looked down into her eyes.
She gripped his kimono tightly looking up at him and turned her head into it unable to respond, she had to listen.
He hated to be firm with her, but it was for her and the pup's best interest at heart. He sighed and held her tighter as he rocked her back and forth gently, like a human rocking chair. She definitely could get used to this rocking. She liked it because she felt safe and relaxed in his arms. It was soothing. She smiled softly as he did this. He suddenly stopped as he looked down at her belly. He laid a hand on it and rubbed in a circular motion. Inuyasha looked from her belly to her face; it had a soft, peaceful smile across it with her eyes closed.
"Are you hungry?" He asked her softly. She nodded into his shirt still with her eyes closed with a 'mhm' sound. He smiled and laid her gently down on the mat again.
"How about some bread?" Inuyasha asked her as he moved a few strands of hair out of her face.
"That sounds good." She looked up at him from the mat and pulled the blanket over her body. He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"I'll be back, Sora, stay here with Kagome." Inuyasha instructed her and her response was a 'mew'. She went over to Kagome and snuggled into her hair. Kagome smiled at her picked up the little two-tailed cat demon, lifting her over her head so Sora was looking down at her face. She meowed kicking her little feet with her eyes closed happily. Kagome laughed up at her, enjoying her company. Then, still in the middle of the air, Sora began to scratch behind her ear with her back foot as Kagome still held her. Then a little bug flew off of her and landed on Kagome's nose and began to suck blood from it. Kagome slapped her nose as she set Sora down on her belly.
"Hello, Myoga…nice to see you too." Kagome said sarcastically as she stared at the small flatten flea on her nose. Myoga popped back open to normal size and looked at Kagome.
"Hello, Lady Kagome, or now its Mrs. Lord Inuyasha!" Myoga said starring down at the now blushing raven haired girl.
"So, why are you here?" Kagome asked.
"I was here to talk to Inuyasha but I see he's not here, where is he?" Myoga asked Kagome leaning on her nose.
"He went out to get breakfast for us. He'll be back soon. He doesn't ever want to leave me to long ever since-" Kagome stopped midway and blushed.
"Since what?" Myoga persisted.
Kagome didn't want to say anything at first but hey…she was going to start showing eventually and then she would have to explain herself then so why not just start now? "Since we found out that I'm pregnant." Kagome said blushing.
"Oh, my! Congratulations!" Myoga exclaimed. "So I take you to be not only married but his mate too?"
"Yes, actually he did." Kagome said now looking at the ceiling. "Hey, Myoga, you wouldn't happen to know more about soul mates would you…?"
"Well, soul mates can sense when the other mate is in danger. In Inuyasha's case, since he is part dog demon, his sign is the crescent moon. He will also have a serious sense of protectiveness while you're pregnant." Myoga explained.
"Yeah, he told me that…so, why do you know all this stuff?" Kagome asked curiously.
"It was a part of Inuyasha's father's wishes that I tell him when he got older. I told him about 50 years ago, right around the time he met Kikyo although he didn't believe he would ever fall in love with anyone." Myoga said as he sat down on her nose. "You know, Inuyasha can feel the pain you feel if you ever got attacked…that's how close mates become to one another. It's a very close bond you will share with him."
"Now he didn't tell me that!" Kagome freaked a bit. "I didn't know he felt my pain. No wonder he was so worried and quick to react last night."
"You got hurt? How did that happen?" Myoga asked surprised.
"I got upset with him yesterday and ran off into the forest by myself." Kagome stated regretfully.
"I'm surprised he let you go off alone, the male mate doesn't normally do that, especially when the female is pregnant." Myoga said to her. "He's probably learned his lesson."
"Yeah, he says I'm not allowed off alone again." Kagome told the flea. "Or leave the hut alone without him or Sora."
"I'm surprised he let you go alone the first time! He was not being a responsible mate!" Myoga cried in frustration.
"Excuse me?" A male irritated voice came over from the doorway. Myoga slowly turned toward that way, sweat drops all over his face. Inuyasha picked of the flea between his thumb and index finger, squeezing him. "Hey you little flea bag, what are you doing here?"
"Ugh!" The flea only managed out. Inuyasha threw the flea at the wall and Myoga smacked against it and slid down slowly, moaning in pain.
"Look, Kagome, I was being a irresponsible mate when I let you go, but I was considering your feelings and I thought you just wanted some space. So I put aside my mate instincts as a male for you, but now I can't afford to do that, so next time you want space, I'll just leave the hut and leave Sora with you, so I at least know you're safe." Inuyasha explained to her as he stared at her on the ground.
Kagome just stared at him for a while. 'He put aside his male mate instincts…for me…?'
"Master Inuyasha! So I have heard about this brother of Naraku, Jiro!" Myoga said jumping onto Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Oh, you have, have you?" Inuyasha said looking onto his shoulder.
"Inuyasha, I'm afraid this won't be an easy battle up ahead. It seems this Jiro has taken over all of the northern part of the country. He will be a very strong foe." Myoga said to him carefully.
"Well, I normally would be up for this but it seems I can't go anywhere, not until Kagome has the baby and he's at least old enough to be able to walk and stay with someone in the village while we go off and destroy him." Inuyasha said to him and then looked down at Kagome. He kneeled down next to her and put a hand on her stomach again and rubbed it in a circular motion.
"But master! I insist that you go on alone to face him! He must be destroyed quickly or he may come after you instead of the other way around!" Myoga cried to him.
"I think that already started to happen…that group of demons that attacked the village a few weeks ago…I believe Jiro sent them…" Inuyasha said looking to his shoulder again. "I must stay here though either way, and protect Kagome, I made a commitment with her and I must put that first."
Myoga sighed and jumped off his shoulder, "It seems I can not change your mind, I will do my best though to find out more on this Jiro person." Myoga jumped away out the window.
Kagome watched him and then looked up at Inuyasha from her laying position. "Inuyasha…did you really mean all that stuff…?"
"Yeah, of course, don't you think I wouldn't of said it if I didn't mean it?" Inuyasha said helping her turn on her side and began rubbing medicinal herbs on her back. She winced at the pain and gripped the mat. Inuyasha ears pinned to his head at the sound of her small cry. He could feel her pain she was feeling after all. He gently laid her back on her back and he laid next to her looking into her eyes.
"So…I was thinking…when are we going to tell Miroku and Sango about…you know…" Kagome asked him looking into his honey orbs.
"I don't know, I don't know if I want them knowing." Inuyasha said to her and reached for her hand and gripped it.
"But they are eventually going to notice my baby bump under my kimono. Plus, they're out best friends!" Kagome exclaimed as she looked at him.
"Yeah, I guess you're right…but we don't tell any of the other villagers, not yet." Inuyasha said to her.
"Okay." She said simply. "Why don't we invite them over tonight for dinner and tell them?"
Inuyasha smiled at this, leaned in, and kissed her forehead. "I like that idea."
Kagome smiled at him and put both hands on her stomach. "Can we go over there now and ask?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha stood up and helped Kagome up. Kagome patted her thighs to call Sora over. Sora jumped up into her arms and Inuyasha and Kagome made the trip to village.
