Shiori awoke in the morning, sniffing the air before starting to feel nauseous. She whined softly wondering if she was sick. One more sniff of the morning's meal cooking sent her out of the hut though and a gagging sound soon followed. Inu was up in moments, stroking her back with one hand and the other was holding her hair back. Seemed morning sickness was already on its way. When the shuddering stopped, Inu picked her up and took her to the stream to wash up, he doubted it felt good to have that nasty taste in her mouth. He set her down on the riverbank and stepped away a bit so she could take care of her clothes. Once she was in the water, he removed his and joined her. His mate had dunked under the water while he was doing so she jumped slightly in surprise. Yawning softly, she sat down in the water since the world still seemed to be spinning. The water came up to her shoulders, covering her from all but her mate. He shifted behind her and sat too before rubbing her shoulders soothingly. The neko melted under his touch, purring happily, enjoying it immensely it seemed.
After awhile, he moved away, returning with his outer haori for her to cover herself with. She took it gladly, shivering softly as a soft wind swished by. Her mate then shook like a dog which made her laugh. Inu smiled sheepishly before getting dressed and handing her own kimono. She hugged him close when she was done, loving how warm he felt despite the recent chill from the stream, then again, he always felt very warm to the touch. They stood in silence for a bit, Inu nibbling at one of her ears while she purred. After a playful nip at her ear, Inu then picked his mate up and took her back to the village. Once he had her settled on the roof of Kaede's hut, he set out to find his mate more suitable food, as which became the daily ritual for each meal, he couldn't let his mate and pup eat unhealthy meals after all.
Inu loved to hunt anyway and it was so much more rewarding when you had a mate to bring it home to. It had been so long since he had done it, Kagome usually preferred he bring home fish so for two years, that's all he had brought back since raw meat sickened her. But that was no longer a problem, Shiori preferred fresh meat to human food so anything he brought back would be good. Besides he liked providing for his mate and cub, meant he was being a good mate as well.
Shippo was first to step out of the hut that morning, promptly crinkling his nose at the scent of Shiori's sickness. He scented the air to find the maker before going back in to tell Kaede about it. The old woman recommended some herbs but the neko declined them, saying she could handle it, besides she doubted Inu would approve anyway. So from then on, the pair slept on the roof of the hut or in Inu's favorite tree so Shiori wouldn't get sick from the scent of human food again.